Chapter 15: The Earl Who Came Out to Fool
Today, Charlie is also coming out to fool, no, she is here to give a speech.
Look around, these ragged and thin people like big matches.
The way these people looked at her, her eyes had changed slightly.
From the numbness at the beginning, to the eyes with a slight hope and anticipation now, they have been cast on her from all directions.
Charlie stood on the wooden barrel that Old Tom had brought in.
Looking down on these people from above, Charlemagton was under a pressure he had never felt before.
That's the burden of life and death for nearly 100 people.
Just as he met the pair of godless eyes, Charlie changed the draft.
"I'm here to inform you that I know that one night in the future, a silverback wolf will attack the village."
It's like dropping a bomb in calm water.
Speaking of the demonic beasts in the forest, these unresisting lords have long been like frightened birds, and they can't wait to hide back in their leaky 'turtle shells' right now.
Then, silently, desperately, wait for the monster to take some unlucky guys from their territory.
After that, the rest of the people crawled out of the 'shell' and continued to live numbly.
Old Tom wanted to say something, but he couldn't.
However, just as panic spreads through the crowd, the situation becomes more and more uncontrollable, and people are about to flee in all directions, Charlie looks sideways at Miami.
Mirami nodded, and then unleashed an arcane, a firestorm, into the sky.
The powerful fire spell was like a fire phoenix flying high, instantly sweeping the sky above them.
The chaos was immediately intimidating.
The children who had just been frightened by the chaos and had begun to cry were looking at the sky one by one in fear at this time, and some were even so frightened that they peed their pants directly.
The orange-red firelight in the sky reflected the faces of the villagers.
The firestorm was gone, but the fear on the faces of the villagers remained, and Charlie seized the moment and exclaimed, "This is the great Arcanist, who wields powerful magic, and I, your lord, Charlie Violet, am also a powerful Arcanist!" ”
"And we, we, are here to tell you about this for only one reason! That is, I will fulfill the duty of a noble lord, protect my territory from infringement, and protect the lives of my people from coercion! ”
"Those ferocious monsters, they have eaten many of you!"
As he spoke, Charlie looked at the black and thin mother and son in the loose crowd and said, "Those monsters may have eaten your husband, the father of the child." ”
The mother and son trembled, and their eyes, which had long been accustomed to numbness, fluctuated again.
Charlie looked away and looked at an ignorant old couple not far away, "They may have eaten your sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters." ”
There was a slight change in the numb faces of the two old and down-and-out couples, which was very complicated, from pain to numbness, and there was a bitter hatred that could not be released.
"Perhaps you can force yourself to forget about those who have passed away and continue to live strongly. But now, these monsters are here again, they have eaten everyone around you, and the next one will come and eat you. ”
"Is that you?"
He casually pointed at a young and thin male, so frightened that the man's legs went limp and almost sat on the ground.
"Or maybe it's you!"
The finger pointed to a teenage girl with unkempt hair.
The girl trembled and trembled, dominated by fear.
Charlie's 'impassioned' speech succeeded in pushing the villagers' pent-up fears to the extreme.
Miami, who was watching from the sidelines, thought that his student was crazy, and that scaring the poor villagers would only give the silverback wolf more opportunities.
"Probably every single one of you!
But!
Do you really want to give these beasts 'meat' forever?!
In the past, perhaps you could only accept your fate in despair,
But now, you are no longer weak and deceitful!
It is no longer the 'livestock' that the beasts can persecute at will!
For, I, your lord, the explorer of the arcane path, Charlie Violet, will save you from fire and water! ”
Charlie flickered, and the speech was too engaged, and she had to forget that her current strength could only rub one fireball a day.
The so-called extremes of things must be opposed, and the mourning soldiers will win.
Fear and despair to the extreme, the peak of the twist and turn is ......
One by one, the villagers stood up and walked out.
Their eyes changed.
"Resist!"
"Follow the lord and kill those damned monsters!"
……
Unlike the agitated citizens here, Miami's eyes widened.
He remembered that he was the only arcanist here?! But why do the words of the precious apprentice say that they seem to have thousands of troops?
What about the mercenaries? Don't you need to call it out as a meat shield?
How many silverback wolves will come in the prophecy?
If there are a dozen or so at once, he can't handle it alone!
The so-called mourning soldiers will win, and those who are about to be forced to live by the monster have no way to resist before, and there is no one with the same force value, so that they can see the hope of victory.
When a variety of factors are achieved, then those blood feuds that have accumulated over time will be like a piled up powder keg, and just a little spark can blow up the sky and collapse.
And Charlie's words are like the sparks thrown at the 'powder magazine'.
Under Charlie's command, these people either took up arms or dug some ravines to serve as traps.
