That's a fake elf

With the carriage donated by Sinai, Li Ang finally got rid of the dilemma of walking on two legs.

And the horses that he specially reserved with the tree people have also become the mounts of these wood elves, so there is no waste of resources.

After two days of traveling, their group finally arrived at their destination near Yew Ridge.

Looking at the village filled with smoke, Li Ang showed a hint of astonishment in his eyes.

He originally thought that the castle on the mountain was occupied by bandits, so the people in the nearby villages should have fled. After all, the bandits were accustomed to eating up the villages down the mountain.

But that's not what it looks like now.

Is it the bandits who have become good, or the villagers who have become bandits?

"Did we come to the wrong place?" Li Ang turned his head and asked Phil, who was also looking at the map in panic.

"No...that's right, this is Yew Ridge. You see, Cedar Forest Castle is right there. It's very conspicuous."

After confirming the location on the map again and again, and looking at the black castle standing on the edge of the Yew Ridge cliff, Phil stammered.

"Could it be a scam?" Looking at the quiet and peaceful village, Li Ang felt more and more strange.

"Since you are worried, let me go and check." Gao Shun glanced at the two of them and said calmly.

"Go early and return early."

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Gao Shun, who slipped into the village, took out a set of clothes from the yard of a house, changed into them, and then walked in the village very naturally.

Although Gao Shun has black hair and eyes, which is very special in Fanasier, he does not have any weapons on him, so no one doubts that he is a professional.

This place is not much different from an ordinary Fanathil village. The village is still dominated by Fanathil people, supplemented by a small number of sub-races such as dwarves and centaurs.

Occasionally, you can see some grocery stores selling goods on the street. Most of their products are specialties from Yew Ridge.

Things like sea-salted boar legs, wild venison and cured animal skins and yew wood.

Walking to a grocery store, Gao Shun picked up a wild boar leg and shook it, then asked with a stiff face: "How much does this wild boar leg cost?"

"60 silver crowns." The merchant raised his head, glanced at the boar leg, and quoted a price without hesitation.

"So expensive? Other places are much cheaper than this."

Gao Shun was stunned for a moment. He had lived in Fanashil for quite some time, and he also understood the prices here. A wild boar leg as big as this weighs about 30 kilograms. The normal price should be 30 silver crowns is the right amount.

Selling it at the price of 60 silver is simply a huge profit.

"The customer must be from out of town." A hint of vigilance suddenly flashed in the merchant's eyes.

"Well, yes, I'm from Vastia. I want to come here to buy some specialties to take back." Hearing that the merchant seemed to be doubting his identity, Gao Shun quickly explained.

"Well, it's not surprising. We don't have a lord here now, and we don't get blessings from the gods. Therefore, there are very few wild animals. For the hunters in the village, it is considered good to be able to hunt one wild boar a month. .

Capable hunters either go to other places to become poachers, or they become mercenaries. Goods like these are already at the bottom of my box. "The merchant's eyes began to glance around involuntarily.

"There is no lord? Then who will protect you? There is no lord in the castle on the mountain. Is it a bandit?" A trace of surprise appeared on Gao Shun's face.

"You're asking around, you're not here to buy anything, are you?" The merchant's expression suddenly changed, and he took the wild boar leg back from Gao Shun's hand.

"This, this, this, I want it all, pack it for me, I want to take it away."

Gao Shun, who knew that if he continued to ask questions, his secret would be exposed immediately, stood up and pointed at all the products in front of the vendor.

"Four pieces of venison and two boar legs, a total of 2 gold and 80 silver."

"This is 3 gold nards, no need to look for it."

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The sky gradually darkened. Because Gao Shun never came back, everyone did not dare to enter the village and had no choice but to camp in the wild.

When he saw Gao Shun coming back with a large bag of things, Li Ang had a look of surprise on his face.

Especially when he saw him opening the bag and revealing the marinated venison and pork legs inside, the corners of Li Ang's mouth twitched.

He had just seized hundreds of wild boar legs and a large amount of venison from the dead man in Sinai. What did Gao Shun mean by buying some back?

"I spent 5 gold coins, you have to reimburse me." After throwing the pig legs and deer legs into the truck, Gao Shun turned to Li Ang and said.

"No problem, but what about the intelligence you collected?" Li Ang took out 5 gold coins from the system space and handed them to the other party, with a look of pain on his face.

"Is there anything to eat? I'm hungry." Gao Shun said expressionlessly.

After hearing this, Ai Li quickly gave Gao Shun a bowl of pork leg and mushroom soup and handed him a piece of bread.

"I've given you the money too, can you tell me the information first?"

Seeing Gao Shun start to eat leisurely, Li Ang was very anxious.

"The village itself has no problems. The people living in it are all real villagers, and there are no professionals."

After finishing the last mouthful of soup with bread, Gao Shun frowned and said.

"That means this village is safe?" Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

"No, I suspect that this village has colluded with bandits." Gao Shun said coldly.

"You came back so late. Have you visited other villages?" Li Ang's expression changed and he asked.

"I've been there before, and the situation is basically the same."

"Hiss." Li Ang took a breath of air.

"Are you saying that all the inhabited villages around here have probably fallen to the bandits?" Li Ang's scalp exploded a little at this time, and a terrible suspicion appeared in his mind.

"Yes, this can explain why there are no professionals in the village, but they are safe and sound." Gao Shun nodded.

"What the hell is this? What kind of shit did the previous lord do that made all the professionals in the village rebel against him?"

When he thought that the previous lord left such a mess and ran away, and concealed the true situation, Li Ang wanted to skin that guy and cramp him.

"What should we do now? Should we use the villagers as bait to lure the bandits out and catch them all?" Gao Shun asked expressionlessly.

"No, I need to understand what happened here in the past so that I can take the right medicine. If you do this, I will have to pack up and go back to my hometown before I become a real lord."

Li Ang smiled bitterly.