Chapter 301: Taking a Risk
In front of the humble parapet, Little Gray lay there quietly, but just like this, it still made the faces of the people in the parapet full of fear, just now Little Gray flapped his wings and broke the parapet they relied on, which made them clearly understand that it was impossible to fight against the huge beast in front of them.
The little boy was not afraid at all.
He sat in front of Tian Xian and quickly ate a piece of rice cake that Tian Xian gave him, the rice cake was very hard and tasteless, but he ate very fragrantly, and it seemed that he had been hungry for a long time.
"What's your name?" asked Dolma softly.
At this time, everyone gathered around and looked at the little boy strangely.
"Ait!" replied the little boy at once, and nibbled on the rice cracker with all his might.
"Why are you here, and you're building a parapet?" Tian Xian gave him some water.
Aite was not polite, took the water and drank it all, picked up the rice crackers and wanted to continue eating, but after hesitation, he still carefully put the remaining half of the rice crackers into his clothes.
This action made everyone feel slightly sad.
Gu Li quickly turned around and turned out a large pile of food in the food storage box, all of which were placed in front of Aite, and the only remaining dried meat and vegetables, and the rest were also rice crackers, "Eat, there are many more!"
Aite shook his head and looked at everyone gratefully, "No, I just need this piece of bread, someone else gave it...... It will always be finished, and the uncle said that we can no longer fantasize about others helping us, we have to live by ourselves!"
"How old are you?" asked Dolma.
"I ...... I don't know, I should be six years old. The little boy replied hesitantly.
Six-year-olds. But he is as thin as a four- or five-year-old child, and that kind of thing should not come out of the mouth of such a child at all.
Tianxian pushed the food that Gu Li brought to his side, "Eat, don't worry about those things anymore, this time I came here to help you." β
"Really!?" Aite widened his eyes when he heard this, and looked at Tianxian in a daze.
Soon, tears welled up in his eyes, Aite wiped his eyes vigorously, and said in a choked voice: "What if...... If you had come earlier, my sister. My sister may ...... Woohoo......"
Everyone couldn't help but feel gloomy at Aite's cry. Maybe his sister is the last relative in this world.
The huge palm that had been falling down and gently pressed on Aite's head, which startled Aite, and he clearly felt that this palm could break his neck with a slight force. And the sharp nails on the five fingers glistened like steel casting.
Tu Ge rubbed Aite's head. Said in a muffled voice, "Say it." As long as you're right, I'll avenge your sister!"
Everyone looked at Tu Ge, and everyone knew that he was here. In fact, the most worried is indeed his sister who is still in the Eastern Kingdom, every time he sees a little girl or a child with a sister, he will take special care of it.
Aite wiped away her tears and said, "After I rescued my sister, I wandered around, and then I met Uncle Berg and them, and they were also homeless, so we went all the way north to this place. β
"Who is Berg?" asked Tian Xian.
Aite turned to a nervous-looking man on the parapet, "That's Uncle Berg." β
When I looked at it, it was the tall and thin man who stood up and spoke just now.
Aite continued: "At the border post, we were stopped and could not leave the border casually, so we had to climb the mountain road and cross several cliffs to get here, and there were a few people...... Fell to his death for this. β
"Berg, why are they here?" Tianxian looked at the people behind the parapet with a puzzled look.
"Uncle Berg's village was hit by a disaster this year, and there was no food, so I had no choice but to leave the village, and I met a few people from the village, so we walked together. β
Tian Xian suddenly, "Those villagers are in this parapet?"
"Hmm!"
No wonder these people all look yellow and thin, and they don't have the fierce faces of the people here in the streets, it turns out that they are refugees fleeing the famine, and Tianxian suddenly knows it.
"Uncle Berg has heard of this, and knows that there are fields here, and the people of the empire don't care, so he brought everyone here, planning to stay for a while, and then go back after a while, but ......"
"But we're just here, they're ...... They came and robbed us of our things, robbed a lot of women, and killed a lot of people! My sister was caught, and I ...... But, but ......"
Tian Xian took a deep breath, suddenly understood what was happening, and turned his head to look at Arion, his eyes full of questions.
Arion's face sank slightly, "This kind of thing is very common in the streets, robbing passers-by is the source of nearly half of their goods, women and goods are snatched, if the man resists, he will be killed, the child will be sold directly, even if it is the imperial army, if the number is too small, it will be attacked......"
Spat out, Arion continued: "Here...... That's the kind of place you know, little one. β
Aite cried, "I...... I know, but, but I thought there were many of us, but I didn't expect ...... Woohoo......"
Tianxian shook his head at Arion, signaling him to stop talking, every person who survives in this chaotic street is a hungry wolf, and those refugees can only be fat sheep in their eyes, naturally the more the better......
