Mercenaries and Adventurers

Keir explained again to Wick, a middle-aged man who volunteered, that a small group of experienced fishermen was needed, and the key point was to voluntarily participate in this operation.

The villagers cannot be forced to participate in such a very dangerous plan.

Wick patted his chest and agreed.

Then Kiel asked Boss, the 'lake diver', to go with him to the village chief's house, asking him to provide resource support for their plan.

The three walked out of the wharf manager's house, and they separated.

The house of the village chief, Corydon, is near the center of the village. It doesn’t mean that the village chief has to live in the center of the village. It’s just that the center of the village is a house that Knight Lanisa doesn’t usually live in. .

He and Boss came over quickly, and after Boss' guidance, Keir found Corydon's home.

Like other villagers, this house does not have a front yard. However, the good thing is that there is a well next to the house, which is very convenient for drinking water.

The house is three stories high, obviously the village chief's family is quite large.

Keel stepped forward to knock on the door, and the thick wooden door made a dull sound. "Keil, you have to use this." Boss pointed to Kiel a small metal rod installed on the wooden door, and next to the metal rod, there was another free-moving metal ball hanging on a rope.

Just by looking at Keel, you can see how to use it.

This thing is a primitive doorbell.

He twisted the metal ball with his fingers, and then tapped twice on the short metal stick fixed on the door.

Ding Ding!

There was a crisp metal collision sound. Not only the sound from outside the door, but also the short metal rod passing through the other end of the wooden door, and the crisp sound that caught people's attention inside the house vibrated.

Soon, two or three footsteps came to the door.

The thick wooden door opened, and Keel saw a middle-aged woman and a man and woman about his age.

"Who are you? Oh, Grandpa Boss, you're here too. You're here to look for the head of the family, right? He and my husband are still at Simon's. It's cold, and they would rather stay at the gate of the village to train the boys than go back home. Home, really."

The middle-aged woman was a little cautious when she saw Kiel, but she relaxed a lot when she saw the old man beside Kiel, knowing that she should come to find her father-in-law to deal with the affairs of the village.

The young men and women next to each other returned to the house, leaving only the man impatiently waiting for the middle-aged woman to chatter.

"Oh, thank you, thank you for letting me know. Warrior Kiel and I will go to the west gate of the village to find Corydon. Sorry for the interruption, but I will leave." Boss thanked him, and then took Kiel to leave.

When they were far away, Boss complained that the Corydon daughter-in-law was a complete chatterbox, repeating every little thing three or four times.

Passing through the village street in the west direction, the west gate that entered Wumi Lake Village yesterday will arrive soon.

Unlike yesterday, when I came back today, the militiamen guarding under the gate immediately opened the small door leading up to the house above as soon as they saw Kiel.

Thanks to the unknown militiamen, Keir and Boss passed through the stairs behind the wooden door, turned back up, and came to the room above the west door.

The place here is still very large, with simple wooden beds for the militiamen not to go home to rest, hangers for placing spears, two longbows that have not been stringed, and large pieces of sackcloth hanging on the wooden wall.

The map of Wumi Lake Village and the general terrain of the surrounding area are painted on the sackcloth with not very bright paint.

There are many wooden windows that can be opened on the wooden wall outside the village, but because it is winter, they are all closed at the moment. In the spacious house, there are many fire-resistant stone basins for heating. Some militiamen who have just walked more than half a circle along the village wall are surrounding the flames in the stone basins to keep warm.

There are also a few militiamen who are lying on wooden beds and sleeping soundly. It seems that they are militiamen who need to keep watch at night.

Keel scanned around, but didn't see the old man Corydon with a big messy beard, but the old man's son happened to be there.

After walking over and explaining his purpose, the other party asked Keir and Boss to wait for a while, because his father was leading people to patrol the fence. Because it is just a small section of wall from the west gate to the north to the pier, it will return soon.

Finding a stone basin with few people, the two of them roasted for a while and then waited for the waiting people.

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A dog-skin curtain at both ends of the room facing the north was vigorously lifted, and the village chief Corydon walked in with the two of them rubbing his cheeks.

As soon as he came in, he saw Kiel and Boss, the 'lake diver', waiting beside the nearest stone basin.

"Ha, let me just say, the person sent by the lord must be right. No, the two of you came to me together. This means that Keel, you have a plan, right?"

The bearded Corydon was very excited. He rubbed his hands and strode over, but his legs and feet seemed to have old injuries, so he was limping.

"Yes, old man. I had a brief discussion with Mr. Wick and old man Boss at noon, and learned some specific information about sunfish and their complicated relationship with the fishermen in the village."

Corydon narrowed his eyes, and then looked at Boss: "I told you about your son too, right? I hope you didn't forget to talk about it."

Boss nodded silently: "If Keir can solve those capsize fish, there is no need to hide the matter, right? Both Wick and I told him what happened back then."

Corydon patted Boss on the shoulder vigorously. There was still some difference in size between the two, which made Boss shake his body vigorously before he stood still.

"So Keel, what do you say?"

