Twenty Sided Dice

readx(); Siegel kept in mind the advice given to him by Doctor Flanes: "Since you are going to be a lord, to protect your people and the Union mages in your territory, then you must start from a lord in Think from the perspective of thinking, no longer an adventurer.”

After hearing about the Freedom Knights, Siegel immediately began to think about the real purpose of these over-excited descendants of nobles. The ransom of 500 gold coins is a bit too high for a servant of a lord and a grocery store owner, but for a lord with a gold mine, it is just right on his bottom line. The Freedom Knights should not be regarded as goblin-like robbers, at least they should face the fact that they have normal intelligence. Siegel thought about it for a while and thought that they wanted to use the method of turning tigers away from the mountains to make a bigger profit - the Striped Mountain Gold Mine.

Maybe these people have been watching Heimqiu secretly, and even dressed up as ordinary businessmen to come in and scout. Before the construction of the castle was completed, the construction site of Heimqiu was not very resistant to the bandits looting on horseback. And the local lord is just a "hairy boy", youthful and vigorous is a common feature of this age. The Freedom Knights believed that as long as the provocation was carried out, the lord of Hemhill would lead his troops to suppress the bandits.

This is also the first "crisis" encountered locally, I believe the lord will not sit idly by.

Sure enough, as they expected, the young lord took his most elite soldiers to the abandoned mine. There were less than twenty guards left behind, and most of them had to protect the lord's wife who was staying in the tent. However, the lord here is not too stupid. He ordered the beautiful female "knight" under him to concentrate all the production of the mine in the castle area, put it in the cellar where the pit has been dug, and hand it over to three orc warriors day and night. . In fact, this was also expected by Turner the Laugher, and they had already made corresponding countermeasures.

On the second night after the lord left with the troops, the Freedom Knights wrapped the horse's hooves in cloth, stuffed the bit in the horse's mouth, and quietly approached the mine. They wrapped themselves in black clothing to try to be unobtrusive. In the other direction of the miners' rest area, bandits on horseback threw torches and lamp oil everywhere. The wagon was lit, leading to the thatched house. There were "fire fighting!" voices everywhere, and the entire construction site became chaotic.

Turner called out in half-baked orcish language: "Go and put out the fire, the kitchen is on fire!" Actually, he meant the warehouse where the food was stored. But the Orcish vocabulary he mastered was insufficient, so he had to change it into a kitchen. Under his delighted gaze, the three orc guards in scaled armor, with shields, machetes, and spears glanced at each other, then turned away from their posts and ran towards the fire.

There was not a single guard near the foundations of the castle. The people of the Freedom Knights were very excited. They threw torches to the bottom of the cellar, and by the light of the flames saw three small chests. Several bandits couldn't hold back their excitement and ran to the box and opened it with a crowbar. Strips of yellow-orange-orange gold were piled up in the box, radiating seductive rays of light.

One of the robbers picked up the gold bar, felt the heavy weight, and clenched his fists excitedly. It was difficult for him to restrain the urge to shout, and he just kept waving his arms so that the people above could see their gains. The three boxes are staggeringly heavy, each requiring three people to carry. to move forward steadily. So a few more "knights" jumped into the pit and laboriously lifted the spoils up.

There are only six people left by the pit, and their eyes are all focused on the kindness of gold.

Turner was very proud, proud of his ingenuity. These three boxes of gold are enough for them to spend more than a year, even if they go to the best gold sales cave in the Imperial City of Stars, there is no problem. Having said that, the gold mines of Zebra Mountain are really powerful, and so much wealth can be produced in such a short period of time. Maybe I can tell my father this information, and send troops to capture the castle before it is built. What kind of backend can a pioneering knight in Waterdeep have? The Mages Association is not an organization that will be punished, and they will not intervene in the war between the lords.

When I was thinking about this, a bad premonition suddenly hit my heart. He saw his accomplices staring at the gold at the bottom of the pit. Who is looking around? Turner turned sharply and saw a young man in a red robe standing five paces away from him. The bizarre appearance with black hair and black eyes is unique on this continent, and only the lord of Hemhill is this respectable appearance.

Siegel held a heavy crossbow in his right hand, and the crossbow bolt was already in a position waiting to be activated. It was Turner's heart that was aimed. His other hand stood up to his lips in a "shh" motion.

Turner looked to the side and found that the horse he had brought had been secretly taken away by the dwarves. It wasn't quite accurate to say it was "secretly", because he saw the horses kicking their front legs hard, shaking their heads and neighing—at least they made a neighing motion, but there was no sound coming.

