Lord Chronicle

Chapter 8 My Kiss Summoned Beast

Finally, after half a month of pain, Reid's procurement team finally returned to Lovell.Along with them, in addition to the necessary equipment and materials, there is also a small mercenary regiment.

Their arrival somewhat revived the town a little, but Reed was still taken aback when he saw the tired and depressed faces of the residents who greeted them.I have only been away for more than 20 days, what happened?

He found Sol, and after listening to the simple incident, Reed showed an expression of disbelief: "The thieves group? This is simply an invasion of hungry people!"

Sol smiled bitterly and said, "No matter what it is, Lovell is about to be crushed by these guys. If you don't come back, I might really have a big relocation of the whole town and go to avoid disaster."

Reed nodded: "In order to prevent the Adventurer's Guild from attacking our caravan halfway, I hired a mercenary group to protect it, which is just in hand. The lord can talk to their group leader."

This mercenary group is called "Blue Wolf", and there are not many people, only about 50 people.Their captain is named Rubens, a muscular giant with blue eyes, quite well-known in the mercenary world, his nickname "Blue Wolf" and the name of the mercenary group are derived from these eyes Come.

However, Sol couldn't help muttering when he saw the opponent's size, which was only slightly inferior to Kress's, and the giant ax on his back.Why is it called "Green Wolf", I think "Green Bear" or "Green Elephant" is more appropriate.

Rubens was also straightforward. He nodded without hesitation after hearing Saul's explanation of the situation: "As long as you can afford the money, there is no problem." A standard mercenary.

Naturally, this was not the time to be stingy with gold coins. Sol quickly reached an agreement with Rubens, inviting him to come to the lord's mansion at night to discuss dealing with the thieves.Then I was busy counting the materials, and I was very busy.

Reed did not break his promise, and using the 2 gold coins allocated to him by Sol, he got all the items on the list within more than 20 days. The quantity greatly exceeded Sol's expectations, making him secretly glad that he did not find the wrong person.

The weapons and protective equipment of the garrison arrived at the same time. Different from the common goods in the equipment stores in the town, these are standard equipment produced by the military leader Kawei, with first-class quality.It seems that Reid's goodwill diplomacy among businessmen was very successful, and he was able to get them in a short time.

When new leather armor, long swords made of fine steel, bows and arrows made of nanmu and other equipment were distributed to the players, the already depressed morale of the defense team immediately rose.

"Hmph, next time I meet those thieves again, see if I don't chop them into seven or eight pieces." A team member wiped the long sword in his hand fondly.

"Come on, you, let my bow greet them." Another team member said with a smile.There are many hunters in the town, and the players from these families are all good archers.

"Tch, I don't know who was shot by them that day and hid behind the tree and dared not come out." Someone laughed.

"You... I call it strategic hiding. Who told us that our leather armor is rotten like a fishing net? I don't believe you dare to rush out." The former retorted unwillingly, and his words elicited another burst of laughter.

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At this time, in the lord's mansion, Sol and the others also sat in a circle, discussing how to deal with the thieves.

There is a map of the town and its surroundings on the table, and Kress is explaining it to everyone in detail.In the end, he concluded: "Because we have too few manpower, we can't defend all places at all, so the thieves can always find a breakthrough. Even with the help of the Qinglang mercenary group this time, the manpower is still a little less."

The town's defense team is full of 34 people, and the Qinglang mercenary group is 51 people, which is still less than [-] people.Having expected this situation, Sol nodded and said: "So I decided to take the initiative."

Rubens said very expertly: "This is indeed the only way. Although the number is not as large as that of the other party, judging from the information you provided, they do not have many real fighters, and the rest are mobs. And whether it is training or equipment, we The mercenary group will have the upper hand, so as long as they are lured to a specific location, and with the assistance of the town's garrison, I will be sure to injure these thieves again."

Hearing his words, Kress and Pochi immediately frowned.Rubens' words clearly looked down on the defense team.But it's no wonder that compared to the experienced mercenary regiment, the garrison in a small and remote territory like Lovell is nothing compared to it.Of course, this is generally true.

