Chapter 120

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Lian Yun's pupils shrank slightly.

"Their meat is really delicious, you can..." The woman wanted to ask Lian Yun to try it, but before she could finish her words, Lana glared back at her.

Ford felt that he had never heard of such an outrageous thing in all the years he had been the leader, and he had never thought of being so angry today.

His skin slowly turned red, and he distanced himself from Lian Yun and the others.

Lian Yun knew that he was trying hard to suppress his emotions and not affect the people around him, but Lian Yun was still affected by his emotions, and it seemed as if a ball of anger was burning in his heart.

"The abandoned beast knows nothing?" Ford clenched his fists.

The woman knew they would be angry, but she didn't know it would be so serious.

They do abuse

For the people in the village, they just did what they had to do.

"Yes... We regularly supply whole abandoned animals. The meat is eaten by the people above. Sometimes, abandoned animals that die accidentally are not wanted by the people above, so we can eat them..."

"But sometimes they prefer fresher meat. We'll take away abandoned newborns, because the mother will fall into a coma after giving birth... When she wakes up, we'll tell her that her cub died."

Although they will be sad for a while, with the company of their owner villagers, they will obviously become more dependent on their human "partners".

This is also one of their methods.

"For example, Honey's family had abandoned a few-year-old beast. They should have been sent away, but they secretly kept it. Honey's mother should have taken the small one away that day, but after she left, we discovered that she had left the small one behind and took the large female beast away. We have no way to get it back..."

This was very frightening for the woman and the villagers.

Because it might annoy the people above you.

Lian Yun suddenly understood why Honey cried even harder when these people said they were only after their horns.

She was not as naive as everyone thought. At least she understood this matter clearly and was unwilling to reveal this lie in front of the abandoned beast.

In other words, even these abandoned animals themselves don’t know that they have become someone else’s meal before they were born, nor do they know that their human companions, whom they trust so much, are a group of hypocritical executioners who deceive the world.

"Haven't you ever thought about why?" Ford stared at her.

The woman lowered her head deeply. This was an extremely troublesome matter for her. The only thing she could think of was the trouble brought by Honey's family.

Thinking about it more carefully, she just felt that they were extremely stupid.

"Is Honey locked up by you because she knew this?"

"She knew we were going to get rid of some of the abandoned animals and she discovered where we hid them. She wanted to rescue them and escape."

But he was discovered by the villagers.

Lian Yun and the others knew what happened next.

Honey was imprisoned.

As a puppet, Bernie was assigned the task of entering the forest without arousing the villagers' vigilance.

Bernie left the village early in the morning and went to the edge of the forest, trying to attract attention by cutting down trees.

Has Bernie ever thought about what would happen if he didn’t meet Lian Yun and didn’t get rescued?

Miao An would lead the elf team to stand on the treetops and shoot them from a distance.

As a puppet with his own feelings and consciousness that the villagers have never discovered, Bernie seems to be hiding very well in the village, otherwise no one would be unaware of him.

But his thinking may not have developed to that point yet - to be able to fully think about the success rate and feasibility of his plan.

"That's quite courageous, isn't it?"

Ford stood up and looked at the three people in front of him with his eyes lowered.

"One last question for you guys. Where is 'up there'?"

“We really don’t know!”

Fude nodded and glanced at Lianyun and Lanna, who stood up silently and walked out of the house.

An ominous premonition swept over the three of them.

Their faces were filled with tears, yet they were too frightened to walk: "I have truly told you everything I know! God can testify!"

"These newly intelligent puppets know the difference between good and evil, and are even willing to risk their lives for the slightest chance of retribution. And you want to use the excuse of righteousness to get away with it?"

Ford walked towards the three people.

This group of liars, who claimed to believe in God and had blood on their hands, tore off their last disguise.

god?

Lian Yun and Lana stood at the door and could only hear the three men's final cries and begging for mercy while they kowtowed to Fude.

"Let your God save you?" Ford's low voice penetrated into the woman's ears like a magic spell.

She was completely exhausted, yet incredibly lucid. She felt as though her internal organs were being tangled together, and her skin was being doused with scalding water.

