Lord Highlander

  Chapter 976 962. Escape from Takale

A large group of Takale town residents gathered in the manor, and they knew that the owner of the manor, Magician Avid, was a warm-hearted nobleman, and he was willing to provide help within his ability to all those in need, such as providing a warm dinner , or you can rest in the yard of his house for the night, and even provide some lemon tea.

  After the lord army regained the town of Takale, it immediately began to clean up the remaining rebel forces in the town.

  In fact, the rebel army has all withdrawn. Under this banner, the lord army searched the town one by one. The main purpose is not to track down the rebel army, but to hope that their money bags can be legally bulged.

Although it is impossible to openly smash and loot, but before maintaining order, the gimmick of cleaning up the remaining rebels can allow them to plunder the ownerless manor. The rebels have already plundered before they retreated. Most of the valuables in the manors in the rich area have been evacuated.

   Now that the lord army entered the town, they just wanted to dig three feet into the ground, and they wanted to dig out some gold coins or something.

   It has been nearly a day since the Lord Army recaptured Takale, and the residents of the town are still in a state of no one to take over.

  There are some lord troops smashing doors everywhere on the street. After they broke into every house and searched, they would always carry something in their hands, and then put it into the truck compartment waiting on the street.

  The manor of the Avid magician was not visited by the lord army during the day.

  At night, a group of soldiers who drank a little wine from nowhere and walked a little shaky passed the gate of the manor.

Among this group of people, someone was carrying a bag of scones in his hand, and someone was carrying a whole ham on his back. Seeing that the big iron gate of the manor was open, it was full of small town residents waiting for porridge. Take a look inside.

A few soldiers wanted to enter the courtyard, but found that the courtyard was crowded with town residents. A few of them didn't notice the magician badge at the gate. An officer who entered the manor shouted at the town residents in the courtyard. : "The Seventh Infantry Battalion of the Lord's Army was ordered to investigate the remnants of the rebel army. Everyone squatted down in place. Please cooperate with our soldiers' inspection."

  The residents of the small town immediately squatted down in place, and the lawn became a large area of ​​darkness.

  Among the soldiers, the captain jumped onto the stone pillars by the fountain. The top of each stone pillar was designed in the shape of an open basin. Many nobles used to put some grains in it to attract some birds.

  The officer said grimly: "Why do you civilians break into the noble manor without permission? You also use it as a meeting place. This kind of behavior seriously infringes on the noble property. Do you know...you have violated the laws of the empire..."

  A small town resident crouching on the grass with his head in his arms immediately raised his head and explained: "This is the manor of the magician Avid..."

  He didn't notice that there was a soldier of the Lord's Army standing behind him.

  The soldier raised his foot, trampled on the townspeople, and shouted: "Please don't stand up when you are not asked to speak."

"It is impossible to have such a floating population in the town of Takale. I suspect that there are rebels hiding among your group of people. Everyone is squatting against the low wall of the shrubs in the corridor and lined up for our inspection..." The officer looked blank Said with an expression.

  The town residents in the yard were all squatted by the low bush wall under the driving of these soldiers.

  Began to be interrogated by these lords. At first, they only interrogated their home addresses and family members, checked whether there were weapons and protective gear on their bodies, and then checked whether the group of people were injured or not.

   Among the residents of these small towns, women, old people and children account for the majority of the total population.

  A bearded townsman immediately pushed the soldier away, angrily said: "What are you doing? Why don't you go home to see your mother..."

  The soldier drank a little wine, and his footsteps were a little vain, and he didn't expect that someone in the crowd would resist. He was pushed down on the low wall of the bush by the bearded man, and he fell back into the corridor.

Now the bearded man stabbed the hornet's nest, the soldier staggered out from the corridor, pulled out the sentry sword from his waist, pointed at the bearded man and yelled: "He is a rebel army, arrest him... "

   Pointing at the young woman again, he continued: "This is also a family member of the rebel army, take them away together!"

  The other soldiers rushed up, pressed the bearded man to the ground, took out the rope and tied the bearded man's hands behind his back.

   Just when they were about to tie up the young woman, a big hand pressed down on the shoulder of the soldier holding the rope from the side.

  The soldier didn't even know how exactly Suldak appeared beside him.

  A slight cough came from the corridor, and with the support of Siya, Magician Avic asked weakly: "What are you soldiers doing in my manor?"

  The soldiers of the Lord's Army turned their gazes to the place where the sound came out, only to see a magician standing in the corridor.

   "We are investigating the remnants of the rebel army..." the soldier immediately puffed up his chest and said.

"How could there be rebels in my manor? It's a joke. Here are all town residents who have been harassed by the war and cannot return home." Magician Avid set his sights on the bearded man and ordered him: "Civilian, report your identity."

  The bearded man whispered his name and his address in the West District, and that he was a tanner and worked in a leather shop in the town.

   Magician Avid stepped forward and lifted his jacket. Sure enough, a leather belt was wrapped around his waist, and it was full of various cutting knives.

  At this time, the officer of the Lord's Army came up and looked at Mage Avid without saying a word.

   "Look at your so-called rebels...do you mean this tanner with calloused hands and leather smell?" He stared at the officer and told him, "Take your men and leave my manor,"

The officer nodded to Magician Avid, his eyes passed over Magician Avid again, and when he saw Sia, he smiled noncommittally, and said calmly: "It is inevitable that mistakes will be made when we investigate the rebel army." , the head of the group asked us not to let go of any remnants of the rebels. You still have so many people here who have not been cleared. I don’t know how you escaped the looting by the rebels, but I think that since the nobles in other manors were burned to death But as long as you are still alive, doesn't this explain some problems?"

