El took a few horses and galloped across the field. When he saw the three of Lorist, he rode up to meet them alone.
"My lord, we have won a complete victory, and even their camp has been taken by us." El blushed with excitement, and shouted at the three of Lorist from a distance.
When he came to him, Lorist asked, "What are you doing? Taking them for a walk?"
"No, Knight Bodfinger asked me to search the surrounding area to ensure that no one from the slave catchers escaped." El replied.
"You said we captured the camp of the slave catchers?" Lorist asked.
"Yeah, Locke, you showed your power and killed them. You collapsed and wanted to escape back to the camp. We took advantage of the trend and took their camp. Now the dead fat man has been carried to the camp of the slave hunters. I'm cleaning up the loot, and let me see you and tell you to go back quickly." Although El has become a knight of the Norton family, his words are the most unscrupulous, and he often forgets their identities while talking, and pretends to be He and Lorist were the same mercenaries who teamed up to go out on an adventure.
Because of this, Lorist felt most at ease with El: "Are we suffering a lot of casualties?"
"Casualties? No. Only two slave soldiers chased too fast and didn't pay attention to their feet. One twisted his foot, the other fell a big somersault, and broke his lip. These two unlucky fellows were almost laughed to death. More than half of the slave hunters died, and the remaining 100 or so were arrested. By the way, Locke, hurry back, there are still more than 2,000 captured slaves in the slave hunter camp. It’s up to you to decide,” El said.
"No hurry." Lorist said, then turned to ask the old man who was following the horse, "Hey, old man, where did you get those slaves in your camp?"
The old man looked a bit miserable, his body was tied up, the rope was still held in the hands of Dolles in front, and five bundles of throwing guns were still carried on his back. Because Lorist cherished horsepower, he wanted to ride a horse and was worried that the mount would carry too much weight, so he unloaded the throwing gun and let the old man carry it on his back. He said that although the old man looked old, he was a three-star gold star. His muscles and bones were very strong, otherwise he would not have come here in one go. Throwing a few bundles of guns was just a trivial matter. The old man had just escaped with his life, knowing that Lorist would change his ways to deal with him, so he could only accept it.
At this moment Lorist asked him, and the old man hurriedly replied: "Master, these slaves were bought or captured from the Kingdom of Ridley in the past six months. I heard that they broke down several villages when they went there a few times ago. , the old ones were killed, and the young ones were arrested."
Alas, human life is as cheap as a dog in troubled times. As a farmer, you not only have to deal with the endless expropriation and labor of the lord, but also avoid military disasters, especially those slave traders who take advantage of the fire to loot and cruelly. Once the slave catchers broke into the village, the farmers were still with their families one moment, and their family members were killed the next moment, and they became slaves themselves.
Lorist said contemptuously: "Old man, as a three-star gold swordsman, why do you want to hang out with these slave hunters who are so devoid of conscience, and do those outrageous things?"
The old man complained: "Master, I can't do anything. I took my granddaughter through here six years ago, and wanted to go to Morente City. As a result, my granddaughter was seriously ill in Port Ametlin, and I had no money to treat it. Only then did I join the slave hunting group to save my granddaughter. In the past six years, I have not killed a single slave, on the contrary, I have helped many people... "
The old man turned out to be the city defense captain of a small city in the former Krissen Empire, and his family lived fairly well. Later, the three princes fought for the position, and the civil war first affected the area where the old man was located. The old man's son and daughter-in-law died, and his wife was too sad. The old man was worried that his only granddaughter would have an accident, so he became a deserter. He carried the twelve-year-old granddaughter on his back to cross the mountains and mountains to go to Morente City. When the old man was desperate, he met Slov, the leader of the slave hunting group. In order to save his granddaughter, he had to join the slave hunting group, and he has been messing around until now.
The old man defended himself. He said that Slov, the head of the slave hunting group, also knew that he didn't like to do slave hunting, so he was asked to be in charge of the guarding of the slave hunting group's camp. Many slaves were spared.
