Lord Highlander

  Chapter 1017 1003. The person mocked by the crow

  This time there will be a group of second-turn mages arriving on the Ganbu plane.

The magicians have already sent Groval MacDonnell back to Bena City. I heard that this son of the McDonnell family is not only a peripheral member of the Black Magic Priory, but also the founder of the hellhound army. one.

   This battle on the Ganbu plane completely brought Gulitum and Samira into the sight of everyone.

Their performance was too dazzling, especially the half-elf archer with the blood of the elves, who was favored by the great elf windrunner and held the sky-strike bow in his hand. Case closed.

  Suldak said: "If we can successfully conquer the dry cloth plane this time, we may have to go to the big battlefield when we go back."

   "Is there anything delicious over there?" Gullitum always looked at problems from the perspective of a foodie.

  Suldak said uncertainly: "For you, there will be some more advanced monsters, maybe it's worth tasting..."

   "For me, it is some more powerful demon warriors. I need to kill some, and maybe I can exchange for some advanced weapons, or advanced magic pattern structures."

   "For Samira, the ground is full of gold..."

  The two-headed ogre's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly:

"This is very good. I always participate in such battles all day long. I feel that my strength is about to weaken. My dream is to be able to slay dragons, and then the name prefix has the title of dragon slayer, and I can take a bath with dragon blood and so on. of."

   "Your idea is very dangerous. Do you know how far behind you are in strength compared to a dragon?" Suldak asked Gulitum.

   "Of course, it's not working now, but it doesn't work now, it doesn't mean it won't work in the future..."

   Gulitham said a little unconvinced.

  Suldak thought of the plane of Istandur at this time, and he didn't know when he had the power to go to that plane.

   He turned to look at the half-elf archer again.

  Samila was peeling a mango, she raised her head in doubt, and asked, "Look at me, or can I choose not to go?"

"cannot…"

  Suldak shrugged his shoulders and said.

  Samira said indifferently:

   "Then...before you go, prepare some more dog heads!"

  Of course, the sacrifice of the head of a hellhound can never be too much...

  …

  The next day, Suldak gave a speech in the central square of Bankstown, and the entire square was packed with town residents.

There are aristocrats in decent clothes, ladies with gold and silver ornaments and hats like flower baskets, businessmen in leather vests, shopkeepers, small vendors and stall owners, ordinary workers whose clothes have been washed and faded, and farmers with muddy legs …

  Everyone gathers in the square, and everyone has their own area. For example, farmers will never stand among nobles.

Everyone knows that he is the current governor and military officer of the town, and he also represents the military department of the province of Bena. It has become a resistance army. For the entire Bena province, Lord MacDonnell's army is the real rebel army.

  Surdak, surrounded by a group of heavy armored infantry, boarded the podium in the center of the square.

"This used to be the richest town at the southern end of the Gambo plane. Many adventurers gathered here. They came here to find the secrets hidden on the edge of the world, and at the same time brought some wealth to the town, but now... It has suffered from wars and is gradually declining.”

   "I know that everyone here is not satisfied with the current life. Maybe some people here think that all this is caused by us. If we didn't start the war, the town would not have declined to what it is now."

   "What I want to show you here is that we don't like to fight, but when our homeland is invaded by foreigners, someone must stand up and fight for it."

   "Someone will definitely say, where there are foreigners, you are a group of rebels..."

"If you really think so, I can tell you very responsibly, if we don't stand up now, there will slowly be more hellhounds here, and those demon servants who are like walking corpses are leading them, exuding blood all over their bodies. The heinous stench, passing through your front garden."

   "If you don't stop it, they will hurt more people. It may not be you now, but it is hard to guarantee that the next one will not be you..."

   "I believe that everyone must have a deep understanding in their recent life."

  "McDonnell didn't act, but they can't represent everyone, and the most important thing is that they have betrayed the covenant of the noble lords of Benar."

   "This is our land, whoever invades us will drive them out!"

  The townspeople in the square shouted:

   "Kick them out..."

"Get out…"

  Suldak raised his hands and pressed down, calming down the agitated townspeople.

"I know that many people are very afraid of us. They are afraid that we will come here and take away what belongs to you. We are not here to **** your blood. On the contrary, we hope that the life of everyone in the town will become better and better. .”

  “Our income is based on the prosperity of the town. Only when the people here are rich can we gain more.”

