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Chapter 198 Village Guardian

There was no conversation that night, and the dawn in the desert seemed to come earlier than in Xumi.

After having breakfast with the village chief Anpu, the two went to the Vitality House under the guidance of the village chief.

"Follow this road and you will reach the abandoned hospital. As an old man, I won't accompany you on this journey."

"Thank you for your hard work, Village Chief Anpu."

Anpu smiled and waved at Xines, with a look in his eyes that any man could understand.

Although the road in the desert is difficult to identify, at least it is not easy to get lost. Following the path, Sines and Egolia successfully saw the abandoned hospital that Anpu mentioned.

"As the village chief said, there are mercenaries stationed here, but what is their reason for being stationed here?"

Egolia couldn't help but think of the ruins he and Hines had found. Could it be that these mercenaries were also doing some research?

Hearing Egolia's question, Hines also recalled the information about the Vitality House.

The research of the House of the Decrees is not here. Now it is just a transit point for "goods".

This group of mercenaries were quite professional. When Sines and Egolia stepped in, they had already discovered the invaders.

The saying that ants can kill elephants is widely circulated in the desert, and words like "group fights are despicable" will only be laughed at here.

Only those who survived are qualified to talk about everything.

Seeing Equator approaching and the mercenaries with crossbows in the distance, Sines walked up to Egolia.

"Be careful, this person is not friendly."

Xiu!

The sound of the crossbow arrows breaking through the air seemed like the horn of the battle, and the confrontation was broken in an instant.

Hines summoned a spear and knocked away the incoming arrow. The spear made of flowing water shot towards the direction where the arrow flew.

Hines, who had no intention of playing around, would not be hurt by these little guys unless he did it on purpose.

"retreat!"

After just a short fight, the mercenaries had lost three crossbowmen and one melee mercenary.

Since we can't stop them, the most important thing is to spread the news here.

Unfortunately, reality is often more cruel than they imagine. The only good news is that Hines still needs survivors.

Sinesi tore off their clothes and used them as ropes to tie them up. He knocked them unconscious and threw them aside.

"Well, they won't wake up for a while, so we have plenty of time to investigate this place."

Egolia looked at the dilapidated buildings around her and found it hard to imagine that this place had once been a hospital.

Because everything here is too simple.

The two men first walked into a house on the edge of the house. There was only a bed and a table in the house. From the remaining traces of life, it can be seen that this was the residence of the mercenaries stationed here.

After a quick glance, the two of them left. Based on the mercenaries' living habits, even if there was any valuable information in the room, it would have been thrown away as garbage long ago.

The few small houses around were either dilapidated and nothing was left, or they had already been occupied by mercenaries.

"Now the only room left is the innermost one."

Egolia was a little disappointed. They hadn't found anything valuable so far, but they also didn't find anyone conducting illegal research, which made Egolia feel relieved.

Compared to the small studios around it, the last house can barely be called a small clinic.

As soon as you enter the room, the remaining footprints on the ground and the not-too-dirty walls around it indicate that this place is not completely abandoned and there are still people active here.

But there doesn't seem to be anything worth paying attention to here.

"Egolia, look here."

Egolia was a little surprised by Xines's call.

"what have you found?"

Hines pointed to the ground ahead.

"The footprints on the ground disappeared here..."

"You mean there's a secret passage here?"

Egolia stamped her feet lightly on the ground, testing the sound reflected from the ground.

Sure enough, what Hines said was right. The sound coming from the ground ahead was obviously different from the surrounding sound.

Hines shot and shattered the wooden boards at the entrance of the secret passage, which were the same color as the surrounding floor.

The real vibrant home also officially appeared when the two revealed the tip of the dark iceberg.

The dim environment coupled with the occasional crying and shouting made the entire underground even more depressing and terrifying.

"Hines, do you hear someone's voice here?"

Egolia knew it wasn't an illusion, but she wanted to confirm it because all she heard were humans howling in fear.

"I heard it. Remember what Anpu said about the village guards always getting lost recently?"

"You mean, those people guarding the village are here?"

As the two of them went deeper, they indeed discovered two Sumeru people squatting on the ground, covering their heads and shouting from time to time.

"Judging from their attire, they seem to be scholars from Xumi. Why are they appearing in the desert?"

Egolia had more questions. She looked around and asked herself, what on earth is this place?

"Hines, let's take these people back to Aru Village first."

"Okay, I'll go find the rope."

A moment later, Hines returned to the underground with a piece of cloth, but the more Egolia looked at the cloth, the more familiar it seemed.

In her memory, it seemed that the mercenaries' clothes were like this.

"Hines, are those the mercenaries' clothes in your hand?"

"Of course not, their clothes are not that short."

"...?"

Hines tied a 'rope' around the wrists of the two village guards to ensure they would not fall behind.

Of course, Hines also did not forget the three unlucky mercenaries who were unconscious outside.

He tied ropes to their feet and dragged them forward casually.

Egolia opened her mouth. Although they were enemies, there seemed no need to torture them like this, right?

But Egolia could still tell which was more important. Hines had to drag the villagers and these captives with him at the same time, so dragging them behind was indeed the most appropriate solution.

"Candice, do you know these two people?"

As the guard of Aru Village, Candice usually patrols around the village to check if there are any monsters or natural disasters that may threaten the village.

While patrolling today, she happened to meet the two Hines returning from the abandoned hospital.

"These two..."

Candice looked at them and felt that they looked familiar. After a while, she remembered.

"I remember now! Aren't these the village guards from our village?! Where did you find them?"

Candice was a little excited when she saw the two stupid village guards, and she ran to them quickly. After all, they were also part of Aru Village, and the panic caused by the inexplicable disappearance would affect everyone in Aru Village.

Then she saw the three still unconscious captives dragged here by Hines, and the red sand behind them.