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Together with the prisoners of war who had previously chosen to join ELO, they finally had the size of two-thirds of the Cori Army.

According to common sense, ELO's victory was an inevitable result.

At the beginning, when ELO's size was only about one-seventh of the size of Corey's army, they were still able to chase them all the way, not to mention now that the gap in numbers between the two sides has been further reduced.

But it is somewhat naive to talk about common sense in a world where gods exist.

But no one expected ELO to lose so badly.

Bloodstained battle reports flew in from the raging battlefield ahead and lay quietly on Yun Shuo's desk.

Wherever the Cori army went, the ELO army had no other outcome except to flee in panic or fall tragically - and this was only the fifth day of the nobles' official appointment and the tenth day after the peace talks between the two sides.

Within five days after the peace talks, ELO accelerated its advance and tried its best to seize a large amount of land, but five days later, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

The Cori army was rapidly encroaching on ELO's territory, tearing out a shocking "wound", and this "wound" was still expanding at an alarming rate.

The clarion call of war has already resounded through the sky, and the only thing ELO can do is to lead those helpless people back to the rear of ELO as much as possible, seeking a glimmer of hope for survival.

"Why retreat? Why run away? The worst that can happen to us is that we can go back to the hard life we ​​had before." Aunt Seth glared at Colin beside her and patted her head lightly. Her tone revealed some helplessness and regret, but inexplicably there was a sense of "I knew it".

"I don't know why they started fighting again, but it looks like we can't win." As he said that, Seth dusted off his hands and started looking for something in the house.

"Go, return it to them. We can't let them help us for so long in vain. They were the ones who repaired our house." As she spoke, she took out the food that ELO had originally distributed to them from a corner and handed it to Colin.

Colin stood there, motionless, as if frozen in place. Seeing this, Aunt Seth shook her arms impatiently and urged, "Go on! What's wrong? Are you stupid?"

"You can't do this. Look at your face. You look like you've been dead for three days. ELO is gone, but we still have to live our lives. We have to live the same way as before."

Seth cursed, then pounded his aching waist with his hands and struggled to stand up. He picked up a small stool, stepped on it, stood on tiptoe, and reached into the high cabinet to grope.

After a while, Aunt Seth carefully took out a bag of heavy black bread from the depths of the cabinet and threw it to Colin from top to bottom.

She carefully instructed, "Also, secretly give these freshly made breads to your teacher, Eamon. Don't let anyone see. Okay?"

Seeing Colin pretending to be dead and not answering, with his face covered with tears and snot, Aunt Seth was furious. "Stop wiping your broken nose! Look at Eamon, he's a teacher at such a young age. You have to be as successful as him in the future!"

"What future can a person who is born into debt have in his life!" Tears flashed in Colin's eyes, but he still talked back stubbornly, looking both angry and amused.

Aunt Seth naturally didn't take this seriously and shook her head nonchalantly. "I was born into debt too. Go out and ask around; everyone is in debt! Remember, being alive is better than dying!"

"That's not what I learned." Colin shook his head and stared at his mother.

She's a stubborn person. Why should she bow down to the nobles? Why not just follow ELO?

"Then the principles you learned are wrong!" Seth was also angry at her retort, "Being able to read is a good thing, but knowing how to read will make you unable to survive. So I think you'd better forget all these words!"

"Mom! I don't want to live like this!" Colin burst into tears and shook his head desperately. "The Corrie Army is coming, and we're all going to die! Did you hear that?"

She clutched her mother's sleeve tightly, as if trying to find some comfort and strength from her.

In these days, there have been many people who have fled from the civilian areas governed by the nobles, and most of them have fled to their remote little place after many twists and turns.

Those who fled here all looked like ghosts, with empty eyes and staggering steps, as if every slightest noise could make them panic.

Many of them brought a lot of money with them, but they had no intention of keeping it for themselves. They handed it all over right away and asked ELO only one thing: to help them avenge their entire family. As long as it could bring revenge, they would do anything, and they would donate money and labor, even their lives would be sacrificed.

This time, when they left, all those people followed ELO.

"Go!" Aunt Seth spat into the air with disgust, spitting at the nonsense as if she were spitting at a passing mouse.

"How could such a powerful master hold such a grudge?" She said this with a tone full of luck.

She avoided talking about the Cori army and only talked about the great nobleman, as if this would give the Cori army no reason to attack her.

Seth slowly squatted down and roughly and casually wiped the child's tears with his rough and cracked fingertips. Seeing that he couldn't wipe them clean, he simply rolled up a corner of his apron and wiped the child's face hard.

She tried her best to avoid the main point and pretended to be relaxed, urging, "Hurry up and deliver the things over, before it's too late. Our area is close to them, and the Kori army will be there soon. Be good and don't cause trouble for them."

Colin could vaguely hear his mother sobbing between words. Since his father's death, his mother had been crying more and more.

"Mom!" Colin yelled again. She was still being stubborn and insisting on her own opinion.

