The villagers of Nuoer Village have already settled down.
It was his first time as a night watchman, but Shi Dan was not afraid. Wild beasts would be scared away by the light of fire and would not dare to enter the village at all.
Standing under the torch at the entrance of the village, Shi Dan felt a wave of sleepiness coming over him and instinctively dozed off. When he put down his hands, there were already several more shining ghosts in the distance.
"Ahhh! Brother Tiezhu! Brother Tiezhu, what do you think that is!? Why is it moving so fast?"
Tie Zhu, who was sleeping on the wooden pole, was frightened by the stone egg and stumbled to the ground. He suddenly lost all sleep and stood up in a panic and pulled out the dagger from his waist.
"The man who can speed up magic is here! Go find the village chief! I'll be here to support you!"
"good!"
While running towards the village chief's big house, Shi Dan banged the gong vigorously.
"Boom boom boom!!!"
The gong was struck loudly, and the sleeping Nuoer Village woke up.
The village chief, Flower, got dressed, and under the protection of the male villagers holding spears and daggers, he nervously came to the village entrance with a cane. He found that the soldiers at the village entrance were wearing Noxus' unique iron-inlaid leather armor, and then he put it down. Heart comes.
"I am Flower, the leader of Nuoer Village. I didn't know that all the people from the main city came here in the middle of the night..."
Lester didn't say anything nonsense and directly handed over the sword Nadarz gave him.
"Village Chief, you should recognize this sword, right?"
Seeing the strange young man in front of him being so direct, Flower was also stunned. Without saying anything, he took the sword and squinted at it.
"This is Lord Nadarz's sword. Please come in, please come in. I don't know what to call this Lord? Is there anything that Nuoer Village needs to do?"
Lester put away his sword again and looked serious.
"My name is Lester, and I am the highest commander of the Noxian levy force. I have been ordered to protect the village of Noel and intercept the decapitated bandits heading south. I declare that the villagers of Nole Village have been recruited, and everyone must obey the order. Arrangement, do you understand?"
Just as he was hesitating, he saw his acquaintance Centurion Ultraman nodding to him, and Flower nodded in agreement.
"Okay, call all the villagers in the village together, tell them that more than 400 members of the Guillotine Bandit Group are coming to massacre the village, and then gather all the weapons and armor in the village...
Ask the adult male villagers to bring digging tools and logging tools and follow me. The rest of the old, weak, women and children will bring dry food and retreat to the mountains with Ultraman.
Tell the villagers that no one is allowed to escape. Any attempt to escape will be regarded as a betrayal of Noxus and will be severely punished..."
In the second echelon, 15-year-old Margaret trotted steadily, easily passing over the boys of the same age in front of her, passing over the woman in her forties, and the girl ran forward.
Noel Village is almost here.
Unlike other girls of the same age who got married early and had children, Margaret, who looked dignified and majestic, had always wanted to join the Noxian army and gain glory and merit with the sword in her hand just like her father.
Her father died on the battlefield, leaving Margaret a Noxian sword forged in the black iron forge of the Immortal Fortress.
The sword was supposed to be taken back, but fortunately, a friend of Margaret's father kept it for the girl in the name of Margaret being a reserve soldier for Noxus.
For Margaret, after her mother remarried another man and abandoned her, she had no family except her uncle.
Not long after her father died, her pregnant mother fled Noxus with another man who was not a Roxy tribe and went to Demacia on the west coast. This was enough to be called a family shame for the girl, just because The other party was her mother, and Margaret, who could not make up her mind to take action, could only swear to sever ties with her mother.
After this, she vowed that she would never let the word 'soft-hearted' dominate her emotions again.
Margaret put her anger and pursuit of glory into her uncle's training. The hard-working girl successfully mastered the skills of using a sword and improved her physical fitness, but she was always unable to enlist in the army because of her age.
Until the Beheaded Bandits attacked, the Nadarz patriarch relaxed the age and gender restrictions for enlistment. The girl got her wish, took her beloved sword and joined the team led by the big brother named 'Lester'.
Recalling Lester's high-spirited appearance in the Place de la Conqueror, Margaret's breathing became a little unsteady. Fortunately, the girl knew what she should do now.
Sweeping away the little emotions belonging to a girl in her mind, she once again became Margaret, who pursued glory. The difference was that in addition to glory, following the god-like brother Lester also became a girl who could not aspire to. The pursuit of others talking.
"You're very nice. What's your name?"
Easily passing her exhausted peers, Margaret had just reached the front of the row when she heard a veteran with a broken arm say to her.
"My lord, my name is Margaret."
"I remember you."
After finishing speaking, the veteran stopped talking. Instead, a young man whom Margaret overtook gasped and spoke.
"You...why haven't I seen you in the Immortal Fortress? Where do you live?"
The girl tilted her head. The boy's square face had no features, but there seemed to be a bit of determination between his brows.
"This has nothing to do with you. Are you here to fight or talk useless nonsense?"
"So... so cold."
Seeing that the girl was unwilling to talk to him, the boy stopped pestering her and focused on his breathing.
When the second group of people arrived at Nuoer Village, Meredith, a square-faced female mage who had been waiting at Nuoer Village for a long time, came over to greet them.
"Ms. Meredith, do you know what Commander Lester's orders are?"
Meredith nodded to the leading veteran and spoke.
"Please make arrangements. Those who don't have suitable weapons will first go to the center of the village to get a wooden gun. The rest will go to the east of the village to find Mr. Lester to dig a trap. The best boys and girls will follow me directly."
As the veteran called a dozen names, Margaret and the other boys and girls whose names were called followed Meredith.
The female mage just glanced at the uneasy teenagers, said nothing, and walked in a certain direction.
Feeling the majesty of the female mage, the boys and girls did not dare to speak and followed behind them obediently. Only Margaret hesitated for a moment and asked with a normal expression.
"Master Mage, where are we going? Aren't we looking for Master Lester?"
"Little girl, you will know when we get there."
Looking back at Margaret, Meredith had a meaningful smile on her face. She didn't believe that this expressionless little girl could be so cold for a while.
Soon, thirteen young people with outstanding physical abilities were brought to a warehouse by Meredith.
Opening the door, Meredith pointed to the dark warehouse but heard the sound of struggling, and smiled kindly.
"go in."
"F...Master Mage, what's in this?"
Faced with the boy's question, Meredith's smile disappeared instantly.
"Go in."
"good……"
After closing the door, Meredith lit the prepared torch and led the frightened young people to the corner of the warehouse.
Under the flickering firelight, a dozen villagers, their mouths gagged with rags and their hands and feet bound, lay on the ground, whining for mercy.
