"The guard who had just given the warning said that he had seen wild creatures with torches in the direction of the town's mill." The old mayor's words were full of solemnity, "If they burn down the mill, the town's flour stock will be exhausted, and we won't be able to replenish it again for months." Most of the men's rations are in it this winter, and I'll try to defend before I organize enough defenders, but it will take time for the large forces to move. ”

As he spoke, Mayor Yeshan looked at Wren and the others.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I ask you to come to the aid of the town of Hermer once again, and ask you to guard the mill. As long as you hold out until reinforcements arrive, it will take about twenty minutes. ”

"It's an honor."

Sodick said with a smile.

His caravans often take this trade route, and it is also a very good choice to be able to use this incident to establish a good relationship with Hemer Town.

"As long as the commission is sufficient, we're fine."

Rupert had a simple smile on his face, he turned his head to look at the halfling, and asked in a muffled voice:

"Boss, don't you mind if we make some extra money, do you?"

Sodick glared at him angrily.

"If you don't come back alive, then you won't have your share of the pension."

Help is help, but it is absolutely impossible to get a halfling to stick money inside.

Well, helped, but not completely......

"Mr. Mayor, may I ask a question, did the guards really see those kobolds and goblins burning the mill?"

Wren instinctively sensed that something was wrong, and asked.

"This ......," the old mayor paused, a thoughtful look on his face, and finally shook his head, "No, but those guys can't go to the mill and snatch the flour?" They don't cook with flour. Moreover, they went with torches, and they must have gone to the burning mill. ”

"That's not right!"

The Ranger Maiden also sensed that something was wrong.

"Although it is late at night and there is no moonlight tonight, the town can be said to be pitch black, but both goblins and kobolds have dark vision of nearly 20 meters, and they don't need torches at all to act at night."

This is where the girl's knowledge of wilderness creatures from her Ranger Mentor comes in handy.

Naturally, the paladin continued.

"Since they don't need torches for lighting, what are they doing it for?" A confident smile appeared on Wren's lips, "It must be to tell us that they went to the mill to 'set fire', do you save it or not?" As long as we don't save them, they may actually burn down the mill. ”

Wren's tone grew heavier.

"But if we divide our forces to save them, we will definitely fall for the tricks of these monsters! When the time comes, they will focus their attacks on the side of the fort. As long as you capture this place, it doesn't matter if you burn the mill or not! ”

"This ......," the old mayor hesitated, "but if the other party really burned down the mill, then even if the town was saved, there would not be much food for the next few months." ”

If you go to save it, you will fall into the trap of the other party, and if you don't save it, it is very likely that the people of the whole town will go hungry next.

A difficult choice was put in front of Mayor Nighthill.

"If the mayor feels a little embarrassed, he can ask Shauna to go to the mill to find out the situation first, and then we can discuss countermeasures."

Seeing the old mayor's embarrassment, Wren took the initiative to propose.

Mayor Nighthill glanced at Wren gratefully, then at Angelica.

"Miss Angelica, please leave it to your animal companion."

"Goo-goo!"

After listening to her master's account, the owl Shauna whispered two words.

She said she could work, but she had to have dried fish. She will do as much work as she can for as many small dried fish......"

When Miss Ranger said this, she felt ashamed of her animal companions.

What a mercenary owl!

Shauna: Why, aren't owls allowed to have a unique hobby? Only allow me to be hungry for Rennes, not for me to be hungry for dried fish?

"Okay, good, give, absolutely give, let her rest assured."

The Mayor of Night Hill laughed.

The distance between the mill and the castle was not far, less than 200 meters, so it only took a minute for the girl to receive a report from Shauna from the front of the mill.

Listening to the message from the owl telepathically, Miss Ranger's face gradually lightened a lot.

"Mr. Mayor, the kobolds just fenced off the mill and didn't burn it, and, Shauna said, a team sneaked in the direction of the fort."

Sure enough, it's a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain!

Hearing the girl say this, the old mayor's gaze at Wren became more and more admiring.

It is worthy of being able to fool the crippled person with the dragon, and the agility of this mind alone is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the girl beside Wren.

