Because the road was guided by a compass, and with Grimm, a local, leading the way, it took two quarters of an hour for the galloping team to finally approach the cuckoo village.

I saw that the whole village was surrounded by a wooden wall five or six meters high, and it appeared and disappeared in the thick fog.

The clatter of horses' hooves on the ground caught the attention of the sentinels, who were hiding behind the wall and drew their longbows and warned, "Stop!

James drove his horse forward a few steps so that the sentries could see him, and then said, "Open the gate, I am the captain of the guard of His Highness Boris Williams, James Lane." ”

As he spoke, he took a gold medal engraved with a lion dragon and an ear of wheat and threw it to the sentinel, the lion is the family crest of the Williams family, the dragon motif represents the family who fought against the dragon in the past and killed an evil dragon, and the wheat ear represents the St. George Empire.

In this remote place, the pattern on the armor of James and others and this gold medal are enough to prove their identity.

If the sentinels had been more conscientious, they should have asked James to bring out silk or lambskins with the king's handwritten edict written on them, or neatly folded letterhead sealed with red wax, but the sentinels did not do so, they glanced behind James, Marlowe's three orc men were covered in wide cloaks, and the others were all wearing well-made human plate armor, but the fog had not completely cleared at this time, and the sentinels could not see it clearly.

As if there was nothing wrong with the team, they quickly opened the door.

"What about your sir?" asked James, who did not dismount, condescendingly looking at a sentry who opened the door.

"Report to Sir, Head Johnny is still resting. Seeing the momentum on James's body, the sentry dared not doubt the identity of the comer, and he said a little nervously.

At this time, he was still resting? James immediately lost his affection for this Captain Johnny, whom he had never met.

"Well, I'll ask you a question, and you must answer me truthfully. James pulled out a silver coin and tossed it to the sentry.

The other party took the silver coin in fear, and then bowed lower and lower: "The chief can ask me anything he wants, I must know everything." ”

"Did a team go out on patrol half an hour ago?"

"No, everyone is in the village. ”

James asked again, "Did anyone catch a tribal minotaur entering the village just now?"

The sentry still shook his head, "No." Sir, this village is just one gate, and if anyone enters or leaves, I'll know about it. ”

Glancing behind him, he saw that Marlowe's brows were almost furrowed. James continued, "Have there been any suspicious people around here lately, or are there any signs of tribal activity?"

The sentry tilted his head and thought for a moment. There have been no suspicious people lately, since the cold winter came, all the old, weak, sick and disabled in this village have moved to the city of Tyrian in the south, and only the villagers who have been temporarily conscripted and some regular troops have lived in the village.

He shook his head honestly, but seeing James's cold face, the peasant who was temporarily acting as a soldier was afraid that the commander on horseback would whip himself, so he hurriedly said: "Sir, I remember, there are tribes active near the village recently. ”

"Orcs, minotaurs, or trolls?"

"I don't know......" The sentry stood shivering because of the cold or because he was scared inside.

James clutched the reins, his face growing more and more ugly. What the hell are these soldiers doing on weekdays, how come they don't know anything!

"Go and call your chief, and if he's still lying under the warm covers, wake him up with cold water!"

"When I came back, I went to him myself. James saw the thin body of this soldier and could only change his mind, otherwise he didn't know how much time would be wasted back and forth. "Where does your chief live?"

"Sir, you walk along this dirt road and see the largest house, where Captain Johnny lives. ”

A hurried sound of horses' hooves went away, and before the sentry could finish speaking, Marlowe and the others were already gone.

The house that the sentry spoke of was indeed easy to find, and in this village, which had been sacked and destroyed by the orcs every year, the large house made of stone bricks stood out. Before the horse could come to a stop, James had jumped to the ground and headed straight for the house.

He was very angry now, not only because of Rege's inexplicable disappearance, but also because he had just talked to the sentry and found too many problems, the quality of the soldiers was too poor, and how such a group of people could protect the land under their feet, even if they were to escape for their lives, it would be difficult to succeed.

Boom!

He kicked open the door and strode in, not wanting to surprise James with the scene in front of him.

I saw a middle-aged man lying naked on his back on the ground, scattered around with empty wine bottles, messy plates and a few jars that didn't know what to hold.

James was furious, this Johnny, as the commander of the defense district, was actually drunk during the execution of military duties!

"Bastard!" James walked over and kicked the man in the leg as he lifted his leg.

But Johnny only shook his body a little, and nothing else happened, not even his eyelids moved.

James didn't expect Johnny to be so drunk, and he was furious and was about to kick the drooping caterpillar when he was stopped by Marlowe.

"James, stop, something seems to be wrong with him. ”

Marlowe squatted down and took a closer look at Johnny's face, only to see that the man was pale and his lips were purple, and he probed Johnny's breathing only to find that the other party's breath was weak. Marlowe quickly turned Johnny's body over, and a large amount of white foam immediately flowed from the latter's nostrils and mouth.

"Is he poisoned?" exclaimed Green.

James was shocked when he heard this, could it be that the tribe's spies sneaked in at night and poisoned him?

He immediately used the paladin's healing skills to save people, but Johnny's face still didn't improve.

"What kind of poison did he get, and my healing technique didn't have the slightest effect?"

When James was rescuing, the orc Rajim took off his hood, then picked up the two jars on the ground and sniffed them, then looked at the unconscious human with disdain and shook his head and said, "He is poisoned, but he is not poisoned." ”

Rajim was not only a tribal warrior, he was also a pharmacist of the Bloodblade Tribe, and he smelled a strange smell when he entered the door, and after examining the contents of the jar, he was even more sure of his guess.

"Rajim, save people first. Marlowe saw that Rajim seemed to know what had happened to Johnny, so he ordered Rajim to save the man.

Carrying Johnny to the bed, Rajim took out a few herbs and chewed them in his mouth, then spat the chewed ones in a cup and mixed them with water, and said to Green, "Pry his mouth open." ”

Green immediately understood what this orc wanted to do, he didn't know that steppe orcs handled herbs like this in their lives, so he looked at Rajim with some fear.

Instead, James pushed Green away, then pinched Johnny's face, his purple lips opening a slit, and Rajim took the opportunity to pour all the contents of the cup into it.

"This is only the first punishment for his dereliction of duty!" James said viciously as he let go of his hand, causing the human soldiers around him to shudder.

Johnny drank the potion and showed no signs of waking up, and Marlowe asked, "Rajim, what's going on with him?"

"He drank heavily, and relied on potions to party all night, and his body was seriously overdrawn and unconscious. Rajim threw away the cup in his hand with some disgust, and everyone could see the serious disdain.

"You mean this kid was messing around with a woman last night?"

Yes, if it is poisoned or injured, the paladin's healing technique will have a certain effect, only the body overdraft can make the paladin helpless, in fact, even if the priest comes, it is useless, James suddenly wanted to pinch the bastard on the bed to death.