Knight's Infinite Journey

"Follow me."

Looking at Aaliya who was silent and seemed to be in a bad mood, Yadimu sighed and then turned around and walked out.

Behind him, Little Clay quickly followed.

The three of them walked outside, and the scene suddenly felt empty.

There are signs of dilapidation everywhere.

Before that, those bandits wreaked havoc in the village, leaving heavy traces.

Many villagers died at their hands.

Aaliya looked at the familiar corpses and couldn't help but cover her eyes.

"Why is this happening"

She murmured to herself, with a strong sense of despair in her voice.

For the girl, she doesn't understand why things are like this.

It was clear that in the past, the two sides were neighbors on equal terms, so why did they suddenly become like this?

From her mouth, Yadimu also learned what happened before.

Earlier, a group of bandits from the mountain came down, led by someone they knew well.

So they didn't take any precautions and let them in easily.

Unexpectedly, they took the opportunity to attack them and killed many people directly.

The men in the village wanted to resist, but were trapped by the well-prepared bandits, who had taken away their weapons early.

Without weapons, they would be even less likely to be a match for this group of bandits.

Judging from the entire result, this group of robbers went down the mountain completely premeditated.

From the looks of it, they came here to loot the village from the beginning.

"There should be internal strife among the bandits."

Yadimu looked in front of him and made this judgment.

He roughly guessed: "If it is really the leader of that group of bandits who wants to rob you, then all the bandits should be coming down now, not just these dozens of people."

Yes, there are only a few dozen people wreaking havoc in the entire village at the moment.

This does not look like a large force of the bandit group, but more like a partial team separated from it.

Therefore, Yadimu guessed that this was probably due to internal strife among the bandits, which was why the current result occurred.

Of course, it's also possible that they don't like this village and feel that dispatching just a few people is enough to deal with it.

This is also possible.

But no matter what, it is a fact that most of this village has been destroyed.

A large number of men died in the hands of the bandits, and many surrounding houses were burned down.

It’s unknown how many years it will take for the entire village to recover.

Yadimu stepped forward.

As time passed, the fighting around them slowly calmed down.

Then a scene happened that surprised Alia.

At the front, the man responsible for suppressing the group of bandits strode forward and came directly to them. Then he knelt down on one knee and said, "Chief, we have all been dealt with."

leader?

Is he the leader?

Aaliya was stunned suddenly=.

She clearly remembered that at the beginning, Yadimu was just something she dug out of a corpse.

At that time, Yadimu was seriously injured and could not move, so he could only rely on her to take care of him.

At that time, she only felt that Yadimu was quite mysterious and was quite curious about him.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, the situation of both parties changed so much.

In the blink of an eye, it was Yadimu who came to save her.

"Get up."

Yadimu's gentle voice sounded from the side.

He looked at Grete and said casually in calm and unquestionable words: "Take those people into custody and question them carefully."

"Ask them about their origins and motives."

"yes."

Gretel nodded respectfully and quickly went down.

But just a moment later, he came again.

This time there were a few more people around.

These are the subjects of Gretel's interrogation.

From their mouths, Yadimu also knew the origin of the matter.

As Yadimu had expected before, the group of bandits in front of him was not the main force of the Birch Bandit Group, but just one of the small groups.

The Birch Bandit Group had been in internal strife before, so this team came out and planned to loot the Birch Village and then start over in another place.

However, they didn't expect that they would encounter Yadimu just at the beginning.

Of course, there is no need to say more after that.

"Why is there internal strife?"

After listening to the descriptions of several people, Yadimu instinctively felt that something was wrong, so he continued to ask.

Then, he got another unexpected news.

"Your leader is dead?"

He looked at the people in front of him with a look of shock.

From the descriptions of these people, what happened within the bandit group was also revealed in their eyes.

Previously, there was an accident within the Birch Bandit Group, and the leader of the bandit group died suddenly and suddenly.

Because of the sudden death of the leader, the Birch Bandit Group was divided internally, and a split occurred directly.

Several small leaders each had their own ideas, so they simply had a fight and then separated.

The group of people in front of me is one of them.

They left their old base, originally planning to loot the village and then find a place to start over.

As a result, he met Yadimu unexpectedly.

"The leader is dead."

Listening to their descriptions, Yadimu couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He felt that this seemed to be a coincidence.

He was just about to take action, but the leader of the family over there died.

Is there such a coincidence in this world?

Yadimu was instinctively suspicious.

"How many people are left on the mountain now?"

He thought for a moment, then continued to ask.

"About two hundred people."

The leader of the group spoke up.

Yadimu nodded without saying anything.

He would not kill the group of people in front of him.

Yadimu is not that murderous yet.

But there is no need to think about expecting Yadimu to let them go.

He planned to use these people as slaves and then work in the workshop until they died.

This can be regarded as repaying the sins they have caused in the past.

After all, these are all bandits, and there are not many good people among them.

It is definitely not too much to use them all as slaves.

After a while, the damage to local villagers was also cleared.

None of the people brought by Yadimu's side died in the battle, but two of them were injured due to bad luck and were temporarily unable to move.

Yadimu called Aaliya over and asked him to organize the villagers to take care of the two people, and then looked at the village.

This village is located in the middle of the intersection, so it is stuck on a must-pass road.

Many merchants heading to Lima from the north pass through this area.

Of course, it is not impossible to bypass it, but in that case the energy and cost will be much greater.

