Chapter 337 Secret

When Hank saw the bright red on the blade of the heavy knife, Hank knew that his opponent was about to counterattack. However, when Qianjun bounced up and drew a bleak red trajectory in the dark night and fell straight down, Hank was surprised that the opponent's counterattack came so fast, so fast that he was not even ready, the blade of the heavy knife had already Dilates in both eyes.

Hank let out a bestial growl and used the bottom of the box itself. Press the whole body into the double sickle, the sickle reveals a hazy light blue flame, staggered towards the heavy sword.

when!

With a loud bang, the source power flames on Hank's twin sickles were immediately smashed to pieces, and the sickle body was even distorted. He turned pale with shock, but saw the heavy knife floating up, with a dark red streak across the edge of the knife, sharply provoking from below.

Hank couldn't hold the twin scythes any longer, and the scythes swirled out of his hands. He cursed, turned and ran. With such an opponent, how could he have the mind and fighting spirit to fight again.

There was a sudden sound of wind in his ear, and Hank instinctively swayed the source force, forming a layer of source force shield on his body surface. But as soon as the shield was condensed and formed, Hank's whole body shook violently, and his ears were filled with the sound of the shield breaking and the source force surging. He suddenly saw a dark blade protruding from his chest, and the red light on the blade was as thick as blood.

The next moment Hank knew that it was really blood, and it was hot blood brought out from his body by the knife. The blade of Qianjun's knife is rough, and it passes through the chest, don't expect the wound to be as smooth as a mirror. An irregular wound was stabbed in Hank's chest by the rough blade, and blood flowed out along the blade. The bald man only felt that his strength was also disappearing along with the flow of blood, and he took two steps forward, and finally his body went limp, and he fell to the ground and died.

Allen pulled the heavy knife from the corpse. Hank's strength was too weak to even give him the qualifications to warm up.

When Hank died, the group of thieves lost their fighting spirit. Many people were killed by the Mountain King's troops and Willick, and the rest of the bandits fled towards the wilderness one after another seeing that the situation was not right. When the battle was over, the bandits left twenty or thirty corpses, and the rest fled back into the wilderness. After searching them for a while, Allen found a bag of gold coins, more than a dozen intact firearms, some ammunition, and ten horses in his hands.

These things add up to a small fortune. Especially those ten war horses, their value is far above other harvests.

On Allen's side, several of their core combat members were unscathed, while the soldiers of the Mountain King's army mostly suffered minor injuries. After this battle, the Baimeng people like Dima finally knew the benefits of armor. For those bandits who had not activated their source power, the swords in their hands could not break through the steel light armor at all. Otherwise, Dima and the others wouldn't have suffered some painless injuries.

This is the first battle of the king of the mountain, even though the opponents are some unscrupulous thieves. But in battle, the Mountain Kings showed the fruits of their training and gained valuable combat experience. These people have their own gains, especially Dima, the young Baimeng looked excited,

It seemed as if he could wait for more bandits to practice.

At dawn the next day, the caravan left camp. As for the corpses of those bandits, they remained where they were. It won't take long for the corpses to become food for wild beasts and fertilizer for this wasteland.

When the sun was about to sink into the western horizon, several cloaked people disappeared from Mato's sight after paying the customs duty to enter the city. Mato frowned, those people were adventurers. Since the Baron of York issued a reward to adventurers in order to obtain the so-called treasure in the Aspen Mountains, so that the city of Sur has been visited by adventurers, there have been no adventurers for two or three months.

But recently, their number has increased again, pouring into the city of Sur every now and then, and they don't know why. Although most of the adventurers who entered the city behaved calmly, Mato doubted whether the number of the city defense team could suppress these wandering guys. Once they make trouble, I'm afraid the city defense team will not be taken seriously by them.

Adventurers are mostly restless guys, otherwise they wouldn't be engaged in this special industry. They are safe now, but it doesn't mean they will always be safe. Mato decided to go to the city lord's mansion so that he could borrow Alan's team equipped with fire rifles. With that powerful team in charge, Mato would feel more at ease.

After handing over some affairs to the adjutant, Mato went directly to the city lord's mansion without going home for dinner. When passing by the bar, two men wrestled and rushed out of the gate, followed by several adventurers. Instead of persuading the fight, he also booed. When they saw the uniform on Mato, they restrained themselves a little, and the two people who were fighting also ended hastily and left the bar respectively.

