EFB #831 - Chapter 831 The Scent of Broth
#831 - Chapter 831 The Scent of Broth
At this time, the Twilight Dynasty Guild had begun to realize that if they continued to provide food equally to all residents, their resource points would be quickly depleted.
Furthermore, due to them...
Therefore, He Yun, the guild leader, quickly made the most "correct" decision.
That is, they decided to no longer provide food to ordinary farmers and ordinary citizens.
The remaining food would be provided in a rationed manner, regularly and quantitatively, to miners, logistics workers, grassroots managers, merchants, and, most importantly, soldiers!
After all, in the current situation, war is still the top priority.
Once their guild suffers a defeat, they will lose everything.
So, naturally, these farmers who had lost the value of their land were completely abandoned.
And ordinary citizens were also abandoned.
However, the reason why the Twilight Dynasty Guild abandoned them was similar to the reason for abandoning the farmers.
That is, they also lost their value of existence....
And the members of the Twilight Dynasty would never have imagined that.
It was these beings they had abandoned, these beings like ants.
That would, in the not-so-distant future, become the main cause of their guild's demise!
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On the first day the Twilight Dynasty Guild made this decision....
"Reeves!"
"The lord's truck for distributing food hasn't come today!"
Before dawn, Reeves was awakened from his sleep by this bad news from his wife.
However, like most honest farmers, Reeves didn't pay too much attention to this news.
Still half-asleep, he replied indifferently.
"Don't worry, dear."
"It's only morning."
"Maybe the lord's truck is just stuck in traffic."
"Anyway, it's still early..."
As he spoke, Reeves pulled his wife closer, grinning mischievously.
"Hehe, we finally don't have to farm, how about we take a good rest this morning?"
Looking at Reeves with a mischievous grin, Reeves's wife looked helpless.
She pushed Reeves's arm away and said.
"But, Reeves, I'm worried."
"What if the lord abandons us?"
"If we farmers are abandoned, we'll be dead!"
Hearing his wife say this, Reeves sat up in bed.
"Hey, at worst, we'll go to the city to beg for food!"
"Even if we farmers have nothing to eat, the lord can't let the city people starve, right?"
"Anyway, no matter how hard the days are, how long can they be?"
Hearing Reeves's answer, his wife was speechless.
But on second thought, Reeves was right.
No matter what, they farmers should at least have some way to survive.
The lord's truck was only missing for one morning; they didn't need to panic so much.
But for some reason.....
Looking at the sky outside the window, a shadow flashed in Reeves's wife's heart.
Her sixth sense told her that things might get worse!
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On the third day that Guild Leader He Yun decided to suspend food distribution.....
"Reeves, to this day, the lord's food truck still hasn't come!"
In the dim bed, Reeves, who had already woken up from hunger, got out of bed.
At this time, he no longer had the calmness of before.
His stomach was empty, but filled with anger, he didn't sit still and wait for supplies this time.
Extremely angry, he got up directly from the bed, put on a still-dry coat, and picked up his straw hat.
"What are you going to do?"
"Reeves."
Looking at her husband's angry appearance, Reeves's wife felt flustered and quickly stopped him.
"Nothing, I'm going to ask at the village entrance!"
"Ask that damn lord if he's planning to starve us to death?"
After speaking, Reeves put on his clothes and walked out.
However, what Reeves didn't expect was that at the village entrance.
He met a large group of farmers who were as angry as he was.
These hungry farmers shouted angrily, demanding an explanation from the local village chief.
But unfortunately, although these farmers were very angry.
The order in this area was very orderly.
The reason is simple.
Near the village entrance, the village chief, accompanied by several fully armed soldiers, was hindering these angry farmers.
Under the pressure of weapons and the village chief's not-so-bad eloquence, these farmers temporarily chose to trust their village chief.
They believed that relief food from the lord would arrive soon.
However....
Just as the angry Reeves and others were about to disperse, the village chief suddenly took out a brand-new agreement with a smile.
