Chapter 6: The Hunt
Anna couldn't believe her eyes.
When Shen Yi walked into the church, she was ready to watch Shen Yi being beaten by the townspeople, or simply tied up and still in the dungeon.
She has even begun to plan how to get Shen Yi out of prison.
But what she finally saw was a respectful attitude from the townspeople and sent Shen Yi out of the church.
No, there are exceptions.
The tavern guy Gasken glared at Shen Yi fiercely with angry eyes: "You can deceive others, but you can't deceive me." I know there are people in this world who have special abilities, but that doesn't mean anything. ”
"That's true. Shen Yi replied with a smile: "Everyone who has power is a gift from the Lord. The Lord wanted these people to sow His brilliance, but some went the opposite way. Some have gone down the path of enmity against the Lord, and they are the forces of evil that will eventually be destroyed. Others bury themselves like pearls thrown into the dust, failing the gift of the Lord. And I, on the other hand, am simply answering the Lord's call to embrace the light and drive out the darkness. You can not believe that I am the messenger of the Lord, because it doesn't matter, what matters is that I follow the righteousness and obey the call of the Lord. I have been guided by the Lord to do what I have to do in the name of the Father. ”
Gasken looked at Shen Yi with a flurry of words.
Shen Yi leaned into his ear and whispered, "The reason why you know that there are many people with special abilities is because you are also one of them, right? If you approach life with this attitude, you will never expect to be favored by Anna. ”
This sentence made Gasken dumbfounded.
I have to say that spiritual probing is indeed a good ability.
This allowed him to successfully establish an omniscient mystery in the minds of the townspeople, and coupled with the effect of medical treatment, some townspeople had come to believe that Shen Yi was a messenger of God.
After successfully establishing his prestige, Shen Yi returned to Anna's house, and Anna grabbed Shen Yi and asked, "Tell me how you did it?"
"What do you mean?" Shen Yi pretended to be confused.
"Oh my God, I've never seen anyone who can completely change their impression of themselves in an hour!
Shen Yi smiled: "Don't believe what you see with your eyes, Anna, no one can completely gain the respect of others in an hour, even if you save his life." True respect is an understanding, a visceral admiration that takes time to build, not a short-term brilliance. The people of this town do not revere me, but God. I just borrowed a hand from his old man to help me, but that's about it. ”
Shen Yi gave a general account of what had just happened.
Anna was dizzy to listen.
"It's incredible, but ...... But why would you do that?"
"Because we're dealing with Count Dracula!" Shen Yi said, "The Villaris family hasn't been able to destroy that vampire for hundreds of years, why? You should have united all the forces that could be united, and then you went to fight. ”
"It's not that we don't want to do it, it's that we can't do it!" Anna replied loudly: "You can also see that the people here are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they are not willing to cooperate with my family at all!
"That's because you don't understand human nature and you don't understand the art of leadership. Do you know how to make people willing to die for you?" Shen Yi asked Anna.
Anna shook her head blankly.
Shen Yi gently leaned into Anna's ear and said, "First of all, give them hope!"
"Hope?"
"Yes. ”
Shen Yi smiled and said: "The trick of leadership is first to give them hope, and secondly, to make people feel awe of you. And the so-called reverence is respect...... Fearful. ”
"Promise wants to control people's hearts. It's respectful!"
"Thunder means can grasp the situation. It's fear!"
"With the help of miracles, in the name of the Father, majesty can be increased. ”
"By exercising strength and taking the thief as a warning, faith can be established. ”
"People have fear and confidence in you, and if you give them promise and hope, they will obey your leadership, follow in your footsteps, and even if they let them die, they will have no regrets. As long as they see the existence of light, they will even stand up and fight themselves!"
"With a sword in one hand and a pawn in the other, this is the eternal trick of rule. Unfortunately, the Villaris family can only hold swords. ”
Shen Yi's words touched Anna tremendously.
She never imagined that in the confrontation between the family and the vampires, there would be such a huge inadequacy.
In fact, not to mention her, even the other adventurers never thought of mobilizing the townsfolk to resist when they went through Van Helsing's mission.
Shen Yi didn't know if this was in line with the wishes of the Bloody City, but he knew one thing very clearly-everything that was not explicitly stipulated but was beneficial to himself was worth trying.
Both on Earth and in the world now.
He would never mind tying the entire population of Transylvania to his chariot as long as it was necessary.
Anna thought for a while before she trembled and said, "If you do this, you will make a lot of people die." ”
"With God there, death is not terrible. Shen Yi smiled.
"So, you're sure the townsfolk will follow you to kill Dracula now?"
"No, not yet. Shen Yi immediately replied: "They just accepted me." I also need time to strengthen and strengthen their faith in me. ”
"How do you strengthen your faith?"
Shen Yi did not answer.
He walked briskly to the corner of the hall and drew a cross-sword from the weapon rack above.
Blood Emblem Tips:
Baptized Cross Sword: 5-12 damage, 20 damage to undead creatures, non-quest reward items, cannot be carried out of the world.
Shen Yi's fingers swept over the sharp tip of the sword, and a cold tone popped out of his mouth:
"Kill Count Dracula's other subordinate first. ”
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At night, there is silence outside the Transylvanian town.
