Baron Ethan looked like an old peasant in the country, and his clothes had many patches, and the green and red patches made him look very shabby, unlike the nobles that Fentry had ever seen. Before, Fei De heard Riley say that he was a baron in his thirties, but now the other party looked like a farmer who was close to fifty years old, and he couldn't find a trace of aristocratic air in his body.

And Ethan, who was riding a mule, looked at Riley and Feder and the others with a smile, there were only more than a dozen soldiers of the principality behind him, and they were all old and weak soldiers, "Everyone has worked hard, eat some fruit to quench your thirst!" Baron Ethan took out some sour plums from the bag carried by the mule, and sent one of his subordinates to Riley and the others, this is really just an honest peasant, right?

Riley took a few sour plums, "Is Your Excellency Baron Ethan?"

"That's right, it's me. ”

"I'm Riley, the Knight of the Church Order of the Papal States, this is the deputy head of the Potato Mercenary Regiment, I don't know where the food that the Duke promised to give us is?" Riley was respectful, although the other party looked quite shabby, but it was possible that the real person did not show his face.

Ethan pointed casually and pointed to an abandoned village not far away, "We have stored all the food there, come with us to get it!"

Only then did Fei De notice that there was no town in the vicinity, and there was not even a village in sight, only a dilapidated and dilapidated village. So where did the shepherding villagers, the children playing, and the women washing their clothes live? Did they all huddle into this dilapidated village? It seemed strange that the happy people were out of step with this desolate land.

The food response team followed Ethan to the small village, and Fed sent some of his men to patrol the perimeter and observe the surrounding movements.

"We've prepared more than seventy carts of food, won't you have enough manpower?" Ethan rode a mule next to Riley's warhorse, acting as the guide of the food receiving team, "Do you need some people from our side to help you?"

"It's not too appropriate, after all, we still need to pass through two principalities. Riley thanked the other party for his kindness.

By the time I entered the dilapidated village, the truckloads of grain were already placed next to the houses, and no one was guarding them.

Riley and Fed ordered their men to hurry up and push the grain out of the village and prepare for the return journey. In this way, most of the mercenaries became the coachmen of the carts, and the task of guarding them fell into the hands of the thirty knights. The mercenaries who had returned from the periphery reported to Fidel that there was nothing unusual in the vicinity, and that there was not even a living person in sight. This situation made Fei De even more incredulous to the civilians he had just seen, where did those people live?

Ethan sent the food convoy back to the border between the Duchy of Dramain and the Duchy of Noo, "Then we'll have to send it here!"

Riley waved his hand: "Thank you Baron for your assistance on this journey, when I return to the Holy Light City, I will definitely tell His Excellency the Archbishop about his hard work." ”

Ethan nodded, then asked his men to withdraw first, and he also planned to take a look at the scenery around here. Feder noticed that the women who were washing the clothes and the shepherds who were tending the sheep were still there, and their expressions were exactly the same as before, as if they were living in a carefree and beautiful world.

"It's so easy to complete the task, and there are no obstacles at all. Riley held his head high and looked at the birds flying in the sky, as if he had defeated a general of tens of thousands of troops. It's just that in his heart, Fei De always feels that there is some strange disharmony around this, but he can't think of what is the problem behind this. The other church knights and mercenaries all showed relaxed expressions, this time the task of transporting food was a reward of 5,000 gold coins! For the people of the Potato Mercenary Group, it was definitely a lot of income, and the most important thing was that they didn't even need to pull out their weapons, so they successfully got the food in their hands and prepared to send it back to the Papal States, it was too easy.

As soon as the caravan of grain arrived within the borders of the Duchy of Dlamain, the Baron Ethan quickly disappeared from view, and Fide noticed that the shepherds had hurried to drive the sheep away, and the women who were washing clothes by the river had left north, as if they had just finished a show and could now go home to rest.

