Mercenaries and Adventurers

At noon, in the central square of Grass Rat Town.

Most of the town's citizens gathered together to the crisp tinkling of copper bells.

Most of them were whispering to each other, and the topic was all about the fighting and chaos that happened in the slums in the morning.

The lord's knights and the dispatched soldiers; the strangely spreading dark smoke; and what surprised everyone - the largest gang in the slums, the Yisi Blade Gang, was liquidated by the lord.

Everyone is excited and cautious at the same time, that is the biggest gang in the town!

To be honest, almost everyone in the town has had some dealings with the Yisi Knifehead Gang in their lives. Some people lost their lives after coming into contact with this gang, some were beaten or lost their limbs, and some People were trapped in the abyss of debt, and some people made a fortune by doing so. Some people hated it, some people didn't care about it, and some people were just curious about how many people would die next. , and they were also curious about how many people were killed and injured when the gang was eliminated before.

Because before noon, all the middle and low-level priests in the town were notified by the lord and were called over. They used healing magic to treat soldiers injured in the action and to stabilize the lives of seriously injured prisoners.

At this time, on the wooden platform in the middle of the relatively spacious central square, an executioner with his face covered with black cloth slowly walked up. Seeing this person, the people around him exclaimed "Oh!" in surprise and excitement.

The executioner was dressed entirely in black, with a black cloth hood covering his head. Only his eyes were exposed. His hands are holding a red two-handed axe.

But most of the townspeople don't know who the ax belongs to.

But if the lord's soldiers took a glance, they would definitely know that the owner of the ax was their soldier captain, Furlong.

As the captain of the lord's most hardcore soldiers, and a veteran of the lord's army when he was in the army, he naturally took over the offending job of executioner without any controversy.

Of course, Furlong doesn't care at all about killing people sentenced to death. After all, every prisoner who needs to be executed must be an enemy and obstacle to his lord's knight, or in other words, an enemy who infringes on the master's power and wealth. , is naturally his enemy.

For his enemies, he always hacked them to death with an axe.

At this time, there was a noise from the street heading towards the lord's mansion. People along the street pushed and retreated to both sides of the road to make way for the heavily armed soldiers.

Among the soldiers were escorted gang members with their hands tied and their mouths gagged.

Among them, most of the Yisi Blade Gang thugs had only minor injuries. Their bruised and purple faces looked good after being beaten, and they were more than nervous. They knew that their lives were not in danger, so they could still walk normally. But some of the people whose heads were covered with black cloth were being dragged around on the ground by soldiers.

These people are all serious criminals, and most of the consequences of waiting will be bad. Several of them can no longer walk at this time.

It’s not just that he was injured before and didn’t get good treatment. In order to prevent the prisoners from resisting or escaping, the soldiers had brutally broken off the limbs and joints of these prisoners before they arrived.

Naturally, they could not move and had to be dragged away by soldiers.

Behind the prisoners and soldiers was the knight Rusvis-Anvina, who was carrying two giant axes. The knight strode in the middle of the road, and one person filled the road vacated by the people.

In addition, his nephew Pavi Anvina was also following him. He was also wearing a soldier's protective leather jacket, carrying a blood-stained weapon, and took the initiative to follow his lord uncle.

Behind the two of them were other members of the knight family who held positions in the town. These people were whispering to each other and talking in low voices.

At the back of the team, the last to come were a group of people from Kendal in the north.

Most of Kiel and his group were covered in blood. Even though they had been briefly wiped with a damp cloth in the knight's mansion, the smell of blood and the slightly reddish armor on their bodies were still very conspicuous.

However, the woman from Kendall who was taken away from the town, Fanny, was no longer in the team at this time.

The girl had previously identified one of the captured thief apprentices, Gerbo, in front of the knight in the knight's mansion, as the murderer who killed Kendall's caravan members.

After Gelb was identified, he did not argue. He only stared at the young girl who identified him with his cold eyes. Several of their captured thief apprentices already knew that their teacher, the thief Yisi, had died at the hands of the young warrior led by the Kendall people.

It is said that bullying the weak will scare you away from the strong, and it is true. At this time, this guy had the guts to stare at Fanny fiercely, but he didn't have the guts to look at Kiel, and even avoided looking at Kiel and others who were standing calmly aside.

Their arrogance suddenly faded. They knew that there was no chance of being rescued, and they also knew that the next result would not be good, so everyone readily admitted the crimes committed by various gangs.

As the direct subordinates of the thief Yisi, they were involved in everything in the gang. Therefore, among the many captured members of the gang, some who seemed harmless but were actually heirlooms with blood debts were also found.

