The God's Games

Chapter 223: Canaan Town (Parr 2)

And he did know a bit about Hanjun.

Seeing that Hanjun seemed interested in Canaan Town, the Royal Knight replied, "This matter has nothing to do with Viscount Hereford. After all, he's just a viscount, and His Majesty barely remembers how many viscounts are in his lands. But you are the only Holy Son of the Church of Light in this world."

This statement made Hanjun realize that the reason King Varis wanted to see him probably had something to do with the Church of Light.

Hanjun thought for a moment and found it quite uninteresting.

No matter how he reasoned it out, it seemed to be related to politics.

The Royal Knight seemed to understand Hanjun's expression and added, "Of course, since you are the Holy Son of the Church of Light, just by your word, Viscount Hereford's lands could fall under your rule."

These words seemed to hit the mark for Hanjun, who smiled but didn't reply.

The convoy finally stopped.

The Royal Knight had them stop right in the center of Canaan Town, but no one came out of their houses.

The silence of the small town was a bit unsettling.

Captain Adelbert Steiner gave a glance to one of his men, signaling him to go and knock on the building's door.

He had already seen from a distance that there were people inside.

But for some reason, despite all the noise outside, there wasn't a single sound from within.

The soldier followed his order and walked up to one of the door nearby.

He knocked the door loudly while saying, "Is anyone there? We're from the Knight of the White Wolf. We just passing through and looking to stay for one night."

His voice was loud, and the knocking was forceful, but there was no response from inside.

This strange behavior made Captain Adelbert and the players feel uneasy.

They glanced cautiously toward the house.

Just as everyone began to tense up, they suddenly heard a commotion from inside.

A burst of shouting came from within, and a group of people, crowded together, rushed out of the building.

Some were holding scythes, others had kitchen knives, and a few had axes, all looking outside with fierce expressions, glaring at Hanjun and his group.

Captain Adelbert had no idea what was happening; he just saw these people suddenly charge toward them while shouting, "We'll fight you to the end!"

The players were stunned, and Captain Adelbert was also shocked.

What on earth was going on?

Why did they suddenly charge at them?

Did they not make themselves clear enough, or were these people lying in ambush here, intending to assassinate the Holy Son of the Church of Light?

The two sides were fighting, while Hanjun sat leisurely in the carriage, beckoning to a soldier.

The soldier carefully approached Hanjun, his eyes were alert as he looked outside, "Holy Son, do you have any orders?"

Hanjun sighed and said, "Go tell your captain that this is all a misunderstanding; there's no need to fight."

The soldier was confused, "A misunderstanding? What kind of misunderstanding?"

Hanjun nodded his head toward the people who had rushed out of the building.

They were dressed in simple, worn-out clothes that looked like those of common folk.

They didn't have the air of bandits; they seemed more like desperate people who are struggling to survive.

"Those people probably aren't here to assassinate me. They are just locals and most likely they just scared by your approach."

The soldier felt his brain wasn't working properly.

Why couldn't he understand what Hanjun was saying?

Hanjun continued, "You don't need to worry about all that. Just go and tell your captain that he should explain to those people we're not here to capture them."

The soldier who is still not fully understanding anything, went to find his captain.

Trusting Hanjun's words, Captain Aldelbert addressed everyone, "Stop fighting, we're not here to capture you!"

The captain of Royal Knight's words carried some weight, and after he spoke, the people stopped their fighting, still doubtful, "Really? You're not here to catch us?"

Captain Adelbert sheathed his sword and rubbed his forehead, saying, "Why would I want to capture you? We're just looking for a place to stay the night since it's getting dark."

The locals looked at each other, realizing that they had misunderstood the situation and revealed themselves for nothing.

One person stepped out from the crowd and smiled at Captain Adelbert, "Sorry, sorry, it was our misunderstanding. Please forgive us, Captain."

With Hanjun around, it wasn't Captain Adelbert's place to get angry, especially since Hanjun had already noticed this.

He wasn't going to say anything more.

But Captain Adelbert who is still very curious asked, "So, what did you do to feel so guilty when you saw the knights?"

The local residents had awkward expressions on their faces.

"Well… uh…"

Hanjun learned the truth about today's incident from the players.

After Canaan Town was abandoned by Viscount Hereford, the people of Canaan Town struggled to survive.

Without food, they had nothing to eat.

Those who realized the dire situation in Canaan Town had left the town long ago.

The ones who remained were the people who still felt a connection to Canaan Town and wanted to protect their homeland.

Unfortunately, with so few people left, they couldn't survive using normal methods.

After much thought, they finally came up with one way to survive: to gather all the strength of the town and turn to robbery.

A group of ordinary people had turned into bandits.

If it wasn't because of hardship, how would they have ended up like this?

That night, they were all together, discussing how to divide their loot, when suddenly they heard someone outside saying they were from the Knights of the White Wolf.

This immediately scared them, thinking the knights had come to arrest them.

For the sake of their lives, of course, they decided to fight back.

But they never expected that this misunderstanding would happen.