Snowflakes were flying silently in the deep night, and the houses on both sides of the street were quiet. The boots of Wiltok, Bottom and others stepped on the snow on the road, bringing out a series of rustling footsteps from the street to the
End of the street.
At the end of the street, Gang Yan and seven adult Taku tribesmen wore animal helmets and cloaks, revealing strong muscles that looked like they were carved out of rock. They held huge stone swords and blocked the entrance to the back door of the city wall. Next to them, more than 20 city gate guards held up their swords.
The torches all looked confused and frightened.
When they saw Bottom and his group, it was as if they had seen the backbone, and they all ran behind the hotel owner. A professional in the leader reported the situation here to Bottom in a low voice.
"Boss, the leader of the Gangyan Tribe took control of the city gate. The Hemo Tribe and the underage Takut boys all went out. We couldn't stop them and could only watch them leave... The leader of the Gangyan Tribe said, what's the matter?
, let you go to him directly."
Bottom nodded, walked up to Gang Yan with a heavy expression, and asked: "Sir, what exactly happened here? Do you insist on letting the Hemer tribe leave Braun Town overnight?"
Gang Yan looked past the hotel owner, first smiled and nodded at Wiltok, then turned back and said to Bottom: "Mother Earth gave me a revelation that the town of Braun is about to face a disaster. The lives of me and my compatriots have come to an end.
Returning to the embrace of Mother Earth is our inevitable outcome. But the daughters of Mother Earth give birth to new life and it is their mission to spread seeds. Therefore, they left, and I and my people stayed."
The professional hood and mask worn by Wiltok even covered his eyebrows, revealing only a pair of amber eyes. He really wanted to take off the mask and see if Gang Yan could recognize himself after the disguise. However, after
In Braun Town, everyone knows Wiltok, and it's not time for him to show off his new face yet.
According to Boss Bottom, if Victor wants to change his appearance and identity, he should first leave Braun Town and live in the plantation in Beibang, Luoye City, for more than half a year. When he comes back, it is estimated that not many people can
Recognize Victor as the original Wiltok.
During the few days he lived in the pharmacy, Dr. Cole also specially taught Wiltok a little technique to change his voice, so that he could imitate various sounds vividly. It happened that he could spend a lot of time while living in the Beibang plantation.
Take time to practice this ventriloquism.
Victor felt that Boss Bottom and Dr. Cole were very thoughtful and considered changing identities a very interesting thing.
In fact, Bottom also has his own little thoughts. If Lina comes to Braun Town to pick up Wiltok next spring, he hopes that Wiltok will go to the Beibang Plantation to avoid meeting Lina. Anyway, Wiltok
Tok didn't know Lina, so he changed his identity and became an important member of the Adventurer's House from then on.
The Adventurer's House took in Doctor Cole, who escaped from the "Tower", and has prospered since then. Now, he is not afraid of absorbing another Wiltok.
Bottom thought well, but the mass exodus of the Hemo female warriors was like a heavy blow, which made him dizzy.
"Lord Gangyan, what kind of disaster do you foresee?" Bottom asked trying to control his emotions.
"I saw blood and fire flooding the town of Braun."
"Blood and fire? Are the orcs coming to attack Braun Town?" Bottom couldn't help covering his eyes and said angrily: "In war, obeying one's own premonition of danger is the worst thing! There is no Hector in Braun Town.
Silent female warrior, your premonition may really come true."
Gang Yan said calmly: "Life is a cycle. We come from Mother Earth and return to Mother Earth. Our descendants continue our bloodline and are also extending our lives. Death is actually not terrible. If you can't face it calmly, now
You can escape. But we won’t leave.”
Wiltok probably understood what Gang Yan meant, and he asked curiously: "You have a premonition that this place will be attacked by orcs, and you and your brothers will die, so why don't you escape with the Hemer tribe?"
"We made a choice a long time ago. We will fight to the death and never leave this land. But, Wiltok, you can make a choice, stay and resist the invasion, or escape as soon as possible." Gang Yan smiled.
He said.
Wiltok suddenly understood and pointed at Gangyan and said: "A few days ago, you asked me to stay in the Earth Mother Temple. Is it for this reason?"
Gang Yan shook his head and said: "I had a vague premonition that there was danger, and I thought that if you stayed in the Earth Mother Temple, I could protect you. Until tonight, the Earth Mother gave me the revelation of blood and fire. We know that we can't protect anyone.
