Volume 1 Harlem Chapter 8 The Cage of Thought
When night fell, the total eclipse market was lit with sparkling fires. When the market was over, the group slipped into the market and quietly hid.
Mock came back and said, "Captain, I have scouted, and the slaves are all in the tents of those merchants. Presumably those tents were their warehouses, and there were a lot of things in them. ”
Ivan nodded, and led the group towards the warehouse. Cobb seemed to hesitate a little, cowering and not daring to move forward; But he couldn't stand the will of the crowd, so he had to follow.
The firelight shone on the deserted market at the moment, and under the faint light, things in the distance were a little blurred.
Several people entered the nearest warehouse, but saw that there were many iron cages inside, and the inside and outside of the cages were full of feces and urine, and the air was mixed with a foul smell.
The slaves in the cages saw a few people enter, but they ignored them, still hanging their heads and cowering in the corner.
Yun Ye endured the disgusting smell and said, "We are here to rescue you out, is there anyone willing to go with us?" ”
The slaves curled their legs in fear, turned their heads away, and lay motionless on the ground, as if they had already acquiesced to their fate.
Yun Ye couldn't help but get angry, his voice raised a few points, and shouted, "Are you like this?" Don't you long for freedom? Are you willing to be slaves for the rest of your life? ”
The slaves still did not answer, and covered their ears in silence, as if they did not want to hear any more.
Ivan shook his head, knowing in his heart that the slaves here were too servile, and he had accepted the fate of being enslaved and did not dare to resist. He pulled Yun Ye and the rest of the people to the next warehouse.
There were no stars in the night sky, and gloomy black clouds could be faintly seen, as if it were going to rain. The group went to several warehouses in succession, but the slaves there were all the same, and did not dare to rebel against their fate.
Yun Ye couldn't help but be a little discouraged, and said in frustration: "Why? Why are they all like this. Are these people willing to do this for the rest of their lives? Are you willing to live a miserable life all your life? She seemed to be asking the sky, and she also seemed to be asking Ivan and a few people.
Ivan patted Yun Ye on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't be discouraged, there are always people who are different, and there are always people who dare to resist!" ”
The night was like ink, and you could faintly smell water vapor in the air, so it should be raining.
The group went to several more warehouses, and finally found someone who wanted to be free in a relatively large warehouse.
These people are both human and dwarf. They listened to the words of Ivan and did not hesitate to yearn for freedom. The cage broke, and they could only kneel on the ground to express their gratitude.
Life is noisy, and the scene is a little out of control. Some of the slaves came out screaming and ran out; Some were a little quieter, just silently following Ivan and his party.
The market erupted in an uproar, and the slaves who ran out screamed and sang excitedly about their freedom. Those slaves who did not want to be free, when they saw others being rescued, were very envious at this moment, and begged the slaves outside the iron cage to help release them.
It's really ironic that what I don't want to get, after seeing others have it, I will be envious, and I will actually beg for it.
This mentality slowly infected those slaves in the iron cage, and more and more people were released, and the market became more and more chaotic.
Yun Ye seemed to be in a good mood, looking at these noisy people with a smile on his face. But when Ivan and Mok saw this, they couldn't help frowning. Ah Rui followed out, and when he saw the scene at this time, he scolded in his heart: Are these people all fools? Hey, a slave is a slave, and he doesn't move his brain.
The shouts woke the merchants. I saw a bright fire in the rest area in the distance, and merchants with weapons and torches flocked to it.
Ivan sighed in his heart, but thinking that there were many people here, he was afraid of hurting innocent people, so he had to lead a few people to run outside the total eclipse market.
Before the slaves could rejoice, they saw the merchants coming, and they froze in place, at a loss.
When Ivan saw the appearance of these slaves, he couldn't help but curse in his heart; But he still shouted: "If you want to live, if you want to be free, rush out, rush out!" ”
Some slaves knelt on the ground and trembled, some still hesitated, and some ran out with Ivan and the others. Seeing that someone was taking the lead, the hesitant slave did not hesitate, and the trembling slave did not tremble, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, they all ran out with it.
