Goddess Wanhua Mirror

Regardless of quantity or quality, Songshu Village is at an overwhelming disadvantage. Therefore, Shaluo thinks that instead of defending the village, he should hurry up and evacuate all the surrounding villagers to Ximu Town overnight. At least there is a city wall to defend. , The terrain is also more advantageous than here, as long as they can hold on until the army of the earldom arrives for reinforcements.

However, Sha Luo's suggestion, which he thought was reasonable and reasonable, was opposed by almost all the villagers.

"We're not going! Go to the fucking Ximu Town. Our village suffered a few disasters before, and no one responded to our requests for help. Those bastards don't care about the life and death of us pioneers!"

"That's right! If we want to guard our own home, if we really go to Ximu Town, the houses and land here will definitely be ruined, and we will definitely be forced to help those dogs defend the city. We will wait until later. Let them kick them out, and we will suffer from the back and forth, so why!?"

"Yes! Don't go! The goddess will bless us!"

The villagers were excited for a while, vowing to live and die with the village.

Seeing this, Shaluo couldn't help but look at Lude, waiting to see what kind of decision this unpredictable old priest would make.

"My lord, do you have any thoughts?"

"I think we might try to be proactive."

"..." xN

As soon as Lu De finished speaking, the room was suddenly silent, and everyone was looking at him with incredible eyes.

In this regard, Lu De explained with a smile.

"Don't get me wrong, I don't want everyone to engage in a suicide charge, but a different way of thinking to interfere with the opponent's rhythm."

As the person present who knew the inside story of the enemy army best, Lu De knew very well that the Ratmen would never move their nests lightly until they finished making gods, but they didn't want to move, which didn't mean that humans couldn't move by themselves.

If you want the village to live in peace, you have to make the enemy live in peace.

So in order to put some pressure on the old mouse, Lude decided to mobilize the villagers to give him the whole job!

At present, there are more than 300 militiamen in Songshu Village. The main weapons are spears. There are not many self-made iron swords, and it is impossible for everyone to have one.Therefore, in order to enhance the self-defense ability of the village, Lu De activated his traverser's brain and decided to build an easy-to-handle "big killer" for the villagers-a pedal crossbow.

Compared with other long-distance weapons such as bows and arrows and slings, the biggest advantage of crossbows is that the threshold for getting started is low. In theory, as long as you are not mentally retarded, you can fully understand how to use this thing within 15 minutes, and you can form it with a little simple training. fighting power.

Lu De was no stranger to the structure of the pedal crossbow. When he was a policeman, the Public Security Bureau confiscated a lot of such things from the people every year, and some of them were imported high-end products.Sometimes out of curiosity, Lude and his colleagues would take these contraband and fiddle with them before they were sent for destruction, and figured out the structure after going back and forth.

So taking advantage of this winter, Lu De cooperated with the craftsmen in the village and easily produced two hundred pedal crossbows in batches.

The militiamen in the village were quite repulsed at first, thinking that holding such an ugly weapon in their hands was not at all as majestic as a sword and spear, but after using it a few times, each one of them really smelled good.

These two hundred pedal crossbows are the village's "hands-on trumpet", as long as they are properly deployed in a defensive battle, they can play a huge role.

But Lu De felt that they might be able to use it better!

Lu De asked the village to prepare for battle from now on. In order not to cause panic, only a few people in the village knew about the demihuman army. Now it is time to make it public.

After arranging the relevant matters, Lu De asked everyone to take the time to rest tonight, and then left the village chief's house, preparing to return to his temple.

At this time, Sha Luo suddenly chased him out and stopped him alone.

"Mr. Priest, I want to have a good talk with you."

Sha Luo's gaze was very sincere and serious. She admitted that she had doubted Lu De before, and the two sides had a very unpleasant dispute over it. But at that time, it was mainly because they had insufficient information, so they made a wrong judgment.So Sha Luo also figured it out, instead of being so suspicious of each other, it's better to speak openly and honestly.

In order to show her sincerity, Sha Luo took out her polygraph artifact and handed it to Lu De in front of Lu De.

"Since we want to chat, are you going to test it again?"

"No! This time I will judge for myself."

"Okay then! Since you want to talk, come and sit with me, let's make a pot of berry tea and chat slowly."

In this way, Shaluo followed Lude to the temple alone, and she left the other warlord knights in the village to wait for orders.

The two came to the hall of the temple and sat down directly in the front row. Lude told Aina to make tea, and then he turned to Sharo and asked.

