His throat was dry and itchy, and he had a splitting headache. He couldn't help but groan in pain.
Days of work and hunger had hollowed out his body. The cold wind invaded his internal organs through his single clothes. Unknown diseases spread in the slave camp, and many people developed high fevers.
"Get up! You bitches!"
The overseer got up earlier than everyone else, and used his whip to drive the slaves to the mine early in the morning.
Dewey dragged his tired steps behind the slave team, thinking about the situation of the struggle.
The class divisions among the human survivors in Talengard are very clear.
The lowest level of the slave group is divided into slaves and overseers, the middle level is the Demon Sons warband composed of fallen humans, and the top level is the appointed managers who are trusted by the demon ruler of Talengarde.
In fact, those arrogant overseers are also slaves. The only difference is that they have gained the trust of fallen humans and are willing to help them exploit their fellow humans to obtain protection and privileges.
After gaining further trust, these overseers will be promoted, have the opportunity to join the Demon Sons Chapter, or undergo demonic transformation rituals.
Dewey's original owner, Kirk, was such a lucky man. He had just escaped from slavery not long ago and was summoned by Grand Priest Larrick to undergo a demon transformation ritual.
Before leaving, he kindly introduced his experience to Dewey.
There are three top managers trusted by the demon ruler. They are in charge of different responsibilities. If you want to be promoted in this system, you must gain their attention and appreciation.
The first one is the culprit who started the disaster, Captain Osis.
During the Broken Star War, Griffin Grand Duke Isabel led the main army of the principality to Jorvik to participate in the decisive battle. Talengard only left a garrison to defend, and the scholar Master Wind served as a political advisor to manage the principality on her behalf during her absence.
Osis is the leader of this garrison.
He was ugly, greasy and wretched. Master Wen De once commented that "no one can match him in his ability to flatter. He was not sent to participate in the decisive battle just because he was the most incompetent one."
But no one could have imagined in advance that Osis could commit even more blasphemous crimes.
When Jorvik was defeated and the demon army came to Talengard, he personally killed Master Wind, who had humiliated him, and opened the city gate wide, allowing the demons to occupy Talengard without spending a single soldier.
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His traitorous pursuit of glory brought him glory and wealth, and the demon lord gave him the most beautiful succubus, and gave him the fine iron feather long sword passed down from generation to generation by the gryphon royal family as a sword.
The second one is Archimandrite Larrick.
He was originally a junior priest of the cathedral, but the massacre of the demonic city caused his faith to collapse. He betrayed Elrath and instead spread demonic beliefs in the slave camp. His fanatical belief in the Chaos Dragon Orgas gained the appreciation of the demon lord.
So he was promoted from a slave to a great patriarch.
The third one is Philip, the leader of the Sons of Demon Chapter. In the mouths of the slaves, Philip is a amiable man. Although he is responsible for leading the fallen humans, he has argued with Osis and Larric more than once, demanding that the slaves' survival be improved.
condition.
After Coker taught him how to become an overseer from a slave and finally gain promotion, he sold Dewey to Hannibal, the largest overseer in the slave camp.
Dewey sorted out valuable information in his mind, followed the slaves to the mine in a daze, picked up the hoe in a daze, and began to pound the ore.
Suddenly, there was a commotion not far away, and even the overseer Hannibal ran over to watch the commotion.
Dewey also dragged his heavy body to the scene of the incident and was immediately shocked by the sight in front of him.
The devil's son has brought a magical creature.
He looked like a mountain baboon, who had undergone a demonic transformation ritual and was as big as the strongest orcs.
He waved the mining pick wildly, and large chunks of sulfur ore collapsed under the force of the force.
Such a transformation demon can be dozens of times more efficient than a human slave.
The most bizarre thing is that, probably because the baboons do not have enough intelligence to perform labor, a human head is spliced to the baboon's neck.
When the demon turned his head, Dewey was shocked.
The spliced human head turned out to be Cork!
The head supervisor, whose face was covered with blood, looked crazy, his eyes were glowing with chaos, his mouth was foaming, and he was muttering something unknown.
Obviously, after undergoing the demon transformation ritual, he has become a powerful demon machine that only knows how to work.
A priest wearing a ferocious red robe and a knight stood aside, examining the experimental results with great interest.
The priest was thin and had sunken eye sockets. He said excitedly: "Captain Philip, the experimental material you provided is very suitable. It has deep-rooted faith in Orgas."
Philip nodded with satisfaction: "Priest Larrick, you are so humble. Your demon transformation ritual was relatively successful!"
