C42 (1/2)

Wolf Claw Town's previous owner was the Seven Your Highness Tiger King's Wolf Running Tribe's grain storage village. This place was close to the Wulian Mountain Range, and the weather was relatively moist and warm, making it easier to obtain food from the mountains.

A while ago, almost half of the men in the town had their Phoenix City Pass transferred away by the Seventh Tiger King. Only the wails of busy women and babies managed to keep the town alive. But the old people were already used to it. The people from Moqiu roaming about to earn a living, the men going out to graze and hunt, the women taking care of their children, these were already the customs of hundreds of generations. Other than the fact that the target of the hunt had changed to Phoenix City Pass from the south, there were no other differences, so it didn't seem like a big deal.

However, on this morning that seemed no different from the past, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves shattered the tranquility of the small town.

There were some Knights whose average age was fifty years old who were seeing Fire Phoenix Empire for the first time. By the time they shakily picked up their weapons, they were already knocked to the ground by this group of Knights wearing red gowns with bow decked with horn of an animal s. The knights rushed into the town like the wind, their iron hooves striking against the stone road that had been paved for hundreds of years.

Hundreds of women and children and elderly people were driven to the square in the middle of the town. Those who dared to resist were all killed. No matter how strong a normal person was, they wouldn't be able to resist an organized killing tool like the army. The two Knights pushed open the door with their spears. As long as anyone in the room showed any signs of resisting, the other three Knights would mercilessly let go of the bowstring of the bow decked with horn of an animal and allow the bow to pierce through the body of the person who did not even have time to see his face clearly.

After Chen Chu hid his face behind the helmet, he sat on his horse and coldly looked at the crowd before him. There were elderly people in their sixties and seventies, rural women in their twenties and infants, all of them with fearless expressions. There was undisguised fury in their eyes as they stared at Chen Chu, the villain who had rashly barged into their homes and killed their loved ones.

Chen Chu frowned, he did not like this kind of gaze. Raising the horsewhip in his hand, Chen Chu bellowed: ”Who is in charge of this town?”

An old man around fifty years old walked out and bowed towards Chen Chu. ”My Lord, this old one is the mayor of this town.”

Chen Chu nodded his head: ”En, from now on, you are not.”

The mayor was stunned, ”I wonder why sire is removing this old man from his post?” Under whose orders? ”

Chen Chu smiled faintly: ”I don't like the look in your eyes.” Before the smile faded from his face, the saber at his waist was unsheathed. The blade flashed across the mayor's neck, and a head of white hair fell to the ground with a plop.

Chen Chu raised his bloodstained blade and pointed to a bald man in his forties who was amongst the crowd. ”From now on, you are the mayor of this town.”

The man looked at Chen Chu helplessly, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Chen Chu did not seem to expect an answer from him, as he continued to speak, ”In three days time, prepare three thousand kilograms of fried noodles, a thousand kilograms of dried meat, and a thousand kilograms of soy cake for me.”

Before he could finish his words, a Knight ran over from afar and spurred his horse to Chen Chu's side and whispered a few words into his ear. Chen Chu nodded, then ordered a few words to the Knight, after the Knight had left, he then continued to speak to the Trust Mayor, ”I'll be taking the handheld crossbow from your town's storage. There don't seem to be much bolt, rush me to make another five hundred bolt.”

The bald man knelt on the ground and pleaded, ”Please spare me, my lord!” You can take any crossbow you want, but you really can't get that much food and meat in this small town. ”

Chen Chu dismounted from his horse, walked up to the bald man with his hands behind his back, then bent down and asked: ”Really?”

The bald man didn't dare to look him in the eye, and could only kowtow repeatedly. ”Please forgive me, my lord. I really can't collect it.”

Chen Chu nodded and pointed at the bald man. Then, he began to retreat. When he took his third step back, a lance pierced through the bald man's body and nailed him to the ground.

The bald man was still alive. He lowered his head to look at the spear that had pierced his chest and let out a mournful howl. His blood flowed down the spear's tip to the ground, seeping through the ancient stone slab beneath his body.

As if he couldn't hear the man's miserable howl, Chen Chu slowly walked towards a tall and skinny man and pointed at him with the horsewhip in his hand, ”You, you are the mayor now. Do you still remember what I just said? ”

The thin, tall man's lips were trembling. He tried his best to bend his body and said in a trembling voice, ”Remember, remember ~ ~ 3000 catties of fried noodles, 1000 catties of dried meat, 1000 catties of bean cake, 500 bolt s.”

”Can you do it?” Chen Chu's voice was still as plain as ever, without the slightest fluctuation …

The man kneeled on the ground and kowtowed continuously, ”I can do it, I can do it, I can do it!”

Chen Chu nodded his head in satisfaction: ”Okay, three days later, it will be this time and place again.”