Heart of the Castle

Chapter 84 The Bottom Line of Being Human
"Ah, you're Li Wei...I recognize you...that unlucky apprentice servant..." Fat Huck's voice was very low and hoarse, and with his voice, more blood foamed from his mouth, and at the same time The puffy and pale face also twitched, trembling with the sarcoma and hyperplasia on it.

But none of these things he said made Li Wei even more shocked. "Hake Village Chief, what did you say?"

"Are you surprised...ah, Li Wei...I don't know how you found these elite fighters...but I knew you existed a long time ago, even...including what happened to you in Viscount Lane's castle " Fat Huck's voice was a little clearer, and his spirit seemed to be a little better than before, with a slight tinge of blood on his face.

Li Wei's expression seemed to have been whipped, his brows were tightly frowned, and he asked urgently: "Mr. Hake, how do you know about me?"

"A person told me... my master, it was him... he took a fancy to what you want to inherit, the armor, sword, horse of Knight Ston, and more importantly... the title of knight..." Fat Ha K grinned, an ugly grin.

"Master? What's going on, Village Chief Hake, aren't you the leader of the refugee camp? How come you still have a master?" Li Wei asked in surprise.

"Master... yes, a master. Li Wei, have you ever thought about the purpose of my building a refugee camp? Is it really to build a safe and peaceful home for those refugees? No, this purpose, maybe Others have had it, but I, Fat Huck, have never had it. I used to work as a tax officer in the Viscount of Lane, but now I am under the viscount's steward, Trion... The sole purpose of my construction of the refugee camp , just to collect enough wealth from the refugees, most of it will be contributed to the owner Trien, and a small part will be kept for myself..."

This is really too much, for a while Li Wei was silent, only felt nausea and nausea, the burning anger almost went to his head, followed by a burst of unbearable chills.

In the current catastrophe, the soldiers are fighting bloody battles, and there are still people in the Viscount's castle who are willing to do all kinds of ugly deeds in order to compete for interests.He even sent cronies to the territory to search for all the wealth that could be found.This kind of behavior can be said to be a betrayal of human beings.

"What evidence do you have for what you said?" Li Wei's voice became stern involuntarily, and his hand tightly grasped the hilt of the saber, as if he could only find a trace of reassurance in the rough texture of the linen. thing.

Fat Huck scratched his chest twice with his hands, but his fingers were already trembling badly, unable to reach inside the leather armor, so he could only point to a bulging place.

"Right here, there are a few secret letters... that person wrote to me. In addition, there is a book that contains some things. You can take a look... When I left the camp... most of the The valuables are... buried nearby, on the book, there is a place on it..." Fat Huck panted, the blush on his face was gradually fading, and bright red blood froth flowed from the corner of his mouth again.

"Huck Village Chief, tell me, why did you do this? Those refugees, aren't they your relatives and friends, why did you do such an outrageous thing?" Li Wei shouted excitedly.

"Is it unreasonable... maybe, but since my pregnant wife died... in the last disaster... I don't have a conscience anymore..." Fat Huck's eyes began to wander, as if He was explaining to Li Wei, and seemed to be talking to someone in the dark.

"Money, as long as I have a lot of money, I can... get the services of a large number of hedge knights, and kill... all the demons... In order to kill all the demons, I can... do anything!"

Li Wei was silent. When his parents died, he was still young, and he couldn't remember the situation at that time clearly. There were only many fragments of memory, which kept lingering in his mind, becoming a nightmare in his midnight dream.Fat Huck's actions were unreasonable, but to a certain extent, Li Wei also felt his despair and struggle in his heart.

"Village Chief Huck, is this the reason why you are desperate to warn us?"

"Yes...I will never, never bow to the feet of the devil...forever...this is my...human...bottom line." Fat Huck's voice became lower and lower, and finally became Almost inaudible muttering.

"Millie, I... I'm coming..."

These words were Fat Huck's last voice in the world, and then his head tilted to the side, and the ups and downs in his chest gradually disappeared.

Li Wei stood up and saluted Fat Huck's body with his sword. Perhaps this man was greedy, cowardly, and ugly, but in the face of death, he still insisted on the bottom line of being a human being. Perhaps after washing away his sins, his father In God's heaven, there will be a place for this fat man.

With a heavy heart, Li Wei took out something from under Fat Huck's leather armor, which was a rag bag soaked in blood and sweat.Li Wei couldn't help frowning, resisted the strange smell and unwrapped the cloth bag, revealing a few pieces of parchment and a notepad with a calfskin cover.

This should be the secret letter from the master in Fat Huck's mouth. Li Wei unfolded one of them, read it carefully, and was startled.

This piece of parchment used as a letter is not considered first-class, with mildewy black streaks in the dark yellow, and a few lines written on it in thick black fonts. It can be seen that the writer's education level is limited, not only the fonts are not enough It is neat, and there are several spelling mistakes, which makes it very difficult to read.

But Li Wei still easily found his name from it.

In fact, apart from the beginning part of this secret letter talking about the recent decrease in income and reprimanding Fat Huck, it described in detail Levi's image, identity and clothing, and finally urged: "If you find this person's whereabouts, And those who are killed will be rewarded with 50 gold coins; this secret letter is the same as the last letter, it should be burned immediately after reading, and it must not fall into the hands of others."

Apparently Fat Huck didn't do it for some reason.

Levi looked at the last signature of the letter and felt furious.The fluid signature, composed of complex cursive script, is clearly written by a different hand than the rest of the letter.Since Fat Huck just mentioned the owner's name, Levi could of course see that it was the abbreviation of the butler Trien's name.

"Trian, are you the one behind the scenes? For your son Pami to get the title of knight, you really can do anything!" Li Wei crumpled the letter in his hands, and he had a kind of The impulse was to lead all the warriors of the Castle Heart back to Viscount Lane's castle, call out the damn Steward Trien and his son, and angrily denounce their evil deeds face to face.

This is indeed a solution to the problem, but Li Wei quickly woke up from the idea of ​​revenge, and now he does have a force that cannot be ignored, but it is not so easy to use these forces to take revenge things.With two crusader swordsmen and a group of elite soldiers, Li Wei can indeed put a lot of pressure on Viscount Ryan, but this pressure may not make Viscount Ryan admit his mistakes, but may force him to take risks.

There are 15 knights in the viscount's castle, among them, there are as many as 8 knights who have comprehended the seeds of fighting qi, and even more than 3 knights have comprehended the scattered fighting qi.Once a head-on conflict occurs, even with the help of Sir Grace and others, it is estimated that Levi will lose more.

So what if we win?

Regardless of the size of the loss, it is a weakening of the power to fight against the evil disaster. Thinking of this, Li Wei sighed deeply and led the alchemy warriors back to the camp.

His footsteps became heavier and heavier, and when he was approaching the camp, Li Wei suddenly stopped, shaking his body from side to side a few times, feeling the pain in his head as if it was bursting, and his body was as hot as a fire.

"What's going on?" Li Wei shook his head a few times, feeling better, but when he managed to take a few steps forward, he collapsed and lost consciousness!

(End of this chapter)