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The carriage bumped along the road, gradually approaching the herb garden, and stopped a few dozen meters away.

As Lindsay and his five adventurers disembarked from the carriage, he gradually got a clearer picture of the number of refugees inside the park.

There were several groups of people standing opposite, plus a few scattered around the herb garden in the field of vision, totaling about a hundred people. However, some of them were elderly people, women and children, and there were less than fifty people who could actually fight.

These ragged, malnourished refugees clearly noticed Linsel and his companions' carriage. They became alert, and many of them carried various weapons, such as wooden sticks, spears, knives, pitchforks, and kitchen knives.

"Iron Spear" muttered to himself, "The refugees seem to have looted the entire herb garden. They're real robbers. Although I remember there were only a few common herbs growing here before."

Many of these people were unable to eat properly, and some had nowhere to sleep, so it was normal for them to rely on herbs to fill their stomachs.

"But these refugees don't seem to be afraid of us that much." "Broken Arrow" was ready for battle, his hand resting on the bowstring at any moment, ready to deal with any unexpected situation.

"Tch, just a rabble." The strong female adventurer scoffed.

The chain-hammer female adventurer said, "We'd better not get into a conflict with these people. Let's try to persuade them to leave verbally first, and only resort to force if that doesn't work."

"Then who will do the persuasion?" Lindsay asked casually.

"Canglianjia" glanced at "Beast Blood Daughter", who understood her meaning a few seconds later.

"No way, I'd rather use my cleaver to reason than argue."

"I'll do it. I served in the militia for a while before, so I have similar experience." "Iron Spear" adjusted his chainmail and decided to be the one to persuade the refugees to leave.

He added, "If the negotiations break down and a fight breaks out, don't hold back when you're attacking each other."

The female barbarian walked at the front of the group of five. She was imposing and had the loudest voice. Including Lindsay, the group all tacitly agreed that she was the backbone of the temporary squad.

Following closely behind her was the Silver-ranked adventurer "Iron Spear".

The five people stood in two in front and three behind the refugee group, seemingly outnumbered and outmatched.

At this moment, two adult men emerged from the refugee crowd. Unlike the other refugees who were somewhat emaciated, these two were robust and seemed to be the leaders.

"Iron Spear": "Where did you people come from in Wind and City? What happened?"

The leader of the group replied calmly, "We come from different backgrounds, but most of us fled here because of the influence of goblins."

"We are adventurers from Wind and City. According to the Adventurers' Guild and orders from above, you must leave the Herb Garden immediately and are not permitted to linger here!"

The other person chuckled, "Where can so many people go? This herb garden is quite nice as our temporary accommodation."

"Where you go is up to you, but there's a strict order from above: you're forbidden from lingering in the herb garden any longer!"

"What if we don't leave?" the refugee leader asked arrogantly.

Seeing this, "Iron Spear" hardened his tone even further: "Then your safety cannot be guaranteed, and we have the right to forcibly expel you from the herb garden according to current laws!"

The atmosphere became tense. The refugees stood in two rows, forming a semi-circle around Linssey and his group of five, while the adventurers gripped their weapons tightly.

Linsel also took out his crossbow. He was reluctant to kill the refugees, but if things got urgent, he wouldn't have a choice.

Seeing that Linsel and his group did not show any fear, the two leading refugees also became afraid. One of them whispered something to the other.

He then changed to his original tough tone and replied, "Alright then, we don't want to have a conflict with Feng Yu Cheng either. Please allow us an hour to tidy up and leave immediately."

That's right, if it can be resolved peacefully, that would be the best outcome.

Linsel saw the two leading men turn around and explain to the refugees behind them. The refugees understood and began to leave, discussing among themselves, creating a somewhat chaotic scene.

"Wait a minute, we can't miss the Dakul ceremony tonight!"

A voice emerged from the group of refugees, instantly silencing the previously chaotic crowd.

Several refugees wearing strange hoods, with only two holes between their eyes for observation, stepped out from the crowd.

"Have you all forgotten, everyone? Dakul is going to make contact with us again tonight. We must hold a ceremony in the herb garden tonight to communicate with God, otherwise we will no longer be able to receive Dakul's blessings."

These people are here to prevent us from communicating with God Dakul tonight; we must drive them away!

"Yes, we also have the god Dakul!"

"God will not abandon His believers. When we become believers, Dakul will come to us!"

Some refugees became extremely fanatical after hearing this speech. They stared intently at Linsel and his group of five, gripping their makeshift weapons even tighter.

"What's going on with these guys? Cultists?" The female barbarian adventurer felt somewhat incredulous.

"Dakur? Cultists? What are these?" Linsel wasn't quite sure either.

"I've learned a little about it," "Iron Spear" explained.

"Dakur seems to be the god of their cult. The followers of this god are often indifferent to life. The rituals use human sacrifice to please their god. It is very cruel, so the Kingdom Church has labeled them as cultists."

"Cultists, should we just go and kill them? My machete is itching to be used." "Beast Blood Daughter" asked, unable to contain herself.

"If they are cult members, we can kill them directly. They are not protected by the kingdom's laws. I think if we kill those cult leaders wearing Dakur hoods first, the others should be no threat."

However, the elderly and children should not be killed. Dakul's followers are mostly able-bodied men and women, and they are largely innocent.

Linssey looked over and, as "Iron Spear" had said, indeed, the other refugees, including the elderly and children, did not agree with the cultists' incitement and now seemed quite bewildered.

"Iron Spear" stepped forward and said loudly, "Everyone, do not be influenced by the cultists. You just need to leave the herb garden immediately, and we will clean up these cultists who are harming people right away."

After hearing "Iron Spear's" reassuring words, the refugees who did not want to become cult members also left the herb garden one after another.

"We must stop the enemies who dare to hinder Dakul!" Several cultists shouted as they rushed toward Linse, laughing wildly.