Chapter 53: Reflection
When the black shadows rushed over, they saw He Jinshui and the others had just set up a tent and were going in to rest.
The attackers were led by a werewolf who, with a sinister smile on his face and his tongue out excitedly, rushed into the tent as he prepared to take them by surprise.
The tent was pitch black, and the werewolf heard a lazy voice sneering, "Hello! As soon as the other party's words fell, the werewolf felt a puff of dust coming from the surface. He couldn't dodge, and was hit in the eye socket, only to feel a sharp stinging pain in his eye, and he couldn't see anything in an instant. He let out a terrible howl and fell to the ground and rolled over.
The rest of the people rushed into the tent one after another, and did not find He Jinshui and the others, but saw the werewolf struggling painfully on the ground. They helped each other up, and found that his eyes were full of sharp objects such as iron slag, and blood was flowing from the corners of his eyes, and he was already blind.
The crowd was terrified and looked at each other. The murderous intent and greed disappeared in an instant, and he just wanted to escape with trepidation.
There was a thud, and the tent was torn apart, and everyone found themselves in a huge metal room. The room is walled on three sides, and a row of metal fences are erected in front of it.
The attackers were in a hurry, desperately raising their weapons and smashing them against the railings, which were crude weapons for the gladiators of the arena, and could not split through the metal fence made of small stones.
He Jinshui and the three of them walked slowly from outside. His face sank as water, glancing fiercely at everyone who came to attack him. It was these people, who had been allies in their own fight against a brutal enemy just a few hours ago, and who had become enemies of life and death in the blink of an eye.
They are either indifferent or angry, without a look of shame, only a sense of frustration that is not as good as others.
"Why, is money so important? For the sake of it, you can give up your honor, break your oath, and turn against your close people, is it worth it?" He Jinshui couldn't help but ask.
Everyone had seen He Jinshui's decisiveness in the arena, and knew that he was a strong-willed person who would never be fooled by his lies, so he also behaved very honorably. The werewolf closed his eyes and said sneeringly: "People die for money, birds die for food, isn't it you who kill me and I kill you in this world?"
Another human warrior sneered and said, "When you divided the treasure equally and let everyone leave, you thought you were a saint, you were very proud, right? In fact, you have harmed them, and you have harmed all of us!"
The werewolf said again: "It's a pity that you underestimated the greed of the human heart. As we passed through this place, we were ambushed by those who had left first. They didn't expect us to be prepared and be defeated and killed all in an instant. We divided all the treasures they had plundered and laid an ambush on you according to the gourd's scoop, and so did we. ”
He Jinshui was silent, he also had some self-blame in his heart, before he came to the other world, he was just a little otaku who didn't like to go out and didn't like to socialize, although he was smart and flexible, but he really didn't have such a deep scheming and city government. This incident finally taught him a lesson, and made him understand what it means to "promote Mien and fight Mi hatred", and what it means to "pamper without guilt and guilt".
Alihan saw a lot of deceit, and felt a little strange that He Jinshui was not in a high mood and was sad and self-blaming, but he was also very admired and gratified. Because of this shortcoming, it shows that the other party is still a hot-blooded young man with ideals, not a politician who is very deep in the city government and has a deep plan. Imperfection gives him a human touch! If he is really a tyrant who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals, he will probably have trouble sleeping.
Lance looked at He Jinshui's face and felt very frightened, and shrank his head into the corner of Alihan's clothes. Alihan touched his head, stepped forward and patted He Jinshui on the shoulder and asked, "Ah Shui, what should we do with these people?"
He Jinshui frowned, and several metal blades instantly poked out from the roof, slashing at the prisoners' right arms, several arms fell to the ground, and weapons were scattered around. He waved his hand and said in a wistful manner, "This is indeed because of me. But you deserve to be punished for mutilating your fellow soldiers, and you have one of your arms cut off as punishment. Leave your treasures behind, and go away. With that, the small stone turned into a flying knife and returned to He Jinshui's hands, releasing the captivity of everyone.
He Jinshui watched them supporting each other, limping away, and thought to himself: "The ancients once said that the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. ”
He also remembered the eternal quatrain of "the world is full of knowledge, and the practice of human feelings is the article", and lamented that the road of life is still very long, and there are still many things to learn. Rather, it is necessary to have the courage to correct and gain a deeper and more thorough insight into people's hearts.
Thinking of this, He Jinshui's mind appeared with the voices and smiles of the adventurer's team mates, his heart was warm, the whole person became cheerful, and led everyone to stride towards the northeast.
In the evening of the next day, He Jinshui and his entourage finally came to the foot of Neverwinter City. He raised his head and watched intently as the castle towering in the distance was joined by the distant mountains and forests in the afterglow of the setting sun.
The walls of Neverwinter Castle consist of two walls, an outer wall and an inner wall, all made of hard granite. The outer wall is about ten zhang high, and there are many arrow towers on the wall, and from time to time there are pairs of soldiers patrolling back and forth. The interior walls are about 15 zhang high, with ballistas and stone throwers looming behind them. A deep moat was dug around the walls, and the drawbridge at the gate of the city spanned the moat, making it the only way to get in and out of the city, and it could be quickly raised to cut off the passage of entry and exit if an enemy was detected.
A huge command tower in the city towers into the clouds, and on it hangs signal flags of different sizes and colors, which can take in a panoramic view of the area within a radius of 20 miles, which is very conducive to the unified command and coordination of the war.
The moat, the inner and outer walls, together with the arrow towers and trebuchets, form a three-dimensional cross-dimensional defense system. When the enemy attacked, he had to brave the rain of arrows, crossbows and stones to cross the river first, and then climb over the high outer wall to engage in hand-to-hand combat. The most terrifying thing is that the inner and outer walls echo each other, and once the outer wall is lost, the defending soldiers can also retreat to the inner wall and fire crossbow arrows and stone throws from higher places.
Therefore, as long as the enemy cannot fill in the moat and pile up the outer wall, it is impossible to form a rallying posture to attack the city through the inner wall, but it is very easy to be cut off, divided, cannibalized and counterattacked by the defender when attacking.
He Jinshui sighed in his heart, it is really worthy of being a historical city specially built to fight against the demon god, occupying all dangers, easy to defend and difficult to attack, like nails deeply pierced in front of the magic barrier and Dongberia, guarding the peace of mankind for thousands of years. With a look of reverence on their faces, He Jinshui and his entourage slowly walked towards the city gate, ready to enter the city.