Chapter 553: Fleeing, Out of the City, and Conflict
Ruan Chi unleashes the flames. The Nine-Headed Dragon Formation was so powerful that even Saipan City, which was several kilometers away, felt a clear vibration, and even could clearly feel the heat rushing to his face.
Sister Orfina had re-entered the city walls, and she was stunned to see the strange sight of a burning cloud in the sky.
"Miss Rachel, is this Ruan Chi's kid's move?" Sister Orfina retracted her gaze, then looked at the elven swordswoman who was also stunned, and asked with great seriousness.
"I ...... I don't know. After saying this, even Rachel herself couldn't help blushing a little, in fact, she really didn't know what level Ruan Chi's current strength had reached.
I think when I first met Ruan Chi, this guy's strength was terrible weak, except for having one or two strange abilities, there was nothing special.
But in just one year, Ruan Chi's strength has unconsciously improved at an unimaginable speed for ordinary people, and now it has reached an unimaginable horror.
Recalling the earlier separation, the crimson battle aura on Ruan Chi's body, and the fiery clouds rising in front of her, Rachel suddenly felt that she didn't seem to know much about this man who had been entrusted to her life.
"Miss Rachel, Miss Rachel......"
Sister Orfina heard the call in her ears, and it took a while for Rachel to come back to her senses and meet the other party's concerned eyes, Rachel asked weakly, "I'm sorry, Sister Orfina, are you talking to me?" ”
"It's nothing, I just think it's a good opportunity right now, although I don't know why that kid can deal with that huge zombie army on his own. But it's not a lot of him. The zombies are pretty much gone. So I was thinking, take this opportunity to lead the people of Saipan to evacuate, I wonder if Miss Rachel can help you with a word or two? ”
"But ......" Rachel hesitated for a moment, and her eyes fell on the sky in the distance, which was red by the fire, and she unconsciously remembered Ruan Chi's confident smile in her mind.
Rachel made a decision right away and said to Sister Orfina, "Well, if there's anything we can do to help. I'll do my best. ”
"Thank you, Miss Rachel." Sister Orfina smiled slightly, and then arranged for Rachel to lead a squad of Postan soldiers to the north of the city to gather the people living in that area to leave.
Before accepting the mission arranged by Sister Orfina, Rachel did not forget that Betty and her sisters were still staying in the lord's mansion, and Rachel took the token given by Sister Orfina and led the team of Postan soldiers to set off.
Rachel returned to the Lord's Mansion first, called Betty and the four of them, and then led the people in the direction of the north of the city.
"Sister Rachel. Why don't you see Ruan Chi? Along the way, the attentive Betty noticed that there was one person missing from the group. So he looked at the elven swordswoman with a puzzled look.
Rachel was afraid that Betty would be worried, so she didn't tell the terrible fact that Ruan Chi was alone against an army of hundreds of thousands of zombies, but told her that Ruan Chi had accepted other tasks arranged by Sister Orfina and could not come back for the time being.
The north of the city was not very far from the Lord's Palace, and Rachel led the squad of Bostan soldiers along the road to call out to the residents hiding in their houses, telling them to come out with their simple luggage.
In this process, Betty and the others also helped, in addition to maintaining order, they also distributed the dry food they did not need to some poor people.
It took more than an hour to gather, and Rachel and the others finally set off in the direction of the city gate with a team of nearly a thousand people.
When everyone arrived, there were already other fleeing civilians gathered there, Sister Orfina had ordered people to organize the evacuation of the people in the city, and when people heard that there was an army of zombies outside the city, they were all frightened and panicked, and they all joined the fleeing team with their family luggage.
At this time, a large number of civilians waiting to leave the city gathered in front of the city gate, and the crowd was surging, seeing nothing but people and people.
The number of people who can pass through the gate is limited, and although everyone is anxious, there is no way but to wait one by one according to the regulations.
Rachel led her team to the end of the line and waited, but after a few moments, the end of the line joined a group of refugees.
