Chapter 9: Spoils of War
Arthur pushed Quila, who had been sluggish for a long time, and Gila jumped out like a frightened rabbit, Arthur was covered in blood at the moment, and there was a serious killing intent that had not faded. Looks like the villain of a horror movie.
Arthur said helplessly, "What's wrong with you! Is it the first time you've seen a dead man?"
When Gila flew out from the first head, he was stunned, even if he had a spell to calm his mind, but at that moment, he seemed to be pierced, pierced by the poisoned arrow condensed by the surprise, fear, and resentment that emanated from that person's heart. But then, this kind of poisonous arrow filled the whole space, and the mud pills killed people one by one like a joke, they are not unrecognizable in knight novels, they are not tools used to perform chivalrous righteousness, they are all human beings......! The only thing that is the same is the fear and resentment of dying.
It's like having a nightmare, and he doesn't wake up until Arthur comes and pushes him, but he finds that the protagonist of the nightmare is standing in front of him, how can he not run away in horror? But Arthur's next words make him really sober, and he can't help but realize that this blood-stained man is his friend Arthur.
"Oh my God, what did you do?" said Kira, almost groaning.
"Save your virginity!" Arthur smiled.
"You killed them, you killed everyone, and it's still a child!" Gila pointed to the skinny thief who had just been pierced on the ground by Arthur, who looked to be no more than fifteen or sixteen years old.
"First of all, I didn't kill everyone. Although I don't plan to do so. Arthur pointed to Reg behind Guila, "Secondly, fifteen or sixteen years old is considered to be sexually mature! And we were originally here to kill, otherwise you think we are here for an outing?"
"But, but!" Gila clutched her head in pain, not knowing what to say.
"Don't be stupid, Kira, think about what would happen if you were really a woman who couldn't resist. And from the moment they stood in front of me, the result was doomed, either I died or they died, I was strong enough, so they died. Do you wish it was me who died?" Arthur comforted softly.
"Of course not, I want you to live," Guila hesitated, "but, don't you have compassion?"
"My little compassion is reserved for friends, no, I won't sympathize with my friends, I'll use my hands to help them, not boring sympathy!" said Arthur earnestly. Then he smiled and said, "Come on, let's wake this guy up and ask him where he put his money? "Obeying Arthur's orders, from the beginning of the killing, Reg was hypnotized by Rose, and now he is still sleeping soundly.
"Oh, well!" replied Gira as he calmed down a lot after some reassurance from Arthur. Reach out your hands and grab Reg's head. Then Reg slowly woke up. There is no need for complicated torture to extract confessions, with Gila as a psychiocrat, you can even ask if Reg farted today.
Getting the information he wanted, Arthur swung his greatsword and ended Captain Regg's career as a cave master. Arthur found a secret box from the corner of the cave, where it seemed to be Reg's bedroom, in which some gold and silver, mainly silver, although the box was full, but the quantity did not satisfy Arthur. After all, it's impossible to expect a group of robbers to have any great treasures (and the main thing is that Arthur used to be too rich), but in the corner of the box, there is a small black stone the size of a baby's fist, so Arthur, a druid, can't figure out what the material is, so he put it away first. On one side of the cave, where it seems to be the living quarters, there are a lot of stored daily necessities, just enough to make up for Arthur's needs.
Arthur thought to himself, if this was a game, it would be to fight dozens of monsters, drop a few money, and unidentified items. Originally, Arthur also wanted to bring back the quest item "Reg's Head" (this guy was supposed to be wanted). But considering Guila's feelings, he gave up. This time, it is taking advantage of the high attack and high defense, and the opponent does not have any particularly good weapons. If any of the thieves wields a tomahawk, a single hit will inflict no minor damage on him.
As they finished packing up what they needed to leave, Arthur suddenly stopped, the power of the Heart of Earth giving him a strong sense of stone. He felt the other side of the cave, where there was a hollow. I couldn't help but walk over, look at a large rock, and push the stone away. The scene inside stunned Gila who followed him. Several ragged girls were lying or sitting on the straw pile, looking fearfully at the two Arthurs who had entered, presumably the village girls from the neighborhood who had been captured by the thieves.
Arthur couldn't help but frown, and for a moment he didn't know what to do with them. Gila immediately cast a calming spell on them, and then told them that the thieves had been killed by us, and that you were safe now. But all that responded to him was silence.
Arthur took out a bag of gold and silver that had been captured, threw it on the ground and said, "Take it and divide it!" and then turned to Gila and said, "Let's go!" and then took Gila in his hands, and was about to leave.
"Excuse me, do you have anything to eat?" asked softly in a small voice. Arthur turned back, was one of the girls.
Putting down another bag of food, Arthur didn't want to stay any longer, this kind of thing would be a lot of trouble, and the bag of gold and silver was already benevolent.
