Leopard Rees spent the whole morning in the tent, how "familiar" the place was to him. At noon, the sun shone in through the tent window, drawing a spot of light like gold on the ground. This is the only light in the tent.

"Starved to death...... Why do I keep getting caught, and every time I'm taken to the Noop Meadows? Leopard Rees thought to herself. Suddenly, a few hot drops of water fell on his face, and he jerked over to see Edor standing beside him, holding a glass of water in his hand. Leopardris looked at Edo like a small ant at the bottom of the abyss staring at the sky with a slit in his head.

"Yo, are you awake, bastard?" Edo asked.

Leopard Reese couldn't help but twitch in his heart. The word "bastard" was meant to be addressed to the enemy, but Edo regarded himself as an enemy. He was tempted to argue as he had done before, but soon realized that this was not the other, and he finally dismissed the idea.

"Why?" Leopard Reese asked quietly.

"Why?!" Edo sneered and said, "You still don't understand? I've realized my mistake and I'm moving in the right direction! ”

Leopard Rees shook his head: "That's not what I'm asking...... Here's why. ”

Edo was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "DIVE is my savior. ”

......

In the gloomy transporter, Edo was lying in his mother's arms. The convoy had been on the road for two days, and in order to get to the relief site as soon as possible, they had to work overtime. Edo tried to force himself to fall asleep many times, but every time he fell asleep, he would wake up again—sleepiness and excitement in tatt-for-tat with his mental condition and inner perseverance.

"Mom, I'm scared ......" Edo cowered down, not daring to open his eyes.

"Don't be afraid, Edo, mom is here." Edo's mother stroked his head and said, "Everything will be fine." ”

"And what's wrong with Dad?" Edo didn't know how many times he had mentioned his father.

"He'll be back victorious!" Mother kept repeating this phrase.

The convoy drove into a field. Suddenly, a series of gunshots broke the silence of the night, followed by several more. The people in the car began to stir.

"We seem to be in a war zone!" The shouting made the atmosphere even more tense.

"Mommy......" Edo was so frightened that tears came out.

"It's going to be fine." The mother looked at her son in her arms, and her heart began to become anxious.

"You can't go any further, men get their guns right!" The driver said, "We're going to abandon the car and get out of here, that's the only way, we're going to fight to the death!" ”

"Women and children, as well as others who are not armed, are absolutely to be watched!"

Edo did not dare to look up, and from time to time the light of the fire poured in from the window and shone into his eyes.

"The scout just looked, the right wing and the division army are fighting here, neither of them is a good thing...... Load the gun, and then find a few people to come out, and wait for them to carry the blast shield to cover the perimeter. Wait a minute, as soon as we hear the order, rush out, the one with the shield in front, the one with the gun to cover the woman and the child beside us, and don't stop halfway! ”

The people in the car began to move, covering the cover, looking for the gun. They completed the preparations with incredible speed. After a while, the car fell silent again.

"Get out!"

At the sound of the intercom, the dragons on several transport trucks jumped out, and Edo and his mother left the car together. They didn't know who was holding whom, but they ran desperately forward with the large army. However, the situation on the battlefield began to deteriorate, and the air space between the two warring sides began to shrink and smaller, and some of the fire began to be concentrated on the fleeing people. Survivors began to fall, and mother and son nearly tripped over a dying dragon after being shot.

"There's a forest ahead, let's take cover in there!"

The forest they were running to was so lush that the wild bushes in it allowed them to hide for a while. As soon as he hid in the woods, the sound of artillery outside was almost blocked, and only the sound of small gunfire and the roar of engines could be heard. Only then did Edo realize that there were less than forty survivors left in the original company.

"Quickly check the number of people and equipment!"

"Almost two-thirds of the people are dead, and most of those who stayed behind were not carrying guns just now, but the shield array did not lose much."

"There's not much ammunition left, only one bazooka is unused right now, and there are only two rockets......"

"So what do we do? There are children here! There were ten kids in the convoy, including Edo and Sieg – he almost forgot about Sieg.

"Edo, thank goodness you're okay." Sieg patted Edo on the shoulder.

When Edo turned his gaze back to his mother, he noticed that she had an extra pistol in her hand.

"Mom, this is ......" He was about to ask when a group of splinter soldiers broke in and immediately opened fire on the dragons, and Edo's mother was unfortunately shot in the thigh while shooting, and she threw down the gun in pain and lay on the ground.

"Mommy, Mommy! ......" Edo crawled to her side. Blood was pouring from her mother's wounds, soaking her clothes and pants.

"You know, Edo, justice will not be wiped out!" Mother said in a weak voice.

"Quick...... Come on...... Leave me alone......"

"But ......"

"Run!!" Mother cried out with the last of her strength. Edo got up from the ground, looked into his mother's eyes full of resentment and hope, took a few steps back, and then immediately ran deeper into the woods.

"Sig-" he called as he ran, but never got a response.

"I'm here!" Sieg finally heard him screaming. He ran to Edo's side as fast as he could.

