Chapter Eighty-Seven: Rhodes' First Defeat!
"Kacha!" Rhodes hung up. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After calming his heart, he looked at the trembling villagers and showed an extremely reluctant smile: "I'm so sorry that my hero was killed by me. ”
Chloe and the others did not speak, and silently came behind Rhodes.
"Let's just play as if none of this happened, and we should continue our voyage as if we had never been here. Rhodes kicked Ward's body aside, "Please don't tell anyone what you just saw, please!"
"Brother Rhodes, I didn't expect you to be so powerful!" said a chubby boy to Rhodes, "I'm going to be a bounty hunter from now on." ”
Rhodes scratched his head embarrassedly: "Well...... Actually, we're pirates too. ”
Pirate?!
The villagers, who were still trembling but had breathed a sigh of relief, stepped back. If Rhodes and his gang were bounty hunters, it would be completely profitable to kill the Ward Pirates, and they would naturally be rescued. But if it's a pirate, then they might as well be the lambs to be slaughtered next!
As for Rhodes's previous words: Please don't tell anyone what you have just seen and heard, please!
Whether this is to spare them or to kill people, no one knows, no one dares to guess what Rhodes means.
"Just know ......," Rhodes understood the villagers' reactions, "Crisis contact, then we should also go...... Before that, let's bury the village chief. ”
……
"I'm sorry, village chief, but you wouldn't have died if you had come a little earlier. Rhodes also felt a little guilty, this old man who had been with him for a week was quite good to him, but today he died so coldly.
Nana's eyes were blank, and she looked at the grave made of freshly turned dirt, speechless.
"We've been here long enough, the pointer has long been recorded, and we're leaving. Rhodes said to Nana.
Nana still didn't reply.
Rhodes said that she understood that her parents died when she was a child, she had been raised by the village chief, and now that her only support was gone, how could she not be heartbroken: "That...... Let's go first......"
"Hey Captain, you ......" Tyton didn't understand what kind of wind Rhodes was smoking, they got along for a week, and the hero saved the beauty and did it, everything fell into place, why did he give up again?
"Well...... Be silent. Rhodes glared at Tyton, skimmed past Tyton, and left first.
"I want to beat you up!" Tyton was so angry that he had to keep up with Rhodes.
The others also sighed, not quite agreeing with Rhodes' approach, but they couldn't interfere with Rhodes' decision.
"Rhodes, I have a question for you. ”
The departing group all stopped, did not speak or look back. Only Rhodes pursed his lips and finally grinned: "Say it!"
"Are you still short of navigators?" Nana asked aloud.
"Interested!" Rhodes laughed, shouting back.
Nana didn't answer, but stood up, turned and walked over to Rhodes.
"So, Kai--"
"Wait. Nana stopped Rhodes, "King Solas of Green Island has been killed, and the Ward Pirates have been destroyed. If we leave, you'll be able to expect the outcome here. ”
Nana suddenly matured and thought about something that Rhodes didn't even pay attention to.
"That's true...... Rhodes frowned, "but we're pirates, so can you expect us to rule the country?"
"The country ...... Heroes are needed. ”
……
"It's only been less than a day, and the situation has not yet reached the point where it is completely out of control, as long as a person of prestige comes to command the king's army, the riot can be quelled soon. "Rhodes and his gang came to the palace.
Nana glanced at the crowd of residents screaming at the corner of the street, not knowing what to do.
Rhodes was very irritated, and after observing for a while, he discovered the source of the commotion, which turned out to be a group of small pirates. There were only a dozen people, but the inhabitants who were powerless to kill the chickens were like invincible.
Immediately, Rhodes swept away.
In the eyes of the pirates, it was nothing more than a gust of wind blowing, followed by a sword shadow.
When the residents who were about to die saw that the pirates who had just been unstoppable had fallen to the ground, they all hugged each other with palpitations.
"Great, survived......" a woman muttered as she clung to her child.
"Mommy......" The little boy broke free of one hand under the woman's tight embrace, and then pointed to Rhodes, "He ......"
All the residents looked at Rhodes, who walked back to Nana's side and retracted his sword from its scabbard: "Who else can bear this beam?"
"Prince. Nana replied.
Tyton exclaimed, "And the prince? Isn't that simple? Anyway, since there is a prince, he should have come out to quell the turmoil, right? No...... Dead, right?"
"Nope. "Nana has been acting calm," he said, "he's in prison. ”
"In prison?" asked Tyton, who was the most questionable questioner, "did he do something heinous?"
He ...... A long time ago, we were attacked by other countries, and he took the initiative to go to war, and finally suffered a crushing defeat. Several towns were destroyed, and King Solas paid a large amount of Berry to save the kingdom from destruction. Since then, the strength of the Grimm Kingdom has been greatly weakened, and many pirates have taken the opportunity to land on the island and plunder the villagers. I think...... The Ward Pirates appeared at that time, and it must have been him who suppressed Solas since then, which caused the development of the Green Country to stagnate. ”
Chloe pushed his glasses: "It's a big mistake, this can make the Green Kingdom almost perish, and it is only natural that Sollas should follow the will and put him in prison." ”
"Nope. Nana shook her head, "He's going to jail himself." All of us, the people of Greenland, know it. Prince Torrin Bain is a man who has dreamed of becoming the world's best in physical arts since he was a child. He has been working hard and practicing hard. The defeat in that war was not due to him, but because King Solas was too cowardly, he was threatened, and in a panic, he demanded that Prince Torrin Bain withdraw his troops.
