king of the castle

Chapter 113 The Exclusive Twilight Town

Twenty miles is not too far. Roger thought he would be able to reach the shallows in the afternoon, and he would have crossed the river and returned to the main road in the evening. 【】However, to his surprise, the road leading to the shoal was very difficult. By the time everyone reached the shoal where they could cross the river, the sky had already begun to gradually darken.

No one wants to spend the night by a river that may flood at any time, so everyone took the time to wade across the river.After crossing the river, Roger found that, as the locals said, there was a town of the same size not far ahead.The town is surrounded by dense woods, and I don't know how far it will take to reach the main road.Seeing the sky getting darker and darker, Roger couldn't help saying to Phil beside him: "I won't be able to return to the main road today, if only I could spend the night in that town."

Phil was silent for a while before shaking his head and said, "The locals say that the people in this town are very xenophobic, I'm sorry!"

"What's the problem?" Chris couldn't help shouting loudly: "It's not that we don't pay, will the residents of the town drive us away?"

Phil understood Chris's temper, and he didn't argue with the old man too much. He just smiled and stopped talking.A group of people came to the outside of the town talking and laughing, and saw three common words Twilight Town written on the wooden sign at the entrance of the town.Roger didn't care what the name of the town was. He just wanted to rest here for the night, so he led everyone directly into the town.

It was only after Twilight Town that Roger found out that it was unfortunate that Chris had told the story.Everyone in the town looked at Roger and the others with guarded and suspicious eyes, and kept a cautious distance from them. Roger couldn't even find someone to ask where the hotel was.

"What a weird town." Facing such a situation, Roger couldn't help complaining inwardly.However, he still wanted to make one last effort, so he simply knocked on the door of a house on the side of the road to ask for directions.

The door of the house was slowly opened, and a young woman appeared behind the door.The woman's face was full of sadness, and immediately asked nervously after arriving at Roger and the others: "Didn't you say that you will wait for the next blood moon to become full before picking up the child? Why did you come so early?"

"What are you talking about, do we know each other?" Roger asked inexplicably, "We just want to ask, where is the hotel in the town?"

"There's no... I, I don't know!" At this moment, the woman also realized that she had misunderstood the person, so she answered in a panic and immediately closed the door.

But just before the woman closed the door, Roger discovered that there was an iron cage in her house.What the cage contained was not a wild animal or a pet, but a six or seven-year-old child!At this moment Roger thought he was dazzled, but when he wanted to be clearer again, the door had already been closed by the woman.

Roger ate a closed door, and couldn't help but also smiled wryly.The locals that Phil asked before coming here were quite polite. How could outsiders in Twilight Town not be welcome?It is simply very annoying!

But what made Roger even more curious was the child in the cage.I've never heard of anyone raising a child like this, and this woman also mentioned picking up the child when she first opened the door, which made Roger feel that there must be something wrong with her.Full of doubts, Roger couldn't help but tell other people about it, hoping to hear what they could do.

"Put children in iron cages?" Phil's words surprised Chris, and his loud voice echoed in the quiet street: "The customs here are too weird!"

Roger didn't comment on this. For some reason, this incident reminded him of the plot in Journey to the West, and he couldn't help thinking to himself: "There must be some villains who eat children in this town..."

Roger was thinking wildly, and didn't realize that he had been targeted by some people.In fact, these men have been watching their every move since Roger and the others entered the town.After arriving at Roger to talk to the young woman, the men appeared even more tense.They exchanged glances with each other, and then surrounded Roger and the others.

Seeing the hostile look on the other side, Chris and Phil quickly pulled out their weapons to protect Roger.The irritable Chris glared at the other party, and shouted at the men: "What do you want to do?!"

"Strangers, you are not welcome in Twilight Town!" The leading man had a very arrogant attitude, squinting at Roger and the others and said, "No matter where you are from, leave the town immediately and don't mind your own business, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"

In order not to attract too much attention, Roger also left all the soldiers trained by the Castle Hub in the secondary space, and there were only two knights and a few ordinary soldiers with him.The armor and weapons of the two knights were damaged in the fierce battle outside the Linton pass. Now they are wearing ordinary clothes, and the weapons they use are also ordinary goods produced by the super weapon factory. This makes Roger and others feel like ordinary adventurers No wonder the man dared to speak to them like this.

"Bastard!" Seeing that these guys were saluting Roger, the hot-tempered Chris immediately yelled, and at the same time assumed an offensive posture.

Seeing that the knight seemed to want to make a move, those men also drew their weapons and confronted Roger and the others.The leader brandished a rapier and said in a threatening tone: "Stranger, we are the security team of Twilight Town. If you oppose us, you are opposing the entire kingdom. You must think carefully!"

"Presumptuous!" The mature and prudent Phil also yelled, "This is Wang Guoying..."

The knight wanted to show Roger's identity and teach these bastards a lesson, but before he could finish speaking, Roger interrupted: "Phil! Since they don't welcome strangers, let's leave as soon as possible. There is no need to argue with them."

Although Roger is very casual when getting along with his subordinates, he is still very authoritative when needed. Although Chris was a little unwilling, he immediately responded respectfully: "Obey, my lord!"

Seeing that Roger and the others made concessions, those men became even more arrogant, and all laughed triumphantly.One guy even stared and threatened: "Get out, if you stay here, you will be put in prison!"

If it was in the past, Roger would not have been so idle, and would have taken action to teach these excessive guys a long time ago.However, he is now a hero of the kingdom, and his identity is different, so naturally he cannot have the same knowledge as these people.What's more, the other party has the identity of the security team. If there is a conflict with them, it is very likely that people with ulterior motives will use it as a reason to attack Roger.

Having experienced so many things at the Linton Pass, Roger has already faintly felt that the struggles among the various factions in the kingdom are very fierce.He's just a new face in this country, and he doesn't want to put someone down just for the sake of being popular.

It was for this reason that Roger completely looked down on those arrogant guys, and walked out of the town first after a slight smile.