Chapter 124 Punishment War
Chapter 124 Punishment War
”It’s time to fight!”
”Are we going to fight again? So cool, I haven’t fought in a long time!”
”Fuck! Why only 50 people? Are you all so fast?”
”If you hesitate, you will lose!”
”Can you go with me if you don’t get the quest? It’s okay if you don’t have money, I just want to watch the plot!”
”Goblin bazookas for sale in the front row! A big sale at a loss, 5 silver coins per shot! You can’t buy it at a loss, you can’t buy it!”
”Give me one, I owe you the money first!”
”Get lost!”
At the west gate of the outpost.
A large group of players carried their weapons and ammunition and ran to the open space in front of the trench to gather.
The lively scene didn’t seem like a war, but rather like a festival.
Especially a particularly cruel little player, who went to the warehouse to rent a caravan and packed the barrel, gun mount, and shells all at once. He
even hired a newbie in the strength department to help pull the cart.
”Boss! Can you, can you fire a shot for me?”
Mosquito was immediately happy when he heard this, and patted his shoulder with a smile.
”Of course! Good brother! Listen to my command later, you come to light the fire!”
”Okay!!!”
Such a big commotion, anyone with eyes can see it.
The nomads who came back from the lake looked over here in surprise, looked at each other, and chattered.
”What are they going to do?”
”Is it a war?”
”They all have guns in their hands!”
”Who are they going to fight? Predators? Or aliens?”
Carrying two plastic buckets filled with water, the sisters Qiucao and Qiuye looked curiously at the administrator who came out of the west gate.
The two of them looked at his back at the same time – the impressive hammer.
”It’s so big…”
”That hammer must weigh at least dozens of kilograms, right?”
”The armor looks heavy, too. Is it made of steel?”
”He doesn’t seem tired at all!”
”Don’t stare at people. It’s impolite.”
”Well, okay… wait! Why are you talking about Qiuye? You’re the one staring, right?”
Qiucao repeated with a red face.
”No, don’t be impolite.”
More and more nomads were attracted by the noise here.
They watched from a distance of dozens of meters, looking at the soldiers in front of the trenches curiously, discussing what was going on.
Is this going to be a war?
There will be deaths in war.
But why are the expressions on the faces of those soldiers so excited?
Are they not afraid of death at all?
Many nomads couldn’t help but feel a little awe in their hearts. The morale of these blue coats was more impressive than the weapons in their hands!
Just as the tribesmen were talking, the tribe leader Iron Axe walked out of the crowd with several hunters carrying bows and javelins.
Arriving in front of the administrator, Wu Tiefu clasped his hands and said respectfully.
”My lord, the people behind me are the elite of our tribe. As long as you nod, we will be the sharpest spears in your hands!”
Chu Guang glanced at him and wanted to politely reject his kindness.
But at this moment, Chu Guang’s heart suddenly moved slightly, and he changed his words temporarily, nodded and said.
”You will stay with me for a while.”
”Yes! My lord.”
Indicating Yu Hu, Wu Tiefu and others to wait in place, Chu Guang walked in front of the players, and under the expectation of countless eyes, he started to read out the lines he had spent ten minutes thinking of.
”For a long time, the people of Beth Street have endured the oppression of the mayor. Under his rule, they were hungry, poor, and struggling to survive. All the money he extorted went into his pocket, just to satisfy his own selfish desires.”
”His crimes are too numerous to list. Now, not only has he set his sights on us, but he has also crossed the bottom line of our tolerance, secretly colluding with our mortal enemy, the Blood Hand Clan, to conclude a secret alliance and even instigating them to invade us!”
”Justice may be late, but it will never be absent. Now is the time to let that greedy old leech know what will happen if he angers us.”
”Everyone, follow me!”
In the open space in front of the trench, the excited roar was deafening.
”Liberate Beth Street!”
”For Xiaoyu!”
”Ah!!”
…
Beth Street.
Central Castle.
The study on the top floor was suddenly pushed open, and a guard wearing a deerskin coat ran in in a hurry, walked through a long row of bookshelves and walked to the mayor.
”Sir! There are many people coming from the north! Yes, more than fifty!”
