873 Is It Bad To Be Alive?
"Damn half-elves! They have gone too far, and recently they have arrested several of our grain merchants! said that it was a grain price to be controlled, but to put it bluntly, it wasn't just a reason to raid the house! Our human race has finally grown the grain with their own hands, why should they let the half-elves control the price?! β
"No! The mine has also received a notice prohibiting price increases! Now that the prices of grain and ore are rising so wildly, why don't we follow the price increase! The big guy works so hard, why?! β
"Humph! Don't! We worked hard to get up early and work in the dark, and as a result, we not only had to use fifty percent of our income as taxes to supply those half-elves who didn't do anything! Now it is finally possible to make some small money with the price increase, but as a result, those half-elves who eat people and don't spit out bones even want to suppress the price of food! I really can't see that we poor people are getting better, right? Yes? Isn't it?! β
"Hey, you three be quiet! Be careful that it is heard, and then it reaches the ears of the half-elves! β
"Oh! yes, be quiet! Be quiet! β
"Half-elves are too despicable!" (whispering)
"We must overthrow the evil rule of the half-elves!" (whispering)
"Fight for freedom!" (whispering)
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"Archon! Archon! The sound of a call in his ears woke Thor from his memories, and then he smiled wryly and rubbed his forehead and said to the general beside him, "Let them continue to quarrel, anyway, we will soon reach the Golden Country!" At that point, there will be nothing to quarrel about! β
With a sentence to send away the generals who cared about him, Thor, who was the commander of the Four-Nation Alliance, looked at the messy meeting in front of him and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: "I didn't expect that I would inexplicably remember the events of the year again." Perhaps, it's because the scene at this time is really similar to that year, right? β
Yes, it's still those people, and everyone is still sitting around.
However, the world has changed, and at this time, those people are no longer as sneaky and cautious at every party as when they were oppressed by the half-elves, and even shouting slogans to try to keep their voices low, lest they be listened to by outsiders.
At the same time, the identity is completely different from that time.
The former hunter, farmer, and fisherman have now become the overlords of one side, and he, who used to sell straw sandals, now not only owns a country, but even serves as the commander in this four-nation alliance, everything is just like when everyone was still together to fight for their dreams in the past......
Inexplicably, Thor remembered the days when the big guys worked together to resist the tyranny of the half-elves and mobilized the vast number of humans to fight for freedom.
Back then, people used to get together as they do now, and at the same time they were as noisy as they are now.
However, at that time, most of the time the quarrel was about some trivial things, and after the quarrel, the big guy still copied the guy and continued to fight the half-elf!
And now......
"Dick! You must have hidden food again! Hurry up and take it out, the military rations of the coalition army are no longer enough! My little haven't eaten in two days! β
The guy known as the second brother replied when he heard this: "Fourth! You're embarrassed to say it! If you hadn't led someone to burn down my farmland last time, where would the food be so tight now! β
"!" The fourth child yelled at the second child with a big face: "Who doesn't know that the fire was put by yourself!" What else do you say, if you don't get it, you won't be allowed to get it! Now you're trying to accuse my people?! β
"Get out! It is clear that your people saw that they couldn't snatch the wheat harvested in the summer, and they burned the fields in anger! I can't even grow that round of wheat in the fall! Why, after doing such a, you're still going to throw dirty water on me?! β
"It's you!"
"It's you! Your people did it! β
"It's clearly your person!"
Well, Thor knew at a glance that it was a pointless trash talk time that followed, even though the fire was quietly planted by him in order to cause the two to die, of course, it was really hard to say it to mediate the dispute between the two......
"Be quiet! Be quiet! What kind of system did the brothers outside hear? The third child, who likes to be a peacemaker, reminded him that the other two noisy red-faced and thick-necked kings realized that they were now paying attention to their image.
"Hmmm! Be quiet! Be quiet! The fourth child's voice decreased instantly, but he still blushed and pointed at the fourth child with a thick neck and shouted: "In short, the second child, you must be hiding food again!" Tell me, where is the grain hidden, take it out quickly! After so many years, who doesn't know that your kid likes to keep a hand the most! β
"Nope! Just no! The second child also tried his best to lower his voice and put on a posture of a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water: "Anyway, the coalition forces are just rushing together when they are fighting, and we usually take care of our own personal affairs!" Don't try to take advantage of anyone! β
"! I heard that the country of gold hidden behind the magic array is extremely rich, as long as I survive this level, I will definitely be ten times as big as then, no! A hundred times the food that lent you back, will it be?! β
"No! It just doesn't work! β
"Wow! I didn't admit it just now, but now I just say no! β
Thor slapped his forehead again, the second child is really, so easy to be tricked by the fourth child again......
However, if he doesn't open his mouth at this time, I'm afraid that the coalition will really be divided.