, we can only let the Hemer tribe leave."
The leader of the Taku clan is used to refusing to answer questions by being silent, but he never lies. If he said he received a revelation tonight, that would be correct.
The resentment in Bottom's heart calmed down a little. Even if Gang Yan did something bad with good intentions, at least he didn't conceal it in advance, and he didn't mean to use the half-elves in Braun Town as victims.
The Hemer tribe has just evacuated the town, and the townspeople and adventurers can now escape for their lives, depending on what decision Bottom makes.
He asked: "Lord Gangyan, when and from what direction do you have a hunch that the enemy will attack Braun Town?"
Gang Yan replied: "The enemy is coming from the east... very soon."
Boss Bottom nodded. He did not ask stupid questions like "when will it be soon?". At this moment, he needed the scout's report, not the premonition of the leader of the Takut clan.
"Master Gangyan, if we hold on to Braun Town, can you obey my command?"
"Yes." Gang Yan gave an affirmative reply, turned to look at his compatriots, and added: "We obey the command and are not afraid of death... But there is one thing, you must remember. We will never leave.
Braun Town, don't expect us to cover your breakout."
"Thank you, my lords. I understand." Bottom bowed deeply to several Taku tribesmen, turned to the city gate guard and ordered: "The city gate is locked! Huck, you stay here. From now on,
No one is allowed to leave without my warrant!"
Huck nodded vigorously and shouted fiercely: "The city gate is locked!"
"The city gate is locked!"
"The city gate is locked!"
Orders were passed from level to level, and after the repaired thick wooden door was closed, the guards on the city wall pushed the winch, causing two heavy iron grids to slowly fall against the wooden door one after the other, and penetrate deeply into the soil. The iron grids
Each of the iron bars on it is as thick as a child's wrist. If they had been put down, it would have been impossible for the Dragon Vein Venerable Hurant to break the city gate.
"Let's go back to the hotel first." Bottom was silent for a moment, then turned and walked towards the Adventurer's House.
Wiltok followed him and asked in confusion: "Why do you have to close the back door? Don't we escape?"
Bottom was very preoccupied and did not answer his question. Dr. Cole explained in a low voice: "If the city gate is locked, it can be opened again. The problem is that there are thousands of people in the town, and the elderly, women, and children among them cannot walk fast.
, can't go far. The current situation is still unclear. If they are chased by the enemy in the wild, it will be difficult to escape. Most of their family members are awakened people we have trained. These young men would rather die in battle than sit back and watch their families be killed.
The enemy is slaughtered. If we stay in the town, at least we can still have a high wall to defend. But in the wild, we really have no chance of winning."
"There are so many of us, it's difficult to choose whether to leave or not... In fact, Gang Yan can also see this. He asked the Hemer tribe to evacuate overnight. Whether we choose to escape or stick to the city wall, we are the main force to contain the enemy.
, to provide cover for the Hemer tribe’s retreat.”
Wiltok nodded and said: "So that's what happened."
Dr. Cole felt speechless for a while. They were being used as bait by Steel Rock to contain the enemy. No one could tell what would happen next, but Wiltok didn't care at all. It can only be said that he was simple-minded and was being manipulated by others.
I didn’t even know I was taking advantage of it.
However, Gang Yan and his compatriots decided to stick to Braun Town and were willing to obey Bottom's orders. No one can blame them.
Cole thought for a while and said in a softer voice: "You don't have to worry, we have several tunnels leading to the outside of the town. We can escape if necessary."
Wiltok nodded again: "So that's what happened."
Dr. Cole was really speechless this time. Little did he know that Wiltok seemed absent-minded on the surface, but he was actually using the "Knowledge Puzzle" to analyze intelligence and think about countermeasures.
When they were about to arrive at the hotel, Bottom suddenly said to Wiltok: "Vil, I want to ask you a favor. The Hemer people are running away en masse. Don't tell any adventurers about the locked back door. I'm afraid they will mutiny on the spot. Then our
The defense collapsed..."
Wiltok held back for a while and nodded in agreement to Bottom's request, but he couldn't help but shook his head and said: "This is not good. You should use your wealth to hire them."
Bottom patted Vertok on the shoulder, shook his head and smiled bitterly, sighing: "My child, you are still too young and kind-hearted. However, you cannot be merciful in war, whether it is towards the enemy or your own people. In short
, Tonight’s affairs must be kept secret.”
