The two-village defense battle finally ended, and it ended with the best result of simultaneous victory for both sides. However, although the result was good, everyone who participated in the Gruhar Village defense battle was not happy~
Facing the dead bodies of their companions lying on the ground, the dwarves lost the joy they used to have when they drank ale; when they saw the old village chief George, who was seriously injured and had yet to recover, the dwarves were no longer in a cheering mood; when they saw the old village chief George, who was stunned in place, even his weapons were missing.
Griffin had already fallen to the ground but didn't know it. The dwarves didn't have the ability to come forward to comfort and persuade...
Yes, they won, but the result was not what the dwarves wanted.
The heroic warrior died, the great and kind village chief was seriously injured and on the verge of death, and the young guard captain who had fought with everyone so far was about to face the most severe punishment.
No one can tell whether they won or lost elsewhere. All the dwarves know is that after this battle, nearly half of the strength of Gruhar Village was lost. If you count the previous deaths,
If two small groups of giant crocodile cavalry were involved, the losses would have been so heavy that no one could imagine.
However, among all of them, the one who faced the biggest blow was the old village chief George. Although he led his people to win a difficult victory, he had to be severely punished after the victory in order to give an explanation to his allies.
His own son's method is close to the death penalty...
For an old dwarf who is about to enter his old age, is there anything more difficult and painful than executing his only son with his own hands?
If it had been anyone else, I'm afraid no one would have had such courage. However, every dwarf resident in the village understood that if that person was Old George, the result would be self-evident...
"Uncle George, I...I'm sorry~" Liu Yifei walked up to Old George with the young assassin and Milan Knox, and said in a low voice.
"Oh? For what?" Old George raised his head slightly, showed a somewhat labored smile to Liu Yifei, waved to him, and then said slowly.
Seeing Old George's gesture, Liu Yifei knew that the other party didn't really blame him for anything, so he just sat down and was able to be like the old dwarf, saving the old dwarf from having to look up at him.
"For everything, everything ~ what has happened, what is happening, and what is about to happen."
After looking around, Liu Yifei said in a somewhat apologetic voice.
Everywhere there are dwarf residents who have opened their homes and are running around on the battlefield looking for their relatives. Some have lost their children, some have lost their husbands, some have lost their fathers...
The pain of farewell spreads on the battlefield after the war, and the wailing of women or children spreads. Just hearing it makes people feel heartbroken and sad. If you walk up to it again and watch the people fighting all over the place.
If you look at the uneven corpses, you may understand why their cries are so helpless and mournful.
Following Liu Yifei's gaze, Old George also slowly glanced around the surroundings. It could be seen that the sadness and reluctance in his eyes became heavier every time he looked at it, but he was obviously very sad in his heart. This man
The old dwarf still insisted on reading everything, then closed his eyes for a while and then opened them again.
However, when the old dwarf reopened his eyes, Liu Yifei did not find any traces of pain or sadness. What was there was determination, and what was there was just responsibility.
The determination to lead the villagers to a better life; the responsibility to prevent today's tragedy from happening again.
"Young man, you don't have to comfort me. Although I am old, my eyesight is still intact.
What you have done today is far more and better than me as the village chief.
In fact, except that my own strength is far higher than yours, I can't find anything better than you. You are so young and have such a foundation. I believe that in the near future, you will surpass me.
It's just a matter of time
Today, it seems to me that you have tried your best to defend our village of Gruhar. Without you, we would not have been able to survive at all. The vicious undead had already broken through the defense early in the morning, and now
By then, the village should have been left in ruins~
You have proven your friendliness and loyalty with your actual actions. Gruhar Village will always remember you, and you will always be our village’s most welcome friend and staunchest ally.”
Compared with the Great Elder Mok Moralai, Old George, the village chief, obviously has more rights in the actual administration of the village. The Great Elder can only confirm Liu Yifei's friendly reputation level, while Old George simply uses the title of village chief.