"That's enough, Colin!" Aunt Seth finally couldn't hold back the tears in her eyes. She said in a trembling voice, "Escape? Where can we escape to? In the end, besides becoming a burden to others, what else can we do? Do you think I really don't know what those Cori soldiers are?"

The nobles are not good people, so how could the Cori army under the nobles be any good people?

But... no matter what, we can't just kill them all, right? If they're gone, who's going to pay their taxes?

She also wanted to follow ELO. These days were the best days in all these years, but ELO couldn't win. If she left, she would die.

She can die, but the child cannot die!

Anyway, following ELO will lead to death in the end, so I might as well take a gamble. What if the Kori army that comes here is a good person and doesn't kill people?

She seemed to be trying to excuse someone, explaining repeatedly, "They are nobles after all, sent by the gods. But ELO came from among us. The gods don't even stand by them, so what else can they do? Even the gods don't want us anymore..."

People like them have never existed in the sight of God. The only thing they can do is hope day and night, hoping to become a noble in the next life and be favored by God.

They are indeed human beings, but the nobles are gods, and it is only natural that humans are one level lower than gods.

Seth turned around abruptly and quickly wiped the tears from his cheeks with the back of his hand, not wanting the child to see his weakness.

Then she quickly turned back and said in a low, firm voice, "They meant well, but we weren't worthy of such a good life, so we ended up like this. We...we're worthless...Hide the bread well, and keep it for your teacher. It might save your life later."

Colin held the thing in her hand and remained motionless. It was as if her feet were rooted and she refused to move.

She lowered her head, and her voice sounded a little dull. "ELO, will they come back?"

"No way." Aunt Seth replied without raising her head as she turned around to clean the house.

Yes, not anymore. The good days of having your own land, having enough food and clothes to eat, and not being in debt will never come back.

After getting the answer, Colin took two steps out with a gloomy look on his face, then suddenly stopped and asked in a hoarse voice, "Will we die then?"

"It depends on your fate." Mother's voice came from inside, long and hoarse.

Because she cannot decide what her future will be like, she can only leave everything to fate.

When Colin arrived at his destination breathlessly, he found that the place was deserted. ELO and the people who were willing to follow it had already evacuated in a hurry, leaving only an empty and deserted house.

A sense of loss suddenly surged in her heart, as if she had completely lost something very important. For a moment, even the air around her became heavy.

Just when Colin was about to go back in disappointment, Eamonn suddenly walked out of the house.

As soon as he showed up, Colin's eyes lit up, as if he saw a ray of light in the darkness.

She rushed forward and yelled, "Teacher, you didn't leave?"

Aemon curled his lips, looking quite helpless. "I'm just a child. Where can I go? If I go back, I won't be allowed to go to the battlefield."

He has always been brooding over the fact that he failed to become a member of the ELO organization, and he always brings it up from time to time, as if he could join ELO if he said more.

"My mother gave it to you, take it quickly." Colin hurriedly stuffed the things hidden in her arms into Eamon's arms. Her movements were quick and decisive, as if she was afraid of being seen.

Yimon shook his head and didn't answer. "In at most a day, the Cori army will arrive. This place was once an ELO stronghold, and they will definitely focus on it. It's better to pay the tax on these grains first. Your family owes a lot, so pay it off sooner and you'll have peace of mind sooner. Besides, I can't take your things for free."

After being a teacher for so many days, Imon finally behaved like a teacher, and his temper had become much more restrained.

"It's impossible to pay off all the debts you owe. As soon as you're almost done, they'll find all sorts of excuses to force you to pay more. My dad was taxed for 'wasting a noble bullet' because there was a bullet in his body." Colin shrugged and said indifferently.

She had a cunning eye and a quick mind. "If you can't get it for free, then you can just exchange it for something."

"Give me a gun." Colin asked with a cunning glint in his eyes.

Colin knew that a gun was not necessarily a good thing, but whether it could be used or not was one thing, and having it was another. Moreover, she inexplicably felt that she would need it one day.

When Yimeng heard this, his face changed immediately and he waved his hands repeatedly. His worry was beyond words. In the end, he even put on a teacher's attitude and scolded: "How old are you? What are you doing with a gun? You fired a shot, and before the bullet even flew out, you died first."

Colin didn't say it directly, but just gestured with his hand to show the not-so-obvious height difference between her and Eamon, as if silently conveying some message: If you can do it, then so can I.

It is not very harmful and extremely insulting.

Yimon touched his nose guiltily and bargained down the price, "Then I'll give you five bullets."

"Give me more. I saw that you have a lot." Colin was obviously not satisfied with such a small amount.

Taking five was already a lot, and this made Imon so distressed that his face wrinkled.

Those bullets are precious to him. How could he easily share them with others? He doesn't have many of them.

So, Imon quickly adjusted his expression, pretending to be innocent and harmless, and made up a lie: "These are all blanks. They are completely unusable."

"Blank?" Colin knew nothing about firearms, so the term was naturally unfamiliar to her. However, she nodded obediently. "Oh, I see. I'll go back first then."

