Debel is a small village with a population of less than 100 people, and it depends on the sale of food all year round, and occasionally sells some utensils, which is considered a village with many means of livelihood in the nearby villages. However, since the natural disaster, the village's income has been declining, and it has been going from a relatively wealthy village to the poorest village at once.

Today, it is dilapidated and has been plagued by disasters that have left the village without a harvest for a year, and more than two-thirds of the village's population is on the edge of beggars, and the village, which at its peak had a population of nearly 300 people, now has less than 100 people left.

There is no nobleman who wants to rule such an oilless territory, and this place is like a cursed fringe world, and no one will notice or want to come here. And there are more than twenty poor villages like Debel in the vicinity.

When you enter the boundaries of Debel Village, you will first see a dead old tree at the entrance of the village.

There are four or five hanged skeletons on the old tree, which is where the old people in the village hanged themselves.

The village is filled with the smell of death and twilight.

"Don't run!!"

At the corner of the street, a petite black shadow suddenly jumped out from the side of the road. Behind him, a man was holding a twig and angrily chasing after him.

The two of them, one big and one small, one in front of the other, shuttled back and forth through the village.

"Bastard, I found that apple first!!" The adult roared as he ran. At the same time, he threw a branch from behind the young man, but the other man easily dodged him, and turned to make a grimace at him.

"But I got it first! So this one belongs to me! The little boy shouted without looking back. In his arms he carried an apple that was about to rot, but even so, it was enough to save the life of someone who hadn't eaten for days.

What's more, the little boy has a younger sister who has been lying in bed for several days, and these days the little boy is running around and begging everywhere, but nothing is found. Because all the food within a radius of four or five miles has been hollowed out by others, and only the sand blows on the yellow barren land.

Although the little boy was petite, he ran very quickly, and he could easily escape from the hands of the pursuers behind him every time.

"Ahhh Fool you want to catch up with me, hahaha! ”

The little boy shouted excitedly, and then he suddenly noticed that the annoying creature behind him suddenly stopped, his eyes widened, and he looked at him with a panicked expression.

"Hey! What happened to you? Have you given up? Wha, do you want Uncle Ben to wait for you and then start running! ”

The little boy shouted as he ran, very proudly. But I thought that person would be provoked by himself and continue to catch up, but I didn't expect that the other party not only did not catch up, but turned around and ran! Seeing his frightened expression and the decisiveness with which he turned around and fled without hesitation, the little boy was suddenly vigilant.

――！！

At this moment, the little boy suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and his whole body seemed to have exploded, and he quickly stared behind him with his stunned pupils.

"-Bold!!" A loud cry suddenly came from the top of his head, and it was like a loud thunder explosion in his ears, making the little boy's eardrums "buzz". The little boy took a few steps back, dizzy, and then sat down on the ground. The apple slowly rolled out of his arms.

Only then did the little boy slowly raise his head, and at a glance he saw a knight in heavy cyan armor with his back to the sun glaring at him. There was still a thick layer of yellow sand on the armor and stomach on his shoulders, and the cloak draped behind his shoulders was also a little worn, and the whole person looked like a dusty man.

A huge banner was held tightly in the hands of the warrior, and the purple rose flower was like an invisible hand, covering the world in front of the little boy along with the rays of the sun.

"Ah, my apple!!"

When the little boy saw that the apple was out of the way, he was so frightened that he wanted to grab it back! Because this is the last straw for him and his sister!

The boy's sudden action caused the Pullen cavalry to subconsciously pull the reins of the horse, and the horse tilted its head back a few steps in pain, just as the apple that rolled under the horse's hooves was trampled to pieces.

"Ahh My apples! You...... What did you bastard do!! ”

In a fit of rage, the little boy picked up a stone from the side of the road and threw it at the Pleon cavalry, who couldn't dodge for a while and was hit in the face, and immediately covered his nose and leaned back, and the red nosebleed sprinkled a perfect arc in the air.

"Bastard!" The cavalryman who was in pain was furious, and he actually said, "Wow! He drew the long sword at his waist. The Pulun cavalry, who had not planned to think too much, was suddenly in the same state as those bandits when they fought to the death on the city wall, not to mention the murderous spirit, their eyes were bloodshot, and their faces were hideous as if they were going to tear everything in front of them to pieces.

The little boy was suddenly frightened by the murderous cavalry, and had just been driven by anger to make him do something reckless, and now when the cavalry crawling out of the pile of corpses got serious, it broke through the little boy's psychological defenses at once, and he was so frightened that he didn't even dare to move.

The people near the village were attracted by the commotion at the entrance of the village at this time, when they saw a heavily armed cavalryman drawing his sword and glaring angrily at the little boy who was sitting on the ground, everyone's eyes looked very numb and cloudy, they looked at this qiē with a cold expression, and some even turned away directly, as if they were not interested in the next qiē.