"Tell me! My child, what do you want to know?"

"All about the truth!"

"Then I'm afraid I'm sorry, because not all truths in this world are suitable for disclosure, at least until people are mentally prepared, not knowing is a kind of happiness."

"Then...you can talk about the part you can talk about first."

"This probably has to start 300 years ago..."

Lu De could see that although Sha Luo was trying to trust himself, at the same time he also believed that he had some amazing inside information.So her question just now sounded ambiguous, but what she meant was very clear.

Lude thought for a while, then just follow this female knight who loves to make up her mind, combined with the current situation, and say something that she can accept!

Lude told Shaluo that in the battle of the gods 300 years ago, in order to fight against the gods, the Skaven Empire turned to a terrible big demon from the outer domain. The Legion was finally driven out of this world, but the remaining Ratmen have always hoped to open the door to Outland again, so that the demon army can land on the world again.

Now 300 years have passed, because of some unexplainable "dark side of the world", this history has been deliberately dusted by some people, and most people have forgotten the existence of threats.

And Lude is one of the very few people who are still trying to find the truth. In order to understand that hidden history, he spent most of his life wandering around the world in order to find those undead 300 years ago. They're there for news.

This is why the magic powder used by Shaluo and the others will detect that Lude has been in contact with the undead, because he has indeed been in contact!

"Then what have you heard from the undead?"

"The Ratmen in the Void Forest, they are about to succeed."

End of this chapter

The truth about the creation of gods must never be told, because the truth itself sounds too absurd, but if it is told, no one will believe it.Lude is very clear that the world is not ready to meet the facts, and he does not yet have the strength to fight against all the old gods.

So he could only make up a story that Sharo could accept.

As a result, the Ratman's god-making plan became "the summoning ceremony of the demons in the outer domain" in his mouth. Because he was inspired by the goddess, he spent most of his life chasing the truth, and he did not hesitate to break taboos to stop the demons. Come again.

But the world has been at peace for a long time, and most countries and sects have forgotten the tragic war between gods and demons 300 years ago.They didn't believe that the remaining ratmen were capable of making any big moves, so they sneered at Lu De's worries, thinking that he was just scaremongering, and even laughed at him as a lunatic who worried about the sky.

So for many years, Lu De has been in a state of isolation and helplessness, and can only grit his teeth with his few disciples and persist in the investigation.Even if the final result proves that they are wrong, it doesn't matter.

A year ago, Lude followed a clue to the northern border of the Kingdom of Duran. While spreading the gospel of the goddess locally, he secretly contacted the undead wandering in the forest. It was finally confirmed that the descendants of the local Ratmen were secretly planning Demons call.

Lude originally wanted to continue collecting information and ask the Kingdom for military assistance when he had conclusive evidence, but the Ratman's progress was much faster than he expected, which caught him off guard.

Therefore, Lu De confessed to Sharo that he had indeed deceived the villagers and concealed from them the truth about the Ratman's plan to summon the demon, because he needed the assistance of the villagers very much now, otherwise he and a few disciples alone would not be enough to stop The evil plans of the rat people.

If they knew the truth now, their high morale might collapse in an instant, but Sharo is a knight with a sense of justice and determination, so Lude dared to tell her the truth, and hoped that the two sides could let go of their feelings towards each other. Prejudice, join hands to save the world!

Lu De's words are sincere, especially when he said "I can be wrong on this issue, but others can't be wrong", the smile on his face revealed a trace of fatigue and bitterness just right , like a lonely martyr who never gave up defending the truth.

This made Shaluo stand in awe of the old priest in front of him in an instant, and felt sincerely ashamed for doubting the saint's thoughts and actions before.

"I'm sorry, Master, I wrongly blamed you before."

"It's okay, kid, I'm used to it."

At this point in the conversation between the two, Sharo has basically completely let go of his suspicion and guard against Lu De.

As the earl's daughter, Shaluo has actually heard a lot of "black material" about the powerful class and religious forces. His father and grandfather have mentioned it more than once in private chats. Those high-level sects must be trying to Concealing something happened to coincide with what Lude said now, so the female knight believed it logically.

Lu De told Shaluo that the Rat Man's demon summoning ceremony was probably only the last step.He predicted that the other party would launch it on the night of the next new moon. This terrible ceremony required the sacrifice of a large number of lives. Many of the demihumans who were deceived by them were actually living sacrifices.

