Chapter 655: Silver Star Island

Gloria and the White Phoenix team set foot on this frozen land, while Sindragosa flapped his wings and flew into the sky again, hovering in the clouds.

"Is this the Silver Star Island? It looks desolate." Qiao Rui said.

Bai Xiaowen has already opened the map: "We have crossed the Boguas Strait, and the current location is the northwest of Silver Star Island, and Silver Star City is located in the hinterland of the island. According to the data, the Lord of Silver Star City 'Aldington' The rule is very strict, the officials are corrupt, the gangsters are rampant, and the common people need to pay high taxes, so they are very poor and can easily become slaves."

"Slave? There should be no slavery in the Aaron plane world." Li Shuyi said.

"Silver Star Island is the only territory in the north where slavery is legal." Bai Xiaowen said.

"It's horrible... Well, it seems that we are not liberators," Li Shuyi said with a smile, "In this way, Silver Star Island should be easier to capture, the lord named Aldington, no matter how you look at it. It looks like it's popular."

A cold voice sounded, and Gloria spoke: "No, Aldington has a powerful army."

Bai Xiaowen shrugged and said, "Don't underestimate the resistance of the Vikings in the north. If Aldington wants to maintain its dictatorship, it must have a strong enough military force."

"No matter how powerful he is, he can't resist death." Goliath's lines have a tendency to be neutral again.

"Let's familiarize ourselves with the local situation first, and wait for the undead army brought by Lich Bard to arrive." Bai Xiaowen said.

A group of people were also advancing while talking, and soon encountered a village.

Perhaps because of the high-handed rule of Yinxing Island, this small village called "Gaoyan Village" is also very dilapidated. Most of the houses are built of clay with reeds and thatch, and there is not even a decent wooden house.

"Lord Gloria, wait a moment," Bai Xiaowen said, "If you want to inquire about information, it is more suitable for the three of us to pretend to be wandering mercenaries. Your image does not match."

The three of Bai Xiaowen all have the transfigured dress of a linen robe that is the default by the rules of the spirit world, so it is no problem to dress up as a wanderer. But Gloria is different. The well-made armor is high-level magic equipment in itself, and because of the infusion of death energy, it turns into a faint blue color, exuding a cold breath, even the most ignorant fools can see that it is extraordinary. .

"My patience is limited, go quickly." Gloria replied.

The three-member Baihuang team walked all the way into Glauber's Salt Village.

Bai Xiaowen knocked on the door of a hut at the entrance of the village.

A panicked voice sounded from inside the door: "Wait...wait a minute!"

The door opened, and a gray-haired elderly couple looked at each other with the three members of the Baihuang team, with a look of shock still on their faces.

But after seeing the linen robes of Bai Xiaowen and the three of them clearly, the elderly couple seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. The old woman among them muttered: "Fortunately, it's not a cross flower..."

"What is a cross flower?" Li Shuyi asked in a low voice on the team channel.

"The crest of the Aldington family, two crossed roses." Bai Xiaowen also explained in the team channel, and then tried to show a kind smile, looking at the old couple:

"My countrymen... well, how are you all? We are mercenaries who came from afar. We just disembarked and want to find a place to rest. Don't worry, we will pay whatever we want."

Bai Xiaowen's high charisma value played a role. Although the old man's eyes were suspicious, his tone was not very bad: "Our house is not suitable for too many people, it is too small, and there is no place to sit... You are mercenaries ? Alas, I came to the wrong place, there is no business here."

"We are the best mercenaries," Bai Xiaowen said with a smile. "There are no vicious beasts nearby, such as tigers, wolves or giant dragons? Is there a reward order?"

"There are wild beasts, but they seldom enter the village. As for the giant dragon, I have never seen it before," the old man sighed. "Who has the spare money to give rewards to wild beasts? The lord's army is much more vicious than tigers, leopards and wolves." .

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"The army of the lord of Silver Star City? How many people are there?" Bai Xiaowen guided the topic smoothly.

"Who knows, one thousand or two thousand...it's all the same to us..."

The old woman sighed, "Hurry up and leave. Today is the day when the tax officials go to the countryside, and this season's taxes are due to be handed in again... I don't know how many people in the village will be taken away as slaves."

"Is there no one who wants to resist?" Bai Xiaowen was a little puzzled.

"We are just unarmed civilians, how can we resist? Every time the tax collector goes to the countryside, he will bring a team of cross-flower soldiers." The old man said.

Hearing the news, Bai Xiaowen squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said goodbye and left.

Two hours later, two men on horseback arrived at the village, followed by a small detachment of soldiers.

Bai Xiaowen could sense the strength of the templates of the two riders, one of them was just an ordinary template, wearing the cloth robes of a civil servant, it should be the so-called tax officer. The other person is a fully armed cavalry, with the strength of an elite template, and other soldiers of ordinary templates follow behind him, quite like a ban.

"Dior, how long are you going to keep me waiting?" Gloria said impatiently.

The desire to destroy rises in Goliath's frozen heart. This newly reincarnated black knight is eager to fight and kill.

"Be a little more patient... As for the reason, I have already told you, Lady Gloria." Bai Xiaowen said.

Gloria snorted: "Your reason is not convincing... If it weren't for the fact that the arrival of Lich Bard and the undead army would take time, I wouldn't have waited at all."

Bai Xiaowen smiled, and was about to open his mouth to comfort him, when he suddenly heard noisy voices from Glauber's Salt Village.

"Okay, let's act." Bai Xiaowen said after climbing up and looking into the distance.

Gloria snorted and strode forward. The Baihuang team followed closely.

Glauber's salt village has now become a mess. Obviously, as the old couple said, there are many civilians in the village who cannot pay taxes. According to the laws of the Silver Star Territory, they will be reduced to slaves and work as coolies in the workshop of the lord Aldington. A dead end, the difference is nothing more than the length of time to endure.

A dozen impoverished civilians were tied up with ropes, and heavily armed Crusader soldiers were beating and kicking the families of these "quasi-slaves" to separate them.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" the tax collector shouted. "Anyone who can't pay the tax will be sold into slavery. This is the law!"