After a hearty breakfast, we spent another half an hour digesting the food, and then we got ready to set off.
Hexi Village is less than 20 kilometers away from the manor. With a quick ride, the village came into everyone's sight in about half an hour.
It's still unclear what the monsters here are like.
Lin Xiaoman brought all of his shadow demon brothers with him, so the team of more than ten people looked quite spectacular.
In the early years, due to the corruption of the empire, there were bandits everywhere who were causing trouble for the people. The bandits liked to harm small villages that had no ability to defend themselves.
After the establishment of the federal government,
A large-scale anti-bandit operation was carried out. However, the villagers in the small village were very concerned about the bandits.
I still feel a lingering fear. Because there are too many of them, and each of them is well-equipped and has a sword.
In order to avoid misunderstanding and panic among the villagers, Lin Xiaoman stayed far away. Shao Qi and Long Jiujiu put down their weapons and went to investigate the situation first.
Pretending to be passing travelers, Shao Qi and Long Jiujiu rode their horses, gradually approaching along the small muddy road leading into the village.
When the two arrived at the village entrance, the dogs of the nearby villagers started barking. The barking of dogs, "Woof woof woof!", was very loud and clear in this quiet little village.
Hearing the noise, several men came out from several farmhouses near the village entrance. Without exception, all of them were pale and thin, and looked severely malnourished. One of them,
He was even so thin that he was almost skin and bones, as if he would be scared by the wind.
"Who are you?"
"What are you doing here?"
Several men quickly gathered together, blocking the road into the village, shouting and acting fiercely. Although their attitude was fierce, their thin bodies made them look intimidating.
Long Jiujiu felt disgusted in his heart. He could easily knock down these few ugly guys in just a few moves.
Although the other party was a group of scum with a combat power of -5, based on the principle of not killing innocent people, Long Jiujiu turned over and dismounted, led the horse, and showed a harmless smile to everyone.
Acting like a friendly little brother next door, Long Jiujiu fully demonstrated his sociability. "Hello everyone, my brother and I are passing through here and would like to find a place to camp for the night. Is that possible?"
"no!"
"Outsiders are not welcome in our village!"
"Go, go quickly,
We have no place to live in our village!"
After hearing Long Jiujiu's explanation of his purpose, several people shook their heads and waved their hands.
Express refusal.
"Don't,
We'll cover accommodation and food expenses. How about one silver coin? We promise you won't be shortchanged." Sensing the unusual wariness of the Hexia villagers towards outsiders, Long Jiujiu offered them money as an inducement.
"This..." Faced with the temptation of money, some people hesitated, but more villagers still firmly refused.
"No, absolutely not! We don't allow outsiders in our village!"
"Who knows if you are bandits or not? You have colluded with each other and are working together from the inside and outside."
Long Jiujiu hurriedly said, "Don't wrongly accuse me. This is a world ruled by law in the Federation. We are absolutely law-abiding citizens of the Federation."
“Who knows?”
"That's right, a bad guy doesn't have it written on his face!"
"Go, both of you, leave quickly, or we will be rude to you!"
…
It was not feasible to stay overnight with a friendly persona and infiltrate the inside to get information. Shao Qi, who was still on horseback, said solemnly, "Let your village chief come out!"
Shao Qi's solemn and sharp eyes, and the aura of a superior, immediately intimidated the group of people.
The villagers exchanged glances, their loud chatter subsiding to whispers. After a few words of discussion, the leader boldly said, "You, you wait!"
Then one person hurriedly ran into the village, and the rest of the people still blocked the intersection, preventing them from entering the village.
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, a large group of people came over from the distance. They were all middle-aged men who should have been young and strong, but were thin and listless.
The only man in the crowd was an old man in his fifties. He looked frail and frail. He walked towards them step by step, leaning on a cane and staggering.
This old man who looked like he was about to die was obviously the village chief.
Shao Qi looked at the old man and frowned subconsciously. Judging from his face, the old village chief had at least a few more years to live, but now, the old village chief had one foot in the coffin and looked like he was dying.
It turned out to be a monster!
Moreover, it is very likely a monster that devours human essence.
As Shao Qi and Long Jiujiu observed, the group arrived at the village entrance. Surrounded by the crowd, the old man in the middle of the group slowly spoke, "Strangers, what do you want?"
"Are you the village chief?" Long Jiujiu asked, a little uncertain. This old man looked like he was about to die!
"It's me." The old village chief responded.
"Because monsters have appeared in many places, the federal government has issued relevant announcements. You know about monster hunters, right?"
Upon hearing this, the old village chief's face changed, and the surrounding villagers also exclaimed and changed their expressions.
Long Jiujiu continued, revealing his identity and proudly saying, "We are demon hunters, specializing in destroying demons!"
Long Jiujiu and Shao Qi are still ragtag troops, but Lin Xiaoman is formally registered, just like a knight who has passed the assessment. The federal government has issued a registration system for the identity of demon hunters, federal demon hunters, special forces, and military organization.
With Sidney's token in hand, Lin Xiaoman stole the secret and registered himself as a formal demon hunter, and reported it to his superiors in a report.
So, Lin Xiaoman has a job.
Therefore, Long Jiujiu can use the power of the tiger to bully others.
Although a minor official, the old village chief clearly possessed some knowledge, at least aware of the government's announcement regarding the witcher. Knowing the identities of the two men, the old village chief's expression turned extremely grim. He forced a rather unflattering smile and greeted them, "Hello, witcher!"
"If you need accommodation, I will try my best to arrange it." On the way here, the old village chief obviously knew their purpose. After Long Jiujiu revealed his identity, he stammered, and his expression showed embarrassment and reluctance.
Long Jiujiu and Shao Qi looked at each other and noticed the obvious abnormality. There was something strange about this village chief and the villagers here!
"Thank you for your trouble, Village Chief." Long Jiujiu politely thanked him, and then said solemnly, "There may be monsters in your village..."
Originally, they just wanted to find out the situation, but unexpectedly, before Long Jiujiu finished speaking, everyone, including the village chief, became excited.
The old village chief said: "Don't talk nonsense, our village is very peaceful!"
"That's right, where did the monsters come from here?"
"They are liars, they are out to get your money!"
"Village chief, tell them to get out!"
"Get away, outsider!"
"Don't mind your own business!"
"Our village is peaceful and safe!"
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