Chapter 43: The Wizard's Guard
"The people of the Liberty are free, and we will not submit to power. It doesn't matter if it's an empire. The fangs of the doctrine are still the orders of the mediocre king. We will all resist to the end and defend our freedom to the death! ”
In a small town in the southeast of the Rising Sun Empire, a girl in a black robe who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old was giving a speech.
The girl was none other than Hermione, who had been summoned by Zhang Yao, and in Hermione's memory, she was traveling around the world and making a brief stop in this town called Liberty Territory.
The day after Hermione's stay here, a group of ironclad soldiers broke into the peaceful town. The soldiers burned down the houses where they spent the winter, and destroyed all the farmland and even the workshops. He claimed that he was ordered by His Majesty the King to let everyone go to the Imperial City of the Rising Sun and build four satellite cities.
The relentless fire devoured the homes of the Liberty people, and while the soldiers were driving the poor people away from their homes like cattle and sheep, Hermione, who was hiding in the crowd, finally chose to stand up.
"Who are you, and why are you destroying everyone's homes!" Although Hermione was only fourteen or fifteen years old, her heroic face conquered everyone as soon as she appeared.
Under her forced gaze, even a dozen soldiers who drove away the people. I have to sigh from the bottom of my heart, this is really an angel who has descended to the earth.
Angels are the yearning for good things in people's hearts, but between life and yearning, these soldiers are destined to make a choice.
"The king has ordered that all neutral free towns in the territory of the Rising Sun Empire be destroyed. Everyone must rush to the Imperial City of the Rising Sun and build four satellite cities there! The soldiers drew their weapons, their swords pointed at Hermione.
They were warriors, and it was their mission and duty to carry out the king's orders.
"Let's not leave, this is our home!"
"They are the aggressor, hit the aggressor!"
Seeing Hermione surrounded by soldiers, the hearts of the people in the Liberty Collar were boiling. Countless angry people began to revolt under the resentment of burning homes and the loss of their fields, and the battle was no longer inevitable at this moment.
Although the Free Territory is said to be a territory, not many people live here. Hundreds of young men who had lost their homes, wielding scythes and hoes, fought with dozens of soldiers.
The young and strong people who had not undergone training were as powerless as cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered by dozens of soldiers.
The sickles and hoes in everyone's hands could not pierce the armor of the soldiers at all. And these formally trained soldiers, every time they wave their weapons, they can take a human life.
The whole scene was extremely chaotic, and the child's crying for his mother was endless. Whether you want freedom or life, you have to pay for the choices you make.
The fire engulfed the entire Free Territory, and the soldiers no longer cared about the old or the young in front of them as the killing continued, and the killing would become a permanent melody.
Under the merciless slaughter, the farmers of the Liberty Territory were quickly defeated. Many of those who were resisting one moment ago began to flee the next. In the shadow of death, no one can still remember what freedom is, and everyone can think of running faster and faster.
"Weapon deprivation!" In the midst of the one-sided slaughter, a heavenly sound filled the fire and blood.
Hermione held her wand and bit her little lip. She stood alone between the soldiers and the rebels, stopping the mad soldiers who had already been killed.
"Wizard!" The well-informed captain of the soldiers, looking at the long sword that had been knocked away at his feet, couldn't help but take a few steps back.
Unlike the slaughter of weak civilians, the fear of wizards comes from within the soul. The legendary wizards are extremely powerful and evil, and even these soldiers who are caught in the killing have also sobered up a little under the word wizard.
"Wizard, I hope you don't meddle in your business. This is the territory of the Rising Sun Empire, not your wizard's Isengard! Although the captain of the soldier was also frightened by the name of the wizard, he looked at Hermione's childish face, which was obviously fourteen or fifteen years old, but he did not want to lose face in front of his subordinates.
"This little wizard is only a few years old, I don't believe how powerful she is!" The captain of the soldier cheered himself up in his heart, and approached Hermione step by step.
As the Captain of the Soldier drew closer, Hermione stepped back, even though she was Gandalf's daughter and a wizard. But it still can't change the fact that she is only fourteen years old and a minor girl.
Hermione looked a little frightened under the pressure of dozens of soldiers, and her hand holding her wand trembled. Even at this moment, she had forgotten how to pronounce the spell, and the thought of escaping kept rising from the bottom of her heart.
