"Uh… "
The barbarian didn't even have time to turn his head to see who had cut off half of his neck before he fell on the woman.
The woman was already powerless, and with the help of Xia Ruize, she managed to remove the barbarian on her body. The woman who got up from the ground immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Xia Ruize, with tears in her eyes and blood foaming from her mouth, saying that Unable to speak, he could only kowtow while pointing in the direction of the courtyard, eagerly asking Xia Ruize for help.
Xia Ruize didn't care about the vibration of his wrist, and heard the little girl's scream from the courtyard. It was obvious that another barbarian who had just entered was bullying the little girl.
Now that we've already done it, let's just get rid of it all!
Xia Ruize walked into the courtyard gate with a big knife dripping with blood.
The door of a room facing the courtyard door in the small courtyard was already crumbling, and the screaming and crying of the little girl came from this room.
Xia Ruize tightened the big knife in his hand, approached the room carefully, and saw the barbarians inside were committing violence.
Xia Ruize's eyes spewed fire, but the more angry he was, the calmer he moved. He quietly stepped through the broken door, staring at the position of the opponent's neck, Xia Ruize swung the sword again.
It's a pity that this time the barbarian actually felt the wind of the knife, and at the last moment turned his head and raised his hand to try to resist.
The barbarian with more combat experience successfully blocked Xia Ruize's attack on his deadly position with one hand, and then immediately roared and tried to pounce on Xia Ruize.
Xia Ruize was taken aback. Just looking at the opponent's height and weight, he was not in the same weight class as him. If the opponent really reacted, his small body would not be able to withstand a few attacks.
At the critical moment, Xia Ruize only felt that he was calmer than before. He turned the attack direction of the big knife, swung it down decisively, and cut directly at the exposed evil root of the opponent.
The barbarian who had already raised his sword to fight back suddenly dropped the sword in his hand, and let out a scream that was not like a human voice.
Taking advantage of his illness to kill him, Xia Ruize, with a calmness beyond his expectations, made up one after another, and finally got rid of this barbarian.
The woman outside the door staggered and ran in holding her daughter and weeping bitterly.
Xia Ruize, who had relaxed a little, vented all his aura, and leaned back against the wall behind him. In a daze, he saw a floating white iron box appearing on the body of the newly dead barbarian.
Xia Ruize looked at his hands, they were already stained with blood, and the whole battle took no more than five minutes.
In other words, it has only been more than ten minutes since he realized that he appeared in this inexplicable world, and he has quickly completed the transformation from a small white-collar worker in a peaceful age to a fierce man who ended two lives by himself.
And he seems to be in a calm mood now, which is really... beyond his own expectations.
Putting aside distracting thoughts, Xia Ruize stepped forward and reached out to touch the white iron box. The iron box opened, revealing a crossbow and arrows shining white.
Xia Ruize touched the crossbow and arrow, but the crossbow and arrow did not directly appear in his hand, but disappeared before his eyes.
With a flash of inspiration, Xia Ruize raised his hand to check his watch, and found a new icon lit up, and the word on the icon was [weapon].
Click it in, and there are rows of cards inside. Most of the cards are blank with a gray and dull background. There is only one bright card with a pattern, which is the crossbow and arrow just now.
I saw a crossbow and arrows drawn on a piece of white paper. When you move your finger over it, a detailed introduction will appear:
[Crossbows, Arrows (low-grade white): lower attack power, slower rate of fire, and shorter range. Fifteen arrows are automatically replenished every hour on the hour.]
The weapon seems to be stored in a special space, and it does not appear in Xia Ruize's system space, but with his thoughts, it can directly appear in his hand.
Xia Ruize only wanted to know about this kind of black technology involving the soul, and he was not going to explore why.
Although the introduction of this crossbow and arrow stated that it has a short range, it can be regarded as an extra long-distance weapon. Xia Ruize feels that he has more confidence to survive in this dangerous world.
The barbarians are all tall and strong, more than two meters tall, with a body of more than two hundred kilograms, completely crushing Xia Ruize. If the two barbarians hadn't been attacked by him, they would have given him food when they met him.
I don't have the confidence to fight close combat, but with long-range weapons, I can at least make up for some physical disadvantages.
Holding the crossbow and arrow tightly in his hand, Xia Ruize left the room, walked to the gate of the courtyard and looked out cautiously.
Looking at the mess at the gate of the courtyard, he realized that the scene needed to be dealt with immediately.
The woman who was worried that Xia Ruize would leave quickly chased her out, knelt down and begged:
"Strong man! Please help our orphans and widows again!"
At this time, helping the other party is also helping yourself. Xia Ruize helped the woman drag the barbarian corpses from the door and the room to the backyard, covered them with firewood, and covered them with blood-soaked ground shovels, at least not so obvious.
The courtyard door of the woman's house had been destroyed, and under Xia Ruize's suggestion, the courtyard door and the room door were simply opened wide, as if they had been searched and looted.
