A strange world

Chapter 957 Section 188. Battle reports can lie, but battle lines cannot

The miners held torches and pulled carts, gradually disappearing into the deep night outside the valley.

The remaining people stood among the group houses, as if they were experiencing a dream.

Not long after, some people started to react and ran into the house to look for their previous things. More and more people are joining the hunt. Little Small took away most of the valuable things and resources, but some bulky and unused ones were left behind. For example, a clock with gold hands.

This exquisite machine left over from the Goblin Empire era was violently dismantled just for the golden pointer. The mahogany tables and bookshelves were also dismantled, and only the books survived - not because they realized the value of knowledge, but because all the books were taken away by the lame Babu.

Not long after Free Blade left, the originally orderly house became like a robber and was ransacked.

When the miners searched around and were about to target the chefs and workers who had indirectly oppressed them, a fire dragon lit up in the west of the mine.

The guards who ran back to Izawa Bay brought reinforcements.

The miners who were excited about the harvest seemed to have been poured cold water on them. They woke up and huddled aside with their bulging clothes. Worried about being caught and thrown into the mine again...

On the other hand, the chefs and workers who had been frightened before breathed a sigh of relief and ran to the entrance of the valley to greet them. But when they saw the approaching team, they were too frightened to speak.

Knights in sleek armor, mages in mage robes, and rangers leaping nimbly around the perimeter... No matter how naive they are, they will never think that these elite knights are sent by the nobles behind the foreman.

The cavalryman raised his spear and pointed it at the workers blocking the front. The captain in bright silver armor stepped forward and said condescendingly: "Who are you?"

"Lord Knight, we are workers in the mine!" the bearded chef said respectfully, "The miners here rioted, killed the foreman and guards, and arrested us... They just ran over there -"

He hoped that the knight could eliminate those mud-legged people, so that the five gold nuggets in his pocket would be his...

"Don't believe what he says. People in Free City just like to hide among the civilians and spread evil teachings." A young man dressed as a noble held the reins and stood side by side with the knight captain.

"Liberty City people? We're not—"

The young nobleman grabbed the spear, wiped his pedals, pierced the bearded chef's chest with the spear, pulled it out with force, raised the spear and shouted: "The people here are believers who were bewitched by the Free City, destroy them!"

The cavalry behind him moved, charging towards the screaming, fleeing crowd who had their backs turned.

The bearded chef with wide eyes covered his chest and stumbled to the ground. The gold coins that fell out of his pocket were trampled into the dirt by the running horses' hooves.

It was impossible for the miners and workers who had no weapons to fight against a group of elite cavalry. They easily killed everyone who moved in sight, captured a few alive, and interrogated the miners who left.

"Sure enough, there is collusion with the people from Liberty City."

The young noble snorted coldly, and said to the team secretary: "For the record, under the leadership of General Weiss, we have eliminated... hundreds of people from Free City, and also found their commander, and are ready to pursue them!"

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"General Weiss destroyed nearly a thousand elite Free City soldiers in Eze Bay and is launching an attack on their stronghold..."

Wow——

The held "Glory of Rekaner" was lowered, revealing a pair of black eyes full of shock: "Have we developed so many people?"

"Impossible. Francois said that Little Small and Lame Babu are only here for a week at most. No matter how powerful they are, they can't develop so many people." Olmedo said next to him.

"So the news is fake?"

"This is normal... Wring out the water is almost the actual number of people... It will be reduced by about ten times."

"Is this cotton soaked in water..."

And with the style of the Rekaner Kingdom, they might just grab Little Small by the tail and massacre a village as a victory.

There was such a joke in the new capital a few days ago. An old man accidentally fell into the water while admiring the sea view at the port. He tried to save his life, but the city guards at the port turned a blind eye. In his haste, he had to shout: "I am from Liberty City!" "The city guards suddenly changed their color and picked him up and took him away.

In any case, Little Small, who has high hopes from Francois, seems to be in a dangerous situation, but is actually not safe at all.

The Ruikan'er Kingdom may have decayed and reached the end of a kingdom, blackmailing merchants, taking advantage of civilians to vent their anger, killing good people for credit, and exaggerating the results of battles... But there must be a group of people loyal to the kingdom in Ize Bay.

They'd better find Little Small before Eze Bay and provide help.

Knock knock knock——

There was a knock on the door, and the maid Abby stood outside the corridor and said that there was a gray rat outside who wanted to see Annan.

"Grey-furred rat? See me?"

Annan thought it was Jerry and his "goddess", but what the guards brought in was a strange and beautiful gray-haired rat.

The only connection between Skaven and beauty is when they destroy beautiful things, but there are always exceptions. Just like Della, who has elf blood, and Maria, who has been cultivated for dozens of generations, they have very few Skaven characteristics. , looks almost like humans.

The gray-haired rat in front of him has a petite and slender figure, more like a demi-human race. Unlike the smooth-skinned Argonians, she has fluffy and soft gray fur, and is covered with a women's leather armor.

The long hair next to the tall mouse ears is tied into several braids that hang down to the hips, with the tail hidden among them.

Annan's eyes were sunken into its fluffy hair, and it was difficult to move away.

"Handsome Lord Annan, I have a letter from Ymir." Even its voice was as sweet as a nightingale.

Fortunately, Annan still remembered the business: "Ymir?"

"She wrote me a letter before she died." It said.

Annan took the letter, which contained two paragraphs of Elvish text:

[What I expected:

The disgusting ratmen want to control me;

They have no advantages except numbers;

And, I'm afraid I can't escape. ]

[What I didn't expect:

There was actually a gray-haired rat that could communicate normally;

We were deceived by the McKeon clan. This general attack was just a cover, and their real trump card was the plague;

I have a way to let the gray-haired rat take the news out. ]

"Plague?" Annan raised his head.

"It is spreading in the North." The gray-haired rat said.

They have territory in the North, just ask Xing'er City and you will know.

Soon, news came back from Xing'er City that the plague that had been raging a few days ago had not been eradicated, but had become more and more serious, and even caused the assembled legions of the empire to temporarily suspend their attack.

This aggressive plague was an answer from the McKeon clan to Winter: since they could not attack in Winter, they would let the plague harvest for them.