Chapter 510, The Cursed Land Mu Xilong

Raymond's home is located in a stone house in a very good location in Jean Town. The whole house is built of solid and beautiful stones. There is Ryan's family coat of arms hanging on the door of the house, which symbolizes that he is the earl's soldier. There are some trees planted in front of the door. Brightly colored flowers, and a large water basin.

The halberd soldier Raymond made great contributions in the battle of the Blackstone stronghold, so he was appreciated by Ryan and was named a sergeant. His status in the army has also risen. He was the first to spot Kemler, and this gave Bertrand a chance to kill him with one blow.

That's right, a one-hit kill. After all, Britannia would definitely not advertise that Gul cut Kemmler.

Morgiana, the witch of the lake god, posthumously granted Bertrand and Raymond the special honor of living in a stone house.

The carriage stopped slowly in front of the gate of the house. Juan stepped out of the carriage first, followed by Ryan, and then stretched out his hand into the carriage to help his wife Suria out of the carriage until Suria's high heels fell to the ground. Only then did he look at Raymond's house, and the count himself had a smile on his face: "This family escaped from Lyonnaise. They have gone through untold hardships, and finally they are here today."

"It's all because of your leadership, my husband." Suria looked at the neat and clean double-story stone house, and the female knight was also in a very good mood. She held her husband's arm and her face was full of happiness.

The tall wooden door was wide open, and Raymond's family, including his old mother, Raymond and Raymond's younger brother Thomas, came out to welcome them, as well as Sir Bertrand and his men Hugo and Guy.

"I salute you, Your Excellency Ryan, Mrs. Suria! May you be in good health, and may the lady protect this blessed land forever." Everyone knelt down and saluted immediately after seeing Ryan appearing.

"Good morning, everyone." Ryan nodded calmly, and he stretched out his hand to signal everyone to get up: "Okay, it's hot outside, let's go in and talk."

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Before sitting down to talk, Ryan and Suria visited the entire house of Captain Raymond. It seemed that because they knew that Ryan was coming, the house was cleaned very, very clean. The two-storey house where the family lived was very spacious. Raymond's old mother no longer does needlework for the nobles and sergeants to subsidize the family. Instead, she concentrates on housework and employs a servant. Compared with when they fled a few years ago, the old mother no matter Both the body and complexion look much better.

Raymond's younger brother Thomas was sent to the Justice Church to study and was educated and studied under Alfred. The little boy was in his early ten years, with a healthy and ruddy complexion, wearing white linen clothes, and messy brown hair. See Seeing the graceful and luxurious Mrs. Su Liya was very shy, she bowed her head and said hello madam,

I also presented some handmade gadgets I made in the handicraft class of the church, such as a small wooden warhammer, a wooden cross sign and a wooden skull sign.

Suria was obviously very satisfied with her influence among the people, and she touched Thomas' head happily.

"Thomas! You are so rude!" Who knew that Surya's behavior frightened the old mother. She hurriedly pulled Thomas over and was about to spank his ass.

How could a lowly serf have the right to be patted on the head by a noble person like Mrs. Suria? !

"It's okay, it's okay~" Su Liya quickly motioned not to do this.

After visiting around, everyone came to the restaurant to sit down. There was a long wooden table here, and everyone wanted to discuss things here. Of course, Ryan and Suria sat at the main seat, and Silvia and Juan After standing behind him, the seats were arranged in order according to Bertrand, Raymond, Hugo, Guy and others.

"It can be seen that you are doing well, Mr. Raymond?" Ryan said to Raymond after sitting down, "Aren't you planning to get married yet? This family is a bit calm!"

"Hahahahahahahahahahahaha~" The long table burst into laughter, and the young sergeant lowered his head in embarrassment: "I have no plans yet, my count, I am still young."

"What are you laughing at, Bertrand, I remember that you are not married yet." Ryan then turned his cannonballs on Bertrand, and now it was the turn of the 40-year-old Sir to be embarrassed, and there was another burst of laughter on the table .

By expressing cordial greetings and jokes, Ryan successfully drew in the relationship with his subordinates, and after a little greeting, the topic gradually began to get to the point.

