Chapter 240: Durus's Travels [4K]
In a dense bush, Dulus cautiously poked his head out, and only after finding that there was no movement around him did he walk out boldly.
He has been away from his clan for half a month, and during this time he has been acting according to the road map, encountering various dangers such as slave traps, magical beasts, and traps along the way.
Fortunately, he is an experienced jungle hunter, and he also has good strength, otherwise whether he can get out of the Warcraft Mountain Range will have to be marked with a question mark.
"This is where the Tistan people live, except that it is flatter and there are fewer trees, it doesn't seem to be any different." Durus surveyed the deserted wilderness road ahead.
His current location was very close to the Bastille, and the drawings were clearly marked, and as a tormented mountain man, he naturally knew what the Bastille was.
However, even if the root of Qi's teeth is itchy, he doesn't dare to stay here too long, being brave and sending him to death are two different things.
Pulling out the jerky from his bosom and munching on it, Dulus found his way and headed for the city of Yod, the main city of the Barons of John.
Originally, he was supposed to go directly to his destination, the city of Chelt, but Dulus suddenly thought that there must be a comparison, to see how the other nobles were like, and then to get to the Cana territory to have a comparison.
At his speed, he soon came to a small town not far from Yode City, where about a thousand people lived, and it was quite lively.
Dulus walked into the town, as if Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden, looking left and right, and everything felt novel.
There were many things he had never seen, or even heard, which gave him a sense of frustration, but it was soon replaced by a strong sense of superiority.
"These Tistan men are as thin as monkeys, not as strong as any of our Teyi people, do they have no food, this is too miserable."
Dulus thought happily as he looked at the pedestrians around him who were more than a head shorter than him.
After comparing the men, his eyes were on the women, and his brows furrowed at this glance: "Why are you so short, your body is not strong, it looks like the wind is blowing, the Pg is not big, it is not easy to give birth at all, it is still a tribe, there are some ugly monsters outside." ”
Dulus naturally linked the lack of beauty with the lack of strength, in his opinion, these plump buttocks, thin waists, big white legs are ugly, or not only him, most mountain people's aesthetics are like this.
If these women on the street knew what Dulus was thinking, they would probably have rushed up and killed him, but fortunately he didn't say it in public.
Dulus would often stop by some stalls selling jewelry, and those shoddy jewelry were also very beautiful in his eyes, and he was itching to see them.
However, there is a very real problem, that is, he has no money, after all, in the mountains, currency is something that is only used between large tribes, and these small tribes usually rely on barter.
Jerky, hides, rock salt...... These are hard currencies between mountain people.
But the peddlers outside wouldn't accept such things, so Durus had to get over it and continue wandering around the town aimlessly.
Soon, however, Durus became wary, for he noticed that the people around him were looking at him with strange eyes, pointing and pointing at him.
Although they spoke very quietly and cryptically, Durus heard words like "slave", "escape", and "capture".
He immediately understood that his identity seemed to have been discovered.
He didn't dare to go any further, and turned around and walked out of the town, but he was still a step too late, and before he reached the gate of the town, a group of men with weapons blocked his way.
"Slaves who run out of where, hurry up and obediently lie on the ground, otherwise they will all be executed as fugitive slaves!" The leader, a small leader in leather armor, yelled at Dulus with a machete.
Duruston was furious, "slave", which was the most disgusting word of the mountain people, and he exclaimed, "Lao Tzu is your grandfather!" ”
As soon as the words fell, his body rushed out like a cannonball, his speed was very fast, the little leader was just an ordinary person, and before he could react, he only felt as if he had been hit by a wild bull, and the whole person flew out.
The remaining seven or eight militiamen were shocked, but the numerical superiority still gave them considerable confidence, and with a loud shout, they rushed up and tried to hack Dulus to death.
But since Durus dared to come to this realm, of course, he was not unprepared, he pulled out a rusty mace, and his thick arm danced the mace impenetrable.
Each swing of the stick was often accompanied by a dull sound and a wail of pain, but in a short time, this small group of militiamen was all thrown to the ground by him, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead.
"Phew!"
Duluth spat at them with a cold face, and was about to say two harsh words, when the next moment more militiamen with more rudimentary weapons rushed up from behind.
"Mother...... "Duruston" ran away, although the people who rushed up were ordinary people, but there were a lot of people, there was a way that there were many people who bit the elephant to death, and now if they don't run, they will not be entangled but they will not have to run.
He ran with all his might, and soon left the men far behind.
"Huh, these despicable and shameless Tistans, I really want them all to die!" Dulus said viciously, and then took out the road map and fell into a dilemma.
You don't have to go to Yode City, he just entered a small town, and it didn't take long for a bunch of people to shout and kill him, if he entered the city, he would have to go, there are so many masters in it, I'm afraid there is no chance to escape.
Those people just now have made a good indication of the attitude of the Tistans towards the mountain people, that is, no matter where you come from, as long as you are a mountain people, you are a slave.
If he was not captured, he would be executed as a fugitive slave, and from the time the identity of the Durus Mountain Man was revealed to the time the conflict broke out, no one ever asked about his identity.
This made Durus more and more disgusted with the Tistans, and he now had the urge to go directly back to the tribe, after all, no one knew if the people of Kanna were like this.
If so, isn't it a gift to someone else?
It's just that, thinking of what the old chief said to himself before leaving, Dulus hesitated, he could have walked away, but what if it was really different?
After intense mental activity, Dulus gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go, the next stop is to go to Chelt City!" ”
With the idea of almost seeing death as if he were at home, it took Duluth a day and a night to finally reach the terminal on the road map, according to the above description, the city is home to hundreds of mountain people, and is the main gathering area of the mountain people of Kanna Territory.
