Chapter 9 The Ferry (1)
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Contrary to Link's expectations, the High Priest took it upon himself to envelop the inn in a wide range pattern, and it didn't take long to complete the examination of the survivors, who had neither been bitten by vampires nor succumbed to deadly carrion poison.
Probably because he didn't want to expose the town to be controlled by the undead, the vampire baron strictly controlled the amount of food he ate. In this troubled world, who cares about the safety of strangers, especially those blood slaves who sell ** in exchange for money and goods as a guise, this kind of thing is not uncommon for business travelers who go out, and no one will notice that these men who left with women have never returned. In addition, the eastern part of the Great 6 has always been the domain of mages and wood elves, and for hundreds of years, it has been difficult for the Dawn Sect to grow here, so the situation of Gaunt has not been revealed.
Everyone was in a hurry to leave this place controlled by the undead, and even if all the undead in the town had been wiped out, they still didn't want to stay any longer.
Orlando roughly counted nearly a hundred. With so many people on the road together, even with the help of mercenaries, it is very difficult to take care of the tail, and who can guarantee that there will be no more homeless people and undead on the way?
Link's view is even more pessimistic than that of the half-elves. Frost had seen through his disguise, and with Doyle, it would only be more dangerous for these people to go on their way.
Alysina and Doyle took full advantage of the Order's character, insisting on escorting them to the next safe settlement.
Since the undead chose this stronghold, they must have taken a fancy to the fact that it was the only place for Vaolet to pass through to Kabeer. The Dawn Sect is beyond the reach of the whip, and most of the native nobles of Kabyr are cowards who take care of themselves, and may send other high-level undead to regain control of the power.
It was certain to go, but the four of them had a strict disagreement about which way to go. Staying in the town of Jafar, the other four retreated to the street outside the hotel to discuss.
The closest human settlement is Bunian in the north, but it passes through the rising Storm Sea, which is also the most undead haunted area.
To the east, Fort Conin, the size of Grantham in Befast, was a military fortress with thousands of troops stationed.
Gaunt borders Essonne to the south and is the safest route, although it has the most detours.
Orlando thought that going south would keep them safe, but the two Dawn believers didn't. Koning is a frontier town in Kabyer, with an army of more than 5,000 men stationed, and it should not be controlled by the undead as lightly as Gaunt.
Link, who has personally experienced the siege of the undead, doesn't think so, Grantham's population is larger than Fort Cornyn, and Fort Watch and the Avenger Army are both elite troops who have been fighting against the undead all year round, and they are not forced to the point of exhaustion by the undead, and the number of people does not mean anything, just asking for peace of mind.
Of course, he couldn't really leave so many dozens of people behind.
Unable to disagree, the three of them turned their eyes to Link at the same time.
Huh, do you want to listen to me...... Link pondered it and replied, "My words will be the north." ”
"Why?" Orlando didn't understand why Link had chosen such a dangerous path.
"Isn't it tantamount to suicide to drill into it knowing that it might be a trap?" Doyle asked rhetorically in a bad tone.
"Since everyone thinks it's not safe and won't choose that path, it's the best option for us to minimize the danger and instability. ”
Unlike Doyle, who is in a rebellious period and simply wants to rebel, Alysina wants to hear Link's reasoning, "Can you explain in detail why you chose the North?"
Link nodded and continued, "We have been targeted by the undead, no matter whether we go south or east, what awaits us will only be a large net that has been prepared for a long time. These people are only more dangerous to act with us. ”
"You mean...... Will Fort Conning be controlled by the undead like here?" Alysina didn't want to think about the worst, the garrison plus the inhabitants, the total population of Fort Conning was more than 10,000, and the almost empty city of Gaunt couldn't be compared. In terms of individuals versus tens of thousands, even if they are all high-level masters or above, they have no chance of winning.
"I wouldn't want anything like that if I could, but the undead have the power. "If Orlando's statement that 'intuition equals foreknowledge' is true, Link thinks that all that awaits them is a terrifying trap of despair. Gacos's three divine punishments had already been used, and he really didn't want to take any more risks.
Alysina's brow furrowed, she knew Link was right. If the undead want to conquer a town, they only need to surround it, cut off water and food, and it won't take long to harvest an entire city of recruits.
"The undead don't kill Doyle, but the others aren't so lucky. Link continued to lobby the dominant archpriests, and the order camp was all about justice and kindness, and if the safety of these merchants was removed, he would not believe that the archpriests would rather ignore their lives or deaths.
"Didn't you say that the purpose of the undead was to get rid of the other direct lines of the Doyle family? Why did you say that you wouldn't kill Cronberg before returning to him?"
Knowing the information he received from the vampires, Link believes that Frost Cold's target is Doyle, not the rumored pregnant mistress, a smoke bomb deliberately released to hide the real target. You have to find a reasonable and convincing explanation......
