Chapter III: Large-scale grain grabbing
As the weather grew colder and colder, Arcanis, who lacked food and clothing, let out a sigh of relief, exhaled white mist, and rubbed his somewhat stiff hands. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoIt's a good idea to blend in with the refugee hordes, even the Empire, which has a firm grip on the whole country, doesn't have the energy to check the refugees all over the country.
"Meow. ”
Melly slipped into her cold arms, and the girl with the severed arm stroked the much thinner cat with her only right hand. To her left, a group of refugees, also resting on the ground, gathered around several carts full of food. Like a sheepdog, Arcanis has protected the refugees for the past half a month, fighting off several waves of robbers on her own, and gradually gaining the respect of the refugees.
In the past half month, the refugees have become more and more optimistic because their destination is coming.
Anyway, the kid kept clutching the fake wand.
Thinking of this, the girl with the broken arm looked at little Ramon, who was running happily in the crowd, because little Ramon's father told him that he was currently leading in points. And the refugees are happy to tell a few lies about their pistachios.
"Oh no! Oh no!"
The tall young man suddenly ran down the hill beside him. Since Arcanis arrived, their main duty has been to scout, warning the team if something goes wrong. As a result, their food rations have been reduced and they are among the few in the refugee population whose interests have been violated.
The refugees all stood up, almost all of them armed with inferior weapons.
"What's wrong?"
Someone asked, although young people can't fight, but he, who prides himself on bravery, is rarely so frightened.
"Big... Big... Robbery!" he waved his hand, desperately trying to indicate the scene he had arrived. It's a pity that the barren vocabulary can't help him to say the right words.
"A lot of people, a lot of people. The partner next to him tried to express the number of people with ten fingers, "All are grabbing!"
Arcanis ran to the heights and saw a very spectacular crowd of people. Like a tsunami sweeping into a calm sea, a large crowd of people poured in from the east, and they were like robbers, robbing everyone in their path with weapons. Many grabbed the food they carried, cried and flocked to the West.
The robber, who had a lot of things in his hands, of course, couldn't catch up for a while, so he let the "dog" go. This dog has two legs, has not eaten for several days, and its neck is tied with a rope, and the other end of the rope is in the owner's hand. As soon as the owners let go, they desperately chased the fleeing refugees, and many of the refugees who were carrying too much on their backs were pounced.
Some "dogs" who were carried away by hunger, after falling down, couldn't wait to drag the bag from the "prey", untie it, and search for the food inside. That's right, this two-legged dog has dexterous ten fingers, and not only that, but also two shoulders and a head.
Arcanis had excellent eyesight and saw a two-legged dog desperately shoving cheese into his mouth. He was lucky, swallowed several mouthfuls, and was caught up by the strong master, who smashed an iron chain on the cheek, and the food in his mouth was scattered on the ground, and the master cursed angrily and kicked again. The lucky two-legged dog grabbed the dusty cheese on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth while helping his owner hunt. He was unfortunate because he didn't find milk or water.
It's hard to swallow the cheese without water, Arcanis thought.
She assessed it for a moment and determined that even if everyone in the refugee group was as good as she was, it would not be possible to escape the human wave.
As the chaos grows, refugees who have been robbed of their belongings will take advantage of the chaos, and the chaos spreads like a contagious disease. There were also robbers on horses and oxen, driving away the fleeing crowd, and it was really a grand hunt. The poor fortune is redistributed in the chaos, but she knows that the biggest winners will be the robbers.
"Sister, sister. Little Ramon ran to her side, his eyes wide open at the crowd rushing towards him, "Are they all playing a game of grabbing?"
"Yes. "There's a lot of competition right now, and everyone wants to get their hands on the wand." If you are robbed, you will be deducted 100 points. ”
"Ahh Little Ramon opened his mouth wide, "This time, I'm also going to play a game of grabbing." ”
He said, clenching his flaming wand.
"You're going to hide. Arcanis leaned down and said solemnly, "You have been discovered, but you will be deducted another fifty points." ”
Ramon nodded.
"Melly!" the brood-armed girl called the mutt-cat, "take little Ramon, hide, and tell your dad first." ”
Many people in the refugee crowd saw the influx of people, and panic spread among the refugee group, many clutching their backpacks. Quite a few hungry eyes stared at the sacks of food on the cart.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!
