After the two men had discussed, the grinning guard took out a key, opened the gate, and entered.

"Wood, what's the matter? Are you ...... again?"

As soon as the two entered the basement, the guard who opened the door shouted into the huge basement.

But before he could finish his words, he felt a black shadow rushing towards him from the darkness, and before he could draw his sword, a cold light flashed in the darkness, followed by a sharp pain in his neck, and blood that kept spurting.

The knife had apparently cut his throat.

He clutched his bleeding neck in pain, knelt on the ground in pain, and could only make a sound like a tattered bellows leaking, and it seemed that he was no longer alive.

This sudden change startled the other guard, and he hurriedly retreated a few steps, and was about to draw his sword when the black shadow had already rushed over.

Seeing that it was too late to draw the sword, the guard decisively let go of the hand that was already holding the hilt of the sword, and threw a fist towards the black shadow, but the black shadow flashed lightly to the side, dodging his attack at the same time, both hands grabbed the arm that he had not had time to retract, and pulled hard, and a fall over the shoulder knocked him to the ground.

But that's not all.

I saw that the moment he hit the ground, the black shadow grabbed his head with both hands and twisted it hard, and with a gack, his neck was broken.

This dark shadow is none other than Lance, Sarugwa's experimental material.

After eliminating the two guards, Lance changed into the clothes of the guard whose neck he had broken, closed the door and walked out of the basement.

When Lance stepped out of the tunnel, he was greeted by a clean and tidy library.

This scene reminded him of the time when he and Ike were passing the time in the library in the Riverdale before the Dark Ages fell.

At that time, the two of them were just fledgling rookies, and it was there that their adventure began.

"Hey...... I wonder how Ike and Teklin are doing?"

Lance sighed and walked out of the library.

With the cover of the guard's clothes, Lance deliberately avoided the place with a large number of people, and it didn't take long to mix up the inner castle of the mage's castle very smoothly.

Less than a kilometer from the inner fort, there is a majestic wall nearly five meters high, which guards this mage castle.

On top of the city walls, dozens of heavily armed castle guards are patrolling back and forth alternately, which makes the survivors living in the outer fortress have an inexplicable sense of security.

Between the inner fort and the outer fort are improvised shacks, which are inhabited by many ragged survivors, but it is not difficult to tell from their expressions that although their living conditions are not as good as before the Dark Ages came, they are still much better than the wandering survivors.

These improvised shacks were clearly deliberately planned, and although they were shabby, they were reasonably built, and a few streets that were not very spacious flowed out.

The streets are bustling with people, each going about their own business, occasionally patrolling to maintain order, and occasionally a survivor pushing a minecart from somewhere behind the castle, transporting the collected ore to the castle in exchange for some food or supplies.

The entire castle is functioning in an orderly manner, as if it were a small city-state before the Dark Ages.

In the shack area of the outer fort, in a shack on the edge of the city walls.

Three men and a woman were eating the simple food served by the castle.

"Brother Nathan, we've been here for two days, and they've only arranged such a place for us, you see what we're eating, it's better to wander outside. ”

One of them, a man who seemed to be a generous man, stood up and threw the moldy black bread in his hand on the ground, with a very unwilling and angry face.

This man was none other than Kenifford, who drugged Lance unconscious.

"That's enough, now we can at least sleep soundly, and we don't have to worry about falling asleep and never getting up again, what else do you not be satisfied with. ”

It was Nathan who spoke, glaring at Kenifou, picking up the moldy black bread on the floor and scolding him.

Although he said this, there was obvious unwillingness on his face.

The difference between the current treatment of the few of them and the promise made to them by Jones is too big.

But so what?

The four of them were just martial cultivators who had just entered the beginner realm, they had no strength, no status, and they couldn't do anything to Jones at all.

Kenny Foe was so frightened by Nathan's sudden scolding that he didn't dare to speak, and he didn't sit or stand still.

At this moment, Tifala pulled the corner of his coat and said, "Kennyford, only a few of us have survived in the town, and it is good to be able to go to such a safe place now, no matter how unpalatable this thing is, it is better than ...... It's so much better than those human flesh!"

As he spoke, Tifa broke half of the brown bread in his hand and handed it to Kenifou.

"Yes, Tifa is right, we just arrived here, that guy named Jones, he has been busy collecting supplies in Gelsa City these days, maybe he is just busy, and he forgot his promise to us, or else, let Brother Nathan go to him again tomorrow, maybe he remembers, and will arrange some conditions for us." ”

Creel also hurriedly spoke up.

