"No, you don't have the right to take the timber, you don't have the right to occupy this lumberyard, it's mine, I bought it for a hundred gold coins, it's all my property! ……”

The sound of a quarrel in the woods caught the attention of Ares and the hunting party, who had been guarding Firestone Farm for several days, while the others followed Ares and Gianna everywhere to hunt. Supplement food. And the quarrel in the woods apparently quickly attracted the attention of the hunting party.

Ares took Zalam and Gianna to lie in the grass, observing what was happening in front of them. Or even some conflicts that are about to erupt.

It looks like a group of GIs are going to loot a civilian's timber and seize its lumberyard. However, it is estimated that the price was not negotiated, and clashes soon broke out between the two sides, and the soldiers even forcibly carried timber and weapons, threatening the unarmed civilian. And these soldiers, Ares is all too familiar, they are none other than the Scarlet Crusaders who are active on the continent of Lordaeron. It seems that the blood-colored army led by Da Suohan is a stone's throw away from him.

"In this land, no one has the right to mine the forest on their own without the permission of the Scarlet Crusaders."

I saw the leader of the blood-colored infantry stand up and speak to the lumbermill owner with a brutal expression. The owner of the lumberyard, who also appeared to be a commoner, dressed in very shabby clothes, pleaded bitterly, but still refused to give up his property. If, as he himself said, this is his only possession.

"Then you have to pay me at least for the loss, my whole family still lives on this logging site, we can't live without it, without this logging plant, we have nothing...... My daughter, my wife, still counting on it to live......"

The civilian almost knelt down in pleading, but the leader of the Scarlet Infantry didn't seem to pity them. He walked over and grabbed the corner of the man's coat.

"The people who live in this land have long been gone, the natural disasters are raging, and if you want to live, you can only join the Scarlet Crusade, otherwise, what you have today will be plundered by the Scourge Army tomorrow. Old man, it is your honor to serve the Scarlet Crusaders, and by sacrificing this lumberyard, you can enter the Scarlet Crusaders and strive to be a better military position, and when the time comes, you will have a share of the credit for our expedition to Northrend. ”

The Scarlet Captain grabbed the corner of the man's coat and continued—

"I advise you to accept this gift and arrangement, otherwise, betray us, and you will not end well."

The Scarlet Infantry Captain let go of his strong arms. The miserable lumberjack owner stumbled backwards and fell to the ground in a few steps. From the wooden house behind her, an immature little girl ran out, she cried and hugged her father and cried, but she did not dare to look at the blood-colored soldier in front of her.

"It seems that the information obtained by the scouts is true, and Abidis really intends to make an expedition to Northrend."

Gianna frowned. She said resentfully, the madness of the crusaders reminded her of Alsace back then, and she would do whatever it took to get revenge.

"Yes."

Ares sighed.

"Then we must stop him."

Zalam muttered behind him.

"How to stop it? Haven't you seen it yet? We and they are not all the way to each other. The Scarlet Crusaders have long since they were divided, since I took over the monastery. ”

Ares sighed again. The crowd also understood Ares' distress. From the point of view of the spectators, it is known how crazy the Scarlet Crusaders under the leadership of Da Sohan were. The Dreadlord took advantage of the Scarlet Crusader's fear of the undead to strengthen the Scarlet Crusader's fanaticism. Revenge is necessary, but fanatical revenge evolves into a mad, irrational act, just like Arthas, who slaughtered the whole of Stratholme for revenge. When the unarmed civilians ran to the prince's army for refuge, he stretched out his cold sword to the civilians.

"Nope! You can't do that! ”

While everyone was thinking and getting upset, the lumberyard owner screamed with all his might, and he hugged the thigh of the leader of the blood-colored infantry, and did not let him go, and did not let him move his own timber.

"Daddy, don't ......"

The little girl began to weep bitterly. Gianna was on the verge of using a spell when she was pinned down by Ares.

"Don't be exposed, there's no need to clash with them, Dassaulthan will know where we are."

