Lord of the North

Sometimes, we just want to live a peaceful life, but disasters will come to us inadvertently.

It may be a disease, it may be a helpless natural disaster, or it may be an accident for no reason.

The more than fifty residents in this unnamed mountain village are like this. They have nothing to do with the world, and the products and other things they get in the mountains and forests are enough for them to be self-sufficient.

When a disaster happened, he took refuge in Tieya Town not far away. When the disaster passed, he returned to his home and continued to live an ordinary life.

They never forged enmity with others, but in the end they still died in their own homes for no reason.

He may not even know how he left this world.

Because all the dead died on the beds in their own homes and were killed in deep sleep.

Even the hounds, the best companions of the hunters in the Northland, were not spared, but their death conditions were not as miserable as their masters.

Jason led Hassan standing in a private house, with a calm expression, but his eyes were full of anger.

"The bodies of these people don't look like they died recently, do they?"

He turned his eyes to Hassan's face beside him, and his tone was a bit questioning. He was annoyed that the black crow didn't know about such a big thing.

Because the temperature in winter in the north made it difficult for corpses to be removed, the final result would be this kind of mummy state, but it would take a long time, but there was no dust accumulated on the furniture in the house, which made Jason a little confused.

"The blood and the water in the body were absorbed to the point that there was either a monster or an extraordinary person who practiced sorcery came to the north."

Hassan lowered his head slightly and didn't meet Jason's gaze. He felt a little ashamed.

But the two results he mentioned are not good news for Jason, because the most urgent task of Iron Ya Town is to strengthen itself and then wrestle with those people in Wangcheng.

Whether it is a monster or an extraordinary powerhouse practicing magic who came to the north, it would be a drag on the development of his territory for Jason.

"The Crow's intelligence system disappointed me this time."

Jason said lightly that the black crow, who invested the most manpower and material resources, gave himself a "surprise" so quickly. I have to say that he was really surprised, but he was not at all happy.

"It was a management error by my subordinates. After I go back, I will definitely clean up the black sheep among the black crows." Hassan immediately knelt down on the ground and promised in a deep voice, his voice was full of remorse and anger.

Remorse for his carelessness in management, anger at some members of the Crow who slack in their tasks.

"Well, as long as you have a plan in your heart, I still need the power of the black crow, but if it still can't satisfy me in the future, then the black crow is not far from disbanding." Jason said lightly.

This can't be blamed on him being too strict, but that a mistake in intelligence will often lead to the sacrifice of countless people, so he can't bet, and he can't afford to bet.

"This subordinate understands." Hassan replied in a low voice without looking up.

"Let's go to other residents' homes to see if there are any new discoveries." Jason glanced at the corpse on the bed again, and couldn't help sighing.

These dead can only be buried in peace until the matter is found out, but Jason plans to cremate them all in the future to avoid other accidents.

The two walked out of the small courtyard. The village was full of heavily armed soldiers. Three hundred soldiers arrived shortly after Jason and the others arrived.

Taking over the work of the security team and controlling all insiders, the news here must not be spread until it is resolved.

Not long after, Jason took Hassan back to the tent set up outside the village. They went to a few more houses, but found nothing.

There were no wounds on the corpses, and none of the dead villagers showed any signs of struggle. It was as if a big hand took all of these people's lives away in an instant.

Jason's heart was shrouded in thick clouds,

Hassan's face was as ugly as his, because he finally knew why the crow didn't get the news.

Because in a corner of the village, he found a curled up mummy. The important thing is that the mummy has a black crow brand on it.

But there was no trace of a fight around, which meant that the black hand who caused all this took away the life of a skilled killer in an instant.

It was precisely because of this that he discovered another mistake in the Black Crow system, that is, he did not fully grasp the traces of his subordinates, so that even if someone defected, they might not be able to detect it immediately.

"My lord, the time of death of these people should have been a week ago." Hassan whispered, this is the conclusion he reached on the dead livestock.

The murderer didn't seem to be very interested in the blood of livestock, so most of the corpses of livestock were preserved intact.

"..."

Jason came to a seat and sat down, propping his head on his left hand and frowning.

He couldn't think of preventing this from happening again for a moment, because they didn't get any useful information.

Although it is a feasible way to go to other villages with a small population and wait for rabbits, he can't guarantee that the people he sends will survive, and the result will probably be like the members of the black crow who died in the corner.

"Let the hounds search first, and if that doesn't work, let's temporarily strengthen the patrolling between the villages." Jason said helplessly after thinking hard to no avail.

"Yes, my lord." Hassan was also a little powerless, and that was all he could do now. This kind of enemy hidden in the dark was the most disgusting.

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At night, outside the mountain range to the north of Iron Tooth Town, there is a ten-person mercenary team warming up in front of the bonfire. Half a month ago, they received a mission from a big businessman to go to the ice field to hunt snow foxes. A lover longs for a coat made of snow fox fur.

But it is difficult to find such goods as snow fox fur in the market, because few people in the Northland are willing to hunt this beautiful creature, so the businessman who loves this lover so much issued this task at the Mercenary Guild in Iron Tooth Town .

A piece of snow fox fur was exchanged for fifteen gold coins. The mercenary captain named Joe and his team stood out from many competitors and accepted the task.

"Now that we return to Iron Tooth Town, we can live a good life. The reward for this mission is enough for us to start a small business."

Joe grinned his big mouth, showing his somewhat yellowed front teeth, laughed and said, because they were very lucky in this mission, they hunted a total of eight snow foxes.