The content of this agreement was only one thing: to recruit soldiers, to recruit soldiers to go to the battlefield and fight the demons of the endless abyss!
How could anyone sign such an agreement?
They were ordinary farmers, not warriors!
But for some reason, when Reeves saw several villagers who were always familiar with the village chief rushing to sign this agreement, he and his wife had an extremely ominous premonition, just like they did in the beginning.
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Time came to the seventh day of the food shortage.
At this time, Reeves was already so hungry that he couldn't sit or stand still.
Starting from the fourth day, Reeves's greatest motivation every morning was to go to the village entrance to see if that damn grain truck had been delivered to them.
But unfortunately, no matter how much Reeves expected the appearance of this truck, this truck never appeared at the village entrance.
The village chief's promise was a pure joke.
If it was just like this, then Reeves wouldn't be so anxious.
What really made him anxious was.
His wife had fallen ill from continuous hunger.
So, no matter how disappointed Reeves was with the village chief or how dissatisfied he was with the lord, he knew that he had to do something now.
So, after hesitating for a while, Reeves once again put on his coat, put on his hat, and went out.
However, unlike the last time he went out.
This time, Reeves was holding a fork used to handle straw in his hand.
He secretly vowed that no matter what was in front of him, he would bring food back today.
With this thought, Reeves walked out of the house.
However, what Reeves didn't expect was that he wasn't the only one with this desperate idea!
Dozens of corpses of farmers holding various weapons were placed directly in front of Reeves.
And the ones who killed these dozens of farmers were actually Reeves's acquaintances.
His own village chief!
And....
Those villagers who had just joined the army a few days ago!
These farmers, who were still peasants not long ago, were now skillfully wiping the weapons in their hands with the corpses of these farmers.
Although these soldiers had just transformed from farmers into warriors and didn't have much combat power.
However, because they still had food supplies issued by the lord, their combat power was far higher than that of the hungry farmers.
Looking at the corpses on the ground, Reeves's heart was cold, and he quickly ran back home.
Now he finally understood.
Why those villagers who were more familiar with the village chief were rushing to join the army!
"I hope things don't get worse...."
After returning home, Reeves thought so....
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On the twenty-second day after the food shortage.
"Reeves, darling, I'm so hungry."
Listening to his wife's voice, the farmer Reeves silently lowered his head.
"I really want to eat a piece of cake."
"Of course, I also know that this wish seems too extravagant now."
"Right?"
Reeves lowered his head even more.
"The food delivery truck hasn't come for days, has it?"
"I'm so hungry, darling."
"I'm so hungry."
As the painful groans came intermittently, Reeves gradually covered his ears.
But soon, this honest farmer no longer needed to endure all of this.
The woman's painful cries stopped.
And Reeves knew that the moment his wife's voice disappeared, she had starved to death.
Thinking of this, Reeves turned his head.
In the dim room, a skinny female corpse, like a skeleton, lay on the bed.
"....."
Reeves looked at this female corpse, his eyes full of despair.
Although he had stolen the neighbor's cat a week ago and stewed it to eat, the nutrition provided by that equally skinny cat was not enough for Reeves and his wife to survive.
So, unsurprisingly, Reeves's wife still starved to death.
Thinking of this, Reeves, who was already skin and bones from hunger, raised his head and walked out of the door.
He wanted to go to the village entrance to take a look.
Although Reeves had long given up hope for the so-called kindness of the lords, he was still desperate and wanted to see if the so-called food could be delivered?
But unfortunately, at the end of the village, the only thing Reeves could see was the village chief and those fully armed warriors!
The so-called hope was just self-deception.
However, just as Reeves was walking slowly into his house with despair.
The hungry and cold Reeves suddenly pushed open the door and then froze in place, tears streaming down his face.
Whether it was an illusion or not, Reeves suddenly saw a woman who looked very much like his wife, was now turning her back to himself, cooking soup in the kitchen.
Immediately afterwards, the aroma of meat soup entered Reeves's nostrils.
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