The sudden roar frightened everyone who was hiding outside the cave. Behind the rocks and in the bushes, panicked inhalations and whispers rang out one after another.

In the dense bushes, some townspeople, who had lost their balance between guts and curiosity, suddenly straightened up and ran for their lives, trying to get out of here as quickly as possible. The chief knight of the Stone Queen's Circle and some of the militia seemed to want to join them, but after being scolded by the baron in time, they stayed where they were.

And these people who stayed in place, whether they were deep behind the rocks or in the bushes, invariably pressed their bodies lower.

The sounds in the cave became more and more noisy, and the roars of the monsters seemed to be mixed with some human shouts and shouts, and some strange sounds like "ping-pong" fights. Those chaotic roars, shouts, and sounds have been ringing intermittently, and they are very lively.

After a while, the people outside the cave seemed to adjust to the sounds, and behind the large stone, a stack of overlapping heads appeared again.

Baron Coles poked his head out from behind the stone again, "Rodney, you say, can that man kill the manticore?" he asked the chief knight behind him without looking back.

"What the hell is this....... Rodney Knight lifted his visor, took a deep breath, and then closed it again, "My lord, all I can say is that I hope he can kill that monster, I really hope that." Otherwise, we're in trouble. That's a horrible manticore, a manticore! We don't have anyone here who can deal with this kind of monster. ”

"What are these words? Baron Coles frowned, "And what can you guys deal with?"

"Thieves, goblins, tax evaders, and honest farmers, in the end we all are very single. The chief knight and the militiamen behind him laughed, "Of course, robbers, maybe, but not too many." One is best, two are barely, if there are three...... Your Excellency, you should know how good we are. ”

"I've decided, if that person can't kill that monster, you'll lead them all into the cave for me, and you'll not be allowed to come out until you kill the monster!" Baron Coles seemed dissatisfied with his chief knight's behavior, "Otherwise, next month, no, for the whole first half of the year, you won't want to get a copper coin from me." ”

"If you don't give it, don't give it, I won't go anyway. I am a knight of your family, I eat and live in your house, and I can live without money. What's more, the first half of this year has passed in less than two months. "The chief knight named 'Rodney' is very open-minded.

The knight's answer made Baron Coles even more annoyed, "Damn, how could I have made you my chief knight in the first place? I must have drunk too much beer that day, and my head became unconscious!"

"Your Excellency, you weren't drinking, and your head was sober. The chief knight corrected in a low voice, "You almost cried with joy when you heard that I was going to swear allegiance to your family, and then you immediately asked me to kneel, and immediately canonized me. To be honest, I appreciate your appreciation, but I always thought that the canonization ceremony at that time was too hasty, and there was no one else at the ceremony except for your infant crying son, and the nurse who coaxed your son with ****. ”

Knight Rodney said this, and he couldn't stop whispering, "And you didn't read the Knight's Code, didn't ask me to follow you to recite the knight's oath, and I wanted to chant 'Glory is my life', but you didn't give me the opportunity to do so." Look, I'm also an orthodox knight lord, although I'm only the sixth in the family, although I've only been a servant for a few years, and I spend more time wandering around, but you can't make my canonization ceremony so simple. When I went home and told my father that I had become a knight, he didn't believe me, and said to me, "If you stinky boy have a little bit of a good ......."

"Fool, how many times have you nagged me, and I tell you, there is no such thing in the Codex at all!" Baron Coles interrupted the chatter of his chief knight and scolded in a low voice.

"What is that?" said Rodney Knight.

"It's the phrase 'Glory is my life.'" I'm telling you, there's no such phrase in the entire Knight Code, and it's not in the ritual oath!" the baron turned around and poked the chief knight's helmet hard, "Really, since the "Lonely Knight" has become popular in recent years, it has simply affected too many brainless young people like you. ”

"I say, two lord......s," said one of the militiamen behind the baron and the knight, one of the old fellows suddenly spoke, "should we focus on the cave and the monster, and then discuss what we should do if that man fails and becomes a snack for the manticore?