With the last bit of consciousness she had left, she couldn't help but follow Ford's words.

What if there really is a God?

The black-haired girl's words suddenly echoed in her ears again -

"The god you feed on blood and slaughter will only bless each of you with sin."

The tightly closed wooden door was opened, and Ford's bright red skin had returned to normal.

He nodded calmly at the two of them and said, "It's been handled."

It’s just a pity that they still don’t know who is “up there” or where they are hiding.

"Shall we go see Bernie?"

Lian Yun nodded.

A few people came to the wooden house and saw Honey and Lina sitting on the stools mumbling something, while Bernie squatted beside them, looking at Honey with a smile on his face.

This was the first time they saw Bernie's smile truly, truly representing happiness.

Honey noticed them, jumped off her chair and ran towards them.

"Bernie! They saved me!"

Bernie stood up somewhat bewildered.

Lian Yun smiled and came to his rescue: "He has already thanked us."

Honey finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Then..."

She looked in the direction of the interrogation room.

It turned out that she had been paying attention to the whereabouts of those three people.

Lian Yun didn't say it directly, but just smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about anyone locking you up in the future."

The little girl cleverly understood the implication and didn't ask any more questions.

Perhaps their death was a good thing for her, but the young girl could not face the death of others calmly.

"Do you want to stay here or go back to the town with us?" Lian Yun asked softly.

"Wherever Sister Lina is, I'll be there," Honey whispered.

For her, the first person she sees after emerging from the darkness is the most familiar.

"Come back to the town with me!" Lina smiled. "The town is great, it has everything!"

Honey nodded excitedly and cautiously.

"We'll set off tomorrow," Lian Yun said.

Just as Lian Yun and the others were about to leave, Honey followed them with small steps.

Lian Yun instinctively felt that she had something to say, so he squatted down and waited patiently for her to speak.

Honey pursed her lips and said timidly, "Sister, are you going to look for someone 'up there'? Can you take me with you?"

"Mom said she would be waiting for me in the main city."

!

Honey's words made Ford, who had half a step out of the door, stop.

"Main city?" Lian Yun repeated.

Did she really hear it right?

The information that had been unobtainable during the interrogation for so long was actually right before our eyes.

"Honey, are you sure? The 'people above' they mentioned are in the main city? Are you sure?" Lian Yun looked into Honey's eyes without blinking.

Being stared at so seriously, Honey rarely hesitated to speak, and nodded very seriously: "Yes! I'm sure!"

"Mom said she's going to be away for a while to go to the main city to look for people 'upper'. She told me not to be afraid to go alone and to find Bernie if I need anything." The little girl twirled her clothes with her fingers. "I don't know where the main city is... Can you take me with you, sister?"

Ford couldn't believe it: "Did your mother take the initiative to go to the 'higher-ups'?"

Honey: "Hmm! It's a letter written by my mother herself, imitating the letters that were sent before. My mother's writing is so similar!"

There was silence in the room.

I originally thought that Honey's mother was driven out of the village and might have died a long time ago.

Who would have thought...

However, although she took the initiative, she was alone after all, and no one knew what would happen.

"Now that we've locked down the location, perhaps the next step is..."

It should be the main city.

Lian Yun knew very well that with her current identity and position, whether she wanted to or not, one day she would have to compete with the system of this continent for power.

But I didn't expect it to come so soon and directly confront the place where the pinnacle of power is gathered - the main city.

"But we might be a little passive." Lian Yun said in a deep voice.

According to the woman, "the higher-ups" would send a letter every once in a while, asking the village to send the abandoned animals to a designated location.

But the time is not fixed, which means they may go to the village at any time.

I didn’t know about the relationship with Honey’s mother before, and Lian Yun didn’t think much about it when he was dealing with the village.

Now let everyone out...

"There's no guarantee they won't have other ideas," Lanna understood Lian Yun's concerns, "but this is the only solution right now. Let's give it a try, sir."

Ford came over and said, "How about letting your people go to the village and try it?"