Knight Anvina had been listening to the interrogation, but in the end, he became more and more angry. He called all his family members who held positions in the town, scolded them severely, and then with a wave of his hand, he was found guilty. Those who committed serious crimes were all sentenced to death.

Some people's eyes flashed, but no one dared to interrupt the knight's anger.

Even Pavel, who was also involved in the battle, dared not speak.

Grass Rat Town and a large area around it are the territory of Knight Anvina, protected by his force. His words are the laws and regulations in the territory. As long as they do not conflict with the laws of the Kingdom's Noble Council, they are theoretically valid. of.

As a result, when gang thugs and gang members were escorted to the execution platform one by one, the emotions of the people in the originally quiet central square gradually began to surge.

The accusations passed down from word of mouth pointed out the crimes of some of the people who were recognized, and it was unknown where the crimes of these people had been hidden before.

The Knight of Avina did not wear a helmet, but walked onto the execution platform wearing knightly steel armor.

He first nodded vaguely to the soldier captain who was wearing a black cloth hood, then came to the edge of the stage and raised his hand to hold it in a virtual gesture.

Following the lord's movements, the scene immediately became quiet. The huge body of Knight Anwena was really a deterrent to the people. Even the laziest guy did not dare to disturb the lord's actions by making noises at this time. .

"Dear residents of Grass Rat Town! Dear businessmen traveling to and from Grass Rat Town."

His loud, dull voice rang out.

"Just earlier today. I led my soldiers and completely wiped out a group of Yisi Knifehead Gang who were entrenched in the town."

Along with the words, the knight raised one hand and then waved it down heavily.

"Hmph! These people do all kinds of evil and their crimes are so heinous that even the most greedy wolves and horse bandits on the grassland are not half as good as them."

The knight turned around and nodded at the huddled gang members under the wooden platform.

"It's like the fleas that parasitize on the town. They are tiny but live by sucking blood. Hum."

"But everyone, no matter how you were harassed by them in the past, today, their crimes will be judged. In other words, the judgment was already done before they came just now."

The knight squinted his eyes and turned around, carefully looking at all the people around him, which accounted for more than half of the townspeople: "The ending of these people will definitely satisfy you."

Knight Anvina finally said seriously.

After seeing the lord finish speaking, the people dared to talk in low voices. It seemed that it was the lord who had wiped out the Yisi Knifehead Gang in the morning, but there was no doubt about it.

Therefore, the people who were curious and excited about this turned their attention to how the lord would punish them to satisfy them.

Some people who had been deeply hurt by this gang struggled to squeeze through the crowd, trying to get closer and watch what happened next.

And some men who are interested in meeting them next immediately ask their women to take their younger children home and stop watching.

The knight tilted his chin to pay attention to the reaction of the people, and then waved to his nephew who was waiting under the wooden platform. Pawei immediately walked up quickly holding a book.

Facing most of the Wuyangyang townsfolk, Mr. Pavey's face turned red with excitement. He had never been so excited when fighting gang thugs before. Because he knew that his previous heroic fighting had caught the eye of his uncle. At least in comparison with the Kendall people, he earned some face for his uncle to come back.

His position in the town will be stable in the future, even if he does not have the direct bloodline of a knight, and there is no possibility of inheriting the territory and knight skills. But in terms of the operation of things in the town, it will be a certainty that he will replace some of the old people in the family.

Pawei came to the corner of the wooden platform and flipped the record book in his hand to the appropriate place.

Then, he looked at his uncle. The knight raised his head slightly and asked him to continue according to the procedure he had agreed upon before coming. Pawei looked around again at the townspeople who were looking up at him. Facing countless eyes, he suppressed his excitement and shouted loudly.

His voice was loud, trying to be heard by the townspeople who were making various comments below: "Isi Blade Head helps the casino manager, Gerry Randall. Illegal operation of casinos, omission of large amounts of taxes, murder, He was convicted of crimes such as beating, maiming, and rape, and was sentenced to death by Lord Rusvis-Anvina after being identified by other persons! His death was caused by decapitation, which is now executed immediately."

Following Mr. Pavey's words, two soldiers dragged up a casino steward who was found among the women on the second floor of the casino. This man was quite strong and had a big belly, but at this time his limbs were broken, and his mouth was blocked by a piece of thick hemp rope, so he couldn't speak. He just kept shaking his head and body, and was left on the ground by the soldiers. In the middle of the high platform.

The soldier stepped aside, and Furlong, who had transformed into an executioner, stepped forward, stretched out his legs to step firmly on the still twisting guy, and then looked at the knight lord.