"Later, did you build this place?"
Aite cried and nodded, "Well, a lot of people died, and Uncle Berg took the others to build these walls, and those guys never came again." β
Arion couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly when he heard Aite's words, "They don't come, they're just waiting for the Imperial army to come and eradicate you, and then they can take advantage of the chaos." β
After asking Aite some questions in detail, Tian Xian finally fully understood the whole story, and after asking Guli to send Aite back temporarily, everyone sat around and began to discuss countermeasures.
However, it was said that the countermeasures were discussed, but no one said anything.
Children like Aite can't tell lies, and most of the people present are extremely good at distinguishing truth from falsehood, and there are people like Arion who were originally born in the streets. Aite can't fool anyone.
The situation is very clear, the man named Berg fled here with the villagers, originally wanting to take shelter temporarily, but he was tragically plundered, and after being constantly attacked, he had to take the defensive wall that everyone had built, and these actions had already attracted the attention of the Longyuan Empire.
According to Long Jiu's request, it was easy to disperse them, they were hungry and cold. There are no weapons. In the battle in the house, Ash can tear down the place with a storm, but this is equivalent to sentencing these people to death.
This place now gathered about 2,000 people, once the drive them out. This means that they will immediately be attacked again by the thugs who are in the streets. These people are powerless to resist.
More than 2,000 lives. It was just in front of everyone's eyes.
"Get rid of them!"
The first to speak was Arion.
In everyone's surprised eyes, Arion said slowly: "This kind of thing seems cruel. But it's nothing in the streets, a lot of people die here every day, and more unlucky people come here every day, and this place is like that, we can't save them. β
A roar!
Tu Ge's huge claws grabbed Arion's head and pulled him up, and his upside-down eyes flashed with a cold light in brown eyes, "Human!
Arion, who is usually the first to hide far away in trouble, broke away from Tu Ge's big hand this time, and said in a cold voice: "You are an orc! How can you understand the affairs of us humans?"
Tu Ge was furious, and his white fluff stood on end, "Despicable human! I ...... even my own people are going to be killed."
"Ridiculous!" Arion interrupted Tu Ge loudly, "Killing your own people happens every day!
Tu Ge, who was angry, couldn't help but be stunned, if you want to say that he killed his fellow clan, he is a typical victim, and until now his sister is still under the control of others.
Arion snorted and said to everyone: "You don't understand what kind of place this is, robbery, murder, this is what happens here every day, and it is also the most reasonable thing, this is the law of survival in the streets! The weak will be eliminated! And they!"
Turning to point to the tattered parapet, Arion said excitedly: "What's the use of saving them? What's the benefit? I tell you clearly! As long as they survive this time, they will immediately become murderers like the people here! No one is a good person in a place like this! The good people are already dead! They will either die! Or they will kill others! This is the street! This is the reality! We can't change anything!! No one can save them!
Wheezing, Arion's body trembled slightly, "None of us can save them, even if we save them now, they will die somewhere else, we ...... Nothing will change. β
After saying that, Arion turned and left, "I'm done talking, it's your business to do what you want, if you're done, call me again." β
Jumping off the ash, Arion walked towards a hillside not far away without looking back.
"This kid, isn't there something wrong?" Dolma's eyes were a little strange.
Everyone could see that Arion's feelings were wrong, and his words also made everyone a little angry.
Tianxian slowly stood up, "Arion's mother died in the streets like this. β
Everyone was taken aback, and among the people present, only Tianxian and Xue knew about this matter.
"I'm going to call him back. Tianxian shook his head helplessly and jumped off the little ash.
In the sparse grove behind the hillside, Arion was sitting on a rock.
He never left his backpack aside, and the xylophone inside was gently held in Arion's hand, and strings of low, sad tones were flowing through the woods.
Seeing that Tianxian appeared, Arion pressed the strings, "What are you doing here, we don't have time to delay here, it's better to solve this problem immediately and leave early." β
Tian Xian smiled, "I'm here to ask you to go back and discuss countermeasures, after all, you know the situation here." β
"Driving them away, you don't need countermeasures at all, just kill a few people if necessary. β
Tian Xian leaned against a tree and scratched his head, "We all think that you know the situation here best, so this operation is left to you to decide." β
Arion's eyes twitched, "I...... I'll decide?"
"Well, I guess that's the most effective way to do it. You know this place, and you say what you think, and we don't know anything about it, so we decided that this operation will be up to you, and I have already told Ash that it will listen to you, and it will do whatever you want it to do, even if it kills a few people if necessary. β
Arion looked a little excited. Lips twitched. "You...... Do you think I wouldn't dare?"
"Of course not, I just think you're the best!"
"Good!" Arion angrily put away his xylophone, "Then you'd better not regret it!"
