Just when a group of mercenaries were still arguing about who should be responsible for going to the castle, the loud sound of the horn suddenly entered their ears, and many of the guys who had not yet woken up directly got up from the ground in fright, picked up their weapons and looked around in panic, looking for the source of the horn sound.

"Get up for me, all of you, array, array!" the vigilant mercenary leader immediately shouted at the brothers beside him, and the battle axe in his hand struck on the shield with a "bang!" sounded: "Form a shield wall and erect a battle flag!"

The mercenaries shouted and cursed each other, but they still quickly formed a hollow phalanx under the command of the leader, and the layers of round shields formed a solid shield wall, protecting a beast skin banner painted with black crows in the center, and one by one they were desperately gasping for the enemy who was about to appear, staring at the only path leading to the village with wide eyes.

With a puff of smoke and dust, several swallow-tailed flags appeared in their sight, and a whole team of 100 Turin soldiers lined up in a neat formation in front of them, and the hired archers who came with the army skillfully raised their longbows and mounted their arrows with a bit of threat.

Surrounded by soldiers, Edward rode on his horse, and next to him stood Shirell Lightlane, who insisted on coming, and Angela, who had been worried about her "unsafe position" after little Goodwin left, and the little maid obediently sat behind the saddle and hugged Edward's waist, very sensibly kept quiet.

The scorched fishing village is littered with mutilated corpses and black ruins, swarms of flies buzzing and a few red-eyed hyenas jolting for food, and the muddy ground beneath their feet is long congealed blood. There were too many corpses that could not be separated in one place, the naked women and children tied to the wooden pillars had already swallowed their breath, and the corpses that had long been bruised still had remnants of what had been ravaged......

Although it was not the first time to see such a scene, the soldiers still showed disgust, and Angela, who was sitting behind Edward, blinked curiously, and looked at the "purple-haired woman" who frowned - the little maid was very incomprehensible, why did this guy who had killed many, many people hate to see dead people?

Edward, who was expressionless, only glanced at the group - a few scouts had spotted the mercenaries just last night, and he had expected them to attack the castle in the night, as he had done before. But as a result, they actually burned the fishing village to ashes.

Edward didn't have much pity for the villagers who died tragically - he had already given this group of people a way to live, they could flee or choose to be loyal to him, but in the end he chose to entrust his fate to others, so he couldn't complain about others for his own death, even if this group of people stood up to resist, he would praise their bravery a little, and then kill them all.

But this bunch of guys ...... Edward's face turned cold, his right hand holding the hilt of his sword slowly raised, and the longbowmen, who had already been ready, aimed their arrows at the enemy, waiting for the final order.

"Wait a minute, we're not your enemies!" shouted the mercenary leader and walked out of the shield wall with the crow banner, his scalp tingling when he was stared at by the longbowmen, "We're here to take refuge with you, Lord of Turin - we're all here to take refuge with you from Bright Star City!"

"Come to me?" Edward sneered, "I'd love to hear about it." ”

"The wizards of Bright Star City let the Crow Mercenary Group recapture the Hornfort you occupy, but they are only willing to pay half of the payment, they are all misers who pick the door, and they want us to drink the Northwest Wind!" The leader of the Crow held the battle flag and spat very contemptuously: "So we came to take refuge in you, the people of this village plan to rebel, so we will not accept your money as a greeting gift." ”

"No, I think you're trying to threaten me - to make me understand that if I don't hire you, this is what will happen. Edward rolled down from his warhorse, "Tell me your name." ”

"Sass of the Crow Mercenary Regiment, as long as you pay for it, we will definitely not do anything like that. The crow leader licked his lips greedily, and almost nakedly acquiesced to what Edward had just said: "After all, our crow mercenary group values its own credibility very much!"

"Whoever dares to trust the credibility of the crows is a real fool. Shirell, who had been standing in the back and was silent, suddenly spoke: "The Otovik family in Bright Star City has always been very generous to mercenaries, you must have taken the money and felt that they were lost, so you decided to rebel and join the Turinees, this is not the first time you have done this kind of thing!"

"Shirrell Lightlane?" The crow leader Sass saw her almost iconic purple hair at a glance, and shouted in surprise, his whole face distorted: "You Dominic prostitute, I still remember your wretched old lady, you still have the stinky blood of wizards in your body, you went to bed naked to make this little white face willing to pay, right?!"

The crow mercenaries laughed one after another, and the archers of the silver blood around them blushed, and their teeth clenched so much that they wanted to pierce the bastard's face with an arrow, but Hirel herself had no expression, as if she had not been humiliated just now.

"Aren't you angry, he was scolding you just now. ”

"He scolded me to make me angry, and I wasn't going to be obedient. Shirrell replied indifferently to Edward: "The northern pirates of the Crow Mercenary Regiment are indeed very powerful, and you won't lose money by hiring them, but if you plan to defeat them, I hope to cut off this guy's tongue!"

"Perhaps, Miss Shirrell. Edward smiled lightly, then turned to stand in front of Sas, "I can accept the allegiance of the Crow Mercenary Regiment, but I have a few conditions before that. ”

"First of all, you will not be paid anything until the war is over, but only after all is over - all the wealth of the Hornfort belongs to the Turin Expeditionary Force, and no property is to be taken until there is an order to plunder or fight, nor is it allowed to plunder without an order, and after three months the expeditionary force will pay all those who are still alive. ”

"Then, if you are willing to accept the above terms, please gentlemen, kneel before my sword, and now swear allegiance to me, Edward Witwood, and you will be part of the expeditionary force. ”

After listening to this long list of words, Sass looked at Edward's serious expression with some distraction, and then snorted a few times, and the corners of his sneering mouth curled slightly: "I said...... This little white-faced lord, have you misunderstood something, and think that we have to kneel in this muddy ground to find a way out?"

"Or you can choose another one and die in this stinking ruin, along with the villagers you slaughtered. Edward smiled and replied, "And the lady standing behind me should be more than happy to see this." ”

"You self-righteous little white face, how dare you humiliate me?!" the crow leader roared angrily, and suddenly pulled a dagger from his waist to try to kidnap Edward - this method of coercion on employers they had done more than once, and each time they were able to get a large amount of money, and even caused many people to be red.

As long as this little white face is arrested, the gold in the castle will not be casual by then...... The corners of Sas's mouth with red eyes had just cracked into a greedy smile, but before he could grab Edward's collar, he felt as if his chest had suddenly hit a wall, and he screamed and flew straight upside down, planting his head in the mud pit, until several brothers next to him ran over and dragged him up with great effort.

"Kill them all, kill them all, and then capture this damn little white face alive!", stood up in mud, looked at Edward's almost contemptuous smile, and gasped for breath in annoyance, "I'm going to let him die a bad death!"