Outside the enclosed cities, there are mostly barren lands that are not suitable for living. In some places, even savages cannot survive there for long.
There will be woods and weeds near water sources, while places without water sources for a long time will present a weathered rock red color, with dry grass growing on the surface and sparse trees.
Often there was not a single living creature to be seen along the long stretch.
It was also the first time that Mary saw such an environment, a world completely different from her original world, with scenery she had never seen before.
The environment is harsh, but it is precisely in this harsh environment that more shocking natural scenes often appear.
Walking on the road with a strange man who is not very familiar to me, I feel like I am wandering forward, and there are many dangers along the way.
Mary leaned against the shaft of the cart, listening to the creaking sound of the cart pressing on the road. Her mood inexplicably began to brighten, as vast as the sky at this time.
At first they were two cars, one in front and one behind. Now, the two cars are side by side. Mary occasionally talks to Muri next to her.
This cool man who kills without blinking an eye... The cool boy didn't talk much at first, but after Mary found out what he was interested in, he talked more and more.
He told her a story about killing a monster, the same monster he used to make a cape.
"… They live under the glaciers, often staying in the water. They will dig a hole in the ice, and when prey passes by, they suddenly jump out and drag the prey into the hole. The water in the hole is very cold, and if you have fur, you will get wet if you fall in. They will not get wet because their skin is only covered with a layer of very short fine hair, which does not get wet…"
—He said so much in one breath that it was hard to believe that he didn't say a word to her all day ten days ago.
Meli held her chin and heard from his words that the place where he used to live was very cold, with ice and snow, glaciers, and magical beasts that were hard to see here could often be seen.
He knows much more about Warcraft than those in the mercenary group.
Murray said, showing her his cape carefully.
Meili did not refuse his kindness and took a closer look. He put the water-resistant side inside, which felt slippery, and the stain-prone side outside, which looked a little gray.
"That's great." She touched the cloak, a little confused, "Why not wear the water-proof one on the outside?"
Murray answered as a matter of course: "Because I'm used to it. I wore it like this from the beginning."
OK.
Mary also deduced from his words that he had been living alone since he was very young, figuring everything out on his own, with no one to take care of him, so he didn't understand a lot of things and lived a very casual life.
This reminded her of herself, and she couldn't help wanting to be better to him from the bottom of her heart.
She looked at him with that strange look again.
Muri opened his palm, and the fur on the bear paw in the glove exploded a little. He didn't know why he couldn't help but explode when the red-haired woman looked at him like that, but he was not used to it.
When he was very young, he couldn't beat any monsters, and he would get furious when facing the threat of powerful monsters. But this woman was not scary, and he was not afraid of her at all. He could beat ten of them with one hand!
So why is this happening
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The red-haired woman next to him opened her water bag and drank some water. He was thirsty too, so he reached out to take the water bag. This was his water bag. They only had one water bag in total, so they could only drink together. This was not a big deal, as many mercenaries would grab other people's water bags when their own bags were empty.
However, he tasted a little sweetness, a very slight sweetness. He was very sensitive to sweetness and couldn't help but pay attention to it.
This was another question that puzzled him.
It's just ordinary water, but it tastes a little sweet after the red-haired woman drinks it.
He observed that she did not put anything in there secretly.
"Why is it sweet?" he asked the question.
Meili: "Sweet? Water?"
She took the water bag she had just drunk from and took another sip. Because Murray didn't care, she, who had originally cared a little, didn't mind that they drank from the same water bag. After all, he had seen embarrassing things before.
"It's just ordinary water, not sweet." Mary didn't notice.
Murray took it, took another sip, and said affirmatively: "It is sweet."
All right. Meili thought, this brother might be very young, maybe he wants to eat candy
Kind of cute, especially compared to his tall stature, oddball attire, and scary skull hat.
Muri, who was still insisting in his tender boyish voice that the water was a little sweet just a moment ago, suddenly jumped up, pulled out a broken knife from the car, and threw it to the side of the road. Blood instantly splattered half a person's height.
A group of robbers who were lying in ambush on the roadside saw that they were discovered, so they no longer hid. They left their companion who was bleeding and howling, and rushed forward with knives in hand, looking ferocious.
There were only two people, carrying so much goods, walking openly on the main road where mercenaries and caravans delivered goods. At first glance, they made the robbers very excited. They would be unworthy of their identity as robbers if they did not rob them.
The robbers, especially the small ones, would not stay in one place all the time. They would wander in the wilderness and run away after robbing. Therefore, they did not know that a killer appeared on this road. He first killed a monster and then scared a large group of robbers to flee in panic. Now they were extremely excited with shining eyes as they looked at the goods and then at Melie with her face covered.
