Secret: The years I served as a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 497 Natural Disaster
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what happened?

Audrey thought almost blankly.

Theoretically, this was her second time to be attacked, the first time being when she was attacked by an airship in Backlund. She already had experience in escaping, and now she didn't have to worry about her body getting hurt, so she should have quickly pulled herself together, and quickly joined forces with the doctors and nurses who were still able to move in the hospital to rescue them, and take the people who were still alive in the hospital to nearby open areas for shelter in an orderly manner.

But she couldn't move. Her arms that supported her body were shaking violently, and her legs were completely powerless. Not to mention standing up and walking, Audrey even lost the courage to raise her head and could fall down again at any time.

Because - this is not a man-made disaster like the bomber, what befell here is a natural disaster, a punishment from God.

Humans cannot disobey the gods.

People must accept the punishment of gods.

But the gods love mankind, so they will not bring down divine punishment at will, so only sinners and blasphemers will be punished.

...Am I a sinner?

...Oh God, great God, am I a sinner because I helped these people and betrayed Loen's position?
She didn't hear the thunder that almost broke her eardrums, but she saw the silver-white lightning outside the window that almost tore the sky apart. It was huge and terrifying, like a crack or a huge thunder tree.

She didn't hear the wind, but she felt the strong wind all around her. In this world without sound, Audrey saw the big trees almost "bowed" by the hurricane through the gaps in the collapsed buildings, and saw the signs and awnings of roadside restaurants swept away by the wind. People were struggling to hold on in the storm and would be swept away if they were not careful.

The gods certainly wouldn't care about the fear and anxiety of a tiny audience member who isn't even a demigod, nor would they care if a birthday party in a small hospital was ruined right after it started.

God just intends to destroy this place and punish it.

Audrey trembled in fear at the coming natural disaster. Her education made her submit to the majesty of the gods, and her reason told her that there was only one god in the world who had the power of thunder.

This was the god she had been in awe of since she was little. Like the goddess of night she believed in, this was the god who had protected Loen for thousands of years.

"Respected, respected God of Thunder and Truth..."

There was no blood or tears in the doll's body. She maintained an expression that looked a bit demented, and did not move.

If it was a man-made attack, or even a sudden natural disaster, Audrey would not have a blank mind, she would do her best to lead the people around her to survive. But this is a god, a god that she has been taught to respect and fear since she was a child! In this world, even the evil gods such as the Hidden Sage, the True Creator, and the Original Witch, people recognize their power as gods. Although they do not trust them, they never dare to disobey them easily.

God, why, why now, why here, why them?

This country is weak and poor, and is separated from Loen in the northern continent by an entire ocean. It is not worth it at all...at all...

However, this place was originally a colony, although it did not belong to Loen.

After a brief moment of shock and fear, Audrey seemed to understand something. But at this moment, she felt something beside her move slightly and emit a faint breathing sound.

Audrey quickly looked down and found Ana was right beside her.

"——!——!"

It seems that when the divine punishment came just now, her doll body was only affected by the spirit and lost its senses, but it happened to block Ana, so she did not suffer any serious damage, but was just stunned. Audrey's heartbeat accelerated, and she finally found some feeling of being alive. She just wanted to thank the gods in her heart, but she couldn't say it.

She called Ana's name loudly and shook the little girl's shoulders. Under Audrey's expectant gaze, she finally saw the child's eyelids move slightly a few times, and then opened with difficulty.

"...Miss... Orr..."

Ana struggled to make a tiny sound from her throat. The double image in front of her eyes gradually disappeared, and consciousness gradually returned to her body.

She saw Miss Orr looking at her anxiously and concernedly, and with the sight of those golden eyes, she felt a relaxing force falling on her, and the uneasiness and fear in her heart gradually disappeared. She struggled to sit up and found that she was very lucky, her body was not crushed by bricks and stones, nor pierced by steel bars.

"What happened...?"

Ana turned her head blankly and felt a sharp pain in her head.

Then, she saw a scene that seemed like hell on earth, and her pupils shrank uncontrollably.

Just as Audrey was about to comfort the girl again, she saw Ana standing up while shouting something, staggering into the crowd, picking up the child who should have been blessed today, and forcefully pulling him out of his mother's gradually cooling arms, hugging him tightly, patting his back continuously, and slowly kneeling down on the ground.

Both children seemed to be crying, and Audrey saw it.

She took two deep breaths and stood up, holding onto the broken chair beside her. Whenever she thought that the one who was punishing her was the God of Thunder, she couldn't help but want to shrink, want to cry, want to kneel down and pray.

If she had not suffered so much, she would be at a loss now, or just want to run away with Ana and Dawen.

