our family is gone

Chapter 325 Reinforcements
"Everyone must have received the news, what do you think?" Gene said and looked at everyone, he didn't mean to express his opinion in a hurry.

"I think we have to send someone to verify the source of this news, otherwise our food will be in trouble if the city is captured by refugees."

"There is nothing to verify. Everyone knows that there is a war over there. As long as the food is transported over there, even if the news is false, or the city has been captured by refugees, there will still be many people in need. It will not hinder our efforts at all." trade."

Merchants don't mind who they trade with, whether it's an imperial consul or a refugee, as long as they give money.

But there are still people who disagree.

"Those refugees won't give money. Once they are robbed, who will be responsible for the loss?"

"The news may be false, but the front line is true. I have found many refugees who fled here just now, and the rebel army has indeed advanced there. This news does not seem to be false."

"..."

Those in favor and against have their own reasons, but none of them can convince anyone.

"Water, you know, it was our biggest opponent, the one who almost collapsed. I thought he should be dead, but I didn't expect him to come back and expand. I don't know why that guy came so much. money."

When everyone was still arguing, Gene spoke, but he didn't talk about this matter, but mentioned Walt again.

Without waiting for everyone to think about the meaning of these words, Gene explained on his own.

"Now the local area is under our control from the purchase channel to the market. No matter how powerful he is, he has no threat to us. Now I heard the news that they are actively preparing for this matter. They probably want to fight a turnaround. Once they Once this business is done, it will be difficult for us to do business.”

Gene's words also explained their current situation. The competitors have not yet fallen, so it's a bit funny to mess up first.

"That's right! We must take action, faster than them." The supporters immediately stood up and echoed.

"But what if we encounter refugees or rebels?" One person's words directly poured cold water on the increasingly hot situation.

Everyone knows that food prices must be high in the war-torn frontline, but why no one goes there?

Because the situation is very unstable, the risk is too great, and no matter how high the income is, it is useless. In the past, business groups were easily swallowed up.

So why so positive this time?

Because refugees are stopped, it means that the situation is stagnant, that is, it is biased towards stability, and the statement of a consul means that they have a definite goal. Unless he does not want follow-up food, otherwise, if he wants to keep the city, he must fulfill his promise .

But the risk is still very high, even making these greedy businessmen flinch.

And finally Gene spoke.

"I will borrow [-] cavalry and [-] infantry from the city defense army, plus our guards. Even if we face ordinary refugees and robbers, we don't have to worry about safety."

Why was Jin able to take over the business group after his father disappeared?
Because of the background accumulated by his father, there is also a relationship, he also has capital, and that is the relationship with the city defense army.

And with this, those who opposed it gradually let go.

Just like what Walter said, no businessman can refuse that huge profit, as long as the profit is high enough, they don't mind any battlefield.

The result was actually decided when everyone came.

They discussed so much, but they didn't question the price of food that was several times higher than the market, because they knew it was not surprising, because the price of food in the local area had been made like this by them, and it was not surprising that the price of food on the front line was so high.

"Other business groups are already ready to move, and our old rivals have already acquired aggressively. We must be faster than them! After I finish speaking, who agrees? Who opposes?"

At this time, everyone had nothing to say, and Jean also demonstrated his authority.

"Okay! Collect food, dispatch the convoy, prepare..."

Gene is high-spirited and ready to go big.

At the same time, Lance in the beast den was facing a fierce battle.

In a passage, they encountered a group of pigmen. Two pigman slaughterers were in the foreground, followed by a crippled pigman crawling on the ground.

They've seen all of these before, so it's not surprising.

It's just that one of these pigmen is different from the previous ones.

This pigman was half a head taller than the pigman Slayer, but he didn't have that strong figure. On the contrary, he looked a little thin. The pigskin was loose and wrinkled, which looked like the flesh was hanging on the skeleton.

What's even more disgusting is that there are many bulging tumors on its neck like lymphoma, and the pig's head is more exaggerated than other pigmen, with protruding fangs, which looks very ferocious.

