Humans have some special abilities that cannot be explained by science.

Mike couldn't help but stop and subconsciously reached out to touch the shovel that was stuck in the basket behind him.

The sunset is still hanging in the sky, and golden light passes through the gap between the branches and leaves, scattering on the ground, reflecting complex and chaotic patterns.

He finally found out where he felt something was wrong————————It was too quiet. This was not the woods he was familiar with. In this season, there were many animals in the forest, and even at night, there were birds and insects, but now there was a silence around him, as if all the sounds were swallowed by strange magic.

At the turn of the road ahead, a tall giant appeared.

He was wearing armor that Mike had never seen before, and the style was very special: a thick steel protective layer covered the entire upper body, and the waist and abdomen were fine chain armor. The armor on the legs did not hinder movement. The knee protection design was exquisite, and there would be no obstacles between flexion and extension, and especially the connection with the calf armor.

The light in the woods was dim and I couldn't see the appearance of the giant standing more than ten meters away, but I could see a small round shield tied to his left forearm and a musket in his hand.

Mike's dead father was a soldier. When he was a child, Mike saw his father being trained in a military camp: the officer asked the soldiers to line up and shoot with muskets from bottom to top, with the target of a giant tied with wood and straw. Because of his height, the soldiers had to shoot upwards, so it is not difficult to understand that the protection of the giant on his legs, feet and abdomen is particularly heavy.

This is a northern giant!

Mike felt cold sweat all over his body. He found that the other party was staring at him, and the rough face occupied by the dark shadow released a grim smile. The other party raised his musket and aimed at him, protecting the hunter to lock in a rabbit with nowhere to escape.

His hair is short and looks very young. If he is from a white man’s perspective, his actual age is probably around twenty years old.

Why did the giant appear here?

The town of Odev is too far from the main city, and the news of the defeat of the main forces of the Saxon Kingdom has not yet been heard. This is not the official fault. Without telephone and telegram, the communication can only rely on human and animal power, unless the king issues emergency orders such as taxation. Under normal circumstances, people in the town of Odev know that some kind of "news" will take at least four months or even half a year later.

I'm not his opponent!

As soon as such a thought came to his mind, Mike subconsciously wanted to turn around and escape to the depths of the woods on the side. He knew that it was the most beneficial terrain for him, and the tall giant was far less flexible in the forest. As long as he was fast enough, he would have hope of survival.

Just as he was about to turn around, the giant opposite him sent a series of strange words that Mike couldn't understand.

"Tashiward."

There was a violent movement behind him? A cold wind from that direction was felt on his neck. Farmer Mike had not even completed his turn. He had only had time to glance at his shoulder from the corner of his eyes and saw a sharp cold light passing by? His perspective flipped instantly? The whole world changed in his eye sockets, bright red.

Is that another giant? He swung his knife from behind Mike and easily cut off the farmer's neck? A large area of ​​blood surged out from the broken neck wound? He sprayed Mike's face with his broken head. The head rolled in the air until it fell to the ground. Mike's remaining consciousness still did not realize that he was dead.

"You damn guy, he's mine! It's mine!"

Opposite? The giant holding a rifle roared and rushed over. He gave the giant who was about to bend down and pick up Mike's head from the ground and punched heavily on the shoulder, gritting his teeth and said, "He is my prey, I discovered this white short ghost."

"It's just a human head, why are you anxious?" The punch was not too heavy, and the giant who was beaten was not angry? In fact, he was indeed a little guilty. After all, he snatched his companion's prey from behind? But he still refused to admit defeat, so he laughed dryly: "A Xiao? There are many white people in the village ahead. The captain said before that this is our real goal."

A Xiao glared at him? His chest was undulating violently in silence? It took ten seconds before he could accept the reality helplessly, with indescribable resentment and rage, he turned around and left without saying a word.

Calculate the credit based on the head, and calculate the first one who kills first. It is strictly forbidden to fight against each other.

This is the primary discipline of the newly formed First Legion, and it is also the repeated instructions of the captain and commander to the soldiers.

In the official records of the Dragon Clan, they are called "private troops".

