Heartbreaker

"Barbara?!"

Broken-arm Emu pushed open the door of the small asylum, roared, and ran to the unconscious woman on the bed.A group of worried children were watching by the bed, and when they saw a burly tall man barging in, they all hid aside.

"Barbara, Barbara, are you okay?!"

With one arm, Emu helped the woman up, shaking her shoulder anxiously.Barbara murmured, opened her red eyes, and said weakly, "Em..."

"I heard from those children that you passed out." Amu with the broken arm let go of her, and handed a jar of warm water to her, "Let's take a look at you."

Outside, crippled Raig sat on a tattered wooden bench, grabbed a boy by the face, and said with a grin, "Quack quack, little guy, you're exhausting your cheap mother. Quack quack, look at you The meat on the face, these are all peeled off from her, little guy, you can remember it. Quack quack..."

The boy whose face was torn out of his mouth burst into tears, and Barbara shouted hoarsely, "Cripple, don't touch them!"

Crippled Leger shouted, "Come out and beat me if you can! You stupid bitch, with so many oil bottles hanging on you, I think you deserve to die of exhaustion!"

Barbara wanted to swear back, but seeing Eminem's obviously thin side face and sunken eye sockets, she swallowed the swear words back and only sighed dejectedly.She touched her hair, dry, dull, without a trace of luster, like a handful of hay.The thin belly can almost show the shape of the ribs.Holding the clay pot, she took another sip of water, and heard the broken arm Eminem say, "How many days have you been hungry, Barbara?"

"I can't remember..." Barbara said with red eyes, "It's been a long time...yesterday, a child died of starvation...he was so young...but I can't do anything..."

She wept again.The broken-arm Amu patted her on the back and sighed, "Don't cry, you have cried yourself out several times."

Lame Legger shouted from outside, "Where are those dead children? Have you scraped off the flesh from their corpses and ate them? It's probably going to last for a while..."

Broken-arm Emu said angrily, "Brother, please don't say a few words!"

"Bah! They're all a bunch of idiots. I think when we were famine, when someone died, they all scrambled to grab the corpse and eat it." The lame Legger shook his head indifferently, and heard a grunt from his stomach. He groaned and smashed the mud with his crutches angrily.

Arm Broken said, "Barbara, actually, we're here this time to tell you something."

"what's up?"

"The three of us, me, elder brother, and Ai Er." Broken Arm Emu took a deep breath and said, "The three of us are planning to leave Vulture City..."

"not including me."

A figure wrapped in a cold wind strode into the door, and the one-eyed Aiur stood coldly by the door, and the dark eyeball beside the blindfold stared straight at the lame Legger outside the house.He said, "Big Brother, Second Brother, I won't go."

Lame Raig said angrily, "What are you talking about? Didn't we agree before?!"

"I haven't discussed this matter with any of you." One-eyed Ior said calmly, "I refuse to go with you."

Lame Legger yelled anxiously, "You want to separate from us?!"

One-eyed Ai Er said, "It's only temporary. When everything is over, I will go find you."

"You fart!" Lame Legger couldn't sit still, dragged his lame leg, staggered furiously in front of One-Eyed Ie, and twitched as soon as he got up, "You damn boy! Damn third child! You The fuck doesn't want your elder brother and second brother again! Damn it, you just want to stay in this ruined city where people die every day, and starve to death with that shit bastard, right?!"

"Watch your wording, he's a king, not a bastard," said One-Eyed Iir quietly, "and you're right, I'm going to starve to death with him."

The lame Legge was trembling with anger, and he slapped the one-eyed Ire a few more times, and shouted, "Don't forget that the three of us have sworn that no matter what happens in this life, we will not leave any one behind! If you don't leave, Eminem and I won't be able to leave either! You selfish blind man, don't you want to watch us break our promises?!"

One-eyed Ie said earnestly, "That's not a problem, big brother. If you and second brother really leave, I'll feel better."

"Ai Er." At this time, the broken-armed Eminem sat on the edge of the bed silently, and said slowly, "Lymon already has his Silver Knight, and that kid is called Fallows."

"I know." One-eyed Aiur said, "But I won't leave. No matter who the Silver Kirin Knight is, I won't leave."

"Your boy... Aie!!"

Lame Raig gave a sudden growl that caused Barbara and the other children in the room to stare in amazement.The cripple threw away the crutch in his hand, sat down on the ground, and screamed strangely while cursing, "Aie! You are sorry for us, you are sorry for your big brother and second brother, do you know?! You have betrayed us Once! Because of you, you caused me to lose a leg, and your second brother lost an arm! Do you still want the past to happen again?!"

Barbara was startled, but there was only a thud, and the one-eyed Ire knelt beside the crippled Reiger.Emu with the broken arm sat silently by the bed, and sorted out the clothes on the broken arm a little, making sure that they would wrap the broken arm more tightly.