So Thor had no choice but to open his mouth and cooperate with the third child to play a round game: "Don't fight!" If you can't get food, you can arrange people to rob nearby villages and towns as bandits! Although the group of profiteers in the Mark's commercial country let our army pass, they are obviously not at ease, and they are obviously using our soldiers as a stepping stone! robbed him of some towns, and those profiteers could only grit their teeth and admit it! Otherwise, is it possible that they still plan to resist our 500,000 army? β
"That's a way to do it, too!" The fourth elder nodded slightly, and the third elder also added: "There is no need to grab more, as long as we grab three days' supplies, our main force will be able to reach the Eagle Peak in the blank area of the magic array defense marked on the map almost the day after tomorrow, it is said that many people have broken into the opposite country from there!" When the time comes, we will directly dispatch all the mage troops, and a single salvo can almost collapse the mountain peak and directly open a road for the army! Then as long as our soldiers rush in, then the food or resources in the back will be our brothers! β
"Phew! That's a good thing to say! Who's with you buddies! This is the common sentiment of the four big people present, but on the surface, they still have to try to pretend to be harmonious.
Aren't the aristocracy all moody and invisible? Now several of them have also become the nobles they despised in the past, but they are very longing for, and they have directly climbed to the apex of the nobility and become the kings of a country.
Then they naturally have to learn from that group of nobles, even if they want to kill the old friends and old rivals in front of them and swallow up the other party's forces, but on the surface, they must try to pretend to be a group of harmony - so that it is convenient to stab the knife in the back!
It's just that these four guys who are very familiar with each other instantly understand each other's plans as soon as they see each other's expressions, so their vigilance against the other three is even stronger......
Just when the heads of the four countries were sitting together under the protection of the guards and trying to learn how the real nobles stabbed in the back, there was a hurried "Report!" It interrupted the gray and harmonious learning atmosphere in the camp.
Then a pale soldier rushed in and said to the four commanders out of breath: "Report to your lords! On the road to Eagle Peak near the border of the Mark Commercial Kingdom, the forward troops were blocked by one person, and they couldn't pass! β
"Alone?!" The four kings gasped in unison.
Blocking the vanguard of a large army with the power of one person, although this is very common in the epic stories of this world, but it is generally a legendary-level master who blocks an army composed of ordinary people.
And their team, not to mention anything else, because they have been fighting for years and years, the lowest silver rank! The Gold Tier is up to thousands! Absolute elite!
As for the people below the silver level, where have they gone?
It's simple, either break through to become silver or die on the battlefield!
And this is also the fundamental reason why the total population of the Alpha Empire after seventeen years is less than one-tenth of the original - because the rest are "carefully selected" elites!
However, this is how the army full of tiger and wolf aura for the rest of the battle was blocked by one person, hearing the news, the four kings present were all shocked, and said in their hearts, could it be that this broken place close to the Sealing Mountain Range where the magic concentration is not high, there is still a legendary-level powerhouse guarding it?
Or is it a super master cultivated by the power of the Golden Country?!
No! Even a legendary-level powerhouse can only lead a similar number of troops at most to stop their tiger and wolf army, and listening to the report of this frightened soldier, the other party is just one person!
Don't......
The other party is ...... A master of epic level?!
As soon as this idea came out, the four people present were all wet with cold sweat.
However, as soon as Thor calmed down, he immediately asked the soldiers about the information about those who stood in his way.
Then, everyone knows that the person who stands in the way is a single sword, that is, to go there, whether it is a random knife or long-range magic, or a bow and arrow shooting, the other party is easy to block with that black sword, and even the other party can use weird swordsmanship to directly reflect magic and arrows, and then control the reflected attack to quickly kill the soldiers of the coalition forces.
Although it sounded like the opponent's combat power was very exaggerated, Thor was relieved to learn that the opponent was nothing more than a swordsman.
If you don't have to be a magician!
No way, no matter how powerful the melee profession of the swordsman class is, it is faster to kill people and easier to escape.
Resist the army, if the other party really fights to the death and does not retreat, then Thor is absolutely confident that the other party will be consumed alive.
But if you're a magician, you're in trouble!
The methods of high-level magicians are too weird, and often magicians have mastered a lot of mass destruction magic.
If this gives the other party a chance to successfully launch the magic, not to mention the heavy casualties, the other party can also calmly escape through strange magic.
It's absolutely disgusting to deal with.
Therefore, when he knew that the swordsman in the way was in the way, Thor let go of most of his heart, at least he was confident that he would kill the fat swordsman alive with the army in his hand! Even if the other party doesn't know how to become an epic powerhouse, it's the same!
Well, as the so-called ignorant are fearless, Thor has never seen a master above the legendary level make a judgment with a great advantage on his side based on rumors, and he has to admit that this guy is lucky, and he really became the king of a country, instead of being a corpse wilderness because of the existence that he can't provoke because of his brain-dead moves!