"Aren't they sold by you in the end?" El said disdainfully from the side: "Old man, since you know that slave trade is immoral, why didn't you go away after your granddaughter recovered from her illness, and spent six years with them, obviously They smell like each other, so don't pretend to be a good person in a nest of rats."
"I want to leave, but did I leave?" The old man smiled wryly: "After my granddaughter recovered from illness, we were taken to Slov Manor and lived there all the time. That was the base camp of Slov, and it was heavily guarded. I am alone It's okay for people to come and go, but it's impossible to run away with my granddaughter. Besides, Slov himself is a gold-ranked swordsman, and his cousin Pike is a great swordsman. After a long time, I can only accept my fate."
Lorist's expression was a little serious: "Old man, please introduce the situation of the commander of Slov, and the Slov manor. And the details of his cousin, the great swordsman named Pike, the more detailed the more good."
The old man has been in the slave hunting group for six years, so he understands these situations very well. He said that the leader of the slave hunting group, Slov, was a mercenary in his early years, and then somehow met a slave trader in Nubit Port, and formed a slave hunting group to start the business of capturing slaves. The civil war in the Sen Empire gave the slave hunting group a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters. In the past six years, the business has grown bigger and bigger, and the slave hunting group has grown to a size of nearly 300 people. Even the local lord can do nothing to Slov.
After Slov had money, he built a manor castle covering an area of thousands of acres in the hilly area to the west of the small town as his old nest. The people living in it are all relatives of the members of the slave hunting group, and nearly 800 slaves are responsible for the planting and daily labor of thousands of acres of grape fields in the manor. In recent years, the grape fruit wine produced by Slove Manor is very famous.
The defense of Slov Manor is very strict, one is the terrain, and the other is sufficient manpower. However, Captain Slov has been seeking a noble title in recent years, and he wants to turn himself into a territorial noble. Last month, he brought a group of people to the capital, and then he went to Nubit Port to settle the bill. According to the plan, he would return in about ten days. Because the slave hunting group is still here, the defense of Slov Manor is at its weakest now, with only a dozen silver swordsmen and a fifty-man guard guarding the black iron steps that suppress slaves.
Captain Slov himself is a two-star golden swordsman, but he just got rich and pampered and fat in the past few years, and his strength seems to have declined. His backer is the great swordsman Pike, it is said that the two are cousins...
"Have you ever fought against that great swordsman Pike?" Lorist asked.
The old man nodded and replied: "I have fought. At the Harvest Festival banquet the year before last, the slave hunters made a fuss and asked Master Pike to show his skills. That Master Pike chose me as his opponent. I fought with him for a dozen rounds, and found that his face was not good. Yu hurriedly gave up his sword and conceded defeat. In fact, I reckon that within a hundred moves, there should be no winner."
Lorist nodded, knowing what was going on.
"By the way. What's your name, old man?" Lorist asked.
"My lord, my name is Ingerek." The old man replied.
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When they arrived at the camp, Lorist saw that the gate of the slave catcher's camp was open, so he rode his horse in directly, but saw Fatty Shi sitting on a soft couch in the square in the middle of the camp, losing his temper. The reason was that Fatty Shi was injured and couldn't write, so he randomly asked an old student to help him write down things. As a result, the old student's handwriting was poor and he often made mistakes, which made Fatty Shi anxious. The old student was also very tempered, and Fatty Shi scolded him a few times and threw away the paper and pen in his hand, saying that my hand was for cutting people with a sword, not for writing with a pen, and you asked me for help and asked for this and that. , I stopped serving, patted my ass and just ran away, which made Fatty Shi very angry.
Lorist endured a smile and got off the horse, picked up the pen and paper, and handed it to Dolles next to him: "Dolles, go to the slaves over there to find a few well-written words, and let them wait for orders with Knight Shredder first. Well, you go and find Bodfinger Knight and Terman, let's meet here and discuss."
Terman, Bodfinger and two of his comrades hurried up.
Lorist first briefly introduced Slov's situation, and then said that when the defense of Slove Manor was weak, he took advantage of his unpreparedness to launch a sneak attack, occupying the manor first, and then deal with Slove and Slov who came back ten days later. His cousin Pike Great Swordsman.
