After lunch, Locke left with the soldiers and convoys escorting the food. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info was accompanied by a large number of civilians who could not find work in Gadar, and they followed the group with great anticipation.

After listening to the stories of the civilians who came from Iva, the hearts of the people here warmed up.

They had already put all their preparations to a halt, just waiting for the crusaders to leave here and they would follow in the rear of the army.

So, when Locke's army left, his army was followed by no less than 10,000 civilians. Nor could he have imagined that these refugees would become targets for the forgotten.

Locke followed the cavalry of the guards and walked in the middle of the line. While chatting with Bridge about the topic just now.

"I still think you need to be careful with that baron named Berg." Bridget grabbed the reins of the horse and shook her body with the swaying of the horse's back, "I always think it's too much of a coincidence that he came." ”

"It's because he doesn't know where he came from that I left him in our ranks so we can keep an eye on his every move." Locke said undeniably, "Putting the threat under your nose and observing it up close is the best solution." ”

Britst didn't reply to him, she turned to look at the noisy crowd of civilians at the back of the line, and said with some joy, "There are so many civilians, they are all going to follow us to Eva." It seems that the influence of our Iva is about to overshadow Gadar. ”

"Gadar's population carrying capacity has reached its limit, otherwise the Grand Prosecutor would not have let me bring these people to Iva." Locke rubbed his eyes and yawned, "I need to squint for a moment, you look at our team." ”

"Oh~~," Bridget turned her head and looked at Locke with a smile, "You didn't sleep last night, did you?" ”

Locke closed his eyes and ignored her.

Bridget looked at him with a wicked smile, turned her head to look at the nearest guard, and then pulled her horse to Locke's side and whispered, "Who is more memorable about me and her?" ”

Locke, who had closed his eyes and ignored him, turned red.

He opened his eyes a little angrily and glared at Bridget, "Only you would joke about these things!" Is this privacy?! I don't know what's going on in your head?! Are we paladins so filthy?! ”

"Hey, hey," Bridge said, looking at the inexplicable smile that came out of his mouth, and then smiling, "I didn't think you were such a filthy person!" I mean, the feelings she and I have for you, who makes you more memorable?! Who said that? Obviously you are the dirtiest! ”

Locke was stunned for a moment, and he was smacked by this guy again.

So, Locke simply closed his eyes, swayed with the amplitude of the warhorse, and rested.

In a daze, Locke was woken up. He opened his eyes, and Captain Felicia stood beside him and called out to him.

"Ah, Captain Felicia, is there anything wrong with you?" Locke stretched and yawned as he asked her, "When is it?" Where have we been? ”

He looked around and saw that it was getting dark.

"Commander, we need to rest for the night and get to Brill tomorrow at noon. It's getting completely dark now. Captain Felicia reports on the team. It is not very safe to march at night. ”

Locke looked around him, it was a hillside that was not suitable for camping. He casually asked, "Did we find camp?" ”

"The commander has been found, and the vanguard has rushed over to clear the field."

"Alright, we'll camp there." Locke tilted his head and moved his body.

"Commander, I'm afraid it's a little difficult." Captain Felicia was a little confused, and Locke looked at her suspiciously. So she explained to Locke, "The civilians behind are no longer able to keep up with the pace of our march, do we need to wait for them?" ”

Oh, how forgot about the question. Locke patted his head, could it be that he had overindulged last night?

"Let the soldiers of our logistics transport team load all the empty transport trucks with their things, and those who can't run also sit on them. Let the livestock pull so that it can be fast. ”

Captain Felicia answered, ready to make arrangements, and Locke called her out again.

"Why didn't you see Bridt's herald? Where is she? ”

"She's patrolling the ranks of civilians behind her."

Locke waved at her, and Captain Felicia saluted and left.

The marching procession stopped briefly for a moment, followed by a cacophony of voices from the ranks of civilians behind them, and then groups of soldiers were sent over to maintain order.

Locke also had no desire to go over and take a look, these little things would be arranged by the officers, and there was no need to go and see everything by himself.

It didn't take long for the team to regain its smoothness and move much faster than before.

