"My lord! My lord! Someone wants to hurt you, and they have weapons!"
When the extremists heard this, they just stood at the front of the crowd in confusion.
There was already a circle of wary and distant eyes around them.
The current situation is completely different from what they imagined.
There was not the picture they had expected of all the Hebrews coming together.
There was no footage of the riots escalating.
Even those who were throwing stones just now stopped what they were doing.
After all, they were originally targeting the Arab "pagans", not the warriors of the Holy Egyptian Alliance.
The current situation is completely different from what they expected.
Not only that, it's as if an invisible wall has appeared out of nowhere, completely separating these extremists from ordinary people.
They were isolated.
"What are you doing?!"
"Why don't you take action?"
"We are the warriors of the Hebrew Empire and your defenders!"
The leading extremist shouted anxiously at this time. After all, it was impossible for them to defeat the soldiers of the Holy Egyptian Alliance with just a few of them.
Not to mention they were holding weapons.
"Can't you see! Can't you see that our holy places are being desecrated?"
"Those guys destroyed Jerusalem's enemies!"
"Our enemies!"
"How can you be so indifferent! Are you still citizens of the Hebrew Empire?"
After hearing the words of the extremists, all the Hebrews were silent for a while.
However, they soon spoke up.
Most of their words are insults against extremists.
"They are soldiers of the Empire!"
"You ate the food we handed over!"
"You guys are eating our food and you're the ones who lost the battle, and you still dare to speak nonsense here!"
There were more and more similar voices, and the Hebrew people's words even began to become more intense.
Not only that, even the horrible and angry expressions on the faces of the Hebrews made the extremists take a few steps back.
It seemed that the ones who would kill them now would not be the soldiers of the Holy Egyptian League, but these Hebrew civilians.
"Shut your stinky mouth!"
"Our king doesn't care about our lives at all!"
"The enemy you mentioned is actually the benefactor who gave us food and allowed us to continue living!"
"We have had enough of war! Enough of senseless violence!"
"Now at least we can have enough food and the children won't go hungry anymore!"
"Don't even think about ruining what's happening now!"
"My lords from the Holy Egyptian Alliance, quickly catch them!"
Everyone was shouting, and the extremists were shaking with anger.
They pointed their weapons at the soldiers of the Holy Egyptian Alliance, and then at their compatriots behind them, as if they were at a loss for what to do.
In the end, they just trembled and screamed at the top of their lungs.
"You traitors! You actually let your souls be bought off by just a few loaves of bread!"
"You are such a wimp!"
Just then, a young woman stepped forward holding a child, her face showing no fear at all.
"How many loaves?"
"Do you know that the so-called few loaves of bread you mentioned might cost the lives of our whole family?"
"How can you say such things when you eat our food?"
"Besides, we were not bribed at all. Choosing to survive was our own choice!"
"My child is only two years old. I don't want him to face war right after he is born and live a life of hunger like me!"
Her words won over a large number of people, but the extremists had already begun to go crazy.
"Nonsense! Nonsense!"
"Without us, you wouldn't be able to stand here and say these words so brazenly!"
"You have failed to live up to the glory of our ancestors and their teachings!"
Just then, a muscular man who had participated in the protest stepped forward and said, “Enough!”
“We protest because we cherish our holy land!”
"But that doesn't mean we have to go back to the days when we could die at any time! At least now, my family can live in peace!"
"Put down your weapons! Quick!"
Other ordinary Hebrews began to express similar views.
Most of them do value their religious traditions, but they all expressed great concern about the violence and its possible consequences.
More importantly, after experiencing long-term hunger and hardship, they finally saw hope in life and did not want to lose it all again because of blind actions.
One Hebrew even ran to the nearest holy Egyptian soldier, pointed at the extremists and shouted, "My lord, be careful!"
"They are armed and intend to attack you and the pagans!"
"Sir, quickly catch those damn guys!"
The extremists listened to those words and just exchanged cold glances.
"Shit! Change of plan!"
"Even though these guys no longer support us, we can still break out on our own!"
"We can find a way to get in touch with the surrounding cities! Even if they have left the empire, they are still the Hebrew nation!"
"They will definitely not abandon us! As long as we can break out of here, we still have hope!"
When the other extremists heard this, they just looked around nervously.
"It's not that easy. Their soldiers are approaching."
The third extremist frowned and sneered.
"Idiot, open your eyes and see clearly!"
"Those ordinary soldiers can't get close to us now! They are afraid of hurting innocent people, but we can use this to our advantage!"
"That Saint Pharaoh is really weak. If he hadn't issued such a ridiculous order, we might not be able to escape from here!"
Even the leader nodded in agreement: "That's right, let's take a few civilians as hostages first, maybe we can force them to get out of the way!"
At this moment, a younger extremist who heard this seemed to be obviously hesitant.
“But what will our fellow citizens think if we do this?”
“Isn’t this putting the cart before the horse?”
When the leader heard this, he just turned his head and shouted at the younger guy.
"You idiot! Didn't you hear what they just said?"
"Who cares what they think! They've proven themselves to be nothing but weak traitors!"
"You still care about what those guys think?"
At this, the leader raised his weapon.
"Alright! Let's move fast!"
Several people reached a consensus and began to move away.
They spread out, each targeting the nearest target.
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