Under the dim sky, the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the land of the western wilderness, and the sky and the earth were vast.

In the barren field, the bleak wind stirred the withered weeds, and a few scavenging crows landed on the dry trunks of the trees, their tiny blood-red eyes staring indifferently at their feet.

There, a convoy was moving slowly.

It was almost evening, and when I looked up, I could see a blood-colored remnant sun slowly sinking in the western sky, and even the sunset was burned to a blood-red color, which was shocking.

In one of the carriages of the convoy, Li Yunfei looked out the window at the barren and barren fields, his brows furrowed.

"Here...... Is it the Wild West? ”

Vanessa glanced at him and nodded, "That's right, this is the Wild West. ”

Li Yunfei's brows furrowed even tighter, and he couldn't help but glance at Vanessa several times, and even Sred and Rebecca, who were silent in the car, were all under his gaze.

There was an indescribable confusion in his eyes, "You made it like this?" ”

Sred in the corner sneered and didn't speak.

Vanessa sighed and said calmly, "Not really. ”

She looked at Li Yunfei and said calmly, "The former Western Wilderness is indeed a fairly rich land. However, since the Second Orc War, it has been tainted by the evil spells of the Orc Warlocks, and it has become increasingly barren. ”

"Coupled with the fact that my father later broke with Stormwind and chose to occupy this place as a base, the Wild West is even less popular with Stormwind."

"Of course, even without my father, I don't think the Wild West, which is no longer able to produce enough food, would still be taken seriously by Stormwind."

Looking at Li Yunfei very calmly, Vanessa said, "How could those high-ranking nobles ever pay attention to the suffering of the people? It's in their heads. There will always be only lavish parties, high-profile ostentations, and more money and profit. ”

"A Wild West that can't produce enough food will only be a liability, and they will be disgusted."

"And since my father was killed and the Brotherhood was scattered, the Wild West has long since returned to Stormwind's control, and many years have passed, and the nobles of Stormwind have many opportunities to change that."

"But what happened?"

Pointing to a dead skeleton on the side of the road. Vanessa said indifferently, "The Wild West is not only not better than it was when my father was alive, but worse. ”

"The poor did not have enough to eat, the victims were displaced and their homes were ruined, and the nobles hid in their estates to eat and drink, living the richest and most wasteful and luxurious lives, refusing to help the poor outside. They would rather throw away the leftovers than give them to the homeless people who are dying of starvation. I watched the victims starve to death, and laughed and enjoyed it......"

Looking at Li Yunfei coldly, Vanessa said, "Do you think such a nobleman can save the people of the Western Wilderness?" ”

Li Yunfei was speechless.

The carriage was quiet again, and several people were silently thinking about their own affairs.

Seeing that Li Yunfei no longer spoke, Vanessa also lost interest in continuing to explain to him. Just walking there coldly, writing something in the bumpy carriage.

Until a certain moment. The convoy, which had been moving slowly, suddenly stopped, and the voices of the guards were heard in front.

"Eldest sister, there is a group of refugees passing by in front, should we stop and make way for them?"

Hearing the news, Vanessa and the others poked their heads out of the car window and indeed saw a group of ragged refugees passing by on the left side of the intersection.

Under the dim sunset. Most of them were yellow-skinned, with the tiredness and color of hunger left over from days of hunger on their faces, and their cloudy eyes were full of confusion, and they could not see the slightest goal. Even the footsteps are the kind of fatigue that is weak. It's like a bunch of walking dead who have lost their purpose in life.

In addition to the stench of the refugees, there was also a gloomy despair and confusion that made Vanessa's brow furrow.

She looked around, then asked the guard outside the window, "If I'm not mistaken, this is near the Shanlin River, right?" ”

The guard nodded and answered her inquiry.

"Report to the eldest sister, this is a small town of Texas near the Shanlin River, and you can see the town's buildings not far away."

So Vanessa's brows furrowed even tighter, "Since it's a small town in Texas, how can there be refugees?" I remember that the land here was quite rich, but had something happened here in the days since we left? ”

The Blood Elf Maiden interjected, "It may also be from other places, and it may not be ......"

Vanessa nodded, "It's a possibility. ”

The guard slapped his head and was eager to try, "How about I go and ask?" Isn't it clear when you ask? ”

Vanessa shook her head, pushed the door open and stepped out of the carriage, "I'll ask in person, you take care to protect the convoy." ”

After a pause, she glanced back at the guard and said, "Hide all the food and keep it out of the way." Everyone, now you are not allowed to eat - not a single roasted sweet potato! Do you understand? ”

Li Yunfei was confused about her order, and he didn't know why such an order existed. Could it be that the refugees were really so hungry that they even robbed the streets?

Not really......

