Chapter 302 Choice

The wife caressed her son's head. This was her third child. The first two had died in infancy. In the past, she loved her son very much and would give him whatever he asked for. But now she said softly: "Don't blame your father. He is so happy!"

Selicis opened the door, and the person who knocked on the door was the disabled young man who had previously asked "Nix soldiers in the square whether they want to hand over people who are unwilling to join the Nix tribe to the Ardeis as slaves."

"Uncle Celysis, I have something to ask you." The young man spoke in a low voice while cautiously looking into the room.

"Myritus, don't worry, there are no outsiders in my house, come in." Selicis said, stepping aside.

The young man named Militus walked in quickly.

Selicis closed the door and led him into the house: "Sit down and talk slowly."

"No, I'll just say a few words and just stand."

"what ever."

"Uncle, I think what you said that day was right, and I was injured and had difficulty moving, so I thought... I thought... I thought -" The young man stuttered for a while, and finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: "I I want to join the Knicks tribe for the time being..."

"Yes." Selicis nodded calmly, indicating that he heard.

The young man was a little panicked, and quickly explained: "I don't... I don't really want to surrender to the Knicks, I just want to wait until our tribal alliance drives away the Knicks in the future, and then I can... and again - "

"I understand, there's nothing you can do about it." Selicis' response relieved the young man's nervousness, and he immediately said gratefully: "Thank you, uncle! I'll leave first!"

"good."

After the courtyard door was closed, my wife came over and asked softly: "Does Militus really think so?"

"Who knows." Selicis smiled: "At least I think he made the right choice."

""What choice should we make? "

Celysis looked at his wife and was about to answer when the door rang again.

"It seems that there will be many guests at our house today." Selicis sighed and opened the door.

This time the person who knocked on the door was an old man, Crikus, a relative of the tribal leader. His cautious expression was the same as that of the young man before.

When he came into the room, he immediately changed his appearance and began to accuse angrily: "Selysis, you have seen how cunning and cruel the Nix people are! The two patriarchs Aigaros and Pythias They actually killed them in public, and they didn't even do it themselves, forcing the tribesmen to kill them!

They even dare to kill the clan leader, wouldn't it be easier to kill us! Don't look at what they say now is so good, they are all lies! After we left the square, they occupied the main house and kicked my sister out of the house. Now my sister is still crying in my house!

So we can't stay here any longer, otherwise our houses and property will be taken away by the Knicks, and even our lives will not be safe... Celysis, you take the lead, we will escape tonight, to the east side of Bro Qi's territory, wait until later and rush back with the rescue army of the Tribal Alliance to defeat these damn Knicks! Okay, that’s all I have to say, you should be prepared first, and then I’ll contact other people! "

After finishing speaking, Kerikus turned around and walked out.

"Wait a minute!" Selicis stopped him and said seriously: "You can leave by yourself, but don't call me!"

"You won't leave?!" Krikus looked at him in surprise: "You are a famous warrior in our tribe. You killed so many Skordisqi people back then, and everyone in the tribe respects you. At this time You actually want to stay, do you want to... join the Knicks?"

"What's wrong? Isn't it possible?" Selicis replied calmly.

"Traitor!" Krikus suddenly changed his face and opened his mouth to curse: "The leader values ​​you so much, but you actually... It seems that what others said is right, you are a cub raised by the Scodisqi people, and you are indeed unreliable—— "

"Shut up!" Selicis's eyes shot out with a gnawing gaze, and he shouted with an angry expression: "If you say one more damn thing, believe it or not, I will twist your head off!"

Cricus was so frightened that he held his breath and did not dare to move.

"The leader values ​​me?!" Selicis snorted and sneered: "That bastard Aigalos bullies me so much, why does he never stop him! - Get out of here! Don't let me see you again!"

Celysis watched with cold eyes as the other person rolled and crawled out of the yard, and a pair of hands hugged him from behind.

"I'm fine." Selicis's expression returned to normal, and he comforted his wife in a low voice: "It seems that our house will be very lively today. Just in case, go get the spear from under the bed and put it in the corner. ”

As Selicis expected, there was a constant stream of people visiting his home from day to dusk. He changed his previous approach. After meeting, he first expressed his attitude that "he wanted to join the Knicks tribe". If the visitor agrees with him, the two parties can chat more. If they disagree, then please go back. There is nothing to say. If the other party refused to leave and started to curse, he would pick up a spear and scare him away without saying a word...

