dark witches rise

Chapter 15 The Baron Summons
at dusk.

The clouds of the western land turned red under the baking of the setting sun.

The members of the garrison patrolling around Xinluo Town shouted excitedly as they saw the approaching figure in the distance.

"Captain Roja is back—"

The people who heard the shouts rushed towards Roja in a swarm.

On the road hundreds of meters away from Silla Town.

Roja led five members of the defense team, and looked at the crowd swarming towards them, with a happy smile on his tired face.

After a day of fierce fighting, even Roja, who has the combat power of an intermediate knight, has awakened blood, and recovers physical strength much faster than ordinary knights, feels exhausted.

Not to mention the five garrison members who followed him—even though the main force in the battle was Roja.

Dozens of people rushed forward and surrounded Roja.

Looking at the armor covered with bite marks and scratches on Roja's body, and seeing the coagulated blood on the armor, the people all showed worried expressions.

"Captain Roja, are you okay?"

"Where are you hurt?"

"Come on! Hurry up and send Captain Roja to the Barney Medical Center!"

Facing the tense crowd, before Roja could explain, the five younger brothers who had been following him spoke up.

"How could Captain Roja be injured?"

"Those coagulated blood are the blood of ferocious wolves!"

"You haven't seen Captain Roja's battle with your own eyes, so you can't imagine how powerful Captain Roja is. Even a junior monster will not be the opponent of Captain Roja."

Roja scratched his head shyly as he watched others exclaim and stare at him with admiration.

After he calmed down the people around him.

He pointed to the pile of wolf skins brought back by the five younger brothers, "Pick out the quasi-warcraft ones and send them back to Kaitery Castle, and share the rest."

As soon as Roja's words fell, the crowd cheered immediately.

The reason why they ran hundreds of meters to meet Roja was that worrying and admiring Roja were one thing, and more importantly, it was because of these wolf skins.

A complete piece of common wild wolf skin can be sold for more than 20 silver coins.

The wolf fur of a quasi-warcraft is worth more than ten gold coins.

As for the wolf skins of high-level monsters, hundreds of gold coins may not be able to buy them.

Although the best and most valuable wolf skins were picked by Roja, there are hundreds of wolf skins left!

In the past half a month, Roja has hunted thousands of wolves, and distributed thousands of wolf skins to members of the defense team.

This is worth hundreds of gold coins!

Even if it is evenly distributed to dozens of members of the defense team, it is definitely a huge sum of money.

After the wolf disaster is over, take the wolf skins to sell in the city, and everyone can make a lot of money.

How could they not love such Captain Roja?

Due to Roja's strong strength, he has defended Silla Town from wolves' attacks many times, and distributed the wolf skins he hunted. Roja's reputation has reached a peak.

In the entire Silla Town, there are probably only a few people like Baron Horn, Captain Luke, and Barney Witch Doctor who can overwhelm Roja in terms of prestige.

Looking at the admiring eyes of the people around him, the corners of Roja's mouth curled up slightly.

"Sure enough, when a disaster strikes, not only is it easy to get money, but as long as you have strength, you can even get prestige at your fingertips."

Surrounded by the crowd, Roja returned to Silla Town.

At this time, a man dressed as a servant trotted towards Roja.

The people around wanted to scold the rude servant at first, but when they saw the servant's attire, they immediately stepped aside.

Because that servant is from the Baron Okoman family!
The servant jogged to Roja's side and said in a low voice, "Lord Roja, please go to Okoman Castle."

After being stunned for a moment, Roja nodded and said, "Okay."

Roja followed the servants towards Okoman Castle.

Okman Castle is located in the deepest part of Silla Town.

Backed by a [-]-meter-high cliff, the front is a flat plain with no obstacles.

Okoman Castle is divided into an inner castle and an outer castle.

The outer fort is surrounded by a three-meter-high earthen wall, the area is equivalent to a high school, and it is where the servants live.

The inner fort is a three-storey fort made of boulders.

The stone fortress is so strong that there are hardly any windows in the whole fortress.

Roja had been invited to enter the inner castle a few times before. There was no sunlight inside, and it was extremely dark even in broad daylight. You had to light candles to see the surroundings clearly.

It is even more uncomfortable in wet weather, the walls are all water on the ground.

Living in the inner castle is simply suffering!

But the inner fort is not a place for people to enjoy. The essence of the inner fort is a military fortress.

There are huge underground warehouses in the inner castle to store food, and there are wells to supply water. People can live in it for a very long time.

It is said that a hundred years ago, the Okoman family was besieged by the enemy and fell into a desperate situation.

In the end, they relied on the inner fort to defend for three months, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

Looking at the heavy fortress made of huge boulders in front of him, Roja felt a sense of peace of mind from his heart.

As bad as the living conditions are, no one wants to live in them.

But in case of danger, there is no safer building than this stone fortress.

"I don't know who asked us to come to Oakman Castle?"

Along the way, Roja met several people who were invited like him.

Like him, those people were full of doubts.

"Is it the younger brother of Baron Horne, the knight Giroud who temporarily acted as the baron's agent when Baron Horne set off to fight against the wolf king?"

"I don't know why he summoned us?"

Led by the servants, Roja and the others came to the hall in the inner castle.

Under the light of the torches on the wall, everyone's face in the hall was dyed red, looking extremely solemn.

Everyone present looked solemn.

Biting his lips, his eyes were full of anxiety.

As soon as Roja entered the hall, he immediately felt the heavy atmosphere covering the entire hall.

"What is it..."

While thinking about it, Roja looked towards the center of the hall.

Roja was startled when he saw clearly who was sitting on the main seat.

"what?"

"Captain Luke?"

The one who took the main seat in the hall was the son of Baron Horn, the heir of the Okoman family, the captain of the garrison, and the strongest knight in Silla Town—Luke Okoman!

Didn't Captain Luke set off with Baron Horn to fight against the Wolf King?

How come here?

Now that Captain Luke is back, then——

Roja looked around and searched.

Sure enough, I saw many people who should have set off with Baron Horn to fight against the wolf king.

But those people are not the ones Roja really wants to see.

Finally, a muscular middle-aged man with a beard and a thick back came into Roja's sight.

Captain Lei Lun, who was both mentor and friend to Roja, is still alive!

Seeing that Captain Lei Lun came back alive, Roja breathed a sigh of relief.

But in the next second, he immediately noticed Captain Lei Lun's empty right arm.

"The right hand is gone?"

For a knight, with one less leg, he can still sit on a horse and fight.

One less hand?

Or the right hand as the dominant hand?

He no longer has the qualifications to be called a knight, and even a quasi-knight may not be able to keep his strength.

Thinking of this, Roja had a sore nose.

He really wanted to go over and have a few pleasantries with Captain Lei Lun, and ask what happened and how the arm was lost, but now is not the time.

One, two, three...

All eyes fell on Luke who was directly in front of him.

These days, the number of wolves has not decreased but increased. The wolf king's crusade team has quietly returned, and many people including Baron Horn are away...

Then look at the middle-aged beautiful woman with eyes swollen from crying standing beside Luke.

Luke's mother, Baron Horne's wife - Mrs. Sydney.

And Baron Horn's palm-wide epee Zhan Yanjian, which is usually in his hand, is now in Luke's hands.

Everyone has understood.

But everyone was waiting, waiting to hear the truth from Luke.

The cruel truth that has been guessed and most people don't want to accept.

(End of this chapter)