Chapter 3 Hadrow's Mercenary Group (1)
Discovering that the villagers were unmoved by their speech, Toss made a gesture, and a tauren soldier beside him immediately protested and smashed the giant hammer in his hand towards the ground.
With a sound of "Boom!!", a large pit about half a person deep was smashed into the flat gravel road.
The villagers were so shocked that they could not speak. The difference in strength was too big. The weapons with their hands would never be able to fight against such a vicious enemy.
Hey……
As expected, they were all a group of villagers, and they could scare them. However, the Seboris family said that these villagers were stubborn and could not make them surrender with force. Look, just one demonstration had already scared them.
Toss is a team leader of the largest mercenary group in the Principality of Juca. Although he is too fat and his martial arts are only a third-rate character, he was promoted to captain because of his flexible mind.
"See, this is strength!! The city lord also has many subordinates like this. You villagers cannot resist him. I will pay the tax obediently. I will not make things difficult for you. Remember, every household must pay, and no one is missing!!" This time, the leader of the agency rushed to Adaz in a snowy day, in addition to collecting the arrears of taxes, he also had to slaughter the village.
The city lord Katrey never tolerated the people of Adaz Village who dared to resist him, and had already given the order to kill all the villagers to Toss.
Just as the fat man was thinking about how to get some benefits from the villagers first, his eyes suddenly looked at the second floor of a wooden house not far away, and there was a stranger he had never seen before standing at the window.
Before going to Adaz Village, Toss had sent people to collect information about all villages, especially the village of Adaz Village, which was about to start a large-scale murder. He did not want to suddenly find that the villagers hired more mercenaries than him at the moment of war. Because of his similar experience, he almost died. The fat man would have conducted extra careful investigations before attacking a certain village. But according to the information under his subordinates, these were two new faces.
"Who are the two people upstairs over there?"
Everyone looked back and found that they were two foreigners who were staying at Joey's house.
"It's not their business, these two are outsiders." The village chief didn't want to implicate outsiders. Although the Taurus's brute force was very powerful, the villagers really couldn't afford excessive taxes.
The wind and snow in recent years have been getting heavier and heavier, and the food collected is not enough for winter, so there is no extra payment. Faced with the natural disaster, the county city lord Katue not only did not reduce taxes but doubled, which naturally caused dissatisfaction among the villagers. Under the leadership of Adaz Village, several nearby villages did not pay taxes for nearly half a year.
Unable to wait, Katchi finally sent a mercenary stationed in the city to Adaz Village, which must have the effect of killing chickens and valoring monkeys.
"I said, old man, why didn't you understand me?" Toss dug his ears with his fingers; "Lord Katue is the head lord of Solon County. In other words, all the land in his territory belongs to Lord Katue, and naturally it also covers the mountains, forests and wilderness where you civilians live, so you have to pay taxes. As for the two foreigners... they stand on the land belonging to Lord Katue, and they naturally have to pay taxes."
After receiving the instructions from Toss, two lizardman warriors in light leather armor rushed into the wooden house, and then there was a sound of fighting on the second floor.
"bump!!"
Toss' smile stopped abruptly when he saw clearly the object falling in front of him. It turned out to be his lizard soldier. His leather armor was intact and his weapon was not short. There was a small wound on his neck close to the back of his head, and green blood flowed to the ground.
"bump!!"
Another sound of an object falling to the ground was another lizard soldier,
There are the same wounds on the same part.
Meet a master...
Looking at the exact wound, Toss understood the two foreign lands
Extraordinary.
The lizardman is covered with hard scales, which is quick and powerful. One lizardman can match three ordinary soldiers. Only the cervical spine on the back of the head is softer, which is their fatal injury.
But if you want to stab the key points in the trap of two lizard men, you must have faster skills than lizard men.
"Dorin, Rhodes, prepare spells, maybe... these ignorant villagers really hired other mercenaries." While ordering the mage beside them, the fat Toss looked at the two foreigners who were walking out of the wooden house.
The tall man was wrapped in a cloak and couldn't see his face clearly. This person should have defeated the Lizardman before.
The shorter one was wearing a wide cloak and covered with a black cloth on his eyes. He should be a blind man.
After a simple assessment, Toss concluded that although the wandering adventurer had some skills, he still had an overwhelming advantage because he had many people on his side.
"Where do you two want to go?"
Although the villagers voluntarily gave up the passage to the two foreigners, the mercenary captain who came to make trouble did not want to let them go this time. Especially from the cloaks of the two, they could vaguely see that they were all wearing worthless clothes. Maybe they were children of nobles who went out for private tours. If they could make a fortune by taking the opportunity, they would not have run away this time.
Under the instructions of the fat man's eyes, the tauren holding a giant hammer blocked the path leading to the outside of the village.
"We are the Hadro Mercenary Group. We come to collect taxes under the order of Lord Katue, the county provincial capital. If you want to leave, it's fine. If you pay the tax, we will naturally let you go." In the name of the mercenary group, the fat man believed that no matter how powerful the adventurer was, he would not dare to fight against the entire mercenary group.
"I hate nobles..."
The shorter foreigner took off his hood and his long black hair was flying up and down in the wind and snow, which was particularly obvious.
"I hate you guys like you who make accomplices for the nobles."
For a moment, the villagers and mercenaries were silent.
"Oh... It's really rare for a Truth woman. In this wilderness, an unexpected business would come to the door." It was discovered that one of the strangers of the two people was actually a dark Truth who wanted high prices. The fat man was so excited.
A Truth can usually exchange 1,000 to 3,500 gold coins. The price of women and children is slightly more expensive, and it can be exchanged for 2,000 to 5,000 gold coins. The dark Truth can get 5,000 to 10,000 gold coins. If you catch them alive, the price will be even higher. This is definitely a considerable income. Thinking of this, Toss couldn't help but be a little proud, as if he had foreseeed him to capture these two people alive and handed over to the city lord to receive a generous bounty.