It is indeed not easy for them to get all the way to the present, and after all kinds of ups and downs, only the four of them are left to rely on each other.

It can be said that the relationship between the four of them is more like a family member who can give their lives for it, just like before they met Lance, they were able to stay for Tifa alone to fight against the alien mutant wolf who couldn't fight at all.

Kenny Fount was persuaded by these two people, and he didn't have any anger because of unfair treatment, he lowered his head and said to Nathan with some shame: "I'm sorry big brother, it's all my fault." ”

"Hey...... Forget it, it's not your fault, so let's do what Creel said, I'll go find that Jones tomorrow and see if I can get some better treatment, anyway, we are also martial monks, much stronger than those ordinary people. ”

Nathan waved his hand at Kenny Fook before continuing: "The four of us who escaped from the town together are now the only ones left, no matter what, let's not contradict ourselves, times have changed, it's good to be alive, but as your eldest brother, I will try my best to get better conditions for you." ”

Listening to Nathan's words, Tifa couldn't help but rub his somewhat reddened eyes.

At this moment, she thought of the dozen or so friends who had escaped from the town together, and those were all their family and friends.

They are now alive to make it to this safe human settlement, thanks to the sacrifices of those who died.

Seeing that Tifa was a little sad, Creel hurriedly hugged Tifa in his arms and comforted him softly: "It's all going to be fine, Tifa, the disaster will always pass, you still have us!"

"Yes, Tifa, we're going to survive this disaster. ”

It was Nathan who spoke.

Looking at Tifa's appearance, he couldn't help but think of those relatives who died in the mouths of alien beasts.

However, as their eldest brother, Nathan must be strong and brave, even when they kill people for the first time because of hunger, he is forced to pretend to be calm and set an example for others.

Although everyone almost fell out over this matter, in the end, under the pressure of hunger, everyone still survived until now under the insistence of carrying the sin of cannibalism.

"Tifa, Creel, Kenifous, you guys rest first, I'll go out and ask for news, and see if I can get something back. ”

With that, Nathan took out two bottles of ale from the pile they had brought with him, and walked out.

It was getting late, and the lights were shining in the magician's castle, and teams of guards were busy searching every corner of the castle, with serious expressions, as if something big had happened.

Nathan had been wandering around the outer fort all afternoon with his two bottles of ale, and no one was willing to trade them for precious food.

Even if there were, it was just the kind of moldy black bread provided in the Wizard's Castle, and Nathan wasn't willing to trade anything like that.

After all, the ale is also very precious, so I have to exchange it for something better to give Keniffo and them a tooth sacrifice.

"Get out of the way......"

Nathan, who was still in the outer fort about to try his luck, was rudely pushed by a patrol of guards, and the ale in his hand almost fell to the ground.

After the guards left, he grabbed a survivor who had just returned from his work in the pit and asked, "Hey...... Dude, this ...... What's going on?"

The survivor was covered in ash and looked tired, and after being stopped by Nathan, he said with some dissatisfaction on his face, "What are you doing...... Hey, the new kid, I haven't seen you before. ”

"Huh...... Dude, I just arrived the day before yesterday, hehe...... Brother, I see these guards panicking, is something going on?"

Seeing Nathan's smile all over his face, the survivor's tone softened a little.

"What's the fuss about, there must be survivors infected with the virus who have entered the gathering place, this kind of thing has happened before, nothing unusual, the magician's castle is such a big place, the number of people is less than a thousand, it doesn't take a night to find out, there is nothing to worry about. ”

"Ah...... Is that the kind of guy who can turn into mutated zombies?"

"It's not that more than half a year ago, someone concealed the news of his injury, and this place was almost lost. ”

"Dude, you must have been here for a long time, right?"

"It's okay, I used to be a resident of Gelsa City, and I occasionally came to work in the Magician's Castle, but when disaster struck, I escaped here and worked in the mines with all my strength, huh?

The survivor's eyes suddenly lit up and he found two bottles of ale in Nathan's hand.

In the Wizard's Castle, although there is also ale, it is all for the old men in the inner castle, and they miners don't even think about it.

Seeing the survivor's eyes light up, Nathan hurriedly placed the ale between the two.

"It's ale, I'd like to exchange them for some food, the brown bread provided in the castle is really tasteless, brother, if you're interested, I can also exchange some food with you." ”

Hearing Nathan say it was in exchange for food, a flash of greed flashed in the survivor's eyes.

After thinking about it, he said to Nathan, "Exchange food...... Yes, you can come with me to my shack, I have some dried beans there for the bean sauce soup. ”

"Dried beans......?"