That being said, after seeing that the group of people in the Brotherhood were all skillfully hiding everything in the convoy, and then looking at the group of yellow-skinned refugees on the road who had been hungry for days, he suddenly felt that this guess was probably true.

Therefore, he also jumped out of the carriage and walked towards the group of refugees with Vanessa and the others.

The group of refugees had apparently noticed the stopped convoy not far away, and most of them had stopped, except for a few who looked blankly and then looked away and continued on the walking corpse's way.

They staggered there, looking longingly at the convoy, the shadows of the setting sun stretched long, looking poor and miserable.

When Vanessa and the others approached, Li Yunfei could even see the sick longing and pleading in the eyes of these people. I believe that if it weren't for the presence of the sword-wielding Brotherhood guards around them, these refugees would have rushed up and surrounded them.

And so, under the hopeful and fearful gaze of a group of refugees, Vanessa came to a halt with a group of murderous Brotherhood subordinates with their swords unsheathed.

"Do you have a lead? The homeless team has a leader, right? Tell him to come out to me. ”

Vanessa's loud questioning was greeted by a group of refugees looking at each other. People look at me, I look at you, and finally there was a gloomy whisper in the crowd.

"What is the leader......"

"Is she talking about Brother Kerry?"

"Who is this woman......

"Honorable young lady, please, can you give me something to eat? We haven't eaten in days......"

"What a leader, I don't understand......"

Looking at the messy scene, a brotherhood guard suddenly walked out, cut off a dead tree beside him with a knife, and said loudly, "Our eldest sister asked you something!" Why don't you hurry up and answer Lao Tzu? ”

The murderous appearance frightened a group of unarmed refugees. Everyone fell silent in an instant.

Looking at the group of silent refugees, Vanessa frowned and asked, "Does no one know?" Who are your leaders? I think I've heard some Kerry brothers before, who are they? ”

The crowd was silent for a while, and then someone raised his hand tremblingly and whispered.

"Gram...... The Kerry brothers were the leaders, but they were dead, beaten to death by the lord of Texas......"

Vanessa's brow furrowed. "So you don't have a leader now?"

"I didn't ...... No more ......"

"And where are you going now?"

"We're going to go to the next town, and I've heard that the lords there are quite kind. Hopefully be able to beg for food and clothing there. And then...... Then we'll go to Sentinel Ridge and go there to find Lord Sardinia, and we might be able to find a bite to eat there when we hear that Lord Sardinia is relieving refugees at Sentinel Ridge. ”

This answer made everyone in the Brotherhood look at each other, and Li Yunfei on the side was even more dumbfounded.

If his memory was correct, Vanessa's adoptive parents were a small manor named Satin who lived near Sentinel Ridge.

He couldn't help but look at Vanessa several times. Seeing that the pair was indifferent, his expression did not fluctuate in the slightest, as if this Sardinia lord had nothing to do with her.

So Li Yunfei couldn't help but shake his head, and began to doubt his judgment, maybe it was really just a coincidence......

By this time, Vanessa had already begun to ask more questions.

"And where are you from?"

"Most of us are from the town of Eric, to the east. Not long ago, there was a torrential rain, and the river swelled and flooded the village, most of the people had no homes, and those who stayed in place without food had to starve to death, so everyone had to try their luck outside. ”

"How long have you been gone?"

"It's been five days......"

"Hasn't anyone eaten for five days?"

"At first, everyone had a little food left, but then they all ate it. Sometimes people are so hungry that they can't stand it, so they start gnawing on the bark and grass roots on the roadside, and some people also eat glutinous rice soil in the hope of making it to Sentinel Ridge. But many people still starved to death, and some people were strutted to death after eating glutinous rice soil, and everyone begged all the way, but none of the nobles were willing to help us. ”

"And what about your leader? Why was he killed by the lord of Texas? ”

Speaking of this, the one who answered was a little afraid, quietly glanced at the group of murderous guards behind Vanessa, and the bright steel knives in their hands, swallowed his saliva, and whispered, "When passing by the small town of Texas before, the Kerry brothers begged the Lord of Texas to give everyone some porridge, but the Lord of Texas refused. Then in the course of the dispute, they were killed by the guards of the Lord of Texas......"

Vanessa frowned, and at a glance she could tell that the refugee was lying.

However, after staying in a place like the Western Wilderness for a long time, she easily guessed the scene at that time, and it was obvious that the Cree brothers, who were so hungry that they couldn't stand it, tried to hold the Lord of Texas hostage and forced him to give alms, but instead they were hacked to death by the lord's guards.

It's just that this kind of thing is naturally not a glorious thing, and the refugee is naturally difficult to say.

And just as Vanessa was asking about the group of refugees, Li Yunfei suddenly noticed that there was a six or seven-year-old girl in the crowd looking at him blankly.

