Red Leaf Town is a small town with a small population, with only more than 2,000 people in the entire town, and it is the smallest of the three towns in the original Dabiang Kingdom Pandaling. Later, this territory was ceded to Asuna by the Kingdom of Dabiang, but Asuna did not choose to accept it out of strategic considerations, so the people of the town could only start to vigorously form a militia group in order to protect themselves, and then invited a mercenary group to help defend it.

After that, this nameless town was named Momiji Town because of the fact that there is a kind of maple tree planted in the town, and autumn leaves fall every autumn.

Red Leaf Town is rich in a kind of red maple fruit wine, this kind of wine is not high, and the stamina is not strong, but the taste is sweet and not greasy, and it is very popular, so the tax situation in the town is actually quite good. In the past, it was also one of the important sources of tax revenue for Panda Ling every year, but at that time, the town only needed to pay one-third of the town's income, but since hiring a mercenary group, nearly two-thirds of the town's income has to go to that mercenary group.

In this regard, the town is not without complaints, but their militia group can't beat each other, and in many disputes, they have been severely repaired by those mercenary groups who have really seen blood. But fortunately, this mercenary group didn't go too far, so the situation in Momiji Town is actually better than another town called Dabroun, and the situation in that town is really bad.

In fact, if there is a choice, no town will invite a mercenary group or mercenary group to be stationed for a long time, who knows what the character of these mercenary groups is, if you accidentally invite a bandit to come, then the end will be a little pitiful. It's just that the three towns of the original Panda Territory are now borderless, not protected by any lord, and they are so close to the Wild Land, it is better to be bullied by their own people than to be burned and looted by outsiders in the Wild Land.

The town's stone walls were originally only two meters high and nearly 20 centimeters thick.

But since a mercenary group was hired to garrison the area, the stone wall has been increased to nearly five meters in height and 50 centimeters thick. This height and thickness are naturally nothing compared to the real city walls. But it is also enough to ensure that people below the upper silver level cannot easily turn over or break through at all. Even if you are a master of the upper silver level, you need to borrow a little strength to jump.

In the construction of defense facilities, this mercenary group has also put some hard work, but unfortunately, these works can only make this mercenary group look more like clowns. On the contrary, it is not as good as the other two towns, which have not changed the stone walls at all - the mercenary group in Dabroun is eager to scavenge everything in the town, while the other town has added to the cost of building stone walls. Throw yourself into real fortifications.

Of the three towns, this one is the one that has the best chance of successfully resisting the raids from the Savage Lands.

At the gate of Momiji Town, several plainly dressed old men gathered here to chat, and the content was a bit empty, but in the end, it still came to the topic of the new lord.

"I heard. Our town was finally accepted by the Marquis. An old man with a thin face suddenly spoke.

"I heard that a few days ago, a knight lord delivered an official document to the mayor of the town." Another old man swore and said, "The leader of the mercenaries went to the mayor that night, and it is said that there was a disturbance." ”

"Those mercenaries are getting more and more arrogant now, it's time for a lord to take care of it." The thin old man who spoke at the beginning nodded knowingly, "Look, what is that town called Luo......"

"Dabroun." A little old man who had been pursing his mouth interjected.

"Even if you have a good name." The wizened old man was a little dissatisfied with the interruption of his words, and pouted and argued. It seems that I have forgotten what I wanted to say in the first place. "In the past, we didn't have any names for these towns, if it wasn't for the fact that the town had such a name in the first place. We will follow the name of what will arise here, according to me, in the past, we used to call this place Puda, isn't it good. ”

"Even if you have a name, what if you have a name?" The old man who said he had seen the knight master before took over and said, "I heard that if those lords don't approve of it, it will be useless for us to call it so happily, and they won't have any registration at all." ”

The little old man seemed to want to say something, but in the end he closed his mouth and stopped talking, just sighed helplessly.

"Where did I just go?" The wizened old man finally remembered that he still had something to say, "Anyway, that town is ruined." The group of mercenaries they found were simply a group of bandits and robbers, and I heard that it seemed that there was a battle with the town next door a few days ago, and I don't know what the outcome of the road was. ”

"Even if you know the results, what else can you do?" The fourth old man pursed his lips, he had a temperament that was obviously different from the other old men, he seemed to have joined the army when he was young, and he had the ability to belong to a soldier, "Anyway, none of these mercenaries are good things." ”

These words were obviously a bit extreme, but for this old man's words, the other old men didn't refute or say anything, they just looked at him, there was a little pity in their eyes, and then they sighed to each other.

