Although the secret site hosting Verak is close to the common junction of the Sder Kingdom, the Bash Empire, and the Monrego Empire, due to the fact that there is no interconnected railway with Monrego and the warlords are in chaos, several neighboring countries have cut off their connections with Monrego.
Due to the poor transportation in Mongolia, the three of them had to use walking and other methods of travel, and it took them three days to enter the territory of Monrego.
"Is this Meng Le Ge?"
On the morning of September 24th, a group of people walked through the mountains and forests and finally saw a village.
"Hmm." Murphy looked at it from a distance and concluded that this was Monrego's village just from the architectural style. He replied to Connie in a motherly and doubtful tone, his eyes flashing.
"Let's go and have a look." Verak walked forward.
The group of people had not eaten well or slept well along the way, so it would be great if they could rest in the village and recover.
Murphy didn't rush to raise his feet and reminded: "This is Antonio's territory, we have to be careful."
Antonio is one of the warlords entrenched in Mongolia. He has many supporters and is a strong candidate to reunify Mongolia and end the civil war that has lasted for several decades.
It's just that he behaves cruelly, and many people are not willing to see the day come when he completely rules Monrego.
On the way here, Verak got to know this person and his corresponding sphere of influence, but the more he knew about him, the more he kept pace: "Isn't this the case everywhere in Monrego today? Can you go around it?
Where to go?"
"Let's go." Connie took the lead and followed.
Murphy eventually caught up with Verak.
This village is very dilapidated, with only a few dozen decent-looking earthen houses. Looking at the dead silence, one can only judge with the vague traces of life that the place has not been abandoned, but is still inhabited.
"Everyone, please be safe." As he got closer to the village, Verak put one hand into his pocket and held the pistol hidden in it.
Murphy and Connie also vaguely felt that something was wrong here, slowed down their steps, and hunched their bodies to prepare for emergencies.
Is something going to happen as soon as we arrive in Monrego?
Verak scanned everywhere in front of him vigilantly, thinking about the reason why there was no one visible in broad daylight despite being inhabited.
"Forget it, go back."
When they were forty or fifty meters away from those houses, Verak, who was keenly aware of the danger, stopped Murphy and Connie beside him and began to retreat towards the village.
The idea of staying overnight is definitely not something I can continue with.
This place did not look like an ordinary village. Verak would rather take a detour than put himself and the other two in danger.
Murphy and Connie had the same feeling, and neither raised any objection. They retreated and grabbed their guns.
"Don't run!"
"You are surrounded!"
"Raise your hands! Otherwise I will kill you!"
The three of them had just taken a few steps back when dozens of villagers, armed with knives and guns and shouting loudly, suddenly rushed out of the empty house.
"Let's go!" Verak couldn't understand the other party's words, but felt the death threat from his tone. He immediately took out his gun and fired several shots in front of him, calling Murphy, and Connie fled first.
"There are some behind them too!" Murphy turned to the rear and saw no less than thirty villagers appearing unnoticed and semi-surrounding them.
"Get out!
"Verak glanced back and made a decision immediately.
As soon as he met them, he could tell that these villagers were not good-natured people. They were all ruthless people who had seen blood and most likely had human lives on their hands.
If they wait for the villagers in the village to rush over and join up with the villagers at the rear, they will never be able to escape.
"Yes!" Murphy looked at the empty left side in comparison and rushed over with long strides.
"Comrade Verak! You go first!" Connie insisted on her most important task, which was to replace Verak in the rear, delay the villagers as much as possible, and cover him and Murphy to leave safely.
"Don't waste time! Let's go!" Verak had no intention of standing still and acted out the drama of 'you go first, or you don't go first'. He fought and retreated with Connie, reluctantly chasing Murphy who was opening the way.
Fortunately, most of these villagers are armed with knives, and the guns are basically homemade guns. Their power, accuracy, and reloading speed are very poor. It is difficult to pose an effective threat to them at a long distance. Otherwise, it would be so
Many people swarmed forward, and within ten seconds the three of them were all dead.
However, their counterattack was not much better.
The three of them were busy running, and the shooting was more to scare the villagers. A total of more than ten shots were fired, but only one villager was injured.