"Bertrand, Raymond, this time you went to the Duchy of Connaught, that is, to investigate around Mousillon, did you gain anything? Or more important knowledge?" Ryan began to ask: "I must First-hand information, be sure to tell me everything you know in detail, otherwise I won’t come to your home to visit.”

"My count, we found a lot of things during our trip to Mousillon and Lyonnaise." Bertrand nodded respectfully, and he said: "First of all, we found that the Mousillon epidemic prevention belt was ordered by the Duke of Lawn. has been strengthened."

Ryan nodded silently, he knew this was a symbol of preparing to use troops.

The Musillon epidemic prevention belt is composed of more than 20 towers and walls. The entire line of defense is stationed with less than a thousand troops, forming a isolation zone to isolate the passage of Musillon's external links. Of course, these troops and towers The army of vampires couldn't be stopped, but the Knight Kingdom didn't want to stop it either. The purpose of the original Knight King Taylor Buddha's establishment of the epidemic prevention belt was only to isolate the corruption of vampires and the spread of diseases, because no one wanted new epidemics to break out.

The establishment of the epidemic prevention zone is only to prevent the serfs from leaving on their own and taking the germs on their bodies to other duchies. Every tower can be self-sufficient through farming and grazing. Most of the principalities in the entire kingdom have sent a small army to guard the epidemic prevention belt. There are two or three towers, the soldiers are rotated every two months, most of the towers are stationed with a knight.

"The Duke of Lawn ordered more troops to be sent to the epidemic prevention belt, and also encouraged the expeditionary knights and ranger knights to patrol here more." Bertrand took out a letter of permission signed by Francois, Duke of Wenford: " Of course, knights can freely enter and exit the epidemic prevention belt, and they can also enter and exit freely with the permit signed by the duke. I chatted with the local guard knights and soldiers while entering and exiting. A bar of bacon is enough to start a conversation for these bored people in the camp."

"Mr. Bertrand obviously has his own experience in inquiring about intelligence." Suria praised with a smile.

"Don't dare to do it, Mrs. Su Liya, I was just reckless before, and I know the habits of many people." Bertrand hurriedly said modestly: "Ahem~ Having said that, in fact, Mu Xilong's epidemic prevention belts rarely face serious problems. The situation where the serfs tried to leave, I mean, most of the serfs there didn't even know what the world was like outside the village, let alone leaving Moussillon, it really bothered the guards repeatedly outlaws and smugglers."

"Desperadoes and smugglers?" Ryan thought.

"Yes, many desperadoes will try to cross the epidemic prevention belt and enter Mu Xilong to seek a living, and a large number of smugglers often cross the epidemic prevention belt to smuggle prohibited items inside and outside Mu Xilong. The guards often face challenges from these people." Little Rain Guo whispered: "My count, I secretly tried to inquire about the news from the guards. It turns out that as long as I can afford enough commissions, smuggling is often carried out. The premise is to satisfy the appetite of the guards and the castle owner. The shoe education has nothing to do, the guard knights often have a secret passage for selling stolen goods and arranging for smugglers to pass through, and if they really want to force their way through, the guards will use force to solve the problem."

Sure enough, Ryan thought it was right to ask Bertrand and his group to investigate Musillon.

These bandits and thieves were originally trying to make a living in the cracks, and they knew best how to find this gray area.

"This is the current situation in the epidemic prevention belt, so what about the interior of Mu Xilong?" Ryan then asked: "How is the life of the people? What about the activities of vampires?"

"Very bad, Lord Ryan." Bertrand frowned: "Before the floods and wars, the life of the people in the territory was not bad, but after the Duke of Lawn swept Musillon twice, the serfs there We have fallen into extreme poverty now, and now the entire Musillon is soaked in swamps, except for swamps, which are swamps, everywhere is like a quagmire, the villages are more decadent and dilapidated, many houses have been severely damaged, and the roads on the streets They are all like sewers, and many serfs would rather close their doors and hide in their homes, eating rats and drinking dirty water, waiting to die than go out to hunt or work in the fields.”

"When we were in the field in Musilon, we actually prepared a lot of so-called 'small gifts', including a few small bottles of wine, some dried meat and some bread, but when we came to the village, we took out these gifts and wanted to ask When something happened, the first reaction of Mousillon’s serfs was not to accept it, but to be extremely terrified.” Bertrand’s expression on his face was painful: “They ran away as if they had seen something very scary, Until it's out of our sight."

