Thick black smoke was still rising outside the city wall, with a pungent burning smell that made people want to vomit. The fire indeed made the refugees afraid to approach, but their desperate and helpless cries could still be heard inside the city wall.
The sound of crying made it difficult for many soldiers to fall asleep. Even if they fell asleep, they would be haunted by nightmares.
There have been many soldiers suffering from mental breakdown in the past few days, and reinforcements have been delayed in arriving, so the situation has become a bit pessimistic, and the generals are worried about this. What they are most worried about is the young brave man, An Luo, for fear that he will not be able to control his temper.
Ignoring the 100,000 soldiers, he impulsively rushed out of the city wall.
As long as the brave men sit here, this place will not be attacked for a while. As long as they persist until reinforcements arrive, they can take the initiative to attack. By then, all problems can be solved through a victory.
Therefore, what General Xia Long is most worried about is that An Luo will be impulsive and do something regardless of the overall situation.
However, to his expectation, there was no sign of collapse on An Luo's face at this time. He was sitting calmly in the tent, quietly listening to the meeting of the generals as usual.
Could it be that he has figured it out?
Although this was a good thing, General Xia Long was still surprised and knew that his men told him something.
"The brave man seems to be getting along with a little girl from the logistics department."
The staff officer said to General Xia Long.
"The little girl from the logistics department? Who is she?"
"I don't know, will this have a bad impact on the soldiers? How about I go and talk about it?"
the staff officer asked.
Hearing this, General Xia Long shook his head and said: "No, as long as we can stabilize him, we can say anything, but this matter is best kept hidden."
"yes!"
At this time, after the logistics tent was set up, rows of clothes were hung in the wind. An Luo, wearing armor, came here, holding a red flower in his hand.
A blond girl wearing simple clothes was hanging clothes. Suddenly she heard the laughter of some women. She looked back and found An Luo standing not far behind her.
She smiled slightly, blowing through people's hearts like a spring breeze.
"You're here."
"Well, I happened to be passing by."
An Luo lowered his head slightly and said. He handed the flowers out shyly and said, "I picked them on the road. I hope you like them."
Hearing this, the blond girl took the flower, smelled it, then put it on her hair and said, "Haha, I like it very much, thank you."
As she spoke, she spun around in a circle. The flying skirt and hair fascinated An Luo.
"Let's go, I'll take you to a place."
Suddenly, Erica grabbed An Luo's hand and took him running.
"Wait, don't you have to work?" An Luo asked in panic.
"Shh~"
Erica turned around with a smile and put her index finger in front of her mouth.
At that moment, An Luo felt his heart lightened a lot, and he followed the girl's light footsteps and left the camp.
At the ruins of a village, the ruins were covered with weeds. You could also see some fruit trees planted by the people who lived here in the past. Erica climbed up to the tree with bare feet and picked some.
A green fruit.
"Come on! Go on!"
She threw it to An Luo without hesitation. As a brave man, An Luo could even catch the flying arrows on the battlefield, but for some reason, facing the flying fruit, he was a little overwhelmed and reached out to grab it.
, and when it slipped, he was like a clown throwing something, desperately trying to hold on to the fruit.
"Hahaha."
When Erica saw this, she couldn't help covering her mouth and laughed. An Luo raised his eyebrows. He suddenly reached out his hand and pushed the trunk. Suddenly the whole tree shook. Erica fell directly. An Luo
Hug him.
An Luo looked at the other person's face and couldn't help but smile.
The two of them stayed here all morning. At noon in the hot weather, they sat under the tree and looked at the windswept wilderness in the distance.
"This was a village half a year ago, and it was all farmland."
Erica said suddenly.
An Luo sighed lightly and said nothing.
Suddenly, the girl's face suddenly appeared in front of him and said to him: "An Luo, can you take me to the city wall to have a look?"
Hearing this, An Luo's expression changed and he quickly asked: "It's very dangerous there, why do you want to go there?"
Erica turned her head away and stood up. She was holding her shoes and holding her hands behind her back. An Luo looked at her back and the blue sky and white clouds, and only heard the other party's answer: "My family did not escape."
"You, you are a resident of the Rus Empire?",
An Luo suddenly realized something and stood up slowly.
