Chapter 259: Stranded

Draenor made his way through the narrow hallway to a room where he sat with the other three. He looked around the room, all the furniture leaning forward along the floor, giving him the illusion that his center of gravity had suddenly shifted.

It was originally the lowest cabin of the sailboat, similar to the place where Cooper had been found before, damp, cold, and even faintly smelling of the sea. But it was such a dilapidated space that became the last refuge for the mother and son, it was indeed a little narrow, and there was not even a single chair on the floor, so the three except Lopud had to huddle in the corner of the cupboard, and set aside the plates full of cracks, for fear of destroying the last possessions of the mother and son.

"I can't believe it...... I can still see strangers in the current Luna Omon......"

The woman gently placed the crying baby in the simple cradle suspended from canvas, lifted the thin palm of the twig and stroked his forehead, and hummed an unknown lullaby in her nose.

I can't believe it either...... Draenor sighed inwardly, the lady in front of her was as thin as a shadow, and if the light was any brighter, she might disappear completely. The child's abdomen is round like a ball, not because he has just had a full meal, but because of the fluid in the abdomen caused by long-term malnutrition.

When the child had fallen asleep, the woman reluctantly left the cradle, opened the box under the table, and sat down in front of Lopud.

"What's going on with this ship?" Amoro asked the woman before Lopud could speak.

"It turned out to be our travel boat...... A few years ago, my husband and I returned home from Canaan with our daughter, but as we approached the island, there was a tsunami, which became the case when the tide receded. The woman replied to him with a stiff head, "I'm Niasha. Goodberg, with my husband's last name. ”

"Lopud." The exorcist shook Lady Niasha's hand in a friendly manner, "You can see that you chose to live in this ship to avoid the beasts that inhabit this island, right?" ”

"There's no other way, is there...... This is the second year we've been stuck here. Originally, he thought that he would be able to return to Luna Omon to live after finishing things in Eichenryd, but who knew that this place had become the fortress of Yazrao. ”

With a hint of crying, Ms. Niasha walked to the door and pulled a metal boom as the muffled sound of blunt objects hitting the ground was heard outside the cabin.

"You're from Eichenryder?" Draenor was skeptical of Niasha's explanation, he didn't hear any familiar accent from the woman's statement, and the sentences were a little incoherent, as if the words had been pieced together into sentences.

"I am a resident of Luna Omon, but my husband Leonid is indeed from Eichenryde. He was an explorer, but also a navigator and mechanic...... Don't worry, these are safety features made by my husband, and the anchor-converted protective doors may not be threatening, but at least they will keep the beasts out. Niasha pointed to the various metal grips hanging from the doorway.

"It takes extraordinary courage to be able to survive the current Luna Ormon, and I can ...... this loneliness," Draenor said with his head bowed, unwilling to bring up the story of Azra in front of the locals.

"We're not actually the last survivors, there are still many locals like us on the West Coast who are hiding in the wrecked ships, and we call ourselves 'stranded', connecting each other with sail ropes to pass on goods." Niasha explained.

"There are other survivors here!?" Draenor was surprised.

"Yes, but there are less than 3,000 left. Of all the stranders, we are the most remote, probably because of the tides. And now that our sailboat has been bitten by wild beasts, and we have lost all contact with the other stranded people, we can only stay here to survive......" Niasha closed her eyes, as if trying to hide the sadness that flowed from her eyes.

The island has been attacked by wild beasts, but even so, there are still people who are alive and strong. The inhabitants of Luna Omon have not completely disappeared...... Draenor looked at Amoro, and from that moment on, he could conclude that those pessimistic speculations were completely wrong.

"When my husband came here more than a decade ago, Luna Ormon was a quiet island, so quiet that you could only hear the gentle waves and the wind...... In the second year of our love, I gave birth to a child next door, Leonia, who had the same brown-red hair as her father and had been smiling from birth, like a gift from Raphael. When I was pregnant for the second time, my husband insisted on going back to Eichenryt for a real wedding, but the war had already spread there, so we had to ......come back."

"You know we came here when we heard the crying, and I'd rather hear why you're crying than introducing yourself." Amoro crossed his legs to the table and interrupted Niasha impatiently.

"I'm sorry, maybe it's because I didn't talk to anyone, my logic is a little weird...... In fact, I have always considered myself a strong woman, a wife who can bring hope to her husband at all times...... For the past two years, we have had to share the remaining supplies in each other's cabins, and the food has run out so quickly that we can barely survive a year and a half even if we eat one meal at a time. ”

"Then, my husband decided to take his daughter to try his luck in the surrounding villages, but there was nothing left, so they followed the nearest eastern stranded person to the healing tower church, but now it's been two weeks, and I'm afraid they met Azra's ......"

Niasa lost the courage to continue, and quickly covered her mouth as the sobbing sound became apparent.

"I think it's weird." Amoro said coldly, "You don't want to believe the fact that they are dead, in that case, why don't you follow in the footsteps of the father and daughter yourself?" Hiding here and crying so loudly, even if we don't notice it, it will inevitably attract those beasts. ”

"Mr. Amoro!" Jeanne couldn't take it anymore and stood up in front of Amoro, she couldn't believe that an exorcist who fought for humanity could say such vicious words.

Draenor glanced at Amoro as well, and if he could, he would even pull out his dagger and cut off the guy's tongue.

"Yes, Mr. Exorcist, you have to be right...... I should have mustered up the courage to go to them, and I had actually planned to leave after two o'clock, but I was afraid that I would stagger with my husband. The island's terrain is very complex, the forest is like a living labyrinth, Leonid is an amazing explorer, he knows everything about this island, and if he is still alive, he will definitely go back to the same way. ”

Niasha wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and looked firmly into Amoro's gaze.

"So the possibility that they got lost in the forest can be ruled out completely, maybe they just had some trouble in that lighthouse church...... Although saving lives is not our main business, I am sure that no one will sit idly by. ”

Lopud spread his backpack on the ground and took out a bag full of dry food and stuffed it into Niasha's hand

"You're crazy...... Should I boast that you are the reincarnation of a god? Amoro muttered as he looked at the precious supplies, convinced that Lopud had been carried away by the ethereal kindness and compassion.

"I was here to complete this deal, and she gave us important information that we deserve to be paid for." Lopud didn't look back.

He put away his backpack, lifted the wooden box again, and asked Niasha, who was dazed, "That lighthouse church, where is it?" ”