The middle-aged leader commanded the cart, and his messy beard collapsed in panic.
"Do you think we can run?"
Arcanis spoke everyone's mind, and in terms of speed, they were certainly not comparable to the "cavalry" of the robbers. The robbers' cavalry will definitely constantly interfere with the fleeing refugees so that the companions behind can catch up.
"Are you going to let us wait for death in the same place?"
He turned his head and shouted at Arcanis.
The fragile organization of the refugee population has gradually broken down. Arkanis knew that in the face of the robbers' mighty power, many people began to plan to go their separate ways, and before they went their separate ways, to get some food. Everyone agreed that it was much better to have more opportunities in the chaos than to stay in a weak group. This is one of the illusions that chaos gives people.
"You don't want to take the opportunity to steal the food and run away, do you?" said Arkanis, looking at several young men with weapons in their hands and surrounding the wheelbarrow, "I dare say that on the way to retreat, everyone will definitely disperse." When the time comes, so much food, it will be... Uh, anyway, it won't go into everyone's stomach. ”
"Don't want to leave with everyone's food!"
Someone shouted.
"Wait, that's not the case!" the leader shouted to the people who were gradually surrounding him.
"Give me all peace!" Arcanis wielded his scimitar from his waist and brandished it, "Let's stay where we are, keep our food, and if we kill enough bandits, they'll get away from us and take the others." ”
The crowd fell silent and looked at her. The girl with the broken arm enjoys the feeling of being pinned on by everyone.
"Wrap around the trolley, line up, you protect the food from being overwhelmed, I'll kill the robbers!"
The refugees began to do as she was told, and the girl with the broken arm nodded in satisfaction, just as she was about to go to kill the enemy.
Suddenly, a frightened scream shouted, "Ah!!They're coming!"
The refugees quickly became chaotic, like a swarm of headless flies. Arcanis yelled and tried to restore order, but the rabble listened to her. Soon a group of people rushed to the trolley, and several young people couldn't stop it, so they simply grabbed it themselves. As a result, the refugee group quickly split into more than a dozen small groups by blood and connections, and the main task of each small group was to grab food, no matter whose it was.
"Damn! Damn!"
The one-armed girl angrily hit people with the back of her knife, but unfortunately she did not have much strength, and there was no deterrent effect at all.
"You untouchables!
She screamed hoarsely, Arcanis was probably the only one in the group who wasn't stealing food. She was petite, but she was pushed and pushed out of the crowd.
"Here it is! Here comes the horseman!"
There was another panicked sound, and when he grabbed food, his mind was a little clear, and he immediately began to run away.
"That's great, it's too good to be true. ”
Arcanis sighed as he gave up on maintaining an order that did not exist. She stared at the cavalry charging on thin horses. Why would she want to help those refugees? Isn't it the best thing to eat horse meat if she wants to survive anyway?
"Come on, fool. ”
She provoked one of the cavalrymen, who was armed with spears, ignored her and rushed straight into the crowd, stabbing a refugee to death.
Arcanis was dumbfounded, she couldn't keep up with the cavalry. The frightened crowd fled in all directions and blended into the crowd, but the crowd, obstructed by the cavalry, was as slow as a swarm of reptiles. Many people were directly kicked down by horses' hooves and trampled by thousands of feet.
"Come on, come on, stupid!"
She stared at the skinny horse with hungry eyes and shouted.
A cavalryman finally ran towards her, spears stabbed at her, the legendary scimitar in the hands of Arcanis, good as good, but certainly not as long as a spear.
With a swing of her blade, she easily slashed the spear, but failed to cut the horse. Seeing this, the cavalry immediately fled.
"Damn it, leave it for me!" she shouted, firing a fireball, which was risking her life, after all, there were not many people who could shoot fireballs, and all of them were officially registered.
"Boom!"
The fireball exploded in the air, and as Arcanis feared that he would kill the innocent refugees, the cavalry lay on his horse, and the horse stumbled and fell to the ground.
At this time, several refugees kicked away the cavalry with several blows, and with his knife, slashed the thin horse to death. Several men carried thin horses on their backs and wanted to continue to escape.
"Damn it!"
Arcanis shouted and rushed over ....