Is it so easy for religion in another world to win?

As for the tax collector, he can only be described in one sentence.

What is the sentence, he has already died!

When we arrived at the town, now that the war has begun, there are no longer as many people in front of Rand's wanted poster as before.

And Rand put on makeup and disguised himself carefully, so naturally there is no problem.

There were two black-robed people beside him. Selai held a small bow in his black robe, and Ses was empty-handed, ready to change into tentacles to attack at any time.

The attack of the Kingdom of Lunsa on the Northern Alliance was unpredictable, so it was caught off guard and was unstoppable all the way. However, these northerners, who were called northern barbarians by Lunsa, have reacted during this period and gradually organized a counterattack army.

In order to fight against the orcs, giants, and demons in the extreme cold, the residents of the north put aside their prejudices against each other, and people of different nationalities, races, and beliefs united together to block the attacks of those monsters in the extreme cold. This is the prototype of the current Northern Alliance.

Today, the Northern Union still has to endure the attacks of monsters rushing out of the cold wind every year, so most of the military forces are in the far north.

It can be said that the sneak attack of the Kingdom of Lensa was extremely shameless and accurate.

Unfortunately, the size gap between the two is very large. Only Lensa in the Southern Kingdom really launched a direct military attack, and did not form the situation of confrontation between the north and the south as King Lensa originally imagined.

And now, the army has already penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Northern Union alone, and is now blocked by a small country called the Principality of Mist.

Now it has become a stalemate with a dilemma.

However, these are temporarily irrelevant to this place. A barony is about 3,000 acres to 6,000 acres, and there will be some very large or very small ones. The specific size of the barony where the den is located is not clear, but there are not many troops stationed now, and most of them have been transferred to the front line.

The baron who is left here now should be called Bill. He may not be very good at commanding the army to fight, so he stays here to live a stable life and make a fortune.

The tax collector's residence had been found in advance, a fairly impressive stone house.

According to Thus, this used to be the residence of a bread merchant, the one he stole bread from. Unfortunately, the town was breached by the Rensa army, and the bread merchant had disappeared, and it became the residence of the tax collector.

Positions such as tax collectors and tribunes were generally held by some noble sons who did not inherit the noble status. Such people were the source of the original free people in the city.

It was already night, and the tax collector's house was still lit with candles. Rand and two believers were squatting outside.

The tax collector's living standard was quite good. At least he had maids to serve him, and there were more than one!

Rand was grinding his teeth outside the house. He actually lived such a corrupt life, which must be severely criticized!

But since there were two women, wouldn't it be very useful to share his desire? In that case, it seemed that the suffering would become the maid, not the tax collector.

Thule shook his little bow, indicating that his craftsmanship was very good and it was impossible to accidentally hurt the maid next to him.

But Rand didn't intend to do so. He was very patient.

As the night deepened, the tax collector went to sleep.

"Pull him out." Rand said to Thes.

Thes appeared in the tax collector's bedroom quietly.

Both hands turned into sticky tentacles, entwining his body.

The tax collector suddenly woke up and found that he seemed to be entangled by something. He wanted to shout in fear.

But it was useless.

The tentacles also entangled his mouth and nose, so that he could only make a low humming sound from his throat.

He dragged him out of the door like this, and Rand signaled Thes to let go.

The tax collector who was released took a deep breath, and then looked at Rand standing there with his hands behind his back in horror.

"You!?"

Just when he was about to question, Rand took action.

He didn't give him a chance to speak, just a thirst for sharing.

So far, he has never seen anyone who can resist this powerful control effect, and sure enough, this tax collector is no exception.

His first target is Thes, who seems to have a lot of ideas about his tentacles, but Thes cleverly avoids them.

Then the closest to the tax collector was the bull in his yard.

This seemed to be part of the tax he collected on behalf of the baron. It might have been given to him by the baron, or he might have kept it privately.

But it didn't matter.

The bull was still sleeping in the cowshed, but suddenly felt a pain, opened his eyes in horror, and saw a man in pajamas with disheveled hair looking at him with red eyes.

Then the man pulled off his clothes, threw them on the ground, and then charged at the bull.

