Chapter Seventy-One: No Intention to Fight
Leok's explanation, shuddering and laughing, left Hawke speechless. He found www.biquge.info he had a wrong understanding of Drogris, except for one thing - Drogris wanted to remove all obstacles so that the territory of "Paradise" could be extended to the entire race.
"Shouldn't this be a wonderful wish, why is it so crazy?" thought Hawke, bewildered.
He looked around, and the underground cells, barely fit their feet, were filled with villagers sitting or lying down, covered in mud and blood. He turned his head back to the equally embarrassed Silres. In the light of the fire, the face that looked a little like himself became sharper. She pursed her lips tightly, and the tired, sad look on her face must have been the result of guilt, for they had been forced to shoot arrows at their own people, forced to watch imps like Leok and herself fall into a pit and sink into hell.
Suddenly, Hawke realizes that what Dilledo said was right. Drogris really thinks of himself as a god. Since he single-handedly created "heaven", there must be a corresponding "hell" to accommodate dissidents, and now they are standing on the edge of hell.
"Why was that idiot able to find out, but I wasn't?"
Just as Hawke was lost in shock for a moment, Riadlin stepped through the gap in the crowd and squeezed to their side.
"The little wizard doesn't look good. Riadlin said.
"He's fainted again?" Silris's brow furrowed even tighter.
"How so...... It's a little worse than I expected at first, but as long as I recuperate, I'll get better. In short, he can't help us now, and we can't help him, because of the conditions. Liadlin spread her hands.
"Elves can't help it?"
Liadlin shook her head.
"But the little wizard gave us an idea earlier. Not...... Don't stand here, go and talk to me, it's empty. ”
With that, Liadlin took the lead and squeezed back. Silreth watched as the mage carefully searched for a place to settle in the crowd, and shrugged her shoulders helplessly. She turned her head and motioned for Hawke and Wall to follow, but Wall tilted his neck at Leok.
"Let this kid come along, right?"
"Me?" Leok said, gesturing to himself, a little uncertain.
"I don't think Lariz will save you for no reason, this wizard is no ordinary deceit. ”
As soon as Wall finished speaking, Liadlin patted his head and turned back.
"You little guy thinks better than I do, night owl?"
"My name is Wall. ”
"Oh!" said Liadlin, pointing at Wall and then to Syreth, "little girl, you better keep an eye out for this little fellow standing behind you, who has been secretly watching you, and I see that he is beating you up for the moment." ”
Sirris, who was worried about the village's affairs, did not react for a moment, while Hawk and Wall immediately looked embarrassed.
"We don't have much time, so let's figure out what to do with Drogris next, shall we?" Wall said with a light cough, which made Riadlin smile wickedly.
"Well said, come on, move your places, let's get over!" he turned and continued on his way.
While Sylreth and the others moved to the "temporary combat station", Aura was watching the Shattered Star Arrow wipe and maintain his bow and arrows seemingly calmly. At this moment, the elf was rubbing the waxed bowstring with a dry cloth. He turned to see that the bow that Ola was using was stained with a lot of dirt, and the surface of the string was already white, and he threw the unused beeswax on Ola.
Seeing the beeswax that fell in his hand, and seeing the elf's behavior of burying his head in handling his weapon without waiting for him to express his gratitude, Aura couldn't help but sigh in his heart. She knew that Shattered Star Arrow was not a villain, but she was powerless to prevent herself from falling into a cruel memory.
It was nearly dusk, and she, Shattered Star Arrow, and the others were on the trap belt. They draw their bowstrings to the fullest, and at the sound of an order, they will move on the enemy who tries to advance forward. But when the opponent was close enough to see his face clearly, many people were at a loss.
According to the people around him, the team sent by Drogris to play the striker was all people from the Nightingale's side. Ora remembered that the group were all about Hawke's age, with panicked, confused, and even ashamed expressions on their faces, and the weapons in the hands of the "baby soldiers" hung at their sides like ornaments.
The two sides really had no intention of fighting, one side shouted to stop and retreat, and the other side shuffled forward in silence. Finally, the sound of the bow and arrow leaving the string sounded, and it was the one on the nightingale's side who shot an arrow that pierced the throat of the peregrine falcon, and a conflict was completely detonated with the arrow, and many lives fell into the abyss.
The memory that came back to him reminded Aura of a story he had read in the book, in which the two armies of the Celestial Dynasty faced each other, and neither side wanted to fight against each other. Just then a snake struck the mount of a knight, who swung his sword and slashed the snake, and the battle began.
The battle was so similar to the story, except that the Shattered Star Arrow played the role of a serpent, because the first arrow was fired by the elf.
Aura knew that the most difficult thing for him to accept was actually the look on the Shattered Star Arrow at that time - he wanted the life of a person, but his expression was as ordinary as picking a flower, and there was even a hint of subtle satisfaction.
Speaking of which, Starshatter wasn't the first elf she'd come into contact with, she had worked with Ekor from Elada, a man who would weep at the tragic death of her fellow humans, and she had saved Akaki, who was born in d'Estaing, an elven assassin with bloodstained hands who couldn't help but close his eyes when taking someone's life. Although they are slightly different from humans on the outside, they seem to be no different from humans on the inside. But what about the feeling of the Shattered Star Arrow?
"We're going to meet Drogris in the evening. This time, you can stay and take care of Rillez. Shattered Star Arrow said suddenly.
"The next thing is bound to be a close fight, after all, the only ones who can be in the woods at night without losing their crosshairs. ”
Ora nodded.
This elf gives people the feeling of detachment and indifference, as well as the eyes and words. Also, everything has a utilitarian tinge. Is it true that South Aifen and Northern Aifen are so far apart?
"Maybe he can't be blamed for that. Ola thought. After all, there was a great war between humans and elves two centuries ago, and although this history seems to humans to be a few generations ago, for the Southern Aifen of the Golden Grove, it is only the experience of a generation - the resentment of the past has not been forgotten and destroyed, and new hatred may still be growing. If humans and elves swapped lifespans, the world would have been over long ago.
"It's really ...... to squeeze in here Not easy. ”
Just as Ola was thinking wildly, he finally led the people into the "temporary combat post" Liadlin exhaled deeply.
"Let's get down to business. ”
He said to Sylreth and the others with a serious face, "The little wizard told us to take advantage of the night. ”