The merchants were very angry and shouted one by one, "Catch the thief...... Catch the thief......"
The scene is chaotic, running and running, chasing and chasing, and the confused are still confused.
This chaotic noise alarmed the cultivators here. But they didn't pay attention to it, and just sent a few people over to check on the situation in the market.
A leading slave trader pursued Ivan and the others first, and at the same time ordered his men to capture the escaped slaves. When the people from the Xiu sect came, there were only a few merchants left in the place.
These merchants immediately cried to the people of the Cultivators: "My lords, my lords, you have to make decisions for us!" The thieves stole our slaves, and the slaves ran away! ”
These people knew the seriousness of the situation and immediately went back to resume their lives. Before leaving, he comforted: "We will go and inform Lord Diorbe immediately, don't worry, those thieves can't escape!" ”
The slaves scrambled out of the total eclipse market, making a lot of noise, and their people were different. Some were free, and ran away in the night; Some still followed Ivan and the others; The last one was caught up by the merchants, but they didn't resist, they just knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, saying things like 'I was coerced'.
Before they could get out of the market, the merchants surrounded Ivan and the others, shouting for compensation.
Ivan's face sank and he shouted, "Money? No! ”
The leading slave trader stepped out of the crowd and shouted, "No? Hum...... Arrest them, I'll see if there's any money! ”
"Okay, Brother Mehi......," the merchant shouted, rushing towards Ivan and the others.
The clouds seemed to have receded at this moment, and the stars in the sky could be faintly seen.
The Ivan knew that these people were either genuine merchants or peripheral members of the Cultivators. But at the moment, it is chaotic and it is impossible to distinguish who is true and who is false; In addition, there is no need to kill people when they see them, so they are just knocked to the ground.
"Hmph, hmph, the thief also beats people. Quick, go and invite the adults of the Cultivator Sect! The leading slave trader, Mehi, hurriedly shouted to his men.
Ivan didn't stop it, thinking that it would be much better if he killed the steward of the Cultivator Sect here. But Yun Ye didn't think deeply, just his eyes were angry, and he yelled at these merchants: "You still have no humanity, these are living people, why do you want to be like this!" ”
"Why?" Mehi scoffed, "Harlem has always been like this, and the adults of the Cultivators agree with it, why not?" ”
Mock and Tilland were silent, not knowing how to reply; Cobb rubbed his hands nervously on the side. Seeing this, Ah Rui thought anxiously: This kind of movement should attract the attention of the royal entertainment, and when it is over, hum...... If you don't pay attention and kill the consul here, you should be able to do it.
After hearing this, Yun Ye couldn't help but roar: "They are all people like you......"
"No, they are inferior, unlike us. They don't have the right to choose! Mehi said contemptuously.
"Yes, yes, yes, these are inferior people, and they are only useful as slaves." The merchant on the side chimed in, "Besides, you gave us the goods and let them go." Do you know how much money we're going to lose? ”
"You, you ......" Yun Ye was furious, clenching his fists, not knowing how to express it.
Some businessmen squeezed out of the crowd and pointed at Ivan and others to cry and curse: "You thieves, you selfish people. If our goods run away, we will be punished by the Cultivators; When our money is gone, how are we going to live...... Go to hell, you deserve to go to hell...... Killed us. ”
The stars finally appeared, reflecting the fire on the ground, which was a little illusory. The words of the merchants cannot distinguish between truth and falsehood, and if they are true, who is wrong?
Mehi kept staring at Ivan and asked uncertainly, "Are you the one who made the black market a mess?" Seeing that Ivan did not answer, as if he was sure, he exclaimed, "Yes, yes? Hee-hee...... It seems that we don't need to do it! ”
"The Cultivators?" Ivan said softly.
"Hmph, it's good to know, the adults of the Cultivator Sect are offering a reward for catching you." Mehi's face was relaxed, "I don't know what you're doing, anyway, the lord of Royal Entertainment was also alarmed, you just wait to die!" ”
Ari's heart was excited, he knew how powerful Ivan was, and he knew that even the Lord Yem of Royal Entertainment was definitely not Ivan's opponent; The heart is churning, and the great revenge will be avenged.
