The ground stopped shaking violently, and it was as if the whole world had fallen silent.

After about seven or eight seconds, many people were relieved to see that there was no repeated call-up, but no one had any extra movements, and they all stayed where they were, for fear of aftershocks.

On the south square of Puze City, with the assistance of the Inspectorate and the "Church of the Goddess of Nature", a large number of people gathered here due to the threat of earthquakes.

Among the crowd, a young man with black hair and brown eyes, thick hair, and a very mature appearance stood up. He was dressed a little awkwardly, wearing white short-sleeved shorts, which had been soiled from his previous escape, and had been stuck with a lot of dust and gravel.

But even so, those who noticed the appearance of the youth did not have the intention or mood to laugh, because they were not much better.

Seeing the young man stand up, a brown-haired girl squatting next to him in a long skirt and pajamas grabbed his hand, and asked worriedly and curiously, "Noor, what are you going to do?" The earthquake has just stopped, and it is not safe outside at all, and I don't know when there may be aftershocks! ”

Noel Morris breathed a long sigh of relief, looked back at the girl, and nodded with a complicated expression: "I know, but I have to find Brian, otherwise I won't worry."

The girl Bertha Polly tried to persuade again: "But you don't know where Brian is, how can you find it when Puze City is so big?"

"Besides, no matter where Brian is, he's going to find a safe place to hide. I think we should wait for the church and the inspector to make sure that the earthquake doesn't return, and then Brian will come back on his own. ”

"No, I can't wait." Noll shook his head slightly, said no more, and slowly squeezed into the crowd, heading straight out of the square.

"Well, really." Seeing that persuasion did not work, Bertha sighed and immediately got up and followed Noor.

On the periphery of the people, a handsome young man wearing an emerald green nature robe and a turban of the same color on his head, saw that two people in the crowd had squeezed out, he suspiciously stepped forward with a horse lantern and asked puzzledly:

"It's still a dangerous period, it's not appropriate to run around, do you have anything to do?"

Noel looked the person in front of him up and down, and as soon as he looked at his clothes, he knew that the other party was a member of the "Church of Goddess Nature".

He didn't react much, just replied normally: "That's the kind of gentleman, I have a younger brother who got separated, and now I want to go to him."

The young man nodded suddenly, very understandingly, and asked kindly: "There was an earthquake just now, and it's not safe outside, why don't I go with you?"

Noel was grateful in his heart, but waved his hand again and again: "Thank you for your kindness, but I still don't bother you, let's just go by ourselves." ”

The young man thought for a while, and finally handed over the lantern in his hand: "Then you can take this lantern, many of the street lamps on the street are crushed now, and you can't see anything by the moonlight alone."

Noel licked his lips and hesitated for a while before he was embarrassed to take the lantern: "Thank you so much, I will definitely return it."

"Just take it and use it...... But if you really want to pay it back, you should wait until the earthquake is over and return it to the church in the south of the city. The young man smiled indifferently, but still said the way to return it, because he was afraid that if he didn't say it, the person in front of him might not even accept the lantern.

"Okay." Noel answered, and ran out with Bertha in a hurry.

The young man looked at the two who were gradually moving away, and smiled sincerely: "Good luck to you......"

Trotting out of the square in the night and cold wind, Bertha looked at the figure in front of her and asked suspiciously, "Where are we going to find Brian, do we have any directions?"

"Yes, let's go to Brian's performance troupe first, he told me the address before, it seems to be 38 Don Cape Street." Recalling, Noel planned the route in his mind by the way, and without any pause, he turned around the corner and went straight to Don Kok Street.

At this time, the square where they were located was seven or eight streets away from Dunjiao Street, and it would take about twenty minutes to trot around the path.

At such a speed, it is still under the condition that it will not be blocked by the ruins.

A strong wind blew, the crimson moon in the sky was obscured by dark clouds, and only a few functioning street lamps were left on the road.