But the soldiers prefer another name—the Headhunter Unit.

...

Night falls.

The angry A Xiao used his shoulders to slam the door of the tavern like a lion, reached out and grabbed the shoulders of a drinker closest to him, dragged them out of the broken door frame, and swung his knife to cut off the other party's entire upper body from his shoulder position.

The room was too narrow, and with A Xiao's height, he had to bend down to get in. When he got the first prey, he immediately grabbed the other person's head and retracted his hand, inserted the bloody sword back into the scabbard, and pulled out the long-handled battle axe from his back, as if a huge human-shaped bulldozer was smashing and slashing at the walls of the tavern made of bricks.

In the eyes of the giant, the buildings of the white southern people are too short, and it feels like entering a fairy tale world.

A Xiao’s idea is very simple: if you want to achieve military achievements, you must cut off more heads, and if you want to kill white people more effectively, you must push down the wall. He is an excellent shooter, but a rifle is not suitable for all battles. The scene of farmer Mike being killed by his companions in the woods outside the city is vivid in my mind. A Xiao suddenly understood that in the case of close-range fighting, the previous battle axe and long sword are more effective.

Five hundred headhunters rushed into Odev Town, and there were as many as 3,000 main players followed. A Xiao was the first group and the most promising type of people to gain military achievements.

The whole town was crying and wailing, and shrill screams came everywhere. A Xiao's fierce chopping quickly produced an effect. The walls facing the street of the tavern were completely shattered, and the pillars used for support were broken. The entire building collapsed inclined with the terrifying "squeaking" sound of breaking. Several headhunters, including A Xiao, quickly dodged away. They stood in a safe location more than ten meters away to appreciate all this, watching the second floor of the tavern fall down, stirring up dust in the sky.

Before the dust was completely dissipated, A Xiao covered his mouth and nose with a wet towel, tied it tightly behind his head, and rushed into the ruins to find his own prey. When he killed the first white man before, he saw many people in the tavern, with blood and flesh between the collapsed ruins. He rushed in with a grim smile, grabbed a shaking woman covered in blood from the wood chips and the soil, and without saying anything, he waved his knife to cut off the head that had been deformed.

A Xiao didn't know that this woman in exposed clothes was called Lisa, who was a lover of Mike, a farmer who was killed outside the city. These things were meaningless to him. Apart from calculating military achievements, the only value of the white man's head was the skull. That part could be used to make bone bowls, which is a symbol of identity and wealth.

As a result of cleaning up in the ruins, A Xiao and his comrades got eleven heads and dug out twenty-two white men who were slightly injured but not seriously injured from the soil and gravel.

A bucket of cold water awakened all the white prisoners. They cringed and gathered together, watching the fierce and savage northern giants strung their heads together with iron wire, like huge bloody grapes, throwing them on a wheelbarrow, and poking the prisoners' butts with the thick back of the long-handled war knife, driving them to the south of the town with incomprehensible shouts.

There was no standing army in Odev Town, only a security patrol of fifty people. Although all the team members were equipped with a mesh gun, there was no warning in the battle. Neither the capital was the capital London nor the Shenwei Fortress in the north, there was no news of the defeat of the Kingdom coalition. They were unsuspecting, and all the townsmen who took up weapons to resist or committed acts of resistance were killed and their bodies and heads were separated.

The building with the church as its core and the surrounding open space are used as temporary prisoners of war camps. This is the highest and luxurious place in Odevon Town, with the most important view. The temporary transformation of wooden fences and walls enclose all survivors, with a total of up to thousands.

Torchs were lit around, and as battle squads completed their searches, new prisoners were sent continuously, and this number was still increasing.

Penghui held a sword in his hand and took several guards to patrol along the dense group of prisoners of war.

He always had a satisfied smile on his face.

Not everyone is qualified to be the head of a thousand people, nor is it the head of a thousand people in all the heads of a thousand people. Penghui, who is already middle-aged, is a veteran, and he is an officer who has followed Tianhao from the time of Panshizhai to the present. Of course, at that time, he was a low-ranking person, with only ten heads. Later, with repeated battles against the Pig and Deer tribes, he has accumulated merit and has reached his current position.

