[Chapter 56 I Should Have Cooperated with You]

“Who is this?”

“I don’t know him.”

David looked at Sharon who was slowly running to his side and Peggy who was not far from her. After the two gradually adapted to the life in the village, they would get up every morning to run, sometimes running alone, and sometimes competing to see who could finish faster.

However, today’s competition was interrupted by such a sudden episode. Sharon and Peggy both walked to the body and gave it a rough examination.

“There are many scars on the body, but they are all superficial injuries.” Sharon quickly came to a conclusion: “The cause of death was a heavy blow to the back of the head.”

Peggy nodded in agreement, stood up and looked at David: “Isn’t this someone from the village? I mean, is there anyone from Winter Village who happened to be away from the village recently, so I don’t know him.”

“You have met all the villagers in Winter Village.” With Peggy’s memory, it is impossible for her not to recognize people she has met. During the days she lived in the village, she had already memorized everyone.

Sharon did the same. She checked for a moment and looked at the clothes on the body: “He looks like an ordinary farmer, but his hands don’t look like someone who often does farm work. They are too well maintained.”

“This person should be a thief.” David curled his lips. He had already guessed where this person came from and why he appeared here: “It’s really a trick with no technical content.”

Walking to the body, David easily lifted the body. With the continuous growth of strength, it is no longer difficult for him to lift a person.

Especially in the past few days, he felt that the growth rate of his physical fitness has accelerated significantly. It should be the reward he received from Fording a few days ago. He suspected that he had obtained the physical fitness of the human race in Azeroth, or the physical potential.

In a sense, he has obtained the body of steel, although it is a degraded version.

“Let’s go back to the village first. I guess there will be visitors coming soon.”

This is really not a new strategy, nor is it complicated. It is easy to see through. Wanting to use this strategy highlights one shamelessness, and another point is that the party being framed is at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

David estimated that the other party should have this shamelessness; as for whether he is at a disadvantage? This is worth talking about.

After returning to the village, David went to find Will first.

“What’s the matter?” Will noticed at a glance that David was holding a ‘person’ in his hand: “Who is this? A spy sent by the enemy?”

“Just a tool to frame someone.” David threw it aside casually: “I can only trouble you to go back to Port Royal.”

“Do you want me to throw this guy… the body to Port Royal?”

“Yes, take it there immediately. It doesn’t matter whether you throw it into the sea or hide it temporarily. I guess those people will be here soon.” David didn’t intend to waste time. After explaining to Will, he went straight back to his wooden house. After

changing clothes and hanging a holster on his waist, David inserted his favorite Violent Hunter into it.

Among the various weapons that Laura sent to the village, he liked this revolver the most. The .44 caliber Magnum bullet was enough to deal with most situations.

Although after the battle with the troll, he considered ordering a special pistol? Later, because he had to deal with various things constantly, he put this matter aside and didn’t think about it.

However, this firepower is enough to deal with ordinary humans.

He did not bring any other weapons, and walked straight out of the cabin. He turned his head and looked at the blacksmith shop. Will and the body had disappeared. No matter how Will would deal with the body in the end, the body was not in Winter Village now.

David sat down on the chair next to the long table, facing the east of the village, ready to wait for the appearance of the “enemy”.

“Who could it be? Sean Forrester? As a descendant of a nobleman, he should not show up in person for such a trivial matter.” David felt that the person who came to Winter Village to cause trouble was most likely his old acquaintance Gregory. After finally becoming a knight of the Forrester family, he must want to make some achievements so that his master would recognize his ability to do things and gain a broader future.

He was in a daze waiting for someone here, and Sharon and Peggy also changed their clothes and sat next to David.

When Peggy came to Winter Village, she was wearing her own battle uniform, which was designed for combat, and it was just right to wear it at this time.

With the round shield with the Union Jack pattern and the long sword brought from the Hydra headquarters, Peggy is now equipped with a standard sword and shield.

In comparison, Sharon’s outfit was much simpler, just ordinary clothes that were easy to move in, a pair of sneakers on her feet, a wooden shield at hand, and a long sword from the weapons that Maroni had given her.

“Can you use a long sword?”

“Although I prefer to use a spear, I am also good at using a long sword.” Sharon was not only gifted, but also had an excellent “educational environment”. She had received various training since she was a child. In addition to being able to skillfully use various hot weapons, she was also very good at using various cold weapons. It’s just that she prefers the combination of a spear and a shield.

