Volume 1 The Waste Land Chapter 19 Doubts about the Truth
The people who had just arrived were shocked by the scene in front of them, and they could not understand the collapse of the tent until someone saw that it was the daytime invaders who were surrounded by them, so they involuntarily took several steps back.
"Ubar, are you all right, why is the Central Tent gone?" a clan chief noticed Ubar and called out to him.
"You didn't see the arrows in one place, he must have sent another rain of arrows, Ubar, are you still alive, what should we do?" The other clan leader wanted to quickly confirm Ubar's condition so that he could make the next arrangement.
Ubal's body was weak and bleeding profusely, and Ye Suohong, who was supposed to heal him, was shot through his collarbone by an arrow and fell into Mangu Yun's arms, fainting. Only Kazan stood tremblingly in front with a square hammer, and he was only in a defensive posture.
"Attack, attack, kill him with the determination to die. Ulbar, limp to the ground, shouted to the sky.
"Well, there's nowhere to hide anyway, kill him. β
"Let's go up together. β
"Rush. β
The tribes present were awakened by Ubar's shouts, realized that they had been driven to a dead end, and decided to give it a go, no longer cowering, shouting slogans such as "attack, kill him" and attacked Mu Chen.
However, such a brave and unscrupulous charge was tantamount to death in Mu Chen's eyes, he rotated and shot in place with a crossbow in both hands, and at this distance, the warriors of the Boundary Map Department did not even have a chance to dodge, with the sound of the crossbow machine being pulled, the crowd that rushed over fell to the ground in response, without hurting him in the slightest.
Seeing that the clansmen in front of him were killed one by one, the charging behind paused their pace, ready to prevent this wave and continue, but they were seamlessly connected and pierced by the strong blows shot by the longbow. A few minutes later, only a few outlaws, who had been outnumbered, scattered and fled.
Mu Chen did not pursue, but aimed his bow and arrow at Kazan. Kazan blocked the barrier in front of him, panting nervously, he never wanted to take the initiative to attack after fighting with Mu Chen, and he just watched his comrades being killed in the charge just now, and didn't make any moves.
The remaining three also basically lost the ability to resist, Ubar was bleeding and fell to the ground, Ye Suohong was unconscious, and Mangu Yun was very anxious with her, just wanting to take her away quickly, and didn't want to continue to entangle.
Mu Chen drew his bow to the fullest, and shot a strong blow with all his strength, and the arrow flew out, directly shooting through the shield in front of Kazan, the arrow hit his chest, he screamed and knelt on his knees, holding the square hammer in his right hand, and covering the wound on his chest with his left hand.
"You let her go, she doesn't have the ability to attack you, and now she's unconscious, she won't pose any threat to you. Mangu Yun saw that the last line of defense had been broken, and he only thought about saving Ye Suohong.
"Why should I let her go, what are you going to negotiate terms with me. Mu Chen replied indifferently.
"I'm willing to trade one life for another, or the lives of the three of us. β
"You take a life for a life? I don't think you have the ability, and you can do it too?"
"You... I'll kill you. Mangu Yun put down Ye Suohong, picked up the bow and prepared to get up, but Mu Chen's full arrow was already on her head.
"I send you to be reunited under the Tree of Life. β
"Wait, wait. Mu Chen was just about to release the arrow, when a familiar voice came from not far away.
He removed the bow from Mangu Yun's head, aimed it at her right hand, which was holding the day worker, and shot it through with an arrow, she quickly grabbed the shaft with her left hand and tried to pull it out, but the other arrow came to her left hand, which was pinned to the ground on top of each other, unable to move.
"I am old and weak, and I do not want to see you torture and kill my people. The old leader approached them and looked down at Mangu Yun.
"Old leader, you run, you can't beat him, hurry..." Before he finished speaking, the old leader grabbed Mangu Yun's throat, his arm was exposed, and his thumb was raised up, pinching her cervical vertebrae.
"Chief, you... How are you..."Kazan was stunned and at a loss for a moment when he saw him kill Mangu Yun.
The old leader did not explain, turned and put his hands on Kazan's neck, and he struggled for a few minutes before suffocating to death.
"Chief, I know you have something to hide, I just want to ask you, will we really meet again, can we really be resurrected?" Ubar asked one last question, looking at the old leader who was walking towards him.
"Yes. "After killing Ubar, the old leader dealt with Ye Suohong again, and the whole process was decisive and quick, with almost no pain at all.
"Three years ago, the old man had a long talk with you, knowing that your ideals were ambitious, he did not stop you from moving forward, and gave you a pair of short crossbows, wishing you to achieve your wishes as soon as possible. But what did you do today?" the old leader asked Mu Chen as he sorted out the corpses of the five of them.