Rand didn't watch the next scene, but silently left the scene with two stunned believers.

Ahem, I feel a little sorry for the bull.

...

On the other side, the war between Takina Village and Carba Village has come to an end.

The huge three-headed monster fell on the edge of the field, with a large number of arrows piercing his body and a spear piercing his chest.

Takina Village still won. Although it was not to the point of both sides losing, it was still a heavy loss.

The bandit village chief panted slightly and directed those who were still able to move to rescue the wounded.

When he was young, he was also a well-known outlaw in the surrounding area. Only then did he encounter such a terrifying monster.

I didn't expect that I would have to be frightened again when I was old. Fortunately, the young men around me were very courageous this time. They were not immediately frightened and ran away. After his shouting, they organized an effective counterattack.

Believers of the God of Struggle, it's a pity that this man in red robes seems to be poorly trained. He caused quite a lot of damage but didn't kill many people.

Clear away collapsed or burning houses and prepare an open space for the wounded to rest.

In this village war between Takina Village and Karba Village, Takina Village won completely. Except for a few old men who could not walk and too young children who stayed behind, all the young and middle-aged men and women from Karba Village came. .

The bandit village leader was very familiar with Kerba Village. He carefully counted the corpses and found that, including those who surrendered, most of them were here and none escaped.

The actual casualties caused by this war were not many, but there were many wounded. However, the wounded also needed to eat. It is estimated that it will still not be enough after taking over the property of Kerba Village.

Still need to keep looking for the next prey.

The village chief glanced at the exhausted villagers who had experienced a big battle, and it seemed that he could only try to pinch some soft persimmons next.

Otherwise, not many of these villagers may survive in the end, and they have to guard against attacks from other villages. If the number is too small, other villages will take advantage of them, or in other words, reap the benefits of the fishermen?

Although there was no map, he was very clear about the location and population of nearby villages. After careful consideration, he looked east.

The bandit village chief made a decision.

Chapter 18: Beat the high and beat the low, beat XX

It's a pity that such a rural town does not have a newspaper, otherwise Rand and the entire gossip newspaper would compile a hundred short stories about the tax collector and his big bull.

Then print it out.

Now, it is estimated that only the tax collector's maid and the baron here will know his perverted stories with bulls, such as having close contact with bulls until they bleed.

Serai and Sers were following Rand at this time, also whispering to each other.

"Can the tax collector be cured in the future? Could it be that the envoy is too kind?" Ses asked with some worry.

Serai obviously had better eyesight and more social experience. He recalled the scene he had seen before, and goosebumps appeared on his head. He could not feel the kindness of the God Envoy at all: "It should, it shouldn't be cured, even He may not survive, and he probably has no hope in this life.”

Then he had a straight face and scolded in a low voice: "How can you question the will of the Divine Envoy? The Divine Envoy must have some ulterior motives in doing this!"

Seth immediately nodded in understanding and continued to follow Rand. He recalled his experiences during this period. Although there were still many things he didn't understand, it must have been the supreme wisdom of the God that prevented him from understanding them all.

Back at the den, everything went on in an orderly manner as usual, such as the strong cows with bull heads sweating in the fields, and the kind villagers taking care of the livestock.

Lysa crossed her arms and crossed her legs on the roof of the sacrificial chamber. Her feet were dangling there, which really attracted people's attention, but unfortunately no one dared to look at her.

Except Rand.

After Rand came back, he called Lysa down and wanted to ask her if anything happened during this time.

But rarely, Lysa did not respond to Rand immediately, but instead cast her sights to the west.

His golden eyes, as bright as the sun, stared at him for a while, then he recovered, fell to the ground, lowered his head and said, "There is a group of humans with weapons coming this way."

Rand looked back at the working villagers and ordered: "Enemy attack! Prepare to fight!"

Then he yelled again: "Formation, have you forgotten the formation I gave you?"

Soon, the cultists and tauren formed a basic formation.

The simplest square matrix.

The tauren were holding large wooden shields in front, a few cultists in the middle were holding improvised spears, and the last row, separated by a distance, were the slingers.

