It started to snow lightly in the sky, and the north wind hurt people's faces. Refugees from the west flowed towards the East border like a tide. Among them were men and women, old and young, some well-dressed Shaonan civilians with timid faces, and some ragged Weisha people with frightened faces.
A pair of grandparents were walking in front. The old woman was weak and her legs and feet were not strong enough, so she walked slower. People behind her yelled and cursed, urging her not to block the way. The old woman apologized in a low voice and asked her grandson to help her to the side. However, the man pushed her away, followed by seventeen or eight strong men and women, who pushed her into the mud on the side of the road. Covered in snow water. Her little grandson's eyes were red and he wanted to argue with those people, but his grandmother stopped him. Seeing that the old man seemed very tired, he helped her to the roadside and sat down to rest.
Minte looked at this situation from a distance and felt a little angry in his heart. Those Weisha people were refugees themselves, why did they bully other refugees like this? Looking at the cold-red hands of the old man and the child, he suddenly remembered that he still had a few winter coats, so he walked towards them.
But he only took two steps before a hand was put on his shoulder from behind. Looking back, Alex was looking at him with disapproval: "How many people can you save? Save this, Will you save me the next time we meet? If we keep stopping to help others, what will happen to our mission?"
Minte pursed her lips and said, "But if he left like this, I felt really bad."
"Even if you give them something or money, someone will take it away soon, and it will cause harm to them. Let's hurry up as soon as possible. The sooner we get the things, the sooner the monsters are eliminated, the sooner these people can return Let’s live a normal life at home.”
Minte also knew that he was right. After taking one last look at the pair of grandparents, he slowly left with Alex leading the horse.
Seeing more and more people fleeing, Minte couldn't help but ask: "Have you heard about the situation? Why are there still so many refugees now?" Although the war situation is not ideal, at least it is a stalemate. Logically speaking, it is impossible for refugees to appear on such a large scale again.
Alex sighed. Said: "Encore has fallen."
Minte was shocked: "What?!"
"It's true. I just heard from an Encore resident that the Warcraft has already captured that place. Fortunately, Van'a was willing to open the border to let some residents in, otherwise more people would have died."
"Huh? Isn't that right?" Minte asked doubtfully. "If Vana is willing to accept the people, why are so many Weisha people fleeing to our East?!"
Alex glanced at him: "Idiot! Vana will only allow the elderly, children or women to enter the country. At most, the sick and injured. Those who are young and strong. Let them enter the country. Who knows what will happen? What happened?! In fact, Vana is still wary of other countries. But Father Riddle and I were persuasive. Only then did they agree to send ten monks to help. Ten people! It’s not enough at all! Five Ori. Sen. There are five counties. There are no other places. Even if we go back to China now and ask people to come, we will have to wait for a long time. For the time being, we can only rely on these few people to support us."
Minte sighed. He actually knew it too. Fortunately, Father Riddle's return relieved the pressure on the front line. But now the battle is at a stalemate. I don’t know when there will be a breakthrough. He was worried about how long Shaonan's magic wall could last. I heard it's only a month at most. He would have to cast the spell again; he was also worried that the magicians didn't know how long they could last. To make them more confident. He also donated a lot of magic crystals left behind by his grandfather; what is even more worrying is that. It's late November now. If the war drags on until next spring. It will catch up with the breeding period of Warcraft. According to Father Riddle. By then, the breeding number of Warcraft will be at least twice what it is now!
There are so many things to worry about. But he had to leave the front line to fight. With Alex. As the envoy of the four-nation alliance of East, Shaonan, Vana and Noga. Go to the Elf Forest for help.
Alex glanced at him. He got on his horse and said, "Don't think so much. Let's go. You can't buy much food here. Let's go to the next town."
Minte took a deep breath. nodded. Then he mounted his horse and set off.
They rode through the crowds of people on horseback, planning to go to Water City first, then turn to the east of Noga via Xiko, go north along the foot of Tulei Mountain, and then walk back to the road that Xiao Tianjian took his granddaughter, and then go retrograde to the Blade of the God. There you enter the Elf Forest.
When passing through Water City, they discovered that the East Border Guards had already taken action. Dozens of East magicians had also been summoned, and the Vana side also sent several monks to participate. It is said that Water City intentionally built a city wall and connected it with the one in Shaonan to form a unified line of defense to prevent Warcraft from taking advantage of the loopholes.
Minte was very happy after hearing this. Hearing that Alex's magic enlightenment teacher was also here, he asked him to send several above-average magic crystals over. Alex looked at him in surprise: "Hey... do you know what this is?! Just give it away for free, are you sure your brain is not broken?!"
Minte rolled her eyes at him: "I have a very good mind. My grandfather collected these for fun. He actually doesn't know magic. He gave them to my father, and my father gave them to me. I can use them however I like. Just use it however you want, as long as it can kill or drive away the monsters, what do these things mean?"
Alex raised his eyebrows and sent all the magic crystals to his teacher. When he came back, he extended his hand to Minte: "Do you still have some? Give me a few."
Minte knocked his hand off and pointed to the north with the riding crop in his hand: "Let's go, we won't spend the night in the city!"
The two braved the increasingly heavy wind and snow and rushed for days, arriving in Xi'ke three days later. As soon as we entered the town, we found that the residents were packing their luggage, loading their cars, shoulder to shoulder, and heading out of the town regardless of the wind and snow. The two hurriedly ran to the Security Agency's station to inquire, only to find out that Mallory had gone back to Ito. Most of his colleagues from the Security Agency were not there. According to the people left behind, it was because traces of magic formations were found in the mountains to the west, so they rushed there all night. It's over.
Minte was shocked: "Why is there still a magic circle?! Wasn't it solved last time?!"
