Chapter 21: Hathaway
Hathaway's plan to promote new knowledge in the name of the gods went well.
Under the organization of Allen, the young adults of the village go to the deep pool near the dragon's nest to fish for pond fish and dig duckweed rhizomes.
There are not many fish, mainly the mutated duckweed cultivated by Lin Ze, these original phytoplankton are rooted in the silt, and the white rhizomes with the thickness of the fingers are a very good food source after the thick skin is removed, whether it is cooked like this to eat, or dried and crushed as a staple food to eat, the taste is good, the slightly sweet taste and rich nutrition are deeply loved by the villagers. The rough skin peeled off can also be used to make hemp rope after simple tanning, which is solid and durable, simple and easy to obtain.
As time passed, the village faced only two problems โ whether to move to a new water source and how to deal with the upcoming tax collectors.
The former means that people will abandon their ancestral fields and villages to rebuild in an unknown place, while the latter means that they are likely to have a long conflict with the largest local power.
As Lin Ze expected, almost everyone chose to stay here and submit to Caron. After all, for them, once the food problem is solved, the pressure of many things will be consciously transferred to Hathaway, the nominal village.
"Uncle Mlanda, I made my suggestion for the good of the villagers, and everyone has seen the power of that god, is there anything wrong with that?" the girl argued in the wooden house where the village was arguing, and her beautiful blue eyes seemed to be burning with a raging flame. "And I'm not enough to prove His Majesty's kindness?"
The one-eyed Mulanda in a fur coat shook her head slowly, "Even if there are no gods in that place, we will find out sooner or later, and the duckweed inside will be used by us sooner or later, the Clark family was originally a bloodline knight in the past, and it will not be difficult to reawaken in your generation, as for Alan Boy...... It's not that I said, but his power probably came from his nowhere to be seen, and that doesn't mean anything. โ
"Huh. Hathaway sneered, "So what does Uncle Mulanda think of the knowledge I brought?
Mlanda squinted one-eyed, her thick fingers unconsciously lighting her pipe, "Hathaway, these things you brought back are indeed very convenient, but because of this, we feel that you are not encountering gods. โ
"It's so detailed, and it's like a ...... to the new stuff that goes down to every step It's like the alchemy of a wizard's lab. The former hunting captain, who had been out and about as a young man, replied, "No god seems to do that, and I don't know any god who would make a hunter hide in the shadows like Allen." โ
"Yes, so we wonder if Hathaway and Alan were tricked into the ruins by the devil. โ
Hathaway glanced at the silver flame pattern on the back of her hand.
You're right, but the more you guess right, the more you're going to take everyone away!
So far, everything that Hathaway has encountered since she came back is in Lin Ze's deduction, although there are deviations in the details, but the reaction of the older generation is not far from ten, and the young Hathaway simply does not have enough prestige to convince everyone to implement the preparatory plan. It is precisely because of this that Hathaway, who is desperate for Lin Ze, is more and more convinced of the judgment made by the black dragon - Pioneer Village and Hathaway, as well as the precious knowledge brought by Hathaway, were either swallowed by this group of old guys or sold by the old guys!
"I'm sorry uncles, thank you for your contribution to the village, you will always remember you. Hathaway suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to the others, silver flames wrapping around her arms from her hands, and if these people could not compromise with herself, then she would have to compromise with the plan proposed by the gentleman.
"Uncle Smith is bothering you. The girl slowly drew the knight's sword from her side, the flames staining the knight's sword with a dazzling silver layer, and Hathaway slashed over the wooden table with a standard leap and slashed at Mlanda who was in every way. The aging one-eyed warrior only had time to dodge sideways before his head was suddenly turned towards the blade and his head was severed.
"Hathaway!" the former hunting captain lifted the table and pulled out the meat cutting knife from his waist, but before he could make a move, he was choked by the blacksmith uncle next to him. With the other hand, he snatched the knife and smashed the hunting captain's neck to the ground, and the neck of the neck, let out a wail under the muscles, and the hunting captain lost his life completely.
"I wonder if your uncles agree with me now. Hathaway carried the blood-stained sword, Allen, who entered the council cabin at some point, and the blacksmith who wiped his palms, which was enough to absolutely crush the power of the village elder, did not hesitate to tell his "truth" in blood.
"I have no opinion. โ
"Neither did I. โ
"It's good to change places, so that you can avoid the tax collector in Caron. โ
Hathaway nodded at Allen, the young family in the shadows was ordered to clean up the tail of the hand, the son of the craftsman Mulanda had followed the caravan to the wilderness out of the South Fallen Leaves Forest a few years ago, there were no other relatives in the village, but the former hunting captain who had been seeking to master the pioneer village still had a family, the daughter had married to the pioneer village next door, and the son and wife who served as a farmer were still in the village.
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Dragon's Lair.
The hideous black dragon asked Hathaway while writing and drawing on the stone slab, "Aren't you afraid of a backlash?" Although Lin Ze had deduced the basic development direction to the two dependents in a fake appearance of pretending to be a god stick last time...... But whether that is nonsense or a serious deduction, he is also a blind man eating candy, and he knows it in his heart.
- In addition to being more open and flexible in mind than the average Orita World native, this black dragon has not escaped the fact that he thinks with his muscles.
So deduce something, I thought I just said it casually, and everyone just believed it, but I didn't expect it to be serious! Especially after listening to Hathaway's report, Lin Ze had a weird feeling of ", is this really what I said?" Didn't you get caught up in a ghost?
