"You wait here, I'll take a look. On the plains not far from the emperor, a blonde man said a few words to his companions, and the latter all nodded, not showing their heads, but hiding behind the dirt clods of the hills.

They have been trekking for a long time, hurrying slowly during the day, going around the town for safety, picking places where they have trekked through mountains and rivers, and taking turns to keep vigil at night in order to guard against danger, they are already exhausted, there is no reference, no one has been here, and several of them have no idea where they have arrived except for walking in the general direction.

Perhaps, unconsciously, they also deviated from their destination.

Today finally had a turnaround, when they were running on the plains, they found a small wave of movement in the distance, because of the mental tension for many days, their first reaction was to find cover and hide.

Four people, including women and children, and one of them seemed to have recovered from a serious illness and looked weak. The only one with normal combat power was a blonde man.

At this moment, the blonde man had to go alone to check.

He was not arrogant, and as he cautiously approached, his hands pressed tightly to his waist, where his weapon was inserted.

The blonde man breathed lightly, not making much noise until he was almost close, and then he crouched slightly, squinting and looking at it with all his might.

"Human, it seems?" the man muttered.

He thought about it in his heart, several people's bodies had reached the limit, and they couldn't last long, and these people had to come into contact. The companions were watching from behind, and if something happened to them, they could take advantage of the opportunity to flee immediately.

Thinking of this, he chose to take the initiative to reveal his position, in order to prevent the other side from being startled and mistaking him for an enemy, he first shouted: "Don't attack! I'm a human!" Seeing that the other side had been attracted by him, he raised his hands and moved out of the hiding place step by step.

The people on the other side seemed to communicate and did not attack, and in a moment a strong man came out and shouted, "Who are you?

Rick gradually approached, and the person opposite did not pose an aggressive posture towards him, as if he was just curious, not afraid.

When they got closer, the two saw each other clearly, and the blonde man seemed to have come from afar, but his eyes were very clear, full of courage and kindness, which made people feel good about it.

And these people are also men and women, about eight or nine people, all of them are young people, and it seems to be a small team.

The blonde man reached about the same distance and said, "I'm Rick, I want to ask, what is this place, where are you coming from, where are you going?"

It was the strong man who came out to answer, he was strong and his voice was loud: "This place is close to the imperial capital, we are a team, and we took the task to come out to hunt." ”

Imperial Capital?Rick's eyes lit up. It seems that they are finally going in the wrong direction.

"What about you? Where are you from? You don't look like you're from the imperial capital. The strong man asked rhetorically.

Rick put down his hand and patted the dust on his body with a smile, "As you can see, I'm from another city. ”

Before the strong man could speak, a girl with round cheeks next to him interjected and asked, "You don't know where this is here, so you came here?" The strong man glared at her, and the girl winced and retracted from the line.

The strong man smiled heartily: "Young age, don't be surprised." ”

Rick waved his hand and said he didn't care, "I really wasn't prepared to come here, in fact, my city has fallen and I was forced to flee." ”

As soon as these words came out, the bustling conversation in the team stopped.

"Which city?" asked the strong man.

"El Blue Shield. Rick replied.

"It's a long way off. You must have suffered a lot by yourself. The strong man sighed.

"Actually," Rick had already considered after reaching out to the group, "I still have companions. ”

Someone in the strong man's team asked, "Where are they?"

Rick turned around and raised his right hand and waved it a few times at a special frequency, which was one of their codes, representing safety.

Everyone in the team looked over, and after a while, three people came out of nowhere, and it seemed that they were hiding quite deeply, and no one even found out.

Seeing the three of them coming, Rick turned around and made a helpless gesture with his hands flat: "You know, just in case." But after contacting you, I don't think you're bad people. ”

The strong man also expressed his understanding, he was originally a little suspicious of Rick, but he was fearless because of the number of people, and at this moment, seeing the three of them coming over, there were women and children, and it must not be a lie.

Rick introduces the three of them one by one, and when he wants to introduce the strong man, he finds that he doesn't know each other's names.

The strong man immediately said: "I am Piert, the name of our team is Bayonet, and I am also the captain of the team." Then he said the names of all the people in the group.

"You're going to the Imperial Capital next?" asked Peart.

"Yes, it's not familiar with the road, but that's what we were aiming for in the first place. Rick nodded.

"We've just finished our mission and we're ready to go back, so let's go back together. Although this place is close to the imperial capital, it is not safe, you have been through so much, don't fall at the last moment. "Pearct is concerned.

The four expressed their gratitude.

On the way, the two sides also exchanged news, because these days they had been keeping Doro's advice in mind and trying to stay away from the town, and they had lived like wild men for nearly a month. Rick asked, "What are the cities besides the imperial capital today?" Piert sighed.

"The country has almost completely fallen, and now in Ayutthaya, there are almost only the imperial capital and the two adjacent ones. ”

Rick was shocked, the four exchanged glances, and Feslina shook her head: "They seem to have been... It's a disaster that can't be avoided. ”

Pearct asked curiously, "Do you have any other companions?"

He had heard that once a city was invaded, few people would escape.

Rick explained: "Originally, there were more than a dozen people, but our goal was the imperial capital, but they didn't want to face any more dangers along the way, and decided to go to a nearby city. And so we parted. ”

Hearing this, Peert nodded: "It's also their fate is not good, and now the big city is the most dangerous place." He didn't say much about the rest, after all, those people were Rick's companions, but Rick and the others understood what he meant.

Little George, the little boy with red hair and freckles, tugged at Fislina's sleeve and said softly, "It's good that I follow you, Sister Linna." ”

Fisrina touched his head and did not speak.