The little girl was not tall, her face was yellow and thin, she looked very pitiful, her face was black and full of mud, and her body was also tattered. Like just coming out of a garbage heap, in addition to being dirty, cowardly and pitiful, seeing the cuteness and liveliness that any girl of the same age should have.

At this time, her eyes were staring straight at Li Yunfei's waist, swallowing from time to time, her eyes were full of longing.

Sensing that sight, Li Yunfei subconsciously lowered his head. Only then did he notice that there was a corner of a piece of bread peeking out of the pocket he hung around his waist, and it was exuding the peculiar fragrance of flour in the setting sun.

And the little girl's eyes were staring at the corner of this cake, and her eyes were full of longing.

Her father noticed that Li Yunfei was looking over, and also noticed his daughter's gaze, startled, and quickly covered his daughter's eyes, and was about to take her away - after all, the murderous group of fraternity guards around Li Yunfei was too much of a deterrent, and the poor father didn't dare to provoke him at all.

So he looked at the other party in a panic and wanted to shrink back into the crowd. Li Yunfei subconsciously stopped the father and daughter.

"That...... Belch...... Please pause. ”

As he spoke, under the fearful and fearful gaze of a group of refugees, Li Yunfei walked straight into the group of refugees, passed through a group of refugees who emitted a foul smell, and came to the father and daughter.

"Little sister, are you looking at this?"

Squatting down, his gaze parallel to the little girl, Li Yunfei took out the pocket containing the bread. It was handed to the little girl and said with a smile. "I'll give you these two breads, okay?"

As he spoke, he directly took out the two breads and handed them to the little girl's dirty hands, "If there are two, you and your father will be one each." Do you want it? ”

The little girl's dirty little hands clutched the bread in her hand, and she looked at Li Yunfei who was smiling in front of her sluggishly, at a loss.

Her father subconsciously wanted to speak, and Vanessa suddenly roared from outside the refugee group.

"What are you doing!"

In the next second, suddenly chaos and screams suddenly hit here. Vanessa rushed over with the Brotherhood soldiers like crazy, and after roughly pushing all the refugees around, they surrounded Li Yunfei and the trembling father and daughter in the middle.

Looking at Li Yunfei with a stunned expression in the circle, Vanessa was furious, "Who allowed you to give them food privately?" Look up around you! Do you want the lives of these two? ”

Li Yunfei looked stunned, "Uh...... What's wrong? ”

He stood up, subconsciously looked at the crowd around him, and then showed a blank expression.

All around him, the Brotherhood soldiers were all unsheathed and on guard, protecting him and Vanessa in the middle of the circle as if they were facing a great enemy, sweating profusely.

And the object of their treatment is the poor refugees who are displaced, starved and have no food to eat, but to eat the soil and grass roots and tree bark.

It's just that when Li Yunfei looked over, he clearly saw the sick longing and impatience in the eyes of these refugees. The refugees, who had no goal and were like walking corpses, had turned into the most ferocious and vicious hungry wolves when they looked at the two pieces of bread in the little girl's hand, showing their most hideous fangs.

At that moment, Li Yunfei even believed that if it weren't for the deterrence of the weapons in the hands of this group of Difia soldiers, this group of refugees who were about to move would have rushed up and grabbed them frantically.

However, even so, the threat of a dozen steel knives was already difficult to suppress the riot of hundreds of people.

In the midst of the refugees, people are ready to move, the terrible sound of grinding teeth is sounding, and the cold and manic whispers are also sounding, which can rush up at any moment and the bloodiest clash will occur.

In the chaos of the crowd, Vanessa's roar rang out.

"Take away your bread! Let's go! ”

This order made the mob even more stupid. The food was about to leave, and almost someone approached, and couldn't help but want to attack the outermost ring of guards.

However, in the midst of such chaos, standing in the center of the root of the chaos, scanning the chaotic scenes around him, Li Yunfei was silent for a while, suddenly took a deep breath, raised his hand, and slowly pulled out a sword from the void air in front of him.

"I thought the Wild West was miserable......"

The terrifying sword wind swayed around him, and the terrifying killing intent almost turned into a surging tide, instantly sweeping the scene within a radius of hundreds of meters.

In the strange encirclement that instantly became silent, Li Yunfei's whisper sounded, "I just didn't expect it to be so miserable......

Under Vanessa's stunned gaze, he slowly squatted down, gently touched the little girl's head, and softly comforted the little girl's frightened heart.

Then, in full view of everyone, he took the dough from the little girl's trembling hand, tore it into small pieces and fed it to her, and said calmly.

"Eat slowly, don't be afraid."

"Now, I'm here, who dares to come."

The audience was silent! (To be continued......)