Not worth it for businessmen.

It is precisely because of this that the Birch Bandits chose this place as their base to rob passing vendors along the way.

It's kind of funny to say that.

In the past, the people of this village regarded the bandits as their own and made a living by cleaning up the remains of the bandits.

But in Yadimu's opinion, if there were not that group of bandits, given the suitable location of this place, sooner or later it would benefit from the trade routes along the road and develop.

In other words, without that group of bandits, their lives would have been better.

It's just that they don't see this at all, and they think that the group of robbers is the one they rely on for their lives.

I don’t know what to say about this.

But now it was Yadimu's turn, and he took a fancy to this position at a glance.

"Who does this place legally belong to?"

He called Sai Luo and asked simply.

"this."

Sailuo looked around, took out the map and looked at it, and then said with certainty: "This place is ownerless."

It may sound funny that a place has no owner, but it is very common in this area.

The territory of the Principality of Cohen can be roughly divided into three types.

One is the royal territory directly under the royal family, and the other is the noble territory in the hands of noble lords.

As for the third type, it is a barren area that has not yet been developed.

Relatively speaking, Lima City is considered a royal territory, while the area in front of you is undoubtedly a deserted area.

For this kind of area, generally no one authenticates it, and even if someone authenticates it, it is invalid.

"Go back and communicate with Mr. Clay."

Yadimu said with interest: "This place is good, it can be divided into my territory."

"yes."

Sai Luo nodded.

No one here cared about this.

Because it is just a small thing in itself.

In other places, it may be difficult to directly certify a territory, but at this border, as long as you have the ability to occupy this area, you can become the lord of this area.

Of course, it's not that easy in practice.

But that's just for the average person.

Things that are difficult for ordinary people are naturally quite easy here at Yadimu.

"As for the villagers in this area."

Yadimu turned and looked aside, looking at the villagers in front of him.

He thought for a moment, and then said: "Let them be for now."

These are valuable human resources, and it would be a pity if they were wasted like this.

But for the time being, Yadimu really didn't think of any suitable place to arrange these people.

So that's all we can do for the time being.

Fortunately, after the previous wave of bandit attacks, the organizational structure of this village has collapsed.

It will be much easier to integrate later.

This is good news.

Yadimu turned and looked aside.

Aaliya was standing there at the moment, looking ahead with complicated eyes.

There, a big man was kneeling, tied up with ropes like the others and put aside.

Because of his relatively strong body type, he was specially placed aside from the others to facilitate management.

He squatted there with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

As if aware of Artimu's gaze, Grete explained: "This person should be a villager here, but he is not very honest."

"The men from other families were fighting with the robbers with weapons, but he hid behind and robbed the belongings of the people in the same village."

There was undisguised disdain on his face.

As a soldier, this is the kind of person they usually look down upon the most.

He is obviously a strong man, but when the danger comes, he not only fails to protect others, but also takes advantage of the absence of men from other families to do something.

People who stab their teammates like this are not welcome anywhere.

Even to a certain extent, the stronger you are, the greater the harm.

"It's quite in line with his previous style."

Yadimu spoke with interest, and then pointed to Aaliya beside him: "Give this person to her."

"It's up to you how to deal with him."

He said with a casual smile.

If he remembered correctly, the reason Aaliya was in the state she was in before was because her brother left her behind.

In times of danger, the older brother not only failed to protect his sister, but even took the initiative to leave her behind in order to escape for his own life.

This kind of behavior can be regarded as scum.

Yadimu simply fulfilled him and left this person to Alia to deal with on her own.

The strong man was quickly freed from his restraints.

Then he saw Aaliya in front of him.

After understanding the situation, he immediately changed his face.

"Sister, save me!"

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have abandoned you, please forgive me this time!"

"I swear I will never do this again. Please help me!"

He spoke loudly, and his voice continued to echo in the same place, sounding particularly loud.

A grown man was just kowtowing on the spot, showing no self-respect at all.

People everywhere looked at this scene with disdain on their faces.

A look of anger also appeared on Aaliya's face: "You"

She looked at her brother and was speechless for a long time.

She really didn't know what to say about this weird thing.

But she couldn't kill her brother herself.

After hesitating for a long time, she finally sighed and looked at Yadimu beside her: "Sir, please let him go."

"No matter what, he is my brother after all."

"Even if he did so many outrageous things?"

Yadimu asked rhetorically.

Aaliya hesitated, but finally nodded slowly.

"Since this is what you mean, then so be it."

Yadimu smiled and finally nodded: "Drag him out."

The people on the side immediately stepped forward and dragged the person out.

Artimu looked aside and made a gesture to Gretel.

Grete immediately understood and walked aside with a smile.

A long knife was slowly drawn out.

Alia's brother would not be alive.

According to Yadimu's experience, if this kind of person is not killed, he may cause some trouble later.

He may not be able to help you, but he can certainly disgust you.

So in order to avoid trouble, Yadimu simply helped Aaliya.

Of course, Alia herself would not know this.

She would only think that her brother disappeared after that, perhaps fleeing the area and going somewhere else.

This is just a small episode.

After finishing the work, Yadimu found several local old men.

Although Birch Village has been pacified, the Birch Bandit Group has not.

There are still two hundred people on the mountain.

According to several prisoners, even after the split of the Birch Bandit Group, their strength is still not weak.