But Cobb was very frightened of the royal entertainment, and said tremblingly, "Uh...... Adventurers, adventurers. The Lord of Royal Entertainment...... Oh no...... Let's run! ”
When Mehi heard the title of 'adventurer', she exclaimed, "What? Adventurer? Are you the one who defeated the Black Tiger - Gragul'? ”
Ivan just wanted to wait for the leader of the Cultivators to come and get rid of them all by the way. He listened to this Mehi's words, glanced at it lightly, and secretly speculated about the identity of this merchant.
Seeing that Ivan didn't answer, Mehi thought he had acquiesced, so he smiled and said, "Hehe, that's great! I didn't expect you guys to come to the door on your own. ”
Cobb trembled with fear and said with a crying voice, "Ah...... Adventurer, I beg you, let's get out of here. Otherwise we will all die. ”
"Haha! It's late! It's all coming. Mehi smirked, "It's too late to get out of here!" ”
Before the words fell, the crowd parted, and a man in a dark green robe walked into the field with a few hunters from the Cultivator Sect. This man glanced at Ivan and the others, and ordered his subordinates: "Get a few slaves!" ”
A few hunters did as they were told, grabbing two slaves and throwing them at the feet of the dark-green robed man. But the robed man was a little strange, and he actually glanced at Mehi; Seeing Mehi nod, he took out two tubes of needles and injected them into the two slaves.
Ivan saw the two men's eyes, but he didn't break them, just quietly watched what they were going to do.
I saw that the bodies of the two slaves suddenly swelled, and they swelled to a height of more than two meters; His skin was dark purple, his muscles were knotted, and he had grown a head like a lion.
The monster was horrible and wicked, its sharp claws scratching at the ground, and its mouth was screaming in pain.
Ivan sneered at all this, and slowly walked towards the two monsters with his lightsaber. The robed man's eyes narrowed, his hands drew a magic array, and he entered the bodies of these two monsters, pointing at Ivan and shouting, "Up!" ”
Ari saw that the monster was vicious, but seeing that Mok, Yunye, and Tillan were not worried at all, he relaxed and watched calmly.
Cobb was frightened to the ground, holding his hands and kicking his legs, and shouted, "Yes, use slaves to become monsters." Is it magic? It's magic, isn't it...... It's, it's terrifying. ”
The two monsters stepped in, thumping on the ground. Ivan met him with his sword, slammed his shoulder and knees, and slashed with his sword.
The magic glowed with the sword qi and emitted a pale red light, and the sword style was swift and swift. This move, 'Breaking the Army and Ascending the Dragon Strike', passed through, and cut the two monsters in half in an instant.
Black blood splattered everywhere, splattering on the ground and emitting a foul smell. Ivan carefully felt the ability of the 'Super Continent', and secretly thought that this equipment should be able to improve the power of his sword skills, otherwise a small 'Breaking Army Ascending Dragon Attack' would not have such an effect.
When the man in the robed robe saw that the monster had been killed, he screamed angrily, and hurriedly took out the magic book, wanting to chant the spell on it.
Ivan flashed and came, with a light sword wave, the sword aura was like a circle, and with one move, he 'drew his sword and slashed' and beheaded the robed man and the hunters.
The air was suddenly quiet, so quiet that even the sound of swallowing could be heard clearly.
Mei Xi's eyes were sharp, and she shouted, "The adults of the Cultivation Sect will not let you go!" ”
"Pretend!" Ivan kicked Mehi to the ground, "You're an official member of the Cultivators, right?" It should still be a head or something. ”
When the surrounding merchants heard this, some of them still stood beside Mehi; Some covered their mouths in shock and hurriedly stepped aside.
Mehi stared at Ivan viciously and laughed, "Hey, that idiot...... You've seen it! With the magic power of his hands, he gathered a black blade, and without saying a word, he slashed at Ivan.
