Necromancer, summoning 055? What the heck?

Chapter 76 The Final Chapter of the Captain of the Guard

Pevin has always been a clear-headed and goal-oriented warrior. From the moment he realized he couldn't escape, he had been planning his final blow.

After deliberately drawing Sir Connor's attention, the captain of the guard, fueled by adrenaline, staggered and launched the last charge of his life.

As he charged, he pulled out two more grenades.

The two knights retreated simultaneously, but to everyone's surprise, Pevin's target was the wounded and captured Cloud Mist Territory warrior lying on the ground.

Flames roared, bullets whistled, and a storm of metal swiftly claimed the lives of these warriors.

Peiwen's face showed a resolute apology.

I'm sorry, although we are comrades, you know where the princess is hiding.

I don't know if you can withstand the enemy's temptations, bribes, and torture. I can't gamble on your integrity and will, so you must die!
As for myself...

I must die too, to stop any possible rescue they might launch.

"clang--!"

A clash devoid of any frills, a collision of all strength! The exhausted Pevin was overwhelmed by the recoil and fell heavily at the feet of Knight Commander Connor, his longsword flying out of his hand.

He forced his head up, his blood-blurred vision meeting Connor's twisted and ferocious face, and his hysterical questioning.

"why?"

Peiwen's lips, smeared with blood and foam, moved slightly as she used her last breath to softly utter a few words.

"You...you didn't say I was a dog..."

"A dog, how could it betray its master..."

boom--! ! !
The patch bomb was triggered, igniting all of Pevin's personal firearms, causing a chain reaction of explosions across the plain.

Clusters of dazzling fireballs, too bright to look at directly, expanded and roared in the air, rising into massive plumes of smoke.

"Uncle Peiwen—!!!"

Princess Liushuang let out a shrill scream, grabbed the anti-materiel rifle, and rushed out of the hideout.

Linda grabbed her, but Liu Shuang dragged her a long way away, shouting anxiously, "Stop her! Stop her!"

The remaining two Cloud Mist Warriors dared not offend the young princess and could only try to shield her with their bodies. Amidst this chaos, Chen Mo stood up.

A surge of resentment welled up within him.

The scenes from his arrival on the Starry Continent—the coercion of the little golden retriever, the pursuit by the mercenary team, the inhuman slaughter in the villages and towns, and the captain of the guard charging across the plains—kept replaying in his mind, making him feel as if his chest was about to explode.

He also wanted to pick up a weapon and go out to fight the enemy to the death.

It was Peiwen who stopped him.

Among the gestures Peiwen made, there was one that represented a promise he made to Peiwen: that he must take Liushuang away.

Peiwen knew everyone in the team well. He knew that Liushuang would go crazy, and he also knew that, because of her status, no one else in the team could truly restrain this princess.

Chen Mo was different; he was an outsider, a nobleman from elsewhere who had no fear of the young princess.

Not only could he make magical summons, but he also earned the unanimous recognition of his team members because of his diligence and intelligence. In fact, the little princess looked at him with obvious admiration.

If anyone is most likely to stop Princess Liushuang, it must be this young man.

So he kept desperately gesturing to Chen Mo, begging him to stop that little girl.

Don't come any closer, go! Go! Go now!

Chen Mo stepped forward and, seeing the little princess whose face was already streaked with tears and who was desperately trying to rush out, used all his strength to slap her hard across the face.

Her hair flew wildly, and Liu Shuang was completely stunned.

He must have never been slapped before in his life. Chen Mo gasped, silently hiding his throbbing right hand behind his back, feeling his entire hand trembling slightly.

"Captain Pevin is dead, and you want to go and die too?"

Chen Mo raised his left hand, pressed his index finger against his temple, and roared, "It's easy to die. Pick up the gun in your hand and point it at your head."

"It's over in a flash!"

That's it!!!

"It's better than you rushing out, getting cut into ten or eight pieces by the enemy, and then betraying everyone else here."

Liu Shuang covered her cheeks and looked at Chen Mo. This harsh and merciless reprimand extinguished her impulse, leaving her only bewilderment and immense grievance.

She stood there stunned for a long time before squatting down with a loud "waaaah" and bursting into tears like a child.

Okay, she's just a child!
Everyone present fell silent, even Old Locke, a professional, held his breath and dared not make a sound.

Chen Mo stood quietly in front of the ventilation shaft of the shelter, secretly rubbing his swollen right hand while looking up into the distance. A few minutes later, [Skylark] returned automatically and landed steadily on the platform outside the ventilation shaft.

Chen Mo grabbed the Lark, stuffed it into his pack, and grimaced as he slung the backpack over his shoulder: "Let's go!"

Because the team was down to less than half its size, Chen Mo decisively chose to abandon most of the supplies, even throwing away his own magic materials and cultivation potions, only taking the cloud platform, equipment, and a small amount of food and water.

Six people and a skeleton, guided by two fully charged miniature drones, stumbled and fled eastward.

The fifth knight of the Zircon family made an empirical error; he judged from Captain Peven's pre-arranged ambush that the enemy's hiding place must be within sight of the decoy squad's escape route.

The death of the prisoner cut off his sources of information, leaving him to search for it himself.

After a brief survey of the terrain, the Zircon Knights focused their search efforts on two low hills and dense forests within a three-kilometer radius. Troops, arriving in droves, formed a dense formation and began a comprehensive search.

On the perimeter, he deployed a small number of cavalry to conduct dispersed patrols, mainly to prevent fast-moving individuals within the target group from scattering and escaping.

The remnant squad of Cloud Mist Territory, which was not within his search range to begin with, once again escaped the encirclement of Zircon's main force.

With the help of early warnings from drones, the team evaded enemy patrols several times, hiding in a wetland shelter for the rest of the day before moving again under the cover of night.

Along the way, thanks to Master Locke's constant healing, this mixed group of old and weak people trudged on and found an abandoned village nestled against a hillside before daybreak.

The villagers were either dead or had fled. The team conducted two reconnaissance missions, using drones and soldiers, before finally managing to hide in the village in a sorry state.

More than a dozen corpses were hanging from a big tree at the entrance of the village, and they looked like they had been there for quite some time.

The withered, emaciated body swayed in the wind, its dark, hollow eye sockets gazing at the guests from afar.

The group found an inconspicuous mud house, set up the solar panels in a hidden spot on the roof, and swallowed some dry rations with stiff necks.

Chen Mo shared a room with the sallow-faced old Locke, Linda shared a room with the absent-minded Liu Shuang, and the other two warriors took turns on guard duty. The exhausted group fell into a deep sleep.

He slept until the sun was high in the sky.

When Chen Mo woke up, he felt a little dizzy and lightheaded, and it felt like he was walking on thick cotton wool.

She shook her head vigorously and walked out of the room. The others had already gotten up. Old Locke and Linda were squatting next to Liu Shuang, talking incessantly. The little princess had been staring blankly out the window.

Hearing the noise, they all turned around at the same time.

The moment Princess Liushuang saw Chen Mo, tears welled up in her eyes, and her lips pressed tightly against her teeth, leaving deep teeth marks.

Chen Mo wanted to offer some comfort, but didn't know what to say.

He then tore off a piece of dry food, stuffed it into his mouth, pushed open the door, and walked out of the yard. Then, he noticed something was wrong.

"Where is the other person?"

(End of this chapter)