The little accountant of the tax office, Adra, who called himself a restless young man, was now a little depressed, sitting on a chair in the reception room of the town office, with a bandage wrapped around his arm, and blood was faintly oozing. His clothes were full of mud spots, damp, and he kept sneezing.

"I'm sorry sir, I didn't complete the task. When Adela saw Brian enter the house, she immediately stood up and apologized.

"How did you get hurt?" asked Brian with concern.

Adela was a young man who was in a hurry, and it only took him a day and a half to make a round trip between the lumberyard and the town, and when he returned, he immediately informed the shops and paid the taxes in advance, and everything was done, except for Roy, who did not agree to come back with him. On the way to the lumber yard, he was attacked by a reckless bear, and if Godwin hadn't rescued him, Adela had almost lost his life.

Roy, a gloomy old slave trader, gradually has new plans after Brian leaves, and a heart that is always greedy makes him feel that it is very unpleasant to give Brian and Salina forty percent of the profits, and it is his usual style to monopolize all the profits. In the past few days, Roy has changed Brian's rules, and has begun to force all laborers to work more hours by force, and no longer pay them, and the workers have become slaves again.

What's more, Roy can't leave now, the barbarians in the forest don't know why, they began to frequently attack the logging site, killing and biting more than a dozen laborers, the arrival of the barbarians made Roy and them very sad, the workers because of fear, some fled, some refused to work, and the progress of logging was not as good as before.

Roy has been wandering in the Misty Forest for many years, and it can be said that he knows this place well, and he knows very well that the north side of the Luyin River has always been a relatively safe place, although there are some large beasts, but the beasts are not a threat to the first- and second-level warriors at all, but can give them a tooth sacrifice. Only by crossing the Luyin River and going to the depths of the dense forest, the danger factor will gradually increase, first of all, the barbarians, dwarves, and goblins are not friendly to humans, especially the barbarians, they eat everything, and the humans with fine skin and tender meat are a delicacy in their eyes.

But the barbarians have an obvious sense of territory, under normal circumstances, they only operate in their own territory, and will never leave easily, as long as they do not step into the territory of the barbarians, they usually do not meet the terrifying barbarians, but now things are a little weird, the barbarians take the initiative to attack, cross the river with primitive wooden boats, and frequently invade human beings, it should be said that for thousands of years, no similar behavior has occurred.

Adela met Roy and relayed Brian's request to him, but the old slave trader ignored the petty accountant and was organizing the workers to build a defensive fence along the banks of the Luyin River to prevent the barbarians from crossing the river easily. Unwilling to return in vain, Adela repeatedly urged to no avail, so she offered to let the lumber yard pay a month's tax first, which angered the slave traders, and the two sides tore their faces, and the little accountant was almost put under house arrest by the vicious guys, and had no choice but to return.

"Damn, an old guy who doesn't have a long-term vision, he knows how to stare at a few broken money in front of him. Brian was furious.

"My lord, he is not the only one who has no vision, from the church aristocracy to those stingy merchants, almost all of them are vulgar people who have no long-term plans. Adela unceremoniously voiced her opinion.

"Oh, you're sweeping a lot of land and seem to have a lot of ideas?"

"Yes, sir. Adela said with a twinkle in her eyes and high spirits, "I'd love to talk to you about the future of the town." ”

"Future? Maybe there is no future at all, Adra, Lord Alcott's death has nothing to do with you, why bother to wade into troubled waters, if you are implicated, you will have to take the lives of your whole family. Brian advised.

"I am the whole family, the whole family is me, I think that people living in this world, they should fight hard to realize their ideas, or they might as well die, my lord, so far, I think you are the one who can lead me to realize my dreams. Adela stood up and saluted Brian solemnly, "If you don't dislike it, you will swear allegiance to the death." ”

"Okay, you and I will live and die together! Now you're a member of the outlaw squad. Brian was a cheerful man, "I ask you, how do you think the lumberyard should be solved?"

"If the last retreat of the adults is the refuge farm, let it fend for itself, even if there is no barbarian harassment, this factory will not last for a few months, if the adults choose to retreat there, they should take over immediately and eradicate Roy's group of fools. Adela replied, "Your Excellency, please give me five vigilantes, and I will take care of the reconquest of Kiba." ”

"Five?" Brian was a little surprised, "Roy has a dozen thugs. ”

"With your absolute trust and absolute obedience from your players, it's not difficult. Adlamor snapped his hands.

"Even if I test you once, come to the town office tomorrow, I will announce a new order, give me a good rest tonight, if you take the lumberyard, we will talk there all night, how about it?"

"Yes!" Adela saluted neatly and turned to leave.

Watt and Steinbell rushed back overnight to report to Brian on the investigation in Maple Leaf, and as expected, with the assistance of the Maple Leaf Sheriff's Department, the real fur merchant Johnson was dead, and his body was hidden in a large box in the basement, posing as Jonsson's assassin and taking his identification.

Brian pondered, although there are still many doubts, but first of all, he can explain a result to the church, the murderer of the archbishop belongs to a high-level assassin called the Black Wing Demon Guild, and not a few vigilantes can stop it, maybe the Inquisition will exempt or reduce their responsibility for dereliction of duty according to the actual situation. If Uncle Shadow helps catch the culprit, they are even the ones who have no merit.

Things went a little too smoothly, Brian actually didn't have much hope at first, but he didn't expect that two days later, he would become idle, and he was thinking about the next step, when suddenly the sound of an alarm bell came from afar. The sentry which had just been built was now functioning, but what had happened? Brian hurried to a dark horse, rolled over, and felt a little uneasy, and found that the rain had stopped, and the night sky was cheerful, with only a few thin clouds.

"The mayor of the town is a member of the mercenary squad, they want to enter the town, but they are not inspected, and I am afraid of a bigger conflict, which is the alarm bell. "The one in charge of keeping watch at night at the town's west gate is a new vigilante who reports to Brian.

"Open the fence quickly, damn it, Lao Tzu has always been free to come and go in the town, what bullshit is the new rules of the new mayor, I haven't heard of it. Mercenary Captain Gallaher yelled at the top of his voice.

Brian looked at the source of the sound, Gallaher was brandishing his long knife, with a menacing look, he wondered, didn't Gallaher claim that it would take a month to return, and the adventure was over in just a few days? Looking at his gains, it seemed that there was nothing, and the team had been reduced by more than half.

"Gallaher, what's the name of the hell here, your people?" asked Brian through the fence.

When Gallaher saw that it was Brian, he replied with a little weakness: "It's really unfortunate, my team has just crossed the Luyin River, and I have met a man-eating child, and most of the brothers have been killed by him, and even I am almost finished." ”

"Cannibal kid, is it pale-skinned and gray-eyed?" Brian chuckled inwardly.

"That's right, he was killed by Lao Tzu, and the body is in the forest. Gallaher said, "You can't sell it for money if you drag it back, and this time it's a big loss." ”

"Killed?" Brian felt that he had heard it wrong, with the strength of the mercenary team, how could it be possible to kill Occam, could it be that the threat of the apostle was so easily resolved, and there was no hidden danger in the plane from now on?