Hemu Town, also known as 'Ximu Town' or 'Hewang Village', is a small village where the rivers in the Ilintana Lake Basin pass through. It is built by mountains and rivers. It has a beautiful environment, outstanding people and simple folk customs...

Perhaps it is because of the narrow terrain, or it is because there is a ready-made logging farm and sawmill here, and there is too much high-quality and cheap wood? Therefore, in addition to their own houses, the villagers living in Hemu Town even used wooden trests to cross the river to build their houses on a small island with a not-so-large area in the center of the river, and directly intercepted the two major transportation routes of land and water.

However, blocking the waterway has little impact on the trade routes in this place, because it is not realistic to open the river to ship. At most, it is just a logging field that uses the water to drain the rafts and transport wood along the way. Moreover, due to the severe cold in the sky province, it can only be used in a few months of the year.

Although the water utilization rate of Hemu Town is not high, it does not affect its land transportation to play an important role!

Because its geographical location is still very superior, it is a must-pass place for Xueman City in the north, Fcrees and Helgen in the south, so when the business is prosperous on weekdays and there are many business travelers passing by, it is natural that it has blacksmith shops, B&Bs, logging farms, taverns and grocery stores and bustling streets to supply the normal consumption, renovation and living needs of the merchants and travelers.

However, what is surprising is that although Hemu Town is in principle the territory of Xueman City, and it is a major transportation route and military location connecting the north and south, there is no city wall at all, not even a wall, and there is no soldiers sent by the lord to guard it. It is just a gatehouse made of huge pebbles and wood fished out from the river...

Of course, Anne didn't care about these things. She didn't want to ask about these messy things, and she didn't care about them!

Because, at this time, she was wandering around in this not-so-large town, and waving the unique but substantial gold coins in her hand to buy some good things she likes to eat from the villagers who opened stores.

As for the Larov and his other young follower, the guy who seemed to be called "Zagenburg", he went to the sawmill to find an aunt named "Goldo", and he had long disappeared.

It is said that the aunt is Larov's sister, and the sawmill here in Hemu Town was run by the other party. So, now, what two guys who finally escaped from the burned Helgen naturally want to join the other party?

As for what they were going to do next, or how long they wanted to stay here, Anne didn't ask at all. Anyway, she didn't plan to continue to follow them, because she now knew that along the north road, there was a big city called Snowman City. If she turned south, it would be Fres, and even Hafengar, Yar Border, White Land, Winter Fort, East, Rift Valley, Snowman, Fres, and Richie, etc., all learned a little from the Larov's mouth that she could wander and play around in the Sky Province alone without worrying about anything else.

But that's what happened in the future, and now Anne is wandering around here...

She was a little in love with this poetic and antique little place where the river flowed through the town!

Especially the river water is very clear and cold, and even the fish and shrimps swimming inside are clearly visible. It looks delicious just... and the birds in the sky are even more amazing. They are fat and big. Anyway, she likes this small town full of exotic "taste".

(…)

(lll￢??￢)

"Hmm~!"

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Obviously, Annie could also see that the logging farm in Hemu Town has indeed provided great help to the construction of this small town!

Isn't this?

After she wandered around, she soon discovered that this peaceful and peaceful Hemu Town, which is more like a village, is mostly made of thick logs and thick wooden boards. At most, the roof is covered with a layer of waterproof thatch in addition to nailing wooden boards. If it were replaced by other places, it would definitely not be so luxurious!

For example, Heergen, that place is more of a stone-wood-structured house with local materials, because the stone there is more affordable than the wood in Hemu Town! Of course, it is meaningless to talk about Heergen now. That place has been burned to ashes by the giant dragon Oduin, and now there is only a broken eaves and walls left.

"uh-huh?!"

(*⊙~⊙) Choked

“…”

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"Hey! How many people, what do you want to do when you pretend to be so fierce and evil? Do you want to scare the children to play with it?"

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But unfortunately, the facts prove that no matter how simple the folk customs are, there will always be some bad sheep. Isn't this? When Anne scattered gold coins and wandered around Hemu Town, she was inevitably targeted by a group of local bullies!

As we all know, due to the villagers, village bullies or unemployed vagrants generally do not bully locals easily. After all, who is not a family member who lives in the same village?

So, a girl who came here occasionally and was known to many people and the two people who looked difficult to mess with by Larov, who followed Larov, also had no intention of deliberately making things difficult for the village tyrants... However, a girl who came to Hemu Town with her back and then wandered around the village alone was different, especially when someone saw that there seemed to be a lot of gold coins in her hand?

