Chapter 177: Return to Locke Town
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Leon went through the situation of the girls in his mind, and then looked at Jeff and Eric, and in the process he suddenly discovered something, and this incident immediately made him a little depressed.
Although Caterina said that she was on a two-year trip, it was obvious that there was something wrong with her family when she came to the kingdom of Sver so far away, and with the occasional appearance.
Sophia, an orphan since she was a child, was adopted by an old man, who died not long after, and she came to Locke Town unacrimonious, met Caterina and then herself.
Jeff was robbed of his property by some vicious relatives, so he left in desperation, ran out and became a mercenary, and finally came to his side after the dissolution of several mercenary groups.
Then there is Melissa, a young girl who has been expelled from the village where she was born for some unknown reason, and who has been wandering in the mountains of the Chaos Land for several years, and is lucky not to die.
Then there is Kaka, who was driven to Ash Town after creating a "bombing tragedy" in the chaotic city of Lower City, and it took more than ten years to repay the money to make up for his mistakes.
Not to mention Eric, who was tragically betrayed and survived in the lower city for more than ten years, and the center is not enough for outsiders.
Erin is also said to have lost both of her parents, and wandered alone in several countries until she met His Excellency the Speaker and was taken to the City of Chaos.
Finally, there were the poor elves, who had been captured thousands of miles away and marked as slaves, and could not have been more miserable.
As for the latest addition to the veteran Jack...... Needless to say, just by looking at it, you can tell how miserable he is.
Oh yes, and myself. In the last life, both parents died.,Graduated and almost worked but got sick.,Although in the end luck broke through.,Just arrived in this world and found that he was being hunted down.,And not only his parents.,Even the fourth-order grandfather was killed......
Why are the people around me so miserable? What is this?
Can this be endured?
Li Ang was very depressed, so he simply found a day for everyone to gather in a circle to share their tragic experiences one by one, and finally everyone struggled at the same time, shouting "Work hard!!" together, which is estimated to be more "inspiring" than the MLM conference.
Just when the future young earl, overly imaginative, fell into his own whimsy, the coachman's voice drifted in from outside the carriage.
"My lord, do you need to stop and rest when the town you said has arrived?"
Several people in the car looked up at the same time, and the whole picture of Rock Town had already appeared in the field of vision, Li Ang hesitated for a moment, and said: "Don't rest, if there is a garrison to come to investigate, then go straight over." ”
It's a small town, but it's the one that impresses you the most - the brave mercenaries, Captain Poma and his brother Creek, the vicious mob, and finally the vampire Leonardo.
And, of course, the fierce straight punch of the dark fighter Barlow.
As a result, the mercenaries were all wiped out, Captain Poma was killed in battle, and he was framed by Marcus, the logistics officer of the garrison team, and was finally rescued by Crick, but the assassin was provoked by Marcus's vicious words and walked back, and he still does not know whether he is alive or dead.
He recalled, but he didn't know who the commander of the cavalry team who rushed to Locke Town at the end looked quite strong, and in the end, he was able to escape, and it was probably because he released the water, otherwise with the body of Crick and his three people after being seriously injured, it should be very easy to stay.
Two months have passed, and it seems that Locke Town has regained its calm, and the people in this environment have adapted to life and death, and to maintaining an optimistic mood in a dangerous environment.
Although Li Ang wanted to stop and take a good look at the place where he had fought, the time was a little tight at the moment, and it would be too late to come back when the time was rich.
The convoy gradually approached Locke Town, and Li Ang waited for the appearance of the garrison, and he also wanted to know if the logistics officer Marcus was still in office, but when the carriage traveled to less than a hundred meters away from Locke Town, there was no one similar to the garrison team coming to check, which made him a little puzzled.
Even the garrison team in that part of Greenwood Town has maintained enough vigilance, and Locke Town is relatively close to the border, why is it that the convoy has arrived at the edge of the town and there are no soldiers yet?
Could it be that the garrison here did not even have the slightest sense of precaution, or were they negligent in their duties? From the moment he entered Campbell, Leon had already begun to demand himself as a lord, and at this time, when he saw that the garrison in the border town did not even notice the convoy coming from afar, he naturally felt a trace of anger.