"Old Chief, three years ago I may have been too naΓ―ve to think that I would be able to cross your tribe and drive straight to the other side of the wasteland, but unfortunately I have not been able to achieve my wish in the past three years, and I have been tortured in this wasteland, whether it is the cruel natural environment or the ruthless people of the wasteland, it really makes me lose a lot of the enthusiasm I had when I first came. Mu Chen put away his bow and arrows and sat on the ground.
"I have seen the king recently, and I know that you have challenged him several times, and I also know that the king has not gone all out, if you are not capable, you should be more diligent, why do you turn around and flee the wasteland now. β
"It's not that I'm running away, it's that I'm tired, I've always believed in my own strength too much, but I haven't found a way to defeat the King of the Wasteland, and life in the wasteland has made me more and more cold-blooded and ruthless, and I'm afraid of losing myself for a long time. Maybe I will get a better harvest by returning to the mainland, finding my first companions, and re-training. β
"Then you're not going to come back to the wasteland?"
"No, my dream has not changed, I will definitely defeat the king of the wasteland, and I must see the scenery on the other side of the wasteland, but I am not in a hurry now, I want to return to the original world and set off again with my companions. β
"According to your ability, there are various ways to go back, why do you want to face my department and cause so many casualties?"
"I hated your tribe, I thought that so long had passed, and I had forgotten what I had experienced when I first came to the wasteland, but when I came here, I remembered the past, you were powerful, cold-blooded, and unreasonable, and my companions left me without seeing any hope, and I was left alone for three years, and this hatred went deep into my heart, controlling my thoughts, making me restless and depressed, and only by killing could I let myself go. β
"I don't stop you from venting your emotions, although they will experience the pain of death, they will be resurrected and forget, the old man just advises you not to make fun of life, they are in this nature, they don't know the reason, and they are loyal to the king to treat you like this. β
"Your Majesty, few people in the entire wasteland have really seen him, except for his palace, he doesn't go anywhere, that is, he is the king, why is there no one around to assist or serve, he is simply a puppet controlled by others, and he has no freedom. β
"Have you ever wondered why he didn't kill you?"
"He just has nothing to do, and I often visit him to relieve his boredom. β
"Is it possible that he has something unspeakable, he can't leave the throne and let you pass, but he doesn't want to kill you. β
"Kill me, I'll come again, doesn't he know that we mercenaries can also be resurrected?"
"The old man believes in you because we have the same ideals, and you can do what I can't do. If the king doesn't kill you, will he be waiting for you to help him get free, as you said? β
"It's... Is he really being controlled?"
"Old man doesn't know, you still need to find the answer yourself, I can talk to you so far, seeing that you kill my people for any reason, and the king has deliberately let you go again and again, not only do you not think much about all this, but only to satisfy your selfish desires here to take revenge and relieve hatred, whether you are too short-sighted. β
Being said by the old leader, Mu Chen remembered Chunyue, not all the people of the wasteland regard him as an enemy, Chunyue has the same ideals as him, and the old leader and the king of the wasteland have also conceded to him many times, maybe it is really for some reason that they are in a dilemma, and they don't know how to choose.
"It's not that we can't communicate, it's just that we are wary of aliens by nature and don't allow anyone to step into the wasteland, but have you ever thought that our wasteland is so powerful, but we have never invaded the human continent for half a step. β
"Is it just a coincidence that both of us have come to this world through the Tree of Life, and we both can come back from the dead? There are many similar questions, and the old man has been thinking about them for many years and still has no answer, so he can only press them all on you, waiting for you to answer. β
"This..."Mu Chen only thought about defeating the Wasteland King and entering the world behind him, he never seriously thought about this, and when he said this, he didn't know how to answer.
"Why do we stick to this place, why does the king not leave an inch, the old man hopes that you can find the answer in the process of chasing your ideals, so as to solve the confusion in my heart and that of the king. He stared at the five corpses and was silent for a moment, then said: "I have finished speaking, but please do not ravage the rest of my clan again, respect the opponent, go all out, I may not be able to vent the resentment in your heart, and relieve the hatred in your heart." With that, he turned and left, and disappeared into the darkness in a short time.
After the old leader left, Mu Chen fell into deep thought, although his questions were not all his own thoughts, but they were also for his own race and his own ideals. Why did the wasteland people not invade the human continent in his mouth, why did the wasteland king never leave the palace, and why he didn't kill him, these questions really can't be answered.
The sky was already slightly bright, and Mu Chen reviewed his memories of life in the wasteland in detail in the past few years, trying to find some clues from them, but he usually only paid attention to self-experience, except for challenging the king of the wasteland, he was indifferent to other things, no matter what he thought, he couldn't find any clues that could be related to the questions raised by the old leader.
"I don't think about it, there are too many secrets in this wasteland, the old leader, the king of the wasteland, maybe Chunyue, what else do they know?" Mu Chen asked himself in his heart.
The central tent has disappeared, the dead bodies on the ground are in pieces, and the few tribes that fled back have not returned with reinforcements, and the strongest tribe that was invincible in the past has fallen into the way it is now, which is indeed embarrassing.