Climbing up the hill, you can clearly see the village at the foot of the hill, which has now become a sea of fire, and in the middle of the village, men, women, old people and children, crying and running in all directions, trying to find a way out, but wherever they run, they will be blocked back by the samurai who are showing off their might.

The killing did not happen, or rather, it did not happen for the time being, and Theo, who saw this scene, was even more sure that the real intention of those warriors was not to slaughter the villagers, but the baron who was about to arrive.

In fact, the aristocracy is also divided into good and bad, there are greedy, cruel, and rough aristocrats, and there are also righteous, benevolent, and responsible aristocrats, it is ridiculous to say that the nobles are all good people, but it is unfair to say that the nobles are all bastards.

The process of civilization on the whole continent was in the feudal period, and true feudalism and centralization were two different things, roughly speaking, the duke of the duchy occupied the largest and best piece of land, and then distributed the other lands to the marquis, and the marquis also occupied the largest, The best land, and then the other lands are divided among the counts, and the counts divide the lands among the viscounts and the barons, the duke's power is certainly very strong, but his power is limited to his own territory, for example, he cannot influence the inheritance of the marquis, for example, to see which earl is not pleasing to the eye, he can send someone to kill the earl, but if you want to abolish the earl's title, it will take a lot of trouble, and there are many procedures to go.

Of course, the rules are only superficial, and any rules will be distorted if faced with a powerful Grand Duke who is in the prime of life.

Because of this, many nobles have a strong sense of responsibility, whether the territory is peaceful, whether the population of the territory is gradually increasing or gradually losing, these directly affect the rise and fall of the entire family.

Especially the lowest nobles, as long as they have a little ability, they will never be careless in this regard, and they do not want to leave the impression of being overbearing to the people in the territory, and if they go too far, the farmer with the largest base will go to other places, and the income of the territory will become less and less, and his position will not last long.

The domain is not obtained for nothing, the baron and viscount have to pay tribute to the earl, and the earl has to pay tribute to the marquis, and if they can't pay the tribute, the territory will be taken back, and then re-selected from a large number of nobles who have titles but no fiefs.

Strictly speaking, aristocracy is actually a high-risk industry, and every time there is a change in the mainland, large and small families will disappear in the long river of history one after another.

The farmer's duty was to farm the land, while the nobleman's duty was not only to manage, but also to fight, and whenever an external threat invaded the territory, the lord had to step up and fight to protect the people under his rule.

However, this is also a rule on the surface, some can be done, and some can't.

For example, Sophia, at dusk, was just surprised to learn that a village had been slaughtered, but in the case of Chris's Plains, she would have to find out the murderer even if she had ploughed three feet into the ground!

Also, Sofia could have caught up with Dio quickly, but she fought several battles with the Franvi bandits' horse team near Pitta, because the roaming horse team had seriously threatened the safety of the barony. At that time, she was short of manpower, and on the one hand, she sent people back to the barony to recruit warriors, and on the other hand, she sent emissaries to ask for help from the counties and marquises, and fortunately, on the second day after she sent the envoys, the army of the marquises suddenly appeared, and the Franvi bandits went to the city of Santis because of several bandits, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, and they were killed by Sophia and the marquis's army and fled.

It's just that Dio doesn't know this, and he doesn't know that he inadvertently saved Sophia once, if Franvi and other bandits were in the horse team at that time, maybe Sophia would have died a long time ago.

Dio approached the village quietly, and he would not show any of his feet in this regard, but for fear that Raymond behind him would be discovered, he had to slow down and turn back and whisper a few words, but when he turned around again, he could no longer find Gordon.

In the village, the samurai were on a rampage, slowly compressing the space for the villagers to run, and finally hundreds of villagers were trapped in the square in the middle, while the samurai formed a circle on the periphery.

The scene in the field was very chaotic, the adults screamed, the children cried, and there were endless pleadings, and several young men with strong blood jumped in front and were shouting something, as if to ask the other party why they were attacking the village.

"Shut up!!" The samurai at the head suddenly roared.

The field became silent, and those who wanted to scream didn't dare to scream, and the children who didn't understand anything were tightly covered by the adults around them.

"It's almost time, Duncan should be there, right?" the leader of the warriors scanned the square with impatient eyes, and then shouted, "Slaughter them all for me!"

The crowd exploded at that time, and they were still holding the idea of luck, but now when they heard that people were going to make a move, they immediately scattered and fled.

