Shield Hero: My Fist Is Hard

"Although it has only been more than a month, it feels like a long time has passed. Do you have this feeling?"

"Yeah, a lot of things have happened during the time I've been with Shield Hero-sama."

"If our family sees what we look like now, they will definitely be shocked."

"I'm looking forward to it, my parents have seen me."

"It is estimated that when your parents see you, they will shout: Who are you!"

"Ha ha.…"

Bell and 10 people talked and laughed along the way, and walked slowly towards Root Village.

As the saying goes, being far away from home and feeling homesick, even if it is only for more than a month, this is already the longest period of travel for them, and it is impossible to say that they do not want to go home.

Moreover, during this period of time, everyone has undergone tremendous changes. Their muscles are clearly defined, and under those muscles, people look much taller.

Especially the constant battles with monsters made their whole temperament sharper, giving people a feeling of showing their sharpness.

Even Irene and Lilith, as women, they didn't become muscular men like Bell and others, but even their appearance was not much different from before.

Irene's icy aura became more obvious, and Lilith exuded a mysterious aura all the time, perhaps this had something to do with her becoming a real magician.

With such a big change, they naturally want their family members to see their growth and feel relieved for themselves at the first time.

With such anticipation, they soon came to Root Village.

But when they were about to approach the entrance of Root Village, everyone had a puzzled expression on their faces.

"Why are there so many soldiers standing at the entrance of the village? Did something happen in the village when we left?"

"Hope it's not a bad thing."

"Anyway, it's useless to guess now, let's ask first."

Seeing many kingdom soldiers standing at the entrance of the village, Bell led everyone towards the entrance of the village.

"Who! Stop!"

Seeing the heavily armed Bell and others approaching, the more than 10 soldiers standing at the entrance of the village immediately drew their weapons, appearing extremely nervous.

"We don't mean anything malicious, just want to ask, what happened in Root Village, there were no soldiers like you standing guard nearby~々."

As Bell spoke, he raised his unarmed hands to indicate that he was not here to cause trouble.

"It has nothing to do with you adventurers."

The leading soldier frowned, and didn't seem to intend to say anything more in this regard.

"That....We are not adventurers, but ordinary villagers in Lute Village. We just went out for a while and are now back."

Bell didn't care about the attitude of the leading soldiers, and continued with a slight smile.

"Villagers? Wearing a suit of equipment, it's quite impressive, but I still have nothing to say. If you want to ask something, you can ask others. We still have tasks, but we don't have time to play with you children."

When the leading soldier heard that Bell and the others were just ordinary villagers, their attitude became even worse.

"Okay, let's ask others ourselves."

As Bell said, he was about to walk towards the village of Root, but as soon as he took a step into the village, more than 10 long guns were pointed at him and blocked all his ways.

Those who hold long guns are naturally those soldiers.

"What do you mean?"

Even Bell, who tried his best not to cause trouble, couldn't help showing anger in the face of these soldiers who aimed their weapons at him.

"What do you mean? You want to enter the village without paying the toll?"

A malicious smile appeared on the soldier's face, and a greedy look flashed in his eyes.

"Tolls?"

"That's right. Due to the disaster wave, a lot of projects in Root Village need to be rebuilt, so a lot of money is needed. Lord Qiang Yong specially set up tolls for this purpose, so as to collect funds to invest in the reconstruction of Root Village. .”

"When did the hero of the gun become the lord of Lute Village, and we are the villagers of Lute Village, so why do we have to pay tolls when we enter the village?"

"It just happened a few days ago. Even the villagers have to pay tolls. If you don't have any money, you should get out of here and don't hinder us here."

As the leading soldier said, he gestured to approach Bell with the tip of the gun in his hand.

Bell could only take a few steps back and leave the entrance of the village.

"Why do the villagers have to pay tolls themselves? I think you want to use the reconstruction as an excuse to make money!"

"This is a bunch of greedy guys!"

"Just like that, he is still the hero of the gun, he is simply a piece of rubbish."

Although Bell stepped back, the people behind him immediately shouted in dissatisfaction.

"Stop yelling at me. Enter the village if you have money, and get out if you don't have money. If you continue to make noise here, we will treat you as troublemakers and put you all in the dungeon."

The lead soldier yelled loudly, as if he was taking the identity of Kitamura Motoyasu, which was very arrogant.

"There is really nothing to say, kill them all!"

At this moment, Irene drew out her saber, and walked slowly towards the soldiers. For a moment, the scene was filled with a murderous spirit.

"Wait, Erin, don't act rashly."

Bell hurriedly stopped her, and then said softly: "These soldiers can be easily dealt with, but if it causes trouble for Lord Shield Hero, then it's not okay, after all, it involves Kitamura Motoyasu who is also a hero."

Bell's right hand clenched his fist tightly, which showed that he was trying to suppress his inner anger. If it wasn't for fear of causing trouble for Qin Feng, he might have rushed to kill those soldiers immediately.

".||Okay!"

Irene glanced at Bell, nodded and took back the long sword.

"Let's go first!"

Bell took a deep breath and led everyone away slowly. After all, they didn't have any money with them, and it was impossible to pay tolls to enter the village.

Looking at their backs, the soldiers smiled smugly.

Bell and the others didn't leave very far, and stopped in the nearby forest.

"What should we do now? Should we go back and find Lord Shield Hero?"

"No...we've been with Lord Shield Hero for a long time, if we turn to Lord Shield Hero for everything, how can we be worthy of his cultivation of us."

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what should we do?"

Everyone kept discussing, and for a while, they couldn't think of any way to solve the current situation. (of the king)

"Well, what we need most at the moment is to understand the situation of our family first."

Bell held his chin and said suddenly.

"It's true...but the entrance to the village is full of soldiers. We can't even enter the village if we have any money, let alone know the situation of our family members, etc.

Lilith frowned, and suddenly realized.

"That's right, we were originally villagers of Lute Village, and now that our strength has become stronger, even if we don't pass through the village entrance, we still have many ways to enter the village."

Bell curled up into a smile.

"That makes sense, but Bell...can you stop laughing like Lord Shield Hero?"

"I think it's very handsome."

"Master Shield Hero is very handsome when you smile like this. When you smile, I feel a kind of wretched feeling, no... To be precise, it should be sinister."

"Okay, now is not the time to discuss these, let's go bow."

Irene said lightly, and took the lead to walk towards Root Village again. .