The Yham city was the third largest city in the valley, it was not as busy as the Plaka city, but it was the city that had the highest food production, thanks to the fact that it was close to a large river, it had developed various activities ranging from fishing to agriculture.
All this was information that William had acquired under the business association with Adams, however, Glem understood that the fact that the bandits were hired by Earl Clark, meant that something was happening behind the scenes, but for now he would have to finish his job. mission before drawing conclusions.
After the bandit finished speaking, Glem tied him to a tree, he planned to leave him there so that the wild animals ate him, although Glem was not a sadist who liked to kill people, he was not a saint either, and as a soldier his His hands weren't clean and he wasn't really interested in the life of a simple bandit.
Glem, together with his team, approached the villagers, who will continue to be afraid, although they were 5 people, they had seen how those ostriches were killing machines, added to the fact that these visitors killed without hesitation, had greatly intimidated the villagers. .
Seeing the villagers in fear, Glem changed his sinister expression to a pleasant smile "Good morning, don't be afraid, we have not come to hurt you, my name is Glem and I am from an unnamed village located north of this place, we have come looking for people who want to move to our village, since we lack manpower, in return we will offer them food and a safe place to live."
At Glem's words, many of the villagers saw some hope, after all, they no longer had anything to lose, however, the village chief decided to speak "sounds like a dream, but we can't trust, right? How many times have we been deceived with sweet words? I would like to believe you, but my people have suffered too much, we just want to live in peace", Glem understood a little the distrust of the village chief, but he could not give up so easily since it was his mission .
In order to convince the villagers, Glem decided to take out the secret weapon under the eyes of the villagers, Glem mounted his ostrich and left for a moment, then returned with several bags on the ostrich's back "we have brought these sacks of food as a gift, for now we will stay one day on the outskirts of town, I hope they think about my proposal during the night and tomorrow they give me an answer".
The chief did not want to accept the food, but seeing the pale faces of the villagers he decided to accept it, when they all tasted the food they were delighted, they had never tasted something so delicious in their lives, the food was nothing more than a little minced meat accompanied of some tubers that they had begun to cultivate.
However, the seasoning of salt and sugar, together with the delicious fish meat, managed to satisfy the stomachs of these poor villagers, some even cried for being able to eat such delicious food, the next day, Glem approached the villagers again , "Very well, today we are leaving, if you want to come with us it is your last chance" the village chief clenched his fists and spoke "tell me, if we go with you, can we eat again the food you gave us yesterday?"
Glem smiled "of course, in fact, there is more delicious food in the village, you just have to follow the rules and I promise you will never have to go hungry again", the boss had watched Glem very carefully since yesterday, although at facing the bandit was really scary, when he talked to them for some strange reason, he had a feeling of familiarity, as if he could understand them, therefore, he decided to trust, and thus began the journey of his people towards a new life.
Let's go back a day before, after Anderson gave the instructions to Glem, his assistant warned him to check one of the drone cameras, apparently there was another town under attack, this time they were not bandits but wild beasts.
They were very similar to pterodactyls, 2 meters tall and a wingspan of 4 meters, they had sharp claws and huge teeth, it was not the first time I had seen these creatures, however, they had never had problems with them, since they were easily frightened With the sound of gunfire, therefore, they did not take them seriously, but seeing that several were joining together to attack a village, Anderson thought that from now on he would have to take them more seriously.
This village was the destination of Charles, therefore, Anderson informed him of the situation, once informed, Charles quickened his pace and before reaching the town he fired a few shots into the air, the sound scared the wild creatures who fled. quickly.
After the flight, a somewhat unpleasant scene had remained, some villagers had been half eaten, while others were lying with various injuries, some of the small houses had been knocked down while the ones that remained hid several families who hesitated. leave.
Charles went to the center of the village where he began to shout "My name is Charles and I come from a village located in the north, we have scared away the wild beasts and I would like to speak with the village chief", Charles had to wait several minutes, before an old woman came out with a young man.
Slowly the villagers began to look out to see what was happening, soon they saw a huge ostrich mounted by a man whose skin was dark hair and black eyes, the characteristic of Charles was that he had grown his hair since he came to this world, his hair was straight from birth and he liked to have it long, too bad it was forbidden in the army.
Charles's appearance confused the villagers, because of his skin tone anyone would think that Charles was a slave (it was a world full of racism and classism), but that long straight hair gave him a certain nobility, accompanied by the intimidation that caused by the ostrich was a strange scene for the villagers.
On the other hand, Charles believed that he had impressed the villagers therefore he felt somewhat proud, with some grace he got down from his mount and stood in front of the old woman and the young man, the old woman was the first to speak "greetings noble visitor my name is Jemimah and this young man is my grandson, on behalf of all of us we thank him for helping us".
Although Charles's ego was at its best at this moment, he did not forget his training as a soldier and replied "nothing to be thankful for, we were just passing through" many times the people who suffer the most learn to be distrustful, therefore, the old woman asked with some suspicion "and may I know what is the reason for your visit?"
Charles didn't plan to hide anything and he didn't want to waste too much time either "Sure, we've come to make you an offer, if you like you can move to the town where we live, we have enough space to give you a safe place and you won't have to worry about food".
Charles had spoken loud enough for many of the villagers to hear, the old woman was quite hesitant, she knew there was no free lunch, so she had to ask "sounds like a good offer, but I'd like to know what we have to do in exchange for it." food and lodging."
Charles smiled "of course you will have to work and follow the rules of the village, but I promise you that you will not be treated like slaves, we just want to create a village big enough not to fear savage threats."
Once Charles finished talking, he gave him the bag of food as a gift, and left the village, he didn't plan to stay the same as Glem, his plan was to visit as many villages as possible and give basic directions to reach a point where I would expect them in a couple of days.
In this way, Charles continued his journey, luckily for him, he did not find danger in the other villages he visited and in most of the population, a large part of the population agreed to accompany him, after all, they did not have much food and they knew that in this place survival was uncertain.