Chapter 10: The Danger of Being Overlooked
The sun was setting, and the low slanting sun pulled the shadows of the people, and the hurried day was about to pass, although there was no danger, but still very tired.
"Let's rest here today!" Su Ke found a flat clearing and asked everyone to sit down and rest for a while.
An Jie'er nodded and hugged Xiao Yueyue off the wooden cart.
"We've been walking for two days, and tomorrow we'll be able to walk another day to reach Rob City, and we don't have to rush too much. The mayor saw that the Yuka family was still stunned, so he persuaded him.
The Yuka family hesitated, fearing that a monster would catch up, but when they thought that it would not be easy to meet good people and that it would be safer to be together, they agreed.
Suke still went out hunting, which was easy for him to drive, and there was no difficulty in it. Angel and Mayor Mare pick up dry wood nearby. Xiao Yueyue was joking with the little boy on the side, ignoring it. Yuka tied the donkey to a small tree with weeds. Darcy took out dry food to share with everyone.
After more than half an hour, Suker's battle was very fruitful, three pheasants, two squirrels and two hares, and another hearty dinner.
When Suke used magic to light the bonfire, the middle-aged man's family of three was stunned by this scene. Suke ignited an orange fireball in his right hand, and then he threw it directly into the pile, and the flames immediately burst into flames.
"Wow! The little boy clapped his hands and kept shouting.
Darcy exclaimed, "Is this magic? incredible, it's the first time I've seen it!"
Yuka was even more dumbfounded, unable to say anything, just widening his eyes and a look of surprise.
Suke only smiled and nodded at their reaction, but this time he was humble in his amazement at them.
When night fell, a group of seven people gathered around the bonfire, eating barbecued meat and wheat baked cakes with relish, they talked and laughed, and exuded a pleasant and lively atmosphere for a while.
In the weeds not far away, there were two black shadows hidden, and one of them said, "MD, it's really unfair that we are hungry here, but they are eating barbecue there!" After speaking, he touched his rumbling stomach, depressed.
Another dark shadow proposed, "Big brother, why don't we just go out and say hello to them!—maybe they'll give us some!"
The black shadow called the eldest brother patted the other black shadow on the head with his hand and scolded: "Ergua, you are stupid! Don't you see who the person sitting there is? Yuka's family, we usually bully them! You forgot? Our house was burned by us, do you think they will give us food?"
Ergua patted his head, looking like he suddenly realized, "Yes, then what should we do?"
The eldest brother looked fierce and said viciously, "Wait, wait until midnight, when they are asleep, and then do it." ”
"What if they wake up?" Ergua was still a little worried.
"Then kill them before they can react. After the eldest brother finished speaking, he took out a bright dagger from his jacket pocket.
"It's really worthy of my big brother, this method is really good!" Ergua clapped his hands.
After everyone had their fill, Suke proposed, "It's not too early, I think everyone should rest around the campfire, and I'll keep watch for half the night today." ”
Yuka's family of three said they wanted to go back to sleep next to their donkey cart. Darcy bowed to Suke and his party and said apologetically, "Thank you for your kindness, but we have to look at our donkey cart and luggage, which is all our family's belongings." ”
Su Ke didn't force it, after all, this is their own business, "Okay, then you also light a bonfire over there, it's best to arrange someone to keep vigil at night, we are also separated by more than twenty meters, I'm afraid that something will happen while we are asleep, and I won't be able to take care of it for a while, what do you think?"
"Alright, just do as the little brother says!" Darcy bowed again in thanks.
Angel gave some of the dry wood to the Yuka family and helped light it.
After the Yuka family deliberated, it was decided that her husband Yuka would keep watch for the first half of the night, and his wife Darcy would keep watch for the second half of the night.
By this time, his wife Darcy had already taken her son to rest, and they took out two clothes from their luggage, covered their bodies, and slept next to the campfire.
On Suke's side, Suke will keep watch for the first half of the night, and the mayor will watch for the second half of the night.
Everything went according to plan, a group of seven people, except for the two people who were on vigil, everyone else gradually fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, the two black shadows hiding in the grass were a little unbearable.
Ergua tugged at the corner of his eldest brother's clothes and said, "When will we do it, if we don't do it again, I will faint from hunger." Then he got up and started his work.
The eldest brother grabbed Ergua, then pointed at Su Ke with his finger, and said in a low voice: "Look at that person, he seems to be very powerful! Let's wait a little longer! ”
Ergua looked at Su Ke, who was sitting by the campfire with his eyes closed, a two-handed heavy sword stuck vertically in the grass, the blade reflecting the seeping cold light.
Ergua shuddered, and said a little timidly: "Okay...... Everything is up to Big Brother. ”
"Okay, you watch first, I'll sleep for a while, and wake me up if there's a situation. ”
"Okay, big brother, no problem, big brother, leave it to me to promise it's okay. ”
Time is like the wind, it will inadvertently slip through the fingers, and one o'clock in the morning will come quickly, and the two people who are in charge of guarding the second half of the night will also wake up as scheduled.
