Mercenaries and Adventurers

Entering the dark alley, not far away, from the height of the messy walls arranged on both sides of the alley, a questioning voice came out: "Why did you come back so early today?"

The bandit carrying the charcoal looked up, and at a slightly higher place, there was an accomplice hiding a watch. The other party was holding a sharp dagger in his hand, and was throwing it casually.

"The target we are waiting for is here, come down quickly. I guess we will have work to do soon." The bandit with charcoal on his back replied.

Hearing the news, the dagger-wielding bandits hiding in the dark jumped from a high place and joined them. His position is very insidious. If someone with malicious intentions wants to break into their stronghold hiding in the level, he can not only see it early, but also take the first shot, jump from a high place, and kill one or two The head guy.

Of course, if there are many people on the other side, it will be difficult for him to survive. However, the bandit who dared to take the position of sentry was basically the kind of person who did not want to die, and he was not afraid of dying in battle.

These Luobagdong robber gangs had a temporary stronghold in Bingxun Pass. Although it was unreliable, under the attack of coins, the residents who dared to live in the surrounding area were not good people.

This family didn't care about what these vicious people were doing. After collecting the rent and hush money from the bandit leader, the family moved directly to the relative's house in Bingxun Pass.

The area of ​​this family's house is not very large, but fortunately, the house has two floors on the ground, and there is a basement on the ground floor for storing sundries. For the bandit leader old Fez, it is actually enough for him to lead. The elite bandits have lived crampedly for a while.

There are not many of them, only nine of them, but all of them are elites. In addition to the three people who were sent out to inquire about the stalking, one person who was sentry in the alley, and the three people who were drinking, there were only two other robbers in the house except old Faith.

The bandit carrying charcoal entered the house and put down the charcoal he was carrying. They went upstairs to the temporary room where the leader lived. Others stood outside. The bandit knocked on the door and got permission to enter the room of the leader.

"The Lame Catcher" old Fith was playing wooden magic chess by himself. He said it was magic chess, but in fact, there was no magic in this set of chess. This is just an imitation by ordinary people. I heard that the real magic chess can directly follow the player's instructions, and then move and attack by itself.

The bandit hurriedly reported his news to Old Faith.

Old Fez, who had been in Bingyu Pass for many days, threw away the chess piece, letting all the bandits outside come in. He first sent someone to call back the other two who were still watching at the north gate and inquiring about news in the tavern.

Then he asked the bandit who was standing guard in the alley before to go to the hotel where the fleeing people were staying to investigate and see what happened to those people.

Old Fez then asked the rest of the bandits who only knew about fighting to prepare their weapons and black cloaks to cover them. As soon as it got dark, they went to the place where the people lived, and prepared to bloodbath the people tonight, so that they would not let Any information about them leaked out.

Old Fez didn't go out because his legs and feet were inconvenient. Although his own fighting ability was very strong, his legs were lame after all.

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Soon, his manpower was ready, and Old Fez also asked his men to arrange a retreat method during this time. After a while, after they bloodbathed those fleeing people, although it was a cold winter night, those useless soldiers would not deal with this kind of thing so quickly, but after that, the checkpoints were blocked and checked.

Several of these bandits under him are wanted, so it is inconvenient to hide in the checkpoint. Old Fez prepared several waterproof animal skin bags for them, and after finishing their work tonight, these wanted bandits ran directly to the Kendall River on the side of the checkpoint in the dark,

Put on a waterproof bag, hold a small empty bucket that provides buoyancy, go directly through the blocking fishing nets and wooden stakes on the checkpoint, and wait for them in the reserved place outside the city.

After telling the bandits about the plan, they all began to eat and drink to gather energy for the night's battle.

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On the other side, after parting with the people in the afternoon and agreeing to have a happy drinking together in the evening, Keel took Mr. Simmons Jr. back to the Simmons Chamber of Commerce on the banks of the Kendall River.

The door of the Chamber of Commerce was still closed, and Mr. Simmons Jr. had no strength to shout, so Keel had to slap on the door to call for someone.

"I'm really sorry. It's my own house, but I have to ask you to open the door for me." I said I was embarrassed, but Mr. Simmons, who hadn't lost his smile since entering the ice flood pass, was obviously very happy. happy.

"It's okay, it was the same when I came last time." As he spoke, Keir slammed the wooden door of the Simmons Chamber of Commerce.

After a while, someone answered from inside: "Here we come! Don't knock, who is it? We are currently repairing and have no plans to take over the cargo transportation."

"It's me, Keel!"

"Which Keir?" The person inside seemed to have forgotten the name of this young man who had only met once.

The little Mr. Simmons next to him said at this time: "Doddle, it's me, Thrace! Open the door!"

There was a moment of silence inside the door, and then the wooden door opened immediately. A rough-faced man looked at the little Mr. Simmons standing outside the door in surprise: "Great Lord of Wealth, Thrace is you, come in, come in quickly!" Come in."

After finishing speaking, he saw Keel next to Mr. Simmons Jr.: "It's you, no wonder I think your name is familiar, but I can't remember who it is."

