Chapter 18: Buried

The night is a cold night, and the land covered in silver is slightly illuminated by the cold moonlight, which is reflected on people's faces very penetrating.

This is the third time that the first Ming has seen the Silver Armor, I don't know what he did in the middle of the night, the Silver Armor is sitting on the high platform at this time, and next to him sits the city lord with a frightened face, and the fear on his face always makes people feel that something terrible will happen next. Under the high platform, the first Ming and the others stood in a row on the wilderness, and there was darkness between people, and opposite them, a group of armorers stood behind the crowd with firelight, and the crowd was composed of a few young people protecting the old, weak, sick and disabled, they faced a bottomless pit, and behind them were the bones of the armorers with blue light.

First Ming couldn't see the faces of those old and weak people clearly, and he didn't know why they were standing there, but from the current situation, he could roughly guess what would happen to them next, which made his heart connect with the outside world, cold as an ice cave, are these people going to be pushed down the pit? What about himself and the others? He turned his gaze to the silver armor soldier who couldn't see his face clearly on the high platform in the distance, and that person decided the fate of everyone present.

The silver armor man closed his eyes on the high platform, his face was expressionless, and it was impossible to guess whether he was asleep or thinking about things, and the city lord sitting on his right hand put his hands on his legs, as if he was sitting upright, but his undisguised look of fear revealed his crampedness at this time. The presence of the two seemed to determine the tone of the scene, and there was an irritating silence in the room, whether it was the old and weak or the first Ming and others, everyone looked up to the high platform, like prisoners waiting for the verdict to be announced.

The silence in the arena was infectious, except for the chirping of unknown creatures in the distance, only the sound of the crowd's breathing could be heard, and the silence turned into a needle, aimed at everyone present, so that they did not even dare to gasp, because if they panted too much, they would be stabbed in pain. Even the black baby, who suffered from ADHD in the past, didn't dare to move at this time, he stood on the side of the first Ming, scratching his ears and cheeks, looking very irritable.

This atmosphere seemed to last for no time, but in fact, it didn't take long for the silver-armored man to open his sharp eyes and swished to his feet, which frightened the city lord, and the silver-armored man glanced at the city lord and took two steps forward. Like a star in the limelight, looking around at the crowd, he spoke: "Wait a minute, I said two days ago that this conscription is actually borrowed, and it is the lord of your two poles, and the lord of Linshui City also agrees, so it can be regarded as a famous teacher, isn't it?" The Linshui City Lord felt the lightning-like gaze of the Silver Armor Warrior, his body trembled, and he hurriedly staggered up and nodded yes.

Seeing this, the silver armor soldier continued: "Even if the city lord agrees, that is the military law, I have already said that the fugitives will cut off the five households, but there are still people who are lucky, that is, military law, then they can only act according to the law." Just now, I have taken the registration roster and checked it according to the household registration, if one person can be produced, all five households will be exempted, and if there is no one in five households, all five households will be beheaded, these people are sinners, and they are not to blame, only the military law is like a mountain!"

As he listened, his heart sank, and a feeling of being bound by the rules enveloped him, making him unable to breathe, and this cruel world was more obvious and people couldn't adapt to it. The silversmith's words were evidently addressed to the old and weak women and children, and as soon as he finished speaking, they caused waves in the crowd like boulders entering water, and the men began to shout, but the voices were too loud to be heard. The noise made the people present frown, the honest country man had never seen this kind of big world, and he was a little stunned, while those who had seen the world began to think about their next path, and the few who recognized their relatives on the other side were a little anxious and began to shout at the opposite crowd.

This chaotic sound also made the silversmith frown, he raised his right hand, waved it down, and shouted in his mouth, "Execution!" This voice made the armorers move, and a row of armorers stood out from the back of the line, rushed into the crowd and began to arrest people.

The old man staggered forward, while the women kept the crying children behind them, and the young men spontaneously protected the young behind them, which made some of the soldiers who were aiming at the old and young turn their attention to them, so they caught twenty men in the first round.

Many of the men were young and strong, but they had no power to resist the strength of the armor, and were pressed into a row and knelt in front of the pit. With a "slash" sound, the twenty-armored soldier raised his sword and cut off the young man's head.

Wow~ This action frightened the children, making them cry louder, and the adults were also frightened, sad or afraid, the adults shouted louder, and for a time the whole wilderness broke out into a violent cry.

"Husband..."

"Cattle ploughing..."

"I don't want to die..."

"My husband he'll be right back... Ah, don't kill me and the child, he'll come back..."

“......”

On the opposite side of the pit is purgatory, and the 'audience' on the other side of the pit is stunned, this human tragedy is a completely unseen scene for everyone, and this visual impact is absolutely unprecedented.