However, the samurai have formed an impenetrable encirclement, where are the ordinary villagers who are the opponents of the samurai, one will be cut down one when they come, and two will be cut down a pair when they come, only a few breaths of time, dozens of corpses have appeared around the square, and the remaining villagers see that the situation is not good, and they rush to the center of the square, they trample on each other, pushing, crying and shaking the sky, the scene is becoming more and more chaotic.

Dior and Raymond looked at each other, they could already predict that Gordon was about to appear! If there was no bloodshed, Gordon would be patient, now...... Get ready to get your hands dirty.

Sure enough, Gordon's figure rose silently behind a house, then his right hand clenched into a fist, and after a moment, he shrank inward, and then his figure disappeared downward.

Without Raymond as a shield, the guy still knows how to protect himself...... A little light lit up among the samurai, and then turned into a rapidly expanding fireball, and the next moment, the fireball exploded with a loud bang, turning into countless splashes of streamers.

The samurai were caught off guard, but fortunately their positions were not too concentrated, only six or seven samurai were hit by the streamer, and even men and horses fell to the ground with a miserable scream.

The samurai at the head had already turned around at the same time as the firelight appeared, but it took two seconds for the fireburst to be released, and Gordon had already disappeared before the firelight appeared, and he didn't see anything.

"Radiant Samurai?!" the leader of the samurai pointed with his hand and shouted, "How many people are there over there!"

As the nearest dozen or so warriors rushed into the alley, Gordon poked his head out of a remote pigsty, took a long breath, and quietly released a burst of flame.

Dio was a little stunned, in his impression, Gordon's style was hard and unobstructed, and it should have been Flame Slash flying everywhere a long time ago, and he also knew that Flame Slash would reveal its position?

The samurai at the head was furious, and his figure had leapt from his horse, and although Gordon had already lowered his body first, he had already caught the approximate position.

Rumble...... The firelight bloomed again with a loud bang, and the samurai who was the leader went straight through the bursting firelight and fell downward, a golden shield holding him firmly in the middle, blocking the streamer's damage.

The next moment, the samurai's feet had already fallen to the ground, and there was another deafening roar, and a circular shock wave centered on the samurai quickly rolled in all directions, and the small cracks formed a huge cobweb within a range of tens of meters in the blink of an eye.

Two samurai and several villagers were unfortunately shrouded in cobwebs, the horses were cut into countless pieces in an instant, the samurai on the horses and several villagers were also crushed, and the surrounding houses also collapsed at the same time, including the pigsty, all turned into pieces of flying smoke, and Gordon rolled out of the smoke and dust in a terrible way, seemingly uninjured, but he was completely exposed.

"Earth Trampling?Extreme Samurai?!" Raymond was taken aback, and was about to rush out.

"Wait a minute......," Dio grabbed Raymond just then, and at that moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, followed by a voice shouting: "Stop...... Stop......"

The leader of the samurai gave Gordon a vicious look, then waved his hand, and the samurai under his command quickly gathered together, obviously, the one who came was his henchman, as for Gordon, he was just a strange samurai who had caused him trouble, he could wait a while and then turn his head to clean up.

In a moment, a horse team of hundreds of samurai was approaching, led by a samurai in the prime of his thirties, his clothes were very luxurious, but his appearance looked very sloppy, with a long beard and disheveled hair, as if he had not cleaned himself up for a while.

"It's you, Gordon!!" the warrior reined in his horse and looked at him coldly.

"Huh...... Baron Duncan, are you finally willing to leave your kennel?" said the warrior named Gordon in a contemptuous tone.

"If you want to deal with me, come to my castle!" Baron Duncan controlled his anger and said word by word, "Bullying these civilians, you are also a samurai?"

"Ha, your legless wife is really powerful, I'm not her opponent. Gordon laughed: "But...... She's not going to come out with you, is she?

"How dare you insult Anthony!" Baron Duncan's fists clenched slowly.

"Insult?" Gordon scoffed, "Duncan, I'll take you to that slut after I catch you, if I let her lie on the ground and lick my toes...... Do you think she'll do what I say?"

Baron Duncan was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed drastically.

"It's late. Gordon sneered, "You shouldn't have come out." After saying that, he waved his hand, and a samurai behind him raised the horn and blew it vigorously, and the sound of the horn was heard far away in the night sky.

Before Baron Duncan could react, a flame slash burst out, and several of Gordon's samurai kept staring at Gordon, but they were still caught off guard, and one of the samurai was slashed by the flames, howling and flying upside down.

"Hey...... See, that guy Gordon was angry. A loud grin rang out: "What it feels like to be ignored...... Tsk, that's uncomfortable, isn't it?"

(To be continued)