Chapter 167 Leaving High Cliff (1/2)
”What… did you say?”
The Captain of the Guard's face turned pale. After a while, he curiously asked.
”I thought you clearly heard what I said.” Rhode put down the teacup in his hand and said leisurely.
”You mean… the Elder, the Village Chief, is the mastermind behind those undead creatures? The reason our village got attacked is also because of him?” The Captain of the Guard looked at him unbelievably and shook his head.
”Sorry, I still can't believe it.”
”Whether you believe it or not, it's not my problem.” Rhode waved his hand and stopped him from arguing.
”I only told you what happened last night. You just have to listen to it; as for whether you believe in it or not, it's your problem. I can't afford to waste time here to explain it to you. Understand? You don't have the right to ask me; you just have to listen and that's it.”
”Woah…”
Standing in front of the entrance, Anne was peeking inside while holding her breath. After that, she quietly turned around and showed a frightened expression. ”Leader is very frightening. He didn't even leave him any face.”
”It's because he's really angry.” Marlene moved the wand in her hand answered in disapproval. Clearly, she didn't have any good impression toward the villagers who had been suffering in the tavern hall. However, it still made the other mercenaries surprised. Although Rhode was usually cold, he was still courteous. But now, he wasn't courteous at all and even sounded somewhat overbearing, completely not caring about other people's opinion.
”But… but…”
Because there was an example of another idiot before, the villagers only felt shocked and angry, but were unable to raise their heads to refute him. In their opinion, they definitely wouldn't believe the words of the man in front of them. How would the respected Village Chief be connected to those undead creatures? Most likely, this man was purposely looking for an excuse to kill the Village Chief, so he told this kind of lie. That's right, it's a lie! But…
Even if they knew this man wasn't going to tell the truth, when they saw the sword strapped on Rhode's waist, they couldn't help but swallow their feeling of dissatisfaction. They held in their anger and bowed their heads in silence. This was their only gesture of disapproval and the only thing that they could do right now.
”Finally shut up? Very good. I believe a sword wins over a mouth… It's not a good thing to waste time talking about a pointless topic.” Rhode stopped moving. He narrowed his eyes and coldly looked at the villagers. ”That's right, about this matter, I will report it to the church and ask them to investigate and purify this place. I think it's a must.”
”What?!” Hearing until here, those villagers who stayed silent raised their head and looked at Rhode in fear. They started to panic, but Rhode didn't care. ”But, but Sir. Didn't you say before that the undead creatures have been completely destroyed…”
”Indeed, I said that.” Rhode nodded.
”It's just for insurance. In case something happens, I still need to report it to the church. No matter what, the Village Chief was an evil demon follower. He's been hiding this fact for so many years, and there's no guarantee that there's no helper among the villagers. Just in case, before I left, I asked the guard to seal the entire village until the investigation was finished… Do you have any problem about that?”
”Mr. Rhode… No, sir, I don't think we have to do that.”
Hearing this words, the Captain Guard expression turned bad and other villagers also became uneasy and looked at him pleadingly. Of course they understood what Rhode meant by that, but it's the most unacceptable heavy price for them.
The evil demon follower reputation was very bad to the people up there, everyone would avoid them. Not to mention if the entire village became a evil demon follower. If it's like that, then no one would no longer care about the real truth and would only think that the entire village were all evil demon follower. This kind of thing was just like plague. If Rhode did report them to the church and the rumors about them spread, then the whole High Cliff Village was definitely done for. Until then, even there's no evil demon follower in the village, those merchant still wouldn't come here to trade. No one would also buy the goods from them, and perhaps they wouldn't even interact with them anymore. If that time comes, then High Cliff Village was definitely done for.
In fact, the reason they thought Christie was a disaster was because of the incident that happened to her. From that onwards many people rarely trade with them. This all happen because of that girl who's being possessed by a demon. When Rhode mentioned about it, they immediately remembered the incident that happened previously.
However, the only thing different before was that they still have a room to maneuver, since the one who's being tempted by the demon was an ordinary person. But what can they say now? According to what Rhode have said, the Village Chief Elder have died and people who have died definitely wouldn't argue. But if he did crawl back from his grave it's indeed a problem…
Thinking until here, the villager already forgotten about their anger. Have to know this problem was related to the survival of the village! If they didn't do anything to stop Rhode, then High Cliff Village is finished!
”Si, Sir, I think, I think we don't have to do that.” The Captain of the Guard rubbed the sweat on his forehead and said. He was also afraid that this matter would be known. If this matter spread around, then he, as a person who was born in the village, would be suspected by the people. Many people were eyeing his position as the Captain of the Guard. If those people knew about this matter, then not only would he not be able to keep his position, but he could only go back to the village to sell sweet potatoes!
”I can guarantee that all the villagers here are nice. They wouldn't interact with any demon, I…” Seeing that Rhode didn't show any emotion, the Captain of the Guard only swallowed his saliva and stopped talking. He hesitated for a while and wanted to continue, but Rhode started to speak.
”Frankly, I don't want this matter to be troublesome. If I report this matter to the church, I also must be investigated. Of course, it's better to reduce the trouble. But… my mercenaries this time received a very heavy casualties…” He strongly stressed the word ”casualties” on purpose. But he really did received very heavy casualties. There were five mercenaries who were injured, and the magic potion decreased by two-thirds. Not to mention the broken weapons and armories. The casualties were very heavy, weren't they? Especially for Rhode's mercenary group, which only had about 10 members.
”I understand, Mr. Rhode.” Hearing Rhode's words, the Captain of the Guard was relieved, then nodded his head. ”Since you and your subordinates have protected our village, we will of course show our gratitude. Of course, I can guarantee it, but how about this…”
The Captain Guard hadn't finished his words yet when he saw Rhode raising five fingers. He hesitated for a bit and tried to ask. ”Fifty?”
”…” Rhode coldly snorted and didn't say anything.