Octavia pushed open the rotten door of the dilapidated wooden house, and an unpleasant "creaking" sound reached her ears. There were several holes in the roof of the hut, and the furniture inside had been reduced to crumbling materials, and many of the wooden bars and stone slabs had been charred black.

This is the former base of the rebels, but not long ago, the lord of this land sent mercenaries to drive away the people who originally lived here, and set a fire to it. Thankfully, Heavenly Father's mercy allowed the bullies to be doused by a torrential rain before they were all burned down. Because of this, he had left the potato mercenary group and chose to wander alone in Octavia to have a place to sleep and spend the night.

Octavia found a slightly drier corner, took out a long, coarse cloth with a very heavy color and no pattern from her backpack, and spread it on the ground haphazardly. Then take off the outer garment and put it on the upper body as a simple quilt, and a sleeper can be made.

In the middle of the night, Octavia was awakened by the sound of several unexplained dog barks. Octavia looked up at the leaky roof, where a bright moon hung silently in the sky, and the barking of the hounds was unmistakable.

The female rebel reacted immediately, she immediately took out some bread from her bag and crushed it, then threw some in the direction of the bottom of the chimney in the house, and then threw some in her sleeper and immediately jumped out of the house, hiding in the bushes behind the broken house.

It wasn't long before five or six men appeared outside the dilapidated hut, and a hound, chained to bark, barked at the dilapidated wooden hut, and they immediately drew their swords and kicked open the rotten door. The door was kicked and broken in two. The hound rushed in, biting at Octavia's coarse cloth and coat, and tearing them apart with his dirty teeth.

Soon the hound ate all the bread crumbs, as Octavia had expected, and then went to the bottom of the chimney to lick the rest of the bread, the ashes of which covered its nose.

"Don't eat it, you stupid dog!" the dog's owner kicked at the hound, choking on the ashes, and the hound could only let out a "whine" scream.

"It must be the remnants of the rebels who have been here, but there is only one person. ”

"The Earl wants us to purge the realm of all rebels, and we take this opportunity to take revenge on these fellows... They have finally become mourners, and no one can call them again. ”

"In my opinion, it is the most correct choice to publicly execute those rebels who were arrested before, and these mobs will not shed tears when they see their coffins. ”

"Hahahaha, it's not bad to cut them into pieces and feed them to the dogs, the dogs are very loyal, but the rebels have been betraying the Duchy of Mageni. If it weren't for the existence of the rebels, our country would not have perished, they are the real culprits!"

"The Duchy of Mageni no longer exists, and we should not mention the name of this country anymore," the speaker sighed, "and now that we are all members of the Independence League, it is a more reliable force. ”

Octavia hid in the bushes, she knew that the hound could no longer track her scent, but the people who patrolled here were different, they were more sensitive than vicious dogs, they were the most ferocious hounds of the lords.

"By the way, how many rebels have you captured before?"

"Eighteen? or twenty-eight? I forgot. ”

"Now you can get a reward of five gold coins for every one you catch, those mercenaries are competing with us for jobs, we should find a way to deal with them, they are too arrogant..."

The patrolman's voice faded away, and Octavia slowly let go of her mouth. When there was complete silence, she walked back to the dilapidated wooden house. Her sleeper had long since become a mess, and she wiped her shoulders with her hands, and a chill seeped through her clothes and touched her skin directly.

She knew she was sure that she could kill these people at that time, but killing them would not help the rebels. Killing them will only make the lords here more wary of the remnants of the rebels, and recruit more mercenaries to wipe out the poor remnants of the rebels - in fact, the remnants of the rebels who can't leave the Duchy of Mageni are all old and weak, women and children, the sturdy rebels have already died on the chaotic battlefield, and the remaining rebels have either joined the civilian mercenary group or fled from their hometowns.

Although Octavia knew that the nobles in the Duchy of Magini had defected to the Independent Alliance, what she did not expect was that these lords would take credit for the complete eradication of the rebels. The rebels who have lost their leader are like piles of scattered sand scattered all over the place, they can no longer defend themselves, their former identity will become the greatest danger, they can only hide as much as possible, hide from the vicious mob.

Octavia quickly left the area, heading towards Black Marsh, the former capital of the Duchy of Magini. She planned to find the leader Leon, the leader of the rebels whom she had despised and disrespected.

Leon and Lazrov lived in the large forest outside the Black Swamp City, where there were many underground strongholds dug up by the rebels. Leon thought that the most dangerous place was the safest place, and no one would have thought that the rebels and the remnants would dare to stay near Black Swamp City.