"I know, big brother..." One-eyed Ior lowered his head and his voice was heavy.Barbara felt as if there was a mountain pressing down on the other person's broad back, making him unable to even lift his head.One-eyed Ie clenched his fists tightly, and the only remaining eye gradually turned red, as if tears were about to flow in the next moment, "But, please forgive me... I can't betray him either. I only betrayed you once, but I Betrayed him so many times... I'm sorry, brother."

Emu with the broken arm rubbed his face, turned to Barbara and said, "That's the way it is...Are you going to come with us, Barbara?"

"...I'm not leaving either."

"I want to see the wild dog boy become the emperor with my own eyes." She said with moist eyes.

****

The hungry victims piled up at the foot of the royal city, like mold clinging to rotten dead branches, forming strange-shaped cancerous tumors.

I was walking briskly down the corridors of the castle, hurried down a spiral staircase, and knocked open the door of the Foreign Secretary.Richard was browsing through a letter with a sad face, when he saw me walking in, he immediately stood up nervously, "Hello, Your Majesty!"

I asked point-blank, "What's going on downtown now?"

"Every now and then, someone would make trouble under the royal city." Richard gave me his chair and said cautiously, "The soldiers have closed the gate tightly, and those disaster victims can't run in."

That's not a long-term solution either.I bit my nails viciously, looking at the pile of complaint letters on the table, I felt like my head would explode.After the Winter Ting Army finished the Black Maple Plain, the northern border was supposed to welcome a grain harvest, but an inexplicable large hailstorm struck, smashing the already insufficient wheat and corn.Now not only is there a famine in Vulture City, but other villages that are usually responsible for food supply are also in danger.

"This must have been calculated by Elliott." Chichikov said to me. "He predicted that there would be a phenomenon in the weather in the northern region this year, so he chose this time to send troops in order to catch us by surprise."

I can't wait to grab the old man by the collar and shake it vigorously, "Damn it, don't you also observe the weather?! Why didn't you tell me in advance!"

"What's the use of telling you?" The old man was quite indifferent. "As long as Elliott sends out a large number of troops, you have to send troops to fight. Otherwise, the destruction of Vulture City will only take a few days-the form is so passive."

I sat on a chair, clenched my fists, and pulled one side of my hair with bloodshot eyes.Chichikov said indifferently, "I advise you to think of a way, how to get over this hurdle. Before you, I also followed a few guys who wanted to kill the kingslayer, but without exception, they all became roads. The corpses on the…”

He sucked on the cigarette, as if caught in some muddy memory, shook his head, "I can't help Elliot..."

"Stop talking nonsense." I stared at my bloodshot eyes, looking for the marching record book of the Winter Ting Army.Just when I was estimating their marching route at this time, a soldier suddenly rushed into my office and said overjoyed, "Your Majesty, good news! The soldiers of the legion have captured the Luosai Wetland and are heading towards the coma. Vine Castle is marching!"

I raised my head abruptly, "Have you won two of the three major strategic areas?"

"Yes! And according to the statistics after the battle in Luosai Wetland, the casualties of the legion were less than 60!" The soldier said excitedly, "And the Twilight Empire lost nearly 1 people! God, they are amazing!"

It's not that they are great, but the undead are great.It seems that Luo really listened to me obediently, and clenched his scythe tightly.I felt a lot relieved by the anger caused by the famine, nodded and said, "Good job! Let them not be careless, keep moving forward, and try to get the third strategic location! If the Castle of Faint Vine is taken, I will They left Vulture City with their people, and moved to the villages around the Black Maple Plain to live temporarily."

I clenched the knife at my waist, and my eyes sparkled with excitement, "At that time, the entire Winter Ting Army will be able to invade the Twilight Empire. I will personally lead the army and compete with Elliott!"

However, the pride on the battlefield is on the battlefield, and the reality is that the people in Vulture City who are starving for food have already started to make trouble.I sat at Richard's desk, lost in thought.ten days.If the Winter Ting Army marched as usual, they should be able to reach the Dark Vine Castle in ten days.Excluding the three days for the investigation, the real fight should be very fast, no more than two days.

Back and forth, that is, nearly fifteen days.

"Your Majesty..." Richard carefully observed my expression, and said, "Do you have any instructions?"

"Continue to close the city gate." I stared at the inkwell on the table, but I didn't see anything, I just opened and closed my mouth mechanically, "Not only the king city, but all the gates of Vulture City are closed by me! During the war , I don’t allow anyone to run out! Explain to the people that it’s for their safety.”

I strode towards the door, and Richard said anxiously behind me, "The starving man..."

"I will send my army to appease them and tell them that we only need to endure for a few more days before we can obtain real liberation and freedom." I said coldly, "If there are still disobedient people, shoot them to death!"

****

"Regardless of whether they are under the banner of justice or not, all rulers have the same face!"