Erica turned her back to him, lowered her head, and said, "Well, my hometown is on the other side of the mountain, in a place called Xianniu Village. When the disaster happened, I happened to be in the town. Finally, by luck, I met
I arrived as an evacuee from the Adventurer's Guild. Finally, I was taken in by the Adventurer's Guild. As a surrogate daughter, I will probably marry a certain dark adventurer in the future."
Hearing this, An Luo felt a sense of indescribable pain and depression in his heart.
"But before that, I want to see my family. I heard that there are many prisoners outside. Although the hope is slim, I still think... in case they are still alive... it would be good to have a look."
Erica's sad voice made An Luo feel like a knife.
He stretched out his hand, but slowly lowered it.
"All right……"
Erica slowly turned around, with two lines of tears on her face, smiled softly, and said: "Thank you..."
…
In the trading city, it was still calm. A group of invaders were tied to the city wall. They were all Eberron's men. At this time, all the living people were tied up on the city wall.
At this time, in a hidden place in the forest, the businessman Eberron put down the telescope in his hand. There was no smoke in the city as a signal, and the jackal did not come back. The guards tied on the city wall meant that the team he sent out had already
completely annihilated.
"No way, what is the jackal doing?"
Eberron cursed. He had seen the Jackal's abilities before. Even with a team of a thousand people, it would be difficult to catch him. He couldn't be killed quietly in such a short period of time.
The first thing he thought of was betrayal. Could it be that Jackal realized that instead of working for him, he could make more money by occupying that city?
However, at this moment, a few leaves slowly fell from his head, and suddenly, several guards around him became alert.
"Who!?"
Their shouts frightened Eberron. He turned around and saw the face of a jackal appearing behind a tree.
Seeing this, the businessman frowned and said, "You are finally willing to come back. What is the situation? Why did you fail?"
However, the other party did not answer, and it took Eberron two seconds to realize that there was something wrong with the Jackal.
When his head completely appeared in front of everyone, they fell back in fear and saw a black hand grabbing the jackal's bloody head.
"Ah!! Ah! Who are you!"
Eberron shouted, as frightened as the drivers.
"If you come to do business, we welcome you, but if you dare to use your brain, don't blame us for being rude."
As soon as the voice fell, the jackal's head plopped down in front of Eberron, and the man behind the tree had long since disappeared, leaving only a few feathers on the ground.
"Quick! Let's go!"
Eberron was so frightened that his legs trembled, and he quickly escaped from the forest with his people.
At this time, in the lobby of the trading city, Mel, who looked exhausted, Mother Queen who covered her mouth and snickered, Liuliu who lowered his head and covered his broken arm, the three of them knelt in front of the Demon King.
"There are a total of 213 slaves in this group, of whom 30 are under 16 years old and 50 are over 35 years old."
Mel lowered her head to report the report, her face turned pale, and she suddenly gritted her teeth and said: "Master, after this time, I feel that I am not qualified to be the city leader. You should find someone else."
The devil looked at her and seemed to know what she was thinking.
"We'll talk about this later. What about you? Why were you so seriously injured? Did you encounter a strong enemy?"
He looked at Killer Liuliu, and suddenly the Queen Mother on the side burst into laughter, burst out laughing, and said, "My hand is broken, and it won't grow back on its own. I'm laughing so hard, hahaha!"
Killer Liuliu looked serious, lowered his head and said, "My subordinate is not doing well and I am willing to be punished."
"Punishment? No, how can I punish you if you clean up the enemy?" Suddenly, the Demon King snapped his fingers, and the green ring in his hand glowed. Suddenly, a force lifted up the broken arm of Killer Liuliu and connected it to him.
At the wound, something magical suddenly happened. A ball of black liquid emerged from the severed limb, like countless filaments, connected at the two fractures. At a speed visible to the naked eye, the killer Liuliu's body was broken.
Lim Jiu went up one after another and recovered as before.
"Thank you, Master."
"Well, step back."
Hearing this, Killer Liuliu said yes, then turned into a ball of black smoke and disappeared.
The Demon King took a deep breath, then sighed, narrowed his eyes and looked at the Queen Mother, and said:
"So, what are you doing here? I don't remember calling you."
