Chapter 502: Selfishness (Part II)
The old man looked at his grandson in his arms, his eyes were full of sadness, and said: "Don't we think that the sea god sacrifice is cruel? But for the sake of hundreds of thousands of people in Ailan City, and for Ailan City not to return to the era of poverty and backwardness, we can only throw our own children into the mouth of monsters." ”
The old man did not lower his voice, his words, many people around him heard them, and there was sadness in their eyes, which was the pain in the hearts of every person in Ailan City. The Poseidon Sacrifice is said to be offering sacrifices to the "Poseidon", but in fact, there are still so many people watching this cruel scene, they are more to remember the children who are dedicated to the sea monster for them, so that they can remember their stable life, which is exchanged for these children who have not yet enjoyed life.
The old man's expression was sad at this time, his eyes were already bloodshot, he looked at Xiaoba, and then at the grandson in his arms, and choked up: "This is our children, when we were elected, we were much more heartbroken than you outsiders." As he spoke, his eyes moistened.
The boy in his arms, as if he felt his grandfather's affection, looked up at his grandfather's tearful eyes, stretched out his white and tender little hand, and scratched his grandfather's eye sockets. But this time not only did not stop the old man's tears, but led them out. He was really heartbroken, these two children were his own grandchildren, how could he not be heartbroken. Even his heartache is more than the parents of the children.
What the old man didn't say was that the city lords of Ailan City in the past generations had to carry out an order, that is, when they were on duty, the first child of themselves and their descendants must be dedicated to the god of the sea to replace the children of ordinary residents. Only in this way will those residents of Alan City not complain because of this. Therefore, the city lord who looks beautiful is actually the most miserable one. The old man has been feeling guilty that his own first child has become a sacrifice, and at this time, he has to suffer the same pain as his own children.
"Do you think it's heroic? It's the right thing to do? You're just using these innocent kids. Hachi's voice regained its indifference.
"What else can we do if we don't do this!?" Hachi's words deeply pierced the old man's heart, which made the old man's fear of Hachi swept away and roared at him.
"There are many ways, you can kill the invading monsters again. Hachi said lightly.
"Kill it again? Then there will be other sea monsters to replace him, do you know how big the sea is, how many monsters are in it, who knows how many monsters will come?
"I don't know how big the sea is and how many monsters there are. All I know is that you don't have the power to protect your homeland and not choose to move. Instead, in order to live a prosperous life, he sacrificed those innocent children. You are selfish, and no matter how great it is, you people are still selfish. ”
Xiao Hachi's words came out from afar and resounded in everyone's ears. All the people of Alan City shuddered, like a hammer smashing down on them. They are a little at a loss, is it really wrong for them to endure all these years? Is it really because of their own selfishness that they have led the children to become victims?
They want to say that they are also so committed to the sake of their children's good lives. But when the words came to his lips, no one could say them, because the words suddenly seemed very weak. What can they enjoy for those sacrificed children? Isn't the rich life enjoyed by the survivors? Which children did they really use in exchange for the peace of their own lives?
At this time, even those strong people who dared to come, including Allure and Mimi, didn't know what to say, and the audience was silent. Although Hachi's words were simple, they completely overturned what they thought was correct and subverted the beliefs they had been carrying for so many years.
At this moment, a huge beast roar suddenly sounded from the sea. The beast's roar interrupted everyone's train of thought, and everyone hurriedly looked at the sea in panic. I saw that the boat carrying the sacrifices on the sea had disappeared, and in its place were four huge tentacles that were a hundred meters long and more than ten meters in diameter.
These tentacles are black and red, and they are densely packed with suckers with a diameter of more than five meters, just like the tentacles of an octopus. At this time, these four tentacles drilled out of the seabed, swaying constantly, like four giant pillars inserted into the sea, still desperately stirring the sea.
As the tentacles shook, the sea roared. Huge waves tens of meters high slapped down in the direction of Ailan City. This was the Kraken's anger, because the humans had once again broken their promise and lacked the boys and girls he wanted. It's only been a few years, and for this sea monster, it's only a few times for him to wake up, and these humans have once again broken their trust. It is wise, otherwise it would not have been possible to make a pact with a human spiritist in the first place. At this time, its first feeling was that these humans were no longer afraid of it, so it wanted to remind these humans who was the overlord of this sea.
Huge waves as high as tens of meters bombarded the harbor of Alan City, and those small fishing boats for civilian use or large commercial ships parked on the edge of the harbor were turned into sawdust under the huge waves.
The stone platforms that stretched out of the harbor and were used to moor ships did not withstand a few beatings before they were blown to pieces by the sea and sank to the bottom of the sea forever. The entire port of Alan City was reduced to ruins in a short period of time, and the damage was incalculable.
But this did not eliminate the anger of the sea monster, I saw that the four tentacles that were stirring the sea water suddenly released a blue light, and then in front of the four tentacles, there was a column of water as thick as it rushed up, shooting towards Ailan City.
The more than ten powerhouses were all stunned, and Allure reacted as quickly as possible and shouted: "Now is not the time to be in a daze!" City Lord, please let ordinary people take refuge quickly, and above the sixth order will join me to stop this water column from rushing into Ailan City, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." After speaking, he rushed out with Mimi first. The light of orange and cyan blue rushed towards one of the water columns, forcibly blocking the water column from the harbor of Alan City.
When the others heard Allure's words, they immediately rushed towards the remaining three water columns, and finally blocked them outside before these water columns poured into Ailan City.
"Don't panic, our warriors will definitely be able to block the attack of the sea monster and protect our home. In order not to cause trouble to them and distract them, now everyone listened to me and withdrew to the wilderness outside the west of the city. ”
At this time, the old man also restored the majesty and decisiveness that the city lord of Ailan City should have, he knew that Ailan City would definitely experience an inevitable war this time, and if these ordinary city citizens continued to stay here, once they were affected, then there would inevitably be very serious casualties. So he immediately issued an order for all the citizens of Alan City to withdraw from the city and take refuge outside the west of the city. And he was very clever to tell everyone not to panic, they withdrew just so as not to drag down the warriors who went to resist the attack of the sea monster, so that although it could not completely eliminate the panic in the hearts of all the city's citizens, it was more or less a shot in the arm, so that they did not have to panic too much.
Those soldiers who were already a little panicked, under the dispatch of the old man, also quickly recovered the proper su zhì of a soldier. The ordinary people were evacuated in an orderly manner, and some sergeants even carried the elderly who were old and had difficulty moving, so as to prevent them from delaying the evacuation due to their slow movements.
At this time, everyone had something to do, but Hachi ignored it. He didn't take action to help them deal with the sea monster, nor did he choose to evacuate, just stood quietly in place, looking at the "sea god" roaring wildly in the sea.