The colleague said with a grimace: "This is probably new. We have checked that area before and found nothing like this. Faith is leading people to search to see if there are other places. Little Marlene has tried her best. , it only damaged a little ground, so I had to stay there every day to kill monsters. Faith has reported it to the General Administration to see if we can send some more powerful magicians."
It’s so haunting!
Minte cursed secretly in his heart, but Alex beside him asked thoughtfully: "When we entered the town just now, we found that everyone was packing their luggage and seemed to be planning to travel far away. Is it because of this?"
"Yes, Mallory decided because a dozen civilians living in the suburbs were attacked by monsters in the past few days. He was worried that the people in the town were not safe. You all know that the town's wall went through a lot of trouble before , has been destroyed a lot, and the current monsters can still jump high. If they really come in, where will people run? In the past few days, residents have been evacuating to the north. Go to Keton and Xhosa as close as possible, and as far away as To go to Mayton, some people also plan to go directly to Eto, which is the safest place.”
Minte and Alex looked at each other, feeling helpless. Even if the civilians are evacuated, they will have less to worry about, and the military and security personnel can go on a killing spree.
After days of traveling, they were exhausted and hurriedly took a night's rest. I also bought enough food and fuel for the road. Minte also took advantage of the low price to buy some more potion ingredients, and the two set off on horseback again.
Just arrived in Central District. Then I saw a group of East cavalry approaching from a distance, leading a horse. The leader was tall and tall. Black hair, very eye-catching. Minte looked at it a few more times. When the other party turned his face, he seemed to be struck by lightning. He was stunned and murmured: "Grandpa..."
"What?" Alex didn't hear him clearly, but he woke up because of it.
After taking a closer look, he found that the man looked very much like his grandfather. Not only did he have his signature black hair and black eyes, but he also had similar facial contours. However, his eyebrows were deeper than grandpa's, his nose bridge was higher, and his skin was whiter. .
Myint immediately guessed who he was. Bevin-Xiao-Cado, the grandson who was raised by his grandfather and personally taught him to be successful, is the eldest son of his uncle and his eldest cousin. Although I have long heard that the other person looks like my grandfather, this is the first time I have actually seen him.
Minte felt a little sad in her heart. She was planning to take the path that her grandfather took her, but she met a cousin who looked a lot like her grandfather on the way, but that was not her grandfather. Grandpa has been away for so many years, when will he come back? Has he forgotten that there is his little granddaughter in this world
Alex didn't see his answer for a long time, so he followed his gaze and got a little clear: "That's Bevin from the Card family. He seems to be your cousin, right? Do you know him?"
"It's the first time I've met him, but he looks a lot like grandpa. I recognized him at first sight." Minte glanced sideways at his companion, "Also, his surname is Xiao, or Xiao-Cado, but he is not Kado. Family people.”
Alex curled his lips and glanced at Bevin a few more times: "He is very famous in Yitong. I have heard about it since I was a child and have seen it several times. But I didn't expect that he would actually come to such a dangerous place. , I heard that his father was also stationed near Xico."
Minte didn't have a good impression of the uncle and didn't want to mention him. He glanced at Bevin a few more times. The other party seemed to feel his gaze and turned his head to look over. He was slightly startled and nodded with a polite smile.
Min Te reluctantly pulled the corner of his mouth and nodded in return. At this time, a voice came from behind him: "Huh? Minte, why are you here?!" Looking back, it turned out to be Marlene, walking over with a tired look on her face.
Alex raised his eyebrows: "Hey, didn't the Goddess of War go to deal with the World of Warcraft? Why did she come back in time?"
"Go to hell!" Marlene put her hands on her hips, raised her head, and slashed her eyes with knives, "I didn't ask you, just go away!"
Minte couldn't help but laugh: "It's amazing. It's completely different now than before. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have doubted whether you were Marlene!"
Marlene smiled proudly, and the tiredness on her face was gone a lot. Alex sneered lightly and was secretly slapped on the back by Minte, then he stopped smiling and looked up at the sky.
Minte took out a few medicine bottles from the storage ring and handed them to Marin: "These are for you, stamina supplements. The blue ones are for replenishing magic power. You have to support them by yourself. Isn't it hard?"
Marin was a little touched and hurriedly took the medicine bottle: "It doesn't matter, I feel that I have made a lot of progress. Today some uncles are here. I can come back and have a rest. I won't be so tired in the future." She saw the words on the medicine bottle. There was some potion stained on the edge of the lid. It seemed to be newly prepared, and the medicine was the one I was used to drinking. I was even more moved: "Are you newly prepared? Specially rationed for me?"
Minte smiled: "This kind is more suitable for you. I heard yesterday that you have been supporting yourself independently, so I wanted to help you."
"Thank you..." Marlene's eyes were red and she pulled Minte down for a hug. Minte smiled and patted her on the shoulder: "Go back and have a good rest. Remember to take medicine."
"Hmm!" Marlene nodded solemnly and jumped away like flying. Minte smiled, then turned around to find Bevin staring at him. There was surprise, hesitation, and expectation in his eyes. He had obviously discovered who he was. He couldn't help but smile bitterly, nodded in greeting again, pulled Alex over, mounted his horse and set off.
Bevin looked at the retreating figures with complicated thoughts. Xiao Minte, Grandpa's other grandson, is different from him and different from his younger brother. Although he doesn't look like Grandpa, he seems to be more like a hero. There was a hint of joy in his heart. If this cousin could officially become a member of the Xiao family, maybe there would be less pressure on him, right
But he also knew that this was impossible. Even his second uncle, whom he had known since childhood, could not be recognized by his father. This cousin whose father's name was unknown would probably remain outside the family forever.
(Unfinished)