Alice, who was listening on the sidelines, couldn't sit still. She stood up and stood between Vician and Caschia, and said to the two of them: "Can we take her with us? She looks like so poor."
Alice was talking about the woman just now. She couldn't bear to leave her where she was, not to mention that she had just provided useful information to the three of them.
"But we are not from here." Vician looked directly into Alice's eyes and retorted firmly: "If your ability takes us back to the past again, we must try to avoid being in the past." It leaves a mark on people's hearts. You should still remember what Caschia said to you at the beginning, right?"
Alice lowered her head nervously. She understood the truth, but she just felt unbearable.
"Well, as long as it's not revealed that we did it?" Alice asked carefully.Caschia nodded to her and said that as long as it did not exceed this level, there would be no major disorder in the future.
After getting the reply, Alice cheered up a little. She didn't approach anyone she didn't know, but waved her staff to create a band of light out of thin air.
The light strips crookedly across the sky, pointing straight to the north. If someone could glance up by chance, he would definitely be able to see this spectacle.
Wei Xi'an raised his head and looked at the sky. He sighed, admiring Alice's sudden idea.
Not telling directly, but "hinting" in a way that is difficult for ordinary people to understand.People who can see it will most likely mistake it for a miracle in the chaos, and will not think of these three travelers from a "foreign land".
It was a very smart move, and as long as one person discovered what Alice had done, more people would notice it one after another.
Soon, guidance from the gods spread near the fire. People who had basically lost their minds due to the sudden attack were like hungry beasts, rushing towards the direction guided by the light belt.
"Ah, ah! Look! It's God's will!"
Alice and her party heard someone shouting like this. There were many people shouting like this, including the woman who had lost her brother.
She stared blankly at the sky, watching the band of light split the sky into two.She is a believer in gods. Just now, she almost completely threw her faith behind...
"Go, go there. Sister, I want you to come down."
In a daze, a vague voice echoed in her ears. It was her brother's voice.She quickly lowered her head, but failed to see the color return to her brother's face.
So where does this sound come from?The answer is Alice and Vician. Alice asked Vician to pretend to be the woman's brother and talk to him, all without revealing his true identity.
It was easy for the two magicians, and the plan was soon successful. Even from a distance, they could see the changes in the woman's movements.
They saw each other raise his arms and rub his face, then stood up and ran into the crowd.Her movements were not agile, and she was even a little clumsy, but she still followed the crowd and ran into the path between the woods, and finally disappeared in front of Alice and her party.
"Are you satisfied now?" Wei Xi'an rubbed his neck helplessly, his voice was a bit strange when he spoke.These are all the aftereffects of the change in tone just now, and it may take some time to fully recover.
"Yes! I'm very satisfied!" Alice said with a smile. She was in a good mood, and even her fear of the fire scene gradually lessened.
But don't remind her of this, otherwise she will change back to her original shape in less than three seconds.
—TBC—
Chapter 2 Refugees
As people from the future, Alice and her party cannot have much contact with people in this time period, nor can they directly provide help.The reason is to try to avoid future changes.
But it was unbearable to see the refugees wandering around like headless flies, so Alice, a magician, forged a "miracle", and under Vician's persuasion, the woman also Evacuated like everyone else.
After most of the crowd fled towards the entrance of the forest, Alice and the three of them planned to follow the crowd in front.
On the way to the entrance of the forest, the group also observed the surrounding landforms. They found that there were not only plants unique to the Xios continent growing nearby, but also plants native to Elani.She made a mental note of this and waited for the time when this knowledge would come in handy.
After a few minutes, they arrived at the entrance of the forest and set foot on the forest path.The forest path was muddy, and the messy footprints were mixed together. Big, small, complete and incomplete footprints were everywhere, making it impossible to count them.
How many people escaped from the fire scene?And how many people died in that fire?It's unimaginable. 2
Following the footsteps left by their predecessors, Alice and her party caught up with the large army in front of them in a short time.This large force consists of nearly a hundred people, most of whom are men and women in their prime. The elderly and children are almost invisible.In addition, Alice also found that most of them had thin faces, their skin color was either yellow or black, and their clothes were all in tatters with many patches sewn on.
Others also discovered this one after another, among them Wei Xi'an clearly withdrew his eyes.
"You can tell they are serfs at a glance." Wei Xi'an said: "And they are the kind with the worst treatment."
