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Wolf Claw Town's previous owner was the Seven Your Highness Tiger King's Wolf Running Tribe's grain storage village. This place was close to the Wulian Mountain Range, and the weather was relatively moist and warm, making it easier to obtain food from the mountains.

A while ago, almost half of the men in the town had their Phoenix City Pass transferred away by the Seventh Tiger King. Only the wails of busy women and babies managed to keep the town alive. But the old people were already used to it. The people from Moqiu roaming about to earn a living, the men going out to graze and hunt, the women taking care of their children, these were already the customs of hundreds of generations. Other than the fact that the target of the hunt had changed to Phoenix City Pass from the south, there were no other differences, so it didn't seem like a big deal.

However, on this morning that seemed no different from the past, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves shattered the tranquility of the small town.

There were some Knights whose average age was fifty years old who were seeing Fire Phoenix Empire for the first time. By the time they shakily picked up their weapons, they were already knocked to the ground by this group of Knights wearing red gowns with bow decked with horn of an animal s. The knights rushed into the town like the wind, their iron hooves striking against the stone road that had been paved for hundreds of years.

Hundreds of women and children and elderly people were driven to the square in the middle of the town. Those who dared to resist were all killed. No matter how strong a normal person was, they wouldn't be able to resist an organized killing tool like the army. The two Knights pushed open the door with their spears. As long as anyone in the room showed any signs of resisting, the other three Knights would mercilessly let go of the bowstring of the bow decked with horn of an animal and allow the bow to pierce through the body of the person who did not even have time to see his face clearly.

After Chen Chu hid his face behind the helmet, he sat on his horse and coldly looked at the crowd before him. There were elderly people in their sixties and seventies, rural women in their twenties and infants, all of them with fearless expressions. There was undisguised fury in their eyes as they stared at Chen Chu, the villain who had rashly barged into their homes and killed their loved ones.

Chen Chu frowned, he did not like this kind of gaze. Raising the horsewhip in his hand, Chen Chu bellowed: "Who is in charge of this town?"

An old man around fifty years old walked out and bowed towards Chen Chu. "My Lord, this old one is the mayor of this town."

Chen Chu nodded his head: "En, from now on, you are not."

The mayor was stunned, "I wonder why sire is removing this old man from his post?" Under whose orders? "

Chen Chu smiled faintly: "I don't like the look in your eyes." Before the smile faded from his face, the saber at his waist was unsheathed. The blade flashed across the mayor's neck, and a head of white hair fell to the ground with a plop.

Chen Chu raised his bloodstained blade and pointed to a bald man in his forties who was amongst the crowd. "From now on, you are the mayor of this town."

The man looked at Chen Chu helplessly, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Chen Chu did not seem to expect an answer from him, as he continued to speak, "In three days time, prepare three thousand kilograms of fried noodles, a thousand kilograms of dried meat, and a thousand kilograms of soy cake for me."

Before he could finish his words, a Knight ran over from afar and spurred his horse to Chen Chu's side and whispered a few words into his ear. Chen Chu nodded, then ordered a few words to the Knight, after the Knight had left, he then continued to speak to the Trust Mayor, "I'll be taking the handheld crossbow from your town's storage. There don't seem to be much bolt, rush me to make another five hundred bolt."

The bald man knelt on the ground and pleaded, "Please spare me, my lord!" You can take any crossbow you want, but you really can't get that much food and meat in this small town. "

Chen Chu dismounted from his horse, walked up to the bald man with his hands behind his back, then bent down and asked: "Really?"

The bald man didn't dare to look him in the eye, and could only kowtow repeatedly. "Please forgive me, my lord. I really can't collect it."

Chen Chu nodded and pointed at the bald man. Then, he began to retreat. When he took his third step back, a lance pierced through the bald man's body and nailed him to the ground.

The bald man was still alive. He lowered his head to look at the spear that had pierced his chest and let out a mournful howl. His blood flowed down the spear's tip to the ground, seeping through the ancient stone slab beneath his body.

As if he couldn't hear the man's miserable howl, Chen Chu slowly walked towards a tall and skinny man and pointed at him with the horsewhip in his hand, "You, you are the mayor now. Do you still remember what I just said? "

The thin, tall man's lips were trembling. He tried his best to bend his body and said in a trembling voice, "Remember, remember ~ ~ 3000 catties of fried noodles, 1000 catties of dried meat, 1000 catties of bean cake, 500 bolt s."

"Can you do it?" Chen Chu's voice was still as plain as ever, without the slightest fluctuation …

The man kneeled on the ground and kowtowed continuously, "I can do it, I can do it, I can do it!"

Chen Chu nodded his head in satisfaction: "Okay, three days later, it will be this time and place again."

With that, he jumped onto his horse and slightly twisted the horse's head. Then, he started to walk in the direction of the city gate. Behind him, over a hundred Knights were pointing their bow decked with horn of an animal s at the people in the town and slowly retreating at the same time. After retreating over a hundred steps, they turned their horses around and followed Chen Chu.

After the sound of the horse hooves faded away, the people in the town finally managed to catch their breath. There were crying and cursing, but there were still more people discussing how to deal with the sudden appearance of this group of villains.

Right at this moment, the sound of horse hooves came out again. Chen Chu brought the Knights to return, and once again used the lance s and bow decked with horn of an animal s to gather the crowd.

