Miss Witch, please respect yourself

Chapter 124 Mechanical Invasion
In the courtyard, Roy looked thoughtful after reading the letter sent back by Red.

"Violent animals... the bandits who attacked Red Ridge's granary... the somewhat weird Red Ridge lord, Lord Thunberg..."

Roy knew something about ferocious animals.

In layman's terms, ferocious animals can be seen as a transitional stage between ordinary animals and monsters.

I learned from Fran, the daughter of the border duke, that under the influence of the magic tide erupting from the magic power point of Star Lake, a large number of animals will mutate this winter, and there may even be monsters appearing to attack the territory, so Roy is very concerned about this aspect. .

Warcraft is an extremely powerful individual animal.Their strength, the weakest is silver, able to use magic power with attributes.

To some extent, Warcraft is the animal version of the witch.It's just that compared to witches, the production of monsters is more difficult, and because the materials on monsters are extremely precious, they are important materials for making various high-quality weapons and equipment. Therefore, as soon as monsters appear in the empire, they will be surrounded by extraordinary knights. And attack it.

As for the ferocious animals, because of the erosion of the magic power in their bodies, they become extremely violent and ferocious, and their size is far larger than that of the same kind. Most of them have the strength of bronze.

Compared with Warcraft, the number of ferocious animals is much more.

There are countless people who die in the mouths of ferocious animals every winter in various territories.

Ferocious animals and monsters generally only appear in the cold winter.

After the Fengyang Festival, the magic power points all over the world dissipated. Although the outbreak was not as serious as Xinghu, it was enough to give birth to many ferocious animals.

Logically speaking, there are still nine days before winter, and the ferocious animals should not have appeared so early. Could it be that they were affected by the explosion of the Xinghu magic pulse point?
Roy thought silently.

It seems that this winter's animal disaster will be more serious than he imagined...

This made Roy more urgent to improve the strength of his knights.

The areas of the Black Stone Territory and the Iron Mountain Territory are very large, and with his few witches alone, if ferocious animals really come from all directions, it is really useless.

Even if he and the witches finally killed ferocious animals and even monsters, the lords who died tragically would not be resurrected. Therefore, many knights as the basic unit are necessary.

After thinking for a while about the "Knight Training Improvement Plan" after Red came back, Roy turned his mind to Chiling.

The lord of Red Ridge is Lord Reiner Thunberg, a bronze two-star knight who is nearly 50 years old.

In this world, apart from a major physical transformation when being promoted to a legend, the knight's extraordinary path has changed from bronze to gold. Although the physique and fighting spirit are increasing, the lifespan has not changed much. The erosion of the body, as well as the dark wounds left over from the battle, the lifespan is lower than that of Blue Star in his previous life, and the average lifespan of a knight is less than 60, which does not count the knights who died in battle.

Lord Thunberg, the 50-year-old "senior" Lord of Red Ridge, is far inferior to his youth. Although he has the strength of a two-star bronze star, it is hard to say whether he can beat a one-star bronze star.

There is a saying in the Blue Star Hua country that "fists are afraid of the young", and the same is true for the knights of the Glory Empire.

But no matter how weak the Red Ridge lord, Lord Sangberg's strength is, the foundation is there, and he is much stronger than a formal knight. When bandits attack the granary, they must rush to rescue in time. No matter how bad it is, they can catch up with the large amount of food The heavy bandit team left them in Chiling.

But the reality is that those bandits robbed a large amount of food from a lord with a bronze knight in charge.

Hmm... how should I put it, this phenomenon is like a skinny mouse stealing food less than half a meter in front of an experienced cat who is good at catching mice.

It was ridiculous to the extreme.

In Roy's view, there are two possibilities for such a thing to happen.

First, the physical condition of Lord Thunberg, Lord of Red Ridge, is far worse than what outsiders imagined.

If this is the case, it can explain why, after such a long time, a majestic Lord with bronze strength will still be ravaged by bandits around his territory.

It's one thing for bandits to occupy a favorable location, but Lord Thunberg's inaction is the main reason.

But Roy thinks this possibility is very small.

It was mentioned in the letter sent back by Reid that he had met Lord Thunberg last year. At that time, although his hair was half gray, he was still full of energy. Normally speaking, in the past three to five years, Never so weak.

And the second possibility is "acting".

All the nobles in the province of Rafah are nominally subordinate nobles of the border duke, and need to pay a fixed tax to the border duke every year, and finally, the border duke will hand it over to the empire.

Unless there are special circumstances, this tax must be paid.