"In the muddy roads and swamps, there are corpses everywhere. The dead souls are not properly buried. These corpses and souls will never be rested in peace. They will either gradually rot, or stand up again and become wandering zombies."

After hearing this, Ryan also felt that it was very troublesome. The environment of Musillon was so bad that the human army would have to face many difficulties in order to fight here. It is no wonder that Lawn encountered so many troubles when attacking Musillon.

After hearing the tragic scene described by Bertrand, Suria closed her eyes a little unbearably, while Juan's face was full of indignation. The young man believed that the evil in this place must be purified. There was disgust on her face, as if mentioning this issue and place would seriously affect her mood.

Only Ryan remained motionless, and he didn't express anything other than frowning: "Go on, Bertrand, Raymond, what else did you investigate?"

"We have investigated several villages, and the situation we saw is similar, Mr. Ryan." Bertrand continued, Lord Winford's face was a bit frosty and unbearable: "Most serfs are marrying close relatives, and the perennial Deformed and diseased due to corruption and poor sanitation, we finally found a young man who was willing to answer our questions. He was obviously starving. After eating food like crazy, he told us, All the Musillons were terrified, and the Duke of Lawn came here twice, and every time he went to a place, he immediately formed a Holy Grail court, and then almost everyone in the entire village would be burned at the stake."

"Because the army of knights led by the Duke of Lawn couldn't tell the difference between the twisted creations of chaos and the serfs with deformed bodies, and couldn't find a clear dividing line, they simply treated them as creations of chaos, which would be burning at the stake."

"Therefore, the first reaction of the local serfs when they saw us was to run for their lives, but the young man only talked to us because he was too hungry and wanted to have a full meal. He said For three months he had one full meal, which was frogs in the swamp, swallowed alive, and his stomach beat for a long time before it stopped."

Bertrand choked up when he said this.

Lei Meng took over the topic, and the young commander of the long halberd company said cautiously: "Besides, Mu Xilong's field is very unsafe. All kinds of undead, beastmen, and creatures of chaos haunt us. We met several times along the way. If Sir Bertrand's archery skills were not superb enough, and we were equipped with firearms to deal with those powerful enemies, we might not be able to return."

"That place is still as corrupt and depraved as ever." Ryan sighed.

The room fell into silence, only the sound of Thomas being counted outside came into the restaurant. Raymond was a little embarrassed and wanted to go out to drink, but Ryan immediately waved his hand to signal no.

"So have you ever approached the lord's castle?" Ryan then asked.

"Yes, there are many lords' castles in Musillon." It was Bertrand's turn to answer, because he had the best eyesight: "There are many castles, but most of them are in dilapidated condition. Some castles were attacked twice by the Duke of Laune Longshi was captured, but some castles are still there. What they have in common is that there are a large number of corpses outside the castle. Some corpses were left by the chivalrous army led by Duke Lawn when they broke through the castle and killed the vampire lord, but there are more It was the vampire lords who wiped out any intruders who dared to invade their territory as a warning."

"From the local serfs, we can know that these lords and nobles wear black armor and black helmets all day long and lock themselves deep in the castle. They may have ruled the castle in their own name for centuries. Long, all the lords are basically undead. It is said that the undead lord is very dissatisfied with the current false Duke of Musillon, Matthew Bard, because he chose to retreat to Musillon twice when facing Lawn's attack and ignored their orders. outraged by interests."

"Very good, now we have basically figured out the situation of Mu Xilong." Ryan said that he knew: "Very good, more than half of your mission has been completed this time, so what about Leo Nasai? Raymond, I heard Said you went back to the original village?"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room obviously became strange. In this regard, Ryan and Suria immediately realized that this investigation might have made important discoveries.

Lane motioned for Juan to go and close the door.

"The situation is very bad, my count, and the situation of Lyonnaise is very bad." Raymond finally spoke, and he said in a somewhat mysterious way: "The nobles are fighting among themselves, serf riots and small civil wars, and there are also beasts from the wild beasts. men and Norse pirates, and now the whole principality is a lid set on a powder-barrel into which the fuse has been burnt."

"This principality may explode at any time, at any time." m