There are also very few women here, and they are very useful.
Mei Li listened to their strange laughter, but she was still calm. She had seen this kind of scene many times, and anyone would be as calm as she was.
The most important thing is that Murri is by her side. As long as she thinks of how he took action, she is not afraid of these robbers at all.
Unconsciously, she had come to trust Murray very much.
There were robbers lying in ambush on both sides of the road. Five of them rushed over to Meili's side. Murray ignored them and stood up and jumped onto Meili's car. A tall figure instantly enveloped her. Meili saw his cape flying, and the next second he stood on the car and swept his long legs.
—Because the force was too great and the scene was too tragic, blood was inevitable. Murray also pulled his inflated and flying cloak to block the blood.
All in one go.
This violent scene frightened the robbers behind. They woke up from their greed. The miserable corpses awakened their fear of death. They no longer cared about the goods and women, and turned around and ran away screaming.
Some were so panicked that they fell to the ground after running only two steps. They were so scared that they thought they were going to be killed soon, so they got up in a hurry and chased after the robbers who were running away.
Murray did not chase after those who were fleeing in fear, even though it would have been easy for him to kill them all.
In the background of the robbers shouting and running, Murray put down his legs and jumped back to his own carriage, pulled the reins to control the carriage that had strayed from the road, then picked up the kettle and continued the previous topic, "It becomes a little sweet after you drink it, why?"
Meili was so absorbed in watching his casual and natural movements that she didn't hear clearly what he was saying. Her eyes were fixed on his head. "...Ah, there's a little blood on your skull cap."
She took out a cloth to wipe her hands and raised it. The distance was a bit far, and she couldn't reach it while sitting, so she stood by the shaft, holding the edge of the carriage, and across the distance between the two carriages, she bent down and reached out to gently wipe the hideous skull.
Her cape slipped off, and her skirt spread out like a flower swaying in the wind.
The gentle touch on the skull is so slight that it is almost imperceptible.
She stepped back after wiping it, and didn't notice that Murray was stunned. His head was covered by his skull, so even if he was in a daze, Mary couldn't tell, and thought he just fell silent again.
It took Murray a while to come back to his senses from his inexplicable daze, and he didn't understand why he suddenly became dazed just now
And she hadn't answered his question yet.
But he felt that after being in a daze just now, he shouldn't ask this question again. He could only lean back and rest, feeling unhappy, without saying anything more.
As the city of Pudala got closer, Mary felt more and more anxious.
She hesitated for several days and decided to find out what Murray thought that night.
Meili: "Muri, the Golden Lion Mercenary Group is gone, and you are the only one left. Why did you still go to deliver these things?"
Murray replied: "I have already promised."
Mary: "But even the captain is dead, it doesn't matter if you don't go to see him off." If he doesn't insist on going, then she will be free.
Murray still replied: "I agreed. What does it have to do with the death of the regiment commander?"
His grandfather told him that since he had promised, he had to do it.
Meili: "... Do I have to go and send it off?"
Murray: “Yeah.”
Meili said nothing, and bent her head to fiddle with the bonfire. Murray looked at her for a while, saw what was happening, and asked curiously, "You don't want to go?"
Meili smiled helplessly. She was a commodity. What right did she have to decide whether to go or not? But she still had a little hope in her heart. She looked up at Murray and said, "What if I say I don't want to go?"
Murray said, "Then don't go."
He was so confident that Mary suspected he had forgotten that she was also a commodity. She didn't know whether she should remind him so that he wouldn't suddenly remember and send her away again.
Murray then said, "Dead cargo can be delivered, but you are alive, so you can leave if you don't want to go."
Meili asked tentatively: "Then can I leave now?"
Murray: “Yeah.”
He thought she was a little strange. Why not? She was alive and there was no one to lock her up in a cage.
He agreed so directly that Meili suddenly didn't know what to do. She had clearly realized the dangers of this world along the way. If she walked alone, she would die soon, and it would be a miserable death.
She sat down next to Murray, hugged her knees and asked him sideways: "Can I stay with you for a while? I can make you something delicious."
She began to worry that he would drive her away.
Murray still answered simply, "Yes."
He felt inexplicably happy. He was a little disappointed when he heard that she was leaving. He had just eaten delicious steaks a few days ago, and she would talk to him.
It's been a while since he came out of the polar region. People outside either want to cheat him or kill him, and the rest are just bored.
"You're good," he commented maturely, crossing his arms.