"Follow me."

Looking at Arya, who was silent and seemed to be in a different mood, Yatimu sighed and turned to walk outside.

Behind him, little Clay hurriedly followed.

The three of them walked to the outside world, and the scene suddenly became a lot empty.

There were traces of ruin everywhere.

Before that, the robbers wreaked havoc in the village, leaving a strong mark.

Many villagers died at their hands.

Arya looked at the familiar corpses and couldn't help but cover her eyes.

"Why is this ........?"

She muttered to herself, a deep despair in her voice.

For the girl, she did not understand why things were the way they were.

Obviously, in the past, the two sides were neighbors who did not interfere with the water of the well, why did they suddenly become like this?

From her mouth, Yadimu also learned what had happened.

At the previous time, the group of bandits on the mountain came down the mountain, led by people they were familiar with.

So they didn't have much defense, and they let them in very easily.

Unexpectedly, they took the opportunity to attack them and killed many people directly.

The men of the village tried to resist, but they were trapped by the robbers who had been prepared for it, and they took away their weapons early.

Without weapons, they could not have been a match for this gang of bandits.

Judging by the whole result, the gang of robbers descending the mountain was completely premeditated.

Look at it like this, it was for the ransacking of the village in the first place.

"It should be that group of robbers who are fighting in the group."

Adimus looked ahead of him and made such a judgment.

He guessed: "If it is really the leader of the bandit group who wants to ransack you, then it should be all the bandits who have come down now, not just these dozens of people." ”

Yes, there are only a few dozen people wreaking havoc in the entire village at the moment.

It didn't look like a large army of bandits, but like a detachment from it.

Therefore, Yadimu guessed that it was very likely that the group of robbers had started an infighting, which is why the current result appeared.

Of course, it is also possible that they don't look down on this village and think that this kind of people will be enough to deal with it.

It's also possible.

Either way, it's a fact that most of the village is now destroyed.

A large number of men died at the hands of the robbers, and many houses around them were burned down.

It is not known how many years it will take for the whole village to recover.

Artimus stepped forward.

As time passed, the surrounding fighting slowly subsided.

Then something happened that surprised Arya.

In front, responsible for suppressing this group of robbers, the man who led the way strode over, came directly to several of them, and then knelt down on one knee: "Chief, everything has been solved." ”

Chieftain?

He's the leader?

Arya was stunned =.

She clearly remembered that in the beginning, Artimus was just a dug up from a corpse.

At that time, Artimu was seriously injured and couldn't move, so he could only rely on her to take care of him.

At that time, she only thought that Artimus was quite mysterious and curious about it.

As a result, I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, the situation of both sides changed so much.

In the blink of an eye, it was Artimus who came to save her.

"Get up."

Yatimu's gentle voice rang out from the side.

He looked at Gretel and said casually in a calm and unquestioning voice, "Put those people into custody and ask them well." ”

"Ask them where they come from and what motivates them."

"Yes."

Glitter nodded respectfully and quickly went down.

Only a moment later, however, he came again.

There were a few more people around this time.

These are the objects of Gretel's interrogation.

From their mouths, Artimus also knew the origin of the matter.

As Artimu had expected, the group of bandits in front of him was not the main force of the birch bandits, but only one of the squads.

The Birch Bandits had previously been in infighting, and the team came out, preparing to sack the Birch Village and start over in another place.

However, they didn't expect that they had just started to run into Yadimu.

Needless to say, then.

"Why is there infighting?"

After listening to the descriptions of several people, Yadimu instinctively felt that something was wrong, so he continued to ask.

Subsequently, he again got an unexpected message.

"Your leader is dead?"

He looked at the few people in front of him, his face a little stunned.

From the descriptions of these people, what happened inside the bandit group is also shown in their eyes.

Previously, there was an accident in the birch bandit group, and the leader of the bandit group died directly and died suddenly.

Because of the sudden death of the leader, the birch bandit group was divided internally, and there was a direct split.

Several small leaders had their own ideas, so they simply fought for a while, and then separated.

The group in front of me is one of them.

They left their former base and wanted to ransack the village and start over.

As a result, he ran into Yadimu before he thought about it.

"The leader is dead.......

Listening to their descriptions, Artimus couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He thought it seemed like a coincidence.

He was just about to do it, but the leader of the people over there died.

Is there such a coincidence in this world?

Artimus instinctively had some doubts.

"How many people are left on the mountain now?"

He pondered for a moment, then continued to ask.

"About two hundred."

The leader of the group spoke.

Artimu nodded, not saying more.

He won't kill this group of people in front of him.

Yatemu wasn't that murderous yet.

But it was not necessary to expect Artimus to let them go.

He was going to take them as slaves and then work in the workshop until he died.

In this way, it is considered to pay for the sins they have caused in the past.

After all, these are robbers, and there are few good people in them.

It's not too much to use them all as slaves.

After a while, the losses of the local villagers were also cleared.

None of the people brought by the Adimu side were killed in battle, but two were injured because of bad luck and were temporarily inconvenient to move.

Artimus called Arya and told him to organize the villagers to take care of the two before looking at the village.

The village is located in the middle of the junction and is stuck on a road that must be passed.

Many of the merchants who traveled from the north to Lima passed through this area.

Of course, it is not impossible to bypass, but in that case, the effort and cost will be much greater.

