Dark Fairy Tale: Tyrant, Conquer Cinderella at the Beginning

At this time, 200 kilometers away, in the Volcano Fortress, the tax officer rushed in in a hurry.

"You are in a panic. Is there a dog chasing you?

The fat lord held a glass of wine in his left hand and a roast pork chop in his right hand. He looked at the tax collector and cursed.

"This is bad, my Lord!" The tax collector gasped.

"Sit down first, have a drink and talk slowly!"The fat lord waved his hand, looking nonchalant.

The tax officer waved his hand, took a deep breath and said:

"You can’t sit down, Lord. People from many villages in our territory have disappeared!"

The fat lord was stunned for a moment:

"Disappeared? What does that mean? I haven’t heard of any extraordinary creatures coming out of the mountains recently!"

The tax officer shook his head:

"I just went to collect taxes, and I went to many villages, and found that everyone had disappeared! They had obviously left on their own, there were no signs of fighting, no signs of biological activity, and everything in their homes had been packed up. They had run away!"

"What!"

The fat lord was immediately furious

"Ran?"

"Yes! Ran away!"The tax officer nodded.

The fat lord lowered his head and digested the news for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said:

"The tax was about to be paid, and they ran away? Even the tenants and farmers in the village ran away? How many people ran away?"

"Yes! They are all gone! There should be more than a thousand people!"

The tax officer felt incredible:

"Lord, I have been thinking all along the way, where can they go after leaving here? Can they find a place to live on their own? Moreover

, it seems that they have been gone for several days, and the floor of the room is covered with dust!"

The fat lord's eyes were burning with fire, and he crushed the pork chop in his hand:

"Where are you running to? This"Sanbasan" is there any land in the world that doesn't have a lord! If you really run to another territory, you will naturally be sent back. Since there is no lord, I'm afraid you must have hidden in the mountains!"

"Hiding in the mountains? There are extraordinary creatures in the mountains!"The tax collector was surprised.

The fat lord snorted coldly:

"Extraordinary creatures? Recently, I heard from the Vatican that a witch escaped to our area. I suspect that the witch took them into the mountains. If so, it makes sense!

With the strength of the witch association, they may really be able to take this group of people away. However, they have never targeted ordinary people. Why did they take such a big action this time?"

""My Lord, what should we do now?" asked the tax collector.

"What to do? Send someone to find him! Don't worry about the rest, I'll arrange for someone to take action! Go and call the Knight Commander over here!" The fat lord took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.

Soon, a burly man walked in:

"Dear Lord, your knight Regan is at your service!"

The fat lord said angrily:

"Morrigan just said that thousands of people have disappeared. Go and get the approximate range from him, and then search the nearby mountains and forests to find these lowly pigs! I want to make them all my slaves!"

"Yes!" Reagan was a little shocked, but he immediately nodded.

"Also, I suspect the Witch Society is behind this, so bring some extra people with you just in case!" the fat lord reminded

""Yes!" Reagan nodded again.

Then, the fat lord asked his men to do the work immediately.

In his opinion, with his men here, the witch would have no chance of escaping if she was discovered.

After all, it was said that the witch was seriously injured!

Yes, seriously injured?

So, would she capture people to help her recover her magic power?

He kept expecting it in his heart, and it must not be because of this reason. After all, these are his people and the source of his wealth!

If these people died, it would simply cut off his wealth!

……

On the other side, after checking the area where the population was lost with the tax officer, Reagan led a large group of knights and left the castle.

But he was not in a good mood.

Because the scope involved was too wide!

Every place has a part adjacent to the mountains. If all of them went into the mountains, where would they enter the mountains from?

The length of these villages and the mountains alone is hundreds of kilometers away.

It takes a lot of time to explore each entrance to the mountain, and at the same time, you have to guard against the extraordinary creatures in the mountains.

This is simply not a job for humans!

The good thing is that at least the lord did not give him a time limit.

In this way, the days passed one by one.