It didn't take much effort for Octavia to find the secret entrance to the rebel base, where there were marks known only to the rebel cadres, so it was difficult for ordinary people to notice. When she pulled back the wooden lid hidden behind the stone, a small hole appeared in front of her. She then walked through the secret passage, evading the mechanism known only to the rebel cadres, and entered the depths of the cave.

Leon and Lazrov were sleeping on their beds draped in animal skins, their snoring one after another. After confirming that it was only the two of them, Octavia drew his dagger and approached Lazrov with a light step.

Before she could look at Octavia, he threw a bamboo basket under the bed, and Octavia cut it open with a knife, and the potatoes in the basket fell to her. At this time, Lazrov had already jumped out of bed and carried the bed board as if he were holding a weapon that could attack and defend.

"Octavia, I thought some traitor had come to the door," Razrov hadn't fully reacted, "You don't want the head of the leader of Leon, do you?" Leon came to his senses, but he was very calm, just sitting cross-legged on the bed, looking at Octavia quietly.

"If I were to kill both of you, you would be dead by now. ”

"Octavia is right, put down the bed," Leon patted his knee with his hand, "I told Octavia about our choice of this place, don't get too excited." ”

Lazrov slowly lowered the bed board and picked up the hide, "It turned out that Lord Leon said it, then I was too reckless." ”

"You're here to protect me, too. ”

Octavia felt uncomfortable as she saw the two old men looking at each other tenderly, but she felt reassured that although the Rebels no longer existed, there were still some people who had not abandoned the Rebels' beliefs.

"I just came to see you. "Octavia had inquired about Clermont's whereabouts when he first left the Potato Mercenary Regiment, but the rebel cadre who had turned his back on the rebels had really lost his voice, and Octavia believed that he was not dead.

"We're doing well," Leon smiled, "but there's one guy who's been having a bad time lately, Zifka." ”

"Zifka?" Oktavia remembered when he remembered the Stone Chair Chamber, when Zifka was stabbed hard by Rutz. She also thought that Zifka was dead, but she didn't expect that he was just not doing well.

"Zifka was seen as a disgrace to the scholars and imprisoned in the Papal States. Archbishop Arthur Auerbach could convict him of incitement to civilians and burn him alive. ”

Lazrov couldn't help but say: "The guys in the Papal States just want to make an example of the monkeys! They let the lords who obeyed them arrest the rebels, and the Papal States will not allow any more such an organization as the rebels!"

Octavia had already discovered this problem. The Duchy of Mageni was divided into four parts, and the new owners of each one regarded the remnants of the rebels as rats in the house, and they had to be exterminated in order to sleep peacefully. None of them wanted to repeat the mistakes of the Duchy of Magini, and they didn't want anyone to secretly open the city gate and kill the city lord who was still asleep in the form of a civilian. The bloody feast created by Lutz shocked everyone on the mainland, and the rebel conservative Ufus even started a war, a group of poor people at the bottom of the world against a country. The final result is obvious to all, although it was not Ufus who brought down the power of the Principality of Mageni, but he was a very important factor in the partition of the Principality of Mageni.

Thinking of this, Octavia felt a sense of pride. Because the rebel organization really achieved half of its original goal - to eliminate the ruling regime of the Duchy of Magini, but the other half did not succeed and failed to establish a country where everyone was equal.

"I just hope that the rebels who are still living here can find a safe place. Leon closed his eyes, and Octavia could see a hint of helplessness in the other's eyes before they closed them, Leon was the leader who really cared about the people, not Rutz or Ufus.

Octavia sat down at the table and poured a little water to drink, "How's the situation in Black Swamp?"

"Half a month ago, the troops of the Winter Kingdom began to withdraw, and they were evacuated in a hurry," Lazrov walked to the crypt passage to inspect the mechanisms, "Endrida has been given a chance to breathe, he has taken the opportunity to recover the area around Black Swamp City, even the lords who have joined the Independent Alliance do not dare to openly resist him, those lords want to curry favor with both sides. ”

"Is it possible for him to save the Duchy of Magini?"

"The chances are slim, but I think he has a chance to join the Independent League. ”

"It seems that the Duchy of Mageni is really going to disappear from this land. ”

After Octavia said this, the three of them fell into a long silence. It wasn't until a long time later that Leon asked.

"What are your plans?"

Octavia touched the short knife at her waist.

"I want to find someone who can fulfill the original ideals of the Rebel Order, and that person may be Levier or a mercenary. I still want to find a way, even though I'm on my own. ”