08 - The Road of the Journey
"Leopard Reese." Shi Yu woke up the sleeping cheetah.
"Ah....... What's up? ”
"Your father's name is Kane Leopard, right?"
"yes, what's wrong?"
"And your mother's name is Turando Leopardis, right?"
"Hey, how do you know?" Leopard Rees sat up suddenly.
"When Finen and I were kids...... At that time, Fein was the same age as you, and we were once saved by your parents. ”
"Really, that's really fate." After Leopard Rees finished speaking, he suddenly fell into deep thought.
"Leopard Reese, what's wrong with you?" Finen asked, "Are you motion sickness?" ”
"No, I'll never get motion sickness." Leopard Rees smiled and said, "It's just that something very strange suddenly pops into my mind." ”
The "things" that Leopard Rees refers to are the ruins that appeared after he lost consciousness that day, and the soldiers of unknown origin, how real the scene is, as if Leopard Rees saw it with his own eyes, but he tried to recall the past, but he couldn't find a picture that matched it.
"We are all children who have come out of suffering." Shi Yu said with emotion.
"It is precisely because of this that God has given us the opportunity to save the orc world!" Edo said, "Where can those nerds compare to us? And those adults, I would like to say, saving the world where only adults can do it, we can too, and we do it better than them! ”
"That's right!" Fein shouted.
The car was driving on the deserted highway. Two days ago, the right flank sent planes to bomb several important railways and highways, including this one, in order to cut off the main lines of communication, so potholes were unavoidable, and with the wreckage of the cars blocking the road, the road was extremely difficult to navigate, but at least the armored vehicles could adapt to all terrain. Shi Yu suddenly saw a large sesame-like cloud in the sky not far away, but it wasn't the worst - the pointer on the oil gauge in front of him was already dying at "E".
"It's time to take a break and refuel the car by the way." Shi Yu said. When Finen discovers an abandoned gas station, he tells Shi Yu, who turns the car around and drives off the highway through a blown gap and into the gas station. As soon as they got out of the car, thunder sounded in the sky, and soon the rain poured down.
"There shouldn't be any oil in this oil storage tank." Edo pulled out a grease gun and pulled the trigger, but nothing came out.
"Needless to say, we can't rob anyone else at all." Leopard Rees said.
"I guess they didn't find any stock in the tank buried in the ground...... I'm going to try my luck, there shouldn't have been someone as smart as me before! After Shi Yu finished speaking, he ran into the heavy rain.
"Here, you must be hungry." Fine took out a small bag of bread, gave it to Leopard Rees and Edor, and began to eat it himself.
"This bread is so fragrant!" Edo gulped down the bread and said, "I've never eaten such delicious bread!" ”
"You're hallucinating from hunger, aren't you?" Leopard Ris squinted and said, "You boasted to me before that the bread craftsmanship in the Denua Highlands is the best in the world among all orcs!" ”
Fine rubbed his hands together and said, "It's so cold here...... Edo, can you breathe fire? ”
"Spitfire?" "Do you really think of dragons as myths?" Realistic things should be viewed with realistic eyes. ”
"Fine, how did you meet my parents?" Leopard Rees asked.
"Well, it's a long time ago, it happened to be a separatist war, and the war burned to our Lugu Town area unconsciously, and then I was homeless, but fortunately I was saved by them, and Shi Yu was also by them, so I also met Shi Yujun...... That's what he used to call me. ”
Leopard Rees walked out of the gas station and looked at it, then came back and said to them, "There's a little village behind the gas station, I'll go and have a look there." ”
"Then you have to be careful." Fein Road.
Leopard Rees walked into the village, and a small storehouse became the first target of his search. He gently opened the iron door of the storeroom, and on the dimly lit floor, the mud marks of two wide tracks were faintly visible.
"Tanks?" Leopard Rees said to himself, "Could it be that the right wing was once stationed here?" He searched the storeroom again and found a small box of cartridges, but it was a 0.5 mm bullet from a revolver and did not fit his pistol.