And this may be the reason why little Annie was surrounded by these bad people?

“…”

"Little girl, are you here alone to Hemu Town? Where is your family?!"

After looking at his companions, the guy in the lead with short hair, looking like a bald head, and carrying a big sword with a pair of hands behind him walked up and reached out to block Anne's way and looked up and down at her with his head down.

If it weren't for the recent recent battles between the Imperial Army and began to fight with the Ulfrek Storm Cloak, how could they have fallen into the way they need to blackmail children to continue to maintain their lives?

For those who have long been accustomed to blackmail, collecting tolls, extortion and robbery, it is really hard to bear if the traffic suddenly decreases and suddenly loses money and drinks with big drinks and eats meat!

“??”

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"You're talking nonsense! Hemu Town is not yours, so why do they have to pay you?"

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Obviously, Annie has always hated this guy who wants to block the road and collect her money without any legitimate reasons or names, so she directly and flatly rejected the other party.

And she still remembered that a long time ago, a guy named Shannox wanted to block the road and grab his money, and then she beat him up. As he beat him, the other party was convinced by her and kept being her housekeeper in the Land of Fire, managing the place she first beat him?

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(Tibers said that he did not agree with the "chaotic" memory of its little master! Because it still remembers it very clearly that it was a bad little master who ran to block someone else's way and wanted to collect the money from the fire demon. After the fire demon was unhappy, he beat the other party and occupied the entire land of flames...

Well, it dared not recall it, because a hateful little hand was moved to its neck and held it tightly. If it continued to mess up, something bad would definitely happen.)

"Stop talking!"

"This place is under our control. If you want to stay here, you have to pay! We only need fifty Septines!"

‘!!’

‘What are you doing?’

'But boss, are you sure she has that much money in her small pocket?'

'this……'

At this time, just as the village tyrant finished speaking, another guy with a stingy look came over and muttered these two words in the other person's ear with a voice that Annie could barely hear.

“…”

"Okay! Little guy, I have changed my mind, and I won't make things difficult for you! Take out all the gold coins in your pocket, we will only take away some of the ones we should take, and then you can be unobstructed in Hemu Town! If anyone dares to make things difficult for you, just report our name!"

After hesitating, he felt that what his subordinates said seemed reasonable, and that the other party's beautiful little skirt could not hide so much money in the pocket, and that a little girl's strength could not bring so many gold coins on her body. So, he quickly changed his decision: he just planned to take away most of the gold coins on the other party.

"That's how..."

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"But they don't have the kind of Septin you said..."

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"There are a lot of gold coins in their pockets, but they don't want to take them out and give them to you bad guys!"

(°〼°〃)

Annie is for the good of these people, because if she really takes out all the gold coins, she will definitely crush these bad guys who are strong outside and have the same ability!

‘Stop talking nonsense!’

‘Get out if you don’t pay! Go back to your south!’

‘Okay, boss! Don’t pretend to be a good person. We haven’t opened for many days. Do you want to go fishing for soup again?’

'that is!'

‘Just grab it directly, leave her two money as travel expenses and go home. Who made her dare to run around alone in this dangerous world?’

‘Well said! Hilde just now, he saw the dragon. How can this world not be dangerous?’

'Hahaha……'

‘He wasn’t the first to say that he saw the dragon. Everyone thought he was crazy. Swan had been annoyed enough!’

'alright!'

‘Hurry up, let her pay, and then let her get out…’

‘??’

‘Little guy, are you sure, you want to resist?!’

The village tyrants who were about to take action soon discovered that a little girl was blinking her beautiful green eyes and quietly picked up a wooden stick from the pile of wood beside her. It seemed that she wanted to fight with so many adults?

“…”

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Annie didn't say anything. She felt that sometimes it was a little cruel to use magic directly, and the power was not easy to control. If you accidentally burn it to ashes, it would be better to use a wooden stick?

Anyway, the last time she was fighting against those elites on Zhiyuan Star, her fighting skills were getting stronger and more proficient. So, now that she has the chance, she can practice it carefully.

‘…’

‘Quick! Grab her! Get the money quickly and let her get out!!’

Seeing that more and more villagers were watching around, some people began to point fingers at them, thinking that it would not be a good idea to continue talking here. They were also afraid that some of the village tyrants who jumped out and meddled with other people's business, so they exchanged their eyes and rushed towards the little girl.

And then...

Bang!!

‘Wow~!’

Dong!!

‘Uh~!’
To be continued...