”How many?!”
The mayor’s face suddenly changed. He immediately stood up and rushed out of the study. He quickly walked through the corridor and went around the tower and climbed to the top of the highest tower in the castle.
The north wind was howling outside the tower.
He came out of the room without putting on his coat, and his fat body was shivering. Ignoring the cold, he grabbed the telescope hanging on the side and looked towards the north.
He saw a group of people wearing fur coats, holding long guns and short guns in their hands. They looked more like predators than predators, and they were advancing towards the direction of Beth Street aggressively. On
this cold day with the howling north wind, a drop of sweat actually oozed out of the old mayor’s forehead.
He turned around suddenly, grabbed the guard who followed him to the top of the tower, and roared loudly with spit flying.
”Quick, gather all the guards, pick up your weapons and go to the north gate!”
”Also, send someone to find Charlie and ask him to mobilize the hunters on Bette Street! All men over 14, gather at the door of the armory!”
”Go now!”
The guard’s legs trembled after being yelled at, and he nodded repeatedly.
”Yes, yes!”
The castle bell rang quickly, breaking the tranquility of Bette Street.
The survivors standing on the street had no idea what was happening. They thought the looters were coming, so they rushed home, packed up their things and prepared to flee, in a panic.
When he heard the urgent bell, Old Charlie was not panicked at all. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart.
If a stupid thing is bound to happen, the only thing he can do is to make it happen faster.
For example, before a mayor with a brain full of idiots does something more stupid, the gunpowder barrel will be ignited, so that fewer poor people will be implicated.
If nothing unexpected happens, he will soon send someone to find him and ask him to mobilize the hunters on Bet Street to stand on the wall and fight those blue coats to the end.
Pulling the curtain of the grocery store, the old man picked up a cane and hid in the panicked crowd.
At the same time, the door of the armory on the side of the castle opened.
The guards in deerskin coats took the iron barrel rifles and ammunition handed over by the captain, and then rushed to the north gate quickly, guarding behind the bunker and waiting for battle.
However, this bunker made of scrap metal and concrete garbage did not bring them much sense of security.
Except for a few old soldiers with wrinkles on their faces, many young guards were panicked and uneasy, and their hands holding guns were sweating nervously.
Big forces like the Blood Hand Clan would not come after collecting protection fees.
Usually their opponents were all alien species, and the most dangerous ones were just a few mutant brown bears. Only in very rare cases would they encounter predators who were blind enough to come to their door to blackmail them, and the combat effectiveness of those people was usually not ordinary poor, and they were so poor that they didn’t even have a gun, and were even worse than the hunters in the town. This was the first time for
many young guards to encounter such a situation!
Looking around at the guards around him, Old Walter, who was holding a shotgun, had a solemn look on his face.
Including himself, there were only 11 people in total, half of whom were the doormen in the old mayor’s house, and the bullets they fired in a year might not add up to 30 rounds.
The captain of the guard team on the side scolded his subordinates beside him.
”Where are the people? Is that all? Where are the hunters in the town? Give them guns and let them scatter to the buildings outside!”
The young guard said tremblingly, holding a rifle.
”Old Charlie went to mobilize… They should be here soon.”
”It’s too late,” Old Walter looked outside the bunker, “Those people are already here.”
The snow-covered streets.
A group of soldiers wearing fur coats and carrying long guns and short guns, led by a man in heavy armor, appeared at the end of the street and scattered behind the surrounding bunkers.
The two sides were two hundred meters apart and had entered the fighting distance!
However, no one moved, just a tense confrontation.
At this moment, Walter’s brows suddenly shrank, and he saw a black gun barrel pushed out from the opposite side of the street corner!
They actually have a gun? !
The gun barrel was about as long as a leg, probably cast, with a very thick wall, and the black muzzle emitted a chilling light.
Although it looked simple, no one dared to underestimate its power.
The captain of the guards on the side swallowed his saliva, and finally lost his temper and shouted to the opposite side.
”Who are you? What are you doing here!”
Nonsense…
Do you still need to ask such stupid questions?
Walter complained in his heart, silently loaded the shotgun in his hand, stretched out the barrel, and aimed at the opposite side.