But for the two who have been staring at their prey, the time is very difficult, hungry and cold, sleepy and tired, so that Ergua began to snore.
"Ergua, wake up, Ergua" snapped, and the eldest brother slapped Ergua lightly. "Why are you asleep? and snoring, what should I do if I find out?"
"Big brother, I'm sorry, that man has been sitting there all the time, not moving, I have been staring at it for a long time, and before I know it, I am sleepy. ”
"They've been replaced, replaced by an old man and Darcy. Keep an eye on it, and soon you'll have a chance. ”
"The eldest brother is still shrewd and powerful, so where will we grab it later?"
"Of course, it's a waste of robbing Yuka, who made him honest. But I saw that his package had dry food and money, and it was all mine. ”
Darcy who was keeping vigil didn't notice that she was being targeted, the silence of the first half of the night, coupled with the fact that there was another person keeping vigil, completely relaxed her vigilance, she sat next to her son, the flickering bonfire shook her eyes, and soon felt that her eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and she lifted her spirits several times, but she soon became drowsy, and finally she couldn't stand it, and fell asleep beside her son.
"Hey, well, pour one, and there's only one old man left, see how long he can last." The boss, who was hiding in the grass, was so overjoyed that he almost clapped his hands and screamed.
Ergua said: "Why don't you do it! Big brother, you see that old man looks very energetic! Why can't their stomachs wait that long, as long as they move faster, grab the package and run, this black one, they can't catch up, right?"
"Wait a minute, look at the old man. Hey, hey, the opportunity is coming soon. The eldest brother stretched out his hand to cover Ergua's mouth and continued to speak, and then pulled the dagger tightly in his hand.
The campfire on Yuka's side was almost extinguished because there was no one to add firewood, and the mayor was afraid that they would catch a cold, and because he was afraid that something would happen because of the darkness, so he went to help add some firewood.
Just as the mayor bent down and stirred the fire with his wooden roots, two black shadows suddenly rushed out from his side, one of which rushed towards him, and the other headed towards the donkey cart.
"You are ......" Before the mayor could utter a word, he was thrown to the ground, and his upper body fell into the fire, and he struggled a few times before he knew whether he was alive or dead.
Another shadow snatched the package from the donkey cart, shouted "Big brother, go!" and ran into the dark woods.
"Wake up...... There is a situation ....... Sooke was the first to be awakened, and when he saw the figure lying in the fire, and the smell of blood in the air, he loudly woke up the sleeping people, and then raised his sword and chased in the direction of the hurried footsteps that were fading away.
"What's the matter, where are you going?" An Jie'er was woken up, a little unclear, seeing Su Ke running out of the dark woods, her expression was a little nervous, and she picked up Xiao Yueyue and was about to chase Su Ke.
Su Ke responded: "Don't come here, you just wait here, see who the person who fell over there is, and if there is any help, I will go after the murderer." ”
"Murderer, could it be that someone did it?" An Jie'er muttered. Then she walked nervously to the campfire on Yuka's side, and when she saw the mayor's body, she was immediately saddened. She dragged the mayor out of the fire.
The clothes on his chest had been scorched, his skin was also charred, there was a deep wound on his back, and a large area of blood had flowed, and he was already hopeless.
"Grandpa Mayor, this is Grandpa Mayor, how could this be? Who did it?" Xiao Yueyue shook the motionless mayor with her hand, and tears couldn't help falling again.
"I'm sorry, yes...... It's me who is not good, I just fell asleep, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry......" Darcy looked gloomy, knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to apologize, although Su Ke and his party have always been very friendly, but because of their own negligence, they caused casualties on the other side, and no one would be able to do it.
"No, it's ...... It's all my fault, if you want to blame me, blame me, I shouldn't let my wife keep vigil, I should let me keep watch, I'm sorry, let me bear it alone!" Yuka also knelt on the ground, pleading for his wife, looking very nervous and afraid.
Their teenage son was very backbone, he walked up to An Jie'er and asked, "Big sister, how is the old man?
An Jie'er sat slumped on the ground, holding Xiao Yueyue wiping her tears in her arms, bowing her head and not speaking.
Su Ke didn't chase him far, firstly, because the woods were dim and there was no trace of the murderer, and secondly, he was afraid that An Jie'er and the others would have any accidents.
Su Ke, who returned to the camp, stuck his heavy sword on the ground and said angrily, "Damn, the murderer is lost. ”
Yuka and his wife, who saw Suke returning, immediately kowtowed to Suke and apologized, fearing anger.
"It's none of your business, it's the murderer's doing. Suke waved his hand, "Damn, we all care too much about monsters to ignore the dangers of humans themselves. ”
Seeing that Suke didn't blame them, the Yukka couple breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Ke patted An Jie'er on the shoulder and comforted, "Don't be sad, let's find a place to bury the old town!"
Angel stood up, nodded, and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
After more than an hour of hard work, the mayor was buried under a large tree.
There was no memorial speech, no incense, everyone just mourned in silence and waved goodbye.
When something like this happens, no one wants to rest anymore, and only by rushing to Rob City as soon as possible can it be considered truly safe.