Keir hecked twice, and helped Mr. Simmons Jr. into the wooden door of the Simmons Chamber of Commerce.

A member of the chamber of commerce named Doddle closed the door, and then shouted loudly into the chamber: "Thrace is back! Everyone, Thrace is back! Come out quickly, come out and see, it's Thrace who is back .”

Although the people in the Simmons Chamber of Commerce did not accept work recently because of the robbers breaking into and kidnapping people before, the Simmons family and some old guys all live in the Chamber of Commerce. People from all over the place came to the hall of the chamber of commerce, and stepped forward to hug little Simmons who had just returned after a near death.

Keel looked left and right, and besides Mr. Simmons' family, there were also a few old guys from their chamber of commerce, but the most important person was not present at this time.

He asked that rough-faced guy Doddell, and the other party explained to him that it turned out that Big Simmons, Mr. Kendor, had gone to Kendall City to contact him a few days ago, and he estimated that he would be back in two days.

Kiel nodded, as long as Mr. Kendo is fine, he really needs to take a good rest in the ice flood pass, maintain his weapons, eat something good, and reward himself for his hard work these days.

Seeing Mr. Simmons and his family members crying together, it is estimated that he, who had been calm and calm while fleeing before, was also suppressing his emotions.

He was not bad. After all, the bandits kidnapped him because they only needed the Simmons Chamber of Commerce as the bandit's intelligence relationship in Ice Flood Pass. Apart from the fact that he had suffered a lot, their Chamber of Commerce actually had nothing to do.

But other fleeing people are different. Either the whole caravan was robbed and only oneself survived, or the whole family was robbed and only oneself survived. Their loss has far exceeded their acceptable level.

Kiel estimates that finding ways to get revenge is the most important thing for those people today. Tomorrow, the clerk at the checkpoint will come to ask those people, register what happened to them one by one, and the specific location of the bandit's lair. After a while, Knight Crowe will lead a large number of militiamen to start a Annual bandit sweep.

This gang of bandits who have evaded the settlement many times --- Luodaidong.

Presumably this year is their end.

Keir was a little regretful. Apart from killing a lot of bandits, he failed to kill any of the bandit leaders he heard from Mr. Kendo, and because he wanted to lead the people to escape, he also failed to bring the booty of the bandits. Bring some bandits back with their heads or captives.

These are all money after all, and the bandits who live here in Bingxun Pass are more valuable, and the dead bandits are not counted unless they are wanted people.

After all, no one can confirm whether the head you got back is really a bandit, or an innocent person who was killed at will.

After all, humans are different from monsters. Monsters are harmful to human society, so as long as it is the head of a monster, it can be used as a confirmation of killing the monster, but human bandits are different.

After all, no one has written on his face, saying that he is a bad guy.

Judging from the bandits that Zhao Ji killed before, the vast majority of bandits are actually very ordinary-looking. They may be farmers who have lost their land, or apprentices who can't bear to work, or small businessmen who have gone bankrupt and avoided debts, or It is the suffering people who have been coerced.

Of course, there are also those unscrupulous gangsters who try to make quick money as bandits.

Seeing the crying mess of the Simmons family here, Keir told a guy from the Chamber of Commerce where he was staying, and when Mr. Kendo came back, he went to inform him.

Then Keir was gone. He first returned to the hotel where he had only stayed for a short time, rented his own room in the hotel, and put down all the things he brought back. He was dusty and dusty, and finally he could take a short rest.

In the evening, there was a meeting with the rescued people. Zhao Ji went to the front desk of the hotel and paid for a bath. Taking new clothes, Zhao Ji went to the bathroom of the hotel. The expressionless clerk repeatedly carried buckets of hot water. Seeing his hard work, Zhao Ji also went up to help.

Seeing Zhao Ji helping, the expressionless store clerk looked good and brought him a small bag of powder, saying that it was added to the water when taking a bath, which can help clean the dirt on the body and remove parasites on the body surface .

And don't count the money directly to him.

After thanking the clerk, Zhao Ji took off the clothes he had worn for a long time in the wild mountains and forests in the bathroom, and quickly got into the wooden tub with hot water.

Although it was a little hot, but the weather outside was so cold, the heat in the tub couldn't last long, so he had to wash up quickly.

The clerk said to use the free powder to clean the dirt and parasites on his body, but Zhao Ji did not find any parasites on his body. Except for some small red bumps caused by clogged pores, Zhao Ji did not usually clean his body. There is no bite feeling at all.

Zhao Ji held up the badge of the God of Saturn hanging on his chest and looked at it. This shining treasure looked gorgeous, but it was not so special. Zhao Ji carried it on the front and back of his chest, and often forgot it.

But it seems to be silently helping him in some inconspicuous little places.

Smiling, Zhao Ji washed it as well. After eating unknown mushrooms, his eyes and body were a little sore that night, but it was much better the next day. It is estimated that apart from his own physical reasons, this badge also appeared. No small effect.

Before the water became cold, Zhao Ji hurriedly cleaned his body, and then put on another set of clean clothes brought over by him. As for the dirty clothes he was wearing before, Zhao Ji asked the clerk to find someone to wash them for him for a little money, and then sent them over.

