Volume 1 The Tale of the Forge Chapter 69 Trap
"What if I say that this place is likely to be attacked by demons?" The emir said with a gloomy face, "Are you still unwilling to go with me?" ”
“…… What? The village chief was shocked.
"Don't be so surprised, the demons attacked Heitan Town a few days ago, and your village is so close to the town, maybe their next target will be here."
"yes, yes, let's go to town."
It was the village chief's son who said this, and he had just picked up the jewels that had fallen on the ground, and then said excitedly.
"Shut up, don't think I don't know what you're thinking," said the village chief impatiently, "is the town that good?" Do you really think we're going to be able to farm like we are now? Wrong, we can only become the servants of those nobles, make cattle and horses for them, and don't think about turning over in this life. ”
Hearing this, the emir couldn't help but feel heavy, he could probably guess how prejudiced the old village chief was against the town and the nobility, and he really wanted the villagers to do things for the nobility.
After all, even if the next new nobles got the land, they would not be willing to farm without the help of their servants.
However, no matter what the village chief said, he always had to ask the villagers for their opinions.
At this time, the villagers listened to Emir's words, they all fell silent, they were also hesitating, if they stayed here, they might be attacked by the demons, and finally die without a body, and if they followed Emir to Heitan Town, at least they could save their lives.
Although the villagers are mercenary most of the time, when they are really faced with the test of life and death, they will not hesitate to choose to survive and survive at any cost.
Therefore, more than half of the more than three hundred villagers gathered here decided to follow the emir, while the rest were not assertive, they only trusted the village chief very much, so they were waiting for his opinion.
When faced with major decisions, the minority obeys the majority, this is the eternal truth in the village, the village chief watched those people make a choice, he didn't know if the choice was correct, but at least he was elected by this group of villagers, so he must be responsible for the villagers and listen to the opinions of the majority.
Seeing the village chief's expression, Emir couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, thinking that these people were not too obsessed, and then he secretly resolved that he would not treat these villagers badly.
"Alright then, I promise to come with you."
As the village chief said this, the rest of the people had no choice but to agree.
Next, under the instructions of the emir, they first went home and carefully packed their belongings, and then went to the square to assemble.
More than half an hour later, seeing more than 300 people gathered in the square, the village chief was puzzled.
"Uh, Lord Castle, are we going to Blackpool next? In case you encounter monsters along the way......"
"Hmph, of course not, look at me."
With that, the emile took out the small piece of paper that Anne had given him, and he clenched it as before.
Then, a pale green light burst out from the magic array on the piece of paper, and immediately after, a huge magic array was projected to the ground, covering the entire square.
When the villagers saw this scene, they couldn't help but be amazed, thinking that this city lord actually knew magic, it seemed that they were really with the right person, with such a powerful city lord, they would definitely have a better life in the future.
Seeing the admiring eyes of the villagers, Emir suddenly felt a sense of pride, and he tasted the sweetness of being a leader for the first time.
Right now, the magic array is ready, and it's up to Anne to release the teleportation magic, but he has a hard time, because someone has to inform Anne at this time.
Ophelia understood his troubles, and stood up and spoke.
"Leave it to me, I'll go back, and you'll be here to watch."
However, Emir felt that this was inappropriate, if there was really a demon attack at this time, how could he deal with it alone, of course he himself could not be injured by the monster, but these villagers were difficult to say.
So he voiced his concerns.
"This ...... Then you should go back, I'll stay here alone. Ophelia proposed.
"Can you really do it?" The emir said with concern.
"Hehe, aren't you worried about my strength?" Ophelia crossed her waist and said, "No matter how many monsters come, I will split them into pieces to ensure that not a single hair of your people will be hurt." ”
"Okay, I trust you."
The emir nodded solemnly, and then he summoned Lilith and flew into the sky.
Only then did the villagers react, it turned out that the evil dragon they just said was not a rumor, but now, when they saw the city lord riding the evil dragon away, they were all so surprised that they couldn't keep their mouths shut.
But it was not because they were afraid, but their reverence for the city lord deepened, they did not expect that this young city lord could not only use magic, but also control the ferocious dragon.
