The Dean Has Arrived

"Trial..." Walking on the path in the field, Xi Wei looked ahead absently.

In the mission panel of the magic academy system, in addition to the task of "beginning to take shape" to establish the academy at the beginning, there is a new mission.

[Task: Elementary Trial]

[Task content: You already have the strength to hit the first level, let's perform well in the Tower of Grinding! 】

[Requirement: Complete the trial of the Grinding Tower (1st floor)]

[Remarks: Because the process of the Grinding Tower (first floor) is relatively long, please make complete preparations before entering]

Xi Wei has confirmed that the so-called Tower of Grinding is actually a new dungeon that appeared in the Gate of Trials. In addition, because [Noisy Beach] was cleared with an A-level rating, another instance named [Coral Sea Path] appeared.

However, because today's opportunities have been used up, no matter what kind of dungeons appear, it has nothing to do with the current Xi Wei.

But the note at the end of the task made Xi Wei feel uneasy.

What does longer process mean? What kind of preparation is perfect preparation?

Xi Wei, who didn't understand why at all, after thinking hard for a long time, finally decided... Let's go to the village for dinner first.

Although the fruit is delicious, it is not difficult for Xi Wei to hunt wild game now, but whether it is fruit or barbecue, there will always be a day when you get tired of eating. Compared with the two, it is better to go to Alisa's tavern to eat other food better.

"As expected, human beings live in groups...Even if you are a magician, you can't leave human society."

Although there were rumors that a magician with a very high rank could create food out of thin air, or even survive by ingesting elements without eating, but those rumors were more like myths than facts even to Xi Wei. It's illusory, even if a general magician is promoted to the level of a great magician, he still needs to eat food.

After entering the village from the path between the fields, Xi Wei found that the atmosphere in the village seemed not quite right.

A group of men surrounded the entrance of the village, and the women took care of their children, but couldn't help but cast worried glances at the entrance of the village. They didn't even notice that he entered the village.

The curious Xi Wei simply climbed onto the roof of the low bungalow, walked towards the entrance of the village and at the same time saw what happened there through the crowd.

Five heavily armed soldiers were confronting the men of the village. After getting close enough, Xi Wei could almost hear the conversation between the two parties.

The soldier who took the lead in speaking was a big man who was nearly two meters tall and could give people a sense of oppression just by standing, while the leader in the village was a bald man with a white beard, leaning on crutches, hunched over, full of punches and full of weight. The old village head of Mi Si. In terms of momentum, the village is already several chips behind the opponent.

Even if there is a saying like 'two fists can't beat four hands', but compared to the opponent's half body armor and gleaming iron-cast gun heads, most of the weapons in the village are just hoes, rakes, hatchets and the like. And it's still rusty... Only a few hunters have a few crudely made bows and arrows.

The soldiers seemed to mean that the lord specially sent them, these elite soldiers, to collect war aid taxes from the residents in the territory because the frontline war was tight.

However, the villagers did not have much money. Except for a few well-to-do families, most of them could hardly spend a little copper before the spring harvest.

"What's an 'elite soldier'?" Although the not-too-thick half-body armor on the opponent's body can frighten the short-sighted villagers, it can't frighten Xi Wei, who has traveled to many places in the mainland... Well, it's just an inheritance now. Someone who recalled Xi Wei's memory: "Isn't that the bust armor of ordinary spearmen, and the weapons are just long spears for formation. For elite soldiers, at least take a sword. Isn't that too cheap!"

I'm afraid these guys who claim to be acting tax collectors are just soldiers who have escaped from the battlefield.

Because of the autocratic rule of this world, generally speaking, if deserters are found, they will go to the gallows, and they are not even eligible to go to a court-martial. However, these guys not only did not hide their heads and show their tails like street rats, but dared to pretend to be tax officials. There is obviously something tricky behind doing this kind of thing.

Based on this, Xi Wei was not in a hurry to get ahead, but continued to bend down and lie in ambush on the roof to watch the development of the situation.

There was no money in the village, so no matter how hard the other party forced it, it was impossible to get money out, so the conversation fell apart as a matter of course.

The big soldier looked down at the old village head, and began to talk nonsense: "Hmph, if you refuse to pay the tax, it means that you will rebel against the lord and his orders! Soon a team of knights will come to level your small village. Set an example to other stubborn villages!"

"Oh, my fellow tax officials, but our village really has no money..." The old village head was sweating profusely.

Let alone a team of knights, this small village of theirs would be completely destroyed if even two or three came.

"No money? It's not impossible." The big soldier touched his chin, and then he may have smiled kindly to Xiang, but the smile he deliberately showed made his face even more ferocious, which can be seen from The old village chief, who was already trembling with fright, saw it.

"What...what can I do?" But even though he was already trembling, the old man still did not forget to fight for a life for his village.

"Old man, you should also know that the aristocrats above have some hobbies, and slaves are very good things to vent their hobbies. The price of these things is not low." The big man The smile on the soldier's face has changed from a blunt fake smile to a real smile, but it looks even more wretched: "You just need to pick a few children from the village to serve as slaves to the nobles, and the tax will be able to offset it." How about it, not only can you avoid taxes, but also reduce the number of people in the village, it’s a very simple way, right?”

"Shut up!" The old man leaned on the crutch in his hand aggressively, his wrinkled face was full of anger: "This old man is the village head here! How can you do such a thing of betraying the villagers!"

"Hey, old man." The expression on the face of the big soldier turned cold, he leaned in front of the old man, and said with a half-forced half-threatening tone, "I can show you the way, Don't blame us if you don't leave by yourself! Pay the tax money now, or we will be rude!"

"No, no matter what, we will not betray our family and friends. Mr. Tax Officer, just wait for a few more days until the spring harvest is completed..." The old man still tried to reason with the other party, but he was caught by the ulterior motives. The soldiers and ruffians refused straight away.

The big soldier laughed strangely: "Wait? We can afford to wait, but the soldiers at the front can't afford to wait! Brothers, let's go!"

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