The sky is blue, dotted with white clouds like lambs, the wind is beautiful, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, this is really a good weather for hiking.

On the rugged mountain road, Blade and Ward each rode slowly on a tall horse. On horseback, the blade looked left and right, watching the beautiful scenery of the mountains with great interest, while Ward next to him sighed and sighed with a worried face.

This time, Blade received an order from Stephanie to go to a small town called Maple Leaf near Blackson Castle to take up his post.

Around Blackson Castle, there are more than a dozen villages and towns, all of which are under the control of the 'Nightblade Panthers' bandits, and Maple Leaf is one of them.

There are about 3,000 townspeople in Maple Leaf Town, and the townspeople here are always fierce, and the townspeople often resist the taxation of the 'Nightblade Leopards' bandits, so the 'Nightblade Leopards' bandit groups have to directly station a bandit squadron of 200 people here to suppress the townspeople. The position that Blade held in Maple Leaf Town this time was the squadron leader of this bandit squadron.

However, in addition to serving as the squadron leader of the bandit squadron, Blade also has another important task, which is to find out the details of an alcoholic old man who goes to the town to pick quarrels and provoke trouble.

Three days ago, a drunken old man suddenly came to Maple Leaf Town and clashed with the town's 'Nightblade Leopard' bandits.

The outcome of the conflict was staggering. The 200 'Nightblade Leopard' bandits in the town had nothing to do with the old man, but he alone injured more than 40 people, and even the squadron leader of the bandit squadron was seriously injured in the conflict.

Afterwards, instead of fleeing from Maple Leaf Town, the old man took over the magpie's nest in a big way, and openly seized the stronghold of the 'Night Blade Leopard' bandit group in Maple Leaf Town.

The Nightblade Leopards bandits in Maple Leaf had no choice but to report the matter to the Blackson Castle headquarters. Stephanie was shocked when she learned through the report that the old man was able to single-handedly crush 200 'Nightblade Leopard' bandits who could not lift their heads, and knew that he must be a superior person, so she immediately did not dare to act rashly. After consulting with Deputy Commander Hughes, Stephanie decided to send Blade, who had become the number one thug of the 'Nightblade Panthers' bandits, to get to the bottom of the old man.

Blade spent the day in Blackson Castle doing nothing, and was so bored that he went as soon as he received a mission from Stephanie. And Ward, who was a blade's apprentice and servant, naturally went with him.

"Master, to be honest, you are a great contributor to the fact that our 'Nightblade Leopard' bandit group has been able to grow so quickly now. However, the head of the regiment usually leaves you idle, and lets you deal with it whenever you encounter something dangerous. It is said that the old man can fight two hundred of them alone, and this strength is also terrifying, right? We're going to trouble that old man, aren't we looking for our own death?

Along the way, Ward had complained like this for an unknown number of times, and Blade didn't bother him. Perhaps, although Blade's face always has an indifferent expression of indifference, deep down, he does not disagree with Ward's statement.

It's just that Stephanie has a life-saving grace for him after all, and he can only rely on his own fists to repay Stephanie's life-saving kindness. And having lost his memories of the past, he doesn't know where to go if he leaves the 'Nightblade Panthers' bandits.

Blade let out a helpless sigh in his heart.

In this way, in Ward's complaint, the two arrived in Maple Leaf Town at noon.

At the entrance of Maple Leaf Town, several 'Night Blade Leopard' bandits were anxiously waiting for the arrival of the blade. When the bandits finally saw the figure of the blade belatedly appearing in sight, they immediately rushed forward in three steps and two steps, and shouted in a non-chalant voice: "Captain Scar, you are finally here, that old thing has been occupying our stronghold, and it is really hateful. Captain, hurry up and clean up that old thing!"

The bandits had apparently learned that Blade had become their new squadron leader, and they knew that Blade was a great martial artist, and they had pinned their hopes on him to defeat the hateful old man.

Sitting on the back of the horse, the blade listened to what the bandits said, frowned slightly, and said, "You take me to see it first!"

The bandits immediately led the way, taking Blade and Ward into Maple Leaf Town.

To the east of Maple Leaf stands a small three-story building that is quite tall and dilapidated compared to most of the low-rise and dilapidated houses in the town.

That small building used to be the administrative residence of the officials of the Byzantine Empire stationed in Maple Town, that is, the town government of Maple Town. When the 'Nightblade Leopard' bandit group occupied Maple Leaf Town and drove out the officials of the Byzantine Empire, Xiaolou became the stronghold of the 'Night Blade Leopard' bandits stationed in Maple Leaf Town.

Outside the small building, more than a hundred 'Night Blade Leopard' bandits had already been surrounded at this time. The door of the small building was open, but the bandits surrounding the small building seemed to be cowering, and no one dared to enter the small building. Outside the bandit encirclement, many townspeople from Maple Leaf Town gathered together, pointing in the direction of the small building, and there was a lot of discussion.

The crisp sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, attracting the attention of everyone in Maple Leaf Town.

Blade and Ward rode to the side of the building. Along the way, after the accounts of the bandits who led the way, Blade figured out the ins and outs of the whole thing.

