Chapter 360: Guest Performance (Part 1)

It was night, and the town of Tours was immersed in the quiet moonlight.

It was time to fall asleep, but the old mayor Lacey was not sleepy at all, sitting alone on a tree stump in the open space in front of his house, smoking a dull cigarette silently by himself. In those already cloudy eyes, images from the past flashed from time to time. In those scenes, there will always be the figure of the grandson Wook. That little guy has never been a safe person, he has been very naughty since he was very young, which makes the old mayor angry and love him at the same time.

Lacey couldn't help laughing at the thought of Wook urinating in his teacup as a child. But immediately, the old mayor was overwhelmed by great sorrow.

Not long ago, Wook was executed for desertion. When the instructor announced this to him, the old mayor almost fainted. He is just such a grandson, but now, Wu Ke has left this world forever. The only rationality prevented the old mayor from swinging his crutches at the instructor, but silently asked him to leave. After that, for three days, no one saw Lacey.

The person I love the most is gone, but life has to go on. So Lacey appeared in front of the people again, and a few days ago, he personally sent the soldiers away. Those are all residents of the town, they are other people's husbands and sons, but now, they have only one identity, that is, Sir Maud's soldiers.

They've left town and will soon be on the battlefield. The old mayor doesn't know, how many people will be able to come back intact by then?

The soldiers of Storm City withdrew, leaving only a small team of about ten people. They are stationed in the town and live in camps just outside the town. From the direction of Lacey's house, the flames of the camp could be vaguely seen.

However, the flames seemed to be a little brighter tonight, and the old mayor rubbed his presbyopic eyes. When the night wind sent a burning smell to his nose, the old mayor was sure that the camp was on fire!

After a while, the bell tower in the town rang, waking up the familiar people from their dreams. Lacey shouted with all her strength: "It's on fire! The barracks is on fire, and everyone is up to fight the fire."

However, the young and strong men in the town have left, and most of the people who go out of the house are women, old men. When they were about to organize their hands to go to the military camp to fight the fire, a team suddenly poured into the town. In front was a company of knights, and behind them half-masked warriors with torches and swords, who gathered the townspeople together.

The fire/guns in these people's hands made people fearful, especially at the moment when the men at home left the village, and made women feel helpless. Fortunately, the opponent did not use force, which made the old mayor feel a little more at ease.

A young man who seemed to be the leader stood out from the crowd and asked, "Who is the mayor of this town?"

People subconsciously looked towards Lacey,

The old mayor was not going to evade, he stood up and said: "I am Lacey, my lord. Just take whatever you want, as long as you don't hurt these poor people."

The leader nodded: "Listen, we are Papa Dick's people. Now this town belongs to us. As for resistance, the barracks outside your town will be the end of resistance. Now, I want you to bring out all the food .All the food, if I find out who is hiding it, hehe, I hope you don’t regret it.”

Lacey said with a bitter face: "My lord, the men in the town have been conscripted into the army. There is not much food left, see if you can leave some for us."

"Stop talking nonsense, I don't have that much patience. It's okay if you don't hand it over, we can get it ourselves if we kill all of you!" The leader snorted coldly, and intentionally exuded a faint killing intent, so the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped a little.

The old mayor could only ask people to fetch food from their homes, from bread to dried meat, and even the ale brewed by people themselves. After the leader had all the food taken away by horse, he said to the old mayor: "Go and tell your Sir Maud that Father Dick is no longer ready to cooperate with him. The benefits he has received from us all these years Quite a lot, now, we want to get it back bit by bit.”

Lacey stood on the spot in a daze, not realizing the meaning of the young leader's words. The surrounding residents chattered and discussed, and the focus of their concern was naturally the cooperation between Maud and Dick.

Of course they knew that Papa Dick was the most powerful bandit in the Blood Rock Wasteland, but they never thought that their lord would cooperate with the bandits. From the looks of it now, it seemed that there was some trouble between them, otherwise there would be no revenge tonight. After the team left, the old mayor and a few other more courageous residents came to the barracks, and several simple houses in the barracks had already been burned.

In the open space of the camp, the bodies of ten soldiers appeared scattered in different places. They all showed signs of resistance, but were mercilessly killed. Those bloody corpses seemed to illustrate Papa Dick's determination.

This night, the territory of Storm City was not peaceful. Starting from the town of Tours, three towns not far away were attacked. Without exception, the defense forces in the town were quickly broken, and none of the soldiers in Storm City was spared. The food in the town was looted, but fortunately, ordinary residents were not harmed. But there was no food, which made it impossible for them to maintain their lives, so the people in these towns began to move to Storm City, and brought Papa Dick's message with them.