Quietly waving his hand to stop Kress, who looked angry and wanted to jump up to refute, Sol smiled and said: "But this time my request is a bit more difficult, I hope to capture a few people alive before deciding on the next move. "

His words surprised everyone, and Jessica asked in astonishment, "Why?"

Sol scratched his head: "Uh... I want to catch the two thieves first to understand each other's situation, find their lairs and catch them all in one go. The so-called know yourself and your enemy, you will win every battle."

After chewing these two sentences repeatedly, Rubens said with emotion: "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle. This is very reasonable. You are the employer, so you can do whatever you want. Do you have any questions?"

Kress, who was watched by him, stared wide-eyed: "Of course it's no problem!"

"Okay, let's start making plans now." Rubens smiled, grabbed the map and said.

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Two days later, in the middle of the night, Rubens' mercenary group ambushed in a dense forest on the eastern outskirts of the town, quietly waiting for the enemy to enter the encirclement.In the past two days, with the efforts of the residents of the whole town, several passages outside the town have been blocked, and only this place is left. This is not to stop the thieves, but to let the other party have fewer options when they retreat.

Lovell's small size also has a small advantage, that is, once outsiders enter, there is no way to hide, so there is no fear of thieves and spies coming in.The blue wolf mercenary group will become a surprise soldier who will surprise the opponent.

The plan is simple, tonight Kress will deliberately relax his vigilance and let the other party move another batch of food.When they succeeded, the garrison came out in groups. Due to the burden of a large amount of food, it was impossible for the thieves to go through the closed passage. The only choice was here. What awaited them then would be an ambush by the entire mercenary group.

"The plan is perfect, but why am I, a non-combatant, here?" Deep in the dense forest, Sol muttered with an unhappy face.

"Because when everyone was working hard, you would just lie down and sleep in the study. Now is your chance to make up for your mistakes." Jessica, who was lying next to him, replied coldly.

"I'm the lord, you asked me to come to the line of fire in person, if I accidentally hang up, who will lead Lovell on the road of development in the future? Everyone is busy slowly, I have something to do first." Sol got up.

Unexpectedly, before taking three steps, Jessica's rapier was already on her neck with a chill on her neck: "Come back!"

Laying back with a mournful face, Sol lamented: "Sister, do I have a grudge against you, why do you always target me?"

"Shh, keep your voice down, it's coming!" Jessica whispered and pressed his mouth.

While talking, I heard a mess of footsteps coming from the other side of the town, and a group of black shadows ran to them quickly. There were about 200 of them, and they were the bandits who were driven from the town by Kress.

As expected of a well-known mercenary regiment, Rubens quietly made a gesture of getting ready, and all the members of the regiment took their positions silently.Regardless of combat ability, this level of professionalism is unmatched by Kress's defense team. Rubens' pride does have his capital.

At this time, there was no way to retreat, so Sol had to retreat to the end of the team with a sad face.When he heard that he was going to participate in the ambush, he put on two layers of leather armor and a cotton coat, making him as bloated as a giant panda.Although it was cool in the middle of the night, he was still hot and sweating profusely.

Huh, what are two layers of leather armor? If Manson didn't have time to build them, I would still want to wear full-body heavy armor!
"Ah!" At this moment, the few thieves running in the front tripped over the rope tied to the ground, and the grain on their shoulders fell to the ground.The people behind were caught off guard, and a dozen or so fell down at once.

"It's now, come on!" Rubens yelled when the opponent didn't know why and was in chaos. Dozens of torches lit up in the forest on both sides instantly, illuminating the area brightly.

Suddenly from the darkness to the light, the human eyes could not adapt, and the eyes of all the thieves were dimmed.Coupled with the fact that the mercenary regiment members kept shouting, they couldn't figure out how many enemies were there, and the chaos expanded rapidly.

In such a situation, few people could keep calm. It was unknown who dropped the food first, and all the thieves dropped the food bags one after another and fled.Since Thor had ordered in advance not to hurt anyone, the mercenaries did not stop them, allowing the large group of thieves to flee in all directions, and only consciously blocked a few who seemed to be leaders.