Even if they were in normal operation, they could never be said to be intact, and many of the street lights were already crooked, or even collapsed on the side of the road covered in debris and dust.

Holding a lantern in one hand and holding the girl's cold palm in the other, although Noel was in a hurry, he tried to slow down as much as possible, distracting himself from taking care of Bertha, for fear that the other party would fall on the road.

In his heart, he actually didn't want Bertha to follow, because it was really dangerous to find Brian in such a situation, and the source of danger was not only natural disasters, but also man-made ......

But after Bertha chose to follow, he didn't have a good way to dissuade him, so he accepted it silently.

"Be careful." Crossing a small tree that had fallen in the street, Knoll took Bertha's hand and carefully brought the other over.

By this time they had already run through two streets, and they both felt a little exhausted, and they were panting for breath when they spoke.

"Whew~ Let's take a break on the side of the road."

"No, just keep walking." Bertha shook her head. She knew that Noll was taking care of her feelings, but she also understood Noll's feelings better.

Because Brian is more than Knorr's younger brother.

"Huh...... How can there be two people here? At this moment, a sharp voice suddenly appeared on the corner of the street.

Knorr became instantly alert, and while hiding Bertha behind him, he raised the lantern and looked ahead.

There were two figures around the corner, and with the help of the light, Knoll could see that the other was wearing a luxurious coat, but the lining was very messy, like a somewhat torn linen coat.

The faces of the two are not good-looking or clean, like beggars that can be seen on street corners, or some "rats" who wander at the bottom.

In addition to this, the two of them also carried a bunch of things in large bags and small bags in their hands. Faintly, Knoll was able to see some wallets, clothes, jewelry, and so on.

Seeing the other party like this, Knoll immediately thought of who the other party was, and it was very likely that he was a "rat" who took advantage of the chaos of the earthquake to steal everywhere.

Realizing that something was wrong, Noel silently stepped back against Bertha, while looking intently at the two people in front of him, guarding against possible unfriendly actions from the other party.

"Yay~ Boss, you see there's a chick behind that person, and she's pretty good." One of them shook his body and struggled to hold the thing in front of him, and when he held it firmly, he suddenly saw Bertha poking his head out behind Noor.

"Oh?" According to the description of the younger brother, the person who was called the eldest also saw Bertha, and the expression on his face immediately became teasing.

"It's really good-looking!"

"The most inspector is strict, I haven't played with women for a long time, and I just sent it to the door today."

As he spoke, the "Boss" put down a large bag of things in his hand, made a heavy noise, and pulled out an arm-length steel pipe from it.

People who do his job always carry "guys" with them, otherwise they won't be able to react when they are attacked and beaten.

"Let's go! You go first, and I'm gone. Realizing that the other side was real, Knoll half-turned his head and whispered a reminder to Bertha behind him, and he tried his best to stabilize his mentality, ready to fight and buy time for Bertha to escape.

Bertha didn't hesitate, nodded and turned around to run backwards.

She hadn't experienced anything when she was a child, so she naturally knew what to do at this time, although she was unwilling and worried about Noel's safety, but at this time it was the most important thing not to be a drag.

But just a few steps after turning around, Bertha felt that something was suddenly entangled in her feet, and before she could react, she fell to the ground with an "ah". The palms, shoulders, ankles and other places were even knocked on the gravel, and there was a burst of pain.

"What's wrong?" Knorr looked back worriedly to find Bertha tripped over the small tree that the two had crossed earlier.

In a hurry, he tried to reach out and pull Bertha up, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a slightly rusty steel pipe hitting his temple.

Almost instinctively, Noll raised his right hand to protect his head and took the blow hard.

"Ah...... Damn ......"

With a muffled snort, Noel's arm hurt so much that his whole hand was shaking, but even so, he reacted quickly, raised his leg and fought back.

And kicked the defenseless "boss" away.

found that the blow missed, and the "boss" wanted to make up for it again, but he never thought that the weak boy in front of him still had the heart to resist, and the power to kick him away.

