Just as Titis was grunting his heart, a group of people suddenly burst out of the shed. The fact that someone had seized the basket that Titis had placed by the river provoked the displeasure of the other group, who soon joined the scramble, beating them to the point of bleeding with stones and sticks.

In the midst of the commotion, Titis finally woke up. I couldn't help but be anxious to see that my back basket was being torn by a large crowd, and that there were still seeds brought from Fodorus.

Those seeds are to be used to secure reliable allies for Ferdorus, precious things that can bring life to more hungry people, and they are also the hope of Ferdorus's future, and they must not be lost!

He quickly got up from the ground and rushed over desperately, trying to reclaim his basket, but the vicious crowd soon trampled him under his feet.

Exhausted and filled with grief and indignation, he could not help but think of his father's eyes at the time of parting, and of the expectations of the people of Ferdorus, so he struggled again with tears in his eyes.

However, he was weak and could not resist the mob like a flood of beasts, and was washed down again and again.

He was frightened by the murderous appearance of the people, and the memories of his nightmares suddenly awakened. Disillusioned with his inability to protect his parents, his inability to protect Ferdorus's hopes for the future, the past and the present gradually overlapped, and Thyus unwittingly fell into a state of stupor, leaving his eyes wide open and letting the fierce crowd trample through him...... I don't know how long it took, but suddenly someone grabbed him by the arm from the chaos and dragged him out from under the mob.

Turning his head sluggishly, he saw a strong young man holding him in one hand and a sharpened stick in the other, fighting the mob with all his might, and soon rescued him and recaptured the basket.

In the end, the group of thugs who deceived the good and feared the evil gradually became honest and did not dare to take another step forward, but their greedy eyes still chased the basket closely.

The sluggish Sultius had not yet recovered his composure, and the brave young man had to drag him away.

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The sound of "clang-" finally woke up the frightened Tish. Instinctively, he looked down to see that the little pot that had traveled with him was lying at his feet, trampled by the murderous crowd, and he involuntarily reached out and picked it up.

The young man quickly led him away from the crowd and hid in a hilly area, then threw the basket at him, and said in an unkind tone, "Is this basket more important than your life?" "Titis has been dragged away for a long time, and now he finally has a chance to look at his benefactor.

Looking through the twilight light, the man in front of him looked about twenty years old, taller than him, with brown skin, light brown hair, black eyes, a strong body, old clothes, a wooden stick with a sharpened end in his hand, and a simple bow and arrow made by himself, looking like a hunter.

The frightened Sultius took a deep breath, calmed down his nervousness a little, and said gratefully: "Thank you for saving me just now! Hearing this, the young man couldn't help but be stunned, and his originally somewhat disdainful expression immediately turned into surprise: "It turns out that you are from Fodorus, no wonder you don't know...... Don't thank me, it's not the first time I've encountered this kind of thing...... My name is Gary. ”

"Not for the first time?" said Otis in surprise,

"Does this happen so often in Konon?"

"Not often, it's every day!" Gary reminded with a hint of anger on his face,

"While you can barely see the road under your feet now, take a little more and rest, and stay away from here, otherwise you will lose more than this basket after dark." Naturally, he didn't dare to stay longer, so he immediately accepted Gary's proposal, and followed him up several small hills in a row to find a relatively safe place, and most importantly, there was a stream here.

By this time night had fallen, but fortunately they had collected a lot of dry bushes and leaves on the way, so that they could make a fire and get some food and keep warm at night.

With great difficulty, he repaired the small pot that had been trampled on and boiled a pot of food, but Titis had no appetite and gave his share of food to Gary.

Gary ate unceremoniously and gulped down, and asked with relish, "Are you sure you really don't eat it?" Titis shook his head gloomily, not that he wasn't hungry, but that he really couldn't eat.

Gary quickly disposed of all the food in the cauldron, burped contentedly, and then said, "You'd better get used to that kind of thing, or you'll starve yourself to death in a few days." ”

"Habit, how can you get used to it! You don't know what they're eating, what ......they're eating," Rutis couldn't speak, thinking of the shocking thing in the spoon earlier, and the indescribable feeling of vomiting welled up in his throat again.

If it weren't for the fact that the sky was too dark and the fire was too red, the pale face would have been unobstructed.

"Hmph, cannibalism, huh?" said Gary sneered,

"How could I not know? These are human traffickers, selling people and eating people, and you can see them almost every day. ”

"Every, every day?" asked Titus, shocked and incredulous,

"Is it true, is there no one in this country to stop that kind of inhumane act?"

