The two were helpless with the ruined town. They wanted to search for useful things in the town, but they couldn't bring back anything except some burnt iron tools and sundries, and there wasn't even any food in the town. Not found, the cellar was empty, it was obvious that it had been taken away premeditatedly.
Xiang En and Andrea were not interested in staying in the ruins of the town without any vegetation. After picking up a still usable iron pot, they were ready to leave.
Walking all the way to the city gate, the two of them felt very heavy because it was the first time that they saw the same kind of people who were brutally killed.
Xiang En and Andrea, one has been staying at the academy since time travel, and the other is a noble daughter. Even though they know the cruelty of the world, this is the first time they have witnessed cruelty happening with their own eyes.
The image of the charred corpses stuck together kept replaying in their minds. Even Xiang En, who was quite calm, couldn't help but feel cold all over in the hot weather.
The process of leaving the ruins of the town was as silent as when they came. Everything around them seemed too like the world had exiled them both.
After searching for several days, the two followed the path and came to a village.
There are also no living people here, but the situation is different from that in towns. Almost all the crops in the villages have been eaten up by animals.
On the trail, both Xiang En and Andrea saw some skeletons that had been eaten by wild beasts.
It seems that a group of high-level monsters attacked the village and ate all the villagers...
Entering the village, Xiang En and Andrea tried shouting, but failed to find a single living person. However, there were many fresh traces of people's activities. Following the traces, the two found another way out of the village.
Those villagers who survived being attacked by wild beasts may have abandoned the village and left...
Xiang En and Andrea discussed it and decided to follow the route that the villagers had left. Anyway, the general direction had not changed. It would take half a month to reach Andrea's hometown on foot, so there was no rush.
After searching around the village, they found some dried meat, water bags and backpacks. Except for the loss of weapons, the two of them had returned to their previous condition.
Following the footsteps left by the villagers, the two moved for a day and saw a new village.
But the result surprised the two of them. The village was still in a mess, filled with desolation after being attacked by wild beasts.
A large part of the supplies in the village were missing. The traces of the path told Xiang En that the villagers had left again, and the traces extended to the main road where the caravan traveled.
Then the two of them continued to move along the traces. One day later, they saw the traces left by a camp. The traces were clear, and they were obviously left by the villagers not long ago!
Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the same kind, the two people who had endured nearly ten days of loneliness couldn't help but speed up.
The main road merged into another main road. At the intersection of the two main roads, Xiang En and Andrea saw fresher traces at dusk.
There was a pile of burning charcoal fires on the side of the road, and corpses that were scorched black in the charcoal fires.
When he saw the pile of charcoal fire, Xiang En almost made it through. The blood on the ground reminded him of the town he passed not long ago.
But the difference is that the blood on the ground here still retains a sticky texture. What's even more terrifying is that at the intersection of the two roads, there are densely packed footprints and traces of carriages running over them.
The villagers did not have carriages, so the carriages most likely belonged to the perpetrators.
Xiang En looked ahead at the road with a solemn expression and retreated in his heart.
Cities and towns are generally managed by local powerful men. Although powerful private soldiers have a little less fighting power, they cannot be easily killed by a group of bandits, let alone massacred on a large scale.
In addition to the carriage indentations and footprints he observed, the number of suspected bandits passing by here must have been at least several hundred...
As for why it is said to be suspicious, it is because such a horrific act was committed in an important city on the edge of the empire. Without the protection and acquiescence of the forces, these people would probably be killed by the nearby De Aier City when they massacred the town. The city lord was annihilated.
He is not stupid. Although his occasional thoughts may bring with him the comfort of the previous world, he can still detect things worth pondering between these events.
Is the forbidden magic blockade in De'er City also related to this
Where should they go next
While Xiang En was meditating, Andrea followed another smell in the air and walked into the woods nearby. In a clearing in the woods, she saw some cloth turned into crumbs, and A small amount of blood.
The filthy smell reminded her of the contents of some biographical novels she had read. The contents in the novels could excite her, but the filth in front of her could only make her nauseous.
The tragedy in the city of De Er, the ruins of the town, the deserted village, and now, she gradually connected these events.
But her way of thinking is different from Xiang En, and she even has some innocence and darkness.
Everything here seems more like the "real world" to her, and she doesn't care about the logic behind it.
Andrea only thinks about why those people do this
Xiang Enze is thinking about what this means for those who control power, and what is driving it behind it
"We can't go any further..."
Seeing Andrea walking out of the woods nearby, Xiang En said the only thing she could do now.
Andrea didn't force it. Although she wanted to go home and have a look, she knew that if she went forward rashly, she might end up turning into a pile of burning charcoal.
"If we don't move forward, where will we go?"
Xiang En looked around, and after much thought, he felt that the current information was not enough for them to see the truth of the entire incident, and it was difficult to find the absolutely correct choice from the existing information.
If you insist on what kind of decision is the most appropriate and the best way to survive, it should be to find a place where there is no one to stay, and if there are World of Warcraft for them to level up, they can brush wild monsters, and just wait like this.
But it is impossible to be separated from the masses forever. If they want to kill the beast, they also need supplies. Andrea cannot protect her and herself with just a dagger.
So they still need to go where there are people, they just need to be more cautious.
"Let's continue walking in a few days. We may have to take a detour after that. We'll stop here today."
"Um… "
The exchange with Xiang En did not make Andrea's autism better. On the contrary, it became more serious after seeing evidence of atrocities one after another. Xiang En did not express his opinion on this and let her go.
The two entered the nearby woods and prepared to set up a bonfire and camp in a place not far away.
After a few days of traveling, Xiang En discovered another wonderful use of his fingertip skills, which is to repel mosquitoes!
After applying dew to the exposed skin, the two took turns to stay vigil and rest, and finally managed to survive another night.
Early the next morning, they began trying to find water sources and animals and build temporary shelters.
If you have a stomachache, don’t eat too much junk food!
(End of chapter)