When he saw the blush on the blade of the heavy knife, Hank knew that his opponent was about to fight back. However, when Qianjun bounced up, drawing a bleak trajectory in the dark night and falling straight down, Hank was shocked to realize that the opponent's counterattack was coming so fast, so fast that he was not even ready, and the blade of the heavy knife was constantly expanding in his eyes.

Hank let out a beastly roar, unleashing the pressure on the bottom of the box itself. Pressing the source power of his whole body into the double scythe, the scythe revealed a pale cyan light flame, staggering towards the heavy knife.

While!

With a loud bang, the source power flame on Hank's twin scythes was instantly shattered, and the body of the scythe was even more distorted. He was shocked, but saw the heavy knife float up, and the blade slashed a dark red, and it was fiercely provoked from below.

Hank couldn't hold the scythes anymore, and the scythes spun out of his hands. He cursed, turned and ran. With such an opponent, how can he still have the heart and fighting spirit to fight again.

The wind flickered in his ears, and Hank instinctively puffed up the source force, creating a layer of source force shield on his body. But as soon as the shield was condensed and formed, Hank's whole body shook violently, and his ears were full of the sound of the shield shattering and the source force stirring. Suddenly, he saw a swarthy blade emerge 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 blood that had been brought out of his body by a knife. The body of the Qianjun knife is rough, and it passes through the chest, don't expect the wound to be as smooth as a mirror. Hank's chest was stabbed with an irregular wound from the rough blade, and blood flowed down the blade. The bald man felt that his strength also disappeared with the flow of blood, and he took two more steps forward, and finally his body weakened and fell to the ground and died.

Alan pulled the heavy knife from the corpse, and Hank's strength was so poor that he didn't even have the qualifications to warm him up.

As soon as Hank died, the thieves lost their fighting spirit. He killed a number of people for the Mountain King's troops and Willik, and the remaining bandits saw that the situation was not right, and fled towards the wilderness. When the battle was over, the robbers left behind twenty or thirty corpses, and the rest fled back into the wilderness. After searching them for a while, Alan had an extra bag of gold coins, more than a dozen intact guns, some ammunition, and ten horses.

Combined, these things can be regarded as a small fortune. Especially the ten war horses, they are worth far more than the rest of the harvest.

On Allen's side, several of their core combat members were unwounded, while most of the soldiers of the Mountain King's troops were slightly injured. After this battle, the Tima and these Baimeng people finally knew the benefits of armor, those bandits who did not activate the source power, the swords in their hands could not break through the steel light armor at all. Otherwise, Dima and the others would not have suffered some painless flesh wounds.

This was the first battle of the Mountain King, albeit against some undisciplined thieves. But in battle, the Mountain Kings showed the fruits of their training and gained valuable combat experience. Each of these people had their own gains, especially Timma, the young man of Baimeng, who looked excited, as if he wanted to have some more bandits for him to practice.

At dawn the next day, the caravan left the camp. The corpses of the robbers were left where they were, and it would not be long before they would become food for the beasts and fertilizer for the wasteland.

As the sun was about to sink into the western horizon, several cloaked men disappeared from Mato's sight after paying the customs duties to enter the city. Mato frowned, those people were adventurers. It has been two or three months since the Baron of York issued a bounty to adventurers in order to obtain the so-called treasure of the Asz Mountains, and the city of Sur has been visited by adventurers.

Recently, however, they have increased in number, and they have poured into the city of Sur every now and then, and I don't know why. Although most of the adventurers who entered the city appeared to be safe, Mato doubted that the city guards would be able to suppress the roaming creatures. Once they make trouble, I'm afraid the city defense team will not be taken into account by them.

Adventurers are mostly restless guys, otherwise they wouldn't be in this particular trade. Just because they're safe now doesn't mean they'll always be safe. Mato decided to go to the City Lord's Mansion so that he could borrow Allen's team equipped with Flame Rifles, and Mato would feel more at ease with that strong team in charge.

