Chapter 268: The Devil's Temptation
"With these, we almost have a chance of winning, and the rest is how to arrange the tactical problem, which needs to be determined, how many people we can summon to come, and then decide."
Gavin turned his head to look at Copperfield and said, "On your side, there is still a problem to face, that is, how to survive tonight, it is now a critical moment for the Drow Elf vampire lord to unblock, those vampires will definitely send derivatives to search for blood sources everywhere, and they will definitely not let your village go." ”
Copperfield said confidently: "I didn't know who the enemy was, so I let them succeed repeatedly, but now that I know it, I can prepare accordingly, they don't want to take my villagers away from my hands again, it's really not good, we will gather all the villagers together and stay up all night." ”
Gavin's eyes flickered, and he wanted to say something, but when it came to his mouth, he swallowed it back into his stomach.
All the time beside him, as a tool man, the dog demon who carried out the order suddenly spoke: "I have a better suggestion here. ”
This opening startled the soldiers behind Copperfield.
As warriors, they don't have a strong sense of perception, and they can't detect the true origin of the dog demon.
Gavin rarely didn't scold it for talking too much, but instead asked, "What's a better suggestion?" ”
The orange eyes of the dog demon flashed with the devil's unique cunning and said: "I suggest, here in the refugee camp, don't do anything tonight, and wait and see what happens." ”
"What does it mean to wait and see? What do you mean? Let those vampires take our villagers away? When Craigie heard this, he immediately burst into a rage and said, "Are you crazy?" How can such an inhuman suggestion be made? ”
Copperfield's face also had anger that could not be concealed, but it also had a calmness that Craigie did not have, and waved his hand and said: "Craigie, control your emotions, we are discussing tactics now, what we want is to brainstorm and want to veto the other party's proposal, at least let the other party finish his proposal, this gentleman, why do you want us to do this?" ”
"The reason is very simple, for the sake of the night after tomorrow, we set traps in your village to prepare, and rashly rush into the vampire lair and start an all-out war with them, which is the most stupid act.
In the battlefield we have arranged, we will have a better chance of success by destroying a wave of the opponent's living forces and then following them to attack their lair, but if we want to be intentional or unintentional, we can't let the opponent be guarded. The implication of the dog demon is very simple, it is to use the villagers of the refugee camp who were taken away tonight to paralyze those vampires, so that they can still send people the next night.
This time, without waiting for Copperfield and Craigie to speak, Gavin scolded sternly: "Enough, don't say any more, your suggestion, pure devilish behavior, how can we betray our own villagers and our compatriots for a little profit?"
General Copperfield, tonight, you can do whatever you want, make sure that the vampires can't kidnap any of the villagers, and when we gather our forces tomorrow, we will capture the vampire lair and rescue all the villagers inside. ”
The dog demon was unusual, and added faintly beside him: "My suggestion, although it is inhumane, but there is a deeper benefit, you only consider the people who have not been taken captive, but you have not considered the people who have been taken away......
"That's enough." Gavin shouted angrily, "Shut up, if you dare to say another word, be careful that I'll send you straight back to Hell." ”
Copperfield's expression changed drastically, and he asked repeatedly, "What will happen to the captives?" ”
The dog demon completely shut up this time, looking like I was an obedient servant, and everything had to obey the master's arrangement.
I asked several times, but the dog demon didn't speak.
Copperfield had no choice but to turn his gaze to Gavin and said, "Mr. Gavin, please let him finish his words, after all, this is a matter of life and death for fifty villagers, and I must weigh the severity." ”
Gavin sighed helplessly and said: "I'm sorry, just my mistake, I shouldn't have let this devil speak, wait a minute, what he said must be the devil's words, he will push you to the fire rack to roast, both ends are the lives of the villagers, a little careless, the general will be infamous and lose the trust of the villagers in you." ”
"My reputation is a small matter, and the life and death of the villagers are a big matter." Copperfield looked firm, "Whether it's the devil's word or not, I'm going to listen to it." ”
Gavin nodded to the dog demon and said, "Since that's the case, you can just say it, but today's matter, you have only done it, and you have no merit, and I will settle accounts with you afterwards." ”
The dog demon reluctantly spoke, "Have you ever thought about it? Why are those who were taken captive still alive? ”
Without waiting for others to answer, he asked himself: "Of course, in order to maximize profits, I tried to squeeze more blood from those villagers for my own use."
But this premise is based on the fact that they have an absolute advantage.
When they find out that this situation can't be sustained.
Will the villagers be kept as cattle and continue to squeeze blood from them?
I don't know what those vampires do, but if it were me, I would definitely kill all these villagers as soon as possible, squeeze every drop of blood and even their souls out of their bodies, and use them to unseal the drow elf vampire lord.
Even if you can't do it, you can completely unblock it, but you can also release more power for your own use, in exchange for greater defensive power.
So, we're either going to stay still, or we're going to give these vampires a thunderbolt and not give them a chance to hurt the kidnapped villagers. ”
This time, even Craigie couldn't reprimand the dog demon.
Because the other party's analysis is reasonable.
The situation is also as Gavin fears, and this analysis directly pushes them onto the scale of moral choice.
