Under the dusk, Guta Village looked depressed and dilapidated. Now it had just been plundered by desert bandits, and the whole village was immersed in grief and despair.
The cold winter was coming. The bandits took away all the food they could find in the village and killed more than 20 villagers who resisted them. Many villagers were injured under the force of the bandits, except for some who had been hidden in secret cellars.
Apart from food, there is almost nothing left in Guta Village.
From a distance, he saw wisps of smoke rising from Guta Village. Surdak rode his horse to the entrance of Guta Village, and he stopped Gubolai's horse.
On the hill not far from the west side of the village entrance, a group of people gathered there.
Surdak and Andrew rode over and saw a group of listless villagers holding mining picks in their hands, digging vigorously in the rocky ground.
There are about a dozen tombs that have been excavated, and they must have all been buried. On top of the tombs, there is a semicircular stone platform built with rubble. In front of the stone platform, there is a wooden board with scrawled writing on it.
Seeing Surdak coming over, the group of villagers in Guta Village, whose eyes were a little numb, got out of the way of the main road and walked around the cemetery. There were still six corpses of villagers that had not been buried here, so the villagers continued to dig new ones.
At the tomb, some villagers stared at Suldak with some hostility, as if complaining that he came so late.
The surrounding atmosphere was a bit depressing, and there were faint cries of sadness. Some women and children were picking up some stones in front of the tombstones that had been built, and around the tombs that had not yet been dug. Their steps were empty,
The shock and sadness were still clearly printed on his face.
When Surdak returned to the village entrance, the village chief of Guta Village was already waiting there.
He was looking at the camels with horror on his face. When he saw Surdak coming back on horseback, he immediately recognized the baron from the police station. With a trace of sadness in his eyes, he walked up to Surdak and paid him a deep respect.
He bowed deeply, then raised his head and said to Surdak: "Baron Surdak, I am the head of Guta Village, do you still remember me?".
Surdak jumped off his horse and said to the village chief: "Of course, I just came here with the militia battalion a few days ago! Chief Huggins, I received a report from the villagers that this place was looted by desert bandits. The current situation
How about it?"
"Twenty-one villagers died, basically all the young men in the village. Among them were three militiamen from the militia battalion. There were more injured villagers, about thirty." Village Chief Huggins stood there with a dejected face.
, said with his eyes chasing Suldak.
"All three of my militiamen died in the battle?" Surdak asked again.
"They and other villagers tried to keep the bandits out of the village, but they were hacked to death by the bandits riding camels." As he spoke, the village chief Huggins couldn't help but glance at the security teams behind Suldak.
Members and camel teams.
Surdak knew what kind of doubts village chief Huggins had in his mind. He said: "After hearing the news about the desert bandits looting the village in our street, I rushed to the edge of the desert to intercept them. I guess you can see it too."
, this camel team belongs to them."
"Take me to see the injured villagers. Maybe I can help them with their injuries!" With that said, Surdak walked into the village.
Huggins quickly followed from behind. He led the way and led Suldak into the dilapidated Guta Village. Perhaps because some of the villagers were still there at the cemetery, the village seemed very quiet. When Huggins Village
When the mayor arrived at the village square, Surdak discovered that a group of villagers were waiting in the village square.
When villagers in some villages saw Chief Huggins returning with a group of Suldak, they gathered around him.
Suldak walked to a dromedary, patted the goods they were carrying, and told Chief Huggins: "Mr. Huggins, take the grain and mountain goods that belong to you."
After getting off the camel's back, the first thing I did when I came to Guta Village this time was to return the materials stolen by the bandits to everyone."
The villagers in the square exploded with a bang. They had been completely desperate for life. When they heard that Suldak had recovered all the lost materials, the hope of living rekindled in their eyes. Some even
He was so excited that he cried "woo woo" in the crowd.
No matter how strong a person is, they are all moved by the scene in front of them. Surdak's figure suddenly becomes taller. Surdak raises his voice and says again to the villagers in the square: "In addition, please help spread the word to those who are injured."
When the villagers come here, I can help them take care of their injuries, especially those with more serious injuries. Even if I lift them, I have to carry them here."
Village Chief Huggins immediately made arrangements. First, he called on a group of villagers with relatively quick hands and feet to unload the supplies from the camels one by one.
Bags of grain were piled again in the village square, and then a group of injured villagers were helped to the village square.
Surdak is in the village square, treating these villagers on the spot, and casually asking about the process of injury. When he meets brave villagers, he will also compensate them with some of the property confiscated from the bandits. He is the one who separates the brave and the cowardly.
To distinguish, although all villagers can receive treatment, the brave ones will receive an extra piece of property.
Surdak is already very proficient in the use of Holy Light, so this treatment process is very fast.