"Sir, sir?" Hathaway saw that Lin Ze didn't speak, so she took the initiative to ask a question, "I also hope that you can designate a piece of land for me to relocate the villagers, and everyone's things have been packed." โ
Fortunately, the dragon head with the scale armor attached to the black dragon couldn't see the subtle expression at all, and the skeleton-like black dragon's face perfectly concealed Lin Ze's blush. With two dry coughs, the black dragon took out the stone slab that had been prepared long ago, pointed to the location on it, and said, "Here, there is a small hill in the southeast of the dragon's nest, which is large enough for you to build a new village. โ
Hathaway silently recalled the nearby terrain, and immediately nodded that she would soon let the hunting party open up a jungle path that would allow the entire village to migrate.
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Pioneer Village Publicity Office.
Hathaway looked at the villagers under the small earthen platform with a sad face.
The men's hunting party stood on the side of the small square, and the confused men were gathering and whispering, they had heard about Alan's killing this morning, and even if Hathaway didn't gather everyone today, they would ask Hathaway Alan for a result.
Alan made a silent sound when he struck the wood, and the women and children who were gathering wild vegetables and fruits to prepare for the winter also came slowly from all over the place.
Seeing that the people were almost coming, Hathaway took out a handmade megaphone from behind her and shouted, "Are all the people from all the families here?"
There was a commotion below, and there was no sound.
"Hathaway, why did you kill the Mlanda family?"
"The Mlanda family is a good old man in the village, Hathaway, you must give us an explanation!"
Lin Ze stayed behind the tall mill, far away, he did his best to restrain his breath, and his excellent stealth ability allowed him to avoid being discovered.
However, the only drawback is that it is too far away to listen to it really, and you can only watch mime with one or two shouts or two at the occasional outburst.
"Ladies and gentlemen, they have turned their backs on the will of the gods and have been punished by the gods. Hathaway ignored the renewed noise from the audience and motioned to the cronies in the crowd to begin distributing the materials prepared.
This is the evidence that Mlanda and his son betrayed everyone and contacted Kaaron. Hathaway shouted persuasion as she watched as Alan and Blacksmith crushed a few scented balls.
- I'm sorry guys, but Sir's plan is actually a little better for everyone.
The growing soul bond is slowly transforming Hathaway into what Lin Ze needs.
Lin Ze couldn't see it really, but he could also feel Hathaway's constantly turbulent emotions in the soul link.
There are entanglements, pain, pride, and a weak heart after lying, and the complex and changing emotions make her more closely connected with Lin Ze's soul. The black dragon, who found this, smiled with satisfaction, and quietly climbed into the sky in the forest, flapping its wings and flew away.
He needed to clear the mounds of the powerful beasts in advance to secure a safe sphere of influence for his future territory.
The slope of the mound is not more than 300 meters high, and one kilometer away is the largest river in the South Larch, which is not only convenient for water intake, but also can be used in the direction of river transportation and sea transportation in the later stage.
The rot aura was fully released, the emerald aura was wildly disturbed, the dry vegetation all over the mound quickly turned green and grew, the weeds and vines twisted the vines, and the mutated duckweed seeds began to spread and grow wildly in the mound, and the white roots that grew in clusters loosened the gentle land along the river, and drilled rough caves in the compacted mounds......
In less than a few days, when Hathaway and the men who had led the construction period to the mound, the ownerless wilderness had changed dramatically.
The sparse trees on the mounds were just right for felling to make a rudimentary camp, and the soft ground was not a problem for building a village or cultivating the following year.
When they climbed the mound and saw the staggered caves on one side of the mound, everyone couldn't help but let out a cheer.
These caves are just the right thing to do with the initial construction and habitation. By the afternoon, when the returning hunting party arrived with women, children, and livestock, it had been hastily constructed.
The women cleaned the caves and prepared food, the children were instructed by adults to go all over the mountains to collect the weeds that had been hanged, and the livestock were quickly used to haul the trees and transport the grain. The pioneer village of a few hundred people began to build their new home with great efficiency and skill, and this large-scale operation was carried out once when they were younger, but at other times it was a brief migration to escape the tide of beasts, and this time it was to be stationed here permanently.
"Hathaway, is this the new land that the gods have prepared for us?" the gray-bearded old man stood on crutches with his maiden at the top of the hill, "I have been to this place a few times when I was young, and it is full of half-human weeds, thorns, and sinister snakes, but I didn't expect it to change so much now. โ
"Yes, this is the heart of His Majesty who pointed out to me in his dreams, and this will be everyone's new home. Hathaway smelled the faint fragrance that filled the mountains and fields, and couldn't help but sigh again about Mr. Black Dragon's strength.
Looking at the villagers in full swing, the old doctor in the village suddenly remembered a very serious question, "By the way, Hathaway, what is the name of that majesty?
The village doctor's words were categorical, and Hathaway agreed, but she didn't know what to call the gentleman.
(PS: Say a little off-topic, the plot of these days needs to be prepared for the future, and the protagonist has fewer scenes, so forgive me for compressing it, and I'll start the normal strategy tomorrow.) Finally, I shamelessly ask for a wave of tickets and collections, these are my motivations. [Please make up for the brain here, the author Jun is selling Meng ใฝ ( ฬะด ฬ;) ใใ๏ผ