Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Estherite continued to translate the mouse's words, and said: "It works. This bed crossbow is made of dragon tendons and keel bones, and it will not break for 1 years-my lord, the striped mouse said that there is a mechanism here that can The bed crossbow sticks out."

Haiwen was surprised when he heard this, and quickly asked Xiao Hammer to find the agency.As a first-class craftsman, Little Hammer naturally has the intuition of a craftsman. He touched the wall and found the mechanism immediately.He inserted his hand into the crevice of the stone and pulled it hard, and then he heard a "click" from the wall, and then the sound of gear transmission came from above his head, under his feet, and in the city wall.Little Hammer shouted excitedly, saying: "This is left by the ancient craftsmen! I know, I know!" He shouted at Hai Wen, "Master! The battle of slaying the dragon 500 years ago may be true, I read it in Master Chris’s handbook, and I heard—” At this point, the stone wall on the west side suddenly separated left and right like a gate, and the glare of the sun shone in, and then the stone steps under the bed crossbow began to go out Extended, pushed the bed crossbow to the outside of the city wall, and turned into a shooting platform with a good view.

This place is located at the upper end of the castle, overlooking almost the whole city.Hai Wen asked Little Hammer, "Do you know this thing?"

"Ah, yes. The notes say..."

"Don't say anything else, can you operate?"

Little Hammer was stunned for a moment, "I'll try!" He said as he climbed onto the huge bed crossbow and observed every structure of this big killer, "I can probably shoot it out." He said, "But I can't shoot it right. .”

Haiwen asked: "Which one of you here has the best bow skills? Who has used this thing?"

Everyone shook their heads.Haiwen thought to himself: The person with the best shooting skills is Fasnat, but he was injured, and now...

"My lord, I'm coming."

When Haiwen turned his head, he saw the smiling cat appearing behind Fasnet supporting him.The boy's arm was wrapped with a circle of gauze, and his face was determined.Gelie stood beside him with a small wooden box, and said to Hai Wen, "I dealt with him urgently, but..." She didn't continue talking, and then just retreated behind Hai Wen.

Haven asked him, "Can you do it now?"

"Although my right hand is useless, my eyes are not blind. I am only responsible for aiming." He stood next to the operation position of the bed crossbow, and then shouted: "King Kong, come here!"

"Yes, Master!" King Kong exclaimed excitedly.

"You do the operation, and I'll aim." After he said this, his face suddenly turned grim, presumably because the wound was still very painful.Then King Kong sat down, and the little hammer taught him how to operate it.Haiwen stood on the design platform and looked out, and saw the obsidian fierce demon confronting the orcs.The orc and the tree elf puppet 0032 stand together, and they are not inferior to this monster in terms of physique.Then he saw a burst of red light coming from the orc's body.The orc rallied his strength and swung an extra-large meteor hammer.This time the Meteor Chain Hammer was six or seven meters long, enough for him to attack in a safe place.

After the orc turned red, he seemed to have tremendous strength. The chain hammer was heavy, but he could dance like a tiger.The chain hammer hit the obsidian ogre with a bang, dropping large pieces of rubble and terrible acid.The ogre uttered a terrible roar, and the orc roared back even louder.However, such an attack could not substantially harm the ogre, and new obsidian quickly grew in the injured place.The treant also roared, and the vines on his body swam like snakes, wrapping around the body of the obsidian ogre.Then the tree vines submerged the monster, like a giant python that was getting tighter and tighter, tightly squeezing the monster inside.

There was a crisp sound of obsidian shattering in the tree vines, and at the same time the tree vines began to smoke, and corrosive poison overflowed.Within a few seconds, a "boom" was heard, and the vicious demon broke free from the shackles of the vines. The vines were broken into many small pieces, and quickly melted into thick juice; black poison poured down the sky, and all the surrounding houses were covered by it. Terrible acid rain shrouded, and there was a hissing sound.

The people behind Haiwen sighed, and Gerrit said: "I'm afraid we have nothing to do with this guy." The smiling cat also nodded and said: "It is estimated that ten orcs will be able to deal with this guy."

