"Stop."

Before the caravan reached the checkpoint, a soldier lazily walked out of the corridor of the wooden house with a fire/gun. He scratched his messy hair, tapped the harness of Allen's mount with the butt of his rifle, and said, "Where are you going?" ”

Alan was still on his horse, stretched out his hand and patted the knife box hanging next to him, and said, "Through the wind erosion rift, of course you have to go to Violet Harbor, otherwise where else can you go?" ”

The soldier narrowed his eyes, his gaze fell on the knight's badge on Allen's chest, and said, "Yo, it turned out to be a knight lord." You're not from Storm City, are you? ”

"Yes, I'm from Sur City."

"That's right, it's okay to pass, pay your taxes. One silver coin per person. The soldier said nonchalantly, plucking his ears with his fingernails.

A silver coin is not cheap in taxes, and in Sur City, this amount of money is enough for an adult to live on for a week. The Wind Erosion Rift was barely in Storm City's territory, but it was already a very marginal area. It can be said that through the Guò Rift Valley, there is no need to travel through the territory of Storm City, so the taxation is so high, it can be said that it is a very excessive thing.

Alan shook his head, unwilling to clash with Storm City here, and said to Willik, "Pay your taxes." ”

"Wait, call everyone out, I'll have to count them out." The soldier said.

Alan took a money bag from Willik's hand, threw it directly to him and said, "Don't count, there are a hundred silver coins here, even the horses are enough." We are in a hurry, please remove the barricades. ”

The soldier glared at him, weighed the purse, and snorted and moved over to the barricade.

I thought that Yiqiē would be safe, but when the caravan passed by, the soldier suddenly shouted to stop. Alan asked impatiently, "What's wrong again?" ”

"What are these?" The soldier knocked on the cargo of a wagon.

"That's the fabric we shipped to Violet Harbor."

"Merchandise?" The soldier snorted, "When did Sur City do business in Violet Harbor?" If it's a commodity, then we also have to levy a commercial tax! ”

Willik's fists clenched and rattled, showing his anger. was about to have a seizure, but Alan stretched out his hand to stop him. The latter laughed instead of being angry, and asked: "How is this commercial tax collected?" ”

"Ishei, no! Thirty percent, that's right, we have to levy thirty percent of the value of the goods as a commercial tax, and now you have to unload your goods, and we need to evaluate and tax them before you can pass guò. The soldier shouted.

He looked at the dozen or so carriages, and according to the normal market price, there were also 10,000 gold coins in them. If it is thirty percent, there will be three thousand gold coins to be obtained. In addition to handing over a portion to Storm City, he and the others could each get at least a hundred and ten gold coins, which was a windfall!

"Sancheng, I don't have a small appetite." Alan said lightly.

"That's ...... What did you say? The soldier shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, quickly let your men unload the goods, don't delay my time." ”

Alan said coldly: "Even if our batch of fabrics is transported to Violet Harbor, the profits are not as high as your taxes. Isn't that too much? ”

"Excessive?" The soldier laughed, walked over and pointed a gun at Allen and said, "Don't think that if you wear a knight's badge, you really think you are a noble lord." It's just a knight from the countryside, if you make money or not, what does it have to do with me? Less nonsense, get to work quickly......"

At the end of the soldier's words, he suddenly saw the barrel of the gun fall into Allen's hand, and then the straight barrel was twisted by him, and the color immediately changed. Alan clapped his hands and said, "Don't point a gun at me, that will make me misunderstood." I won't pay this so-called business tax. Now I'm just going to give you two options, one is to open the level, and the other is to let me level here. Other than that, there is no third possibility. ”

"Okay, it's the other way around!" The soldier shouted, "Brothers, take the guys, the poor ghosts of Sur have rebelled." ”

One after another, soldiers came out of the cabin, and Alan looked at this qiē coldly, and gave Willik a look. The two sides were about to make a move, and suddenly someone shouted: "Stop it!" ”

A middle-aged officer came out of the room murderously, glared at Allen, and said, "Let them go." ”

Alan gave him a surprised look, and the officer snorted, "Not leaving?" Do I have to give you a ride? ”

"Not really." Alan smiled slightly, gestured, and the caravan cleared the level and disappeared into the shadows of the Rift.

When they had left, the soldier of the caravan handed the money bag to the officer and said, "Boss, just let them go?" ”

"So what do you want? Damn, it's good for you to have more brains, there are so many of them. And those guards, all of whom didn't say a word, were obviously ruthless characters. Which side do you think will suffer if you start to do it? The officer slapped him on the back of the head and said, "There are only ten of us, and the other side is three or four times the number of us." Do it, really do it, we can only wait for someone to collect the body for us. ”

The soldier touched his head and replied yes vigorously. The officer sneered and said, "Of course, they can't be so cheap." The poor ghosts of Sur are about to trade with Violet Harbor, and I don't think Lord Maud will be happy to hear that. You, go and tell Dick that he is a good old thing, and say that there is prey to take care of him. Of course, in the end, the harvest has to be according to the old rules. ”

"I'll do it." The soldier said with a smile.

