72 Three orcs, eight men
It seemed that what had happened in Lakeside had nearly destroyed De Jong's will - for while his two companions had grown hungry enough to come to the table and gobble up their food, De Jong was still there, oblivious to El Ro Eberlock's treatment of his wounds. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
He ...... Things don't seem right; It should have hurt a lot just now, but I think he ......."
Ernro Eberlock took care of the wound on De Jong's shoulder, walked over to Malone's side, sighed, and said with some concern.
"What about the others? All settled? Nothing is wrong, right? โ
Malone also had nothing to do with De Jong, so he could only put him aside first and asked about the situation of the other refugees.
"It's all right, Vera and the others made a lot of food...... There were more old people, children and women, I asked, most of them were fishermen, and the man in the family happened to go to the lakeside town to sell fish when it happened, so ......"
Elo Eberlock replied.
Malone sighed - there are only dozens of people living in Lakeside Town, which is thousands of people......
"I went to the city hall first, and there were a few people who were seriously injured and had to be dealt with in time. Richard had already gone with someone to help them clean up the house, hoping they would ...... Let's get out of it as soon as possible! โ
Ero Eberlock took one last look at De Jong, who was still a little demented, sighed, and then said goodbye to Malone.
"I know, when you're done with Daddy Ellro, I'll go look for you, there are some things that still need to be discussed."
Malone nodded and said.
"I see."
Elo Eberlock nodded in understanding, then smiled reassuringly at Althea before turning away from the table and walking towards the town hallโa place that had been empty for the past three months, and which had once again been busy with the wounds from Lakeside.
"Marlon ......"
Althea walked up to Marlon and softly called out his name.
"What's wrong, Althea? Are you hungry too? โ
Malone took the girl's hand and joked softly.
"I didn't...... It's just that he...... I feel so pitiful ...... him."
Althea's face flushed, allowing Malone to grab her little hand, and while defending herself, she glanced at De Jong, who was still in a daze, and said.
Marlon noddedโhaving lost almost all of his relatives in the alien invasion, but could not do anything about it; Originally, he came here with the belief of asking for help in the royal capital, but he learned that the king no longer existed......
If he were De Jong, he would not be much better than he is now.
- Malone thought so, but......
He had no intention of standing on the moral high ground and commenting on the actions of others, but no one could help him with De Jong now - there was no such thing as a psychiatrist in this world, if De Jong could not come out of the shadow of that miserable situation on his own...... It can only be decadent like this.
Suddenly, Dejong, who was nailed there like a stone, moved; He jerked over the wooden bowl in front of him and began to gulp down the contents of the bowl.
Later, De Jong even took out the spoon and threw it on the table, relying entirely on his dirty hands, and ate the food in the wooden bowl cleanly, without even a little soup left.
Then, the man, who was still quite burly, stood up at once, stepped over the bench, and rushed in front of Ma Long.
"Give me a weapon, a sword, a spear, whatever you want."
De Jong's eyes were bloodshot, and his fierce look made Althea retreat slightly; But he didn't care about it at all, just stared at Malone tightly and said.
"We have no shortage of weapons...... But you have to tell me what you want the weapon for. โ
Malone said as he met De Jong's gaze.
"What to do? Do you need to ask? Kill all those greenskins, of course! โ
De Jong roared loudly - if it weren't for the fact that his mouth was dry because he didn't bother to drink water in the past, Marlon must have been sprayed with spittle.
"Kill all the orcs? You are crazy? You go alone and you just send them to death, and you don't know where they are......"
Malone said in surprise that he didn't expect De Jong to go to a more extreme madness after cheering up.
"Of course I do! Shortly after we left Lakeside Town, we encountered three orcs. โ
De Jong said without hesitation.
"Did you meet the orcs?"
Ma Long was anxious when he heard this--De Jong didn't mention this matter just now!
"Three orcs, but we are not afraid, though we have no weapons; Eight of us fell, and all three of them died. Those orcs must be between the Red Ridge Mountains and the Twilight Forest, and I'm sure I'll find them. โ
De Jong said through gritted teeth.
This group of refugees from Lakeside Town has encountered orcs and fought with them?
-- This news made Malone surprised and at the same time felt that the situation was not good.
If, as Dejong said, the orcs remained in the vicinity of Red Ridge Mountain after slaughtering the townspeople of Lakeside, then there is a good chance that they would have spotted the townspeople of Nightlight.
"Tell me the details...... Don't hide it! โ
Malone said loudly to De Jong - he understood De Jong's anger and grief, but he would never forgive De Jong if it caused the townspeople of Night Town to be hurt by the orcs.
"You give me a weapon first!"
De Jong also said with a stiff neck.
"I'm not going to stop you if you're looking for death, but if you think clearly, it took us months to find such a safe place, and if you want those orcs to find this place, you can just walk away and no one will stop you; But if you don't want the things that happened to your relatives to happen here again, you can honestly tell me how you met the orcs, understand! โ
Malone had no choice but to "counter violence with violence" and quarrel with him in person.
It turned out that De Jong really listened to what Malone said, because he turned his head sideways and glanced at Maria, who was a little cowering.
"When the orcs invaded our town, it was probably a month ago, maybe even longer, I don't remember exactly...... We buried all the people in the town and headed south, about the time we got out of Red Ridge Mountain...... Met the three orcs. โ
Seeing Maria, De Jong's consciousness seemed to be a little clearer, and he whispered to Malone with a complicated look in his eyes.
"And then? What did you do with the orc corpses? โ
Malone asked eagerly.
"We lost eight people, whose bodies were buried in the woods by the side of the road; As for the orcs, they were thrown there. โ
De Jong replied.