With Link's knowledge of Frost, it was clear that it wouldn't spend so much energy and time on inconsequential pawns. Gonzalez's title of Archduke of Befast was given by the princes after the invasion of the undead, and they themselves were rebels and rebels, and there was always something wrong with them. But Melville is different, he is a descendant of Befast, indisputably orthodox. Doesn't Doyle, who was born to Duke Kronberg's only daughter, have the right to inherit the two lands that served as the main battlefield of the undead?
That...... Why did Frost kill Melville? Without this direct descendant of Befast, Doyle was of noble origin, and the right to inherit and title were empty talk. Could it be that Frost's purpose is to use Guò Melville's death to strike Doyle, and then force him to degenerate from a follower of Dawn to an undead, as I thought?
Because of his disguised identity, Link was unable to tell his full inference, and could only use a lame reason that even he couldn't convince: "What must be said is intuition." ”
Doyle sneered, apparently not very satisfied with such an answer.
Seeing that Link's attitude was so determined, Orlando, who was opposed to taking the northern route at the beginning, sided with him instead.
Seeing that Alysina didn't say anything, Doyle asked a little uneasily, "You don't really believe his nonsense, do you?"
"To be on the safe side, I'm going to make a prophecy. "One of the most crucial things for Alicina to be chosen to be Doyle's protector is that the High Priest has the strongest prophetic ability of the Dawn Sect.
Half-kneeling, after a long prayer, a golden circle rose from Arisina's feet and disappeared before reaching the top of her head.
When the prophecy ended, the face of the high priest became even more ugly.
"How's it going?" Doyle didn't want to follow Link's advice and take the northern route.
"Very bad...... "Alysis" Alysina predicted in three directions, the scythe on the eastern front, the darkness on the southern front, and the cracking ice on the northern front.
"Scythe, darkness, ice cracking......" Orlando's face is not much better, it sounds like it is all related to death and the undead, and it is the worst situation.
"The scythe is a symbol of death that harvests life, the darkness is a sign of an uncertain future, and as for the ice bursting...... Link thinks that this is precisely related to Gonzalez's warning to him about the ebb tide of the storm sea, but unfortunately he can't say it explicitly, and he has to find a way to make up a reliable lie, "It's the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the frozen water of the storm sea has thawed, right?"
Alysina was stunned, she had indeed forgotten about this due to the poor prophecy of the first two routes.
"I hope that as you say, the danger and instability can be minimized. "Kronberg is a must-go, the lesser of two evils, and Alysina can only choose a less dangerous path. The most dangerous is the safest, and the undead probably wouldn't have thought that their group would take the northern route close to the storm sea and the most undead.
Now that the high priests have expressed their positions, Doyle can only accept this result. Because of his aristocratic status, he was sent to inform the survivors of the outcome of the deliberations.
As soon as they heard that they were going to the north, many people resolutely protested, and there was a lot of noise in the inn, and some people even kept persuading them to go east. The team of 100 people was suddenly reduced by half, and some of the remaining chose to take the safest southern route. Most of the last ones left behind were the ones who had been rescued from the lich, and there were a few mercenaries, all of whom were smart people who had seen the skills of Link and the others and felt that it was safer to follow them.
In this way, the three teams that parted ways all followed their own fates on different paths.
Before leaving, the food and water that could be carried in the town were looted, and the number of carriages was reduced from three to five, and Link, Orlando, and Jafar rode alone in the name of the queen, and the merchant and the only mage were in the center, and the mercenaries and two Dawn Believers opened the way, and set off for the ferry, which few people could walk.
At the end of the line, in the carriage with no one else, in order to prevent eavesdropping, Link shared with Orlando in Chinese what he had learned first-hand information from Gonzalez - the tide of the storm sea had receded, and it had retreated sharply for dozens of miles. If you choose this route, you don't have to worry about the sea ice melting.
But Orlando worries, could this be a conspiracy of the undead, using the low tide to lure them to the northern route?
Link dismissed his apprehensions. First of all, the life weavers could not predict each other, and he borrowed Melville's identity on an improvised basis. Secondly, assuming that Frost Cold's real goal is Doyle, then the point of keeping him alive is far greater than killing, as long as he can corrupt Doyle and make him fall, and let out the news that his father is a descendant of Befast, he can control two territories that fight against the undead without making a big move. As for the spy who was planted next to the current Duke of Kronberg, it was all about luring Doyle back to Kronberg without arousing the suspicion of the Dawn Sect and being cannon fodder to distract the world.
"And what do you explain Melville, and who will prove Doyle's origins when he dies?" Orlando felt that didn't make sense anyway.
"Don't forget, it wasn't Frost who killed him, it was Cybrion, another lord. The interior of the immortal empire is also like the human princes, who don't like each other, and they don't like each other. Link spread his hands, and only this explanation could explain why Melville would leave the field early before he could do his due job, presumably Frost was also annoyed.