Bai Qi turned to leave and walked towards the city gate, but soon, he turned back again, because the gate at the other end of the village was closed, and this was the first time Bai Qi had touched the closed city gate along the way.

The guards at the gates of the city told Bai Qi that because of the recent migration of a gnoll tribe in the forest east of the village, the captain of the guard ordered that civilians should not leave the village, and that they could not go out to hunt the gnolls unless they were warriors approved by the captain of the guard.

The indigenous warriors who wanted to go out to hunt the gnolls gathered in front of the gate of the fortress in the center of the village.

Of course, these barbarians have no order, and if you push me, the strong will naturally earn the opportunity to enter the fortress first and be tested by the captain of the guard.

The guards looked at each other with a grin, but did not stop the scramble.

Bai Qi shook his head, he was in a hurry now, and he could only participate in this kind of scramble.

Bai Qi had just reached the end of the line, when a native who had just been squeezed behind by a stronger person turned his head and saw him, and immediately became angry, waved his palm and pumped it in his face, and scolded in his mouth, "Get out of here, dwarf." ”

Bai Qi's footsteps paused slightly, let go of his fist, grabbed the wrist with his right hand, and then, his right foot slid back, and a faintly visible blood-colored light rose up, as if something was ignited in his body.

A powerful torrent of power is generated in Bai Qi's body with the burning of the power of qi and blood, if it is an ordinary scroll skill warrior, at this time, he can only guide these power torrents according to a limited number of skills, but Bai Qi is different, the power of qi and blood in his body is squeezed out of his own flesh and blood little by little, it is something that completely belongs to him, it is a part of his body, although these power torrents are unruly, he can still barely control them.

Under Bai Qi's guidance, the torrent of qi and blood power poured into his right arm, and a faint blood-red flame rose up in his right arm, following this force, Bai Qi shouted loudly and threw out the native warrior who had almost topped him a half and a half.

The indigenous warriors screamed all the way, tumbling and falling heavily into the mud seven or eight meters away.

His exclamation alarmed everyone, and everyone turned around just in time to see Bai Qi slowly retracting his arm that had not completely removed the blood-colored flame.

The natives of this world are naturally strong, and coupled with the harsh living environment, almost every natives who can survive to adulthood are powerful warriors.

Due to the lack of systematic training methods, although these natives are extremely talented, the proportion of people who can stimulate the power of qi and blood is still extremely rare, so all warriors who can stimulate the power of qi and blood have a high status in the city-state and are called the Chosen Warriors.

In fact, due to the difference in innate physique, although Bai Qi has the power of qi and blood, the actual strength he has is still not comparable to most of the Chosen Warriors in this world.

All the indigenous warriors looked at the blood-colored flame on Bai Qi's arm that was gradually extinguishing, and their eyes showed awe, and everyone lowered their heads to make way for Bai Qi.

Bai Qi came to the front of the fortress, and the guards at the gate also lowered their heads and let go of the gate.

Bai Qi walked into the fortress gate, and was confronted by a curved wall parallel to the outer wall of the fortress, forming a seven or eight meters long corridor inside the fortress gate, which could only accommodate two people side by side to guò, which could not only restrict the intrusion of oversized creatures, but also limit the influx of too many enemies into the fortress.

Passing through the corridor, behind the wall is an empty hall, at the back of which there is a wooden staircase that spirals up the curved wall to a two-meter-wide wooden platform four meters above the ground.

On the wooden platform stood four guards with bows and arrows.

Bai Qi walked up the stairs to the wooden platform, and the guard, who didn't know that he was the Chosen Warrior, just glanced at him contemptuously, and then turned his head away from it.

At the end of the wooden platform, above the fortress gate, there was a low arch, through which he was greeted by an upward stone staircase, at the end of which was another low arch.

Through the two arches, Bai Qi came to the second floor of the fortress, in an empty rotunda.

In the center of the hall was a large wooden square table with a hide on it, which, from a distance, looked like a rudimentary map.

Behind the square table sat a dark-skinned, tower-strong man, and in the open space in front of the square table, two indigenous warriors were fighting fiercely.

Judging from the weapons in the hands of the two of them, one of the two sides in the fight was a guard in the village, and the other should be an ordinary indigenous warrior who asked to go out of the village to hunt the gnolls.

After observing all the way, Bai Qi found that in this city-state, the difference between the official guards and the ordinary indigenous warriors was the weapons they were equipped with, all the official guards were uniformly equipped with an enchanted bronze round shield with a diameter of about 80 centimeters and an enchanted heavy spear made of bronze, while the equipment of ordinary warriors was varied.

