A large group of Takarai Town residents gathered in the manor. They knew that the owner of the manor, the magician Aved, was a warm-hearted nobleman. He was willing to provide all the help he could to all those in need, such as providing a hot meal.
Dinner, or you can rest in his yard for a night, and even provide some lemon tea.
After the Lord's Army recaptured the town of Takarai, they immediately began to clean up the remaining rebel forces in the town.
In fact, all the rebels have withdrawn. The lord's army used this banner to search the town one by one. The main purpose was not to track down the rebels, but to legally enrich their own pockets.
Although it is impossible to openly smash and loot, the gimmick of cleaning up the remaining rebels before maintaining order allows them to loot the ownerless manor. The rebels have already looted extensively before retreating. These in the small town
Most of the valuable items in the manor in the wealthy area have been emptied.
Now that the lord army has entered the town, they want to dig up some gold coins or something even if they dig deep into the ground.
It has been nearly a day since the Lord's Army recaptured Takarai, and the residents of the town are still in a state where no one has taken over.
The streets are full of lords breaking down doors. After breaking into every house and plundering them, they always grab something and put it into a truck waiting on the street...
Magician Avid's manor was not visited by the lord's army during the day.
At night, a group of soldiers who had drunk some wine from somewhere and were walking a little unsteadily passed by the gate of the manor.
Among this group of people, some were carrying a bag of scones in their hands, and some were carrying a whole ham on their backs. When they saw the large iron gate of the manor open and filled with small town residents waiting to drink cereal, they became curious.
Look inside.
Several soldiers wanted to enter the courtyard, but found that the courtyard was crowded with small town residents. Several people did not notice the magician badge at the gate. An officer who walked into the manor shouted to the small town residents in the courtyard.
: "The 7th Infantry Battalion of the Lord's Army has been ordered to investigate the remnants of the rebel forces. Everyone squats on the spot. Please cooperate with our soldiers' inspection."
The residents of the town immediately squatted on the spot, and the lawn became a large area of darkness.
The captain among the several soldiers jumped up on the stone pillars beside the fountain. The top of each stone pillar was an open basin design. Many nobles were used to putting some grains in them to attract some birds.
The officer said coldly and with a straight face: "Why do you civilians break into the noble manor privately? You also use this place as a gathering place. This kind of behavior seriously infringes on the noble property. Do you know... that you have violated the laws of the empire...
"
A small town resident squatting on the grass with his head in his arms immediately raised his head and explained: "This is the manor of the magician Avid..."
He didn't notice that there was a soldier of the Lord's Army standing behind him.
The soldier raised his foot, trampled the town residents under his feet, and scolded: "Please don't stand up when I'm not telling you to speak."
"It is impossible for there to be such a floating population in Takarai town. I suspect that there are rebels hiding among you. Everyone is squatting against the low shrub wall in the corridor, lining up for our inspection..." the officer said.
Said expressionlessly.
Driven by these soldiers, the small town residents in the yard all squatted beside the low shrub wall.
They began to be interrogated by these lords. At first they only asked about their home address and family members, and then checked to see if they had weapons and protective gear, and then to see if there were any injuries on these people.
Among the residents of these small towns, women, the elderly, and children accounted for the majority of the population. A drunken soldier found a young woman with a good figure. The hands that were originally inspecting weapons and protective gear unconsciously pressed her hands.
The woman has plump breasts.
At first, the woman gritted her teeth, blushing and lowering her head to hold back.
When the soldier saw that the woman was silent, he drunkenly leaned his head over, tugged on the woman's collar, put his nose to the woman's chest and sniffed, and asked with a somewhat obscene smile: "What are you hiding here?"
Maybe it hurt her from being pinched, so she let out a soft cry.
A bearded town citizen immediately pushed the soldier away and angrily shouted: "What are you doing? Why don't you go home and see your mother..."
