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The village remained noisy, and drunken soldiers made loud noises in all corners of the village.

However, in the midst of this noise, there is still a quiet place.

It was a church on higher ground.

The door of the church slowly opened, revealing a corner of the dark shadow, who glanced around to make sure that no one was around, and immediately closed the door again, returning to the center of the room, where his companions were gathered.

They were young and old, in a circle, with a thin man in the center.

He blushed and said dejectedly: "I'm sorry everyone, if we hadn't failed, the village wouldn't be like this......"

The atmosphere was very oppressive, especially when I heard the thin man confess the fact that they had attacked the rebels yesterday, and this depression broke out in an instant.

"It's ridiculous! Why are you provoking them! If you don't provoke them...... How could our village ......! In the crowd, an old man in a priest's uniform trembled with anger.

"But if we don't act first, sooner or later it will be like this! Even in the neighboring villages, which told me about the rebels, several villages were plundered...... If I hadn't gone there to borrow seeds, I wouldn't have known how miserable the plundered place would be. ”

The man felt a pang of grief when he remembered that village was littered with burnt houses, makeshift piles of tombstones, and the emaciated faces of old men and children from hunger.

"Don't shirk your responsibilities! The reason is that you ......! The old man angrily pointed at the man, as well as the young people who were standing behind him and acting together.

The young people all bowed their heads and remained silent.

After all, the other party was a priest in the village whose status was second only to the village chief, and they all felt that they had a lot of responsibility in this matter, so no one dared to stand up and refute it.

At this time, a middle-aged couple interjected.

"Okay, okay, it's all over. Compared to that, Thales, what about Carl, Wither, and Holm who went with you? Why didn't you see them ....... ”

"yes, didn't you go out together yesterday?"

The middle-aged couple hadn't seen their children since yesterday, and if it weren't for the old man's constant chatter, which kept them from talking, they would have wanted to ask a long time ago.

The man's body stiffened, his face turned extremely pale, he lowered his head, and said slowly, "They were all killed by the rebels......

"What......!?"

The old couple's faces turned pale for a while, and as relatives of the deceased, they almost fainted when they heard such sudden bad news.

"I'm sorry." The man knelt down, tears streaming down his eyes, "It's my fault, I couldn't keep them." ”

"You, you, you still have the face to cry ......! The old man who was interrupted was surprised for a while, and then continued to scold.

"Enough, don't blame him." At this moment, a hoarse voice came into everyone's ears.

The crowd looked back.

At the door of the church, a middle-aged man and a little girl with silver hair walked in.

The middle-aged man walked with a limp, and the little girl supported him and slowly approached the crowd.

"Erin, and Thomas...... Aren't you at the village chief's? The old man looked at them in amazement, "Wait, Thomas, ...... your feet?" ”

"Hehe, it's just a small injury." Middle-aged man Thomas said with a wry smile.

“…… Damn the rebels. Guessing what was going on, the old man said angrily.

"Grandpa just got up, but when he heard about the rebels, he fainted again......" said the village chief's granddaughter, Erin with a blank face, "and now, Aunt Salama is helping to take care of him. ”

"That's right. It's unfortunate. ”

Everyone's eyes were focused on the man.

The man pursed his lips and remained silent.

"Wait a minute, it's not his responsibility." In this regard, Thomas shook his head and vetoed, "At least the village was attacked, and it was not his fault." ”

"Huh?"

"Uncle Thomas had already spoken to the mentally retarded chief a few hours ago, and they didn't know Taylorsgo, and their attackers had been hiding in this church." Erin explained.

"What does that mean?" The old man looked at Thomas suspiciously.

"Thales, tell me, what did those rebels do when they came to this village?" Instead of answering the question, Thomas turned the question to another person.

Thales looked at him suspiciously, thinking that he was going to hold himself responsible, hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "They robbed most of our village's reserve grain, some of the villagers' belongings, and...... Kidnapped the village, young girls for their pleasure, if nothing else, now maybe ......"

Thales said, the more pained the look on his face.

Thomas nodded: "In other words, they wantonly looted in our village, robbing the whole village inside and out, but, guys, do you know why the rebels only invaded the people's houses, but only spared this church, and never even came?" ”

"This is ......," the villagers looked confused.

"If the rebels really came to take revenge on the village because they were attacked by Thales, how could they not search all the places and arrest the mastermind who attacked them severely?" Thomas sighed, looked at the space, which was filled with dilapidated wooden tables and chairs, and continued with the villagers' funding: "However, they didn't do that, because they didn't feel the need. I'm afraid that I have robbed so many villages and accumulated a lot of experience, so instead of moving to this kind of church where there is nothing, it is better to concentrate on looting people's houses. ”

"That is, their real purpose is to plunder supplies, not revenge. It was only because of this that he robbed the village's grain reserves, the villagers' personal belongings, and kidnapped the young girls in the village. ”

"Even if Thales hadn't attacked them, they hadn't intended to spare our village." Thomas glanced at the crowd and concluded.

The people fell silent, and after listening to this passage, they all chose to shut up. For they find their theory of feelings so powerless in the face of irrefutable facts, that it is useless to attribute the blame to someone. However, there was another person who questioned it, and that was Thales himself, although he thanked the two men for speaking for him, but the guilt in his heart could not make him accept it honestly, so he said without thinking about it: "The rebels didn't come to rob the church, it's just an accident, isn't it Sunday today, maybe they just have some scruples......"

"Taylorsgo." Erin on the side frowned and said, "Robbers don't believe in God.

"Then, isn't that because we were attacked, they were angry with us......?"

"None of them died, how could they have such a big temper?" Erin sighed and looked at Thales, who was becoming more and more weak in his defense: "If they were such a short-tempered army, they would have attacked the capital a long time ago than they attacked our village." ”

Erin walked up to Thales, stood on tiptoe, and patted him on the shoulder, "You've done a great job, and I recognize your loyalty as the acting village chief." Taylorsgow. ”

"Erin......" Thales looked at her for a few seconds and sighed in relief, "Thank you." ”

The atmosphere at the scene became much more relaxed.

The young people involved in the matter also smiled.

But the fundamental problem has not been solved, so many people are still sighing.

"That'...... Now, what to do? ”

"yes, should we honestly wait until tomorrow morning for them to leave?"

"No! My daughter...... Just been captured by the rebels, I have to rescue her. ”

"Don't be stupid, don't you see those who are rebelling against the rebels! Even Thomas, the good old man, had a leg broken! ”

The villagers put forward their opinions in a gossiping manner.

The old man's face was full of anxiety, but he couldn't say anything good.

Seeing this, Erin glanced at Thomas.

Thomas shook his head slightly.

"But, Uncle Thomas......"

"Well, can you tell me a few words?"

In the corner of the church, human voices rang out.

Under the surprised eyes of everyone, a young man appeared from the shadows.

He wears a bizarre black and blue outfit and a piece of chain mail, and his jet-black hair stands out in the light.