Heart of the Castle

Chapter 125 Admission and Camp Expansion
It was getting late, and the fog was gradually thickening. Looking into the distance from the watchtower in the refugee camp, there was only a faint ray of light left on the horizon.The tall cedar trees stand like sentinels in the dense forest. When the breeze blows, the leaves flutter, and it seems that there are many terrible beasts lurking in it.

Warren leaned against the stove behind him, moving his hands and feet that were a little stiff from the cold and damp evening wind.The stove was simply remodeled from an old iron barrel. The firewood inside was burning fiercely, and the heat wave was pressing, but it didn't emit too much unnecessary fire.

The old dwarf Brebe Stone Ax hugged his beloved silver-alloy greatsword, huddled on the other side of the stove, and his grunting even suppressed the howling of wild beasts in the distant forest.Perhaps because of staring too much directly at the scorching incandescent flames in the blacksmith furnace, the master dwarf blacksmith could not see clearly with both eyes at night.This could have spared him the task of being on duty at night, but the stubborn old dwarf never agreed with this, and insisted on climbing up the high watchtower with his weapon in his hand, and then slept until dawn.

Spots of light suddenly appeared in the dense forest in the distance, and Hua Lun immediately became alert. He quickly came to the low wall of the watchtower, held on to the guardrail, and leaned forward as much as possible.Warren's eyesight was quite sharp, maybe slightly worse than Sir Grace's, but he could still see things tens of meters away in the dense fog at night, and if it was fire, the distance could even reach 300 meters or even farther .

In his eyes, those points of light were shaking and increasing, gradually forming a river of fire heading towards the refugee camp.Under the firelight were swaying figures, the exact number was hard to calculate, but there were at least a few hundred people.

Warren's heartstrings tensed suddenly.

These days are the days when the defense of the refugee camp is the weakest. Li Wei took away all the alchemy fighters, plus the most well-trained part of the militia in the camp. Now there are less than 20 guards guarding the camp, most of them It was a country bumpkin who had just put down his hoe and picked up a knife and gun.Even with the addition of a dozen or so apprentices from Brebe's blacksmith shop, the armed guards that Warren could muster would not exceed 30 people.

Thinking of the posture of these people holding weapons, Warren couldn't help but feel a wave of despair.Rather than relying on these guys holding spears in the position of holding a hoe to resist the enemy, it would be more realistic to expect them not to scratch themselves.On the contrary, those blacksmith apprentices, because they have more time and opportunities to touch weapons, practiced fairly decently.

The light of the fire became brighter, and now it can be clearly seen that the entire river of fire is composed of people holding torches.Seeing this, Hua Lun immediately woke up the old dwarf Brebe, and after discussing for a while, the two of them picked up the hammer used for blacksmithing and struck hard on the anvil that was used as an alarm.

There was a rapid knocking sound in the refugee camp, and then there were noisy sounds in the houses one after another. The lights were lit up, and the villagers with torches in their hands came out of the house one after another, discussing with each other anxiously.

The militiamen in charge of the guarding work took weapons and torches to the top of the wall one after another. For a while, a row of guards with torches stood on the wooden wall facing the direction of the dense forest. It seemed that the defense was very strict.

Only Hua Lun knew that these guards were basically fake. If they were really attacked, this seemingly solid front would collapse almost immediately.

The river of fire meanders out of the dense forest and reaches under the wooden wall of the refugee camp. There is a man riding a horse at the front of the team, which looks very conspicuous.Warren fired a rocket, aimed it at the clearing in front of the knight, and shouted.

"It is forbidden to advance, this is a private territory! Strangers, tell us why you are here!"

With a whoosh, the rocket left the string, drew a fiery red light mark in the air, and shot it in front of the knight horse with incomparable accuracy.The horse under the knight's crotch was frightened, let out a long hiss, raised a pair of front hooves and kicked wildly, almost knocking the knight off the horse.

