A group of soldiers wearing armor and holding spears appeared in the wind and rain. Around them, there was a group of civilians with their hands tied with ropes, forming a long snake shape.
The group of people were in tattered clothes, staggering in the wind and rain. Some were crying loudly, while others were crying silently. They seemed to want to struggle, but were held back by spears from nearby soldiers, so they could only speed up their pace.
The soldiers stopped only after they stepped onto the beach. The leader, a man wearing a cloak but no helmet, waved his hand, and the group of people were untied and placed on the beach.
"don't want!"
As soon as the ropes were untied, one of the women with a better appearance cried out, "I don't want to come here, I can make money! Let me go, I will definitely make money!"
The soldiers stood straight, motionless.
The woman wiped away her tears, her eyes filled with determination, and ran straight towards the jungle inside, which was different from the beach. But as soon as she moved, the soldiers raised their spears and stopped her.
Then the woman let out a scream of pain.
The unhelmeted soldier grabbed her hair and threw her onto the beach, causing the woman to tumble on the ground. She rolled to Marika, who held her with her hands and helped her up.
Marika dusted the woman off, looked at the man without a helmet, and said in a deep voice, "Don't go too far, Xiji!"
"I've already been abandoned, so what's too much?"
The guy without a helmet sneered, "But you, the former royal chef of the Deep Forest Kingdom, had to come here to suffer and play in the sand with these guys who no longer have human rights. Come back with me, this is not the place for you. Your talent cannot be wasted here."
"I've said this many times."
Marika said in a deep voice: "I will stay here and keep helping these people. You can't just ignore everything after you have enough food to eat. Everyone has the right to have enough food to eat!"
Xiji shook his head, raised the corner of his mouth, and grinned: "Unfortunately, this is your last chance. You have persisted here for two years. This year is the last chance. The king has issued an order. If you refuse again, you don't have to go back. This time, the recruitment ship from the Bridge Kingdom is for you!"
"How could it be!"
A fisherman opened his eyes wide and said in disbelief: "Mrs. Marika has property in the kingdom! She can afford to pay the taxes, how can we let her go to the Bridge Kingdom!"
"Shut up, outcast, garbage!"
Xiji glared at the fisherman and said, "You are only people from the Shallow Sand Kingdom now, not from our country. How to deal with you is of course in accordance with the king's decree. Royal chef Marika only had property in the Deep Forest Kingdom before. Isn't she your 'king' now? Since she is the king of another country, how can she have property in our territory!"
"She has no property, no one pays her protection money, and she cannot be protected by our country. Of course, this kind of person without human rights must be taken to the Kingdom on the Bridge!"
"And you too!"
Xiji pointed at the others and grinned, "Some of you have families that can no longer afford the 'protection money'. I will read out your names and put shackles on you. When the ship comes, you will be the next group to go to the Bridge Kingdom!"
After hearing this, some of the people seemed to be prepared, while others were extremely numb, as if they were already used to it.
And the more expressions like this there were, the more excited Xiji felt.
That's it, this is how the untouchables should be, just go to the Bridge Kingdom to be slaves and make contributions to them. Surviving on food like this is simply a rebellion.
How could the untouchables resist? !
Especially.
Xiji walked over quickly and kicked over the shell pot that was still cooking. The milky white soup mixed with the ingredients splashed outside and fell into the sand, eroded and washed away by the storm.
"Oh yeah"
He smiled contentedly and raised his hands. "I'm so sorry. I wasn't careful when I was walking and knocked over your food. Don't be angry if you don't have food to eat. Otherwise, if you attack me, the captain of the soldiers, I will have reason to fight back. I was injured before going to the Bridge Kingdom, and it would be easy to die there."
"Hello"
Just then, a voice sounded beside his ear.
As Xiji turned his head, he saw a black gun muzzle pointed at him.
"My men haven't had any yet."
Sager held the flintlock and pulled the trigger directly. Xiji's pupils shrank immediately and he subconsciously wanted to dodge, but it was too late.
Click!
Except for the sound of the trigger being pulled, nothing happened.
Sager fiddled with the flintlock and shook his head: "It's useless if it's flooded."
Things like guns and cannons, once they get water in them, they really can't be fired.
"You! Are you kidding me?"
Veins popped out on Xiji's forehead and his hand rested on the hilt of the sword at his waist.
Swish!
Just as his hand touched the hilt of the sword, a cold light flashed quickly, and the next moment, Xiji felt dizzy, and then his eyes went dark.
Lily expressionlessly sheathed the rapier back to her waist. With a slight sound of it being sheathed, a head fell from the air and landed on the beach.
For a moment, there was complete silence.
"The clothes are dirty too."
Sager drank the soup in the shell in one gulp, threw the shell away, looked at the dirt on his abdomen, glanced at the head, and sneered: "You can't even compensate for your life."
"Captain!"
"Captain Siggy is dead!"
"Rebellion! This is rebellion!"
The remaining soldiers reacted at this time, and quickly raised their spears and were about to aim at this side, but at this moment, gunshots suddenly came from behind.
Bang, bang, bang!
The first soldier fell down with blood splattered all over his body.
From the sea water behind, Renetia stepped on a small boat and slid towards this side with two pirates. When the boat approached the shallows, Renetia jumped down and twisted the musket in her hand, turning it into a small tool hammer.
"What a nice smell! What's that? Are you having another party? Damn it! Why did you let me stay behind?" Renetia sniffed with her nose, her eyes darting around.
Even on the boat, she could smell the fragrance coming from there. Even the storm couldn't block the fragrance, which of course made her salivate. Just then she saw Sag and the others gathered there, so she came over with two of her men.
"The party is over, Letty, help me transform it."
Sager threw the flintlock rifle to her and said, "This thing can't be used on rainy days. It's too inconvenient. Besides, it can only hold one bullet. Change it to more for me."
As he said that, he looked at Marika, "The Kingdom on the Bridge? If you want to go to that kind of hellhole, why don't you get on the ship with me? It's almost the same anyway. Being a slave or a pirate, everyone would choose, right?"
(End of this chapter)