There are many monsters in the wild, and many monsters with a certain intelligence like to roam the roads and near villages and towns, of course, it is impossible to go around the city, and the patrols of the great nobles are not to be seen.

Of course, most of these monsters are weak monsters such as goblins, kobolds, and fishmen, and they are not much stronger than farmers, and even militiamen armed with iron weapons can easily kill them. Of course, if you encounter a monster comparable to an elite human soldier, such as a gnolla or a lizardman, you will only be considered unlucky.

It is not easy to clear a safe trade route, and if you want to clear an important trade route, you must at least clean up the monsters in the vicinity, otherwise the huge flow of people on the trade route will attract a large number of monsters, so that the trade route will become a canteen for monsters. If left unchecked, it will attract more powerful monsters, forming a vicious circle. At that time, unless an army was sent to completely clear the trade routes, the trade routes would have to be abandoned.

Of course, Baron Thrall doesn't have such a great ability, he just needs to clean up the monsters within two or three hundred meters nearby, anyway, the caravans arrive every year, and they are not vegetarians, and a little monster is not difficult for them, and by the way, it saves the cost of sending people to clean up monsters every year.

The mercenaries who set off first had already cleaned up the neighborhood and sometimes saw the corpses of monsters, so it was relatively safe here. The militiamen picked up the tools on their vehicles and cut down the trees and shrubs that lined the path, digging up the hard-to-burn roots. This is not a small amount of work, and it is not enough to rely on the militia alone, and a large number of people can only be called in to work when the neighborhood is safe enough.

The camp had begun to take shape, at least the fence had been built, Yan Xu asked Hami to stay in the camp, and handed him a dagger for self-defense, and then went to the forest alone.

The spearhead has been installed with a wooden pole, because considering that it is used in the forest, this spear is less than two meters long, which is considered a short spear, Yan Xu fixed the round shield on his left arm, and then held the middle of the short spear with both hands, so that he could react quickly regardless of the enemy in that direction, and the other weapons were also fixed in a place that was easy to access, it can be said that Yan Xu was very serious about this operation, after all, it was an unfamiliar world.

The familiar voice attracted Yan Xu, not far from the camp, there was a goblin tribe, there were about twenty adult goblins and twenty or thirty mothers and children, although it didn't pose much of a threat to the camp, but why didn't anyone find out?

Yan Xu also lurked, and when he looked closely, he found that there were seven or eight mercenaries lurking nearby. These guys don't look very good, but they are all old soldiers, and their sense of smell is very acute in some aspects, not to mention that goblins don't have a sense of secrecy, as long as they want to find them at a certain distance, it is not difficult to find them, and they don't know how to send guards and secret sentinels, and it is normal to be approached and lurk.

"Wait for the rabbit or catch the cicada." Yan Xu smiled lightly, an opponent of this level didn't need to use other means, so he easily walked over under the stupid eyes of others, and didn't take the goblin in his eyes at all.

Yan Xu is not a light enemy, but he is sure enough. The strength of goblins is not high, and their weapons are stones and wooden sticks, even if the physique of ordinary people, if they are not hit in the head, they can still hold up one or twenty times, with Yan Xu's physical fitness, it is still quite difficult to be beaten to death, not to mention that he has weapons and armor, it is so easy to die.

The goblin soon noticed that there was a takeaway delivered to the door, and immediately excitedly picked up the stones and sticks and rushed up, while the mother goblin was busy adding firewood to the fire for cooking.

Yan Xu didn't know how the people here used spears, but a short spear in his hand was like five or six spearmen attacking at the same time, with simple movements, rapid force, and precise stabbing attacks, in a blink of an eye, four goblins were pierced through the head and died, and they didn't even have time to make a move, which shows the speed of the attack.

Exhaling a breath, Yan Xu's eyes were still bright, but his breathing was a little chaotic, this kind of explosion was too exhausting to last, so after forcing the remaining goblins away with a short spear, Yan Xu knelt down on one knee and raised his shield to block the thrown stones. It doesn't matter if there is anything missing, the round shield blocks all the vital points of the upper body, and the special one-knee kneeling position blocks the thick thigh muscles outside, and there is no fear of stones at all.

Squatting and standing up, after adjusting his breathing, Yan Xu kicked his feet and rushed out of the goblin encirclement like a cheetah.

These guys didn't have any sense of cooperation at all, the formation was scattered and lacked levels, and after the fastest goblins were all killed in one go, the rest timidly stopped and threw stones, but they didn't know that it was in vain, so Yan Xu easily broke through, and soon killed another horse pistol, and stabbed three goblins to death in one face.