However, no matter how good the luck is, it is almost coming to an end, because Thor judged that it is the existence of an epic swordsman, and his realm is even higher than the epic level!
Juggernaut!
As a result of entering the gate of the Holy Rank by comprehending the way of the sword, Sui Yu's standard realm title should be that of the Sword Saint.
It's just that one law is all over ten thousand laws, and Sui Yu, who has reached the level of the Sword Master, still has reached the level of skill close to the Tao in terms of magic attainments!
Of course, in order to pretend to be cool, and at the same time to attract big fish, Sui Yu, who was wearing a gorgeous costume and a hat to cover most of his face at this time, deliberately only used swordsmanship to fight the enemy.
With that gorgeous but simple sword technique, the forward troops who beat it in a few clicks turned on their backs, and even a gold-level leading general in seconds!
And the reason why Sui Yu did this was also to hope that he could lead to the person he wanted to see!
Sure enough, after once again overturning a group of scum that rushed up to send him to death, a translucent projection suddenly appeared in front of Sui Yu's eyes.
"Who are you? Why block the path of our army ?! β
A gentleman does not stand on a dangerous wall, let alone a king?
At this time, Thor used a remote projection magic guide to directly contact Sui Yu with the projection: "If it is a misunderstanding, according to the mainland's custom of respecting the strong, I am willing to blame the past!" Otherwise, would you really be confident that you would be able to stop my army of 500,000?! β
"Half a million?" Sui Yu took off his hat and threw it to the side (this thing is really uncomfortable to wear), and then Sui Yu pointed to the continuous line behind the road with a strange look and said to Thor's projection, "Can't it?" We counted it, and there were only about 200,000 people. Did you hide the other 300,000 as ambushes in a small mountain village?! β
"Demons?!" Seeing the black-haired and black-pupiled under Sui Yu's hat, Thor instantly frowned and showed a disgusted expression, no way, the people of this world regard the black-haired and black-pupils as ominous and have been deeply integrated into the bloodline, even within the current Heavenly Spirit Empire, even if the education system is sound and the propaganda is in place, there are still people who don't like black-haired and black-pupiled people, let alone natives like Thor who have no culture.
However, after the disgust, Thor found that Sui Yu obviously did not seem to be lying, and his own family knew about his own affairs, so Thor couldn't help but show a mixed expression of shame and embarrassment on his face.
Although he knew that the people below falsely reported the number of people and ate empty salaries, although he also knew that the actual number of the team was relatively empty, but Thor really didn't expect that he deliberately claimed that the 400,000 people reported to the outside world were 500,000 troops in order to gain momentum, and he thought it was too much, who knew that the people below were even more excessive, and the actual number was not even half!
Of course, along the way, Thor, who has rich experience in marching and fighting, has long felt that something is wrong, but seeing that he is about to hit the so-called Golden Country in the mouth of the "messenger", Thor originally did not plan to poke Pingbai and lower his morale.
But now the actual number of people has been exposed in public, which is more embarrassing......
"You guys? Are you the emissary of the El Dorado?! Since it is embarrassing to say it in terms of numbers, then immediately avoid the problem of numbers, Thor hurriedly changed the topic: "I advise you, if you don't want to die, get out of the way!" Otherwise, do you think you alone can really withstand the charge of the army?! I advise you to go back and discuss with the people behind you, if you don't really have no way to live, you won't be on an expedition here! So as long as you are willing to break the bank, then you can avoid fearless bloodshed! Do you understand?! β
There's no way, there are too many subordinates watching it, and there are some things that everyone knows in private, but saying it really affects morale too much.
Especially when it first started to rise, it was really nice to say, what overthrew the rule of the half-elves to create a world without oppression for everyone, and what everyone worked together to build a world where everyone could be fed and clothed.
As a result, the country is in a barren state, not to mention food, the bark is almost pulled out!
As for the clothes, they were not unclothed, but the clothes on each warrior's body were stained with bloodβthey were all clothes plucked from the dead!
As for what does not oppress equality for all, let alone that!
Now the whole army is like a team of extra-large bandits, the lowest level is all robbed strong men, and then the top level presses the middle level, and the middle layer presses the lower level, not to mention, all kinds of false reports and concealments, and all kinds of deception.
However, because the big guys are all brothers who were born and died with him, Thor could only turn a blind eye so as not to chill the hearts of his brothers......
In short, anyway, let alone the original ideal, it is not easy to barely live now!
Otherwise, they would not have joined forces and went out directly to gamble on the wealth of the legendary Golden Country!
At this time, hearing the other party's question, Sui Yu did not answer, but directly activated the message magic and asked Hakeya who was ambushed on the side: "Is the location confirmed?" β
"The location has been confirmed! You can catch them all at any time! β
"Good!"
Putting down the hand that pressed his temple, Sui Yu smiled at Thor's phantom: "Hey! Isn't it good to live, lad? β