Zhi and Liu Yifei concluded an alliance agreement.
As soon as Old George finished speaking, Liu Yifei received a prompt from the system, saying that George was willing to conclude an alliance agreement between Gruhar Village and Plague City. Did Liu Yifei agree?
Isn't this in line with Liu Yifei's next plan? How can there be any reason to disagree~
And just after Liu Yifei chose to agree to conclude the alliance agreement, the system then prompted that Liu Yifei's reputation level in Gruhar Village had been upgraded to "respect", and his personal friendship with village chief George had been upgraded to "friend".
"I am very flattered by your recognition." Liu Yifei, who was secretly happy in his heart, did not forget to express his gratitude and quickly responded with wizard etiquette, "Unfortunately, too many innocent people still died in this battle. They
They were all brave warriors. They were not able to die on the battlefield, but died from the violence of monsters at home... This must be said to be a pity~"
"You are wrong, my young friend... The reason why our dwarves chose to leave the elven camp is precisely because we are tired of the boring life of charging into battle on the battlefield.
Compared to endless killing, we would rather rediscover the true meaning of peace in the harsh natural environment. After all, we dwarves are originally from the earth. As long as we do not leave the earth, we can live well wherever we go.
You don’t need to feel sad or sorry for those brave souls who passed away. In fact, for them, it was a great happiness for them to die heroically in the battle to defend their families and everyone’s home.
After all, their bravery can ensure that more people can live better. Maybe their families will be temporarily sad, but this sadness will eventually be diluted by the joy of life. When time heals all the trauma,
People will only remember their bravery and strength, and future generations will also grow up healthily in their memory~
For every brave warrior who defends his homeland, is there anything unsatisfactory if he can receive such a reward?"
Listening to the old dwarf's words, Liu Yifei seemed to have returned to the battlefield half an hour ago. He once again saw those brave and fearless elite dwarf warriors or ordinary dwarves who were attacking and attacking the terrifying god of death again and again.
warrior.
Indeed, Liu Yifei remembered that there was no anger or fear on their faces, but only determination and courage to move forward.
It turns out that the belief of this village has already penetrated into the hearts of everyone. Not only the old village chief has a strong desire to surround the village, but also every soldier values the peace of the village more than his own life.
They have no fear or doubt about being able to die in this familiar homeland. This may be called the belief of guarding their homeland...
While the two were sighing, Balder suddenly ran over panting from the side, completely destroying the atmosphere created by the two of them.
"Qiao... Mayor George is in trouble, things are going wrong, something big has happened~" Balder could hardly breathe and kept saying.
"What happened again?" Old George asked calmly.
"Um... um..." While hesitating, Balder glanced towards Liu Yifei, as if to say, "There are outsiders present, so it's not convenient for me to talk."
"In that case, there's something going on in the village below me, so I'll leave first~"
Liu Yifei was not a fool. When he saw Balder's expression, he immediately understood. So he stood up decisively, patted the dust on his body and said.
"Wait a minute." Before Liu Yifei could lift his legs to leave, old George, who had been half lying on the ground, suddenly spoke solemnly, "Balder, we have known each other for a long time. I am not afraid to tell you that I have just signed a divorce agreement.
The territory under the name of Lord Cloud - Alliance Agreement of Plague City.
From now on, Lord Liuyun will be the most steadfast and loyal ally of our Gruhar Village. I will pass on this news in a while, so if there is anything else, you don’t have to avoid him, just tell him directly."
"Uh... Village Chief, it's not that... it's not about the village, it's about... your son, Captain Griffinin." Balder said nervously.
"Oh? About that stupid boy? There is no need to avoid little Liuyun. Tell me, what happened again? Could it be that that stupid boy ran into the mine?" Old George didn't care at all.
said.
"Yes...yes...in fact, we just discovered that Captain Griffin...he...he is missing." Balder finally said.