Am I kind-hearted?
Vertok was confused. He still couldn't understand what "kindness" meant. But "Knowledge Puzzle" analyzed the current situation, and Vertok believed that hiding the truth from adventurers now would do more harm than good.
First of all, the trust established by Bottom and the adventure group will no longer exist. Even if the invading enemies can be repelled, the relationship between the two parties cannot return to the past. Secondly, adventurers with resentment can only be a hidden danger.
It will not be a help in resisting invasion.
The reason is very simple. The city wall of Braun Town is 20 meters high. It is difficult to climb up, but easy to jump off. The adventurers all have good physical fitness. They only need to put a rope on the city wall and they can walk if they want. Who wants to stop them?
Whoever escapes is their mortal enemy.
Returning to the adventurer's home, Bottom immediately issued an order to mobilize all the townspeople to prepare for battle, distribute weapons to young and middle-aged people, and ask the old, weak, women and children to pack up their belongings and prepare to evacuate Braun Town at any time. He made this
It was impossible for the adventurers in the town not to notice the big commotion. Faced with the questioning from the leaders of each adventure group, Bottom only said that there was something unusual happening outside the town, and asked the adventurers to obey the command and go to the city wall to take precautions.
While Bottom was in a panic, the men of the scout captain Max, together with a large group of panic-stricken plantation guards, withdrew into Braun Town from the north.
Bottom immediately grabbed a half-elf guard and asked loudly: "Has the plantation been breached? Where is Lord Myne? Who are the enemies and how many are there?"
The guard was a middle-aged half-elf with a sinister face. He looked very fierce. But now he said tremblingly: "A large group of orc fighters rushed over from the other side of the river... Thanks to Lord Max's scouts in advance.
Early warning, but we can’t find Mr. Myne and Mr. Joseph, so we can only retreat to Braun Town.”
"What? The mayor and the guard captain are missing?" Bottom was stunned for a moment, then asked again: "How many are a large group of orc fighters? How many butchers do they have?"
The guard just kept shaking his head, "I don't know, I don't know, it was too dark and we couldn't see clearly."
"Didn't you see clearly? You didn't see it at all!" Boss Bottom was furious. He picked at the guard's collar and shook it fiercely, "There was only a pajamas inside, a cloak outside, and not even leather armor.
Equipment...don't tell me, you gave up the entire plantation to the invaders without firing an arrow? Were the five ballistas on the plantation destroyed?"
The half-elf guard burst into tears and cried: "What can I do? The mayor and captain have escaped, what can I do?"
Vertok stepped forward and grabbed Bottom's wrist to stop him from continuing to shake the poor half-elf guard.
The hotel owner was surprised by Wiltok's strength and let go of the guard.
"I remember your name is Hans." Victor asked calmly: "You said you found Myne and Joseph missing, then you must have been to the mayor's house."
Hans glanced at Wiltok gratefully, lowered his head and said, "Yes, Mr. Wiltok. I looked for him but couldn't find anyone... The brothers all ran away, so I followed everyone to come to the town to take refuge."
"What about Yog? Isn't he in the house too?"
Hans shook his head, thought for a while and then said: "Your barbarian slave is not in the house either. However, I found signs of a fierce fight near your room. The door was pushed down, there were cracks on the wall, and there was blood on the floor.
There are also embers left by the fire. Only Big George in the plantation has that kind of brute strength... By the way, Big George is also missing. I guess Yog is in danger."
Wiltok shook his head and said: "No... Big George will not take away Yog's body."
"Vell, you don't have to worry about Yog. He is a barbarian slave after all, and it doesn't matter whether he lives or lives." Boss Bottom persuaded him and lost interest in questioning the plantation guard. He said to himself: "Max should immediately
There is information coming back."
The scout captain of the Adventurer's House did not disappoint Bottom, and sent back some intelligence one after another. Tonight, about 300 half-orc warriors attacked the plantation on the east side of Braun Town, and the half-elf guards did not resist. Now
, Orcs have occupied the plantation, which is more than 30 kilometers away from the town of Braun.
This news somewhat relieved Bottom and the leaders of the adventure group.
However, Max's frequency of delivering messages was not as fast as that of the orcs. As the plantation was occupied by the orcs, the scope of the scout team's activities was squeezed. Most of the scouts came back, and only Max took a few secret agents with him.