"Don't you want to run!" Several splinter soldiers targeted them, and they tried their best to escape, but in the end they couldn't outrun the pursuers behind them. The soldiers grabbed the two men, pinned them to the ground, and tied their limbs and wings with ropes.

"Are there only these two kids?" Edo heard a voice coming from behind him.

"They also have some use...... Take! ”

Hearing the word "take away", Edo shouted "don't" vigorously, and then a carp sat up, but was kicked back. Now he can't move, at the mercy of the enemy.

"Engage the enemy, fire!" Suddenly there were gunshots all around, and I don't know who fought with the separatists, and they still surrounded and attacked, and those separatists were taken by surprise, and finally the whole regiment was directly wiped out, and the body fell on Edo's body.

"There are two children still alive, you guys hurry up and help!" Edo's body was picked up and tossed aside, and he himself was pulled some distance, the dirt under his back turned into a smooth stretcher, and the exposed wounds on his body were treated. After a while, he was lifted onto a helicopter along with Sig.

"Kid, it's okay." On the plane, Edo felt his forehead being caressed by a stiff glove, and he tried to see more clearly, but no matter how wide his eyes were, all he could see was a blur.

"You...... Who are you? ”

The soldier who caressed him removed the epaulette from his shoulder and placed it in front of Edo's eyes, and with his efforts, he finally made out the letters engraved on the epaulette—DIVE

......

"You mean, DIVE saved your life?"

"I'm just realizing that." "They want to change the world. The orc world was originally in a civil war, but their intervention allowed the orc world to unite, just like using vaccines to activate the immune system in the body, DIVE only used some force to arouse your sense of unity...... You will thank them one day.

"Some force?" "So are the clones and gas bombs 'some'?" ”

"It's a bit extreme, but you have to know that some armed forces are also interfering with our DIVE plans."

"You mean the Combine?"

Edor didn't answer his question, and continued, "Since DIVE has given me a chance to survive, then I will die for her and fight with her to the end. Anyone who stops the plan from proceeding is considered an enemy, and the enemy ...... They're going to fall at my guns! ”

"Do you mean that even Wu Qiming, even the Guardian Squad, and the other orcs who have helped you, are you going to shoot him?"

"My position just now is very clear."

"But aren't we family?" Leopard Rees squeezed out the last smile and said, "We've made a vow!" ”

"Family...... What is Family? ”

Leopard Rees swallowed and said, "What about Lana?" ”

This question shocked Edo. No, not just shocked, a series of complicated expressions flashed across his face, and he crouched down and pointed a gun at Leopard Reese's head.

"Are you trying to force me to pull the trigger?" Edo said fiercely. Seeing that Leopard Rees was motionless on the ground, he withdrew his gun and quickly left.

"Edor, you're rebelling......" Leopard Rees whispered.

All this was clearly heard by the Lord outside.

"Balk, Balk, do you know when people are most likely to be swallowed up by foreign thoughts, the answer is obvious, it is when the will is shaken."

......

Nancy and Sieg looked at the crowd in embarrassment.

"Let's use these two as additional members of the Guardian Squad first." Wu Qiming said.

"What the hell is wrong with Edo?" Sieg asked.

"He's defected......" Lana said, "and now almost no one can accept that fact, especially me." ”

"What about Leopard Reese?" Nancy asked.

"He may be with Edo, but I reckon one is standing and the other is lying." Shi Yu said.

"Edo, this kid, why is it so unreasonable?!" Kivu slapped the table and said, "Don't he understand that this is a disgrace to the entire army, and indeed to the entire orc world?" There must be a reason for this, it must be so! ”

"Calm down first...... Wu Qiming called Kivu, who was about to jump up from his chair, and waved his hand repeatedly, "We all think that Edo didn't go to DIVE because of the evil in his heart, it should be some kind of force that blinded him." ”

"Didn't he take Nicholas Leopard with him?"

"No, it wasn't Edo who took him, but another man who called himself 'Lord.'"

"Then the question is, what does the 'Lord' want to do with Leopard Reese?" Kivu asked.

"Probably as a bargaining chip."

"Hmph, this kind of negotiation can't be fair!" Dimitri stood up and said, "Now that Edo is gone, the superiors of the entire army are extremely shocked, and some people even say that Edo must be executed after the war, but I don't think it's that simple, Edo can't be that kind of evil person, let alone pursue the kind of 'benefit' that DIVE wants." ”

"We all think so." Wu Qiming said, "He may have been bewitched or brainwashed, and if he wants to find out the reason for his betrayal of the orc world, he must first dig up this barrier in front of him." ”

The tent was pulled open by a wrinkled hand, and an older dragon walked in.

Kivu stood up and said, "May I ask if you are ......?"

"Mrs. Belinsky?" Wu Qiming asked.

"Exactly." Belinsky found a place to sit down, "My name is Belinsky Kaman, a soothsayer from the Denua Heights, and a fellow of Edo. ”

"So, no wonder you're so similar to Edo."