But Haven felt that if he could hit its weak point, he might be able to defeat this monster.He and Druid said: "Sean, you tell the orcs and the commanders of the three armies that we have bed crossbows here, and let them find a way to control the monster and make this monster face the castle. Fasnat, Aim at the raised hard armor on the back of the ominous demon, as long as we can penetrate here, we have a chance to defeat it."

"Okay, my lord."

The druid immediately turned into a falcon and flew towards the orc.At this moment, the orcs are dealing with the obsidian ogre, looking for an opportunity to attack.And the treant sprayed out green pollen substance to attack the obsidian ogre. After this powder touched the monster, it immediately turned into a sticky paste, and the ogres' walking speed was greatly slowed down.Then the orc mounted his horse and taunted the monster with some strange language to attract its attention.Zhe Lite said next to Haiwen: "He should be speaking the ancient language of refining demons. Fierce demons are actually refining demon warriors who have lost their souls. But they can still understand some of the old words."

Haven nodded, and ordered Fasnat and King Kong to prepare to shoot.At this moment, the druid also flew to the battlefield to convey Haiwen's order.

Then Haven saw Laya giving orders from a distance and gathering soldiers; then Big Charles also led people to get everything together with her, and Laya directed the people to divide into four groups.Everyone has siege ropes and hooks.On the other side, Brian also reorganized the team. He let the infantry retreat first, leaving the cavalry behind.Then several leaders met and discussed how to arrange it next.After that, the two parties divided into one east and one west, and gradually surrounded the ogre. The cavalry ran around the city to attract the ogres' attention.The obsidian ogre was covered in treant pollen and moved very slowly, so it could only be kited by the cavalry.It roared angrily, destroying the surrounding buildings like crazy.Many civilians screamed and ran out of the building, some ran elsewhere, and some were stained with the ominous slime, and then screamed and melted.

At this moment, Laya's men quietly walked behind, and following Laya's order, the Judgment Army threw a hook at the ominous demon.The hook used for siege was firmly stuck on the back of the ominous demon. The ominous demon screamed and turned around to attack them.At this time, Brian also ordered someone to release the hook to hook the monster from the other side.The two hooks locked one after the other, and finally locked the monster firmly in place.

Haiwen saw this opportunity and shouted: "Fasnut!"

But Fassnut said: "No, my lord! I can't see its back, I have to change the angle!"

At this moment, the fierce demon roared, and acid was sprayed out from his body.The black liquid was so corrosive that the shackle immediately began to melt.At this moment, the orc roared loudly, swung the meteor hammer and hit the ominous demon on the head. "Bang!" The obsidian shards splashed everywhere, the monster was stunned by the smash, and the outside of its body was tilted. This time it was impartial, and it just exposed its back under the range of the bed crossbow.This time, without waiting for Hai Wen to speak, Fassnet shouted: "King Kong! Aim, turn fifteen degrees to the left, and press down!"

According to Little Hammer, this bed crossbow was made for shooting giant dragons, so it has excellent range and accuracy, and it is also very easy to operate.King Kong spun the cable reel vigorously and pointed the arrow at the monster. Fassnut narrowed his eyes and shouted: "Shoot!"

With this sound, King Kong pulled the mechanism of the bed crossbow.Immediately afterwards, a "bang" was heard, and a huge arrow more than two meters long shot towards the ominous demon.The bowstring shook violently, making a clear sound like a dragon's chant, which made Haiwen's heart palpitate.

The arrow pierced through the air and shot towards the back of the fierce demon under the gaze of everyone.The fierce demon seemed to turn his head back at the last moment, but it was too late.

"boom!"

It was a loud noise like shattering glass, like a plane crashing into a glass building.

The monster's body was split in two directly from the wound, the upper body flew several meters forward, while the lower body fell to the ground.Then a large amount of pus sprayed out from the wound.Haiwen heard the orcs yelling: "Run!" The people quickly threw away the claws in their hands and scattered in all directions.Half of the obsidian ogre writhed and struggled on the ground like a severed worm, but its acid secretion glands had been destroyed, and it could no longer regenerate.People watched from a distance, not daring to step forward.After struggling like this for about 5 minutes, the ominous demon drained all his bodily fluids, and finally calmed down.