The convoy slowly drove into Locketown, and the town was a little sparsely populated, but as it approached the center of the town, there was a loud noise, and when Leon's carriage turned a small corner to see the central square, he found that there were almost a hundred people gathered there.
Leon frowned and thought for a moment, he raised his hand to stop the convoy behind him, while his carriage continued on its way, entering the square and stopping along the outermost side.
Although he wanted to pass by directly without stopping, since there were so many people gathered in the town, something must have happened, and he wanted to find out if it was related to mob attacks and other events, and this was his future...... Or rather, the current people, their safety is closely related to themselves.
"This is the order of the Viscount, and all of you must pay taxes in accordance with this rule!"
"The Viscount's orders are invalid to us! he is not the Campbell Lord canonized by His Majesty the King, and he can't treat me like this!"
"Yes, and your tax rate is too high! We can't afford it, and we can't survive if we give you all the money and food!"
"It's too much for us to go out and help him build the castle for such a small amount of money!"
"You guys stop talking nonsense, tell you the truth, I am the tax collector specially sent by the Viscount, if anyone dares to ignore the Viscount's orders, they will be killed!"
......
As soon as Leon saw the square, he found that the crowd was divided into two groups, one side of the number of people accounted for most of the field, they saw that the costumes and faces were all the townspeople of Locketown, standing at the front was a gray-haired man, better dressed than the others, when he spoke, the other townspeople showed approving eyes, it should be the representatives of the townspeople.
On the other side were seventeen or eighteen men and women, most of them sturdy, and each of them wore uniform weapons, but their clothes were varied, and they did not look like soldiers in the army, but more like private soldiers under the nobles.
The leader of these men was a man, who had made the townsfolk pay taxes according to the Viscount's orders, and he looked to be over fifty or sixty years old, and his clothes were the most luxurious of all of them, and he had a rather delicate sword at his waist, and his face was full of arrogance.
The garrison team was also at the scene, standing in the middle of the two groups of people to persuade each other to avoid violent friction and bloodshed. From this point of view, they are still more inclined to the townspeople, because when it comes to force, the townspeople are not at the same level as those on the other side.
He heard the last few words when Leon's motorvoy came to a halt along the outside, but when the people in the square spotted the convoy that had suddenly appeared in the town, they immediately stopped arguing and looked at a strange young man who had jumped down with suspicion.
Li Ang walked towards the center of the square with steady steps, and at the same time asked in a stern tone, "Who was the one who just said that you should be killed?"
"Who are you?" shouted the man in the fancy costume, "if you're not from Rock Town, there's nothing to do with you here, get out of here!"
A slightly older man from the garrison walked over quickly, and it seemed that his identity should be the captain, "Young man, if you are just passing by, please leave quickly, there are some things here, Locke Town will not receive foreign guests today." ”
The captain also noticed his own negligence, and patronized here to mediate the dispute between the two sides, and at the same time transferred all the soldiers to stop both sides, and for a time neglected his duty - to guard against the invasion of the enemy in the direction of the Pale Mountains, and to check all the strangers who passed by.
However, the other party not only stopped the convoy but also dared to run over and intervene, proving that the young man would not be a foreign enemy, which was a great luck. But even so, Locke Town is now in some kind of crisis, and a stranger's rash involvement will make the tax collector even more excited, so he hurriedly told the other party to leave quickly.
Only the gray-haired middle-aged man representing the townspeople did not speak, and he was now carefully studying Leon's face, and the puzzled expression on his face became thicker and thicker.
Just as the man in the luxurious costume looked impatient and wanted to scold again and the captain of the guard came to Li Ang's approach, the middle-aged man let out an extremely high-pitched exclamation.
"Oh my God!" the middle-aged man pointed at Li Ang with a trembling right hand, "You...... Is it Lord Leon? You're really not dead! You're really alive!"
Then he rushed over at the speed of a 100-meter race, pushed away the captain of the garrison, bent his left leg and half-knelt in front of Li Ang, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Excellency...... You're back!"