CHAPTER 250: CHAPTER 105: THE THREE BROTHERS OF THE GRASS_2

Audrey noticed that the Lord suddenly stopped talking and followed his gaze. The plains were densely populated with villages, vast farmlands, and lakes and rivers dotted this picturesque countryside, with a steam train speeding across the fields.

Hmm?

It seemed that something strange had mixed in.

Lin Rui couldn’t quite figure out the bizarre trajectory of technology in this world.

There are knights clad in heavy armor, priests chanting hymns, soldiers wielding longswords, and even spiritual armor. Yet there are also pistols with barrel calibers, gunpowder bombs, and now a steam-powered train!

Lin Rui always thought this world was traditionally medieval. Now it seems he had been looking at it with a narrow perspective, missing the larger picture!

The empire’s core region and border areas are practically two different worlds.

The small section of the border region he had seen doesn’t represent the entire complex and diverse world at all.

Perhaps this isn’t the true face of the empire. After all, the west is just an Earl’s Domain; the empire’s core might completely be a steam-punk world. War machines, musketeers, and gendarmes coexist with knights, church cultivators, and the Judgement Court.

Lin Rui waved to Audrey, and their mounts drew two arcs in the air as they descended onto the ground.

After landing, Lin Rui pointed to a sheltered low hill ahead and said to everyone: "We’ve been traveling for half a day, let’s rest at that low hill ahead, have a meal, and replenish our strength. Tonight we need to continue marching."

During the journey, a few small battles broke out, some magical beasts hidden underground suddenly attacked, but they were instantly chopped apart by the elite knight squad. Lin Rui, sitting on the griffin, didn’t even lower his head for a closer look.

Given this foundation, even if the convoy guards heard they had to march at night, their heads went numb, but they didn’t dare say much.

However, for the sake of harmony in the group, Lin Rui compensated them a little. Lunch was provided by Lin Rui, with each person receiving three life fruits.

Such a generous traveling companion is hard not to like.

These are life fruits, high-tier items priced directly with Spirit Crystal Coins. To exchange for the Golden Pansy Clan’s life fruits, the chamber of commerce has to provide three hundred Spirit Crystal Coins and five Silver Shield Runes every day!

Just looking at the preciousness of Spirit Crystal Coins and runes shows how valuable the life fruits are.

The small jealousy in the guards’ hearts vanished instantly, and a group of guards crowded forward to thank Lin Rui.

With such passionate looks, it’s likely that if Lu Weite weren’t present, some people would already be asking if they could move their families to the Golden Pansy Domain.

After all, this domain’s army is capable, it has ample resources, and the lord is generous, making it far more livable than the dark and corrupt empire.

After nodding to each of them, Lin Rui quickly noticed a problem: "Why aren’t you eating?"

A middle-aged guard rubbed the back of his head, embarrassed, and said: "Lord Lin Rui, these life fruits are too precious. Ordinary people usually don’t get to see them. I... I’m planning to let my son eat them."

Lin Rui laughed heartily and said: "Eat up, you won’t have the strength to travel if you don’t. I’ll prepare a gift for your families, with each receiving two life fruits."

Everyone excitedly thanked Lin Rui, who wouldn’t want to be around such a generous companion?

It’s likely that the people from the Lusen Chamber of Commerce will scramble to come whenever they hear of trades going to the Golden Pansy Domain.

That’s how the reputation of a domain spreads.

Amidst the group’s jubilation, Audrey’s motions of eating grapefruit suddenly paused. She set the fragrant fruit aside, pressed her skirt down, stood up, walked to Lin Rui’s side, and pointed into the distance, saying: "Father, a group over there is sneakily observing us."

Lin Rui followed her slender finger’s direction and indeed saw, from several miles away, a group of people hiding behind the grassy mounds of the plain, stealthily observing this side.

From three hundred meters, people look like ants, and shooting over such a distance requires a scope to align the sight accurately. Several miles away, ordinary people wouldn’t be able to spot anything.

But Lin Rui’s vision, enhanced tenfold, is stronger than Hawkeye’s; this distance doesn’t hinder his observation at all, and he sees those people lying on the grass from the mound clearly.

So Lin Rui chuckled, shook his head, and said: "These people clearly aren’t very powerful, they simply can’t comprehend high-tier situations, otherwise they wouldn’t be doing such a foolish thing, lying there with no disguise effect whatsoever. Have Silver Moon bring them over."

Meanwhile, the group hiding in the grass was using monoculars to look closely at Lin Rui and others below the mound.

The leaders were three male explorers. Even in the plain area, they could endure Dark Strike, meaning their power was decent.

A middle-aged man with stubble cautiously asked: "Are they local forces too? Why do knights keep passing through here? Damn, they’re strong! The attribute panel is all blood-red."

"I don’t care if they’re strong or not; I only care why they suddenly stopped here? They won’t be guards, right? If we have to fight guards of this level, I’ll flee immediately. Are you kidding? Forget those undead soldiers; these knights aren’t even elite monsters, they’re complete mini-bosses, any one of them could chop us to pieces, right? As for the big bosses, even their attributes can’t be checked and feel like they could wipe us out with a casual move."

"Xigou, why aren’t you saying anything? Are you secretly watching beauties?"

The last skinny man swallowed and said: "She’s really beautiful. The women in my domain are far inferior to her. If she were one of my people, I’d never leave the bed for a day!"

"You’ll die on a woman’s belly eventually!" The fat man in the middle cursed bitterly: "But why do I feel she looks familiar, as if I’ve seen her somewhere?"

"Now that you mention it, I feel the same way. Let me have another look! Wow, such perfect legs! So white, long, and slender; I really want to touch them. This short skirt paired with the deerskin leather belt, refreshingly cool and stylish, this knife... this knife... gulp..." Saying this, the skinny man swallowed hard, finally noticing the eerie silence around him.

He trembled as he pulled the monocular away from his eyes, looking up to see the cold young girl standing before him, and instantly his jaw dropped.

Meanwhile, all other explorers and their subordinate soldiers were already trembling beside him, standing in a row with their heads down, not daring to breathe loudly.

"What’s with this knife?"

"Gulp... This knife is so white, slender, and long. Truly a perfect blade!" The skinny man swallowed, didn’t raise his head, and said firmly.

Silver Moon squinted at him and coldly asked: "Wasn’t it white, slender, and long perfect legs?"

The skinny man hesitated, cautiously lifted his head to look at Silver Moon, then hesitantly said: "Boss... it should be... knife... or legs?"

Silver Moon’s expression remained unchanged.

In the eyes of territory’s others, the seemingly cute and proud young girl was extraordinarily intimidating to the explorers, extremely cold and powerful.

The skinny man’s forehead was drenched in sweat, his heart nearly stopping, forcing the words: "It should be legs!"

Silver Moon, expressionless, sheathed the blade and said: "Come with me, the Lord wants to see you."

Everyone sincerely sighed in relief, feeling like they’d escaped from the Ghost Gate, wiping the cold sweat from their foreheads as they followed stiffly behind Silver Moon’s slender figure.

Though she is elegant and slender, when it comes to action, she alone could chop everyone into pieces with her longsword.

Everyone, trembling like a bunch of quails, was led by Silver Moon to the bottom of the mound.

Lin Rui frowned slightly, turned toward Silver Moon, and asked: "What did you do to them to scare them like this?"

Silver Moon, arms crossed with longsword in hand and looking indifferent, said: "I just confirmed what he said."

"Just that simple?" Lin Rui asked doubtfully.

Silver Moon turned her face coolly toward the distance and replied: "Just that simple."