Taylor City, slum area.

Randall carried a girl with an injured ankle on his back, and urged to the children beside him: "Speed ​​up!"

Climbing on the old mossy wall, Kellogg hooked his tail to the bricks to maintain balance, looked forward for a while, then lowered his head and shouted, "I saw it!"

Bourville rubbed his sore shoulder, and gasped in his nose: "It's finally here."

After walking forward for a while, Randall straightened up, and finally saw the safe house in Karin's mouth through the layers of plant stems and leaves.

A long-abandoned clock tower located in the slum area of ​​Tyrol City, built on a low hill.

Looking at the tired children around him, Randall cheered them up: "Get your energy up, our destination is ahead, and someone will soon pick us up and leave the city."

There was a smile named Hope on the children's faces, but Randall's good mood did not last long.

"They are catching up."

Carol walked to Randall's side and lowered his voice: "At least three large corpses have merged together, and they are moving quickly toward this place."

Randall glanced behind him, and the devastated sky was filled with black smoke. A dense black shadow gradually engulfed most of the city, slowly eroding in his direction.

Gritting his teeth, Randall whispered to Carroll: "Let the children enter the bell tower as soon as possible, search for all available supplies inside, delay time, and wait for rescue."

Everyone quickly walked through the dilapidated path, stepped into the gate of the clock tower, and walked into a hall full of broken walls.

A stone statue of the Virgin that fell on the ground and broken into several pieces; a fountain that has dried up for a long time and is covered with moss and fungi; a big bell with rust all over it and half buried in the soil.

Randall looked up at the top of his head, a spiral staircase built along the wall, out of sight, extending all the way to the roof top.

Randall nodded and said, "This is indeed a good place to hide."

With all the children properly arranged, Barbara could no longer support her tired body and fell to the ground.

Randall, who heard the sound, looked back. He was shocked and quickly ran to Barbara's side and asked in a hurry, "What's the matter?"

"It's okay, I just need to rest for a while."

Barbara's lips were so white that she couldn't see the blood, she patted the back of Randall's hand: "Do what you should do, I can take care of myself."

Randall helped Barbara to a clean clearing, helped her sit up, and kissed her forehead lightly.

Aldenan was lying on the ground in a "big font", staring at the sky blankly.

Carroll threw a pot of water on his face and said in a deep voice, "If you want to live, just get up and help me."

Aldenan rolled his eyes to look at Carroll, and asked calmly, "I always have a question."

"Say."

"Why should I live?"

Carol picked up the kettle and took a sip: "If you want to die now, I will never stop you."

Without paying attention to the orc's sarcasm, Aldenan asked slowly: "For more delicious food? A more comfortable place? Or for fame, wealth, and women?"

Carol was silent for a while, then said: "You should have something more cherished..."

Aldenan said mockingly: "When I was eleven, I was sold into the underground fighting arena. In order to survive, I did everything good and bad."

"When I was beaten up again and again, and fell to the ground, I would often ask myself, what on earth did I do to linger in this hell-like place?"

Aldenan turned to look at the others: "Each of you has something you believe in, and you are willing to fight for that thing, but I am different from you. I live in chaos and I will never find anything to struggle. Direction. I just want to live, live without a purpose..."

There was a rare softness on Carroll's face, and he patted Aldenan on the shoulder: "One day, you will find it, find the thing that is more important than life."

Kellogg walked to Randall, pointed to what was in his hand and said, "I found this in the storage room at the back."

It was a dilapidated oil lamp with a canister for storing kerosene underneath.

Randall picked up the oil lamp and shook it. There was a thumping sound from the jar. He nodded and said, "There is half a pot left."

At this moment, Bulville suddenly rushed in from the door and shouted to Randall: "They are here!"

Randall stiffened, and then rushed out of the bell tower, to the hills outside the door, and looked up at the sky.

In the distant horizon, a few small dots slowly enlarged in the air, accompanied by a clear griffin call, and finally came to the top of the clock tower.

The leading Valkyrie Ashley controlled the Griffon to slowly land on the clearing. Seeing Randall walking towards her, she asked, "What the **** are these in the city?!"

Randall shrugged and smiled bitterly: "I don't know."

"Useless guy, I knew it was useless to ask you." Ashley beckoned, indicating that everything is normal for the sisters and they can land.

Randall looked at the Valkyrie who landed one by one, frowning as he counted and asked, "Only ten people have come?"

Ashley turned around when he heard the words and looked at Randall amusedly: "What? Ten people came here and think it's not enough? Blame me for not bringing you the red carpet and the honor guard?"

As the deputy commander of the Valkyrie squad, Sifley explained to Randall: "The Valkyrie is assisting the Holy Order and the Knights in attacking Tyrol City. We not only have to undertake bombing, sniping, and reconnaissance tasks, but sometimes even I want to play the role of a guest messenger, so I really can’t mobilize more people..."

Randall shook his head embarrassedly, and said, "But..."

Ashley flicked her golden wavy hair, and said, "If the Xenospecies Association hadn't used the emergency signal for help, do you think we could rush over so quickly? And... wait, who are they?!"

Several small heads protruded from the gate of the bell tower, looking curiously at the griffon who closed their eyes on the hill.

In Ashley's surprised look, Randall explained the cause and effect of the incident to her.

"Thirty-seven kids?! Are you crazy?!"

Ashley had an incredible face, and shouted at Randall: "So many kids, plus you guys, take so many people out of the city, what do you think we are riding?! A flying carriage Are you? Listen! I only promised to take you back!"

Randall said firmly: "Bring the child, I have obtained the consent of the Dragon God for this matter."

Ashley grabbed Randall by the collar and sternly shouted: "You bastard! What do you think of the highest god!"

Randall looked at Ashley's eyes fearlessly, and said word by word: "Let the children leave first, followed by my partner. I am the last to leave."

Ashley was stunned for a moment, then she pushed Randall away and said viciously: "This account~lightnovelpub.net~ When I return to the West Side, I will make a clear calculation with you!"

Looking back at her sister, Ashley said loudly, "Everyone emptied their luggage! Get the chain and the reins!"

She then turned to Randall and said: "Each of us can only take two children away at a time. That is to say, we will take away 20 children this time, and the rest will have to wait for us to come next time."

"How long will it take to get here next time."

"Forty minutes." Ashley first pointed her finger in the direction of the city center, where a huge tide of corpses was slowly approaching the clock tower.

"You don't need to remind me, you should also know that after forty minutes, if those ghosts invade the hills, it will make us lose the open space for landing. At that time, I will leave you behind without hesitation, immediately return!"

Seeing the tide of black corpses getting closer and closer in the distance, Randall gritted his teeth and said, "I assure you that we will be able to survive these forty minutes."

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