Chapter 21 Special Cargo

By the time the garrison from Sivaran arrived, most of the monsters had been wiped out, and even those who were alive were in a moribund state.

A forester struggled to crawl towards the metal box chained to the wagon, blood leaving a trail on the ground. It slapped the box with its hand, trying to open it, but the injuries on its body were too severe, and viscous liquid continued to flow from the pierced chest, and it had to breathe as hard as it could. Eventually, it lost its strength and could only lean on the box, disheartened, waiting for death to come.

"Human ...... Evil...... Child...... Come back ...... "Although its voice is muffled and the words it says do not form complete sentences, it is certain that it is using human language.

Surprised by this phenomenon, the adventurers and soldiers gathered in front of the forest man, it was the only monster still alive in the here and now, of course, I was not in the scope of the statistics.

Lin Ren stretched out his finger and pointed at the people in front of him, his eyes full of anger.

"Kill...... Kill...... Kill! The intense hostility made its voice tremble, and even though it had lost the ability to fight, the deep hatred that flowed from its eyes still made everyone around it feel creepy. After saying this, the forest man swallowed his last breath with his eyes wide and unwilling and painful.

At this point, all the monsters that carried out the attack have died, and all that remains is to dispose of the corpses, and of course this job is completely taken over by the garrison who arrived in the city.

"I'm Anjefu, the captain of the adventurer's 'Seven Feathered Eagles', thanks to your help just now, may I ask your Excellency?" The middle-aged adventurer held out his palm to me gratefully.

"I'm Carter, a spiritual traveler." I nodded to Anjef in a friendly way and shook his hand.

"I'm Il, Big Brother Carter's partner." I was startled by the sound that came out of my side, but fortunately I didn't have a heart and didn't have to worry about being scared out of my heart attack. Anyway, when did this guy Il, come over, and he really has to brush up on his presence from time to time.

"How do you build your strength? That punch to the ogre is so exciting, it doesn't feel like it's a realm that humans can reach at all! The giant man who had fought the ogre let out an exaggerated exclamation, and the rest of the adventurer's team gathered around.

"This is someone outside, no matter how much we hone our skills, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach it," the adventurer's voice with a bow and arrow on his back was visibly bitter.

"Mr. Carter, Mr. Eli, these are members of my squad." Anjev pointed to the group of five and introduced him to me, with a heartfelt smile on his face, as if he were introducing a child he was proud of. It is clear that the captain has a lot of trust in his teammates.

"This is the 'shield' of our squad, warrior Yarebak."

The naked and bare upper body giant man patted his broad chest and smiled a shy smile that was somewhat out of proportion to his figure.

"This is the 'eyes' of our squad, Ranger Rangers."

"Thank you so much just now!" Archers in light leather armor bowed down to greet us.

"This is the 'angel' of our squad, Priest Anne."

"Captain, I'm sorry for what you said, hello!" The girl smiled sweetly, her blue robe embroidered with white petals complemented her delicate face, and her short shoulder-length blond hair added a touch of sophistication to her beauty.

"This is the 'trump card' of our squad, Nick the Magician."

"Hello two, Anne and I are brother and sister Ruan Sheng," said the magician Nick, the two of them really looked a little similar, the same blonde hair and blue eyes, the same delicate face. Tsk, it seems that Nick should be very popular with girls, it's really envious and jealous!

"The only one left is our squad's 'brain' and my playmate who grew up together, Drucker, the forest priest."

"The next sentence of the captain doesn't need to be introduced, I look much younger than you!" The man in the animal skin teased with a smile.

This sentence made the companions around laugh together, and it was really a harmonious group, giving people a sense of security.

"What's in that box?" After each of them had finished their presentations, I pointed to the metal box not far away where the soldiers were trying to untie it so that it could lift up the overturned wagon.

"Oh, that's the goods sent to the Sivaran Chamber of Commerce on the behest of Lord Delnis, and the list I got from the guild is about precious medicinal herbs."

Ignoring the small movements of his companions, Yarebuck told me about their mission without reservation.

"Ahem, that's pretty much the information we have, generally speaking, we should keep the employer's commission a secret, can you ask you two to pretend that you haven't heard it." Anjiefu shook his head helplessly, his expression a little embarrassed.

"Ah, I understand." I responded with some sympathy.

"Don't you think it's a little strange, Anjief, though?" Drucker looked at the soldiers who were about to lift the box and said with some deep emotion.

"What do you mean?"

