Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Priest Who Plays with Flowers
The One-Eyed Bandits, a famous bandit group that once ravaged the northern part of the continent during the orc empire. In their heyday, from the dark forest in the north, to the area around the present-day imperial capital in the south, from the coastal line in the east, and to the territory of the current dwarf kingdom in the west, they were the uncrowned kings in this large area.
Not only did this group of heinous people loot their belongings, but they left almost no living mouths where they passed. During their most rampant period, even some noble lords paid taxes to them to keep them safe.
At that time, as soon as the black flag was raised outside the city, the nobles and rich people in the city had to take off their gorgeous clothes, change into linen robes and straw shoes, and personally walk from the city with gold and silver treasures to their big black tents to pay tribute, which they called the "peace tax." When they had inflicted stakes on an entire town of adults, the old men, who had been clamoring for the annihilation of the one-man spheres, gladly accepted the new tax.
Since the rise of this bandit group, the Orc Empire has repeatedly cleared and suppressed the Nobles of the Northland, but because this group of bandits has a wide range of activities, and everyone is a cavalryman, the mobility is good. Once a large-scale encirclement and suppression was encountered, it was immediately far away, so there has been no substantial progress.
Until one time, this group of mad bandits dared to attack the main city of the northern province of the Orc Empire.
At that time, the bandit leader was besieged and killed by two sword saint masters, and the deputy regiment leader was captured alive. At this point, the rampant one-eyed bandit group has been scattered and has disappeared from the empire for decades.
And today, decades later, this one-eyed black flag, which once led countless people to be frightened, has reappeared. At this time, the long wind of hunting in the wilderness stirred the black flag, and a one-eyed eye rolled up with the wind, looking at the whole city like a ghost.
"My lord, go to the city wall to have a look, we have just discovered that there is a cavalry stationed outside the city at some point." The commander of the city guard rushed into the barracks of Captain Richard's guard and breathlessly reported the city guard's discovery.
The little giant suddenly stood up, "What! Where are the cavalry! You are being camped under the nose. You idiots! ”
Hurried to the city wall, and there was also Grandpa Jiao. "Richard, you've been so lax lately that you've only been touched under your nose. The usual training has been practiced into the belly of the dog! ”
"Grandpa Geralt, I'll definitely step up my exercises on the following later." Now let's see what's going on. Richard was ashamed and desperate to find a crack in the ground, but the current situation made him have to face the old man's anger.
Papa Geralt saw the black flag flying in the wind, "It's a one-eyed bandit group!" Haven't these guys disappeared for decades, and how could they have come here? Hurry up and report to the Lord Lord, the gates of the city should be guarded by anyone who is not allowed to open the gates, and those who break in will beheaded. ”
The disturbance outside the city had already been reported to the Lord Lord, and before Geralt's father could speak, Li Bing, accompanied by Jason, climbed the city wall. "Grandpa Geralt, Richard, what's going on?"
"Alan, you say." The commander who reported the matter to Richard pointed to a soldier and said.
"My lord, I swear that I really didn't get lazy, and I didn't hear any movement last night, just when it was just after dawn, I saw that the black pressure over there didn't know what it was, and I reported it to the chief if I could see it clearly." A young man who looked to be in his twenties confessed to the lord with a look of grievance.
"Grandpa Geralt, do you know who they are?"
"My lord, look at their flags may be a group of one-eyed bandits. Let's go back to the mansion specifically. Father Teaching glanced around and said to Lord Lord.
"Richard went down according to Grandpa Geralt's words, and no one was allowed to open the gates." After saying this, he led the crowd to hurriedly leave the city wall and head for the lord's palace.
Back in the Lord Lord's office, in front of the officials of the territory, Father Geralt told him what he knew about the One-Eyed Bandits.
"My lord, this one-eyed bandit group has disappeared for decades, and I thought that since their leader was killed, this bandit group has been disbanded, and now it seems that they are just lying dormant. It is probably not a small sight to appear outside the city today. ”
"Grandpa Geralt's words have been heard by everyone, and this one-eyed man has set up a black tent outside the city and erected a black flag, it seems that he wants me to pay taxes personally, hehe, what do you think?"
"Lord, what are you afraid of them doing!" As soon as you give the order, Li and Lao Lun rush out with the guards and slaughter them all. The little giant was clearly dismissive of this so-called one-eyed man.