Chen Chu rode on his horse and leisurely said, "As expected, I'm not a material for doing business. I actually forgot to collect a deposit just now."

With a wave of his hand, more than ten knights immediately jumped down from their horses and rushed into the crowd like hungry wolves, pulling out a dozen young women who were carrying babies. Afterwards, he used iron chains to tie the waists of these young women together into a long string.

Chen Chu used the horsewhip to count the number of people, and then turned to the tall and skinny man who was completely lost from what to do, and said: "I'll take care of these people for you, remember to exchange the food." With that, he laughed heartily. Then, he turned his horse and left the town with the long line of women and children.

The next three days were the most difficult three days in Wolf Claw Town. All the chickens, ducks, pigs and cows in the house were killed, shed hair, dismembered, and dried to dry on the roof. After all, Wolf Claw Town was a grain storage place. Although there had been many wars in the past few years, they had some background. If each family gathered some more, there would be at least 3,000 of them. The most difficult part was the handheld crossbow s of the handheld crossbow s, this was too difficult.

bow decked with horn of an animal s were the most commonly seen archery weapons in the continent. They had low costs, close range, low damage, and poor accuracy. The arrows used by bow decked with horn of an animal did not need to consider too much about the materials. A handheld crossbow's shaft was nine inches and seven inches long, and it required a hard wood core to make the entire shaft. In order to fly steadily, the tail feathers that the used were all the tips of the wings and the tail feathers of a chicken and duck. In addition, the arrowhead of the bolt had to be wrapped with iron, so that it would have a lethality three to four times greater than that of the bow decked with horn of an animal. In theory, a skilled craftsman could produce up to twenty qualified handheld crossbow every day.

Thus, after the destruction of the chickens and ducks in the village, all the beams and ironware in the houses also suffered the same fate. From the pot to the nails, from the rake to the knife, even the spoon and the buttons, anything metallic was taken off and thrown into the stove. The two smithy smiths in the town's only two shops were already making noise. The apprentice and the old master were pulled to the same level, pulling at the bellows and smashing the chops day and night just so that they could rush out the five hundred bolt.

Three days later, when Chen Chu and the group of girls once again appeared in the town, the Knights had already equipped the handheld crossbow s they had found in the storage of Wolf Claw Town. Their weapons were much more powerful than the bow decked with horn of an animal's, causing the heads of the people in the town to be drooped even lower. All of their eyes had turned red as they piled the meat and dried noodles in front of Chen Chu, hoping to exchange it for their baby. Compared to three days ago, everyone's eyes were glazed over, and their fearless courage had long since disappeared.

Looking at the expressions of the crowd, Chen Chu nodded his head in satisfaction. Then, he used his sheath to look through the fried noodles and checked the dried meat once more.

The tall and thin mayor was holding a big cloth bag in his hands. After walking a few steps forward, he knelt down five or six steps away from Chen Chu, and kowtowed to him. "Master, please forgive me."

Chen Chu tilted his head and looked at him: "Speak, what's wrong?"

The mayor's body trembled, and his voice carried a hint of sobbing, "The food, pancakes, and dried meat have all been prepared in full, just that the bolt — this town really can't find that many hard wood and iron grade equipment, we've even ripped off the buttons and nails, we really can't find them anymore ah … Right now, there are only three hundred and sixty bolt, the people of our town have gathered a hundred and fifty taels of gold, and are willing to give it to our lord, in exchange for the safety of women and children." As he spoke, he opened the large cloth bag beside him. Inside was a pile of gold and silver jewelry, from thick bracelets to shiny necklaces, all the way to unremarkable earrings.

Chen Chu frowned and looked at him for a moment, then said slowly: "Seeing that you are efficient, I will not kill you for now. I'll take the gold, and I can give you back the women and children, but you'll have to find me another thirty men, or — I might appoint another mayor. "

"Yes, yes, yes ~ ~" The tall and skinny mayor kowtowed like a chicken pecking rice.

In the end, the twenty-eight men who were between fifteen and fifty years old took the place of the dozen or so women who were carrying infants. They were tied up in a row by iron chains, and each of them carried fried noodles and dried meat on their shoulders.

Chen Chu looked at the group of people and bared his fangs at the tall and thin mayor, "You guys are pretty good, at least you guys are stronger than that town that's located 50 miles to the south."

The tall and thin mayor was stunned and subconsciously said, "Fifty miles south?" It seems to be Langbo Town, doesn't it? "

Chen Chu shook his head: "I'm not interested in what they call themselves, what they call themselves is what they call themselves. Oh right, I have to tell you. Every ten days, I will send someone back to collect the food. If one time is not enough, I will kill one of your town's strong men. If three times is not enough, I will first kill all the strong men and then bring my men back to massacre the town! Do you understand? "

The tall and thin mayor fell to his knees with a thump and once again repeatedly kowtowed, "We obey Your Excellency's orders!"

When Chen Chu finally brought all of the Knights out of Wolf Claw Town, the tall and skinny guy finally mustered up the courage to stand up. He called for a few people, telling them to quickly go to Wolf Head Town to take a look.

Several hours later, a few people came back with pale faces. The entire Wolf Wave Town had been massacred, and not a single person, male, female, old, or female was spared.

Cold sweat dripped down the thin tall mayor's forehead as he remembered Chen Chu's indifferent voice and cold smile. Could this man really be a devil?