Chapter XXIII Responsibilities

Soon, an even brighter lightning bolt lit up the sky. Everyone saw the figure of Hou Can and the others clearly. I also saw the shadows hovering behind them.

It seems that the previous attack was just a tentative attack by the batmen, and now it was their large army that flew in.

The crowd resounded with exclamations and sobbing secretly. made Li Ling's nerves tense again.

"Help!" Before he had time to think about it, Li Ling snatched the spear in the hand of one of the guards and was about to rush forward. He assumed that the other guards would follow in his footsteps.

"Wait!" Kurban suddenly thrust diagonally and stopped him with open hands. "I think you should stay."

"Get out of the way! Kurban. Li Ling said in surprise. Do you want us to watch the three of them die? ”

"You have to understand your responsibility, sir! They are only three people, and we have almost three hundred here! You should know better than I do! Kurban did not back down.

He looked brutal and determined, as he has always shown today. While others were completely silent, apparently with the same idea.

"Is he worried about me? I'm afraid I'm going to have no return to find this excuse?! Li Ling tried to think on the bright side, but he couldn't.

Li Ling wondered where the previous Kurban, who was sneering at himself and constantly provocative, ran away? He prefers the rude Kurban of the past to the posturing he has now.

"Bold!" Ma Qiang immediately walked out and stood beside the two. He was much weaker than Kurban, but he mustered up the courage to accuse: "You dare to stop the steps of the sir!" Are you impatient?! He completely repaid Kurban's words that had just scolded him.

Li Ling nodded at the captain of the guard, who respected him well. I thought that although he was nervous and still seemed a little cautious, he was at least faithful and reliable.

He remembered what Ge Jin said: smart people can't be trusted, maybe Kurban is too smart!

No matter what, even if he is alone, even if he has no return, he must go out immediately to pick him up, and it will be too late.

"Don't look at me with gratitude, sir!" Ma Qiang said suddenly. "Kurban's attitude is arrogant and unreasonable, but he is right, you should stay here!"

"What!" Li Ling felt that he had misheard. "You say it again?!"

"Yes! My lord, it's okay to say it three or ten times! Ma Qiang said. Compared to the three guys outside, our defense here can't afford to lose! ”

"Bastard!" Li Ling scolded loudly. He couldn't agree with, let alone understand, their intention to give up the lives of their companions so easily.

He looked at the people around him, wanting to know their attitudes. He felt that these people had respected and even admired him so much before. There must be a few people who will support themselves unreservedly with enthusiasm.

It's a pity – no! There were a pair of indifferent, timid, or pleading eyes around him, as if it was a big mistake for him to leave irresponsibly.

"Could it be...... Am I wrong?! Li Ling was confused and couldn't move his steps.

Although he understood that the three people in the distance were in danger, he also believed that if he wanted to, he could easily hit Pegasus Qiang and Kurban, and then rush out to save people.

But as a commander, when Gzin was seriously injured, he was seen as having a greater responsibility, meaning that he could not ignore the opinions of the majority and act on his own passion. That would be dangerous and selfish.

At the very least, he needs to have some support to justify his risky decision.

He searched eagerly through the crowd. He didn't find a shadow of Ge Jin, so he must have been so weak that he fell asleep!

With reluctance, he looked for it again. Finally, he caught a pair of eyes in the corner of the crowd.

In those always gentle eyes, with resentment and worry, when Li Ling looked at her and asked for her opinion with his eyes, he quietly turned his head away.

Li Ling once thought that Qin Xiaoyu would always be on his side. But now, his heart is going to break.

Compared with being faceless and majestic, he felt more of a sadness, a sorrow from the soul.

He remembered the madness of everyone and Qin Xiaoyu's kindness when besieging the giant beast. But when the real danger comes, the so-called madness and kindness suddenly turn into calmness and selfishness.

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As if he had lost all his strength all at once, Li Ling hung his shoulders in decadence.

All along, he didn't think about his own safety, or even realized it.

"In that case, let's be indifferent to the end together!" Li Ling thought to himself, so he simply joined everyone and watched the three people in the distance running away in embarrassment, shouting for help!

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For the first time, the supporters encountered the thunderclouds on Sirte, and it was so strange - lightning and thunder, and fierce winds did not drop a single raindrop.

It obscured the already dim starlight, but it illuminated the darkness-shrouded earth again and again with wildly dancing thunder and lightning.

Hou Can and the three of them are getting closer and closer to the direction of the camp, two hundred meters, one hundred meters......

Close enough for the people in the camp to hear their cries for help, and even to see them panicked amid lightning and thunder.

