Chapter 206: God's Mission (Part II)
The head of the regiment immediately invited Kevin to the room to discuss the matter, and of course Kevin would not refuse. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info But this kind of discussion does not need to be all 7 people over, it is the evening time, which is the rest time of the kobolds after a day of mining, and it is also an excellent time for preaching. Kevin went with the head of the group alone, and the others went separately to preach in the city according to yesterday's plan.
Kevin followed the head of the group and the translator all the way to the room, closed the door, closed the window, and sat opposite each other, while the interpreter stood beside him. Kevin sat at about the same height as the interpreter, and the head of the group bowed slightly.
"Should I call you a prophet or a leader?" the head of the regiment asked.
Kevin smiled: "Whatever." ”
"Then I'll call you a prophet," the regimental commander sighed, "and we have lost this battle today, and for me personally, it is the worst defeat. ”
Kevin nodded, motioning for him to continue.
"For more than two years, I have been guarding this city almost since the beginning of the war, and I am not here on the front line. The terrain here is dangerous, and it is very difficult for the other party to attack. And our shaman put the main front to the north, so my side became the fringe of the war. The other side will not attack me, and I will not be able to attack them, so every day I basically pull the troops out for a circle, and if I meet someone, then fight. The regimental commander sighed.
"No wonder I think the pace of war here is a bit slow. Kevin nodded.
"The pace is slow?" the regimental commander was puzzled again, "Does it mean that our battle is not fierce enough?
"Ahem, my slow pace means that I have been procrastinating for a long time, but it seems that there has been no progress at all in two years. Kevin hurriedly corrected.
"Alas," the regimental commander sighed when he heard this, "I actually mean the same thing, when do you say that we will fight like this? Since the prophet can predict the future, can he help us see when the war will end, and if possible, who will be the winner in the end." ”
At this time, Kevin was a little embarrassed, so he could only excuse himself: "Prophets can't say everything, otherwise God will blame them." ”
The head of the regiment looked very disappointed and bowed his head and remained silent.
Kevin sat down differently: "Can I understand why your war started, and what is the purpose? Is it a religious jihad? Is it a class struggle? Or is it just a division of the cake between the upper nobility? Or is it more complicated, with a mastermind behind the scenes?"
This question, but the translator was stunned again: "That...... I understand religious jihad, what is class struggle?"
Kevin held his forehead and had to explain these things carefully, but it was too difficult for people who had no foundation to explain clearly, and in the end he could only ask: "Why are you fighting?"
The regiment commander replied: "Why did you fight? For many years, we kobold people have lived very hard, and there is no other life entertainment in mining all day long. After that, our shaman came up with some new ideas and reforms, such as removing the candle from the head, such as living on the ground and building an above-earth city. There are no more slaves, no more suffering, everyone can live freely, this is the life that kobolds should have. ”
But our king did not agree, and the shaman fled to the city of Puli. The shaman's words were quickly accepted by many people, and the king sent troops over, and the shaman sent troops to resist. I was originally the lord of the city, and when the shaman brought people to kill me, I surrendered. The head of the regiment looked completely ashamed, as if he had taken it for granted.
Kevin had to ask, "Surrendered?" do you agree with the shaman's theory?"
"There are some of them, and to be honest, I couldn't defeat the shaman's army at that time," replied the commander, "and at the beginning of the war, we didn't see any full stop chariots, any comma chariots. The shaman directly brought 3,000 cars, and I could only go out with my sword. So I can't fight at all. ”
Kevin nodded, and then asked, "Didn't you say you were a slave? That's why you slept with us, why did you become a city lord again?"
"E......" The head of the regiment seemed to be a little embarrassed, "I used to be a slave, and then because of some things, I became the lord of the city. ”
Kevin: "......"
"After surrendering, they didn't do anything to me, and let me continue to defend the city. And assigned me a translator," the head of the regiment forced a conversation, and also glanced at the interpreter, "For me, I may not have been very strong in faith, but of course it would be great if the shaman's ideal could be realized." It's just that two years have passed in the blink of an eye, and it has to be regretted. ”
The regiment commander concluded: "Today's war is no longer a matter of whether I want to fight or I don't want to fight, but it has reached the point where I have to fight. If I don't fight, people will come and beat me, so I can't help it. ”
Kevin asked, "Isn't there room for negotiation?"
"The room for negotiation is not something I can decide," the regiment commander spread his hands, "I am a young general on the front line, what can I say?"
"Have you made a mortal enmity between the two of you?" Kevin asked again.
