Soul echo

Chapter 788 Blocking
"Give me the compensation! Give me back the compensation that belongs to me!"

"Move away! The sewage you dumped has polluted the river, you have to apologize and move away!"

"Return farmers to the countryside, we don't want high prices!"

Seeing the crowd of demonstrators who were getting more and more excited and ready to move, Lily suddenly sounded the alarm in her heart.

No, we must suppress their emotions before they become uncontrollable - they are here to protest and demonstrate, not to burn, kill and loot!
Lily turned around and jumped onto a high place, and blew the whistle hanging on her chest.

beep-!
The ear-piercing whistle hit people's ears, and many people looked over suspiciously, and the mercenaries also cast their gazes.

"Everyone, please listen to me!"

Lily put her hands behind her back and said loudly: "You are here to protest and demonstrate, to let those factory owners see your strength, not to smash and loot. The mission of our mercenary group is to protect your safety during the protest and demonstration. If you attack the factory and smash and loot the things in the factory, then I'm sorry, our mercenary group will not protect your safety!
"Have you heard clearly? If you are just protesting and demonstrating, our mercenary group will swear to protect your lives, but if you attack the factory, your identity will be transformed into a 'thug' at that moment, which is not included in our protection agreement .

"We don't intend to interfere with your decision, but just want to remind you, don't be overwhelmed by anger and the atmosphere, and keep your rationality, that's all I have to say, I hope everyone can calm down!"

After hearing Lily's words, people looked at each other in blank dismay.

A large part of them joined later. It is not clear what agreement the promoters of the demonstrators signed with these mercenaries. Now that they know it, if they violate the agreement again, those mercenaries will have no protection for them. obliged.

Among the crowd, some people's eyes began to flicker.

Lily's words were more for the mercenaries under her command. After listening to them, they approached the organizers of the crowd and explained to them why Lily did this suddenly to dampen the enthusiasm of the demonstrators.

Smashing and looting factories is not within the scope of their plan. If factories are smashed, the identities of the demonstrators will turn into thugs. According to the law of Venice, this kind of behavior is illegal, and the parliament has reason to intervene in it.

Demonstrations are still a gray area in Venice's law, so factory owners have no way to use the law against them, but if the demonstrators turn into rioters, the situation is completely different.

Standing on a high place, Lily can clearly see who is making small movements below.

Noticing that some of the demonstrators had quietly left, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, revealing a sneer.

Sure enough, someone was inciting and catalyzing the emotions of the demonstrators, but I don't know who those people are, are they subordinates of the factory owner?

After being interrupted by Lily, although led by several organizers, people shouted again, but the emotion was obviously not as passionate as before, and it sounded weak.

But it just so happened that at least the situation was back under their control.

Lily took a light breath, then turned her head to look aside.

After becoming a transcendent, her hearing has also been enhanced, so now she can hear the soldiers' footsteps from a long distance.

The voice sounded uniform, and it can only be said that it is a modernized army, and its discipline is stronger than their Gaul Kingdom's army.

However, no matter how good the discipline is, no matter how powerful the strength is, as long as you can't bypass the blockade of the church, everything is empty talk!
"Captain Griffin, may I ask where are you taking these soldiers?"

The officer named Griffini raised the brim of his hat and looked at the priest standing opposite, his eyes immediately darkened.

He held a flail in one hand, a round shield in the other glove, and, if nothing else, a set of chain mail should be worn under the wide robe.

Although the head does not seem to have any protection, if it really fights, the headband worn on the head can activate a shield to protect the head without blocking the line of sight.

"Priest Eldric, please get out of the way!"

Griffini said in a deep voice, "We are going to suppress those thugs!"

"They are not thugs!" Eldrick shook his head, "They are just a group of poor people who want to get back the compensation that should belong to them. You yourself live in Venice, don't you yourself Do you feel the changes in the prices and living environment here?
"The sewage discharged from the factory has indeed polluted the environment. Do you think that the sewage only makes the water smell pungent? No, the sewage will breed diseases in the body of the drinkers.

"The upper class can guarantee that they can always use clean water, can you and your family guarantee it?"