But the will to live and the silent cry of the child stung her eyes, and in the pain she was transformed once again from the pious, naive, weak Miss "Audrey Hall" who would act coquettishly and ask her parents and elders for help to the reliable and mature "Letty Orr" doctor in Highland Hospital.

There is no one here to help her.

If she doesn't save herself and stand up, everyone will die!
The moment Audrey stood up and straightened her back again, she forgot about piety and fear and only remembered what she should do.

She rushed forward with big strides, grabbed the two crying children hugging each other, and used her usual gentle eyes to make them stop crying temporarily. Audrey pointed to her ears, shook her hand, and then pointed outside, signaling them to leave quickly.

Then she pulled Ana up from the ground and went to grab another doctor whose arm was pierced by steel bars.

Seeing Miss Letty Orr approaching, the doctor immediately showed a look of being saved. Audrey couldn't help trembling in front of this look. She realized unprecedentedly her status and importance in the hearts of these people - thanks to the clothes and shoes made by His Royal Highness Richard. After overcoming her inner fear, Audrey felt that she was as light as a swallow and walked briskly. The falling rocks from above did not make her feel any pain.

Falling rocks from above...

Audrey raised her head and met the giant doll's eyes. It was probably not her illusion, she saw that Tawfik's body began to twist and it seemed that he could not maintain this shape.

No time to hesitate!

If I hadn't just been kneeling there in a daze, I would have taken them out by now...

She grabbed the rebar.

As the doctor's eyes went from confusion to astonishment, Audrey broke the steel bar like a toothpick and threw it out of the doctor's wound. Then she quickly grabbed the bandage and alcohol to disinfect and bandage it, not forgetting to hypnotize the other party so that he would not feel pain.

In treating patients who self-harmed and others in their madness, Audrey was already familiar with blood and wounds.

The doctor was a little dazed. After completing this skilled procedure, he looked at Letty Orr as if he had just met her for the first time.

During this time, Audrey had rescued two other survivors and began to comfort them and treat their wounds.

The doctor did not waste any time. He moved his arms a few times, and after making sure it would not affect his work, he immediately asked Ana to help him get a small cart from a nearby medical supplies storage area. He put a blanket on it and placed several wounded people on it.

……

Backlund, Hillston District.

After a "trip" out, Fors finally received a reply from her teacher Dorian Gray Abraham. "There is no 'Star Worm' at the moment... Let me pay attention to what the people who want to buy the 'Star Worm' need..."

Fors glanced through the teacher's letter and breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Abraham family has reached some preliminary consensus with the hidden...mysterious God's church. On the premise of exchanging some secret knowledge, they have started preliminary cooperation. The saint of the mysterious God revealed that God has a way to temporarily free the tortured Abraham family from the torment of the whispers, but the price is not something they can afford."

Fors looked at the back of the letter again and thought for a while:

"...Teacher Dorian seems a little hesitant, but it is not impossible to obtain this favor. All he needs to do is agree to a request from the Church of the God of Mysteries... What is this request? Teacher Dorian also has a certain status in Abraham, but he has not been told the specific content of the request yet. What exactly is this request?"

Mr. Fool once said that the whispering of the full moon was a cry for help from Mr. Gate, the ancestor of Abraham's family, after he was trapped.

In Mr. Fool's kingdom of God, the full moon whispers would not disturb Fors. Perhaps the help that the church could provide... certainly would not be to put the entire Abraham family into the kingdom of God. That would be to give the Abraham family items blessed by the gods? Help them block the full moon whispers? Or... since they are gods, can they save Mr. Door?

In this way, the full moon whispers are finally over!
This possibility undoubtedly made Fors, a best-selling author, very excited. The experiences of the Abraham family and the ancestor "Mr. Men" were all genuine legends. If they could be written into a biography, it would definitely be... Fors stopped thinking in time and did not think about anything dangerous.

"That's great, Hugh. Teacher and the others have successfully settled down in Intis. Maybe they can even get help from the church."

Fors spoke to her friend in a relaxed tone, but when she looked back, the smile on her face gradually disappeared and became tense:

"That traitor, Butis, appears again?!"

"Yes, yes, he is the 'Secret Saint' of the Aurora Society. Now the Aurora Society has become the Orthodox Church of Intis... He once betrayed his teacher and the Abraham Family, and he certainly would not want to see the Abraham Family become stable and strong again with the help of another god!"

Fors was moved by teacher Dorian's words. When she saw that the teacher wrote in the letter, "Butis appeared in the corner of the Abraham family's new residence under the cover of night," she was worried for her teacher's clansmen. When she saw that Butis had destroyed the seal in the manor and released the seal brought by the family, trying to disguise this assassination as a tragedy caused by the seal getting out of control, Fors could not bear it. She slammed the table hard and angrily cursed the traitor saint with words that were too unbearable for a lady to hear.