If it weren't for the fact that he only had a grandson and no granddaughter, he would have wanted to ask if the holy warrior was engaged.

It doesn't matter if you're engaged, whose granddaughter doesn't want such a handsome and powerful lover?

"Mr. Mayor, this castle also has a secret passage, right?"

Although Wren is an interrogative sentence, it is in an affirmative tone.

"Wren, you're trying to ......"

The quick-witted Sodick vaguely grasped the paladin's train of thought.

"That's right, it's just a plan, let Rupert and Delett and a few militiamen, pretend that we slipped out of the secret passage and made it look like they were rescuing the mill. When the other side launches an attack on the castle, we will use our forces on both sides at the same time, and we will have two breads and cheese to give these bastards a hard time. As long as this main force is quickly defeated, those who go to the mill will also flee when they hear the news. ”

Wren said as he stretched out the five fingers of his right hand, and then shook them together.

"Okay, young man, you're right, just follow your way!" (Negotiation successful)

Wren's reasoning finally made the Mayor of Nighthill resolve.

"Escorbert, you take two militiamen, and Mr. Dellett and them act together, and follow their commands."

After making up his mind, Mayor Night Mountain began to set it up.

"Don't worry, sir, I'll let those bastards know that the dwarves of Hammertown aren't easy to bully either."

Escorbert laughed heartily.

"There are enough supplies in the bunker, so use them if you need them. And, if possible, I would love to know what we are fighting against, and why. So, I

We need a few high-ranking captives. ”

"Don't worry, the ultimate fate of the wilderness creatures is that we will drive them back into the wilderness."

Wren said confidently.

Before leaving, Rupert the barbarian came to Wren's side and said in a loud voice:

"The Spirit of the Wild tells me you need my help."

As he spoke, he put his thick right hand on Wren's shoulder, and prayed solemnly:

"Spirit of the Wilderness, bear witness to my path!"

"I would like to sacrifice my strength and blood, and ask you to help my friend and restore the magic that has been dormant in him!"

A blood-red aura flickered on Rupert's body, then turned into a band of light that connected him to Wren.

A few seconds later, as the blood-red aura vanished, Wren felt his spell slot restored.

"With the blessing of the flow of magic from Rupert the Spirit Guard, you have restored two first-ring spell slots and one two-ring spell slot."

I really didn't expect that Rupert, you with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would choose the barbarian sub-profession of spirit guard!

Wren looked at Rupert with surprise in his eyes.

The Spirit Guardian and the Bloodfury Warrior are exclusive sub-classes of the Northland Rin Wind Tribe Alliance.

The spirit guards the spirit of the wilderness, and pursues the savage and ancient way of the wilderness.

At level 6, the Spirit Guardian has the special ability to channel the arcane energy in his body to other creatures through the Spirit of the Wild. If the opponent has a spell slot, randomly restore a random number of spell slots and rings (the total number of rings cannot exceed 6 rings, and the number cannot exceed 3); If not, restore the opponent's health equal to 5 times the total number of rings.

Of course, there is a price to be paid for borrowing power from the spirits of the wilderness.

After that, the Spirit Guardian will take 5 times the total force field damage.

With the disappearance of the blood-red aura, Rupert's face suddenly turned pale, and his strong body was also a little shaky.

Losing 20 health in an instant, even a barbarian with a reputation for being strong is a little overwhelmed.

Sodick handed Rupert a vial of the Poison Healing Potion, pouting:

"The money for this bottle of potion will not be deducted from your salary, I will reimburse you."

"Thank you, Boss."

Gulping the potion into his stomach, Rupert, who had regained a little blood, smiled innocently.

Such a bottle of potion would cost 300 Golden Eagle Coins, which was a lot of money for him who was an alcoholic.

It's a little bit of a savvy.

"Then Mr. Mayor, let's go down and prepare."

Angelica looked at Dellet and Rupert, who had walked out of the room with the shield dwarf, and said to the old mayor.

For some reason, she always felt that when this kind old man looked at Wren, there seemed to be something indescribable in his eyes......

"Well, good luck to all of you, may Lady Lucky bless you, I wait for your good news."