However, the village chief had doubts again, so he came to Ophelia.
"Well, what did the lord of the city do? Didn't you say you were going to take us to town? ”
"Oh, don't worry, he's got something important to take care of, and he'll be right back."
Ophelia replied perfunctorily, after all, she didn't understand it after telling them, but it might expose the fact that Emir couldn't do magic, thus shattering the villagers' illusions about him.
Although the village chief was a little puzzled, he didn't say much, and at this time, the villagers were bored and stayed where they were.
Until someone suddenly pointed to the sky and shouted excitedly.
"Look, a big flock of pigeons."
After all, they lived in a poor village, and they had only seen pigeons in books, but they didn't expect to see them now.
The villagers thought this was a good sign that they might be able to live a better life than they were when they arrived in the town.
However, Ophelia stared at the group of pigeons, and there was something wrong, and their coat color seemed to be familiar.
After a while, the flock of pigeons landed on the ground, and several of them came straight towards her.
Ophelia looked at it, and sure enough, she noticed that the pigeons had small notes rolled up in a cylinder on their feet.
Out of curiosity, she grabbed a pigeon, which was domesticated and could be seen from the fact that they did not know how to resist at all.
She spread out the small note and looked at it, and found that it read: "The master is in trouble, come back quickly!" ”
She grabbed another pigeon and looked at the little note on its feet, which also said the same thing, and she recognized the handwriting.
It was a little different from the message she had received before, and the meaning conveyed was obviously more serious, which had to make her nervous.
After a short period of thought, she made the decision to leave the place after Anne teleported the villagers to Blackpool.
She didn't have to worry about the town being left unguarded, because Anne was about as strong as her.
However, before that, she told the village chief about it, and asked him to convey it to the emir.
……
On the other side, a few minutes later, Emir returned to Blackpool, where he found Anne still standing in place, just as she had left it.
Seeing Emir return, Anne understood that the magic circle was set up, and she didn't need to greet Emir, so she immediately released her magic.
With a flash of light, more than 300 villagers were all teleported.
Because of the suddenness of the incident, they didn't react until the emir reminded them that the town of Blackpool had arrived.
"This ...... Is this the power of magic? ”
The villagers were stunned, and at the same time, attracted by the beautiful buildings and clean streets of the town, they ran over to see here and there.
"How? Towns are better than your villages, right? The emir said with a smile.
However, the village chief was still sad, and the emir explained to him the next arrangement.
"Don't worry, there are no nobles here, because the previous city lord died in battle, the original nobles have abandoned the city and fled, and now there are only me and dozens of people in Heitan Town."
"Oh? Aren't we ...... then?"
"That's right, you can live in any house here."
"That's very good, I'll go and tell the villagers," said the village chief, who was about to leave, but was stopped by the emir.
"Wait a minute, I haven't finished speaking, I have made an agreement with those people, within three days, whoever of them produces the most materials, I will make him the new noble, of course, since you are here, you also have the opportunity to participate in this election."
“…… Thank you so much, Lord Castle. The village chief thanked him again, and he was so moved that he was about to kneel on the ground to thank him.
Emir was originally from a common people's background, and he was not used to those red tape, and at this time, seeing that the old village chief was about to bow to him, he hurriedly helped him up.
"Don't be like this, I'm also here to rebuild Heitan Town, and I have something to ask you for."
Hearing this, the village chief admired the young city lord even more, obviously he was just a teenager, but he had such a mind, and he didn't know how many times stronger than those nobles.
At this point, he had to change his stereotype of aristocracy, because there were still people like the emir.
"Alas, the matter has finally been settled."
Emir couldn't help but sigh as he watched the villagers go to the village and the villagers.
At this time, he was trying to have a good chat with Ophelia, but after watching for a long time, he didn't find the white knight in the crowd.
"Huh?"
"Ah, by the way," the village chief suddenly remembered this, and hastened to report to the emir, "the knight asked me to bring you a message. ”
"Huh? Didn't she come back with her? ”
"Yes, she said that she had more important things to do, so she left first, and she also said that you already have someone around you to help, and you don't need her strength for the time being."
"Tsk, why don't you need her power to treat me as that kind of realistic person?" The emir whispered.
