inspire-indiana Chapter 157 Refugees
Chapter 157 Refugees
The tall tower-shaped city gate blocked everyone's way. Looking at the huge city gate and the majestic tower above the city gate, all the civilians who fled here showed shocked expressions.
Some of the refugees who had been here before couldn't help but exclaimed, "What's the matter with this city gate? I didn't see this thing at all when I came here last year."
In the past, there was no defense at all at the entrance of the valley, and at most two people watched every night, but now what stands in front of them is a huge monster that even Winter City can't find.
In front of such a city gate, each of them is as insignificant as an ant. If the city gate is not opened, they may not be able to enter the valley for the rest of their lives.
"Look, there are people on the wall."
Following these words, a group of people quickly saw the figures of dwarves and orcs on the city wall.
The next moment everyone's eyes were full of panic.
"Isn't this a gathering place for humans? Why do dwarves and orcs exist?"
Their voices trembled as they said this.
Countless rumors are telling that humans and dwarf orcs are mortal enemies, which makes all those who have never actually seen dwarves and orcs believe it.
So, when they found out that this place has been occupied by the mortal enemy of mankind, how dare they continue to stay here?
At this moment, all the refugees were wondering whether to turn around and run away immediately.
But most of them stopped after just a few steps on their hind legs.
Because they knew very well that they had no way out.
Could it be possible to return to Winter City?
Not to mention becoming slaves, they almost relied on weeds and tree roots along the way to survive starvation. Later, they could only eat bark. It can be said that they ate up everything that could be eaten along the way. Yes, now returning the same way, the only possibility is to be starved to death on the way.
Thinking that I was facing such a dilemma, an atmosphere of despair enveloped all the refugees.
...
"Master, it's not good."
Gu Li's loud voice sounded, and Li Fan immediately felt a headache.
Recently, every time this guy came to him, nothing good happened. Li Fan once thought that Gu Li was a bastard.
"Hey"
Li Fan sighed, and asked Gu Li helplessly, "What's wrong? Another mercenary broke in, or someone was attacked again."
Gu Li shook his head, "There are many human races coming from outside the city gate."
"A lot of humans?" Li Fan was shocked, and quickly asked, "How many people? Are you sure they're not mercenaries?"
Now he is almost going crazy because he wants people. When he heard the word 'a lot', he immediately became interested.
Gu Li scratched his head, and said uncertainly: "Too many, countless, at least hundreds of people, they should not be mercenaries, after all, mercenaries will not be as embarrassed as they are, they are more like refugees fleeing."
"Refugees with more than a few hundred people?" Li Fan's breathing became short of breath.
Isn't this the population he is thinking about?
He had only been talking about it for a few days, and then he delivered it to his door?
Could it be that he is actually Grandpa's favorite cub.
Li Fan couldn't believe it, and hurriedly ran towards the city gate with Gu Li.
With the lessons learned from last time, this time, Gu Li closed the city gate when he saw a figure from a distance, so no one broke into the valley.
Li Fan followed Gu Li towards the tower, and found Anna and the others followed.
After climbing up the tower, Li Fan looked at the people outside the valley.
Sure enough, as Gu Li said, they were a group of refugees, their clothes were torn, everyone was covered with mud, and their faces were ashen-colored, as if they would fall down at any time.
At this time, all of them showed dull eyes, looking in the direction of the tower, like livestock waiting to be slaughtered.
Li Fan took a rough look at the number of these refugees and found that there were more than a thousand of them than what Gu Li said.
Excited, Li Fan took a deep breath and spoke to the refugees outside the city.
"Everyone, hello, I am the lord of this valley, who can tell me why you are here?"
Li Fan didn't let these people in without thinking, at least he should ask them where they came from.
"It's humans. There are humans among dwarves and orcs."
"He also said that he is the lord here, and humans are the lords of dwarves and orcs? How is that possible."...
When the refugees under the city gate found Li Fan, they started a noisy discussion, pointing at Li Fan and talking non-stop, but no one came out to explain the situation.
This is not surprising, no one wants to be the leader at this time, and everyone is not familiar with it, and it is difficult to find a leader immediately.
After a while, an old man who was struggling to walk walked forward with the support of others.
No matter where you are, the older you are, the more convincing you are.
At this time, the oldest old man among all the people stood up, and the rest of the people stopped discussing immediately, waiting for the old man to speak.
The old man took a deep breath, and with all his strength, he said to Li Fan on the tower with difficulty: "My lord, we are a group of refugees who escaped from Winter City. I heard that there is a villain here." The town is a gathering place for human beings, but..."
But they didn't expect that this place seems to have been occupied by dwarves and orcs.
Although Li Fan didn't know why they escaped from Winter City, he could feel their dilemma at this time.
"This is an opportunity."
The moment of crisis is also the best moment to gather people's hearts.
If Li Fan took them in at this time, it would undoubtedly be a blessing in disguise.
It is inevitable to increase the favorability. When Li Fan raises their favorability to 1 star, he will be able to get a lot of bond points, so that both himself and the people in the territory can get a rapid improvement.
Thinking of this, Li Fan turned to Anna and all of them and said, "I plan to accept these people."
Although Li Fan is the lord, it doesn't mean that he can decide everything by himself, especially this kind of decision that will affect everyone in the three clans.
Therefore, before accepting these refugees, Li Fan needs to convince Anna them first.
Anna and the others hesitated for a moment. To be honest, they didn't understand Li Fan's recent behavior. Whether it was the capture of mercenaries before or the 200 captives afterwards, these people can do very limited things, but they still need to consume a lot of food .
It might as well be handed over to the original tri-ethnic mixed group.
It's even more the same now. The humans Li Fan intends to accept are all ordinary people. They can't provide much help to the territory, but they will consume a lot of resources in the territory.
No matter how you look at it, it's not worth it.
Li Fan can also guess Anna's doubts, but the answer to this question is related to the existence of the system, so he is destined to be unable to answer this question directly.
When everyone was silent, Aoki stood up and said, "Isn't the vice-lord elected for this time? If you have any questions, just ask them directly, and after listening to the answers, we can make a decision together."
Following Aoki's words, everyone came to their senses. The next moment, Anna, Aoki, Guli, Dozina, Alicia, and Huiyu were all called out.
It was still Aoki who stood up, faced Li Fan directly, and asked: "Li Fan, we have watched all the decisions you made along the way, and there are very few mistakes, so as long as it is a decision you make, we will almost agree, But this time, we still want you to give a reason."
As he spoke, everyone looked at Li Fan in unison.
Li Fan took a deep breath because of this. He knew that what he was going to say next was not only related to whether he could take in those people outside, but also affected his prestige and whether he was qualified to continue to be the lord.
Thinking of this, Li Fan also had to seriously think about what he was about to say.