The sergeants at the Nolan outpost are all looking forward to a better life in the future, but they don't know that they are going to sell their lives and their children and grandchildren to Lei Ye.

Lei Ye sowed an abacus in his heart, these thirty-six people have families, they must buy a house, not to mention that they can earn hundreds of gold, and their children will go to school in the future, so they have to run an academy, let these sergeants be teachers, and they don't need money......

Just as he was rummaging through his bowels, two knights of the Black Cavalry who were in charge of guarding suddenly hurriedly walked towards him, and reported in a low voice: "My lord, we have noticed that someone from the northeast is approaching here, and the intention is unknown. ”

Renard came back from his reverie and frowned and asked, "Is it a caravan?" or a mercenary group?"

The two Black Cavalry knights shook their heads at the same time: "No, it looks more like an outcast." ”

Reynard was a little surprised: "There are actually homeless people in the dangerous Ten Thousand Beast Forest, what are they doing here, don't they want to live?"

He also raised the doubts of the two Black Cavalry knights.

Renard ordered the army to stop advancing, he wanted to see what kind of people were so bold that they actually rushed to the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts to die, if it was a bandit and a rogue who happened to be killed.

Ten minutes later, dozens of people in tattered clothes staggered into the encirclement of the black cavalry, and the strong man led by him seemed to sense that something was wrong, and he lowered his voice to remind: "Everyone be careful, it seems that something is wrong." ”

Of course it's not right, because it's so quiet around.

This is not at all in line with common sense, now is the season of spring flowers, why are all the insects and birds singing?

Before the group could react, the Black Cavalry, hidden in the bushes and treetops, suddenly appeared and surrounded them.

These dozens of people were directly frightened half to death, and the strong man led by trembled and raised his firewood knife and stammered: "You, who are you, what do you want to do?"

"That's the question I want to ask. Renard stepped out of the crowd and looked at the man in front of him with curiosity.

I saw that his skeleton was surprisingly wide, but his eyes were haggard, and he had a full beard, which he hadn't taken care of for a long time, and he looked dirty and messy, and his clothes were full of holes and patches, and everyone else was roughly the same.

The majority of this group is the elderly and children, so it can be seen that they are not bandits or bandits.

Renard looked at the man for a long time, and then asked, "Who are you, and why do you walk through the dangerous Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts?"

The man looked a little afraid, he didn't put down the firewood knife in his hand, and replied in a hoarse voice: "We are from Kino Village, and we want to go through the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts and come to Nanhuang County to beg for food. ”

Coming to Nanhuang County to beg for food? This is simply the biggest joke in the world!

However, Renard noticed that the other party did not seem to be joking at all, and there was no need to joke.

So he asked again, "Where is the village of Kino?"

The man didn't hesitate, and replied honestly: "Kale County!"

When these three words came out, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

Renard motioned for the Black Cavalry to put away their weapons, and his tone was full of surprise: "What do you mean that you have traveled hundreds of kilometers through the dense forest and come from Kale County to Southern Wilderness County?"

The man nodded when he heard this, and then smiled bitterly: "Don't say you don't believe it, in fact, even we don't believe it." ”

Lei Ye's interest was raised, and he said: "Tell me about you, first introduce yourself, I am the clerk of the county of Meredith, and these are all my subordinates." ”

Hearing him say this, the man's nervousness eased slightly, but he still held the firewood knife tightly, obviously not completely letting down his guard.

Immediately afterwards, the man was like an open chatterbox, telling everyone what had happened.

The village of Keno is owned by a baron named Grant and is located on the edge of Kale County, next to the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts.

It was originally a quiet and peaceful village, although the villagers did not have to worry about food and clothing, but it was true that they did not starve to death, and they could eat meat during the New Year's holidays and buy two new clothes, so everyone felt that life was okay.

However, since the year before, for some unknown reason, there have been natives from the forest who have been looting in the village, and the calm and peaceful atmosphere has been suddenly broken.

In order to ensure the safety of their own people and property, the villagers had no choice but to ask the lord Baron Grant for help.

Who knows, this has become the fuse for them to leave their homeland.

The lord, Baron Grant, was indeed very generous in helping them, but after helping, he asked for military expenses of up to fifty gold coins.

This was not discussed in advance, and the villagers naturally refused to pay for it.

As a lord, Baron Grant will not give up, since the other party does not give military expenses, then next year's tax will be tripled.

The ravages of the natives and the oppression of the lords caused the villagers who could not survive to flee one after another.

Listening to the man's eloquent narration, Renard couldn't help but sigh: "Then why did you flee to the Southern Wilderness County? Don't you know that it is very dangerous to cross the Ten Thousand Beast Forest?"

Hearing this, Kanji also sighed, with a bitter and helpless smile on his face: "If we can go to other places, who will venture into the forest, we are also forced to have no choice." ”

Then he continued.

The villagers of Kino began to flee secretly, and Baron Grant, as the lord, naturally did not sit idly by, after all, this was his free labor, and it was the driving force that provided him with a luxurious life.

So on the third day when the villagers began to flee, he led people to cordon off the entire village.

Do you want to leave? Yes! Each person pays two gold coins to buy his life! Are you a free man? Not a pariah? Okay! You are a pariah now! How dare you run away? When you get back, you break your legs!

When the man mentioned these past events, he couldn't help but have red eyes: "We were forced to flee to the Ten Thousand Beasts Forest, after all, only when we entered the depths of the forest, those dogs who were afraid of death would give up arresting." ”

He looked sad: "We were lucky enough to run in, and those who were caught were probably killed, but although we escaped the hunt of the lord when we entered the forest, we still couldn't avoid the danger brought by the forest." ”

Renard knew what he meant, looked at the old and weak women and children behind him, and asked, "How many people have run in total, and are there only so many of you left?"

The man's expression stiffened when he heard this, and after a while, he lowered his head, as if there was something unspeakable.

Renard groaned for a moment and smiled, "If you are embarrassed, you don't need to answer." ”

The man opened his mouth, and finally said with a bitter face: "We have more than six hundred people in total, and dozens of people have been scattered or killed by monsters on the way, and most of the rest have stayed in the Salonian Mine, and they don't want to die for the greedy lord anymore. ”

The Ssalon Pit?

Hearing these four words, Renard frowned slightly.

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