Chapter 65: Collusion
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"We will not let them go," said the young paladin as if to say something, striding into the middle of the crowd and speaking to them in a loud voice, "Although the two of us are the first to exercise love and justice on this trade route, we have already heard that there are many bandits here, order is chaotic, and everyone lives under heavy oppression. Think about it, why is this happening? Is it just because the enemy is strong?" His expression was stern, but his eyes were very excited: "No! This is also because we are not united enough! It is precisely because we are not united enough that we are oppressed by a small number of people. Think about it, is that despicable army that has just come with no regard for the honor of the soldiers really much stronger than us? If we join forces, will they really dare to come and rob? No! They don't dare! But how do we do it? You see, all the camps are separated from each other and wary of each other, and this state is enough to plunder us at will, let alone an army, even a group of kobold lizardmen are enough to plunder us at will!"
Dong Hezi looked at him coldly, and this kind of cliché was quite enthusiastic. If he doesn't really believe it, then the hypocrisy has reached its peak, and he can really do it. And obviously, the people around him didn't like him, and all of them raised their expressionless faces and looked at his speech in a daze: "Think about it, if the Arcane Federation, the Three Towers Federation, and the Golden Demon Federation can really unite, then how can the countries in the coastal areas grovel to the Mermaid Empire and the Merman Empire? Isn't it because the surrounding human powers are not united, and they all want others to be destroyed? If they can unite, how can such a heart-wrenching thing happen? Let so many people die miserably in battle or become slaves?"
His voice was actually a little reverberatory, and it actually attracted some caravan people to come around to watch the excitement. He saw more and more people gathering, and the more he talked, the more excited he became: "Therefore, as long as we work together, we can establish a good order on this trade route, so why not start with this red dragon and make concerted efforts to punish his crimes, so that justice and order can be demonstrated?
However, everyone is obviously still looking ahead, and there is not even half of the person who has expressed his position. It was as if a circle of silent statues were watching the poor boy.
So the young paladin's eyes turned to Dong Hezi, and he kindly hoped that he would stand up and set an example.
So Dong Hezi looked at him with a smile on his face—just did it, but didn't say a word. The meaning is also obvious: whoever wants to go to this matter will go by themselves, don't pull me. We don't want to get in trouble.
The silence was terrible, and finally the mage couldn't stand it anymore in the first place. He stepped up to the other mage, grabbed his arm, and said excitedly, "Mariodore, both of us used to serve those little nobles, and it is said that we also have a comfortable life. Why did we come out? It's not because that kind of life has no future! The power is in the hands of those noble lords, the money is in the cunning butlers, and the respect belongs to the priests, what do we magicians who can't go up or down? False name! Only a false name away from the public! Why do we want to live a life of fear all day long? Isn't it just that one day we can seize the opportunity to climb to the top of the tower? Only by becoming a high mage can we become a real big man! Now such a good opportunity is in front of you, if you can really kill a dragon, even if you don't count his mountain of wealth, there are dragon scales, dragon flesh and even dragon bones, the price of these things is very high! As long as you get some of it, will you still worry about the tuition fees for learning the fourth-order and fifth-order arcane? With the foundation of the fifth-order, you will have the opportunity to be promoted! Only then will you have the opportunity to become a truly noble mage above ten thousand people one day. Come to think of it, my friend! This kind of opportunity is not available to most people in the world in their lifetime! If you don't seize it, will there be a next time?"
The other party seemed to open his mouth a little tempted, but after looking around and still silent, he closed his mouth again.
The mage turned to the other priest with some impatience and said, "Rosleytin, we've known each other for several years. Why did you go from that peaceful village to this place of killing, greed, and scheming?"
The priest avoided his gaze.
Then the mage became agitated and shouted at him: "Because you are not reconciled! You are not willing to live in that poor mountain village all your life, although the people there are simple, but there is no way to satisfy your dreams! Because you are not willing to be a little low-ranking priest for the rest of your life, and when you are old, you can no longer walk, and lie in that cold and damp hut and wait to die! You need glory! You need to become the right-hand man of the gods, you need to let your talents be fully unleashed! And now is the best opportunity that the gods have given you! Isn't it clear who that red dragon is, and who everyone has been on this trade route for so many years? Isn't it the big lizard named Walter?"
Another mage hurriedly signaled, "Be quiet! he can command ko-headed lizardmen within a radius of hundreds of miles." Aren't you afraid of being troubled by them?"
The mage shouted confidently, "What am I afraid of? Now with these two brave and righteous boys, it is the best time for us to kill that big bandit! Not only has he plundered the caravans, but he has also threatened the nearby kingdoms of Escobar and Mansicott, forcing them to pay an annual tribute of gold and other wealth. Although he did not dare to storm the large cities, it was enough to harass the manors and burn the crops. ”
At this point, he turned to the priest and said, "If we kill that dragon, you, me, and all of us will be the guests of honor in the kingdoms of Escobar and Manscott! Think of it, old friends! When the time comes, they will all convert to your gods, and you, in the favor of the gods, will put on noble and splendid priest's robes and preach the doctrine of God! What a glorious thing this is! How many things that lowly priests can only see in dreams!"
