I kissed the statue at the beginning and I vomited all over the floor

Chapter 199 The Blood and Tears of the Lightfoot Halflings

Annie Qingzu was holding her small rapier high, looking at the man opposite her as if she were facing a formidable enemy.

No creature can ignore the restrictions of the fairness collar, this is what the person promised himself...

"Don't be nervous, little maid.

If I had wanted to attack you, I would have already done it on that ladder without a guardrail."

Ivan took off the ribbon from around his neck and reached out to help Percy remove the restraints.

“Oh, my goodness, Lord Irwin.

If you had stayed a little longer, I would have died!

You don’t know how terrible it is to carry this armor with the strength of a halfling…”

Curly-haired Percy rested his hands on his knees, breathing in big gulps of air. Maybe he breathed too hard and he coughed a few times in the middle.

"Okay, Yani, right? Now none of us is a prisoner of anyone else, this is what we call fairness.

Let’s find a place and have a serious chat.”

……

The Lightfoot Halflings, unlike many other Halfling civilizations that developed rapidly after the Third Age, this relatively ancient Halfling race has been living a peaceful life in the southern hills.

Because their lifespan is not very long, they have lively personalities, jumping thoughts, and they always do things in a hurry.

But it is this kind of race that has been multiplying in the southern hills for nearly ten thousand years.

But with the rapid expansion of human civilization, the settlements of the lightfoot halflings were soon surrounded by human towns.

The halflings, who were naturally rebellious, never thought about building defenses or anything like that. Instead, they excitedly started trade exchanges with humans.

The unique compatibility of human civilization allowed the Halflings to find products from the elves, orcs, and dwarves, and made the Lightfoot Halflings completely obsessed with this kind of trading behavior - shopping and shopping are the nature of living things.

So the light foot people thought about it and decided that instead of running more than ten kilometers every day to buy a roll of elven moon silk, it would be more convenient to live directly in the trading district.

After discussing with the higher-ups of the human city, the Lightfoot Halflings moved their entire tribe to the territory of Shining City and became the first mixed race in Shining City.

At that time, Huiyao City had just been established and was in a state of disrepair.

The addition of this group of new population has enabled Huiyao City to develop rapidly.

When the House of Representatives was established and seats were allocated, the halflings also gained a lot of power.

But these are stories from hundreds of years ago.

In the current Huiyao City, there are many intrigues and evils hidden beneath the prosperity.

Especially after the discovery of the Nield mining area about fifty years ago.

At the beginning, when the halflings joined the mining area, it took a lot of effort for the halfling councillors to talk.

Without the strength of humans and other tall races, halflings would be unable to mine;

The inability to mine means that the halflings will not be able to participate in the distribution of profits in the Nield Mine.

After weighing the pros and cons, some councillors in charge of mining operations found that using halflings as logistics personnel was far more cost-effective than hiring humans and hybrids.

As a result, with the coincidental ideas of both parties, the halflings soon joined Nield's big cake.

The first halflings who participated in the mining industry received many times more harvest and rewards than before.

As a result, Nield became a popular place for lightfoot halflings.

But as Nield turned from a flat land into a huge pit, new troubles arose.

The first case of halfling illness occurred more than a decade ago when he was participating in the landfill of an abandoned mine tunnel.

Violent coughing and convulsions caused him to fall to the ground, twitching.

Although he received divine healing quickly, the halfling did not last long. He died after returning to Radiant City from the mining area.

Then came the second, the third...

More halflings fell in the mines beneath the Nield Pit, but none of the humans traveling with them were sick.

The halflings who had originally followed the tall men deep into the mines to do some transportation and supply work were all evacuated and left behind in the mining town at the bottom of the deep pit.

Her previous job was replaced by other tall people, and the half-ling's income was reduced a lot. She had to switch completely to logistics and started working as a cook.

I thought I was safe, but what I didn't expect was that more than ten years ago, the halflings in the mining town also began to show symptoms of the same disease.

Cough, chest tightness, shortness of breath, etc.

It's just not as deadly as the previous illness.

Sensing that danger was approaching again, the halflings began to propose evacuating the Nield Mine as soon as possible.

According to normal procedures, such a request would be approved quickly. This is not a century-old problem. The job can be replaced by tall people who are not infected with the disease.

But at that time, the old mayor of Huiyao City, Xiuman's father, and several leaders of the House of Representatives started a protracted period of mutual tearing.

And both sides lost their minds.

The old city lord promised to withdraw the halflings under Nield in batches, but the House of Representatives disagreed, saying that it was a waste of administrative resources.

There were even a few Halfling councillors there, and the ones shouting were pretty crazy.

The general meaning is that their predecessors have worked hard to secure such great ethnic benefits for the Halflings, so how can they let the efforts of their ancestors go to waste just because of the appearance of a few sick people?

The congressmen who were enjoying delicious steaks and exquisite pastries in their mansions in Huiyao City never thought about what the scene was like under the deep pit.

Coughing symptoms spread quickly like an infectious disease;

The most frightening thing is the convulsion, because it means that the disease has come to an end and the creature is about to be taken into the abyss by the devil.

This time, not only halflings, but even some humans, especially human children, began to show the same symptoms.

There was widespread panic and wailing at the bottom of the deep pit. Every day, halflings or other creatures would escape from this place infested by the devil via the suspended ladder.

But at this time, the Orc War broke out.

Under the instruction of Gruumsh, the main fighting force of the orcs in the northwest wilderness invaded human territory on a large scale.

The entire Huiyao City entered a state of war.

The bravery of the orcs is unquestionable, especially those who have been brainwashed by Gruumsh.

The tall, brown-skinned savage creatures swept across most of the human territory, and the area around Nield was plunged into war and conflict, but the bottom of the pit was surprisingly quiet at the time - perhaps the tall and burly orcs found it very troublesome to climb those narrow and long stairs.

Inexplicably, Nield became a place of refuge during the war during those years.

The population has become even larger.