"Lord, the leader before the one-eyed eye can only be killed by two sword saint-level masters, and at the moment we don't know the details of the other party, so it is not appropriate to act hastily." If it is really one-eyed, according to their style of behavior, if we do not surrender, they will slaughter the city after three days. At this time, it is still necessary to unite all the forces in the city and let the mercenaries and rangers also contribute. In that case, even if they have a sword saint-level master, we have five great sword division-level warriors on our side, as well as mages and two five-star archers on the side, it is not without the strength of a battle. ”
"Do you have any other opinions?" Li Bing looked at the crowd and saw that everyone agreed with Geralt's father's opinion, so he said to Jason, "Jason, please invite the two mercenary regiment chiefs and the two Ranger leaders to discuss."
About an hour later, the mercenary group and the Rangers reunited again on behalf of a group of people in the Lord Lord's office.
"My Lord, our Giant Beast Mercenary Corps is not afraid of any bandits, and since we have accepted the adult's employment, any hostile behavior toward the Adult is a provocation to the Giant Beast Mercenary Corps!"
"My Lord, we, the Griffin Mercenary Corps, are willing to charge at any invading enemy in order to safeguard the rights and interests of the Lord."
"My lord, when things happen suddenly, our brothers can't guarantee that all rangers can uphold the honor and courage of warriors, but our brothers are willing to fight for you, and destroying evil is our lifelong pursuit!"
"Thank you very much for being able to advance and retreat with the Wasteland Lords at this time, and I declare that the military merit of this operation is calculated at twice. Units with much-needed equipment could register their advances with Mr. Quark. "There is no free lunch in the world, and the lord lord has also given enough benefits to everyone at this time.
Lord Lords wield gold coins, mercenaries and Rangers wield swords, and guests and hosts are full of joy.
At this time, a weak voice interjected inappropriately: "Lord Lord, you just said that the other side is all cavalry, but there are not many knights on our side." This is the deputy leader of the Griffin Mercenary Corps, whose profession is priesthood. Unlike the deputy leader of his companion Beast Mercenary Corps, Mr. Magician, his personality is more like a shy neighbor boy, although he is already a mid-level professional rank, he always blushes when he speaks, so he usually does not speak much.
The cheering crowd stopped talking, and turned their heads to look at him. The lords and mercenaries knew that the other's mobility was not comparable to their own, so they did not have the luxury of annihilating the other. Everyone tacitly agreed, just thinking of expelling each other first and staying in the future, at this time, the priest said that it was a bit embarrassing. ”
The shy priest saw that everyone was looking at him, and for a moment he blushed a little and whispered, "My lord, I mean, if their horses can't fight, wouldn't it be better?" ”
Li Bing's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Dear..." Thinking that he didn't remember the pastor's name, he inadvertently glanced at his secretary.
"Berval," the secretary whispered to his adult.
Surprised that this shy, handsome priest had such a domineering name, "Dear Berval, is there any way you can keep the one-eyed horse from fighting?" ”
"You know, sir, I'm a priest, and I spend most of my time healing my comrades with holy light magic. But my career rank is not high, and I don't have a lot of mana reserves, so sometimes when I encounter some injuries that are not too serious or urgent, I will also use some drugs. After saying this, the shy Berval seemed to think that as a priest, it was a shame to use drugs like a doctor at work, so his handsome face became even redder, and his voice was low like a girl who had gone to base for the first time.
"Speaking of Beauwal, there is nothing to be ashamed of, it is all about healing and saving people, and the use of magic is as noble as the use of potions, and it is worthy of respect." There is a saying in my hometown that a black cat and a white cat who can catch a mouse are good cats, and the same is a good priest who can cure diseases by magic or medicine. ”
But the encouraged boy was even more embarrassed, and he couldn't open his mouth more and more.
"I'll say it, I think I know what Berval means." At this time, his partner, the leader of the Griffin Mercenary Corps, came out to relieve him, "Once Berwal experimented with a mosquito repellent potion, and although this potion was successful, it was accidentally spilled into the team's water source, which caused a large area of diarrhea, and I think he wanted to talk about it." Since the other side has so many people, it must need a lot of water, and the only source of water in the vicinity is not only the river, and we are in the upper reaches of the river. The regimental commander looked around with the eyes you understood, and he was silent.
"Or are you playing with flowers, compared with you, the small means I have prepared can only be regarded as talking about benevolence in front of Amin," thought the lord lord. And the housekeeper and the tutor father still wondered when there was such a saying about cat and mouse in the territory.