Chapter 130: Escort Mission (6)
Chapter 130: Escort Mission (6)
"Raven Man?" I was also a little curious, "Didn't the Raven people live far north from here?" How did you come here? β
Dole said, "You forgot? People can fly! Besides, although the Raven Clan's combat effectiveness is not very good, there are occasionally a few people who awaken their anger, and they are the best candidates to be killers! I heard that the lion and tiger people can't do anything about them, if it weren't for the Eagle People Clan's pressure on them, they wouldn't want to join the Orcs! β
"The eagle people are all out? Are there still pigeon people and swanmen? Leo was even more surprised, "And what about the fish-people, the shark-people?" Why isn't this mentioned in the temple books? β
He shouted in my ear, and Dole explained in a low voice: "This Crow Man Chloe, it was the failure to compete for the position of patriarch that he came here, after all, it is far away, and it is not convenient for the Crow Man Killers to come here to clean up, and he has collected a large number of subordinates, all of whom are some difficult small races, such as snake people, mole people, and flaming birds, here, although the territory is the smallest, it is also the most unprovoked, besides, the other three forces are nearby after all, and they don't dare to go too far, but this Crow dares to do anything!" β
"It turns out that there is such a complicated division of territory......" I nodded suddenly, and said in my heart, "It is worthy of a chaotic zone, I thought it would be great to have a few robbers, thieves, fugitives and wanderers, but I didn't expect there to be such a chaotic pattern." β
"That succulent herb planting ground is probably the territory of the werewolf Orff," said Dole, "and only they will take the wolf flower back to the wolf clan and sell it." β
"Then their usual, main life, is to grow these things?" I asked.
"It's really not up to the standard of asking!" Leo said.
Dole patiently explained, and the three companions next to him also came over to listen: "How come? If he planted this little thing, half of them would starve to death! The werewolf Orff's subordinates will often go to the border of the three clans to rob, after all, they are robbers! There is also Wendy, the fox thief, and the people under his command also steal things everywhere and use them here to sell the stolen goods, so it is not good that there are people from other clans who secretly come here to buy those precious treasures...... As for the minotaur traitor Karl, he won't do these indiscriminate things, there are soldiers and fugitives among the minotaurs under his command, and he has captured a lot of slaves from other weak races to farm and fish for them, and a few gray dwarves, helping them mine and make weapons, selling them to other forces, plus some slaves can be sold elsewhere, all of which are very profitable! β
"I'll go, this bull-headed traitor has a bit of an eye......" Leo said.
"As for the Raven Killer Chloe," Doll paused, his face a little unnatural, "It is said that he will accept all kinds of assassination orders and kill the targets that the Valley Employer needs, in recent years, several Bloodhoof Ten-Commanders, Werewolf Soldier Captains and Fox Clan border generals have been killed, but no one knows who is hiring him......"
"Such a guy should really kill them all!" I was a little angry, "What are you doing with them?" Wouldn't it be nice if the three groups went out together? β
Dole sighed and said, "Look, the terrain here is so complicated, and the three clans all want to take it for themselves, how can they join forces calmly?" It's not good, it hasn't been fought down here, so I'm fighting first! Besides, even if they are defeated, they may not be able to kill these leaders, as long as they don't die, they just run to another place, and it's another bandit, isn't it more troublesome? Especially the killer Chloe, people can fly! β
"Alas, the international situation is not peaceful, so there will be the value and significance of the existence of these gray areas!" Leo sighed.
"What is the international situation?" I asked. Then I regretted it again: "Forget it, I don't bother to know these strange hometown dialects of yours!" β
"I'd love to explain it to you," said Leo, "but I'll tell you when I get to the land of men." β
"Are you sure I'm going to the humans?" I was a little dissatisfied, "Why? β
"The plot needs ......," Leo said leisurely, "you know, you can't disobey this thing!" β
"I really don't believe it!" I said, "I'm not going!" β
"I'm not in a hurry......," said Leo, "by the way, look ahead, there's a bazaar, which looks like a nearby place for trading." β
I looked up at what was in front of me.
Just ahead, at the bottom of the slope and further up, on a flat ground the size of a training ground, there were several tall stone houses, and stone tables were erected on the sides of the houses, some of which had sunshades on top.
There were a lot of things on the stone table, a group of werewolves, foxes, rats, kobolds, and a few goblins guarding them.
