Chapter 6: The Legendary Demon
Team Lacey said goodbye to Jessy, and the group returned to the hotel, and after lunch, they went back to their rooms to rest.
In front of Ryan's eyes, there are always Jim and Jercy, and he feels sorry for them. An innocent childhood is supposed to be carefree, but how many kids like Jim and Jess in this city struggle to fill their bellies?
Ryan wanted to help them, but he didn't have much money, and even if he took out all his money, what was the use? It wasn't Jim's fault that caused this situation, but the city lord's decree.
The lord of the city could issue such a decree that his city's subjects would have to work in the dangerous mines, and then exchange them for two modest meals of barely satisfying food. However, this absolutely unfair and unreasonable decree was approved by the rulers of the empire!
Ryan strode out of the room, wandering aimlessly down the hallway, feeling like his mind was in chaos. His worship of heroes since he was a child and his longing for the world outside his hometown are the biggest motivation for him to get out of his hometown. However, many of the scenes he saw after leaving his hometown were the opposite of what he had imagined, and Ryan really couldn't understand why this was the case!
Perhaps, as Allendor put it, "If everyone were kind, there would be no inequality on this continent, no more strife." Of course, this is impossible, there are only two ways, either I slowly adapt to the situation on this continent, or I have the strength to change all this. Why can't you think about it yourself?"
"I don't know, can I change all this?" a thought suddenly appeared in Ryan's mind, he quickly shook his head vigorously, and completely threw this thought out of his head, Ryan laughed at himself and said, "I must have heard too many stories of heroes." ”
"Fani, we can help them" Aliana's voice reached Ryan's ears.
Ryan stopped his thoughts, only to realize that he had reached the roof platform he had visited the previous evening.
Faras and Alina seemed to be arguing over something, and Ryan heard Faras say to Alina, "I know how you feel, but have you thought about it, how many Jaces can you help, and how long can you help them?"
Alina was unconvinced, saying, "Someone has to do things, and each of us will help them, and their situation will gradually improve." ”
Faras shook her head, a look of pity on her face, she stroked Alina's hair, and said, "Aini, things are not as simple as you think, haven't you ever wondered who caused Jim and their current situation?"
"City Lord!" Alina cried out, "why doesn't the Empire care about these greedy creatures?" Don't those bastards in the imperial capital have eyes?"
Hearing Alina's words, Faraz's face changed suddenly, but she quickly adjusted and said to Alina: "Aini, things are not as simple as you think, there are more than two hundred city lords in the empire, and the power of the empire cannot do this at all. They can only be restrained as much as possible, as long as they do not openly violate the laws of the Empire, do not rebel, and obey the rule of the Empire, then they can do what they want in their territory. ”
Alina said coldly to Faraz, "Faraz, that is to say, the empire sacrificed people like Jim in exchange for so-called stability?"
Faras explained to Alina, "Do you think Jim is pitiful? Have you ever seen anyone more pitiful than him? Do you know how much effort it took for the empire to quell the Senate rebellion last month? How much damage did the inhabitants of Mori City suffer as a result of the rebellion? If the whole empire is in chaos, who will be the most unlucky? It is Jim and them, they have no power to protect themselves, and can only be slaughtered by others. Instead of that, it is better to be like now, at least there is something to eat and a place to live. ”
Alina's eyes were fixed on Faras, her hands clenched into fists. Although Faraz's words are very unpleasant, they are indeed the truth.
Ryan saw that the two were at a stalemate, and he thought that he could help them reconcile, after all, they were all members of Lace's team, and there was no need to make the relationship like this.
Ryan deliberately took a few heavy steps, making a dull footstep.
Faraz and Alina were attracted by the sound and turned their heads together to follow the sound.
Seeing that it was Ryan coming, Alina let go of her clenched fist and turned around, covering her face with her hands. Faras nodded to Ryan as a greeting.
Ryan deliberately changed the subject, he asked Faras, "Who released our mission?"
Faras said: "It's the city lord of Elmida, the city lord who forced others to work in the copper mines under his name, and he used a high-grade fire-type magic core as a reward for the mission, and I saw that the magic core was very suitable for me, so I went on." ”
Ryan asked, "How kind would he be?"
