On the fifth day, the lockdown was finally lifted.

For Lurian, who has become the most important rear base of the Solan Empire and even the entire continent, such a five-day blockade will undoubtedly cause serious consequences.

It was the most important channel for Lulian to communicate the northern imperial capital with the major provinces of the empire.

Every day, countless caravans pass by, and countless nobles, travelers, mercenaries, and refugees travel from the north to the south.

Timber, ores, medicinal herbs, grain, furs, ironware, slaves, livestock, porcelain, tea, sea salt, cloth, magic stones, magic crystals, ...... All kinds of supplies flowed along this main artery, and countless coachmen, grooms, escorts, and traders relied on this road to make a living.

If at the beginning of the lockdown, I heard that there was a beast tide in Twilight Sand, then as time went on, this statement became more and more suspicious.

Because this area is not close to the Demon Beast Mountain Range, and there are very few Demon Beasts nearby, therefore, it is not a place where Demon Beasts are flooded.

To say that there is a beast tide here is like saying that a group of sharks have appeared in the Salar Desert.

Besides, if there is really a beast tide, then it should also come out of the Great Gobi north of Lulian. This means that their trajectory is from the north to the south.

Most of these beasts have little intelligence.

They just act on instinct.

As a result, a small town like Twilight is just a reef in the flood for them.

If they can drown, they will drown them. If they can't, they bypass these towns and sweep everything in their path.

The place where everyone is located is only twenty or thirty kilometers away from Dusha Town.

For five days, I didn't see a single monster hair, and I didn't hear a monster scream, saying that a beast tide was breaking out in Twilight Sand, that would be too unbelievable, right?

Gradually, suspicion and resentment began to accumulate. After all, no one will be happy to be stuck here for no reason, but without a convincing truth and explanation.

Also, take a look at this damn path.

From the blockade, the flat ground on both sides of the road to the south, as well as the valley behind it, were all filled with complaining people. As far as the eye can see, there are crooked and messy tents, ashes from campfires, dung from cows and horses, and discarded garbage.

This was the scene after many of the later caravan travelers had returned to nearby towns.

If everyone is crowded here, I'm afraid it will be even more of a mess.

And the news that the road was blocked by the Knights of the Southern Cross soon spread back to Lulian, and within two days, even the city of Muni knew about it.

Although every Lulian loves this army.

But no one knew what they were trying to do by blocking the road, not even Adolf.

The lords of Bangsar City, who were relatively close to each other in the rear, sent a special team of knights to understand the situation, but even they failed to pass the blockade line.

The elves are all brainless.

It seems that as long as Leo gives an order, they will carry it out meticulously without any discount.

"Why are you blocking the road?"

"Is there really a beast tide?"

People are questioning. However, all questions are answered without comment.

In the end, even the most Southern Cross Knights spoke silently. In the face of people's complaints and anger, they really can't think of a reason to explain it.

Fortunately, in the middle of the night of the fifth day, or should I say the early morning of the sixth day, the news came - the lockdown was lifted.

The barricades were cleared. The guards of Twilight Sand, along with the elven hunters, also withdrew. People can finally get on the road.

Of course, because the carrying capacity of the roads is limited, in order to avoid congestion, everyone except the privileged nobles must walk in the order in which they arrive here.

On that day, the small caravan at the end of the line was not allowed to drive the carriage onto the road until the afternoon when the sun was blazing.

And whether it's the first mover or the last goer, everyone is thinking the same thing on the way to Twilight.

What's really going on in Twilight?

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Scarlett's convoy was the first to arrive in Twilight.

When they were still two kilometers away from Twilight, they noticed some anomalies.

I saw a lot of newly built gallows along the way, and even wooden stakes that had not even been stripped of their bark. There were corpses hanging from it.

And the farther you go to Twilight, the more gallows there are.

Even many of the corpses were hung from the big trees beside the road, and each big tree was densely packed with more than a dozen people.

Streets?

For this kind of situation, Scarlett and others are not surprised.

Normally, this is what happens to a rebellious slave, a rebel soldier, or a vicious bandit when he is caught. What city doesn't have a few corpses hanging outside it to deter those who come after it?

However, Twilight is just a small town.

And looking at the number of these corpses, it feels like a big battle.

What's going on?

As the carriage moved forward, Scarlett and Ralph looked at each other, and the knights of the escort looked around cautiously.

Suddenly, Ralph's eyes froze, and he jerked his horse towards a gallows beside the road.

"Parking. Scarlett stomped the floor.

The carriage stopped, and Scarlett pulled off her long skirt and stepped out of the carriage, looking at Ralph with a questioning face.

Ralph looked at the corpse under the gallows with a solemn expression, and even rode his horse around the gallows several times, and then, as if he had found something, he quickly urged the horse to run to the other gallows and the trees hanging from the corpses, and then turned back.

"What's going on?" asked Scarlett.