At this moment, all the surrounding houses have been destroyed by the black acid. As Haiwen looked around, half of Xiongshan Town was in a mess.The corpses of the Xiongshan army were all over the ground, Brian assembled the army, and his face was full of tears; Tang Deen walked towards the castle with the support of others, and was so tired that he bent over; Charles and Ramon clapped their hands loudly, celebrating the victory loudly, Laya He was directing people to rescue the wounded with an anxious expression on his face.

Civilians also took to the streets.There was a woman crying and screaming in front of an abandoned house, and then she was about to hit the wall to commit suicide, her child was pulling her behind; Many people were still immersed in the shadow brought by the fierce demon, and people cast their eyes towards the castle, hoping that those who were high above would have something to say.

After a short period of relaxation, Haiwen thought to himself: It's not time to celebrate the victory yet.

Haven said to Yisruite: "Israite, call the pigeons. Ask Laya to send all the wounded to the castle, and then invite the others. I have something to arrange."

Chapter 160 IX: Is it a rebellion?

Chapter 160 IX: Is it a rebellion?

This victory was a miserable one.

According to preliminary estimates, the Xiongshan garrison had more than a thousand casualties, and only a thousand or so were left in the standing army.

The battle is over, but Haven is still restless.

Haiwen arranged for the wounded in the castle first—the slave warriors suffered the heaviest casualties. There were nearly 100 slave warriors at the beginning, but there were still twelve of them left, and each of these twelve was injured.Haiwen hurriedly asked Gellite to take care of the wounded, and he gathered the wounded in the large restaurant on the east side of the castle for unified management.Gellite is temporarily in charge of taking care of them, but Gellite is not a professional after all, and many wounded still need to wait for Laya to come.

Then Isrit took the rest of the people to the back castle to find a place to rest, and then called some energetic women to the back kitchen of the castle to prepare meals.Hyacinth and Violet followed her.

After that, Laya entered the castle with the wounded, and the others followed.Haven greeted them at the main gate of the castle, and he saw Master Tang Deen walking in front, followed by Laya.Then came Ramon and Big Charles, Big Charles shouted at him excitedly: "My lord! I miss you so much! Hahaha!" Haven went to shake hands with him, but Big Charles gave him a hug; then the orc and The druid also came to the castle, while the tree man stayed at the door in a daze.

Laya saluted Hai Wen first, and said: "My lord, there are many doctors among the people in white clothes, and I have already arranged for them to go to the garrison of Bear Mountain. I will personally treat the wounded here in the castle. In addition, the doctor you gave me I have given the alcohol to the garrison, many wounded need it, please forgive me."

"Excuse me? I said it a long time ago. This thing is given to you for free, and you are allowed to use it for anyone. It is important to save people. Let's talk about other things when we come back."

"Yes, my lord." Raya asked again, "Who killed Ravidia? Also, who shot the ballista?"

At this time, King Kong shouted excitedly behind Haiwen: "It's my master! It's Fasnat, it's all him, and it's all his credit!"

Raya was taken aback, and said, "Oh! He's amazing, what about the others now?"

King Kong burst into tears when he heard this. He knelt down at Laya's feet and said, "Go and see him, he's almost dead!"

When Laya heard this, her face turned black immediately, "Where is he?" She shouted anxiously, "This man must not die!" King Kong pointed to the restaurant on the right, and Laya ran over with her skirt in hand.

Haven prayed silently in his heart, hoping that Fasnat would be okay.

Then Haiwen said: "Master Tang De'en, are you in good health?"

Upon hearing this, Tang De'en straightened his back and said, "What's wrong?"

"Okay then, master, ask someone to control the situation, tell these people not to touch the acid, and then rectify the people whose houses have been burned down, first connect them to the castle, there are many empty houses here." Hai Wen sighed He breathed a sigh of relief, "Then we have to fix their houses before the severe winter comes—oh, Ramon, you go with the master."

Tang Deen nodded and said, "Yes, that's exactly what it should be!" Then he turned and left.

Finally, Haven said to the orc: "Kaoda, thank you for your help. But I need your help."

Kaoda crossed his arms and said, "The work of the fierce demon is my job, and it is not considered a favor; if you have other commissions, you have to pay."

"I will." Hai Wen said, "I need you to help me find out what these two fierce monsters are? Where did they come from? Also, how to deal with the corpses of these things. I very curious."

"two?"