In short, it was getting late, and gradually, the torches were lit.
Seeing that the villagers who had rekindled the 'flame of hope for life' finally decided to stand up and resist, Milami also realized how powerful his disciple's mouth really was.
"Ah, Charlie, my student, why don't you call those mercenaries too? They are still very qualified to be a meat shield. After all...... We don't know how many silverbacks will come. ”
Charlie hesitated a little and informed his estimates.
"Kana, they have been 'detained' here by you and Mentor Kapa, and I already feel a little sorry for them, and I will be ashamed if I instruct them to fight for me and me in impermanence."
“…… Ah, your character is better than I thought, but maybe you can deal with this matter in a different way, since you insist on sparing their lives. ”
Although both Milami and Kappa are more inclined to 108 "sealing" methods.
"Hire them, you have too few men, only a foolish maid, which is not enough for you to sit on a territory. You can hire mercenaries who have been taken by Capa. ”
"Let them be the long-term thugs in your territory."
Charlie must be willing to do this, but he wasn't sure if Scarface would say yes.
Milami said Charlie was overthinking.
"They've been confined by the old fox's contract with Kapa, and there's no way they're going to break it. It's already like this, you are handing out an olive branch, and they will definitely accept it. ”
"After that, it's up to you to resolve the knots in their hearts, my dear student."
Milami wasn't very good at everything other than arcane, and he could only do it in a nutshell, probably because all the red-robed arcanists liked to solve everything with 'boom, boom, boom'.
Charlie's emerald green eyes narrowed slightly, and he already had a draft for the mercenaries, and he no longer had the attitude of trying to keep his mouth shut before.
Because Charlie hasn't returned for a long time, Scarface and Serre of the mercenary team still come out to look for it.
After all, at least 89 of the 538 restrictive contracts that Capa had coerced them into signing in a short period of time elaborated on the situation and asked them to help as much as possible.
When Scarface arrived, the villagers were still in full swing laying out all kinds of traps, and the heat did not fade.
Of course, the traps set by these villagers are difficult to get Scarface with the Ranger Searle.
"What is this going to do?" Searle looked around at the villagers, who were like lit cannons, and exhaled in surprise.
Charlie succinctly told Scarface about his knowledge of the Silverback's attack.
Searle looked confused and glared and asked, "What?!" You can make a prophecy in less than a day after you touch the Ironstone?! ”
Scarface's expression was also a little frozen.
Obviously, because of the history of 'The Dragon is Coming', the Earl's credibility is already with them, no, Charlie has no credibility with them.
However, Miami, who was standing behind Charlie, didn't know this, and said complacently: "He has not only mastered the arcane of the prophecy system, but also the plastic energy system!" Fireball Technique, he can already unleash Fireball Technique! ”
With an arcane master like Miami justified his name, Scarface looked at Charlie suspiciously.
“…… Well, Lord Count, then, what can we do for you? ”
"You came just in time, I saw three silverback wolves leaving the forest, attacking the villagers in the night."
"But I'm not sure if it's today or tomorrow, or ten days from now."
"In short, before the silverback crisis is eliminated, we try to concentrate the villagers in three houses, and each house can be guarded by at least one person. Well, I'm running out of Arcana for today, and my mentor told me that I'll have to wait until tomorrow to release the Fireball Technique again. ”
"So, Serge, you're with me."
Cha Li understands very well that the villagers can't be allowed to stay at home, otherwise if they are not careful, they are likely to be taken away by the cunning silverback wolf.
She has less than a hundred laborers, including the old, weak, sick and disabled, and she is distressed if she is missing.
After all, the castle has no food left, and it must depend on her people to produce it.
As Charlie planned.
The villagers were divided into groups of about 30 and settled in three larger houses next to each other to lay on the floor, but it was clear that fear and anger were mixed and that the night was not easy to sleep.
By midnight, as the hours approached weeping, Charlie was already a little drowsy.
Although Searle and Scarface are vigilant, they still have a hard time trusting Charlie, after all, they can't forget the scene of 'The Dragon Attack'.
But, right out of sight of them.
Three strong silver-backed demon wolves the size of calves spit out scarlet tongues, and a pair of beast eyes were like glowing ghost fire in the night.
They lined up in three rows, almost simultaneously through the bushes, making a 'rustling' sound in the silent night, and left the Monster Forest to the east of the village of Bella.
They walked towards the village of Beira, and from time to time they hung their huge wolf heads and sniffed on the ground.
They remember that this area, which is not shaded by trees, is inhabited by a group of delicious food.
The food is weak and delicious, and it will only hide in the strange and dilapidated wooden houses and shiver, waiting for them to pull it out of their 'nests'.
Drag it into the woods and enjoy a big meal.