Lorist was going to be led by the old man named Ingerek to sneak into the manor to trick him into opening the gate first, then Treman led an attack to quickly wipe out the resistance, and finally let Dolles lead the slave soldiers to occupy the clearing. The whole estate. El led a group of slave soldiers who could ride horses to blockade the entire manor on the periphery, making sure that no one in the manor slipped through the net. When the dust settles, the camp here can be abandoned, and everyone will move to the manor.
When attacking the manor, Bodfinger was in charge of the camp here to ensure that there were no accidents.
Everyone had no objection to Lorist's arrangement, but Bodfinger was worried that there would be an accident if Lorist took the old man with three gold stars to trick him into opening the gate. At this time, Rod Wells, who was standing aside, said, "Why don't I accompany Mr. Norton for a walk, anyway, there's nothing to do here, and I'm just feeling bored."
Finger was overjoyed at Rod Wells' volunteering and patted him on the shoulder to express his thanks. Lorist hurriedly saluted and thanked: "Mr. Rhodes, I'm sorry for your trouble, thank you very much for your helping hand and the help you gave us..."
Rod Wells quickly returned the salute, seeing Lorist's skill and performance, he was very polite at the moment: "Mr. Norton, don't be too polite. If you don't mind, you can call me Ross just like Borg. "
Lorist laughed and reached out to shake his hand: "Okay, Ross, you can also call me Locke, that's what my friends call me."
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Lorist went to take a shower first, and changed the blood-stained clothes on his body. I also asked the old man named Injerek to wash it and change his wet pants. Seeing that everyone was ready, he and Rose led Injerek to ride to Slov Manor on horseback.
The Slov manor is about six or seven kilometers away from the camp of the slave catchers. It is the building on the hill that you can see along the avenue, turn the small town and go west. Lorist chatted and laughed with Rose all the way, and arrived soon.
Ross is a very straightforward and heroic man. He said that his father was also an old mercenary. He had obtained this high-level fighting qi cheat book and left it to him in the early years. He hoped that his son would become a legendary mercenary. As a result, Ross heard many stories about knights and princes fighting on the battlefield when he was a child. When he grew up, he went to the army without telling his father. He hoped that he could become a knight, and his father was so angry that he almost had a stroke.
Ross was a brave and fearless general in the White Lions. After the civil war, the White Lions were disbanded. Rose went home and found that his relatives were gone. Knowing that he had nothing to worry about, he formed a small mercenary group with a few comrades and went out to take risks. By chance, he rescued a slave trader who was besieged by bandits, and was hired as a bodyguard by the slave trader, and followed him to Nubit Port. Then I met Baldfinger, and when I heard that he wanted to buy slaves to form the Norton family's private army to go to the Northland, I became interested and took Mons Malek, who was also unwilling to stay in Nubit Port, to follow Baldfinger Came here.
The process of occupying the Slove Manor went smoothly, Ross didn't even make a move, and the javelin carried by Lorist solved the problem. Seeing that the old man was in front of him, the gatekeepers quickly lowered the drawbridge and opened the gate of the manor. Lorist swung his long sword a few times and cut their throats. The other defending silver swordsmen bullied Lorist that there were few people, and more than ten people swarmed over because of the entanglement.
Lorist drew out the javelin hanging from the horse, and it was like thunder and lightning, and he threw it one after another. The javelin rained down like a rain of guns, and more than a dozen silver swordsmen who rushed over directly knocked down a group of people. For the most part, the few remaining silver swordsmen who were prepared swung their swords and cut off the spears, but the spears that continued to shoot immediately penetrated their bodies. The three barrels of throwing guns were thrown away, and there was no longer an enemy standing in front of Lorist.
The old man Yingjelek saw his legs trembling, and he was very grateful in his heart. Fortunately, he was sensible and surrendered quickly, which saved his old life. Rose watched from the sidelines in admiration, and even called it a stunt.