The battle between the two men was clearly coming to an end, and the guards had gained an overwhelming advantage, and the bronze spears in their hands were like a storm, forcing their opponents to retreat.

After a few seconds, the back of the ordinary native was pressed against the wall, and there was no room to move, and the guards knocked out the shield made of animal bones in their hands, and the spear pointed against his chest.

The ordinary native warrior threw away the iron spear in his hand in frustration and hung his head.

The guards withdrew their spears and stepped away.

The tower-like man behind the square table spoke up at this time: "Yes, you are strong enough to deal with a strong gnoll and leave the village, but you must understand that there is more than one strong gnoll in the gnoll tribe, and you had better find some reliable companions to act with." ”

With that, he threw a bony token to the ordinary warrior.

The ordinary indigenous warriors, who already felt that they had no hope of passing the test, were overjoyed when they heard this, took the token, and ran downstairs happily.

Sending this warrior away, the black and iron-like man behind the square table turned his gaze to Bai Qi's face, sneered, and said, "Why, Lucas, is a powerful chosen warrior also going to hunt the gnolls?" His words were full of contempt and sarcasm.

Judging from the surging tide of qi and blood on this black iron man, this person is not only a Chosen Warrior, but also a very powerful Chosen Warrior.

Bai Qi didn't know this man, but it was obvious that such a powerful warrior should be the captain of the guard of this village, although the other party was not very kind to him, he did not dare to offend this person.

He could only shrug his shoulders and say, "What, can't I?" ”

The black iron man burst out laughing and said, "Of course you can, but, hopefully, you won't be killed by the gnolls, if something like this happens, it will be an absolute insult to the god of power, and the god will nail you to the flames forever." ”

With that, he shook his hand and threw Bai Qi a white domino.

Bai Qi took the domino and turned to go downstairs.

He walked out of the fortress, and the warriors gathered in front of the gate immediately parted a road, and Bai Qi made his way through the crowd and walked straight towards the village gate.

Several ordinary warriors who seemed to have been selected through guò hurried after them, and one of the burly warriors shouted, "Lord Lucas, did you also go to hunt the gnolls in exchange for merit?" ”

In this barbaric era, when human civilization was just beginning, strength often determines life and death, and people's worship of strength is deep-rooted, so in the city-state, the status of soldiers is very high.

Therefore, for ordinary natives, becoming a soldier is their biggest goal, but not everyone can become a soldier, except for some children of nobles, ordinary people must obtain a certain number of meritorious deeds recognized by the temple and the senate if they want to become soldiers.

Destroying goblins, fishmen, and other thieves who destroy crops is a relatively safe way to gain merit.

Of all the thieves, the Gnoll is one of the more ferocious.

These ordinary indigenous warriors were clearly attracted by the merits.

Bai Qi stopped and turned around, and the buriest warrior hurriedly said, "Your Excellency Lucas, are you willing to lead us to exterminate those gnolls?" ”

Although Bai Qi was the object of despise and ridicule among the Chosen Warriors, he was still a powerful being in the eyes of ordinary warriors, especially these ordinary natives who were not even soldiers.

Moreover, Bai Qi's existence has also given hope to many ordinary warriors who hope to become the chosen warriors, and people will think like this: "Since people like Lucas can do it, why can't I?" ”

Bai Qi shrugged his shoulders and said, "In addition to planning to hunt the werewolves, I have some other things, and I have to set off immediately, so ......"

At this point, he spread his hands and made a regretful and sorry expression.

The burly warrior immediately said: "We can go at any time, as long as you wait a while, my companions can be gathered, Lord Lucas, we came yesterday, we have found the nest of the gnolls, as long as we have your lead, we have the strength to attack their lair directly." ”

Hearing him say this, Bai Qi suddenly felt a little excited, and he also wanted to know how powerful the power of the creatures in this world was, so that he could have an intuitive understanding of the difficulty of this mission world. Moreover, Bai Qi's location at this time was very different from his real destination, and he left clues here, in case the tiger found out his identity and whereabouts, it would misjudge his whereabouts.

Bai Qi thought for a moment and asked, "What is the strength of this gnoll tribe, and how far is it from here?" How many of you are there? ”

The burly warrior was immediately overjoyed, and said: "There are about thirty adult male gnolls in this nest, twice as many female gnolls, and more than twenty cubs, and the old nest is at the foot of the Black Stone Mountain in the east, about fifteen kilometers away from here. Eighteen of our companions who came with me yesterday, plus the fourteen warriors who have now been approved by His Excellency the Captain of the Guard, we were able to assemble a team of thirty-three, and with your leadership from you, Lord Lucas, we would surely be able to defeat those damned gnolls. ”