Characters in this chapter: (Sercius), (Hasselon), (Adeline Giles), (Karinla) (Maleg Bazd Bruce), (Melgrad).

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Chapter 059: (Robberland)

The jungles of Svadia are a paradise for the robbers of the green forest. There are many theories about the origin of the Green Forest bandits, and the most reliable one is related to an unfortunate man.

The forest of Egdal was once declared a private hunting ground by the King of Swadia, and a man from a nearby village strayed into the hunting ground in a cold and hungry condition and poached a rabbit and a deer.

However, before he could enjoy these delicacies, he was caught by the lord of Fort Rende, who was patrolling at the time, and the magistrate lost his temper with the daring Diao people who dared to tamper with the king's prey, and concluded that this fellow had an accomplice.

The poor man was crucified on a stake after four days of torture in the dungeon of Fort Rende, and his body was hung from the castle walls. At that time, he only warned the nearby villagers not to poach in the woods, but it quickly backfired.

The man, who had three children, became a robber and was soon joined by outlaws from nearby villages, who deliberately used the royal hunting ground of the Egdal Forest as a base to rob passing merchants and nobles.

Even when the king attacked the king while he was hunting, the king was furious and announced that he had abandoned the hunting ground and asked for the head of the lord of Fort Rende. Since then, almost all the forests in Swadia have become the most frequented places for forest robbers.

Sertius was familiar with the Bandits of the Greenwoods, as he had been their captive for weeks, moving from one tree to another. However, he was let go by the fellows in the end, because the robbers felt that a guy who could not extort a ransom was a burden.

So the robbers simply let him go, but robbed him of the few dinars he had at the time and one of his horses. The robbers of the Greenwoods rarely robbed the poor and peasants, and most of them targeted wealthy merchants and former nobles.

After leaving Fort Repole, Sercius and his party walked east along the wide and flat King's Road, their next stop was Talbolia, the territory of the Mags family, and then continued east for three days to reach Tosdel.

The leading freelancer suddenly grabbed the reins, the black horse stopped moving forward in an instant, and Sertius looked at the dense woods beside the road with an uneasy expression, the woods were unusually quiet, and what was even more strange was that the huge woods did not even have the sound of a bird chirping.

At this moment, the forest that greeted them was called the 'Forest of Beasts', and it was one of the six forests of the Svadia Kingdom. It is also a frequent haunt of the Green Forest Bandits, and it is said that there is a stockade deep in this woods that is one of the important strongholds of the Green Forest Bandits.

So now Sercius suddenly tensed his nerves, and he was afraid that he would be ambushed by the robbers of the green forest here. Sure enough, soon there were multiple footsteps and figures in the woods. As expected, the Green Forest robbers are coming.

The Nords were the best at frontal assault and fighting in the woods, and although the morale of these soldiers was somewhat low, they decided to fight desperately to survive. The strong Nords never lacked courage, even in the face of enemies many times their size.

The wooded area is an easy place to ambush, and the robbers only need to hide in the woods and shoot arrows at the enemy outside the path, and when they are out of order, they can pounce out of the woods. However, before the other party raised his bow and arrows, a terrible scream had already sounded.

Serseus somehow heard the bandits screaming on the other side and began to flee in all directions, which made him feel a little strange. But in the midst of these broken sentences, he collaged together a familiar name: the Sphinx.

The people who can make those outlaws who are not afraid of heaven and earth fearful, Sercius is very curious. He immediately drew his broadsword from his scabbard and shouted, "Charge!

The words boosted morale, and the Nord soldier, his retinue, and his friends drew their weapons and rushed towards the woods opposite. Seeing this situation, the robbers of the green forest, who were attacked on their backs, suddenly some threw down their weapons and surrendered, and some fled without their lives, and soon there was no one.

This short battle ended hastily. A few minutes later, the Freelancers and their men were already counting the loot that the Green Forest Bandits had given them.

A figure emerged from the bushes, dressed in a tunic that looked like a monk's pilgrimage robe, with many patches on it.

