A handsome young man heard the sound and walked into the hall from behind the door. He looked at Brutus and walked out of the hotel.
"Please forgive me, my son doesn't like talking to strangers." The boss explained to Brutus.
"it does not matter."
"The guest room is the first one on the right when you go upstairs." The boss pointed to the direction of the stairs. "The lunch and dinner times are from 11 to 12 o'clock and from 6 to 7 p.m. respectively."
"Okay." Brutus took the room key handed over by the boss and put it into his pocket.
Brutus walked into the courtyard and saw Peter struggling to carry the storage box containing food on the carriage. He quickly walked up and asked him to put it down: "There is no need to move this, as long as it doesn't get soaked by the rain."
"I can do it myself."
"My father started scolding me again when he saw me letting the guests carry their own things." Peter insisted on taking the storage box containing his luggage from Brutus's hand.
"Okay." Since it was because of this, Brutus couldn't stop him.
He and Peter returned to the hotel lobby together, and the boss fell asleep again at some point.
Brutus stepped onto the stairs and asked Peter quietly behind him: "I heard you know some medical skills?"
"Well, I once learned a little from a pharmacist."
"I seem to have caught a cold, and I've been feeling a little weak recently. Can you take a look?"
"Of course, as long as you trust me."
Brutus opened the door with the key, and Peter placed the luggage on the floor beside the bed, and then began to check Brutus.
After a few minutes, he looked at Brutus hesitantly.
Brutus saw that his reaction was a little strange and said, "Don't worry, you can tell me what you think. I also know some relevant knowledge and can distinguish it by myself."
"Your illness seems to be recovering soon." Peter confirmed again, "I think you may be a little too cautious, but this is also a good habit. If you think you need it, I can provide some herbal medicine to promote recovery.
."
Brutus thought he might have some hidden illness, but it turned out that he was too careful. Hearing this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you very much. How much remuneration do you need to pay?"
"No, just think of it as an extra service provided by the hotel." Peter waved his hand quickly, "I just hope you won't mention this to my father."
"of course not."
...
At night, Brutus sat at his desk and looked at the map of Wilson's province.
"If everything goes well, we will rest in this village for three days, and then continue west to reach Shikal Village. Hopefully, we can quickly find Will's mother to complete the commission when we arrive, and we won't need to stay there for a few more days.
Already."
"In this case -" he slid his finger to the left and pointed at the location of Sissoko City, "I can reach Sissoko City in twenty days."
"But since even here will be infested by goblins, it means that the journey will not be peaceful this time. Maybe I should wait for a caravan to join them, so at least I don't have to worry too much about safety issues."
"Dong-dong-dong-"
While Brutus was still planning his next trip, a rapid sound of gongs was heard in the distance. Brutus hurried to the window, opened the window and looked in the direction of the sound. Unfortunately, under the darkness, he could only
You can clearly see the lights at the village gate in the distance.
"Dong dong dong." There was a knock on the door, followed by Peter's voice, "Sir, if you are armed, protect yourself. It seems that there are goblins attacking the village."
"How is the situation now?" Brutus asked behind the door.
"It's not clear yet, sir." After he finished speaking, there was a voice coming downstairs from outside the door, which seemed to be Peter's movement.
Brutus opened the box and took out his long shield first. Then he hesitated between the short spear and the short sword, and finally decided to pick up the short spear. He was wearing a leather armor under his coat, because he had not used it before.
I didn't plan to go to bed early, so I kept it on.
Brutus picked up his shield and walked out of the room and quickly went downstairs. In the hall, the boss and Peter also held short swords.
Seeing Brutus coming down the stairs, the boss said to him: "Guest, there is no need to worry. The village guards will handle it properly. They are experienced and very reliable."
"Peter, take care of the guests. I'll go out and ask the team leader first." The innkeeper first ordered Peter, then turned to Brutus, "I'm sorry, you encountered such trouble on your first day here."
"This is the seventh attack that the village has suffered this month." After the innkeeper left, Peter walked to Brutus and explained to him, "The previous six were not large in scale, and they were quickly attacked by the village guard.
Repulsed."
Brutus nodded, and then asked: "Is there a long way into the village? Can your village guard handle it?"
"There are three ways into the village, and they are all guarded. The goblins are generally short in height and cannot climb over the wooden wall." Peter looked confident.
Brutus was a little worried. He felt that underestimating the enemy was not a good sign, but after all, he had just arrived and didn't know the situation clearly, so he had to believe it for the time being.
The innkeeper came back soon: "Peter, you stay with this guest, our group is supported by the west side of the village."
Brutus followed them and joined the small group of villagers. He used the light of the torch to observe the members of the small group. There were seven women, including him and five men. Except for him and a middle-aged Mediterranean man holding a torch.
Everyone except the men only had a short spear in their hand.
He nodded towards the innkeeper, then looked at Brutus: "I am John Darko, the leader of this group. I am very happy that you can voluntarily join us."
Wait, voluntary?
Brutus felt as if he had been tricked by the innkeeper, but he could not get angry on the spot, so he could only respond politely: "Brutus, it is a pleasure to work with you."
"I think you may not know the mission of our group, we said on the way." John waved his hand for others to follow, "The six previous attacks by the goblins were at the south gate of the village, so when they were attacked,
The main force of the village guard will be concentrated there."
"And those of us play a supporting role, helping the team members at the West Gate and North Gate to guard the village wall at this time."
The group of them walked for more than ten minutes and arrived near the village wall on the west side. The village gate here was tightly closed and bolted, and a torch was stuck on the wall every few steps, illuminating the surrounding area very brightly.
Two team members holding hunting bows stood on each of the two arrow towers, vigilantly observing the movement in the distance.
"John, take your team there and watch, and just follow the usual training." A team member pointed to a location and said to John.
"Little Joel, is everything okay?"
"Obviously, most of those goblins are still doing the same thing." Joel replied, "But we still can't let down our guard."
"Of course." John turned to the team members, "Everyone follow me and place the short spears wherever you can easily pick them up during the break."