our family is gone

Chapter 377 So You Also...

"It always feels so quiet, and there is no one on the street, which is completely different from the busy day." A slightly frivolous young man wandered the street with his clever eyes by the light of the fire.

"Nonsense, it's really a big problem if someone hangs around in the middle of the night." Another manager couldn't help complaining when he heard this, and then yawned, "Ah, it's over in two hours, you can go back and sleep well Sleep."

The two were patrolling the streets, but just after he finished speaking, he noticed a figure sneaking out of the camp without knowing what he wanted to do.

"Don't move! What are you doing?"

The two people who came out to patrol directly shouted at the person, raised their torches and walked over quickly.

And that guy didn't even struggle or run away, so he bowed and hugged his waist and waited for the two to come over.

"My lords, I've had a bad stomach and am looking for a toilet." The expression on the man's face looked awkward under the firelight, and these words made people feel disgusted.

"Isn't there a toilet over there? Why did you run over..."

According to the regulations, at least check and listen to the news, and register the name, and hand it over to the other side for demerits. This demerit even has to be recorded in his team. It is said that the captain's management is not good, which can be said to be very strict.

But before the man finished speaking, the young man beside him raised his hand and interrupted his companion.

"Hey brother~ He can't control things like eating a bad stomach, let's forget it this time, you go back after you solve it, don't get caught again."

As the young man said, he waved his hand to send him away. The companion wanted to say something, but he pulled him away instead.

"Hey~ what are you doing?" The companion couldn't help complaining after they separated for a certain distance, "Do you know that according to the regulations..."

"Of course I know, and I also know he has a problem."

The companion wanted to say something else, but he couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and his face collapsed instantly, "Then you know that you still do this? It really killed me. I was promoted with great difficulty, but I worked hard to get it back... ..."

He can stand here today because in the early stage of development, when their team was attacked by cultists, they bravely stood up and resisted, and successfully persisted until the arrival of the regular army.

I was a little scared when I thought about it later, because only five of the dozen or so people who were with him were still alive.

It's just that compared to him, the young man who dominated the situation was much calmer, and he could even laugh.

"Don't worry, we're going to make a big contribution this time."

Regardless of the companion's reaction, he began to explain on his own.

"That person is a newcomer, I guess he is new here these days, but I remember that he should be in the dormitory in the second district, even if he is going to the toilet, he shouldn't come here. There is definitely something wrong with him.

But that's not a place like a warehouse, so why go there if you want to destroy it?There is nothing worth destroying here..."

"What do you want to do?" The companion quickly understood that he was doing this to catch a big fish for a long time and deliberately let the man go.

"I suspect they are heretics who sneaked in." Speaking of this young man, he couldn't help but look serious, "I'll follow him to see what he's going to do. If I don't come back in half an hour, you should immediately notify the army."

Hearing the word cultist, the companion instinctively felt fear, but he hesitated when he heard that the young man wanted to take risks alone.

"It's too dangerous, why don't we go together, everyone will take care of us."

"It's inconvenient if there are too many people, wait for my news." The young man raised his hand and patted his companion on the shoulder, and walked past him with a smile, "I don't want you to take the credit."

The companion froze in place, he understood that the young man knew that he was afraid, so he said this to make himself feel better.

Seeing the figure of the young man disappear under the light of the fire, he didn't stay any longer, but instead walked towards the barracks.

The youth's actions were basically unaffected, and he even had a part in the construction here. Even without the torch, he could easily walk in it, and quickly followed that guy.

Sure enough, it's not going to the toilet...

The young man watched from a distance as the guy came to a remote corner of the camp, and as time passed, people kept coming.

It's hard to see anyone clearly in this kind of pitch-black situation, but gathering in private is enough to show that these guys are definitely not normal.

There was nothing to say next, the young man went back and informed the troops stationed there, and a few teams immediately came to catch all these guys.

Some people with abnormal brains still want to resist, but facing the neat formation of soldiers is the act of giving away their heads.

An utterly ridiculous battle was quickly put down by the army.

At the same time, the army directly entered and controlled the entire camp, and wiped out some of the remaining cultists.

Doomed to be sleepless tonight...

At the same time, an operation broke out in another camp in the northern development zone, which had just begun.

The reason why the cultists here were discovered was even more bizarre. Their assembly successfully escaped the patrol, but in the end they were discovered because of the report from the insider.

An elite squad raided a dormitory, and the leader was dragged from his bed by soldiers and taken away.

Originally, he kept denying, saying that he was arresting the wrong person, until he was dragged out and overwhelmed in front of several people.

"is it him?"

"Yes, he is the leader of those cultists."

Under the dim light of the fire, the man saw that the downline he had developed a few days ago was identifying him, and he suddenly understood something.

"You stupid guy! Have you forgotten what they did to you? You gave up on ascension! Damn traitor!"

"We have never been the same people, let alone traitors." The man had no regrets at all, and his expression was a little cold. "Although I am a criminal, I have never given up my loyalty to the lord."

The reason why I came here is because I made a mistake, and it has nothing to do with the lord. I have disappointed the lord once, and I must make the right choice this time.

loyalty!

It is also difficult for cultists to sneak in. It is destined that only those who have not been severely corrupted by the cult can sneak in.

These people have no special abilities, and if they want to expand their strength, they naturally need to develop believers and pull them down just like pyramid schemes.

But that should be in a stable situation, not doing that here.

It was obvious that the cultist in this camp was restless. He greedily wanted more, so he decided to go offline in a smart way.

Then the cultists noticed him, an unwelcome criminal with the heaviest work ever.

They're very good at getting in touch with these people after finding out the situation, starting with his current miserable situation.

It's just that it's hard for the cultists to understand why a lord who gave them up because of "a little wayward power" deserves such loyalty.