Ling Xiao was the commander of the newly formed First Legion. With Tianhao's permission, he hired a group of officers at a very high price. Relying solely on recruits, he could not complete the plunder war plan, especially in the early stages of the war. Without the leadership of experienced officers, the blind and disorderly battle of a large number of recruits would only cause chaos.

The military officer held a thick notebook in his hand and wrote it carefully. The soldiers' names were listed on it, and there was a blank space behind each person, which was specially reserved for recording military achievements.

Looking at the captives sent by A Xiao and others, Penghui's smile became stronger and stronger.

"Young man, you're doing a good job." He never stings in complimenting the young soldiers: "If you continue like this, you will soon become a ten-man leader."

A Xiao showed excitement on his young face. He nodded vigorously and shouted loudly according to the rules in the army: "Long live the Regent's Highness."

"Long live Your Highness." Penghui responded with a smile, and issued a new order: "We don't have much time, so we can't let these white prisoners be idle. This place is barely enough. Now we will group them and let them get up and work as soon as tomorrow dawn. Time will not wait for anyone, and we must speed up the progress from the beginning."

"Going south" is not an empty talk, but also requires sufficient supplies and a stable and safe logistics base. Although Odev Town is not large in scale, it is feasible as a small base. The Intelligence Department has long collected relevant information about it, especially rivers and various resources available nearby.

The setting of the temporary prisoner-of-war camp continued until late at night. It was mainly about the re-planning of the church, the setting of sanitary areas. Under the supervision of the Dragon Soldiers, the prisoners moved bedding from the empty houses in the town and divided the camps according to men and women... Commander Penghui ordered the kitchen to boil some broth and bread, and arranged a late-night snack for the prisoners.

It is said to be broth, but in fact, there are only some bones removed from the pigs and sheep in the soup pot. Without washing, the boiling hot soup has a lot of foam on the surface, and the seasonings are only a little salt, which tastes average, and can even be said to be bad.

A long time later, the prisoners of war in Odev Town suddenly realized that this late-night snack, which seemed extremely unpalatable at the time, was actually a rare happiness.

It's dawn.

People who have not recovered from fear are awakened from their dreams. Sharp whistles echo in their ears, mixed with the roar of giants. They walked in from the enlarged church door, lifting the quilt, both men and women, and giving deafening commands.

"Qilai, please give me Qilai!"

"The wolf returns to the gate and creates a happy life."

"Sikozi Lai dares to be popular, who is the worst person? Jiusilly Le Tower!"

Groups of men and women left the bed and came to the open space outside in panic and fear, arranged in untidy lines, and reported numbers one by one according to the giant's request.

"Bang, earth, soul, Buddha..."

The captains had been trained in English in Rock City for a period of time, and simple dialogues and numbers were not unfamiliar with them. Out of admiration for the Regent, young people like Ah Xiao also became interested in white language. After studying with the military training class for a while, they could understand it somewhat.

The logistics troops arrived in Odev Town in the early morning, and they sent more weapons and ammunition, as well as steel and cement that was urgently needed for the project. Millions of slaves built roads throughout the north, and the highway extending south from the Shenwei Fortress continued to progress. In order to ensure the safety of the forward base, Ling Xiao asked Tianhao to allocate more engineering supplies... Of course, all this was not free, and they would be settled with more spoils and slaves after each battle.

The work of excavating the foundation was mainly carried out by the Dragon Engineers, who were strong and able to effectively ensure the quality and progress of the project. They were mainly responsible for the towers and foundations. White prisoners of war were sent to nearby forests to cut down trees and demolish some buildings in the town for the construction of the walls. In the next few months, this was their main work.

The mayor is a slightly fat middle-aged man. Penghui talked to him in an unskilled English. Rather than communicating, it was better to directly convey his intentions to the other party in a commanding tone.

"You are the prisoners of the Dragon Regent. You can choose not to cooperate, and that will result in a dead end."
Chapter completed!