Being a knight is not easy

Chapter 285 Seed
After Robin turned and left Willich's residence, he and Wind Chime began to discuss countermeasures.

Wind Chime frowned and said, "Darling, we can't just be sent to the front lines like this. Our plan isn't finished yet."

Robin nodded, a resolute glint in his eyes: "However, this is also our opportunity. Let them experience firsthand how slaves are oppressed."

Only by making these slave soldiers and serfs truly and deeply experience the pain of oppression can their determination to resist be fully aroused.

Feng Ling narrowed her eyes slightly and nodded in agreement.

She understood Robin's thinking; it was a dangerous strategy that could bring about a huge turning point.

In the village, the slave soldiers and their families were plunged into despair.

They gathered together, sharing their fears and grievances.

The son of an old slave soldier, who had recently joined the slave army, cried and said to his father, "Father, I don't want to go to the front lines. I don't want to die."

The old soldier hugged his son tightly, tears welling up in his eyes, but he didn't know how to comfort him.

This oppressive atmosphere permeated the village, like the calm before a storm, waiting for a spark to ignite a massive transformation.

Nisan Village was too poor; the serfs didn't even have decent clothes. Willich had no one to exploit, so as long as the annual agricultural quota was met, he turned a blind eye to the serfs' behavior in the village.

But now, the call to war has shattered this relative calm.

Those already impoverished serf families faced the possibility of losing loved ones, and their lives seemed to have fallen into an even deeper abyss of darkness.

Robin and Wind Chime were observing all of this in secret. They began to quietly spread ideas among the slave soldiers and serfs, such as the value of freedom and the legitimacy of resisting oppression.

Of course, these thoughts couldn't come from Robin's mouth, so Wind Chime had to use witchcraft to hypnotize the villagers at night.

As night falls on Nissan Village, the entire village falls into silence, with only the occasional bark of a dog.

Wind Chime quietly slipped out of the house, waving her magic wand and chanting incantations.

A faint light emanated from the tip of the wand and slowly spread outwards.

The light, like invisible threads, silently seeped into every house, enveloping the people inside.

The serfs in Nissan village were being brainwashed and hypnotized without their knowledge. In their sleep, various ideas about freedom, equality, and resistance against oppression were implanted into their minds.

Those thoughts were inadvertently uttered by them the next day. The following morning, a subtle atmosphere permeated the village.

The serfs began their day's work as usual, but their words occasionally revealed some unusual thoughts.

A serf working in the fields suddenly straightened up and said to his companions, “Why do you say we are oppressed like this? We should also have our own lives and be as free as those nobles.”

His companions were taken aback at first, then nodded in agreement.

Another serf, while feeding the chickens, muttered to himself, "Our children should not be sent to the battlefield to die so easily. We should resist this unfair fate."

These words gradually spread throughout the village, like sparks that began to form an invisible force in the hearts of the serfs.

Robin observed all this silently, secretly pleased to see the serfs' minds beginning to change. The wind chimes' hypnotic effect was working; the serfs were gradually awakening, and they were one step closer to launching an uprising.

But he also understood that now was not the time; more guidance and preparation were needed for the uprising to truly break out and succeed.

When Sheriff Willich heard these remarks, he merely frowned and didn't seem to care much.

He thought it was just the occasional complaints of the serfs and did not realize that a huge change was about to happen right under his nose.

The reason Willich didn't pay much attention was simple: the serfs were simply too weak.

In his eyes, these serfs were like ants, posing no threat to his rule whatsoever.

With his strength as a formal knight, along with more than ten knight apprentices, plus armor and weapons, they could wipe out the entire village in just half a day.

His knightly powers grant him speed, strength, and combat skills far exceeding those of ordinary people.

His armor was incredibly sturdy, able to withstand attacks from ordinary swords and blades, and his weapon was exceptionally sharp, easily piercing the fragile bodies of the serfs.

Although the knight apprentices were slightly weaker, they had received some training and were more than capable of dealing with the serfs who had no combat experience.

This is the difference between those who possess extraordinary powers and ordinary people. This gap filled Willich with confidence, and he believed his rule in the village was unbreakable.

He continued to live his life as usual, spending his days handling village affairs and enjoying a relatively comfortable life in his residence, completely unaware of the flames of rebellion gradually burning in the hearts of the serfs.

Robin, however, knew that this difference in power was only temporary.

While continuing to train the slave soldiers, he secretly gathered intelligence from the front lines, waiting for the time for them to set off.

On the serfs' side, although their minds were gradually awakening, they were still filled with fear in the face of Willich's overwhelming power.

They knew that if the uprising failed, they would face utter destruction.

But they also understood that if they continued to endure this oppression, their descendants would never be able to escape the fate of serfs.

This contradictory mentality was troubling the serfs, and the entire village of Nisang was like a powder keg about to explode, needing only a spark to trigger a world-shaking upheaval.

Three days later, Robin finally received the order to set off. He led 120 slave soldiers with simple training and crude spears toward the designated location.

The slave soldiers stood in a long line, their steps heavy and slow, each face bearing worry and unease.

Those crude spears looked dull and lifeless in the sunlight; compared to real warrior weapons, they resembled rough farm tools.

Considering that Robin's journey to the rendezvous point would take three days, Willizzi generously prepared three and a half days' worth of rations. This infuriated Robin.

Robin looked at the meager amount of food and was filled with anger.

He knew that Willich was deliberately making things difficult for them. This small amount of food was far from enough to support the slave soldiers to reach the rendezvous point smoothly, let alone maintain their strength along the way.

Robin frowned and said to Wind Chime beside him, "That Willizzi is going too far. He wants us to starve or collapse from exhaustion on the way so he can give an account to the lord."

(End of this chapter)