Unexpectedly, a group of more than a dozen thieves, led by two leaders, relied on a small forest to continuously attack the mercenaries with short bows, as if to cover the rest of the thieves to leave.The opponent's shooting was very accurate, and even in such chaos, several mercenaries who were too prominent were still shot.

"Surround them, be careful of the opponent's bows and arrows." Rubens yelled, and immediately someone dragged away the injured companion, and at the same time, more than a dozen mercenaries kept firing arrows, making suppressive shots at the opponent.

No one cared about the fleeing thieves, and everyone slowly surrounded the group of people.The other party quickly discovered the mercenary's intentions. A leader shouted, and several thieves lit their arrows and started shooting randomly in all directions. At the same time, all the thieves rushed towards the weakest direction of the mercenary guard.

The rocket quickly ignited the fallen leaves on the ground, thick smoke was everywhere, and the scene became even more chaotic.This group of thieves were not chaotic in the face of danger, and they were able to judge the situation in an instant. With such a reaction, it seemed that the leader of the other party was not simple.

This move was beyond Rubens' expectation, and he shouted: "Quick, stop them!" He led people around from both sides, but the fire spread rapidly and thick smoke billowed, making it difficult for the mercenaries to approach for a while.

Unfortunately, Sol happened to be in the direction in which the group of thieves were fleeing.Seeing more than a dozen vicious thieves rushing towards him, he was frightened out of his wits: "Brothers, did you go wrong!?"

Ignoring his exclamation, the first few fierce-looking thieves silently wiped their waists, and rushed forward with daggers in their hands, as if fighting hand-to-hand.Looking carefully, those daggers were picked up by Kress, the special daggers of the "Night Shadow Troop" of the Lulin Empire.

With a clang, she drew her sword in her hand, and Jessica pulled Sol behind her.A few mercenaries scattered the refusal nails distributed in advance, as long as they can delay for a moment, the large troops will surely be able to round them up.

The effectiveness of the new weapon was finally verified. It was dark in the forest, and before they could see what the opponent was throwing on the ground, the soles of the two thieves felt a sharp pain.

The remaining two companions were shocked, and they jumped on the ground nimbly, avoiding all the nails.Few of the thieves in the rear had such good skills. They only heard a burst of exclamation, and a few fell to the ground screaming, and a few fell into the traps dug in advance.

Without waiting for the opponent to get close, Jessica gave a coquettish shout, and the rapier danced in a ball of sword flowers in her hand, and she was the first to greet her.At the same time, several mercenaries rushed towards the rest of the thieves, and the two sides fought together in an instant.

Surprisingly, the strength of the two thieves was unexpectedly strong. Although they only used a short dagger, they made Jessica, who is a strong swordsman, clumsy and dangerous.

"Elf swordsmanship?" One of the thieves whispered, looking quite surprised.

"It's okay, she hasn't practiced well yet." Another older thief said.

Their attacking methods are slanted forward, and they can't move five inches away from the opponent's side. It seems that they are desperately fighting for their lives, but they leave room for them, which is extremely subtle.Jessica's swordsmanship also focused on danger and speed, but she couldn't show her power in front of the two of them, and soon she was forced to retreat again and again.

As soon as Jessica retreated, Sol, who was hiding behind her, naturally had to retreat.At the same time, I couldn't stop complaining in my heart: Damn motherfucker, what's wrong with playing, you have to drag me here, and this killed me!
Noticing Sol's predicament, Jessica gritted her teeth and stabbed desperately with her stabbing sword, forcing the two thieves back.But this is also equivalent to telling the other party that there is a big man behind him.

The two thieves had seen Sol wearing two layers of leather armor and looking strange, but they didn't pay much attention because they were busy with Jessica.At this moment, the two exchanged glances, one of them jumped into Jessica's sword force and entangled her, while the other nimbly rolled on the spot and rushed towards Sol.

"Wow, I want to return to my place!" With an exclamation, Sol turned and ran.It's a pity that the more anxious the more trouble, the toe tripped on a rope tied by his own people, and fell to the ground.

The thief smiled deeply, bit the dagger in his mouth, and grabbed Sol with both hands, intending to capture him alive.Thor was startled, and instinctively put his hands in front of him. At this critical juncture, the ring on his right hand suddenly emitted a glaring white light, and a ball of light shot up into the sky.