First Ming was also so frightened that he forgot to breathe, unlike the bloody scene of killing the giant snake, the death of the same kind made him feel a strong sense of powerlessness, if he was in it, then how could he deal with it? Just like a fish on a board waiting to be slaughtered! The lower end of the food chain is not like this, not only in the wilderness, life is in danger, but in human society, it will still be deprived of life by the powerful at any time! Among those people may be an old man who watches at him as he passes by, or a teenager who drinks water at the same time as himself, who are obviously people in the same sense, and after a day his head separates from his body, and the blood is pumped directly from the heart to the pit. However, this is only for now, what about tomorrow? Go to Beijian City, face the orcs, what will he do? He looked at the opposite side with a dull expression, a knife was just raised high, fell rapidly, and with a dull sound, it submerged into the person's body, and then the man's neck spurted out a column of blood, and the knife separated from the contact, and the neck did not play a role in hindering it in the slightest.

The first Ming covered his neck suddenly, as if the person who was cut was himself, and then his hands hurriedly touched his body, as if to confirm that he was not dead, after confirming that he was still or, he breathed a sigh of relief and woke up, but his eyes found that his hands were trembling, no, his whole body was trembling!

For the first time since he was born, First Ming felt so afraid of human beings, and the fear permeated his heart, making him tremble uncontrollably. Suddenly, the first Ming felt a burst of warmth in his hand, it was a fleshy palm, he turned around for a while, and found that the black baby was looking at him with a concerned face, for no reason, he was slightly stunned, sucked a mouthful of bloody air, and calmed down. At least, I'm on the other side now, aren't we?

It was not only the first sound that appeared, many people couldn't stand the stimulation and vomited, some of the timid even began to cry, only a few people looked at the bloody scene on the opposite side with complicated expressions, among which there was a soul, his face became even paler, and in this gloomy night, it still looked a little blue, he looked ahead, squinted slightly, and there was mist in his eyes.

As the young men were dragged out one by one, there were fewer and fewer people in the crowd to protect them, and the group of armor soldiers began to attack the old man and the woman, and the old man with gray hair was pushed out one by one, which made the people on the opposite side irritable, and they began to shout.

"Stop, stop..."

Many people knelt down and cried, crying to the high platform.

The silver-armored man didn't seem to have any interest in what was happening in the audience, and out of nowhere he brought a small table of wine and food, which he was enjoying with the lord of the city. In contrast to the silver armor's free conversation and laughter, the city lord's face became pale, holding chopsticks in his hand and not moving, he blocked his vision with his left hand, so that he could not see the crying from the audience, as if this would alleviate some of his sad situation, but these were exposed by his gurgling sweat, he was very uncomfortable, I don't know whether it was guilt or fear.

"Angry?" the city lord's ears suddenly heard the voice of the silver armor, which made him tremble for a while, but he didn't hear the silver armor clearly, and subconsciously said "huh?"

The Silver Armor Warrior was rarely not angry, but continued to ask, "Are you angry that I killed your people like this?"

The city lord finally heard the words of the silver armor clearly, his hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly, and a smile appeared on his face and said, "Sheng... Shengdou Xiaomin, if you die, you die, there is no anger. ”

After hearing this, the silver-armored man stared at the city lord.

Seeing this, the city lord sweat beads like soybeans flowed down his forehead one by one, and his legs and stomach began to tremble, although he knew that the person in front of him would not kill him, he was still very afraid.

After a long time, the silver armor soldier chuckled, raised the wine cup and drank a glass, and said with a smile: "Not only anger, but also the fact that I killed your personal maid and house slave, don't you have a little anger?"

After hearing this, the city lord trembled even more, and recalled the tragic situation of those people, and hurriedly replied in a trembling voice: "No... No... Can't. ”

After hearing this, the silver armor man looked at the city lord and laughed, from a light laugh to a laugh, he laughed and got up, after a metallic sound, he pulled out his bone knife, the bone knife reflected the moonlight into his eyes, he looked at the bone knife, stopped laughing, and said solemnly: "Don't dare?"

The city lord didn't know if the silver-armored man asked himself, but when he saw the silver-armored soldier draw his sword, he was already frightened to the ground, and when he heard the silver-armored soldier's words, he hurriedly got up and knelt down and kowtowed and cried: "Don't dare, don't dare, really don't dare!"

Seeing this, the silver armor soldier raised the bone knife and fell instantly, only to see a bang, the table broke into two in response, and the food on the table fell to the ground, making a crisp cracking sound, and the silver armor said softly: "Don't dare to treat people, what about beasts?" After speaking, he no longer looked at the city lord's reaction, turned around and shouted: "Enough, push it down and bury it!"