On a dark and windy night, the manor was brightly lit. Four gold-level warriors from the First Legion stood on the four watchtowers. They had serious expressions and their eyes were like torches, scanning the surrounding areas illuminated by torches outside the wall. forest.
In Xiang En's newly built house for himself and Andrea, bursts of irrepressible cries of pain could be heard.
"Ah wow wow wow! It really hurts!" Andrea was lying on the bed with her legs crossed, her forehead was covered with fine sweat, and she was screaming in pain. She had crushed more than a dozen pieces of wood.
Beside the bed made of vines, Xiang En, Sharon, Mira, and Naka had no idea what they were doing, but they looked like they were in a hurry.
Relying on the delivery experience learned from ancient TV dramas, Xiang En kept telling Andrea to push harder and so on. He had prepared warm water and scissors and clicked as soon as the baby came out.
He was not the one who gave birth to the child, but Xiang En was still so tired that he was covered in sweat, and his heart was beating wildly and could not calm down.
"It's out, the head is out!" Mira was so anxious that she shouted out in Elvish language. Her hands glowed with a soft green light, and she reached out to hold the baby's head. A loud cry sounded in the room.
The crisp sound was so penetrating that even Cornell and Lawrence, who were guarding the door, heard it.
Xiang En glanced even more excitedly and handed another piece of wood to Andrea's hand.
He didn't dare to send his hand over, fearing that it would be crushed like a stick.
"Come out soon, use more force!"
Andrea's face turned pale in pain. After hearing the baby's cry, a force burst out again. Under the push, the baby slowly appeared and finally successfully separated from the body.
After removing the umbilical cord, Xiang En directly used treatment to repair the baby's gap. After confirming that the child's gender was female, Xiang En asked Mira to bathe the baby.
He continued to unleash surging energy and healing techniques on Andrea, eliminating the fatigue accumulated during childbirth.
After some recovery, Andrea was still a little weak, but she was much better. She could even get out of bed and walk around. However, her legs were a little weak and she needed Xiang En's support, and her face was still pale.
After drinking a bag of finger gel that Xiang En had prepared for her, Andrea calmed down, then looked at Mira and asked expectantly: "Are you done washing it? Let me take a look. What does my child look like?”
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The people around him showed speechless expressions, as if they were washing a potato instead of a baby.
Sharon directly reached out and hit Andrea on the head, making a pained expression on her pale face. Afterwards, she felt distressed, and Sharon stroked Andrea's head for a while.
"It's washed, it's a girl!" Mira came over holding the baby wrapped in animal skin, speaking human language with a slight accent.
Although she was speaking to Andrea, her pure white eyes were fixed on the baby in her arms. Compared to the somewhat rough Andrea, she looked more like a mother, with soft expressions and gentle movements. Soft, with tender eyes.
After taking the baby and seeing what it looked like, Andrea burst out laughing, "Why is it so ugly and wrinkled, hahaha!"
Then Andrea was slapped on the forehead by Sharon, and her laughter stopped abruptly.
"This is your child. To call her ugly is to call yourself ugly."
Sharon's tone still sounded a bit sour. Neither she nor Connell dared to have children, because three years later, they would have to return to the royal capital, and they might experience a series of battles after that. Having a child would be quite a challenge. Yu has a weakness.
People in the First Legion are actually not allowed to have opposite-sex couples. Sharon is now in serious violation of discipline, but after all, people are more emotional than rational creatures. The superiors also turn a blind eye, as long as they are not caught. They won't care if you don't have the handle.
The fact that her sister could have a child made Sharon feel the ruthlessness of time.
Looking back on the past, Andrea was still a strange girl who liked to look at the little imperial uncle. In the blink of an eye, even her child was born.
Looking at the screaming baby wrapped in the animal skin, Sharon suddenly wanted a child. She wanted to live a peaceful life like now, growing vegetables every day to amuse the baby, and playing cards when she had nothing to do. Chat with people.
Live an idyllic life and enjoy the care of your relatives.
But such a concept is contrary to the concept of loyalty she had when she was trained in the First Legion.
Holding the crying baby in her arms, Andrea looked at it for a while, then gradually smiled, and her body once again emitted a dazzling light.
