Three days later, the blacksmith sent for Estheu's heraldic chainmail, announcing the end of his stay in Laria. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoOn a misty morning, Eschu rode out of town. The guard, who had been standing for the change of guard in the middle of the night, crossed his fingers and waited for the change of guard, glanced casually at Estheu's back, opened his mouth and yawned.

For three days, Eshua had been making up for the town of Silverlake, on the western shore of the Pender Inland Sea, and he knew that this place was the headquarters of the Pande Mercenary Guild, a good place for adventurous young people, and there was no shortage of explorers who had crossed the ocean from the outer continents. The Pande continent is full of wars, and there are few peach blossom springs to live in, even if they live in the city, they may one day be targeted by the infiltrating heretics and become a preparatory sacrifice - speaking of which, the imperial people are even more troublesome, fire prevention, theft prevention, and heresy, and they have to guard against snake worship again. Those who are in the opposition all the year round, whether they are joining the army, running a businessman, or being a mercenary, are all days of licking blood from the knife edge. After much deliberation, Eshu chose to become a mercenary - he did not consider himself willing to be a soldier who was given orders. In fact, there is a branch of the Mercenary Guild in Larria, and the registration can be done anywhere, and his main purpose is to stay as far away from the imperial border as possible, and Silverlake Town, which is on the border of Livingston and Fieldsway, is undoubtedly the best choice. The empire is busy dealing with the two neighbors of Sarion Daxia, and the minions cannot reach the northern part of the Pander continent for the time being. Estheu harbored a bitter hatred for the Empire, but he rationally restrained himself from letting that hatred burn in his veins. Roared and roared to pull up a team, robbed the caravan, slaughtered the villagers, and finally fell under the encirclement and suppression of the regular army, at most before dying and shouting a few words of "imperial pigs"? If that were the case, the old drunkard would only suspect that he had been playing the harp to the cow during the ten years he had spent with Esher in Janos.

Estheus wanted to destroy the Empire, and he was to witness the fall of Janos in the flames of the slaughter, and to plant the brand-new Baranduc flag in the skulls of every nobleman of the Empire. But his personal strength is as small as a mayfly trying to shake a tree in front of Pande's empire, which has dominated Pande for a century and a half, and his courage is commendable and even more ridiculous.

Be stronger! Eshua clenched the reins of his horse, manpower was sometimes poor, and only a well-disciplined, well-trained, and well-equipped army could gain a foothold in Pande. Forming your own mercenary squad is only the first step, not to mention that he is still a bare-bones commander? However, it is said that Ravenston is roaming the territory of the Misty Mountains, and Ryan's Dragon Knights have offered a high bounty for this, which is also one of the ways to make extra money.

After galloping and shooting a few short-eyed thieves on the road, Eshua finally reached the village of Kwen just before sunset. However, he was stopped outside the village by a group of heavily armed militiamen, and seeing their posture as if they were facing a great enemy, Essius estimated that his intention to approach the village walls would immediately attract locust arrows.

"What's going on?" Estheu stood out of the range of his crossbow bolts, shouting from afar. The response he received was inaudible, and Eixiu was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: his shouting method had been specially trained by the old drunkard, loud and penetrating, and it was clearly audible from three hundred paces away. But does the militia on the other side have this skill? shouted a few words at the top of his voice, but Ai Xiu didn't hear any reason. "I'm passing through the village and asking for a night!"

There was a commotion on the other side, I don't know what was being discussed, and then finally a militia member came out, and he walked slowly towards Eisiu, half of his body shrunk behind his shield, obviously very jealous of the short bow that Eixiu was carrying. Naturally, Ai Xiu saw the other party's scruples, untied his quiver, and signaled that he had no malicious intent. The militiaman breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Kwen has recently been infested by bandits, and he has entered a state of martial law, and he asked this adventurer to take a detour." ”

Estheu tried to negotiate a few words, but the other party refused to let go. Looking at the vigilance in the other party's eyes, Ai Xiu suddenly thought that he was a spy of the thieves who came to deceive the door, right? But this suspicion is also reasonable, the other side of the Kwen is the mountain forest where robbers are rampant, and from time to time there are people crossing the bridge to fight the autumn wind, dealing with these cunning bandits all the year round, and the Kwyn people have also become extremely shrewd in the continuous losses, and they all know to beware of spies.

Merely...... The people in the village are still too simple, even if there are spies, they should have infiltrated from the north gate, right? After all, the main activity area of the bandits is still in the mountains and forests north of Kwen, how can there be spies who go around half of the mountain and make a special trip from the South Avenue to fight horses? Eshua couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the wolf smoke rising from the northern part of the village.

