Hyperion looked at a strange, thick, twisted, vine-like "tree" in front of him, standing abruptly in Can Can Street. Its green and brown colors made it look like a group of strange snakes dancing wantonly from a distance.
This thick and strange vine broke out of the ground without warning in the morning. At the same time, there was an earthquake in Huowu City. I heard that many houses collapsed in other places, killing many people. Can Can Street was lucky, and no one was injured.
People were killed and injured.
But the luckier things were yet to come. I heard that the earthquake killed many legionnaires, and there was also a period of turmoil in the city. Most of the manpower guarding outside Can Can Street was redeployed.
When the growth of the strange vine slowed down, it produced huge fruits. When the shell was split open, it turned out to be a tuber crop similar to snails. The poor people in Can Can Street were trapped here for several days, and the legionnaires did not give them food or drink.
He was so hungry that he turned blue. Now he suddenly got unexpected food. No one cared about its origin. He lit a fire and grilled it casually, then started to feast on it.
The "fruits" produced by the strange vines are quite a lot, and the quantity is sufficient. In addition, it is a mess outside, and no one is here to control the canning street. Hyperion takes it upon himself to ask everyone to pick all the fruits of the strange vines.
Then each household is assigned to hide it, and everyone supervises each other and is not allowed to make any noise.
Hyperion has seen scenes of famine in some big cities due to unrest. Some seemingly prosperous urban streets relied on all kinds of food shipped from outside every day, but when the unrest broke out, all the glory and beauty disappeared.
People will fight to the death for the crumbs of bread.
Hyperion speculated that the earthquake in Fire Dance City and the strange vine that appeared out of thin air should be the work of Dr. Olenso. But he didn't know what Dr. Olenso wanted to do?
Back in the low hut of Little Taylor's family, there was actually a milky white soup simmering in a rough iron pot, and when stirred with a wooden spoon, it turned into a mud-like paste. Little Taylor's mother took a taste,
He showed a long-lost smile: "It smells so good, even more delicious than the snail mashed potatoes made by the tavern chef."
Hyperion stepped forward and asked: "Did you put that fruit into the pot and boil it?"
"I just want to give it a try, isn't it possible?" The woman in the red headscarf showed concern.
Hyperion shook his head, and saw little Tyro and his silly sister standing aside, each holding a small wooden bowl and waiting, staring at the thick soup in the pot with greedy faces. The woman in the red headscarf quickly served them both.
Full, watching the two children snoring while eating.
The "family" had a hearty meal in this small, cramped house. Hyperion helped the red-turbaned woman hide the remaining fruits. He saw little Taylor and his sister leaning against the door, opening the curtains and looking at the monsters under the sunset.
rattan.
"What are you looking at?" Hyperion asked.
"Uncle, was this tree created by Dr. Olenso?" Little Taylor asked: "He has been secretly protecting us, right?"
Hyperion didn't know how to answer, so he just nodded along with the child's wishes.
Little Taylor's eyes were filled with excitement: "Then I wonder what Dr. Olanso is doing now? Is he secretly treating the injured people outside?"
Hyperion opened his mouth, but there were some words he did not dare to say. Although he knew very little about Doctor Olenso, if this earthquake was really caused by Doctor Olenso, then he would do this
The reason is probably that the Imperial Legion must pay for their lives and injuries at the expense of innocent people.
In the final analysis, it is just the result of the struggle of those at the top.
…
A cute little black cat with four hooves on the snow and a tuft of white hair on the tip of its tail, holding a stuffed bag in its mouth, running briskly along the wall with its feet clean of dust.
There was a quarrel in the distance. The two groups were fighting over a gold-inlaid ornament that had just been dug out of the ruins. From swearing to pushing and shoving, it turned into a punch and a kick, and half of it collapsed.
A fight broke out outside the house. The ground was full of rubble and broken bricks. Someone picked up the bricks and smashed them.
In the distance, a small group of imperial soldiers passed by, paying no attention to the fighting, and hurried towards the streets in the distance where the flames were blazing and the noise was even louder.
Rosalin shook off the cries of pain coming from behind and glanced at the arm stretched out from under the rubble. In her eyes, the owner of the arm was already a soulless body.
Rosalian had seen many similar scenes on the road. She remembered what Xuan Weizi had said, but she didn't expect that death would come so quickly and so violently.
"Once you take action, you won't leave any room at all. It hasn't changed." Rosalian sighed in her heart. When she first met Xuan Weizi, he also killed the spotted beast tribe without hesitation.
However, thinking that under the guidance of Xuan Weizi, the Banbeast tribe was gradually recovering from living in Chaidui Town and living a more stable and prosperous life than before, Rosalian guessed that Xuan Weizi might want to do something in Huowu City.