However, at this moment, his pupils suddenly shrank.
I saw a man in an animal skin coat, raised his hands to indicate that he had no weapons, stood up from behind the bunker, and walked out.
Old Walter narrowed his eyes.
He has been guarding the gate for decades and recognizes almost every face on this street.
Obviously, he was not the only one who recognized the identity of the man. Several young guards next to him also recognized him and whispered to each other.
”Zhao Shu?”
”It seems… it’s really him!”
”Hiss… isn’t he dead? I saw his family had a funeral.”
”I remember! It happened last month. It seems that when I went to the north to hunt deer, I ran into the Blood Hand Clan… The second son of the Yang family was also arrested.” ”
Yang Ergou?”
”Yes, yes, that guy!”
Just as the guards were discussing, Zhao Shu, who had walked forward 10 to 20 meters, stopped and shouted at the top of his voice.
”Fellow villagers, I’m Zhao Shu! I’m here to help you!”
”Help us?”
The captain of the guard behind the bunker smiled coldly and shouted at Zhao Shu standing in the snow, “Is this how you say help us?”
Seeing the captain of the guard, Zhao Shu instinctively feared.
But thinking of the dozens of soldiers who supported him behind him and the words that the manager had said to him before, the fire in his eyes rekindled, and his waist, which had just bent a little, straightened up again.
Looking at his fellow villagers behind the bunker, he raised his voice and spoke loudly.
”A month ago, the second son of the Yang family and I went to the north to hunt deer. Unfortunately, we were captured by the Blood Hand Clan’s raiders and thrown into their dungeon. Just when I thought I was dead, it was our neighbors… the people behind me who rescued me from the raiders’ dungeon.” The
guards behind the bunker were in a commotion, with surprise on their faces.
Rescued from the raiders’ dungeon?
Does this mean that the Blood Hand Clan has been wiped out by them? !
Zhao Shu continued without pausing.
”Not only did they give me food, clothes, and fuel, they also arranged a job and a place for me to live, saving me from hunger and cold. They not only accepted me, but also other captives who were rescued together. I have no other meaning in saying this, I just want you to know that they are not our enemies–”
”Nonsense!” The captain of the guard cursed, “You are an ungrateful bastard! Just because outsiders threw you two bones, you wagged your tail and begged for mercy from them, willing to be their dog, and even pointed your fangs at your compatriots! Where is your conscience?”
Zhao Shu was angry and shouted loudly.
”Conscience? You have the nerve to talk about conscience? Tell me loudly, who is the ungrateful bastard? We scavenge, hunt, and exchange our lives for bargaining chips, but what do we get? We pay tribute to him every year, endure his exploitation, use the money we earn to buy the garbage he picks out, and have to be ridden on and shit on by those predators outside!”
”Tell me, where was he when I was thrown into the dungeon by the looters? He never protected anyone. He only had himself in his eyes. When we needed him, he didn’t even step out of his castle!” ”
From the beginning, the vampire living in the castle was the same as the people of the Blood Hand Clan! He used the fruits of our labor to honor the looters and even helped those villains suck our flesh and blood! Do you think I’m kidding? Just yesterday, the vampire actually wrote a letter and sent it to the Blood Hand Clan, trying to instigate those villains to rob our neighbors!”
Zhao Shu took out a letter from his arms and held it high.
”Do you want me to read it to you?”
Hearing this, Old Walter opened his eyes wide.
The young guards next to him also showed surprised expressions on their faces.
The old mayor and the people of the Blood Hand Clan are in the same group?
Really? !
Looking at the shaken eyes of the guards around him, sweat oozed from the forehead of the captain of the guards.
His first reaction was that these deceptive words were definitely not thought up by this country bumpkin who couldn’t even read.
Someone must have taught him to say them!
If this guy is allowed to continue talking, the battle will probably be lost without even having to be fought.
As the mayor’s direct descendant, he is also a vested interest. Whether right or wrong, the captain of the guard’s position has determined that he must stand on the mayor’s side. Besides,
the situation is not that bad. Although there are dozens of people on the opposite side, there are hundreds of survivors on Beth Street.
Now that the armory has been opened, as long as Old Charlie mobilizes the survivors in the town, they may not lose if they fight!
