Chapter 1163 Escape

Joan was about to ask Clark what to entrust to him, when he suddenly heard the sound of arguing from the next room.

There was only one wall between the two wooden houses, and the sound of arguing came faintly through the gap in the wooden wall. Even if Joan hadn't intentionally eavesdropped, he could hear that the two loud voices belonged to Uncle Logan and Haakon respectively.

With just a few words, Joan roughly guessed why the father and son had a dispute. Looking back at Clark on the hospital bed, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

He pretended to be nonchalant, and said to the frost giant, "Brother Clark, your body hasn't fully recovered yet. You still have some time to rest, and I'll get you some food."

Clark seemed to have seen through his mind and smiled considerately.

"Brother Joan, when you go out, tell Elder Hunter my plan by the way."

Qiao An suppressed her sadness and nodded, and went out of the room. She first found Audrey and asked her to bring some food to the ward. Then she walked to the door of the room where the quarrel came from, and knocked on the door twice.

The quarrel in the room disappeared immediately, and a few seconds later, Slude opened the door. When he saw Joan for the first time, he couldn't help showing guilt on his pretty face. He wanted to say something, but couldn't say it.

Joan walked into the room and saw Logan, Haakon, Elder Hunter and Captain Stone sitting around the table.

Haakon was full of anger, while the other three were helpless and frowning.

"Uncle Logan, is it convenient for Fang to tell me, what are your plans for the future?" Joan asked straight to the point.

Logan hesitated for a moment, facing the clear gaze of the young mage, finally spoke his mind.

"Joan, the residents of Elk Town are all brothers of my same clan. How can I just watch my compatriots being slaughtered by evil forces? I came to Elk Town this time because I was sent by the Council of Elders to try to lead the local residents to escape to Shizhu Town for refuge. , Although Winterhold is powerful, it dare not openly turn against our Stone Pillar Town."

Even if Elk Town can't be kept, it's good to keep the lives of the residents in the town. Joan agrees with the decision of the Council of Elders in Shizhu Town, but it's not so easy to evacuate safely under the heavy siege of Winterhold's army.

Elder Hunter seemed to see the doubt in Joan's eyes, and said in a low voice: "There is a secret tunnel in the town, which leads to the other side of the Mead River ten miles away. If we are careful enough, we should be able to lead the way before alerting the bandits outside the city. All the townspeople and Captain Stone's company escaped from the encirclement."

"In fact, we dug this secret passage at the beginning to prevent the colonists from invading, but we didn't expect that one day we would share this escape tunnel with the colonists' troops." Elder Hunter said with mixed feelings.

Haakon looked at his father's face, then at Joan, but finally he couldn't hold back.

"Joan, since all the residents in the town are going to evacuate to Shizhu Town for refuge, we can't leave Mr. Hainier alone, right? But my father refuses to take him with him, so you can judge, isn't that right? It's too much!"

"You kid doesn't understand farts, so just say a few words!"

Logan gave his son an annoyed look.

Haakon was still not convinced, and was about to refute, but was stopped by Joan.

"Haakon, I agree with Uncle Logan's decision. Under the current situation, Brother Clark is not suitable to take refuge in Shizhu Town. In fact, this is exactly what Brother Clark thinks."

Haakon still couldn't understand why everyone treated Clark Heinier so coldly, but Joan said it was Clark's own decision, so he had nothing to say and could only sigh depressedly.

"Joan, please convey my apologies to Mr. Hainier, and thank him for his understanding." Logan said with complicated emotions.

Joan nodded, he can fully understand Uncle Logan's difficulties.

The relationship between Stone Pillar Town and Winterhold is quite delicate, between friends and foes, neither side has enough strength to completely destroy the other, and at the same time, other hostile forces must be taken into account, so they have maintained a situation of not interfering with each other for many years.

The main purpose of Winterhold's massive siege of Elk Town this time was to hunt down Clark and seize the "Kostchurch Collar". Building the Colossus", openly declaring that they want to completely destroy Elk Town.

In fact, Trim and his son have no deep hatred for Elk Town. They made the decision to destroy the town.

When Elk Town was reduced to ruins under the trampling of the "Ice Colossus", Winterhold had already achieved its goal of standing up, and Trim and his son's anger was mostly released.

Uncle Logan led the residents of Elk Town to flee to Shizhu Town for refuge. Although it would make Trim and his son unhappy, it did not touch the core interests of Winterhold.

So, what are the core interests of Winterhold?

It is the "Coschurch Collar" that Clark carries with him!

Trim and his son may compromise on other issues, but this matter cannot be compromised!

Winterhold will kill Clark at all costs to capture the "Kostchurch Collar".

If Stone Pillar Town took Clark in, it would be tantamount to infringing on the core interests of Winterhold, forcing Trim and his son to have no way out, and they had to completely turn their backs, leading to a full-scale war between Winterhold and Stone Pillar Town.

Is it worthwhile to bring your own homeland into the flames of war for a frost giant who is neither relative nor relative, and countless tribesmen shed blood and sacrifice for it?

For all the residents of Shizhu Town, the answer is obviously no.

What's more, the current experience of Elk Town is a bloody lesson from the past.

Considering all the consequences, it is absolutely impossible for Shizhu Town to open the door to Clark Heinier, and curing his "winter mania" for free is the maximum help.

Qiao An compared his heart with his heart, and felt that the decision of the Shizhu Town Council of Elders was beyond reproach, and he had no complaints about Uncle Logan, only gratitude.

Haakon may have a different view on this, but this only shows that he is too simple and kind-hearted, and can't tolerate a little sand in his eyes, so that he seems a bit unreasonable.

It's a pity that the world he lives in is not just black and white, good and evil. Many times people have to make compromises, otherwise they simply cannot survive in this complex and cruel world.

Putting aside these distracting thoughts for now, Joann told Elder Hunter, Captain Stone, and the Logan family about Clark's plan.

Everyone was deeply moved by the righteous sacrifice of this frost giant, and they couldn't bear it, but as Joan said, Clark had to leave Elk Town openly in order to attract the army of Winterhold and the "Ice Giant" outside the city. , so as to buy more time for the townspeople to escape.