Hunters are wandering outside.
At dawn, the Orc forward appeared on the east side of Braun Town. Vertok stood on the city gate and could see more than three hundred Orcs gathering towards the forest outside the east gate of the town.
They look ugly and ferocious like evil spirits. They hold stone spears and stone axes. They only wear a piece of animal skin crotch cloth. Their brown-red skin is very conspicuous in the snowy forest. Among this group of half-orc fighters, there are two
Butchers. They are tall and fat, wearing animal skins and bone shoulder armor, and each carries a huge ax with an animal bone as the handle and a rock as the blade.
"Two butchers... This is consistent with our previous judgment." The heavily armed Bartom hid his worries deep in his heart and pretended to be relaxed to the people around him: "The orcs in the outer domain are restrained by the local barbarians, they dare not
We mobilized all our troops to attack Braun Town. With the city wall under our feet, if the orcs want to attack Braun Town, they must mobilize more than twice our number of warriors. We have 800 people here to defend the city wall, and they must send at least 2,000 warriors at a time.
Okay. Without their main force, the local barbarians will definitely not miss the opportunity to expel the invaders."
The leaders of several adventure groups echoed, and Charlie from Qin and the Whistle even commented: "The butchers on the opposite side are a bit tricky, but we have Lord Steel Rock sitting on the guard, so we are not afraid of them raiding the city wall."
Wiltok carefully observed the situation on the other side and suddenly interjected: "We can withdraw now... Let the elderly, women and children go through the back door first, and then flee westward to seek shelter in the hinterland of Luoye City. The soldiers will take the initiative to attack and eliminate
This group of orcs opposite."
When he said this, the half-elves around him immediately fell into an awkward silence.
Bottom coughed and said tactfully: Will, I understand the enthusiasm of young people, but fighting orcs in the wild is not a wise choice. In addition, we don't know if there are any orc ambush in the forest."
The hotel owner made it clear that the adventurers could not fight a tough battle. If they rushed out of the city gate, they would definitely turn around and run away, and they would not be able to come back even if they shouted.
Wiltok continued: "I have checked the corpses of the Orc scouts. Their body structure is very suitable for explosive power, and their physical fitness is not too strong. If all of us rush out from the city gate, we don't have to annihilate the Orcs on the opposite side. We just need to
Disperse them without pursuing them, then turn around and run away along the city wall to the west. The orcs are not strong enough and they will definitely not be able to catch up with us."
Captain Charlie couldn't help but asked: "We have the advantage in numbers and we have a high wall to defend, so why should we escape?"
Bottom also said: "The orcs can't catch up with us, but they can catch up with the old, weak, women and children. Aren't we using them as bait? Besides, Sarah won't leave either."
It has not been a day or two since Vertok used the "Knowledge Puzzle" to analyze the current situation. He originally wanted to say that the orcs took the plantation without a single blow, and the weakness of the half-elves has been exposed. There is a high probability that the orcs from the outside world will invade Braun.
town. If they can occupy Braun Town, then the conflict between them and the local barbarians will disappear.
In other words, the orcs in the outer lands are picking on the weak. Unless they attack Braun Town and suffer heavy losses, the local barbarians will just choose to wait and see.
On the other hand, because of the presence of local barbarians, the possibility that the half-orcs wanted to keep the territory of Braun Town and send the main force to pursue the half-elf fugitives was actually very small.
However, when he heard Bottom saying that the fat cook was unwilling to leave Braun Town, he shrugged his shoulders and didn't explain much.
Wiltok planned to ask Sarah about the situation later, but he was very surprised. Boss Bottom had said before that there should be no mercy in war. Why did he change his mind again when it was the turn of the old, weak, women and children in Braun Town?
The next morning, countless orc warriors poured out of the pine forest outside the city. They were like a red tide, swallowing up the white forest land. Among them, there were many tall and strong barbarian warriors who formed a marching army.
The rows are like evil pythons swimming on the edge of the red tide.
Frightened crows circled in the air in droves, making unpleasant cries, which intertwined with the anxious alarm bells in Braun Town to form a prelude to war.
The faces of the half-elf guards on the city wall were pale and bloodless. Bottom held the female wall, looked at the terrifying scene outside, and murmured: "It's over, it's over...it's all over."
Wiltok walked up to the hotel owner, grabbed his shoulders, and said in a deep voice: "Send the money...immediately!"