"Chapter 174: Host or Mercenary?"
The Kingdom of Hedman, an inexplicable country in the western part of the continent. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The Hegman Kingdom is one of the three forces in the western part of the continent except for the El Empire, and it is also the most powerful of the three. Unlike the agrarian and corrupt Tada Kingdom and the weak and cautious Dominion of Lonin Lyre, the land of the Hegeman Kingdom is not as fertile as its own neighbors, but the cohesion and military strength of the Hedeman Kingdom far exceed that of its neighbors, and the fierce folk customs and well-developed mercenary organization of the Hedeman Kingdom have earned him the title of the Little Griffin of the West. Although the Hedeman Kingdom often harassed its two neighbors and always eyed the neighbors' territories, it was precisely because of the military strength and wartime influence of the Hedeman Kingdom that the fragile alliance of the three parties could continue and prevent one of them from falling to the El Empire.
Kingdom of Hedeman, Central Basin. The climate here is not very good, and the land is relatively barren. Due to the geographical location of semi-desert and semi-grassland, the agricultural level of the region is not high, so it was a backward area until 50 years. However, since the trade agreement between the Hedeman Kingdom and the surrounding countries, goods from the East and West can be directly routed through the Hegemann Kingdom from the middle of the kingdom, or they can be sold directly in the kingdom's big cities. The basin in the middle began to develop, and the city expanded. However, with the development of commerce and the construction of commercial cities, a large number of robbers began to pour into the central basin, which was already very lax, and began to loot continuously. At first, there were some down-and-out mercenaries and small bandits, but after only a dozen years, a large number of regular bandit groups continued to emerge, and the law and order in the central basin completely collapsed. For their own safety, caravans began to hire mercenaries in large numbers, and the mercenary industry began to grow in this part of central Hedeman, even outpacing the kingdom's government power for a time. However, soon the kingdom's army entered the central basin and wantonly cleared out bandits and suppressed mercenary groups in the name of protecting trade routes. During that time, even many mercenaries fought with the robbers against the kingdom's military power. To this day, the three forces are still fighting each other in this area, and this area has become probably the most chaotic area in the western part of the continent.
In the darkness of the night, in a stronghold in the Central Basin, the robbers of the Walther Bandit Regiment celebrate today's big trade. As the largest bandit group in a dozen nearby towns, their power is very rampant, and the small caravans and even towns in the vicinity have to pay them "protection fees". But even so, once a caravan with enough fat passes by, they will definitely not let each other go. Just like today, they robbed a very rich and well-known merchant, killed all the people in their family, and robbed countless gold coins and treasures. Walter was very pleased and gave all the robbers enough good wine for them to drink.
Watching the people around him cheer and listen to the constant scolding of all kinds of harsh dirty words, Walter kept accepting the toast of the little brother with a red face, and proudly bragged to them about his strength and his displeasure with the kind old man.
Inside, the robbers were contented with food and wine, completely oblivious to the danger approaching outside the stronghold.
Black shadows rushed through the night, and the dark black poison dagger had already approached the opponent's neck before the other party had even noticed it. In the sky, the silent flapping wings of flesh kept flapping, and the sharp teeth shimmered in the moonlight with a terrifying white light.
One of the robbers had drunk too much, and he staggered out, intending to vomit again in the corner. But the moment he opened the door, the sight in front of him instantly scared away all his drinking, and his body began to tremble constantly. But before he could say anything, a pair of sharp teeth passed through his throat, causing a miserable scream.
The robbers in the house heard the sound, and they immediately became cautious, and everyone subconsciously touched their weapons. But before they could get up from their seats, with a loud bang, a thick mace broke through the solid rock walls, and the force of the impact knocked all the robbers in the room, including Walter, to the ground. Walter cursed, and all he saw was dust flying from the shattering walls. But his curse didn't last long, and as the smoke cleared, three or four sharp black spears were placed around the robbers' necks. Skeletons in black armor and black shields were watching them with their black eyes, and teams of goblins were yelling to break into their stronghold, throwing second-floor guards out of windows and plundering treasure.
"Who are you?" Walter controlled the tremors in his body, but he could not control the tremors of his words. The tall warrior in black armor and with a stout mace in his hand looked at him condescendingly, and next to him was a man who was dressed indecently and looked like a beating, still an Oriental with black hair and black eyes.
"It's just you, don't you dare to spread wild in Lao Tzu's territory, do you still want to mix up in this realm, don't you afraid that big brother I will break your Tianling Gai?" The Oriental looked at him with disdain and put one foot on Walter's stomach.
"Li Guangyu, are you Li Guangyu?!" Walter seemed to think of the bastard mercenary group that had scared countless of his peers and mercenaries and even the soldiers of the army, as well as their bastard Eastern mercenary captain.
"Master Li Guangyu, spare me, please take everything away, spare me..." Walter was sweating like rain at this time, constantly shouting words begging for mercy.
"Please spare me? What did you do earlier, kill him! Li Guangyu shook his hand very rogue and scratched his hand on his neck, and then the dark prince took a step forward, and the big stick fell, and blood and brains flew sideways.
"Dare to steal business with Lao Tzu in Lao Tzu's realm, and kill them all!" Li Guangyu roared, and then the skeleton guard unequivocally stabbed the spear in his hand, killing all the robbers one by one. For a moment, the screams were unconscious.
Soon, a large number of troops were withdrawn from the house, and truckloads of gold coins and magic crystal jewels were also carried out. With a fire set by the goblins, the Walter bandits completely disappeared from the land and the world.
And in the nearby town or even in the city, a notice-like thing was posted with an ugly line of words on it.