However, the group of refugees was a little different, and they fled in tall and luxurious carriages, which were loaded with food and gold and silver treasures.
It is not difficult to see that the fleeing procession was made up of nobles, with a carriage at the front and a group of well-equipped soldiers opening the way.
These soldiers are not Postan soldiers, but the private soldiers of some nobles, generally speaking, nobles can recruit private soldiers as long as they reach the level of earl, although the number is generally not much, but it is very useful at critical times.
The person sitting in the luxurious carriage seemed to be a nobleman of the earl level, and as soon as his convoy entered, he did not mean to line up, but let the soldiers open the way in front of him, pushing the ordinary people who stood in front of him.
"Get out of the way, Count Leo is going out of the city, you people get out of the way!"
Those soldiers shouted all the way in the name of the noble master, and when they saw the civilians blocking the way, they pushed them away with rough movements all the way.
Seeing this, Rachel couldn't help frowning and snorted coldly.
This kind of dog fighting human power is not uncommon in the society of the human race, and it is also the place where she has always hated the human race.
However, Rachel didn't want to worry about this kind of thing now, but motioned for her team to lean aside, intending to make a way.
But at this time, an old woman in front of her was pushed to the ground by the soldiers, and Betty couldn't stand it, so she rushed out to stop the soldiers who were fighting dogs.
When Rachel saw this scene, she couldn't help but smile bitterly, "It seems that this thing has hit her head anyway." ”
"Bold, who are you to dare to block Count Leo's carriage?"
The soldier who had pushed down the old woman was furious when he saw a little girl suddenly running out, and pointed at Betty's face and cursed.
When Betty helped the old woman up, she couldn't help but be a little angry when she saw that the soldier was still there swearing unforgivingly. Stood up and said. "Obviously, you pushed the old woman down. How can you be so unreasonable? Also, why didn't you stand in line? ”
"Queue?" The soldier laughed as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world, and laughed, "Little sister, don't you know who the person sitting in the carriage is?" He's Count Leo of Saipan. ”
"What counts are not counts, even nobles should line up, you see. Isn't that one of us here in line? Betty said angrily.
"You actually compare our earl with these people, you're really tired of living, get out of the way." The soldier obviously didn't want to talk nonsense to Betty, and raised his horsewhip to whip it over.
At this moment, a white hand reached out like lightning and grabbed the whip that had been drawn.
"Bastard, what kind of person are you, dare to stop the uncle?"
The soldier whipped a few times, and found that the horsewhip was grabbed by the other party and could not be pulled out at all. I had to stare angrily at the elven female swordsman in front of me.
"Sister Rachel?"
Betty couldn't help but smile sweetly when she saw that the person standing in front of her was Rachel.
"Sister Betty. You're so reckless. ”
Although Rachel said Betty in disgust, but then her eyes became extremely cold, staring at the soldier in front of her and said, "Now there are hundreds of thousands of zombie armies gathered outside your Saipan City, and they will attack anytime and anywhere, not only do you not unite together, but bully the defenseless people, as a nobleman, you are really inferior to pigs and dogs." ”
"You, you...... Dare to scold us? The soldier's face turned red, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull the whip even with his hands together.
Instead, Rachel looked at each other calmly and like a clown.
"Do you want it? Then I'll give it to you. ”
Rachel snorted coldly and let go of her hand, but the soldier overexerted himself and the man flipped backwards and fell heavily from his horse.
"Fuck off, I'm going to kill you Diaomin!"
Annoyed, the soldier got up and drew his sword at his waist as soon as he could, trying to rush up and fight Rachel.
The elven female swordsman is not afraid of this kind of scum of the human race, standing there as cold as ice, but her hand is already pressed on the hilt of the sword on her waist.
Just as the two were about to fight, a voice full of majesty suddenly came from the carriage.
"Stop!"
