Chapter 445: The Devil in Human Skin
"Who are they?" Rogge listened intently in the direction Catherine was pointing, his unusually sensitive hearing passing through the corridors and rooms, and faintly hearing the commotion coming from a distance.
"I don't know, the clothes are the same as ordinary people, men, women and children. Catherine replied worriedly.
"I see, I'll be over right away, you go meet Antonio and Tali first, stay safe. Rogge nodded calmly and turned back into the room.
Catherine followed two steps with some trepidation, looked into the room, and saw through the smoke that Elizabeth was sitting on the bed, her clothes neatly covered with the quilt, the bed did not look messy, and the little owl Lilith had just come out from under the black wide-brimmed hat on the table.
Seeing this, Catherine's heart seemed to be a little more settled, and when she noticed Rogge's scrutinizing gaze, she quickly turned around and hurried away.
"This girl, still don't worry about me. Rogge smiled self-deprecatingly, turned to the bedside and said to Elizabeth, "Is Her Royal Highness sleeping well?"
Elizabeth shook her head gloomily, looked around the room where the smoke had not yet cleared, and asked, "What's going on, are you going to burn me?"
"I guess the bad wolf is trying to smoke me!" Little Furball flew to the bed with a disgusted face, landed on Elizabeth's quilt and looked at Rogge and said, "How many cigarettes have you smoked, have you smoked all your cigarette pouches at once?"
"It's still the little villain smart. Roger smiled and sat down on the edge of the bed, looked at his tobacco pouch and said, "There is still the last one, and I will ask the lamp god to help me get some when I go back." ”
Elizabeth looked at the cigar butts piled up on the bedside table on the bedside table, and looked at Rogge with some surprise, Rogge stood up and stretched out his hand to her and said, "Come on, Your Highness Princess, if you have already woken up, then let's put aside the grievances before going to bed, and go out to see what is happening outside, it seems that an uninvited guest has broken in." ”
Elizabeth glanced at the hand he had stretched out in front of her, her mind flashed back to what had happened before she fell asleep, she grabbed his hand and got out of bed with a mixed feeling, watched him crouch down to help him put on his shoes, and politely helped herself to her feet.
She took Rogge's hand and followed him out of the room, listening to him talking to the little furball that landed on his shoulder, peeking at his every move, and having a strong curiosity about him in her heart, she wanted to know what kind of person this man was, why he was suddenly cold like a grim reaper, and suddenly gentle like a brother.
Holding Elizabeth's hand, Rogge walked out of the corpse-strewn hall of the Bandit Walled City, and saw Antonio, Catherine, and Tali standing at the door of the hall looking at the walled city below, and he and Elizabeth stopped beside the three of them, and saw hundreds of people rushing to the treasure vault of the Walled Bandit City.
"What are those people doing?" asked Rogge, looking at the crowd in surprise.
"If I'm not mistaken, they must be fighting for the gold and silver treasures in the treasure vault. Antonio said as he stared at the men who came out of the door of the treasure vault dragging a few bags.
"These guys are really well-informed, we just killed all the bandits, and they came to divide the money. Rogge shook his head with a mocking smile and said.
"My money, I haven't even taken a single silver coin!" said the little furball, standing on Rogge's hat and stretching his neck, looking at the crowd with a look of pity.
"You have enough money, you little money addict who only gets in and can't get out. Rogge squinted his eyebrows and said sarcastically.
"How can anyone think that there is a lot of money!" said the little furball, in a heartfelt voice.
"But you're a little bird, and a little bird doesn't need that much money. Rogge took out a piece of bacon from the grain bag and handed it to the small furball above his head and smiled: "As long as the bird has something delicious, it's fine." ”
"Okay, you're right. The little furball took the bacon handed over by Rogge in one bite, bowed his head and ate it contentedly, and forgot about the gold and silver treasures directly outside the clouds.
"Aren't we going to do something?" Tali, who was standing on the other side of Antonio, asked with some concern, "Will something happen to these people fighting like this?"
"What they robbed was originally the people's fat and ointment looted by the bandits, and now let the people divide it themselves. Catherine shook her head and admonished.
Tully nodded silently, and suddenly heard a scream from the direction of the crowd, a woman was pushed to the ground, and the belongings in her hands were immediately scattered on the ground.
The woman got up from the ground in a hurry, trying to protect her belongings, but was knocked to the ground again by the crowd, and at the same time, the crowd scramble and pushed and pushed more people to the ground, and the scene became chaotic for a while.
"It doesn't seem to be good. Antonio looked at the scene of the incident and frowned.
Before he could finish speaking, several strong men fought each other and rushed out of the door of the treasure vault, and the fighting made the already chaotic scene even more chaotic, the young and middle-aged men fought for the treasure, the frail old and women were pushed to the ground, many were trampled and even died, and the children sat on the ground and cried.
"Damn, we've got to stop them!" Antonio strode down the stairs to the scene of the incident, and Tali was about to follow, but found Rogge standing still and motionless, she looked back at him in surprise and asked, "Aren't you going to help?"