And the most critical step in this summoning ceremony is to sacrifice a pure and innocent soul to the demons in the outer domain, and she will become the "key" to open the gate of hell.Therefore, Lude believes that if you want to stop this ceremony, it is best to find a way to save this innocent key sacrifice from the Ratman before they perform the ceremony.

"Miss Knight, I already have a rescue plan, but I need your cooperation. Would you like to help me with this?"

"Saving the common people in the world is the unshirkable duty of our knights. My sword will be at your command, respected master!"

In this way, Lude successfully "persuaded" Sharo to help him "save the world" and stop the rat man's ambition.

Lu De said that he has three bottles of transformation potions from the hands of the master alchemist. After taking them, he can temporarily change his appearance and body shape and become a demihuman.He will use this to sneak into the Ratman's camp, find the sacrifice with a pure soul, and rescue her from the devil's den.

But during their retreat, someone needs to lead an army from outside the camp to launch a feint attack, trying to divert the Ratmen's attention.Therefore, Lu De said that he felt that Sha Luo, both civil and military, was a very good candidate for the commander. She was in charge of commanding the militia, so he could rest assured.

Sha Luo didn't expect that Lu De would have such a high opinion of her. She really has the potential to become a good general in the world, so she immediately patted her hard breastplate and said that she would never let Lu De down.

Early the next morning, the village head beat drums and gongs to gather all the men, women, and children in the village to the central square. Sha Luo and other warlord knights also put on their clothes again, and lined up behind the priest, like a team of guardian knights.

In front of everyone, Lude informed everyone that the demi-human army was approaching, but let everyone not panic, because the reinforcements from the Earl of Lumley were already on their way, and he also notified the black dragon Nidhogg, the powerful dragon will attack the camp of the demihumans in three days, and they will send militia, commanded by the female knight Sharo, to cooperate with the dragon to fight.

Lu De has repeatedly emphasized that this is a "must win" battle, with the giant dragon as the main attack, and the militiamen from their Pine Tree Village went there, simply to be responsible for waving the flag and shouting, and beat the dog in the water by the way.

Everyone was very worried at first, but when they heard that "the boss is leading the flight", they went and shouted "Awesome", and then hit two small soldiers casually to win, and then slapped a wave of reputation and The record, maybe even some spoils, and the morale instantly rose.

Seeing that the morale of the army was available, Lu De looked back at Sha Luo, who nodded immediately.

Sha Luo thought she had understood the truth. She knew that there would be no giant dragons to help out in this battle, and she could only lead a few hundred militiamen to actively attack powerful enemies ten to twenty times her own.

But Shaluo didn't feel scared, and even had a little excitement, because she believed that she was now working hard to save the world, just like the great heroes in those epic biographies!

End of this chapter

Lude plans to take action in three days, but before that, he will call Hume and Fallen Leaf, sneak into the camp of the demihumans again, and find a way to contact the half-blood dragon girl named Romean.Try to save her from the Ratmen alive if possible.

So the three of them turned into demihumans and sneaked back to the camp. After less than two days, the number of people in the camp was obviously much higher, but the effect of the differences of belief created by Lude before was still there, and it even intensified. .

As for the Ratmen, they obviously lack relevant experience in this area, and have not noticed that something has gone wrong among the believers at all.

At this time, Mi Di was still in the stage of investigating the traitor. The old mouse believed that there was a traitor around him, so he focused on it. He was suspicious all day long, even his granddaughter felt suspicious.This directly caused the entire Ratman camp to be shrouded in a very tense atmosphere, and even the simple Romi'an noticed something was wrong.

"Sister Minie, is something wrong? Why do you feel that everyone is nervous?"

"Uh...it's okay, it's just that there are rats in the camp."

"what?"

After being simply perfunctory by Minnie, the doubts in Romi'an's heart became more and more serious. She subconsciously thought that sister Minnie was afraid that she would be worried, so she hid something from herself.Just like her mother, even when they were hunted down by bad guys, she always comforted herself, saying "don't worry" constantly.

So the sensible Romi Ann didn't ask any more questions, but secretly swore in her heart that she would help her lord sister share her worries.

Because she lived with her mother since she was a child, Romi Ann is very good at housework, and she is proficient in doing laundry, cooking and cleaning, so she wants to make a bowl of her best sweet soup for Sister Minnie and Old Midi. Grandpa taste it.When my mother was still alive, I liked the sweet soup she made very much. She said that after drinking it, all troubles and fatigue would be gone.

