Chapter Twenty-Four: Picking Up the Little Wolf Cub
"It's over, you're late....."
Caleb also looked at the group with black lines on his face.
And this group of people only reacted at this time, and their bodies that were still posing suddenly froze, and some of them fell down because of their unstable center of gravity.
"Huh? βββββ
Only then did they notice the terrible situation around them, the collapsed southern city wall, the ground covered with burning marks, the collapsed pit, and the corpses everywhere.
"Gross-"
Someone couldn't stand it anymore and fell to his knees and vomited.
Many residents of the city wept silently, there were their relatives and friends, and the atmosphere at the scene became sad.
The adventurer of White Flower Core City also lowered his head silently, and the leading adventurer took off the hat on his head, his face was a little ashamed, and he said:
"I'm sorry we couldn't help much."
Conn shook his head, in fact, it was useless for them to come earlier, Marcy's mutation was not something that ordinary adventurers could solve, and without Caleb's divine holy water, at least a fully equipped B-class adventure group would be needed to solve him.
Conn said to the adventurers of White Flower Core City:
"Thank you very much for coming over to support, now that the Siege of Warcraft is over, please rest in the hotel for one night, the bounty of the mission will be settled by a receptionist tomorrow."
After saying that, Conn hammered his sore back and shouted to the still crying residents:
"Don't cry, this battle is our victory, the highest respect for the dead, it is our smiles and cheers, everyone clean up the bodies of the dead soldiers, go back and sleep well, tomorrow is ......
Banquet!!! β
The still weeping residents wiped away their tears and cheered loudly with their hands raised.
"Ohββββ"
Under Mawson's command, everyone began to pack up the bodies of the dead soldiers and arrange them one by one.
Caleb did not come forward to help, he turned to Conn on the side and said:
"Old man, I still have something to do, go out of the city."
Conn nodded in confusion, and Caleb summoned his mecha shield and flew into the sky.
In the woods, Caleb's figure landed, and he looked at Edson, who was still in the attack, with a sad look on his face.
"Edson.... You are a good patriarch, a good father, it's a pity..... Go in peace, Marcy is dead. β
Caleb dug a pit on the spot and buried Edson, and he had to go to the cave where it had collapsed, and even if the chances were slim now, he would dig and see, and maybe he could get a few people out.
Caleb, who had taken off again, soon came to the vicinity of the cave, and he circled in the sky, even if it was not the first time he saw the scene, Caleb was still shocked by the tragic situation at the scene.
"That's it, it's a tragic scene, so I'll ask you to find out the people buried in the ground."
Landing near the collapsed cave, Caleb unleashed all the acid devours on his body, causing them to burrow into the ground and begin searching.
Caleb put his hand on the ground.
"System, can you recover the collapsed soil?"
Dingββ
"Host, the range is too large, please narrow the range, the range of recovery is the space backpack, and the range of the host is 2 meters."
"It's the first time I've ever known, and I haven't even exceeded the 2-meter range before."
For the first time, Caleb knew that there was still a scope for recovery, and he commanded again:
"Then recycle the dirt and stones within 2 meters of me."
Dingββ
"Recycling complete, Mall Points +1"
Caleb's feet were empty, and the land within two meters of him was systematically stored in the mall.
"Hey, go on, the system is recycled."
Dingββ
........
Two hours later, Caleb recovered another two meters of dirt and finally found a small hole where the slaves were being held, and the people inside were already suffocated.
"What a miserable death."
The cave did not collapse, and the people inside were all suffocated to death, their faces purple and their expressions distorted.
Dragged the dead out of it and set them aside, Caleb continued to search, and with the information from the previous sourphage reconnaissance, there were ten small caves where the slaves were being held.
There were 56 people in the cave that was discovered, which means that at least 500 people were buried in the ground.
"Found human corpses."
A message came from the acid phagosome, and Caleb was overjoyed that the bug had finally been found.
Caleb stopped what he was doing and hurriedly ran to the location of the acid eater that had sent a message and began digging.
Caleb cleared a passageway, and there was a large pile of suffocating corpses, which he examined one by one, and none of them were alive.
"All dead..."
"Found human corpses."
Another bug found another cave, where Caleb was still carrying corpses.
"Third, let's check if there are any alive first."
Caleb put down the corpse he had brought up, and hurried over to open a passage, the cave had collapsed, and the people inside were no longer human, and after collecting the soil, the blood underneath had turned into a small pool.