The man was holding a curved light crossbow in his hand, the hood on his head was tightly covering his face, and the skin of his hands exposed from the sleeves was very terrifying, and the pieces were tightened into irregular shapes, which was a very serious burn.

He staggered over to the pile of booty, crouched down, took two buckets of quivers, held them in his hands, and then got up and left.

At this point, the freelancer rolled over and dismounted and stopped him. "Wait!"

The strange man stopped, turned to look at Sercius for a long time, and suddenly let go of his hand, and both barrels of quivers fell to the ground, and then slowly lifted the hood from his head.

I saw that a terrifying face was revealed, and when Karinla saw it, she screamed and reflexively leaned behind Hatheron's back. The facial features of that face were blurred, and the badly burned skin was wrinkled and squeezed together, like the face of a lion.

Sercius gasped when he saw this face, this is really a veritable 'lion'.

The Sphinoid stared at the unicorn crest on Sercius' robes and fell to his knees with a thud. Suddenly, without warning, it roared loudly, like a beast that had lost control.

Everyone was frightened, and even began to wonder if this person was human or not.

However, in the next second, his roar gradually subsided, and two lines of tears flowed from his eyes, which made them even more inexplicable: suddenly roaring like crazy, and then suddenly crying, is this person a madman?

Sercius stepped forward and reached over, intending to help him up.

The Lion-Faced suddenly stopped crying, got up and ran, and soon vanished.

The air froze, and Sertius withdrew his hand and shook his head, pulling his pipe out of his pocket and putting it in his mouth again, lighting it, and getting back on his horse. Then he handed the tobacco bag to Malleg's hand: "Smoke a pot and walk slowly......"

By the time the castle of Talbolia came into their sight, it had been three days later.

Once in the city, Sercius disbanded his group and left the Nords to replenish their weapons and equipment on their own—he had no fear that the soldiers would leave him, and agreed on a time.

Hatheron went to the market with Maleg and Melgrad to buy food, while Louis, who was the guide, looked a little tired and went to bed early, and the girl Karin ran around excitedly when she reached Talbolia.

The freelancers were the only ones left in the tavern, leaning against the corner of the tavern, eating a large pot of roast beef and roasted potatoes while gulping down ale. His appearance is very unsightly, and if there is no coat of arms on the outside of the armor, I am afraid that more people will only think that he is a down-and-out mercenary who has been hungry for several days and finally has spare money to eat here.

After eating and drinking, Sercius leaned comfortably against the corner, and Adeline came back from selling her weapons, glanced coldly at the freelancer in the corner, and then turned and walked upstairs.

Sercius didn't notice her contemptuous look before, but patted her clothes and stood up, walked up to the boss and threw down the meal money.

Soon, the Nord soldiers were returning one after another. Talbolia is the largest producer of pig iron in the whole of Swadia, with rich iron ore resources, so the quality of both weapons and armor here is obvious to all.

The soldiers walked in front of him with their weapons and armor satisfied, and one of the soldiers suggested that Sercius should buy a caravan and throw all these things on it, since they were all infantry after all, so they didn't have to march in these armors.

Sercius touched his chin and laughed, saying that it was good advice.

At this time, Hatheron came back from outside the door, and Sercius immediately stopped him and told him to find a caravan at once, which he could buy for no more than 50 dinars. The Nords immediately turned around and went out.

Maleg and Melgrad carried two ** bags of food, all of which were temporarily placed in the storage room at the back of the tavern. So I spent one night in Talbolia, and in the middle of the night the girl Karinla came back and drew an all-night map.

The caravan had been driven in the morning—Hatheron could not ride a horse, but he could.

The soldiers cheered happily. Weapons, armor, and food were all thrown on the caravan, and there was still a lot of room in the caravan, and Sercius simply waved his hand to let the soldiers sit in the caravan as well. According to his own words, it would be a waste to leave the car empty and not let people sit on it.

The speed of the march was greatly increased by this small movement, and soon the next evening they saw the outline of [Tosdel] Town.

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