"gentlemen..."
"gentlemen?"
The maid was about to wave her hand in front of the stunned Chris, but then she suddenly lowered her head and looked at the ground under her feet.
Buzz...buzz....
A slight vibrating sound came from below.
Immediately afterwards, the maid looked panicked and subconsciously grabbed the railing beside her.
Because she noticed that a few gravels next to her leather shoes began to roll uncontrollably, and the rolling amplitude became more and more violent.
There is no doubt that the earth is shaking.
Soon, not only the maid, but also many residents of Huodian City gathered in Vulcan Square discovered something unusual.
"What...what happened?"
"Is it an earthquake? This is the first time in my life that I have experienced an earthquake in Huodian City!"
"No...no no no, this is not an earthquake!"
"You... look at the magic projection outside the city, look at the direction of the teleportation gate!?"
"Then! What is that!?"
It might be the increasingly strong vibrations on the ground, or it might be the chaotic and noisy sounds from the residents of Huodian City in the surrounding squares.
Chris snapped out of his daze.
He raised his head and looked at the magic projection like everyone around him.
Then...
Chris once again did the same thing as everyone else.
tread...
Tread...
He took a few steps back almost instinctively, making a sound of panic.
"Then...what is that!?"
Yeah, what is that?
Since the portal is still some distance outside the city, the magic projection cannot capture everything.
They could only see that in the last group, the black dots representing the figures who should be the soldiers in charge of the rear, ran out of the portal, but the huge portal that should have been closed was still open.
No, it shouldn't be said to be turned on.
should be...
Still operating.
Because only a few breaths passed, the portal shone with the light of transportation again, and this time the movement was unprecedentedly loud, even far exceeding the peak period of refugee transportation.
One black dot, two black dots...
Although the distance is too far, the image is a bit blurry and cannot be seen clearly.
But there is no doubt that these black-dot figures coming out of the portal are definitely not the refugees from Red Flame Town before, and even more, they are definitely not... human beings.
Ten, a hundred, a thousand...
In the blink of an eye, a dense mass of unknown figures were spat out by the portal and landed outside Huodian City.
After a brief pause...
Immediately, it was like a black tide, surging towards Huodian City and towards the refugee camp that had just been established under the city and had not yet been settled, like locusts... surging towards it!
As the distance quickly shortened, a mass of frightened screams once again rang out from the mouths of many Huodian City residents in the square.
Because they could clearly see the true appearance of these black dots running out of the portal.
It has the appearance of a monster, but all the flesh and blood in its body is rotten and suppurating.
There is no feeling of any living thing at all, but it is different from pure undead creatures. In their scarlet eyes, you can only see violence, like walking corpses, crazy moving corpses.
When this group of monsters bordered the refugee camp and fought with the city guards, they seemed to have no pain or weakness.
There is a scene where it is clear that the soldiers pierced the vital parts of the abdomen with swords and gutted the opponent, but the corrupt monster continued to bite as if nothing happened, knocking the unresponsive soldiers to the ground and eating them beyond recognition. .
The most terrifying thing is yet to come.
When the corrupted monster left the soldier and attacked the next target, who would have expected that the soldier whose throat had been bitten and whose face was already bloody would stand up staggeringly again. , was infected and turned into the same corrupted monster, rushing towards his previous companions.
There were not many outside the city, and the very weak city guards collapsed in such a scene. Many soldiers dropped their weapons and just wanted to run to Huodian City.
The loss of resistance is equivalent to exposing the entire refugee camp to the claws of corrupt monsters.
"Xiaoqi!" At this scene, Chris shouted out loudly. He immediately thought of the brothers who were still in the refugee camp outside the city.
hateful!
I should have noticed it earlier, why didn’t I notice it earlier!
Chris ran wildly towards the secret passage leading outside the city. At this moment, his heart was filled with regret and self-blame.
He had a vague premonition at first, but he didn't care. Overhearing Earl Thistle's words was also an opportunity, but he still failed to grasp it, and he didn't understand it until now.
asshole!
Why!
Why would you do such a thing!
Nervous, anxious, angry, and with all kinds of emotions, Chris finally ran to the entrance of the secret passage.
However...
When he wanted to reach out to open the entrance to the secret passage outside the city, Chris found that his hands were shaking.
Even though I hate to admit it.
but...
That's fear.
