After Azimu walked away, Ryan walked quietly to the door of the tent, opened the door, and walked in.
Mayor Zhelile stood with his hands on his hips and his back to the door. His body was shaking slightly and he was breathing heavily. When he heard the door being opened again, he didn't look back and said coldly: "What are you doing here again?"
Ryan said: "Mayor Zhelile, it's me, Ryan."
Mayor Zhelile was shocked and quickly turned around and said, "Why is it you? How long have you been here?"
Ryan didn't intend to let others know that he had eavesdropped. He said deliberately: "I just arrived, and I saw Aqimu leave angrily. Am I still surprised?"
Mayor Zhelile felt a lot more relaxed after listening to Ryan's words. He asked Ryan to sit down and asked about Ryan's purpose.
Ryan said: "Mayor Zhelile, my companions and I came here mainly for the bounty mission you issued. We plan to learn more about it..."
Mayor Zhelile waved his hand and interrupted Ryan's words. He said: "Dear Magician, I know your purpose, but I don't think you can be of much help."
Ryan smiled and said, "One more person means more strength."
Mayor Zhelile said: "Even if there are hundreds of snow velvet rabbits, they can't shake one of the dragon's feet."
Ryan shrugged his shoulders: "Doing anything is better than nothing. As long as there is careful planning and strong execution, maybe the edelweiss can defeat the dragon one day. But if these edelweiss have nothing If you do, you will become a delicious meal for the dragon one by one."
Zhelile listened to Ryan's words and fell into deep thought. Ryan knew that Zhelile was hesitating in his heart, and he didn't speak, just looked at Zhelile silently.
After a long time, Mayor Zhelile said: "Ryan, you are still young. If I were you, I would walk far away from my companions. Without life, no matter how careful the plan is, it will be meaningless."
Ryan saw that Mayor Zhelile could say such a thing and knew that Mayor Zhelile still had no confidence in himself. He thought about it and said to Mayor Zhelile: "I know that you don't have confidence in me, and I don't have any confidence in myself either." I don’t want to say anything more. It’s just that since I have taken over this task of eliminating thieves, I will definitely stay and try my best to do it well. Even if there is great danger, it is just what I have to pay before harvesting. .”
Mayor Zhelile thought that Ryan stayed only for the bounty. He took out a money bag and gently put it on the table, saying: "You are still young, and many things are unclear. Among a group of snow velvet rabbits, there is not one Everyone will be thinking the same thing as you. Maybe your arrival today has already been known to some people. I have 50 gold coins here, take it. As the task publisher, I think you have done your best. , you can get the reward."
Ryan shook his head. He was actually not used to this kind of double-entendre way of speaking. He pointed it out directly and said: "For example, Azimu?"
Mayor Zhelile took a deep look at Ryan and said, "How much do you know?"
Ryan shrugged his shoulders again. He found that he had done this action more often recently. He sorted out his thoughts and said, "I don't understand. 20 thieves actually made a town of 1,000 people feel threatened. The mayor of this town is in a dilemma, and is he even considering reconciling with the thieves?”
After listening to Ryan's words, Zhelile's expression changed. He already knew in his heart that Ryan had heard the quarrel between him and Azimu just now. He opened his mouth to explain something, but after thinking about it, he said: "Alfa City Defense Officer He also said so before, but now he has gone back in despair. I guess if it weren't for his status as a defense officer, he might not be able to go back."
Ryan was surprised and asked: "Didn't you say that after the garrison officer came and stayed for a period of time, he returned after finding no trace of the thieves?"
Zhelile smiled contemptuously and said: "That pig who is fatter than me? When he came here, he either wanted gold coins or women. My people discovered the traces of the thief, and he followed him drunkenly. Then at night, they were stripped naked and thrown at the gate of the town. I guess that group of thieves didn't want to make the matter bigger. After all, killing the garrison officer of Alpha City would be very troublesome."
It was the first time Ryan heard this information. He thought silently in his mind. No matter how incompetent the garrison officer was, he had 50 soldiers. Didn't Giethoorn Town send anyone to help
Thinking of this, he asked Zhelile: "50 soldiers can't defeat 20 thieves? Where are your people? Didn't you go?"
"My people!" Hearing Ryan's words, Zhelile suddenly became furious. He shouted loudly: "I sent the most capable 20 people to follow the pig, but the result? The pig was a pig. I fell into the thieves' trap and was captured alive. In order to save my life, I actually deceived my men and let them all fall into the hands of the thieves. All 20 of them had their throats cut by these abominable thieves."
