During the autumn harvest, outside the small town of Hippo on the Windless Plain, in the vast expanse of rice fields, hundreds of emaciated serfs in tattered clothes were working diligently.
Not far from them, a wealthy farm owner dressed in splendid attire, with a fat belly, was surrounded by a group of attendants, inspecting the fields back and forth. If a serf slowed down even slightly, the farm owner would unhesitatingly raise the whip in his hand and lash fiercely. Thus, accompanied by the farm owner's shouting and scolding, the serfs dared not slack off and could only endure their fatigue and pain to continue working.
At this moment, in the wasteland two hundred meters away from the fields, a figure lay hidden on the ground, concealed by the weeds, making it impossible for anyone to discover him.
"Barto, you bastard, I've finally waited for you!" Ron muttered to himself, his eyes almost filled with murderous intent. However, he did not take any drastic actions next.
He just silently recited the word "system" in his mind. Immediately, a virtual screen appeared in his mind.
[Today's intelligence is as follows—]
[1. Barto, the farm owner of Hippo Town, to eliminate any future trouble, is preparing to force you to sign a slave contract and sell you to the fallen noble Kregi of Kula City.]
[2. The fallen noble Kregi has an abnormal hobby, enjoying playing with young boys, using rough methods and being skilled in using props.]
[3. Your sister Alice, to enable you to continue paying the people's tax, was persuaded by Lady Mirraf at the exchange and signed a slave contract for four silver coins, becoming a textile worker for the Sal family in Kula City.]
[4. On the big tree about fifty meters to the west of the small wooden house where you live, there is a bird's nest with five eggs.]
[5. About two hundred meters to the southeast of the small wooden house where you live, there are three raspberry bushes which are about to ripen.]
[6. The area where Kula City is located will soon be hit by a cold air mass, causing a sharp drop of temperature.]
[7. Recently, huge beast tracks have appeared on the main road outside Hippo Town, causing most people not to dare to go out.]
[8. Due to the rumors of beast appearances, the grain prices in Hippo Town have risen.]
[9. Barto, the farm owner, fearing that the beasts will trample and destroy his fields, has forced the serfs to harvest more intensively within three days.]
[10. When Barto is inspecting the fields, he will step on the depression at the ditch and unfortunately fall, covered in mud, at noon tomorrow when inspecting the fields.]
"The time is almost here." Ron slightly raised his head, glanced at the sun in the sky, and his eyes became somewhat expectant. "That trap, I've added some strong stuff to it."
"Even if it doesn't kill him, I can at least collect some interest first." Ron grinned, his originally handsome face becoming somewhat distorted and fierce.
Ten days ago, he was an ordinary young man in the earth.
However, due to an accident, his soul was transported to this world and possessed a young boy.
After his memory merged and he understood the situation, he immediately felt that the situation was extremely difficult.
He is now named Ron Yeager, a farmer's child in Hippo Town.
But his father, a farmer, died of overwork, his mother disappeared, and only his sister Alice remained, living together with him. Fortunately, his father was a free citizen of Hippo Town, leaving behind a wooden house at the corner of the street and a small piece of farmland outside the town.
Originally, relying on farming, although the life of the brother and sister was difficult, they could at least survive.
However, Barto, the farm owner, targeted the brother and sister, using means to take away their house and farmland. Without property and farmland, if they could not pay the annual people's tax, they would lose their status as free citizens and become slaves without surnames and low status.
With no way out, his sister Alice decided to go to the exchange to sell herself. She exchanged four silver coins to allow Ron to continue paying the people's tax and keep the fire of the Yeager family. It was also at this time that Ron came through and activated the Daily Intelligence System.
This system has only one function. That is, every day at dawn, it can refresh and obtain ten pieces of arbitrary intelligence. The content of the intelligence is generally related to his actions. And the time involved in the intelligence is not only the present, but also the past and the future.
Through the intelligence of these days, Ron has already known that Barto is the mastermind behind his family's decline! And after taking his family's property, he still did not give up, wanting to make him a slave and completely control him.
Even because of his handsome appearance and clear features, he wanted to sell him to a noble with abnormal hobbies. All these behaviors made Ron hate Barto to the bone and wanted to kill him as soon as possible.
But the other party is a slave owner who hired knight attendants to protect him. Ron, a weak young man, could not do anything about it. Therefore, Ron could only endure first, using the daily intelligence to find a dilapidated thatched cottage in the wild to temporarily settle down.
After waiting for seven or eight days, Ron finally got a useful piece of intelligence yesterday. So, Ron, who finally found an opportunity, was furious and determined.
He used a rusty trap he found before, relying on the daily intelligence, replaced the spring, and put it into a temporary toilet he dug in the woods, soaked in fecal water. Then, during the day, pretending to pass by, he found the low-lying area with water, and quietly came over at night to set the trap.
"It's both rust and fecal water, even if you are lucky enough not to die, you will also be infected with tetanus." Ron sneered, and then noticed the tenth piece of intelligence today.
"I wonder how much money is in that wallet? Is it enough for me to buy a breathing method?" Through memory, he knew that in this divine continent, there are some incredible superpowers. Among them, the most widely circulated path is to cultivate an energy called "fighting spirit" through breathing methods and become a powerful knight.
"Even the lowest-level apprentice knight has the strength to kill bears and tigers!" "So, I must obtain the breathing method and become a knight in order to have control over my own destiny!" Ron shouted in his heart and vowed silently.
However, the next moment, his gaze condensed. He saw that Barto was gradually approaching the place where he had set the trap in the ridge.
"Move it! Faster!" Barto barked, cracking his whip sharply in the air."
"You group of lowly slaves, if you dare to be lazy again, I will hang you up and whip you all day!" Suddenly, when Barto came to the ditch, he saw that a wheat ear was not cut away due to the negligence of the serf. Therefore, he was very heartbroken as usual, and hurriedly ran over to pick it up.
"Ah!" However, the next moment, Barto suddenly let out a scream.