After running wildly all the way, Chris regained a little bit of sanity from his eagerness to save people, but it was these damn strands of sanity that made his hand that should have opened the secret passage without hesitation hover over Half empty.
you...
What are you still hesitating about?
Open it quickly! Then go to the refugee camp outside the city and rescue your brothers from the monsters!
Although Chris was screaming in his heart, his mind still couldn't help but flash back to the horrible corrupted monsters in the magic projection in the Vulcan Square, and even the image of the one who was bitten by the corrupted monster. After eating, the mutated soldiers were also infected.
In an instant, Chris seemed to appear in front of his eyes. He was also covered in ulcers, his muscles atrophied, his intestines were disemboweled, and he stood up staggeringly, turning into an ugly monster with bad habits.
"No..."
"No no no..."
Chris stepped back several times, and finally fell to the ground with a plop.
Just like Damir, Chris at this time is far from the Chris who would lead the group of treasure thieves and become the underground emperor of the entire Huodian City.
Now, Chris is just an unknown little gangster, a little local snake at best.
Between brotherhood and his own safety, Chris chose the latter.
He didn't have the courage to open the door to the secret passage because he was afraid that he would be overwhelmed by those corrupt monsters as soon as he went out.
so.
Chris escaped.
He always thought that he was a person who valued love and justice and would sacrifice his life for his brothers. But when the reality was faced in front of him, Chris realized that he was wrong.
He... is a scumbag, a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.
He is simply not qualified and does not deserve to be someone else's boss.
"Woo..."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Chris hid in a familiar dark alley, with tears on his face.
"Damn it! Damn it!! Chris, you are a coward, you are a coward! Why are you running away, why don't you save them!"
The young man cried uncontrollably and clenched his fists with both hands, punching the wall hard.
"Caromon still has a paralyzed mother to take care of at home... Dash's sister's school fees are still waiting for him to pay... Lugo will obviously be able to collect the money for the magic awakening potion soon, and Xiao Qi... .Xiaoqi...Nana is still waiting for Xiaoqi to go back and marry her!! They have been waiting for this moment for five years, five years!"
"Chris, you bastard! Bastard! They... they all trust your little brother and regard you as their boss, but at this time... this time when they need you the most... you ...You...didn't save them! You just stayed here and talked useless nonsense!"
"It's all gone, it's all gone..."
"woo woo woo woo..."
In the end, Chris seemed to have been drained of strength. His back slid against the wall of the alley and fell to the ground. He huddled in the corner and buried his head deeply in his arms, leaving only the sound of sobs.
But just then...
"it does not matter."
"After all, everyone is afraid sometimes, right?"
A soft female voice that sounded familiar to Chris came from beside him.
When Chris raised his head, his face was full of tears. Opposite him was the young man from the country whom he had met twice before in the Sissel family castle. girl.
"You...you..." Chris looked at the little girl's face blankly, and was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.
"I used to be just like you."
"But until, I met her, and then I met him."
"That's why now I can be brave enough to take this step!"
Just when Chris's mind was blank, he subconsciously wanted to ask the little girl opposite what these words meant, and when she meant taking this step...
"This distance should be enough..." Vivian looked away from Chris, then looked outside the city, muttering to herself.
Immediately afterwards, a series of complex and obscure spells were skillfully recited from the little girl's mouth.
Under Chris' dull and shocked gaze, Vivian's original rustic, silly country girl temperament was completely wiped out.
At this moment, Vivian's eyes bloomed with dazzling light like sapphires.
Under the urging of the spell in her mouth, the strong magic power in the girl's body surged outward crazily, forming a strong air current that blew the little girl's clothes and her long hair flowing.
At the same time, the excess overflowing magic power turned into blue starlight in the air, lingering around the girl like an elf.
At this moment, there were only two words left in Chris' mind, and they were the only adjectives he could think of as a gangster who lived on the streets all day long and had no cultural connotation.
goddess.
The micro teleportation magic leading to the outside of Fire Code City has been prepared.
At the last moment when she stepped into the ground teleportation array, the little girl seemed to think of something again. She paused, and then said to Chris, who had short-circuited:
"Well, thank you for the reminder you gave me in the castle before, although I don't quite understand what it means...ah, I almost forgot, and the travel expenses you gave me in Huodian City!"
"So in return..."
"I will help you bring your friends, as well as everyone else outside the city... together!"