"If I remember correctly, the forest people are monsters living in the western hills, and they are docile and don't take the initiative to attack humans, so they can't make sense that they come from so far and thousands of miles to attack us."

"Well, that's a little weird." After listening to Drucker's explanation, the adventurers all showed puzzled expressions and looked at the metal box in unison.

"Ah, be careful!" One of the soldiers shouted, seemingly misestimating the weight of the metal box, and the soldiers accidentally lost their center of gravity as they lifted it.

As the soldiers quickly dispersed, the metal box toppled to the ground with a loud noise, causing the ground beneath their feet to tremble.

The heavy metal lid opened as a result of the impact, revealing a jaw-dropping brutality.

The boxes were not precious medicinal herbs at all, but many young foresters. Human children of the same size as four or five years old, crammed into the box like cargo, their bodies bound by chains attached to the bottom of the box, some of them had died in transit, still alive, and their health was quite unoptimistic, they were now trembling and looking out with terrified eyes. Although the other party is not a human being, after all, he is a young child who has no guilt at all, and such a tragic practice can only be described as a demon. The soldiers around were obviously stunned by the sight, and stood there not knowing what to do.

"These nobles are too cruel!" An emotion called anger appeared on Anne's beautiful cheeks, and she walked briskly towards the box, her hands gathering a green light that represented life, as if to heal the young foresters.

"Annie, I'll help you." Ranjes pulled a wire out of his pocket and walked briskly up.

"What do you want!"

Just as Ranjes was about to use the tightrope to unlock the young foresters' locks, a shrill voice burst through the air. A man with a mustache and a rather high-end look on his body walked over from a distance with a group of soldiers.

"We're going to put them away!" Anne looked at each other and said categorically.

"Hmph, this is the lord's personal property, not something that you adventurers can touch casually," the bearded man glanced at Anne with contemptuous eyes, and then loudly ordered the soldiers around him, "What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you quickly pack the box for me!" ”

"Chief Wallace...... This ......" The captain of the garrison seemed to hesitate, and was immediately scolded by the commander.

"Do you have an opinion? Don't you want to be this captain? ”

"Ah, no, I see, did you hear it, let's do it." The commander of the garrison gritted his teeth and motioned for his soldiers to reload the box.

"Which of you dares to move!" Annie pulled out her staff and dismissed the soldiers who tried to get closer, and Langes drew her bow and arrows at the same time. Although there were only two people on the other side, they were powerful adventurers after all, and the soldiers did not dare to step forward, so the two sides confronted each other like this.

Hindered by the adventurers, although the bearded man was angry, he didn't dare to act rashly, he looked at An Jiefu who was standing aside, "Captain An Jiefu, you have to think clearly, what are the consequences of going against the lord!" ”

Anjef frowned, and after a fierce psychological battle, he walked over to Anne and Ranjes, pressing down on their weapons.

"We don't mean to go against the lord, I apologize to you as the captain for the inappropriate behavior of the two of them, and I will teach them well in the future." Anjeve bowed respectfully to Wallace and said in a humble tone.

"It's not a loss to Captain Anjief, for your sake, I won't bother with the two of them today, quickly pack the box for me!"

"Captain!" Anne watched as the soldiers loaded the boxes full of young foresters back into the wagon, and looked at Angel reluctantly.

Angel patted her shoulder and shook his head.

"One more word of advice to you, don't meddle in things you shouldn't interfere in, and your task is complete, go to the guild to get paid." Wallace laughed and walked away.

"Captain, when did you become so groveling!"

"That's enough, Annie, the captain wants to save them too, but once we get angry, it will affect a lot of innocent people, and such a deal should have existed for a long time, and it will not disappear in the future, we can't save it every time, and there is no way to do it."

"But, but ......"

"Annie, I understand the anger in your heart, but the source of the evil is Lord Delnis, and it is not something that can be solved by us." Although he suffered from Annie's misunderstanding, Anjefu did not complain in the slightest, and his heart must have been bitter that he did not save those children.

"Mr. Carter, Mr. Eli, make you laugh."

"No, there is no such thing."

"We're going to Sivaran next, I don't know if you two would like to go together, so let's thank you for saving your life."

"Haha, it's not enough to worry about, in fact, we are also on our way to Sivaran."

"That would be great."

The surrounding soldiers are still cleaning up the corpses of the foresters, and now it seems that the purpose of their pursuit is only to save their children, although they have the ability to neutralize negative emotions, but I still feel a momentary sting in my non-existent heart.