Knight Anvina snorted coldly and waved his hand downwards.

Then Furlong raised the blood-red magic material two-handed ax high above his head and then dropped it.

"oh--"

The people saw it clearly and let out long exclamations. The neck of the guy whom most of them didn't know was cut off so easily. His head fell on the wooden platform and he didn't make any sound until he died.

The blood from the broken neck splashed some people around, and some people whose necks were facing the section were even drenched. Some people were panicking, while others excitedly put their noses to the blood and sniffed it carefully.

Knight Anvina raised the corner of his mouth, stretched out his legs and kicked the head on the high platform, and kicked the guy's head to the bottom of the high platform.

There was a crash, and a small space immediately became vacant under the front of the high platform.

The Lord Knight laughed, waved his hand, and asked the soldiers to drag the headless body down.

After the body was dragged down, Pawe collected himself and continued his work.

The loud and clear voice continued to read, and this time, the surrounding people became quiet, intending to hear who this person was, what he had done, and what punishment he was sentenced to by the lord.

"Jesse Tali, a casino lender from the Yisi Blade Gang. He was involved in illegal casino operations, lending interest exceeding the kingdom's laws, beating others, seizing residents' property, rape and other crimes. After being identified by other personnel, Ruth Weiss - Lord Anvina has sentenced him to death! His death will be beheading, and it will be executed immediately!"

Another person was brought up by the soldiers. This person's limbs had not been broken, so he had been mixed with other gang thugs before. This guy, who was relatively quiet at first, became excited when he heard Pawei above read his death sentence in public. Confusion arose.

He was dazed and pulled by the soldiers' hands to the high platform. Before the man could recover, the executioner kicked him in the crook of the leg and knocked him down onto the beheading platform covered in blood.

As the lord's gesture fell, Furlong's ax also rose and fell, and another head was separated from the body.

The knight pushed the fallen head under the table with a kick, causing the people below to scream in surprise.

At this time, several men and women dressed in poor clothes crowded into the audience from the outside. They rushed forward, bit and pulled the head of the deceased, and kept shouting about their painful experiences.

It turns out that these are the people who were harmed by this moneylender.

They were originally residents with some money, but after someone in the family became addicted to gambling, the lender gave them a large loan with a signed contract, and the whole family lost their property.

Not only that, after losing their property, these people have to work hard to pay off their debts under the surveillance and coercion of the Yisi Blade Gang thugs. Sometimes the women in the family will be insulted and violated by the moneylender. Don't even think about escaping. Most of the people who tried to escape from Grass Rat Town were eventually chased by gang members, brought to other residents who owed money, and bloodyly killed and dismembered.

Just to scare other people and prevent them from escaping.

Now, with the destruction of the Yisi Blade Head Gang, the debts owed by these people have naturally been written off. Seeing the fallen head of their enemy, these residents seemed crazy and used all their strength to tear the man's head apart.

Immediately afterwards, another moneylender was arrested. The charges were roughly the same, and the punishment was naturally the death penalty.

Some poor residents who had been bullied by these moneylenders rushed forward and vented their pain on the man's head. But then the third moneylender did not appear, and some people loudly asked where the other person had gone.

Pawei looked at his uncle, and after receiving permission, he gave a reassuring answer to the people waiting below: "The moneylender of another casino died while attacking the Yisi Knife Head Gang Casino. During the attack."

These people were relieved to receive the answer that their enemy was dead. Although they could not see the man being hacked to death with their own eyes, they would be satisfied as long as he was dead.

Then, other industrial managers from the Yisi Knife Head Gang were brought up. Those who could be caught on the spot were all brought up.

Those who had committed serious crimes were all beheaded by Pawei's loud announcement and Furlong's axe.

For those who just join the Yisi Daotou Gang to take advantage of the situation, in addition to financial penalties, they will also be punished in a different way.

Executioner Furlong put down his ax and took out the whip hanging from his waist.

The punished person was caught by two soldiers, one on the left and one on the right, and he knelt facing the people on a high platform covered with blood. The obstruction in the mouth was removed not to give the man a chance to speak, but to wait until the man's screams of pain were heard by all the people when he was whipped.

The knight waved his hand, and Furlong stood in front of the victim, tore the man's coat, then took two steps back, unfolded his whip, flicked it back, and then 'Crack! ’ There was a crisp sound, and the furlong flicked in the air.

All the people looked over and focused their attention.

Then it officially started.

Snapped!

