For the Alat Bandits and the soldiers from neighboring countries, if they can kill the lord of the Principality of Cheryl, they can get extra military merit. So when they saw the enemy lord rushing out of the city gate stupidly, they naturally got excited and gathered together.
And up.
For the Arat Bandits and the soldiers of neighboring countries, there is no more glorious achievement than killing the enemy lord. Who is Seluvinia? They have no idea at all.
In this way, as a child, Seluvinia successfully escaped from Mayba Castle and returned to the Secret Garden.
At the same time, Seluvinia's adoptive father and mother fell into the hands of the Arat bandits and were eventually beheaded in public...
In fact, in the events described by Seluvinia, there were many details that she was unclear about.
For example, the leader of the Alat Bandit noticed something fishy and discovered that Cheryl's border lord had no intention of guarding Fort Mayba.
The Alat gang massacred the villagers in the border village, put on their clothes, and sneaked into the castle of Maiba.
When they attacked the city from the outside, Cheryl's border lord showed little resistance and led a small group of people to break through from the front.
For the nobles who are greedy for life and afraid of death, their move is natural.
The strange thing is that Cheryl's border lord only brought two or three hundred guards with him, and he broke out from the main entrance. Isn't this a way to die?
Also, according to reports from their secret spies in the city, when Lord Cheryl of the Border broke out, another group of people slipped away through the sluice on the west side of the castle.
As a result, the leader of the Alat bandits captured Cheryl the Border Lord alive and tortured him to find out what secrets he was hiding.
After learning about Seluvinia and the existence of the secret garden, the leader of the Alat Bandit allowed Seluvinia's adoptive father and mother to die happily.
Seluvinia told Zhou Xingyun what she knew so that he could decide how to act in the future.
Secret Garden. Zhou Xingyun learned about such a paradise from Seluvinia, and of course he wanted to take a look.
What's more, Edward and the other villagers in the border village have almost no place to go. Instead of wandering around in the barren mountains and mountains, it is better to take refuge in the secret garden.
Zhou Xingyun had discussed with everyone last night that if Edward and the survivors in the border village didn't know where to go next, they suggested that everyone go to the Secret Garden.
People from the Secret Garden will definitely welcome it.
Because the next target of the Alat Bandit is the mysterious garden built by the Esilans Federation with a lot of money. There are countless beauties and wealth here. How could they not come?
When they learned that the Arat Bandits were coming, the nobles who were on vacation in the Secret Garden naturally panicked and needed more guards to guard the city.
Therefore, Zhou Xingyun and the survivors from the border villages could serve as cannon fodder for them.
Therefore, the Secret Garden, which usually does not welcome outsiders, will go against the norm today and actively accept refugees to maximize the city's defense capabilities.
"How do you know there is a secret camp southwest of Fort Mayba?" Edward was very confused. The residents of the border village did not know that there was a secret camp southwest of Fort Mayba. Where did Selvinia get it?
Information report?
In other words, Cheryl's border lord has never allowed outsiders to enter the southwest of Mayba Castle, so the villagers don't know what is there in the southwest of Mayba Castle.
No, not only the villagers of the border village, but also Edward, a former knight of the kingdom, did not know what was to the southwest of Fort Mayba.
Edward once curiously asked the leader of the knights, but the other party was also confused and told him from hearsay that the southwest of Fort Mayba was a poisonous swamp, so the king sent people to guard the entrance of the jungle to prohibit anyone from entering.
"Because I am a noble of the Principality of Cheryl." Seluvinia smiled tenderly, and that almighty smile was like a ray of grace, soothing everyone's hearts.
Kane, Andy and other young men who were filled with grief and anger because their relatives were brutally massacred by bandits couldn't help but feel healed and redeemed after seeing Selvinia's smile, and tears couldn't help but flow down.
They didn't cry last night because they couldn't feel relieved and couldn't cry even if they wanted to. Until now, Selvinia's smile was like a hot spring flowing in their hearts, making them hold back their emotions all night and cry.
The tears that could not come out were finally released.
I don’t know why. Andy and others don’t know why. They only think that Selvinia’s smile is beautiful, so beautiful that it can comfort them and heal their tired hearts. It seems that as long as she is around, they will not feel...
Loneliness and helplessness.
Seeing this, Zhou Xingyun could only sigh, the shocking power of Xiao Saisai's charming smile was so sharp.
In a sense, Seluvinia's smile is more deadly than Xunxuan's beauty. Especially people who are in a sad mood will be healed by her gentle, kind and beautiful smile.
Of course, in Zhou Xingyun's eyes, Andy and others were healed by Selvinia's smile, but in fact this is not comprehensive.
At this time, Seluvinia declared that she was a noble of the Principality of Cheryl, which was tantamount to making a promise to the survivors of the border village.
Nobles have noble obligations. As a true noble, Seluvinia has the obligation to take responsibility and protect the people of the Principality of Cheryl.
