The village of Guta in the twilight looks depressed and dilapidated, and now it has just been sacked by desert bandits, and the whole village is immersed in grief and despair.

Winter was approaching, and the robbers took all the food they could find in the village, killing more than twenty villagers who resisted them, many of whom were wounded by the robbers, and there was little left of Guta except for some grain that had been hidden in secret cellars beforehand.

In the distance, he saw a wisp of smoke rising from the village of Guta, and Surdak rode to the entrance of the village of Guta, where he stopped the horse.

On a hill not far from the west side of the village, a group of people gathered there.

Surdak and Andrew rode over and saw a group of depressed villagers digging hard in the rocky ground with pickaxes in hand.

There are about a dozen excavated tombs, all of which must have been buried, and a semicircular stone mill was built on top of the gravel, and a wooden board with scribbled writing was erected in front of the stone mill.

Seeing Surdak coming, the group of villagers of Guta Village, who were a little numb in their eyes, got out of the way of the main road and walked around the cemetery, there were still six corpses of villagers here that had not been buried, so the villagers continued to dig new graves, and some villagers stared at Surdak with some hostility, as if complaining that he had come so late.

The surrounding atmosphere was a little depressing, faintly there was a sad cry, some women and children in front of the tombstones that had been laid, around the tombs that had not yet been dug here, some women and children were picking up some stones, their steps were vain, and the fright and sadness were still clearly imprinted on their faces.

When Surdak returned to the entrance of the village, the chief of Guta Village was already waiting there.

He was looking at the camels with a horrified expression, and when he saw Surdak riding back, he immediately recognized the baron of the magistrate's office, with a touch of sadness in his eyes, walked up to Surdak, bowed deeply to him, and then raised his head and said to Surdak: "Lord Surdak, I am the head of Guta Village, do you remember me?" ”。

Surdak jumped off his horse and said to the village chief: "Of course, I just came here the other day with the militia battalion!" Chief Huggins, I received a report from the villagers that this place has been ransacked by desert bandits, how is the situation now? ”

"Twenty-one villagers died, basically all of them were young and strong in the village, including three militia battalion militiamen, and even more villagers were injured, about 30." The village chief of Huggins stood there with a dejected face, his eyes chasing Surdak and said.

"All three of my militiamen were killed?" Surdak asked again.

"They and other villagers tried to keep the robbers out of the village, but they were hacked to death by the robbers on camels." As he spoke, the village chief Huggins couldn't help but glance at several members of the vigilante and the camel team behind Surdak.

Surdak knew what kind of doubts the village chief Huggins had in his heart, and he said: "When the desert robbers in our street ransacked the village, they rushed to the edge of the desert and intercepted them, and I guess you can see that this caravan is theirs. ”

"Take me to see the injured villagers, maybe I can help them with their injuries!" With that, Surdak walked into the village.

Huggins hurriedly followed from behind, he led the way in front, and led Surdak into the dilapidated Guta Village, perhaps because some of the villagers were still on the other side of the cemetery, the village seemed very quiet, and when Huggins came to the village square, Surdak found that there was a group of villagers waiting in the village square.

Some of the villagers gathered around when they saw Chief Huggins returning with Surdak and his group.

Surdak walked up to a dromedary, patted the goods on their backs vigorously, and instructed the village chief Huggins: "Huggins, unload the grain and mountain goods that belong to you from the camel's back, the first thing I want to do when I come to Guta Village this time is to return the materials that the robbers have stolen to everyone." ”

The villagers in the square exploded with a 'boom', and they were completely desperate for life, but when they heard that Surdak had recovered all the lost materials, their eyes rekindled the hope of living, and some even let out a 'woo' cry in the crowd with excitement.

No matter how strong the person was, he was moved by the scene in front of him, and Surdak's figure suddenly became taller, Surdak raised his voice and said again to the villagers in the square: "In addition, everyone help to convey that if those injured villagers come here, I can help them deal with their injuries, especially those who are seriously injured, even if they are carried, they must be carried here." ”

The village chief Huggins immediately arranged to go down, first calling a group of villagers who were quite nimble in their hands and feet, and unloading the supplies on the camels one by one.

Bags of food were piled up again on the village square, and then a group of injured villagers were carried to the village square.

Surdak is in the village square, treating these villagers on the spot, and will casually ask about the process of being injured, and when he meets the brave villagers, he will also compensate them for a little money collected from the robbers, he is the difference between the brave and the cowardly, although all the villagers can be treated, but the brave will get an extra piece of property.

