Chapter 57 The Second Elf Bug Amber

When Audrey and the others saw Gervis stand up, they also stood up immediately, but were stopped by Gervis as soon as they stood up.

"Yes, sir."

When they heard Gervis's instructions, they immediately responded and sat back down.

After seeing Audrey and the others sit down again, Gervis continued to look at the panel, and followed the navigation of the panel radar, slowly heading towards the direction of the red dot.

When Gervis followed the navigation to an open space, the red dot and the green dot had completely overlapped. Gervis looked around and found that there were a lot of weeds on the open space. However, with the experience of the first time, Gervis was not in a hurry. He pretended to be casual and kept kicking and searching in the nearby low grass.

Sure enough, within two minutes, Gervis saw a hint of brown under a small pile of grass. Gervis was overjoyed and immediately squatted down and pulled away the grass on the brown object. He saw an elf worm amber crystal lying there quietly, waiting for Gervis to pick it up.

"Haha, this time it's really worth it!" Gervis laughed foolishly. He picked up the amber crystal on the ground without hesitation and looked at it. It was exactly the same as the first time he picked it up. Then he took out a small and sturdy leather bag from his waist and put the amber crystal in it.

Since he guessed that the search function only found elf bug amber crystals, Gervis asked Thomas to help him make a sturdy small bag after he returned, so that he wouldn't have to have nowhere to put it next time.

This time, Gervis was not going to tell Audrey and the others about the discovery of the elf worm amber. If he let them know this time, the time interval between the two pick-ups was too short, which would definitely cause unnecessary speculation.

Gervis thought it would be best if he only picked it up once every one or two months. This would be acceptable. If he showed them this fairy insect amber now, it would definitely be a little unbelievable.

As for the fact that the number of elf bugs and the number of times they were picked up do not match, there is no need to worry. Does the lord have to report to his subordinates where the elf bugs came from? They could have been sent by Gandalf, or given by Alice, or even bought. No servant would dare to verify it.

After packing the elf insect amber, Gervis tied the small leather bag around his waist and walked back to the resting place. When Audrey and the others saw Gervis coming back, they did not find anything unusual, nor did they notice that there was an extra thing around Gervis' waist. They just saluted respectfully.

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"Did you see that? The white wolf was killed by the Lord with just one sword."

"What white wolf? That's a demon beast. Didn't you see that it can spit out wind blades? Our lord must be a titled knight. Only a titled knight can kill a demon beast."

"Wow, a demon beast, how did you know that? But, my lord is really amazing, he can kill this demon wolf with one sword. Then we don't have to run to the Dead Leaf River for shelter in the winter."

"Hehe, last time I went to Baron Pat's territory to buy something, I heard people in the town talking about how their lord was buying up monster meat everywhere. Otherwise, I wouldn't know what monsters look like."

"I think we still need to seek refuge at the Dead Leaf River. After all, no matter how powerful the lord is, he is only one person. Didn't you see that the guards' swords slashed at the demon wolf without drawing any blood? I heard that orcs are very scary, almost as powerful as demon beasts, and there are so many of them."

"Yes, my house is the closest, and I secretly saw it. The swords of those guards had no effect on the monster wolf. Instead, they were knocked away in an instant. If it weren't for the powerful lord, they would not have been able to kill this hungry wolf."

After a while, some villagers had already huddled out of their homes. Although they had been hiding indoors just now, ever since Gervis and his men had fought with the Storm Wolves, the brave villagers had all peeked at the battlefield through the cracks in the houses. Those who were close enough could even see all the details, which now became the topic of their conversation, and they were all spitting.

At this moment, the village chief who received the news also ran over quickly.

"My Lord, thank you for getting rid of this hungry wolf for us!"

The village chief first looked at the storm wolf with its throat cut in half, then he knelt down in front of Gervis with excitement and thanked him loudly. Although the other villagers were standing farther away, they also knelt down after hearing the village chief's words, and also said words like thank you to the lord.

"Everyone, get up! Now that I have become your lord, I will protect you!"

Gervis looked at the group of serfs kneeling on the ground. He was used to the serfs kneeling at every turn, so he calmly waved his hand to signal them to stand up.

"Thank you for your kindness, Lord. We will work hard to farm for you."

The village chief and the serfs all stood up, glancing at the body of the storm wolf on the ground from time to time. Although the storm wolf was already dead, seeing the storm wolf's mouth full of sharp fangs and its cow-sized body, everyone's eyes revealed fear.

"My Lord, the ground is not clean. Would you like to come to my house and rest for a while?"

"No, go get me some boiled water. I'm a little thirsty."

Gervis shook his head and rejected the village chief's kindness. After finishing everything, he had to rush back to the castle as soon as possible and take the second elf insect amber into his pocket.

"Yes, my lord." Seeing that Gervis did not agree, the village chief did not dare to say anything, but just bowed quickly to Gervis in response.

After answering Gervis, the village chief turned around to get hot water, but he saw the villagers gathered not far away, whispering and looking at the body of the storm wolf. The village chief was afraid that the lord would be angry, so he shouted at the villagers: "Why are you still crowding together? Since the wolf has been killed by Lord Gervis, why don't you go to work in the fields? You have been delayed for many days. Be careful that the crops will be eaten by birds. If you can't pay the taxes, I will skin you alive."

After scolding the serfs who were watching, the village chief turned around and bowed to Gervis, then ran back to get hot water.

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After resting for about five or six minutes, the village chief finally came back with three or five villagers. In addition to boiled water, they also brought a lot of wild fruits that Gervis had never seen before. Gervis did not dislike them and ate some of them. They were sour and sweet, each with its own unique taste.

After eating and drinking, Gervis stood up, took out three silver coins from his pocket and handed them to the village chief.

"Take these three silver coins. Give one to the two injured villagers and use the other two to buy sheep."

In fact, the two sheep taken away by the storm wolves were not the private property of the serfs. In this world, in order to obtain enough meat, the nobles would raise a lot of livestock such as cattle and sheep. However, if the nobles personally sent people to raise these livestock, it would consume a lot of manpower and material resources.

So the nobles came up with a permanent solution. They distributed a certain number of male and female livestock to each village in the territory and asked the serfs to help raise them. After receiving the cattle and sheep provided by the nobles, the serfs only needed to hand over a specified number of cattle and sheep every year. If they were properly raised after a few years and bred more cattle and sheep, and there were still some after handing them over to the noble masters, then even if the serfs ate these extra cattle and sheep, the noble masters would not ask.

Although this is also a disguised form of exploitation, it is also beneficial to the serfs. As long as the serfs raise them carefully, the cattle and sheep will reproduce on their own, and the cattle and sheep eat grass, so they are not a burden. A village is a collective, and they only need to find someone to be responsible for grazing and caring for them. After a few years, when the cattle and sheep reproduce to a sufficient number, the serfs can have their own cattle and sheep. Otherwise, the serfs who can't even get enough food will not have the opportunity to afford livestock.

"Thank you, Lord. You are a generous master." The village chief's hands were shaking a little. For serfs like them, the lord could take the initiative to pay money to make up for their losses. That was the embodiment of kindness and generosity, and he was absolutely respected by the serfs.

When faced with such a situation, some nobles would not only not pay money to compensate the serfs for their losses, but would also severely punish the serfs if they could not hand over a sufficient number of livestock.

(End of this chapter)