On this day, several knights walked in the mountains, guarding their surroundings while carefully checking for signs of human activities.

"No traces have been found for such a long time. The vegetation in this mountain has been watered by several rains. Even if they left traces in the past, it is probably difficult to find them now."

"It's really weird, do you think these people can fly?"

"It's hard to say. I heard that this matter might be related to witches. Those witches have all kinds of strange abilities. I'm afraid they can really fly!"

"Don’t scare me, if a witch really flies out, we’ll be in trouble!"

"It’s a hard life. Let’s take our time to look for it. Life is important. Two weeks ago, one of our brothers was killed by a supernatural creature. We had to be careful!"

"Oh! I feel like they are probably dead. When will this end?"

"There's nothing we can do. Since the lord didn't say anything, we can only continue working. Fortunately, we have wages. I haven't had time to spend recently, but I have saved a lot of money. I can go out for a few more drinks when the time comes!"

"That makes sense! It just so happens that I haven’t seen Lina for a long time. I’ll let her see my financial strength when the time comes!"

"Haha, I’m afraid I’ve been slept with by others countless times during this period!"

""Go to hell! I don't expect her to be clean anyway, after all, she's just a bitch!"

The knights were bored and could only chat to relieve their boredom. Otherwise, they would be bored.

Along the way, they searched all the mountains and forests in the area, but there was no news.

Coincidentally, this situation also happened in other territories nearby where people had been lost.

……

"Two months! Two months! These idiots haven't given me any definite news yet! Are they all just being lazy?"

In the Volcano Castle, the fat lord was furious.

Usually, this lord loved to be extravagant and indulgent, and he would often drag the knights and guards in the castle to enjoy with him.

However, during this period, the fat lord's temper became more and more violent, and no one around dared to speak.

"Damn it, they eat and drink from me, but now I can’t even find a single person! They are all a bunch of good-for-nothings! Pass the order down, if there is no news within a week, you will not get a penny of this month’s salary!"

The news quickly spread to the mountains, and everyone was stunned after hearing it.

"Damn it, I'm about to be bitten to death by mosquitoes, and I still have to bear the reputation of being incompetent. That's fine, but they don't even pay me? It's fucked up!"

"What can you do? He is our lord!"

"No, we can't go on like this, we must find a way!"

"Think of a way? What can be done?"

"We always thought it was done by a witch, so we never thought that ordinary people would know what happened, but what if?"

"You mean, go to those villages where there are still people to ask for information?"

"No! It's not inquiring, it's interrogation!"

"Interrogation?"

"Yes! In order to prevent them from shielding each other, they must be interrogated!"

……

In the village, there was a shrill cry.

"Tell the truth or not, where did you go?"

Knight Commander Regan hit the bronze statue with the iron rod in his hand.

The bronze statue was suspended in the air, with a fire lit underneath. The inside was hollow, and some people were locked up inside for interrogation.

"Let me go! Please! I'm telling the truth, they really ran to Changyingling! Cough cough cough!"

The man said, and started coughing madly.

Then, there were more screams. (To read the exciting novel, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

Under the baking fire, the bronze statue would only get hotter and hotter, and the people inside, barefoot, were simply scalded to death!

Outside, a group of people knelt and begged for mercy.

Reagan heard no sound from the bronze statue, walked out angrily, and whipped the people outside:

"Who's next?"

They kowtowed repeatedly, swearing that what they said was true. If you don't believe it, go to Changying Territory and ask.

Reagan snorted coldly:

"Bullshit! If they had run to other territories, they would have been sent back long ago!"

The people in the territory cried:

"They said that if we were to be slaves there, we would have enough food to eat. We really didn’t know anything else!"

Reagan narrowed his eyes and grabbed the person who was speaking:

"Are you the only one who is not honest? Go and reflect on yourself in front of the bronze statue!"

The man was so scared that he resisted madly.

