Chapter 634 Conscription
The joy on the faces of the women present had completely disappeared. They looked at each other in a state of perturbation, and Odegar emphasized loudly again: "Women sit down."
Soon, the panic-stricken people separated according to his instructions. The men stood in a row, while the women sat side by side opposite them. The newly married bride looked at her husband who stood aside.
"The militia is recruited today. The militia I took away last time will not come back for the time being." Odegar looked around at the people in his hometown with a serious tone, "I have to recruit some new recruits."
There was an ominous premonition in everyone's heart. They leaned out and looked at the recruiter who was about to take away their relatives and lovers again. Odegar means the tip of a spear in Anglo-Saxon—and obviously others As the name suggests.
"You, you, you, and you," Odegar ordered a few times among the men on the field, "Go back and get your shield and spear."
The faces of the men in the arena were full of dissatisfaction and unhappiness, but no one resisted, and filed out, "You, sit down." Odegar asked an elder with a white beard to sit back. The women on the other side watched this scene anxiously. Their relatives or loved ones were named and were about to go to the battlefield. It is very likely that this trip will never return, but there is nothing they can do.
"Those who don't have weapons, as well as young men, will get new weapons later." He didn't let the other young men go.
Esselwolf stepped forward to protect his new son-in-law, and questioned the recruiter: "Why are you taking them away? Why are you recruiting soldiers? The Easter famine is coming, where are we going to get food? Make it through?"
"If I don't take them away now, I'm afraid no one will live long enough to starve. Sit down now!" Odegar faced Ethelwolf head-on, as if stating a fact to him After seeing the other party walking away helplessly, Odegar turned around helplessly and explained to the newlyweds: "You two, go back first, there is still a while before departure."
The bride hurried forward and led the groom out of the back hut.
Through probing into the mind of this recruiter who knew a certain amount of military information, Allen knew that the Normans were gathering on the other side of the sea, ready to attack England at any time, and the new king Harold was building a defense line to defend his kingdom near the Isle of Wight— —According to the records in the history book when he was in the Muggle school, in fact, Harold should not be aware of the threat from the Vikings. After driving his brother Tostie away, he has been focusing on In spite of the blatant actions of William, Duke of Normandy, unaware that his brother had also entered into an alliance with the Norwegians, the new king of England believed that his only goal was to repel the expected Norman invasion from across the sea.
Allen folded his arms on his chest. This recruiter named Odegar was not as ruthless as he showed. Odegar wanted to send the neighbors and folks he was familiar with to the battlefield. The recruiter was just following orders. He was also quite helpless, and unlike ordinary ignorant farmers, Odgar knew the name of the illegitimate duke. If their new king could not lead them to stop the Normans, the village of Crowhurst would be a place far away from the southern coast of England. The village that is not too far away will probably cease to exist in this war.
As the people who went to get the weapons left, the room seemed less crowded, and Alan, who was dressed in a strange costume for Muggles, appeared in front of Odegar, his expression became a little puzzled, and he wanted to leave Go to Allen and look carefully, but the hunting dog beside him feels the breath of the wizard, and he shrinks back and refuses to step forward.
"Hmph, a stranger." Odegar frowned, and looked at Alan. He always felt that there was something wrong with him. The elegant robes and staff were not something an ordinary busker could afford. People are not like buskers - he just wanted to question Allen, but under the effect of the confusion spell, he was in a trance, and before he could ask the question, these doubts disappeared in his mind under the effect of the spell.
Odegar, who had ignored Allen, regained his sharpness. He looked around the people in the room, and suddenly shouted, "Where did Leofric go?" Before he could finish speaking, he immediately jumped out. After leaving the house, follow the signs.
The curly-haired little boy carrying the flower basket from before slipped silently in front of Allen. He raised his head tremblingly, his face full of horror, and asked Allen in a voice so small that it was almost inaudible: "Are you a raven?"
Allen smiled gently at the child: "Is it because of the raven feathers on my cloak?"
Then, Alan's gaze collided with the child's pleading eyes, and the child handed a small wooden dagger, a few beautiful stones, and a bite of bread hidden on his body to Alan, requesting Said: "Please don't take them away."
"Take who?" Allen raised his eyebrows. He has already judged that this child should have part of the blood of the devil in the bottomless abyss. This is why Allen felt a little uncomfortable at first, as he likes order like the devil The current Allen is quite repulsed by the unpredictable and chaotic atmosphere in the bottomless abyss—but even if the other party’s special ability brought by the devil prevents Allen from detecting his thoughts through Legilimency, it also allows the little boy in front of him to Quickly get rid of the effect of the confusion spell he cast, but Allen can also judge that the little boy in front of him is obviously not affected by the evil nature of his blood, at least his concerns about his "family" are sincere.
"My father, my sister, and the others." Following the child's gaze, Allen saw the old farmer sitting on the other side and collecting his gold coins.
"Little boy, you should ask the recruiter." Allen didn't know how to comfort the little boy in front of him. In fact, he was not very good at dealing with children, and he didn't know if the little boy knew that he and his The father and sister in the mouth are not related by any blood. Allen can only take out a snack prepared by Hufflepuff from his backpack and stuff it in his little hand. little boy.
Then Allen also walked out, and he planned to let himself easily follow this group of militiamen to the battlefield-although he knew that the first stop they went to now was not the place where the first war started.
The little boy took the snack that Alan gave him but didn't eat it. He said to himself in an affirmative tone: "You are the raven."
Outside the wooden door, Leofric jumped over the low wooden fence in the village and fled desperately to the forest. Odegar soon rushed to the forest and gave chase.
After running to a slightly flat and wide forest farm, Odegar, who knew that the other party was hiding his figure, stopped, turned around and observed the surrounding environment, and shouted: "Leo Cliff! Coward! come out for me."
"Odegar, I'm just a farmer." Leocliff, who was hiding in the forest, couldn't help retorting stupidly.
"Now you're going to be a soldier." Odegar chatted with the other party without any connection, so as to judge the other party's location, he searched forward along the direction where the voice might have come from.
"No, no, I don't want to be a soldier." Leo Cliff refused repeatedly.
"You have never joined my militia. If I caught you last time, you would have been a different bear." Odegar found the approximate location, wandering around under the tree.
"Really? How do you say it?" Leocliffe was not as good at judging the position of the voice as Odegar, and he didn't realize that the recruiter had come near him.
With a helpless tone, Odegar casually wandered to a tree, stretched out his hand suddenly, and pulled Leo Cliff who was climbing up the tree to hide his figure, and let him fall on the grass. : "Boy, I won't hold you accountable this time, hurry back to me—you have work to do this time."