Strange Star Witch

"I have worked hard for a year, but I am still hungry. I eat in sorrow, and I laugh in pain."

I don't know which bad author changed a good sonnet beyond recognition and turned it into an ugly hymn.

However, this hymn was very effective and resonated emotionally with the farmers.

Facing a sectarian gathering of hundreds of people, Rudolf had no other solution: "Let's go back first. This is not a simple grain riot."

After quickly returning to the police station, Rudolph told Chief Claude about the Harvest Goddess and stood quietly behind him.

Rudolph has been working under Chief Claude for almost a year, and this is the first time Rudolph has seen Chief Claude so serious.

He stood by the window and looked at Laimang Town.

There were several smoke pillars in the distance, and there were also faint clanging sounds. I didn't know which store had suffered another disaster. It was obviously a peaceful period, but it felt like it was in a war.

"I have been the police chief of Laimang Town for more than ten years, and this is the worst time that Laimang Town has been destroyed."

Rudolf also looked out the window:

“Someone instigated people to smash, smash and loot.

They used Molotov cocktails and burned down more than a dozen bakeries.

They used guns and opened fire in Laimang Town, killing two grain merchants openly.

It is conceivable that in the future, in order to deal with these thugs, store owners coming to Mang Town will have to carry guns."

Although the Alchemy Council does not prohibit people from holding guns, too many people holding guns will eventually affect normal people's lives.

Sheriff Claude asked: "In other words, there is a belief called the 'Harvest Goddess'?"

"Yes. Their teachings are still very simple. The main teaching is this: Any farmer who believes in the goddess of harvest will avoid insect plagues on his land; anyone who does not believe in the goddess of harvest will have all their crops destroyed by insect plagues.

This is a good time to spread faith. The werewolf riots and insect plagues from last year to this year have made the harvest in the fields barren."

"We underestimated those level 1 priests from the Evil God's Nest. We didn't expect them to make such a big noise."

Rudolf was also a little confused:

"If it were just the fear of insect pests, it would not be possible to incite so many people.

We have eliminated most of the insect infestations, but we have not been able to save the crops.

Sheriff, I have seen priests of another kind of evil god, the White Demon, in the wilderness. They always have their heads shaved.

Is it possible that several evil gods and priests are working at the same time?"

The Sheriff nodded:

"I think so. The Evil God Hive, the Evil God White Demon, and maybe even other priests and multiple evil gods work together to have such a strong bewitching ability.

If it were just a heretic apostle, then it would be fine just to kill him.

If many ordinary people follow the evil god, if it is not handled well, it will turn into a more serious riot."

After thinking about something, Sheriff Claude said:

"However, we cannot be impatient.

Wait for two days to see the situation in Fabro City and other towns.

If possible, please apply for support as much as possible. Only our police station cannot deal with the unknown number of evil priests in the wilderness.

Let’s get to the bottom of it first, investigate first, and understand the specific situation.”

"Okay, got it."

Rudolph left the Sheriff's Office, and Claude frowned alone. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Why was there so much chaos around Fabro City this year?

In the evening, before Laimang Town could receive support from the Municipal Police Department and Judgment Office, many people were waiting for refuge.

Rudolf stood on the road outside the town, watching people entering Laimang Town in carriages or on foot.

Before the grain riots in Laimang Town, grain riots broke out in Fabro City. Fabro City has a larger population, so once a food shortage occurs, it will be much more serious than that in Laimang Town.

Those who thought the city was no longer safe left the city with their families. At this time, although the living conditions on the poor relatives' farms were not good, at least they had something to eat. Unlike Fabro City, if the food supply was cut off,

That's really not enough to eat.

Rudolph sighed while maintaining order:

"Yin Fenggna, why do I feel like eating roast goose in the Jazz Castle a few days ago, it feels like it happened a long time ago."

"Yeah, I haven't eaten anything good since I left the Jazz Castle. The contrast is too strong."

There are many people flooding into the town, which increases safety risks.

Rudolf saw a group of ragged children with dirty faces entering the town of Laimang along with the migrating team.

"Poverty makes men down and out. In the past few days, I have seen many down-and-out men stealing and robbing.

Darkness makes children weak, and now we see children begging.

I don’t think it’s far away that hunger will corrupt women.”

Yin Fengna just felt that those children were very pitiful.

After the beggars entered Laimang Town, a child who looked only 6 or 7 years old said to the leading child: "Zach, I'm hungry..."

The lead child is named Zach. He is a few years older. This does not make him hungry. Eating the same small amount of food will only make him hungrier.

Zach just turned around and glanced at a man not far behind who was hunched over.

That was the human trafficker Townsend, also known as Townsend Halfhand, so named because he had a broken hand, and he was the master of these beggars.

In his good hand, he held an ordinary-looking wooden stick, but Zach knew how painful it would be if the stick hit someone, and it was not a pain that could be endured by gritting one's teeth.

After entering Laimang Town, Townsend Halfhand gathered all the beggars in an alley full of trash cans.

Townsend Halfhand had a sinister look in his eyes: "Let's start working, I'm hungry. Also, observe this town and inform me of all the conditions in the town."

He beat the ground with a wooden stick to drive the beggars away.

No one dared to say a word. It was this stick that knocked many beggars into disability.

Zach and other beggars said: "You must be careful. This is not a street we are familiar with. It is a strange town. We don't know who we will meet."

These beggars were running on the streets, following the gentlemen and ladies, and began to rush into shops to pray for some food.

After seeing the beggars leaving, Zach glanced at the alley where Townsend Halfhand was with hatred.

How can you not hate it? Half of these beggars are disabled, and they were all disabled by Townsend Halfhand because they did not complete the quota they turned in.

"Disability will attract sympathy, which will be useful for your begging."

These are the exact words of Townsend Halfhand.

A few hours later, it was already dark, and there were not many people on the streets that were deserted due to the riots.

A dozen beggars gathered together, trembling with fear.

"What should we do, Zac? We won't be able to fulfill Halfhand's request, ugh..."

Zach also had a droopy face. He didn't expect Laimang Town to be so barren. Now everything is in a mess. These beggars didn't get much food.

After asking around, he learned that a grain riot had just occurred in Laimang Town yesterday, two days later than Fabro City.

Zach gritted his teeth, he was the oldest child here, he was already 12 years old:

"You guys wait for me, I'll steal it. As long as I steal some money, it will be enough to pay the fixed amount to Duanzhang."

Zach knew that it was almost midnight and there were two places where he could steal money at this time.

One is a tavern, but those drunk people are not serious and are a bit dangerous.

The other one is the bathhouse.

Zach came outside the bathhouse and stared at the door of the bathhouse, preparing to wait for a prey to come out.

When he saw a man in a suit coming out, he followed him.

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