"Sure enough, it's a seller...... But can it be sold? I said.
There are a dozen sellers, but only two or three are buyers.
Moreover, these so-called goods are basically bits and pieces of miscellaneous goods, such as half-cut sweet potatoes, pumpkins with missing mouths, moldy fruits, half-dried fish, and gnawed clean meat and bones......
There were some good things in the goblins, but they were nothing more than knives made of bone, torn leather armor, rusty shields, and the like.
It's a shabby bazaar.
It is said to be a bazaar, but in fact, it is not as big as the drying field next to the altar in Ville Village, and the "customers" of those brothers do not seem to be able to afford it.
Our arrival also attracted their attention smoothly.
These guys, like the ones before them, stared straight at us with the same malicious and unprovocative gaze, like a pile of statues suddenly on the side of the road......
That feeling, what a strange feeling!
We walked slowly downhill and uphill again, and they just stared blankly.
Suddenly, a skinny rabbit "customer" grabbed a sweet potato and ran away while the stall owner was not paying attention.
The one guarding the stall was a lean fox man, and he was not slow to react, and shouted: "Damn it! β
Then, a werewolf next to him threw a throwing axe and directly cut off the rabbit man's leg!
And the stall owners and customers, who were frozen like sculptures, finally moved, and watched with some curiosity as a few werewolves walked over and dragged the rabbit people who were rolling on the ground and bleeding to the back of the stone house!
We just watched the tragedy happen.
It was on the Trois-Rivières Mountains in the Frontierlands that I witnessed a murder for the first time!
A wave of anger rose in my heart, and I didn't know if it was for the poor rabbit man or the vicious werewolves.
Then, unable to control my anger, I was about to leave the group.
Dole grabbed me and whispered a warning, "Are you crazy? Calm down, this is not Thunder City! β
Leo also said: "Don't mess around, it's not the time yet, you don't want to mess things up, just wait a little longer." β
I struggled, but held back.
The werewolves looked at us with mockery in their eyes, as if to say, "Come here!" β
"What the hell are you excited about?" Leo said, "Are you angry at the rabbit man, or do you just want to fight the werewolf?" Think clearly! β
Several of the other Guardians seemed to notice me and Dole's movements, and came over and pulled me together.
"Don't meddle with your business," said one of the people who knew him well...... "Tro and Brad both said you were quite steady, but I didn't expect you to be impulsive...... Don't do this! β
I was pulled by them, and I couldn't break free, so I could only look at the werewolves fiercely.
The procession continued on its way past the shabby bazaar.
At this rate, we may not be able to reach the other side of the mountain until tomorrow morning, and we have seen too much savage and cruelty along the way.
Even though I've seen more cruel things later, I've never forgotten the rabbit man who cut off his leg after stealing a little food.
And, I held back.
Of course, if you take a detour, it may take about three days to reach the territory of the fox clan, and in that case, I won't see these things.
"See?" Leo tried to convince me, "This is the darkness that still exists in the world, and you think the enemy is just centaurs by the sea, or humans and elves from afar?" You also see, those traitorous minotaurs, when they kill innocent and weak people, they are no different from cruel werewolves, right? Can you manage it alone? The priests and adults sitting in the carriage don't care, can it be your turn? Of course, I can't blame you, after all, it's not your people who suffer......"
"Don't go on!" I interrupted him, "I know what to do!" β
"Yo, you realized it so quickly?" Leo said, "Listen, I want to learn from you, too!" β
"I can't watch the weak suffer, but I can't do it, it's just because, I represent the Minotaur and I'm the guardian warrior of the temple," I said, "If I do it, it will cause chaos in the entire Three Rivers Mountains, and when the time comes, it will endanger more civilians of the three tribes living in the border area, right?" β
"Well, the angle of thinking about the problem is much deeper." Leo said, "You see, adults, a lot of the time they think like that, especially people of high status, such as priests, such as guardian warriors, such as nobles, of course, if you are just an ordinary commoner, you can't help but rush up to do righteous deeds, but I'm afraid you won't survive...... By the way, does this situation make you feel very aggrieved? No freedom? β
"So what?" I said, "I've tried my best to get used to it!" β
"You can be a free man," said Leo, "like a ranger, an adventurer, or whatever, didn't your grandfather tell you those stories?" β