089 Expected Things
When Roland arrived at Beta's house, he saw that the doorway was ajar, and he did not hesitate to push it in.
As soon as I entered the living room, I saw two women hugging each other and crying, and the atmosphere of sadness was spreading.
It's the maid Lisa and her freckled face sister.
Beta stood aside, a little cramped, he saw Roland, immediately greeted him, and said, "Brother Roland, something happened." ”
Roland looked at the two women hugging each other and crying, he probably guessed what was going on, but still asked, "What's the situation?" ”
"Lisa's family was attacked, the eldest brother and sister-in-law were killed on the spot, the parents were missing, and the bodies of the second and third brothers, as well as the younger brother, were thrown away by them in front of the house and behind the house." Beta sighed softly as she spoke.
In fact, they had expected such a situation for a long time. Lisa is not dead, and the murderer is proud of being a smart man, and most likely will take revenge.
For this reason, both Roland and Beta advised Lisa's family to leave the city, Lisa was relatively safe because she became Beta's maid, and her sister was relatively safe because she usually worked as a prostitute in some taverns, which were originally protected by some big people.
So the only ones who had an accident were Lisa's relatives who had to stay in the city and refused to leave.
In fact, Lisa's parents are betting that Beta will always protect them.
But Beta felt that what Roland had said before made sense, he couldn't protect these people for the rest of his life, and he was willing to escort these people out of the city and live in other places.
It's just that the other party refuses, so what can be done if he has to stay in the city and find death! He had done his best, and there was no guilt in his heart at all, but the cries of the two women made him a little sad.
Both of these women are sensible and know that Roland and Beta are not to blame for this, so naturally they will not shout nonsense like 'why don't you protect us'.
It's one thing to understand, even if your parents are looking for death, there will be sadness and discomfort.
"You stay here to protect the two of them, maybe the enemy will come here." Roland looked at the sky outside and continued, "I'll go to Hawke and ask them about the situation. ”
Beta nodded, even if Roland didn't say it, he would have done it.
Coming out of Beta's house, Roland was not in a hurry to get out of the city, he first went to the Temple of Life.
In the prayer hall, Roland saw Jett kneeling on the ground, facing the statue of the goddess of life, his eyes closed, and he looked reverent.
There was no one in the Temple of Life except Jet.
Roland walked in, walked up behind Jett, and asked, "Would you be interested in doing a quest with me that doesn't have a reward?" ”
"No problem." Jett opened his eyes, then stood up.
"I didn't delay you in praying."
"It's okay, the goddess is in my heart."
Roland couldn't help laughing: "What you said, how can you feel like you are visiting Buddha." ”
"It's pretty much the same." Jett said naturally: "The Buddha is a god, and the goddess of life is also a god, so you can just change your name and pray." ”
Pragmatism of Faith...... Essentially, this should be considered a hypocrite.
However, this has nothing to do with Roland, he beckons to Jett and leads him out of the city gates.
At a construction site by the river, Roland found Hawke.
As soon as Hawke saw him, he went straight into the house that had been built next to him, but had no furniture.
There was a fresh earthy smell in the room, which was nice for some people, but not for others. Jett didn't like it very much, and he gently fanned the wind hard in front of his nose.
"You asked me to send a few beggars to keep an eye on the Ritter family in the ghetto, not long ago, those beggars have come to report that something has happened, and I guess you will come to me soon." Hawke's expression was a little angry: "I don't know much, those beggars are not professional scouts, but the perpetrators are sure to be members of the underworld forces in the North District, they killed the sons of the old Ritter that night, and then kidnapped the Ritters." Quite arrogant, completely treating human life as a bug. ”
Roland looked at Hawke's expression and sighed: "Don't be so angry, didn't we already know that this world is cannibalism?" Whether it's the Heart-Eating incident you participated in, or the disappearance of the girl that Beta and I were involved in, those big people really didn't take the lives of civilians seriously. Let's take a look. ”
Jett knew about Roland's involvement in the 'Disappearance of the Girl', but he was not aware of Hawke's involvement in the 'Heart-Eating' incident. So now he looked curious.
"What makes me most angry is that the civilians here don't have any sense of resistance to this, they are just glad that things didn't fall on them, and they are resigned to their fate." Hawke's face was full of hatred and disappointment: "It makes me want to move the content of Xiaohongshu a little." ”
When Jett heard this, he immediately became excited: "Hey, that sounds interesting." I think there's a headset. ”
This is obviously a person who likes to join in the fun and doesn't think it's a big deal.
But Roland shook his head: "Impossible." The productivity and combat effectiveness of this world are in the hands of professionals and aristocrats. They can use magic to improve crops, and the soil is theirs. A fully armed physical professional, even if he is not in the elite, can easily take out dozens of villagers. Even if these villagers take simple weapons. What's more, there are other masters, legends and other professional levels, and the gap in combat effectiveness is too big. Personally, I'm not optimistic about this kind of behavior, unless our players have increased their level to a certain level and have their own sphere of influence, it's better to reform this kind of thing. ”
All three were people who memorized political textbooks by rote, otherwise they would not have been admitted to university.
The simple truth is still clear, the regime has to be hard enough to get it. The two were deflated when they heard this, and they had to admit that Roland had a point.
Seeing that they had given up on this idea, Roland continued, "Although we can't do big things now, it is still possible to do small things. How about we go for a walk in the eastern suburbs? ”
Jett said happily, "Okay, no problem. ”
Hawke nodded, "Wait for me for a few minutes, I'll go and explain something to Link." ”
After about twenty minutes, the three Roland appeared in the slum alleys of the eastern suburbs.
Gangs have always grown better in poor land, and the nobles in the rich areas have their own private soldiers and guards, and they are only hammered there, so they can only bully the commoners, suck the flesh and blood of the weak, survive in this way, and grow stronger.
In the alleys of the slums, it seems quiet, and there are not many people walking outside.
Roland looked left and right, and occasionally saw the eyes of a pauper peeking through the crack in the window, but when he saw Roland staring at him, he immediately shrank into the darkness again, and closed the window even tighter.
These eyes were full of horror and fear.
And inside the alley, there was a faint smell of blood.