So Romi Ann discussed with the rat-man maid who took care of her, and asked her to help her get some ingredients for making sweet soup, and borrow the kitchen by the way.But it was such a simple request in Romi'an's eyes, but was rejected by the Ratman maid without hesitation.

"Why? I can cook, and I promise to clean up the kitchen after I'm done using it. Just help me!"

"Master Miko, please don't embarrass the slaves, please?"

The rat-man maid had a rat-faced expression, but she couldn't get in.Because Migne had told her to keep an eye on Romi'an and not let her run around, so the maid guarded the door of the room, just like guarding a prisoner, not letting Romi'an leave the room.

Romi Ann didn't expect the maid sister to be so unkind, so she could only go back to the room dejectedly, counting the scales on her tail in depression, but she didn't give up in her heart.

At the same time, on the other side, Midi was standing in front of the blood pool with a group of ratman priests, frowning as he watched the viscous liquid constantly surging inside.Starting almost four days ago, the originally quiet pool suddenly seemed to be boiling, and the blood inside became very restless.

Because they couldn't see any changes in the beliefs gathered above the pool, some ratman priests judged optimistically that this should be a sign that the gods they created were about to awaken, and perhaps the sacrificial ceremony could be held in advance.But Midie was a little worried, whether this change was related to the spies who had sneaked in before.

The old mouse was thinking with his head down, when a Ratman guard suddenly ran in and reported to Midi.

"High priest, it's bad! Orcs and ogres are fighting."

"A fight? Is it serious?"

"It's almost all over."

"Tsk! This group of stupid low-level bastards."

Ever since the half-orc boss Zhaka accused the ogre of being a traitor in public at the boss meeting, the long-standing grudge between the two sides has completely turned into hatred. They have fought almost every day, and many people have been killed and injured for this.

Regarding the conflict between the two families, Midi did not interfere at first, but as the conflict continued to escalate, the old mouse was forced to become a firefighter. He had to deal with the conflict between them almost every day, but he was still unable to mediate effectively.

What annoys Midi the most is that every time he mediates, the two bosses will pat their chests and promise him that they will definitely restrain their subordinates and will never fight easily in the future, but within a day after the incident, they will surely Will pinch it again because of some inconspicuous shit.

This time the situation was no exception, and the fight was extraordinarily brutal.According to the guards, there have been more than a thousand participants on both sides, and even the two bosses, Zhaka and Gaao, have both ended, and both sides have obviously killed each other. The fight was bloody and bloody, and the scene was a tragic one. !

After hearing this, Mi Di couldn't help letting out a long sigh.

"Assemble the guards immediately, let's persuade them to fight!"

In order to control the scene, Midi gathered half of the ratman guards and two-thirds of the priests, left the camp and went straight to the scene of the fight.Before leaving, he told his granddaughter Minnie to take care of the vital blood pool with the rest of the people. Everything else is easy to talk about, but there must be no mistakes here.

In fact, the old mouse's worries were correct. The conflict between the orcs and the ogres was indeed Lude's plan to move the mouse away from the mountain. He had just led people out of the camp, and the trio who had been waiting for a long time, He immediately transformed into his lair and sneaked into his lair.

Sneaking into the Ratman's camp again, the group went straight to the main tent.Lude can see that the defense here has indeed been strengthened compared to the last time they came here, but it still can't stop Hume who has turned on the "invisibility hook", so more guards are useless.

They came here this time mainly to step on the spot first and prepare for "stealing people" three days later.Although in theory, the simplest and most brutal way is to directly knock people out and take them away, but Lude believes that they can try to contact each other first without revealing their identities.

Ever since, the three of them disguised themselves as a patrolling squad of ratman guards, and were about to get in from the back of the main tent.

The last time they came here, Lude and Hume found that there was a vent here, and it was facing the bathroom, which was big enough for a person to pass through.

The last time Lude found out, he couldn't help complaining. Although the ventilation of the bathroom is indeed very important, the location of the opening is very suitable for peeping. The ghost knows if it was intentional.

The three of them quickly walked around to the alley where the vent was located. Seeing that there were no ratmen on the left and right, they ducked in.

However, just when Lude was about to step forward to see if there was anyone in the bathroom, the shutters of the vent suddenly fell down by themselves, and then they saw the dragon girl they were looking for, Romi Ann, wrapped in only a bath towel came out of the vent...