"ah--"

A heavy whip, just one stroke, was whipped and dragged from the center of the victim's chest, taking away a small piece of skin and flesh.

The rough and flexible whip has the power to kill people. It is not as harmless as it seems.

Five whips in front of the body.

What was left were five wounds with twisted flesh.

Furlong then came behind the tortured man, with five lashes and bloody wounds behind him.

In fact, at the third blow on the chest, the victim could no longer scream and passed out.

Knight Anvina shook his head, feeling that this person was not very good, and was too weak physically and mentally. What future would the Yi Si Blade Gang have if they mixed with such a soft-footed shrimp?

It's just a minor annoyance.

For the knight, the strength of these local gangs is really limited. As expected, the thieves from the Thieves Guild are the enemies that can really cause him trouble.

Next, guys with gang connections were flogged, and the crack of the whip echoed throughout the central square.

As for the gang thugs, those violent ones, the Anwena Knights had another punishment. Most of these people are the foundation of gangs, and most of them cannot commit serious crimes, but they are still a part of the gang that must be punished.

The knight's punishment was to have his hand cut off.

The right hands of all the gang thugs were chopped off by Furlong with an axe. A waiting priest from the Church of the God of Wealth under the stage looked helpless and used magic to quickly stop the bleeding on the wound of the thug who was wailing in pain after his severed hand.

In addition to having their hands cut off, these people will also be escorted by knights to a mine in the Western Province. They will serve in the mine for several years and those who come back alive will be considered punished.

In fact, only one out of ten people can come out of remote mines alive. The thugs know a little about this, but they still have a glimmer of hope in their hearts.

They felt that after arriving at the mine, with the teamwork of these people, most of them would come out of the mine alive, which would probably be fine.

The last people to be punished were several thief apprentices of the thief Yi Si.

Among the gang members who were captured and surrendered, it was revealed that these apprentice thieves had done many bad things.

The first one was Gelb, who killed Kendall's merchants.

"The leader of the Yisi Knifehead Gang, Tuk Gerbo. He was convicted of stealing, illegally breaking into residents' homes, robbing, raping, killing, instructing and killing soldiers in the town, etc. After being identified by other personnel and arrested on the spot, he was arrested by Rusvi Lord S-Anvina has sentenced him to death! His death will be by beheading, and will be carried out by the warriors of Jo-Kil."

This time, Mr. Pavey’s words were slightly different. At the same time, behind the two soldiers escorting Gerbo, Kil also walked up with his chest held out.

The situation on the high platform was beyond Kiel's expectation. There was blood spattering everywhere and it was quite slippery. If the high platform had not been made of rough wood, he would have fallen down.

Executioner Furlong was finally able to take a break, and Keir recognized the executioner from the opponent's weapon.

He nodded slightly at Furlong, who responded with silence. After beheading many people, he probably wouldn't be in the mood to pay attention to others.

Gelb's limbs were twisted and his mouth was stuffed with a thick hemp rope, making him speechless. But those sinister eyes were boldly scanning the Anvina Knight, Kil and the others.

The curse in the eyes of my defeated general is naturally not threatening. You can't beat me with a weapon, so what can you do now?

The knight turned to Kiel and nodded, then raised a hand.

Kil also took advantage of the situation and drew out his long sword from his waist to hunt.

White light bursts appeared on the long sword, showing Kil's excitement at this time.

Seeing this scene, the people who were originally wondering why the execution was not carried out by the executioner stretched their heads curiously, boldly looked at the long sword that glowed white in Kiel's hand, and made various sounds of surprise.

At the corner of the street not far away, there were several different eyes.

A short figure clenched his fist tightly, gritted his teeth and looked at the young warrior holding the sword high, with tears streaking his face.

A thin and lean figure was leaning in an inconspicuous corner, the teeth in his mouth were rubbing together, and he was muttering something in a low voice. He sounded as if he was glad that he was lucky enough not to have this happen to him.

An old, tall, strong man proudly bumped into the other two old men beside him, talking about having a good drink in the evening.

Then, the knight's palms fell, and the swords held by Kil's hands also fell.

The seemingly magical and glowing long sword is actually extremely heavy, and its natural cutting force is also full. Although it is not as good as Furlong's two-handed axe, it is still very light to cut the victim's neck.

Swish——

The blood splashed, and a small amount of blood splashed on Kil's body. The falling head was still there. He was kicked off the high platform lightly by the knight, and was placed next to other heads piled into a hill.

Under the high platform, the well-dressed businessman Ouluo Bi jumped up excitedly, and then exhaled heavily.

The experience of these two days was truly unforgettable for him.