The old man appeared in Maple Leaf three days ago. Let's search for books

The old man was very eccentric, and at the turn of spring and summer, when everyone wore a single coat, he was still wearing a dirty thick leather jacket. When he came to Maple Leaf Town, the old man was empty-handed, and he had nothing left on his body except for a wine jug hanging from his waist. The old man was obviously drunk at the time, walking staggeringly, and knocked over several people on the streets of Maple Town, including several 'Nightblade Leopard' bandits who were wandering the streets.

Those bandits were clearly not good at it. Especially in this small town ruled by them, if they don't take the initiative to find trouble with others, others should burn high incense, let alone dare to provoke them.

The bandits were about to beat people with their arms, but they didn't expect that the drunken old man turned out to be a practitioner, and under his counterattack, several bandits were beaten to the point that their heads were bleeding and wailing.

The current Maple Town can be regarded as a den of bandits. The bandits were injured by outsiders in the bandits' den, so what was the deal? The bandits in Maple Leaf Town immediately exploded. So under the personal leadership of the bandit squadron leader, the two hundred bandits in the town went out in unison and surrounded the old man in the middle of the town's streets.

According to common sense, when a bad old man faces so many vicious bandits alone, he should be scared down in terms of momentum. However, although the old man was under siege at that time, he was not weak at all in his performance, and there was no fear on his shriveled old face.

The bandit squadron leader was able to climb to the leader's position, obviously with more thought than the others. He saw the old man's performance, knew that something was abnormal, and as the saying goes, "If something is abnormal, it is a demon", so he immediately ordered the bandits to retreat and expose the matter

It's a pity that the bandits are ready to let the old man go, but the old man is not ready to let the bandits go.

In the face of two hundred fierce bandits, the old man untied the wine jug from his waist, poured a mouthful of wine into his stomach, and suddenly rushed into the bandits. In just a few moments, the bandits were knocked down by the old man with his bare hands. The bandit squadron leader, who was also a fifth-level warrior, didn't even take a move from the old man, and was hit in the face by the old man's punch, his nose was broken, his teeth were flying, and he was directly beaten to a coma with serious injuries.

The bandits retreated.

At this time, no one doubted that if the old man was really at ease, he would easily destroy these 200 bandits with his own strength!

Fortunately, the old man didn't seem to have the intention of killing them all, and gave the two hundred bandits to a pot, and after beating dozens of bandits who couldn't stand up, he withdrew his hand, and Shi Shiran entered the small building where the 'Night Blade Leopard' bandit squadron was stationed in Maple Leaf Town, and occupied the small building.

Seeing the old man's dragon stride, unparalleled, without the obscenity and stumbling of a drunken man when he entered Maple Leaf Town, the bandits immediately reacted, this old man had clearly deliberately pretended to be drunk and knocked over the bandits who were wandering on the street, so as to provoke disputes and deliberately cause trouble.

The bandits with brains knew that this matter had become complicated, and it was not as simple as it seemed in front of them, so they hurriedly reported the matter, and this was the only way to have a sharp blade.

After coming to the side of the small building, Blade and Ward flipped off their horses one after another, and the bandits saw this, dodged to make way for them.

The blade strode towards the small building. Of course, Ward didn't have the courage to face a strong man who could fight two hundred, so he hesitated and stayed in the group of bandits outside the small building to watch.

Sharp Blade knew in his heart the power of the old man sitting in the small building, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he was silently fighting and ready to attack if the other party suddenly attacked, and he would do his best to fight back. When the blade walked to the door of the small building, and one foot was about to cross the threshold of the small building, his face suddenly changed.

A cold breath came to the face, and this cold air was cold and piercing, cold to the bone marrow.

Seeing that the other party was really in trouble, the sharp blade roared, and his fighting spirit overflowed, fighting against the cold qi, and at the same time, he clenched his fist with his right hand, gathered all his strength, and was about to punch towards the small building.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the fighting energy he released came into contact with the cold qi, it dissipated without resistance like snow meets the spring sun, and dissolved into invisibility. The cold qi continued to attack, and as soon as the sharp blade's clenched right fist was halfway swung, it suddenly stopped moving, and his face became iron-blue.

Up and down the blade's body, a faint layer of hoarfrost slowly emerged. His whole body was trembling, Tie Qing's face turned red, and his teeth were ringing.

The blade was instantly frozen on the spot by the cold air emitted by the opponent, and even the posture of the punch remained unchanged.

"I didn't expect to meet a ninth-level warrior in this poor and remote place, it seems that your 'Night Blade Leopard' bandit group is not a small village group, well, it's not simple!" said a hoarse old voice in the small building.

"Boy, don't look at you as a ninth-level warrior, but in the eyes of the old man, you are not much different from an ant! Come in, answer the old man's questions well, don't try to play any tricks in front of the old man. The voice continued.

As soon as the people in the small building finished speaking, the sharp blade immediately felt that the biting cold air that enveloped his body suddenly disappeared without a trace, and his stiff body could move again.

The blade who had regained his freedom was shocked in his heart, and he didn't know what kind of realm the other party's cultivation had reached, but since the other party could treat him as a ninth-level warrior as nothing and easily restrain himself, then he must be a strong man who has entered the holy level.

Blade complained bitterly in his heart, knowing that this trip to Maple Leaf Town, he would not be able to bargain, and he was lucky to be able to get out of the way. In desperation, he had to bite the bullet and enter the small building.