Chapter 18: Andrew
Mu Lan quietly touched the location of the firelight, released the spell [Detection] and sensed it with mental power, and found that there was a person in the apartment building.
The source of the firelight is on the second floor, try not to let yourself make a movement and walk up, the fire behind the door is very conspicuous in the dark environment, the closer to the target, the more obvious the perception, this person's mental power is very weak.
Mu Lan took out the Glock pistol from her personal space, although she couldn't see it, she knew that the person inside had already noticed it, and her mental power sensed that this person was sticking to the door, and he already had a weapon in his hand.
However, Mu Lan finally knew why this person's mental power was very weak, and he was actually a child.
The little child inside reached for the door lock and was about to lock it, but Mu Lan immediately exerted his strength, kicked the door, and then immediately rushed into the room.
There was an oops in the room, the little boy covered his head that was hit by the door, and sat on the ground with his butt hit by the force, and when he saw someone breaking in, regardless of how much pain he had in his head, the crowbar in his hand was waved at Mu Lan in an orderly manner.
"Lay down your arms!"
Mu Lan pointed a gun at the little boy, and when he saw that the other party had a gun, he screamed, dropped the crowbar in his hand, knelt directly to the ground, raised his hands and said, "Don't kill me, don't kill me!" ”
The little boy looked like a beggar, wearing a tattered and stained cloak, his cheeks were sunken on both sides, and his face was very thin, which was the result of chronic malnutrition, but his eyes were very energetic, and a pair of big blue eyes looked at him, and he avoided it a little too much.
"You must be honorable Lord Eric, please don't kill me, you see that I am not strong at all, it is useless to catch me back, killing me will also dirty your hands! Leave me alone! The little boy began to beg for mercy loudly, kowtowing as he spoke, and crawled over to kiss Mu Lan's shoes.
Mu Lan was shocked by this move and took a step back, and said in a low voice: "Don't come here, I won't kill you!" ”
The little boy had a look of regain on his face, and he knelt on the ground gratefully and kowtowed heavily.
"Alright, you get up!" Mu Lan smelled the smell of his body, and sniffed twice in disgust, this kid hadn't taken a bath for a long time, then looked at the firelight and said, "Put out the fire first!" ”
When the little boy heard this, he immediately went to extinguish the fire, Mu Lan looked at the light clothes on his body, he should have made a fire to ward off the cold, but this fire was too obvious, and it would definitely attract others to see it.
The little boy should be the native of this world, Mu Lan finally has a chance to learn more information, and he calls himself "Lord Eric", this "Eric" is also the task prompt to destroy the enemy with the evolution point reward.
"What's your name?" Mu Lan asked suddenly.
The little boy lowered his head and spoke with a bit of a trill, as if Eric had been terrified of it.
"Master Eric, my name is Andrew."
"Well, Andrew, listen up, I'm not from Eric."
"Still." Mu Lan raised her eyebrows, "I can still kill you easily!" ”
Mu Lan released the primary spell [Chaos], Andrew's eyes began to loosen, his mouth opened wide, [Chaos] exerted a greater influence on this person whose mental power and even physique were very weak, Andrew stood on the ground in a daze for a while, Mu Lan snapped his fingers in front of him, and then he came to his senses.
"Is this witchcraft!" Andrew knelt on the ground again and begged for mercy: "Witchcraft! Magic! You must be a witch, please don't kill me! ”
"Get up!" Mu Lan found out why this indigenous little boy loved to kneel down so much, and a military dagger appeared out of thin air in his hand, and pressed the blade against Andrew's neck, and threatened in a low voice: "If I want to kill you, it's easy, be honest with me, I want you to answer some questions, don't lie, the witch can sense whether you are lying or not." ”
"Good boys don't lie!"
Mu Lan's voice sounded like a demonic whisper to Andrew, the cold dagger gently slashed around the little boy's neck, Andrew was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, his body was trembling all the time, he nodded again and again, how dare he lie, for fear that this terrible witch would regret using herself as a sacrifice or turning into a puppet doll or something.
Mu Lan suddenly realized that she still had the talent to be a bad guy, chuckled, took out a pack of compressed biscuits from her carry-on space, tore them open and threw them to Andrew: "Eat, look at you as thin as skin and bones!" ”
Andrew carefully picked up the compressed biscuit, he had never seen this kind of food, he took a small bite tentatively, his eyes lit up, and then he devoured the biscuit, as if he was afraid that someone would rob him.