"Actually, it's not that he's kind, it's that more and more people have been missing in this city of Hermida recently, and he's worried that if it goes on like this, the lack of enough labor will affect his own interests," said Farah.
Ryan nodded thoughtfully.
"When we took on the mission, we thought it was just an ordinary kidnapping, but now when we get here, we find that it's not like that. In the situation here in Ermida, there are almost no rich people except for the city lord. Even if it is kidnapped, it will be kidnapped by the city lord. I can't think of any use in kidnapping these miners who can't even afford to eat?"
Ryan said, "yes." It's really weird. ”
Faras continued, "It's hard to believe what Jessie said today, what kind of monster is that, according to her description, and what use are they to catch these miners?"
Red's voice came: "You're all here, that's great, come to my room, I have something to tell you." ”
Faras followed the voice and saw Red standing at the entrance of the roof terrace, his face was very serious, and he changed his usual appearance, and asked strangely: "Red, you never seem to be so serious, is there anything wrong?"
"It's a few guesses on my part, and if it's true, then we're in trouble," Red said. ”
"Okay," said Faras, "let's go together and hear what your guess is." ”
Farass and the others followed Red to his room, where they saw that Alendor was already there.
Red said, "Now that everyone is here, I'll tell you what I have in mind." ”
"Today we found Jess and heard her say something about the so-called demons," Red said. I always had a bad premonition in my heart, just after eating, and thinking about it again in bed, I think that the appearance of the demons and those piles of bones described by Jesy I had seen in the book, I recalled it with my heart, and the result surprised me. ”
Faras said, "Red, stop talking nonsense, hurry up." ”
Red said solemnly, "Do you remember the invasion of the Undead Legion 200 years ago?"
Faras said, "Who doesn't know this, you can tell your guess quickly." ”
Red said, "Fani, don't panic, I'll tell you all this." There are my guesses in this, and I also saw them in the book, plus Jessie's words, and I put them together to come to a conclusion. ”
Faras nodded, she saw that Red was very serious, so she didn't interject again, just sat there and listened carefully to what Red said.
"I've looked through the materials of the Holocaust 200 years ago, especially the composition of the legions of the undead. Although the Legion of the Undead was nominally commanded by the demon 'Aleister Kasravin', the actual command belonged to his brain, the Lich Conse. ”
"This lich has terrible strength, and he has somehow created a large number of lichs, through which he commanded the legions individually. ”
"The main composition of these undead legions is the skeleton warriors, these warriors turned from human corpses, although not as powerful as when they were alive, but they are too large in number, and they hardly need supplies, and only one lich can control thousands of such warriors. This is how the Lich Cons commands the vast army of the undead. ”
Red took a breath and continued, "But although there are many skeleton warriors, they are basically cannon fodder. The Lich Cons created another terrible murder weapon, he assembled the body fragments of monsters and humans to create an undead spirit that possessed both the ferocity of a monster and the simple wisdom of a human, which could kill a squad of 50 light infantry on its own, or fight against the charge of more than 10 knights, and it was so powerful that it could knock a horse off with a single punch on the battlefield, and even a boulder weighing a man could be easily lifted up and thrown into the distance. ”
Farass also looked solemn, she looked at Red and said, "You suspect that demon described by Jessy......"
Red said: "That's right, that demon is what I just said, the terrible murder weapon of the undead legion back then, those piles of bones, it is obviously a skeleton warrior." ”
Listening to Red's words, Allendo's eyes lit up. Ryan knew that most of their druids had traveled to find traces of the undead, and now that there was news about it, of course he was excited.
Ryan patted Allendo on the shoulder, motioning for him to be at ease.
Red's gaze swept over the people in the room, and he said softly: "Our opponent is likely to be the fish that slipped through the net 200 years ago and did not completely eliminate it, this mission has become very dangerous, I hope you can think clearly now, if you don't want to, you can leave immediately, no one will laugh at you." ”
"There's nothing to leave, we're taking risks to train ourselves, not to die in vain," Faraz said. But think about it, if you choose to stay, you won't be able to back down, especially when facing enemies. ”
There was silence in the room, except for the faint breathing of everyone.