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The Stormy Moon has arrived. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)

In ancient Corrit legend, this is the month of the Lord of the Storms, the fourth of the twelve main gods of this world, and this wild and calm deity will wash the land with howling winds and torrential downpours that represent his infinite energy, to herald the full heyday of spring and the beginning of the coming hot summer.

However, on the long and narrow territory of the Kingdom of Tumenis. Not all places will feel the power of this Lord God at this time......

Simon, the western part of the kingdom. The Storm Moon is often the perfect day for farmers to sow seeds – there are no scorching sunshine or annoying showers, and the farmer's work is easy and leisurely......

They can hoe the ground leisurely, while chatting with their companions about the cooking skills of their wives at home and the small belly chicken intestines, and the heavy taxes in the city, and then put the unshelled seeds into the shallow pit dug with their index fingers, and slowly cover it with both hands, so that it can be moistened by the spring rain and educated by the summer sun - when the autumn comes, the early spring shoots have become straight stems, standing regularly between the ridges, and the two sides are strong and strong is the pride of them that have survived countless days and nights.

It's a season of hope for them.

Of course, even if it is a season of hope, it does not mean that everyone will devote their energy to sowing...... Just like now.

The sound of horses' hooves broke the silence of the afternoon, and the figures gradually lifted out of the distant horizon, gradually becoming clear at the end of the road.

Four tall and sturdy horses.

The knights on horseback were almost without exception wrapped in long, heavy robes, and a layer of dusky dust almost obscured the primary color of the cloak, which also proved the length of their journey...... Normally, only merchants who are always chasing profit are willing to endure long bumps, however, these horses are so fast that they are clearly not the usual horses carrying goods.

Therefore, these people will not be ordinary businessmen either.

Close enough distance to faintly see the bulges of the armor on the wide burqas, as well as the weapons that two of them carried on the side and behind the horse. And there is not a trace of decoration in the weapons, cloaks, or saddles on horses, which may be enough to explain their identity - they do not have the ornate attire of the knights of the kingdom...... Armed and mounted, they are undoubtedly mercenaries who sell their force for a living.

The peasants stopped their whispering and poured their little attention into them—for a few breaths......

Or is there something a little different in front of you?

Their mounts—even though the dust and mud on their fur were enough to tell the passing gallop, they didn't seem to be in any languishing—and a little knowledge of the horses would have been enough to see their preciousness...... The broad forehead, the large, deep eye sockets, and the slight muffled hissing all show a very good pedigree.

"It's finally ......"

The small group slowed down, and the rider on the first horse let out a sigh from under the wide burqa......

In front of him, the road meandered over a small hill, stretching the thick green out of sight......

This dark color turned into a thick gray at the end of the field of vision—

It's a unique, or weird, color...... There is not the slightest bit of vitality that green should bring, but it is like a barren ancient city drowning in dust, or a strange magical beast that lies across the earth, invisibly devouring the surrounding light. It was a cold black, like a discoloration scroll, and only farther away did the mountains reveal a delightful verdant behind the clouds.

But this color also presents to all the wooden castles and cottages, which are built on the top of small mounds and surrounded by gray walls......

"Knight Jude, as you said, this looks like a nice place, just as you described...... It seems to be a little different. ”

The knight behind the guide gently pulled the reins. A soft, neutral voice came from under the off-white burqa, and he stretched out a metal-gloved hand and pushed the hood open, revealing the glossy, half-covered helmet beneath it, on which the delicate ornamentation drew graceful lines that covered most of his face, revealing only the equally neat and delicate, sharpened jaw.

"yes, it looks like it's a lot more prosperous...... It's changed enough to surprise me. ”

Two positions ahead, the knight on the variegated horse looked at the building in the distance: "But, after all, I haven't been to this place for a few years, in fact, for nearly ten years...... It has prospered to such an extent that it seems that the pioneer knight who was enshrined here really has a little bit of ability as a lord, although as far as I know, he is ...... I'm here because of something. ”

The vastness of the land is one of its few advantages.