By the time the treatment for the last injured villager was completed, a bonfire had been set up in the village square, and the villagers who had buried their relatives in the cemetery had also returned to Guta Village one after another. They had learned that Baron Surdak had returned to Guta Village.
All the news about food being taken away left them with only the grief of losing their loved ones.
For the families of these victims, Surdak also gave some extra compensation, especially to the three militiamen of the militia battalion. It is said that they were very courageous when facing the desert bandits. Surdak even gave these three militiamen
A pension of five gold coins for each family member of the battalion militiamen.
With such a high pension, even those soldiers who died on the front line did not receive such treatment. The family members of the three militiamen were even a little overwhelmed holding five golden gold coins. They usually rarely get silver coins.
See, what's more, these are heavy and golden gold coins. The front of the gold coins is printed with the portrait of the first generation monarch of the Green Empire, and the back is the vast territory of the Green Empire.
Standing in the village square, Mayor Huggins also looked very excited. Originally, he thought that many villagers might not be able to survive this winter, and was planning to marry some of their women to other villages. He heard that this was happening in Wall Village.
Many villagers are getting married recently, and he even plans to send the girls from the village to Wall Village. He and the village chief Bright know Wall Village well.
Before finishing the affairs of the village, Baron Suldak snatched the food from the desert bandits and sent it back.
Seeing the camel team and hearing Baron Suldak make such a decision, Village Chief Huggins' legs became weak and he almost knelt down to Suldak on the spot...
After Suldak dealt with these matters, he did not stay in Guta Village any longer. He told Chief Huggins to handle the follow-up matters, and also left the selection qualifications of the three militia battalion militiamen and asked him to select three brave men on his behalf.
The villagers who are good at fighting will report to Wall Village again when they receive the subsidized rations next month.
Then Suldak drove the camel team back to Wall Village overnight.
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When passing the entrance of the underground river, the sound of rushing water could still be heard in the darkness. Surdak stayed at the entrance of the underground river for a short while. He planned to go to the underground river cave during the dry season.
A circular dam is built at the entrance. When the water level is lower than the dam, the lake water here no longer flows into the underground cave, so that a lake can be artificially constructed here.
After those kobold slaves have repaired a few cement roads in the deserted land, and when the dry season begins next spring, the kobold slaves will come here to surround the lake.
The reason for the lack of water in the deserted land is not only because of the long dry period, but also because there are cracked limestone layers everywhere, and the entire land cannot hold the rainwater.
Andrew led the leading camel in front, Samira rode in the center of the team, and Gulitem followed at the end of the camel team carrying a bone-crushing stick.
, returned to Wall Village.
Several large iron pots in front of the row houses at the entrance of the village have already cooked multigrain porridge, and several village women who got up early are adding water to the large iron pots.
Nowadays, because the village's reservoir is filling up, the river in the village has dried up. To wash up early in the morning, the kobold slaves have to fetch water from the bottom of the artificial canal at the river bend tidal flat. As soon as it gets light, there is a team
The kobold slave walked back from the artificial ditch carrying a bucket.
Surdak discovered that the leading kobold slave actually had a dark necklace of the moon hanging around his neck. He was wearing linen clothes and seemed to be wearing a simple leather armor. Judging from the clothing, he seemed to be better than the others.
Kobold slaves are a cut above...
A long camel team passed through the dead trees at the entrance of the village and walked slowly into the village of Woer, immediately attracting the attention of the villagers.
It is rare to see so many camels in the deserted land. Even the noble lords in Helensa City rarely raise camels. These precious camels are basically controlled by the bandits in the desert.
When the village chief Bright heard the news, he rushed over immediately. When he saw these camels, several large bags of blood-stained leather armor, and more than forty scimitars, he immediately knew that this was Surdak. These people had killed a desert army.
Only a robber can gain something like this.
The village chief Bright was lame and leaning on a cane and asked Suldak with concern: "Have you stopped those abominable group of sand thieves?"
"Well! We arrived at the edge of the desert, just half a day ahead of them..."
Surdak stopped and briefly recounted what had happened.
The old village chief patted his forehead and said to Suldak:
"Dak, Luke came back from the sulfur mine yesterday. It seems he has news to tell you. This guy ran to the mine just after he got a wife. He shouldn't be up yet!"
Suldak asked Andrew to hand over the camel reins to the old village chief, and then said to him: "Please help me resettle these camels. It is easier for these camels to walk in the deserted land than horses. This will
This is our first camel team."
Then he waved to the old village chief and said, "I'm going home first. When Luke wakes up, ask him to come to the police station to find me."
After saying that, Suldak rode on the ancient Bolai horse, asked Andrew and others to return to the police station, and walked alone along the cement road in the village towards his home in the upper reaches of the valley.