"Wow! All squashed....."
In this case, there were no more living people, and then the fourth, and then the fifth, and the sixth.....
Three holes in a row were all people who were crushed to death, and even Caleb had to give up.
"Found human corpses, wolf corpses, wolves."
A new message came, and Caleb habitually headed that way.
"Hmm!"
Suddenly Caleb was startled, and he hurriedly quickened his pace, wolf! Not corpses, there are alive!
"Hold on!"
Caleb's three steps turned into two steps and ran to the designated location of the message.
"System recycling!"
As fast as he could, Caleb made his way in.
The seventh is a cave that has collapsed in half, perhaps by good fortune, there is a large stone in the earth, and there is still a gap left when it collapses, and the concentration of air is not high, but there is still life.
After opening the seventh cave, Caleb saw the blue light emitted by the acid phagome at a glance, and it flew over a werewolf girl lying on her stomach, half of her body was pressed, and her heart was beating.
This is a little wolf girl with yellow skin and thin muscles, gray hair, gray ears, she looks like she is only 7.8 years old, she is the only one in the whole cave who persevered, recovering the dirt from the little girl's body, Caleb carefully picked her up.
"It's so light...."
With a sigh, Caleb hurried out of the cave, where there was still too little air.
"Hold on! Treat you right away! β
Caleb took out the healing potion and carefully applied it to the werewolf girl's body, but it had little effect, the healing potion needed to consume the energy in her body, and it was obvious that the little girl did not have much energy to recover from now.
Caleb frowned, he didn't know how to heal spells, could he just watch her die.
Caleb opened the system and looked at it until he saw the title and then remembered it.
"yes, I still have a title to use! Intensive therapy once a day. β
Caleb hurriedly put on the title and unleashed a healing spell on the little wolf girl.
"Intensive Healing"
White light burst out of Caleb's hand and fell on the little girl.
Seeing that her wounds began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, Caleb's face beamed with joy.
"It worked!"
Seeing the white light dissipate, the werewolf girl's chest began to rise and fall, and she resumed her breathing.
"Great! Finally saved someone. β
Caleb's spirits were lifted, it was a blessing to be able to save one person, there were still 3 caves left, and there must be people alive.
"Found human corpses."
"Found human corpses."
"Found human corpses."
Three pieces of news came almost at the same time, and Caleb hurried to check.
"All annihilation...."
"All annihilation...."
"All annihilation...."
The remaining three are all collapsed, and all of them are flattened.
"Ah.....h At the end of the day, it's just you. β
Caleb touched the werewolf girl's hair, she was out of danger and asleep.
After dragging everyone out, Caleb dug a pit and reburied it, and Caleb had no choice but to burn it if it was broken.
"I'm sorry... There is only so much I can do, and I wish you a happy life in the next life. β
Caleb folded his hands and prayed for these dead people, who had been tortured in life and rest in peace after death.
The flames dissipated, and Caleb picked up the little girl and turned and flew away.
Ena had a dream in which she dreamed that she was crushed by the collapsed earth, and that everyone around her was dying because of the lack of oxygen, and in the end she was the only one left, and she could not move, so she could only lie on the ground and cry silently.
She was also unconscious from lack of oxygen, and she thought she was about to die, until a pair of warm hands picked her up, and it felt like her father was holding her.
The dream ended here, and Ena was woken up by a cheer.
"Oh! βββ
"Everyone's drink to your heart's content! You don't need to pay for drinks in the tavern today! β
"Listed barbecue restaurant is free today! Let's eat as much as you want! β
"Look! There's someone there...."
Ena was woken up by the noise and opened her eyes dimly, the soft mattress beneath her body made her feel light and fluttering, and she didn't want to get up at all, she hadn't slept in such a good bed in a long time since she had been captured as a slave.
"Where is this, am I dead.....
Ena hadn't fully woken up yet, her ears shook and she shook her head to look around, it was a very simple little room, except for the bed where she slept, there was only a table and a chair.
It's simple, but it's a very comfortable place for Ena.
Click
Caleb pushed the door in, he held a bowl of vegetable soup in his hand, and when he saw the little girl lying on the bed looking at him with wide eyes, Caleb had a gentle smile on his face, and he said:
"It's noisy outside, I feel like you're going to be woken up, how is your body, is there any pain?"