"I've heard about it, too, so I've come all the way here." The kindness on Belinsky's face was instantly replaced by seriousness, "Although there are some people who want to put Edo to death, I believe you also feel that Edo did not rebel because of evil, he is a righteous child, and DIVE should have used this righteousness in his heart to blind him...... Anyway, I don't want Edo to end up like that. ”

"Don't worry, we're on the same page as you." Wu Qiming said.

Belinsky smiled reassuringly and said, "The pendulum on the guardian's body is very important to them, and even determines the fate of the orc world. ”

"Why do you say that?"

"There is a tremendous amount of power hidden in those pendulums, and if you use the right methods, then this energy can be released."

"You mean portals?" Dimitri asked.

She nodded: "That energy is huge, if it is released uncontrollably, then only one of them is needed to bring disaster to the orc world, in the words of prophecy, these spirit pendulums contain the chaotic power of the beginning of the formation of this world, if the restrictions are lifted, no living beings will survive this catastrophe." ”

"What if all five pendulums are gathered?"

"If their power is released at the same time, then this power will tear the space apart, and the entire orc world will return to its original chaos, not to mention us orcs."

"Uh...... I can't believe it. Dimitri said.

"But it at least speaks to the importance of the pendulums and the serious consequences of them falling into the hands of the enemy." Wu Qiming said.

"We need to move fast." Belinsky said, "Now that two pendulums have fallen into the hands of the enemy, along with their bearers, I can only make a prediction here, and the fate of all orcs has now been entrusted to the guardians and the thousands of soldiers in the orc world who are just like you. ”

"We're going to win!" Wu Qiming said.

Belinsky stood up and walked to the tabernacle and, the moment he opened it, said: "May the gods pray to you." ”

......

The Buno industrial area became a temporary base for the defenders as well as the ground forces. At night, the place was brightly lit, and Kivu and the deputy minister had already left, leaving Wu Qiming alone. "Zero" turned on hibernation mode in the nearby sky, and looking at it from the ground, it looked like a huge dark cloud.

"I don't know what's going on over there with Leopard Reese." Nan hoped that the meat porridge in his hand just didn't mean to eat it. She and four others sat around a campfire - they hadn't spoken for a long time. When he saw the moon in the sky, he cleared his throat and recited two lines of poetry in a non-standard Chinese: "I wish people a long time, a thousand miles together." ”

"Who taught you Chinese?" Lana asked.

"Leopard Reese, of course." Nancy said, "I've been a classmate with him for so long, and I know a little bit about what to say, and besides, he's still born in the East." ”

"My native language is German. But it doesn't seem to be an official language. Lana said.

"Leopard Reese, why are you so attention-grabbing?" Finen lay down and said.

"There's no way Edo would have rebelled like this!" Lana reiterated.

"Maybe DIVE had some effect on him." Shi Yu said.

"What kind of effect, is there a grace?" Sieg asked.

"Maybe."

"Are you crazy, how can DIVE have such a conscience?"

"It's not impossible." Shi Yu said, "Since Edo did not defect for ordinary reasons, then we must also think about extraordinary factors. ”

......

"DIVE sent us a letter three hours ago, and it was basically about the negotiations." Wu Qiming said, "They claim to withdraw all the troops they have stationed in the orc world to the portal within two days. ”

"The letter also says that they are a peace-loving organization, and that they only use weapons to solve the civil war in the orc world, heh......" Fiin said as he looked at the letter, "They must have forgotten about the clone orcs and the massive poison gas attack that took place that day." ”

"Although we all understand that this letter is a cover-up, we are still going to negotiate." Wu Qiming said.

"Why?" The crowd asked.

"If you don't go, DIVE will immediately use this as an excuse and attack the orc world again, and then the orc world will fall immediately." Wu Qiming said, "But don't worry, this negotiation will be the fuse of the final battle, and we will usher in the final battle with DIVE, which will be a turning point in the fate of the orc world, either he dies, or I die!" ”

"And this thing ......," Lana gestured to the pendulum on her chest.

"Belinsky said that the enemy is coming for this thing, so you must bring this with you."

"Isn't that okay with a fake?" Sieg asked.

"If it's fake, then the result is the one I just said." Wu Qiming said, "Defenders, not only will you face the enemy, turn around and see, there are also tens of millions of soldiers who will live and die with you on the battlefield!" ”

......

In the middle of the night, the crickets echoed throughout the Knoop meadows, and Leopard Rees was about to fall asleep, his face was haggard, not like the appearance of a fourteen-year-old boy, and it was not only hunger and the straining rope that afflicted him, but also the despair that was stirring in his heart.

"It's time to eat." Edo walked in, Leopard Reese's head was suddenly grasped, and a small rubber ball was fed into his mouth, he subconsciously took a bite, and the small rubber ball immediately broke, and a stream of sweet water gushed out, moistening the originally dry throat.

"The Lord didn't think you would eat it obediently, so He taught me how to do it."

Leopard Rees swallowed the last of the water and did not speak.

"By the way, the Lord has something for you." Edo took a handful of yellow sand out of his pocket, placed it in front of Leopardris, and hurried away. Leopard Rees looked at it and was shocked.

It wasn't sand, it was dark yellow hairs plucked from him.