Ryan was surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect the truth of the matter to be like this. No wonder Zhelile didn't have much confidence in himself. But Ryan still had a question in his mind. He said: "Please forgive my gaffe, Mayor Zhelile, but I am still very surprised. Even if the first time fails, there are still hundreds of young people in Yangjiao Town who can even ask Al Dharma City asks for help again, is this the end of it?"
Zhelile looked at Ryan's sincere face and couldn't help but feel a little dazed. He said vaguely: "There are 20 young people, the youngest one is about the same as you. They are all the future of our Yangjiao Town, and they are so incompetent. The Pidgeot was ruined."
Having said this, Mayor Zhelile paused for a moment, and seemed to see those once vivid faces before his eyes. He said in a low voice: "We people in Yangjiao Town actually lived a nomadic life many years ago. We rode strong horses and carried strong bows on our backs, chasing water and grass on the Nantalun prairie. Our friends came and we had fresh goat's milk. Warcraft and orcs came, and we had sharp arrows."
"Two hundred years ago, the empire drove away the orcs, so that our ancestors no longer had to worry about the oppression of the orcs, and our people lived the good life they dreamed of."
"Because there is no threat from the orcs, our ancestors no longer have to wander around to avoid the orcs. They slowly settled in the places with the most abundant water and grass, and they have lived like this for generations."
"It's a pity that after more than a hundred years of stable life, we have gradually lost the toughness of our ancestors. Over the years, there have also been great hidden dangers in the collective life. After all, no matter how rich the water and grass are, there is a limit. Now the population is smaller than the number of sheep. There has been a substantial increase in the past, and we have gradually felt this situation, but we have become accustomed to this kind of life. We would rather walk a little further every day when grazing, and be more crowded when staying at night, than give up here. ."
"After I became the mayor of the town, I have always hoped to change this situation. I carefully selected a group of young and energetic herdsmen. I hope to use them as the main force in a few years to establish another settlement elsewhere, and then use this We will slowly expand our settlement in this way to give our people more living space. Unfortunately, most of them died in the hands of thieves this time."
Tears flowed from Zhelile's eyes. He wiped them with his hands and continued: "Aqimu was originally my right-hand man, but later I slowly discovered that he is a very ambitious person and he does things very radically. , advocating abandoning the old and disabled tribesmen, and only taking the young tribesmen with them to migrate. We can even rob others like the orcs robbed our ancestors."
"He and I had a heated argument over this matter, and eventually we parted ways."
"After all these years, he has also gained a lot of power. I knew that he did some things behind his back, but I didn't expect that in order to achieve his own goals, he would even reconcile with the thief. Ryan, you are still young, and you still have too much time. We have a long way to go. You don’t know that Aqimu can do it all the time, so why do you want to get involved in the internal affairs of our tribe?"
Ryan was also shocked after hearing what Mayor Zhelile said. The seemingly weak mayor was actually full of such foresight, which made Ryan admire him. However, Ryan said firmly: "Mr. Mayor, since my companions and I have accepted this task, we will do our best to do it well. It is getting late, and I am going to rest. You should also rest early."
Having said these words, Ryan walked out of the mayor's tent without looking back.
Seeing Ryan walking out of his tent, the mayor changed his weak look and his eyes were full of violence. He whispered: "Aqimu, you want to fight me, do you think I don't know, you increased the number of horses required by the thieves by 50%, and the extra part is not going to be taken away by you, do you plan to Take this opportunity to ride on my head? Huh! And this magician is so simple at heart that I can’t help but say a few random words? You guys should fight slowly."
After Ryan came out of the mayor's tent, he strode towards the small tent where he lived, opened the tent door and walked in.
It was dark in the tent, and it seemed that Allendo had not returned yet. Ryan walked to the table and lit half of the candles on the table.
The moment Ryan lit the candle and turned around, a warning sign suddenly appeared in his heart. This feeling only appeared when he was being stared at by ferocious monsters in the past!
Ryan thought, and a thick layer of stone skin covered his body.
With a "dang" sound, a dagger stabbed Ryan's back and cut through Ryan's clothes, but it was blocked by the thick stone skin.
Ryan didn't even have time to change his mind. His body instinctively fell forward, avoiding the assassin's next attack.
While falling down, Ryan's body twisted and turned around. He saw a man dressed all in black and wearing a black mask rushing towards him.