Alien world

Chapter 956 187. Each one's choice
Not interested in listening to the foreman's ridiculous excuses, Little Small took him to an open space in the middle of the huts, and in front of all the miners, put a rope around his neck and lifted him up little by little.

The tightened hemp rope made the foreman, who was begging for mercy and cursing incoherently, lose his voice. His legs and hands were hanging in the air and he kicked and his face became redder and redder...

This scene lasted for dozens of seconds before his struggle completely disappeared, and feces and urine dripped from his trouser legs.

Little Smo raised his head and glanced at the silent crowd: "You are free! No one will enslave you anymore!"

"Long live!"

Jeremy raised his hands.

"Long live!"

The Free Blade members shouted along.

"Long live!"

The miners' cheers echoed throughout the valley.

They lifted up Smalls and celebrated the disappearance of the shackles.

Lame Babu stood on the outskirts of the carnival, watching all this with satisfaction, and murmured: "You did very well, it couldn't be better..."

After being finally let down by the miners, he kept saying, "It's not over yet. The guards have escaped. If they escape to Ize Bay, we will be in trouble."

They had a chance to catch up with the other guards, but they couldn't catch up with the mage...

The only chance is that they haven't exposed the Freeblade yet and still have a chance to prepare or leave.

In any case, Little Smalls asked the miners to strip off the guard's clothes and put them on, and then chase out to try their luck.

"Your voice..."

After returning to Lame Babu, he asked with concern.

"I was sick, and it's better this way. Now my voice is more convincing," said Little Small.

Not only his voice, but his behavior was like a different person.

Lame Babu was very curious about what had happened in the past few days to make Little Small change so much. Funny to say, his growth was due to "Babu's death".

Half of the miners were sent to chase the guards, and Little Smokey asked the remaining half to bring out the slave miners who were still in the mine.

Besides confusion and numbness, there was also an unchanging fear in their eyes.

"Don't be afraid. We won't become the new guards."

The task of comforting and converting them was left to Lame Babu, and Little Small led everyone to the open-air cemetery.

The bodies, the same color as the gloomy sky, silenced the miners.

Jeremy found oil and coal. Little Small told him to put the coal back where it came from, pour the wood and oil on the pile of corpses, and push the corpse that he thought was Babu and the rabbit and the other two miners who died in the riot into the pile to burn.

Thick black smoke and the nauseating smell of meat wafted up the air. They retreated to a distance, moving their eyeballs away from being sore from staring at the fire.

The miners caught everyone in the house who had not had time to escape and kicked and stomped them. Little Small wanted to let them vent their anger, but Lame Babu whispered, "Don't make yourself the most pitiful person in the world. That way all the evil you do will have a reason."

"I see……"

Little Smalls walked over, separated the miners who were punching and kicking, and looked at these people who were neither innocent nor guilty.

They were just servants who served the guards, cooks who cooked the meals, or workers who transported coal.

"I won't hurt you." He said to the people who showed hope, "But I'm sorry, I can't let you go for now."

The bearded chef asked cautiously, "Sir, do we want to redeem ourselves?"

"No, I just need you to keep the news secret."

"We promise not to—"

"Are you a cook? Are there any guards among these people?" Little Small interrupted him.

"No...no, the guards were driven away by you..." "Take me to the kitchen, Jeremy, and drive them into the big house to keep watch."

It was getting dark, and the miners who were tracking and guarding the miners had not returned yet. Little Small and his men gathered the supplies together and found a pile of silver coins in the foreman's room.

"That's not all." Lame Babu said after taking a look.

Little Smalls suspected that some miners had hidden money, so Lame Bab asked them to search the cellar where the foreman had hidden his money, and they found a bag of gold coins behind a moved brick wall in the cellar.

Little Smalls, with his lips tightly pursed, breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't care about the money, but he was worried that the Free Blade would be split because of the money.

"It seems that my old bones are still useful." Lame Babu blinked.

There was a lot of food in the huts, but it was only enough to feed the hundreds of miners for a few days. However, there was still a lot of porridge.

The bearded chef explained its recipe: the cheapest wheat flour mixed with sawdust and water, and sprinkled with some salt. It was even cheaper than black bread.

Also, you need to add more water when cooking, otherwise the food will be harder than a brick.

There were also several barrels of wine.

Facing the miners' expectant eyes, Little Smalls couldn't say "no"... Nothing can boost the morale of a group of people who have been hungry for too long better than delicious food.

"Can you grill..." The smell of grilled meat coming from next door made Little Smokey change his words: "Can you make delicious stew?"

"Of course!" the bearded chef assured, patting his chest.

"Then pick a few people to do it."

Small sent a few members to watch over the chefs.

The fire in the open-air cemetery has been extinguished, leaving only wisps of smoke.

The miners sat around the red-hot coals, using their own coals for heating for the first time, and stared at the delicious broth that the chef served.

Also watching were the last miners to come out.

Like everyone else, Little Small didn't want to share with these weak people who had done nothing. Lame Babu said that people should always be allowed to make antonym mistakes.

Little Smokey followed Lame Babu's instructions and mixed the remaining broth with the paste.

Amid the sounds of people eating in the houses, the miners who had gone out to search for the escaped guards returned.

They finally found only a few guards, but no trace of the mage.

"Looks like we have to prepare to leave here." Little Smalls took a deep breath and told them to hurry up and eat, and asked those who had finished eating to load all the supplies onto the cart.

Going to the mountains at this time of year is tantamount to seeking death, but staying here will only lead to death faster...

“Who knows the way through the mountains?”

Little Small asked, and found a miner who used to be a hunter, and asked him to lead the way.

At this time, some people expressed resistance to leaving.

Lame Babu patiently said that the nobles behind the foreman would not let them go, but there were houses and warm coals here. It was too late to run to the depths of the dark mountains...

But apart from the miners who followed Little Smo and some people who were bribed by Routang, there were still dozens of people who chose to stay.

Little Smo glanced at these people indifferently, and finally looked at the bearded chef: "Where is your home?"

After the bearded chef hesitantly said a name, Little Smokey took out five gold coins from his purse and gave them to him, then told him the address of the rabbit's home: "There is an old woman who is seriously ill there. Find someone to treat her, and the rest will be yours. Don't play tricks, I know you live there."

He is a cook, and the people in the mines should be able to survive after their comeback.

Putting on a bulky but warm coat, Little Small looked at the team that was ready.

"let's go."

(End of this chapter)