"I know this man," Ralph said, gesturing to the corpse on the gallows with a shocked expression, "his name is Moussa, and he is the leader of the Duststorm bandits. He has the nickname Miss, as you may have heard, Skinner. ”

Scarlett covered her mouth in shock: "It's him?!"

"Yes, I can't be mistaken. The guy has albinism, a birthmark in the corner of his eye, a natural four fingers on his left hand, and gold teeth on his front teeth, but they are now gone. Ralph affirmed, "It's him, that's right!"

There was a moment of silence.

Looking at the corpse that shook slightly in the breeze, not only Scarlett was speechless in shock, but even the guards and knights of the convoy were shocked.

The name Skinner is all too familiar to everyone.

This man and his band of Dust Bandits are well-known in the southern part of the Empire.

Musa was originally a priest in a small town, and more than thirty years ago, he was caught by angry villagers for assaulting several boys, tied to the stake, and burned to death.

However, he was a member of the Holy See after all, and the local lord, fearing trouble, ordered the guards to release him, but drove him out of the territory.

Since then, Mouses has been nowhere to be seen.

But five years later, the man returned, and by that time he had become a thief who did all kinds of evil.

He captured the town and slaughtered more than 400 people. Especially the villagers who caught him at the beginning, they were skinned alive by him.

And when the lord who had freed and driven him away sent his troops, he played a game of blows, and took advantage of the emptiness of the castle's defenses, and slaughtered the castle, hanged the lord, his butler, the captain of the guard, the tax collector, and others, and seized his wife and daughter.

For forty days, the entire county was like hell.

Not only did Muses wreak havoc in the castle, but he also sent his bandits to plunder the surrounding countryside. In order to block the news, almost every village that was breached was massacred.

In the end, a hunter who was lucky enough to escape, avoided the main road, crossed the mountains and crossed the mountains to another territory, and then the news came out.

At that moment, the Empire was furious, and both the royal family and the local lords sent a pursuit force, vowing to catch the demon.

Thirty years later, however, the man is still alive.

Musa seems to have a natural ability to survive, and he and his bandit group can survive in the harshest environments, and there are too many such places on the Redemption Continent, which is why they have repeatedly escaped from pursuit.

Later, Musa went to the Great Gobi of Lurian, north of Lurian. The Dust Storm bandit group has become the most powerful bandit group in the Gobi and the most feared by caravan travelers.

When you meet other bandits, everyone has been robbed of their property, maybe there is still a possibility of survival, but when you meet the duststorm bandits, there is only one way to die.

However, what people didn't expect was that such a giant thief was hanged here!

You know, Adolf sent troops to recruit several times, and even Sophia went out, but she couldn't find Musa's lair.

"Then these people ......," Scarlett pointed to the other corpses.

"If I'm not mistaken, those should be Musa's men," Ralph said, pointing to a few corpses, his finger turning in a circle, "The others should also be bandits, some of the Duststorm bandits, some of the other bandits." ”

As he spoke, Ralph said solemnly, "I don't know who did it." If there were all bandits here, then all the bandit groups in the Gobi should have been destroyed. ”

He turned his head to look at Scarlett, who looked at him too.

"Knights of the Southern Cross!" the two said in unison.

"Let's go!" Scarlett turned and quickly got into the car, "Let's go to Twilight." ”

The convoy moved on.

Soon, the carriage drove into the city gate of Twilight Sandtown in a puff of dust.

Scarlett lifted the curtain and looked out, only to see that the town of Twilight was particularly lively today. At the gates, a large number of heavily armed soldiers, armed with spears, guarded groups of prisoners bound together by ropes.

The prisoners were all languishing, many of them still wearing tattered armor and bloodied wounds on their faces, arms and bodies.

"This is what the monster left behind. After examining the wounds of several people, Ralph leaned closer to the window and whispered.

This made Scarlett's heart even more suspicious.

Bandits, beast tides...... Everything is shrouded in a mysterious and chaotic ball of light, making it impossible to figure out what is really going on here.

When the carriage entered the city, the people found that the streets were full of people.

The crowd gathered in twos and threes, discussing something, and everyone looked similar, all with a mysterious and excited look.

Finally, the carriage stopped in front of a small two-story building where the garrison lived.

"Call the garrison. Scarlett commanded as soon as she got out of the car.

Ralph informed the guards, and soon, with the sound of hurried footsteps, Garrison Officer Hatton was already in front of Scarlett.

After looking at the coat of arms and paperwork that Ralph had brought out, Hatton greeted Scarlett with a look of trepidation and invited her into the house to sit down.

"No," Scarlett asked, interrupting Hatton, looking left and right, "what about the Knights of the Southern Cross?"

"Honorable lord of the county, Count Leo has already left with his army, and left last night. Hatton replied respectfully, with a slightly chubby face that could not hide the tiredness.

"Tell me, what's going on here?" Scarlett stared at him, "I and my convoy have been blocked by you for five days, and I think you should at least give me an explanation, Mr. Garrison." ”

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