"Isn't there any sign of a demon invasion in the Imperial Capital right now?" asked Rick.

Peart shook his head: "I don't know, it seems to be safe at the moment." But the people above didn't tell us, maybe there is, I don't know. ”

Rick understood, and asked no more questions.

Soon everyone came to the town at the foot of the imperial capital, which was a small town with a normal life, with a flow of people, and a few people who had not blended into the crowd for a long time, there was a feeling of being separated from the world.

Piert's team stopped and said to a few people: "Our stop is here, but the imperial capital is not far from here, you can ask a few people casually and you can go there." ”

They understood what Rick meant, and he bowed sincerely, "I'm sorry for you." ”

Pearct was not used to these polite people, he hurriedly reached out to help Rick: "A little thing is done, then we will go first, you have finally arrived at your destination, have a good rest." ”

Everyone nodded goodbye.

Rick turned to the three of them and said, "How about we, let's go to the imperial capital now? ”

Fisrina shook her head, "The imperial capital is so prosperous, I'm afraid we won't be able to easily encounter it as soon as we enter." She looked at Dylan, the man who had always been a man of few words, who was now even more silent, and had been silently following the crowd.

Although he didn't speak, she knew that now that he was finally in a safe place, Dylan had to rest immediately.

Dylan was seriously injured when he fought with the demons before, and a claw almost scratched his heart, although the wound was finally stopped by the medicine in the bottle given by the black-haired boy, but the loss of qi, blood and energy did not recover, if a normal person encounters this thing and does not die, he will go to half his life, even if the wound heals, he will have to lie down immediately for ten days and half a month. But not only did Dylan not, he continued to travel with high concentration day and night for many days, he even had a high fever and fainted several times, and even then he not only did not get rest, but often fought when he was in danger.

Dylan is now like a clockwork that has turned to the end, and every step is a lingering breath now.

Feslina was distressed, but helpless, and now, she just wanted Dylan to rest quickly.

Rick already understood when he saw Feslina's eyes, "Then let's stay in the town now, and then I'll go to the Hunter headquarters in the imperial capital alone, maybe I'll meet Elsie and them." ”

Everyone agreed, rather, that they didn't want to think about it anymore.

Rick didn't say much, and immediately took a few people to the nearest hotel to rest.

......

In the hotel, after taking care of Dylan to rest, Fisrina also showed fatigue, and little George was still young and couldn't stand it, so he had already gone back to his room to rest alone. Only Feslina and Rick were left talking at the door.

"Linna, you go and rest. Rick could clearly see Feslina's tiredness.

"What about you?" Fisrina didn't immediately agree.

"I'm going to look around and ask for news. Rick smiled, he didn't seem to be draining too much energy.

But Feslina knew that he was just holding on, Dylan didn't have many friends, and Rick was a child she watched playing with Dylan, and she treated him as a younger brother.

"Don't push yourself too hard, we just need to rest and we're not crippled. It's not enough for you to take care of everything. For a person like Rick who is obviously tired, but insists on supporting himself, Fisrina cherishes and hates it, and speaks more heavily.

Rick was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a voice from downstairs, and it seemed that there was an argument.

"Two young masters, I'm really sorry, I really didn't know you still wanted that horse. You say, it's been a week since you left, of course I thought you wouldn't want that horse!"

"I gave you enough money to take care of it, not to sell it just after you turned around. The voice of the speaker was cold.

"Where did I turn my head and sell, I really am... I waited for several days to sell it because I thought you wouldn't come back. The boss retorted.

A weak girl's voice rang out: "Forget it, Doro, we also forgot about Atu." ”

Hearing this, Fislina and Rick's eyes lit up at the same time, and when they looked downstairs, a black-haired teenager and a slightly shorter blonde girl were talking to the boss, it was Elsie and them!

Because the structure of the hotel is a restaurant on the first floor, a house on the second floor, and the rooms on the second floor are in the shape of a mouthpiece, with a corridor hanging in the air, and the middle can directly look at the first floor, so Rick and the others can see the situation downstairs at a glance.

Fislina couldn't hide her joy, she leaned over the railing with both hands, leaned out, and called softly: "Elsie, Elsie!"

The two of them obviously heard it, and looked up together, and Elsie had a surprised smile on her face: "Sister Linna!"

......

When we meet and reunite, we can't help but be happy. The few people did not hesitate to go far, but sat down on the first floor of the hotel and began to talk.

At first, Elsie was frightened when she saw that there was no Dylan by the two of them, until Fisrina said that Dylan was resting upstairs, and she calmed down her nervousness. Feslina and Elsie sat across from each other, and Feslina clasped Elsie's hands, and she was very happy to see that the child was still safe.

"How did you get here?" asked Elsie, who thought he would never see again.

"After you left, we rested for the night and discussed where to go the next day. Although we can't go forward together, listening to your words, we feel that the imperial capital may be the last safe place, so we rushed here. Fisrina explained.

"What about the others?" Elsie remembered that there seemed to be a dozen survivors at the time, in addition to him and Doro.

"They," Fisrina was silent for a moment, "and they didn't want to risk a long journey, and decided to try their luck in the nearest city, and we parted. ”

Elsie didn't speak anymore, he already knew these days that except for the area around the imperial capital, all other places had been occupied, and those people had no ability to fight, so they must be more than lucky.

"Isn't any of them following you?"

"There's a kid named George, and it's good that he chose to follow us, otherwise now—" Feslina secretly rejoiced for George.

However, knowing that Rick, Feslina, and Dylan were safe, Elsie was relieved, and they had a lot to say, and in this troubled world, the reunion seemed very precious.