"Hmph, the king of the peasants has no opinions, listens to slander, and does not distinguish between good and evil; the nobles are intrigued and forget what is right; the people are impoverished, and the profits make them dim and insensitive...... Who else can be counted on?" said Gary angrily,

"But the peasants are full of robbers and traffickers. Not only did they rob other people's children to eat, but they even deliberately maimed stolen young children, forced them to beg, and took advantage of other people's compassion to make a profit, but they also sold older children to the Durudands...... Those Dululanders aren't good stuff either!"

"I should have thought of that child for the Duruland people...... "Sadis was sad for a moment, in fact, when he saw the crying child on the border, he should have thought of it, but instinctively rejected that idea because of what happened to him when he was young.

Now that he had suddenly received confirmation from Gary's mouth, his remorse deepened, and he could not help but feel ashamed of his cowardice and evasion.

thought that his childhood experience was tragic enough, but he didn't expect that there would be even more tragic things in the world, and he couldn't help but cry on the spot.

"Such a bloody reality! How could they turn a blind eye? How could they not be indifferent? We in Ferdorus are industrious and kind, and help each other, and here and here ...... it," though such misery had long been commonplace for Gary, but the weeping of Sultius moved him coldly, and he unconsciously slowed his tone: "They are homeless vagrants, with very little possessions, and have almost nothing but the pots and pans they carry with them. Poverty forces people to starve, and who cares about the morality that doesn't fill their stomachs at all?"

Even though he saw it with his own eyes, he still couldn't believe it.

"But what about the nobles? Will the king and the nobles of Konon allow such a thing to happen?" asked Otis, looking at Gary with tears in his eyes, puzzled,

"Aren't they the rulers of this land? they should be responsible, right?" As a Kenon, at this moment, Gary really couldn't calmly face the sad eyes of Thytis, because the kindness in them would gradually melt his heart, which had long been refined into an iron wall.

So, unnaturally, he looked away and turned his gaze to the campfire in front of him, for he must not be soft-hearted, he must be firm and cold, or he will not be able to survive here.

But even if he didn't look up, Gary could feel the strong gaze of Sultis, and he knew that he could no longer escape, so he had to sneer: "Oh, are you really that great as a nobleman? In the collective name of the 'state', the nobles dominate all land resources, including manpower, in order to seek personal gain and realize their ideals, completely ignoring the personal survival needs and development freedom of their subjects......" At this point, Gary paused, suddenly pointed behind Tuse, and asked instead: "What do you see about those?"

He couldn't help but make a closer look, and was immediately startled, it was a pile of white bones! and broken white bones.

If it was before, he might not have cared, but after today's experience, he has to think about the worst.

"Those bones were crushed to suck the marrow...... "Hearing this, Titan was creepy, and retracted his gaze stiffly.

Gary continued: "In recent years, there have been frequent wars, and in order to expand their territory and plunder resources, the nobles have vigorously opened mines. Waste from mining has wreaked havoc on the soil, causing animals to lose their habitat and become extinct, fauna and crops to fail year after year. Large domestic animals have almost been eaten, and people's main meat has become insects and some small animals with strong vitality, but now even insects are becoming more and more scarce, and they cannot satisfy people's craving for meat, so they begin to eat human flesh without changing their faces. In this environment, good people can't live. Because good people can become food for the cruel, people are forced to evolve cruel personalities in order to escape the fate of being preyed. In the long run, goodness will cease to exist, and people will become accustomed to evil. ”

"How so?" asked Titis incredulously,

"But why are the peasants reluctant to solve these obvious disasters?"

"Because some people can benefit from the mass disaster. Gary smiled wryly.

"Don't the nobles realize these problems that obviously affect the fortunes of the country?" asked Sultis.

"They are obsessed with the struggle for power, the expansion and plunder, the exhaustion of how to extract more profit from the common people, the competition to build monuments, boast of great achievements, show off wealth, and turn a blind eye to social problems. How could they care about the future of the land, since they had never been close to nature, and who had never understood the plight of the common people?" Gary scoffed.

"Shouldn't the nobles, who occupy the rule of the country, and live on the sustenance of the people, be responsible for everything in the realm? Even if this is not the case, at least we should have the responsibility to educate the people to be industrious and good, and to distinguish between right and wrong, instead of conniving at evil and allowing the people to go to the end of barbarism and cruelty. Didn't anyone stand up and warn the nobles?" asked Sultis, puzzled.

"Who dare?" Gary suddenly raised his head, his face helpless, his eyes angry,

"The nobles have armies and are more powerful than the sky. Anyone who dares to question and accuse them will be accused of treason and subversion, and will even be condemned by the ignorant and gullible people. Then, they use criminal law and morality as a means to make the doubters bear the stigma and die without a place to bury. ”

"The skeptics are just telling the truth, what's the point?" said Sultis.

