Ch 34: Ogre
Rumble…
‘It’s shaking again… Has the Boundary Gate still not been destroyed…’
Sun Lei, who was drowsy, was awakened by the earthquake again, and sighed secretly in his heart.
Sun Lei tried to move his body, only feeling a burst of severe pain, his body felt like it was falling apart and he had no strength.
‘I still can’t move my body… But reinforcements should be here soon, right…’
Sun Lei felt himself getting more and more sleepy, and his consciousness was about to fall asleep again.
Buzz…
A soft sound rang out, and an invisible wave swept over Sun Lei, briefly bringing him back to his senses.
‘So warm… Is it a Healing Art…’
Sun Lei felt the pain in his body disappearing rapidly, and an excited emotion rose in his heart.
Could it be that the reinforcing City Guard has arrived!
He wanted to open his eyes, but a heavy drowsiness struck again…
……………………
“Healing is complete, Captain.”
Zhao Xiaoqin withdrew her hand, lowered her head, and said to Sun Lei in a low voice.
“Ah, thank you Xiaoqin.”
Sun Lei nodded to Zhao Xiaoqin, slowly moved his arm, and put the arm guard back on.
It’s just that the arm guard at this time was already covered with large and small openings, and it looked like it could no longer be used.
“That, I’m sorry Captain! If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have been injured.”
Zhao Xiaoqin raised her head and looked at Sun Lei apologetically, saying with a guilty expression.
She remembered the thrilling scene she had just experienced, and her body couldn’t help but tremble, feeling terrified.
If Sun Lei hadn’t reached out to stop the Goblin who was feigning death and launching a sneak attack, she would have died under the cleaver that was coming down on her head.
“It’s okay, you are a newcomer to the team, and even more so a recovery Profession. As a Professional’s second life, I would choose to protect you both emotionally and rationally.”
Sun Lei said with a matter-of-course expression, not noticing the flash of disappointment on Zhao Xiaoqin’s face at all.
He stood up and walked towards the three captains who were arguing to the side.
“If we continue to move forward, we definitely won’t be able to deal with the next wave of Demonic Creatures. The Goblins’ strength and equipment are getting stronger and stronger!”
Before he got close, Sun Lei heard Wang Xian’s anxious voice.
“Look at the situation in the team, nearly half of us are injured, and we haven’t even seen the shadow of the Boundary Gate!”
Wang Xian stood in front of Luo Wei and Li Wen, constantly muttering angrily.
The suppressed roar immediately attracted the attention of the team members who were cleaning up the battlefield.
“It’s only half, no one’s dead yet, the Priests in our team can handle it!”
Li Wen frowned and glared at Wang Xian, saying with a dissatisfied and mocking expression:
“If you didn’t want to come down, you should have just left directly when voting before, instead of hanging around.”
“I’m afraid it’s because the number of times you’ve refused a mission has reached the limit, and you can’t bear to part with that little bonus, right?”
The most taboo thing when performing a mission is disagreement!
Wang Xian could object before the mission, refuse the mission, and even turn around and leave directly.
The only thing he shouldn’t do is pour cold water on everyone at this time, lowering the team’s morale.
Li Wen had always looked down on Wang Xian, especially the temporary City Guard like him.
Two years ago, the Boundary Gate descent incidents suddenly increased sharply, and the number of City Guard personnel across the Dragon Country therefore became less and less.
The Dragon Country proposed several methods at that time, one of which was to recruit temporary workers from Adventurers.
And Wang Xian joined at that time with his own Adventurer Team.
Later, he also signed a long-term contract with the City Guard and became a temporary captain in the City Guard.
As a temporarily hired person, he has the right to refuse to participate in missions.
It’s just that once the number of refusals is too high, the Adventurer’s rating level will drop, the remuneration will be deducted, and the City Guard will no longer hire them.
“Greedy for life and afraid of death, with only money in their eyes, not even caring about the life and death of the residents, this is the Adventurer.”
