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Duva checked the sky again and nodded, "We are probably out of the core disaster area. We can escape the disaster area in ten minutes. We can take a rest now."

Ling Dengxian relaxed a little after hearing that. He carried Yeban to a tree and chose a place with sparse grass to put Yeban down. Then he turned his gaze to Dua again, because the latter had no intention of hiding the heavy weapon.

"Ling, I know what you want to ask, but I don't know how to explain it. If I really want to say something, I learned some skills when I was young." Duva didn't respond to his gaze. "Because the town received a natural disaster warning, we knew that you and Fengpi were still in the mountains. I thought I still had some ability to protect myself, so I volunteered to come to you."

At this point, Kuranta looked at Safra on the ground and said, "I just didn't expect Miss Yeban..."

Ye Ban closed his eyes tightly and bit his lips tightly. Ling Dengxian had experienced the same pain before, but his injuries were miraculously mostly healed, with only a piece of shrapnel still stuck under his left rib. The wound had healed a lot, but the lingering pain periodically tore his expression. One can imagine how painful Ye Ban was now, exhausted and injured.

Duva checked the wound and said it couldn't be treated in the wild without any tools. He seriously told him not to make the injury worse and to wait until he got back to town to get treatment.

The activity of Originium in the current environment has increased, and if the trauma is further increased, there will be a risk of contracting mineral disease.

Duva asked why he and she ended up in such a miserable state. Ling Dengxian endured the pain and told him what happened to him and Yeban.

"Those bastards you met should be the target of Bagpipe Girl and her gang. They are a squad of the Iron Eagle Mercenaries wanted by the military." Duva looked at Yeban with some sympathy. "Those bastards should have taken a fancy to her trainers. Long-beaked sleepers are rare beasts. I guess she didn't expect to be ambushed.

"But you are quite capable. You were able to gain the upper hand over the mercenaries in your first actual combat. However, these mercenaries are indeed a little lacking."

"Uncle Duva, why don't you care where Bagpipe went?" Ling Dengxian felt a little confused when he saw that he didn't ask about Bagpipe's whereabouts.

"Bagpipes? She must have gone to do her duty, as a Victorian soldier should do." Duval shook his head. "She came to Qicheng Town to complete the mission as a member of the Storm Commando. Everyone knows this. She should have told you, right?"

Ling Dengxian felt a little frustrated. It seemed that many people besides him knew about the situation, which made him seem even more incompetent.

"Ling boy, let me give you a heads-up. After this natural disaster, you and Fengpi should be separated."

Ling Dengxian was startled and was about to say something when he heard Du Wa's question:

"You don't plan to stay here for long, do you?"

Ling Dengxian's words lingered in his throat before he replaced them with what he really wanted to say.

“…Yes, I can’t live under your protection forever.

"I have to grow up until I can stand on my own." Ling Dengxian looked at the gloomy sky, and the depression in his chest eased a lot.

After saying that, Ling Dengxian's gaze subconsciously turned to Yeban. Just at this moment, Yeban's eyebrows twitched, his eyelashes trembled, and he let out a groan of pain.

On the other side, the remaining members of Harpier's team.

"Old, Old Five...that monster, the red monster..." The mercenaries fled from the woods, gasping for breath. They watched their two companions being torn and pierced in front of them. They had seen life and death before, but a monster like this, a sight like this, really was beyond their psychological endurance.

But there are also people who can bear it. The old fifth they are talking about frowned, as if he was thinking about something.

"Where's Harpier? Where are the others? Someone has to be responsible for all this! The leader..."

"Don't worry! You've already survived, but you're still losing your composure!" Lao Wu was silent for a long time, looked at the mercenaries around him, and said abruptly: "If we don't run away, no, if we don't have time to escape and stay there... can we defeat that monster?"

"What nonsense are you talking about! At most, only a few people can survive. Our weapons don't have any advantage at all!"

"Is that so...that's fine..." Lao Wu murmured.

"What did you say, Lao Wu?"

Lao Wu slowly turned around and gave them a smile that was unfamiliar to them.

There is still one hour until the disaster occurs.

The border mountains were about to be hit by a natural disaster. Fengdi knocked the mercenary unconscious with a heavy blow, picked up the city-breaking spear and ran towards the direction of the mercenary's confession. She was not good at torture, but seeing that the guy was so scared, he must be telling the truth.

"The communication terminal doesn't work... How can I contact the captain and the others? It's so dark now, I guess fireworks won't work - it's so stuffy! Is it going to rain? Oh no..." Bagpipe didn't know whether the captain was in place, but she believed in her captain. She had to continue her mission. Even if she couldn't win, she could harass and delay him.

Bagpipe found something was not right, something was a little unusual.

"Why haven't we seen any wild animals in the mountains?" Even the feathered beasts were nowhere to be seen. Fengdi had a bad feeling. The dull air, the disappearing wild animals, the accumulated dark clouds, the abnormal communication...

"Natural disaster!?" Fengpipe stopped suddenly, swung the weapon in his hand to steady his center of gravity, looked up at the sky in front of him, and cold sweat appeared on his face.

"It should be a while... Are the captain and the others okay? Where are they now? They are not in the area covered by the natural disaster, are they? And Xiao Xian! Has he found Yeban? Has he moved away from here..." Fengpipe became anxious and suddenly patted his cheek, "Calm down, Fiona, you have to calm down. The captain and the others will not take risks easily, and Ling Dengxian has his own judgment - what we need to consider now is whether we should continue the pursuit?"

Vaifan stared at the sky for a moment, lowered her head and started running again. She chose to believe in the captain, in herself, and believe that they could solve all problems before the natural disaster came.

A girl from Vaifan is never lost.

"Boom!" A flare exploded in the air, and flower-shaped fireworks quickly disappeared in the gray-black sky, like ripples on the water.

"Yellow, medium brightness. The enemy appears!" Bagpipe raised his eyebrows. Now, the target was clear.

The other party can also see the flare, so everything must be done quickly!

Iron Eagle Mercenary Group. "Have we been discovered?" The deputy commander frowned. He was not worried about the pursuers, but the leader had already arranged an escape plan.

But he was worried about the probability of success. If he failed, even if he could survive in the hands of the Victorian military, he would most likely be infected with oripathy.

Yes, he wanted to use the power of the natural disaster to escape, and took the risk of calculating the time when the natural disaster would come, so as to intercept the pursuing enemies.

"Boss." The Fengti man turned and looked at Liberi, whose face was a little pale.

"Let's make the arrangements. Success or failure will be decided soon. Let's confuse the audience now. As long as we get over the hill ahead, those bastards won't be able to catch up with us."

"Yes!"