Heart of the Castle

Chapter 66 The Crisis of Food Shortage

Levi nodded and said, "I see, Mr. Dish, so now I can recruit some pikemen, and then you can help me teleport outside?"

"Yes, yes, but before the portal is built, each alchemist's teleportation will cost twice their recruitment fee, little guy, even so, do you still want me to teleport?"

Double the cost!Li Wei couldn't help being speechless, but after thinking about it for a while, he still gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, Mr. Dish, please send it for me."

"It seems that you understand very well, little guy, that your situation is not so safe." The old magician smiled and shook his fingers and said, "Since I have completed the advanced task of Castle Heart, why would I not give it to you?" What about a little reward? Of course, the cost of teleportation cannot be reduced, but this small team of archers and two swordsmen are my bonuses."

Li Wei was very happy in his heart, but he hoped to be more stable in front of the old magician, so he tried his best to restrain the urge to jump up, stood up slowly and solemnly, and bowed to the old magician.

"Thank you very much for your generosity, Mr. Dish."

"Little guy, this is the reward you deserve. Well, the time you can stay in Castle Heart today is running out. If you have nothing else to do, Castle Heart will temporarily close the expansion mode. Presented to you Does the alchemist warrior need to be teleported immediately?"

Li Wei immediately shook his head and said: "Not for now, I will find an excuse to go to the forest later, and then send the alchemist to my side, Mr. Dish, please take care of everything."

The old magician nodded, and then Li Wei felt his eyes go dark, the scenery changed instantly, and the extremely fresh air on the grassland suddenly became turbid, with an annoying burnt smell.

He had already returned to the refugee camp, and found himself sitting next to the chairs at the dining table. Four spearmen were divided into two groups, guarding the hole in the ground and the door of the hall. There was a faint noise from outside.

Li Wei took a deep breath, feeling a little tired.But he pulled himself together and stood up from his chair.

Seeing Li Wei standing up, a pikeman guarding the gate turned around and knocked on the breastplate to salute Li Wei.

"My lord, just now Sir Grace brought Warren and Martha to meet you, but we blocked us. Sir Grace said, if you have time today, please be sure to meet them."

"Sir Grace, what will happen to him?" Levi said to himself, then tidied up his leather armor and sword, and walked out the door.

The four spearmen followed behind Li Wei, their vigilant eyes scanning the surroundings from time to time. Although the refugee camp should be very safe now, these alchemy creatures did not let up.

The busy scene in the refugee camp, the excitement of eliminating the demons has subsided after a morning, and the sorrow of losing relatives and friends gradually dominates people's hearts.The ruins of the burnt houses are still emitting green smoke, and the scorched black wood sticks out from below, like desperate arms stretching out to the sky; some villagers are walking in the ruins, shouting the names of relatives and friends; The camp guards tried their best to overturn the collapsed barn, trying to rescue the things stored inside, but after the fresh air entered, the barn, which was still flickering with sparks, immediately burst into bright flames, crackling and burning.

The sun shines through the thick fog, casting a gloomy light and shadow on the ground. The tall and thin Sir Grace is carrying a silver fir longbow that never leaves his body. He is standing not far away with a solemn face, talking with the ranger Warren beside him. with.

The female thief Martha was the first to see Levi coming out of the house, and she rushed forward to greet her, and said in a very respectful tone: "Lord Levi, Lord Sir Grace has something very important to discuss with you."

Li Wei nodded and said: "I see, Martha. You and Warren go to the camp to check the damage first, and then the organizers first strengthen the wooden walls and gates. Although the demon's attack has been crushed by us, it is still Can't be taken lightly."

The female thief and the ranger bowed together, then walked towards the burned gate of the camp, shouting orders along the way, and several strong men followed immediately.

Seeing the backs of the two walking away, Li Wei's expression became heavy, "Sir Grace, you are in such a hurry to find me, is there any trouble?"

"Mr. Li Wei, I'm afraid we have to give up this place." Grace's complexion was also very ugly, her eyebrows were tightly knit together, and her sharp eyes looked a little tired.

"Why? Did you find traces of the devil again?" Li Wei was taken aback. Although he told Martha just now that he should be alert to the attack of the devil again, in fact this is not an easy thing to happen.If there were frequent demon attacks here, so many refugees would not have gathered, let alone such a large-scale refugee camp.

"No, Mr. Levi, it's more troublesome than finding traces of demons." Grace's voice paused, and he looked around.The position where he and Li Wei were standing was already very deserted, and there were four pikemen guarding the surroundings. It should be impossible for anyone to hear their conversation.However, Grace still appeared very cautious and kept his voice to a minimum.

"There are four warehouses storing grain in this camp. During the battle last night, three were hit by fireballs released by the incinerators, and they were burned together with the grain inside. Now only the smallest warehouse in the entire camp remains. Some of the food can only last up to three days."

"How could this be..." Li Wei suddenly felt a pain in his teeth, and the blood vessels on his forehead were throbbing.He had already foreseen that there would be food problems in this refugee camp, but he didn't expect the problems to come so quickly.

If there is no food to eat, the refugees will definitely riot, which is what Levi does not want to see.As the servant of Knight Ston, the belief he accepted was the most standard motto of knights.

"Sweep away the darkness, have mercy on the weak, and fear nothing."

There is no doubt that Levi cannot do this by pointing a sharp sword at unarmed refugees.However, the issue of food was indeed extremely difficult. The young knight squire frowned and thought about it, and then said, "Sir Grace, is there only enough food for three days? How about reducing everyone's ration a little bit?"

Grace smiled wryly back.

"Mr. Li Wei, I think you don't know that the ration distribution here has long been the lowest level. In addition to being a camp guard who can barely fill their stomachs, the rations of ordinary villagers can only be said to maintain a state that they will not starve to death. , if it is further reduced, it is estimated that it will not even be enough to sustain it."

"In this case, Sir Grace, please organize a few people and set up a sentry post near the last granary. You must strictly block the news that the food is about to run out. As for the ration issue, don't deduct it, but increase the supply. The villagers, like the camp guards, have to be able to barely eat enough."

Grace was taken aback by Li Wei's words, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Li Wei, if you do this, the remaining food may only last for a day and a half. What will you do when all the food is eaten?"

"I'll figure it out." Levi replied in an affirmative tone, then took two steps outside, turned to Grace and said, "I'm going out now, Sir Grace, I have something to trouble you, can you find someone A villager cleaned out a relatively clean house and used it as a new warehouse."

new warehouse?What are you pretending to be?A trace of confusion flashed in Grace's eyes. He looked at Li Wei's back as he walked out of the camp, and a strange confidence appeared in his heart for no reason, as if this young man would definitely solve the troubles in front of him.

"It's so strange, where can we find food at this time? Even the children of the ancient family can't help it... Could it be that they used this as an excuse to leave secretly?" Grace muttered a few times to himself. Sentence, then shook his head, shaking this thought out of his mind.

"What about him? Let's do what this kid said first, even if he never comes back, it's nothing. At worst, I'll leave here with the rest of the food. But if he can really get the food, then the people behind him The power of the family is too..."

(End of this chapter)