As the middle-aged man Potter said, Leo and his team walked along the trade route for a day, and they saw a village at the end of the trade road, which was the closest village to the Badlands and wastelands in the Varu Empire, and also Leo's fiefdom: Haruna Village. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

From a distance, the village is quite large, more of a town than a village. But Leo vaguely saw that the buildings in the outer ring of the village were somewhat deserted and abandoned, and some even collapsed half of them, as if they were left behind after being demolished halfway and the developer ran out of money.

Once you enter the village, there are grass and dead leaves flying in the wind, the neat footsteps of the Roman infantry echo through the streets, the houses on both sides of the road are almost abandoned, the doors are gone, the black holes in the door frames seem to be devoured by a big mouth, and the broken window frames sway from side to side in the wind, making a creaking sound. All this tells Leo that this is an abandoned village.

"I'm going, do you want to be so pitiful, and even give me a deserted village? How can I play with this!" This dilapidated scene in front of him made Leo dumbfounded, Viscount Colin Covenas only gave Leo a small village, which Leo can accept, after all, he can work hard to build a village, at least have a place to live, but an empty deserted village, even if Leo has great ability, he can only stare dryly.

However, there is a saying called the road of the infinite sky, and just when Leo was feeling sorry for himself, he had unconsciously walked to the center of the village.

"Get out, you vampires and scoundrels, the village of Haruna is our home, and I, Heidi, will not give in to you! We will not leave here!" A crisp female voice sounded from the front, and a blonde girl about seventeen or eighteen years old jumped out of a room, standing in the middle of the road with a short sword in both hands, and shouted at them with a resolute expression. The girl's slender body is in the prime of her youth, but a delicate little face is solemn, she purses her lips tightly, her eyes are fixed on Leo who is protected by the Roman infantry in the center, and a pair of sword eyebrows are upside down, adding a bit of heroism to the girl's face.

As the girl jumped out of the door, a little girl poked her head out of the house timidly and looked at the strangers standing in the village and the blonde girl wielding a dagger at them.

With the passionate shouts of the girl, some villagers came out of some nearby houses, most of them women, old people and children. However, the villagers all had a determined look on their faces, and they clutched rolling pins, brooms, and the like in their hands. The villagers walked out of their homes and stood behind the girl, and although some of them could be seen to be scared and their hands holding weapons trembling, they still stood behind the girl and supported the girl's movements.

An extraordinarily stout woman stood behind the girl with a large thick wooden stick on her shoulder, and shouted angrily at Leo and the others: "Get out, if you dare to hurt Heidi, I will fight with you!"

Leo was overjoyed to see these villagers, which meant that this village was not a deserted village, at least it was populated and promising. As for the hostility shown by these villagers, Leo believed that it was definitely a misunderstanding.

"Alright, girl, take it easy, everyone, I'm not a bad person!" Leo pressed in front of him with his hands outstretched, trying to express his kindness in a relaxed tone and soft eyes.

Pulling out his letter of appointment from his bosom and holding it high, Leo said in a loud voice to the villagers, "I am Leo Kovenus of the House of Covenas, the second son of Viscount Colin Covenas. From now on, this village will become my fiefdom, I, Rio Covennas, will be the lord of this village, and you will be my lords. ”

Listening to Leo's shout, the villagers whispered to each other, and they looked at Leo and the soldiers behind him in disbelief, and for a moment it was difficult to accept the sudden appearance of the lord.

The young girl Heidi's arm slowly drooped, and the short sword in her hand pointed diagonally to the ground, she cautiously walked up to Leo and carefully read every word written on the letter of appointment in Leo's hand, and the bright red seal on the letter of appointment showed that what Leo said was true.

"Oh my God! it's really a lord's mandate!" the girl Heidi couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when she saw the letter of appointment.

"Is it true?!" "Is it really a lord?!" "Finally a lord has come to our village!" Hearing Heidi's exclamation, there were bursts of surprise cheers from the villagers. There was even an old man who lay on the ground and wept bitterly, tears on his face covered with ravines were staggered, and he said while crying: "We are saved, our village of Haruna is finally saved, and the Kovinas family has not abandoned us!"

"Huh, it seems that I am very popular with everyone!" Leo did not understand the joy of the villagers, in his understanding, the lord is generally responsible for collecting taxes and managing the territory, and it is difficult to be loved by the people of the jurisdiction, he did not expect the villagers here to be so happy with his arrival.