After saying that, he hugged his "baby" and went home as if he was guilty, for fear that if he stayed too long, his mother would find out something was wrong.

"Ah, goodbye!" Aemon breathed a sigh of relief.

If this guy stayed for a while longer, he was really afraid that he would not be able to control himself and kick him directly.

He was being pressured by the commander-in-chief. Given his usual temper, there was no way he was going to be here discussing the issue of guns with a little brat like you. Why would a kid touch a gun? Go home and scratch it with a branch!

In fact, Eamon had been considering whether he should distribute some weapons to the villagers, but Colin took the lead and decided to do it himself.

Distributing weapons to everyone does not mean that we expect them to actually confront the well-trained Kori army head-on. After all, the gap in strength between the two sides is too great, and it is impossible for them to win.

The main purpose of doing this is to be prepared for any eventuality. If you really encounter an emergency situation that requires shooting, at least you will have a handy weapon at hand and will not be helpless.

Despite this, Imon knew very well that there was actually not much point in doing so. How many people were willing to actually fight those gentlemen with knives and guns?

But he believed that there would always be people willing to fight. When the time came, instead of letting these people resist with farming tools like hoes, it would be better to simply give them a gun.

Even if no one was willing to resist, there would always be people willing to die. When the situation became desperate, with this gun, at least they could choose to end their own life, thus avoiding further torture.

Of course, what he hoped most was that these people would not be so cowardly, and those who had tempers would go and fight with the Corey army.

Imon had never been to the civilian area governed by the nobles after the war. He only heard people say that the people there went all the way there, killing people along the way, and sometimes even

Even whether or not to fight for ELO became a secondary goal. The primary task was to loot the homes of civilians, with the main goal being to kill, burn, and rob everything.

Today, Setash has completely broken with ELO and returned to the embrace of the aristocracy.

As everyone knows, nobles have always attached great importance to their reputation, and Colin once brought a group of children to humiliate Setash in public. As for how the incident was handled afterwards, it was not important. What was important was that this undoubtedly made that narrow-minded and vengeful person hold a grudge.

If nothing unexpected happens, this area will be under the jurisdiction of the nobles in one day. As for how long the nobles can rule, it all depends on how long it takes ELO to counterattack.

By then, all the children who had participated in the stone-throwing incident would be punished one by one.

The Kori army burned, killed, and looted along the way, completely disregarding the civilians passing by as human beings. This was before they were provoked...

Chapter 19: Massacre of the Village

There were bursts of noise coming from the crowd. Most people didn't want to grab it, but instead wanted to protect themselves and draw a clear line between themselves and ELO.

Someone shouted, "Gun? What gun? You ELO keep it to yourselves!"

Another person echoed, "Yeah, what's the use of guns for farmers like us? There are only a few of us. What if we resist and the Kori army attacks us?"

"I know you ELOs can't surrender, but we can. After all, we're all still from Cori City."

"That's right. Everyone is so poor, what else can they rob?"

Those who were willing to fight with the nobles and those who hated the nobles to the core had already withdrawn with ELO. Most of those who stayed were still hoping for a lucky break.

As the saying goes, it is better to live than to die.

If they had the power to choose between ELO and the Corrie Army and choose one side to win, they would choose ELO without hesitation.

But if they were asked to risk their lives to support ELO, they would only hesitate and mutter, "They have no chance of winning, so why send us there to die in vain? The worst that can happen is that more people will starve to death, freeze to death, or have a few children sold. That's better than losing our lives in vain, right?"

Almost no one dared to take the guns in the warehouse, so they tried their best to persuade Eamon to throw away and bury all these things.

An old woman who looked to be about forty years old grabbed Eamon's hand and advised, "These things must be thrown far away and buried deep. They must not be discovered by the Kori army."

Most people agreed with this view, while the silent minority left quietly.

"You..." Aemon squeezed out these two words from his throat with difficulty, but he could no longer continue.

He silently lowered his eyes, avoiding the gazes of the people in front of him. Following everyone's request, he called his students to come and help, burying the guns in the ground bit by bit.

At this moment, Yimon seemed to have grown up suddenly. He imitated Yun Shuo and tied explosives tightly on himself overnight.

It was obvious that what was buried was a gun, but Iamon inexplicably felt that what was actually buried underground was their lives.

……

The Kori army had already penetrated deep into ELO territory. ELO's recent resistance had been waning, like fallen leaves in the autumn wind, powerless to resist the surging gale. This made the Kori army's advance unusually easy, with almost no resistance at all.

Lumi listlessly stroked the bow in her hand. The cold, hard wood and metal scraped against her fingertips, yet it failed to stir a single ray of fighting spirit. Her eyes were empty as she gazed at the distant mountains, her heart devoid of any emotion.

She was not keen on war. In this seemingly heroic and smoke-filled battle, Lumi, as a foreigner, would always be just a bystander.

All she had to do was help Ella consolidate her position as city lord; the rest had nothing to do with her.

After all, this kind of drama where people fight to the death for profit is really boring and repetitive.