In the raging fire, thick smoke billowed from time to time, during which panicked serfs could be seen struggling painfully in the sea of fire, and outside the manor, the archers of Lacacia were still shooting flaming arrows into the manor.

Cries, screams, and the "whirring" of burning fire mingled to light up the dark night sky.

This was the first time Ji Ran had seen such a tragic picture, his mood was very depressed, and his breathing became solemn.

"These serfs are so pitiful, they are also innocent victims, why don't you even let them go?" Ji Ran looked at the serfs who were still struggling in the sea of fire, and asked with regret in his heart.

"That's what wars are, it's always the people who suffer." Walker, a dwarf on the side, said habitually.

"Why are they waging war? Isn't it good to live in their own worlds? Ji Ran looked at the dwarf and asked.

"That's just the idea of women and children, when there is a great power on one side of the world, the world will inevitably fall into war, if you want peace, you need to know how to check and balance each other, once one side is too strong, then, the fate of the other side being annexed, will not change, war is the continuation of ideology, strong power is like an invincible black hole, unless everything is swallowed up, it will not stop." Walker the dwarf said, looking at the raging fire below the mountain.

"This guy looks like a politician." Sen Feng whispered to Ji Ran.

"Shhhh Ji Ran hurriedly and carefully reminded that although this is the other world, and there is no half-dime relationship with the distant earth in his memory, Ji Ran still feels that it is not safe to talk about politics in the other world, even if he inadvertently brings these two words, he feels that it will be very risky, and the best way is to simply not mention it, and be a good baby in peace, so that he will not get into trouble.

The fire burned all night, and the next day, near noon, the flames were extinguished.

Lakasia's army entered the ruined manor and counted them, and most of them could not escape being burned to death, along with Hardeman and his fat wife, and they hugged each other tightly and burned to black coals, and died a miserable death.

And the most tragic thing is the room where the serfs lived, when the fire broke out, Hardeman ordered that the serfs should not leave the room, so the door lock of the room was locked, and when the fire came, the serfs had nowhere to hide, and finally they were burned alive together.

Patches of charred corpses were stacked on top of each other, and most of them were concentrated in the doorway.

Of the five serfs' rooms, only one was breached by the angry and desperate serfs, and some of the stronger serfs escaped, but most of them were burned to death elsewhere.

Ji Ran looked at the messy manor, looked at the tall stone wall that was burned black, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Hardeman had worked hard to run the manor for many years, thinking that as long as the walls of the manor were high, he could avoid disaster, but when the real disaster came, no matter what way you used, it was unavoidable.

Hardeman died, and almost all the serfs were burned to death, and the grain, grass, and houses were reduced to ashes.

Fortunately, the precious metals were still there, and the gold in Hardeman's treasury was still there, and although the chests were blackened, the gold and silver utensils inside were still well preserved, especially a luminous cup, intact and unbroken.

The soldiers of Lakassia carried out the treasures, box by box, placed them in the open space in the courtyard, carefully loaded them into the wagon, and pulled them away.

Ji Ran walked through the dilapidated manor, she could no longer make out where she had been imprisoned, there were ruins everywhere, and the wooden houses had been burned to the ground.

"Aiyi, I don't like war, it's too cruel." Milia said to Ji Ran.

"Well, war is too cruel, and I don't like war either." Ji Ran nodded and said with deep agreement.

"Aiyi, since the human commander likes you so much, why don't you convince him to give up the war? While the war has not yet developed to the point of uncontrollable development, how good would it be to stop this catastrophe in time? Milia persuaded Ji Ran.

Ji Ran thought about it, but she wasn't very sure, she and Modrek actually only had a one-sided relationship, although Modrek did have a good impression of himself, especially when he spent a lot of money to hire a bounty hunter to save himself, it was indeed very touching, but after all, the two didn't know each other too well, and Ji Ran was not sure that he could persuade him.

Moreover, war is an act of the state, and it cannot be Mordrek's idea alone, and if he is allowed to turn his back on the interests of the state and stop the war, I am afraid that he will be punished.

"Aiyi, give it a try." Miria persuaded again.

Ji Ran hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly, "Okay, I'll try it, I hope it can be useful." ”

In the afternoon, Ji Ran took a carriage to the barracks and saw Mordrake again.

At this time, Mordrak was in high spirits, as if she was in a good mood.

"Aiyi, you're just in time, look, this is our trophy, I chose a few beautiful ornaments for you, come, come and try it." As he spoke, Modrak took a jewelry box decorated with exquisite gems and handed it to Ji Ran.

Ji Ran took the jewelry box, only to feel that it was heavy inside, she put the box on the table, and then opened it with a gold key, only to see that it was divided into many layers, each layer has surprising beautiful jewelry, there are necklaces with diamonds, rings inlaid with gemstones, and delicate and beautiful pearl earrings, silver handlings, agate headdresses, and even exquisite hairpins made of gold and jade.

Obviously, this is not something that ordinary people can have, not even small farmers like Hardeman.

"Like it? It's for you. Mordrake said with a smile, and Rocky, who was following Ji Ran, immediately translated.

"Thank you, but, this is something that was snatched, and I can't ask for it." Ji Ran politely declined.

Hearing Ji Ran's refusal, Mordrake was surprised, "Why? This is the vanquished's thing, it should belong to the conqueror, this is the eternal truth on the continent, I have defeated the lord here, everything here should belong to me, I give you what belongs to me, why not? ”

"Thank you for your kindness, I know that this is the rule of your human race, and I will not object to it, but I really don't like these things, they used to belong to their owners, and they are so well preserved, it can be seen how much their owners cherish them, and how sad it must be for you to take them away from their masters?

If I wear them on my body, I will feel uneasy. Ji Ran explained to Modrek.

(End of chapter)