"This place is really barren." This was Siassi's first thought when she walked into the small village in front of her. This village, which has no name on the military map, has no inn or adventurers' guild, let alone It is said that there is some kind of magic barrier. The local residents casually find a hole on the reef and live in it. A slightly better method is to dig out a large conch shell or seashell to create a living space.
The entire village is a mixture of lizard people, fish people, and half-crab people. The number of people is about a thousand. Siassi carefully observed it and found that the vast majority of people staying in the village were children and women. There were no elderly people. There were no young and strong men, which aroused her curiosity. She didn't know if it was out of fear of the Nagas. When Siassi and the others entered the village, all the younger women hid. Get up, and the children are also watching Siassi and the others in fear from a distance, not daring to get close anyway. This makes it difficult for Siassi to find some people to understand the local situation.
"Strange, why are there no young men or old people here?" Siassi asked Wosheng next to her in a low voice. She really couldn't find a decent person to ask, so she simply communicated with her companion directly.
"Actually, the situation should be very simple." Watson sneered, and also replied in a low voice: "Don't forget the many ambushes we suffered along the way. Look at the eyes of these guys, hum, those humble and humble Under the eyes, there is hatred that cannot be concealed. As for the old man, Siassi, you are too kind. You must know that there are no large-scale food gathering areas for hundreds of kilometers around this kind of place. It is impossible to hunt, let alone plant, this little food. It would be good to be able to support the young people. I’m afraid those old people have already... "
Regarding this answer, Siassi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. She suddenly realized the reason why the rebellion here has never really stopped since ancient times. It is precisely because life is very difficult, so once an ambitious person uses some small favors , the young men here will follow them to rebel without hesitation, and once defeated, they will flee back to their hometowns. Unless the Nagas completely cleanse this area again, the seeds of rebellion will be passed down through the blood from generation to generation. passed on,
"Bah." A Naga attendant next to Siassi grabbed the lizard boy who was trying to sneak up on him, slapped him to the ground, and then cursed loudly: "You bastard, how dare you steal it?" Come on us, don't you want to live anymore?" The lizard boy curled up into a ball and lay on the ground, neither distinguishing nor begging for mercy. Even if he was beaten several times and vomited blood, he would never make any moan. ,
Seeing that the lizard man boy was a little pitiful, and that he had not succeeded after all, Siassi said, "Forget it." With the order from the family leader, the senior Naga warrior released his hold on the lizard angrily. The human boy's arm muttered: "If the young lady hadn't been soft-hearted, I would definitely chop you to death today." The lizard man boy who was released did not get up immediately, but Siassi found that his eyes fell on her follower. On the food bag on her body, the only thing she thought about was that she guessed the other person's thoughts from the eager desire for food in his eyes, so she waved her hand and signaled her entourage to give the food bag to her.
"Take it." Siassi bent down and stuffed the food bag into the lizard boy's hand. This action surprised the boy. He was used to seeing the Naga people's superior behavior, but he had never seen it before. Seeing such a kind Naga girl who was about the same age as him, the lizard man boy blushed and lowered his head, but his fingers firmly grasped the food bag handed over by Siassi.
"Let's go." Siassi stood up straight and said to her followers: "There is no value in staying here, let's move on." After saying this, Siassi hurriedly left with her followers. She came here, but she consciously turned her head to look at the lizard man boy, and found that although he was starving, he did not eat immediately. Instead, he held the bag of food tightly and turned behind a reef, maybe behind it. There must be someone more important in his heart who needs that bag of food.
After leaving this small village that didn’t even have a name, Siassi and her party were on their way again. Although the entire adventure team was not very large in number, it was well-equipped. Not only did each of them have a seahorse mount, but there were also more people at the back of the team. They are following four crab carts filled with supplies. Although this will slow down the entire team's walking speed, walking on the submarine plain without supply stations, this little negative impact is nothing at all.
Siassi was riding on a seahorse mount, and the face of the lizard man boy flashed before her eyes. She didn't know why Siassi suddenly felt disgusted with the empire's high-pressure policy. She couldn't understand why one race had to rely on oppressing others. race to maintain her rule. Although Siassi is also one of the biggest beneficiaries of this policy, at least in her heart, at this time, she still has some different ideas.
"Be careful, there is a large coral sea ahead." Watson, who was beside Siyassi, suddenly reminded Siyassi who was obviously in a daze: "Please give the order to detour, we are not in a hurry. .”
Only then did Siassi come back to her senses. She smiled awkwardly at Wo Sheng and said loudly: "The whole team goes around..." Before Siassi could finish this order, she heard someone from the front. There was a shout in the Coral Sea, and then hundreds of lizardmen holding tattered and rusty weapons swarmed out.
"Enemy attack." The sharp siren sounded over the entire team. The adventurous team immediately stopped moving forward quickly, and then the front end of the "one-line" formation used by the entire team to rush forward began to move towards It circled back and quickly merged with the back end of the team to form a "return-shaped" defensive formation, which tightly protected the leader of the entire team, Siassi, and a large amount of supplies at the rear of the team.
"Food, food." Those lizardmen's eyes glowed red, and they rushed over waving their weapons. Their ambush was completely unorganized. When they launched the charge, the entire formation was even more chaotic. Not only was it impossible to get up, Instead of taking care of each other, they often slow down or simply trip over others due to collisions.
Seeing the scene in the distance, Siassi couldn't help but shake her head. She couldn't help but mutter to herself: "Are these rebels too? I think they look more like a group of hungry people..." Siassi only said She arrived here because she saw a familiar figure among the group of lizard men in the distance. The lizard man who tried to steal food but was knocked to the ground. The young man who left with the food even though he was unbearably hungry. She His expression immediately stiffened: "How could this be? How could he be among these people?"
(This is the second update. There may be something going on tonight, so there won’t be a third update. I would like to wish all readers and friends a happy Valentine’s Day in advance.)