Unknown Knight

Under the cover of night, the entire Tarboliya tribe seemed to have retreated into the village walls, leaving only silence in the wilderness, without a single person in sight.

The group no longer hid their whereabouts and rode their horses along the road. Even if they alarmed the guards in the watchtower, they would at most be threatened and scolded. They did not dare to come out to check.

Because this is the night of the Middle Ages, a dark world full of dangers, a world that belongs to adventurers.

When they passed the second settlement, there were suddenly crowds of people in the fields that were about to mature beside the road. Bestur, who was walking in the front, tightened the reins of his horse and dared not go forward.

At the same time, he waved his hand, signaling the people following behind him to stop moving forward. He keenly felt that there were at least a dozen arrows pointing at him.

James rode forward and asked:

"Bestul warrior, are there many people on the other side?"

Bestur looked as if he was facing a formidable enemy. He stared at the farmland beside the road ahead and said coldly:

"At least dozens of bows, but it doesn't look like they're ambushing us."

Come to think of it, this is the territory of the Nords. Logically, the people of the Kingdom of Swadia should not be so advanced as to predict their strategy and send troops in advance to make a big turn and ambush here.

When James was thinking about what to do, he didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to show the number. A man with a height similar to Aix walked to the middle of the road and said:

"Robin Hood, please harvest the wheat here. The rest of you should not stay here. We are only targeting the hateful Nords. We want to take back the grain that belongs to us. If you are from Swadia, please stay out of our business!"

James was confused when he heard this. Wasn't Robin Hood stationed in the territory? Why did he come here?

But he didn't dare to confirm the other party's identity. Maybe he was sent by the three ladies, so he asked tentatively:

"Who sent you here, Robin Hood? We are from the Hammer of Justice Mercenaries. We are just passing through here and have no intention of interfering in your affairs. Please do not stop us from our journey."

James' words reached the ears of the so-called "Robin Hoods" hiding in the crops, causing them to whisper. The big man standing in the middle of the road said:

"You can't just pretend to be the Justice Hammer Mercenary Group under my master's command, and don't use my master's name to cheat others, otherwise the bows and arrows in our hands will not be vegetarian.

Every Hammer of Justice under my master's command is wearing armor and holding a hammer, unlike you guys who are so shabby."

James heard that these people were defending the reputation of Aix's army, so he thought they were not enemies, so he stepped forward and said:

"I am Sir James, who was personally appointed by Lord Aix. I have 260 households under my command. How can it be false? You can go and ask around."

James' words startled the man standing in the road. Since he had more people on his side, he was not afraid of them, so he stepped forward to take a look. He immediately recognized James and turned around happily to the people hiding in the fields and said,

"Everyone come out, it's really Dr. James! Dr. James, oh no Sir James, you don't recognize me, you even cured me of diarrhea! I'm Warren the woodcutter."

James took a closer look and felt that the man in front of him looked a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was at the moment. However, he was definitely not one of the archery masters under Robin Hood. James recognized some of these people.

Seeing James's puzzled look, Warren scratched his head embarrassedly and told him the origins of these Robin Hoods.

It turned out that some of these people were actually former subjects of Aix. After Aix was granted the title of King of Vigia for the second time, he took most of the subjects in the temporary camp to the new territory.

However, when Warren was young, he went to Virginia to make a living. He knew that the winters there were extremely cold and long, making survival extremely difficult. Most people could not adapt to the weather there.

So he chose to stay with his family and a few close friends. There were about 20 to 30 people in total, and they built a small village in the temporary camp.

Warren himself was a capable man, and had served as the leader of a village group under Aix. He had learned most of the measures that Aix had adopted in Talboliya, and had managed the villages he had established by imitating Aix's model.

Gradually, the results were achieved, and the life in the village became better and better. Many serfs who had escaped into the Black Forest nearby also chose to join, which made his village expand rapidly, and gathered two to three hundred people around him.

It was still okay when there were only a few dozen people, as they could still provide for all expenses. But as the number of people increased, trouble began to arise. First, the nearby Black Forest could not support more than 300 people, so they could not hunt enough prey and everyone began to starve.

Then, as their numbers grew, the nearby lords also noticed them. No noble would allow such an uncontrolled force to exist near their territory, so they came to win them over and asked them to join their forces as serfs, but Warren refused.

After failing to win them over, the lords united to suppress them. They began to impose heavy taxes on the mountain products, animal skins, animal meat and other items they traded, and sold them daily necessities such as salt and ironware at prices several times higher than the market price, making them increasingly poor.

In particular, the Nord Lord Elenyar of Talboriya did not even allow them to reclaim wasteland in the Black Forest, and sent his soldiers to destroy the land they reclaimed.

These persecutions made them rebellious, so they formed a Robin Hood team using the name of the chivalrous thief Robin Hood that Aix had originally formed.

They did not dare to act recklessly during the day, so they used the night to loot and destroy the manors of the surrounding lords. For a time, the surrounding lords were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. They had to close their doors and windows at night and dared not go out.

Later, as the story of the Hammer of Justice spread, Warren realized that his master not only lived well in Vijia, but also greatly increased his strength and became a great lord comparable to a country.

Thinking about the happy days he had lived under Aix's command, and looking at his current precarious situation, Warren discussed with several small leaders about joining Aix's territory.

However, they were poor and had no food to support them on such a long journey, so they decided to harvest the ripe wheat in Talboliya tonight and use it for food on their journey.

James laughed when he heard this:

"Then why bother harvesting the wheat? Just burn it and don't leave it to the Nords. Then you can just follow us."

At daybreak, the team had expanded to more than 300 people, and Aix finally led the team out of the territory of Talboliya. They would first go to the city of Dehrim.

There, the newly-relocated Warren and his 300-odd villagers, as well as Little Tata and Fischer will stay at the base of the Hammer of Justice Mercenaries, and the mercenaries will send people to escort them to Vijia's territory.