A dwarf holds a round runestone in his hand. The rune that says "Silence" is glowing. It was this thing that silenced the surrounding sounds, so none of the guards heard the fully armored dwarves in action.

The half-orc Humk led the militia up from the surroundings, with throwing axes and spears in their hands. Although judging from the way they hold their weapons, these are just mercenaries who are just beginning to learn martial arts, but they firmly occupied the heights and trapped the free knights who were still carrying treasure chests like mice.

Siegel's smile looked very annoying to Turner, and what he said was even more infuriating. "Remove your weapon and throw it on the ground with your armor."

"You want me to take off my armor, throw away the dignity of the nobles and become a prisoner like a farmer?"

"You can also disobey what I say and die like a glorious bandit." Siegel shook the crossbow in his hand, and the bright crossbow was aimed from Turner's chest to his eyebrows. "Or you can choose to run away and use your legs to compete with the horses for speed. I believe your mounts will save you some face, and you can catch up later."

"I saw you leave Hemhill, when did you sneak back? Don't you worry about your subordinates at all?"

"That's another story. After the people from the mine are captured, I'll pick one to tell you eloquently." Siegel put away his smile and said, "Now, surrender or die, choose one. "

"You win, we surrender." Turner nodded, took off his weapons one by one, and threw them at his feet. Then, under the onlookers of the orcs, he took off his chain mail and stood in the still-frozen spring night wind wearing only close-fitting clothes. Hunk stepped forward with a smile, tied their hands tightly with ropes, and strung the Freedom Knights into a row like a row of ducks. He also tugged at the men's hair with his big, rough hands to see if there was anything hidden inside.

Several pieces of wire were recovered, which were usually used to pick the locks of the prison doors. Seeing this, Siegel said to Turner: "If you still want to be treated as prisoners of war by the nobles, you should hand over the things that thieves use. My men don't mind searching through every hole in you, see See if there is a hidden weapon. My dungeon has not yet been established, and the conditions do not allow it, so I can only rely on a rigorous body search to ensure that the ransom I want will not fail, sorry. "

Turner never saw a trace of regret on the lord's face. He winked back, and then a smart guy raised his hand, buckled from his mouth, and threw the hidden false teeth on the ground. .

"Don't think you have won." Turner said, "There are still many people in our Freedom Knights. If we have three strengths and two weaknesses, your territory will never be peaceful."

"Ah, I know, I know." Siegel said perfunctorily.

Just as they were being dragged away by Humke, the archer Mana ran over. A tourniquet was briefly wrapped around her right arm, but there was still blood oozing out.

"Report to the lord, the fire has been controlled, but three cavalrymen who set fire to the south fled. Their horses and archery are all good. I shot one of them while chasing, but I was shot by the other two. Lost the mount and injured his arm. Couldn't catch them all."

"My order is not to let one go." Siegel said, "Do you still have the ability to fight again?"

Mana raised her head and said without hesitation, "As long as there is another horse, I will not let them escape."

"Fine," Siegel said. "You'll have more than a horse."

He first took out a bottle of healing potion~www.wuxiaspot.com~ for the female archer to drink, and then took out his wand and began to cast spells. "Night can't stop your eyes," Siegel put his fingers on Mana's eyelashes, giving her darkvision, and then he grabbed Mana's arm: "You'll be stronger than a cheetah. Siegel then placed his palm on the female archer's short blond hair, a pale pink halo attached to the outside of her body. "The arrows will not penetrate your protection, nor hurt your flesh." The mage touched Mana's arrows with his wand, and saw the power of lightning flash on the metal arrows: "And your weapons will go straight to the target. , wind and iron will only help, not hinder in the slightest."

Afterwards, Siegel summoned the Phantom Colt, a black star steed full of explosive power, but stopped meekly in front of Mana. "Let them try to escape, but they will never escape the pursuit of the shadow!"

With tears in her eyes, Mana turned on her horse: "I will definitely chase them back!"

"Go ahead," Siegel said with a smile. "If they still want to resist, just shoot them to death. I'm not short of ransom gold coins right now."

Turner swallowed hard, knowing in his heart that the bottle of healing potion alone is worth fifty gold coins, and the ability of chain spells to improve the archer is by no means a few hundred gold coins. He secretly prayed in his heart, hoping that the previous head of the team who lost in the gamble would not lose his life this time. (To be continued.)