5. Foothold Chapter 55 Selection II
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The leaders of these mountain people are also quite wise, in the words of Donald's previous life, that is, the poor mountains and bad waters, the original simple villagers, under the leadership of a few thorns, can even think of a way to besiege the western suburbs of the town to force the official to solve their resettlement problems as soon as possible. [Search for the latest updates. Z
But the situation was obviously different today, and the mayor stood up and did not continue to persuade them to leave, but said loudly:
"Fellow villagers, a big man came to our town yesterday, and I believe that many people saw his arrival yesterday evening, this is the Knight of Melina, a nobleman of the Northern County, Lord Melina is not only a hereditary nobleman, but also a great mage!"
The mayor's words caused a sensation among the mountain people, who were all mountain people living in remote places such as the border mountains, not to mention the mysterious mages, even the powerful warriors had never seen a few. To them, mages are legendary and mysterious.
Compared with the aristocracy, the mage status can make ordinary people feel more awe, so the outcasts can't help but secretly look at the young noble mage with fear and curiosity. And the leaders of it can't help but have bad thoughts in their hearts!
"Could it be that the mayor of this town is no longer ready to give us food, and he is afraid that we will not leave, so he will find a mage to deal with us?"
Not to mention the careful thinking of those people, Donald stood up when the mayor introduced himself, and the veto scepter appeared out of thin air, and with a wave of the staff, a white light suddenly appeared above his head, shining on his whole body bathed in light, looking extremely holy and majestic.
This is just a low-level zero-level trick light technique, but it is so magical and great in front of these outcasts who have never seen any real spells. Affected by Donald's current glorious image, the homeless people couldn't help but bow their heads one by one, not daring to be disrespectful in front of this god-like man!
Under the light spell, Uther, who was behind Donald, stepped forward and said:
"Don't worry, with the strength of the respected Marquis of Ansel, I think you will be properly settled soon, my master is recruited by the kingdom this time, passing through here, because of the new two manors, so there is a lack of manpower to take care of it, and you find that you are homeless, it is better to choose a few of you, if you are sure to devote yourself to the master's family, then you can take your family back to Beijun with us." ”
"Those who are willing can go to the mayor of the town to sign up, and then I will personally select them, those who have a skill are preferred, those who are literate and know arithmetic are preferred, and those who are physically strong are preferred! If you make meritorious contributions in the future, it is not impossible to be promoted from a servant to a retainer and live as a nobleman!"
Donald undid the spell when Uther finished speaking, turned and left the town gate back to the mayor's house to wait, leaving the place to Uther to deal with.
Seeing the noble mage leaving, the mountain people present and the guards behind them all exclaimed and discussed with the onlookers.
Like the old people who had lived in the mountain village all their lives, they were not interested in the selection of Donald except for the reverence of nobles and mages.
However, the townspeople in the western suburbs live near the royal capital, and they are particularly aware of the situation, and some people who live in poverty are even envious of those who are homeless. Donald's performance and Uther's own speech did inspire some of the homeless people, that is, some young people who had been influenced by those heroic legends since childhood, and had always had an impulse in their hearts.
Some of them were integrated into the Kingdom of Celt, and the other part was nominally a commoner of the kingdom, but in fact lived in remote areas along the border, forming self-sufficient free mountain villages, often in the mountains, which were not subject to the jurisdiction of the local lords, and no nobles would come to collect taxes.
Although such a day is poor and monotonous, it is better to be free and unrestrained.
However, young people always yearn for the prosperous world outside, over the years, many generations of young people have chosen to go out of the mountain village to see the outside world, occasionally come back to the elderly, but most of them have never come back, and I don't know whether to live rich or die outside!
Now that Donald suddenly appeared like a god, it happened that they were in such a predicament, so many young people were ready to move, but because of the majesty of the elders for many years of discipline, although they were moved, they did not dare to stand up like this.
The mayor waited for a while but couldn't help but be disappointed when he didn't see anyone come out, when a strong man in his twenties and in the prime of life among the leaders in front of the displaced people suddenly stepped forward.
"Barn, what do you do?"
"Come back, Barn!"
Several of the leaders and elders among the homeless people shouted one after another, and it was clear that this middle-aged man named Bahn had a lot of weight in their eyes. The men were both shocked and angry at his sudden move.
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Barn ignored the shouts from behind, he was still a little hesitant at first, but when he thought of what happened to him, and the ugly faces of those village elders who only wanted to take advantage of the name and squeeze him, his heart immediately became firm.
He was the son of the previous generation of village chiefs in their mountain village, and his father, as the best hunter in the village, and his ancestral skill in domesticating domestic animals and wild beasts, according to tradition, if he was very skilled, would 100% take his father's place and become the new village chief.
However, his father was killed by a high-level demonic beast that suddenly attacked during a hunt when he was a teenager to save other hunters, and his mother died early, and he was raised by his father alone.
Although life in the mountain village is simple, there are fights where there are people. The successor village chief has been a rival with Bath's father since childhood, and he has always been jealous. Although the rest of the village felt the life-saving grace of his dead father, they were afraid of the village chief's obscenity, so they didn't dare to say anything, so they could only secretly give some help.
Under these circumstances, how could Barn's life in the village be good?
"If it weren't for the fact that I had learned my father's ancestral skills and was able to hunt and domesticate wild beasts to feed myself, I might have starved to death or died in the mouth of the monsters!"
It wasn't until Barn became an adult that the situation improved a bit, but his own favorite wife was married by the village chief's son with a high dowry of five monster skins, so he remained single all these years and didn't have the heart to think about women.
If there is no resentment and indignation in Barn's heart, it must be a lie! But he can't kill the village chief's father and son for this, after all, he is still a kind and upright simple mountain man in his bones.
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