The Grand Route, a country where war never ends.
Rocks led Barrett and the remaining twenty-one scouts through the ruins with difficulty, slowly moving towards the mission site, Gota Valley.
"Plop"
A young Boy Scout finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground. His eyes slowly lost their luster and a smile of relief appeared on his lips. He had completely lost his life.
Rocks, Barrett and others stopped and looked at the boy who seemed relieved.
"Emond, may there be no war in heaven."
After whispering a blessing, Rocks and the others took another step and continued on their way.
Rocks has been leading these young soldiers on the march for a week.
Their dry food had long been eaten up during this week.
Hunger and thirst were constantly bothering their nerves.
"Ahem, ahem, Luo, Rocks, can we really survive?"
A young soldier looked at Rocks with despair and asked in a sad tone.
At this point, he could no longer hold on.
Rocks looked at him with neither joy nor sadness in his eyes, but the boy could sense the anger in the depths of his eyes.
"Ha, ha, ha, Rocks, I believe that you will end this tragedy, end this damn war, and lead everyone to survive."
As if it were a last breath, the young man finished these words firmly, then closed his eyes, with a smile on his lips, and slowly fell backwards.
Rocks reached out and supported the boy who was about to fall, his eyes determined.
"Trust me, Leighton, I will end this damn war and lead everyone to survive."
Gently laid Leighton's lifeless body flat on the ground.
Barrett felt Rocks' angry aura like a mad tiger constantly erupting from his body, and wanted to comfort him.
However, just as his hands were about to touch the other party, an extremely terrifying aura burst out, sweeping across the surrounding area of hundreds of meters.
"Pah"
"Pah"
Shocked by the sudden outburst of terrifying momentum from Rocks, the remaining young soldiers fell to the ground with their eyes whitened.
Barrett looked at Rocks with slightly trembling hands.
"Locks, you are also someone who possesses this power?"
Rocks ignored Barrett's muttering, stood up calmly, and looked at the young soldiers who had fainted due to being shocked by his aura.
"Barrett, we haven't had anything to eat or drink in a week."
Rocks' cold voice sounded and reached Barrett's ears.
"Ah, yes. It's been a week. If they can't find food, they might die of starvation on the road just like Leighton and the others."
Barrett's tone sounded a little helpless.
Because of the endless war, the whole country, or the whole island continent, had no food except for the army. Even the army did not have abundant food.
Because of the shortage of food, there are scouts who are like cannon fodder, because they eat less.
Rocks figured this out, but he was helpless.
"Crack"
A group of enemy soldiers suddenly appeared in the distance and discovered Rocks and Barrett.
"Hey, what did we find? Isn't this the Boy Scout of the GF Army? Hahaha, kid, since we found you, then go to hell!"
The enemy soldiers excitedly raised their swords and guns and rushed towards Rocks and Barrett.
Looking at the team of ten people, Rocks looked thoughtful.
After a long while, when the enemy soldiers were about to rush in front of him, Rocks drew out the long sword hanging at his waist.
"Barrett, we have food."
After saying that, he ignored Barrett and rushed towards the enemy soldiers.
"Food. Do those bastards look like they have food? They're all skinny as bones."
Barrett murmured something in a low voice and rushed forward following Rocks' steps.
Soon, under the monstrous strength of Rocks and Barrett, they all fell to the ground, losing their lives.
Barrett didn't care whether the soldiers were still alive or not. He bent down to search the bodies of the soldiers to see where the food that Rocks mentioned was.
However, after searching the entire soldier's body, they did not find anything edible.
"Hey, Rocks, they don't have any food at all. The food you mentioned..."
Barrett raised his head and looked at Rocks. When he saw his gaze, Barrett's voice became lower and lower until it completely disappeared.
Rocks stared at the ten corpses in front of him, his face silent.
"Barrett, we may lose something as human beings."
Late at night, Rocks and Barrett sat around the fire, staring at the flames silently.
Hanging above the fire were roasted meats and a pot of broth.
"Woo"
With a muffled groan, the unconscious young soldiers slowly woke up.
He looked silently at his companions around him, and then all of them shifted their gaze to the only bright place, the fire.
Seeing Rocks and Barrett, no one said anything. However, when they saw the aroma of the barbecue and broth, they all swallowed their saliva at the same time.
Rocks noticed those young soldiers and waved to them.
"Take all the meat and eat it. There's also the broth. Share it among you."
Hearing Rocks' words, the young soldiers immediately stood up, rushed towards the barbecue quickly, and scrambled to grab it. Regardless of whether the barbecue was hot or not, they just started to eat it in big mouthfuls.
Looking at the young soldiers who were eating the barbecue and drinking the broth, Barrett looked a little unhappy.
Rocks looked at the soldiers calmly, picked up a skewer of barbecue and started eating.
"Barrett, this is the cruelty of this world. In order to survive, anything can be turned into food."
After saying that, he ignored Barrett and quietly began to eat to fill his hungry stomach.
Barrett silently picked up a skewer of barbecue, struggled for a while, then opened his mouth wide and took a bite.
After swallowing a piece of barbecue with difficulty, Barrett couldn't help but vomit.
After all, he is just a kid who has been in the army for only two years. No matter how mature he looks, he is still a kid.
After vomiting for a while, Barrett grabbed another skewer of meat, took a big bite, and tears kept flowing from his eyes.
That terrifying expression was like that of a demon.
Barrett swallowed the barbecue in his hand in a few bites and stood up.
"I will remember this day forever. I swear, one day, I will completely destroy this country!"
Barrett's roar resounded through the dark night sky.
Rocks threw the stick casually, walked to Barrett and patted him on the shoulder.
"Barrett, remember the pain of today. Sooner or later, we will make the noble grandfathers of this country feel the same."
At the same time, Gray and his soldiers were rushing towards Mount Gotha day and night.
"Hurry up, I got the information, that brat Rocks is not dead yet!"