The mocking look in Li Wen’s eyes became even stronger, and his tone revealed a strong disdain.
“You…”
Wang Xian’s expression changed drastically when he heard this, his fists clenched tightly, wishing he could rush up and punch Li Wen!
But in the end, he held back and didn’t do anything, snorting coldly with a flushed face.
Luo Wei sighed as he looked at the two people glaring at each other, stood in front of the two, and said calmly:
“Calm down, we must find the Boundary Gate. Subsequent reinforcements will arrive soon. If we don’t deal with this Boundary Gate as soon as possible, the City Defense Magic Array will be very dangerous!”
“Reinforcements? Will we still be alive when the reinforcements arrive…”
Wang Xian had a helpless expression that was both smiling and not smiling on his face, and muttered in a low voice.
Luo Wei glanced at Wang Xian and sighed in his heart. He knew that Wang Xian was not what Li Wen thought he was.
He had learned about Wang Xian, a mother who had been bedridden for a long time, three children who were not yet 10 years old, and a wife who had left him early.
The burden of the whole family fell on this man who was less than 30 years old.
It’s not that easy to find a job that is safe, doesn’t involve injuries, and pays well.
Especially in this era…
So Wang Xian can only be a cautious, even timid and life-cherishing person, just for his family.
Luo Wei didn’t say anything, reached out and patted Wang Xian on the shoulder.
“Captain Luo, is there any news from the Reconnaissance Team? I feel that the Magic Power in the air is getting more and more restless, the Boundary Gate should not be far away.”
Sun Lei came up at this time, glanced around, and asked.
His voice interrupted everyone’s conversation.
“Not yet, the people from the Reconnaissance Team haven’t returned yet.”
Luo Wei turned his head and said to Sun Lei, his brows furrowing involuntarily.
“That’s strange… Logically speaking, even if they haven’t found anything at this time, someone would have come back to report…”
As soon as Luo Wei finished speaking, he heard a sound like tearing cloth from beside him!
Sizzle——
A figure quietly fell out of Space and crashed heavily to the ground!
Bang!
Luo Wei’s eyes turned and saw the person coming clearly, and his pupils shrank violently!
“Huo Lian!”
“Retreat quickly!”
Huo Lian’s loud roar suppressed Luo Wei’s voice, and she struggled to stand up and said hurriedly:
“The Reconnaissance Team is all dead, the Demonic Creatures that came out are very strong, we can’t deal with them…”
“Sister Huo Lian!”
Sun Lei grabbed Huo Lian, who was falling towards him. At this time, he was horrified to find that both of Huo Lian’s arms were broken!
“Sister Huo Lian, your hands!”
“Xiaoqin…”
Sun Lei hurriedly turned his head and shouted at Zhao Xiaoqin, but this was stopped by Huo Lian.
“Don’t worry about these, quickly let our people retreat!”
“Huo Lian, what exactly is going on?”
Luo Wei had already issued a retreat order at this time, and then frowned and asked Huo Lian.
A look of fear appeared on Huo Lian’s face, and she trembled as she recalled the scene she had just seen:
“Ogre! Goblin Cavalry! There are hundreds of them on the Boundary Gate side!”
“What?!”
Luo Wei opened his eyes wide in shock, and let out an exclamation!
The other three captains, as well as the team members who heard Huo Lian’s voice, couldn’t help but feel a tightness in their chests at this time!
“Could it be that a large Boundary Gate has appeared this time? How could such powerful Demonic Creatures suddenly appear?!”
“Ogre… that’s a Gold Rank Demonic Creature, right…”
“Goblin Cavalry, aren’t those all Silver Rank Higher Goblin Species?”
“We only have four captains and Huo Lian who are Silver Rank, there’s no way we can win!”
The surrounding team members exclaimed in shock, and immediately stopped packing their things and hurriedly turned around to prepare to escape!
At this time, a sharp scream made the entire team suddenly stop!
“I-It’s an Ogre!!!”