The priest was still very hesitant: "But the female vampire mage next to him~~"
The mage said with some hatred: "If you are afraid, you will never want to gain the favor of the gods in this life! You should run back to your small mountain village and be a stable priest for the rest of your life! If you think about it, that female vampire is a complete chaos camp, and your god is an order camp." If you kill her, how much favor will you get?Maybe I'll give you a fourth-order divine skill right away! Now you go and get rid of her, and when the red dragon comes, do you still have a chance?"
The priest was a little tempted, and he whispered, "If there is anyone else~~".
Another priest shouted, "I'll go!"
Immediately, the atmosphere was mobilized, and after a while, four low-level mages and three low-level priests joined the ranks of the "Dragon Slayer", and there were nine people in total with the two teenagers.
Finally, the 4th rank mage shouted at those who didn't opt in, "You'll regret it!
The crowd began to disperse, but Dong Hezi heard a low-level mage who walked away sneer, "But the life belongs to us." ”
He turned his head to see that Grimm seemed to have the intention of joining, but he was hesitant to stand up and join. So she walked up to him and quietly slipped a gold coin into his hand. Next to Grimm's surprised smile, he whispered: "Don't reveal my affairs in the future, or you will bite your head off next time!"
Grimm suddenly remembered the tragic sight of Palik's head being bitten off, and the terrifying appearance of the short-faced giant bear man who had turned into a giant bear man devouring his head. For a moment, the two trembled in a daze. When he came to his senses, the "dragon slaying team" had already ridden away on horseback. And Master Dong Hezi really didn't follow.
He asked with some curiosity, "Master, don't you really want to gain wealth and glory? ”
Dong Hezi smiled: "Who said I won't go? It's just that I won't go with them. After speaking, he cast a "vaporized form", turning into a sea blue cloud as large as a rhinoceros, which quickly rose into the dark night sky and disappeared into the boundless darkness.
When he reached an extremely high point in the air, he carefully observed that there was no one around, and suddenly turned into a large-winged vulture with an extremely keen sense of smell, and followed the residual smell of dragon blood in the air and streaked away into the distance.
Marina carried Walter in human form and flew in the direction of their castle, the blood that kept flying from Walter's mouth and nose had already condensed into a shocking black spot on the bright red mage robes, he had become more out of breath and less in breath, and his life was on the verge of death—and the castle was still nearly a hundred miles away! They flew for most of the day to fly to the battlefield, but now there was no time to fly back to the rescue.
Walter said to himself with a mixed expression: "I knew I would have brought some healing potions." This time it was too careless. As he spoke, he vomited another mouthful of blood, looking like he was about to die.
Marina was in a hurry, because the two of them were used to running rampant in the area, and they were protected by many magical instruments. As a result, in most cases, they would rather carry more offensive spell devices or spells that interfere with or weaken the enemy, and rarely carry healing devices. Although there are a lot of hidden things in the castle, it is difficult to quench the thirst of the near tax, and the most difficult thing is that neither of them can teleport.
She sobbed in a panic, "I said a long time ago that I have some talent for shadow arts, and I can learn it. You're afraid to spend money, and you say it's useless. It's good now, I can't fly if I want to. If we do shadow magic again, we can rush back to the shadow plane at 8 times the speed we have now. ”
Walter's mind had begun to blur, and he had no strength to refute it. But in a trance, he suddenly remembered something, and said intermittently: "I remember once giving the old village chief of Dreyfus Village a ring that heals moderate damage, which can be used three times a day. Hurry ~~ Hurry up and go to him~~"
Marina was overjoyed when she heard this, although the dragon's life was far higher than that of humans, and three treatments of moderate injuries could not cure his injuries, but they could temporarily hang his life! As long as Walter did not die, with his strong physique of the dragon clan, there might be a glimmer of life. So he hurriedly turned to the northeast and flew away.
"They're turning!" The fourth-order mage grasped Walter's general location after using a detection spell, and immediately informed everyone: "Fortunately, he is sluggish, and my spell can be released on his body." Judging by the results of the spell detection, their speed suddenly slowed down. And there is a high mountain around."
The young paladin was more anxious than anyone else, and asked in the tone of an orderer, "Is that mountain?"
The mage looked around at the mountains in the distance by a little moonlight, and finally pointed to the one in the northeast and said, "It looks very similar to that mountain!" ”
Several people looked at each other and said cautiously, "Isn't there a big village in that direction—the village of Dreyfus?"