   "I wish you a good dream tonight, I may come to disturb you again tomorrow morning..."

  Although the officer said with a smile, there was a hint of anger in his eyes.

  He straightened his collar and said to the soldiers under him, "Let's go!"

  A group of soldiers left the manor with the officer.

  …

   Unexpectedly, the officers of the lord army did not buy the identity of the Avid magician. Even after the lord army left, the atmosphere at the scene was still a little tense.

   "Those people stayed outside the gate..." Samira jumped down from the top of the corridor and said to Suldak.

Suldak stood up at this time and said to the magician Avid: "I guess they may go to other lords, and they may trouble us tomorrow, and they don't seem to buy into the magician nobles! "

  Samira stood by the corridor and said to Suldak:

   "Do you think they found something? I always feel that something is wrong."

  Suldak recalled the expression on the officer's face when he left. It wasn't a smile and a blessing, nor was it annoyed.

  His smile clearly hides uncontrollable excitement, and he is suppressing the excitement in his heart.

   "They may be the lord's army from Mukuso City. Is it possible that they completed their mission at Lord McDonnell's manor and came here to counter the rebellion just to discover our identities..." Suldak guessed.

   Then he said: "We will leave later, I am afraid it will not be too safe here. He explained that early...or it may be to paralyze us on purpose."

  Samira looked at the town residents in the yard, frowned slightly and said:

   "What about these small town residents?"

   Magician Avid stood up straight and said:

   "I'll go and tell them..."

   After finishing speaking, he walked out of the corridor, stood on the stone platform next to the pool, and said to the small town residents in the yard:

"Everyone, I'm the magician Avid. I'm sorry...Given the bad attitude of the lord's army to me just now, it seems that they don't have the slightest awe of magicians. I think they may be in a short time. Will come back for trouble, so we're going to leave Thakale early..."

  After the magician Avid finished speaking, the town residents in the courtyard were all sad.

   "The manor has a back door, and those who want to leave can go there." The magician continued to say to everyone, "My friends and I will leave later..."

  The bearded man came out of the crowd just now, and said to Avid with an apologetic face: "Magician Avid, I am really sorry for causing you so much unnecessary trouble."

  The young woman also squatted on the ground covering her face and weeping softly.

  Avid walked up and patted the shoulder of the bearded man, and smiled heartily: "This has nothing to do with you. If you want to blame, you can blame these lords. On the contrary, your bravery is worthy of praise."

  One of the residents of the small town complained:

   "It's really a group of robbers, now I'm a little confused, who is the lord army and who is the rebel army..."

   "If you want to leave, please follow me this way." Evid said to everyone.

  His footsteps were still a little weak, and he had to hold his chest for a few breaths after walking for a while, and walked along the corridor to the back garden of the manor. Sure enough, there was a back door leading to the back street between the kitchen and the stables.

   At this time, Suldak had already opened the back door, and a group of town residents sneaked out from here.

  …

   While waiting for the residents of the town to leave, Samira, who was guarding on the roof, noticed that the number of guards on the outside was gradually increasing, so she gestured to Suldak to leave.

  The two-headed ogre Gullitum once again carried the magician Avid on his back, and Suldak carried Sia on his back, and followed the residents of these small towns and left the manor.

  …

  On the street, you can still meet the lord army looting property, but Samira has been out every night for the past two days, and has already found a retreat route. A few people walked along the back street to the southeast of the town.

  For Suerdak and his party, it won't be too difficult to climb over the town's wall.

   But if there is a river, it is the home field of Seattle.

  Suldak discussed this matter with everyone a long time ago. If you need everyone to leave Takale Town, then leave from the pier south of the town.

   Watching their group continue to walk southeast, these small town residents who left the manor also followed them quietly. In fact, everyone may not know where to go.

  At this time, the bearded man chased up from behind, came to Avid, and said to him: "Your Excellency, Mage, I don't know where there is a ship that can help us get out of here."

   Avid looked at the bearded man in surprise, and said to him, "Are you leaving Takale town too?"

  The bearded man said bitterly: "The house was destroyed by them, what are you doing here!"

He turned around and pointed to a group of old, young, sick and disabled behind him, begging and said: "Look at us people, they are either old people, women or children. I'm afraid we won't be able to leave here by ourselves. We don't even have the strength to resist!"

   Then he said: "I can help you steal that boat, and everyone can go down the river when you get on the boat, so that you can leave Takale!"

   "Down the river, you can reach the town of Bansko."

   “We can start a new life over there.”

   After speaking, the bearded man's eyes brightened a lot.

  …

  In fact, the lord army does not have too many restrictions on the activities of the town residents.

  They were just busy searching for some property in the small town to satisfy their own wallets, and occasionally they would make a fortune, but they would never do something like drag a woman into the grove.

   After all, the order of this town is still there recently, and the town will restore its original appearance in the future.

  A group of people walked along one of the narrowest alleys in the slums of the town to the south of the town. There were some houses in the slums on both sides. Many houses were burned to ashes by the fire, and some remained, and there were no people around.

   But at the end of this alley, the river not far away was sparkling, and some people in the crowd couldn't suppress the joy in their hearts, and let out a low cry...

"who?"

  At the entrance of the alley near the pier, a soldier came walking with a long sword in his hand, followed by two companions.

  The bearded man didn't expect to be found here...

  Just as he was about to bite the bullet and go out, two old men with beards pulled back from the crowd. Their faces were full of wrinkles, their dry and cloudy eyes showed a trace of indifference to life and death, and they said loudly, "It's us..."

  (end of this chapter)