Fortunately, the demigod sent by the God of Mysteries to negotiate with Abraham was nearby and provided timely rescue. But before Fors could breathe a sigh of relief, she saw that the specific casualties of the tribe were mentioned by Teacher Dorian. Dorian comforted her instead and told her not to worry too much.

Fors clenched her fingers slightly, and she almost wanted to teleport to Intis immediately to help her teacher. The idea of ​​hunting down the "Secret Saint" Butis became stronger and stronger, and she became nervous again.

After all, this is a half-god, half-human being. He was a Sequence 4 Saint a year or two ago, and may have already reached Sequence 3 now.

"This guy is simply despicable. He has already followed the Aurora Society and become a member of the Orthodox Church, but he is still narrow-minded and afraid of being retaliated by the Abraham family... The death of 'Mr. X' Louis Wayne must have scared him, and he actually did such an irrational thing."

"His irrationality right now is actually a good opportunity... It's a pity that the Church of the God of Mysteries may not pursue the matter, otherwise I could consider asking Ms. Hermit for help. However, behind the Aurora Society there is the Rose of Redemption, as well as angels and the Angel King, and I am just a bait. Now that Butis has appeared directly, I don't have to worry about my own safety..."

Fors did not regret agreeing to Gehrman Sparrow's request to purchase the "Star Bug". This was what she wanted to do, but because the risk was too high, she was inevitably a little flustered and uneasy.

"But wasn't Mr. Hermann's messenger a lady from the spiritual world? Why did she become a monster..."

This made her unable to help but imagine another possibility:
"If Mr. World could participate and take the lead, I would definitely not be so nervous and worried."

It wasn't that Fors didn't believe in the strength and experience of Ms. Hermit, but the record of World Gehrman Sparrow was there, making people feel at ease when they thought of him carrying out similar missions.

Sitting by the fireplace, Xio glanced at his friend and asked:
"Are you thinking about hunting that Butis?"

"Yes." Fors nodded seriously and said, "But not so soon. I will find a chance to write to you all."

Hunting a demigod is not like going fox hunting in the suburbs in autumn. You can't just pack your equipment, gather your friends, and set off. This requires absolutely rigorous and detailed planning. Fors believes that Ms. Hermit must personally look for Butis, or live in another predetermined battlefield for a period of time to understand the specific situation before formulating a sufficiently effective plan.

Miss Justice is still accelerating the digestion of the Dream Walker potion, which may take another one to two months, or even longer.

For Fors, she could afford to wait.

Because she also wanted to digest the "Recorder" potion, arrange the ceremony, and become a "Traveler" before taking formal action.

Fors stretched, then leaned back on the soft cushion of the chair, looked at the ceiling, and said to herself:
"I wonder what everyone in the Tarot Club is doing..."

……

Finally, all the wounded in the hospital were sent to the nearby shelter. The shelter was designed with lightning protection, fire prevention and waterproofing from the beginning of its construction. Now Audrey had to admire Richard's idea.

"Please come with us, Miss Orr!"

The doctor said: "It's too dangerous here, we have to leave!"

Audrey tilted her head. Her hearing had recovered a little. She could hear a few vague words and could hear that the doctor was urging her to leave.

"There are still... patients who need... me."

She spoke slowly, and out of the corner of her eye she actually caught a glimpse of the dark clouds above her head gathering again, and it seemed as if someone was standing at the highest point, waiting for the thunder to fall like a lightning rod.

“There are no more patients here.”

The doctor said anxiously, "Almost everyone is here! The Beyonders from those schools have to work during the day and are not here."

Audrey shook her head and pointed upwards.

The doctor did not dare to look up following her finger. His Adam's apple rolled, and then he gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously. He took out an amulet from his hand and stuffed it into Audrey's hand. Then he pushed the wounded towards the escape passage without looking back.

Ana couldn't help but look back, but the doctor grabbed her and forced her to run forward.

Just as their backs completely disappeared, the huge doll that supported the other half of the hospital suddenly fell down, and the entire hospital collapsed.

…Audrey closed her eyes, walked over briskly, and reached out to dig out Tawfik, who was completely buried, from the brick and stone rubble.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the gap between the bricks and stones and grabbed her throat tightly.

Audrey was startled, and then she saw the broken black and red mask through the gap. The exhausted demigod showed half of his bloody face, and a pair of eyes hiding madness and hatred stared at her.

But Audrey didn't sense any killing intent.

Even though the hand was so strong that it almost broke her neck.

TBC
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If he wanted to kill me, he should just suck my soul...

Audrey was silent for a moment, then she put her hand on the back of Tawfik's dark, scarred hand and tried to comfort the demigod.

"Don't worry about my safety."

"I am here to help you. I will not leave like this. Please respect my will and do not destroy this container."

Amid the ruins and thunderstorm, she spoke with unprecedented determination.