"Of course," replied the regimental commander, "we have been fighting for more than two years, and the family members and brothers and comrades-in-arms on both sides have more or less died at the hands of each other, and they have long been mortal enemies." When all the kobolds with candles saw us, the first thing they wanted was to put candles in us. And we pulled out the candle as soon as possible. ”
"So I'm afraid you'll have to fight for a long time, if nothing else. Kevin replied.
"Why? Is it God's will?" asked the head of the regiment.
"The hatred of your public opinion has not been reduced, and even if the upper echelons want a truce, the average soldier does not support it. Whenever your anti-war sentiment rises, the war will naturally decrease dramatically and then end. Kevin replied.
As a result, the regiment commander shook his head: "The opinions of the people are not important at all, we as the upper echelons of the armed forces are higher, and the civilians at the bottom will give money if they do it right, and if they do it wrong, they will be killed, it's very simple." ”
Kevin: "......"
"Prophet, I still wish I could know something, even if it's only a little bit, when will the war end?" the regimental commander seemed to be very sincere, and it could be seen that he basically believed in the identity of Kevin Prophet, otherwise he would not have said so much, at least he still respected the prophet.
Kevin still sighed, thought about it and replied: "There are three possibilities, the first is that the upper level negotiates successfully, which is the most peaceful." Second, the people's anti-war sentiment has come up, although you say that civilians can be killed if they are not convinced, but if civilians are also killed when they play and are beaten, then they may do something different. Third, the war becomes more and more intense, and eventually one side defeats the other side and ends, or one side drags the other side to death. ”
The head of the regiment shook his head: "What I want to ask is, when will it end?"
"What the future holds depends on the judgment between the shaman and the king, after all, the shaman can also be spiritual, so I can't predict exactly when it will end. Kevin had to fool around.
The regiment commander sighed, bowed his head again and did not speak.
Kevin stood up: "Since I'm neutral, I can't reveal much about the war. But if you have any psychological problems, you can also talk to me. ”
The kobold leader was stunned and glanced at the interpreter. Kevin's meaning has obviously implied that he can intervene to a certain extent, but I don't know if he can understand it with the wisdom of the kobold.
Without saying anything more, Kevin got up and said that he was still preaching outside, and he was going to take a look, and the head of the regiment did not stay, he still sat at the table in a daze.
War is a tragedy after all, for people other than the warring parties. In fact, Kevin does not mean to build a kobold home wholeheartedly, he also has his purpose, after all, he just chooses a way to eat better.
Out of the regiment commander's building, as far as the eye can see, there are patches of kobolds nearby. Kevin was a taller than the kobold, and he only had to scan left and right to see where his missionaries were.
Sain leaned against a tree, surrounded by a group of kobolds, and he didn't know what he was doing, and Sain didn't speak or act, feeling like he was lazy. Not far from the other side, Little Spoon kept poking her gun upward, and the kobold beside her followed suit, breaking a branch in his hand and repeating a stupid gesture of poking into the sky. And a tree behind the little spoon is directly bald.
Xiao Jiu was near the city gate, and there was a little sand on the ground there, so Xiao Jiu drew on the ground, and let the kobolds also lie on the ground and follow along. Jack walked around in the crowd of kobolds, he grabbed one kobold and put it in position, and then grabbed the next one to put it in position, as if hoping that the kobolds would make a symmetrical formation, but with the quality of kobolds it was undoubtedly impossible, and the people who had just been placed were already in turmoil.
To Kevin's surprise, the most reliable one was Fit. Now she put on her sunhat again, and stood by a wall with pictures pasted on it, holding a branch and pointing to one after another. And the kobold people in the underground can already pronounce "dog", which is definitely a big improvement.
Browse around, or walk towards Sain first. When the kobold on the side saw it, they all rushed over, Kevin pushed it away again and again, and continued to walk forward again and again, until he came to Sain, and said bluntly: "Lazy!"
Sain shook his head wildly: "I'm really not suitable for this, this group of people can't understand what they say, how can they teach people?"
"Doesn't Fit teach very well over there?" Kevin exemplified.
"That would only say that I have no talent for it," Sain said, "and at most I will stand here and accept their worship." ”
"Don't you usually like to spin your sword? Kevin proposed.
"Forget it," Sain shook his head, "to turn a sword, you need a sword first, look at the little spoon over there for them to practice marksmanship, all go and break branches as guns, and pull out several trees." I'll forget it. ”
"Alas!" Kevin sighed, it is true that not everyone can be placed in any position casually.