He joined in falsely, and after confirming all the cultists who had mixed in, he jumped back and went to the army stationed to blew himself up.

The precise arrest operation took away the cult members who had sneaked in one by one, and there were even newcomers who were developed. As for what was waiting for them, it was hard to say.

A lord is benevolent, but his benevolence is only for his own people.

But a strange situation appeared, because the person in charge of the camp also came to arrest with his hands, and under his proof, another person who was developed by the cult also jumped back.

So you too...

In other words, the two guys that these cultists came to develop for new development are all undercover agents.

Damn...no one dares to write like this.

Because of undercover identification, they didn't even need to screen a little bit like other camps, but blasted with precision to find out those cultists who mixed in.

At the same time, their actions were also exposed, but the information just received by the two undercover agents was incomplete. They only knew that the cultists wanted to use the faces of their acquaintances here to spread rumors and encourage rebellion.

It's a pity that they were directly taken down without even having time to encourage those ordinary people.

The arrest operation lasted all night, and the torture of the cult leader almost all night.

"Say it! What is your action?"

"Death and despair will cover the entire Hamlet, I will step into the ascension, and you are doomed to fall, believe in my lord, and go find the last..."

"Looking for your mother!" The soldier threw out a fist and knocked the leader's nose crookedly. "Where are you pretending to be your mother? Pure trash is too embarrassed to bark here!"

These soldiers from the training ground don't believe in those messy things, they only believe in lords and military orders, and preaching to them is equivalent to the church preaching to pagan fanatics.

But he couldn't ask more questions until he knocked out the leader. In some cases, although he was stupid and conceited, and ruined the arrangement for his own cleverness, his loyalty to the Ascension Sect was unquestionable. No wonder he was able to be the leader.
It's just that Hamlet doesn't allow such awesome cultists!
"Prepare to send someone back to contact and report what happened to the lord, to see if these guys are taken back to the town, or executed on the spot?"

The squadron leader here had just issued an order, but heard a soldier running back to report.

"Report! The brothers at the sentry tower noticed the smoke rising from the west, and it should be one of the farms."

"Martial law, suspend work for one day, everyone is not allowed to move around until they are ordered, and soldiers take over the camp."

The Ascension Sect has put a lot of manpower into the operation this time, and it is very likely that they will take this opportunity to severely damage Hamlet.

But no matter how strong they are, there is a limit, especially after being targeted by Lance, the number of members has decreased a lot.

When the main attack direction is placed on the town and the outpost, most of the elite and manpower are invested in these two places, and there are not so many manpower in other places.

And the incident that happened in the two wilderness development zones this time was actually because some cultists were mixed among the refugees who were released.

It's a pity that both of them were exposed in advance due to different circumstances. When they failed to inspire ordinary people, these guys were ordinary people themselves, and they couldn't turn the sky against the army.

It's just that the person in charge of the camp couldn't help feeling uneasy watching the slowly rising smoke, so he could only stick to the camp and wait for new orders.

…………

At dawn, a convoy full of cargo was driving on the old road, and besides the cargo, a lot of people gathered around the convoy, and it seemed very lively for a while.

The old road to Hamlet has not been as lively as it is today for more than ten years.

Although these were mostly refugees in rags, there were some more normal people who followed the caravan.

The only ones who dare to take this road at this time are people from the Water Merchant Group, and it is Vic who is in charge of this convoy.

He took advantage of this crisis to contact some skilled workers in the city of Owendo who were affected by the changes in the current situation. The workers and serfs were similar to those lords. Can't afford it.

In addition, the development of food-related plans, as well as organization construction and activities, etc. need to be reported to the lord.

Sure enough, only work is the most exercised person. Now Vic is wearing a hunting suit that is easy to move around, a hat with a sunshade on his head, and a pistol stuck in his waist.

The figure on the horse is tall and powerful, and the eyes swept out through the brim of the hat are also majestic. It looks like a nobleman who is hunting.

No matter who looks at it, it is impossible to think that this person was a child of a serf a year ago.

"report!"

The convoy is very long, and the message cannot be delivered by shouting, but by guards riding horses through it.

These people were either from Hamlet's training camp, or had been severely drilled, unlike ordinary caravan guards who only know how to be brave and fierce, but know how to cooperate with each other and have received military training.

The caravan has faced many enemies, such as robbers and bandits, crazy refugees, deserters with equipment, etc., but it is enough to show the situation that they can retreat unscathed every time.

"What's the matter?" Vic looked calmly and fearlessly at the guard who came back from scouting.

The convoy is heavy, and it is easy to have an accident before it has time to react when it is attacked, so for its own safety, it is necessary to release some more mobile guards to scout around.

But this means that a lot of horses are needed, and the general caravan would rather use these horse-drawn carts than do this, because pulling one more cart will make more profits.

Or in other words, it's not that they don't want to, but that they don't have the capital, which is why small caravans have poor ability to resist risks.

"I found a team suspected of having a strange disease in front, do you want to drive them away?"

Vic couldn't help frowning when he heard this. The soldiers had more or less learned first aid, so they naturally understood the horror of infectious diseases.

"We are now a caravan, not the private soldiers of those fallen nobles. Why do you want to be so overbearing?" Vic vetoed this without much hesitation. "Bullying the weak is not what we want to do. This road is so big. Just adjust the convoy to avoid them, don't make trouble."

Vic is not a very good person. When he was in Owendo City, he and Walt prepared for the grain war operation. During this period, he led the team many times to act as a horse bandit to rob other grain merchants, and then sold them back to them.

But now they are a caravan, and they need to play their roles well, not to mention that there are many craftsmen in the team, he doesn't want to cause trouble because of such a trivial matter.

(End of this chapter)