"Hurry!" Verak saw that many of the villagers were even looking at children who were only twelve or thirteen years old. He was frightened and became even more wary of this group of people.
Meng Lege is really too messy!
What kind of villagers are these? They are clearly a gangster den where everyone is a bandit!
If they really want to be captured, these people will not care who they are in the International Equality Alliance and what they are doing on this trip. If they snatch all the gold coupons, they will definitely be slaughtered and humiliated!
"Bang!"
Verak rarely hit an enemy in the thigh. The man fell to the ground in pain, but it did not affect the morale of the others. The others braved the hail of bullets and got closer to the three of them to about 20 meters in a moment.
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"Bang!"
"Bang bang!"
The villagers' guns were also fiercely attacking.
"Whoosh!"
There was a sound of breaking through the air in his ears, and Verak's hair stood up, and he followed Murphy more closely, while Connie ran away from the side.
Seven or eight seconds later, the villagers in front and behind gathered together and formed a larger momentum and rushed towards the three people.
"Don't look back! Run!" Verak, who stayed at the back, took on the important task of delaying the enemy, urging Murphy and Connie to escape quickly.
However, he didn't have much hope in getting rid of these people.
The opponent seems to have mobilized the whole village. Even if they occupy a favorable terrain and start a firefight with them, all the ammunition combined cannot kill one-third of the opponent's people. What's more, the opponent is definitely more familiar with the terrain and has many weapons.
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"Whoosh!"
While Verak was thinking quickly about how to get out of danger, another sound broke through the air, and then an arrow pierced his shoulder.
"Verak!
"Connie, who was about to take over from Verac and take charge of the rear, saw that Verac was hit by an arrow. She staggered and leaned against a tree. She quickly turned over and went to help her, "How are you?!"
"It's okay!" Verak pulled out the arrow and endured the pain to steady himself.
But before the two of them could continue to escape, Murphy in front stepped on the animal trap arranged by the villagers and fell to the ground on his back.
He was injured, and Murphy's leg was caught in a trap. He could not even stand, let alone walk, and ran away. The villagers also rushed to see him.
Escape is no longer possible.
A desperate resistance will only lead to death. The only way to survive is to reveal your identity and negotiate with this group of people.
"Throw away the guns!" Verak threw the guns aside and raised his hands with difficulty to express surrender, "Murphy! Is it still possible?! Communicate with them!"
"Say...what did you say?!" Murphy curled up on the ground, feeling like his legs were about to be pinched off.
"We surrender, everything can be discussed!" Verak said.
It is not worthwhile to die in the hands of a group of bandits. If they are just looking for money, the money they have should be enough. If not, they can still raise it. In short, before the situation becomes a fatal situation, we must try our best to fight for any chance of survival!
Murphy followed Verak's words and translated them into Mongolian.
As soon as he finished speaking, a crowd of people from the other side rushed forward. The leading group of people first pushed Verak and Connie down, and then cursed and said words that Verak could not understand.
"It's okay! Calm down! Don't provoke them anymore!" Verak said anxiously when he saw that the hot-tempered Connie wanted to resist.
This group of people did not come up and shoot them to death, but controlled them, which shows that there is still a chance to talk. If Connie resisted forcefully at this time and killed the people in front of her, then there would most likely be no need to talk, and they
The three of them would be immediately beaten to death by the other villagers who gathered around them to vent their anger.
"Are you okay?!" Connie suppressed her anger and paid attention to Verak's bleeding wound.
"I'm fine!" Verak's hands were pulled behind his back and tied up by the villagers. This inevitably affected the deep wound, which made him sweat. "Murphy! Are you okay?!"
Under the noise, Murphy's painful response came from another place: "It's okay! I'll negotiate with them!"
"Explain our identities! Ask them what they want!" Verak shouted.
"Peng!"
The villager responsible for controlling Verak hit him hard on the head with the butt of his gun, trying to silence Verak.
"Uh!" Verak was immediately dizzy and speechless.
"Comrade Verak!" Connie reacted fiercely when she saw this scene.
Soon, she also received a shot from the butt of a gun.
