Mount and Blade: Summon five outlaws at the start

Chapter 184

Old Rory walked up to the prisoner who answered and conveyed Hod's question to him in fluent Kuyel language.

After listening to it, the prisoner's eyes flickered, as if he was struggling inside. After a while, he opened his mouth slightly, but quickly closed it again, somewhat hesitant.

Finally, the prisoner seemed to have made up his mind and spoke a lot of words to Old Rory.

Old Rory listened attentively, not daring to miss any important information.

After the captive finished speaking, Old Rory immediately turned around and respectfully reported to Hod: "Sir, he said that if you can promise to let them leave here safely, then he will tell you the name of the Estrella man."

Hearing this, Hod's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing an imperceptible smile. He stared at the captives in front of him for a while, and after a moment, he slowly said: "Let them go? This is impossible, but if they cooperate obediently, I can consider letting them go more comfortably without suffering other tortures."

Old Rory nodded quickly, indicating that he understood what Hod meant.

Then, he faced the three captives again and conveyed Hod's decision to them in Kuyel language.

The three captives exchanged glances with each other, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded gently to indicate their agreement.

After receiving a positive answer, one of the captives took a deep breath and lowered his voice to tell Old Rory the name of the man.

However, the moment Old Rory heard the name, he froze on the spot as if struck by lightning, his pupils shrank sharply, and his face turned pale.

Obviously, Old Rory knew who the prisoner was talking about.

"Who is it?" Hod immediately asked in a serious tone.

Old Rory turned around tremblingly, looking at Hod with eyes full of fear and astonishment, his lips trembling, and he squeezed out a few words from his teeth with great effort: "... Sir... Sir... They... said that they heard their leader call the Estrella man... Knight Hagen."

Before he finished speaking, Old Rory's legs suddenly softened, and he knelt on the ground with a "thump", trembling all over.

"Hagen... Hagen... It turned out to be him..."

Hod recited the name in his mouth, and his face was extremely cold.

Hood hated Hagen, who led the team to attack the tavern in Rhine Town and then led the army to launch an offensive in Kingsley Manor, and wanted to get rid of him for a long time.

You know, if Hood had not been worried that his actions might be noticed by Conrad and Marquis Angana, thus causing unnecessary trouble, he would have secretly sent capable people to eliminate Hagen, whose hands were stained with the blood of countless robbers.

However, what Hood never expected was that the mastermind behind the Kuyers who attacked him this time was Hagen again.

In an instant, a cold and murderous intent flashed across Hood's eyes, but soon disappeared without a trace.

He stood up slowly, his face gloomy, and said in a low voice: "Ask them how they traded with Hagen? And where is the specific trading location?"

Old Rory, who was standing aside, was already trembling with fear. After hearing Hood's order, he nodded tremblingly, then turned around tremblingly, facing the three captured enemies, and began to ask questions stutteringly.

Faced with Old Rory's questioning, the three captives seemed to understand that they had no hope of survival now, so they did not hide anything, and told Old Rory everything they knew in a bamboo tube.

After Old Rory finally finished listening to what the three said, he quickly turned around and reported to Hod respectfully: "My Lord, according to what they said, the place where the two sides traded is in a dense pine forest about five miles away from this village."

"And, regardless of whether they can successfully assassinate you, my Lord, according to the agreement, three days later, the Knight Hagen will personally lead the gold dragons and supplies that should be paid to the pine forest and their tribe to complete the transaction."

After Hod finished listening, a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he sat back on the dilapidated cart, with a gleam in his eyes, and it was obvious that he had already made a plan in his mind.

"Boss, eat something first."

At this moment, Kuhn and Jeff carefully walked over with a few bowls of hot broth and a few pieces of fragrant and steaming horse meat.

Now that the matter was clear, Hod was no longer worried. He waved his hand casually, signaling Kuhn and Jeff to put the food aside, then turned around and shouted to Old Rory beside him,"Come on, Old Rory, let's eat together."

When Old Rory heard this, his body trembled slightly. Out of instinct, he subconsciously wanted to refuse.

However, when he saw the unfriendly looks on the faces of Kuhn, Jeff and other robbers standing beside him, his heart tightened and the words that were on the tip of his tongue were swallowed back instantly.

He nodded quickly and thanked Hod repeatedly: "Thank you, sir... Thank you, all sirs...!"

Because the village suffered from the crazy looting and burning of the Kuyel people, it is now a mess, and there is not even a good table and chair to be found.

Everyone had to use the cart as a temporary dining table for the time being. They reached out to pick up the cooked horse meat, picked up the bowls and drank it in big gulps, and feasted without any scruples.

Old Rory watched this scene. Although he was curious about why Hod's subordinates dared to eat with Hod, a knight, he took a deep breath and tentatively reached for a piece of horse meat when he saw that no one else was indifferent.

Seeing that no one stopped him, Old Rory immediately became bolder and picked up another bowl of broth and poured it into his mouth.

The three kneeling Kuyel captives on the ground looked at the scene in front of them with desire in their eyes. The air was filled with a strong meaty aroma, which constantly stimulated their olfactory nerves.

They stared at the food on the cart, their throats kept rolling up and down, and they tried their best to swallow the large amount of saliva secreted.

After Hod drank the last mouthful of hot soup, he turned his head and looked at the three captives inadvertently.

When he noticed the other party's drooling look, his heart suddenly moved, and a bold idea instantly emerged in his mind.