Chapter 11: The Sheep and the Wolf
"Uncle! Please forgive me! I just thought of my father's entrustment, of the poor people of my clan, of the warriors who had fought so hard for us for so many years, and all of this made me feel like a failed leader.
You know it! I have worked hard more than once, and I have fought for everyone to live a good life, but I have only been accompanied by failures again and again, seeing that everyone is still living a poor life with me for so many years, as their leader, I don't want to go on like this, I believe that even if my father is still alive, he will make the same choice as me. โ
Hearing Amini's roar, Evan and Scholes stopped pulling, Scholes first turned around and kowtowed to Amini, then raised his head and said to his uncle with a serious and sincere face.
Seeing Scholes kneeling in front of him with a stubborn face, Amini felt extremely tired all over his body, his raised arms were now as heavy as a thousand pounds, and he sat on the ground with a very decadent ass, tearing his hair with both hands, trying to vent his anger.
"Uncle, don't be like this, it's also painful and unwilling for me to make such a decision, but I know that my current choice is not wrong, you know that it is difficult to survive in the Navia Peninsula, there are too many people here, the area is too small, and it is excessively barren, we watch the people struggle to survive in such a situation, what are we working hard for so many years? Uncle? โ
Scholes, kneeling in front of Amini, put his hands on his legs, spoke anxiously and seriously in his heart.
"Uncle. You know that the survival here depends on strength, this is the world of wolves, if you want to eat and drink. Although we do not lack courage and determination, in the final analysis, we are just a lone wolf wandering in this barren land, and the lone wolf will freeze and starve to death at any time, and only find a strong wolf pack. in order to live better and longer.
Uncle! Don't you think the same way I do? Do you still want to live as weak as you used to be, and be bullied at will? Can't even control your own life? โ
Seeing that Amini didn't answer, Scholes's tone became more urgent, and he choked up even more after speaking.
Hearing Scholes make a metaphor for a wolf, not only Evan. Even the nervous big Olaf understood it. There was a slight change in his face.
Yes! Everyone knows that the wolves are cunning and cruel, but the lone wolf lives a humble and pitiful life, and if the wolves are not relied on, their lives will be in danger at any time, either starving to death and freezing to death, or dying under the hunter's arrows, these superficial truths are understood by everyone, but when a person says this problem loudly in front of people. The shock to everyone is not small.
"ScholesโI understand your words, but you made such a hasty decision for such a big one. It's-this-"
Amini finally let go of the hand that was tearing his hair, raised his head, and said to his nephew who was watching him struggle step by step with tears in his eyes, and couldn't cry when he said it.
"Uncle, don't you still understand? Today's battle, in our opinion, the powerful tribe, but the defeat and slaughter, this proves this truth even more, we are not capable now, then they can rob us like bandits, kill us, look down on us, we are sheep under their mouths, if we are stronger than them, then we can control their life and death at will, we are wolves, they are sheep. โ
Scholes looked directly at Amini, without even blinking his eyelids, just staring straight at each other, and said in an unusually serious and heavy tone, the difference between sheep and wolves.
"Heyโโ! I'm old! The land and the people were given to you by your father, and I will be reunited with your father in the near future, and since you have an idea, I will not say more. โ
Seeing Scholes with a resolute expression and tears in his eyes, many words only turned into a long sigh, Amini, an old man with gray hair, just waved his hand weakly at his nephew who was kneeling in front of him, and gave up the argument weakly, and at this moment, Amini's body seemed to age ten years in an instant.
Seeing his uncle, who had compromised, Scholes took a deep breath hard, calmed his emotions, turned around, and looked at the three people who were looking at him not far away, waiting for an answer.
"Lord Scholes, you stand up first, your uncle is right, you should think about this matter carefully before deciding, don't make a mess of your relatives."
Seeing Scholes looking at him, Evan hurriedly stepped forward to support the middle-aged man who was more and more pleasing to the eye the more he looked at him, and the courageous middle-aged man opened his mouth to persuade.
Hearing Evan's words, Scholes's heart suddenly cooled, he said this, Evan still vaguely rejected his defection, he thought that Evan looked down on him, and he couldn't look down on his thousands of poor clanging people, and a sense of loss filled his heart.
Seeing that the other party was still stubborn, Evan turned his head to look at Sanchez beside him, and then the two of them reluctantly helped Scholes who was kneeling on the ground, and helped Amini who was in a daze on the side, and everyone continued to sit in front of the campfire.
But after sitting down, Evan found that everyone had become silent, especially Scholes's loss at the moment was written on his face, and after thinking about it, Evan understood that Scholes must have misunderstood himself, which was not a good sign.
"Lord Scholes, I'm honored that you came to join us, I didn't mean to refuse you just now, I just think you need to think about it seriously, after all, there is still a big difference between taking refuge and forming an alliance."
Evan understood where the sense of loss on Scholes's face came from, how could he give up such a good opportunity, and hurriedly opened his mouth to remedy, he didn't want to go too far and push such a general out of the way.
Hearing Evan's words, Scholes, who was originally disappointed, immediately became excited, and even Amini, who was lifeless opposite, raised his head and looked at Evan suspiciously, wasn't Evan decisive? Why did you accept it again so quickly? But after thinking about it, a fool will refuse to eat food in his mouth, who wouldn't want to give thousands of people for nothing? Realizing this, Amini continued to bow his head and returned to a state of silence.
"Count Evan! Do you know that in this barren land, the most majestic black bear can not stop the wolves, after all, a person's strength is limited, even if you have your own goals, a person to complete without a group of people to complete the convenience, as long as you can agree to take us, your goal in the future is our common goal......"
Hearing the meaning of Evan's words, Scholes still didn't understand, he immediately knelt on the ground, serious as Evan promised, Sanchez nodded excitedly on the side, only Amini sat silently with a dejected expression. (To be continued......)