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The two paladins were a little surprised: "Help, who would help an unhuman bandit leader, and an evil red dragon, was forced to help him?"
The fourth-order mage sneered: "It's not even forced, but the wolf bèi is a traitor!" he raised his voice a few degrees, for fear that the two teenagers would not be able to hear clearly: "That village is nominally an independent village, but in fact it is inextricably linked to that red dragon! I heard that they also mediated a conflict between the Mansicott Wanguo and the red dragon. Hmph, think about how an ordinary village is qualified to mediate a dispute between a country and a dragon? I have long recalled that this was just a trick arranged by the red dragon. He himself threatened the kingdom of Mansicott, but he was afraid of the long-range ballistas in the city and the desperate resistance and revenge of the people of Mansicot. So he instructed the people of the village to disguise themselves as mediators and go and bargain. And he just had to be pretentious next to him. Of course, those aristocratic lords who covet comfort will choose to exchange gold coins for peace. So that the evil reptile can make a lot of money without a single effort or risk! Well, I'm sure that's it. ”
The young paladin turned to the others and asked, "Is that really the case, if that village is really in cahoots with the evil red dragon wolf bèi, then we will be polite to them too!"
The rest of the mages and priests resignedly, "We have heard of these claims, but no one has been able to confirm them. Moreover, the people of that village have never done robbery or fraud, and the people there are quite dedicated. ”
"That's just a show!" the fourth-order mage was a little annoyed that his companions didn't support him, "Haven't you thought about it? Why can this village exist independently? It stands to reason that he should belong to the kingdom of Escobar or the kingdom of Mansicot, but in fact he has never been under the jurisdiction of the two countries. Isn't that very strange? and the village happens to be at the junction of the two kingdoms and the Walter realm. Isn't that very clear? The village is Walter's window into the human kingdom and his cheap profits, his eyes, ears and mouthpiece!
He spoke with great emotion, while the rest of the mages and priests remained silent, clearly disagreeing with him. So the 4th order mage became a little chattering: "I know that you are afraid that the dragon will retaliate against you, so you don't dare to tell the truth. But if you don't tell the truth now, you won't have a chance to say it in the future! Don't you want to gain wealth, honor, and status?"
When he said the last few words, a few people finally nodded: "We've also heard that the village did have some collusion with the Red Dragon. ”
But there was still a pastor who said, "That's all hearsay! There's no clear evidence." "As he spoke, he had to argue with other people.
The young paladin interrupted their endless argument impatiently: "Alright! Enough! We're hunting the evil red dragon now, not arguing about that village! Aren't they in collusion with the Red Dragon, don't they know if they go? Let's go!"
The group rode cautiously in the darkness of the night, slowly through the sparse woods, and headed for the distant village of Dreyfus.
The old village chief was sleeping soundly in his warm room when he was awakened by a cautious knock at the door. Then he heard Lady Marina's voice: "Geithner, open the door!"
A vampire knocks on your door in the middle of the night, and this creepy feeling is probably something that no one wants to try. But the old chief, Ganat, was not at all surprised, for the ladies usually came in the middle of the night. It's just that it's the spring ploughing season, the cattle and sheep in the village are very thin, the big fat pigs were all killed last winter to make bacon, and the only chickens are not to the appetite of women.
Who, then, was it to entertain this distinguished guest? With this nerve-wracking question, he opened the door of the room.
"Mr. Walter?!" the old village elder was surprised to see that Mr. Walter, who was so powerful, was bleeding his head like a half-dead man. His breath was heavy and strange, as if he would die at any moment, and the long trail of blood that ran from his mouth and nose ran all the way to his chest, staining large patches of bright red mage robes. Who is it, the Red Dragon Mage who can injure the embodiment of flames and tremble even kings?
The old village chief keenly felt that this time there was a big trouble, and no matter who did it, if they knew that Walter had slipped into his village, the whole village would suffer!
When the giant elephants fight, the ants under their feet will suffer, and to make matters worse, the ants will have to save one of the elephants. One can only hope that the elephants he helps will achieve ultimate victory.
The old village chief immediately invited them into the house and brought the healing ring as they had been. After unleashing three milky white treatments on the red-robed humanoid Walter, his breathing began to ease. However, dragons are strong in life, and the amount of healing required after being injured is also very large. This treatment only cured the broken bones in the chest, and the residual toxins and acid energy in the body, as well as the fire and frost damage to the muscles, and the damage to the nerves and brain. It was only temporary.
As soon as he regained his spirits, Walter began to curse viciously: "I will protect their lives with a spell, and then I will cut off their flesh piece by piece, and crush their bones inch by inch with a hammer! That's right, Marina. That magic wand isn't a normal magic device, it's a legendary device!"
Marina was taken aback: "Then what did you start saying that it was a 'Super Colorful Jet Magic Wand'? If we knew it was a legendary device, we wouldn't have gotten there." ”
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