Chapter 43: The Unspeakable Secrets of the Employer
Acoste took the lead in leading the team to walk in the empty cave, in addition to the footsteps of everyone in the belly of the mountain, there was only the sound of dripping water from far and near, but this time luck stood by their side, after not walking much distance, Acoste felt the flow of the wind, and the group immediately accelerated their pace, and the long-lost sun finally shone on everyone's heads.
"Oh! ~"Everyone was cheering, embracing the air with open arms, and although it hadn't been more than two days since Yacoste had entered the cave, the heaviness, despair was the same when you were trapped in a dark, ignorant mountainside Jedi.
Fortunately, everyone came back to their senses and observed their surroundings, after all, even the young man who grew up in Capella Village had not left the village too far, there was no compass in this era, and it was a very troublesome event if the group got lost. "I know, I know the way back!" Daeron walked around a little and made out his surroundings, and among the group of people who escaped death, this brainless stunned young man was the most excited, and he shouted and didn't care about the movements of others, and ran in one direction first. "Frizzy." Yacoste picked up Lavis and couldn't help but follow behind, he muttered dissatisfiedly, the other party ran so fast and didn't care that there was an underage girl in his team. "Hehe, they're just militiamen in a village, do you think it's our group of adventurers? Besides, you don't look much worse than him when you're excited. Ling was the first to come out and complain about Acoste, and now as long as Acoste speaks, Ling will inevitably sneer, and she doesn't know where she offended her. Could it be that I fell asleep while telling stories in the belly of the mountain?
In fact, the exit of the cave is at the back of the small town of Capella, but the exit is in the leeward area, and it is surrounded by overgrown weeds and trees, so the people in the village have not been able to find the entrance.
But they weren't greeted by flowers and applause, and there was no crowd of people who welcomed them.
Daren knelt at the entrance of the village in a daze, looking blankly at the inside of the village. Yacoste and the others rushed from behind, and were stunned to see the village of Capella
Blood was strewn all over the ground, both from the villagers of Capella and from the invaders. The corpses of the villagers of Capella were mostly militiamen, but also women, children, and the elderly, while the corpses of the enemies were creatures with dark blue scales and a lizard head. Acoste recognized it as a lizardfolk living in the swamp.
The scene after the battle was too tragic, many corpses were intertwined layer upon layer, Yacoste they even saw a lizardman corpse with four or five unarmed villagers hanging on it, they were killed by the lizardman or with weapons, or twisted their necks, but the lizardman was also killed alive by the crazy villagers with teeth and nails, if it weren't for the desperate situation, this group of untrained and indisputable villagers would be so violent, you can imagine the fierceness of the battle!
The surviving villagers walked aimlessly through the streets, disposing of the corpses on the ground like walking corpses, and Acoste saw no living color in their eyes, nor did they see any hope of survival. "No!" Daeron finally woke up from his sudden shock, and he howled into the village, and Acoste shook his head and followed, a scene so similar to when he saw the destruction of Tuk Town. In the wilderness, human settlements are so tragic, there are no tall and strong walls, there is no army that can fight well, and the power contained in the villages and towns can only maintain these settlements to survive in the wilderness, but if you are unlucky, you will encounter the invasion of monsters, either heavy casualties or completely slaughtered by monsters.
The surviving villagers of Capella Village also saw Yacoste and his party after hearing the movement, they put down the work at hand, and came over one after another to surround Yacoste and several adventurers, and with a "plop", several women and old people who took the lead knelt down, and even with them, others also knelt down. "Adventurer, please help us." An old man said in a deep voice, the battle of that day destroyed the houses, the fire burned the grain in the barn, although after the battle immediately arranged for people to rescue the supplies, but it was definitely not enough for Capella's people to survive the winter, it is now the month of falling leaves [October], there is still a month before the arrival of winter, it is simply a disaster for the small village that has always been self-sufficient.
"Why don't you go to town" to seek refuge? Ling suddenly wanted to ask, but she was pulled by Yacostel, she was from the east, she didn't know much about the customs of the Feron continent, the reason why this group of people came to the wild to open up the territory was to escape the heavy taxes in the town, although the farmers living in the villages around the Baldur's Gate could pay taxes to feed their families, but like Capella Village, every family has a little food, and it is impossible to eat 3 to 4 dishes a day. Correspondingly, since they had come to the Savages to avoid paying taxes, the guards in the town would not protect them from monsters.
"You guys get up first, if you have time to kneel in front of us, you might as well help help help some of the wounded, you elect someone who can make a decision, and we'll talk over there." Acoste didn't agree immediately, even if he looked at the women with the children in his arms, the old man kneeling in front of him was a little unbearable, but he still had to be responsible for his teammates, and the other party didn't have all the plans to tell him from the beginning, so it can be said that he caused this field to be self-inflicted.
An old man was quickly pushed out, he came to Acoste tremblingly on crutches, Acoste sighed slightly, he saw that the old man had a big cut on his forehead, obviously scratched by something sharp, and now it was only sealed with a needle a few times. "Powerful adventurers, in fact, a month ago, this group of beasts with blue scales suddenly appeared on the outskirts of the village for some reason, they united with the kobolds who have been with us all along, and kept attacking our village, we really can't resist, so we thought of going to the adventure guild to hang out the mission, hoping that a powerful adventurer can help us solve the trouble of those beasts." The old man paused, and his eyes showed uncontrollable sadness, "Just last night, the brutes attacked us again, they killed the sentinels, burned down the storehouse, and finally, we drove them out of the village. The village of Capella is definitely not something that the beasts can destroy! "Then since the lizardmen have united with the kobolds, why don't you write it clearly in the mission." Acoste said with an unkind face. "Because, because we don't have that much money to pay for the mission, and we are worried that if we write in too much detail, we will scare away some adventurers who receive the mission." The old man's face turned blue and white for a while, and he explained the reason hesitantly. "Did you know that according to the actual difficulty, this is a D-class adventure team's mission, and because of your ignorance and insincerity, it has become an E-class adventure team's mission, don't you know that this can easily cause the death of innocent people?" Acoste was a little out of anger, the same is true of the mission of the temple, but people are willing to spend money, although it is a D-level adventurer task but it is the income of a B-level mission, this time it's good, the gold coins will be given 30 pieces, but the task is unexpectedly much more difficult, Acoste feels that the reason why most adventurers are indeed a group of lawless and arbitrary people who do whatever they want are harmed by this group of unreliable task publishers, and they disregard the lives of others for their own interests, and it will hell if the adventurer is not arrogant and domineering. "I'm sorry, Adventurer, I know we were wrong, but we really can't get any more gold, and we really need help, please help us for the sake of those children!" The old man knelt down again, this time he pressed his head deep on the ground, not daring to raise it at all, Acoste wanted to play and refused, but he couldn't say anything. "Promise them to take. Anyway, we made enough gold on this trip. Ling tugged at Acoste's sleeve, the people in the chaotic and good camp are the most unaccustomed to others playing the emotional card, this kind of people are sentimental by nature, and they do good things casually, and they don't think much about their own abilities and the consequences of this matter. Hey" Yacoste sighed deeply, if it were other adventurers, they might turn around and go back now, because they had completed the goal on the task, they could directly go to the adventure union to receive the bounty, on the contrary, if Yacoste they stayed and helped, not to mention the danger, it was still compulsory labor, but sometimes people can't measure things by the standard of gain and loss. "Tell us the truth this time, how many lizardmen there are and where they are." Acoste stared at the old man's eyes and said, if the other party dared to lie to them, then he didn't care what he said.