Quadruple split.

Chapter 600 Get your hands dirty

"Your Excellency, there are also rebels in this town..."

After getting the news, Willow immediately walked to Sinjue's side, and said in a low voice: "Just now our people stopped five low-level thieves outside. Although they are not strong, they are all dead soldiers. Immediately afterwards, he committed suicide."

Because the people in this team have adapted to being headed by Willow and Varez, the scout who came to report the news just now habitually reported the news directly to the eldest sister, but he did not report the news to the real Lord Sinister. The commander reported that it wasn't because everyone didn't like the latter, it was just a matter of habit. As for why they were looking for Willow instead of Varese, it was very simple, because Willow was good-looking.

Of course, even if ordinary fighters ignore this point, Willow, who is delicate and thoughtful, immediately reported to the sinner, one is that she does not want to overstep, and the other is that even if Willow oversteps her, she has no constructive ideas , so it's better to ask His Excellency, at least so far, who has never disappointed everyone.

"Is it……"

The latter sighed, and nodded as if he had expected it: "Sure enough."

Willow was stunned for a moment, and then asked rather puzzled: "You already knew?"

"It can't be said that I knew it a long time ago."

The sinner smiled wryly and shook his head, looked around with the unextinguished lights of the surrounding houses, and said softly: "I just observed the layout of this town on the road, although there may be a lot of errors, But judging from the observation results, the resident population of this town should not exceed [-] people, and I think Mr. Varese should have already noticed this..."

Willow blinked in confusion, and then cast her eyes on Varese, who was also dignified next to him: "You also noticed it? Why can't I see it?"

"Because you are a girl from a rich family."

Vares laughed dryly, and quickly added after Willow's eyes gradually became unkind: "At least compared to a 'countryman' like me, she is a girl from a rich family."

Willow snorted softly and didn't say anything. She knew about Varese's background. It is said that the latter was born in a very simple family in a border village. Later, he left home alone because he was quite talented and unwilling to be ordinary. He went out to wander around, but because of his lack of academic skills and impulsive personality, he committed some crimes. During the process of being hunted down, he was lucky enough to meet the Duke of Fossey, and with the help of the other party, he was able to escape unscathed, so he directly took refuge in Fossey's command , and the latter also provided Varese with a lot of resources, and later took Varese's family to Troon to settle down at his own expense, and then disappeared.

If Varez's talent is outstanding, and he advances to the level of the legendary powerhouse, this story will be more epic, but unfortunately his talent will stop at the peak of the high-level, if there is no future If you are lucky, the epic threshold is enough to be touched, so there is really nothing worth writing about.

All in all, because he grew up in such a small place, Varese is quite familiar with this kind of "countryside". The earlier accurate analysis of the small town where he settled was also based on this aspect, and This time, he naturally came to the same judgment as the criminal...

So long after the soldiers gathered the locals, Varez's expression was already a little ugly.

"I don't know……"

Willow frowned. Although she would not be disrespectful to the Sinister, she had no taboo when talking to Varez: "What exactly do you want to say?"

"Your Excellency, it seems that you and I have the same thoughts."

Varez didn't pay attention to Willow, but said in a low voice to the sinner who was standing there wondering what to think: "Theoretically, this town will never have more than [-] residents, no... I think it should be There may not even be one hundred and eighty people, but there are people gathered in the square now..."

"Two hundred and sixty-seven people."

The sinner finished speaking for Varez calmly, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Even if children under the age of ten except the elves are excluded, there are two hundred and forty-three people, which is a very subtle number."

Willow was originally a delicate person, and when he heard this, there was no reason why he couldn't react, and his tired face immediately sank visibly: "You mean, there are still people from the rebel army here. ?”

"Yes, although the strength will not be very strong, and there is even a high possibility that they are only low-level professionals, but I really judged so."

Guilty nodded slightly, looked at the 'townspeople' who were gathered in the square, and said calmly: "Those thieves who were intercepted should have gone out to report after they found us coming, after all, even if they only have low-level strength Therefore, occupations such as thieves and rangers who can easily hide their bodies still have a chance to escape in the dark."