Leopard Rees walked out of the storeroom and entered several houses in succession, all of which found some bullets, even weapons, and even worse, a bazooka and several rockets.
"This is a military base, right?" The cheetah began to wonder. The rain didn't seem to stop, but began to fall heavier and heavier, and Leopard Rees's clothes were already wet. He thought that this exploration had gained a lot, so he dragged the heavy equipment to the gas station.
Suddenly, a figure flashed in front of his eyes, peeking out of a house not far away, and when Leopard Rees noticed it, it shrank back.
"Who's there?" Remembering the killer who was watching them at the Livant range, Leopard Rees grabbed his gun and walked towards the house. He walked around the corner of the room and lunged up, but found nothing but a few muddy footprints on the ground.
"Sure enough, someone is here." Leopard Rees slowed his pace. Immediately after, a string of slight footsteps sounded behind him, and Leopardris's body suddenly went numb like an electric shock - it was a reaction from his threat sensing system. He turned back and saw a dangling door.
"Where are you!" Leopard Rees ran over like an assassin quickly and softly, and came to the door, where he leaned against it, counted three seconds in mind, and then pushed it open and rushed in.
"Aha, I got you!" He shouted. As soon as the thing tried to open the door, it collided with the cheetah, and it took a few steps back and fell to the ground, the gun in its hand slid to the side, and the leopard Ris realized that the figure was actually a small white and pink dragon, and she was shrunk in the corner of the wall shivering.
"Woo-woo-please, don't kill me!" The dragon sobbed.
"This ......" looked at the poor dragon, and Leopard Rees also looked a little overwhelmed. And the dragon saw that the leopard Reese did not hurt himself, and slowly opened his eyes to look at the cheetah, but his eyes were still full of fear.
"I won't hurt you." "I'm not a right-wing person. ”
"Then you are...... Resistance? ”
“...... Sort of. ”
"You're a rebel?" A light flashed in the dragon's eyes, and she immediately jumped to her feet and threw herself into Leopardris's arms.
Leopard Riston blushed.
"Please help me!" She said, "I don't want to be in this place anymore!" ”
"I'll save you." Leopard Rees gently pushed the dragon away and said, "It's dangerous here, and it's raining, so I'll take you back first." ”
"Go back? Where to go? ”
"Back to the 'base camp'."
......
"Why hasn't Leopard Ris come back yet?" Shi Yu said while filling the armored car, "He won't be in any danger, right?" ”
"I'm here." Leopard Rees appeared right in front of him.
"Leopard Reese, you...... God, I read that right! Shi Yu pointed to the bazooka behind Leopard Reese and said, "Where did you pick up this thing?" ”
"In the village at the back. The village is estimated to have once served as a temporary garrison for the army. ”
"Great!" Shi Yu said happily.
"But that's the biggest takeaway." The cheetah said, pulling out the dragon hiding behind it.
"It's a dragon!" Everyone exclaimed.
"It seems that the 'guardians' are attracted to each other." Fein joked.
The dragon looked around, finally fixing on Edor.
"Well, it's a boy." She thought, her face flushing slightly.
"Come and sit down here." Shi Yu asked Leopard Reese, "Who is she here?" ”
"I guess it's a survivor, because I see that there are only two houses in the whole village that can still shelter from the rain." Leopard Rees said. She spun around, and finally sat down next to Edo. After a while, she regretted sitting in the place a little, and shifted to the left, and Edo moved a little to the right as if to agree.
"My name is Lana Steele and I'm thirteen years old." She said shyly.
"I've met a Lana in the camp before, the doctor from the infirmary, Fiin, do you remember?" Shi Yu whispered.
"Of course, she's from the medics!"
"What happened to this place?" Leopard Rees asked.