The "serfs" he refers to usually refer to those people who, in order to escape the threat of war, obtain nominal protection rights from the nobles at the cost of their own freedom.They need to share their annual income with their "masters" or work on the estate.
According to common sense, most serfs did not live a very good life. They had no assets of their own.
Notice!The assets here specifically refer to funds that can be circulated between continents, yes, they don’t!
In the life of the manor, they maintained a primitive way of life: barter for goods.A chicken or a few eggs can be used to obtain a suitable farm tool from the manor's blacksmith.A large piece of red meat can even be exchanged for a barrel of newly brewed ale.
However, this primitive life reflected the exploitation of serfs by serf owners.Every year, many serfs died of hunger and disease in the manor, and most of the dead were old people and children with poor health.
"That's why we can hardly see these people." Vician continued to explain to Alice.After saying that, he curled his lips and showed a disgusted expression.
Don't get me wrong, what he disliked was not the serfs in front of him, but their manor owner who had not yet shown up.Let’s not talk about other nobles, let’s talk about the Kendrick family. Although they still have serfs in the manor in the city, their relationship with the Kendrick family is indeed an employment relationship.
They will receive a variable bounty every month, and the amount is completely determined by the materials they deliver this month.This is considered extremely rare in Nilnati nowadays, and it's also the kind that others can't figure out.
But the Kendricks quickly accepted their family's uniqueness as the right thing to do.
After all, blind exploitation will eventually lead to resistance, while excessive means will cause trouble.That's what Visian once thought, and that's how he implemented it.Except for the occurrence of special circumstances, which forced him to put pressure on the people under his command, just like that time...
In the end, Vician was very satisfied with the tradition of the Kendrick family, and as time passed, he even became somewhat prejudiced against the owner of the manor...
But now it is better to put aside the matter of the serfs and the manor owner, because the end of the forest path is just ahead.
As soon as the end of the road appeared, the fleeing crowd became more and more crowded. Everyone wanted to escape from the fire chase as quickly as possible, so that no one wanted to let the people behind them get ahead of themselves.
For a moment, there was great chaos at the exit.Some people were quite sensible and silently pulled the people around them aside, and Alice and her group were one of them.
They are not afraid that the fire will spread here. It will take a long time for the fire to spread here, not to mention that they are standing at the end of the team. If they want to squeeze to the front of the team, they may have to spend all their strength. Just fine.
The knight's period of time is enough for everyone to pass the exit, provided that they can maintain their senses and not push or obstruct each other.
Seeing that few people could get out of the forest, the resentment among the crowd grew stronger and stronger. Complaints and curses came one after another, making people's ears hurt.
"Hey, why on earth did this happen?" Alice sighed helplessly.Vician, who was beside her, grinned and complained that this was the fundamental evil of human beings.
Then he grabbed Alice's shoulders, leaned next to her and said, "I have a way to get them out of the forest faster, but..."
Alice looked at Vishian sideways, and she could feel the ill intentions in his tone.
"It's just that you still need to come forward to do this. Anyway, you've already done it once, don't you mind doing it again?" Wei Xi'an narrowed his eyes and gently instigated: "As long as there is another 'exit' That’s good, I’ll help you too.”
Alice quickly removed Vician's hand from her shoulder, she jumped to Caschia's side, and said doubtfully: "Aren't you going to ask me to do something eye-catching in the end!? Do you think that? Just 'open an exit' and come 'open an exit'!"
"Alice is right, this is too... dangerous." Caschia stood on Alice's side. He stared at Vician with the word "disagree" in his eyes.
Wei Xi'an was not discouraged. He drew out all his plans while gesticulating.In fact, his plans have never been too reckless. Even the strategies that seem to be unacceptable for a while, there are more or less reasons in them.
—TBC—
Chapter 2 The Lord of the Manor
Vician's plan is basically based on people being in chaos. He intends to let Alice trigger the so-called miracle again, and this time he will participate as usual.
It has to be said that the wind element is simply a model worker in the magic world.It is used for all kinds of weird purposes and never complains, making it the perfect minion!
Alice blew the crowd with a blinding wind, followed immediately by the sound of trees and heavy objects falling.
"Ah! What happened?! Did they come here!?"
"Something is coming! Something is coming!!"
"I surrender! Please don't kill me!"
"...!"
Similar sounds came from the crowd one after another, and when they opened their eyes again, they found that there were enemies everywhere, only the fallen trees in front of them.
