Chapter 161 Exposed
Although the resistance fighters around Kennis were still protecting him, they had obviously begun to relax.

The two men in tattered clothes in front of them didn't look like strong men at all, so they felt they were safe.

But Kennis' muscles were still tense, and he held the flare gun tightly in his hand. As long as the two people opposite him made the slightest movement, he would retreat desperately and fire the flare at any time.

"This place looks like it's been abandoned for a while. Are you really the rangers here?"

Katniss repeated his question again.

"Sir, we are not abandoned here."

The two people on the opposite side seemed to want to step forward and explain to Katniss, but under the threat of weapons from the two resistance fighters beside them, they could only stand where they were.

"It's just that the house is a bit run-down, and we can't find the building materials to reinforce it."

"We also tried to go to surrounding towns, but we couldn't buy reinforcement materials either."

The two of them talked at once, trying to explain the situation in the room. In the end, the taller-looking ranger ended their statement after all the confusing conversation.

"Sir, we are really just forest rangers, and definitely not bandits. We will definitely pay this year's taxes later. Please forgive us."

In Katniss's eyes, these two men obviously regarded them as the lord's thugs and were looking for a reason to torture them for their own amusement.

From what Kayneth had learned during this period, those nobles' thugs were really capable of doing such things. And given the economic situation of this territory, these forest rangers would most likely not be able to get the supplies they needed from the outside for several years. Without maintainers, these forest huts would indeed age after a few years. If there was more water during the rainy season, these houses, which were mainly made of wood, would decay faster than most people could imagine.

Kenis didn't want to continue scaring the two poor forest rangers. If it were the high priest, he would not have cooperated in the questioning.

According to intelligence, the high priest was a level 10 clergyman. For a strong man of this level, it was a shame to be questioned by a group of level 3 or 4 resistance fighters. A strong man of level 10 or above would not need to spend much effort to eliminate their team.

As far as Kenis thought, it was not impossible for the ranger's hut in this territory to become like this. Under the governance of those nobles, the citizens did not have much money in their pockets, and the surrounding merchants would not come to this territory under such circumstances. It was understandable that they could not buy building materials for reinforcing the hut.

Even if the two people in front of them were not forest rangers, they were probably just ordinary people who had escaped from the village and were hiding in the forest, waiting for the storm to pass. In the worst case scenario, they were just scattered robbers.

For an organized team like Katniss, even if they are robbers, they pose no threat to them.

"We are going to requisition your room."

Kenis winked at a resistance fighter beside him, walked towards the two men, took out his purse, took out two gold coins from it and handed them over.

"This is your reward. You are not allowed to go near this room tonight."

Normally, two gold coins would be enough for their team to stay in a nice hotel for one night, with a meal of vegetables and meat included. To stay in such a shabby house was considered very generous.

The resistance fighters have always been generous when it comes to accommodation and purchasing supplies. Their money comes easily, and the most abundant things in the warehouses of those nobles are various coins. If you hang one or two nobles, you can find thousands or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins in their warehouses.

But it is not easy for the resistance fighters to spend money. They certainly cannot enter those big cities because they are always dealing with pursuers and have no fixed base. It is also difficult for those merchants to find them and trade with them.

The coins in their hands are only useful when they pass through some villages to replenish supplies.

Katniss watched the two rangers holding the gold coins and walking happily towards the forest. He breathed a sigh of relief until they were almost out of his sight, and walked towards the dilapidated ranger's cabin. It was almost dark, and before he could rest, he still had work to do. Arrange a night watch, determine the search route for tomorrow, and make a simple record of what happened today.

The resistance fighters around had also put away their weapons.

They have been tired all day and now is the time to relax.

No one noticed anything unusual about the two rangers.

"It looks like they got away with it."

Lei Ming glanced behind him and saw that the resistance fighters were already chatting and laughing as they started a fire outside the hut, took out the dry food they brought with them, and began to prepare dinner.

For them, today's mission has ended. In the next few hours, except for the two shifts of resistance fighters on night stand, everyone else can briefly enjoy the quiet night and have a good rest.

"Those two rangers are pretty strong."

"Forest rangers are well-trained. After all, they often need to fight wild beasts, and chopping wood is also a strenuous job. The forest rangers in our area are basically the most capable fighters around the village, except for the noble guards."

The resistance fighters gathered in front of the fire, chatting while waiting for dinner. The two forest rangers just now naturally became the focus of their chat.

"Tsk tsk, I don't know how he grew up. Judging from the condition of this room, their food shouldn't be very good, but he can still maintain his physique..."

Lei Ming was getting farther and farther away, and would soon be completely out of the sight of these resistance fighters. If those resistance fighters chatted for a while longer, both sides would have the best ending.

Laming successfully left without being discovered, and the resistance fighters who were searching were able to live to see the next morning.

"You said they were in good shape?"

However, Katniss noticed his men's idle chatter.

He had just looked into the cellar of the ranger's cabin, and there was only some dried meat and preserved fruit, but no grain or bread. There was only a little food, and it didn't look like it would be enough to feed the two men every day and survive the coming winter.

Moreover, even if dried meat and preserved fruits can fill the stomach, they cannot maintain the body shape well in the absence of grains.

"No, pick up your weapons and chase!"

Lei Ming heard the chaotic footsteps behind him, smiled bitterly, and stopped.

"It looks like there's no way to have the perfect ending tonight."

The resistance fighters caught up, and then they saw the sunlight.

The power of divine magic gathered, and soon the chaotic footsteps disappeared. The sunlight condensed into arrows of light, piercing through the bodies of these resisters.

However, a flare still rose into the sky.

(End of this chapter)