The land is dotted with hundreds of farmsteads, but the merit does not necessarily become an advantage, the barren land leaves no room for expansion, and they are only so small that they cannot be found on most maps, tangled and complicated enough to drive invaders mad to be connected by country roads. A handful of large cities have become gems dotted across the country.

Therefore, in this desolate land, even the center of a nobleman's domain cannot exist in any form of outstanding prosperity......

As the horses approached, one could notice that this small prostrate hillside gathering place was not large, even if it was slightly larger than the average town, but if you had seen Tanwa in the south or Romandi in the capital of the kingdom...... No, even compared to the existence of moderately developed cities such as Whitehall City in the Western Domain, it is still a deserted village.

However, it is also a refreshing place for those who travel long distances......

Not only because the ordinary dwellings in the town are all beautiful, with some alien style and extraordinarily tall two- and three-story buildings, but even the walls around the city will give people a wonderful feeling.

Unlike the usual towns in the Stone Fields, the Whispering Forest relied on the convenience of a simple fence built on the ground with thick logs, but what should have been crude was elaborate here—the wooden fence walls were divided into four groups, with a middle walkway rammed with earth, and a double structure and turret battlements...... Even though the soldiers parading above were just lazily basking in the sun, and the thick wooden doors were not closed, it still seemed to give people a sense of security.

When you enter it, this joy can even turn into a kind of surprise.

The main road in the town, which leads to the gate, was more than twenty feet wide enough for two or three horse-drawn carriages to run side by side, and around the main road, there was no cross-flowing sewage, narrow dark alleys, and piles of debris...... Or this or that represents the dirty environment of the village, and there are not many villagers who will move on the streets in the morning, but whether it is a child playing or an occasional village woman busy at the door, the clothes on their bodies are neat and clean, and they are focused on their own affairs without distraction.

From them, it seems that we can see the kind of gratifying vitality that is not often seen in the whole of Western Xinjiang.

"Knight Jude, it seems that your judgment is correct, this pioneer has considerable insight. ”

Letting the car move along the road, the young knight stood upright on horseback in the most standard posture, like a straight sharp knife, and he pushed his helmet casually, allowing his eyes to sweep more clearly over the people who were passing through the streets and alleys: "If it continues to develop at this rate, it will not take thirty years, and this place will probably become the land of Xifengyi, the top ten...... No, cities within five places. ”

However, the lord seems to be too lenient with his subordinates, and has allowed them to be scattered like this...... Wandering through the towns and villages," he said, pausing as he swept over a crowd of people coming out of the streets.

A large bald man with a handful of ridiculous pigtails walked past his horse, his upper body was bent, revealing his thick muscles with indigo patterns, and two strangely shaped blades in his hands, followed by several not so tall, but equally athletic men, dressed in leather armor and ridiculous cloaks, carrying swords and longbows and quivers, and carrying a messy bedding roll, while the last one curled himself into a long black robe, revealing only the withered pale hand that held the staff.

"This ...... Lord Ayryn. You are mistaken. ”

The middle-aged man, known as Knight Jude, had a slightly stiff face, and then showed a wry smile.

As if aware that his next words would draw some criticism, he paused for a moment to consider his words: "If my judgment is not wrong, those on the city walls are the garrisons of this town, and as for their ......"

His gaze rested on the sturdy figures who were in a hurry, casting only occasional glances of disdain...... Although most of the mercenaries who came in and out of the area were nothing more than speculators attracted by the mysterious legends of the nearby vast forest, the essence remained the same...... And the knight knew very well that the place where these people who traveled with him came from, and there was something special and disgusting about these people.

"Mercenaries?"

The brief silence seemed to be enough to reveal something, and the young knight let out a cold snort of displeasure......: "Isn't this lord too merciful?

"To be precise, they're adventurers, and here they're called cave bears. ”

The middle-aged man sighed: "As for that Viscount James...... He is indeed merciful, Sir Arryn. And the reason for his kindness is because what you can see now, the foundation of Poplar's prosperity is actually built on these adventurers. ”

Adventurer...... is a general term.