"The right wing had occupied this place before, but it was beaten back by the rebels, and they were not convinced, so they flew planes and bombed this place, and they used very large planes, like bombers, to drop lots and lots of bombs here," Lana said. There used to be a bell tower in this village, but it has long since been blown up! Later, a group called RABT used this place as their base again, and later, by the second bombardment of the right flank, everyone fled."
"You're the only one here?" Shi Yu asked.
"I'm probably the only survivor here." "The others were either killed or disappeared." ”
"Do you have a family? ...... Or was there ever? ”
"I am an orphan, I have always lived here alone, and the people in the village have taken good care of me."
"So the question is, if we don't go to you, then what will you do next?" Leopard Rees asked.
"Looking for help, what else can you do?" Lana said, "But now that step has been omitted!" ”
"The Right Wing has been here, so do you have any information about them?" Edo asked. In the face of Lana, he was also a little nervous.
"I heard them say they're going to 'Noop Meadows', do you know what Nope Meadows is?"
"That's where the portal is." Edo replied.
"It seems that we are not the only ones interested in that door." "It looks like they're ahead of us," Finen said. ”
"It's time to expand the Guardians." Shi Yu asked Lana, "Do you want to join our Guardian Squad?" ”
"Guardians? What do you mean? ”
"Do you want to fight us against the right?" Finen said.
"But I'm just a girl." Lana said.
"It doesn't matter, you survived the attack and survived to this day, it's a testament to your abilities." Leopard Rees said.
"Then I want to ...... I am willing to walk with you. Lana said, "It's good to have boys to protect you." ”
"My name is Tokiyu Imagawa."
"My name is Nicolas Leopardis."
"My name is Balk Zaka Edo."
"I'm Fein Elaina."
"Welcome to the Guardian Squad!" They shouted in unison.
"Thank you!" Lana said with a smile.
The rain was subduing, which gave them a chance to act.
"It's getting late, we're going to get to the ground before the right wing implements their plan." Shi Yu clenched his fists and said.
The armored car rushed out of the gas station, drove back to the highway, and then accelerated forward without hesitation, over craters and obstacles, and little by little towards the Nope meadow.
Ten minutes had passed, but the rain was still dripping from Lana's body, and the clatter of the droplets against the metal was relentless. She clasped her hands together and her body trembled.
"She seems to have a cold." Fein whispered.
"What do you mean by 'maybe'? There's no guessing at all. Leopard Ris said as he poked his head in from outside the car. He was holding a gun, sticking half of his body out of the car to observe his surroundings.
At this time, Lana felt that her forehead was covered by a furry object, and she raised her eyes to see that Edo was holding a white towel and gently wiping it on her head, and after a while, the rain on her head was wiped clean, and a long-lost warmth began to emerge on her head.
"Well, take it and wipe yourself off, I won't help you do this kind of work." Edo handed the towel to Lana. Looking at the towel in her hand, Lana couldn't help but blush.
"Thank you...... Thank you! Lana said, "Your name is Edo, isn't it?" ”
"That's right, my name is Balk Zaka Edo." Edo's heart was also nervous.
The dark clouds began to slowly disperse, and a ray of sunlight shone through the clouds and sprinkled on a palm-sized piece of land. The untended wheat on the side of the road has just sprouted, and they are the only life here. The sunlight gradually illuminates their path, but it also gives the predators a target for hunting.
"It's a desolate neighborhood." "At most, the neat wheat in the field can still be seen." Isn't that recognized as the best cycling route? ”
"Before the bombing, everything was fine." Shi Yu said, "I like the scenery here, but no matter how beautiful the field is, a few shells can turn it into purgatory on earth." ”
"This is my home." "Here, you can feel the gold that the big cities crave for is quiet, and every year, a lot of people in suits come to our neighborhood to do that...... What's going on. ”
"Escaping the pressures of reality?" Finen added.
"Yes, yes, that's what I should say."