The militiamen were also in an uproar, they had no serious military training, and even the sentry was just a frizzy young man, and when they heard a man approaching the village on a tall horse from the south, they were nervous from the infestation of the bandits, and they almost rushed to the south gate. The bandits also coveted a situation for a while, and when they saw that the militia at the north gate was suddenly reduced by half, they were willing to let go of this beautiful thing of pie falling from the sky, and rushed over directly, and it didn't take much effort to knock down the village gate. If it weren't for the militia standing guard desperately lit the wolf smoke, I am afraid that the bandits would have rushed to the center of the village, and the militia would still confront Ai Xiu at the south gate.

The militia returned to defend one after another, but the one who negotiated with Ai Xiu was in wax, and he had the heart to follow his brothers back to the village to rescue, but he had to guard against Ai Xiu's sudden cold arrows, and he was very entangled. Eixiu doesn't care so much, and he rushes forward.

"You!" The militia was shocked and angry, and subconsciously drew their swords and slashed at Eshu. Ai Xiu casually brushed it aside and said in a deep voice: "I'll help you kill the bandits!" ”

"Hurry, hurry! Rob******! The little boss carried a struggling girl on his shoulder, kicked over the old man who wanted to snatch back his daughter, and was about to make up for the old guy who didn't know whether to live or die, when suddenly there was a sound of breaking through the air, and a feather arrow hit the blade with precision. The little leader was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned his head to see who put the arrow, but the old man who escaped took the opportunity to throw himself to the ground and choked his throat.

The little leader was shocked and angry, and pinched the old man with his backhand, he was young and strong, and naturally he was not afraid of an old man. Who knew that the girl he was carrying before screamed: "Dad! Then he went crazy and pounced on him and scratched him in the face. The little leader screamed and tried to raise his knife to kill the two of them, but another feathered arrow flew and nailed his wrist to the ground.

Esso, who saved a father and daughter with two arrows, did not relax, and the bandits immediately broke into pieces after successfully entering the village, shouting and crying could be heard everywhere, and several houses were already on fire. But when Eshu arrived, he could only see the backs of the bandits laughing wildly, like the tide that overflowed the beach, leaving a mess and then drifting away. What's going on? He was a little dazed, but a few of the immortal militiamen angrily threw their weapons to the ground and cursed. Several grass huts crackled and burned, mingled with the sobs of women and children, and the men with weapons looked gloomy and overwhelmed.

"Oh my little daughter!!" The embarrassment was broken by a terrible cry, and the old man who had been kicked before stumbled to Essho, "Hero, save my little daughter!" ”

"Benefactor, save the ninth sister, please!" The old man's daughter also came to beg for Estheau, and the cries of the father and daughter shook the sky, causing the others to cry and mourn all over the field. When the old man was crying, he peeked at Ai Xiu, but found that the other party's face was as usual, and he was frowning and thinking about something at this time.

The cries of the villagers were very disturbed, but Eixiu, who was accustomed to hearing the wailing and screaming of the dead in the gladiatorial arena, was not disturbed by this noise, and he was seriously thinking: What is the purpose of these bandits who have come and gone? But if any of the inhabitants of Kwyn could hear Essho's heart, they would tell him unmistakably that they were just bandits.

It's almost the norm of the long-standing struggle between Kwen and the bandits, like the relationship between a sheepfold, a hound, and a pack of wolves. The wolves took advantage of the hounds' neglect of the guards to strike decisively, grabbed a few lambs and drove away. If they do not love war, nor dare to fight, if they really let the slaughter of the whole sheepfold be carried out, it will inevitably anger the owners of the flock, the lords of the villages, and when the regular army is dispatched, how can these rabble be opponents?

Pande's bandits, in the process of crawling and rolling, also summed up the experience of robbery: as long as they did not violate the fundamental interests of the lord, then they only had to deal with the militia that was also a rabble. Perhaps some kind-hearted lords will send security teams over, at best, they can only dispel the idea of the bandits entering the village, and will not delay them from blocking the road to rob and kill people and steal goods. Ai Xiu is also not deeply involved in the world, and he has some thoughts for a while.

"Don't cry the village chief......" The persuasion of several villagers brought Ai Xiu back to his senses. Is this the village chief of Kwyn? Ai Xiu looked at this old man who was not amazing, there is a way to be a soldier and a bear, and the village chief is the same. The village suffered from this catastrophe, and instead of appeasing the villagers and counting the losses, they cried and cried, although the pain of losing a daughter is normal, but now it is a bad head.

It's just time to probe the reality of this bandit. Ai Xiu finally agreed to the village chief's request, in addition to the militia who took the initiative to invite Ying, there were also a few young men who were eager to follow Ai Xiu, but Ai Xiu was a little big when he saw their frizzy appearance, did they think that the bandits were all noodles that would be broken when they were pinched? But he didn't mind having a few more helpers. Before riding the horse, Eixiu asked casually: "How many daughters do you have, village chief?" ”

The village chief was stunned for a moment, and replied truthfully: "Seven daughters." ”

Estheau: "......"