That night, in order to prevent anyone from holding a grudge, Selicis lay on the bed, but put the spear directly in his hand, and kept paying attention to the movements outside the courtyard, and did not sleep well all night.

After dawn, he took a nap, then got up and had breakfast.

"Everyone, pay attention! Anyone who wants to join the Nix tribe can go to the main house to sign up now! Please note that you must go with your family!..." There were shouts outside the door. It sounded like the fellow who had already joined the Nix and was talking in the square yesterday.

"We should go out." Selisis said to his wife. His wife nodded.

The family of three specially washed and dressed again, and opened the door.

There were already a few pedestrians on the road leading to the main house. After everyone met, they spoke briefly: "Are you taking your family to the main house?"

"Yes, to the main house. What about you?"

"Me too."

...

It can be seen that everyone was a little nervous and walked slowly.

Selisis didn't have so many concerns. He walked quickly with his wife and children and soon arrived at the main house.

Several tribesmen were already standing at the door of the main house, and there were more than a dozen fully armed Nix soldiers next to them to maintain order.

"Are you here to sign up to join the tribe?" A Nix soldier asked in Illyrian.

"Yes." Selysis answered.

"Are these two your family members?"

"Yes."

"Stand here, it will be your turn later, we will call you in."

"Yes." Selysis stood behind the team with his family.

The tribesman in front turned around, and it was Milukus: "Uncle Selysis, your family is here too!"

"Ah." Selysis responded.

Milutus approached and whispered mysteriously, "Do you know? Last night I saw several groups of people quietly leaving our tribe and trying to escape!"

"Really?"

"You know, my home is at the east end of the village. I didn't sleep last night. Late at night, I heard the sound of cows and donkeys outside. I got up curiously to see. Fortunately, there was a moon last night. I looked out through the wooden fence of my house and saw a group of people driving several carts passing by my house. Guess who they are?!"

"Who?"

"The leader's family, and the family of Klikus... about ten people."

"Did they run away?" Celis asked casually.

"The Nixes had been ambushing at the intersection for a long time, and I didn't notice it. I stopped them all and scared them to the ground at that time. But the Nixes didn't kill them, but drove them away..." Milutus' words revealed a trace of disappointment.

"The Nixes are quite kind?" Selisis was surprised.

"But the Nixes forcibly took away their carts and the things they carried. I think it would be difficult for them to escape to the safe place in the east without help on the road." Militus was a little gloating when he said this: "Later, I saw two groups of people who wanted to leave our tribe, but they were stopped by the Nixes. One of them was the family of your chief, and they were treated the same as before..."

Selisis raised his eyebrows and said jokingly: "It seems that you made the right choice."

"Of course!" Militus was a little complacent: "If I were as stupid as them, I might have starved to death on the way to escape. In fact, those Nixes soldiers also found me last night. Guess what, they allowed me to sweep up all the wheat scattered on the ground and take it home by myself. It was more than 10 kilograms!——"

"Hey, stop talking, it's time for you to go in!" A Nixes soldier came over and patted Militus on the shoulder.

So, Miletus hurriedly took his wife into the courtyard of the main house.

After a long while, he came out with his wife again. Before Selysis had time to ask him what was going on inside, he was urged to go in by the soldiers.

There were three wooden tables side by side in the middle of the courtyard, each with three people sitting on it, a middle-aged man and two teenagers.

"Please...sit down." The middle-aged man pointed to the wooden bench opposite the wooden table. Although his tone was a bit strange, his friendliness could be felt.

Selysis sat down at the wooden table in the middle as instructed. A teenager sitting in front of him took a piece of thin, soft, grayish-white thing like cloth and put it on the table, then picked up a pen dipped in ink and lowered his head to write.

The teenager facing him looked at him and asked seriously in fluent Pannonian: "Are you going to join the Nix tribe?"

"Yes."

"Are you voluntary?"

"Voluntary."

"What's your name?"

"Selysis."