"After Ravidya's death, the body became a strong giant, but it was killed by us."

The orc nodded solemnly, and said, "That's a flesh puppet—who can kill it?"

"Fasnat, that is the boy who fought with you before."

"Oh." The orc sighed thoughtfully, "Is he okay now?"

"His right arm was corroded by venom and injured, and he is recuperating now-do you have any way to deal with the fierce venom?"

"I'll go and have a look." The orc's expression became a little hesitant, and the teeth in that big mouth were rubbing uneasily.

"Then thank you - oh, what about the ominous thing as I said before? Would you like to help me investigate?"

"Are you curious?" the orc asked.

"Yes." Haven said. "These guys have killed so many people. They are more terrible enemies than corrupt nobles, northerners, and bandits. I must understand them."

"Five gold coins."

"Deal." Haiwen asked someone to pay on the spot.Big Charles ran up quickly and handed over the gold coins very graciously.After finishing the work, the orc went to the restaurant on the east side.It was only then that Haven had the time to greet his "old friend" Charles the Great.

Big Charles had been directing the fight from the rear, so he wasn't hurt.But after all this tossing, he was also very embarrassed.The helmet was crooked, and the armor was covered in mud, making it look gray.But he was very energetic, even very excited. "My lord, let me first congratulate you on your victory over the fierce demon!"

"Hey, what are you congratulating? I'll be in trouble later." Heiwen thought to himself as he spoke: I'm going to be fine this time. I killed Earl Chris's family of three and destroyed half of Bear Mountain Town. Now I still occupy the castle. Walk.The nobles above are not allowed to issue arrest warrants?Why don't you come and lead troops against me?

What can I do after this?Take people out of Bayland?

However, Great Charles obviously didn't think so. He said: "My lord! Don't be so sad, I want to congratulate you!"

Hai Wen asked, "Congratulations? What kind of congratulations?"

With a businessman's smile on his face, Charles said, "My lord, let's find a place where there is no one to talk?" As soon as he finished speaking, someone behind him said: "Don't mind! Master Charles, I also listen Listen—what do you want to say to my lord?" As he spoke, he saw the smiling cat come out of the corner.

Big Charles has always been afraid of smiling cats, so he was surprised when he saw Master Cat come out.With a smile on his face, he said, "Master Cat, you are here!"

The smiling cat said with a half-smile: "If I wasn't here, where else would I be? You let me die?"

Big Charles gave an embarrassed dry smile, but Haiwen asked, "Master Cat, didn't you go to Laya for healing?"

The smiling cat shook his head and said, "No, she's too busy. I know my own body, so I can do it myself." After he finished speaking, he looked at Charles and said, "Don't change the subject, you come here What are you happy about?" Hai Wen also said, "Yes, Lord Cat is one of our own, so you don't need to hide it from him, let's talk together if you have something to say."

Big Charles nodded and said, "Let's talk in the room?"

"it is good."

Are you rebelling?

Are you rebelling?

So the three of them entered the next room.They closed the door, moved the chairs, and talked inside the room.Haiwen asked Big Charles and said, "I think I'm going to be in bad luck, why did you congratulate me?"

Big Charles asked: "What's wrong with you?"

"The Xiongshan family is all dead. Although I didn't kill them, I can't get rid of the responsibility if the Marquis and the Duke really want to investigate. Besides, the Xiongshan town has been destroyed. Someone must be responsible? I think I want to Charged with rebellion."

"Oh! My lord, you are confused. How can you be rebellious? Have you forgotten what Tang Deen said when he came here?"

Haiwen was taken aback, and asked, "What?"

"Suppress the evil spirits, eradicate the rebellion, capture the traitors who are collaborating with the enemy, and kill the cultists! Take a look, which of these reasons is not upright?"

Hai Wen said: "Tang De'en wanted the army for a reason, that's right, but it's a fact that the army rebelled and attacked Xiongbao."

"Hehe! Fact? I also heard that you led the robbers to kill the young master Xiongling! Is this true?"

Haiwen snorted and said, "This is called farting."

"Yes, it's called farting!" Big Charles yelled, patting the table, "but if we lose today, the fart will come true!"

Master Cat laughed loudly, "Yes, it's fucking shit!"