But if it's just the weird body shape, the ugly and disgusting appearance, then Lance and the others have come in and killed a lot of pigmen.

The strange thing is that this pigman has a very special shape, because it has a drum in front of it, and its hands are not metal weapons, but two bones.

At the same time, it carried a very strange thing on its back. It was a long stick with a metal crescent arc at one end and several protruding spikes on it.

Isn't this the [Inverted Crown] mark of the Ascension Sect?

Disma followed Lance in many crusades against the cult. Among them, he appeared in the basement of the clubhouse in Owendo City, but he stood by the side of the ceremony, but no one noticed.

Now that I see it, I understand that the one it is carrying is not a weapon, but something like a guard of honor.

But how could this kind of thing fall into the hands of pigmen?
Compared to them, Lance had an impression of this strange pigman.

Pig drummer, similar to a shaman's ability, releases an evil force by beating the drum in front of him to affect and interfere with the surrounding enemies, and can also command other pigs through the sound of the drum.

That kind of weird power makes its appearance threatening, and it is usually the object of priority.

Facing two pig slaughterers, one crippled pig, and finally the team of pig drummers, Lance gave the mark to the crippled pig who was also in the pig team.

"Disma kills the disabled pig first!"

Disma raised his hand without hesitation and shot.

The moment Lance shouted this sentence, the ax in Lance's right hand disappeared, and a musket appeared in his hand, firing almost simultaneously.

It's just that his goal was towards the tall and thin figure.

Why do you have to choose?Lance wants it all!
The indistinguishable two gunshots echoed in the small space, the exaggerated sound was deafening, and even the pig man was frightened.

Originally, both sides were in motion, but the pigs were frightened by gunshots and flashes of fire.

Then a very strange phenomenon appeared, the two shots actually missed their respective targets.

But there was no time, and he shot directly at the two pigman slaughterers standing in front of him.

There is no way, the place is so big, there are two large blocks, and the monsters are frightened and fluttering, so there is no shooting angle at all.

In this kind of shooting environment, to a certain extent, it can only be said that a good shot is not as good as a good catch.

Even a strong body could hardly block the power of the projectile. The thick pigskin was torn, and it ruthlessly penetrated into the protruding muscles, bringing out blood and shredded meat.

You must know that lead bullets are finger-sized and heavy, and the texture is relatively soft. The most terrifying thing when injected at high speed is that it will deform in the body, causing a cavity effect, and flesh and blood are like mud when touched.

So to a certain extent, the power of flintlock guns into the human body is even more exaggerated than modern firearms, and the most common way to treat such injuries is amputation, or waiting to die.

The treatment of gunshot wounds is still one of the projects that Paracelsus needs to study and overcome.

It's just that these injuries that are fatal to humans are not fatal injuries to the huge pigman slaughterer. They didn't even lose their ability to move, but aroused their ferocity, and they screamed and went crazy Attack them.

"Damn it!" Disma yelled, quickly took out the packaged fixed ammunition, opened his mouth and bit the paper, leaking gunpowder into the barrel to reload the second round.

"careful!"

The chain hammer flew over and Lance didn't care about continuing to shoot. He blocked it with his shield and rushed forward. Facing the butcher knife that was slashing at him, Lance grabbed the ax with his backhand and swung it out.

Boudica seized the opportunity to find the other one, and swung his halberd excitedly.

But even a slight delay gave the pig man a drummer a chance, and he waved the bone in his hand and hit the drumhead vigorously.

A dull, but indescribably weird voice spread out, constantly echoing in this space.

And everyone who heard this sound felt inexplicable heart palpitations. The rhythm of the drum beat was like the rhythm of the beating heart, as if what it was beating was not the drum, but their own heart.

For a while, the abnormality could be seen on the face, but Lance was completely immune to the influence of the drum.

But both Disma and Tardif were attacked by the secret curse of the cult priest. In comparison, the sound of the drum was not as good, and it only recovered after a slight setback.

As for Boudica, who still has the protection of the tribal war pattern on his body, he opened his mouth and let out a tribal roar when he encountered this kind of mental attack.