"Wherever, the devil's son worked hard to search in the mountains and caught so many iron-spine baboons for me. After all, this experiment should have made some progress," Grand Priest Larrick said. "Philip's regiment
Commander, we still have to work hard next, soldiers."
The two left the mine amid laughter and laughter.
Behind them, the slaves and overseers were in great panic.
Why did overseer Kirk, who was originally promoted, become like this?
...
That night, Dewey found a new note in the hole in the wall, along with a piece of charcoal that could be used for writing.
There were many words written on the crumpled note:
Hello, Mr. Messenger.
I'm glad Larrick didn't kill you all and we can still get the message out.
I live in a group of fallen humans and am under a high degree of surveillance. All I can do now is take advantage of the opportunity of inspection to contact you through this small hole in the wall.
What I'm going to say next is crucial.
After several years of trying, and after killing countless slaves, Larrick's demon transformation experiment was successful.
He grafted humans and iron-spine baboons together to create a new beast-shaped demon.
The demon lord recently traveled to Shel'gor, and before he returns, Larric will launch a bloody campaign against the slave camps.
He plans to transform all remaining humans into beast-like demons whose latest experiment has been successful.
This will greatly increase the production of sulfur mines, and he wants to use this to express his talents and please the demon lord.
The end of humanity is coming to Tallongarde, and Griffon Claw must give it a try.
Please forward this message to Captain Umberto immediately, ask them to consider an executable action plan, and inform me of their response.
——"blood reward"
The next day, at the sulfur mine.
Dewey sneaks under a huge sentinel tree.
"Chirp!"
A blue and white bird suddenly poked its head out from the branches and screamed excitedly when it saw Dewey.
"Shhh - keep your voice down Lan Ling, this is not Starwind City, there are demon spies everywhere."
Dewey stuffed the written note into the mailbox under the fluff and whispered: "Little guy, you must give this to Eureka, remember?"
Lan Ling tilted his head, seemingly unable to understand every word Dewey said.
Dewey shook his head, roughly stuffed the blue bird into the branches and leaves, and quickly returned to his job in the mine in order to prevent others from becoming suspicious.
It's really unimaginable.
The blue bird Eureka accidentally picked up is so smart that with a little training, it can transmit messages over long distances between two fixed locations, which greatly reduces the difficulty of transmitting information.
However, this pampered bird seems to be a little too naughty no matter what the situation.
Except for Eureka, it hardly buys anyone's credit.
Snapped!
Dewey felt a tearing pain in his back, causing him to take a breath.
The overseer Hannibal shook off the blood drops on his whip and roared: "Don't relax! If today's output is less than yesterday, I will skin you!"
From the sentinel tree in the corner of the mine, Lan Ling poked his head out slightly.
The eyes exuding magic saw everything, and when the devil's son wasn't paying attention, it flew high into the sky.
Birds flitted through the treetops, climbed up the mountain peaks, and flew over the dirty land and burning villages.
Armies of demons are creating more chaos and killing on the earth, while fallen humans are using their knowledge of humans to cause more harm.
In a forest clearing, an injured Griffin Claw Ranger leaned nervously on the body of his horse.
He drew out a fine steel sword he received from Star Wind City and faced off against the son of the devil in front of him.
The fallen human laughed loudly: "Brother, you are lucky that you met me, and I will not kill you directly. Follow me back to Talengard, tell the location of the false god's lackey Emberto, and we will receive a glorious promotion together.
, become a Hell Knight!”
The young ranger spat angrily: "Umberto will use your guilty soul to clear the wrongs of the dead!"
The fallen human snorted coldly and planned to summon reinforcements.
Suddenly, a blue bird fell from the sky, its sharp claws dug deeply into the devil's son's eye sockets, gouging out his eyes.
Amidst the screams, the rangers decisively launched a surprise attack.
The stainless steel sword cut through the gaps in the plate armor and pierced the heart of the fallen human being.
He watched with joy as the blue bird gradually rose into the sky. Unable to call out loudly, he gently waved goodbye.
In the sky, Lan Ling shook the mucus off his paws in disgust and continued to focus on the flight in front of him.
The autumn sky should originally be high and vast, but in areas where demons are entrenched, even the dark clouds will appear chaotic crimson.
Lan Ling carefully avoided a storm cloud, and the cold air kissed its feathers.
After a period of flight, it gradually lowered its altitude, and a cheerful elf passed over the Fengling Plain.
...
The Lord's Mansion of Starwind City.
