Chapter 146 Escape (1)
Chapter 146 Escape (1)
Although she was a little scared to see the woman with a ferocious face on her shoulders, her gentle voice eased her tension. She pulled out her cane and cast a stern look at the gathered surveillance personnel.
Simply put, Bessen felt that they were very powerful. The surveillance officers were no match at all. They were quickly knocked to the ground.
The moaning, immobile surveillance personnel were gathered together. Although they were not restrained in any special way, they no longer had the will to resist.
"Is there anyone else who can move?" Ye Kai asked some miners who were carrying out the excavated ore near the mine entrance.
“What’s going on? What happened?”
“We solved the surveillance. If anyone wants to escape, I want to protect them. Can we round up the people who are forced to work in the mines?”
“Huh!? Ok, I get it.”
The miners were caught in a panic by the unexpected situation and showed an honest attitude. They were traumatized by the long-term scolding, so once they were under strong pressure, they could not resist.
It would take some time for the exhausted miners to gather together. While they waited, there were still some things they wanted to learn.
"Thank you for your hard work, Bethan. Are you okay?"
"Nothing serious. Thank you very much for your help."
“Although I wasn’t injured, I was exhausted.”
The blue-haired woman came over and looked at Bethan's condition. By observing his declining strength, she wrote some words on his body. Then, he felt the fatigue subside.
"the same as you."
"Ah, thank you."
Mabel's complexion also improved a lot after being healed.
“Can I ask you some questions?”
After distributing the remaining bread to the people around him, Ye Kai began to collect intelligence after things calmed down.
“Before coming here, we saw a clearly depopulated countryside. Is it true that those people are being forced to work here?”
“Yes, people who couldn’t pay the taxes were rounded up here by their entire families.”
"it's here?"
“This is the hardest mining area. I heard there are a lot of professional miners in other mining towns. The people who are watching said this is used to drain criminals who can’t pay their taxes.”
“It’s really too much.”
The adventurers were plunged into a heavy atmosphere.
“Did anyone actually fall down?”
"My parents are dead... Maybelle's father is dead too."
“So serious!?”
Chaim was also shocked by the reality.
"Soon this country will be at war. Before that happens, I want you to escape."
Bethan lowered his head, revealing a helpless expression. Was his parents' death meaningless? Or would their hard-earned money be wasted on the battlefield? These thoughts raced through his mind.
“Where are the dead?”
On this subject Bethan had no idea, but Mabel timidly pointed in the direction.
"Go over there."
Telling the people gathered there to wait, they followed Mabel's lead. After a fork in the mountain road, they came to a low-lying area surrounded by trees.
“!!”
There were countless bodies piled up there. They had already started to rot, emitting a foul smell. Fino covered his mouth, trying hard to suppress his nausea.
(Ah, this is bad. Over.)
Chaim was convinced. Ye Kai said something softly, which seemed to confirm this.
"I will destroy the Treba Empire."
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Ye Kai stood in front of the forced laborers near the mine entrance and asked, "Soon this country will be in a state of war. At that time, we expect the situation here to deteriorate further. Before that, if anyone wants to escape, we intend to escort them to Holzlein. Although we cannot force them, if anyone wants to escape to an enemy country that they think is safe, they are welcome to go with us."
Normally, they would want to flee, but the problem was that the place they fled to would be an enemy country. With this in mind, he decided to leave the decision to them.
"But even if we escape to Holzlein we might be arrested again..."
"I will take responsibility for guaranteeing your status in Holzlein. Now I ask you to trust me."
The current situation needed to be changed. However, he was not sure whether he should listen to the adventurer in front of him. The balance in their hearts was always wavering.
"Everyone! If we continue to stay here, we will only be killed slowly in the end. My parents are also dead. I will not easily abandon the life left to me by my parents. So I decided to follow these people. In order to survive, to thank my parents!"
Bessen's speech shook their hearts and tipped their scales.
(This kid is really brave and smart.)
Chaim was impressed. She methodically presented her arguments, led them, and finally asked questions with affectionate words. It was a logically rigorous and moving speech. She felt that he might have hidden considerable talent.
Ye Kai also looked at him, as if looking at something pleasing. They probably had similar thoughts.
"Let's go! I'm leaving! I don't want to die in a place like this!"
"Yes! I am so disappointed with this country! Even if I am caught in Holzlein, it is better than here."
“Yes! That’s it!”
They expressed their agreement one after another, and their voices became louder and louder.
“Then we will head to the mining town. We must also rescue those who are still forced to work!”
Before heading to the mining town, they took them to the vicinity of the depression. They needed to confirm the current situation and obtain permission to return. Although no one objected, Fino still looked pale.
“Okay. I’ll do it.”
She patted her shoulder, and then Cham drew a series of flowing magical words in the air, as if in salute.
"Ring of Flame!"
A flame surrounded the depression, ignited the flames, and sent the bodies back to the ocean of souls. Whether their souls would find peace depended on their next escape.
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They descended into the mining town, with the adventurers in the lead, knocking out the incoming watchers, releasing those who escaped, and recruiting the laborers who remained in the town, mainly women.
Some people in the city were already unable to move, or were sick because of reduced strength. They took away the wagons used to transport ore and people, and loaded the incapacitated people and young children into them. They even took away all the horses and pulled them on the wagons.
The non-forced laborers in the city raised accusing voices, but Ye Kai produced a leather bag full of gold coins to silence them.
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