At this moment, a knight on horseback came from outside the village and shouted:

"The interrogation came out, nearby���All these villages say the same thing!"

Reagan frowned, motioned for everyone to release the villager, and then asked in confusion:[]

"Did he really go to Changying Territory? Then why is there no movement from Changying Territory? Strange!"

"How about this? Let's tell the lord the news and see what he says?"Someone suggested.....

Reagan nodded:

"It can only be the"

"Hey! They all went to Changying Territory, why don't you go?"Reagan looked at the people in the territory.

They knelt down and kowtowed:

"Your Excellency, please understand! We do not want to be treacherous. The Lord has given us land and resources, and we are willing to be loyal to the Lord forever!"

Reagan smiled, ignored these people, got on his horse and rode away.

After the knights left, the people in the lord quickly opened the bolt of the bronze statue.

However, the people inside had become"acquaintances".

A woman burst into tears!

""My child! Why are you so miserable! Why didn't they catch me just now?"

The others were silent for a while.

Some people squatted silently beside the mother to comfort her, some went out to fetch water to put out the fire, and some used water to cool the bronze statue, intending to get the body out.

The whole village was dead silent.

After a long time, someone spoke.

"If we had not hesitated when we learned the news two months ago, we would not have been killed here by these knights!"

"But at that time, we didn’t know what would happen if we went there!"

"We don’t know now, we don’t even know if the people who left are alive or dead."

"It's better than being tortured by that fat pig here!"

"They must be alive and well!"

"how do you know?"

"So many people went there, they couldn't possibly kill them all, right? At most, they were made slaves there. Wasn't there news that slaves could get enough food there? Regardless of whether it was true or not, at least slaves were needed to work there!"

"You're right! And if they didn't need so many slaves, they would definitely send them back. There's no point in killing them!"

"So, it was a mistake for us not to go there at the beginning!"

"What should we do now?"

When they said this, everyone was silent.

Suddenly, the mother of the deceased said:

"I want to leave. I'm going to Changying Territory now. My brother from my mother's family is also there. My child is dead, and I have no other relatives!"

Someone advised:

"There are knights patrolling everywhere now. When the situation is not tense for a while, we will go with you! Now let’s hold the child’s funeral first!"

The woman was silent for a long time, and finally nodded.

"Old Horn, do you really like this land? Do you want to repay the Wild Boar Lord's kindness? Don't you plan to go with us when the time comes?" Someone asked the man who was almost sent into the bronze statue.

The man spat:

"I want to repay his kindness! This bastard sucks blood so hard, I would rather go to Changying Territory to be a slave and fight for my life, and I don't want to stay here for a day, damn his kindness! When you leave, you must take me with you!"

……

Long Eagle is here. 2.2

The slaves who came here two months ago have adapted very well here.

They came here voluntarily, so the management did not whip them too much. They only symbolically whipped them a few times when they worked slowly.

But it was not too heavy, just to let them know the pain and remember it.

After two months, they slowly adapted to the rhythm here.

Although they were much busier, at least they could eat enough. They all felt it was worth it and cherished this hard-won opportunity.

Moreover, their bodies were much better than before. Even those who worked in the iron mines, who never saw the sun all day, looked much better than before.

After all, the ghostly appearance before was really like starving ghosts.

At that time, they all had sunken eye sockets, black eye sockets, wrinkled faces, and loose skin drooping.

Their bodies were also as thin as bamboo poles.

Richard actually disliked it at first.

But there was no way, this group of people were not sold as slaves, but they were usually exploited too hard.

After this period of"diet therapy", their bodies swelled up like air.

In addition, they have been working hard during this process, so what they have grown are muscles, not weak at all.

In Richard's words, they finally look like human beings.

Their living conditions have improved, and they began to miss their relatives.

When Charles said he would notify them, many relatives did come.

But there are still many relatives and friends who have not come, and they hope to have the opportunity to see them again in the future.

It is best to come earlier and become a formal citizen here as soon as possible after three years..