Chapter 84: Brave the Foundry
"It seems that it is not advisable to break in. Mo Di whispered. The few of them were hiding behind a small hill not far from the foundry, and there were about a few dozen Naboland soldiers guarding the foundry gates, and there were probably quite a few overseers in the foundry, so it was best to avoid causing unnecessary commotion.
Future visually measured the number of guards and said: "Either find a way to lure some of the guards away from the gate, the farther the better, as for how much we can do, it depends on our luck." Otherwise, go around the back and find a way to climb the wall and enter the foundry. In fact, there are risks in either choice, after all, we don't know what is going on, but there is no other way to do it for the time being. ”
"If you want to avoid the commotion before the slaves are freed, it might be safer to climb over the wall, right? There must be more slaves in it than in the city, and if we can gather the strength of all the people and form a stream of people to rush out of it, it will be much easier than a few of us breaking through the gate. Sang Wu said.
Mo Di thought for a while, and suggested: "How about doing it at the same time? Let one person lead away the guards at the door, and when the rest of the people come out, we can reduce some obstacles, after all, we don't know the situation in the field, in case we can't release all the slaves smoothly, we are still weak in numbers, so of course the guards at the gate are as few as possible, so that we can escape smoothly." ”
"I ......"
"I'm going to distract the guards at the door. ”
Tiward was snatched up by Karma as soon as she spoke, and everyone looked at her in surprise. Although they had been traveling from the city before, they apparently did not include Kama in this adventure. So Karma hastened to add, "I say this because I feel like I'm better suited. ”
"Why do you think that?" asked Future.
Kama hesitated, seemingly a little unspeakable, but in fact she hoped that she could make a difference, but she was worried that they would look down on her because of her gender. Seeing Kama's embarrassed look, Mo Di instantly understood, so he said, "She's right, this distribution may be more appropriate." ”
Mo Di didn't explain much, but he obviously understood Kama's decision, so he didn't ask any more questions in the future, although he didn't understand the original situation, he believed Mo Di's judgment. What's more, no one can predict what will happen in the foundry now, and if the operation fails, it is equivalent to sending yourself into the enemy's cage. Therefore, relatively speaking, the person who lures the guards outside has a better chance of successfully escaping.
"So let's arrange it as it is, and now we will go our separate ways. Future said. Then, the few of them agreed to gather on the hill where they were hiding now, but if the actual situation did not allow them to meet here, they would have to find a way to escape to the Devil's Forest in the south.
After separating from Kama, the four of them circled to the back of the foundry.
"Fangcai, why do you think it's more appropriate for Kama to lure the guards away?" Sang asked without confusion. After all, Karma is a female, so if she has to face so many guards alone, it may be even more dangerous if there is a conflict, right?
Hearing this, Future and Tiward couldn't help but look at Mo Di curiously, obviously suspicious. Murdi sighed and explained, "In Naborland, the gender status gap is more serious than in other countries, and it is very dangerous for females to go out alone. Because, Napole has an unwritten traditional rule, which is 'whoever finds it owns'. In other words, males in this country have the right to pick up a single female and take it for themselves as if they had found a lost item. Therefore, as soon as the guards find a female, especially a good-looking female, most of them will catch up with her, and may even fight for her. Naturally, Kama is much more effective than us in distracting the guards, and it will be up to her to be clever enough to avoid them. ”
"Isn't that a blatant robbery?
"No one will stop them, not even their parents, but they may be glad that the burden on the family has been relieved. After all, females are often seen as cheap in Naborland, and many poor families even drown newborn female babies. For the people of this country, this is a matter of course because it is their custom. Silent sighed.
"It's unbelievable that there are such ignorant habits in the world!" He has lived in the wealthy aristocracy since he was a child, and has been living with the Fiji people since he was thirteen years old after he was exiled to the West Sea. It seems that it is indeed right to go back to the Eastern Continent, otherwise he will not be able to understand the true appearance of this world, and will always be deeply trapped in the fantasy of the "great Lepeilian civilization", and he will not know the ills under the glory.
"Yes, there are places where the customs are stronger and more deeply rooted than the law, especially the folk customs whose absurdity is obvious. Sometimes, the more people who are related to each other, the more justifiably they hurt each other in the name of love. These disastrous values are leading Napoleand society to collapse, while its people are intoxicated and unwilling to wake up. The debasement and persecution of women has cost society at least half of the opportunities to create positive value, and the future of the world, which should have been brighter, has become increasingly bleak and incredibly foolish. However, in our world, there are still many similar civilizational viruses......" Silent Di sighed solemnly, and then several people fell silent with complicated expressions.
Kama was a smart kid from an early age, a bit rebellious, but alert and knew how to protect herself to the worst possible situation. If there was a better choice, she certainly wouldn't be in danger easily, but in the current situation, none of them would be able to attract the defenders to the effect of her appearance, so Kama volunteered. She knew she didn't need to deliberately perform, just keep a relatively safe distance and pretend to be found out inadvertently.