Most people have fallen asleep.
1,500 meters away from the town, there is a small grove where the dwarf camp is.
Dwarves, like man-wolves, are the vampire Count Dracula's men.
These dwarfs, who look about the size of a gnome, always like to cover their faces, hold large axes in their hands, and have small throwing axes stuck in their waists, and they walk staggeringly as if they are not threatening, but they are in fact Dracula's most hated accomplices.
Like man-wolves, they are also formed from dead life, and have a violent temperament, cruel methods, and a penchant for killing.
Quietly touching the side of the woods, Shen Yi and Anna cautiously approached the dwarf community.
Several dwarf warriors were patrolling the perimeter of the camp.
In the midst of a large group of dwarves, there was a particularly tall man in a red cloak, wearing a mask, holding a giant axe in his hand, and calling out something from time to time.
That guy should be the Dwarf Boss.
After the attribute was improved, Shen Yi's eyesight had greatly improved, and he could clearly see the distance even in the dark.
Shen Yi aimed at one of the dwarf demons and quietly used Spiritual Exploration.
The dwarf overhead shows:
"Dwarf Soldier, Attack 7-15, Defense 2, Health 50, Skill None. Undead, Hallowed attacks deal extra damage, Strength. There is no special point. Good at throwing axes. ”
In terms of strength, these dwarf soldiers are much worse than human wolves in all aspects, except for the lack of special points, so it's no wonder that the second main quest only has 500 blood point rewards. But the problem is that there are far more than ten dwarves in the camp.
This invisible increase in difficulty makes people a little headache.
"There are more than 50 dwarves. Anna looked into the distance and looked at Shen Yi a little worriedly: "There are too many of them, what should I do?"
When Shen Yi told her that he was going to kill the dwarf demon leader, he really frightened the girl.
Although she has always been committed to destroying the undead including vampires, she has known how difficult these creatures can be after hundreds of years of fighting.
At this moment, seeing that the number of dwarf demons was as high as more than 50, she breathed a sigh of relief - subconsciously, she hoped that Shen Yi would be able to retreat from the difficulty.
But Shen Yi replied: "So you have to turn them away first, at least half of them." ”
He had no intention of retreating.
"How?"
Shen Yi whispered a few words to Anna. Anna frowned, "How can you be sure that the dwarf demon leader will definitely divide his troops, what if it doesn't?"
"It will be divided, because it is the leader. As a leader, there are certain things that must be done. Shen Yi replied.
"I don't believe it. ”
"Then do you want to make a bet?" Shen Yi asked.
"Bet on what?"
Shen Yi thought for a while and replied: "If I win, you promise me one thing, don't worry, it's not a difficult thing to be, how about it?"
Anna paused for a moment and chuckled, "Okay, I promise you." ”
The expression is downcast and generous, but there is a slight strangeness in his eyes.
Shen Yi was stunned, and immediately knew that she wanted to be crooked.
However, since the other party did not shake his head in opposition, he didn't bother to explain.
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A dwarf sentry on duty was wandering outside the camp with an axe.
Not far away, there was a sudden sound of a tree branch crumbling.
When the dwarf sentry heard the sound, he looked into the distance, only to see a silver coin shining on the ground not far away.
The dwarf walked over to look at the silver coin and shook its head for something he was muttering, and then suddenly he picked up a handful of dirt and placed it on top of the coin.
The undead have always had a great aversion to silver utensils. Weapons crafted with silver can even increase damage to them. When these silver objects are not in the form of murder weapons, the undead will try to keep them invisible from the light of day, which is purely the result of instinctive disgust.
After covering up the silver coin, the dwarf sentry noticed another one not far away.
The dwarf had a noticeably low IQ, and went over again to bury it.
When the seventh one was buried, a cross sword suddenly stabbed out strangely, slitting its throat with great speed, and black rotten blood shot out, and the dwarf shook for a few moments before falling heavily.
Shen Yi's figure appeared from behind the tree, looked at the traces buried all the way, shook his head and said to Anna with a wry smile: "If we are fishing for people, then the other party will definitely choose to pick up the money." Different people face the same behavior and make different choices, but the final result is the same...... Interesting, right?"
Anna gave him a roll of the eye.
Shen Yi picked up the dwarf demon's corpse, and Shen Yi ran towards the river.
Ten minutes later, one of their soldiers was finally found missing.
The dwarves began to shout loudly, searching everywhere for the missing soldier.
After searching for a while, someone found the missing dwarf - it had died on the other side of the river.
This discovery angered the dwarves.
The dwarves poured out of their nests, leaving only an empty camp and two dwarf soldiers guarding them.
"Hey, hello!" Shen Yi suddenly appeared from behind a tree.
With this greeting, a puff of green smoke came out of the gun in his hand.
One of the dwarves fell on the spot.
Another dwarf soldier was about to throw the axe in his hand when a sharp cross sword stabbed into his vest. The dwarf smacked a few times and fell to the ground dead.
"What should I do next?" Drawing the cross sword, Anna asked Shen Yi.
Shen Yi stroked the body of the gun and said coldly: "Wait for them to come back, and then ...... Kill them all!"