Mato shook his head, and things like this were only going to happen more and more.

When he came to the City Lord's Mansion, Edward was still working in the office. Baron York's treasury was almost used up by him, but all valuable collections were sold, and the money in exchange was used for the construction of the city defense and the transformation of the city's supporting facilities. Scaffolding can be seen everywhere in the city of Sur now, but all the men with some strength were requisitioned as workers, but no one objected.

After all, the ultimate beneficiaries of these facilities are the people in the city. Compared with Ethan's previous practice of just going through the motions, Edward who opened the mayor's treasury won more respect from the people. Humans are strange creatures, they can remember well and they can forget well. After Edward's policy of benefiting the people, not many people remembered that this young city lord came from a foreign land. Incidentally, forget about the people related to it, such as Alan, they are not from Sur City at all.

Feelings always blur perception.

Matto was also a little moved to see Edward still working at dinner time. The two previous city lords never missed the time for meals and rest, especially the Baron of York. He cares more about whether his coffers are full than which city's facilities need to be remodeled or upgraded.

"Mato?" Edward raised his head and was a little surprised to see the captain of the city defense team: "Why, come to have dinner with me?"

"Excuse me, my lord." Matto bowed his head.

"Come in, what made you come to see me at this time?" Edward signed his name on a document, put down the quill pen stained with ink, and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him leisurely.

Matto cut to the chase: "It's the adventurers, my lord. They seem to be showing up a little too much lately, and I always feel like something's going to happen."

"Adventurers?" Edward had also heard about this item, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

The world is vast, and many places are deserted. Those deep mountains, old forests, or crypt abysses are not places that ordinary people can reach. There may be hidden treasures that will last a lifetime to squander, or some powerful and dangerous monsters sleep there. Everything is unknown, and adventurers are people who specialize in searching for these unknown answers, and they go everywhere.

Some people got rich overnight, and more people died silently, buried in some unknown valley or in some dangerous cave.

But the city of Sur is not a good place for adventure, nor does it have enough wealth to attract the attention of adventurers. The sudden influx of a large number of adventurers into the city was an unusual signal in itself, and it was no wonder that Mato was worried. Edward nodded and said, "Are you worried that the city defense team is not strong enough?"

"Yes, my lord. Whether it's a knight or a magician, those guys have an average level of seven or eight. My men don't have so many good players to deal with these people." Mato said truthfully.

"I see, I will transfer the flame warriors to you at night. For the time being, let them be used by you."

Mato said happily: "Thank you for your trust, my lord."

Edward smiled and said, "So, do you know what's going on? About those adventurers?"

"This..." Mato smiled wryly: "They seem to have a certain purpose, but the subordinates don't know what it is. Do you need me to find out?"

"That's not necessary. When it comes to inquiring about information, I have someone more suitable." Edward stood up and said, "Shall we have dinner together?"

"No, my wife and children are waiting for me at home." Mato said.

"Then I won't keep you."

After sending Matto away, Edward called a soldier. These Bethkind's guards were left by Allen in order to assist the city defense team to strengthen their defenses when needed. Edward asked him to gather other soldiers and report to the barracks of the city defense team tonight.

After the soldier took the order, Edward sent someone to invite Belmode.

After a simple dinner, Belmode came to the office, and Edward said directly: "I need you to find out some information for me."

Belmode smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, the one who hired me was Master Allen, right?"

"You indeed remember correctly, but now, I suggest that we should not make too much fuss about this. Everything you and I have done is for the sake of our leader." Edward said, looking directly into the man's eyes.

After concentrating on him for a moment, Belmode shrugged and said, "That's right. Well, anyway, I'm so free these days, I might as well find something to do. Then, what information do you want to inquire about? Which noble lady will you go to?"

"I'm not so bored. It's those adventurers." Edward said: "There are too many of them. These people seem to come for the same purpose. I want to know what they are going to do?"

"Sounds interesting, then I'm leaving, and I'll let you know when I have news."

Belmode walked out of the lord's mansion, and if he felt something, he turned and looked up. The window of the office, Edward was looking at him through the window. The young Maritan nodded before disappearing behind the window. Belmode squinted his eyes, and then said softly: "I always feel that there are many secrets hidden, this guy."

He shrugged, said "it's none of my business", put his hands in his pockets, and gradually his figure blended into the night of the street. r1058

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