Tianxian and Arion soon returned, and everyone watched in amazement as the pale Arion stood on the head of Little Ash. He straightened up. Look at the refugees right in front of you. The look was more solemn than ever.
"It's up to you to decide, we think your idea should be the most reasonable. β
Arion's eyes began to redden, and he looked at the men behind the parapet for a long time. The men were also looking at Arion, their eyes full of surprise, fear, and begging.
Arion took a deep breath and said loudly: "Listen, you guys, give you one last chance, either get out of here immediately and don't make trouble in the future, or tear down this wall now, and it doesn't matter to us whether you live or die at that time!"
There was a commotion among those people.
The man called Berg in the mouth of the little boy Aite shouted angrily: "We are not going anywhere! We have nowhere to go! As soon as we leave here, we will be robbed and killed! You want us to leave! You might as well tell us to die!"
Suddenly, there was a chorus, and those people suddenly became excited.
Arion's face gradually turned cold, "I didn't ask you, I just ordered you! I don't want to care about your life or death at all, no one cares about anyone's life here, I can only sue you, don't leave now! Demolish this place immediately, if you are willing to go by yourself, then there will be more people who may survive!"
"We're not going anywhere!" Berg exclaimed excitedly, "what the hell have we done! Our village has been destroyed! We just came out to flee! We have done nothing wrong! Why do we have to die here? We just want to live! Don't we, like us, who don't hurt anyone, have the right to live?"
"Little Ash!" Arion called in a deep voice.
Little Ash let out a low roar, stood up on all fours, and suddenly his huge body changed over the low and simple parapet, and the people behind the parapet exclaimed in amazement, and couldn't help but look at the huge beast in front of him in horror.
"If you don't go, you're going to die now!" Arion raised his hand with a murderous face.
"Stinky little ghost, you won't really ......" Gu Li saw that the situation was wrong, and immediately pulled Tianxian hard.
Tianxian just shook his head, "This matter...... Leave it to him!"
"One last chance!!" Arion roared hoarsely as veins bulged from his forehead.
Behind the parapet, in the face of Xiao Ash's huge coercion, Berg took off his shirt at once, revealing his skinny body, and shouted with red eyes: "Come on! It's all death anyway! It's no different! It's better to be killed by you than to be robbed of our women and children by those brutes and let them be humiliated! Come on!!We're not going anywhere! We're going to die here!!Brothers! Fight with them!"
"Coax", everyone responded in unison.
Arion's face twitched a few times, and he couldn't believe his eyes, and the men actually rushed out of the parapet, clubs in their hands, and farm tools in their hands, and rushed madly towards Ash.
"You...... Do you want to die?" Arion yelled, but no one was listening to him.
"Good!" ArriΓ³n looked murderous, "since you want to die!"
Raising his hand high, Arion's face contorted, and his palms trembled as he looked at those who rushed to the feet of Little Ash and shouted.
With a hard blow, Arion waved his hand......
Xiao Ash didn't move, with a huge beast like Xiao Ash, as long as Xiao Ash was standing, those people couldn't go to the sky to idle a crowd, and they could only attack Xiao Ash's limbs in vain, which was not even an itch for Xiao Ash.
But looking at these people who didn't doubt it, Xiao Ash's eyes also showed murderous aura, but there was no clear order, and Xiao Ash also knew that he couldn't kill people casually......
Arion had already sat down at this point, and he waved his hand hard, but unfortunately he couldn't make a sound anyway.
Biting his other hand hard, Arion sat slumped, silently choked......
Tian Xian walked up and patted him on the shoulder, and took his hand out of his mouth, which had been left with deep blood marks......
Arion looked at Tianxian and tears flowed down his eyes, "I...... I, I ......" He couldn't even utter a complete sentence.
Tian Xian nodded, "I understand, you don't have to say ......"
Arion gritted his teeth and lay there, burying his head deeply, his body trembling uncontrollably......
"Save them, please...... Save them, please......" Arion begged to the heavens in an almost humble voice, "don't let them die...... Don't die again...... Please......"
"I can't save them. Tianxian whispered.
Arion's body was shocked, and he couldn't help but straighten up, looking at Tianxian in amazement, his face full of disbelief.
"But you can!" said Tian Xian again.
"I ...... Me?" Arion was taken aback.
"Didn't I just say it, this matter is left to you, it's not just a casual thing, no one knows this place better than you, knows better what is going on around it, if any of us can save them, it's you. β
Arion couldn't help but be awe-struck, looking at Tianxian in a daze, "You say...... Let me?"
Tianxian nodded heavily, "I think you can come up with the best way, you come up with a plan, we will act immediately!"
After staring blankly at Tianxian for several minutes, Arion's eyes trembled, "Okay...... Okay!I, I have a way!You're willing to take the risk!!" (To be continued......)