Chapter 26: One Question, One Thousand Lives
Bang bang bang!
On the streets of Ramo Town, stone scorpions fleeing in the crowded crowd were constantly hit by other people's limbs.
The fear of a giant dragon burning down a city made most people lose their minds.
People were running around screaming in panic, and some even rushed into the spreading flames without any thought.
The stone scorpion struggled to squeeze through the crowd for a while, but found that it had only moved about ten meters from its previous position.
He looked up at the sky. The giant emerald dragon flying counterclockwise would soon fly into the sky again from behind.
That does not work!
The Stone Scorpion no longer cared that he was now disguised as a delicate woman.
He suddenly pulled out his dagger and attacked the civilians who were fleeing in the opposite direction, while shouting, "The dragon is coming soon!
If you don't want to die, follow me into the town!"
In the current chaotic situation, it is easy for ordinary people to develop a herd mentality.
Civilians gathered beside or behind the stone scorpion, and they attacked those who tried to escape in the opposite direction without mercy.
As the number of people grew, the team centered on the Stone Scorpion carved out a bloody path through the crowded crowd.
The louder their voices, the fewer people will dare to stop them.
Hooray, hooray!
The sound of a giant dragon's wings flapping was heard in the sky behind, and the orange-red dragon flame instantly turned the street where Shi Xie and others were previously located into a sea of fire.
Boom boom boom!
In this area, in addition to wooden structures, there are also many stone structures.
But under the impact of the dragon flame, they were like buildings built by children with building blocks, and they began to collapse continuously at the first touch.
Some injured civilians who had no time to escape, as well as the bodies left behind by the attack of Shixie and others, were buried directly in it.
If you look from above the town of Ramo, you can see that the Emerald Dragon is based on the two ports in the east and west.
The town was burned with a ring of dragon flame, driving thousands of civilians to the square in the center of the city.
When the third round of dragon flame breathing ended, almost half of the entire town of Ramo had been burned down.
Maybe some people didn’t react during the second round, but after the extremely regular third round of dragon flame ended.
All the surviving civilians in Ramo Town rushed madly towards the central square.
Even if they will eventually be burned to death by the dragon, everyone wants to die last.
Hooray, hooray!
The terrifying emerald dragon flapped its wings and flew over the square of Ramo Town.
But unlike before, this time it did not breathe dragon breath towards the crowd below.
“I have money, and am willing to give half, no, all of it.
Please spare my life, sir!"
"Woo woo, my child is only one year old, please have mercy, Master."
“Please spare my life, sir!
I am strong and willing to be your slave."
"Please! Spare my life!"
When they saw the figure in black armor on the saddle behind the Emerald Dragon, thousands of civilians fell to their knees crying.
Bang!
hold head high! ! !
The giant emerald dragon landed heavily on top of two stone buildings, then stretched out its neck and let out a loud dragon roar towards the extremely noisy crowd.
There was no better silencer, and the thousands of civilians in and around the square immediately fell silent.
Jacaerys looked down at the kneeling crowd with an expressionless face and shouted, "Those who understand the Common Tongue and Low Valyrian, come to the front and pass on my message!"
As a port town, there are many people who are fluent in the languages of both continents.
Jacaerys' words were quickly spread, and two or three hundred people rushed to the dragon.
After they gathered together and lined up, Jacaris said coldly: “I know it’s not that easy for you to die, and I really can’t find you.
There are probably... well, about four thousand people here.
If you don't come out, I will continue to ride the dragon and burn the city until everyone is killed!
You guys, repeat what I said three times in both languages at the top of your voice! "
After hearing what Jakaris said, the two or three hundred people quickly discussed the order of the languages, and then immediately shouted in unison six times at the highest volume.
The loud sound of this group of human loudspeakers instantly spread throughout the square.
Upon hearing this, the four thousand civilians in Doramo Town immediately looked around, hoping that the person who dragged them into this disaster would show up. But unfortunately, the Stone Scorpion didn't care about their life or death at all!
Jacaerys was not angry even though the faceless man whose name and appearance were unknown had not yet appeared.
This situation was within his expectations.
Threatening with death is effective against most ordinary people.
Because death is the greatest fear.
But to the Faceless Men, death is merely a gift from the Thousand-Faced God.
But these faceless men are not gods after all, they are just some humans with firm faith.
As a human being, you have weaknesses!
Strong in faith? Then start with his faith!
“I swear here to all the gods in heaven that as long as you come out on your own initiative, I will never hurt you!
And, every time you answer a question for me, you can save a thousand lives.
All these innocent people could have survived.
But what if you make the wrong choice and they die because of you?
This is equivalent to taking away the lives that should have belonged to the Thousand-Faced God without paying any price.
So, after you die, will you receive a gift from the Thousand-Faced God... or a punishment?"
Not all Faceless Men have reached the level of Jaqen H'ghar.
There are also many low-level Faceless Men like the 'Wandering Child' who deliberately targets Arya.
When Stone Scorpion heard what Jakaris said, he immediately began to waver.
He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that he would not be able to fall into the arms of the Thousand-Faced God.
Bang bang bang!
Large groups of civilians in Ramo Town knelt on the ground and kowtowed, crying and begging the Stone Scorpion to come out and save them.
Ugh!
Stone Scorpion sighed heavily and walked out of the crowd.
Jakaris looked at the man who walked out from among the two or three hundred human-shaped speakers, and was slightly moved.
The Faceless Man's abilities are indeed somewhat strange.
How could he transform from the tall and strong Sir Rickard into a petite woman?
But seeing the other person's face, Sir Rickard, reappearing, he no longer questioned and waved his hand to signal the other person to come to his side.
As soon as the stone scorpion climbed up the stone building where Jakaris was, Wolmax's cold vertical pupils immediately locked onto him.
At the same time, the dragon's mouth was half open, as if ready to spit out dragon breath at any time.
"The first question is the client's name."
"Lord Pachec, Prince Keoren Martell!"
Since the decision had already been made, Stone Scorpion answered without hesitation.
"Second question, what poison did you use?"
"Stone scorpion poison. There is an antidote in the House of Black and White in Tyrosh."
Seeing how cooperative the Faceless Man was, Jakaris gave up on the many torture methods he had previously considered.
"Okay, say hello to the Thousand-Faced God for me!"
"Huh? You just swore not to hurt..."
Hey!
Before the Stone Scorpion could finish his words, he was engulfed by the orange-red dragon flame spewing from Womax's mouth.
Even if he is a faceless man with thousands of transformations, he is ultimately useless in the face of absolute power.
"I promised not to hurt you, but I can't control it!"
Jacaerys murmured a reply to the charred stone scorpion, then turned to look at the four thousand Doramo civilians in the square.
“But I have always kept my promises. If you answer two questions, I will let two thousand people go.
Then, let the remaining 2,000 people play their final role!"
Revenge begins, blood for blood!
(End of this chapter)