The girl Heidi put away the short sword in her hand, gently tidied up her clothes, and then bowed to Leo: "Welcome, honorable Lord Leo, our village of Haruna has never had a lord, and the nearby Barony of Cullen has always wanted to annex our village, so we are often oppressed by them. Now that you're here, I'm sure Barony Cullen won't bully us anymore. ”

"Haha, I see, don't worry, with me, I won't let you be bullied again in the future!" Leo listened to Heidi's explanation, and then understood why the villagers would show hostility to strangers, and hurriedly promised the villagers.

Leo stepped forward, helped the old man who was lying on the ground in pain, comforted the old man softly, released his kindness to the villagers, and at the same time slowly learned about the situation in Haruna Village in the conversation with the villagers.

As a border village, Haruna used to be the place where the first Viscount Kovinas started, the first Viscount Kovinas lived in Haruna Village since he was a child, and honed his skills in the harsh natural environment of the Badlands and Wastelands, and established meritorious deeds in many orc invasion battles, and was finally awarded the title of viscount by the Emperor of the Varu Empire, and Haruna Village has really prospered for a long time. Until modern times, Viscount Covinas was greedy for pleasure and shifted the family's focus to the imperial capital, and the viscountdom granted by His Majesty the Emperor was managed by his cronies, and this border village located in the Badlands Wasteland was directly ignored because of the harsh natural environment, not only did it not produce but also needed family funds to support.

Without the protection of the Covinas family, the village of Haruna was unable to support itself and slowly fell into difficulties, and the residents who could afford it fled to relatives and friends to relocate to other places, and the able-bodied men also left one by one, and now there are only some orphans, widows and old people left in the village of Haruna. Later, I don't know why, the nearby Barony of Cullen took a fancy to the village of Haruna and wanted to annex it, but because this village belonged to the Covinus family, the Barony of Cullen could not forcibly annex the territory of a viscount, so since the year before, the Barony of Cullen has been sending people to try to drive out the residents here, wanting to make the village completely deserted.

In this situation, Heidi, the granddaughter of the previous village chief, bravely stepped forward, led the group to plant crops, collect wild fruits, and struggled to survive in this badland wasteland, and fought tirelessly against the Barony of Cullen.

Knowing all this, Leo took a deep look at Heidi, who was cheering with the villagers, this strong girl guarded her home with her own practical actions, which really made Leo respect her.

After walking all the way for more than ten days, Leo and the others naturally needed to be repaired first. With the help of the stout woman, Aunt Selina, the girl Heidi arranged a place for Leo and the others to live, but fortunately, there were many vacant houses in the village, Heidi took Leo to find a house that looked relatively sturdy and tidy, Leo lived in it with Feng Xifan and Gleeman, and Olix lived in several houses next to him with his Roman infantrymen.

But as soon as Leo lay down, there was another commotion in the village, mixed with the cries of children. Leo shook his head, sighed, and got up and took Feng Xifan and Griman out to see what was going on, and the Roman infantry also came out of their respective houses and lined up behind Leo.

Far away, Leo heard a sharp male duck shouting at the entrance of the village: "You untouchables, damn weeds and garbage, dare to go against our Barony of Cullen, tell you, if you don't move out today, Lao Tzu will demolish your broken village!"

"Delusional! I advise you not to daydream, we will not give up our village!" scolded Aunt Selina in her deep voice.

"Viscount Covinas has sent his second son, Young Master Leo, to manage our village, and our Haruna village will get better and better, so you Barons Cullen don't have to worry about it!" Heidi's crisp voice full of conviction came.

"Hahaha! Heidi, I think it's you who daydreamed! The Covinus family has already abandoned your village, not to mention how could you send a viscount to your deserted village, even if you want to lie to me, at least find a better reason!" The male duck laughed loudly, as piercing as a duck quacking.

After a small noise of knocking over things, the male duck shouted again: "Not to mention the second viscount, even if Viscount Covenas comes in person, he can't save your broken village, this place is going to be decided by our Barony of Cullen!"

When Leo heard this, he couldn't help but be a little angry, what kind of person dares to ride on his head to make a fortune, if he doesn't give him a lesson, he doesn't know how many eyes the horse prince has!

As soon as the male duck's voice fell, he heard a young man's voice behind him: "Oh? I want to see how you Barony of Cullen take this village!"