Chapter 397 Refugees who cannot be rescued

"This is……?"

When the scene outside the carriage came into view of everyone in the carriage, not to mention Li Ge, even Geer and Fanny showed surprised expressions.

Just because, in front of the carriage, there was a group of people blocking the main road.

They are not thieves.

Their clothes were in rags, their bodies were in tatters, and their bodies were stained with black dust. They looked extremely slovenly, like homeless people on the roadside.

They look no different from homeless people.

Because, at this moment, these people were kneeling in front of the carriage, kowtowing and begging loudly.

"Please give us something to eat!"

"Please!"

"We haven't eaten in days!"

"Just a little, just a little, please give us something to eat!"

"I-it doesn't matter what happens to me, but my child...!"

"Whoa whoa whoa!"

The extremely noisy but particularly sympathetic bursts of pleading and crying turned into waves and attacked the entire carriage. Not only did Liz show a panicked expression, but also Li Ge and others in the carriage. stunned.

"refugee?"

Li Ge's brows had frowned deeply.

Geer was not much better, with a look of surprise still appearing on his face.

"Although I have long heard that in addition to the rampant thieves in the Mapros Territory, there are also many refugees living in the open, but I didn't expect there to be so many."

Geer's words made Li Ge frown deeper.

He also didn't expect that he would encounter a group of refugees on the main road. The number of those refugees was extremely large. If the crying babies were included, there would probably be hundreds of them.

This number is much greater than that of the previous group of thieves.

When the other party saw that the carriage of Li Ge and others had stopped and did not take a detour, as if they had some hope, the pleading and crying became more intense.

Hearing that voice, not to mention Fanny, whose face was full of intolerance, even Li Ge, who had always been calm, felt a little uncomfortable.

"Didn't the Mapros Territory help the refugees here?"

Li Ge said this almost subconsciously.

"How to help?" Geer also seemed to be expressing some emotion, and said: "At the beginning, the Maples family will still take care of it, but as time goes by, there are more refugees, even if it is a Marquis family, The Maples family can’t help all the refugees, so they can only leave it alone.”

It’s not that I don’t want to take care of it, it’s that I have no way to take care of it, but this situation is undoubtedly the most troublesome.

This also reveals a message.

"...The number of refugees is so large that even the lord of this territory cannot control it?"

Li Ge murmured to himself.

"There is no way, who made this the border with the enemy country that is at war?" Geer said in a very complicated tone: "Although the main battlefield between the two countries is in the neutral zone, in order to win, the Kingdom of Rebru has to fight for the victory. Send people to sneak into this territory and cause wanton destruction.”

Just like in the world of the King of the Undead, for the sake of the life of Gazef Stronov, the Silen Theocracy did not hesitate to use innocent villagers in the villages near the fortress city as bait to lure the enemy in, and then launched an attack on them. Just like a brutal massacre, in order to deal with the Mapros family, the people from the Rebru Kingdom would definitely not mind causing destruction here, making the lords of this territory miserable.

This world is also a world where the use of magic on the battlefield is very popular. Unlike the world of the King of the Undead, there are only a few magic casters. When fighting, we still have to rely on vanguards such as warriors and knights as the main force. There is magic at every turn here. The division appeared on the battlefield, using militarized wide-area magic to bombard the enemy and the enemy's territory.

Especially those tactical-level magicians and strategic-level magicians. If a big magic is blasted, the terrain will be greatly changed.

Therefore, it is very easy to cause damage in the territory of an enemy country. If big cities did not basically have systems to detect magic fluctuations and systems to defend against large-scale magic attacks, no matter where they live, they would have to worry. Will one day suddenly, he will be affected by a magic by a magician from the enemy country and die?

Of course, only big cities can resist like this, while some small towns and villages cannot resist like this.

As a result, in such border areas, poor people who cannot live in big cities will inevitably be involved in the aftermath of the war, or their families will be destroyed, or they will be forced to flee their homes, and eventually become refugees sleeping rough.

"…………"

Li Ge suddenly fell silent.

He was thinking of the royal capital of Yerov, the splendid mead restaurant, and the market that catered specifically to aristocratic and wealthy merchants.

The life that those dignitaries lived in the royal capital was undoubtedly extremely luxurious, at least for the refugees here.

However, the wealthy life and luxurious life did not bring them satisfaction. Instead, they were divided into the royal faction and the ducal faction. They thought about power and power fights all day long. How could they care that this country was still at war with its neighboring countries?

If they paid a little attention to the refugees at the border and focused a little more of the energy they usually spend on internal fighting on these refugees, would they be able to formulate a complete relief system?

A Marquis family can't help so many refugees. How can a country that is big enough to rank among the top four in the Akasha continent not be able to help them?

Thinking of this, Li Ge felt a lot of disgust towards the powerful people in the royal capital of Yerov.

Although, he didn't have a good impression of those nobles and royal families.

"That, that..."

When Li Ge fell into silence and Geer didn't know what to say, Fanny spoke weakly.

"They are still crying and kowtowing. I saw many people smashed their heads. There are also very small children who keep crying out that they are hungry. Can we... help them?"

Fanny's words brought Li Ge back to his senses smoothly.

"Miss……"

Geer planned to speak out to stop his young lady from speaking.

These are a hundred or so people. If we help them, how much will it cost?

Admittedly, this price is nothing to a larger noble, but if you want to feed a hundred or so refugees, you will definitely need to spend a lot of money.

It would be understandable for the eldest lady to ask such a sum of money to her father, but it would be inappropriate to ask such an outsider who saved her life.

For this reason, Geer planned to dissuade Fanny.

However, Li Ge spoke up.

"Liz." He turned to Liz in the driver's seat and asked, "How much more food do we bring?"

