"Ten copper pieces for the entrance fee. "At the entrance to a somewhat dilapidated city, more than twenty soldiers stood behind a barricade, charging every adventurer, civilian, and caravan that entered the city.

"Huh, that's it?" a soldier looked a little impatient as he rummaged through a stack of furs on the back of an Orion, this was an ordinary Orion from the surrounding villages, hunting some ordinary beasts, selling furs for a living, but these things were not worth a few dollars, so naturally he didn't have much oil and water to fish.

"Lord Knight, I'm just going into the city to sell these furs. "Fighting wild beasts in the wilderness, just to feed a family, the hunter smiled at the soldiers who defended the city, he had already paid ten copper to enter the city, but the soldier just wouldn't let him go, and wanted to get something out of him.

"Poor ghost. The soldier who found that the hunter really had nothing of value on him scolded in a low voice, and then took out a piece of gray fox skin in good condition from the back of the hunter, tied it around his waist, and finally waved his hand impatiently: "Go in!"

"Thank you, sir!" There are still three beast claw marks on his face, which have been broken, and Orion, who has an extremely strong temperament, accompanied him with a smiling face and walked into the city with a grateful face.

Being so exploited by the soldiers defending the city, even if he was full of anger, he could only hold back, he was just an ordinary hunter with a stronger body, he didn't have much ability, and there was a family waiting for him to feed, happiness and revenge were not the choice of a middle-aged man like him who shouldered a heavy burden, he was not qualified to be capricious.

"Next!" the defenders of the city with gray fox skins around their waists shouted weakly, all of them mud legs who couldn't get any oil and water, and some low-level adventurers.

The civilians who enter the city are all selling some herbs, furs and whatever, and there is nothing to extort, and those low-level adventurers can charge them ten copper for entering the city.

But if you want to use their lives to fight the loot obtained by fighting monsters, these blood-licking guys don't mind playing with their soldiers.

Therefore, the only ones who can really extort the soldiers are those caravans that come and go, and the caravans that come to their city are all small caravans with no big background, which are the best exploitation targets for these soldiers defending the city......

"Why do they only need ten coppers per person to enter the city, and my caravan needs one person and one silver to enter the city?" a somewhat thin merchant shouted angrily, "The last time I entered the city, I also paid ten coppers, why is there so much more this time?"

"Hehe, that was half a month ago, the lord said, merchants make more money than civilians, and they should pay more entrance fees than those mud legs. ”

The soldiers defending the city smiled unscrupulously, "This is a new order from the lord. If you have an opinion, you can go to the lord theory, but the premise is that you have to pay the entrance fee first. ”

Half a month ago, the newly appointed Grand Duke of Muria, the kingdom, issued an order to abolish all the laws and tax decrees set by the noble lords, and the lords have no right to collect all taxes that are not covered by the laws of the kingdom. ”

The emaciated merchant stood at the gate of the city, impassionedly telling of the new tax law enacted by Muria,

"In the laws of the Rockman Kingdom, there is no such thing as an entrance fee, and the lords of several surrounding cities have all canceled the entrance fee, and everyone can travel freely, and no one will charge a fee.

Why do your lords charge for entering the city, and dare to ignore the orders of His Majesty the great Grand Duke Muria, do your lords want to rebel?"

"Don't talk to me about these things. The sergeant major of the soldier who was defending the city, his eyes widened, and he slashed in front of the merchant with the heavy sword in his hand, and the small pieces of earth splashed and hit the merchant, and it hurt a little.

"I don't know what the new tax law is, I only know that the lord said that you have to pay taxes when you go to the city, and you either pay the money to enter the city, or take your people and get out of here. ”

"Don't you know the new tax law, don't you know the Grand Duke of Muria?" asked the lean merchant again.

"......" This time, the sergeant major defending the city was silent, and now in the entire Lockman Kingdom, except for the hillbillies in those villages, who else could not know about the existence of Muria. Obviously, if he doesn't know Muria, he can't tell.

"The Grand Duke of Muria has abolished the lord's legislative power and the right to private taxation, and according to the laws of the kingdom, you have no right to charge me even a single copper for entering the city. ”

"I told you, don't talk about this, I don't know. Enter the city and pay the money, this is the order of the lord. The sergeant major, who was suppressed by the merchant one after another, looked a little weak-hearted, and was a little annoyed, picked up the heavy sword with the scabbard in his hand and smashed it at the merchant.

"Presumptuous!" Before the heavy sword with the scabbard fell on the thin merchant, a hand stretched out next to him and grabbed the heavy sword directly, and then in the horrified eyes of the sergeant major, the heavy sword that he regarded as a treasure was twisted and deformed by the palm of the heavy armor and the scabbard, and his sword directly turned into scrap metal.

"Who are you?" This time, the sergeant major knew that he was in big trouble, and his heavy sword, although it was not a top-notch weapon.

But when casting, some extraordinary metal ore powder was added, and ordinary stainless steel weapons were cut and cut off when they were hard, but it was this kind of weapon that was actually pinched and deformed by someone with a scabbard with his bare hands, how could he not be frightened.

"Your Excellency, the evidence is conclusive, the lords of this place have indeed not obeyed the decrees issued by the great Grand Duke Muria, nor have they implemented new tax laws, but have intensified their exploitation of us even more frantically than before. ”

"Hmm!" the strong man who was wearing a pair of quaint full-body armor nodded and agreed with the merchant who had taken the initiative to cooperate with him in his investigation.

"Who the hell are you?" Seeing the slightly familiar armor on this strong man's body, the sergeant major defending the city unconsciously took a few steps back, and asked with some horror, where did he seem to have seen this set of armor.

"On the orders of His Highness the Archarchduke Muria, come and arrest the rebellious nobles. The strong man replied angrily as he walked towards the city.

As he walked, his size grew larger and larger, and along with his size was the armor, and as he moved, the sergeant major, who was already paralyzed on the ground, saw the giant's pure white complexion.

"Cloud Giant! A direct legion of the ruling Grand Duke. ”

This time, the sergeant major finally understood why he looked at this armor so familiarly.