But bandits looting is different.

Being robbed is a force majeure factor and a kind of natural and man-made disasters.

In this case, it is hard to say whether the "looted" food was with the bandits or was "filled into the pocket" by Lord Sang.

Roy has a clear view of two lives as a human being.

In fact, this kind of thing is not new. Out of ten nobles, nine are thinking about how to "evade taxes reasonably", and the remaining one is thinking about how not to pay taxes.

In normal times, the Duke of the Frontier would most likely turn a blind eye, but this year is different!

Now that the two empires of Glory and Collet are confronting each other, and the situation on the border is tense, none of the nobles in Rafah province "dodges taxes", and all of them obediently hand in the amount, even a little more than the quota.

At such a time, anyone who dares to touch the Duke of the Frontier's brow would simply seek his own death.

It is impossible for the 50-year-old Chiling lord, Lord Sang, not to understand this truth.

That being the case, why did such a thing happen?
Without on-site inspections, Roy, who lacked more information, was unable to make an effective judgment.

But no matter what happened to Chi Ling, it had nothing to do with him.

As long as they can buy back from Chiling the food needed by the people of Heishi and Tieshan for the winter, that would be enough.

Although there were some small twists and turns in the process, from now on, Reid's purchase of food is a sure thing, and even because he hunted a ferocious animal, he can exchange for more food than expected.

It's a good thing.

Just when Roy was about to put down the letter paper in his hand, suddenly, a cold voice reached his ears.

"Roy, wait, let me read this letter."

It's Ace.

At some point, she had come to Roy's side from the roof.

A faint fragrance of tranquility flowed into his nostrils, Roy handed the letter directly to Ais, and asked curiously at the same time: "Is there any problem with this letter?"

Aisi didn't answer immediately, but just squinted slightly, staring at the letter paper in her hand, a faint blue light emerged from her palm and enveloped the letter paper.

Then, under Roy's gaze, a very faint black mist flew out of this seemingly ordinary letter paper.

"This is?!"

Roy's eyes widened slightly.

"Pollution." Aisi said in a dignified voice, "It comes from the pollution on the witch."

"This wisp of pollution is very faint. If I hadn't been very sensitive to the smell of pollution, coupled with my crown-level perception, I would have almost not noticed it."

Roy frowned.

If he had activated [Infinite Desire] just now, he would have felt the pollution, but who would be so fine as to activate the talent after reading a letter!
"A witch tampered with this letter?"

Roy said in a solemn voice, while speaking, there was a slight doubt in his eyes.

There are no witches serving in Chiling. The appearance of this ray of pollution means that wandering witches are eyeing Red and others.But how could the mere purchase of food attract the witch's attention?

"No." Ai Si shook her head: "This smell of pollution is very, very weak. I speculate that Mr. Reid had contact with something related to witches, and his body was contaminated with this smell of pollution, and then When he wrote the letter, this trace of pollution also flowed onto the letter paper."

"Actually, this amount of pollution, even if it is ten times more, will not affect ordinary people."

"Is that so..." After listening to Aisi's explanation, Roy's brows and eyes relaxed slightly, but he was still frowning.

Red and the others had contact with the witch, which was definitely not a good thing for them.

In case, just in case, that wandering witch became malicious towards Red and the others, the consequences would be disastrous.

Although there were five witches around him, Roy knew very well that most of the wandering witches were not good people.

Including Ace and Lilia.

Before they came to Heishi's leadership, their actions were absolutely ruthless.

Of course, now that they are their own people, everything in the past is no longer important.

The key point now is that the food shopping trip of Red and others may be disturbed by the wandering witch due to unexpected factors.

This is something Roy cannot tolerate.

Red's trip to buy food this time is too important. If something goes wrong, the Blackstone Territory will be better off. Many of the people in the Iron Mountain Territory will starve to death and freeze to death this winter.

To imagine a bad place, if something happens to Reid, then Roy will lose the "big steward" directly, and his arm will be cut off directly in the management of things in the territory.

After thinking about it, Roy quickly made a decision.

"Ais, let's go and have a look together, Lilia, I will trouble you to take care of the family."

"Okay." Aisi nodded slightly.

"Lord Roy, I'll go with you too, it's safer if there are more than one person," Lilia said.

Roy shook his head: "Aisi's perception of this trace of pollution can allow us to quickly find the wandering witch, and there must always be a strong enough combat force in the mansion to guard it."

"Your talent is very strong. If you really have a strong enemy coming, you can also last for a long time, enough to delay us until we come back."

