At the same time, the half-closed door was slammed open with the angry voice. When I turned my eyes to the door, I saw a middle-aged man with a cane stumbling in. His face was full of anger. . . . .
After he looked around the room, he finally stopped his gaze on my face. There was no escape, and his gaze and I had a three-hundred-round battle, but in the end, neither of us could do anything to the other.
"Are you from the Mocaster Empire or the Yan Kingdom? I think you are not welcome here. If you have nothing else to do, you can leave now!" After both of us withdrew from each other's gaze, the first sentence the middle-aged man said was to drive me away.
After hearing what he said, I didn’t react at first. I just turned my gaze from the middle-aged man to the elders. But I was soon disappointed. Of the seven elders present, except for the fifth elder who had an angry expression, the second elder had an expression that seemed to want to say something but hesitated, and the first elder had a face full of bitter smiles. The other four elders even hung their heads.
"It seems that I came here by mistake... But don't think that I will fail without your help... Think about it! If you don't tell me, then what I have to do next is to lead the army of the Mocast Empire to attack the army of the undead. I don't know how many of your people are in my army... But I think there should be a few thousand if not ten thousand? When the time comes, please prepare a few more coffins..." After saying that, I immediately turned around and prepared to leave. The moment I turned around, I noticed again that the fifth elder and the second elder both showed a look of reluctance.
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, I don't know if you know, because the undead army is preparing to cooperate with the orcs to invade, the two countries in the East Continent have entered a wartime mechanism, and the temples of the two countries have issued a decree of holy war. Please be careful when the time comes!" Before leaving, I turned around again and said something to the seven elders and the middle-aged man, and then left before Mu Wen without looking back.
"Sir, please stay!" Almost as soon as I finished speaking, even as I turned halfway back, the fifth elder could no longer bear it and spoke first to ask me to stay. Hehe, I was waiting for you to say this! But they were indeed cold-blooded enough. They didn't even react to the life and death of thousands of people, and only reacted like this when the threat was looming over their own heads.
When I turned around, I glanced at Miao Wen at the same time, and only saw him nod slightly to the elders. It seemed that they were looking for Miao Wen to confirm the news, and Miao Wen also gave them a positive reply.
"There is nothing to say. Since you have given up my good intentions, I am not going to beg for your help here. Everything depends on your luck! I hope you can survive the confrontation between the orcs and the Eastern Continent... and even the entire human world... Regarding today's situation, I will report it to the coalition headquarters word for word. I think things will always have a conclusion..." When I said this, several elders showed a look of fear on their faces. The only difference was the middle-aged man. He looked like a cheetah eyeing his prey, ready to attack me at any time. Seeing him like this, I knew that I had put enough pressure on them. Next, I should find them a reef. Of course, first I have to put some weight on myself to avoid a bad end.
"Of course, it's very easy for you to keep me here, but I think you should also know that my presence here is known to everyone in the coalition. If something happens to me, I don't know which direction the 700,000 troops will move in..."
"Captain Shen, you are joking. How dare we embarrass you, sir? In fact, we did not directly refuse you, sir. It's just that the matter is too serious and we simply cannot come to a conclusion in a short time. How about this? Sir, please go and have a rest first, and the eight of us will discuss it and try to give you an answer within 2 hours. What do you think?" After hearing my aggressive and threatening words, the elders winked at each other, and then the chief elder began to explain to me.
"Okay, I'll wait for your reply, and you should do it as soon as possible. If you don't cooperate, I will have to send troops to attack the canyon at night..." After nodding slightly, I was ready to leave the house. 2 hours, if they still don't agree, then I can only attack the canyon in the dark, God bless...
After leaving the cave, I slowly crossed to the bottom of the cliff and chose a quiet place to sit down. At the same time, I finally had the time and mood to observe Miao Wen who followed me out. Looking at her with the mask off, I couldn't help but compare her with several beautiful women I had seen. A slightly ordinary face, the only thing that can be praised is that the facial features are well-proportioned. Not as pretty as Yunyue, not as charming as Yaruo, and not as pretty as that damn Fengya... But she gave me a feeling of resolute beauty!
"This is the first time I reveal my gender in front of outsiders. I hope you will not spread this news to the generals of the Mocaster Empire. I hope you can understand my difficulties." Perhaps she noticed my actions. After approaching me, the first thing Miao Wen said was to beg me not to reveal her gender.
"Is it just because of this? Just because the Mocast Empire does not allow women to join the army? Or are you doing this for those two places?"
"Yes! I just want two places, so what? Should I let my parents live in this dark place forever? Not only do they have to suffer from this bad environment, but they also have to suffer from those damned..." Suddenly, when I said the last few words, Miao Wen almost yelled at me hysterically. But soon, she realized her attitude problem and lowered her tone.
"I'm sorry, I lost my temper just now, please forgive me... I think you should understand a child's filial piety. I just hope that my parents can have a chance to enjoy their old age. It's really hard to survive here..." With Miao Wen's apology and subsequent euphemisms, I finally understood her difficulties.
In this barren land, whether it is food production or other things, they are extremely scarce. Moreover, in order to allow more people to survive here, the tribe originally centralized all the materials and distributed the materials to each family according to the number of male laborers in each family. In Miao Wen's home, in addition to a younger brother who is less than 12 years old, there are only Miao Wen and his parents. Because Miao Wen is a woman, and her younger brother is underage, and her father lost an arm when he fought for the Mokaster Empire before she came of age. . . As a result, the distribution of materials in their home is extremely scarce, and it is only enough for their family of four to barely survive. As the younger brother grew up, the basic food he needed for his growth had become a problem, not to mention that her father's condition was getting worse and worse. Therefore, Miao Wen, who had been following his father to practice martial arts, eventually embarked on his father's path and became a member of the Mokaster Empire mercenaries.
"You don't have to be so pessimistic. If you want, you can arrange for your parents to live in my fiefdom. Not only that, you can also arrange for your friends and other clansmen to live in my fiefdom... Of course, they just need to abide by the laws of the empire like other people..." For some reason, I extended an olive branch to Mu Wen. After all, I would never want to let the Andrel people dominate the fiefdom given to me by the Kingdom of Yan. More restraint will make it easier to manage them. (To be continued)