No one wanted to leave, they were all looking at the baby. After waiting for a long time, Xiang En stretched out his hand to test and found that the baby subconsciously opened its mouth, so he said, "Feed her some milk."
Andrea cast a coquettish look at Xiang En, then opened her loose clothes and started feeding the baby.
Everyone else looked at Xiang En with strange eyes, making him wonder if he had said the wrong thing.
"What are you going to name her?" Naka leaned against the wall, her originally stiff smile softening a lot after seeing the baby make a sound.
No one paid attention to this issue before, because Xiang En was always nervous, which affected them to be extra nervous and did not think about it.
Now that mother and son are safe, the meaningful matter of naming can finally be brought up.
If you haven't decided yet, they don't mind helping.
"Yes!" Sharon's eyes sparkled and she asked Andrea: "Have you named the child?"
Andrea showed a blank expression, then turned to look at Xiang En.
"Call it Hela." Xiang En said the name he had thought of.
"Hela? Does this name have any special meaning?"
Everyone is attracting attention. Although his name sounds very ordinary, Xiang En is a mage. His knowledge may not be wider than theirs, but his brain is definitely better than theirs.
Something as important as choosing a name must have a deeper meaning, and this has been true since ancient times.
Poor people are given cheap names and more down-to-earth names so that they can make a living easily.
Nobles would also consult fortune tellers before deciding what name to give their children.
They used all kinds of imagination to try to figure out Xiang En's thoughts, but Xiang En just found it smooth.
In addition, I heard that this name is the name of the goddess of death in Norse mythology, but it does not exist in this world, so I used it.
If you insist on a moral, it can only represent death, killing all male creatures except him... right
While the people in the manor were celebrating the birth of a new baby, a group of people moved forward silently in the original fruit forest four kilometers outside the manor.
"Hey! Haus Noor, how long does it take? I always feel like there is something around us watching us..."
Simon's numb legs crossed slightly, and he walked up to the bearded man. There was an uneasy expression on his face, his eyes were wide open, and he was circling back and forth in the dark woods, fearing that something would emerge from the darkness. Jump out and eat them.
The bearded man looked weak, and his words were trembling: "We are very close. There must be food in the basement..."
Hausnauer is still alive, although he lives in embarrassment, but he is still alive after all.
After leaving the manor in a hurry that day, he regretted it. The basement was obviously so secure and there was plenty of food, so why would he be so stupid as to leave
In the end, he was chased for dozens of kilometers by a huge black tide and a terrifying monster, and then he hid in a dungeon in a small city. He endured hunger for more than ten days before the black tide above his head left.
Finally, they began to dig for food in the ruins of the small city. Using the little space they dug out and a few constant-temperature lighting magics, they managed to grow food. The yield was limited, and everyone was so hungry that their chests pressed against their backs every day.
They wanted to go back to the manor to find the food, but it was too late, because they were too hungry to move. If they encountered a zombie beast, they probably wouldn't be able to run far before they had to fill the zombie beast's belly.
The arrival of the three Simons brought them pills that could fill their stomachs. These common supplies before the apocalypse turned into unimaginable treasures after the apocalypse.
After filling their stomachs, they escaped from the despairing ruins.
It is impossible to live there at all, and will only fall into the abyss little by little. In addition, the withering of surface plants gradually affects the underground, and the land on the edge of the wall gradually becomes unable to grow crops.
Hausnauer originally wanted to use the three Simons to lead them into the city.
However, they used common sense to return the same way, but found that there were too many zombies on the road. They were sure that the probability of losing their lives was higher if they went back, so they planned to continue walking to the north of Fiore Province and take a detour to see if they could Don't meet the team heading north to find out the news.
If they can meet, they can return to the closed city together.
If you can't meet it, you can only continue to take risks on the road.
They had been walking all day, from day to night, and Hausnauer would soon be able to return to the large estate where he made the decision he regretted.
Continuing forward for a while, through the not dense trees and weeds, they suddenly discovered many burning torches.
This made them froze in place, not knowing whether to move forward or retreat.
Where did the torch come from
After seeing the torches, they discovered another important problem. Although the plants here were not dense, they could still see a vibrant state.
They were not stunned for long when a large group of black shadows suddenly rushed out from around them, immediately frightening them half to death.