"Thanks to Lord Guilty."

Willow nodded submissively, and said softly, "If you hadn't made arrangements in advance to let our scouts and knights surround this place, those people might have escaped completely by now."

The sinner just smiled lightly, and didn't say anything, but Varez gritted his teeth after a few seconds of silence: "The crux of the problem is, what should we do now?"

【what should I do now……】

Realizing that she still couldn't get around this fact, Willow clenched her fists subconsciously, then turned her head to look at the expressionless Sinister: "Your Excellency, what do you mean..."

However, the sinner, who had never disappointed the two of them this day, let them down this time.

"I have no idea……"

After a while, the young noble who wrapped his cloak tightly sighed softly.

Does he really not know?
Willow and Varez don't think so, because even the two of them know at least one solution to the problem.

"However... I can analyze it a little..."

Seeing that neither of them spoke, the sinner broke the silence first, and said in his gentle and soft voice: "First of all, the geographical location of this town of Resiles is very close to the southern border of Kangda. Calculated by people's footsteps, it only takes less than five hours at most to reach the rebel-controlled area we walked out of before. If it is a ranger, a thief, etc. who are good at speed, this is even a low-level class. level, this time will be compressed to one and a half hours, even for the slower low-level mages or knights, it took three hours."

Willow and Varez, who swung the nearby fighters back, nodded silently.

"Secondly, as far as I know, if you want to identify the opponent's strength, such as distinguishing between ordinary people and low-level professionals, the means with the lowest threshold are high-level arcane skills [True Insight] and high-level druid talents. You have mastered the [Eye of Analysis], and the high-level professionals in our team are only you two, and you are knights and rangers respectively, obviously it is impossible."

There was a flash of struggle in Sin Jue's peaceful and indifferent black eyes, but he continued: "Third, compared with the rebels who have enough manpower to rotate, our team of only more than [-] people is already running around at a high intensity. It took a whole half a day, everyone needs to rest, even if you want to arrange night watchmen, it is not easy to watch the whole [-] people, and in this process, as long as one person is missed..."

He didn't go on, and Willow and Varez didn't need him to go on, because they knew very well that if the thousands of rebels who were less than three hours away from here got the news, more than four hundred It is equivalent to being sentenced to death.

After traveling all the way, even the two of them with high-level peak strength felt a little tired, not to mention those ordinary fighters, most of whom were only at the middle level.

In the end how to do! ?

Looking at the terrified faces on the square and the shivering bodies of those people in the cold wind, Willow and Varez almost gritted their teeth.

"We...we may be able to tie them up, let these people sleep in the square for one night, and at the same time send those soldiers who are in better condition to watch the night in rotation."

Willow lowered her head and came up with an idea, but her expression turned darker. Obviously, even she felt that this method was too childish.

"impossible."

Sure enough, Varez shook her head the moment she finished speaking: "There are only a group of night watchmen and a group of guards. We only have more than [-] people in total, and there are dozens of seriously injured people. Even if we can arrange them, How do you ensure that the rebels mixed in can't escape and be tied up? Are you three years old? Only ordinary people will be really tied up. No matter how weak the rebels mixed in are, they can easily break free with a rope How are you doing!"

Willow was silent, but the sinner interjected softly: "Although what you said, Varez, is reasonable, but Willow's idea is not completely unworkable. Even if there are many people here, if you can guarantee that the guards will not let you go. Without any details, the rebels mixed in may not be able to get out easily, but... this is just a possibility, can we really afford this risk now?"

"We...of course we can't afford it."

Willow lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I didn't think twice."

"How about asking them one by one and forcing them to confess?"

Although Varez refuted Willow's rebuttal just now, he also thought of a way and said in a deep voice: "Willow and I can be in charge of the interrogation work, and I probably know how to play that set. Simply put It doesn’t matter if we can’t find out those rebels even if you ask me with a yelling and a scare. We can let the ordinary townspeople identify them. There are only so few people in this town. Most people are..."