Terman led people to follow up and occupied the main castle, and then Dolles and Telman jointly cleaned up the entire manor. Under the attack of the veteran students, after a dozen people were killed, they stopped resisting and were captured without a fight. None of Terman and the others were harmed. Dolles commented that these captives were simply asking for trouble. They attacked the heavily armed silver swordsmen with whips and daggers. There must be something wrong in their minds.
Lorist ordered Terman to take people to the camp to inform Fatty Shi and Bodfinger to move the camp, and to bring everyone to Slov Manor. By the way, he asked Terman to pull all the carriages in the camp to the pier. Now they can Let Yuri unload and deliver all the weapons and goods.
Then Lorist asked Dolles to lead people to gather the slaves in the manor and wait for the notice, and then lead people to detain the relatives of the members of the slave hunting group, and kill them if they resisted. They sent someone to inform El to strengthen the vigilance, and they were very busy all of a sudden.
The main house where the relatives of the slave-hunting group lived suddenly burst into tears. Fierce slave soldiers broke in and drove out the relatives of the slave-hunting group. From time to time, there were outbreaks in some houses or yards There were shouts of killing and scolding.
But these resistances were quickly suppressed, and several gorgeously dressed corpses fell on the side of the road and at the gate of the yard, showing the ruthlessness and cruelty of the slave soldiers.
Lorist followed Ingerek on horseback to the small courtyard where his granddaughter lived. Along the way, the slave soldiers standing guard on the side of the road saluted Lorist one after another, while those who were driven out of the house and stood by the road Relatives of the slave catchers stared at them with fear or hatred.
Lorist heaved a sigh of relief. He found that these slave soldiers were very well-behaved and obedient. Although they killed a few rebels during the operation, nothing happened that he didn't want to see. No one insulted women, nor did they No one stole property, perhaps because they knew that if they took it, they would not return it to themselves, but they would be punished instead. After driving people out of the house, they stood by the side of the road and waited for the next order.
The granddaughter of the old man Injerek is indeed very beautiful, fair and quiet, holding a book in her hand, standing outside the yard with a fifteen or sixteen-year-old maid, with a look of panic on her face. Seeing the old man, he rushed over and hugged him tightly.
Lorist nodded to the slave soldiers saluting at the side, looked at the old man's granddaughter, pointed to the small yard and said to the old man, "Let's go in and talk."
The small yard is not big, but it is tidy. Lorist entered the room again, and saw a half-written animal skin manuscript on a table. He picked it up and saw that the handwriting was neat and neat, but the last word was messy and dragged on for a long time. It was obviously a slave soldier. Breaking into the door made the writer panic and mess up his handwriting.
"Are you copying?" Lorist asked the girl behind who was supporting the old man, and the girl nodded shyly.
"The handwriting is not bad." Lorist commented.
"Ingerek, it's time to take out your treasure." Lorist said.
The old man's face was ashen, and he entered the next room and took out a small box and a book of animal skins. Opening the small box, the golden light is dazzling inside, and there are all shining golden fortunes.
"This, here is all my savings over the years, 1,437 gold coins." The old man was very heartbroken.
Lorist picked up a gold coin: "Old man, do you know how many slaves' suffering and blood and tears are on this gold coin you earned? Such money is unclean and ominous. If you spend such money, you will be punished , either on your head or on your descendants. Let me use it to help you solve the disaster."
He took out a money bag on his body and threw it to the old man: "Although there are only a dozen gold coins in my bag, each of them is clean. Without your gold coins, there is a smell of blood and resentment. Don't worry about spending it. Putting it under the pillow at night can also make you sleep soundly. It’s cheap for you, and I’ll give you this purse.”
"As for the water attribute fighting qi cheat book..." Lorist flipped through the animal skin fighting qi cheat book, and threw it to the girl next to him: "Let your granddaughter be responsible for copying another copy, and the original is still yours. In the past two days, your grandparents Just stay here, Nuo, this maid can also be with you. Waiting for your disposal. If there is anything you need to tell the soldiers guarding outside the door directly, do you understand?"
The old man hurriedly saluted: "My lord, thank you, I will follow your orders."
Lorist walked away holding the small box full of gold coins.