The soldier had been drinking a little and his steps were a little shaky. He didn't expect that someone in the crowd would resist. He was pushed to the low bush wall by the bearded man and fell backwards into the corridor.
Now the bearded man stung a hornet's nest. The soldier staggered out of the corridor, pulled out the sentry sword from his waist, pointed at the beard and shouted: "He is a rebel, arrest him...
…”
Then he pointed at the young woman and continued: "This is also a family member of the rebel army, take it away together!"
Other soldiers quickly came up, pushed the bearded man to the ground, took out ropes and tied his hands behind his back.
Just when they were about to tie up the young woman, a big hand pressed the shoulder of the soldier holding the rope from the side.
The soldier didn't even know how Surdak appeared beside him.
A gentle cough came from the corridor. With the support of Siya, the magician Avic asked weakly: "What are you soldiers doing in my manor?"
The soldiers of the Lord Army turned their attention to the place where the sound came from, and saw a magician standing in the corridor.
"We are hunting down the remnants of the rebels..." the soldier immediately puffed up his chest and said.
"How could there be rebels in my manor? It's a joke. These are small town residents who have been disturbed by the war and cannot return to their homes." Magician Avide set his sights on the bearded man and ordered him:
"Civilian, state your identity."
The bearded man whispered his name and his address in the West District. He also said that he was a tanner and worked in a tannery shop in the town.
Magician Avid stepped forward and opened his coat. Sure enough, a leather belt was wrapped around his waist, and it was filled with various leather cutting knives.
At this time, the officer from the Lord's Army came up and looked at the magician Avid without saying a word.
"Look at what you call a rebel...do you mean this tanner with calloused hands and the smell of leather?" He stared at the officer and ordered him: "Take your people and leave my manor.
"
The officer nodded to Magician Aved, then glanced at Magician Aved, saw Thea, smiled noncommittally, and said calmly: "When tracing the rebels, mistakes will inevitably be made.
, the head of the regiment asked us not to let any of the rebel remnants go. There are still so many people here who have not been checked. I don’t know how you escaped from the rebels’ looting, but I think since the nobles in other manors were burned to death.
Yes, but as long as you are still alive and well, doesn’t this explain some problems?”
"I wish you a good dream at night. I may come to disturb you again tomorrow morning..."
Although the officer was smiling, there was a hint of anger in his eyes.
He adjusted his collar and said to his soldiers: "Let's go!"
A group of soldiers followed the officer as they left the manor.
…
Unexpectedly, the officers of the Lord Army did not accept the identity of the magician Avide. Even after the Lord Army left, the atmosphere at the scene was still a bit tense.
"Those people stayed outside the gate and didn't leave..." Samira jumped down from the top of the corridor and said to Suldak.
Only then did Suldak stand up and said to the magician Avid: "I guess they may go to other lord armies, and they may also cause trouble for us tomorrow. They don't seem to buy into the magician nobles!
"
Samira stood beside the corridor and said to Suldak:
"Do you think they discovered something? I always feel like there's something wrong with this."
Suldak recollected the officer's expression when he spoke before leaving. It was not a smile and a blessing, nor was it anger.
There was clearly uncontrollable excitement hidden under his smile, and he was suppressing his inner excitement.
"They may be the lord's army from Mukuso City. It is possible that they completed their mission at Lord McDonnell's Manor and came here to counter the rebellion and just discovered our identity..." Surdak guessed.
Then he added: "We will leave later. I'm afraid it won't be too safe here. He said it early... or he might be deliberately paralyzing us."
Samira looked at the town residents in the yard, frowned slightly and said:
“What do these small town residents do?”
Magician Avid stood up straight and said:
"I'll go tell them..."
After saying that, he walked out of the corridor, stood on the stone platform next to the pool, and said to the small town residents in the yard:
"Everyone, I am the magician Aved. I am sorry... In view of the bad attitude the Lord Army had towards me just now, it seems that they do not have the slightest respect for magicians. I think they may soon
They will come back to cause trouble later, so we are preparing to leave Takalé early..."