Wiping the corners of his mouth, the "boss" endured the soreness in his abdomen and got up, gritted his teeth and said, "The kid's strength is not small!"

With that, he swung it again.

Seeing this, Noll decisively discarded the lantern in his hand, and then grabbed the steel rod with his palm, and at the same time leaned forward and pushed his right elbow against the face of the "boss".

The "boss" was dizzy for a while, and he suddenly couldn't compare to Noel in terms of strength, and the steel rod in his hand was even more out of his hand, and was snatched into his hand by Noel.

The battle prevailed, and Noel was not ready to stop, taking advantage of the opportunity that was finally created, he waved his left hand hard, and a steel pipe hit the head of the "boss".

From the beginning, the "rat" on the opposite side didn't give him a chance, so there was no need for him to show mercy.

"Bump!"

The "boss" fell to the ground with blood on his head, and passed out.

After his father left for the war and his mother died, only Knoll and Brian were left in the family, when they were 12 and 8 years old respectively, and Knoll naturally took on the responsibility of caring for and protecting his younger brother.

Due to the absence of parents, the two are often bullied by some bad children of the same age, in order to protect their younger brother and prevent their younger brother from learning badly, Noel himself has practiced some fighting skills, hoping to play a role at critical moments.

I didn't expect that a few years later, there would still be a time to use it.

Solving one, Noel breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the little brother fiercely.

At this time, Bertha also stood up from the ground, she looked at the figure lying on the ground bleeding, and then looked at Noll, and stood silently behind Noll, without any intention of continuing to run.

Seeing that the two people under the light looked at him, the "little brother" was so weak that he took a few steps back.

The fight between the two happened so fast just now that he didn't have time to catch up to help, and his boss was knocked down.

He was a timid man himself, and seeing that Noel was so powerful, he had no idea of helping at all now.

As for your "boss", it would be nice to change it......

With a retreat in his heart, the "little brother" turned his head decisively, ready to run away with the stolen things.

Just turned his head, as if he had seen something terrifying, the whole person was stunned in place, and the thing he was holding fell down because his arms suddenly became weak.

The sound of "ping pong" falling sounded in the silent street, and the "little brother" came back to his senses, pointing to the corner of the alley, and said "monster, monster" with trembling feet.

"Monsters?" Knoll repeated suspiciously, and although he didn't know what was wrong with the person in front of him, he still cheered up.

When he got serious, he heard a subtle "tick-tock" sound, as if someone's faucet was not turned off.

"Run!"

Instinctively, Noll took Bertha's hand and ran towards the opposite path.

Bertha asked without explanation, "What's wrong?"

"I don't know ......"

"Ahh

Knoll was about to shake his head and say "I don't know", but suddenly heard the man behind him burst into a terrible scream.

Both Noel and Bertha were shocked, and at the same time looked behind them nervously and fearfully, and found that under the light of the horse lantern, a monster that was more than two meters tall and had a pair of huge fleshy wings on its back, holding the neck of the little brother and eating wildly.

It didn't take long for the screams of the "little brother" to stop, and his body was thrown aside by the strange field, as if he was dead.

"What the hell is that!" Scolding with a complicated mood, Noel pulled Bertha and quickened his pace, not daring to turn his head back.

After the monster dealt with the little brother, he walked in front of the fainting "big brother" in a few steps, lifted it up, and then opened his bloody mouth and bit it directly at the neck.

When the "big brother" turned pale, the monster showed a humane expression of disgust and threw the corpse towards the two of them.

The corpse streaked across the sky and landed right in front of the two of them, nearly knocking them to the ground.

"Ah......h

At this moment, fear continued to spread in the hearts of the two.

"Go, go, don't stop!" Noel didn't dare to pause, didn't dare to hesitate, and continued to run forward with Bertha.

If you run slower now, you'll probably die here!

The monster behind him ran fast to speed up, and at once it danced its wings and flew up, chasing after Noel and the others......