Turning her head to look at David, she only saw a revolver from head to toe. Apart from that, David had nothing else that looked like a weapon: “You only have a pistol?”

Although David said that he was better at fighting with bare hands, and Sharon had personally experienced David’s strength in fighting with bare hands, it seemed to lack deterrence.

“A gun is enough.”

David stood up. He felt that the possibility of a real fight this time was not great. It was more likely to be a verbal attack, especially now that he had already “cleaned up” the corpse.

“The bad guests are here.”

Several figures appeared in the distance. These people were all riding horses. With the rising sun, these people had obvious reflections.

“All of them are wearing armor. They look fully armed. Do you really think that only a pistol is enough?”

“…”

David, who was teased by Sharon, firmly said “enough”. Anyway, if he really started fighting, he would mainly rely on the holy light. When the time comes, a blow of holy fire will burn them all to ashes. After

a few words of conversation, a group of knights had come to David and others. The knights reined in their horses. The leader was indeed an acquaintance of David.

“Knight Gregory.”

“Village Chief David.”

Under the seemingly enthusiastic greeting, there was no familiarity, but a sense of alienation.

“I didn’t expect to see Knight Gregory again so soon. I wonder where Knight Gregory is going with these elite soldiers?” David’s eyes quickly swept over the people around Gregory. In addition to Gregory, there were five fully armed cavalrymen.

When Maloney came to Winter Village for a field trip, he only brought five elite soldiers with him to protect himself. David also saw with his own eyes how amazing the combat effectiveness of these elite soldiers of Iron Tree Fort was.

Under normal circumstances, even if there was only one fully armed cavalryman, it would be very easy to slaughter a village like Winter Village with only a dozen people. Now that Knight Gregory brought five cavalrymen, it was no wonder that the other side felt that they had an absolute advantage in strength.

“Village Chief David should know that Lord Forester is building a new border town not far from here. As a result, two villagers were found missing a few days ago. Lord Forester attached great importance to this and said that he would never let the villagers under his rule encounter any accidents. He ordered me to lead a few people to look for these two villagers… Village Chief David, have you seen anyone?”

“Our Winter Village is located in a remote area, and usually no outsiders come here.” David’s face was full of business smiles, dealing with Gregory sitting high on his horse, but his heart was shocked: two people?

The bad premonition immediately became a reality. David did not have much time to think. A figure rushed out from the north of the few people, that is, the direction of the forest, and ran towards everyone.

“Lord Knight Gregory, help me!”

Although it sounded miserable and pitiful, it was full of energy. Everyone could hear it clearly from a distance. The words this person shouted could even spread throughout the Winter Village, comparable to the loudspeaker at the entrance of the village.

“Save me! Carney and I were abducted here by this man named David. He forced us to reclaim wasteland for him. If we didn’t agree, we would be beaten. I finally found a chance to run out of the village and wanted to go back for help. I didn’t expect to see the knight here… ” He

roared and ran wildly. In just a blink of an eye, he had run a long distance. He fell down beside Gregory with a howl. Although he kicked up a lot of dust, he still couldn’t stop his hard work.

“My lord, please make the decision for me… “

“…”

David couldn’t keep up his business smile. He wanted to complain about this guy’s exaggerated acting skills. He looked so lively, how could he be abused?

He sighed. He still underestimated the shamelessness of his opponent.

He was patted on the shoulder twice. It should be Sharon. Then he heard Sharon ask him in a low voice: “Shouldn’t we bring the body back?”

“If we don’t bring it back, he will say that the two of them ran away together, but the one with serious injuries died right after escaping.”

Peggy on the other side also came to his side at this time: “It seems that there is no way to settle it peacefully? The other party seems to be determined to get it.”

“I think so too.” David talked to the two super soldiers while watching the ridiculous farce in front of him: the guy whose name was unknown was crying loudly about the inhuman treatment he had suffered, but he howled for a long time without even a tear. His acting was really bad.

“Sir Knight Gregory.”

“Village Chief David.” He waved his hand to signal the person next to him to shut up first. The big man was silent in an instant as if someone had pressed the mute button: “Do you have anything to deny about these charges?” He was

already denying it when he opened his mouth. David knew that there was nothing to talk about this matter.

“No, I just want to say, rest in peace!”

Bang!

(End of this chapter)