Of course, he knew that Ophelia was going to find his master, but the words she left behind were a little too underestimating the love between them, and the reason why he was with Ophelia was not just because of her strength.
Although the two of them had only been together for a few days, the emir already trusted her very much, and even if she was not that powerful, the emir could not dislike her.
"What's wrong? Didn't Ophelia come back? Anne leaned over and asked.
"Well, she still has important business," Emir nodded, and then, in order not to misunderstand Anne, he quickly explained, "But you don't have to worry, she will definitely come when the general attack on the demons is launched." ”
"Well, I understand." Anne nodded.
……
When the time came for the evening, the Emile invited Anne to the mansion for dinner.
As for those villagers, they already have strong survival skills, and now they have enough supplies, so they naturally don't have to worry about living problems.
At this time, Rena had already prepared the meal early, and was pushing the dining cart, meticulously arranging the dinner.
Out of curiosity, she glanced at Anne, but was attracted by her lovely appearance.
"Why is there always such a beautiful girl around the city lord?"
She couldn't help but complain to herself, but when she saw Annie's appearance, she was indeed ashamed of herself. Afterwards, everyone dined together, because they had talked for a long time, and by the time it was too late, Anne said that she was a little tired and wanted to rest early.
Emir felt the same way, he had been through too much today, and as the difficulties were resolved one by one, his tense nerves finally relaxed, but the tiredness that had been accumulating all this time also hit in an instant.
After returning to his room after taking a shower, he stood by the window, about to undress and go to bed, when out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a figure outside the door of the mansion.
Out of curiosity, he took a closer look and saw that it was actually the village chief, and he was waving at him, as if he had something to say.
Emir was already tired, but in order not to disappoint the village chief, he still bothered his body and ran down to open the door.
As soon as he came to the door, he saw the village chief's excited face.
"Lord Castle, are you going to sleep so early?"
"yes, what's the matter with you?"
"Haha, of course there is something important, you don't know how much we admire you, no, we people organized a celebration, one is for us to move to a new house, and the other is to personally thank you, you see......"
The emir was in trouble for a while, not because he didn't give them face, but because he was really sleepy.
"Come on, this is also our kindness, if you don't come, you won't give us face." The village chief put on a strong attitude.
"That'...... All right. ”
After thinking about it, Emir agreed, after all, the reconstruction work was still counting on these villagers, and he couldn't break with them.
So, under the leadership of the village chief, he walked on the street outside the mansion, because of the villagers living in, Heitan Town seemed to have become a lot more prosperous, and many houses were lit up.
Ten minutes later, they stopped in front of a lavish restaurant, and Amir looked at the restaurant and couldn't help but think of the previous experience of being trapped, when it was in this restaurant, but now the owner and waiters have left.
Although the emir did not have much affection for the place, he did not have much of a problem with the villagers choosing to hold the celebration here.
"Look, everyone, our city lord is here." The village chief walked in and said loudly.
"Uh-oh-" The crowd cheered.
"Haha, I'm smiling at you, because the restaurant is not big, and we only have more than 20 people here as representatives of the villagers." The village chief said embarrassedly.
"It's okay, it's okay, I should have told you I'm sorry, I've already had dinner, and I probably won't be able to eat much now."
"Haha, it doesn't matter, it's always okay to drink, as we all know, drinking doesn't fill your stomach."
The emir couldn't help but want to complain about it, but he didn't have that leisure anymore.
"Come, Lord Castle, thank you for bringing us here, and we will definitely try to repay you from now on." A young man with a bold personality raised his glass.
"Oh." The emir hurriedly took the wine handed by the village chief and clinked glasses with the man.
Because he was too strong to drink, he became more groggy as he took a sip of wine, and the other villagers did not notice his appearance and continued to toast him.
The Emir was too embarrassed to refuse their kindness, and could only force himself to pour more drink.
However, as he drank more and more, instead of falling to the ground drunk, he became more and more sober.
He frowned and thought for a while, before he finally realized that his stomach was aching faintly, and it was this pain that made him sober.
The emir jerked his head up to find the villagers staring at him maliciously, and the smiles on their faces grew more and more hideous.