Both parties were stunned by the unexpected situation. At this moment, they heard a strange cry that looked like a beast but not a beast, and a bird that didn't seem like a bird. The light cluster dispersed, and a huge strange beast appeared in the air.

Its back half is the body of a lion, and its front half is an eagle, with a pair of thick, iron-like eagle claws curled up in front of its chest.Under the ribs on both sides of its lion body, there is a pair of huge wings with a wingspan of about three meters. At this moment, it flaps, and the strong wind blows the trees below to shake the grass, which is extremely powerful.

It's a griffin!It came out of the summoning ring given by Albert on Sol's finger. After accepting this gift, Sol never had a chance to use it, and even forgot about it over time.In desperation just now, he successfully summoned the griffin beast.

But how did Albert never tell Thor about the summoning spell?
Unexpectedly, a griffin would suddenly run out, and everyone in the field stopped for a while, staring blankly at the giant beast in mid-air.After a moment of astonishment, the thieves beside Sol suddenly reacted and pounced on him again.

Seeing him threatening its master, the griffin let out a long cry and rushed down. The eagle's claws grabbed the thief's shoulder, and he was caught in the air.The sharp claws pierced the flesh, causing him to scream out in pain.

The griffin, beast and eagle bent their heads and were about to peck at his neck. Seeing this, Thor yelled, "Don't kill him!"

The griffin hummed obediently, flapped its wings and swooped down, throwing the thief to the ground, throwing him to pieces.Following it, it kept circling in the arena, threatening the thieves below who were still resisting.

After such a delay, Rubens led his subordinates to surround them, and at the same time, the fire in the forest was extinguished.Looking at the injured companions and bewildered subordinates, the thieves who fought with Jessica knew that the situation was over.With a long sigh, he threw the dagger in his hand to the ground, sat cross-legged like that, and grabbed it with his hands tied.

Picking up the dagger dropped by the other party, Rubens' expression changed suddenly: "Night shadow troops!?"

Before he had time to inquire, Kress hurried over with the guards, and seeing the crowd surrounding the thieves from a distance, he said loudly: "It's over so soon? Don't say leave a few for me... Huh! ?”

Glancing at the griffin beast in mid-air, he said in disbelief: "Wow, when will we even have griffins in our territory, hurry up, everyone!" He waved his hand fiercely.

While everyone was stunned, the defenders following Kress stopped in unison, bowed their bows and set their arrows in unison, and dozens of black arrows were aimed at the griffin in an instant.

"Get ready, put..."

"Put your head down!" Before he gave the order to shoot, he only heard a loud shout, and Sol rushed forward with a flying leg and kicked Kress to the ground.

"Fuck, whoever dares to touch Lao Tzu's little griffin, I want him to never get a salary for the rest of his life!"

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After tying up the thieves, Rubens walked up to one of the thieves without saying a word, and tore off his sleeve with his hands.On his shoulder, a lifelike bat tattoo suddenly appeared.

"You are indeed members of the Night Shadow Troop, why are you here?" Rubens asked loudly, holding an ax in his hand, startled and angry.

Not only Rubens, but Saul was also surprised that the other party was really from the Lulin Empire.Facing Rubens' question, the thief snorted disdainfully and turned his head away, as if he wanted to kill or cut you up.

It was quickly found out that except for the previous four thieves with bat tattoos, the rest of the thieves were ordinary people.What is even more strange is that these people have no calluses left by long-term use of weapons. The calluses are all distributed in the palms of the palms. The feet are wide and the five toes are spread apart. They are obviously a group of farmers who have been farming for a long time.

What's going on, the famous Yeying troops of the Lulin Empire will lead a group of farmers to go over the mountains to Lowell to grab food?
Rubens quietly pulled everyone aside, and said in a low voice: "This is too strange, we must ask clearly. But those members of the Night Shadow Troop have been specially trained and will not speak easily, so I will use The mercenary method made them speak, if you can't stand it, you can leave."

