C42 (2/2)

With that, he jumped onto his horse and slightly twisted the horse's head. Then, he started to walk in the direction of the city gate. Behind him, over a hundred Knights were pointing their bow decked with horn of an animal s at the people in the town and slowly retreating at the same time. After retreating over a hundred steps, they turned their horses around and followed Chen Chu.

After the sound of the horse hooves faded away, the people in the town finally managed to catch their breath. There were crying and cursing, but there were still more people discussing how to deal with the sudden appearance of this group of villains.

Right at this moment, the sound of horse hooves came out again. Chen Chu brought the Knights to return, and once again used the lance s and bow decked with horn of an animal s to gather the crowd.

Chen Chu rode on his horse and leisurely said, ”As expected, I'm not a material for doing business. I actually forgot to collect a deposit just now.”

With a wave of his hand, more than ten knights immediately jumped down from their horses and rushed into the crowd like hungry wolves, pulling out a dozen young women who were carrying babies. Afterwards, he used iron chains to tie the waists of these young women together into a long string.

Chen Chu used the horsewhip to count the number of people, and then turned to the tall and skinny man who was completely lost from what to do, and said: ”I'll take care of these people for you, remember to exchange the food.” With that, he laughed heartily. Then, he turned his horse and left the town with the long line of women and children.

The next three days were the most difficult three days in Wolf Claw Town. All the chickens, ducks, pigs and cows in the house were killed, shed hair, dismembered, and dried to dry on the roof. After all, Wolf Claw Town was a grain storage place. Although there had been many wars in the past few years, they had some background. If each family gathered some more, there would be at least 3,000 of them. The most difficult part was the handheld crossbow s of the handheld crossbow s, this was too difficult.

bow decked with horn of an animal s were the most commonly seen archery weapons in the continent. They had low costs, close range, low damage, and poor accuracy. The arrows used by bow decked with horn of an animal did not need to consider too much about the materials. A handheld crossbow's shaft was nine inches and seven inches long, and it required a hard wood core to make the entire shaft. In order to fly steadily, the tail feathers that the used were all the tips of the wings and the tail feathers of a chicken and duck. In addition, the arrowhead of the bolt had to be wrapped with iron, so that it would have a lethality three to four times greater than that of the bow decked with horn of an animal. In theory, a skilled craftsman could produce up to twenty qualified handheld crossbow every day.

Thus, after the destruction of the chickens and ducks in the village, all the beams and ironware in the houses also suffered the same fate. From the pot to the nails, from the rake to the knife, even the spoon and the buttons, anything metallic was taken off and thrown into the stove. The two smithy smiths in the town's only two shops were already making noise. The apprentice and the old master were pulled to the same level, pulling at the bellows and smashing the chops day and night just so that they could rush out the five hundred bolt.

Three days later, when Chen Chu and the group of girls once again appeared in the town, the Knights had already equipped the handheld crossbow s they had found in the storage of Wolf Claw Town. Their weapons were much more powerful than the bow decked with horn of an animal's, causing the heads of the people in the town to be drooped even lower. All of their eyes had turned red as they piled the meat and dried noodles in front of Chen Chu, hoping to exchange it for their baby. Compared to three days ago, everyone's eyes were glazed over, and their fearless courage had long since disappeared.

Looking at the expressions of the crowd, Chen Chu nodded his head in satisfaction. Then, he used his sheath to look through the fried noodles and checked the dried meat once more.

The tall and thin mayor was holding a big cloth bag in his hands. After walking a few steps forward, he knelt down five or six steps away from Chen Chu, and kowtowed to him. ”Master, please forgive me.”

Chen Chu tilted his head and looked at him: ”Speak, what's wrong?”

The mayor's body trembled, and his voice carried a hint of sobbing, ”The food, pancakes, and dried meat have all been prepared in full, just that the bolt — this town really can't find that many hard wood and iron grade equipment, we've even ripped off the buttons and nails, we really can't find them anymore ah … Right now, there are only three hundred and sixty bolt, the people of our town have gathered a hundred and fifty taels of gold, and are willing to give it to our lord, in exchange for the safety of women and children.” As he spoke, he opened the large cloth bag beside him. Inside was a pile of gold and silver jewelry, from thick bracelets to shiny necklaces, all the way to unremarkable earrings.

Chen Chu frowned and looked at him for a moment, then said slowly: ”Seeing that you are efficient, I will not kill you for now. I'll take the gold, and I can give you back the women and children, but you'll have to find me another thirty men, or — I might appoint another mayor. ”

”Yes, yes, yes ~ ~” The tall and skinny mayor kowtowed like a chicken pecking rice.

In the end, the twenty-eight men who were between fifteen and fifty years old took the place of the dozen or so women who were carrying infants. They were tied up in a row by iron chains, and each of them carried fried noodles and dried meat on their shoulders.

Chen Chu looked at the group of people and bared his fangs at the tall and thin mayor, ”You guys are pretty good, at least you guys are stronger than that town that's located 50 miles to the south.”

The tall and thin mayor was stunned and subconsciously said, ”Fifty miles south?” It seems to be Langbo Town, doesn't it? ”

Chen Chu shook his head: ”I'm not interested in what they call themselves, what they call themselves is what they call themselves. Oh right, I have to tell you. Every ten days, I will send someone back to collect the food. If one time is not enough, I will kill one of your town's strong men. If three times is not enough, I will first kill all the strong men and then bring my men back to massacre the town! Do you understand? ”

The tall and thin mayor fell to his knees with a thump and once again repeatedly kowtowed, ”We obey Your Excellency's orders!”

When Chen Chu finally brought all of the Knights out of Wolf Claw Town, the tall and skinny guy finally mustered up the courage to stand up. He called for a few people, telling them to quickly go to Wolf Head Town to take a look.

Several hours later, a few people came back with pale faces. The entire Wolf Wave Town had been massacred, and not a single person, male, female, old, or female was spared.

Cold sweat dripped down the thin tall mayor's forehead as he remembered Chen Chu's indifferent voice and cold smile. Could this man really be a devil?