Unknown Knight

In the end, the two were deadlocked and had to find Mrs. Gangde, who was seven months pregnant. When she heard that her husband had hope of recovery, but time was tight and he needed to go in person, she hesitated for a moment.

However, this Nord woman had a decisive character. She believed that instead of letting her husband live without honor, it would be better for him to take a risk for a glimmer of hope.

In her eyes, even if her husband died on the road to self-salvation, it was a glorious death for a man, and he would still enter the Hall of Heroes.

So she readily agreed to James' proposal and had a thorough discussion with James and Atiman.

Soon, a carriage that looked ordinary and shabby but was actually very sturdy inside drove out from the south gate of Tangquan Fortress.

There were four people in the carriage, one of whom was James, the coachman. He was wearing a loose old linen gown, a pointed hat with a drooping top, and an iron-birch-knotted hammer in his hand. He had a cloth bag on his waist, and bottles and jars inside it jingled.

The other two were the girls Ai Su and Ran Ying, who were wearing worn linen hoodies, double-breasted chain mail, carrying special hunting bows and wooden shields, and long swords on their waists.

It's just that they are women dressed as men, their pretty faces are covered with dirt, and their beautiful long hair is painfully cut off. At first glance, you can't really tell, and one would think they are just two shorter hunters.

The main reason for letting them come along is to take care of Aix. Now, apart from the three ladies, including Tundra, Aix is ​​the most obedient of these two playmates. They were afraid that Aix would make trouble on the road, so they asked these two to take care of him closely.

The remaining kid who was sucking his thumb at the back of the carriage is our male protagonist, but his image is very different from before. His handsome middle-parted hair was cut into a mushroom head, and his face and body shape were also changed. He became a fat man with a belly. Even King Yarogerk could not confirm that this was Aix in front of him.

He was wearing a full-body double-buckle mail which looked old on the surface but was actually very sturdy. Not only that, inside the mail, there was a plate armor which was die-cast with iron plates. This plate armor perfectly fit his body curves and could not be seen from the outside. He carried a large pure steel shield on his back and a six-petal solid iron hammer weighing more than thirty pounds on his waist.

The reason why he gave up the broad-bladed heavy sword that Aix was used to was, firstly, because he was afraid of attracting other people's attention, and secondly, since Aix woke up, his appetite had somehow increased, and his strength had also become stronger and stronger.

When Resarit was teaching him martial arts, he found that he did not like the heavy sword he used before, but preferred weapons such as hammers, so he asked old John to make this six-petal iron hammer for him.

The images of the four people have changed a lot, even their titles have changed. In addition to concealing their original identities, it is mainly to suit Axe's current taste. James is called Old Jim by Axe, Ai Su is called Xiao Ai by him, and Ran Ying is called Xiao Ying by him.

He called himself Pingping, so everyone called him "Master Pingping".

In order to conceal their identities, the four people in this group claimed to be hunters and fur traders. There were many such fur traders who collected furs and sold them everywhere in the continent of Calradia, but at most they would pull an uncovered wooden cart. It was very rare to see them pulling a horse-drawn carriage with a carriage like them.

Although the four men drove on a main road, they went around cities and avoided villages until they were out of the territory of the Kingdom of Vigia, and then they stopped at villages along the way to stay overnight and replenish supplies.

That day they rushed to the village of Aden, which belonged to the city of Dehrim. It was already dusk, so they stayed there for the night.

But old Jim, who was about to find the village chief to pay for accommodation, felt something was wrong. It was still dark, but the doors of the entire village were closed, and the sound of women sobbing could be heard from some of the houses.

The four of them went to the village chief's house and found out that there was a group of bandits in the nearby forest. They had been wiped out by the Hammer of Justice before, but a dozen of them escaped and have been hiding in the nearby forest.

After the attack on Aix three months ago, almost all the elite members of the three Hammer of Justice divisions were transferred back to the territory to maintain order. Now no one in this area cares about the affairs of the lawless criminals, which has allowed these hidden bandits to become rampant again.

A few days ago, they came to the village and told the village chief to prepare the protection fees from the previous year, saying that it was a back payment. If the money was not collected, they would burn their houses and rob their women and children.

Although these villagers had just harvested the new wheat, 50% of the grain had been handed over to the nobles in the city. The rest was one year's food rations and next year's seeds. Now there was no extra supplies or money to hand over. These bandits clearly did not want to leave any way for the villagers to survive.

Today was the last day they had agreed on. Those who had connections had gone elsewhere, and those who had no connections and were reluctant to leave their homes had no choice but to close their doors and leave everything to fate, hoping that the robbers would be gentler on their women and that their children would not be taken away all, leaving one or two at home to carry on the family line.

After hearing the news, James was about to leave with a few people, but was stopped by Aix who was following behind. The ordinary young master said in a naive voice:

"The bandits are bad guys. Pingping won't leave. Pingping will destroy them on behalf of the Hammer of Justice."

James knew that the young master was angry again, so he had to coax him:

"Master Pingping, there are too many bandits and we can't defeat them. Let's go to Dehrim City first. Old Jim will buy you a roast chicken, okay?"

"Pingping doesn't want to eat roasted chicken. Pingping wants to be a great hero. Brother Lei (Lesarit) said that Pingping is born to be the nemesis of bad guys, the hammer of justice, and a great hero. Great heroes are not afraid of having many enemies."

James was not good at speaking, so how could he criticize a naughty and unreasonable child? He was so anxious that his face turned red, and he didn't know what to do.

The clever Aisu knew Aix's temper, so he stepped forward and shook Aix's arm and said:

"Brother Pingping, you have to be obedient. Brother Lei said that the Hammer of Justice also needs to have a smart mind. Only by following orders can we win the battle, right?"

Axel scratched his confused head and rubbed his nose, as if Brother Lei had said these things to him.

Seeing that Aix had taken his words to heart, Aisu continued:

"Well, the bandits are coming tonight. You have to listen to our orders. You can only go up if we tell you to. That's how you follow our orders. Do you understand?"

Seeing Aix nodding thoughtfully, Aisu continued:

"Then Brother Pingping, you should go back to the car first. Let's eat some dry food and take a rest before fighting the robbers, okay?"

"Okay, Pingping promises you that I will be the hammer of justice that obeys orders. Now get in the car, eat some dry food, and then take a rest."

Perhaps he was hungry after traveling for half a day. When Axe heard that people had to get in the car to eat, he immediately became interested. He pushed open the car door and climbed in to find something to eat.