Chapter 31: The City of Patras
William jerked out of the fence.
A wild wolf, much larger than the other wolves, stood proudly, looking directly at William with green eyes, and dozens of wild wolves walked back and forth around it.
It looked like it was a wolf, William guessed.
He carried his sword, step by step, and slowly walked towards the wooden fence.
Jacques Potter and Drake John had a look of shame on their faces, and they quickly stood up and followed behind William.
There was also a commotion in the village, and there was a fire, and it seemed that the villagers were awakened, and they rushed over in groups.
The head wolf glanced at the scene in the village humanely, and after a slight pause, a wolf howl came out of its mouth again, "Woo......
Dozens of wild wolves clustered around the head wolf and ran away into the forest without hesitation, and it didn't take long for it to disappear into the darkness, and even the sound was swallowed.
William breathed a sigh of relief, although he had the guidance of the magic mirror, but even killing a dozen wild wolves was not low for him.
As soon as I relaxed, my whole body was soaked with sweat.
At this time, the villagers also rushed over with torches made of firewood, and when they saw the corpses of more than a dozen wild wolves on the ground, their faces turned pale.
"Ghost wolves in the Dark Forest? Aren't they active deep in the forest? How did you come to the village? A hunter in the small village of Nisse exclaimed.
William looked for prestige, and it was a lean man in the prime of life who spoke.
"Ghost wolf?"
"Yes, Lord Baron, ghost wolves generally live in the depths of the forest, near swamps, they prefer damp and dark environments, because the fur on their bodies naturally forms strange patterns, so they are called ghost wolves!" The prime-aged hunter explained to William.
"Hmm." That's not the crux of tonight's problem.
William thought for a moment and asked the villagers, "Have there ever been any wild beasts attacking the village before?" ”
"Nope!" The villagers shook their heads without thinking about it.
"Lord Baron, because of the lizardmen every winter, there are not too many dangerous beasts at the edge of the forest. For so many years, the village of Nisse has encountered wild boars breaking into the fields and destroying rye. Some people in the village worked together to drive the wild boar away! ”
Adams took the initiative to answer William's question, saying that leaving a good impression in the minds of those in power has always been something he has worked tirelessly to do.
He didn't want a vulgar hunter to dominate the limelight.
"Hmm!" William's brows furrowed, and he looked back at the dark forest, "Then why did these ghost wolves come to the edge of the forest and attack them?" ”
When William speaks of them, he is referring to Jacques Potter and Drake John.
No one answered William, only the whirring of the wind.
After a while, one of the villagers replied unconfidently, "Lord Baron, could it be that the fire attracted you?" ”
Another one that attracts the attention of the Baron! Adams pouted inwardly, and was about to retort, but was preempted by the prime-age hunter, "No, generally speaking, beasts are more afraid of things like fire!" Moreover, ghost wolves generally live deep in the forest......"
Deep in the forest, that's where hunters don't dare to go in to hunt!
You may encounter lizardmen anytime and anywhere, and become a lizardman's meal!
Not a single useful answer! William's brow continued to furrow, and he didn't have a clue at all.
He looked at the black forest, his gaze drifted, and finally fell on the simple wooden fence, and said with a blank face, "The wooden fence is still too low!" ”
"If it's a high wall, these ghost wolves won't be able to jump in at all!"
The villagers looked at each other, a wall, or a high wall, how could it be so easy?
Besides, does it make sense?
Winter is coming.
"It's time to speed up!" William said to himself, however.
His majestic gaze swept across the audience and said in a deep voice.
"From tomorrow, the reward will be doubled for those things that are found for me within three days, and for those things that are found for more than three days but within seven days, the reward will be doubled. Find what I want after seven days, and the reward will be halved! ”
In other words, if you find that kind of sticky soil in three days, you will get two silver francs, and if you find it in three days, you will only get one silver franc and fifty copper pooles.
If you find that cyan or milky white stone in three days, you will get two silver coins, and if you find it in three days, you will only get one silver coin plus one silver franc and fifty copper poole coins if you find it in seven days.
But if it is more than seven days, then one silver franc becomes half a franc coin, and one silver coin becomes half a silver coin.
As soon as William finished speaking, the villagers became nervous, and they were full of motivation in the middle of the night, and even more, they were about to walk outside the village, and they had to race against time!
However, the dark forest buried their courage, and the feet that had just been taken retracted at an even faster pace.
They comfort themselves that they can go early tomorrow! The Baron's reward will surely be theirs!
William didn't pay any attention to them, and when he had finished speaking, he looked at the wolf corpses all over the ground, and ordered them to be cleaned up, and then turned around and went back to the earthen house.
In his mind, the slender voice of the Magic Mirror Mirror sounded.
"Absorb thirteen ghost wolf souls, and the current energy can be supplied for 18 days!"
William's eyes moved, then he calmed down again, lay on the bed, and continued to sleep with his clothes closed!
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In the city of Patras, old John and old Gretel walked out of a shop with distressed faces.
Behind them was a smiling merchant, dressed in a splendid robe with a sincere smile on his face, propped up by a big belly, but his face was so thin that it was close to the bones.
He swore behind John and Gretel Sr., "Don't worry! The whole city of Patras knows about the reputation of Ixius. I will definitely deliver what you want on time and in the right amount! “
"Hmm!" Old John made a heavy nasal sound, and his head did not look back.
Just now, he had just paid a deposit of 50 gold pis, and when the small caravan of Hus delivered the goods to the village of Nisse, he would have to pay another 80 gold pis.
A total of 130 Pis Coins!
That's more than John Sr. himself had estimated! Far beyond!
Thirty piths are three hundred francs of silver, and thirty thousand copper pools.
How could such an amount of money make old John happy?
But old John can't find those big chambers of commerce or big caravans!
Because these big chambers of commerce or caravans have a deeper relationship with the owner of Will Castle.
Old John could not reveal his purpose to the owner of Will Castle.
Although the owner of Castle Will doesn't necessarily care about these little things!
But who knows what kind of aristocracy they are!
There's always nothing wrong with being careful! Old John comforted himself with this.
After a long distance from the shop where Hughes was, Old John wanted to go back, he missed his son Drake, looked around, and suddenly found that Old Greet's second son, Andrew, was not here.
"Where's your son?" Old John said angrily, "We're going back!" ”
"I'm sorry, Master John." Old Gretel also looked around, and replied, "He just told me to visit a friend, and I'm sure he'll be back soon!" ”
"Hmm!" Although Old John was dissatisfied, but this is the city of Patras, not the small village of Nisse, and there is no cornerstone of his power next to him - William is here, and Old Gretel is the head of the land, and Old John still has a place to rely on him, so he can only hum softly and wait impatiently for Andrew to come back!
Old Gretel's brows furrowed slightly, maybe he shouldn't have let him out of his sight, instead of believing the lie that he would be back soon!
Where will he go? Old Gretel fell into deep thought.
At this time, Andrew Gretel was standing in the center of Patras City, in the castle of Newwill, waiting for Viscount Grien's summons!