Leaving some affairs to the adjutant to deal with, Mato did not go home for dinner, and went directly to the city lord's mansion. As they passed by the bar, two men scuffled and rushed out the door, followed by several adventurers. Not only did they not persuade the fight, but they also coaxed them. When he saw the uniform on Mato's body, he relented slightly, and the two who were fighting also ended hastily and left the bar separately.

Mato shook his head, things like this are only going to get more and more.

When he arrived at the Lord's Mansion, Edward was still working in his office. The Baron of York's coffers were almost completely used by him, but all the valuable collectibles were sold, and the money was used for the construction of the city defense and the renovation of the city's supporting facilities. Hand scaffolding can now be seen everywhere in the city of Sur, but all the men who have some strength are requisitioned as workers, but no one objects.

After all, the ultimate beneficiaries of these facilities are the people of the city, and compared to Ethan's previous practice of just going through the motions, Edward, who opened the castle lord's vault, won the respect of the people. Man is a strange creature that can be remembered or forgotten. After Edward's policy of benefiting the people, not many people remembered that the young lord of the city was from a foreign country. Along with it, forget about the people associated with it, such as Allen, who are not from Sur City at all.

Feelings are always vague.

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

"Matto?" Edward raised his head and was a little surprised to see the captain of the city defense team: "What, come to me for dinner?" ”

"Excuse me, sir." Mato bowed his head.

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

Mato said straight to the point: "It's those adventurers, my lord." They seem to be showing up a bit too much lately, and I always think something is going to happen. ”

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

The world is vast, and many places are deserted. Those deep mountains and old forests, or the abyss of the crypt are not places that ordinary people can reach. There may be treasures that will last a lifetime, or some powerful and dangerous beast sleeping. Every qiē is unknown, and adventurers are the people who specialize in searching for these unknown answers, and they go everywhere.

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

But Sur is not a good place to explore, and it doesn't have enough wealth to attract the attention of adventurers. The sudden influx of adventurers into the city was an unusual sign in itself, and it was no wonder that Mato was worried. Edward nodded, "Are you worried that the strength of the city defense team is not enough?" ”

"Yes, my lord, whether it's a knight or a magician, those guys have an average level of seven or eight levels. I don't have that many good men against these people. Mato said truthfully.

"I see, I'll transfer the Flame Warriors to you in the evening. For the time being, they'll be left to you. ”

Mato rejoiced, "Thank you for your trust, my lord. ”

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

"This ......," Mato said with a wry smile, "They seem to have some kind of purpose, but their subordinates don't know what it is." Need me to inquire? ”

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

"No, there are still wives and children waiting for me at home." Mato Road.

"Then I won't keep you."

Seeing off Mato, Edward called a soldier. These Bethcord guards were left behind by Allen in order to assist the city defense team in strengthening its defenses in times of need. Edward told him to gather the rest of the soldiers and report to the city guard barracks tonight.

After the soldiers were ordered, Edward sent Belmode again.

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

Belmode smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, it's Young Master Allen who hired me, right?" ”

"You're not mistaken, but for now, I'd better not make a fuss about this. Everything you and I do is for our group leader. Edward said as he looked the man in the eye.

Belmode stared at him for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's right." Well, I'm so idle these days anyway, it's good to find something to do. So, what information do you want to ask, and will you fall in love with a noble lady? ”

"I'm not that boring, I'm one of those adventurers." Edward said: "There are too many of them, these people seem to be here for the same purpose, I wonder what they are going to do?" ”

"Sounds interesting, then I'll go, I'll let you know when there's news."

Belmode walked out of the Lord's Mansion, and turned to look up. Edward was looking at him from a distance through the window of his office. The young Maritan nodded, and then disappeared behind the window. Belmode narrowed his eyes, then said softly, "I always feel like there are a lot of secrets hidden, this guy." ”

He shrugged his shoulders, dropped the phrase "What's my business", put his hands in his pockets, and gradually melted into the night of the street. R1058