Work Prophet
Chapter 605 - 37 Why can I understand what you’re saying?

Chapter 605: Chapter 37 Why can I understand what you’re saying?

When Li Yu returned to Bratis, he noticed the atmosphere among the army was somewhat tense, to his surprise, and asked the Lady, "Did you lose?"

"We won," Miss Rabbit said with a bitter face.

"Then why do you look like this?"

"Because Marquis Kuren has been killed, and now we’re also in big trouble."

The Lady then recounted the events of the past two days to Li Yu, and added at the end, "The food we brought is only enough for three days, and I’ve already sent out squads to hunt in the nearby forests."

"The game from hunting won’t be enough to feed so many people, will it?"

"I know, but we don’t have a choice right now, finding a bit of food is better than none," Miss Rabbit said. "I also asked Greta if her mouse friends could share some food with us."

"But Greta said food is also very precious for those mice, and even if I am willing to spend money, I can’t buy it."

Then, filled with hope, the Lady looked at Li Yu, "Prophet Merlin, I remember you can bring food from the Divine Country to here, right?"

"I can, but the amount I can bring each time is limited, it won’t be enough to feed thousands of people," Li Yu said.

Miss Rabbit truly panicked then; she had treated Li Yu as her last lifeline, and if Li Yu had no solution, then they would really be in danger this time.

Although the Lady had always been mindful of shedding some excess fat from her belly, this was certainly not the way to do it.

However, she soon heard Li Yu say, "So you need food now?"

"Exactly. Those Dwarves have blocked all our ways back, Morse has betrayed us, and no one will provide us with supplies anymore. In a few days, our soldiers will starve."

A look of hope again appeared in Miss Rabbit’s eyes, as though she was expecting someone to perform a miracle once more and conjure up a large supply of food out of thin air.

And indeed, Li Yu did not disappoint her.

"Those ten wild captives are still with you, right? have them brought here; I have something to ask them."

...

Red Beard and Iron Spear were a bit puzzled these past few days.

First, the Imperial Army in the valley had just been released, but all the surrounding imperial people looked as though they were seething with rage.

Some even tried to rush forward to chop at them, fortunately, they were held back by the guards.

Then, on the second day, the atmosphere in the camp changed, and Red Beard saw many Cavalrymen entering the forests.

In his view, this was no different from courting death; those imperial people knew nothing about this great mountain.

And because the Dwarves had already formed an alliance with them, they could move freely here, with no suspense about the outcome once the two sides faced each other.

He wondered who the commander of this Imperial Army was to make such a basic mistake.

But after Red Beard mocked those imperial people, he could not feel happy, as he himself had narrowly escaped being chopped last night. If they lost this battle again, he and Iron Spear, as captives, probably couldn’t avoid death.

Therefore, both of them looked at each other, each wearing an extremely anxious look.

Red Beard was constantly vigilant about the movements of the guards, and then he saw them sneak away.

Yes, that’s right, those guards had actually stopped watching over them and had taken off by themselves.

This left Red Beard completely baffled; for a moment, he even thought that the Dwarves had won the battle. He assuredly told Iron Spear, who was beside him, that they were saved this time.

If he hadn’t been tied to a stake, Red Beard would probably have jumped up, grabbed a weapon, and enthusiastically joined in the pursuit of the imperial people.

However, the two of them waited for a long time, but the legendary saviors never appeared.

Instead, a new batch of guards took over, elite troops dressed in pitch-black armor, each holding a black shield in their hands.

Therefore, Red Beard and Iron Spear suppressed their restless hearts and dared not make any more movements.

It wasn’t until dusk that the previously departed cavalry gradually returned, their numbers not much decreased from before, and each of them had joyous expressions, returning fully laden.

Red Beard’s eyes widened in disbelief; this Imperial Army had actually achieved a glorious victory in the mountains!

But when food was distributed that evening, Red Beard and Iron Spear found that the share of bread given to them had been halved.

The two of them were completely confused, as they hadn’t interacted much with the imperial people before and didn’t know if it was the local tradition to increase the suffering of prisoners to celebrate a victory.

Moreover, the next day they received even less food, just a tiny piece of bread, no bigger than two fingers.

Not to mention two people eating it; even one person couldn’t fill his stomach with it.

After encountering a food crisis, the Lady, besides finding ways to source food by hunting, hadn’t forgotten to exercise her thrifty talents, trying to economize in every possible way.

However, not to cause panic, she hadn’t yet cut the rations of the soldiers, but she had reduced the prisoners’ food significantly.

The Lady even considered stopping the feeding of those barbarians from that night on.

Therefore, Red Beard and Iron Spear were brought in starving, Iron Spear especially couldn’t help but curse out loud.

She had completely let loose because if this continued, they would starve to death even if they weren’t beheaded.

And with her leading the charge, the other barbarians also joined in the cursing.

However, after listening for a while, Li Yu realized that despite their numbers, they only had a handful of crude words, nothing compared to the stimulating exchanges of the Laker warriors.

Li Yu waited for the barbarians to tire of their cursing before he spoke indifferently, "If you want food, you can have it, but you’ll have to earn it. Whoever answers my question first will get a loaf of bread."

As Li Yu spoke, all the barbarians suddenly fell silent as if their throats had been pinched, unable to make a sound.

Red Beard looked as if he had seen a ghost and it took him a long time to stammer out, "Wh-why can I understand what you’re saying?"

"Not only that, but I can also understand what you say," Li Yu responded, then glanced at Iron Spear beside him. "Your brother is right; I have no interest in female barbarians."

Iron Spear’s mouth hung open, "Then... then why are you closing in on me?"

"My main goal was to see if you had any valuable intelligence. However, it seems like those Dwarves were just using you and didn’t truly regard you as allies," Li Yu said.

After finishing his words, Li Yu’s gaze swept over the group of prisoners again, "Alright, I’m going to start asking questions now. Who can tell me where your tribe is?"