"What should these guys deal with?" Seeing Moya frowning, Sistale also began to ask for her advice.
"Anyway, they are also here to slaughter the village, so they should treat it as a good thing and leave a way out for these villagers."
Dodging the giant hammer that was attacking him, Sistaer pulled out the only remaining dark blade dagger, and the Tauren was shuttled back and forth, and everyone who was stabbed by his dagger was poisoned and fell to the ground.
"Fire Elf, please..." One of the mages was about to use fire magic to rescue him, but they were suddenly struck by a ray of lightning. After screaming, they fell off their horses. The whole body was charred and he had no hope of survival.
"Spellow instant!!"
"Silent curse!!"
The black-haired woman did not open her mouth, but the beaded fireballs quickly generated and flew towards the mage team. The remaining four mages were shocked and quickly opened the barrier to resist.
Toss quietly approached the black-haired woman who was casting a spell while everyone was unprepared.
Since I have covered my eyes, I must be blind. As long as I take advantage of my unpreparedness to hold this female mage hostage from behind, the other one will have to surrender obediently.
"careful!!"
When they discovered the fat man's despicable behavior, many villagers immediately spoke out for prompts.
Now I realize that it's too late! I've already...
It was only one step away from the female mage. Toss was proud, but unexpectedly, the female mage turned around as if her eyes were grinding behind her back. She suddenly held a dark red dagger in her right hand, which was originally empty.
The incident happened suddenly, Toss quickly retreated. After a red afterimage passed, he felt a sudden chill in his neck.
“Ah~~~~~~~~”
The orc mercenary only saw the captain making a strange scream in a hoarse voice, and red blood sprayed out like a fountain.
"You...you..." Because the throat was cut, Toss could not finish his last words completely, and his eyes stared at the black-haired woman in front of him, and finally fell down due to exhaustion for a long time.
"That's the end if I want to sneak attack from behind. If I attack head-on, I might let you go, stupid guy." The black-haired woman spoke coldly, and the object of her talking was naturally the four mages and four human nobles closest to her; "I don't like to drag, whether to fight or withdraw, you can make a choice quickly."
"Ice-Feng Sword!!"
Finally, a mage completed his spell. He raised the white wooden stick in his hand, and the snowflakes in the air immediately solidified into transparent ice crystals and shot at the black-haired woman.
He listened to the sound of the wind coming through the air. The black-haired woman smiled indifferently, raised her left hand, and five heads that seemed to have life were moaning in unison. An invisible barrier formed, and the ice crystals collided in an invisible barrier and turned into broken nights.
"Magic wall protection!!"
The mage once again shouted in surprise and looked at the other side. The man in a purple cloak came and went like the wind, moving freely in the orc's sword light and sabre shadow. Instead, the orc mercenaries who were approaching him kept falling down.
"Retreat! Let's retreat!!" Knowing that there is no hope, with these two people's skills, it is only a matter of time to kill them all. Instead of staying to die, it is better to retreat early and reduce unnecessary sacrifices.
Unlike the momentum he came, the Hadro mercenary team fled in shame. Many villagers in Adaz Village looked at the intersection that had been standing full of people who had come to ask for taxes.
Although the body has been taken away, there are still large patches of bright red blood left on the snow.
"Who are you...they are they?!" Village chief Valesi asked everyone's thoughts, and even the Joy and his wife who took in two foreigners were shocked.
"It's just a passerby." The black-haired woman put on her cloak again. The red dagger that killed the mercenary captain was no longer known where it was received. A very strong black dragon quietly appeared in another surprise sound from the villagers. Before leaving, she threw down a heavy bag.
The village chief trembled and picked it up. When he opened it, he found that it contained a bag of gold coins and a small black seal, with a blooming rose like snow engraved on it.
When they looked up again, there were no traces of two strangers. The blizzard that was raging again had blocked their figures, and only the indifferent voice of the black-haired woman came from afar.
"This place is no longer suitable for living. I will treat that bag of gold as a gift for you to move. If there is really no place to go, you can go to Meili City on a boat. As long as you hand the seal to the soldiers guarding the city, they will let it go."
"Guardian, what should we do?"
"Move it, kill the people from the Hadro mercenary group. You can't stay here anymore. It's still dawn, so everyone hurry up and pack up some important items. Let's leave too. This village can't live anymore." Looking at the villagers around who were eagerly waiting for their own ideas, the old village chief had to let everyone leave the village where they lived for a lifetime.
"We have lived here for generations, where will we go if we leave? The northern continent is not covered with wind and snow and wars are fought all year round, and there is no place for us to stay."
"Let's leave first, otherwise we will all die if the mercenary groups come back."
Under the persuasion of the village chief, the villagers of Adaz Village packed up their valuable things, took the last rations and reluctantly left the small mountain village where they had lived for several lifetimes.
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"Captain..."
The four mages who returned alive placed Captain Tos' fat body in the headquarters lobby, and the body was frozen to purple due to the weather.
"You guys are back like this?"
The commander of the regiment, Hadro Sagulis, was a strong and big man with many scars left on his body when fighting with the enemy, especially three claw marks on his forehead, which were said to be injuries caused when fighting with the earth dragon. Whenever Hadro was angry, these three scars would frown and pursed into a line.
At this moment, the four mages kneeling below did not dare to make a sound, because the three claw marks on their captain's head were tightly stuck together, which meant that he was very, very angry now.
"I asked you something, didn't you hear it? A captain and a mage died, and you are back like this?" He angrily pulled out his giant sword with his hands and cut the wooden table in front of him into two pieces with one sword.
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