120. Undercounting
120. Undercounting
The wails of men, the screams of women and the cries of children mingle to form a scene of hell. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Theoretically, it should be like this, but this scenario seems to be a bit problematic.
The raging fire is used as the background music, the screaming is used as the sound effect, and the burning city is used as the background texture, but there is only one thing missing.
That's the crowd of people who are scattering and fleeing.
Apart from the screams and screams that can be seen everywhere, the pirates have met no resistance except for the original port area, which means that they have not encountered any living people.
It seemed that there was a human breath in all directions, screams and cries, but the pirates never saw anyone who made these noises from beginning to end.
Initially indulged in destruction and plunder, the pirates didn't notice anything wrong, but after not encountering anyone for a long time, even the most nervous pirates finally felt the strong incongruity.
"Captain, there seems to be something wrong with this place!"
"Shut up, think I can't see it?" the pirate captain narrowed his eyes, and then, taking out a throwing knife from his arms, aiming somewhere, shooting!!
With a "sudden" sound, the flying knife pierced deep into the wall.
At the edge of the wall, a figure dressed in black, completely enveloping himself in darkness and blending into the thick darkness of the night, disappeared into that place.
"Ghost ...... Ghosts?!"
There seemed to be a remnant of the flying black coat in front of him, but the figure of the man disappeared completely from the front of the pirates.
At this time, as the captain of the ship, he naturally has to play an exemplary role and stabilize the morale of the army.
He fearlessly came to the place where the figure had disappeared, looked at it carefully, and then said loudly: "Stupid, what a ghost!"
It's easy to see at a distance, but up close you can see that at the base of the wall, there's a small, inconspicuous hole.
A burly, pimple-covered man like a pirate captain had little hope, but a small man could barely get through there.
"Hmph, what dare you play tricks in front of me?"
"Break the !! for me" The pirate captain swung his axe and slashed at the wall.
Like a clay of mud, the walls collapsed in response.
However, behind the wall, there was nothing, and it seemed that the counter had already slipped away.
"......" The pirate captain's eyes gleamed fiercely, looking at the empty place, fumbling with his beard, not knowing what to think.
"Captain, let's retreat...... one of his subordinates cautiously admonished, "There is obviously a conspiracy here, and it would not be good if it was a trick played by the damned nobles who wanted to trick us ashore and catch us all." ā
"Stupid, what's the panic!!" The pirate captain slapped the timid guy and twitched the little pirate around: "Those intriguing nobles and businessmen who want money are not afraid at all, they have too late to fight themselves, and they don't have time to take care of us outsiders? Hmph, anyway, we were originally invited by both sides to make trouble, and the fact that there are no guards in this city is genuine, we are here to grab it, and then go overseas to have a good time!!"
Hoping for a better future and succumbing to the pirate captain's obscenity, the remaining pirates began to slaughter again, even though they hadn't encountered a living person in a long time.
"Wow, it's so dangerous, it really scares me to death, is that pirate leader actually a barbarian......"
Hiding on the roof was the child of Luna's House, who was lying on the roof honestly, carefully covering his mouth and not daring to make any sound.
His mind couldn't help but recall the request that suddenly appeared after Miss Luna left.
"Long, I declare you requisitioned. ā
"Huh? What are you talking about? Are you frightened? You can't pee your pants, do you?" Looking at a serious Fan, Long complained as a matter of course.
"Don't you want to be heroes and save innocent citizens who are about to be killed?"
"I'm not interested, let this kind of great thing be done by the big men of the Templars and the nobility. "Obviously, the orphan attribute is more or less insulated from the attributes of the righteous maniac, the defender, and the like.
"That's true, but this has something to do with Luna, and by the way, I have something to do with it. ā
"What do you mean? Do you know where my sister has gone?"
"Luna is trying to save the people in the city, and that's what I want to do. Not for me, not for the sake of the people in the city who don't know you, but for Luna, use your strengths a little bit, and use your agility that even the locals can't keep up with to blind the pirates. ā
"I know this is dangerous, so run away if the situation is not good, please...... Don't die!"
"Make no mistake, we're here for Sister Luna!!" Ryu's awkward answer was still in his ears.
So there was the previous scene, the children of Luna House used all kinds of ghost crying and howling, and successfully caused the pirates to delay for a long time to discover the flaw in front of them.
And the real citizens have already been evacuated.
Of course, the Ball government did not play any role here, and it was the loose organization called the Freedom League, which had only recently emerged, that succeeded in carrying out this strategy, minimizing the losses.
The name sounds powerful, but it's actually the roadside stall organization that was forcibly put together using Miss Luna's ice drink shop as the core.
This nascent organization has almost infiltrated thousands of households, although it is superficial and has a weak foundation, but the organization is an organization after all, relying on that loose organization, it is obviously whimsical to want to launch a counterattack against the attacking pirates, but it is more than enough to organize the retreat of the personnel.
Because of the new roadside stalls, the Boer people are somewhat accustomed to traveling at night, although there are puzzles and hesitations, but relying on Luna's recent prestige, in the face of Luna's strong requirements for ice drink shops, these recent habitual obedience to orders, habitually following the ice drink shop to form a group, against the big businessmen, the small merchants and hawkers have finally chosen to cooperate.
"To do such a thing...... Miss Luna murmured, and then, startled, and eagerly said, "In that case, why let those children take the risk?
"It's not redundant. Fan shook his head firmly.
"I'm going to let those pirates stay here, forever...... As such, it was necessary to keep them from being aware of the anomaly, but that was the end of it. ā
Like a king on high, Fan raised his hand high, and then, over the adjoining street, over the burning dock, pointed his finger at the reflection of the skyrocketing fire, showing a sea of bright red.
"Appear, my army will completely crush the pests who dare to invade the territory of this duke!"
The next moment, the sound of horses' hooves began.
The earth trembled with fear.
The army of the night formed a long dragon and galloped from the other direction.
At the same moment, the highest point in the city of Bol, the top of the Great Church.
Miss Sierra and Mr. Shadwa, who was standing behind her, trampled the cross under their feet without hindrance, and looked out at the empty sea.
"Red Lotus and Green Wind, this is the only way to break the game......"
"Miss, did you expect the Duke to do this?" asked Shadwa cautiously.
"Only, our Lord Duke......," Miss Serra chuckled, "in the end, she chose to be soft-hearted, so that the upright Mr. Knight should become more loyal......
"Is this even calculated......" Shadwa was dumbfounded, and then, after a moment's thought, he said, "What if...... I mean, in case, the Duke doesn't think of a way to crack it, how will it end?
"Hehe, there is no other way back, if he can't break through even this level of difficulty, it proves that he is just a mediocre talent, and he is not qualified to dance with me at all, what do you say, Shadwa?"
The next moment, Miss Luna suddenly retracted her smile, frowned, and looked to the other side.
"That's ......"
"Is that your army?" Miss Luna finally let out a long sigh of relief as she looked at the menacing army coming from afar.
However, the next moment, she found that the young man next to her was stiff.
"That's ...... What?," said the young duke, hesitantly.
"Huh??" Luna was stunned for a moment, then her heart sank.
"I was going to completely block the pirates' retreat, so my army ...... It was from Gaske that they were transferred back from the sea. ā
"It's terrible, I don't know what other army will appear at this time......"
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