The sun gradually emerged from behind the dirty cotton-like clouds, and people who were suffering from hunger and cold gathered under the royal city of Vulture City.With haggard faces and disheveled hair, they chatted together and moaned, treating the gate of the royal city as a market.Another child hung a small wooden drawer around his neck, shouting loudly. The wooden drawer contained lumps of yogurt that were harder than stones.

In the afternoon, the hungry people leaned together, groaning in despair.A skinny woman was still holding a package wrapped in a baby's body, and she cried out insanely, "Did any of you see my little Jimmy? He said he was hungry, and I went out to get him something to eat, and when he came back he would eat gone..."

Bang bang bang!With three crisp sounds, a man jumped onto a broken wooden barrel and gesticulated and yelled on it, quickly attracting everyone's attention.The man showed his black chest, waved his hairy arms, pointed at the closed city gate, and shouted, "Say, why didn't the king respond to our request!"

The people below started chirping, and the man roared, "It's not because he doesn't know! It's because he's guilty, he's afraid! Because there is no food in Vulture City, and even the king himself is starving! So let's go again Please, he can't get anything out!"

Suddenly there was a wave of noise in the crowd, many people stared in horror and muttered that even the king was starving, and that Vulture City might really be doomed.After a while, there were loud cries and screams from women and children, which made the crowd even more chaotic.

"Be quiet, be quiet, everyone listen to me!" the man said loudly, and continued after the noise of the crowd faded away, "In the final analysis, staying in this so-called 'Wanjiang Empire' has no Way! Think about the supplies convoy of the Twilight Empire. Emperor Elliott is much more generous, and he is so rich that he can provide us with free food every month! If our king hadn’t let someone kill the soldiers in the convoy, we are now You can also enjoy fresh meat and grains, as well as clothing to keep out the cold!"

One person interjected from below, "I heard people say that people over there are better off than here, including those who surrendered a few years ago."

"We can no longer be fooled by the king's rhetoric!" the man said, "The Winter Ting Legion has sent troops so far, those so-called soldiers have robbed us of our rations, so what if they win? We will all starve to death! What's the benefit of going to fight the Twilight Empire? Think about it, can we fight thousands of people against tens of thousands? The end result is that those soldiers died on the battlefield, while we died in the city—"

With a whoosh, the man standing on the barrel screaming was shot in the back by an arrow, and fell down from above screaming.The crowd dispersed in panic, and saw dozens of ferocious soldiers with weapons coming out of the city gate. The leader held a hard bow behind him and said sharply, "This is the king's order!"

The two soldiers knelt on the ground, let the chief officer step on their backs, looked down at the crowd gathered like sand, and said, "Your Majesty said, wait another fifteen days, and we will be free. We don't have to Staying in Vulture City, we will go to the southern border, defeat the Kingslayer, and restore the glory of the Wanjiang Empire!"

"We don't care about the splendor of the empire! We don't even believe the king's words!" The man who was shot in the back shouted hoarsely, "He once said that none of us would starve, now? The corpses in the lower city have piled up It stinks, only dead human flesh is the most ration!"

The leading soldier grinned and said, "So? They're dead, so you go and eat them."

"Fuck|you|dammit!" The man pulled out the arrow cluster on his back, blood and cold sweat soaked through the rough rags, and rushed towards the group of soldiers with teeth and claws.Immediately, several thin-skinned men stepped forward, shouting, "Let the king come to see us!"

"The king doesn't see the traitors of the empire." Those soldiers grabbed the few people who came forward, pierced their chests with knives neatly, and threw them back.There were terrified screams from the crowd.

The leading officer shouted, "These people are spies from the Twilight Empire, advocating rebellion and wanting to split us up. They deserve death, but I guess there must be more than one spies!"

His fierce eyes swept towards the astonished people around him, and he smiled like a wolf, "Let me see, who else is a spy?"

The soldiers of the Godhunters flicked their whips, forcing the hungry people surrounded outside the king's city to retreat.The officer said, "Fifteen days, His Majesty said, as long as fifteen days pass, hope is before our eyes!"

The whip hit an old man who couldn't escape in time, and the old man fell to the ground and twitched whimperingly, and the other people also made ups and downs.After almost all the people had been driven away, the Godhunters counted the number of people and carried the corpses into the king's city.

With a bang, the city gate was closed tightly.

That night, Vulture City issued an order to forbid the city, and the gate was heavily guarded, and no one was allowed to open it. Even a grasshopper outside the city could not even think about jumping in, and an ant inside the city couldn't even think about getting out.The huge black city wall is like a prison, trapping the lives of countless people and looking at the sky, and the two Great Walls outside are its silent jailers.

The stars are dim, and the frost is everywhere.

The author has something to say: Thank you little angel "Dongli Jun" for the nutrient solution! O(∩_∩)O

Volume [-] is coming to an end. .inner cow. .