As the refugees retreated, the suppressed defenders in the messy settlement began to fight back and bit some of the refugees.
The first cadre to rush back was none other than Frost Star. The Snow Monster team quickly crossed the snow to pursue the fleeing refugees.
As Deserter Bill expected, the greedy refugees took a lot of things, which resulted in a serious slowdown in speed. Froststar had already ordered the Snow Monster team to go into battle lightly. The distance between the two sides was shortened rapidly. , the snow monsters holding sharp blades saw the refugees attacking their homes, and resolutely carried out Shuangxing's order not to take prisoners, and spilled the enemy's blood on the ground.
"Chase, keep chasing! Don't let anyone go!"
When Froststar returned to the settlement with the shield guards, everything was in order when he left in the morning, but now it turned into such a miserable appearance. He couldn't help but feel angry and wanted to chase it himself.
But she couldn't leave, because Mephistopheles was just a child, and she was still needed to stabilize the panicked people. The settlement must have a backbone.
"Where is the leader?"
"I don't know, maybe I'll be back soon."
Shuangxing felt anxious.
…
On the other side, Tallulah returned successfully. She and her people obtained very good quality wood and planned to build some more houses. After all, tents were good for emergencies, but not good for long-term living.
"Leader, look, why is there a fire over there?!"
Tallulah looked closely and saw that it seemed to be the direction of the settlement. She couldn't help but frown. How could there be a fire? Could it be that she was attacked?
While she was thinking, a group of refugees escaping in a hurry passed by. When the two sides collided, some people were so frightened that they sat down on the ground.
"Where are you from?"
No one answered. Some refugees didn't want their belongings and ran away crawling.
Realizing that something was wrong, Tallulah shouted: "Catch them!"
The integration movement made a big splash and captured most of the refugees. Only two or three got into the woods and disappeared without a trace.
Tallulah pressed the hilt of the sword with one hand and grabbed the collar of the male refugee with the other, asking: "Why are you running away?!"
Without waiting for the other party to answer, the dragon girl looked down and saw that among the things scattered on the roadside, there were green cans taken from the settlement. She instantly understood that these refugees had at least taken advantage of the chaos and robbed the settlement!
"Kill them!"
Dragon Girl gave an order, and more than a dozen corpses of men and women were dumped on the roadside. She didn't have time to look at them. She felt panicked for no reason, abandoned the team and rushed towards the settlement.
…
"Boss, there seems to be someone in front."
Deserter Bill squinted his eyes, and a dozen people appeared at the end of his vision. They were walking very slowly and seemed to be carrying something.
Are they cadres of the integration movement?
No, it won't. These people are walking very slowly. They probably don't know what happened in the settlement. They might be visitors.
The gloomy-looking man waved, and the two boys understood the meaning and hid behind two trees on the roadside, waiting patiently for the passers-by.
…
Alina, who successfully returned from the town, and the dozen compatriots who accompanied her, most of them are women, are usually responsible for the teaching and daily life of the children in the settlement.
The town's carriage took them to the abandoned inn in front and then returned. They often walked this road. Not to mention robbers, there were very few wild animals, so it was very safe.
"Alina, the children really like the stories you tell, and even some adults are fascinated by them."
"They are just some enlightenment stories. What is really important is literacy and reading. Both adults and children must be able to read and write."
Bailu and Dragon Girl have discussed many times. In terms of education policy, Tallulah will strongly support any project proposed by Alina, and even if there are no conditions, she will try her best to create conditions.
They reached a consensus on this point.
Within the integration movement, few people know that the person who can influence the leaders' decisions is Alina, a rural teacher.
She doesn't really care about the illusory reputation, she just wants to seek a glimmer of light for people who are living in suffering.
"I'm exhausted. We're finally here...wait, why is there black smoke over there?" Someone noticed the smoke column on the horizon and couldn't help but be surprised.
Settlement on fire? !
Everyone present felt a chill in their hearts and wished they could go back quickly.
Suddenly, three refugees with sharp knives jumped out from both sides of the road and shouted fiercely: "Hand over all your valuables!"
Someone robbed!
Their appearance stunned the unarmed women, and the two other men were unarmed and unable to protect their fellow men.
"Give them everything."
Alina calmly handed over the basket in her hand. It only contained some herbs and was quickly thrown aside by the robber.
The gangsters had taken everything they could, and their belongings were very little, and more of them were dispensable supplies.
The leader of the gangster opened his sinister eyes, glanced at Alina's body, and suddenly said: "What is in your pocket?!"
"Nothing at all."
He pointed the knife at Bai Lu: "Take your hands out!"
Alina's face turned pale, she took a step back, and reluctantly took out her hand slowly, but the gangster couldn't wait any longer and pulled her arm violently, only to see two small boxes of medicine fall out.
"what else?!"
"there is none left."
This woman was very dishonest. She hid medicine in her pocket. Medicine was very precious on the Ursus Icefield. She should have other valuable things.
Deserter Bill's eyes fell on the horn on the woman's side, which seemed to be wearing a ring.
He immediately shouted: "Take off that ring!"
"no!"
This ring is very important to her and can only be given to one person and cannot be taken away.
When Bill saw this, he kicked Alina down and reached out to grab the ring on her horn.
Alina struggled desperately, waving her arms randomly and beating the robbers. While the two were entangled, the others saw this and ran away. They had no weapons. Facing the three robbers holding sharp knives, their own lives were obviously more important. .
Bill's two men became ferocious and immediately killed several people who tried to escape, and the rest ran away.
"Boss, let's go quickly, we can't delay any longer!"
With a fierce look in his eyes, Bill raised his knife and slashed at Alina's right arm. Since she resisted, he would kill her and take the ring away!
Alina was petrified and subconsciously stretched out her hand to resist. Her body couldn't help but tighten, but the pain was not as severe as she imagined. No, she was not injured at all.
A hand appeared out of thin air and grasped the blade. Then, before Bill had time to resist, the black shadow of the fist covered his sight.
puff!
The head exploded, blood spurted out like a fountain, and the headless body fell straight into the snow, quickly staining a large area of snow red.
The man in black suddenly appeared and pounced on the other two people. Soon, there were two more corpses.
Alina's eyes were dull. The three robbers died violently. The man who killed them was holding his abdomen, and bright red blood overflowed from between his fingers.
"Are you Alina?" he asked.
Alina didn't react.
The man stretched out his hand and grabbed Bai Lu's horns. He moved very quickly and pulled off her ring in one fell swoop.
"give me back!"
"No, listen to me, Alina, listen to me..."
The man took a deep breath, enduring the dizziness caused by blood loss, and put one hand on Bai Lu's shoulder to stop her from snatching the ring.
"I don't want this ring, it's going to stay here, you know what I mean, it means nothing to me, but you can't wear it anymore, what does it mean to you? It has to stay here."
Alina forced herself to calm down, her voice trembling: "What do you mean?"
"I want you to leave with me. Right now, the two of us, you are not allowed to contact Tallulah, and you are not allowed to contact the Integration Movement again. As long as this is enough, like this...cheating fate?"
The man in black sounded suspicious, as if he was confirming something, and the last few words were so low that only he could hear them.
"you……"
"I have to do this. You can do me a favor and treat my wounds later."
He dropped the ring next to the basket that was thrown aside, holding Alina's arm with one hand, and the two disappeared in a flash of golden light.