Considering that there were still many militiamen in the village around, Keel pulled the two of them to the tightly closed wooden window, and whispered here: "Mr. Boss has fought against the sunfish alone before, but obviously, They are not existences that we can easily fight against. Wick and his fishermen have come up with a clever way."

"Oh, tell me." Corydon became excited and urged.

"It's like this, don't sunfish like to swallow prey that moves on the water and ice, so we prepare some special food for them. However, these 'food' stomachs are full of sharp and tough blades and iron spines. As long as the capers swallow their food whole, even if they crush it with their teeth, those blades will still go into their stomachs."

His fist hit his palm with a slap, and Corydon shouted excitedly: "That's right! No one's stomach is as strong as a shell, and those blades and spikes will cut the stomach and intestines! Ha! Bleeding will kill the stomach and intestines!" They bleed to death!"

He quickly realized: "So you are here to ask me to prepare things? Don't worry, although there will be re-cultivation next spring, I know that there are still some iron ingots left in the blacksmith shop. If it is not possible, just Melting the treasure that was in that drunk guy's house."

Then he muttered: "Anyway, he is the only one who is a baby, so ugly."

"Oh, yes, there are also prey that can hold blades. I will arrange people to go to the woods to find a way to get them out."

Keir interrupted Coryden: "No, I'll prepare the prey! You see, this plan must have nothing to do with me, right? After all, I was sent by Lord Lanisa to carry out this plan." The person selected for the task must contribute to the plan."

The two old men looked at each other: "Okay, then I will leave it to you."

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Early the next morning, Keir was awakened by the clanging of irons in the blacksmith shop not far from the hostel.

Unlike other villages, these main buildings in Wumi Lake Village are all built on the original central square of the village, and they are all very close to each other.

So when there was a sound of iron hammering over there, in the room on the third floor of the hostel here, Keel couldn't sleep anymore.

In fact, he heard the noise of people in the blacksmith shop last night.

First there was the quarrel between Corydon and the blacksmith, followed by the blacksmith's submissive pleadings. After waiting for a while, there was the noise of militiamen carrying charcoal and coal from the village warehouse. At dawn, the blacksmith shop was very lively, and many people were helping to light the stove.

No, when the sky is bright, the knife and iron stabs that will be used later will start to be made.

Yesterday afternoon, Keir asked Mr. Boss to design the rough shape of the knife and iron spike that should be able to kill the sunfish based on the size of the sunfish and the size of the possible digestive system.

The next morning, the village was busy.

"I have to hurry too." Keel poured water from the kettle into the basin, washed his face with cold water, and completely refreshed himself.

He made some preparations, and then filled his knapsack with the keg of ale he bought yesterday from the village tavern. This is the 'special prop' used to open the mouth of the drunkard in the mill.

Keel has gradually mastered a gentle method of making people speak in terms of the method of wanting to make people speak.

It's rare for a middle-aged man to turn down a bucket of wine brought to his lips, let alone a drunkard.

Picking up the saddle of the horse, Keel locked the door and walked out of the house.

After eating something simple in the hotel lobby, Keel got a bundle of long loaves tied with rope from the hotel owner's daughter. This is the food he ordered last night, and the money has already been paid for yesterday.

"Here, please eat it as soon as possible. Although it is winter, you have to soak it in water for a long time before you can eat it. It will be too cold to bite." Awake.

"Okay, I see. It looks like I have to prepare a small iron pot later?" Keel thought after eating.

When I came to the village house where the horses were stored, as soon as I entered the door, I saw that Mr. Wolf was entertaining a group of new business travelers. These people had just arrived in the village in the morning, and they were being inspected by the village head Corydon and the village stewards on the quality of the supplies brought in by the caravan truck.

"Good morning." With a smile on his face, Keel greeted Mr. Wolfe.

Seeming to be a little distracted, Worf came back to his senses at this time: "Ah, yes, good morning. I didn't expect you to act so fast, Warrior Kiel. I was shocked when Corydon called everyone to act yesterday. But that's okay, I just hope you can be more careful. Those things in the water are really dangerous."

Immediately, he put down the notes in his hand, and quietly leaned over and whispered to Keir: "You may not know, it's not that our village has not been killed by sunfish. In fact, many people died."

Kiel's body almost stiffened when he leaned over quietly, and he tried his best not to let his palm touch the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Hearing Worf's whisper, Keir nodded: "Thank you. Actually, Mr. Boss told me about this specifically yesterday. His youngest son also died in the mouth of the sunfish."

"You know? That's good. It turns out that Boss' youngest son is also dead. That guy keeps saying that his youngest son went out to earn a living and never came back. Hmph, it turns out he's already dead."

Keir glanced at him secretly: "You don't know? They are all from the same village. It seems that this matter is kept secret."

Worf's voice became even softer now: "Of course, didn't you see those businessmen next to you? The invasion of northern land wolves is very troublesome. Once you let them know about the capsized fish, in that case, those merchants will be like lice. The **** guy, I don’t know how much property will be sucked from our village!"

"Oh, I couldn't agree more with that." Keel shrugged.