Ayana suddenly lowered her head, "Huh?" Fidel also suddenly noticed a slight vibration on the ground, and behind them, that is, in the direction where Baron Ethan had left just now, thousands of horse thieves appeared

A few days after Fidel's departure to the Duchy of Nou's border, Patrick, who was responsible for escorting the fleeing nobleman Gerhardt, also set out, taking the route he chose to walk a little south and then west.

Patrick had only a handful of mercenaries with him, and the baron named Gerhardt had seventeen knights with him. The knights had fled with him, and each one seemed to be loyal. In addition to Gerhardt himself, there were two sons and daughters, a wife, and three servants. These people don't trust Patrick with a mask very much, and the unique shape of Patrick's enchanted armor makes the children look at him in fear. The look in his eyes seemed to say, "Will these mercenaries see the idea of getting rich! and then kill themselves?"

The Gerhardt also carried two carts of jewels, one of which contained an enchanted weapon, and the baron said that as long as he sent him to his destination, he would give the priceless enchanted weapon to the potato mercenary group as a reward. Ernest had previously told Fidel that if the baron did not keep his promise and pay the honorarium, that is, the weapon, he would send someone to track the baron, and whether he fled to the ends of the earth or the cape, he would recover the reward for Fidel.

When he entered the Theoguna Empire, Patrick noticed that many of the people of the West had begun to migrate north. Most of them dragged their families with their families, and some of them drove a lot of livestock, and slowly left the Theoguna Empire. Judging from the appearance of these people, the Theoguna Empire was really in a very big crisis, and these people had to flee their homes. There were also civilians who came forward to ask Patrick about the situation elsewhere. Most of them did not dare to go to the Papal States, fearing that the Eastern Oguna Empire would attack the allies of the Western Oguna Empire at the same time, and they would still not be able to obtain protection at that time. They mainly planned to move to the Three Duchies, after all, it had been a long time since a large-scale war broke out in the Three Duchies, and the civilians there were known for their leisurely and comfortable lives.

After leaving the Western Oguna Empire, he entered the northern part of the kingdom of Sallins, which has a pleasant climate. It is close to an ocean, and it does not snow all year round, so many qualified civilians will choose to settle in this place, and it is estimated that this nobleman named Gerhardt also chose this place because of the beautiful environment and political stability here.

"Captain Patrick, we're almost there, so I'll give you the enchanted greaves in that box. Gerhardt said to Patrick one morning, having just eaten three hard-boiled eggs and some dried bacon.

Patrick had thought it was a weapon like armor or a large axe, after all, the box containing the enchanted weapon was very large, but he didn't expect it to contain just a greave. Gerhardt said as he walked over to the box and opened the lid. There was only a pair of shin guards in the huge box. These steel shin guards don't have any bright colors, they look very ordinary, but what makes them special is that they can only protect the front of the calf, and the sides and back are not protected, and it feels more like a steel plate padded inside the shin guards.

"You say it's enchanted, what's the magic attached to it?" Patrick didn't reach for the shins, but he could see that the shin guards had no straps or steel foot guards attached, so how did it get the user to put them on?

"Oh, its enchantment is" Gerhardt was just about to speak, when a long sword pierced his throat, and a knight who had been protecting him suddenly attacked his master!

Patrick's back also had two knightly swords slashed over, one slashed at the back armor of the "Dragon Blade", and let out a "bang!", the knight who attacked Patrick's back was immediately hit by the enchanted counterattack of the "Dragon Blade", and a bloody mark was cut on his chest by the invisible blade. The other knight swung his sword and slashed at the unarmored calf, and Patrick was immediately slashed and fell to one knee. Before Patrick could draw his swords, the knight slashed down with a second blow, this time directly at Patrick's neck!

Patrick quickly fell to the ground, then rolled sideways in a circle, and at the same time drew his dual swords to fend off the opponent's third attack.

The mercenaries of the other potato mercenary regiments joined the melee, but the knights came prepared, and they attacked one after another, killing several people at once, even the servants of Baron Gerhardt. Several of the knights of the guard did not appear to have rebelled, and they immediately drew their swords and moved closer to the bodies of Patrick and Gerhardt.