The Queen Mother stood up, held her head high, showed a confident expression, and said, "I have made another great contribution, shouldn't I get something?"
As she spoke, she looked like she was asking for money, and a blue vein appeared on the devil's forehead.
"You are also the king of your clan, can you please pay attention to your image?"
"Hmph! What kind of king would I be if you were here? My men have been sent to all over the world for you, do you want to give up your position to me?" the Queen Mother said with an evil smile.
"How is it possible? You can't even defeat those three demon kings now. If it weren't for me, you might have died."
"How do you know?"
The Queen Mother frowned and said.
She didn't believe there was such a terrifying existence as Richard in the world. So far, the only one who was more powerful than her was Richard. Although the damn female dragon was also very difficult, it didn't give her a
Sense of threat of death.
After learning a little magic from Richard, she has become much stronger and is better able to use her own power. She is confident enough to defeat the killer Liuliu.
"Okay, I'll take you to see the world when I get the chance."
Hearing this, the Queen Mother was confused and said: "You want to take me out? When?"
"It will be soon, just wait."
"Tch, I don't know how long we have to wait. Forget it, let's go. I'm going to practice leaf training, you cheapskate."
After saying that, the Queen Mother left in a swaggering manner.
The devil and Mel were the only two people left in the lobby. The devil stood up, walked down the stairs, came to Mel, and said, "Follow me."
Mel stood up silently. Of course she would not disobey the other party's orders, but she was exhausted both physically and mentally. She was no longer interested in doing anything. She even felt that it would not matter if she died like this.
The devil opened the door, and the dazzling light behind the door made it difficult for Mel to open his eyes. Is there really such a dazzling sun outside?
However, when she followed the devil's back and entered the door, suddenly there was the sound of waves crashing on the beach.
"This is?"
She was stunned for a moment and found herself on a beach.
It's a real beach, with blue sea and white waves, and the sea breeze blows in your face with the smell of the sea.
"When I feel down, I always like to go to the beach and look at the endless sea."
The Demon King faced the sea, opened his hands, and felt the sea breeze blowing on his body.
Mel frowned, but who doesn't like the beach?
She followed the devil's example, closed her eyes and opened her hands, took a deep breath, and suddenly felt that the heavy feeling in her chest had disappeared a lot, and she felt much more relaxed.
When she opened her eyes, she was surprised that the devil was looking at her with a smile, which shocked her.
The two took off their shoes and walked on the beach. The waves slowly washed over their feet. The comfortable cold feeling made people forget the heat of the sun. The fine sand made people feel very comfortable.
"If you have any unpleasant things, you can tell me."
The devil suddenly said.
At this time, the other person gave her an approachable feeling, like a good friend. Mel thought for a moment, and she said hesitantly: "I, I still feel that I am not qualified for the job you gave me."
"But what I see is that you have completed all the tasks I gave you brilliantly."
Hearing this, Mel was silent for a few seconds.
"But, but, there are many people helping me, such as Qinna, Abi, Mr. Killer, the Queen Mother and others."
"It's your ability to have so many people help you, isn't it?"
Mel didn't answer. Her thoughts were a little confused and she didn't know how to answer for a while.
The two of them walked along the coastline in silence for a while. For some reason, Mel gradually felt that this terrifying demon master was not as scary as he thought.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Mel felt a little tired, and the Demon King happened to stop and sit on the sand.
The two of them sat facing the sea for an unknown amount of time, watching the sun sink little by little, until at dusk, perhaps it was the setting sun that aroused Mel's sadness, and at that moment, she finally broke out.
"I don't want to be a city lord, I'm just a gem merchant, why should I do these things?"
She covered her face and cried.
The Demon King looked back at her and held out a white handkerchief in his hand.
"Why me."
Mel took the devil's handkerchief and sobbed.
The Demon King sighed and said, "I apologize for making you feel uncomfortable. If you ask why, I can only say that I can't find anyone to replace you."
He looked at Mel and said: "I have many people who are good at fighting, but you are the only one who knows how to do business and management."
Hearing this, Mel was shocked.
Originally, she thought that she was just a tool of dominance and a puppet of the other party. But now, she doesn't seem to think so anymore.