The old man did serve as a soldier when he was young, and it is said that he joined the regular army of the kingdom rather than the private soldiers of the nobles, and was wounded and discharged before returning to his hometown to marry and have children. When the two sons became adults, because they were burly enough, they were recruited as a heavy cavalry by the earl of the Kingdom of Dabiang, which was originally quite a happy thing, but no one expected the war to break out suddenly, and then in the war with the Valkyrie of the Principality of Lane, his two sons were killed on the battlefield, and I heard that they were directly evaporated by magic, and there was not even a corpse left.

The old man fell ill on the spot, the younger son had no heirs, but the eldest son left a son, and now joined the militia regiment in Red Leaf Town. However, a few days ago, when the official letter of appointment of the marquisess arrived, the mayor of Red Leaf Town proposed to end the entrustment contract with the mercenary group, and as a result, the mercenary group, which was used to being powerful, refused to give up easily, but asked Red Leaf Town to refuse to obey orders, resulting in a skirmish, and his grandson was also seriously injured in the conflict.

But fortunately, his life was saved, but he needed to recuperate for a while, which was a big burden for the old man's family. Now, the old man also had to start trying to find a way to make some money so that his grandson could get some supplements so that his injuries could heal as soon as possible.

"Hmph, I see, even if a new lord comes, it's not necessarily a good thing." The old man snorted stubbornly, "These lords are a bunch of hateful guys comparable to vampires, can you guarantee that they are doing better than those mercenaries?" I don't like these mercenaries, but I think they're much more gracious than the lord sent by the marquis. …… Valkyrie? Bah. ”

The old man spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm.

As a result, the other old men lost the nature of conversation. They are actually a little worried about the new lord, after all, if the new lord is mainly more hateful than these mercenaries, then it is better to continue to accept the rule of these mercenaries, at least they are all Dabion, and the situation in Red Leaf Town is indeed better than that of Dabroun Town, at least not to that pathetic level.

It's just that they are not as extreme as this old man, and they have some expectations for the new lord in addition to worrying.

Just then, they saw a very burly young man running out of town.

This man's height is definitely more than 1.8 meters, but this is not the point, the point is that this man is holding a huge shield of 1.5 meters in his left hand, and a spear in his right hand.

Originally, there were a few mercenaries gathered at the gate of the town, and they were the ones who were responsible for collecting the entrance fee to the town - in the past, the town did not have these rules, but only after the mercenaries came, so that there were fewer and fewer merchants who came to the town to buy fruit wine. And now, when these mercenaries saw this burly man running, no one dared to intercept him, not even blocking the way, and they chose to avoid it.

"This man is terrible." The wizened old man muttered.

"This is the Northland Barbarians." The little old man frowned slightly, and his voice was a little puzzled, "How can there be a Northland barbarian here?" ”

Then, the old men saw that at one end of the horizon, two men wearing hooded cloaks, one large and one small, appeared, and when the Northland barbarian ran to the side of the two, he stopped, as if talking to each other.

So, this strange trio walked towards Momiji Town while talking.

"Report to the chief." Anno said with a grin, carrying a half-body shield and a spear.

"How many times have you said it, don't call me the chief, now call me the chief." Sean sighed helplessly.

"Good unitary chief." Anno said with a serious face, "Report to the chief, I already know where the mayor's home is. ”

Cecilia burst out laughing, then seemed to realize something, and quickly reached out to cover her mouth, and it turned into a giggling snicker.

Sean shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, I'm too lazy to correct your problem." …… You've been in the town for so long, what else do you know about the town mayor besides the town mayor's house? ”

"Hmm." Anno frowned and thought for a moment, "Master William said, in addition to asking about the mayor's house, it's best to test whether those mercenaries are good or not. ”

Sean suddenly felt a little headache: "You tried?" ”

"Weak explosion!" Anno said with a smug face, "I can fight five at a time!" ”

Cecilia suddenly felt that this was so familiar.

And Sean thinks that he will be too rash to bring only Anno and Cecilia? (To be continued.) )

PS: My hair is so long that I need to spend 30 minutes tying up my hair every day before I start coding words. …… I now seem to understand the pain of a girl's hair...... Hairpins or something, it's too hard to use. The girls who can use hairpins are all amazing heroines!