"Gone? What does missing mean? How can a living person just say he's gone and then disappear? Hurry up and send someone out to look for him. Maybe he ran away for a while?" Old George's expression could already be seen.
Looking anxious.
"We have searched all the places that can be found in the report. Just after they found out that Griffin disappeared because of the guard captain, they sent people to search everywhere. They made sure that nothing was found in the surrounding area." Balder also said with some depression.
.
"Hey, this unsatisfactory boy, after all, he made the most wrong decision. Could it be that...could it be said...that it was really because of my inability to discipline him? Or that I made the wrong decision from the beginning and should not have stayed.
He studied knowledge in a large tribe, but he actually developed such a bad habit..." As if he remembered something extremely annoying, even though he was injured, the old dwarf couldn't help but beat his chest and stamp his feet.
.
"Hey...Uncle George, please give me my condolences~ I won't say much else. I only know that the reason why we become 'us' is not what we have experienced, what we have learned, or what we know.
And then we become ourselves. What really matters is what choices we have made.
In the same encounter, different people will make completely different choices. The first step may be good, and the next step may be evil; the first step may be to help others, and the latter step may be to benefit oneself at the expense of others.
These many different choices are all made by ourselves, and ultimately constitute the most authentic self. These choices are the true portrayal of each of us~
It is true that Griffin is your son, but since he has made such a choice, he must firmly believe in the correctness of his actions, otherwise, he will not do it.
Since there is a problem in his consciousness in the first place, it is useless for us to think more about it. First of all, he does not feel that he has made any mistakes or needs improvement. What is the use of saying more?
Maybe this reality will hit you hard, but... you must hold on. You should always remember that behind you, there are countless villagers who need your leadership to lead them to a better place.
life, and to you, aren't they like your children in another sense?
Get through this difficulty, and then lead your people to move forward.
When you cheer up, I will come back. At that time, we can discuss the issues of cooperation and progress between the two parties. Right now, there are still many things to deal with in my village, so I will leave first.
Already."
Hearing that Liu Yifei and others were leaving, Village Chief Old George had somewhat recovered from the pain of losing his son, and quickly asked Balder to see Liu Yifei off on his behalf. In fact, even if Old George did not order so, Balder himself had planned to do so.
Did this.
"Lord Liuyun, I have to thank you no matter what this time. If it weren't for you, our village would have been wiped out by the vicious undead early in the morning." After walking out of the village, Balder looked back and saw that life was gradually coming back to life.
, the villagers who were in a chaotic and busy state spoke to Liu Yifei who was walking next to them.
"There is no need to say any more words of thanks. Uncle George has confirmed the alliance between us. Since we are allies, it is a matter of sharing weal and woe. Your business is my business. No matter what, I will do this.
Help.
Furthermore, my newly established village is at the foot of the hillside of your village. Once there is a major safety incident here, it will also have a considerable impact on the villages below us, so helping you is also helping myself.
No need to thank you anyway."
"No~ you don't know how many children in the village you saved during this guard battle. Just for each of them, I should say thank you to you. Because of them, the village has a future, and you protect
Killing them means that you not only protected the present of the village, but also protected the future of the village~" Balder said sincerely.
"It's a pity that not everyone thinks like you. If Griffin was even a little more sensible..." Liu Yifei also said with some regret. After all, he is George Lao's biological son. Liu Yifei often
They don't want this unique old dwarf to suffer any more.
"There is nothing we can do about this. In the final analysis, it is the fate of our village.
Griffin has always had this kind of temper. Although everyone didn't say anything openly, they were secretly betting on how long he could last...
In short, you don't have to blame yourself, Griffin's choice to leave has nothing to do with you, and you don't have to take it to heart." Balder probably thought Liu Yifei was apologizing to Griffin, and said indifferently.
"I don't feel guilty for Griffin's departure. In fact, you should be grateful to Uncle George for his alertness and timely rescue of Griffin. Otherwise, with my anger at the time, I'm afraid I will
Let people go up and lift Griffin down and execute him on the spot.
