In the middle of the wasteland, a long convoy slowly walked towards the boundary of Fort Collogne, and after a journey of more than 100 kilometers, the Black Tulip Brigade finally crossed the wasteland and returned to the human world.

The carriage was in a dilapidated state, and even some of the horses were wounded, and looked very miserable, completely devoid of the majestic atmosphere when they first set out. The players were all sitting sluggishly, too tired to move. Even Agni and Mint were sitting back to back on the roof of the lead car at this time, with their weapons aside, just wanting to rest quietly.

After leaving the canyon, there were several monster attacks on the way, but it was much better than before. The most dangerous time was when they encountered a swarm of rotting crows, and the undead from the sky attacked the players in a hurry, but after some losses, they were finally wiped out.

After hours of fighting, no matter who it is, they are approaching the realm of Fort Cologne, and knowing that the danger of encountering monsters has been greatly reduced, players can finally relax completely.

Except for a certain unlucky guy who is still tied to the roof of the car, the nickname "200,000 Hector" is probably going to stay with him forever.

Mint's ears twitched, and he rolled over alertly, "Agni, someone is following us!" ”

Hearing this, Agni immediately got up and grabbed his sword.

Behind the stones not far away, two sneaky figures appeared, they were riding horses, fully armed, but they did not have the family insignia, and they could not tell which noble family they were.

"Who are they?" Agni asked.

Mint shook his head, "I don't know, but I don't know which noble family it is, and I don't know what we want to do with it." ”

Agni turned his head to look at Martin, who was also alert, and made a motion to wipe his neck, "Do you want me to go?" ”

Martin looked at it for a while and shook his head, "Don't have a conflict yet, after all, it may be a nobleman's private soldier, don't mess with it if you can." ”

Agni nodded, and sat back down, but didn't let his guard down. Keep staring at the two of them.

The two riders, who knew that they had been discovered, didn't care, just hung behind the convoy so far away, and followed them into the territory of Fort Colom.

"I'm reminded of a legend......" Mint said with a sudden change in face.

"About these two people?"

Mint nodded, "Legendary ...... Sword tax! ”

Martin, who was in the car next to him, was obviously thinking the same thing, with a gloomy face, sending a message to Curien's side, as if discussing how to respond.

"Sword tax? What is it? Agni asked strangely.

"Legend has it that if a fat sheep appears, the Marquis of Sayah will send his personal knights to collect heavy taxes, on the one hand, to avoid the eyes of the general of Cologneburg to collect a tax rate far beyond the tax set by Grand Master Gavia, and on the other hand, to search for people or things that may be unfavorable to the Marquis of Saya." Mint explains.

"Sword Tax...... It's really rampant! Agni frowned, he now knew how valuable the Black Tulip Brigade's goods were, and all of this money was used to make up for the loss of the Black Tulip Brigade, if it was drawn too hard, then the brigade's loss would be great.

"The regimental commander said that a patrol team was mobilized, and they are coming to meet us, and we will try to delay as much time as possible!" Martin said, "Agni, I'm going to ask you again!" ”

Agni nodded, pulled out Chitoru and began wiping.

The two people in the back kept talking, and seeing that the brigade had entered the territory of Fort Colon for a while, they put on the insignia of the Marquis of Saya, accelerated over the convoy with a clamp on the horse's belly, reversed the horse's body in front of the road, stood in front of the convoy, and coldly raised his palm, signaling the convoy to stop. The two horses trampled on the spot, snorting from time to time.

The players' faces changed and they drew their weapons and stood up.

Martin was nervous and hurriedly shouted for the members to lay down their weapons and forbid them to make hostile gestures. As the leader of the brigade, he needs to think more, it is easy to eliminate these two people, but who knows if there are other knights behind him? If they offend Marquis Saya, then how can they, as outsiders, gain a foothold in the wasteland full of opportunities?

The coachmen reined in their horses and stopped in front of the two Saya knights, and the carriages stopped in place, and there was silence in the scene, except for the occasional snort of the horses, and no one dared to speak.

Agni looked at the two knights with some curiosity, this is the official knight of the Saya family, I don't know their rank, but it is definitely much stronger than a few rookie trainee knights of the Black Tulip Brigade. Seeing that just two knights suppressed the whole group and didn't dare to speak, I also sighed in my heart, how do you feel that in this game, players actually have to rely on the NPC's snort life?

This was the first time Agni had encountered intelligent NPCs in human society, and this first meeting left a deep impression on him.

One of the knights turned over and dismounted, pulled out a long sword from the weapon pouch held on the horse, stuck it on the ground with a bang, looked at the silent players, sneered, and stretched out his hand to draw a long sword again.

With the sound of five swords, there were five long swords scattered on the ground, and then the knight stood in front of the long sword, pulled out the knight's sword at his waist, the tip of the sword was inserted into the ground, his hands folded on the hilt of the sword, and he looked at the players coldly, as if he was waiting for something.

Agni saw that Mint and Martin's faces became very ugly, and he couldn't help asking, "What does he mean by this?" ”

"The so-called sword tax refers to a few swords inserted in the ground, a sword is one percent, and a few will draw a few percent of the tax, and the tax collector waits for the other party to challenge as a representative, and the battle can destroy a long sword to reduce it by one percent. If not a single sword can be destroyed, then a tax must be paid according to the number of inserts he inserts. Mint said through gritted teeth.

"That means he takes fifty percent of the tax?" Agni was taken aback.

"It's not fifty percent, it's sixty percent, and he still has a sword in his hand!" Martin's face was terrible.

"This ......" Agni Huo didn't know what to say, just these two people, stopped the brigade, and opened his mouth to take sixty percent of the tax? Is this really something that NPCs do?

"They are all official knights, and it is estimated that they are all above level sixteen. It's hard to deal with! Martin said in a low voice, "Damn, we were traveling secretly, how could we be caught by them!" I guess it was the damn viscount who leaked the secrets! ”

"Leave it to me, I haven't fought a human yet!" Agni stood up, inserted Chitoru back into the scabbard, and smiled, "Look at me breaking all his swords, don't even think about collecting a dime from any sword tax!" ”

"Be careful! Formal knights are not the same as ghosts or demons, they all have skills and skills to deal with human battles, and they may not be as strong as demons, but when it comes to one-on-one heads-up, that's their specialty! Mint warned.

"Got it! Feel relieved! Agni waved his hand, jumped out of the carriage, and paced in front of the knight, standing still.

Fighting spirit!