Unknown Knight

When Aix, who was in the front, kicked the door open and rushed in, there were two sharp "bang" sounds, and the large steel shield was hit by two arrows in succession.

Feeling the force on his hand, Aix thought that if the opponent's two arrows hit the armor directly, even if they could not penetrate the armor and cause injury, the person hit would be like being hit twice, and would lose the ability to react for a short period of time, which shows how powerful the arrows are.

It turned out that two bandit leaders who had just rushed back had just taken a few sips of wine when they discovered that the others were poisoned. They were trying to sober the others up with cold water when they heard the sound of Axe and his men approaching, so they ambushed in the yard and launched the first attack.

What they didn't expect was that the shield held by Aix was a specially made steel shield, which not only blocked their attacks without any damage, but also gave Bestul, Aisu, Ran Ying and Zhenzhen behind him a chance to counterattack.

Four men flashed out from behind Aix, two on each side, and shot the feather arrows in their hands at the same time, hitting the two archers with two arrows each, and they were killed on the spot while wearing leather armor.

The other thieves who were awakened by the cold water wanted to resist with their spears and scimitars, but they were shot to death by the four men with bows and arrows in an orderly manner. The whole battle lasted less than a minute.

Even Aix was sweating coldly. Fortunately, he had drugged the opponent in advance. Otherwise, with the opponent having such a strong bow and so many people, it would be hard to say who would defeat whom.

Afanti released the villagers who were imprisoned in the warehouse, a total of more than eighty people. These people picked up weapons on the ground and killed all the robbers in a short while.

Bestur wanted to step forward to stop them, but was stopped by Aix. Humiliation and hatred that could not be redressed would make a person's psychology distorted, so he simply let the villagers kill to their heart's content and consider it a good deed.

Bestur, feeling distressed, kept complaining, saying that these were top-quality slaves that could be sold for a lot of silver coins, but now so many silver coins were just lost in vain.

After the villagers had killed all their enemies, cried enough, and cursed enough, the old village chief, supported by Afanti, came over to thank Aix and other benefactors, and promised to reward Aix and his people with all the village's property.

Aix waved his hand to refuse. What kind of wealth could there be in such a remote village that would interest him? He might as well be a good person and gain a good reputation.

However, Bestur, Niza, James and others did get something out of it. They found more than 50 gold coins, more than 500 silver coins and more than 3,000 copper coins in the house where the bandit leader lived. It was not in vain that their work was done.

At the same time, there were also food, velvet, rose salt, woolen cloth, animal skins, linen and other valuables looted by the robbers. Aix and his men took some valuable ones and left the rest to the villagers as a little compensation for them.

That night, the villagers held a banquet to entertain Aix and his party. The village had been severely damaged by bandits before, but the property they got from the bandits was enough to make up for their losses, and they even had a lot of surplus.

The villagers were not ungrateful people, so they killed chickens and sheep to entertain them. Together with the donkey meat that had been hardly touched at noon, it was a pretty sumptuous feast.

After eating and drinking, everyone talked and chatted around the campfire on the square.

Aix and his team came here with a purpose. As outsiders, it was not appropriate for them to ask the locals questions casually, as they might be caught as spies.

This is a good opportunity now. Tamnu is only a day's journey away from the destination, Migayet. Maybe we can get some information from him.

So he pretended to be very interested in the various strange things in the desert, and said to Velen:

"Mr. Velen, you are very knowledgeable. I heard that there is a kind of mirage in the desert. What is it like? Can you tell us about it?"

Velen didn't understand what he meant for a moment, so he just followed his words and said:

“There is such a saying. Some say that this is a phenomenon of light refraction, and the mirage that appears in the sky is nothing more than a projection of a city somewhere in the distance.

Some people also say that this mirage is extraordinary and is a manifestation of the gods from heaven to the human world. Anyone who sees a mirage will have good luck. I don’t know if it is true or not.”

After listening to Velen, Aix said in an exaggerated manner:

"Is this true? Do gods really appear in this world? I have never seen one. Could it be that someone made it up?"

Seeing that Aix seemed to be hinting at something, although he didn't know what it was, Velen also cooperated and said:

"To answer your question, I also read it in a book. I have to see it with my own eyes to tell whether it is true or not."

Seeing that the great man Aix, as his benefactors called him, seemed to be very interested in the strange things in the desert, the old village chief took the initiative to join in the fun and said:

"Your Excellency, you may not know that in this desert, there are not only mirages in the sky, but also a mysterious and strange city of hell on the ground."

Seeing that Aix's eyes were wide open and he seemed to be more interested in this so-called hell city, he was encouraged and continued:

"You don't know, sir, that this city is made entirely of steel. Even the ground is paved with seamless steel plates."

Upon hearing this, Aix immediately sat up straight and asked in a questioning tone:

"Is it true that there is a city built with steel? Even with all the steel in the world, it is impossible to build such a city. Are you kidding me, old village chief?"

Hearing that Aix didn't believe him, the old village chief seemed to feel greatly humiliated, his face flushed and he said:

"Sir, I can't fool anyone but you. Forget it. After all, so many years have passed and I'm about to be buried in the ground. I'll just die!"

After saying this, he looked around, lowered his voice, and said in a volume that only a few people could hear clearly:

"You don't know, sir. It was 20 years ago when I was a peddler. One time, I went to Barreye with two other peddlers. On the way, we passed through the desert near Migayet and encountered a black sandstorm that only occurs once every 20 years. It is said that this black sandstorm can blow intermittently for at least half a month.

At that time, the black sandstorm lasted for three days and three nights. After the sandstorm stopped, a fortress-like city appeared out of nowhere in a low-lying area not far from the cave where we were hiding from the sandstorm.

We were young at that time and thought that the black sandstorm had blown out the treasure buried underground, so we excitedly went to look for it.

The ground outside the city is paved with steel, and there is a hollow sound when you step on it. Just when we were about to run to the fortress, suddenly a cold and emotionless voice floated in the air and said to us:

'Intruders, you have entered private territory. Please leave immediately or you will suffer the consequences.'

Among the three of us, I was considered to be the more knowledgeable one. After hearing from the older generation that there was a dangerous hell city made of steel here, I wanted to leave immediately and persuaded my two peddlers to leave with me.

But the two bewildered people were unwilling to listen to me and insisted on going inside to see what was going on. However, before they took a few steps forward, two strong beams of light directly illuminated half of their bodies. I was so scared that I ran away without looking back.

Later, I still did not give up, and asked the people in Migayet Village. Many of them also saw the hell city from afar, but then the black sandstorm blew for more than ten days, and the city disappeared. "