"Haha...... In this country, people who tell the truth need to pay a huge price, even to apologize and be punished for telling the truth. Gary laughed more than he cried, and after a long while, he said slowly,

"Do you know why people are always rushing to power, because privilege allows people to do whatever they want, to distort facts, to boast about their exploits, to pass on their glorious side to posterity, to make the ignorant worship for thousands of years, to satisfy their vanity? You have seen that this is the reality of Kenon, whether it is high or low, it is full of evil. Sultius had long since cried, and could no longer utter a word.

It's been a long time since he met the Streamer on the East Coast, and Tartith hasn't had a nightmare. But this night, he suddenly had that nightmare again, and after waking up in the middle of the night, he couldn't sleep again.

There were so many unbelievable things in the world, and he couldn't help but miss his hometown more and more, and the good people who lived in Ferdorus.

He couldn't sleep, staring at the silent night sky, and his heart was full of emotion: "Father, today I finally understand how terrible poverty is. The reason why Ferdorus is peaceful and the people are kind is because we have good weather and abundant food and clothing...... In Konon, these people who are mired in poverty must face severe famine day and night, and have no mercy but to be forced to resort to a cruel way of survival. The next morning, when Gary awoke, he found that he was tired, and he knew that he must have stayed up all night, so he kindly reminded: "You better be mentally prepared, the reality of this country is even more cruel than you think, and that kind of thing will only increase in the future." If you really can't accept it, return to Verdorus now, or in a few days you will be dying. ”

"I can't go back now. "Thys's eyes were firm, and his heart was worried,

"The northern kingdoms are ambitious, and will soon invade the south. Ferdorus seems to be too peaceful and away from the war, but in fact he is in danger. My father was too old to travel far, and it was my duty to find a reliable ally for Verdorus so that in the future we could resist the invasion of the northern armies. ”

"Your responsibility?" said Gary in surprise,

"Is your father the king of Phlorus?"

"Hmm. Sultius nodded honestly.

"Heh, I really didn't expect that there would be a prince like you in the world, how can you dress like a commoner?" Gary couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the simple and generous face of Thytis, as well as the somewhat worn clothes.

"Isn't that okay? That's how everybody wears it in Fdorus. Sultius didn't care, obviously not thinking that clothing had anything to do with identity.

"Hahaha......" After laughing, Gary finally put away his contemptuous attitude. In fact, he was not laughing at the clothes of Sultis, but because he had never thought that there was such a simple prince in the world before, it was incredible, and yesterday's encounter seemed to be a ridiculous dream.

So he asked curiously, "Yesterday, you were so desperate to recapture this basket, is it because there is something more important than your life in it?"

"Uh......" Sultius unconsciously scratched the slightly curly brown-red hair with his hand, and said with some embarrassment,

"Actually, it's not a priceless thing, it's just that it's more precious to the people of Ferdorus. Then he took out a few tightly wrapped bags from his basket and explained: "I heard earlier that many countries have destroyed their arable land by war, and famine is rife...... These are the seeds that were brought from Verdorus. With seeds, people can grow food crops, harvest more seeds in cycles, and soon expand production and gradually solve the problem of famine. Although Ferdorus did not have any gold or jewelry, he did not lack food and clothing, and the reserves of grain and seeds were quite abundant. If he could find a reliable ally to defend against the invasion of the northern army, Fodorus would be willing to provide food aid and teach him how to cultivate scarce crops free of charge. It was only then that Gary knew he had misunderstood Thyss.

Yesterday, when I saw Titis desperately trying to seize the basket, I thought he was a guy who wanted money and didn't want his life, so his attitude was a little bad, and now I can't help but feel ashamed.

So he couldn't help but ask with concern, "Did you come to Konon to find allies for Ferdorus?" Knowing the truth, Gary did not want misfortune to happen to the good prince, so he advised: "In that case, you should not waste your time in Konon." As you can see, the people are cruel and ruthless, and the nobility is only worse. Most of them indulge in the glittering things, covet power and wealth, and enjoy the humble worship of their subjects...... These things have a fatal attraction to them, and even if you plant food all over the ground, you won't be able to save those hungry souls. The most terrifying thing is not their cruelty, but that they don't realize their cruelty at all. Therefore, the hunger of the peasants is by no means solved by food. He hesitated for a while, and then said with some disappointment: "Perhaps, you are right......" Although there were still many doubts, he did not finish his words after all.

It is true that the peasants who have lost their humanity are not worthy of pity, but there are also many hungry children in this land.

What about the children who have not yet had time to grow up and will be devoured by this cruel society?