After tidying up the scene as quietly and quickly as possible, the woman took her daughter and led Xia Ruize to hide in a hidden cellar.
Xia Ruize took the opportunity to ask for some information, wanting to know more about the world.
The small city he is currently in is called Bianlu City, and it is actually not at the edge of the Great Xia land, on the contrary, it is on the second line.
In the past, the barbarians would occasionally come to plunder during the autumn harvest, but this year, for some reason, news came from the border just after spring that there was a change in the barbarians, so the border guards transferred all the guards from the second-tier small towns to the front line.
The residents of Bianlu City thought that the front line was waiting for them, and the changes of the barbarians had nothing to do with them for the time being. They never thought that the barbarians had already attacked a small second-tier city like them, and even took advantage of the emptiness of the guards in Bianlu City, they rushed directly into the city to burn, kill and loot.
"Oh, I don't know what's going on at the border... It's all my fault, if I had taken Niuer to hide earlier..."
The woman held her daughter who had just been brutally assaulted and was deeply shocked and could not be relieved, crying and talking a lot.
The area of the cellar is not small, with a wooden bed on one side and stored grain on the other side.
Xia Ruize stood at the entrance of the cellar, carefully listening to the movement above his head, and listening to the woman's cries, the more he listened, the more his heart sank.
From the woman's experience, it can be seen that the barbarians only appeared during the autumn harvest in previous years, but this year's early appearance is definitely not small. It may be a full-scale attack by the barbarians on Daxia.
The woman didn't know it while she was in it, but Xia Ruize was different. When the task was announced, the first sentence was "the end of the summer", which clearly reminded him that this was the background of the era of the dynasty's decline and chaos.
From the current point of view, two-thirds of the second of his two main quests has been completed. It seems that it can be completed as long as one more barbarian is dealt with, but it is uncertain whether he can find another opportunity for sneak attack.
In addition, the first main task of surviving for three days is not so simple under the current background.
Thinking about it further, after surviving for three days, is it really safe and sound? Xia Ruize was not so optimistic.
The woman told her everything she knew, hugged her daughter and leaned on each other, weeping silently.
Xia Ruize fell silent, looking at the mysterious watch on his wrist.
He clicked on [Task] and found two new messages at the bottom:
[Kill a barbarian. Strength +0.1]
[Kill a small barbarian leader. Strength +0.2 Dexterity +0.2 Constitution +0.2]
Xia Ruize hurriedly returned to [Personal], and the body data in it really changed.
Strength has increased by 0.3, now it is 1.3, agility has been increased by 0.2, now it is 1.2, constitution is also increased by 0.2, now it is 3.2, health seems to be related to constitution, it directly becomes 32.
Xia Ruize clenched his fist. When he attacked the second barbarian, he felt that his strength had increased, so it was not an illusion!
The watch vibrated twice before, and he didn't have time to pay attention at that time. Only now did he realize that it was a kill reminder.
The main missions released at the beginning only reminded them that there would be rewards after completing the main missions.
Now these two kill reminders clearly tell Xia Ruize that every time he kills a barbarian, he can immediately get a reward feedback. This reward is not a confusing "survival point", but a personal strength that is closely related to survival.
In other words, the more barbarians killed, the stronger the strength! The more likely you are to survive!
It's hard not to be inspired.
Xia Ruize looked solemn, checked the contents of the watch over and over again, and thought about it.
He could see clearly that increasing his strength was the guarantee for his survival.
Holding the crossbow and arrow in his hand tightly, Xia Ruize made up his mind and asked the woman:
"Where is the highest position in Bianlu City?"
"Auspicious Restaurant is in the middle of the intersection."
The woman replied suspiciously, wondering what the strong man would do if he knew this.
Xia Ruize asked about the route to Jixiang Restaurant in detail, and also roughly drew the whole picture of Bianlu City according to the woman's dictation. Then he declined the woman's persuasion and insisted on leaving.
The man from the woman's family was transferred to the front line by the strong man, hoping that the strong man would stay and protect their mother and daughter, but the strong man insisted on leaving, and she had no choice but to send Xia Ruize two pots of water and a pack of sesame seed cakes, telling him to be careful in everything.
There were still those four buns in Xia Ruize's space, but without water, he couldn't live without food or drink, so he accepted the woman's kindness.
In return, Xia Ruize left one of the big knives he snatched from the barbarians for the woman, and tied the other behind his back with a rag, and climbed out of the cellar. Before leaving, he also helped to arrange the yard, showing that It looked like it had been looted by the barbarians.
Finding the ladder leaning against the courtyard, Xia Ruize climbed up the ladder and carefully observed whether there were barbarians in the alley. After confirming that it was safe for the time being, he jumped into another courtyard.
In this way, each family moved forward from the inside, Xia Ruize luckily avoided the barbarians looting everywhere, and gradually approached the Lucky Restaurant.
Xia Ruize was taken aback when he really saw Jixiang Restaurant.