His leaving was just a sign of his cowardice and cowardice, so why should I feel uneasy about it? In fact, even if it weren't for my fault this time, Griffin's outbreak would only be sooner or later.
Didn't Captain Balder realize that Griffin and your village chief George have huge differences in some important understandings of consciousness?" Liu Yifei glanced at Balder sideways, and then did not intend to listen to Balder's explanation.
Taking long strides, he led his people down the mountain.
"Hey~ young people are good young people, but it's a pity that they are a little too aggressive. If they could be more mellow and tactful... Haha, are they still young people? Very good, very good, just keep it like this.
Let everyone see what other opportunities this little lord can bring to the development of the village..."
Balder, who stood at the entrance of the village and watched Liu Yifei and others leave, muttered involuntarily.
Liu Yifei naturally went down the mountain smoothly, looking for Yu Huangquan and the other four people to inquire about the specific news about the end of the siege battle. At the same time, he also wanted to find out some details of the siege battle in order to accumulate experience and deal with what he might face in the future.
other similar situations.
Let's go back and look at the situation in Gruhar village.
After repelling the undead army led by the God of Death, ordinary villagers without combat occupations came to the battlefield to help clean up the battlefield after the war, either to clean up the supplies and weapons left behind by the enemies after their death, or to sort out the belongings of their own people.
Corpse.
After seeing off Liu Yifei and others, Uncle George's mood was obviously very unstable, but at this moment, the great elder Mokomola quietly moved behind Village Chief George and whispered to him.
"Griffin left after all because of that child..." the great elder sighed.
"Many of his ideas are not in line with ours. Even if this incident hadn't happened, his departure would have been sooner or later. I just didn't expect that he didn't even have the courage to bear the final consequences." George said a little lost.
"What you said before was too damning. If according to what you said, Griffin must first face the punishment of mutilation, and then be thrown into the lava by you.
What is the difference between this and death? Perhaps the biggest difference is that this is far more uncomfortable than death because during the entire execution process, his father silently watched everything and even participated in it.
For a young man who has not experienced the cruel test of war, such a threat is too heavy. If he doesn't run away, I'm afraid he will be frightened silly." The great elder said calmly.
"But he is my son, so he doesn't believe me so much? Will I really kill him? And doesn't he have a brain? I said treason in battle is needed...
Forget it, forget it, everything is over, what's the point of talking about it now? The great elder came to me just to talk about this, right?" Old George asked slowly.
"Those things sealed underneath are about to lose their hold. Once the seal fails, those guys will return to the surface world again. If that time comes...are you aware of it?
?" the great elder suddenly asked strangely and inexplicably.
"Is there anything you are not aware of? Ever since I accepted the hereditary oath to protect something here, I have never left this place.
But what I didn’t expect was that what was supposed to come came so quickly..."
"You heard his voice before, right? I didn't expect that after so many years, their obsession has not dissipated at all, but has gathered together and become stronger and stronger. Now, even my power can hardly suppress it.
They are dead." When he said these words, old George did not feel like an old fool at all, but seemed like an old scholar who was quietly discussing something with his students.
"Otherwise, why do you think that at such an important moment, I would find an ally for the village for no reason?
Although that young guy is still a little immature, he is already very valuable among his peers." Old George said.
"If you are talking about talent, there is no denying that he is indeed younger than us. Think about how old he is now. He already has such strength and wants to catch up with us.
If you are an artist, you may really be completely covered.”
However, just when the two of them gathered together and talked quietly, another gust of wind suddenly blew from the direction of the mine entrance, making those who were blown feel cold all over their bodies. The discomfort was not waiting for old George and
When the great elder came back to his senses, the inexplicable voice that laughed maniacally before suddenly appeared again. But this time, it was obviously not as easy as just saying hello...
