Surviving the Fourth Calamity
Chapter 772

Hill's Carelessness

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After the refugee village received Lynn's orders, unrest broke out. Fortunately, because the enemies the territory had faced recently had all been rather formidable, Lynn had required the city guards to do everything as a full squad, even if it was only delivering a message.

The six-member Elven squad had fought together for centuries. These professionals who only dared to hide among the refugees had no courage to resist them. They could only hurl a few ugly insults, accusing Lynn of ill intentions and accusing the Elves of wanting to turn the Sea God's city into an Elven vassal. They shouted their defiance, hoping that the powerful lord high above would hear their heartfelt loyalty.

The Elven city guards, formerly the Elven Crusade, had never had good tempers, and their resolve had always been firm. Faced with such idiots, they did not even consider whether Hill might become suspicious of Lynn and the Elves. They simply started beating people up.

If not for the sake of Goddess Aglaia, they would have cut those fools down.

Such nonsense insulted not only the loyalty of the Elves and Lynn, but also their lord's intelligence. Did they think everyone was as stupid as humans?

Although most of Aglaia's followers merely watched the disturbance from afar, many understood that the refugee village would probably find it difficult to gain that lord's favor.

But the moment they had shrunk back in fear before the strong, they had allowed those ill-intentioned nobles and professionals to hijack their will. When they handed everything over to others to decide, they had already abandoned their own fate.

So after the Elves turned and left, the nobles who knew they had no chance of entering the city began discussing which city to move to and where they could hire enough

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