He stopped talking and asked where his horse was, and Keir looked for it with the harness in his arms.

I haven't seen him for two days, and Keir's horse is obviously in better spirits, and he is no longer tired like when he first arrived in the village. Seeing the appearance of the master Kiel, it happily raised its head and shook it up and down.

"Come on, friend, it's time to go for a walk." Keel called the village groom who came to take care of the horses, and asked the professional on the other side to fit his horses with a complete harness.

While Kiel was leaning against the yard of the village house and waiting for the horses, the hidden werewolf Worf appeared in front of Kiel again.

"Warrior Kiel, I don't know where you are going? Aren't you going to deal with the capsize fish, and you are leaving so soon?"

Keir smiled: "Oh, of course not. I'm going to hunt some prey around the village, which is specially prepared for sunfish. You know, in order to deal with them, you need to prepare some bait first. A few are delicious and juicy How about the forest deer?"

"Forest deer? Please be careful. Although our knight lords and your hunters have defeated the northern wolves in the big forest, it doesn't mean that the surroundings are completely safe. You know, there will always be endless wolves in the forest." Weird and monstrous. Fascinating and deadly, they declare that there is no place for us humans."

Wolf said with a serious face.

Kiel almost couldn't hold back his ridicule. Among those monsters, shouldn't your name be added? How many fatal incidents are related to you?

But he still held back and didn't say anything. To tell the truth, he wasn't really afraid of the opponent, but just fought in the village like this. He didn't know how many innocent villagers would be implicated and killed before he completely defeated the opponent.

And Knight Lanisa also confessed that there was really no other way, and asked him to go to the young priest of the church first, and let the two of them deal with the werewolf Worf together.

But this will make Knight Lanisa bear some price.

Nodding silently, Kiel is considered to be aware of it, and there is no need to say more.

Seeing that Keir didn't seem to want to talk, Worf left here on his own, and went to the village house to entertain merchants and caravan buddies.

After thanking the groom, Keel got on the horse, and then rode out through the open back door in the backyard. Some children gathered around the door of the blacksmith shop and looked inside. They saw riding horses, wearing armor and wearing wolf fur cloaks. Kiel in the burqa, these children swarmed over.

Fearing that the horse would be frightened and hurt the children who came over, Keir quickly got off the saddle, led the horse and walked slowly towards the east gate.

Little hands that were red from the cold touched the cloak, and Keel had to keep laughing and telling the children not to touch it anymore. Those innocent eyes looked at the armor inside the cloak curiously, and kept evaluating how it compared with the armor of Knight Lanisa.

"Okay, okay, please don't say any more. My armor is far inferior to that of Knight Lanisa." He was really frightened, but there was no good way to distract these little guys.

With an idea, he took out a few iron coins from the purse, shook them towards the children, and then threw them out where they had come and gone.

Wuyang Wuyang, a large group of children ran to grab the iron coins, but some of the little ones who hadn't realized what coins were good things insisted on petting Keel's horse.

"Oh my God." Keir was really convinced, and after thinking about it, he took out a bundle of bread from the backpack hanging on the horse's back. These soft bread with an orange shell that was baked last night , this is the most delicious time.

Tear a loaf of bread into small pieces, and Keel fed them to the children around him one by one.

Those little guys held the bread given by Kiel in their frozen red hands, some of which were directly delivered to their mouths, and their little mouths were full of food. And some ran away with the bread in their arms.

Keir looked at them, and UU Reading www.uukanshu.com found that some of their homes were nearby, so they sneaked back home and gave the small piece of delicious bread to the adults in the family.

Not wanting to see such a sad thing, Keel remounted his horse and let the horse trot away.

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The militiamen at the east gate had already been notified by the village chief Corydon and his son in the morning, so as soon as Keir came over, they immediately opened the gate for him graciously.

Therefore, the huge wind mill tower, which can be seen by people as soon as the door is opened, is on the gentle **** in the distance facing the east gate.

"drive."

Keel identified the vaguely visible road, and carefully kept the horses from stepping into the long-abandoned fields around the village.

The environment of the east gate is similar to that of the west gate of the village. It can be seen that there used to be a large field surrounding the village. Wumihu Village should still be very comfortable and rich. It’s just that the difficult environment in these years has made the villagers of Wumihu Village eat a lot. suffering.

But at the time, it was better to suffer than die.

But now, with the efforts of Kiel and the others, this remote village should be able to overcome all hardships.

It wasn't until this time that Keir realized that they were in the dangerous and cold forest, with hundreds of northern land wolves, and their leader, the sad wolf king who was trapped in the wolf's body. Men fighting, what exactly did it bring to the people on this land.

It is the hope of a new life, the farewell to the hard old days.

"Huh." He galloped his horse against the cold wind.

The horseshoes brought snowflakes to the mill that once represented wealth.

Praying to God may be able to survive, but if you want a new life, you have to rely on the weapons in your hands. Only then did Keir understand a little bit why Lanisa's knights and fellow hunters had to fight desperately with the northern land wolves every year in winter.