The prince refuses Soras's request, splitting the army into two factions. The army that generated the infighting was quickly annihilated. ”
Tyton couldn't help but feel angry at the prince: "What a wreck his father is! ”
"Think about it, how ashamed it is to let the prince, who once had big dreams, put himself in prison. Rhodes sighed, "It's easy to let him go, but how can you let go of his nightmares?"
In a flash of inspiration, he shouted to the residents who were crying in the streets, "Please, everyone!"
……
His face was full of stubble, but it was not difficult to see that he was a handsome man. His eyes were closed, and he sat in his cell as if he had no bones.
Suddenly, his ears moved slightly, and he heard the sound of the door lock being opened.
"You can just put the rice in through the small opening next to it. He replied with his eyes closed, thinking that he was a newcomer who didn't know how to deliver food.
Then came the sound of the door being opened, and he frowned and scolded, "I won't go out!"
"Prince!"
A wail came, and he couldn't help but open his eyes, and in front of him were more than a dozen city-citizens in tattered clothes: "You...... You ......"
"The whole country is in chaos, the king is dead, a gang of pirates is coming, they are going to destroy the kingdom of Grimm!" said one of them, crying.
"How is that possible!" he roared and then wilted again, "but ...... What's the use of you coming to me? I'm just a piece of rubbish, a piece of waste that has wiped out the army. ”
Another voice hoarsely wiped tears from his eyes: "Now you are the only one who can save us!
"Me?" his eyelashes fluttered slightly, and his words seemed to be self-deprecating.
"Prince!" a tall man rushed over to pick him up, "Please!
Thorin Bane was so silently and wonderfully pulled by Tyton, and when Tyton pulled him away, he just wanted to say one thing: "You cry so ugly......"
Rhodes' arm carrying the knife was already very sore, and the random city-citizen under his knife acted unnaturally, as if he was a little embarrassed: "Well...... When will it come? ”
"That's him!" Tyton's originally hard but deliberately shrill voice came, and Rhodes immediately straightened up, knowing that the prince was coming.
When Thorin Bain saw this scene, he felt powerless, as if he remembered the great battle ten years ago, when the enemy army was in waves, and there was no end in sight, and all they had left was fear and despair.
"Huh, who is that guy? Looks like a submissive woman, haha! Did you find such a wreck in half a day?" Rhodes laughed maniacally, pointing at a pile of corpses next to him with a misty snow, "Unfortunately, I've already killed more than a dozen of them, hahaha!" Those corpses were naturally not killed by Rhodes, but the city's citizens who were killed by the pirates before, and now they are being used to stimulate Torin Bane.
"Ah......h
Rhodes saw this scene in his eyes, shook his head slightly, and thought to himself: It's not enough.
The next moment, Rhodes raised his knife: "Hey, coward, dare you try it with me? As long as you win me, I'll get out of here." ”
Thorin Bain looked up, his mouth moving.
Rhodes put away his knife: "As long as you can knock me down, even if I lose." If you can't knock me down, go back to prison and be your loser!"
You just go back to prison and be your loser!
Go back to the palace! The battlefield is not as easy as you think! Go back to being your prince!
As if remembering something, Thorin Bain jerked his head up and looked at Rhodes.
His breathing became more and more rapid, his fists clenched, and the green tendons on his arms surged like snakes.
"Please!" the others cried.
Scene after scene of the past kept flashing in his mind.
Eventually, it all turned into his rage. He roared and rushed towards Rhodes.
Rhodes easily saw that this prince's strength was not weak, and he had obviously practiced. He took the snow back and walked to the prince: "Come, coward!"
One runs, the other walks.
The moment the two touched, a trace of determination flashed on their faces.
"Bang!"
Torrin Bane's fist slammed into Rhodes' face.
At that moment, time seemed to freeze, so quiet that even everyone's gasps seemed to be so loud.
"Bang!" Rhodes was knocked more than ten meters away, and finally fell to the ground, not moving.
Torrin Bane clenched his fists and exhaled heavily. Then the townsfolk cheered, gathered around Torrin Bain, and jumped and cheered at him.
"Long live the Prince!"
"Thank you! You saved us!"
"Please lead us to put down the rebellion!
There were so many townspeople that Thorin Bain could see it, he looked back and forth, nodding his head as he watched, and the tears in his eyes finally welled up: "I must ...... I must "
Countless citizens flocked to Thorin Bain and returned to the palace.
Compared to the noise over there, Rhodes is quiet.
Rhodes lay on the ground, looking at the blue sky and the fluttering white clouds: "It really hurts......" After saying that, he struggled to his feet and walked in the opposite direction of the crowd.
Chloe, Tyton, Nana and others were stunned for a moment and hurriedly followed.
"Aligado (thank you)!" a citizen shouted to Rhodes as Torin Bain departed.
Rhodes stalled.
The hundreds of citizens who remained looked at the backs of Rhodes and everyone in the pirates, and then lined up.
At this moment, it seemed like there were a few more seconds of time for no reason.
Eventually, everyone unexpectedly shouted, "Aligado (thank you)!"
One after another.
Rhodes slowly raised his hand, swung it in a loud way, and strode away.
Leave these citizens with a black back.
No one knew what this man and their pirates were called, but what was it? Just know that they were heroes.
PS: I myself hate adding Japanese to the text, but I have to add this chapter.