"waaagh!!!"

The surge of adrenaline directly exempted some abnormalities in the body, and at the same time, strength emerged from the battle lines on his face, like a roaring lioness, with extraordinary power directly hitting the pigman slaughterer in front of him.

As soon as the guy approached, he was stunned and fainted before he even had time to throw the chain hammer.

Boudica was not polite, he directly raised his halberd and struck down vigorously.

slaughter!

The long-handled war halberd was considered a heavy weapon, and this strike directly ended the life of the pigman slaughterer, and the efficiency was even higher than that of Lance.

Why do you say you're fine to provoke her~
However, Boudica's brave performance caught the attention of the pig man's drummer. The pig's eyes stared at Boudica. The rhythm of its drum changed, and then he raised the bone stick and pointed at Boudica who was rushing forward. .

Boudica might not know it, but Lance could see the originally spreading black ripples condense and attack Boudica in an instant.

Lance didn't even have time to warn Boudica before he felt something strange, his body became heavy and his steps became stiff.

But at this moment, the crippled pigman took the opportunity to prop up his body with his arms and stood up, like a squatting cannon opening its mouth towards Boudica, and its constantly beating abdomen indicated what it wanted to do.

"Hide!"

Lance's warning finally came out, but Boudica was too weak to dodge because of the drumbeat...

"boom!"

A gunshot forcibly interrupted the paused situation, and the scene immediately recovered.

The crippled pigman is aiming at Boudica, so why isn't Disma aiming at the crippled pigman.

Just when it supported its body, it was much larger than the prostrate target, and the projectile whizzed and poured directly into its mouth, only to see the crippled pig man's body that had just stood up and fell down without any movement.

It's good to be young, just fall asleep.

"I never miss." Disma blew away the faint smoke rising from the muzzle of the gun.

Just now, he hit the vital point with a single shot and instantly killed the pigman and disabled him, and at the same time, he also eliminated Boudica's threat.

On the other side, Tardiff wanted to move after realizing the threat of the drummer, but he was standing in the third position, and the passage was so big that there was no room for him to go up.

At the same time, the pigs standing in front of the pig drummer are also a threat to him.

And now it happens that Lance is entangled with one, and the other two pigs have been killed, and the obstacle in front of the drummer of the pigs has been cleared.

The pig-man drummer didn't notice Tadiff's intentions, but after two of them died, he also realized that the situation was deteriorating, and immediately swung the bone stick desperately to beat, and the rapid drumbeat sounded like the end of the world.

But Tardif is a ruthless person, I saw that he was very brave, he didn't care about the dense drum beats and quickly threw the hook forward.

This move has obviously been practiced, at least until now it has not missed, and this time is the same.

The sickle-sharp iron hook hooked the drummer's shoulder at once, causing him to neigh tragically.

The pig's body structure, especially the short lower limbs, is not suitable for standing, not to mention the large contact surface of the pig's trotters. It also needs to support the body and walk, which completely violates the physiological structure.

Tardiff only exerted a little force to pull the center of gravity of the pig-man drummer, pulling it staggeringly, and then stabilized after a few steps forward.

However, the sound of the drum was also interrupted. When the drummer stood firm and raised his head, he saw Tardiff's armored body like an iron tower appearing in front of it.

"Jie!"

A sharp cry stopped abruptly the next second as soon as it started, because Tardiff's ax had already cut into its neck and decapitated it within a few strokes.

On the other side, Lance also hacked the stubborn pigman slaughterer to death, and it was obvious that the team had won another encounter.

The darkness made them keep their spirits up all the way, which was very exhausting.

Not to mention that the encounter between the two sides was also close to a very short distance, which made the nerves tense.

After the beating, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief and was able to breathe under the high-pressure environment.

But at this moment, pig-like neighing came from both the front and back of the passage.

"Hey! It was beating the drum just now to call for reinforcements!" Langston understood what was happening at once, but it was too late.

This tired team didn't even have time to rest before facing back and forth.

(End of this chapter)