From the south of the city of Turan across the Turan Mountains is the vast plain of Coles. Further south is the Nightwhisper Valley, which divides almost the entire Colles Plain. The source of this valley comes from the Nightwhispering Forest to the west, and it flows into the sea under the impact of the forest's water supply.

William could already hear the gurgling sound of running water in front of him, and William, who had been hurrying all night, was no longer full of passion when he had just come out of Turan City. A grime of sweat and dirt ran down William's not-so-handsome but angular face. The silver magic armor on his body wrapped him tightly, and sweat brewed his body over and over again in the armor. This made William's whole body slippery and uncomfortable. William could even feel the tiny grains of salt on his body as the sweat dried up.

"Don't you want those mercenary companions of yours?" said William to Augustus all the way.

"Yes, but I don't know where they are. Augustus fainted.

"Alas, at the same time, the end of the world has fallen into people. William sighed. This phrase was something he had heard before from some bard in the taverns of Turan City. He didn't know what that meant, but he thought the word "fallen man" was appropriate for him right now.

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As the sun was about to set, William finally saw a small village.

The size of the village was at most a dozen households. It's just that William himself measured those houses from a distance, and felt that they would not be more than a meter. It's not so much a house as a few rudimentary tents.

William and Augustus had not yet entered the village with their horses, when they heard a noise in the village.

"Everyone, ready, someone is coming!" came a shout from a hidden corner at the entrance of the village, and then William heard the shouts of the men inside, and after a while, more than a dozen people with weapons blocked the entrance of the village. It's just that William looked at the various weapons in their hands. Shovels, kitchen knives, bricks, sticks, and even a large black pot with vegetable soup dripping.

William looked at the group of people dumbfounded, and it took a long time to come back to his senses and say, "I am an adventurer, this is my partner. He pointed to Augustus and said, "We are just passing through here, and there is no malice." Just want to rest here for one night. After speaking, William took out three gold coins from his bosom.

The villagers looked at William and saw that there were only two of them who breathed a sigh of relief. One of the men stepped out of the crowd and said warily, "You are adventurers, how did you come here?"

"We came from Turan City, just passing through here. William said.

"Come in with me. So saying, he took William and Augustus into the village. "We were all originally Kapua. The lords there were conscripted aggressively, and a few of us escaped. It's just that now almost everywhere is conscripting, and when you see strong men, you are forced to join the army. So we also ran to this deep mountain and old forest, where there is plenty of water and a lot of weak monsters, enough for us to survive. It's just that our group has been hiding from the eyes of those lords in case their army comes here. The man smiled, his smile full of bitterness.

William thought of the shout when he first entered the village, and instantly attracted more than a dozen people. Alas, I'm afraid that even if they are here, they are still scared every day. William thought.

After entering the village, William realized that the low houses had been deliberately built to look like this. The places where these people live are actually a big pit dug in the ground, on which some wood is simply erected, and dry grass is simply built on it.

"This is done for the sake of simplicity, and the low houses are not easy to be found here. The man explained. Later, he introduced their lives to William, and it was clear that the man had a crush on William.

"Why don't you go to Mount Turan, there are a lot of bandits there, and the nobles never dare to provoke them. William asked.

The man said, "We don't want to have anything to do with those noble lords, and we don't want to have any collusion with bandits. Most of the dozen of us are blacksmiths, and we all have physical strength. You can go into the mountains to hunt and support yourself. We thought it was good that we didn't pay taxes on the lords of the city, and we didn't depend on the bandits, and we lived our lives. Okay, stay here tonight, I've already arranged for your horses to be taken care of. The man smiled and stretched out his hand to William: "By the way, my name is Gannix"

"William. William also reached out and shook his hand. Gannix's hands are big and powerful. William looked at Burke's hand, only to notice that there was something on Burke's wrist that seemed to be a mark. It's just that it's dark, and William can't see it clearly.

After settling William and the others down, Ganix led them to an open place. There are more than a dozen men gathered here, and in the middle is a huge cauldron, which seems to be boiling a demonic beast. William smelled the faint smell of meat in the air and felt even hungrier. Several men next to him practiced martial arts. William hadn't seen the martial arts of these people, but after thinking about it, it was clear. Maybe it was taught to them by someone who knows martial arts. William thought to himself. Augustus didn't speak all the time, just looked at the few people who practiced martial arts and frowned silently.

After dinner, William spoke to Gannix and went back to his lodgings, but William couldn't sleep in his hammock. He thought carefully about the mark on Burke's wrist, and felt as if he had forgotten something important.

"They are not blacksmiths. Augustus said suddenly.

"I know. But they are not nobles either," after thinking about it, William added: "Nor are they bandits." ”

"Don't you think it's strange?" asked Augustus. Without waiting for William's answer, he said to himself, "There are only a dozen men here. No women, no children. It is also not marked on the map. And it doesn't seem like it's a village, it's ......."

"It doesn't feel like a village, it's more like a campsite. William said.

"Yes. These people are very powerful, and the martial arts they use, although crude, are very useful. Augustus said.

The two of them were thinking about it, when suddenly there was a noise outside, and there was a faint sound of horses' hooves. William hurriedly got up and walked out. saw Gannix leading a few people to block William at the door, his face gloomy.

One of the men behind Gannix said, "It must have been the two of them who brought them in, these two people are their spies, kill them!"