There was a sound of chewing behind them, and they were all hungry, but Arthur suddenly felt a gust of wind behind him, his pupils shrank, and he clenched his fists. But the gust of wind was not directed at him, and the girl who had just been about to eat lay down on the corpse of the young man at the entrance of the cave, and wept bitterly. The mouth stuffed with food is called out indistinctly.
Arthur and Gila were stunned, not knowing what twists and turns in it were unknown to them. But Arthur obviously didn't want to know, his hand was already clenched on the greatsword he had just inserted into the hole.
A pale hand grabbed Arthur's wrist, it was Gira . Arthur turned his head to look, and Guila lowered her head, her long hair hanging down, covering his face so that Arthur could not see his expression clearly. Only a soft voice came from the hair: "Enough Arthur, enough people have died today." ”
But Arthur's hand was still steady, grasping the hilt of the sword and slowly pulling out the greatsword, and Gola's hand trembled even more. But he knew he couldn't stop Arthur, and he knew what Arthur wanted to do. Now that a blood feud has been formed, there is no room for any turnaround, and the only smart way is to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots.
But to Gilla's surprise, Arthur patted him on the shoulder, handed him the sword, and said, "Put it back!
Kira raised her head in surprise and looked at the sword that Arthur handed over, the originally smooth white body was now covered with dark and brown patches, which were the result of residual blood. Unlike metal weapons, this kind of blood stain cannot be cleaned.
"No matter who you kill, the blood doesn't make a difference. No matter how bad a person is, someone will cry over his death. Don't think about it so much. Arthur sighed.
Stunned, Kira took the greatsword and put it back in the spatial ring. Together with Arthur, he walked out of the hole in the ground, leaving the cry behind him, the refreshing wind blowing in the woods, and the yellow grass was full of speckled sunlight. Compared to the "hell" just now, this place is like heaven.
Rosea exhaled deeply, and then took another deep breath. Then spit on.
The calming spell is almost hypnotic, but hypnosis also has time, and once you wake up from this hypnosis, it will be what it should be.
Arthur looked at Gura who was holding on to a tree in pain, patted him on the back, and said with a smile: "Spit and spit and spit out, and I will get used to it."
It only got better when Gila vomited everything out of her stomach, leaving only bitter water. It's just that it's so soft that it won't even walk. Arthur simply picked him up on his back and walked out of the forest, where the harvest festival of the commercial capital was waiting for them. And there's a way to get the message back to Bloodthorn too.
"Arthur, are we really doing the right thing?" asked Guira, leaning on Arthur's back.
"What do you say? Isn't it perfect to wipe out the evil thieves and save the innocent village girls as written in the adventure novel? And in fact, I did it, and you don't have to feel guilty about those people. Arthur said without looking back.
"Sorry, I could have done better than I was there in a daze. Gola said apologetically.
"Hehe, then invite me to Shangdu for a big meal! I originally wanted to get some money from those thieves and spend it, but I can only use you!" Arthur smiled. Although they are very good friends, Arthur is not used to relying on Gila to eat all the time, although the other party probably doesn't mind at all.
"It's okay to eat, but are you going to trouble those thieves for money?" said Gila wondered.
"How is it possible, you underestimate me too much, I am obviously for the love and justice of the earth, in order to protect your chastity, to destroy them on behalf of the moon. Arthur looked angry at being underestimated. It's just that the fourth sentence was vaguely carried by him, and he was sandwiched in it at a very fast pace.
Guila looked puzzled and said, "What did you say for?" ”
Arthur said, "For the love and justice of the earth!"
"I'm going to say the next sentence. Gila asked inquiringly.
"On behalf of the moon......" "No, no, no, no, there is another sentence in the middle." ”
"Where?"
"There must be!"
"I said no, no, no!"
"Obviously......
With the sound of the dispute between the two, they slowly disappeared into the forest, and the commercial capital was just around the corner.
Exegesis:
The full name of the business alliance is the United Kingdom of America, and it is a parliamentary state in which the presidents of major chambers of commerce serve as speakers and representatives of other forces serve as parliamentarians. When it was first built, there was only one city, which is today's commercial capital - Tamen. Then he adopted various means based on the purchase strategy, continued to expand, and swallowed a large amount of the land of the Simon Kingdom, and then with the fall of Simon, the power of the Shang Alliance has also been greatly developed, replacing Simon as one of the four major kingdoms of mankind. It was at this time that the name of the business alliance was officially changed from the United Kingdom of Merica.
If the formation of the merchant alliance meant that those lowly merchants could stand tall, then the establishment of Merica symbolized the beginning of another force on the stage of the continent of de Grass.
---- from The Kingdom of De Grass&: #8226: Merica