Priest Eldrick stared at the soldiers on the opposite side with extremely oppressive eyes, "Do you really know what you are doing?"

After hearing Priest Eldrick's words, the soldiers gradually became panicked. They couldn't help but clenched the guns in their hands, and turned to look at Griffini's back.

Griffini didn't answer the priest's question, but said with a gloomy face, "My lord priest, this is the last warning, please get out of the way!"

"No." Priest Eldric pierced Griffin with his sharp gaze, "You can only stay here, or go back the same way!"

"Raise the gun!"

Following Griffini's order, one-third of the soldiers standing behind him raised their rifles, and one-fifth of them saw other people raising their guns, one after another. Raising the gun in his hand, the rest of the people were silent and did not take any action.

Hearing that something was wrong with the voice, Griffini looked back and suddenly flew into a rage.

"What are you doing? I told you to raise your guns, are you deaf?!"

A soldier choked with him neither humble nor humble: "Sir, I think what the priest said is very reasonable. Your brother is a member of parliament, so you can use clean water and food, but our family still lives in the city, we cannot Let them suffer!"

After the soldier said this, several soldiers silently put down their guns and looked at Griffin coldly.

They only realized now that Griffini himself was a member of the upper class and didn't need to care about those things, but they couldn't.

Griffini took out a pistol from his waist with his backhand, aimed at the head of the soldier who was choking with him, and roared: "You are disobeying military orders!"

"Your actions this time are illegal..."

A dull voice came from the alley next to it, followed by the sound of steel rubbing.

The knights belonging to the church came out from the alley and surrounded the team led by Griffini.

The knight commander who had pulled off his helmet visor said in a muffled voice: "According to the law of Venice, the army can only be dispatched when the safety of the city and citizens is endangered. Compared with the protesting crowd, don't you feel that you are more like Anyone who endangered the citizens and the safety of the city?"

Griffini's face became extremely ugly, and his eyes scanned the dozen or so knights who surrounded the team.

Although those knights were only wearing strong armor, they seemed to be no match for his infantry team at all, but now few soldiers were willing to obey his orders, and the armor on those knights must have been enchanted, even if the bullets hit them On that, whether it can be shot through is still a question.

Behind this whole thing, there must be a behind-the-scenes black hand, and it is that behind-the-scenes black hand who led this matter.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to connect the untouchables and the church who are demonstrating.

So, is it the church that dominates the whole thing?
Griffini put the pistol back into the holster, glared at the knights, and roared, "Return to the team!"

If they wanted to leave, the knights would not stop them, but Griffini took a few steps towards the barracks, and suddenly felt something was wrong, and turned around again, only to see that almost all the soldiers under him stood motionless.

"What are you doing?!"

The soldiers looked at each other, unarmed them, put them on the ground, and saluted Griffini.

"Report sir, we found that we can no longer tolerate the deterioration of Venice's environment, so we hereby apply to you to leave the team!"

Their shouts made Griffini stunned for an instant, and panic followed immediately.

"No, you can't do that..."

He brought them here to get rid of the group of untouchables who were protesting, but now, they not only failed to solve the troubles caused by the group of untouchables, but his soldiers had to join the queue of demonstrations and protests.

If the parliament finds out, his position will be lost.

"No one is allowed to leave!" Griffini suddenly pulled out his pistol and shouted hysterically, "I will kill anyone who dares to leave!"

His eyes were tearing apart, he gasped heavily, and stared at the disarmed soldiers.

The pupils of the soldiers dilated, but they saw Priest Eldric passed them and walked in front of them.

"If you want to go, go," the priest told them.

The soldiers were silent for a moment, saluted the priest, turned and left.

"……what!!!"

Bang bang bang!
Griffini pulled the trigger one after another, and the bullets fired.

However, when the flying bullets came in front of Priest Eldric, they were frozen in mid-air by a layer of shield, causing the air in front of him to ripple.

blah blah blah...

Griffini pulled the empty trigger, but no bullet was fired. He roared and threw the pistol to the ground, and left angrily.

He's gone...they're all gone!

(End of this chapter)