As expected, more than a dozen guards chased after him in a short period of time. Kama deliberately lured them away from the foundry gate and ran into a hilly area in the distance. In order to disperse her pursuers, she had to hide in Tibet, and when she saw that her strength was about to run out, she was lucky enough to find a few large trees behind a hill, and she couldn't help but feel shocked. There are very few large trees like this left, especially near the Holy City. So she immediately ran over excitedly, and climbed one of the trees in three or two clicks, all thanks to the blessing of being active when she was a child and often climbing trees and playing in the water, she was able to practice such agile skills.
The soldiers who searched for Kama didn't expect her to climb a tree, and even if the tree wasn't very lush, they didn't look up. This was all expected by Karma, because there were almost no deviant females like Karma in Nabolland, so the soldiers did not think in a particular direction at all, and according to their mental habits, they naturally thought that she should be hiding behind some small hill nearby.
Karma sat on a tall tree branch, and the situation below was clear at a glance. Most of the pursuers had dispersed and gone elsewhere to look for them, except for one soldier who did not give up and kept wandering around.
"I don't know when that guy down there will be left, what should I do if they come out of the foundry and don't wait for me, and then go straight to the Devil's Forest?" Kama couldn't help but secretly anxious, she was afraid that she would be left behind, because she didn't want to stay in Napoleand, she didn't want to stay in this smoky country. The people of her hometown are ignorant and unmotivated, and she cannot change them, so she can only choose to flee lest she become a victim of those bad habits. "We can't waste any more time, we have to find a way to get back as soon as possible. ”
But after thinking about it, there was no perfect solution, so she had to let it go. Having made up his mind, he quietly slipped down the tree, then picked up a hard stone from the ground and tiptoed closer to the soldier from behind...... But just when she was only an arm's throw away from the soldier, she accidentally stepped on a dry branch because she was too nervous, and suddenly there was a "pop", and the soldier immediately noticed the movement behind her.
Kama didn't have time to think about anything else, so she immediately raised the stone in her hand and threw it directly at the soldier. The soldier was about to turn back, but he was still a step too slow, and as soon as the corner of his eye caught sight of the blurred shadow behind him, the man had already fallen to the ground with a bang, and he fainted.
Kama immediately ran away, but after a few steps he suddenly stopped, turned back to the fainted soldier, reached out and grabbed his feet, and dragged him into the bushes to hide from other passing soldiers. Then she took the dagger from the soldier's waist, and after thinking about it, she felt that her gorgeous dress was too eye-catching, because it was the clothes that the noble lady Soya had asked her to change into before going to the palace, and in order to make it easier for her to go on the road in the future, she decided to change out of this troublesome outfit.
The garment worn by Naboland soldiers usually has three layers. The bottom layer is your own underwear, and the middle layer of clothing is mostly monochrome, but it is not uniformly distributed, and only the outermost layer is a uniform with a clear class logo. Kama didn't need his underwear, and the uniform naturally couldn't be used, so he just threw it aside, only took the monochrome and unmarked mid-layer clothes, put it on himself, and then threw away the noble costume with limited mobility without hesitation.
After hastily packing herself, Kama took the small dagger that had been brought from the soldier and ran back in the direction from which she had come, fearing that she would be one step slower.
At this time, Future, Sangna, Modi, and Tiward on the other side of the foundry were not very smooth. It took a lot of effort for them to climb the walls of the foundry, but the situation inside was somewhat unexpected, mixed and difficult to decide.
On the bright side, jumping inside from this angle shouldn't be noticed, as there is no one below at all. On the bad side, within the walls of the foundry, there was a large square stone building, but there was only one gate to enter and exit, and there were three large iron locks on the door. Although there are dozens of rows of windows on the four walls, they are all set so high that ordinary people cannot climb them, and the windows are so narrow that they can barely fit into a fist at most. This was apparently specially designed to prevent slaves from escaping.
After jumping into the wall, the four of them stood in front of the locked gate, staring at the huge iron locks for a long time, at a loss.
"What should we do now? I'm afraid it's hard to find a lock-picking tool for such a big lock......" Tiward said with some apprehension as he followed behind Murdi. He was the only one of the four who had a small scimitar, which he had hastily picked up when he had fled from Sulla with Modi on his back, and it was not a good weapon, and it was already a little dull and rusty, and it was useless at all.
Mo Di shook his head, no matter how knowledgeable he was, he couldn't do anything at the moment, so he had to look at Sang Wuhe and the future. But Sang Wuyi was defenseless, and no matter how strong he was, he couldn't split those locks with his bare hands. Future Sukaranna looked at the exaggerated iron locks silently, and after a long while, he hesitantly put his hand into his arms, as if he had finally made up his mind, and then put it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, his expression was very complicated.
It was a very small dagger, the blade was more slender than an ordinary dagger, the scabbard was made of fish skin, the carving on the handle was very exquisite, and the patterns were completely different from the common patterns in the Eastern Continent, with a clear Fiji style, which was not an ordinary thing at first glance. Mirai pulled the dagger out of its scabbard, and a dazzling light flashed in front of him. The blade is slender and sharp, white and pure, and under the reflection of the daylight, some rainbow-colored streamers flash on the blade from time to time, and it is impossible to judge the material of the dagger from the appearance alone.
Future was a little hesitant, for he did not think that this overly beautiful little dagger would be able to make any marks on the large, rough iron lock. But other than that, there was nothing else, so I had to reluctantly try.