Fiin asked, "Lana, don't you go to school?" ”
"The nearest school is at least five kilometres away, and we don't have a car in our village, but I live in a local gentleman's house, so I can learn something."
"What did the old gentleman do?"
"He was an aircraft factory."
"You didn't learn a lot of mechanical skills from him, did you?"
"How to put it, mechanical technology requires not only knowing how to read, but also knowing how to arithmetic, plus it depends on the parts and components that are shipped from different regions and written in various languages...... I've learned it all. ”
"It's so quiet." Leopard Rees said. But just as he wanted to let his guard down, a rocket suddenly flew over and exploded next to the armored car. After a while, several jeeps appeared around them at the same time.
"It looks like the right-wing convoy has come to welcome us!" Shi Yu said, "Leopard Rees, take the bazooka, let's give them some color!" ”
Leopard Rees carried the bazooka. There were already three jeeps surrounding them. Leopard Rees loaded the rocket and fired at the car behind him, and with a "boom", the car instantly rushed into the air, and finally landed with only one shell left.
"Be careful!" The second rocket was fired, Shi Yu turned the front of the car, and the rocket just passed by the car, and now there are only two cars around. The third time was not so lucky. The car on the left leaned out for some distance, and then fired a third rocket at the armored car, Shi Yu couldn't dodge this time, the rocket hit the rear of the car, and the armored car instantly rolled over, which also affected the jeep on the right, and the two cars rolled down the highway together, and finally stopped after a few spins.
"Uhh......hh Damn it! ”
"Everybody...... Are you okay? Shi Yu asked. The whole car was still in a state of rollover after rolling, and Shi Yu unbuckled his seat belt and immediately fell on Fine.
"Hey, you're ......" Fiin felt unable to breathe, "why are you so fat!" ”
It took Shi Yu another half a minute to climb into the back cabin, but he suddenly found that Leopard Rees was gone.
"Where's Leopard Reese?" Shi Yu looked out at the open hood on the roof of the car, and he saw Leopard Rees lying motionless on the grass outside. At this time, the sound of footsteps began to sound.
"Leopard Rees!" Edo wanted to climb out, but was pulled back by Shi Yu.
"Shhhhh Shi Yu gave the gun to Fiin, who had just crawled over, and then said, "Listening to this voice, it is estimated that they are not too close, Edo, wait for us to walk out gently, you guard the right, I will guard the left, Fiin, you squat near the top cover, make sure that Leopard Rees is not harmed." ”
"Understood."
"There's a cheetah in front of him, and he seems to have fainted."
"Are you sure?"
Shi Yu clenched the gun in his hand.
"Let's take a look." As soon as the words fell, several agents immediately rushed over from both sides, and Edo and Shi Yu, who had been on guard, immediately opened fire on them, and Fiin also stood up. They caught the right wing by surprise, and the few remaining right wingers fled in a hurry, and they got into the car and drove in the direction of the Nope meadow.
"It's all right!" Shi Yu screamed in the car, and Lana climbed out. At this time, Leopard Rees, who had been lying on the ground, sat up.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
"Leopard Reese, you didn't faint!" Fein shouted.
"My gun fell to the side, and I can't climb over and pick it up." Leopard Ris said as he picked up the gun on the ground and dusted off the dirt on it.
"A couple of right wingers have fled, and I'm sure they'll soon call in a whole bunch of reinforcements." Shi Yu said, "Let's stop the plan to go to Nopu Grassland for the time being, I'll check how the car is doing, there is a map here, you can quickly see if there are any places nearby to avoid." With that, he and Edo worked hard to turn the armored car back into position.
"There's a mountain town nearby, we can go there." "I'm familiar with the situation here, and the town of Yamahiro is the closest to here. ”
"What if there's a right-wing there?" Edo asked.
"Don't worry, the right wing will almost only check the map, but this town is not marked on the map!"
"Okay, then we'll go there first." Shi Yu said.
It seems that a car accident will be the easiest thing they will face today.