The city is no better than the small town, and the towering walls and heavily guarded soldiers make Duluth's heart beat a drum, but since he has come here, there is naturally no possibility of retreating.
He followed the example of those people and found a small line of people, and sure enough, the people around him quickly noticed him and began to discuss.
However, he didn't hear the words "fugitive slave" this time, mostly out of curiosity about his height, body shape, and clothing.
Speaking of dressing, he looked at the people around him, and then at himself, and it dawned on Duruston why the people in the town were so sure that they were slaves.
The people around him were all dressed in decent clothes, and they were wearing tattered animal skins, and they looked so out of place when they stood in the pile.
Duruston felt a little embarrassed, as if he were a wild man breaking into civilization.
Soon it was his turn to check, and Dulus's heart tensed again, and one hand gripped tightly the mace hidden under the fur of the beast, and he began to fight as soon as the soldiers tried to capture him!
There were twelve soldiers at the gates, all of them wearing leather armor, but he thought he could deal with them.
"Eh, what are you looking at, hurry up." When a soldier saw Durus standing in place, he couldn't help but urge.
Dulus came back to his senses and plucked up the courage to go up, the soldier seemed very curious about him, but did not show hostility, just stretched out a hand and said, "Please show your identification." ”
"Proof of identity?" Duluth was momentarily confused, what was that?
Seeing this, the soldier suddenly realized that this should be a foreigner, so he said patiently: "Sir, if you don't have an identity certificate, then you must accept our interrogation before you can enter the city, please cooperate." ”
After he finished speaking, two soldiers immediately politely invited him aside and began to ask for some basic information, Dulus answered one by one, but a sentence from the Warcraft Mountain Range immediately dismissed the soldiers who asked.
"Sir, please answer truthfully." The soldier said solemnly.
Duruston said a little anxiously: "I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe it?" ”
As soon as he was emotional, the range of movement of his body increased, and he accidentally exposed the hidden mace, and the two soldiers saw it, and immediately felt like they were facing a great enemy, and scolded: "Put down your weapons." ”
The movement quickly attracted more soldiers, and as soon as they heard that there were weapons, they immediately surrounded Dulus in layers.
Dulus thought that they were also going to arrest him like those militiamen, and suddenly his face was fierce, and he planned to fight his way out of the siege, and a big war was about to break out.
At this critical moment, a voice came out: "Please slow. ”
When everyone looked back, they found that it was a middle-aged man with a strong body, wearing iron armor and dark skin.
When the leader of the city gate team saw the appearance of the visitor, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It turns out that Captain Balov is dealing with a vicious incident, do you have anything to do?" ”
The officer named Barlov hurriedly replied: "If it is convenient, please let me ask him a few words, he is a mountain man, you know, I am also a mountain man." ”
His words made Duruston's eyes widen, mountain man officer?
"That's fine, it's better if you can convince her, because we don't want to use violence." The group leader readily agreed.
After receiving permission, Barlov came to Duluth and said, "Friend, where are you from?" ”
"Warcraft Mountain Range." Duluth replied warily.
"Sure enough, the mace in your hand has a very typical tribal style, which is hard to see from the outside. You want to go into the city, don't you, you give them the weapon and I can take you in.
The city of Chert is a semi-military fortress and no civilians are allowed to enter with weapons. Barlov said seriously.
Dulus looked at him for a while, but finally chose to believe him, and threw the mace on the ground, not believing it, because he also felt extraordinary power in the other party.
A knight plus a dozen heavily armed soldiers, this was no longer something he could deal with.
Seeing him cooperate so much, the surrounding soldiers suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere eased a lot for a while.
"He has a special background, so I don't know our rules here, but I believe he has no malicious intentions, Mr. Group Leader, please let me take him away, I promise to supervise him, please."
Barlov nodded in satisfaction and turned to the group leader pleadingly.
The group leader thought for a while and said, "Okay, then please take care of him, and you know the rules of Celt City." ”
"Don't worry." Baroff smiled, and then beckoned Durus to come with him.
It wasn't until he entered the city that Duluth couldn't help but ask, "Why are you helping me?" ”
"Because we're all Teys, I know you're only carrying weapons for self-defense and not for sabotage."
"You...... Really an officer? Are Teuils allowed to join the army here? Duluth's mouth opened wide in surprise.
"Why, it's hard to believe, right? After all, in the eyes of the Tistans, we are nothing more than slaves to them. ”
Durus's chick nodded violently as if he were pecking rice.
Barlov showed a smile, looked at the eagle-eyed flag fluttering on the city tower, and said from the bottom of his heart: "But this is the Kanna territory, and the Kanna people live here, and there are almost no real slaves here." ”
"What do you mean by having no real slaves?" Durus was somewhat incomprehensible.
"Let me tell you this, there are still thousands of slaves in the current territory, and they have all come to this land through various channels.
Although they were slaves, the lord was kind and generous, and they were given a place to live and a house, and as long as they behaved well and paid their taxes on time, they could become freedmen and obtain identification after five years. ”
As he spoke, Baroff took out a cardboard card from his pocket and waved it, and without waiting for Dulus to speak, he continued: "I have also just become a free citizen, but I have not been planted for five years, but because I have participated in the recruitment of new recruits for the lord.
Lord Lord's new rules, Tei slaves can directly become free citizens as long as they become soldiers, if you want to settle here, then you can also get identification through this method, my team is still short of an adjutant, I hope you can come. ”
Barlov looked at Duluth and said with a serious expression.
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(End of chapter)