If it weren't for the courage shown by Ge Jin and Li Ling when they slay the giant beast that deeply shocked him, Hou Can suspected that he didn't even have the courage to escape.

Now, as long as the three of them hold on for a dozen more breaths, they can save their lives.

Hou Can dodged the attack of a batman sideways, and once again held his strength to call for help, while also reminding the people in the camp to prepare for battle. He believed that the Adjutant would lead his loyal guardians to drive out the monsters as he did with the beast.

But strangely, there was no one to answer them.

The heavens and the earth around them lit up again, like day. Hou Can was desperate to see the scene that made him unbelievable.

On the high ground less than 100 meters away, inside the sharp wooden fence, a large group of people stood neatly. Illuminated by the white light of the thunderbolts, the expressions of those people stiffened like soul-deprived corpses, and they stood straight and motionless.

They weren't hurt, and Hou Can could see it. He even saw two tall figures standing at the outermost part of the crowd at that hurried glance just nowβ€”Li Ling and Kurban.

The despair is more painful than the physical scars. He wanted to rush up immediately, grabbed Li Ling's collar and asked loudly: Why did you abandon your three companions so easily? Abandoned a brother who fought side by side?

This is not the style of a soldier, absolutely not!

He even heard people mention that Li Ling's father was a heroic martyr. The tiger father has no dog, how dare Li Ling?!

Hou Can vowed to ask before he died in battle.

Unfortunately, when they were only fifty or sixty meters apart, the batmen who were circling and chasing seemed to have lost their patience and began to swoop down, attacking them with their claws, as if they were going to kill them little by little.

Hou Can had no choice but to lean back to back with the other two guards, desperately resisting. Their march has come to a complete halt.

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"Check it out! Dear Deputy Commander! Kurban smirked. What does it mean that those flying beasts could kill those three guardians at once, but they never did it? ”

"It means that the beasts are teasing them, and they are also laughing at our group for not having the courage to save our comrades." Li Ling thought in his heart.

But he didn't want to get into the discussion, because that's what happened – everyone chose to be apathetic for a variety of reasons, including himself.

"It means that they are waiting, waiting for us to throw themselves into the net!" Ma Qiang shouted suddenly in realization, casting a look of admiration at Kurban.

Then, he looked at Li Ling, who was silent, and thought to himself that he looked really depressed now, and he didn't look like a leader at all.

The crowd looked left and right in panic, hoping to find a little comfort in their calm and strong companions. It is clear that the strong and conceited Kurban has become their new hope.

Quite a few people began shouting Kurban's name as a sign of respect and support. Just like they did with Li Ling before.

"Lord Kurban, there are only about thirty of the guards, but you must not go out and take risks! This is clearly the conspiracy of those brutes! ”

"Lord Kurban, your previous tactics are perfect, our formation must not be messed up!"

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Li Ling forced himself to take his attention away from the battle not far away, but he heard these brazen words again.

His ears were about to vomit blood, and he mischievously thought about where that enthusiastic big sister had gone? Do you want to give this venerable Lord Kurban a baptism of mites and saliva?

If only she wasn't frightened by the ugly scar on Kurban's face!

"Lord Kurban!" Someone else rushed up, their voices vicious and self-righteous.

Li Ling recognized him, it was Miao Chuang, the middle-aged man who escaped death because of himself! Li Ling could also think with his ass that his dog must not be able to spit out ivory from his mouth.

But soon, Li Ling found that he was still too young, he didn't expect that a person could be so shameless, this man must have been cursed by something, otherwise he would never eat and sleep with him, be called a human being, stand in the same place, and breathe the same air......

Li Ling felt embarrassed that he was in the company of such a person!

"Lord Kurban!" Miao Chuang's voice was as loud as those of the guards. "The beasts are already in range, I suggest starting shooting with a bow and arrow at once!"

"This is not good, it will hurt Hou Can and them by mistake." Honest man Wang Yue said.

"You know what? Am I talking to you? Are you qualified to represent all supporters? Miao Chuang scolded arrogantly, and once again suggested to Kurban: "My lord, we must not be like some people, but in the end we are useless!" We can show our attitude to Hou Can's three people, let them get away from the camp as soon as possible, and not be allowed to step into the firing range, otherwise, they will have to ask for more blessings! ”

"Thank you for the suggestion, Advisor Miao!" Kurban patted the flatterer on the shoulder, and seemed to be very satisfied with him, but the words he said changed his taste: "But shamelessness also has a bottom line!" ”

Miao Chuang's face changed from excitement to viciousness, staring viciously at the three people in the distance, as if he wished that they would hurry up and die, or get away, so that those batmen could leave quickly.