Chapter 049: Doom Strikes
The two sitting on the steps looked up at Aiden with a smile on his face. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"It's just right, I'll say it a second time. Alan said and beckoned to Aiden, who walked over to the two and sat down on the floor.
"Yesterday I thought all night that if we keep hiding in the illusion, sooner or later we will become like the Iron Hoof Army. There are no citizens, no taxes, no minerals, and the only bit of wood and stone we have gathered, and although we can survive by hunting and fishing, it is not a long-term solution, after all, we all have unfulfilled ambitions and ideals, right?" Alan turned to look at Kenny.
"Of course, how could I have traveled with you to the Blue Bone Terrans. ā
"There is no need to mention the matter of Moore, even if he is willing to ally now, we can't attack Nipur City with him, who knows when that Bella will come out again to convince Moore, what if they turn against him? Last night I was lying in bed, watching the moon set and the sun rise, and finally thought of a way to take Nipur City on our own!" Alan said excitedly.
"You've got a lot of ideas, Alan. Aiden's words were filled with adoration.
"Remember the swordsman we duel with the first time we went to Nipur City?" a smile tipped at the corner of Allen's mouth.
"Remember, what's wrong?"
"It was your words that gave me the idea! At that time, you said that you wanted to take him for your own use and raise a not very large army to carry out assassination missions, which was a very good offer! Now we can't win Barton in terms of army and financial resources, but we can completely infiltrate the city of Nipur and assassinate that old guy, the city of demons has several coups almost every year, chaos is our best helper, it is like the steps built for us by the god Namu, as long as Barton dies, we will lead the soldiers and prophets into Nipur City, and no one can resist those dragonless guys!" Alan said and stood up excitedly, looking at Kenny with expectant eyes.
"Alan, you are truly the Namu god who sent me Atra (the supreme wise man of Sumerian mythology). It's a good idea, but you've seen Barton, who has dozens of Guards by his side at all times, and it's almost impossible that a few of us would want to assassinate him. What's more, we're probably the most wanted criminals in Nipur by now, and the streets are plastered with our portraits, and don't forget, you just used him like a monkey a few days ago. Kenny said disapprovingly.
"We don't have anything now, what is there to be afraid of, how do we know if it will work if we don't try, maybe we just arrived in Nipur City, and Barton was just about to go out hunting, and Aiden shot an arrow through his head, and that guy died before he even saw what we looked like!hahaha!"
"Hehe, you should be a bard and make up some nice poems. Kenny said as he looked at an optimistic Alan.
"You decide, at least it's better than doing nothing now, isn't it?"
"Aiden, go get the horses and food!" Kenny ordered the newly recruited soldiers.
Aiden immediately got up and ran to the improvised stables behind the stone house, and a guy dangled to the two of them.
"Brother, I just heard your conversation, and it looks like you're going to leave me here alone, aren't you?" said Mio, with a disgruntled expression.
"You want to go to Nipur City too, don't you?" said Allen, with a smile on his lips.
"Really?!"
"Of course, Kenny and I have been worrying about military expenses lately, soldiers can't always live by hunting, right? A rare species like yours will definitely sell for a good price, and if you can meet a rich nobleman, you may be able to exchange an unexpected amount of gold coins. When we sell you, you find a way to get out and fly back, and then we sell you again, and you find a way to get out, and we sell you again, and so on, and soon we will have enough gold to recruit troops!
"Brother, Linde is practicing swords on the Earth Spirit Clan's side, I'll go and see him, you guys go early and come back early!" Mio waved at the two as he walked.
"Hehe, why are you bullying him all day long?" Kenny smiled as he looked at Mio as he walked away.
"His wings are too conspicuous, we can't really let him follow us to Nipur City, can we?"
After Allen finished speaking, he took out the Destiny card from the pocket of his bearskin jacket and handed it to Kenny, "Before you leave, do you want to see what you will find next?"
"No, I'm relieved to know that Lawrence is okay. Kenny reached out and pushed away the cards that Eren handed him.
"And what about your wife and the commander of the cavalry?
"The picture of the last Mandate of Heaven card hasn't been fulfilled yet, and I don't really believe in it. Kenny looked up at Alan.
"What did you see last time?" asked Allen.
"Hmm..... It looks like you're sitting around the campfire with Mio plotting something!" The sudden question made Kenny look a little nervous.
"Kenny, that's not what you told me last time....." Alan said with a suspicious expression.
"Don't look at me with this look, it's been so long, who will remember it so clearly, anyway, I saw you. Kenny stood up and said, "I'll go find some soldiers and ask them to help Shelley build a stone house on the other side of the river, so she can make it easier for her later." ā
Kenny turned around and walked to the grove behind him, and Alan pouted as he looked at Kenny's departing back, and folded his hands to put the Mandate of Heaven card on his forehead.
"Kenny!!"
The shouting behind him made Kenny stop.
"What's wrong?" Kenny asked, turning to see Alan breathing heavily, with a frightened look on his face.
"What's the matter, why do you see this look?" Kenny hurried over to Alan.
Alan looked at the Destiny Card with a frightened expression, his brow squeezed out a few wrinkles on his forehead, the hands holding the treasure couldn't help trembling, his upper teeth bit his lower lip, and his Adam's apple squirmed up and down and kept swallowing saliva.
"I see..... I'm dead....." Alan looked up at Kenny with blank eyes.
"What did you say? You're dead?" Kenny patted Alan on the shoulder, "Hahaha! How did you die? Died in a brothel, didn't you? Your acting skills are really getting better and better, okay, okay, I admit I was tricked by you!"
"I'm not kidding, I actually saw me die. Alan looked at Kenny with a serious expression.
"What about me? Am I dead too? Enough, don't do it again, I admit that I lied to you before, but what I saw was ....."
"I repeat, Kenny, this is not a joke, I see myself lying in the main hall of Morwin Castle in the city of Nippur, with gray eyes and motionless, and there is a man in a white robe chanting a spell next to me, I can't hear what he is saying, you stand next to you with a solemn face. Alan looked at Kenny and said with a pale face.