Sain also complained: "Actually, there is no need to teach anything, even if it is called language, how long does it take to learn? two months, five months, or a few years? There is no context here, and we don't understand dog head language, we rely on pictures to teach one by one, and we only teach a noun, how to deal with grammar problems? To be honest, I feel completely unreliable." Linguistics doesn't, let alone anything else. ”
"We don't care if we don't learn or not, but it's an attitude to teach or not," Kevin replied, "Our main difficulty is to make a start, and if we start well, it will be easy to do it later." We are only the second military observer mission, and there will be a third and fourth groups in the future. Even after the war ended, the people here passed by us and had a great impression of our Congress, and many things were easy to do. ”
"You want to be so far away?" Sain was surprised.
Kevin waved his hand: "Anyway, you have to stand here, go up and beat up those who don't like it, and pay those who don't like it." ”
"Beating?" Sain was surprised, "Won't it disgust the people?"
"Just don't be disabled, just take control, this is their leader's way of governance, they should have been used to it a long time ago," Kevin replied, "but still remember, pay more and beat people less." So that believers will be pious, you see?"
"How much does it cost to send money like this?" Sain looked at the black-pressed kobold a little unnaturally, "You can't send a few Dogecoins, right?
"These are not the things we think about," Kevin replied, "we just need them to stay fanatical and stay in their faith, and we won't stay long anyway, so leave the problem of governance to the captain." ”
"It always feels like you're thinking of a religious liar right now. Sain frowned as he listened.
Kevin was silent for a moment and shook his head: "The god's name itself represents everything. Also, as if other religions were not deception. ”
Sain stopped answering, and Kevin pushed back the crowd to see what the others were doing. The little spoon can only teach them how to stab into the sky, because they will hit their own people by poking left and right. Xiao Jiu's kobold's drawing, Kevin couldn't understand a picture, and none of the kobolds could hold a pen.
Fett's side taught him too well, and Kevin was too embarrassed to bother. It seems that she, as a sheriff, is clearly better at dealing with these civilians than the others.
By the time it got dark, the picture was no longer visible. Everyone finally finished today's mission, and Kevin threw a handful of Dogecoin at the kobold on Fett's side, which caused a violent commotion in an instant, and hundreds of people crowded over, screaming and screaming, so that the head of the regiment and the interpreter ran out of the building, thinking that something big had happened.
It's a little gratifying that the kobolds at least didn't fight for money, but just howled loudly when they grabbed it, and beat their chests and feet when they couldn't grab it.
When the crowd calmed down a little, Kevin summoned his own people to form a circle in the middle again, and yesterday's magic circle was spread in the circle, leaving the last spar and dancing collectively first.
"God bless me!" "God bless me!" "God bless me!" Hand in hand, he raised his head to the sky and shouted just like in the morning.
The kobolds began to follow suit, each looking for someone to form a circle, and shouting in a stiff Lou Pauler Chinese, "God bless me!" ...... The whole main city gradually became weird, many people generally formed a small circle, the streets and squares were everywhere, and there were neat shouts, even the kobolds who were still watching were shocked, and gradually wanted to join the circle.
Suddenly, Kevin took the opportunity to put down the hedroon, and the flame in the middle ignited out of thin air again. The sudden flames in the dark night were so striking that they instantly attracted bursts of chanting, as if it were a miracle created by everyone's ritual together, and the chanting became louder and louder, and finally spread throughout the city. The civilians were excited from the bottom of their hearts as if they had overcome something or gained something.
Kevin struck while the iron was hot, and threw out a handful of Dogcoins, the whole atmosphere was finally completely ignited, and the kobolds might not be able to sleep with excitement tonight, and Kevin and the others took advantage of their crazy bowing heads to pick up coins, and had quietly returned to their rooms.
"Is that how religion spreads?" said Fit, still looking at the kobold from the window, who had gone a little crazy.
Sain hurriedly brought back the topic: "Kevin, if you throw coins like this, we will soon run out of money! Even if I have money in my country, I won't be able to turn here at this time!"
"Would you like an ambassador?" suggested Little Spoon.
"By the way, who saw the Dark Elves?" Kevin suddenly remembered, it seemed that the Dark Elves were more lazy, and even the people were gone.
"I don't know, but it's said that there was a debate with the light elves in the church. Sain replied, "It's unlikely that I'll borrow money from him." ”
Kevin knocked on the table: "The question of money, I have already thought about it, if it really doesn't work, we can still go out and fight wild monsters." Settlements of the gnolls, I have counted. ”
Sain was stunned: "Didn't you say that the gnolls can't be underestimated?" ”
"Yes," Kevin replied, "there may be a black hand behind the gnolls, and we can't loot them very often." There are only three things, but another meaning of the word is that we have one more chance. ”