Knowing that Rubens had made up his mind to use torture, Jessica and the others showed unbearable expressions on their faces, but there was nothing they could do.If this matter is not clarified, it is very likely to endanger the entire Lovell.

Sol held him back: "Wait, I have a few words to tell them, if they still don't speak, then use your method." He ignored the surprised eyes of everyone, and went straight to the thief.

"I am the lord of Lowell. I want to know where you came from, why you stole food, and what is the purpose of doing this. Will you tell me?"

"Bah!" The leading thief opened his mouth to spit out bloody saliva.

"I flash!"

Hehe, luckily I watched a lot of movies in the past, so I was prepared for this trick, otherwise I would have to be ugly today.I said, dude, you are too uninspired, why does every good person who is caught face the villain's interrogation, the secretion of salivary glands increases, and they want to spit me?Hmph... wait, when did I become a villain?

When Sol was secretly depressed, everyone followed the lead thief and kept their mouths shut.

Well, it seems that I really don't cry when I see the coffin.

Sol smiled lightly, and pointed at Rubens and the others who were staring at him behind him: "These people are mercenaries, and you should know what will happen if you fall into their hands. If I didn't guess, you are not ordinary thieves , only stealing food and not hurting people, there must be some difficulties, right?"

The eyes of the few thieves lit up, apparently being hit by Sol's words, they subconsciously raised their heads and hesitated to speak.But the thief who was scratched by the griffin still insisted: "We are thieves, and now we have nothing to say if we fall into your hands. If you are really kind, let the others go, and we can do whatever you want."

"Grandma, I've already hit the nail on the head, and you still have to pretend to be cool." Sol cursed in his heart.

Seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, Rubens waved his giant ax impatiently: "My lord, I admire your kindness. But if you don't show some color to these lackeys of the Lulin Empire, they will never speak." Dinar Having been at war with Lulin for many years, the hatred between the two countries has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

At this moment, a young thief suddenly said: "Wait, wait a minute."

The leading thief suddenly changed his expression: "Gavin, what do you want to do?"

Sol waved his hand to stop Rubens, and said gently to Gavin, "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

"Gavin! Have you forgotten the oath we made when we escaped? Do you want to betray Captain Kip!" The leading thief shouted angrily.

Hearing Chip's name, Gavin cringed a bit, but soon he retorted: "Brother Carl, the Empire is the one who sorry for us first, so should we still be loyal to it at this time? Are we going to be thieves for the rest of our lives? I would rather die than betray Captain Chip, but I also don’t want to die without knowing why.”

His words made Karl hesitate, and the rest of the thieves nodded in agreement.Finally found a breakthrough, Saul was overjoyed, and quickly hit the iron: "Tell me, I won't ask you about my companion's whereabouts."

"As you expected, we are not thieves, but farmers in a remote village in Muramasa, a border province of the Lulin Empire. In the past two years, the empire has developed armaments and paid heavy taxes. Everyone has suffered. There was a drought, the crops failed, and we escaped because we couldn’t pay our taxes.”

"Nonsense, these guys are clearly members of the Night Shadow Troop, how could they be refugees with you?" Rubens snorted in disbelief, pointing at Karl.

Gavin hurriedly said: "No, it is because of them that we can escape with our lives. Because... because there are too many people in Kalmuk who can't pay the tax, the lord decided to make an example. The villages near us are the most remote, so they were selected. It is Captain Chip's unit that executes the order."

"For this order, Captain Chip disobeyed several times and almost lost his official position. However, the lord got impatient and simply sent another army to carry out the order."

"Captain Chip was so angry that he left the empire and fled into the western mountains with people from several nearby villages. In order to cover our escape, half of the captain's men died at the border. We tossed and turned in the mountains for more than two months, wandering Near this small town, the elderly and women are dying, and Captain Chip has no choice, so he decides to go down the mountain to grab food." Gavin hastily explained to everyone.

"So...how many people are there?" Jessica asked calmly.

"There are more than 1000 people including the elderly, the weak, women and children, most of whom are ordinary farmers and craftsmen. Nearly 200 people have died in the mountains in the past few months, and now there are only a little over 800." At this time, another Yeying troop member interface.Their eyes turned red, and they all lowered their heads.