Ivan raised his sword to block it, kicked it down, and kicked Mehi down. Mehi rose to her feet, raised her blade above her head, and slashed at Ivan, shouting, "Blade of Darkness - Kill!" ”
Ivan raised his light sword lightly, lifted his sword and slashed, seven slashes in a row, and the momentum of the sword was like a rainbow. The orange-yellow blade of light slashed in the air and swung out the Dao sword aura, and the sword qi exuded a golden brilliance, cutting off the Na Mei Xi and the knife together.
Bright red blood soaked the ground, and severed blades were scattered on the ground. Ivan looked at Mehi, who was lying on the ground coughing up blood, and smiled: "What? What else is there to do? ”
"You're really strong, but, but my master will still kill you, haha......" Mehi cried out with blood spitting up, "ah...... Help, master, help......"
With a stroke of the lightsaber, Mehi's life ended. Some merchants took advantage of the chaos to run, while others fell to the ground and begged for mercy: "My lord, please let us go." We can't help it, we have to survive, we have to live, we don't sell 'goods', we can't live at all! ”
Yun Ye looked at these merchants on the ground coldly, with anger in his eyes, and wanted to kill them all. Ivan withdrew his lightsaber and shook his head at Yun Ye, "There's no need, killing them won't help." If you kill these merchants, the same merchants will come out, and you can't finish killing them. ”
"So, then just let them go?" Yun Ye said.
The hearts of the merchants on the ground were beating wildly, afraid that Ivan would come up with some vicious tricks. But Ivan said, "Now it's important to get down to business." The slaves who ran out wanted to gather them, and those who didn't want to run, those who didn't dare to run, and those who were caught, we couldn't help it. ”
Yun Ye said angrily: "Just kill them, everyone here......"
After hearing this, Ivan slapped Yun Ye and scolded: "Have you finished killing?" Can you finish killing? Even if you kill all the merchants here and save all the slaves. And after that? Well? Can you guarantee that the slaves will dare to resist? Can you guarantee that there will be no more slave traders? Can you change Harlem now? Can you kill it and change the current pattern? ”
Tears swirled in Yun Ye's eyes, Ivan showed no mercy, and scolded again: "Don't be whimsical all day long, just your heart?" Are you the Virgin of Angels? If we don't solve the root causes, can we change the status quo of these people? No, it can't! ”
Ivan pointed at Yunye's nose and scolded, spitting all over her face. Seeing this, the members of the team also hurriedly dissuaded, and Mock and Ari pulled Ivan apart, and Tillan quietly comforted Yunye.
"Let's go!" Ivan led a few men, pulled up Cobb on the ground, and went out of the total eclipse market, looking for the escaped slaves.
It is not easy to find someone in the dark night, but I heard a scream from the Quanyi market, and the whistle pierced the sky, and the figures in the market were longing.
Cobb ran and panted, heard the scream, and still said in horror: "Ah, this scream...... It seems that we are going to turn all the slaves into monsters to capture us, so let's leave it alone, let's run! ”
Ivan was already in a bad mood, so he turned around and scolded: "Shut up Lao Tzu!" If you want to run, go back by yourself. ”
"What?" Cobb shouted, "You told me to go back myself, to the black market?" No, no, no......" He didn't dare to go back, but said, "Let's go!" Flee back to the black market and hide now, but you'll be fine in a while. Anyway, there is a place to hide, hurry up and ......"
Ivan was angry, kicked Cobb to the ground, and scolded: "Get out of here." With that, he continued to search for the escaped slaves.
"Ahh Adventurer, where are you going? Cobb scrambled to his feet, still following Ivan and the others.
This slave boy must have been very timid by nature, and did not dare to run back to the black market alone even in the night, but he did not know where he got the courage to escape from the royal entertainment.
When Ivan and the others gathered the escaped slaves together, they saw dozens of monsters and a dozen shadow warlocks rushing out of the total eclipse market.
The night was solemn and lonely, and the scattered firelight was a little hazy in the distance. The eyes of the pursuers in the night are full of madness.