At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the sky gradually darkened, and although the spring was short, it would not be dark so early, and if it was expected, there should be a light rain in the evening.

The village chief Jasper looked at the sky and sighed, then shook off the fat and walked to the mouth of the mine.

Perhaps because he was too obese, he walked for nearly five minutes after only a few hundred meters.

Arriving at the entrance of the mine, he said to the two mercenaries in charge of guarding next to him, "Stop digging for another three hours, damn the weather." ”

The two mercenaries were drinking and punching, and shrugged their shoulders when they heard the words, which seemed to say: You are the employer, you say.

Immediately afterwards, the village chief Jasper walked towards the entrance of the village, and told him in a more stern tone: "Stay careful, I don't want anyone to escape." ”

The four mercenaries nodded in response: "Don't worry, this is not only your mine, but also our Grizzly Mercenary Group, and we promise that no living person will leave." ”

The mercenary who spoke touched his bald head, revealing a fierce look on his face.

Then he advised: "Today, the head of the regiment, they are going to collect this month's protection fee, remember to let people prepare in advance." ”

The village chief Jasper's face was a little ugly: "It's only been twenty-six days since the last commission was paid, and you guys are too much." ”

The bald mercenary looked at him with a playful smile: "What?

The corner of Jasper's eyes twitched when he heard this, and finally sighed and said, "Okay, I see. ”

He looked at the mercenary with a smug face, and suddenly had a feeling of luring a wolf into the room.

But what can be done, there is no regret medicine to buy in the world, he shook his huge body, and walked towards the village again, he was going to inspect his "territory".

Looking at Jasper's fat body, the bald mercenary spat on the ground: "Bah, damn, dare to yell at Lao Tzu, if it weren't for the fear of chaos in the mine, Lao Tzu would directly use a knife to cut him." ”

The mercenaries around him hurriedly persuaded him to dissipate his anger: "If you can't get along with anyone, don't get along with money." ”

Just as the mercenaries were gagging, a voice suddenly came from the dense forest not far away: "Master Renard, it's the stockade in front." ”

When the mercenaries heard the voice, they immediately became alert, while the bald mercenaries lowered their voices and asked, "What's the matter?

The other three mercenaries looked at each other, and then someone said, "Could it be that the people who fled at noon leaked the news?"

The bald mercenary felt justified and couldn't help cursing: "Damn, I should have chased them and hacked them if I knew I could." ”

But now is not the time to hold accountable: "Go and call all the brothers who are all right, I want to see who dares to beat us grizzly bears......"

Before he could finish speaking, the bald mercenary's expression suddenly froze, as he saw a large number of heavily armed soldiers emerge from the bushes in the distance.

Twenty, thirty, fifty, a steady stream of soldiers poured out, not to mention two hundred, and the one who led the way was indeed the man who took the lead in fleeing in the morning.

I saw that he pointed his finger in this direction and said very earnestly: "Master Renard, this is the camp I am talking about. ”

Renard nodded, looking at the camp in front of him, he was a little shocked in his heart, who would have thought that there would be a village in the dangerous Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts.

Because the trees around the camp had been cut down to build walls and houses, he could clearly see the entire camp from here, and even the buildings and people inside through the gaps in the not dense walls.

The houses were all made of mud and logs, and they were so simple that they barely sheltered themselves from the wind and snow, and the people were similar to what the man described, and the long-term malnutrition made them look yellow and thin.

There was a very tall building in the middle of the camp, about ten meters, like a villa, but it was all wood, and according to the man, that building was the village chief's house.

Renard was a little speechless, it seems that the village chiefs of the two worlds also have a lot in common.

Although the people lived in very simple places, the walls of the camp were quite strong.

Similar to the villages around the city of plenty, the walls were made of thick logs, and the exposed part of the ground was more than three meters high, and the top was unusually sharp and sharp, standing around the camp like a forest of guns.

To the slight disadvantage, the wall was not dense enough and was not reinforced with wire and beams.

This kind of wall can easily stop humans from climbing over, but it is a bit of a joke to stop the monsters in the Ten Thousand Beast Forest.

The camp had only two large gates in the north and south, also made of logs, which looked very heavy, and if you wanted to open them, I am afraid that it would take five or six strong laborers to pull the ropes together.

Renard noticed that the gate was completely closed, and it was not known whether it was to prevent someone from escaping, or to guard against wild beasts, or from their uninvited guests.

He sighed, turned to look at Arka and asked with a smile, "What do you think the people in the camp will think of our visit?"

Arka was silent for a moment, then said, "Indifference or hostility. ”

Renard snapped his fingers, "It's pretty much what I thought." ”

How could a commoner who had been bullied by the nobility have a good impression of the nobility, in their opinion, all the crows in the world are generally black.

Sure enough, when everyone approached the camp, it was not the mercenaries who were the first to become hostile to them, but the villagers of Kino Village: "Stop, don't move, identify yourself, or we will shoot." ”

Renard followed the sound in the direction of the fence gate, and saw several men with improvised bows and arrows aiming at him through the gaps between the fence walls.

Although they knew that it would not be lethal, Arka and the others still dutifully blocked Lei Ye behind them.

Their actions obviously made each other a little nervous, and the voice came again: "Don't act rashly, our bows and arrows are aiming at you." ”

Renard smiled playfully when he heard this, and he said aloud: "My name is Renard Duncan, and I am currently the clerk of the Earl of Meredith, and I have come here without any malicious intent, just to talk to your leader about something. ”

Notice that he uses the word chief, not the village chief.

The term leader is ambiguous, and only bandits or robbers call their boss chief, and the camp occasionally uses it.

What Renard is trying to convey is that I don't recognize you as a village, and if you don't satisfy me with what you do next, I'll have someone set foot here.

The villagers, who had never even read a book, naturally did not understand these twists and turns, and they looked at each other with puzzled expressions, obviously thinking about who this Renard Duncan was, and what kind of official this clerk of the Earl of Meredith was.

In short, in the hearts of the villagers, any official is not a good person.

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