No wonder there are so many of these thieves, and they only rob food, and their quality is also uneven. It turns out that there is such a secret.Even Rubens could not bear it, he asked: "Then where are you hiding..."

Before he finished speaking, Sol waved his hand to stop him, and then said to Kress: "That's enough, take them down, treat the wounded, and feed me three meals a day for the uninjured, no mistreatment of captives."

Kress obeyed and took them down, Jessica asked puzzled, "What's your idea?"

Sol chuckled and asked back, "Are you saying that these people are thieves?"

This time Jessica didn't hesitate, she shook her head: "Of course not."

Kress also said in a low voice: "They are all farmers, so they are not thieves. Even if they were, they were forced out by unscrupulous lords." The members of the Lovell Guard are the sons of ordinary families. Empathize with the outside world.

Saul sighed: "Yes, Kress is right. More than 1000 people have been forced to this point, no matter what they do, it is justifiable, not to mention that they just stole some food and did not hurt a single resident. If If we let them do nothing, God knows how many old and weak women and children will die in the mountains."

Hearing that there was something in his words, Jessica was shocked: "Lord, do you want to use the food in the town to aid them?"

"Can't you?" Kress yelled angrily.Normally he respected Jessica very much, but when he heard her objection, his tone was full of anger.

Jessica blushed slightly, and said in a low voice: "Of course not. But Lovell doesn't have much food. If we don't arrange it properly, everyone may have nothing to eat. And if we don't explain it to everyone, the residents will not be able to eat." Understanding why food is distributed to thieves will also cause trouble.

Jessica's concerns were not unreasonable, but Saul said in a surprising way: "Who said that the food was distributed to the thieves? If everyone is a family, there is no such problem. As for the food problem, I heard that Bahrain has a big harvest this year, so I can use the money from the territory to buy a batch and bring them back."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone present was shocked.Jessica couldn't believe it: "Lord, do you want to take in these refugees from the Lulin Empire? But... But we are a hostile country, if the king finds out, it may be..."

Sol knew that he couldn't hesitate at this time, his body shook violently, his eyes widened, and he suddenly had a "dominant aura": "Would you like to watch them starve to death in the mountains, or because you can't bear to go down the mountain and fight?" Lovell will die together?"

"When...of course I don't want to." I don't know if they were really intimidated by Thor's "dominant spirit" or because they thought about the terrible consequences, everyone bowed their heads.

Saul nodded in satisfaction: "Very well, then do as I said, and I, the lord, will be responsible for all the consequences!" After coming to another world for so long, I can finally be "shocked" for a while, what a **** Cool.

The reason why he made this decision was mainly because in his own time, the concept of humanity had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. His decision to accept these refugees was almost a subconscious behavior, without considering the possible consequences at all.

Another reason is that there are too few people in Lovell.To develop, funds are important, but the basic factors of the territory itself, such as population, are also very important.As long as this group of refugees can be received, the residents of Lovell can almost double. It is a burden in the short term, but in the long run, the absolute advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

He turned to Rubens and said, "Captain, are you willing to help me?"

After staring at Sol for a while, Rubens smiled.Stretching out his hand and shaking Sol, he said hesitantly: "I have never seen a lord like you. If it were someone else, he might have led his troops into the mountains and wiped out these refugees to claim credit for the capital. Only you dare to take the risk." Take them in, just focus on this, and the Qinglang mercenary group will accompany them to the end."

"However, if you admire me, you still have to pay for the necessary expenses."

"I knew you would say that..."

Jessica hesitated: "But the mountain is so big, how do we find them out? And if we catch them, they may not believe us."

Sol scratched his head and said, "We can only talk about it when the time comes. Um... people should come back, right?"

They didn't understand what kind of medicine he sold in the gourd, so everyone had to wait with him.Not long after, the vice-captain Boqi hurried over with a few defensive players who were good at climbing.

"How's it going, did you find it?" Saul hurried up to him and asked.

Boqi wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said happily: "Follow all the way, and we have found their base camp."

"Okay! Then tomorrow night, let's pay a visit at home."

Smiling mysteriously to everyone, Sol showed a happy expression.

(End of this chapter)