"most people?"

Willow interrupted Varez with a frown, shaking her head and said, "Do you know how many people the rebels have mixed in? Even if you can tell that there are no more than two hundred people in this town, you can be sure that the rebels The number is the total number of people minus the number of "do you think" there should be? What should I do if I am wrong? What should I do if I miss it? What should I do if the rebels confuse the public? It is the same as my previous idea, it is feasible, but it cannot be guaranteed to be foolproof .”

Varez clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "Then if we leave here now, find another..."

"Will those people stop reporting after we leave?"

Willow sighed deeply, and said with a bitter face: "We have been seen, and since the other side has made arrangements in this town, are other places safe? Maybe after we leave, those rebels There is no need to run to Kangda, just contact the nearby companions, this is the worst way."

"Then...then what do you say?!"

Varez looked at Willow with teary eyes.

"I have no idea……"

The latter repeated what the sinner had said just now, pursed his lips tightly and lowered his head.

The cold wind was blowing, and the night was getting darker and darker.

More than [-] people who were gathered in the square did not dare to act rashly. The soldiers who had not received orders also stood there neatly. The knights and scouts surrounding the town were still sticking to their posts.

Everyone is tired...

Willow and Varez endured an additional layer of mental torture.

They all knew they couldn't take it any longer and had to make a decision, but none of them broke the suffocating silence.

Another gust of cold wind blew by, and in the team, a pale fox half-orc female mage couldn't help but sneezed.

"This is not the way to go."

In the end, Guilty was the first to speak, but his next words made the two of them fall into an ice cellar...

"You guys decide, even if it's the solution that the two of you came up with just now, I have no objection."

【Let's decide...】

Willow and Varez looked at each other, and they both caught the expected bitterness and helplessness in each other's eyes.

In the end, the responsibility will still fall on the shoulders of the two of them.

Knowing that they are not completely sure, if they use the strategies they mentioned before, as long as there is a slight mistake, the more than [-] people will probably all be explained here.

But if they choose the safest and most appropriate way that they have been avoiding all along...it is really...

"I see."

After a while, Willow, who had bitten the corner of her mouth, said tremblingly, "I..."

"What are you, what are you talking about, go aside!"

Varez pressed Willow's shoulders and pushed her to the side. He stared into the eyes of the criminal and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency, I have thought of a way to ensure safety..."

"How safe is it?"

The other party asked a leisurely question, which also made Willow and Varez's complexions even more ugly. After all, both of them knew that it was impossible for the sinner to know the way to 'ensure safety'.

Varez clenched his teeth and squeezed out words one by one: "I suggest that in order to ensure the safety and privacy of our actions, all the people here should be..."

"Okay."

Unexpectedly, Zui Jue suddenly interrupted him, and then slowly walked to the still neat team behind him, and said loudly: "Everyone has worked hard, I am your commander Mo during this time, of course you can also call me Zui!" Sir, in short, I would like to make an announcement now..."

Everyone in the line swallowed subconsciously, especially those with good hearing.

"According to my observation just now, the town of Resiles has been completely controlled by the rebels."

The sinner showed a chilling smile, but his tone was still calm and indifferent: "From my judgment, those innocent people have already fled here, or were killed by the rebels. In other words, those who are now staying in this town People, except for the rebels, are the rebels who collude with the rebels, so... Although Mr. Varese and Ms. Willow have some complaints about my proposal, it is a pity that, as the only nobleman present, as Fossey The commander personally appointed by the Duke and His Royal Highness Arthur, I am qualified to ask you to obey the order, if not, otherwise you will be punished as treason, and it will be executed on the spot!"

"you……"

"Your Excellency..."

Both Willow and Varez's eyes widened in disbelief.

With his back facing the increasingly grim-faced Sinjue, he took off his gloves and pulled out the long sword at his waist with his backhand.

"Now, people who are not afraid of getting their hands dirty like me, please step forward..."

Chapter five hundred and ninety seventh: The end

(End of this chapter)