Holding Gianna's hand, Ares said earnestly. Although here, Ares does not have the power to command her, in terms of status, Gianna and Ares are equal, and even in terms of origin, Gianna is far above Ares.

Under persuasion, Gianna could only temporarily suppress her anger.

The blood-colored soldier didn't even look at the lumberyard owner, and kicked the emaciated man away. His wife was crying behind the door, but she didn't dare to come out.

It wasn't until those Scarlet Crusaders pushed the "spoils" to disperse that Ares and his party emerged from the woods, their number was too small, the hunting party was only five people, and those Scarlet Crusaders just now were more than fifty people. But numbers weren't the point, the point was that Ares didn't want to be associated with Dasohhan's crusaders anymore.

"Friend, when did these people end up here?"

Ares walked over and kindly stopped the depressed lumberyard owner, to be exact, he also had a subordinate, two people, who were in charge of logging in this forest, presumably to sell the timber to the surrounding Crusader forces in exchange for food and necessities, but now, because the Northern Expedition was imminent, the Crusaders had no more money to pay for these expenses, so they changed to forcibly collect it. Of course, no matter what the case may be, Ares must ask.

"Who are you?"

With blood still flowing from the corners of his mouth, the man sat on the wooden pier and looked at Ares and his party with a blank gaze. Since neither Ares nor Zalam wore the Scarlet Crusader robes, no one knew their identities.

"Hunter, we are hunters around here, we were hunting in this forest just now, and we have seen what happened to you."

Ares said, sitting down next to the man. His wife recovered from her fright, and slowly walked out of the dilapidated wooden house.

And the little girl is still far away, and perhaps in her opinion, all people with weapons are not good people......

"Oh...... Oh...... Let's go, get out of here, you have also seen that the Scarlet Crusaders are plundering resources, capturing civilians, and even people like me who don't know how to use weapons will be drafted, let alone you. Alas, no one can protect us, no one ......"

"Friend, you haven't answered my question yet?"

Seeing that the man was in a trance, Ares asked.

"It's been three weeks, and in fact they talked to me at first, but how could I agree that I had bought this woodland from someone else at my expense. That's all my savings, all my ...... The people of the Silver Dawn said they wanted to protect me, but so far, not even a shadow has appeared, damn it, we have no way out but to join the Crusaders. Let me follow them to my death. ”

After answering the question, the man was still talking to himself. But Ares quickly recognized the problem.

"Silver Dawn, they said they wanted to protect you?"

"Yes, it was three weeks ago, but every time my timber was scraped away, they didn't show up. Damn, I shouldn't have lived in such an age. ”

Every time a man says a word, he is full of complaints about life. It is also easy to understand that in times of war, no one can have a good life. Except for those giants and arms dealers. The Scarlet Crusaders, on the other hand, are full of tragedy, and if they are not controlled by demons, they can become a bright organization, a righteous army that saves Lordaeron from fire and water. It's a pity that everything seems to be going in a worse direction.

"Do you know where they are? Silver Dawn. ”

Ares asked.

"I don't know, they always don't have a fixed place."

"And where was the last time you saw them?"

Ares asked with concern. Before the raid on Naxxramas, he joined the Silver Dawn, and joining forces with them may be able to stop some of Dassohan's plots. Maybe this absurd expedition could be stopped, maybe ......

"Hearthvale, a handful of Silver Dawn men, camped outside that fortress, but that was more than a week ago, and now it's probably moved elsewhere, and they're too few of them."

The man sighed, his eyes full of despair and helplessness.

"Take us to them, if you can. When I find Silver Dawn, I'll give you ten gold coins as a reward. It's a little less, not enough for you to re-take the forest farm, but it's better than you sitting here waiting to die. ”

Ares said without mincity.

The man glanced at Ares, and then at his family behind him. He turned around silently and nodded earnestly. Obviously, there are some things that he doesn't want to end with or don't want to, and as a man, he also has to think about his wife and daughter......