"The head of the house, there is a tribe of ogres who have sacked Antlers Village and have not left it, and it looks like they are going to stay."

Inside Bundaberg, Baron Bender was rubbing his temples and listening to the news that gave him a headache.

I thought that this ogre had almost scourged the village and it was time to leave, so that even if it lost some villagers,

In the coming year, there will be less harvest and some poor people will starve to death, as long as they survive for two years, they will always be able to slow down.

The Golden Dragon Kingdom is densely populated, but there is really no shortage of those villagers, every year there are homeless people who can't survive in the interior to reclaim the land for the lords of the Northland, anyway, there is no shortage of people.

But the ogre's posture is not like he wants to grab a wave and leave, not only does he not leave, but he also plans to stay.

This is a terrible thing, this is to grab land and live permanently, not to pay some money and the lives of untouchables to deal with the past,

It's no wonder Baron Bender has a headache.

"How long will there be enough food in the castle?"

Bender asked in a deep voice as he rubbed his head

"If the refugees are no longer admitted, the castle will have enough food to eat for more than a year."

Finally there was good news, there were nearly 500 people in Bendaberg, including the Bander family, soldiers and squires, and some villagers who escaped at the hands of ogres.

The supplies in the castle are quite abundant, and I can finally survive for a while.

The castle of the Bender family is located on the plain west of the Northlands, and the Bander family only has a baronial title and a small fief.

There are only a few villages in the territory, but the location of the territory is good, the land is fertile, and the crops are good, not to mention, because the terrain is flat.

The security situation is better, and many caravans will also pass through the territory of the Bande family, which also brings a lot of income to the Bande family every year.

The sufficient income also enabled the Bender family to support several quasi-knights and hundreds of professional warriors.

The most important thing is that the generation of the Bender family has two knight-level powerhouses, and the current head of the family, Viscount Bender and his brothers, have both been successfully promoted to knights.

This strength is only stronger than most viscounts, and the Bander family is the hegemon among the nearby lords.

However, at this time, the Bender family was pressed by the ogre in the castle and did not dare to go out at all.

Or that the nobles of the entire five war zones fell into this embarrassing situation,

The main forces of several large tribes of ogres are still concentrated near Fort Herr, but many small tribes have already scurried in like locusts.

But at least one ogre warrior with three or five hundred ogres, a small half of them are young and strong, and the ogre warriors are also nearly two hundred quasi-knights,

And although the rest are old and weak, women and children, they are not weaker than ordinary human warriors,

Although there are two knights in the Bande family, the Bande family does not have any advanced breathing techniques and qi induction techniques, and the combat effectiveness of the two knights in the Bande family belongs to the middle and lower levels in the knight class.

Two plus together may not be able to beat an ogre warrior, not to mention the greater difference in strength at the level of quasi-knights.

They didn't dare to leave the castle to fight the ogres, and could only watch as the ogres ravaged the village.

That is, ogres are not good at attacking cities, otherwise there will be no talk about the Bander family at this time.

And the situation of several lords around the five war zones will only be worse than that of the Bander family,

After all, not everyone can raise soldiers like Richard, if they dare to leave the castle and take the initiative to fight, Richard may only be able to catch up with the incense at this time.

"Is there any news from the messenger we sent out?"

"Lord Baron, the messenger has only been out for less than two days."

"It's me who is in a hurry."

The envoys sent from several directions had been out for less than two days, and generally speaking, it was naturally impossible for any news to come so quickly.

"Tighten your guard, go back to your place, and I'll go to the city wall again."

Baron Bender quickly put an end to the proceedings, for now there was nothing for the Bender family to do but wait for news from the messenger for help.

……

On the other side, after half a night of fighting, Richard ordered his troops to rest in the village at the general's point.

Baron Bender didn't know that the Antlers Village ogre, who gave him a headache, had already been wiped out by Richard at this time, and it was a real eradication, and none of them had escaped.

After the total annihilation of the ogre, Richard and others also rescued dozens of terrified villagers from a large cellar.

The reason why they are still alive is that they were kept as spare rations by this ogre tribe,

These extremely frightened villagers just wanted to seek a sense of security by following Richard and others, and Richard and others persuaded them for a long time to persuade them not to leave, so they could only rely on the threat of force to drive them away.

However, Richard also showed them a way out - to go in the direction of Hunter's territory, anyway, Hunter's territory is big enough to not be too crowded.

"Ron, did you find a flaw?"

"Hmm"

Richard and Ron were sitting in a large house in the center of the village, eating and talking, the bluestone structure of the house was hanging very high.

The original owner of the house should have been a figure with a face in the village, and at this time, I don't know if he died in the attack of the ogre or escaped.

Because the house was very well built, the ogres who occupied this house before didn't even make too many renovations, and just lived here.

Richard is a guy who can endure hardships, but he will never wronged himself if he has the conditions.

At this time, I naturally lived in the most comfortable room if I had the conditions, and I scavenged some ingredients and made some meals to satisfy my appetite.

"They are so arrogant,

Scattered everywhere, if the lords of the fifth war zone can be gathered together, there is a great chance that these ogres will be defeated. ”

There were only four ogre tribes that had infiltrated the Fifth War Zone, and they were scattered like a pie, which was convenient for plundering.

If the lords of the fifth war zone can get together, they can finally put together a coalition army of six or seven knights, fifty or sixty quasi-knights, and more than five hundred professional warriors.

Although this kind of strength is not as good as Richard's, if it is against any small ogre tribe alone, it is absolutely certain that it will win.

Although the principle is simple, it is extremely difficult to implement.

After all, for a small aristocratic family, any knight is a needle-like existence of the sea god, and no one dares to send the knight out to let his castle sing an empty city plan, and he can't afford to take this risk, so he can only expect foreign assistance.

"We can use the griffon's scouting to track down the location of several other ogre tribes and wipe them all out."

Ron knew the griffon's ability to detect, and relying on the griffin's scouting, they faced the ogres who had no aerial ability, and they were like opening the perspective of God.

"No, let's go to Bundaberg first."

"Let's work, we have to collect the money first, right?"

Richard winked at Ron, like a profiteer.

No wonder Richard is so obsessed with money at this time, the Hunter family has taken a bit big steps recently, the Flying Bear Army is expanding very fast, and the army is really a gold-swallowing monster.

The Hunter family, which has never been too bad for money, is also in financial difficulties at this time, and urgently needs to make up for the windfall.

"Gather your troops and get ready to go."

"Yes"

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