Surdak was already very skilled in the use of the Holy Light, so the healing process was very fast.

By the time the last injured villager had been treated, a bonfire had been lit in the village square, and the villagers who had buried their relatives in the cemetery had returned to Guta Village one after another, and they had learned that Baron Surdak had sent back all the food that had been stolen, so they were left with only grief for the loss of their relatives.

For the families of the victims, Surdak also gave some additional compensation, especially the militia of the three militia battalions, who are said to be very strong in the face of desert bandits, and Surdak even gave the families of the three militia battalion militiamen a pension of five gold coins each.

Such a high pension, even those soldiers who died on the front line did not have such treatment, the families of the three militiamen held five golden gold coins, and even a little overwhelmed, they are usually silver coins are rare to see, not to mention that these are heavy gold coins, the front of the gold coin is printed with the head of the first monarch of the Green Empire, and the back is the vast territory of the Green Empire.

The village chief Huggins also looked very excited when he stood in the village square, he thought that there might be many villagers who might not survive this winter, and were planning to marry some of the female dependents to other villages, and he heard that many villagers were getting married in Wall Village for a while, and he even planned to send the girls from the village to Wall Village, and he and the village chief Bright who knew Wall Village.

Before he could finish the affairs of the village, Baron Surdak sent back the grain stolen by the desert bandits.

Seeing the caravan and hearing that Baron Surdak had made such a decision, the village chief Huggins was so weak that he almost knelt down for Surdak on the spot......

After dealing with these matters, Surdak did not stay in Guta Village, and he told the village chief Huggins to take care of the follow-up matters, and left the selection of three militia battalion militiamen, and asked him to select the three brave and warlike villagers on his behalf, and then report to the village of Vol when he received the subsidized rations next month.

Surdak then drove the caravan back to the village of Wo overnight.

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When passing through the entrance of the underground river, the sound of rushing water can still be heard in the dark, Surdak stayed at the entrance of the underground river for a short time, he planned to build a circular embankment at the entrance of the underground river cave during the dry season, when the water level is lower than the embankment, the lake here will no longer flow into the underground cavern, so that a lake can be artificially constructed here.

After the kobold slaves have repaired the concrete roads on this side of the barren land, and when the dry season enters next spring, the kobold slaves will come here to surround the lake.

The lack of water in this part of the barren land is not only due to the long dry spells, but also because the limestone formations are so cracked that the whole land cannot hold the rainwater.

Andrew led the leading camel in front, Samira rode in the middle of the procession, Gullitham carried a bone-crushing stick and followed at the end of the caravan, and the group returned to the village of Vol at the light of day.

Several large iron pots in front of the row houses at the entrance of the village have been boiled with multigrain porridge, and several village women who have risen early are adding water to the big iron pots.

Now because the cistern in the village is filling water, the river in the village has dried up, and the kobold slaves have to go to the bottom of the artificial canal on the other side of the river bend tidal flat to fetch water in the morning.

Surdak found that the lead kobold slave had a dark necklace of the moon around his neck, and he was wearing a linen garment with a simple leather armor on the outside, which seemed to be superior to the other kobold slaves......

A long caravan passed through the dead trees at the entrance of the village and walked slowly into the village of Wall, which immediately attracted the attention of the villagers.

It is rare to see so many camels in the barren land, and even the noble lords on the other side of the city of Hylanza rarely raise camels, and these precious camels are basically controlled by the robbers in the desert.

When the village chief of Bright heard the news, he immediately rushed over, and when he saw these camels, several large bags of blood-stained leather armor, and more than forty scimitars, he immediately knew that it was Surdak and these people who killed a group of desert bandits that would have such a harvest.

The village chief of Bright lame and crutches asked Surdak with concern, "Stop those hateful sand thieves?" ”

"Hmmm! We arrived at the edge of the desert just half a day before they arrived......"

Surdak paused and briefly recounted what had happened.

The old village chief patted his forehead and said to Surdak:

"Duck, Luke came back from the sulfur mine yesterday, it seems that there is news for you, this kid just got married and ran to the mine, and he shouldn't have gotten up yet!"

Surdak asked Andrew to give the reins of the camel in his hand to the old chief, and then said to him, "Help me to settle these camels, these camels are more convenient to walk on the barren land than horses, and this will be our first camel caravan." ”

Then he waved his hand to the old village chief and said, "I'll go home first, and when Luke wakes up, you let him go to the police station to find me." ”

After saying that, Surdak rode the Gubolai horse, let Andrew and the others go back to the police station, and walked alone along the cement road in the village towards their home in the upper valley.