It's not worth it for businessmen.

It is precisely because of this that the birch bandit group chooses to use this place as their lair, robbing passing traders along the road.

It's kind of funny to say.

In the past, the people of the village regarded the robbers as their own and made a living by picking up the wreckage of the robbers.

But in the opinion of Artimus, if there was no bandit group, with the suitability of the location of this place, sooner or later it would be able to benefit from the trade routes along the road, and thus develop.

In other words, if it weren't for the bandits, their lives would have been better.

It's just that they don't see this at all, and they think that the bandits are the ones who rely on them for their livelihood.

I don't know what to say........

But now it was Artimu's turn, and he saw the position at a glance.

"To whom does this place belong de jure?"

He called for Sylo and asked dryly.

"This ........"

Sailo looked around, took out the map and looked at it, before he said with certainty: "This place is ownerless. ”

It may sound funny that a place has no owner, but it's very common in this place.

There are roughly three types of territories in the Principality of Cohen.

One is the royal territory directly under the royal family, and the other is the noble territory in the hands of the noble lords.

As for the third type, it is a barren area that has not yet been developed.

Relatively speaking, Lima City is a royal territory, and the area in front of you is undoubtedly a barren area.

For this kind of region, there is generally no one to certify, and even if someone does, it is invalid.

"Go back and talk to Mr. Klea."

Yadimu said with interest: "This place is good, it can just be divided into my territory. ”

"Yes."

Selo nodded.

No one present cared about this.

Because it's just a small thing in itself.

Elsewhere, it may be difficult to directly certify a territory, but at this border, if you can afford to occupy the area, you can become the lord of the area.

Of course, it's not that easy to do.

But that's just for the average person.

Things that are a little difficult for ordinary people are naturally quite easy to get to Artimu.

"As for the villagers in this area."

Yadimu turned to look to the side, looking at the villagers in front of him.

He thought for a moment, then said, "Let them go for now." ”

These are valuable human resources, and it would be a shame to waste them like that.

But for the time being, Artimu really didn't think of any suitable place to arrange these people.

So that's all there is to it for the time being.

Fortunately, after a wave of bandits, the organizational structure of the village has collapsed.

It will also be much easier to integrate later.

That's good news.

Artimus turned to look to the side.

Arya was standing there at the moment, looking ahead with some complicated eyes.

There, a big man was kneeling, tied up with rope and set aside, like everyone else.

Because he was a strong man, he was specially arranged to be put aside with others to facilitate management.

He crouched there a little dejectedly, not knowing what he was thinking.

As if sensing Artemu's gaze, Glitter explained, "This man should be a villager in this place, but he is not very honest. ”

"The men of other families were fighting with robbers with weapons, but he hid behind and robbed his fellow villagers."

There was undisguised disdain on his face.

As a fighter, it is this kind of person that they usually look down on the most.

is obviously a strong man, but when the danger comes, not only does he not protect others, but he takes advantage of the absence of other men.

This kind of stabbing a teammate is frowned upon anywhere.

In a way, the stronger it is, the more harmful it is.

"It's very much in line with his previous style."

Yadimu opened his mouth with interest, and then casually pointed to Arya on the side: "Give this person to her." ”

"What you do with him is up to you."

He said with a casual smile.

If he remembered correctly, the reason why Arya was the way she was before was because her brother had left her behind.

When it was dangerous, this elder brother not only failed to protect his sister, but also took the initiative to leave his sister behind in order to escape for his life.

This kind of behavior can be considered scum.

Adimus fulfilled him and left the man to Arya's own care.

The strong man was quickly untied.

Then he looked at Arya in front of him.

After understanding the situation, he immediately changed his face.

"Sister, save me!"

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have abandoned you, please forgive me this time!"

"I swear I'll never do this again, please save me!"

He spoke loudly, and his voice kept ringing in place, sounding exceptionally loud.

A big man is constantly kowtowing in place like this, without any self-esteem at all.

People everywhere looked at this scene with a look of disdain on their faces.

Arya's face also showed anger: "You ........."

She looked at her brother and was speechless for a long time.

She really didn't know what to say about this strange thing.

But if she wanted to kill her brother herself, she couldn't do it.

After hesitating for a long time, she finally sighed and looked at Yadimu on the side: "Sir, please let him go." ”

"He's my brother anyway."

"Even if he did so many excesses?"

Yatimu asked rhetorically.

Arya hesitated, but finally nodded slowly.

"Since that's what you mean, so be it."

Yadimu smiled and finally nodded, "Drag him out." ”

The people on the side immediately stepped forward and dragged the person out directly.

Artimus looked to the side and gestured at Gretel.

Gretel immediately understood and stepped aside with a smile.

A long knife was slowly drawn.

Arya's brother won't be alive.

According to Artimu's experience, if such a person is not killed, he may get into some trouble later.

He may not be able to help you, but he can disgust you.

So in order to avoid trouble, Yadi Mu helped Arya.

Of course, Arya herself wouldn't have known this.

She would only have thought that her brother had disappeared after this, probably fleeing the area and going somewhere else.

This is just a small episode.

After finishing the matter, Artimu found a few local elders.

Although the Birch Village was pacified, the Birch Bandits did not.

There are two hundred more on the mountain.

According to several captives, even if it is a birch bandit group after the split, their strength is still not weak.