Making a quick judgment, the captain of the guard shouted loudly at Zhao Shu who had already started reading the letter.
”Fire!”
However, no gunshots were heard, and no one responded to his order at all.
Listening to the almost flattering and flattering content in the letter, not only the young guards, but even Old Walter fell into silence, staring at the shotgun in his hand for a long time without saying a word.
The captain of the guard gritted his teeth, his eyes blazing with anger.
He did not wait any longer, picked up the rifle in his hand, aimed at the country bumpkin who was pretending to read a letter 150 meters away, and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
Whoosh –
the first bullet grazed Zhao Shu’s face and hit the snow pile behind him, frightening him and immediately jumped aside and hid behind the wreckage of the car buried by the heavy snow.
Old Walter’s face changed, and he looked at the captain of the guard team who pulled the bolt and continued to shoot in horror, and said in a lost voice.
”Are you crazy!?”
The captain of the guard team glared at him fiercely, and then glared at the guards who were cowering behind the bunker.
”Why should I be polite to the predators! If you don’t want to die, shoot me!”
Across the street, seeing the bullet marks not far away, the players were not panicked at all, but shouted excitedly.
”Boss! The other side opened fire!”
”Don’t talk nonsense with them, let’s do it!”
”Charge them!”
Although it was a little different from the plan, since the other side had already opened fire.
Chu Guang did not hesitate, and looked at Mosquito not far away. In his long-awaited sight, he waved his right hand forward.
”Fire!”
”Okay!” After receiving the order to fire, Mosquito gave a look to the newbie standing at the gun position, and shouted excitedly, “Waste El!”
The shooting parameters had already been set, and the newbie of the power system immediately ignited the fuse behind the iron cannon, and then covered his ears.
Bang!
Fire and white smoke sprayed, and the thunder-like shells drew a parabola in the air and hit the north gate of Beth Street.
”Boom!”
Accompanied by thick white smoke and scattered fireworks, the wooden gate exploded as if it was struck by lightning!
The captain of the guard who was standing behind the bunker and firing was immediately frightened and shrank back behind the bunker. At
this time, a whistle was heard from the distance of the street, followed by a deafening shout of killing, like rolling waves rushing towards the defensive position.
”Fire! Shoot!”
He roared and ordered the guards around him to fight back, but no one paid any attention to him.
The already low morale was shattered by the sound of the cannon. Hearing the sharp whistle and shouting, not to mention sticking their heads out to shoot, it was already brave not to abandon the cover and run away.
Seeing that the other guards were already scared, Old Walter couldn’t help but think of something that happened a long time ago.
A long, long time ago, when he was still young, Bate Street was once robbed by the Blood Hand Clan’s looting team.
At that time, there were 12 guards, and they were killed by 11 people. Only two survived.
Even if the hunters in the town were successfully mobilized, what would it matter?
These people were ruthless people who even razed the Blood Hand Clan’s nest. It would probably be a matter of charging to raz them.
Besides…
Old Walter just recognized the person who ordered the attack. It was the blue coat who had stayed in Bate Street for a while before and then disappeared.
If these people came out of the shelter, they would not necessarily embarrass these poor people.
”Surrender… The reinforcements haven’t arrived yet, and they probably won’t come. There are only 11 of us here, and we can’t be their opponents.”
Old Walter put down the gun in his hand.
Looking at the captain of the guard team who turned the gun and aimed it at him, he sighed and said.
”Why bother? While there are no casualties on both sides, they may not treat the prisoners too badly.”
The captain of the guard was pale and his fingers were shaking.
”Don’t force me.”
Old Walter reached out and grasped the barrel of his gun, without moving, looking at him seriously.
”If you must fight, then shoot.”
”Many people will die today, and it’s not a bad thing to walk in front.”
Looking at the captain of the guard whose expression changed from fierce to stiff, and then from stiff to desperate, Old Walter breathed a sigh of relief and slowly took the rifle from his trembling hands.
”Thank you, you gave all of us a chance to survive.”
The captain of the guard had no blood on his face, and he squeezed out a weak smile.
”Hope.”
(End of this chapter)