"Who to help?" Rogge looked down at her curiously and asked, "Did you help grab it, or didn't you grab it?"
Tali was speechless for a moment, looking back at the chaotic crowd at a loss, and seeing that Antonio had rushed into the crowd, he pushed away several young people who were fighting, and then picked up a woman who had been pushed to the ground, and then turned back to be separated by several young people who had just been separated into a ball again.
"Don't fight, stop!" Antonio tried to pull away from the people in the fight, but found that he couldn't stop anyone at all, as soon as the women he pulled up stood firm, they immediately pushed him away and rushed to the gold coins scattered on the ground, and the old people who were helped to the open space by him rushed into the crowd to pick up the scattered treasures.
"Are these people crazy?" Antonio stood helplessly in the crowd, looking at the rioting crowd around him, and was coldly surprised by a man punching him in the back from behind.
Antonio staggered forward a few steps defenselessly, turned sharply and saw the man rushing to the place where he had just stood, hurriedly picking up the gold coins that he had trampled underfoot, and before he could finish loading, a strong woman rushed next to him, kicked the man down, and reached out to grab the money that the man had fallen to the ground.
"Stop, you bastards!" the enraged Knight Master stepped forward and kicked the man who had risen to fight the woman to the ground, and at the same time pushed the sturdy woman away, turned and knocked the two men to the ground, only to be hit in the forehead by a young man with a stick.
The Knight Commander took two steps back with his head in pain, and with a wave of his fist knocked a man who had grabbed him from behind to the ground, suddenly feeling a hand grasp his left arm, he turned around and raised his fist to strike, suddenly seeing Tali's terrified face.
"Leave them alone, let's get out of here!" Seeing Antonio drop his fist, Tali hurriedly pulled him away from the crowd and hurried towards the walled gates.
The two rushed out of the gate and stopped on the path halfway up the hill, Antonio sat down on the grass by the side of the road in despair, Tali crouched down beside him to look at the red mark on his head that had been smashed by the stick, and was about to cast a spell to help him heal, but Antonio gently pushed her hand away.
"Don't do this, I know you're uncomfortable, but it's not your responsibility to do this kind of thing. Tali sat down beside Antonio, took his arm and whispered.
"I really didn't expect it to be like this," Antonio clenched his fists in annoyance, and said with indignation, "You just saw it, those people are like crazy, beating each other, no manners, no regard for the old and the young, maybe they live next door to each other, maybe they say hello to each other in the morning, but now, they beat each other to the head!"
"People die for money, birds die for food, maybe that's it. Tali couldn't help but sigh, and the faintly noisy human voice above the hillside echoed in her ears, "Just like Lilith said just now, no one is afraid of money, it's human nature. ”
"Rogge, where are they?" asked Antonio, with a melancholy sigh.
"He took Elizabeth and Catherine down the hill and said they were waiting for us in the town of Blackhardt, not far ahead. Tali said, looking at his frowning face.
"That guy walks pretty neatly. Antonio said with a wry smile and shook his head.
"He said......" Tali said with a slight hesitation, sighing, "He said that these people are not worth protecting, because when greed triumphs over humanity and propriety, human beings themselves are demons." ”
"Maybe he's right, and if I had seen that sooner, maybe I wouldn't have been beaten with this stick. Antonio stood up with a self-deprecating wry smile, looked back at the bandit city on the hill behind him in disgust, and said, "Let's go, I don't want to stay here for another second." ”
Tali got up and followed him down the trail to Blackhardt, and when the two reached the outside of town, they saw Rogge, Elizabeth, and Catherine standing by the side of the road waiting for them.
"Hey, Captain, it doesn't seem like a good look at your face. Roger said with an angry look on Antonio's face.
"Yes, how are you here?" Antonio asked, reluctant to mention his troubles in front of Elizabeth, as he turned to the gate of the town not far away.
"There's no one in town, and apparently they've all gone to the Bandit City to get a piece of the pie. Rogge smiled mockingly, turned back and pointed in the direction to his right, and said, "See, there's a cemetery there, and a few of us went there to look at it just now, and we noticed that something was wrong here." ”
"Why, is this place affected by the plague as well?" Antonio looked in the direction he was pointing, and saw a gray stone wall, and the shadow of a tombstone was faintly visible inside the gate.
"Not really, but Her Royal Highness has noticed something strange, so let's go and have a look. Rogge beckoned to Antonio and Tully, and led Elizabeth and Catherine to the entrance of the cemetery, where there were no grave keepers, and several people walked straight into the cemetery.
"It looks normal here, what the hell is going on?" Antonio asked as he followed Rog around the cemetery, finding nothing unusual.
"Your Royal Highness?" Rogge paused and looked back at Elizabeth, the vampire princess replied to Antonio and Tali's quizzing glances, "The tombs under these tombstones are empty, and there is not a single corpse. ”