"Good arrow!" Brebe's loud voice spread far under the night sky, but before the words finished, an even louder voice below roared angrily.

"Warren, didn't you bring your eyes when you were on duty? That's Lord Levi!"

This familiar loud voice is...

The old dwarf Brebe and the ranger Warren looked at each other and said in unison, "Donal the Roaring Bear!"

Then Hua Lun hugged his head and yelled with a mournful face, "My kind father, I just shot Lord Li Wei with an arrow!"

The next thing is simple.

Now that Li Wei and the others had returned, Warren also relieved the burden on his shoulders, and together with Brebe and Martha, stood at the gate of the wooden wall of the camp to welcome everyone back.

It took a lot of effort for Li Wei to calm the frightened pony under his crotch, and led it over.

Donna taught Warren angrily, the ranger's head was almost lowered to his chest.However, Li Wei keenly noticed that although Tang Na's expression was stern, his eyes drifted in his direction from time to time, obviously worried that Li Wei would take his anger out on the reckless Warren because of what happened just now.

Li Wei was amused in his heart, but when he saw that Warren's face turned blue from what Tang Na said, he hurried over and said, "Mr. Can't see clearly. He used the rocket to warn us, it was the right choice, if he didn't do it, I would feel that Warren's vigilance is not enough."

Hearing what Li Wei said, both Donna and Warren secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then several people gathered together, waiting for others to slowly enter the camp.

There are more than 300 villagers who migrated from Mine Village, and there are many lightly or seriously injured among them. The whole day's long journey has exhausted their physical strength.Li Wei ordered Warren and Martha to work with Butler Bart to assign these tired villagers to the spare houses in the camp to rest.At the same time, let the kitchen stove be busy, cook enough oatmeal as soon as possible, and then distribute it to everyone.

After ordering this most important job, Li Wei also felt hungry and thirsty, his eyes were a little dark, and the feeling of exhaustion almost knocked him to the ground.After holding the pony to breathe for a while, Li Wei straightened his back again, and led the pony towards his residence in good spirits.

The original villagers of the refugee camp held torches and stood in front of their houses, watching the newcomers with doubtful eyes. The flickering light of the torches cast deep shadows on their faces, which seemed to be Some indifference.

Li Wei sighed silently, feeling heavy.

Although this situation was within his expectations, when he actually saw it, he still felt the fragility of human nature.

After the catastrophe came, many ordinary things became extremely precious, especially food and supplies.Increasing the population means reducing the resources allocated to each individual, and the rejection of newcomers by the natives of these refugee camps is understandable.

But what about kindness?Could it be that this kind of thing, which is one of the virtues, was given up by people after the disaster came?

Li Wei couldn't answer, he could only walk forward silently until he reached the front of his residence.

After joining more than 300 villagers from the mine village, the room in the refugee camp, which seemed to be very wealthy, suddenly became tense.Warren and Butler Bart took the wounded first, then the old and the weak, women and children, and finally the young and middle-aged men, and filled every empty house with residents.However, it still seemed not enough, so I had to vacate several houses that were used as barracks. Even so, several families were arranged in each house, so we had to settle down first.

As for the camp manager, Tang Na and others, they also voluntarily gave up their residences. When Li Wei led the pony and came to his residence thoughtfully, what he saw was this kind of funny scene. scene.

The majestic Roaring Bear Donald, the sniper archer Grace, the master blacksmith Brebe, the female knight Fleisher, and the defense captain of Mining Pit Village, Girard, were all holding their bedding and luggage, staring blankly. Standing in front of Li Wei's residence, looking forward to his arrival.

"Hey, the house we live in has been given up. Master Li Wei, let's squeeze together tonight?" The Roaring Bear scratched his head with his hands. feet, I knew he was destined to stay here tonight.

Li Wei slumped his shoulders. He knew that the idea of ​​relaxing his mind at night and having a good sleep might come to naught again.

(End of this chapter)