Gannix frowned and looked at William for a long time, and said slowly but firmly: "It's not them. ”

"What's going on out there?" William suddenly felt a strong uneasiness welling up in his heart. The undisguised murderous aura of the man behind Gannix actually made William feel a chill.

"You're still pretending! aren't those people you brought in?" the man blushed with rage.

"Hundreds of cavalry have found here, and I'm going to fight now. If you want to help, come with me to the entrance of the village. Cress, come with me. Gannix said.

Rex behind him hatefully followed Gannix. Before leaving, he suddenly turned his head and said to William: "I will always watch you, if you dare to have any abnormalities, I will definitely kill you first!"

William frowned and looked at Kress and didn't say anything. He and Augustus put on their gear and rushed to the entrance of the village. By this time, Gannix had already begun to fight the cavalry. William's eyelids jumped, he didn't expect that these dozen or so people, under the leadership of Gannix, would be able to fight with hundreds of cavalrymen without falling behind at all! A villager with a shovel directly slapped a cavalryman who was rushing at the horse, and the head of the shovel suddenly entered the cavalryman's neck, bringing a wave of blood; another villager with a wooden stick picked out the knight who had fallen off his horse, and simply stabbed it, and the wooden stick could always pierce the only eye without armor protection, and then with a wave of his hand, the knight's entire head was stirred! These people were so bloodthirsty!

And that Kress actually used a big black cauldron as a shield and went on a rampage. In front of him, even the war horse was overturned by him with great force! Ganix had the only iron sword, and he would cut down anyone he could. Every time he waved his hand, he always carried some cavalry limbs. William remembered that when he was at the entrance of the village, these people were all looking at him with the same weapons......

William broke out in a cold sweat. But he did not hesitate to join the battlefield, although now Gannix's side has the upper hand, but there are too many knights. William picked up a spear and stabbed a cavalryman and horse with a loud shout, and felt that the weapon was too light, so he picked up another spear. The three-meter-long heavy spear seemed to have no weight in his hand, and he wielded it as if he were wielding a two-handed sword. The surrounding cavalry was suppressed and retreated.

"William, give!" Gannix looked surprised when he saw William wielding the two spears, and found an axe to chop wood and threw it to him. According to his way of fighting, when the cavalry retreated, the village was demolished by him.

William caught the axe and chopped off the horse, looked at the axe in his hand, the axe was too light in his hand, just in time to see a cavalryman behind Rex, and with a wave of his hand, the axe flew into the head of the knight who wanted to sneak up on Rex with a whistling sound. Rex looked back at William in surprise at this scene.

William threw out his axe and simply knocked down the cavalry one by one with just his fists. William didn't know how long he had been fighting, but he felt like his eyes were all red, and the screams of the enemy rang in his ears from time to time. He himself was slashed a few times, but many more of his enemies were killed by William with brute force. William threw a punch and hit a person's helmet, and the iron helmet was instantly deformed, and the inside of the helmet naturally followed suit.

I don't know how long it took, William finally saw the world in front of him. There was no more enemy in front of him. Behind him was a bloody road paved with corpses. Suddenly, there was a neighing of horses, and William turned his head to see a knight who had hurriedly mounted his horse and fled.

"Spear!" Gannix roared, and a spear was thrown into his hand. Gannix bent down and raised his arm, aiming at the cavalryman and shooting the spear out of his hand. The spear grazed the horse's buttocks, and the horse seemed to be frightened and ran forward even harder.

Gannix sighed and said, "Count the number of people and take care of the wounded!"

The results of the count soon came out, and there were more than three hundred cavalrymen who came to attack, and most of them died, except for one who fled. Even if he didn't die, he was almost out of breath. On the other hand, Gannix lost two killed, five seriously wounded, and slightly wounded...... Everyone was wounded. Sighing, he said: "We can't stay here any longer, they already know where we are, this time it's three hundred, next time we may not have such good luck." ”

He looked at William again and smiled bitterly, "Excuse me, little one. Trouble for you. We are all gladiators. These cavalrymen who absconded from their masters were supposed to be sent by the lord of Kapua. ”

William moved, gladiator. This mixture of glory and misery. They fought each other for the amusement of the nobles in normal times, and the victors could be cheered and worshiped by many people. And the loser, only death. Once it is time of war, they are the death squads, the vanguards, and the vanguard. Anyway, the most dangerous place is where they should be.

"Where are you going next?" asked William Gannix.

"I don't know, but I have to get out of here. Once we gladiators escape and are caught, then only the cruelest fate awaits us. Death is a longing!" Ganix said in a low voice.

"Come with me, let's go south. It's chaotic, but it's more for us. William said in his heart for a long time. If you can pull all these gladiators to yourself, then you can probably establish a professional slave hunting group.

Gannix looked at William and said with a smile: "No, we all have the mark of the master on our bodies, and if you are with us, it is easy to be pursued by more troops." You'd better hurry up. It won't be long before more troops arrive. ”

William thought for a moment and nodded. Beckoning Augustus to take the horse and say goodbye to these gladiators one by one. When he reached the entrance of the village, Cresso, who was in charge of the lookout, gave William a heavy hug and said, "I misunderstood you." Brother, I owe you my life. If there is a chance to meet in the future, I must have a drink with you. ”

William looked at this straightforward man, smiled and said, "Okay, be careful on the road." After saying that, he got on his horse and waved his hand, and took advantage of the night to go south.