"Ahem. There was a soft cough like thunder, and Hodge and Daphne immediately looked at the source of the sound, where a man with his back against a stake moved slightly.

Hodge hurried forward, the man's chest was dyed dark red, a dagger was stuck in his lungs, and his face was covered in blood, but even then Hodge recognized him.

"Uncle Bach!"

He immediately half-crouched down to check Bach's injuries, and his heart was as cold as ice.

There is no help, Bach has too many knife wounds on his body, serious blood loss, and more importantly, the dagger inserted in his lung cavity directly pierced his right lung, and a large amount of blood poured into his lung cavity.

"Ahem. Bach hung half his head, his right eye widened vigorously, and his blood-stained eyes blurred to see the person in front of him: "Little ...... Hodge?"

"It's me, Uncle Bach, don't talk yet. Hodge lowered the medicine box behind him and tried to stop the bleeding, but this action was interrupted by Bach, who struggled to raise an arm and put it on Hodge's shoulder, shaking his head slightly.

"Don't be useless...... Cough...... Listen to me. Bach began to gasp violently, and just a few movements and words had exhausted the little strength he had left.

"They...... Those people took Hera, uncle...... Ahem...... Uncle please. Bach grabbed one of Bach's arms and held it so hard that even though he had no strength, he still clung to it, and his eyes were so big that they were about to pop out of his sockets.

"Save ...... Help—cough!"

Before Bach finished speaking, he couldn't help but cough at Hodge, and a large amount of blood foam sprayed from his mouth onto Hodge's neckline, only to let his clothes be soaked with blood in an instant, Bach stared at him in a daze, the color of the pupils in his eyes quickly dimmed, and his hand couldn't grasp Hodge's wrist, and the whole person lost his strength, fell backwards, and could no longer say the last few words.

He's dead.

In fact, with Bach's injury, he should have died before Hodge arrived, but he wanted Hodge to know that his daughter was in danger when he returned to the village, so he held his breath until he said those words and made those actions just now, and this breath could no longer support his life, so the fire of his life was extinguished, and only charred wood remained.

Hodge looked down at his blood-stained neckline, reached out to close Bach's widening eyes, slowly stood up, and whispered to him, "I promise you." ”

......

Not far from the village, on the snowy field, a dozen white tents had been erected, and the sun was about to set, and it would be too late to wait for the wild beasts to come out.

Dozens of winter night horses were tied to stakes near the tents, with shields and helmets scattered alongside them.

Judging from the sophistication of the equipment, these dozens of people are not robbers, these equipment are all imperial cavalry system, they are a cavalry team, subordinate to a certain city lord in the snowy region.

The soldiers began to divide their work, some of them set up pots in place and waited for the fire to be lit, while others were sent out to collect firewood, and before the sun went down completely, they had to gather enough firewood to make a fire, and fighting wild beasts at night was not an easy task.

"Whew. Marion unbuckled his trousers and happily released what had been stored in his crotch against the thick grass.

"Marion, you idiot, why do you do so much. Puran, leaning against a tree stump next to him, complained.

"Relax, my friend. Marion lifted his belt and laughed at Planha as he tied the belt, "I don't want to be the first cavalryman to be suffocated by this thing." ”

"It's really lazy and. Puran shook his head and looked at the most central tent in the distance, which was larger than the others, enough to hold twice the space of a normal tent, "What do you think the boss is doing in the tent now?"

"Of course it's eating, what else can I do, is it possible to do you?" Marion walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't think too much, the boss won't touch that girl yet, it's a gift to the city lord, and it's also the key to his promotion, the boss won't be overwhelmed by this kind of big thing." As for waiting for the city lord to have enough fun...... Hehe, that's hard to say, maybe even our brothers have a chance to get started. ”

"Castle Lord...... Phew!" Puran spat on the ground, "I don't know what the city lord has done in his brain, what kind of security indicators have suddenly increased in the past few months, so we have to exterminate some mountain bandits every quarter, this kind of broken place has no oil and water, where do the mountain bandits come from." ”

"So we've been running around looking for bandits these days, isn't this just finding it? Marion smiled casually, "Not only that, but we also captured a witch, which is a lot of credit, why don't we have to give everyone in our team a credit and make a small fortune?"

"Speaking of which, I'm a little worried. Puran's eyebrows furrowed together, and he whispered to Marion, "You said that we just killed a bunch of civilians as mountain bandits, is there really nothing wrong with this?"

"What's the problem? Who else but us knows they're civilians?" Marion didn't care, "Besides, even if they were civilians and harbored a witch, they would be no different from bandits!"

"But that girl—is it really a witch?" Puran remembered the scene at that time, and the leader directly selected the beautiful girl from the crowd, and then immediately turned his head and announced that it was a witch, and even the magician had to work hard to identify the witch, and the leader's eyes were made of philosopher's stones.

"Don't be so rigid, friend. Marion grabbed him by the neck with his elbow, and said mysteriously: "Is it a witch, that's not a matter of the city lord's words? As long as this girl makes the city lord happy, how can the fat pig not push the boat with his hand? Anyway, the nobleman has the right to dispose of the witch, and he can even save the money to buy slaves and take a little beauty, so fools don't do it!"

Puran's qualifications are relatively shallow, and listening to Marion's analysis, he can't help but feel that it makes sense.

"Alright, get to work. Marion let go of his elbow and patted Puran on the back, turning to walk into the jungle, "We've got a bunch of firewood to pick up, we're going back late, the herd can swallow the bottom of the pot alive, we've got to be in - uh"

Puran heard Marion's strange voice, and the moment he turned his head, he was about to cry out in horror.

A small, flaming hand pierced Marion's heart, and the hand's owner, the pretty red-haired woman, was looking at him, sending chills down his hands and feet.

Witches, real witches! Hell, we're in trouble, we need to tell the boss right away!

Before he could scream or run away, a chill suddenly came from the base of his right leg, and he couldn't control his feet and was about to fall to the ground, but he was lifted up from behind by a person, and the man's voice whispered.

"Shhhh You now have a knife in your leg. ”

"People always think that a knife will kill you if you stick it into the heart, but it's not, and now there are a lot of flowing blood vessels in the place where I stabbed it, do you know what happens when I pull it out?"

"Blood will spurt out from the burst veins, well, it can be sprayed about a few meters away, and soon you will die from blood loss, if you don't want to see your own blood spurt out a few meters away, then don't scream, answer my question honestly, I'll consider bandaging it for you to stop the bleeding, understand?"

Puran's eyes were flustered, and he nodded vigorously.