Eureka was sorting documents in the war hall. Suddenly, a series of chirping sounds came from far and near.
boom!
A ball of blue and white pom-poms passed through the open floor-to-ceiling window and plunged into Eureka's arms like a discharged cannonball.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp!"
Eureka gently stroked Lan Ling, then opened the mailbox and quickly came to Li Ran's side.
"Lord, Dewey sent information."
Li Ran raised his head from the report, spread out the note and looked at it.
Gradually, a look of worry appeared in Li Ran's eyebrows.
"Eureka, how is the progress of the biological armor testing?"
Eureka Report: "The first phase of the Dark Alchemist's experiment of cultivating iron virgins on iron plates has been completed. They found that although this special fern can take root on porous rocks and absorb the earth element, it cannot
Growing on dense metal, in order to transplant large areas on metal ship hulls, they were looking for a solution to allow iron virgins to grow on ship hulls."
"It's too late," Li Ran frowned deeply, "The humans in Talengard are in trouble."
Eureka's heart tightened, "What did you say?"
Li Ran unknowingly cut off the penholder and said in a low voice: "The cult leader Larrick wants to transform all humans into beast-like demons. This plan will be implemented within a few weeks. We don't have time to wait for the completion of the Snowstorm."
, getting support from the development zone.”
Eureka said: "But our strength cannot be compared with Talengard. There are hundreds of thousands of demons garrisoned there."
Li Ran said softly: "We really cannot attack directly at this stage. Eureka, please ask Captain Umberto to come over. I need to discuss it with him."
"I'll notify Umberto immediately."
That night, the Chapter Master of the Gryphon Claws walked into the war hall, dusty and dusty.
Li Ran handed over the secret letter from Dewey to Emberto.
This tough guy who has experienced many vicissitudes of life worriedly said: "Liberating the humans of Talengard is the mission of the Griffin Claws and the meaning of existence. We will never allow such a thing to happen."
"Why? Umberto," Li Ran's calm voice sounded, "Why should we? With these thousands of troops in our hands, are we going to attack Talengard's army?"
Umberto's hand holding the secret message was trembling slightly, and he said in a low voice: "If it comes to that point, I will lead the soldiers of the Griffin Claw alone to march towards Talengard."
Li Ran couldn't help but said: "Umberto, I understand your impulse, but we can't do such stupid things, let alone joke about the survival of the Starwind Territory." He pointed out the problem straightforwardly, "If Talengard
Once our existence is discovered, everything will be over, we will lose our last base and will have no choice but to wait for death in the wilderness."
The firewood crackled slightly in the fireplace, and the firelight did not penetrate the shadows on Emberto's face.
After a long time, Li Ran asked softly:
"Is the insider who infiltrated the fallen human race loyal enough?"
"You mean 'blood reward'? Sorry, we haven't learned his identity yet," Umberto said in a rough voice, "In Talengard, all insiders operate in secret, because as long as one person is exposed, the entire intelligence network will be destroyed."
It will face liquidation. I think the blood reward is trustworthy, otherwise it would not risk passing on such important information."
"Captain Umberto, we need to conduct a covert operation," Li Ran said word by word. "Can we secretly rescue the humans in the Talengard slave camp? Or, can we secretly rescue the humans in the Talengard slave camp?"
Lungard conducts a general evacuation?”
Umberto's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again. He said bitterly: "Secretly evacuating tens of thousands of people in the heartland where hundreds of thousands of demons are entrenched sounds impossible."
"We have no choice, right?"
Li Ran's voice was undeniably cold, and he seemed to have returned to the moment when he attacked the Well of Souls.
"We are walking on thin ice to survive in this land surrounded by wolves. We are forced to make a choice between morality and survival. If anyone supports letting tens of thousands of people die in obscurity, you will definitely give them a hard blow.
He punched."
"I am a simple person. I don't want to choose either of these options: sacrifice one's life for charity or live an ignoble existence." Li Ran's voice was decisive. "If the devil insists on pushing us into a life-and-death gamble again, then let us destroy the entire planet."
Wind Leader presses forward to win the lives of these people of the empire, and then let the demons taste our anger!"
Umberto understood Li Ran's determination and said with firm eyes: "I believe in your judgment and fully support your decision. The situation in Talengade is complicated. I suggest that we fully communicate with the 'blood reward' and let him know that we
existence and ask him directly for the details of the plan."
"Of course," Li Ran affirmed, "As someone who is in the heart of the enemy, I am afraid only he knows best what the success rate of this matter is."