"Huh, that should be enough." Alice walked out from behind the bushes and put the staff back behind her.At this time, there was a crisp sound, and then Vishian jumped down from the tree.
After landing, he said proudly: "How was it? I told you it would be fine, right?"
His companions had to admit that this time Vishian did the right thing.
Faced with the sudden change, the crowd stopped fighting with each other. They gathered together in twos and threes and carefully looked at the scene in front of them.
They were still hesitant to move forward, but soon they all walked out.For no other reason than because someone was standing on the opposite side waiting for them.
On the other side, those who felt incredible about this and did not dare to act rashly were not only the people crowded in the forest, but also the knights who came over.They are the knights under the name of Graham, another manor owner nearby. They are currently here to protect the people.There were more than 30 of them, 18 of whom arrived at the exit of the forest, while the remaining 12 stayed in the camp to provide emergency treatment to the wounded.
"Please stop for now!" a knight said as he rode out from behind the queue.
He is the knight commander named Roy.He climbed down from his horse. He did not wear a heavy metal helmet today, so the confusion on his face was clearly visible.
Originally, he led the knights to guard and respond five or six meters ahead, but they did not wait for the people to evacuate from the fire scene. The kind-hearted knight captain led some people Come here.
And within two seconds of their arrival, the row of lush trees in front of them all fell down.This scared him a bit, almost making him think it was an enemy attack, but when he saw people standing in front of the exit in a daze, he relaxed a little.
Knight Commander Roy's hanging heart was finally relieved. He was not only grateful that people were able to escape, but he was also grateful to the gods in the sky for the appearance of his childhood sweetheart.
His childhood sweetheart worked in the manor that was in flames. He could see her from a distance, even though she was just a small brown dot in his eyes.
"Ahem, you all escaped from Duke Henry's manor, right?" Roy asked the crowd.After seeing someone in the crowd nodding in recognition, he continued: "Very good! Now please follow us. The camp we set up is not far ahead."
"As long as you follow us, nothing will happen to you!"
Knight Commander Roy assured loudly, his eyes were very firm, which invisibly infected others.
2 The crowd clearly calmed down a lot when they saw the knights, and several of them could communicate normally.They were all busy reporting the current situation to the knight commander, and while they were busy talking, Alice and the other three quietly moved to the front of the team.
They did not attract too much attention as Wei Xi'an expected.People are more likely to associate "ribbons of light in the sky" and "suddenly falling trees" with the god Zhuan than they are.
Although there were some subtle references to magic, they were quickly drowned out by other voices.
"This is the first time I'm so grateful that I was misunderstood..." Alice sighed, "So what should we do now?"
"First collect information about this place, and then determine where we are now." Wei Xi'an suggested.
Although they escaped from the fire, they could not return to their original time and space, and they had not yet learned where they were currently.Or, in other words, when did they arrive.
After continuing to discuss the issue of "intelligence collection" for a while, the crowd began to move again.Without noticing, Alice was led forward by the crowd for a certain distance.Vician and Caschia wanted to get Alice back, but they were forced to follow the flow of people.
When they finally squeezed out of the crowd, they found themselves standing in front of the simple camp set up by the knights.
There were not only refugees and knights in this simple camp, but also the owner of the manor that was attacked.The manor owner, often called "Henry XII", was an extremely arrogant and sinister man.
The owner of the manor, Henry, stood in the middle of the camp, scolding the serfs around him. Even though he was very far away, his words resounded throughout the world: "Oh my god, you stupid pig! What I want is steak, steak you." Do you understand!?" Everyone heard it clearly.
Everyone who heard this sound had different reactions, among which the serfs had the most obvious reaction. Take the young man in front of Alice, for example. This thin young man started shaking all over, and his shoulders and neck tightened together. , even if you look at him from behind, you can tell that he is scared.
"Are you afraid of the person speaking?" Alice thought.She stood on tiptoes, trying to look over the crowd's heads to see who could make everyone so scared.But she was too short, so she sadly gave up the idea.
On the other side, the knight commander, who also heard Henry's rebuke, frowned. He didn't like Henry, and he had never liked him.For this reason, he even went to the owner of the manor, Henry's rival, and became a knight.
When he heard that Henry's manor was attacked by enemies, he was a little happy.But he was a knight of noble character after all. After a moment, he decisively made a request for rescue to his manor owner, and thus began running around for refugees.
—TBC—
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