Similar things.
"Perhaps he has already started to do it?" Rosalian recalled Xuan Weizi's experience of treating illnesses and saving people in Canned Food Street not long ago.
The bag Rosalian was holding now contained some first-aid ointments. Xuan Weizi asked her to quietly give them to the injured civilians.
"Why do you do it quietly?" Rosaleen asked in the safe house at the time: "Shouldn't everyone be grateful to you?"
"I don't need the gratitude of the world." Xuan Weizi handed the bags of medicine to the bird scouts to pick them up and sent them to various places in Huowu City. He said: "Just killing some legion soldiers will not completely shake Foss."
Man's rule, and I need a more chaotic and uncontrolled Fire Dance City. Only with more extreme changes will people take the initiative to seek change. A chaotic Fire Dance City is not what Fusman wants.
"
Rosalian asked: "But now it's just that some houses have collapsed, and not many people have died. It doesn't seem to be too extreme."
Xuan Weizi smiled and said: "Very soon... Do you think I caused the sewer to collapse just to kill a bunch of legionnaires?"
Rosalian didn't quite understand what Xuan Weizi meant. She came outside a shop. There were injured civilians lying on both sides of the road. They were all disgraced and with bloody heads. There were a few adventurers who volunteered to treat the injured.
, there is even a low-level priest of the Holy Lord Church among them.
However, the low-level priest's miraculous power was pitifully weak and could not heal so many injured people. Rosalian walked silently to the adventurous group, put down the small bag and called out. After attracting the other person's attention, she suddenly
Jump and disappear.
…
"According to statistics, due to the collapse of the sewer, more than 600 legionnaires were killed or injured, including 78 mysterious knights and 16 mages. More than 200 people were trapped in the sewer and have been rescued one after another...
…In addition, hundreds of civilians were killed and injured due to the collapse of houses.”
At midnight, in the conference room of the Governor's Mansion, Forsman listened to the officials' reports, not hiding the sullenness on his face. Next to him, Fen Byron's face turned pale, listening to the figures that took him a long time to compile.
The quill in his hand was trembling.
"What about the unrest in the city?" Forsman asked.
"It's generally been suppressed. It's just some mobs who took advantage of the chaos to rob and set fire." The official said with a smile: "Actually, this is not a rare thing. There are always a group of idle gangsters in Huowu City. Every time something unexpected happens in the city,
They will all take advantage of the chaos to rob."
"What are you laughing at?" Fusman glared at him, and a ball of flame burned directly on the official's shoulder, making the official scream and put out the flames.
Fusman waved his hand, and legionnaires took the official out. He was upset at the moment and really didn't want to pay attention to these officials who had no other ability except to reread the text of the report.
In this sewer collapse incident, more than 600 legionnaires were lost in an instant. Coupled with the recent outbreak of the undead plague, less than half of the legionnaires brought by Forsman have been lost. Such an embarrassing situation is very difficult for those who have experienced the battlefield.
"Son of the Fire Demon" is extremely rare.
In particular, he has a large number of experienced veterans under his command, who are considered to be powerful among the various legions in the New World. However, he has not yet had a head-to-head fight with the enemy, and he has lost half of them inexplicably. Even many legion veterans have been killed.
Go deal with those gangsters and hooligans who can't stand up to the table!
Before Fusman came back just now, he had warned the guards and mysterious knights who had surrendered and obeyed in Fire Dance City. The loss of the legionnaires might have made these people think they had a chance to make a comeback.
"Stupid! If you dare to rebel, you will only end up being burned to death by the flames!" Forsman slammed the long table, leaving several slender cracks on the stone tabletop.
"Legion Commander, it was my mistake." Finn Byron said in a hoarse voice: "I completely fell into the opponent's plan."
Fusman didn't say anything, but Finn Byron continued: "Now that it's impossible to teleport in Huowu City, I sent people into the sewers, which made the soldiers and mages lose their mobility."
"You mean to lift the 'Anti-Teleportation Spell Tower'?" Fusman said: "In this way, won't Fusman and Orlanso be able to escape successfully?"
Finn Byron clasped his fingers until they turned white, and said: "In this situation, it is better to let the two of them escape than to let them cause destruction in the city. After Nelem and Olanso left Fire Dance City
, we will definitely go outside to gather strength. At that time, we can use the solid city defense of Huowu City to defend for a long time, and we can also mobilize the remaining legion soldiers to cooperate with the legion commander in field battles with the enemy. This is what we are good at. Instead of
Follow them in a complex urban environment and engage in a long public security war and guerrilla war."