After the magician Avid said this, the faces of the town residents in the yard were filled with sadness.
"There is a back entrance to the manor. Anyone who wants to leave can go through that way." The magician continued to tell everyone, "My friends and I will leave later..."
The bearded man just walked out of the crowd and said to Aved with an apologetic look: "Magic Aved, I'm so sorry because I have brought you so much unnecessary trouble."
The young woman also squatted on the ground, covering her face and crying softly.
Avide walked up and patted the bearded man on the shoulder, and said with a hearty smile: "This has nothing to do with you. If you want to blame it, blame these lords. On the contrary, your bravery deserves praise."
Some residents of the town complained:
"What a bunch of bandits. Now I'm a little confused about who is the lord army and who is the rebel army..."
"If you want to leave, please follow me this way." Avide said to everyone.
His steps were still a little weak, and he would clutch his chest and take a few breaths after walking for a while. He walked along the corridor to the back garden of the manor. Sure enough, there was a back door between the kitchen and the stable that led to the street behind.
At this time, Suldak had already opened the back door, and a group of town residents secretly left from here.
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While waiting for the residents of the town to leave, Samira, who was guarding the roof, noticed that the number of guards outside was gradually increasing, so she made a leaving gesture to Surdak.
The two-headed ogre Gulitum once again carried the magician Avid on his back, and Surdak carried Thea on his back, and followed the residents of these small towns and left the manor.
…
You can still meet the lord army on the street searching for property, but Samira has been out every night for the past two days and has already found an escape route. Several people walked along the back streets to the southeast of the town.
It would not be difficult for Surdak and his party to climb over the town's wall.
But if there is a river, it would be Xiya’s home field.
Surdak has discussed this matter with everyone a long time ago. If everyone needs to leave Takalai Town, then leave from the pier in the south of the town.
Watching the group of them continue to walk southeast, the small town residents who left the manor also quietly followed them. In fact, everyone may not know where to go.
At this time, the bearded man caught up from behind, came to Avid, and said to him: "Mr. Magician, I know where there is a ship that can help us get out of here."
Avid looked at the bearded man in surprise and said to him: "Are you also leaving Takaleh Town?"
The bearded man said with a bitter look on his face: "My home has been destroyed by them, why are you still here?"
He turned around and pointed at a group of old, young, sick and disabled people behind him, and begged and said: "Look at us, we are either old people or women and children. I'm afraid we won't be able to leave here on our own. If we stay, there's no guarantee that what happened before will not happen."
Damn it, we don’t even have the power to resist!”
Then he said: "I can help you steal that boat, and everyone can get on the boat and go down the river, so that we can leave Takarai!"
"Follow the river and you can reach the town of Bansk."
"We can start a new life there."
After saying that, the bearded man's eyes became much brighter.
…
In fact, the Lord's Army did not have many restrictions on the activities of the town residents.
They were just busy searching for some property in the small town to satisfy their wallets. They would occasionally take advantage of it, but they would never do anything like dragging a woman into the woods.
After all, the original order of this town is still there recently, and the town will return to its original appearance in the future.
A group of people walked toward the south of the town along the narrowest alley in the slum area of the town. There were some slum houses on both sides. Many of the houses were burned to ashes by fire, and some remained. There were not many people around.
But when the alley came to the end, the river not far away was filled with sparkling waves. Some people in the crowd could not suppress the joy in their hearts and let out a low cry...
"who?"
Just at the entrance of the alley near the dock, a soldier walked up with a long sword in his hand, followed by two companions.
Big Beard didn't expect to be discovered here...
Just when he was about to bite the bullet and walk out, two old men in the crowd behind him pulled back their beards. Their faces were full of wrinkles, their dry and cloudy eyes showed a hint of indifference to life and death, and they said loudly: "It's us..."