On one side are the villagers who have not yet been taken captive, and on the other side are the villagers who have been taken captive.
Is it a priority to protect the abducted villagers? Or do you want to save the captive villagers, and let the vampires do the trick for the time being, and sit back and watch them take more villagers captive?
But who can guarantee that? Can they save all the villagers alive afterwards?
No matter how you choose, you will not be right in these two choices.
In the blink of an eye, Copperfield's forehead was covered with dense sweat, his cheeks twitched involuntarily, and there was pain in his eyes that could not be concealed, he had never made such a painful choice.
Even in the face of the red bow of the ghost ship, the pirates of the Nrainthor Islands ten times his size, the eye of the storm that destroyed the world, and the irretrievable sinking of the Warden, he did not hesitate to make the most decisive choice.
Because at that time, the road in front of him was extremely simple, that is, to take his family and his brother to escape from a desperate situation.
"In fact, this choice is not absolute, and we can compromise appropriately." Gavin proverb said, "On this side of the village, it is not a matter of one or two days for people to go missing, and it is inevitable that the village will be prepared, and this kind of resistance will not completely anger the vampires and make them rashly react to extremes."
If you are a village, you can show some strength, but you can't completely threaten them.
They may change their tactics, they may become more aggressive, and they may have a large-scale raid on the village, or they may not necessarily come out.
In this way, we can be in the village tomorrow night, waiting for work, and beat them by surprise.
Just doing so is tantamount to turning the village into a battlefield, using all the villagers as bait, especially if we are facing a group of vampires, if we are not careful, those villagers may be manipulated and turned against us. ”
If Gavin had been at the outset, he would have thrown out this suggestion.
Even if he didn't receive a lot of opposition, he wouldn't be treated very well, because of what he said at the end.
But with the dog demon, for a series of reasons foreshadowed earlier, this suggestion is relatively mild and relatively acceptable.
At least he didn't sit back and watch his villagers be taken captive.
Copperfield immediately answered: "It is the duty of all of us to rescue the villagers, as long as we can eliminate these vampires and rescue our villagers, even if the village is destroyed, as long as there are people, we can build a new village." ”
"Since the general has this kind of awareness, then let's make a big fight, those vampire derivatives have been able to succeed again and again in the past, largely because we are defenseless.
As long as we are vigilant, and all of us try to stay awake tonight, cover our ears, and tie ourselves to the house with ropes if necessary, as long as we do not listen to their seductive words, and take the initiative to get out of the house, they are helpless. Gavin was talking about another vampire weakness.
Forbidden to enter, vampires cannot enter houses without being invited by the occupants.
In other planes, vampires don't have this characteristic weakness, I don't know for the time being, but in Feren there are.
It is the divine will of the gods, in order to protect their followers from vampires.
Without this protection, I am afraid that the vampires would have been flooded long ago, and the entire physical plane would have become their hunting ground.
As for why the gods allowed it, vampires were an evil existence that should be cursed.
Eighty percent of the answers received are related to the multiverse, the balance of light and darkness.
Where there is light, there must be shadows.
Only darkness can reveal light.
When this is eliminated, the other point will cease to exist.
Even the upper planes are no exception, but their dark projections are not in the upper plane, but in the lower plane, which is a deeper balance of light and darkness.
"Not only that, but it's best to have a few bottles of holy water in each person's hands at that time, and if necessary, to be able to scare them away." Copperfield further added.
Whether it is a vampire or a vampire derivation, they all have a terrifying regeneration ability, even if they are trolls, in front of them, this ability is also a younger brother.
Not to mention vampires, even if it is a second-level vampire derivation, it can easily regenerate severed limbs instantly.
Like the trolls' fear of acid and fire, they are afraid of light and water.
Once exposed to Radiant damage or in flowing water, their regeneration ability is temporarily suppressed.
The situation of flowing water is too special, and all vampires will stay away from the big rivers and rivers, and they will not let themselves be in such danger at all.
What works is Radiant damage, and Holy Water is an extension of that damage.
"And the piercing stake." Regina asked.
Stake piercing the heart is the only known effective way to completely kill vampires and vampire derivatives.
Gavin vetoed: "No, the stake is too conspicuous and easy to frighten the vampires, tonight, General Copperfield's task is to drive those vampires away, not to kill and kill them, and the stake is not needed."
This task might as well be left to me, and tomorrow I will bring a few druids over and make stakes, which will be a breeze for them. ”
Regina didn't insist, "Your arrangement is indeed more thorough, just according to what you say, it's not early, those vampires may start to act at any time, village elder, tonight is the most pressure on your side, you should make arrangements as soon as possible!"
The variables on my side are not small, I must go first and see if Mr. Darnell has left, there is really no way, I will rush to the Hammer of Justice Monastery overnight to see if the other Hammers of Justice have time. ”
The reason why Darnell was listed as the first invitee.
Not only because the two sides have been getting closer recently, but mainly for Gavin's sake, after all, there is a devil on his side.
Regina can't be completely sure how Darnell will react at that time, let alone those paladins who don't know their temperament, once their pedantic brains don't turn at all, and before they see the vampires, they will be in big trouble.
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