Fusman questioned: "But once Nelem leaves Fire Dance City, he can assemble an army with his children, and at the same time, he can ask for help from other places. It is nothing more than making a promise to Dean just like us.
"
"The troops they can assemble are nothing more than some local guards and levied militia, which are no match for the Imperial Legion. If they can eliminate them in a field environment, they can completely disintegrate the local resistance forces!" A flash of light flashed across Finn Byron's face.
vicious.
Fusman said: "What if this is Nelem's plan to lure me and the Imperial Legion out of Huowu City? You are right, I seemed to have entered Huowu City and controlled the communication crystal tower, but it turned out that
Come here, I am also restricted in Fire Dance City, losing the space to maneuver... It is not like Nelem came up with this kind of underhanded trick."
Fenbyron suppressed his chaotic mood and said in a deep voice: "Legion Commander, there is a plague spreading in the city now. If Fire Dance City is closed for a long time, there will be problems with the supply of food and materials and the security in the city. Nelem and the others dare to leave the sewers.
It means that they have a secret stronghold in Huowu City that is difficult to discover. If they insist on not showing up, we may not be able to defeat them."
"Then lure them out!" Forsman said with a ferocious smile: "Didn't we already control Nelum's gang of mistresses and children? Drag them all out and publicly execute them! And the Can Can Street gang, all of them
Go to the execution ground!"
Finn Byron was silent for a moment. Seeing this, Forsman asked: "What? You don't agree? They tortured your female assistant like that, and I want to avenge you!"
"Nelem still has many children outside. If we take action rashly, I'm afraid it will arouse the alertness and resistance of other children from other places, prompting them to gather together faster. My suggestion is to release the news first, attract Nelem to take action, and at the same time step up the interrogation.
As for Canned Food Street..." Even though his heart felt like a thorn, Finn Byron still maintained a trace of rationality:
"Although they are a group of doctors trained by Dr. Olenso, the plague in the city is now difficult to suppress. I found in the torture records that they learned some methods and medicines to prevent and treat the plague from Olenso, which is what they are currently doing.
Urgently needed manpower.”
Fusman leaned back in his chair and waved his hand: "Then as you say, all the doctors in Can Can Street will be sent to treat patients. Give Nelum's mistresses and children some last minute time. If Nelum is too
If you don’t show up for a long time, don’t blame me for being rude!”
Finn Byron added: "This matter also requires inviting some newspaper and magazine chambers to spread the news throughout the city and set the direction of public opinion. Let's say that the collapse of the sewers and houses was all the fault of Nellem and Olenso.
An act of sabotage that seriously harms the interests of the people of Huowu City. The Imperial Legion’s move is to affirm justice!”
…
Esser looked at the newspapers delivered to his door in the early morning. The news that occupied the largest front page was that the Imperial Legion was about to execute the mistresses and illegitimate children of the wanted criminal Nelem.
Moreover, there is a long article explaining the reasons why the Imperial Legion did this, and a vivid and detailed description of Nelem's past use of the position of Chief Mage Advisor to commit adultery with many women, ranging from noble ladies with families to others.
He went to the female students in his class, and even forcibly took away women from the countryside and held a celestial feast.
"Special author Dakiba... I often see his articles these days. He serializes Nelem's trivial things every day, as if he is watching from the side. Hum! His writing is good, I should write a novel.
"
Esser folded the newspaper and covered up the execution news side. In front of him was an ordinary family dining table. On the pink tablecloth were placed a refreshing and fresh fruit plate, and fried fish steaks sprinkled with spice powder, which smelled fresh from the oven.
Rich croissants and sweet milk specially prepared for my five-year-old daughter.
"Dad!" I saw a little girl in a sky blue skirt running over innocently and lively.
When Esther saw her daughter, her heart softened. She leaned over and picked her up, then rubbed her stubble against her daughter's delicate skin, which made her giggle.
Looking at the gentle wife who came here, Esther felt that his life had never been more fulfilling and satisfying. All the imperial legions, high mages, power struggles, and battles on the battlefield seemed to be far away from him. Esther just wanted to indulge in this happiness.
in the ocean...
Boom, boom, boom!
A heavy knock on the door interrupted Esther's happy time. He showed a trace of displeasure and gently put his daughter on the ground. He stopped the servant from opening the door and opened the door himself. If it was those subordinates who were not discerning, he would
You must be taught a lesson!
"Who is... the staff secretary! Ah, no, the acting governor!" As soon as Esser saw the always rigorous figure clearly, he immediately stood up straight on the spot and saluted with his fist on his chest.
Finn Byron said to Esther without saying a word of pleasantries: "The commander of the legion ordered that Nelem's lover and children will be executed soon. You will be the executioner and be responsible for the interrogation and execution."