Lian Yun thought about it and was about to speak, but he saw Honey shaking her head slightly.

"There are... bad things in the village." Honey said in a low voice.

Having just learned important information from Honey, everyone is now very concerned about what the little girl says.

Several people said seriously: "What do you mean?"

"I like to play with Bernie near the village. I don't like to play in the village." Honey said her thoughts in a soft voice, "Because when we are in the village, Bernie often can't understand me."

Several people pondered this sentence over and over again, and finally came to a conclusion.

For Bernie, the village may be a constraint.

The closer they get to the village, perhaps Bernie's sense of autonomy will become weaker.

This also explains why Bernie refused to move forward when Lian Yun and his companions were walking towards the village.

"You're afraid of losing consciousness, right?" Lian Yun looked at Bernie, who nodded silently.

"Sir, you must be aware of my identity. Yes, the village has constraints on me."

He was already a little emotionally out of control because Honey was locked up, and he was afraid that he would lose consciousness and forget his mission if he got close to the village.

"Although the current evidence only shows that the village has an impact on me, you are good people, and I don't want you and your family to take any risks."

Bernie and Honey are sincere and kind-hearted. In their hearts, since they are "people of Lianyun", it must be just like how important they are to each other.

Bernie doesn't want Honey to be locked up, and Honey doesn't want him to get hurt.

So he thought that Lian Yun definitely didn't want his relatives to be potentially threatened.

Lian Yun paused, and the corners of his lips curled up into a beautiful arc: "Thank you."

She really didn't want any chance of her residents getting hurt.

Ford stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "In that case, we can only release them first and keep a close watch on them. Whether we can deceive the higher-ups will be up to fate."

In fact, they are not afraid that the other party will notice something is wrong after walking in front of them.

I’m afraid that the other party will take a look from afar and turn around and run away.

What if I can’t catch up?

"There is also the worst possibility. We must also make plans in advance." Lian Yun said to Fude.

"I understand."

"Don't worry, the alliance is not just talk. It would be unreasonable to let you take risks alone."

Ford is clear about the position of the orcs he leads.

Lian Yun made deals with the orcs, providing them with many unexpected conditions and opportunities.

Peace is naturally what they yearn for.

If Lianyun and her town continue to maintain their status and slowly expand their territory, the orcs will have more job opportunities under the laws issued by Lianyun, and will also be able to live openly as residents on the land behind Lianyun.

However, the nobles of the main city who hold the key to power will never allow the emergence of such a team that is gradually growing in strength and winning the hearts of the people.

War is bound to break out.

The position of the Orcs during the war was already known.

If war was not necessary to end the war and bring peace to the entire race, Ford really didn't want to let his people take risks.

No matter which side, the orcs are always at the forefront.

Regardless of which side wins or loses, the orcs will suffer the heaviest casualties.

Fude was very glad that he met Lian Yun early on and knew her character well.

Killing was never her intention, and she absolutely did not want to use force to avoid harming innocent people if things could be resolved peacefully.

Lian Yun possesses mysterious abilities, but he knows that she is not the Son of God.

She cares more about life than power.

In other words, she would definitely try her best to minimize casualties.

Ford took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

As for how to do it, it depends on Lian Yun's ability.

As an ally, he can only lead the race to shoulder his due responsibilities.

"The orcs on the grassland are all at your disposal." Ford paused, "I believe you."

The topic of war is too heavy.

"I also hope that I can live up to your trust."

Lian Yun's face was dark and solemn.

There is still some time until late night.

The accident that happened today made the already tight schedule even tighter.

Lian Yun originally wanted to deal with this matter and then go back to pick up Luo, explain things to Miao An and the others, and then bring back those puppets.

However, the people "above" may not send a letter at any time. Once they find something wrong, the town will be in an extremely passive and defenseless position.

So now she needs to hurry back to the town and deploy defensive measures.

"Don't worry, leave this task to me."

Ford wanted to reach out and pat Lianyun, but was frozen halfway by Lana's gloomy eyes. He turned and patted Lina's head.

Ford smiled and said, "You must be obedient."

Lina: “?”