The officer called two more men and pointed deeper into the rift, and the two soldiers departed.

The rift valley is quiet, and the hot sun is mostly blocked by the rocks on both sides, making the temperature in the valley seem cool. Alan and Regers walked side by side, and on the way, Regers turned back from time to time, and the young man said strangely: "It seems that they are quite smart and have not done anything superfluous." ”

"They almost did, and the officer saved their lives." Alan frowned: "I knew that Sur City had always been weak, but I didn't expect that Storm City would be so arrogant. A soldier at a border checkpoint dares to be so presumptuous. It seems that the city of Souls has been squeezed by Ser Maud for a long time. ”

"But it's not York or Ethan who is in charge of Sur City right now." Regis said.

Alan shook his head and smiled, "For someone like Maude, he wouldn't believe that Sur City could rise at all. Soon, though, he would learn that the city was different. When we came back, we had to think about how we were going to deal with this neighbor. ”

"What's so troublesome, just hit it directly." Regis patted the slashing scabbard and said.

"That's sooner or later." Alan Dao.

It was already evening when the caravan walked out of the rift, and after the procession entered the wilderness, a figure appeared in the shadow of the exit of the rift, but it was a soldier from Storm City. He used some gravel to make an arrow pattern on the ground, and the arrow pointed in the direction of the caravan's departure. After doing this, he continued to follow, following behind the caravan.

The source of power flows through the blood vessels.

Whenever they pass through the heart, a portion of them is absorbed by the evil eye. After the evolution, Alifedo still absorbs Allen's source power, and the texture on Alifeido's body is much clearer than when he was on Earth. Eren turned his attention away from it, and thought about the second barrier of confinement. He tried to isolate the source power and penetrate into the heart to strengthen this organ.

Although he didn't know how much it would do to hit the barrier when he did it. But now, all he could think of for the time being was this stupid solution. So most of the source power tempered tonight was used in Alifedo and strengthening the heart, and the increase in source power was not even one percent. This small gain made Alan sigh lightly, and he opened his eyes and ended the source force training.

It was already midnight at this moment, and the caravan had set up camp in a decent place, and behind the camp was a hill, barely a barrier. At least if there was a danger at night, the caravan avoided the danger of being attacked on all sides.

Alan opened the tent and came out, and the soldiers of the Mountain King outside the tent were on duty at night, and two faint bonfires illuminated a corner of the camp, outlining the vague outline of the camp. Allen's heart moved, and he turned to look at the hill behind him. On the hillside, Adele held her gun and turned her back to the camp, and the girl was looking up at the sky, as if she was asleep.

"Can't sleep?"

After a few moments, Alan climbed the hill and sat down beside Adele. The night wind sent the fragrance of the girl's body into Allen's nose, and the smell was intoxicated. Alan draped a blouse over Adele's body to keep her from catching a cold. Although he knew that Adele's physique was not easy to get sick.

Adele gathered her clothes, still looking at the night sky, and said, "I'm wondering if one of the stars on this is our earth." ”

Starry sky.

There are no clouds tonight, and this unknown planet also has its own moon and sun, and naturally there is no shortage of twinkling stars. Countless stars converge to form a galaxy of magnificence and beauty across the indigo blue night sky. Alan said softly, "If it weren't for me, maybe you would still be on Earth now." ”

"Why do you say that?"

"Now the status quo of losing contact with the earth and getting lost in not knowing which star field is inseparable from me. Adele, actually, ......"

Adele suddenly reached out and tapped Allen's mouth, and the girl shook her head and said, "This is the path I chose, you don't have to blame yourself for it." In the same way, the people who set out with you, I think they have their own reasons. We, who came together because of our own choices, should have shared a share with you. Otherwise, why should we be your partner? ”

"So Alan, what you're going to do is lead us down. And whatever the end is, we're happy to follow, that's all. ”

Alan smiled, looked up and said, "Thank you." ”

Adele retracted her hand at this time, but said "huh" again.

"What's wrong?" Alan looked at her.

The girl stretched out her hand and pointed to the wilderness in the night: "Is that the firelight?" ”

Alan looked in the direction of her finger, and in the distant wilderness, a little orange light stood out. A moment later, another point appeared. Then a little fire appeared, and it was a continuous patch, roughly estimated to be as many as a hundred points.

"We're in trouble." Alan jumped to his feet and said. R1058