Today was the second day after the city was defended, and it had only been 12 hours since he came back with the little girl in his arms, and there was a great banquet going on outside, as Conn had said.
Ena looked at the person in front of her who had broken into the room a little wary, but she felt that the figure in front of her was familiar, as if it were someone in a dream.
Ena sat up, curled up, clutched the covers, and looked at Caleb warily.
Caleb did not pay any attention to the little girl's appearance, but sat down beside her in a chair and said to her:
"You haven't eaten food for a long time, if you don't eat for a long time, the ability of your stomach will decrease, and you can't eat indigestible food for the time being, so let's drink some soup first."
Caleb handed the soup to the little girl.
Ena looked at the person in front of her who gave her food, she didn't know whether to take it or not, her father had told her not to eat strangers' food, but she was too hungry to do it now.
"Don't worry, I'm not poisoned, look..."
Caleb saw that the little girl was delayed, and knew what she was worried about, so Caleb scooped up a spoonful of soup and drank it, signaling that the little girl was not poisonous.
"Drink it quickly, it won't taste good when it's cold."
Ena reached out and took the soup from Caleb's hand, scooped a spoonful with a spoon and drank it.
"Good ....."
Seeing that the little girl finally spoke, Caleb's face smiled even more, it was good to be able to speak, she was willing to communicate, which meant that there was no problem with her spirit.
"If it's good, drink more."
Ena glanced at Caleb, nodded silently, and continued to drink the soup in her hand, she hadn't eaten such delicious food in a long time.
Seeing that the little girl had finished drinking the soup, Caleb took the bowl from the little girl's hand, and he stood up, and tried to put the bowl on the table, and as he walked Caleb he asked:
"What's your name? Can you tell me? β
Ena, who had retracted into the quilt, glanced at Caleb and spoke.
"Eena, my name is Ena Silvermoon."
Eina! Caleb's hand shook, and the bowl in his hand fell on the table, and he suddenly looked back at the little girl lying under the quilt, and a flash of pity flashed in his heart.
'Is this fate.... Edson.... Why her....'
Caleb had already concluded that the little girl named Ena in front of him was Edson's daughter, which was too coincidental to have the same name, but he still had to ask:
"Your father is..... Edson...."
Ena heard her father's name from a stranger, sat up hastily, and asked:
"Do you know my father, where is he now, why doesn't he ......."
Halfway through speaking, Ena stopped, she saw the sadness in Caleb's eyes, remembered something, she couldn't believe it, tears were already flowing from her eyes.
Caleb stepped forward and hugged Ena, and he touched Ena's hair and said:
"I'm so sorry, Edson was a good father and he always remembered you at the end..... But he .... It's gone ....."
Ena didn't react, and she let Caleb hold her.
Caleb was a little worried, he patted Ena on the back and said:
"Cry, it's better to cry, Edson is gone, I have to try to live no matter what."
"Woo..... Woowoo..... Woo ah ah ah ah ......"
Ena cried, she clung to Caleb's clothes, snot and tears flowed out, and she cried heartbreakingly.
'Cry... It's good to cry, and after crying, everything will start again.....'
Caleb quietly hugged Ena as he patted her on the back and comforted the sad little girl.
"Woo.... Belch... Thank you...."
Caleb saw that Ena had stopped crying, let go of her, and glanced at his clothes, which were already wet, and Ena also noticed this, and her face was slightly red.
Caleb rubbed her hair and said:
"It's okay, I don't care, I haven't introduced myself yet, my name is Caleb Licok, I'm an adventurer, just call me Caleb."
"Brother Caleb...."
"Hmm!"
With a sunny smile on Caleb's face, he asked Ena:
"Do you have a place to go next?"
Ena lowered her head, and she said sullenly:
"My people have been arrested, and all those who have come with me are dead, and I have nowhere to go.... Woowoooooo.....oooo
After saying that, Ena began to cry again, and Caleb hurriedly changed the subject:
"Ahh Ah, yes, Ena, do you want to stay in the Adventurer's Guild, the Adventurer's Guild has protection measures to take in orphans. β
Ena glanced up at Caleb and shook her head, she didn't want to stay in the Adventurer's Guild.
Caleb scratched his head, and he thought to himself:
'Maybe that's fate, Edson.... I'll raise her. β
He thought about it, he stood up and said to Eina:
"Then do you want to be an adventurer, join my adventure group, and let's go on an adventure together."