The words are not rough, Charles is indeed right.Haiwen thought to himself, if we really lost today, then we will be convicted of rebellion.If it doesn’t work out, the Earl’s death will be blamed on me, and it will be written in later books: The traitor Haven Ambside drifted at the speed of light, and kicked the Earl of Bear Mountain off the city wall with one kick, Earl, pawn.

Charles said: "So whether you are rebellious or not depends on how we handle this matter. I don't think you need to worry about this matter. Someone will handle it for you in the past two days."

Hai Wen asked, "Who will do it?"

Big Charles said: "The old man, the nun, and the general, the three of them probably have considered this matter long ago, otherwise they wouldn't have made trouble with us..." He changed his words in time, "Send troops to suppress the rebellion with us!"

Haiwen thought for a while, and said: "Laya and Tang De'en saved me mostly for justice." Smiley Cat added: "Mostly for justice—but there may be something else."

Big Charles smiled and said: "That's right! Laya, Tang Deen, and Brian, these guys are all ghosts, who would do business at a loss? Rebel for justice? My lord, I think it's just you Can do it. Others can’t. Do you know why the nun was so anxious to save Fasnat just now? Because Fasnat killed Lavidia and the demon. And he is your man, as long as he lives and can prove This matter is equivalent to your Lord Ambside killing the traitor leader, the cultist priest, the rebellious son who murdered his parents, and the two fierce demons. This is fucking, ouch, fuck me!" Big Charles clapped excitedly Thigh, said, "Do you think this credit is big? Is it big?"

Haiwen nodded silently, thinking about this matter in his heart.Then Great Charles continued:

Big Charles said with a smile: "It's the same with other people. If you become an earl, tell me, can you treat them badly? Isn't that right? My lord, you value righteousness, right?" The smiling cat also laughed when he heard this, Said: "Your Excellency will not treat you badly, it's better to treat you as something, isn't it, Big Charles?"

"Oh, what kind of seal is it? I will ask for whatever my lord gives me!" Big Charles grinned to his ears.

Haven thought it was not that simple.Haiwen said: "According to the law, if there is no heir after the death of the earl, the land should be taken back by the duke or marquis. I don't think this Xiongshan land will necessarily be given to me. Maybe it will become a place under the direct jurisdiction of the marquis? What's more? , even if he wants to grant it to the new earl, he may not necessarily give it to me—I think it is too early for you to be happy."

Big Charles restrained his smile, and said: "Everyone has invested their money this time, and you can't be a lord. I changed the seller's property to rely on you, and I'm relying on you anyway!"

Haiwen smiled and said, "I'm very touched that you came out of Mustang Town to fight for me. Big Charles, you and I have had many conflicts before, but today you are my true friend."

Big Charles laughed again, and said, "Hey! Friends! It's a pity that there is no wine here." Big Charles scratched his messy hair and said, "Don't worry, my lord. Come back and invite Tang Deen and the others to ask, these guys Both my mouth and my brain are smarter than me. Maybe there is some crooked idea? Anyway, as long as we can talk about it, the people above will believe it."

The smiling face cat also said: "That's right, my lord. Think about it, Lavidia can turn black and white with one mouth, why can't we say, 'Killing evil spirits, suppressing rebellion, and making great achievements'? Besides, we are all telling the truth! Isn't it, Master Charles, isn't it!"

Charles was stunned for a moment, then quickly smiled and said: "Yes, yes! Master Cat is so right. Lord Haiwen, think about this matter. To put it mildly, it is to eradicate a rebellion. To speak broadly , you are the hero who saved the people of Xiongshan, defended against foreign enemies in the north, defended the country from the outside world, and defended the country! It's not too much to make you a fucking earl!"

Hearing this, Haiwen's mind became active, and he said, "Okay, let me think about this matter. You go out first, I will talk to Laya and others alone later."

Charles came over to shake hands with Haiwen with a smile, and said, "It's fine if you have such a thought, my lord! I'm waiting for the good news here, oh yes, you can use whatever I bring! If you are short of money, I'll lend it to you too, no Receive a penny of interest."

"it is good."

After saying this, the two left.Haven also went out to arrange other matters.In the evening, Haiwen had a meal with everyone. After the meal, Laya came to him alone, saying that he had something important to talk to.

So the two came to an empty place and sat down.