Martial Hero Rebirth
Chapter 210: I'd rather be a dog of peace than a man of warThe further west you go, the closer you get to demon territory, the worse the situation around you is. There were thieves and murderers all around, countless families were destroyed, new widows howled on every street, in some places entire villages were slaughtered down to the last person..
This is not even cruelty, but complete indifference to the value of life.
And it was not vicious cults who did this; almost all the losses were due to bandits and desperate fist families. The era of chaos has come, the hearts of people have fallen into darkness and there is no humanity left in them.
That is why Lin Yi did everything possible to get rid of the bandits. He knew that with the invasion of vicious cults, they would pose no less a danger than demons. Especially for ordinary people, weak and helpless in front of the killers of the fist world.
“Alas...” Elder Qin sighed every time they passed another destroyed village. As a first-class expert and from a wealthy clan, he had never noticed the unremarkable lives of ordinary people before, but now he was affected by the tragic situation around him. “And now I understand why you gave the order to catch all the bandits. These freaks have ruined more than the demons! Just terrible.”
Lin Yi remained silent.
The demons mainly fought against the military forces of the sects, while the bandits did not participate in the war, but exterminated ordinary people like cattle, without fear of any blowback while all the righteous forces were busy fighting.
Here and there a roar was heard, and where were the joyful chants of bandit gangs. Before the chaos began, there were more of them than dogs, and yet among them, too, sometimes talents were born, capable of reaching the third class, and the second - in rare cases, even the first.
Therefore, only first-class experts could stand for their lives.
Lin Yi was grateful to the chance, unknown will, or anomaly that brought him to this world in advance. If he had not had time to prepare before the attack of the demons, then with all his skills he would probably have died too.“Ah-ah-ah!”
Suddenly, a hysterical scream was heard somewhere ahead. Lin Yi frowned slightly, and Elder Qin immediately exclaimed:
“Quicker! Someone needs help!”
“Follow me!” ordered Lin Yi.
Over a short hill they saw rising flames and heard more screams of pain. As they approached, all the Huashan disciples were shocked to see.
The bandits tore out the throats of men, old people and children with their bare hands, dumping their bodies in a heap like collected fruit. Almost everyone in the village was killed. At the foot of the mountain of corpses, women's screams were heard - they were raped right on the bodies of their own husbands and children.
This picture made my blood run cold.
The nomadic bandits laughed and laughed, destroying houses and taking the last loot, preparing to leave, when suddenly they saw the Huashan army riding on war horses.
The first one to notice them squealed:
“Brothers, brothers! This is Huashan, damn them! Run away from here, run away!”
The bandits were so scared that some of them ran away, forgetting their own horses..
“Kill every single one of them!” ordered Lin Yi.
His face was icy and indifferent, his voice did not betray a hint of anger or horror. The commander must be cold in any situation. Those who lost their heads were counted by crows and vultures.
The shocked Huashan students heard the familiar words and reflexively began to carry out the order. Stupefaction immediately turned to rage. Several people even jumped off their horses and, forming a single formation under the leadership of Linghu Feng, rushed after the enemies on foot, cutting off their heads like ears of grain..
These bandits did not have any special skills; their main advantage over the peasants was their weapons. What could helpless people do to the wolves? And what could the wolves of a prepared army do??
In less than a few minutes, almost a hundred heads fell off their shoulders. One Linghu Feng killed more than two dozen.
Elder Qin did not participate in the battle. His heart beat with hatred, but some bandits were not worthy to fall from his sword.
Approaching Lin Yi, he said:
“Damned creatures! Are they people at all or not? How can a person do such horrors to another person?! Who do you have to be to kill helpless peasants??!”
Qin has seen a lot of blood in his lifetime, and more than once he has encountered more cruel scenes. But these have always been conflicts and revenge between people of the fist world. He considered it an unwritten rule that commoners had nothing to do with conflicts between experts.
Never in his life had he met ruthless bandits who killed only those who could not fight back. The inhabitants of this village did not provoke them, but they exterminated everyone without exception. He could neither understand nor accept it.
Lin Yi did not answer. Thousands of similar scenes were now taking place throughout the fist world. In some places tens or even hundreds of times worse.
What are villages like when entire cities are cut out??
Human life was already worth almost nothing, but now it has completely lost its value.
When everyone around is going to pieces, will the bandits really deny themselves anything??
All Huashan disciples returned to duty. Linghu Feng sat astride his lips tightly. What he saw was worse than anything he had seen in his life.
But they have already passed through more than a dozen such villages.
Everyone was asking one question: how could this happen??
Lin Yi did not give them time to drown in useless, gloomy thoughts. He pointed at the flames consuming the village and shouted:
“Have you seen it? Have you all seen the chaos we are living in now??”
All the students turned to look at him.
“The era of chaos has begun!” shouted Lin Yi. “We are all its unwitting participants!” No one can escape from her, no one can hide anywhere. And it depends only on us what kind of world we will live in. Do you want the same thing to happen to your family? Do you want your brothers to be slaughtered and your sisters to be raped? Do you want your old people's throats to be ripped out and thrown in a heap like fucking trash?! Do you want Huashan to become like this village?! Or will you fight for peace?!”
The roaring flames were reflected in the eyes of the Huashan disciples. With one voice they roared:
“Fight! Fight! Fight!”
“Then raise your swords and fight with me!” Lin Yi exclaimed, drawing his blade. “Only together can we surpass the enemy! Victory depends on each of you! Let's save Huashan!”
“Let's save Huashan! Let's save Huashan! Let's save Huashan!”
It was a roar from their very hearts.
Linghu Feng roared along with his brothers and sisters.
“Become stronger for yourself, for the sake of your brothers and sisters, for the sake of the elderly and everyone you care about! Only strength will protect you and everything you hold dear.!”
Never before had Linghu Feng seen a vivid picture of why he should become stronger. Therefore, now he roared louder than everyone else and raised his sword to the sky.
Huashan is his whole life. He couldn't let her become like this.
“Today we will return to Mount Hua and from now on we will do everything to protect it.!”
He sheathed his sword and directed his horse forward. All the students followed him.
All the way to the west, every time they encountered bandits, Linghu Feng, without orders, with one permissive glance, took leadership and went after the heads.
Gradually, the closer they came to Huashan territory, the less bandits they encountered. But instead of them, the demons learned about the approach of the younger generation of Mount Hua and had to fight the last tens of kilometers.
It was as if they were moving against the flow of the river, and wherever they passed, they left mountains of corpses behind them. At some point, the enemies realized that Huashan’s talents were too much for them and began to panic.
Even if their commanders ordered them to go into battle, they either watched helplessly or ran away in fear..
No one dared to stand in the way of Huashan! Everyone who had the audacity was now lying along the road.
Blood dripped from each of their blades, but they all walked with their heads held high and looked at the demons with defiance.
All three hundred walked among tens of thousands of demons, leaving a bloody path behind them, and no one dared to stand in their way.
This is what Huashan is!
This is who the real swordsmen are!
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