This militia did not put "will we destroy it ourselves?" in the options at all.

"Truth be told, adventurers around here can't deal with manticores. The baron shook his head, "If that big guy can't handle it, we'll have to go to Garano and find some more powerful adventurers." I thought it would be a whole team of seven or eight adventurers, but I didn't expect that only one person would come. The baron sighed, "Although that guy seems to be quite skilled and strong enough, he is only one person, and he still fights in the dark cave, and the monsters he deals with are even more vicious manticores..."

"Perhaps, the next time we publish a task, we should make the situation clearer. The old-looking militiaman said cautiously, "Look, my lord. ”

"What do I see, it is clearly written in the mission that there is a manticore here, and there is probably more than one, do you think there will be adventurers, and even if there is, how long do you think it will take? Can you guarantee that the monster will only attack the sheep and the deer, and not the townspeople?" Baron Coles had a little plan of his own, "Wouldn't it be nice to let them come here first, and then we would raise the pay to make them satisfied." ”

"You are as wise as the 'Lord of the Moon and Sun'!" the chief knight rubbed the baron's shoulders with his hands.

"Your Excellency is wise!" "Your wisdom is comparable to that of a mage. ”

The militiamen praised the baron, but only the old-looking militiaman, when no one was paying attention, quietly pursed his lips, and seemed to be a little disdainful.

At this moment, the noise in the cave suddenly rose to a higher level, it was the screams of some kind of creature, and it was impossible to distinguish whether it was a human or a monster. Then all sounds died down, and the cave fell silent, like a giant mouth in the abyss, attracting everyone's gaze.

The waiters outside the cave held their breath, anxiously awaiting the final outcome.

A short time later, there was again the sound of faint, staggering footsteps in the cave, and the dull sound of something rubbing against the ground. The footsteps are getting closer and clearer, and people's eyes and mouths are getting rounder and wider.

Finally, a tall and sturdy Nord man, under the blazing gaze of everyone, slowly revealed his figure at the entrance of the cave.

"Oh my God, he won!"

"I knew he could do it!"

"The monster has been destroyed, should it be destroyed......

"Of course, look behind him!" the people discussed happily and eagerly, and the tense and reserved atmosphere of the previous time was swept away like the first snow in the sun.

The Nord's cheeks and leather armor were covered in blood and dust, and there were several scratches on the leather armor that looked like they were caused by monster claws. He walked to the entrance of the cave, subconsciously blocked out the sunlight with his right hand, and after getting used to it, he glanced around the cave again, and then walked heavily in the direction of the big rock, that is, Baron Coles.

And the reason why he walked heavily was because in his left hand, he was dragging the half-broken tail of the manticore, dragging the manticore's body step by step, slowly moving forward.

There were not many wounds on the monster corpse on the ground, the only fatal wound was in the neck, blood flowed down the wound, and as the Nords slowly approached, there was a scarlet carpet on the ground, and the pungent bloody breath came to the face.

Many of the townspeople in the bushes surrounded them at this time, but they were intimidated by the aura or murderous aura of the Nord man, and they all did not dare to approach.

A bold young boy waited on the Nord's path, and as the Nords passed, he mustered up the courage to stretch out his hand and touch the Nord's blood-covered leather armor, and then quickly retreated.

"Did you touch him?" Andrew?" asked the little friend next to the young boy enviously.

"Of course, you can also try, and he will definitely not hurt you. ”

"I don't dare. The little friend shook his head, "Look at him, he is covered in blood...... "Whose blood is it, you say?" exclaimed the young boy exaggeratedly, "Whose blood is it?

"It should be the manticore...... "The young man named Andrew said uncertainly, looking at his hand.

Ignoring the cheers and cheers of those around him, the Nord walked up to Baron Coles, threw the manticore-tailed with its severed tail forward, and then looked around the baron, finally fixing his gaze on the baron's face.

He said to Baron Coles with a blank face:

"I, Barrett, give the money!!"

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