Verak's eyes widened, and his ears were filled with shouts in Mongolian. Suddenly, he felt like he was being carried up.
By the time the pain and dizzying feeling disappeared, at least two hours had passed.
"Comrade Verak, Comrade Verak."
There was a soft cry in front of him, and Verak, who had been sleeping for a while, opened his eyes.
I saw myself lying on the bed. On the other side of the bed, Murphy, whose injured leg was roughly bandaged, and Connie, who seemed to be fine, were looking at me.
"Are you... okay? This is..." The villagers seemed to hate them. The force of the gun butt was so strong that Verak was stunned the whole time he was hit. He had no idea what had happened in the past few hours.
What.
"We're fine, the villagers helped take care of it." Murphy glanced at his legs, "This was a misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding?" Verak didn't understand.
"Bandits often come to rob the village, and it's almost time these days, so the villagers have been very wary. We happened to come over, and they mistakenly thought they were bandits, and that's it..." Connie said with a smile.
A cold water towel was applied to the big bump on the head.
"I showed them our belongings and explained the situation to them. Although they had never heard of the International Equality Alliance, they didn't look like we were here to harm them, so they placed us here.
"Murphy added following Connie's words.
Verak breathed a sigh of relief.
I was glad that the three of them were not seriously injured, and I was also glad that no one among the villagers died, otherwise even if it was a misunderstanding, this matter would not have ended well.
"It's really unlucky that we encountered this kind of thing when we first came here... I'm sorry, Comrade Verak, I didn't protect you..." Connie felt a little guilty. Her duty was to protect Verak, but in the end, it was Verak who suffered.
In times of danger, he stood behind them and was wounded by an arrow.
"As long as they are still alive, my injuries are nothing. If you really want to be held accountable, I bear the greatest responsibility. If I hadn't suggested coming to the village to stay, this thing wouldn't have happened." Verak was very optimistic, seeing the wound on his shoulder.
He was also given medicine, and before Connie could say anything else, he asked Murphy, "Where are the villagers?"
Murphy shouted outside the house, and then a girl who looked young came into the house holding a child who was only one or two years old, and talked to Murphy in Monlego language.
"Comrade Verak, this is Margarita, she is responsible for taking care of us." After chatting for a few words, Murphy introduced the dark, skinny girl to Verak.
"Hello." Verak said in Mongolian, which he only knew, "Thank you."
Margarita waved her hand and spoke another word in Monrego.
"She said she was sorry for mistaking us for robbers and causing us to do this." Murphy acted as translator.
"It's okay. How are the injured villagers?" Verak asked in turn.
"She said that the villagers didn't have any major problems and are now recuperating in other houses."
"What about the others?"
"Everyone else is busy rearranging traps and patrolling, but the village chief has just come back, so she will help us call her." Murphy finished speaking and watched Margarita leave with her child in her arms.
"What do you think?" Connie asked.
Their plan is to go straight from the secret site to Monrego City, the capital of Monrego, so that they can understand the situation along the way and consider establishing a sub-station in Monrego, the most prosperous city that still barely maintains order.
things.
It's just that this plan was delayed as soon as it was launched.
All three of them had injuries of varying degrees. It would take ten days and a half to recover to the point where they could move. As for recovery, it would probably take even longer.
"First ask the village chief about the situation of the gangsters." Verak replied, "Didn't you just say that? Gangsters often appear here. It's almost time again these days, so the villagers are so like
Facing a formidable enemy, we set up many ambushes."
"Are you worried that we will be in danger again?" Connie immediately understood what Verak meant.
"Yeah." Verak nodded slightly, "We probably have to rest here for a while, so the safety of the village is equal to our safety. We not only need to learn more about the gangsters that will appear in the next few days, but also
If you’re not allowed, you have to help me.”
"How can we help when we're in this state? It's better to find a way to get out of here as soon as possible." Murphy couldn't stand up, Verak couldn't lift his arms, and Connie really couldn't think of what they could do.
"The gangsters will not just focus on this one village. Since they come here regularly to rob, it means that a considerable area around them is their scope of activity. If we take him away rashly, we may be in real danger," Verak said.
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Connie still wanted to speak, but not long after she left, Margarita came in with the village chief.