Lilia's talent can lead all the witches to escape into the shadow world. In this state, the general legend will also be caught blind.

Hearing Roy's words, although Lilia was still a little unwilling, she could only obediently nodded in agreement.

As Roy said, if Aisi and her both left, it would not be a problem if no one stayed at home to protect the three witches.

But in the final analysis, my strength is still too weak...

Lilia thought silently in her heart.

If she breaks through to the crown, with her natural ability, she is actually the most suitable person to go out with Mr. Roy.

Thinking of this, Lilia became more and more eager to make progress in the basic meditation method.

When the nine runes of the first stage are engraved, then she will be able to break through the "crown position"!

The situation was urgent, and after a simple arrangement, Roy, led by Aisi, headed towards Chiling in the north.

……

Red Ridge.

It was just dawn.

Many knights of the Blackstone grain purchasing team had already gotten up early, waiting for the staff from Chiling to load the grain.

Both Reid and Steward Chiling walked out of the hall with smiles on their faces.

A fresh ferocious animal is a very precious commodity, whether it is for personal use or for sale, it is a good choice.

Therefore, after notifying the lord, Lord Thunberg, the steward of Chiling bought the corpse of the giant black bear at a price higher than the market price and converted it into food.

And Reid was also happy because he bought much more food than expected.

This is a transaction that both parties are extremely satisfied with.

In fact, now, Reid also recalled it.

The so-called "looting" by bandits is most likely just a cover, and it is essentially Lord Thunberg's "private pocket". Otherwise, it is impossible for Chiling to sell so much grain to Heishi.

Even thinking about it in a darker way, the "beginning of bandits" at White Oak Collar might not have been operated secretly by Lord Thunberg.

But so what?

Again, everything about Chiling has nothing to do with him, he is just a buyer, while Chiling is a seller, and the two parties are in a transaction relationship, nothing more.

Because of the large amount of grain purchased, loading took a lot of time. When the final shipment was completed, it was almost twelve o'clock at noon.

A full forty carts of grain formed a long queue on the spacious street.

After saying goodbye to Steward Chiling politely, Red and the other knights led the long grain purchasing team towards the outside of the city.

After Red and the others left, Steward Chiling couldn't wait to walk towards the kitchen in the backyard.

The ferocious black giant bear that he bought is now in the backyard, waiting for the chefs to dismember him.

After the processing is completed, the most essential part can be sent to the Lord's Mansion and presented to Mrs. Sandberg.

Everyone knows that Master Thunberg is old and frail, and has many hidden wounds in his body that he suffered when he was young. Now that he has the essence and flesh of the black giant bear, he believes that his physical condition will improve a lot.

As for the meritorious task of presenting the blood and flesh essence of the black giant bear, the steward naturally did his part.

Maybe, with the credit for buying the giant black bear this time, he can still get the reward of Master Sandberg's advanced breathing method!
This is an unparalleled temptation for the steward who has been stuck at the peak of the official knight for many years.

He hurriedly ran into the backyard of the kitchen, but as soon as he entered this place, the steward felt something was wrong.

In the past, it was full of kitchen knives chopping and chatting among chefs, but now, the entire kitchen backyard is quiet.

Quiet to the point of penetration!
Realizing that something was wrong, the steward subconsciously wanted to turn around and run away, and shouted a warning, but before he opened his mouth, three silver lights passed through his eyebrows, neck and heart at the same time.

The light in his eyes gradually faded, and the steward let out two soft "ho"s before collapsing to the ground, completely losing his vitality.

In the corner of the backyard, a figure in a hooded robe raised her hand, and three silver lights flew back to her palm. It can be seen that her hand exposed to the air was covered with white bandages, through the gaps in the bandages , a faint silvery white color can be seen.

"The people in direct contact with Chiling have been cleaned up, the experimental body 003 has been destroyed, and the built-in mechanical colonization core has been recovered."

As if reporting, or uploading some information, the slender figure in the gray robe gradually disappeared into the air, leaving only corpses on the ground.

Beyond Chiling, there are mountains and forests.

On the top of the dense tree, a burly gray-robed figure stood quietly. His eyes were indifferent and icy watching the black stone grain purchase team entering the mountain forest, as if he was watching a poor creature step by step into the bloody mouth of a ferocious beast.

"Wow..."

A gust of wind blew by, and the body of the burly gray-robed figure disappeared in place, like a bloodthirsty ghost stretching out its deadly claws towards the grain purchase team!
(End of this chapter)