A strange world

Chapter 976 Section 207. Dam Breach

The dusk gilded the beautiful Changhu Town with a layer of gold.

The quiet lakeside town was covered with smoke, and its image was reflected in the rippling lake.

It was such a beautiful place that people couldn't bear to destroy it.

On this day, a group of strange soldiers came to the town. They wore fine but ill-fitting plate armor and carried strange weapons like fire sticks.

They were just passing by, but the woodcutter who was carrying firewood out of the coniferous forest recognized them and exclaimed, "Are you the Free Blades?"

The soldiers exchanged glances, and one soldier quietly went behind the woodcutter and pulled out the dagger on his leg——

"Great, you are finally here!" The woodcutter clapped his thigh happily.

"Yes, I am a soldier from Liberty City!" Their leader coughed dryly, "Old... Uncle, are you from this town?"

"I have been a woodcutter in Changhu Town for more than ten years... Look, you are exhausted from all the traveling. Come in quickly..."

Rad led them into Changhu Town attentively.

"The Free Blade is coming!"

The woodcutter's shouting made them tense up, and they almost knocked the old man's head with a magic musket, but it was the smiling faces of the townspeople around them that made them relax.

This group of soldiers was warmly received.

The leader had some guesses: "You... also received the flyers?"

"Yes, we all read the flyers, and we are still talking about when you will come--"

"I want to fight with you too!" A boy squeezed in and said.

Amid the laughter of the friendly townspeople around him, a soldier glanced over, and the coldness in his eyes made the boy suddenly speechless.

There were only some militiamen and the mayor's private soldiers supporting them, and there was only one magician.

The mayor also welcomed them warmly, only the wizard beside him looked at them with some scrutiny. After seeing the blood and rat head emblem on the plate armor, his eyes gradually relaxed.

They took it off from the dead Liberty City soldiers, of course there was no flaw.

The mayor prepared a banquet and invited the soldiers of "Free Blade" to sit down. He first expressed his longing for Liberty City, and then asked what Long Lake Town could do.

"We want money, women--" a flattered soldier blurted out.

The wizard beside the mayor frowned.

How come these soldiers are different from the rumored Liberty City...

But they are indeed holding the kind of weapons called magic muskets.

"Don't forget the business."

The leader glanced at the wizard who noticed something, warned his companion who said everything, and changed his tone to a formal one: "Mr. Mayor, we suspect that rats are spreading plague in the lake. Please take us to the upper reaches of Changhu Town."

The banquet was in an uproar, and the mayor's smile disappeared: "Is this true?"

"Didn't you read the flyer? Rat people are spreading plague near Ize Bay."

"The flyer didn't say..."

The leader said impatiently: "This is related to the safety of millions of people, take us there quickly."

"Okay, okay... I'll ask someone to take you there now!"

The mayor didn't doubt him, because there were indeed some traces of rats outside Changhu Town recently... He asked his youngest son to personally lead them to the upper reaches of Changhu Town, which is also the Planni River upstream of the Mam River.

"Please wait a moment!"

Before leaving the town, a fair-skinned, beautiful girl with thick eyebrows ran over, holding a letter in both hands nervously, and asked expectantly: "Excuse me, are you from Ize Bay?"

The soldiers pretending to be Free Blades looked at each other and said: "No."

The girl was a little disappointed. The eyes of these Free City people made her uncomfortable, but because of her worry, she bravely asked: "Then do you know Claude?"

"I don't know."

"Oh..."

The disappointed girl hurried away, and they continued to set off and came to the Planni River, which was several miles away from Long Lake Town.

The turbulent river, as wide as a lake, flowed from east to south, distorting and reflecting the figures holding torches by the river.

The last ray of afterglow disappeared in the horizon, and the sky in the north was gloomy, and the cold current was coming.

They had to hurry up, otherwise there would be no way if the Planni River froze.

The leader asked the mayor's youngest son: "If the dam here breaks, will Ize Bay be submerged?"

When the river water vents along the breach, everything downstream will be wiped out.

Whether it is ratmen, forests, or towns.

The youngest son, who vaguely resembled his father, straightened his chest and said, "Don't worry, as long as we are here, we will never let the bad guys dig up the dam!"

The leader winked at his men, and they dispersed knowingly, walked around the Planni River, returned to the leader, pointed to a bank and said, "The soil there is the weakest, we can dig here."

"How long will it take?"

"Thirty minutes will be enough."

"My lord, what are you talking about..." The mayor's youngest son suddenly felt uneasy.

Puff--

The sharp blade of the dagger suddenly pierced through the youngest son's chest, and the power in his body quickly dissipated, taking him to the ground.

Blood gushed out, and in the last few tens of seconds of his life, he saw the members of the "Free Blade" walking towards the river bank and setting up something, and the ratmen squeaked and crawled out of the cave, trying to stop them like crazy.

...

The night of Changhu Town has always been beautiful. When it is clear, the lake will take in the starry sky.

But it was a bit gloomy today. The mayor came outside from his anxious wait and saw a snowflake slowly falling and melting on the ground.

The first snow has arrived, so the ice should not be far away...

At this time, the calm lake suddenly made a tidal sound like waves.

While the mayor was still wondering, his feet began to shake. The vibration came from the northeast, as if it was going to the Free Blade of the Planni River...

The vibration became clearer and clearer, and the chandelier in the house behind him began to shake. Before the mayor realized what was happening, the bronze bell on the town's watchtower suddenly echoed rapidly.

Clang-clang-clang-

Accompanied by a hoarse roar, it echoed in the night sky: "The Planni River has burst its banks!!!"

The earth was shaking, accompanied by a rumble.

The long lake that nurtured the locals became restless and became extremely turbid.

The townspeople walked out of their homes in panic and fled outside, but no matter how fast they ran, they were not as fast as the surging river water. They were instantly submerged to their ankles and fell to the ground.

A townsman climbed onto the roof, holding up an oil lamp, trying to see the distance clearly.

He opened his eyes wide, not blinking even when snowflakes fell into his eyes...

Gradually, he heard some of the same sounds from the increasingly turbulent flood...

On the coast, a small boat was pushed by the flood and hit the townspeople head-on -

The flood peak passed, and the broken dam of the Planni River almost instantly washed away this quiet town, drowning the calls for help, houses, lives, letters... everything in the darkness, and roaring downstream with debris and mud.