However, piercing the skull is not an easy task, even if the force is condensed, the blade of the short spear is dulled, and the last goblin is almost killed by the crushing of the skull, rather than being pierced.

Throwing away the short spear, Yan Xu picked up the mace and rushed towards the remaining goblins again.

Goblins have never had a good sense of battle, and if they didn't retreat, they would have died a long time ago, and their response to a strong enemy was to let the slow runners die.

With a bang, all the goblins scattered and fled, not giving people a chance to react at all, even the female goblins, who were still busy adding firewood just now, ran away without a trace, obviously this kind of thing is already instinctive for them.

Goblins react quickly, and the reactions of the old oilmen are not slow, they are very familiar with their routines when they often deal with goblins, and they all jump out together, occupying a direction, and those goblins who run away are like flies that are either head-on or have to run over from the side, and are taken away by this group of old oilboys.

Yan Xu didn't have any mercy for the goblins, so he took advantage of the victory to chase and killed three goblins in a row, beating their heads like eggs on the ground.

After glancing at those mercenaries who were wary of each other, Yan Xu no longer paid attention to them.

Yan Xu took out a dagger and cut off the goblin's ears, these are the vouchers in exchange for the bounty, without these, no matter how much you kill, you can't get the bounty. For Yan Xu to occupy so much loot alone, those mercenaries, who have always been greedy, have no opinion, and even manage their eyes very well.

Although Yan Xu's current appearance is very young, and he has obviously just become an adult, the evil qi that erupted in an instant made these people feel like they had fallen into an ice hole, and they couldn't release this kind of evil qi without hundreds of lives in their hands, and they didn't dare to hit Yan Xu's idea when their brains were in water. Of course, if there is a chance to fall into the well, they will definitely not show mercy, and it is very cool to kill a genius or something.

Goblins will collect some things to their own tribe, Yan Xu took the lead in and searched for it, only found a few rusted iron tools and a small number of copper coins, took away the copper coins, Yan Xu looked at the sky and returned to the camp, and the mercenaries who had not left rushed in one after another, turning the entire goblin tribe upside down.

The old knight is responsible for exchanging the bounty, and the other old knights can't believe it, those mercenaries can use any means, and fraud is one of them.

A slap slapped a somewhat nervous mercenary away, threw the ear in his hand in his face, and the old knight sneered and wiped off the green grass juice on his hand, this low-level method dared to show off in front of him.

"Well, that's good." Throwing the ear in his hand into the pocket at his feet, the old knight nodded with satisfaction, took out three silver coins from the money bag and handed them to Yan Xu.

"All adult goblins, thirty copper coins each, ten pairs of ears give you three silver coins." Goblins are not difficult to kill, if the militia is equipped with iron weapons, they can be killed one-on-one, but to be able to kill ten goblins in such a short time, it is obviously to find a goblin tribe, and in this case, it is also necessary to kill ten adult goblins, obviously not only to have courage, but also to have enough skills, the entire territory can do this, except for him and another knight, only four lord guards can barely do it.

Yan Xu nodded, turned around and left, Hami had already set up a simple tent in the clearing, and at the same time lit a bonfire and set up an iron pot, obviously as a servant, in addition to not being a giant meow maid, he was still very qualified.

The old knight stared at Yan Xu's back thoughtfully, as a loyal old knight, it has always been his regret that he did not train a guardian knight for the lord, but after all, he is not a famous knight, and potential knight squires will not come to him specifically, and he looks down on ordinary people. This young man has a lot of potential, and maybe can be trained to become a powerful knight.

"Master, the food has been prepared, I found some mushrooms and fresh wild fruits nearby, made a pot of salted meat and mushroom soup, and there are fruits to eat after the meal, and they are all clean." Hammy knew that the new owner liked cleanliness very much, so not only did he make the food very good, but he also bathed himself in the cold sink in an attempt to leave a good impression on the owner, after all, it is not easy to find such a generous owner.

"Well, let's eat together, I'll teach you something after dinner, after all, it's not good to be so weak as my servant." Yan Xu sat down cross-legged, picked up the rough wooden bowl and ate it, the taste could only be said to be barely swallowed.

And Hami hesitated, as a servant, he couldn't eat with his master, but after Yan Xu glared at him, Hami carefully filled himself with half a bowl of soup, picked up the smallest piece of bread and ran behind the tree to eat it.

Yan Xu did not stop Hami's behavior, nor did he promote the idea of democracy and equality, before education is not popularized and the idea is not sublimated to a sufficient height, treating everyone equally can only cause great chaos and disaster, if you are equal, why should I listen to you, so that any order will be wiped out, and there will be no power to fight back in the face of foreign invasion.