There were also some crazy adults who were already hungry and hid in the corners of the alley, staring at the young boy's tender and delicious body with wide green eyes, and they hid in the dark like jackals with greedy saliva.

"-Stop!"

Just when the little boy thought he was finished, a cold and clear shout came from behind the cavalry.

Everyone subconsciously raised their heads and looked behind the cavalry.

"Stand down, are you trying to get in the way of my plans, Koren!" With obvious dissatisfaction, Tianxiang rode at the front of the huge convoy behind him.

A large convoy of more than a dozen carriages, flanked by dozens of guards and mercenaries, and nine heavily armed hoplites. They were the first cavalry units of Pullen, and of course, in the eyes of outsiders, these well-equipped cavalry were almost indistinguishable from ordinary knights.

The convoy slowly drove into the village, and the soldiers quickly dispersed at the entrance of the village, driving everyone together, including those hiding in the shadows and the adults who were watching.

"I'm sorry, sir......"

Tianxiang rode his horse straight around the cavalry, he swept the other party with his eyes, and the Pulun cavalry was so frightened that he quickly put away his long sword and quickly rode back to the team. He didn't have the courage to face the king's wrath, let alone the people he hated most about sabotaging and disrupting his plans.

The little boy thought he was finished, but at this time of crisis, a man who looked very good suddenly appeared. He looks like an adult aristocrat, with a memorable look and a pair of sword-like eyebrows, and when he stares at you with a serious and stern gaze, no one can keep his composure after lying in front of him.

The sun shone obliquely on Tianxiang and the war horse under his crotch, and the shadow shrouded the little boy who was slumped on the ground. Tianxiang, who didn't have any change in expression, looked at the little boy and said lightly, "Are you okay?" ”

"Well...... I'm fine. ”

"That's good."

After Tianxiang glanced at the other party coldly to make sure that there was nothing wrong, he lowered his head and said to Xiao Niya, a girl who was sitting on the same war horse, "He will leave it to you to take care of, don't let him leave any truth and cause unnecessary obstacles to my plan." ”

"Got it!" Shaunia nodded obediently, then flipped off her horse and ran to the little boy's side, carefully examining him.

Gollum!

Suddenly, someone's stomach made a protest sound.

Shaunia subconsciously raised her head and glanced at the little boy, who had a flushed expression as if he was embarrassed.

"Hee-hee, my lord, he looks like he's hungry."

"I didn't!!"

The little boy retorted loudly with a red face. Maybe he didn't want to lose face in front of such a cute girl in front of him, so the little boy looked a little very excited. But it's more likely that his inner self-esteem is at work, and he doesn't want to be pitied and charity.

Tianxiang glanced at the little boy, and then he hooked his hand at one of the mercenaries behind him.

After a while, the mercenary took out a piece of dried meat from the carriage and walked over and handed it to Tianxiang, who threw it directly to the little boy without looking at it.

"Food!!"

"It's food!!"

"My lord!! Please give us some too!! ”

"Eat!! Give me something to eat!! ”

The surrounding villagers came up with green light in their eyes, and they screamed and screamed like evil spirits in hell from all sides. Many people seem to have been hungry for many days, and their expressions have been infected with a layer of madness, and this qiē is mainly because they are too hungry!

"Array!!"

Dozens of mercenaries drew their weapons in unison, and all of them rushed to the front of the convoy in a dense formation to meet the enemy.

The shield-bearer was in front, the sword-and-axe man was behind, and several crossbowmen also set up their crossbows and aimed them at the crowd.

"-Kill!!" The mercenaries took a neat step forward, just like Tianxiang had arranged before, took a deep breath, and then exhaled all the breath in their abdomen in one go! With the neat and deafening shouts of killing, the madness that those mobs had just surged away at once disappeared.

"Ahhhhh The courage was frustrated, the courage was extinguished, and the mob that had just rushed over suddenly rolled and crawled at a speed several times faster than before, screaming and retreating.

However, by this time, ten Pleon cavalry had already outflanked these people, and they lined up side by side to directly block these escape routes.

"Tsk, it's really exactly the same as the adults arranged in advance, and even their reactions and actions are completely expected by the adults, which really makes people shudder." Hughes sat in the carriage and sighed.

"It's not surprising, it's just that I've had similar experiences, so I'm familiar with how people in desperate situations react."

After saying that, Tianxiang didn't care about the sinister expression shown by Xiusi, and rode straight to the front of the battle formation lined up by the mercenaries, and shouted at the civilians with bewildered expressions: "Who is the head among you?" The village chief, the head of the guard, the guard, whoever it is, as long as it is someone who can represent the public, stand up for me! ”

Whew~ A bleak wind blew, but no one stood up.