As the voice sounded, an old man dressed in fine clothes and exuding the air of a superior man stepped out of the carriage, first giving Rachel a deep look, then glaring at the soldier, and asking, "What happened?" Why stop here? ”
"I'm sorry, Count Leo, but these people are holding us back." The soldier came to the old man in fear, and pointed at Rachel and complained.
"It's not like this, it's obvious that you didn't follow the order, not only did you not line up according to the regulations, but also pushed down this old woman." Betty said angrily as she helped the old woman beside her.
The old man glanced at the old woman indifferently, then at Betty with an angry face, and then said lightly, "Little sister, do you know who the old man is." ”
Betty was stunned for a moment, but quickly shook her head and said, "I don't know." ”
"The old man is Count Leo of the Kingdom of Bosten." The old man held his head high, and his words revealed a look of pride.
However, Betty didn't know what an earl was, let alone the meaning of the title, she resolutely refused to back down, shook her head and said, "I don't know who you are, old man, but it's not right for you not to line up, and ask your people to apologize to this old woman." ”
As soon as these words came out, the people around them took a breath of cool air, and the old woman shook her head even more panickedly, "No need little girl, thank you for your kindness, I'm really fine." ”
"No, old woman, they must apologize to you." Betty said firmly.
Count Leo was stunned for a moment, and laughed angrily: "Little sister, do you know what you are talking about? Let the old man's man apologize to this woman? ”
In the society of the human race, even if the nobles kill a commoner, they only need to pay some fines according to the regulations, which is enough to prove how different the status of the nobles and ordinary commoners is.
Betty's words were incredible, not only for Count Leo himself, but also for the commoners, including the old woman, and it was impossible at all.
"Little sister, you should be grateful for this disaster, if it were a normal day, I would definitely arrest you and sell you to a slave camp. But the young lady was right when she said that now that our city of Saipan is in trouble, we should not stay here and waste our time. Count Leo said slowly in an arrogant tone.
With that, he ignored Betty's angry eyes and walked away. Betty wanted to rush forward, but Rachel grabbed her first.
"Sister Betty, don't ......"
Seeing Rachel shaking her head at herself, Betty pursed her lips and finally stopped in frustration.
When Count Leo had returned to his luxurious carriage, the soldier climbed back into his horse, and walked on his toes again to the front.
As Betty and Rachel passed, the soldier looked at them with smug eyes, "It's your good luck this time, don't let you meet you next time." ”
Although Betty was so angry that her shoulders were shaking, but under Rachel's persuasion, she could only watch the other party leave with an arrogant smile.
"I know you're disappointed, but sometimes, forbearance is also an attitude in life." Rachel patted Betty's shoulder and said softly.
"I'm sorry Sister Rachel, I'm in trouble for you." After the impulse, Betty also realized that she had been a little reckless just now, so she wanted Rachel to apologize.
"It's okay, didn't you save this old woman?" Rachel laughed.
"Yes, little girl, thank you for saving me just now, if it weren't for you, my old bones would have been broken by them just now." The old woman took Betty's hand gratefully and said.
Betty was shocked when she heard this, and a bright smile finally bloomed on her originally lost face.
Such a small episode passed quickly, waiting for the refugees to regain their silence from the city, and as the group slowly moved, it took almost an hour for Rachel's team to finally leave the city.
After leaving Saipan, Rachel led her team to join the wave of refugees, and nearly 100,000 Saipan refugees set off towards the Idagas grassland.
Because there were many elderly people among the refugees, the speed of the procession was not fast, and the road to the north was difficult to walk, so everyone had to stop and go.
At the same time, Sister Orfina, who remained at the south gate of Saipan, finally waited for Rovinia to return, who had gone to inquire about the news.
"How, who's fighting the zombie horde?" Seeing Rovinia return, Sister Orfina immediately asked anxiously.
Rovinia was silent for a moment, and then said in an extremely solemn tone, "Sister Orfina, I saw a ...... in the zombie army Golden giants. (To be continued......)