Seluvinia did not indicate her aristocratic status at first. In the eyes of Andy and others, she was approachable and did not want the villagers to appear restrained because she was a noble.
Now that Seluvinia bluntly said that she was a noble of the Principality of Cheryl, she was robbed by bandits in the border village. When Andy and others were most helpless, she gave them spiritual encouragement and support, so that they lost their way and didn't know.
What should they do? They can follow the nobles to fight back against the bandits.
This is like a village in the Northern Territory being plundered by bandits. The surviving villagers bumped into the Marshal of the Zhenbei Cavalry on their way to escape, and finally found someone who could stand up for them.
No one, including Edward, doubted Seluvinia's identity. After all, her words and deeds, her elegant and noble temperament, and her indescribably beautiful appearance all hinted that she was no ordinary person.
Edward even speculated that Seluvinia might be a royal princess. She had been married to a big noble from an Eastern country since she was a child. After a few years, she followed her husband back to do business and visit relatives.
Otherwise, how could Seluvinia speak the local language fluently?
Fort Mayba has fallen, and Edward and his party have no choice but to follow Seluvinia's suggestion and head to the mysterious capital known only to the great nobles.
The Lord's Mansion in Mayba Castle has now become a concentration camp for the Alat Bandits. They piled up the gold, silver, jewelry, and abducted women in the hall of the Lord's Mansion, and indulged in pleasure.
Compared to wine ponds and meat forests, the Alat Corps prefers to have fun lying in mountains of gold and silver, looking around at a room full of splendid treasures, eating slaughtered poultry, drinking mellow wine, and playing with local women. There is no happier bandit than this one.
Life.
They risked their lives to fight for this moment.
"Boss, this is a really good deal. The treasure collected from Fort Maiba alone is enough for the brothers to go home for the winter."
"Yes! Can we finish work early this year?"
Although the Alat Bandits are bandits who make a living by robbing, they have their own base, and every year they transport the plundered property, food, and slaves back to their base for the winter.
In the base area of the Alat Bandit, there are excellent logistics personnel who will convert the looted items into funds to strengthen the bandit group.
To be sure, the Alat Bandits are a group of thieves that appear in the public eye. Behind them, there is a dark secret. They are a very large organization, and behind this organization, there is the maintenance of the entire industry.
'Operating' industrial chain'.
Unlike bandits in the Central Plains, thieves are a popular industry in the power structure of the Western continent.
The dreams of children in the Central Plains are often the same as Zhou Xingyun's: to join a certain martial arts sect, acquire martial arts, become a chivalrous knight, and become the leader of a generation of martial arts leaders. Or, after studying hard for decades in Hanchuang, when one is named on the gold list,
He became a well-known scholar and a high-ranking official who returned home in glory.
The young men in the Western Continent are different. It is not surprising that people like Andy and others aspire to become knights of the kingdom.
However, there are still many children who have dreamed of joining a powerful gang of thieves since they were young, traveling around in all directions, burning, killing, looting and indulgently, living a life of being drunk now and enjoying the prosperity of the world.
They follow the law of the jungle and pay attention to the law of the jungle.
After all, banditry is a popular industry in the Western Continent. Just like the martial arts sects in the Central Plains, there are many bandit organizations, and the Alat Bandit Group is just one of them.
This phenomenon is related to the geopolitical and historical pattern of the Western continent.
Because the Western Continent is composed of countless small countries, most of which perished within a few years, the soldiers of the subjugated country naturally became bandits, burning, killing, and plundering with the hatred of destroying their families and destroying their lives.
As time went by, banditry became one of the popular industries in the Western continent.
Abroad, you are a notorious robber.
You are a well-known hero in your country.
The Alat Band came to the Principality of Cheryl, burned, killed, and plundered, and brought property, food, and slaves back to their base. To the people of their country, they were undoubtedly heroes who had returned triumphantly.
Just like the Huang Feng Kingdom invaded the Central Plains to plunder supplies. To the people of the Central Plains, they were robbers. But to the people of the Huang Feng Kingdom, they were heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country!
The supplies plundered by the Alat Band can just make up for the local country's needs to survive the winter.
Therefore, the Alat Band was called a bandit outside, but internally it was the Alat Corps. It was highly respected by the local people, and many beautiful women even wanted to marry members of the band.
Because they are strong, reliable, and wealthy, they are the heroes of local villages and towns.
After all, the villages and towns protected by the bandits are like the base areas of the Alat Bandits. Who dares to attack them?
You said that the hands of the Alat Bandits were stained with blood? What they picked up were all ill-gotten gains? Are you kidding! They were massacring enemy people, what does it have to do with us? Why didn't you say that enemy soldiers frequently invaded our country?
territory?
To sum up, the geopolitical and historical pattern of the Western continent has created an environment where bandits are rampant.
When robbers feel proud instead of being ashamed, this is the current humanistic custom in the Western continent.