"absurd!"

In the City Lord's Mansion of Storm City, Maude shook his head and said, "Unless Dick is crazy, he won't do this!"

Reg, who was standing next to him, had just made a detailed report on the attack that happened last night. He couldn't believe it either, but the people transferred to Storm City almost spoke the same words, which made people suspicious. Reg said in a deep voice, "Is it possible that Dick is dissatisfied with the distribution of our interests over the years? That's why he did this to warn us?"

"Then his life is too long. He can live well all these years without my protection. Otherwise, he would have been killed by someone. Well, you send someone to Dick to find out. In addition, Send a team to the border to have a look, and if you encounter the culprits from last night, catch them first and then talk about it."

"I see." Reg saluted, turned and left.

That evening, a crusade team left Storm City. There are a hundred people in this team. There are ten Thunder Knights in the team, and the rest are Stormtroopers. Leading the team was Reg's adjutant, Covey, a 13th-level knight. With the configuration of this team, it is enough to wipe out the thugs who attacked the town last night. Judging from the information collected from the people, there were no more than 20 or 30 thugs who attacked the town. In Covey's opinion, this number is simply not worth mentioning.

There was also a thunder knight who set off with the crusade team, and he went straight to the direction of the blood rock wasteland. The knight acted indifferently, not noticing his leaving back, and fell into the sight of a pair of eyes. But even if he found out, he probably wouldn't care. After all, who would pay attention to a little snake lying in the grass by the side of the road?

It was night in a blink of an eye, and a small bonfire was lit on a slope. The knight sat by the fire and ate dry food, while the horse next to him peacefully gnawed on the nearby green grass. After men and horses had rested enough, the knight set off again. Due to the seriousness of the situation, he was instructed to travel day and night to bring back the information of Papa Dick in the shortest possible time.

Down the slope is a narrow road, and the cold moonlight casts on the road, filling the earth with a sense of loneliness and desolation. The moonlight cast from behind the knight, casting a clear shadow on the ground. The lonely journey often makes people unresponsive, and the knight's mind even drifts to the young wife at home. So it wasn't until there was another shadow on the ground that the knight realized that there was an extra person behind him at some point.

The long black clothes were blown constantly by the wind, which made the open hem of the clothes look like the wings of a bat. The galloping man was faster than a galloping horse, not much worse than the horse under the knight's seat. He still had time to smile sideways at the knight, and then flew out several black bolts from his arms.

There was a sudden sound of breaking through the air.

Instinctively, the knight leaned back, letting a few jet-black throwing knives fall into the air. However, one of the flying knives pierced into the horse's front legs, and the horse suffered pain and fell to the ground with a mournful cry. The knight rolled off the horse, and before he could adjust his posture, his feet tightened suddenly. He looked down, a chain wrapped around his heel like a poisonous snake. The chain pulled back violently, causing the knight to slide forward continuously.

The man in black was pulling the chain with both hands, pulling the knight in his direction. In his busy schedule, the knight drew out his long knife and nailed it into the ground, twisted the chain tightly, and then stopped himself. He got up quickly, and in a flash, the other party had already rushed over.

In the man's hand, a dagger painted black flashed like black lightning. The knight stepped on the chain with one foot, and was able to draw the steel knife to meet the enemy. The dagger in the man's hand was elusive, and he circled around the knight and kept attacking. Every time the short knife appeared, it was like a sickle from the shadow of death, and it was killing people.

The knight gradually saw blood, and he couldn't keep up with the man's speed. The long knife in his hand became as heavy as a thousand catties, and he couldn't control the knife gradually. The fight was finally over when a wide and deep gash appeared on his neck. And the whole process from the knight's fall from the horse to his death from being stabbed in the vitals took less than three minutes.

Looking at the fallen Thunder Knight, Belmode smiled slightly. He put away the short knife and pulled out the knife from the horse's leg. Put the knight's body back on the horse again, and then slapped the horse's buttocks, and the war horse ran in the direction it came from. The horse was wounded, and it would probably be dawn by the time it returned to Storm City. Belmode could almost imagine the wonderful expression on Maude's face when he saw the knight's corpse.

At that time, the misunderstanding between him and Dick should have deepened, right? Thinking of this, he couldn't help whistling: "It's really a wonderful performance."

While the exclamation was still floating in the air, Belmode had already flew in another direction.

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