Chapter 12: The Road to Death
For Merlin's promise, Beichuan was a little moved.
He is a smart man, how can he not understand that the best way at this stage is to try to live normally in Noxus, so that he can have a chance to find his way home.
However, on the other side is the dreadnought vanguard!
The ghost knows if a shadow suddenly bursts out of the grass and shouts, "Demacia!"
I became two halves.
Forget it, take one step at a time, Beichuan shook his head vigorously.
Looking at the calm old Bond beside him again, he secretly made up his mind.
He will choose what Old Bond chooses later, and not just because Old Bond is good to him.
What's more, after all, the latter has experienced so many wars, large and small, and naturally knows how to choose to be more advantageous.
"You choose for yourselves, leave now if you want to!, we won't stop you!" Merlin motioned for the other soldiers to make a way.
Slaves, you look at me, I look at you, and the chatter begins like a vegetable market.
It's a bit of a hard choice, with tempting promises on one side and fears from intrepid pioneers on the other.
The promised reward is good, but it has to be based on the premise that you can survive!
But will they really let us go? Won't they wait for us to go and stab us in the back!
Skeptical.
However, the desire to survive finally prevailed, and the slaves finally made their choice.
At first, some people crept to the way the soldiers had made way with suspicion, and as Merlin had promised, no one stopped them.
Seeing this, more and more people are on the run.
"Uncle Bond....." Kitagawa asked in a whisper leaning against Old Bond's back.
"Little one, if you want to escape, run away! The dreadnought vanguard is not a joke, the Black Cavalry is no opponent at all, and we are going to stuff people's teeth between them! It is very likely that none of them will come back!"
Old Bond looked back at Beichuan's little face and whispered.
Beichuan looked at Old Bond's wrinkled face, and a stubborn temper suddenly surged up for some reason, and said viciously
"Uncle Bond! I don't care! If you don't leave, I won't leave! Isn't he a fearless pioneer! I'm not afraid of it! I have a big scar on my head! I can't go back anyway! I might as well die here! I'm worried every day!"
Old Bond laughed, and he didn't know if he was amused by Beichuan's hypocritical ruthlessness or if he was really infected by Beichuan.
In short, he didn't care about Beichuan's constantly trembling body, and gently patted Beichuan's shoulder and said softly, "Follow me later!"
After a while, the slaves ran away intermittently, and the original team of nearly three hundred people now had less than fifty people left, which was really a disappointing number.
Seeing that the rest of the people were honestly standing in place, and no one had any thoughts of leaving, Merlin glanced at everyone and said coldly
"Are you sure you don't want to run for your life?
The rest of the slaves stared blankly at Merlin's face and didn't say a word.
The vast majority of them are the kind of people whose families are ruined and they don't care anymore, and they are dead for a hundred, and they may be able to turn over if they live.
Merlin withdrew his gaze and was about to continue issuing orders, when suddenly, he stopped.
"Old Bond, why don't you leave? You're not a slave, you shouldn't stay here!"
He saw Old Bond in the line.
Old Bond shook his head when he heard Merlin's words, and then straightened up his rocker, which didn't look very straight, and pointed at Beichuan and said
"Where can I run with this little guy when I'm gone? Look at him like this, he may fall down at any time even after walking a few steps, do I want to take him with me to die? In the team, you can protect us, and if we go out, it is not certain. ”
Following Old Bond's words, Merlin discovered Beichuan, who was not conspicuous in the crowd.
Because he was so small, and the two of them had always stood at the back, no one noticed him.
"Is this your grandson?" Merlin asked.
"It's not...."
"And he's your relative?"
"It's not either...."
"And who is he?"
"A little kid who hasn't been weaned yet. ”
Old Bond said this, smiling and touching Beichuan's long black hair, rubbing the latter's teeth and grinning.
But he didn't dare to squeak, he only dared to look at Merlin cautiously, for fear that Merlin would be unhappy and drive Old Bond away.
Looking at the smile on Old Bond's face, Merlin was silent for a moment, walked up to Old Bond, and said in a deep voice
"Don't follow us, take him with you quickly!Follow us to die!" After saying that, Merlin came back to his senses and swept the slaves and continued, "You all should go, this war should not implicate you! I'm sorry, I lied to you just now! Actually! All of you, I'm afraid none of you will come back alive in the next battle! Including us!"
Merlin's words smashed into the heads of the slaves like a thunderbolt from nine heavens.
They looked at the middle-aged soldier in front of them in disbelief.
After a long time, a slave trembled and whispered, "Great... My lord... You're kidding, right.... Aren't we just going to show our faces and run away? We don't have enough people to stuff their teeth with a hundred or so people....."
"Yes, my lord, don't tease us... Look at that kid scared...", someone echoed, pointing to Beichuan next to Old Bond.
Kitagawa wanted to speak now, too, but he didn't know what to say.
He doesn't know where his future lies, if it weren't for Old Bond here, Merlin wouldn't have told the truth at all, he had just given everyone a chance to live, that should be his last conscience.
As for the rest, in his eyes, they are just dead people who can lose their lives for the country at any time.
"Let's go. ”
Merlin waved at the stunned slaves, then turned to the soldiers
"All of them!Assemble!Go in the direction of the canyon!It's time to die for the Empire!"
"Drink!" The soldiers did not hesitate at all! They raised their weapons one after another! They stood up very consciously.