"You can do it, you can do it, Hermione! Don't be afraid, you're a wizard, you're a powerful wizard! ”
With tears in her eyes, Hermione closed her eyes and exclaimed as she raised her wand at the moment when the Captain of the Soldier reached out to snatch her wand, "Strike with great force!" ”
"Bang!"
The wand glowed red, and the captain of the soldiers, who had just raised his hand, bore the brunt of it.
Just like a passerby who was hit by a car, the muscular soldier captain flew out directly upside down under the light of magic and slammed into the crowd of soldiers.
The power of magic showed the beauty of violence at this moment, and the armor of the captain of the soldier who was sent out of the air was already twisted and deformed. His face turned a terrifying purple, and a mouthful of blood with internal organs spurted out directly.
"Ahem! Let's go, go to the military headquarters and report it, and say that there are wizards in the free territory to make trouble! The captain of the soldiers struggled to give the order, and after saying this, he tilted his head and fainted.
"Captain, Captain" The morale of the soldiers was greatly reduced by the horrific injuries of the captain, and the fear of the wizard's power prevailed in their hearts.
Dozens of soldiers no longer had the courage to fight in front of Hermione, and they lifted the seriously injured and unconscious captain with all hands and feet, and fled like lost dogs.
"Victory, we victory! We have driven out the minions of the evil Empire, and we have defended our homeland! ”
The living Liberty Leader cheered, and the heroic treatment fell on Hermione like no money.
Hermione stood in the crowd, and she looked at the rustic gazes of these people. A life-changing decision appeared in the girl's heart at this moment.
"I'm a wizard and I should help them. Just like my father Gandalf, help them fight against the rule of the evil empire and help them protect their homeland and justice! ”
Hermione made up her mind in her heart, and she decided that her travels would end there, because she had found something greater than traveling the continent, and that was to help the poor rebel against the dictatorship.
Hermione has settled in the Liberty Territory, and news spreads that wizards are guarding freedom.
More and more neutral towns are migrating to the area, and many believe that under the leadership of Hermione, they will rebuild their homes here and form an alliance of freemen to fight together against the bloody oppression of the evil empire.
In these snowy years, the territory of the Rising Sun Empire has become polarized.
In the neutral territory where Hermione did not exist, the army of the Rising Sun Empire swept through like locusts, and all the people and supplies were plundered, and they continued to send them to the Imperial City of the Rising Sun.
And the southeast, where Hermione, a wizarding saintess, sits in town, has once again gathered a new force.
Many poor homeless people, and people who are free. Spontaneously assembled here to form a remnant of human freedom under the protection of wizards.
"Can we hold on to the Liberty Territory? I heard that the evil empire is preparing to attack us! ”
"Yes, we will. It is said that justice cannot defeat evil, and we represent the side of justice, how can it be a failure! ”
Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, winter went to spring.
As the snow slowly melted, the news that the Rising Sun Empire was deploying troops to extinguish the Liberty Collar was also pressing on everyone's hearts like a dark cloud.
Countless people chose to leave the country under this news, and many more people guarded the territory that belonged to freedom, preparing to start a war for freedom and survival with the upcoming evil empire.
"Mario!"
On the walls of the Imperial City of the Rising Sun, Zhang Yao looked at the thriving scene of spring blossoms, and said to Mario behind him: "Any enemy who stands in the way of the empire is destined to be crushed. Destroy the free territory first, and then wave the army east into the kingdom of Rohan, with Isengard. ”
"Mario, you have a heavy burden, I hope you will not disappoint me and the people of the Empire!"
"Yes, Your Majesty! Thank you for giving me this opportunity to fight for the Empire! ”
Mario nodded respectfully, and three flaming fireballs appeared out of thin air outside the white suspenders.
"Go, capture that wizard back, and then wave your army eastward to level the kingdoms of Isengar and Rohan!" In Zhang Yao's muffled words, Mario instantly jumped off the city wall.
Under the city walls, the 50,000-strong army that had been assembled was ready to go. Among them, the veteran Yan Junping was the commander of the three armies, Mario and five hundred dwarf warriors were the vanguard, and Yuan Tiangang was the military advisor, forming the spring offensive of the Rising Sun Empire.
"Go, let the honor bear witness to your existence!" Zhang Yao waved his hand at the 50,000 soldiers, and countless people shouted in unison: "Destroy the free territory first, in the Taluo Khanate!" Victory, the rising sun will win! ”
The 50,000-strong army marched out in the roar, Zhang Yao looked at the distant figure of the army, and smiled slightly: "Mario vs. Hermione, it's really interesting!" ”
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