Mercenaries and Adventurers

Just when Keir thought that all the people in this village had fled, in the yard of a remote farmer outside the center of the village, a fruit tree next to the dilapidated farmer's house caught his attention.

The fruit tree was normal, but someone had smeared a layer of red stuff on its trunk.

This discovery made Kiel pull out his sword, and at the same time slapped the arms of the armed people following him, and then made a silent movement. The armed people nodded and drew their weapons without making a loud noise.

Kil asked the people behind him to form a fighting formation, and then carefully observed the farmer's yard.

Like most farmhouses, in the center of the small yard is a dilapidated house that is large enough for a family to live in. In addition to the house, in addition to a cellar entrance that every household has, there is also an empty wooden chicken coop, and A fruit tree with a red trunk.

The fruit trees were blooming with white flowers, and the original fragrance of the flowers was disturbed by the smell of blood coming from the tree trunks.

Kil glanced at the entrance to the cellar, which was not covered with stones. His suspicious eyes wandered between the cellar and the farmer's house. After thinking about it, he walked lightly to the door of the house. He first listened to what was going on in the house. Then he raised his foot and kicked.

With a bang, the old wooden door smashed directly into the house.

As Kiir waved, an armed citizen behind him carefully threw the torch in his hand toward the door of the house.

Under the firelight, Keel did not find the presence of the parasitic monster in the house.

But he noticed that in the fire pit in the center of the house, although the ashes of the firewood were extinguished, there were two bundles of withered grass stems that could be used to make a fire in the open space next to the fire pit.

"Is there someone? In other words, there are traces of monster life."

Keir exited the house and immediately strode in the direction of the cellar.

"Surround this place!"

Kil shouted, and then pulled the grooved handle of the cellar lid, preparing to open it. Of course, with the left hand open, the long sword held in the right hand is held high, ready to give the monster inside a hard blow at any time.

But when he pulled it, he didn't pull it away.

The cellar lid is stuck from the inside and does not appear to be able to be opened from the outside.

"Don't think this can stop a knight!"

Kil muttered, then charged up his left fist, filled his arms with life energy, and blasted hard towards the cellar lid.

With a bang, sawdust flew, and the cellar wood cover, which was not very thick, shattered inwards, flipped over, and collapsed.

At the same time, two wailing sounds were heard in the cellar. The next moment, under the illumination of torches, a black shadow rushed out of the cellar and headed straight for Kiel at the entrance of the cellar.

"I'll fight you monsters!"

The black figure shouted loudly, full of desperate feelings.

This startled Kil, who slashed with his sword, and he was able to hold back the weapon in his hand. But he calmed down, but the black shadow didn't.

The sword flashed, and Kil's abdomen was hit 'gently', which made him curl his lips. The next moment, his left hand caught the black figure that attacked him.

With a quick grab and a throw, the black figure was thrown onto the ground beside the cellar by Keir.

"Ouch! It hurts!"

The black figure screamed in pain, and when the firelight shone on it, it was discovered that the black figure attacking Kiel was a young man covered in dust.

The young man wanted to get up and fight, but the next moment, the metal sword was placed on the young man's neck amid the flash of sword light. The armed people with weapons did not dare to be careless. Everyone carefully covered their bodies with shields and placed their weapons close to the enemy one by one.

"Sir! Do you want to kill this parasitic monster?"

Someone asked, but before Kil could answer, the embarrassed young man on the ground yelled: "You are the monster! You monsters who kill people are so abominable!"

Kil looked at the man carefully and then said: "Take off your clothes, the parasitic monster will grow a strange face on your body. Take it off and let us see if you are parasitized by a monster."

"Bah! You damn slug-like monsters! Don't try to lie to me! I would rather die than have my body taken over!"

As soon as the embarrassed young man finished speaking, he ignored the weapons pressed on his neck and shoulders and stabbed a small dagger in his hand into his abdomen.

"It hurts. I will never let you put on my skin and use my face to deceive people... ugh..."

No one expected that this young man would take action as soon as he said it, and there would be no hesitation in hurting himself.

"Stop him and tie him up, but be careful not to touch him. If he is a normal person, the priest will cure him. If he is a monster, be careful of sneak attacks."