Liz was panicking in the driver's seat and didn't know what to do. When she heard Li Ge's voice, she suddenly felt like she had met a savior.

"There are, there are a lot more!" Liz continued: "Sister Marilyn...Miss Marilyn prepared enough food for me and the master to eat for several months, but it was for eating on the journey, so most of it They are all dried meat, dried fish, noodles and the like that are relatively easy to carry.”

"Okay." Li Ge nodded and said, "In that case, take out the food and distribute it to the refugees."

"Okay, Master."

Liz was naturally happy, and immediately jumped out of the driver's seat and ran to the rear cargo rack of the car to get food.

"I'm here to help too!"

Seeing that Li Ge was willing to help the refugees, Geer walked out of the carriage as if he was asking for help.

"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Magician."

Fanny thanked Li Ge who was sitting opposite her, and a lot of fear disappeared from her eyes.

Obviously, in the mind of this young lady who is inexperienced in world affairs, Li Ge has already got a good guy card.

Li Ge shook his head and said: "No need to thank me, even if you didn't say it, I still plan to help these refugees."

With that said, Li Ge opened the curtains again and looked outside.

I saw that Liz and Geer were already taking food such as dried meat, dried fish, and noodles that they took from the cargo shelves in the carriage, and distributed them to the refugees bit by bit.

The refugees kowtowed in thanks and devoured their food eagerly. It looked like they had not eaten for a long time.

Liz also distributed some milk, goat's milk and other dairy products to several women holding babies, thanking them profusely.

The previous crying and pleading finally became quieter, which made Li Ge feel better.

After rescuing these refugees, Li Ge and others set off on the road again, embarking on a journey to the nearest city.

But then, Li Ge's luxury carriage driving on the main road seemed to be really eye-catching. It was attacked by several waves of thieves and begged by refugees.

Basically, when the thieves saw that this luxurious carriage was only driven by an incredibly beautiful little girl, and there were no guards or knights around it, they all became interested and came to attack.

The refugees didn't think too much. Seeing that the carriage was very luxurious, and unlike the carriages of other noble merchants, which had many entourages to prevent them from approaching, they rushed up and begged.

For these people, Li Ge's response method is also very simple and clear.

If they are thieves, they will all be defeated and the brutal leaders will be killed. The rest will no longer be killed, but captured. According to Geer's suggestion, they will be taken to the nearest city to sell them and make them slaves. Atonement.

They would provide relief to all the refugees, and ask Liz and Geer to distribute food to them. Sometimes they would also distribute some equipment and cold-warming clothing from thieves captured on the road.

After dealing with it all the way, there were more and more equipment, horses and captured thieves on Li Ge's carriage, but the food and clothing were getting less and less.

Soon, Liz came to Li Ge with a bitter look on her face.

"Master, we don't have enough food."

This is also normal.

Along the way, Li Ge had already rescued an unknown number of refugees. Those defeated thieves would not bring much food with them. Over time, there would not be enough food.

"W-how about forgetting it?"

"Yes, Lord Li Ge is kind enough."

When Fanny and Geer saw this, they all spoke out like this.

But Li Ge looked at the refugees kneeling outside, including even old people and children, with a look of deep thought in his eyes.

"You guys wait for me here."

With that said, Li Ge stood up.

"[High-level teleportation]."

The next moment, Li Ge disappeared.

This frightened Gel and Fanny.

"Disappeared...!?"

"what happened?"

Fanny exclaimed, and Geer's eyes were filled with disbelief.

"Ah this..."

Even Liz was stunned for a while, looking around, as if trying to find where Li Ge was.

…………

At this time, Li Ge had already used teleportation magic all the way to the sky above a mountain range.

"Is this right here?"

Li Ge took out a map and confirmed his current location.

What he was looking for were some of the places marked with red circles on the map.

There is only one reason why these places are marked, and that is danger.

"In the area near the royal capital directly under the king and in some prosperous territories within the kingdom, the king and some of the lords of the territory will send knights to patrol, and sometimes hire some mercenaries or hunters to regularly eliminate some of the evil spirits that appear in the prosperous areas. Monster, ensure the safety of main roads and roads.”

"But the more remote areas and border areas the territory is, the more monsters are active here. Some places are even directly the habitat of monsters, and monsters can often be seen coming and going."

"Maples Territory is one such territory."

"Here, not only are there a lot of thieves and refugees, but there are also a lot of monsters..."

On the map in Rige's hand, within the territory belonging to the Mapros Territory, there are many more dangerous areas drawn in red circles than in the surrounding territories.

The place where Li Ge came now was one of the dangerous places outlined on the map.

"Uh-huh!"

After confirming that he was in the right place, Li Ge dived and rushed directly into the dangerous mountain range that ordinary people avoid.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

Not long after, the mountains were filled with roars of monsters, followed by explosions, and finally calmness returned.

…………

"Owner!"

"Your Excellency Rige!"

"Li, Master Lige!"

At the same time, beside the luxurious carriage, Liz and others were shouting loudly, ignoring the refugees looking at each other.

"Where are you? Master!"

Liz seemed a little anxious, and her eyes were moist, like an innocent girl who had lost her lover. Her pitiful appearance made the hungry refugees look at her in shock.

But after a while, they were stunned in another sense.

"I'm here."

As Li Ge's voice appeared, everyone felt that the sky suddenly darkened, and a large group of black shadows appeared on the ground.

Everyone immediately followed the sound and looked up at the sky.

At this sight, everyone including Liz, Fanny and Geer were stunned.

Li Ge just fell from the sky and slowly flew down from mid-air.

He was carrying a huge magic pig in his hand.

"boom!"

The demon pig was thrown to the ground hard by Li Ge, causing the ground to tremble.

"I brought the food back."

Li Ge said such words as if nothing had happened, leaving everyone speechless for a long time.