After forming a formation, stand in front of the entrance of the den and stand ready facing the road.

The den is a typical ravine terrain. The only way to the den is from bottom to top. If you set up a blockade at the entrance of the village and want to attack from the top to break into the den, you will definitely pay a huge price.

Rand did not set up a jam because he believed that the Minotaur Vanguard was much more useful than ordinary roadblocks. Although there were not enough resources to equip them with armor, the large riveted shields could already block most attacks.

Coupled with the tauren's strong physique, it can only be said that they don't know how to lose against ordinary villagers.

When the gang from the neighboring village approached, Rand frowned and realized that things were not that simple.

Why do ordinary villages have standard weapons? Why are there so many iron weapons?

On the contrary, this side of the den was full of wooden and stone weapons, and the only iron they had was used to make farm tools.

Although the den is heavily armed, it clearly looks like the Stone Age.

"Why is the style of painting different? I won't be included in the version upgrade, right?" Rand shouted in his heart at the top of his lungs.

Fortunately, he did not underestimate the enemy, and because his eyes were very good at discovering the enemy in advance, the chance of winning was still quite high.

The bandit leader of Takina Village also frowned. Why are there tauren in this village?

Isn't this kind of monster only encountered in the Underdark? Even if tauren accidentally pass through some temporary portal and come to the surface, they won't appear in such an exaggerated number at the same time, right?

After careful counting, there were eight of them.

But now it was too late to turn around and run away. The bandit village chief looked at the villagers who were already in a state of turmoil. As people from the north, these people were brave enough, but they were still a little afraid of unknown monsters.

Although their weapons were superior, it was unwise to attack directly from above. Now they could only try to see if their words would work. The bandit village chief said, "How about our cooperation?"

Rand stood behind the big shield and asked, "Are you going to attack the baron's castle with us? Or do you have enough food for us to eat in addition to these weapons?"

"And..." Just as the village chief was about to continue, Rand waved his hand.

The slingers in the back row immediately threw out the prepared slings, and then fell like hail into the crowd of villagers in Takina Village below.

Several people fell down screaming immediately. Obviously, these people were also unarmored units and had no resistance to slings.

Without Rand's order, the slingers were ready again for the second wave of attack.

At this time, the bandit village chief had nothing to say, and he rushed up with his men.

The minotaurs in the front row blocked the only intersection like an iron tower.

When these people rushed up, they stepped hard, just like the effect of war trampling in the game, shaking the people who rushed up.

It was this kind of vibration that made it impossible to distinguish between friend and foe. Just when several units in the back row of the nest could not stand and were about to fall, Rand decisively stopped the minotaurs in the front row from stepping.

These villagers were quite brave. They did not retreat after a wave of failure, but charged again under the command of the bandit village chief.

It was a pity that Blessing 2 was a single skill, otherwise Rand would let the minotaurs block here and release a group blessing 2, and he could just watch the people below play silver party to death.

Another wave of slings, but unfortunately, because they were not off-duty, the undertrained slingers had a low hit rate and the power of slings was average.

But each sling could knock down several people, and when these people could not rush up, it was an infinite advantage.

At this time, the bandit village chief looked at his villagers and knew that if he dragged on, these villagers he had watched grow up would be wiped out.

He took out a red round bead from his pocket, and Rand's pagan perception given by the Mother Goddess suddenly increased.

He activated Blessing 2 without hesitation.

The bandit village chief was also knowledgeable when he was young, so after defeating the red-robed cultist who turned into a monster, he dug out the bead from his heart.

As long as he ate it, he could also turn into a monster like that in a short time.

Although he would die later, it was better than all the children in the village dying here.

But just when he wanted to eat it, a violent thirst flashed through his body.

The red round bead in his hand, which was emitting red light, also fell to the ground and rolled down.

Rand patted the butt of the white-haired elf who was watching the show next to him and asked her to pick up the red round bead.

The elf's body trembled, realizing that she was now being treated as a hound. A slight blush flashed across her pretty face, and then she jumped up, passed through the theoretically inaccessible place next to the cliff, and rushed towards the red bead that was rolling down.