As soon as Kiir finished speaking, one of the armed civilians kicked out the small dagger the young man had stuck in his abdomen. The dagger didn't penetrate very deep, so the injury wasn't serious. Although it was bleeding continuously, it looked like it would be fatal if left alone.

There was a lot of work here. Kil turned his head and looked into the dark cellar and said loudly: "Do you want me to go in and invite you? Come out!"

There was a rustling sound in the darkness, and then an equally young voice asked tremblingly: "Are you monsters?"

"What do you think?"

Under the firelight, Kil was wearing a thick metal armor and holding a long sword with a gleaming white blade. No one with any sense would regard him as a skin parasitized by a monster.

"Who are you, sir? Are you the lord?"

The people inside were still undecided, so they asked one more question to confirm the identity of the people outside.

"I am not a local lord, I am a young knight who is leading people through the local area. Although I am not from here, I order you to come out!"

After being scolded by Keir, the man hiding in the cellar climbed out hesitantly.

Seeing that the man was slow in his movements, Keir picked him up and threw him aside, letting the two young men keep him company.

"Joy! Joey!"

The young man who came out later saw that his companion was injured and immediately rushed forward to press the wound with his hands to stop the bleeding.

Kil waved his hand and asked his men to take a few steps back, surrounding the two of them with caution.

The injured young man, who might be named Joey, had a few simple ropes tied around his body, so he was curled up and it was difficult to stop the bleeding in his abdomen. When the young man who came out later was about to untie the rope that was in the way of his companion, Keir said a warning. : "Stop! If your identities cannot be determined, the ropes on your body cannot be untied! Don't save him, no one will die in a short time anyway. Come and tie him up too."

As soon as Keir finished speaking, a noose was thrown on the young man. As soon as the rope was retracted, the looped rope tightened sharply, tying the young man's arms and body together.

"What are you doing! What are you doing! We are not monsters, not monsters! Let me go, please, let me go!"

Kil snorted, turned around and pointed at the fruit tree next to the house. The area on the trunk of the fruit tree painted red with flesh and blood looked quite evil and weird under the light of the torch.

"What is this! Don't tell me, you two have nothing to do with this thing? I know this is what the parasitic monsters that appear nearby like to do."

The uninjured young man immediately shouted: "We did it to fool the monsters! We are not monsters, we just did it to prevent the monsters wandering nearby from approaching the village."

"Really, how stupid a guy would be to be fooled like this?"

"Really, sir, please believe us, we are not lying. Those monsters are like this. We both discovered this feature after observing for a long time! There are tree trunks smeared with flesh and blood, and the surrounding monsters will only think that there are their companions here. If you control it, you won’t come over to investigate again!”

The young man explained anxiously, but his seemingly reasonable words did not make Keir relax his vigilance.

He turned around and said to an armed citizen: "Go and invite Priest Batal who is waiting outside the village. In addition, don't let everyone enter the village until every house in the village has been inspected."

"Yes, Lord Knight!"

The ordered armed people shouted, then turned and ran quickly outside the village, which was illuminated by a large number of torches.

It had been dark for a while now, and although a moon had risen in the sky, darkness still enveloped the earth as usual.

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No matter what the tied young man explained, Kildu stood aside with a long sword in his hand. Before the priest came to judge the identity of the two people, what he said to the two young people went in one ear and out the other.

Soon, more than a dozen chaotic footsteps walked quickly towards this side.

Priest Batar, who was carrying an amber metal staff, was at the forefront of the group. As soon as he entered the farmer's yard, he said to Kiel, who was holding a sword: "Kil warrior, you want me to check these two people, right?" ?”

Kil turned around and lifted up his visor, nodded and said, "Yes, please, please be safe."

The priest confidently raised the long stick in his hand: "Don't worry, it's here."

After walking over, Priest Batal, who was wearing an armed priest's gear, approached the two captured young men. As soon as the young man saw that the person was a priest of Saturn, he immediately pupated on the ground a few times, then reluctantly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to priest Batar: "Priest, priest, please save us, please save my companions." Well, he bled a lot."

Priest Batal glanced at the other young man lying on the ground next to him. Seeing the amount of blood flowing out of the wound, he waved his hand easily: "Don't worry, this blood won't kill anyone. I'll check you first."

After all, the young man had little knowledge. He looked blankly at the Saturn priest tapping his head with the dim yellow gem on the front of the long staff, which made him full of fear.