It was also quite cold in the basement room of the hotel. Zhao Ji lit a pond fire by the fireplace in the house, which gradually warmed up the room. He identified and categorized the various combat items seized during this trip.

He found that he couldn't get any good loot from the bandits of the big bandit gangs. Instead, he could find some good things that looked pretty good in one or two small bandit camps that had been wiped out before and after.

Zhao Ji piled up the useless weapons and equipment, and then he had to find a blacksmith to melt all these metal weapons and turn them into metal ingots for him to use when making metal armor.

Zhao Ji actually wanted to use the unknown metal he got from the ruins to make his next set of armor, but he himself was afraid of shocking the world, especially his own strength and influence. In the eyes of Kendall's senior management, he might not Just an ordinary warrior with a little fighting power.

If he has such a surprisingly light and tough full-body armor for himself, he may not be able to keep this thing himself.

After thinking about it, Zhao Ji felt that he should wait until he learned how to become a knight from Crow Knight before he could find a way to build this set of armor. At other times, no matter how long it takes him to become a knight-rank warrior, at least in the eyes of everyone, he is already the apprentice of Knight Crow. At other times, his status may be different.

Before wearing that kind of full-body armor made of unknown metal in the future, he should take a set of heavy and strong iron armor as his short-term goal.

These seized weapons are not very many, after all, some are distributed to the people so that they can protect themselves. If he asks for it now, he is too embarrassed to ask.

Shaking his head, Zhao Ji felt that he still couldn't open his mouth. After all, he was the warrior who rescued those people from the tiger's mouth, and his status could not be lost.

Then, while there was still time, Zhao Ji counted the scattered coins seized from the bandits. He counted, and there were actually five silver coins and more than one hundred copper coins. As for the iron coins, he also put them in a small bag, but he didn't know how many.

After separating the scattered coins, Zhao Ji looked at the sky outside, it was already dark. It's time to go to the meeting with everyone. He tidied up his clothes and put on some personal belongings, and put the curved dagger on his waist as a weapon decoration. He didn't bring any other weapons, that's all. Lock the door and go out to the party.

Among the people who were rescued, a few had some property, and they booked a small hotel, which happened to be a temporary residence for the people who had nowhere to go.

Keir ran all the way, and hurried to this hotel with a strange sign hanging.

"Keir! You are late, we have already eaten. Come and join us." As soon as Kiel came in, several people who were wolfing down saw him and yelled loudly to eat something first.

Since the hotel has already been booked, except for some hotel staff, they are the only ones at this time.

Plates of grilled meat and stew were served from the back kitchen of the hotel, and the hot, freshly baked bread was also served steaming from wooden trays. Several thick candles were lit in the lobby of the hotel, together with the reflection of the polished bright copper, the whole hall was brightly lit, and the hot and cheap but full-bodied food made the place look very lively.

"Here we come! I'm not particularly hungry. Let me serve three glasses of ale first. By the way, everyone should have a glass of ale. This is to celebrate everyone's escape." Keel picked up a piece of warm As soon as the steak is delivered to the mouth, it starts to chew.

"Oh! Let's toast to the warriors of Kiel!" Cups of ale came up quickly, and the hotel staff even pushed out a large barrel of ale from the back kitchen, and they filled the empty cups with full ale. In an instant, the entire hotel lobby was filled with the aroma of ale.

Keel took a deep breath, as if he wanted to inhale the aroma of ale from the entire hall into his nose. After he was satisfied, he took the glass that was handed over and held it up high.

The crowd of less than 20 people also raised their wine glasses. There were men, women and children of all ages. The youngest was probably only fifteen or sixteen years old, and the elderly were all nearly sixty years old.

Everyone raised their glasses and looked at the warrior who rescued them, Keir.

"Let us first congratulate everyone who is free and safe today. Everyone is a brave person. Everyone can survive the difficult situation before. I believe that in the future, we will definitely be able to do more incredible things." Keir said loudly Said.

Everyone took a big gulp.

A citizen whose whole family was killed by bandits said softly, "For example, destroy those damned fellows."

"That's right!" Kiel responded to the crowd: "But they won't be free for long. As long as tomorrow is over, everyone will know where the damn bandits have been hiding. I heard that the militia will start cleaning in a few days The bandits in the mountains, they are the grasshoppers after autumn, they won’t be able to hop for a few days.”

Winking, Keir smiled and said, "Let's toast to this again."

"Hahahahaha." Everyone laughed happily.

Take a gulp of ale.

"Hahahahaha." All the people laughed and shed tears. They all lost too much because of the robbers' looting.

The merchants lost their caravan buddies, as well as their goods and reputation.

The people lost their entire family members, as well as their past and future.

Kiel sighed, what can he say, he can only raise his arms in the future, wipe out the bandits, and give them a satisfactory revenge. However, he felt that it would be better if these people who had lost everything could muster up the courage to take revenge in person.

After the militiamen cleared up the bandits, some people could serve as guides and lead a large number of militiamen to the cave lair of the bandits in Luodaidong.

Participating in the eradication of those bandits, presumably this can also fill the hearts of some people who are full of revenge.