"Witch Lord! What is it... It's so delicious! Andrew asked as he ate, and found that the person in front of him was not trying to kill him, and the fear in his eyes dissipated a little, "I've never eaten such a delicious Khamba!" ”
What is Kham? Mu Lan didn't ask, she saw that Andrew was eating too quickly and choked on it, coughed, so she threw him another bottle of mineral water and said, "Eat slowly, there is still food." ”
Beat a stick and give a sweet date, soft and hard to make this indigenous little boy lose his heart of resistance and deception, Mu Lan had a chance to learn more from his mouth, seeing him eating and drinking contentedly, Mu Lan asked: "What is it that you keep talking about Eric?" ”
Andrew looked at Mu Lan with doubts in his eyes, isn't this kind of question common sense? However, when I recalled the feeling of being released from witchcraft just now, I immediately retracted my suspicions, and made up a "reasonable" explanation in my mind, maybe it was because the witch had been cultivating in the mountains and forests all year round and didn't care about the world!
"The Eric people live in the heavens, and we don't usually have access to them, but every autumn they appear, kill or capture us, and they find us wherever we go...... The patriarch has been on the move with us, and we haven't seen them in a whole year. ”
Andrew said with a look of fear, "Their father was taken away......
So Eric is the hunter of the [Hunting Season], and Andrew, who lives on the ground, is the scavenger, Mu Lan nodded, and asked, "Is there a war here?" Why did the city become like this? ”
Andrew shook his head and said, "I don't know, it's always been like this here, for as long as I can remember." ”
"What's hunting season all about? Why did the Eriks kill or capture you? ”
"Hunting season?" Andrew was puzzled, "Witch, are you referring to the annual Pioneer Festival?" The patriarch said that the Pioneer Festival is the day when we humans commemorate the coming out of the Dark Age, and since then, we have begun to pioneer and survive on the ruins, this is a long, long time ago, and now every year the Pioneer Festival Heavenly Eric will break into our camp and kill our people......"
"When will the hunting season, or the Pioneer Festival, end? When will those Erics leave? Mu Lan asked the key question, and the main god system prompted to survive until the end of the hunting season, and then the main quest would be completed.
"I don't know, we used to celebrate the Pioneer Festival for a week, but we stopped celebrating it after Eric's invasion, and they sometimes stayed on the ground for weeks, sometimes for months, and each time the humans on the ground suffered a lot."
Isn't the end of the hunting season fixed? It's going to be hard to do, what if Eric kills on the ground and doesn't leave, is he going to be forced to flee and hide like this all the time?
Mu Lan saw that Andrew's body was curled up and trembling because of the cold weather, so she took out a coat from her carry-on space and handed it to him, because she was not sure about the environment in the reincarnation world, she had prepared several sets of clothes for various seasons.
"Witch, you're such a nice person!" Andrew had never seen such clean and beautiful clothes, he didn't dare to touch his hands for fear of getting his clothes dirty, his dirty little face was full of smiles, and his blue eyes were shining.
"Don't call me a witch, you call me Arashi!" Mu Lan only felt that the title witch was a bit weird, and she was not a witch, her future development direction was a warlock who focused on spiritual magic.
Motioning for Andrew to put it on quickly, Mu Lan said, "What about the rest of you, why is it only you here?" ”
Andrew looked a little funny in Mu Lan's women's coat, his figure was too thin, the sleeves of his clothes were empty, and the coat wrapped around his beggar clothes, no matter how you look at it, it was too mixed and matched Queen Mother Modern, Andrew rolled up the sleeves of his clothes and said, "Witch... Sister Lan, I ran out on my own..."
"Huh?" Mu Lan motioned for him to continue.
Andrew, on the other hand, was like a child who had done something wrong, his face turned red, and he said, "They laughed at me for being a coward...... I wanted to prove that I wasn't a coward, so I ran to the city during the Pioneer Festival......"
Mu Lan didn't care about the children's affairs, she said, "Where are all your clansmen?" Take me to see it. ”
"But the patriarch won't let us bring outsiders in......" Andrew saw Mu Lan's unquestioning eyes, and immediately changed his words: "Okay, I'll take you there, but it's a little dirty there, you ......"
Andrew looked at Mu Lan, who was much cleaner than himself, the food and water she took out were also very clean, and the environment in which he lived made him embarrassed to greet guests.
"Let's go!" Mu Lan stood up directly and motioned for Andrew to lead the way.
Andrew didn't hesitate and nodded.