These knights swept past like the wind, and several other people in Mo Yu's team also noticed their unusualness.
Gawain asked softly, "Who are these knights? They all look quite powerful."
Gallo said, "They should all be the Knights of the Temple of Nature. Do you see the patterns on the breastplates of those knights? The ones with the sun should be the Knights of the Blazing Sun, and the ones with waves should be the Knights of the Raging Waves. These are all the trump cards of the regular army of the temple."
Bella whispered to Mo Yu, "These people all carry the aura of the God of Nature. I dare not use divine arts here casually, otherwise I might be discovered by the priests of the Temple of Nature because of the fluctuations of divine power."
Gallo said to Mo Yu, "Boss, this place looks very dangerous. Only the Golden Branch Priests can mobilize these two knights of the Temple of Nature. If there are Golden Branch Priests guarding this city, it will be a big trouble. If we don't leave now, it will be troublesome to leave after entering the fortress."
Mo Yu said, "Don't you think it's a problem that the Temple of Nature is teaming up with the Kingdom and the Empire to do something here? I think the thing that makes them so nervous must be related to the awakening of the God of Nature. We found this place by accident, but it's a rare good luck. How can we not investigate it thoroughly?"
Gao Wen also said: "We spent so much effort to obtain the Sword Tower, isn't it just to deal with the God of Nature? The movements of the Temple of Nature cannot be ignored."
Gallo sighed, "Okay. Then you guys better be alert."
The knights of the Temple of Nature circled around the group of more than 60 people and thought it was strange that Mo Yu and the others were wearing cloaks. The leader of the knights asked, "Who are you? Why are you wearing cloaks?"
Gallo stepped forward and said, "Sir, I am Barron, a mid-level knight from the Marquis of Master's army. These two women and some others are mercenaries hired by the Marquis. One of these women is a magician and the other is a warrior. They are quite famous among us. The Marquis specially invited them here to ensure their safe arrival."
The knight looked down at Gallo and said, "You are the slowest. You only arrived at this time. You almost ruined the High Priest's plan. In more than an hour, it will exceed the agreed time."
"Sir, our Marquis's territory is too far away, and it's winter now, so the roads are difficult to travel in many places. But after all, we still arrived on time."
The knight said coldly: "You are lucky. You can take these people in. Listen carefully, just lead them to the square of the fortress. There will be a priest to settle the gold coins for you, but don't walk around and don't cause trouble, otherwise you will die today."
"Of course, of course, sir." Gallo responded repeatedly, "I thought it was someone from the kingdom handing over to me, but I didn't expect it to be someone from the Temple of Nature. I will definitely cooperate."
The knight said, "If you don't want to get into trouble, stop talking nonsense."
Mo Yu and his group walked into the fortress gate with the slaves. Before entering, Gallo found that the guards on the tower were all from the Temple of Nature, including knights wearing plate armor and men in black wearing leather armor and carrying bows. These should be archers from the Shadow Group. Gallo couldn't remember where else he had seen such a tight defense.
Through the doorway is the inner courtyard of the fortress. The inner courtyard square is not too big, a square area of only 40 to 50 meters long and wide. In front of the inner courtyard square is a stone palace. This palace, like the fortress, was obviously built in a hurry. The palace has only one floor and only simple pillars. There are no reliefs or murals. There are many fences on both sides of the inner courtyard square, and slaves are imprisoned inside. Most of these people are listless and sit lazily on the ground. Some of them look better dressed than the people around them, more like adventurers. It seems that their previous guess was correct.
Gallo casually counted and found that there were more than a thousand people in the fences near the inner courtyard square alone, not to mention that these fences extended to the back of the hall.
After the knights brought them in, they dispersed and guarded the door. Only the knight leader ran to the center of the square and reported to the few people standing there. Those people were wearing the robes of the priests of the Temple of Nature. Judging from the emblems on their robes, they should all be high-ranking Silver Leaf priests.
Gallo channeled his fighting spirit to his ears and performed a secret technique to enhance his hearing. He heard the knight leader report, "These are the slaves of Marquis Master. There are a total of fifty-six slaves, as well as ten guards and mercenaries."
A priest unfolded the scroll in his hand and let it float in the air, then took out a pen and wrote some numbers on it. Then he put away the scroll and walked over with the knight leader.
The knight leader said to Gallo, "Take your people and retreat to the side. Let the priest check the condition of the slaves."
The Silver Leaf Priest had no intention of talking to Gallo. After Gallo and the others had left, he began to count the slaves present. I don't know what magic he used, but a green ball of light appeared in his hand. He pressed the ball of light on the forehead of each slave one by one. When the ball of light was pressed on the heads of most slaves, it would flash green, but some would emit yellow light. At this time, the Silver Leaf Priest would frown. When the ball of light was pressed on the foreheads of two slaves with whip wounds and pus, it emitted red light.
The Silver Leaf Priest said dissatisfiedly: "These two people are not good enough. This filthy pus and blood is simply blasphemy!"
He pressed his hands on the heads of the two men, and they immediately fell to the ground, dying. The knight leader who was waiting on the side quickly waved his hand, and two Fiery Sun Knights rushed over, picked up the two bodies, and walked out of the fortress.
Gallo counted silently, there were fifty-six slaves in total, seven were yellow, two were red, and the rest were green. The red ones were of course the worst, and the yellow ones were all sick or weak.
After watching this round, the priest frowned and thought for a while, then started to check the slaves emitting yellow light from the beginning again. This time he was more careful than before, took out a short staff, and began to fiddle with the limbs of these people.
Bella said: "How cruel! He killed two slaves with just a wave of his hand."
"It seems that they don't want everyone. They would rather have nothing than take someone who is not your average person." Mo Yu said.
Gao Wen said, "Didn't you notice? The slaves in those pens are of very good quality. They must have been selected in this way."
Mo Yu said softly, "This place is full of weird things. Did you notice that there is no place for guards to live here?"
Gallo: "Boss, I noticed that some guards were heading to the back of the city. Look, there are lights coming from behind the wall in front. They should be camping behind this fortress."
Mo Yu said: "In other words, this is not actually a fortress, but... a prison!"
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