   "I just came here, and there are many decisions that have not been announced. Of course, I am also worried about explaining these things. Someone will misinterpret my meaning, so I want to announce it here first..."

   "The tax plan of Bansko Town this year, one sentence is: all transactions are tax-free!"

  When these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the square.

  Everyone can’t understand, without taxation, how can the town hall survive, or is there no need for the town hall at all?

  Suldak waited for the scene to be a little quieter, and said: "In addition, all farmers engaged in agricultural cultivation in the small town will receive corresponding financial subsidies according to the area of ​​​​the cultivated land."

   "The town supports the opening of shops and workshops. The free market is not only tax-free, but also booth fees and sanitation fees."

   "In addition, people without any income in the town will receive a monthly minimum living allowance, and this money will be directly allocated to the welfare homes and shelters in the town."

   Unexpectedly, further financial subsidies will be implemented, which has never happened in Bansko Town.

  Suldak looked at the doubtful crowd around him, and slowly explained:

  "Many people will have doubts. If this is implemented, what will the town's financial income be used to maintain, and the civil servants in the town will not be able to eat. Will this place become a chaotic place where management is abandoned..."

   "My answer is simple: no."

"First of all, the town will publicly sell a large part of the unowned land. The arrears obtained from the sale of these lands will maintain the normal operation of the town. I believe that such days will not last long. This kind of cheap land, It can only be bought now...Of course, according to the laws of the empire, land transactions are limited to nobles!"

  After saying this, Suldak rushed to the military camp outside the town with Samira and Siya.

  …

   A large amount of supplies were seized from the Third Army, and the cleanup has been completed. The next few days will be the statistics of merit points. Recently, fighters from the Resistance Army have joined the Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment one after another.

  There are more and more people in the legion, and there are some troubles in management.

  Suldak rushed back to deal with several incidents of barracks theft. These resistance fighters did not have enough knowledge of military discipline.

   At this time, it is always necessary to hold the big stick in the left hand and the sweet dates in the right hand.

   Regarding the problem of theft in the army, Samira dealt with it more severely.

  No matter what the resistance army usually says or does in the barracks, she doesn't care too much. Even if they are lazy in training, it doesn't matter. Everyone on the battlefield has only one life, and she doesn't cherish it herself, so she counts on others?

  But if someone moves something in the barracks, it is of a different nature.

  The materials in the barracks now belong to Viscount Suldak.

  Even if it's a grain of wheat falling out of the grain bag, that's it!

   Samira, who has been used to living a hard life since she was a child, has an excessive attachment to money, and no one can touch the property that belongs to... Lord Viscount Suldak.

   Those who stretched out their hands chopped their hands, and those who dared to take their belongings out of the barracks... nailed them to the wooden shelves outside the barracks.

  Not far from the barracks is a mass grave.

It was originally a pine forest, and the townspeople often used the wood there to make wooden coffins. Over time, the hill became bare. In order to replant some pine trees, the town hall encouraged the townspeople to bury their dead relatives there. And a pine tree was planted in front of the tomb, which was not part of the family cemetery, and there was no cemetery to manage it, so it gradually became a mass grave.

  Some condemned prisoners in the town will also be buried there, and some heinous ones simply hung on wooden crosses to die, instead of burying them, they just hang on wooden shelves and let them rot. Crows and vultures are frequent visitors to mass graves.

  Now these red-eyed crows and bald-headed eagles land on the wooden shelves outside the barracks from time to time...

  They don't eat fresh meat either, so they squat on the wooden frame, staring at their blood-red eyes, waiting for the tortured soldiers on the wooden frame to die.

  The expectation of death in their eyes will drive the soldiers who are nailed to the wooden frame to go crazy. The soldiers can even think of the miserable appearance of being gutted by a group of crows.

  Before the theft, there was still a merit value in the barracks accounts.

  But now, just stealing a shield and selling it to the weapon shop in the town, what he has to suffer...not only the confiscation of merit points, but also the loss of half his life.

  In such a hot summer, sweat and tears flowed down the face, gathered at the chin, and fell drop by drop into the soil.

  All soldiers in the barracks will pass by the cross when they leave the camp.

  Some acquaintances looked embarrassed, and they didn't even know whether to say a word of comfort, or someone simply walked up and said: 'You...you are so confused! '

  There are crows laughing and laughing, that feeling is simply that life is worse than death...

  (end of this chapter)