The dim yellow light on the gem spread to the whole body of the young man kneeling on the ground at an extremely fast speed. Then, under the gaze of everyone around him, the young man's movements became slow and even 'stagnated'. within the time.

Kiel squinted his eyes as he watched this scene, and after thinking for a moment, he felt that this kind of weapon and the power on it might be useful in small-scale battles. However, once the number and scale of the battle increased slightly, the power of this kind of weapon and power would The effect produced is not big.

This may also reveal from the side how the Church of Saturn’s weakness in the upper echelons came about.

After all, the water in this world is very deep. If the priests under the God of Agriculture generally only have this kind of power, the Church of the God of Agriculture will inevitably be insufficient in terms of force.

After slowing down the young man, Priest Batal felt relieved and reached out to touch the young man shrouded in dim light.

Still above his head, the priest covered his hand in the young man's messy hair. The green god of agriculture gathered in his hand, and then he probed into the young man's body, carefully checking whether the young man was parasitic and controlled by the flesh demon's parasitic seeds. .

This is a careful job, so Priest Batal inspected it very carefully, and Kil was also very patient. Someone nearby reminded that there was a large group of people waiting outside Kil's village. Kil's waved his hand and said: "Don't be anxious, it's not a problem to wait a little longer. Well, in this way, let the long-haired lynx orcs at the end of the team disperse, and let the long-haired lynx orcs at the end of the team disperse between the team and the village. Reconnaissance on the perimeter.”

"Yes, Lord Gere!"

Immediately, someone held a torch and was ordered to leave.

After waiting for a while, Priest Batal took back his hand and nodded to Kil: "There is nothing wrong with this young man. Except that his body is a little weak because he has not eaten for a long time, there is nothing wrong with him. In addition, this young man is also a believer of the great God of Agriculture. , so Kil Warriors, is it okay for me to untie the ropes on him?"

Keir spread his hands and said: "The believers in the team are under your command. You can do whatever you want, then there is another one."

Priest Batal tapped the young man who believed in the God of Agriculture with his long staff again, and withdrew the power from the young man who was slowed down by the magical power. Then, with the doubts on the young man's face, he personally untied the The rope on the opponent's body.

This made the young man gratefully kowtow to Priest Batar, but the priest quickly stopped this move: "My strength comes from the great God of Agriculture. Please give this gratitude and respect to my God."

"Yes, yes, sir, you are right, you are right, by the way, please save my companion. During the time he was hiding in the village, it was Joey who took the risk in the village and nearby areas. Looking for food for both of us.”

After saying this, Keir took a look at the two young men. Sure enough, although the young man who believed in the God of Agriculture was wearing shabby linen clothes, he was still relatively clean, while his injured companion was dirty.

"I will treat him after checking him. Don't worry, I can cure this injury in half a night. As long as he is not parasitized by monsters."

After Priest Batal finished speaking, he picked up the long staff on the ground and tapped another young man who fell on the ground.

Just like before, after being slowed down by the dim light, the priest covered the young man's head with his hands full of the power of the god of agriculture.

Perhaps because of his previous experience, Priest Batal's inspection speed was much faster this time. In less than a minute, he withdrew the dim light that slowed down for safety.

"How's it going?" Kil asked.

The priest nodded without looking back. While untying the clothes on the young man's abdomen and preparing for treatment, he said, "It's no problem. Apart from the physical discomfort caused by long-term hunger, this young man is very healthy."

After hearing what Priest Batal said, Kil breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed the young man who was kneeling and watching the priest's treatment, and said to Batal: "You save people first, and I will continue to check the village." Safety. Also ask these two people some questions on the way."

The priest waved his hand, indicating that Keir was free.

Then Kil pushed the somewhat reluctant young man out of the yard, waving at the same time to the people he had led before to follow him.

"Introduce yourself, and tell me, what's going on here?"

Kil raised his glowing sword and pointed around.

"You should be a local, so what about the people from the nearby villages, the parasitic monsters wandering around the mountains and forests, and how on earth do you two know that applying flesh and blood to the tree trunks will keep the monsters away? Answer one by one my question."

Facing Kiel's question, the young man wrung his hands together nervously, with a look of embarrassment on his face.