They come from a variety of backgrounds, retired soldiers, wandering barbarians, robbers, murderers, wanted criminals or thieves and night thieves, soldiers waiting for hire, and down-and-out knights...... It seems that all of them can be put on this name.

In fact, in the land of Sififon, in Ain, in Rinca and in the whole kingdom of Tumenis...... Or rather, on this whole continent, these people who call the four seas home, and have no tomorrow, have always been regarded as natural troublemakers, because in the places where they gather, fights and brawls are commonplace, and murder and arson** captivity are not impossible, so some have compared them to locusts, flies, vultures, or scavengers—which can appear around any interest at any time. After gnawing, it leaves a blanket of desolation.

Although there are many local rich people and even lords who like to hire them to solve some special problems, such as cleaning up monsters, fighting bandits, and even some of the more unspeakable things are extremely convenient for them to solve, but in general, these guys always bring much more trouble to any place than they benefit, so in peacetime, except for some sparsely populated and overstretched areas that will hire a large number of mercenaries to participate in the defense, otherwise most of the small and medium-sized lords and nobles generally take a rather unwelcome attitude towards them。 It is rumored that the kingdom of Gert has limited the existence of these uncontrolled forces in more than half of its borders.

But...... This is the western frontier of the kingdom, the frontier of the Empire's border provinces, known for its endless stone wilderness and thousands of goblins and kobolds, magical beasts and bandits...... In the whole of the Western Feudal Land, only the most prosperous areas of the Kalo Zuo can be seen professional soldiers, and in more places, all those who carry weapons and armor are nothing more than adventurers......

And for Poplar Town, which is located near the Whispering Forest, adventurers have a special meaning.

For more than a hundred years, Poplar Town was a deserted village, a remnant of the era of King Lear and his knights' march into the wasteland, known as the Great Frontier, a small village that had not been noticed by the rulers of the kingdom since that time, and whose names could not even be found on the map, quietly curled up beside the vast and almost endless Whispering Forest. Although some legends point to the relics and treasures of some ancient elven kingdom somewhere in that forest, those who dare to enter this place of death for these ethereal legends. Only those adventurers who are not so brain-soothing and try to try their luck.

However, in the last ten years, a few unknown adventurers have discovered something more and more noticeable - and even now, no one really knows what it is.

The treasures of the elves, the ruins of ancient times, the mausoleum of the ** division, and the precious mineral deposits...... Rumors erupted like an agreement, and a town that had been unpopular became a place where mercenaries flocked to it, and adventurers, known as cave bears, entered this dangerous hell together, exchanging their lives for possible luck...... And some of these successful cases have attracted more greedy people.

"A filthy business can only sprout sin in the end, and even if it grows, it will eventually bring only false prosperity. The young knight's voice was already filled with anger: "Build prosperity on the hound-like bounty hunters and vulgar mercenaries, thieves, and unscrupulous merchants...... What a foolishness! Ignoring order brings only a momentary income, but it will drag everyone into the abyss of sin! How can the lord here sit idly by and watch such a thing happen!" I ......"

"Ai ...... Sir Lim, anger blinds people and prevents you from seeing the truth that is close at hand...... Calm down. ”

A voice came from the last horse, under the dark burqa, as clear as the stream, but with that emotionless calm. But it's as cold as a melting glacier.

"Every, after a long journey, welcome to Poplar Town, and welcome to the home of the town's most comfortable and warm and unique traveler. ”

Then another tone duly pierced through the noise, drawing the eyes of several people in another direction with a singular enthusiasm—

In front of their horses, a small figure was already standing.

It was a thin black boy dressed in an ordinary linen garment—he waved his hand slightly skillfully to stop the horses in advance, and then he bowed slightly to a few people. "You may doubt its size, but be assured that it serves the best food and wine and the most comfortable rooms that can be found within a radius of three hundred miles, with hot water for bathing, solitaire singing with bards, and other ...... Amusement. ”

"Whenever you need it, Hilton Express can provide you with the perfect service. ”

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