"Don't move!"
Seven or eight adult trolls and a dozen teenage trolls appeared with iron spears, surrounding the weak, pitiful and helpless nine people.
Darusa yelled at the panicked people in common human language.
Today is the day when Xiang En gives birth. At Xiang En's request, the trolls, who are naturally separated from each other, went to the vicinity and perimeter of the manor to defend themselves, clearing out the zombie beasts that wandered over unintentionally, and avoiding any accidents.
Just now, the troll scout hiding in the tree discovered Simon and Housenoir, and quietly returned to the camp to tell his leader.
After learning that several humans were sneakily approaching, Darusa immediately decided to tie them up and then hand them over to Xiang En for disposal.
They hid in the dark and observed Simon and Hausnauer for a long time, and finally determined that they were parallel imports who were not strong enough to be used as fertility tools.
In order to train the young trolls who were just old enough to fight, Darusa swept aside the formation and signaled the young trolls to go up and tie up Simon and the others.
The torch was raised, and the flickering light illuminated the woods.
Simon and Housenoir were horrified to find that they were surrounded by a large number of trolls!
There were almost ten adult trolls who were stout and at least four meters tall. There was a large circle of young trolls around them, all holding iron weapons in their hands. The dark spears exuded a cold metallic light.
The polished spear tip pointed directly at the nine people, making them feel what it meant to be desperate.
Everyone in the villa was already immersed in the joy of the birth of the new baby and couldn't help themselves. Xiang En teased the baby for a while, and after finding that the baby fell asleep, he quickly went to burn firewood and turn on a small stove for Andrea.
Inside and outside the wall, they seem to be in different worlds. The joys and sorrows of the two worlds interweave into a symphony of ups and downs.
Simon and others showed a determined expression, roaring and breaking out in the direction of the troll boy.
Xiang En was in front of the boiler, scooping up the beef bone soup with a spoon to see if it tasted too salty.
Housnor was struck in the face with a spear during the battle, chipping three of his teeth.
Andrea was holding the baby and was laughing and stroking the baby with her sister.
Mage Jin was grabbed and kicked in the legs by two trolls. His body flipped in the air and his butt fell to the ground, interrupting the spell.
Darusa was not very happy. The fighting ability of the troll cubs was far inferior to them.
At the end of the performance, the trolls dragged the nine Housenoirs like dead dogs and threw them in front of Xiang En and the others.
Chiliu~!
Twenty of them, Xiang En, were holding fragrant beef bone soup and eating soft beef. They looked at the nine people on the ground who were moaning and screaming. They only drank soup and meat and didn't care about them at all.
This meat was cut from a poor yak using magical limb regeneration.
Cows that use limb regeneration skills will suffer from adverse reactions such as weight loss and loss of appetite. In severe cases, they may lose dozens of kilograms without eating or drinking. After testing it on mice, Xiang En did not use it more on yaks and will be slaughtered immediately. There are not so many restrictions on yaks.
Before the yak died, Xiang En cut off eight more legs. In the end, the yak died because it could not bear the torture, and the regeneration technique could no longer be used.
Therefore, every pound of meat is very precious!
Instead of wasting time talking, it would be better to eat a few more bites of meat and then deal with these people after eating.
The nine people who were dragged on the ground by the trolls were almost unconscious. After smelling the strong smell of meat, they opened their swollen eyes and looked in the direction where the smell was coming from.
Then they saw twenty large living people holding large bowls and looking at them as if they were watching monkeys.
people? ! It's actually a human being!
Both Simon and Hausnauer thought they were dragged back by the trolls, and what awaited them would be what books and eyewitnesses described, being used as fertility tools and then as food rations.
Just thinking about that terrible scene makes them sweat, and they dare not open their eyes to see the world.
However, attracted by the smell of meat, I opened my eyes resigned to my fate, and what I saw was not a troll, but a "heap" of people!
And their mouths are full of fat...
Two chapters in one.
I've been feeling dizzy a few days ago, and today I'm finally sure I have a cold.
I haven't had a cold in several years, and finally I felt tired and dizzy again, which is really rare.
I can't stand it anymore. I won't stay up late anymore. Let's just make do with it.
(End of chapter)