When they flew about forty to fifty miles to the southeast, they saw a group of bonfires by the lakeside.
Horses neighed, men laughed, and women cried.
Gondola was hidden in the dark clouds, and Duru looked down at the crowd with confusion in his eyes.
"Sir, I think we've been tricked by that woman." Tulu murmured as he looked at the group of men and women, old and young, who were drinking and feasting, as well as the cages around them.
The people in the cages were just like the pregnant woman from before. They were only given one piece of animal skin. Some of them were even naked, curled up and shivering in the chilly spring air.
"You just realized it?" Angor chuckled.
"That woman pointed us in this direction to lure us into running into them." Tulu snorted. "I can tell they're up to no good. If we're mortals, she's going to drag us into hell. But she's so evil! What a waste of the fur coat that Sir gave her! "
"Do you really think she'll think we're mortals if we just fly to her on Gondola?" Angor didn't mind. "Besides, she's right. She doesn't want to answer our questions, and we're looking for people. She pointed us in the right direction.
"It's just that they have ill intentions and want to use us to deal with this group of people."
"Aren't you angry, Mister Padt?" Tulu snorted.
"Are you going to go back and teach her a lesson?" "I won't stop you if you want to go back and teach her a lesson."
Tulu's mind was filled with the image of the trembling pregnant woman by the fire. Even when they landed, she was still protecting her belly. He didn't have the heart to punish a pregnant woman who was clearly in trouble.
Angor saw Tulu's hesitation and continued, "Let's say she's a wicked woman, like Naya the Fair's twin sister. Will you go and teach her a lesson? "
"I don't know … What will you do, my lord?" Tulu hesitated for a moment before speaking again.
"She's much weaker than me in terms of power, so I'll do whatever I want. But you're different. You're on the same level as her. If she really wants to harm you, she might just kill you. "
"If what you say is true, then I'll kill her." Tulu hesitated for a long while before his eyes grew resolute. "If what you say is true, then I'll kill her."
Angor chuckled and didn't comment on Tulu's answer.
Suddenly, they heard someone crying from below. Tulu looked down and saw a man rubbing his crotch. He walked up to a metal cage and pulled it open, trying to pull out a woman inside.
From his self-deprecating actions, it was easy to guess what he wanted to do next.
The woman kept shaking her head and crying while struggling. Instead of getting angry, the man chuckled, as if he found the woman's resistance irritating.
However, at this moment, a four or five-year-old boy suddenly rushed forward and stood in front of the woman. Furthermore, he used his scarred feet to kick the man nonstop.
She shouted angrily, "Let go! Don't touch my mother!"
The man angrily threw the child to the side, but every time he hit the child, the child got up and tried to protect his mother. Angered, the man drew a machete from his waist and chopped down on the boy's neck.
The woman cried out, "No!"
The eyes of the people who were locked up in the cages were filled with sorrow.
The man by the bonfire was laughing and joking, not caring about his companions at all.
As the child's head was about to be chopped off, the captives all closed their eyes. But they could still hear the child's voice, while the man's voice was nowhere to be seen.
Someone slowly opened his eyes.
The scene that was unfolding before their eyes was completely different from what they had imagined. The child's head was still there, while the man with the machete had a bloody gash on his neck.
The man wanted to turn his head, but in the next second, his head slowly slid off his neck. The last thing he saw was his headless neck spurting out blood like a fountain. In the next second, the world became silent, and his mind completely fell into darkness.
When the headless body fell to the ground, everyone finally saw who did it. It was a young man with bronze-colored skin and a large black headscarf. He was holding a strange long blade, and the streamlined blade was stained with obvious bloodstains.
It was Tulu, who jumped down from the airship and saved the child.
Tulu was also surprised by the weapon's sharpness, but his surprise didn't last long. The other captives who were eating meat and drinking wine by the bonfire all gathered around him.
Tulu was feeling a little uneasy at the sight of these people, but the cold gleam of his weapon calmed him down quite a bit.
A battle was about to break out.
