Twenty miles was not too far. Roger thought he would be able to reach the ford at noon, and by evening he would have crossed the river and returned to the main road. [ ] However, to his surprise, the road leading to the ford was
The road was very difficult to walk, and by the time everyone reached the ford where they could cross the river, the sky had begun to get dark.
No one wanted to spend the night by a river that could flood at any time, so everyone took the time to wade across the river. After crossing the river, Roger discovered that, as the locals said, there was a waiting table not far ahead.
A large-sized town. The town is surrounded by dense woods, and you don’t know how far you have to walk to get to the main road. Seeing that the sky is getting darker and darker, Roger can’t help but say to Phil next to him: “I can’t go back to the big town today.
We are on the way, it would be great if we could spend the night in that town."
Phil was silent for a while before shaking his head and saying, "The locals say that people in this town are very xenophobic. I'm embarrassed!"
"What's the problem?" Chris couldn't help shouting: "It's not like we don't pay, so will the residents of the town drive us away?"
Phil understood Chris's temper and didn't argue much with the old man. He just smiled and stopped talking. The group came to the outside of the town chatting and laughing, and saw three universal words written on the wooden sign at the entrance of the town.
Twilight Town. Roger didn't care what the name of this town was. He just wanted to rest here for a night, so he led everyone directly into the town.
It was only then in Twilight Town that Roger discovered that it was really unfortunate that Chris had told the story. Everyone in the town looked at Roger and others with wary and suspicious eyes, and all kept a careful distance from them. Roger
Even if I want to find someone to ask where the hotel is, I can't.
"What a weird town." Faced with this situation, Roger couldn't help but complain to himself. However, he wanted to make one last effort and simply knocked on the door of a house on the roadside to ask for directions.
The door of the house was slowly opened, and a young woman appeared behind the door. The woman's face was full of sadness. After arriving at Roger and others, she immediately asked nervously: "Didn't you say that we have to wait until the next blood moon becomes full?"
Are you here to pick up the children? Why are you here so early?"
"What are you talking about? Do we know each other?" Roger said inexplicably: "We just want to ask where the hotel in the town is?"
"There's no...I, I don't know!" At this time, the woman also realized that she had identified the wrong person, so she replied in a panic and immediately closed the door.
But just before the woman closed the door, Roger noticed that there was an iron cage in her house. The cage contained not a beast or a pet, but a six or seven-year-old child! At this moment, Roger thought he was dazzled. Waiting for him
When he wanted to know more clearly, the door was already closed by the woman.
Roger was rejected and couldn't help but smile bitterly. The locals Phil asked before coming here were quite polite. How could outsiders in Twilight Town be unwelcome? They were simply very annoying!
But what made Roger even more curious was the child in the cage. He had never heard of anyone raising a child like this, and the woman also mentioned picking up the child when she opened the door, which made Roger think there must be something wrong with her.
Roger, who was full of doubts, couldn't help but tell others about this and wanted to hear what they could think of.
"Putting children in iron cages to raise them?" Phil's words surprised Chris. His loud voice echoed over the quiet street: "The customs here are too weird!"
Roger didn't comment on this. For some reason, this reminded him of the plot in Journey to the West. He couldn't help but secretly thought: "There must be some bad guys who eat children in this town..."
Roger was thinking wildly and didn't realize that he had been watched by some people. In fact, these men had been paying attention to every move of Roger and others since they entered the town. When they saw Roger talking to the young woman
Finally, these people seemed even more nervous. They exchanged glances with each other, and then swarmed up and surrounded Roger and others.
Seeing that the other party looked malicious, Chris and Phil quickly drew their weapons to protect Roger. The grumpy Chris glared at each other and shouted at the men: "What do you want to do?!
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"Strangers, you are not welcome in Twilight Town!" The leading man's attitude was very arrogant. He looked askance at Roger and others and said, "No matter where you are from, leave the town immediately and mind your own business, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"
In order not to attract too much attention, Roger left all the soldiers trained by the Castle Center in the secondary space. There were only two knights and a few ordinary soldiers with him. The armor and weapons of the two knights were all in the spirit.
The fierce battle outside Dun Pass was damaged. Now they are wearing ordinary clothes and the weapons they use are ordinary goods produced by super weapon factories. This makes Roger and others no different from ordinary adventurers when they go up there. No wonder this man dares to treat him like this.
They spoke.
"Asshole!" Seeing these guys actually saluting Roger, the hot-tempered Chris immediately shouted and assumed an offensive posture.
Seeing that the knight seemed to want to take action, the men also drew their weapons and confronted Roger and others. The leading guy waved a stabbing sword and said in a threatening tone: "Stranger, we are the security guards of Twilight Town.
Team. If you go against us, you are going against the entire kingdom, so think carefully!"
"Presumptuous!" The mature and steady Phil also shouted: "This is Wang Guoying..."
The knight wanted to reveal Roger's identity and teach these bastards a lesson, but before he could finish his words, Roger interrupted: "Phil! Since they don't welcome strangers, we should leave as soon as possible.
There is no need to argue with them."
Although Roger is usually very casual when getting along with his subordinates, he is still very authoritative when needed. Although Chris was a little reluctant, he immediately responded respectfully: "As you command, my lord!"
Seeing that Roger and others had given in, the men became even more arrogant and laughed triumphantly. One guy even stared and threatened: "Get out of here, I'll put you in jail if you stay here!"
If it were in the past, Roger would not be so idle and would have already taught these excessive guys a lesson. But now that he is a hero of the kingdom, his status is different, so naturally he cannot be as familiar with these people. What's more, the other party is still
With his identity as a security force, if he really had a conflict with them, it would be very likely that someone with ulterior motives would use him as a reason to attack Roger.
After experiencing so many things at Linton Pass, Roger had already vaguely felt that the struggle between the various factions within the kingdom was very fierce. He was just a new face who had just emerged in this country, and he did not want to give others a reason just to compete for a moment.
It is for this reason that Roger completely ignored those arrogant guys and took the lead to walk out of the town after smiling slightly.