The road to Brill and Lordaeron was not very wide, and the dense woods around it had been stretched out of the road, but it had been cut down by caravans, adventurers, and pedestrians along the way. This is also a rule that everyone must maintain, and if the road is blocked, then life will be affected.

Civilians walked on the far side of the road, some leading cattle and sheep, others pulling their children, following the slow-moving procession. They gave way to the left side of the road as an emergency passage for the Crusaders.

This time, they decided to follow the army of the Crusader Silver Pine Forest to Iva, partly because the town of Gadar was overcrowded. They can't find jobs, they don't have the means of income, and they can't support their families. Civilians can only go to church every day to receive some free food, but after all, there are many people and few meats, and many times there is not enough to eat.

On the other hand, Lord Harvey, the vice-commander of the Crusaders, has developed a desirable and wealthy town in the Silver Pine Forest. It is said that he will give the land to the people to cultivate, and there is an enviable and safe environment there.

"Joshua, do you think we're going to be too risky this time?" In the endless crowd, a woman in coarse cloth and tattered clothes, holding a child wrapped in linen in her arms, asked the man in front of her with some sorrow.

The man in front of him was a stout man, he was wearing only a tattered coat, and his exposed skin was frozen red, but he didn't care.

On the body of this man named Joshua, carrying several large packages, which were estimated to be all the belongings of their family, he slowed down his pace, waited for the woman behind him to come up, tilted his head and glanced at the child who was still sleeping in the woman's arms, and some soft smiles appeared on his tense face.

"Orise, this is a rare opportunity, don't you understand?" Joshua flipped a few packages up on his shoulder, then looked at the crowd in front of him and explained to his woman.

"How was our life when we were in the village of Hathor?" Joshua exhaled and went out, white and cold.

Although it has been almost two months since winter, the weather is still a little cold.

The woman, Oris, tightened the linen in her arms with the child in her arms, for fear that the cold would invade her child, but did not answer.

"Our former lord, Lord Starr, although he levied a bit more taxes on us, but our life can go on, and we can still eat a meal of roast pork every three or five days." Joshua sniffed and said.

"Yes, I remember that you didn't let me at that time, I was your wife, and I was pregnant with a baby." The woman had some happy smiles on her face, and then she looked down at the child in her arms with a look of love.

"And our decision this time is a bit risky, but! If we succeed, we may be better off than before! Joshua gestured for the woman to look at the civilians walking around her.

"Look at them, why did they go to Iva with the High Lord Harvey? Because they know that there are still few people there, and as long as they can pass safely, they can allocate a lot of land! And there is also the protection of the crusaders, although the crusaders will levy taxes, but this lord of ours is a paladin! Do you understand? As long as you endure this stage, your life will be better in the future! ”

Joshua was a little excited, as a farmer, as a commoner, not the greatest happiness to have a large amount of land to cultivate safely for himself, and to be able to feed his wife and children?

Olis flushed a little when she heard this.

Yes, land! Food! Warm and sturdy big house with healthy kids!

"I'm sure that if the silver pine forest develops in the future, then more people will come. But when that time comes, there may not be such a good treatment this time. ”

Joshua's words made Orise's rootless heart seem to sink into the earth, and a flower called hope bloomed, and she hoped that the fruit of hope would grow soon.

Locke rode along the emergency passage on the left side of the road, observing the entire refugee procession. Most of these refugees were unclothed, shivering in the cold, but their faces were full of hope, and in Gadar they would even squat for days in the small square for a piece of black bread, and work for a few copper coins, all for a living.

Locke sighed, maybe because he came from modern society, or maybe because he had tens of thousands of gold coins in his backpack, and he had great power, and he couldn't understand the feeling of being uprooted from his homeland, without food or drink. But Locke could feel the hope in their hearts, and it made them brave enough to follow in his footsteps through the treacherous areas of the Tirisfal Glades to the bountiful Ivah.

Along the way, these refugees saw Locke inspecting the team, constantly saluting him, saying some words of blessing, at first Locke nodded one by one, but soon he couldn't parry, there were too many people, he had to smile and speed up the horse a little.

In the middle and late stages of the group, Locke finds Bridget, who is caring for an injured refugee, an unscrupulous paladin who is healing a wounded refugee.