Angor sat on the airship and watched the battle quietly. Perhaps it was because Tulu was used to fighting sea monsters, which gave him an accurate sense of danger. Plus, he was quick and agile, so he could easily deal with a dozen enemies at once.
Besides, the weapon in his hand was the Tang saber he borrowed from Angor. It wasn't a tiered weapon, but it was still considered a powerful weapon among mortals.
At first, Tulu was still a little timid. He killed the previous man because of his behavior, and he was a little angry that he attacked the child. However, he didn't want to kill the other captives.
However, when he realized that he got hurt because of his cowardice, he decided not to hold back anymore.
In the blink of an eye, it had become a one-sided battle. Although the physiques of these people were not bad, Tulu was clearly stronger. Coupled with the Tang Saber, every slash was enough to take a life.
Everyone was dead except for the one in the cage. Tulu took a few deep breaths as he looked at the corpses around him. Then, he slowly turned around and walked back to the cage from before.
He reached out and touched the child's hair. "It's okay now."
Before the child could say anything, the woman pulled him into her arms and gave Tulu a cautious look.
Tulu was surprised. He looked around and found that all the people in the other cages were on guard against him. He sighed helplessly, his heart suddenly filled with melancholy.
Angor jumped down from the airship.
"Who are they, and who are you?" He pointed at the bodies on the ground and the people in the cages.
Finally, the child who was saved by Tulu shouted, "They're bad people! We're good people!"
His mother quickly covered his mouth to stop him from talking.
Seeing this, Tulu's eyes turned cold. He pulled out his Tang Saber and pointed it at the ground. "I saved you, but since you don't appreciate it and don't even answer my questions, there's no need for you to stay in this world."
Facing Tulu's threat, a girl in the middle of the cage spoke up, "My lords, they are soldiers of Heylan. We are just ordinary villagers."
"Soldiers? Villagers? " Tulu looked at them. He thought they were slave traders or bandits, but he didn't expect them to be soldiers.
"Yes. Heylan started killing the villagers after they took over Blackraven Province. Dozens of villages have been massacred, and we're the ones they captured. "
Massacred? Tulu immediately thought of the village he saw earlier. Did these soldiers do it?
"Why would they want to capture you?" Tulu was confused.
"Probably to capture us and sell us for money." The girl lowered her head.
"Is that so?" Angor looked at the girl. "Are you really a villager?"
The girl's expression changed when she heard Angor's voice.
Tulu also looked at the girl in confusion. Mister Padt didn't sound like this before. Angor felt that Angor's voice was almost the same as the girl's.
"You're a noble from Goldspink?!" The girl exclaimed.
"You too." Angor raised an eyebrow.
Angor was using the most popular voice of Goldspink nobles — soft, gentle, and gentle. It sounded nice when used by a woman, but when used by a man … Angor felt that it sounded a little too effeminate.
Perhaps it was because the girl had accepted Angor's identity as a noble from Goldspink. Following her change in attitude, the other people around her also relaxed their vigilance.
"Yes, they're villagers from around here. They're also my subjects. I'm Viscount Linya's daughter, and this territory used to belong to my family. "
"Heylan took over Blackraven Province, didn't they? Heylan won the war against Goldspink? "Angor asked.
Lin Ya gave him a careful look. "Heylan has won the war so far, but it's not a big deal. Blackraven Province, Moondew Province, and several other coastal provinces are now under Heylan's control. "
Angor's heart skipped a beat. Yamei Province, where Grue Town was located, was also a coastal province.
Also, Yamei Province wasn't far from the frontline, and Padt Manor was the main supplier of supplies to the frontline.
"How's Yamei Province doing?" Angor quickly asked.
Linya considered for a moment. "If I remember correctly, Yamei Province is still under the protection of the Morn Family. But I don't know what will happen in the future. "
Angor relaxed a little when he heard that Yamei Province was safe. However, he didn't know when Linya was captured. Maybe something happened to Yamei Province after she was captured.
"Do you know how to get from Onyx Province to Yamei Province?" Angor asked.
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