The joy on the faces of the women present had completely vanished, and they looked at each other with apprehension and bewilderment, and Odegar emphasized again in a loud voice: "Sit down, women. ”

Soon, the panicked people parted according to his command, the men stood in a row, and the women sat side by side opposite them, and the newlywed bride looked at her husband who stood aside.

"Today's recruitment of militias, the militia I took last time will not be able to come back for the time being. Odegar looked around at his hometown and said in a serious tone, "I need to make up some new recruits." ”

There was a sense of foreboding in everyone's hearts, and they leaned out to look at the recruiter who was about to take their loved ones and loved ones again, and Odega meant the tip of a spear in Anglo-Saxon—and apparently the other was as his name suggested.

"You, you, you, and you," Odegar commanded with a few nods among the men on the field, "go back and get your shield and spear." ”

The faces of the men in the field were full of dissatisfaction and unhappiness, but no one resisted, and they rushed out, "You, sit down." Odegar sat a white-bearded elder back down. The women on the other side watched this scene with worry, their loved ones or lovers were called by name and were about to go to the battlefield, and this time it was likely that there was no return, and there was nothing they could do.

"Those who don't have weapons, and the young men, will go and get new weapons later. He didn't spare the other young men.

Æthelwolf stepped forward to protect his new son-in-law and asked the recruiter: "Why did you take them away? Why do you still recruit soldiers? The Easter famine is coming, where are we going to get food to survive?"

"If I don't take them away now, I'm afraid no one will live to starve, now sit down!" Odegar put himself in front of Æthelwolf, and said to him as if he were stating a fact, and after seeing the other party reluctantly walk away, Odegar turned to the newlyweds with some helplessness and explained: "You two, go back first, there is still a moment before departure." ”

The bride quickly stepped forward and led the groom out of the back hut.

Through the exploration of the mind of this recruiter who knew a certain amount of military information, Alan knew that the Normans were gathering on the other side of the sea, ready to attack England, and that the new king Harold was building a defensive line to defend his kingdom near the Isle of Wight- According to the history books of the Muggle school, Harold was in fact unaware of the Viking threat by now, and after driving his brother Tosti away, he had been focusing on the blatant actions of William, Duke of Normandy, unaware that his brother had made an alliance with the Norse, and that the new king of England believed that his only goal was to repel the expected Norman invasion from across the sea.

Alan clasped his arms to his chest, this recruiter called Odegar was not as ruthless as he appeared, Odegar wanted to send his familiar neighbors to war, this recruiter was just doing what he was told, he was quite helpless, and unlike the average ignorant farmer, Odegron knew the name of the bastard duke, if their new king could not lead them to stop the Normans, Crawhurst Village, not too far from the southern coastline of England, would probably cease to exist in this war.

As the man who went to get the weapon left, the room became less crowded, and Allen, dressed in a strange costume for Muggles, appeared in front of Odegar, his face became a little puzzled, and then he wanted to walk up to Alan to take a closer look, but the hound next to him felt the breath of the wizard, and cowered and wanted to step back.

"Hmph, outlander. Odegar frowned, looking at Alan, he always felt that there was something wrong with the other party, the exquisite robes and staff did not look like an ordinary seller could afford to equip, the person in front of him did not look like an entertainer - he just wanted to question Alan, but under the effect of the confusion spell, he was in a trance, and without waiting for the words of doubt, these doubts disappeared in his mind under the effect of the spell.

Odegar's gaze, which had ignored Alan, regained its sharpness, and he looked around at the people in the room, and suddenly shouted, "Where did Leofrick go?"

The curly-haired little boy with the basket of flowers slipped silently in front of Alan, and he shivered and raised his head, his face full of horror, and asked Alan in a voice so small that it was almost inaudible, "Are you a raven?"

Alan smiled gently at the child, "Is it because of the raven feathers on my cloak?"

Then Allen's downward gaze met the pleading eyes of the child, who handed him a small wooden dagger, a few beautiful stones, and a bite of bread that he had hidden, and begged, "Please don't take them." ”

"Who to take away?" Alan raised his eyebrows, he had already judged that this child should have some of the demonic blood in the bottomless abyss, which was also the reason why Alan felt a little uncomfortable at first, as Alan who likes order as much as the devil, is more repulsed by the unpredictable chaotic aura in the bottomless abyss- However, even if the other party was unable to detect his mind through the dementor's mind because of the special abilities brought by the demon, and at the same time allowed the little boy in front of him to quickly get rid of the confusing spell effect he cast, Allen could also judge that the little boy in front of him was obviously not affected by the evil nature of his bloodline, at least his worries about his "family" were sincere.

"My dad, my sister, they. Following the child's gaze, Alan saw the old farmer sitting on the other side and collecting his gold coins.

"Little boy, you should beg the conscript. Alan didn't know how to comfort the little boy in front of him, in fact, he was not very good at dealing with children, and he didn't know if the little boy knew that he was not related to his father and sister, so Alan could only take out a piece of Hufflepuff from his backpack and stuff it into his little hand, dealing with the little boy in front of him who had little to do with his mission.

Then Alan walked out as well, intending to make it easy for himself to follow the militia to the battlefield, though he knew that the first stop they were going to was not the place where the first war would be fought.

The little boy took the snack that Allen had given him but did not eat it, and he said to himself in an affirmative tone, "You are the raven." ”

Outside the wooden gate, Leofrick crossed the low wooden fence of the village and fled desperately into the woods, and Odegar soon followed in quick pursuit.

Running to a slightly flat and wide woodland, Odegar, who knew that the other party was hidden, stopped, spun around to observe his surroundings, and shouted, "Leocliffe! ”

"Odega, I'm just a farmer. Leocliffe, who was hiding in the woods, couldn't help but retort stupidly.

"Now you're going to be a soldier. Odegar spoke to the other in a casual manner, using this to determine the other's position, and he searched in the direction where the sound might have come from.

"No, no, I don't want to be a soldier. Leocliffe repeatedly refused.

"You've never been a member of my militia, and if I had caught you last time, you'd not be like this anymore. Odegar found a general direction and wandered under the tree.

"Really? Leocliffe wasn't as good at judging the location of a voice as Odegar, and he didn't realize that the recruiter had arrived near him.

Odegar sighed helplessly, casually wandered to a tree, stretched out his hand suddenly, and pulled Leoccliffe, who was climbing on the tree and hid his figure, and let him fall on the grass: "Boy, I won't pursue you this time, hurry up and go back to me - you have work to do this time." ”