Arknights, Suika's Messenger Journey

But there's a small town thirty kilometers to the north where you can buy a few pack animals if necessary."

"Then I'll trouble Miss Suixiang to lead the way."

When they were attacked, they fled in panic and had no time to take anything with them. The Sarkaz took away everything before leaving, and left them nothing except a few identification documents. So Tony, as the head of the family, was particularly humble after hearing Suika's words.

Not long after they started walking, the little girl suddenly started crying.

After all, she was very young and didn't understand what was happening. She had been well-behaved when her brother carried her before, but now, after walking for a while in the sun, she suddenly got angry like a child. The more she thought about it, the more wronged she felt, and she cried bitterly.

Seeing this, the mother felt very embarrassed. Although she picked up her daughter and tried to comfort her, it was obvious that the more she comforted her, the harder the child cried.

Suika walked over to Anthony and whispered, "Can you still carry your sister?"

"Yeah... no problem."

Although he didn't know why Suixiang asked him this, the young man had good physical fitness. After recovering, he felt that his physical fitness was not bad.

Then they saw Cuixiang take off the gourd from her waist and pat her daughter (sister). Then the little girl couldn't help but pick up the gourd and took a sip as if she was possessed by a ghost, then she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

After Anthony walked in and smelled the aroma of wine coming from his sister's mouth, he didn't know how to express his complicated feelings for a moment.

Normally, he would definitely stop Suika from doing this and would be very angry. After all, his sister was less than five years old, and forcing such a young child to drink was a crime.

But the situation is special now. If I let my sister continue to make trouble, it will consume a lot of energy and physical strength of others.

You have to know that they are fleeing now and have no supplies. They need to walk to the next town to get supplies, and that's under the scorching sun.

Under such difficulties, if his sister had not exhausted his energy and physical strength, he could not guarantee whether he and his group could persist and reach their destination.

Therefore, Suika's behavior can be said to be the most effective means.

"Don't worry, it's just a sip of warm sparkling white wine. It won't hurt her, but it will make her drunk."

Cuixiang naturally knew that it was not good to let children drink alcohol, but when she thought about her childhood, when her grandmother was still alive, she always liked to dip a little with chopsticks and then taste it herself, and her parents never stopped her. She thought that drinking less would not have much impact on the child.

What's more, the physical fitness of humans on Terra far exceeds that of Earth.

"Let's go! The air is a little moist, there should be a river ahead. If you're really thirsty, you can drink some stream water, but don't drink too much, or you'll get an upset stomach.

Just hold on until we get to town and everything will be fine."

After hearing what Suika said, everyone cheered up and continued to move forward.

Ten minutes later, a river more than ten meters wide appeared in front of them.

After arriving at the river and handing the little sister over to Suika for protection, the three of them stood by the river and drank heavily. Anthony even wet himself with the river water before walking over and taking his sister over with an apologetic look on his face.

The roads in Terra were mostly dirt roads, and since the four of them were all on foot, and three of them looked like "nobles" from Leithania, even with the physique of the Terran people, they still hadn't reached their destination by night.

Cuixiang looked at the map and estimated that the group had walked nearly twenty kilometers from afternoon to evening, which was a pretty good achievement.

But it is still some distance away from the town.

“It’s getting late now, but at least it’s sunny, and we can still make our way at night with the help of the double moons.

If we hold on a little longer, we will be able to reach the town and rest in the early morning.

Or if this lady can't bear it anymore, we can rest here for one night and leave tomorrow."

Suixiang looked at the mother of the four. She was pale at the moment. As a woman, she had not eaten anything in the morning. After being frightened at noon, she had not touched anything except a few sips of water when crossing the river.

The 20-kilometer journey had exhausted her.

"Linda... I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention to you..." After hearing what Suika said, Tony looked at his wife, and only then realized that there was something wrong with her expression.

I quickly went over and supported her.

"It doesn't matter, the wilderness is too dangerous at night, we can't stay here.

Keep going, I can hold on."

The lady called Linda gritted her teeth and said that she could hold on a little longer.

Seeing this, Suixiang took out three pieces of dried meat and handed them to the three people.

"I originally saved this as a snack for the journey, so you guys should fill your stomachs for now. I still have some biscuits, but I won't give them to you without water."

Looking at the palm-sized pieces of dried meat in their hands, the three of them swallowed them whole.

Although it was better than nothing, it also allowed them to regain some of their vitality.

"Let's go! Let's walk slowly tonight, as long as we can get to that town."

Suika deliberately slowed down, and the three of them stumbled after her, finally seeing the town in the distance late at night.

When we reached the edge of the town, several guards came over with weapons in hand.

"who?"

"Hello, we are tourists from Leithania. We encountered a herd of beasts on the road that damaged our carriage and scared away the pack animals. We had no choice but to walk over here..."

It was Tony who spoke. As the oldest and most stable-looking person among the group, it was easier for the guards to be convinced when he spoke.

Chapter 214: Safe Landing

As for saying that the reason why his group was in such a mess was because they encountered a herd of beasts rather than Sarkaz mercenaries, there were two concerns.

One is that it is well known that the Sarkaz mercenaries have amazing combat effectiveness. The other party will be suspicious of how they got it, and will increase the intensity of the interrogation.

Secondly, he was worried that the townspeople would be unwilling to accept him after hearing that he had escaped from the Sarkaz, so as not to affect the safety of the village.

But it’s different when you encounter a herd of animals.

Although the probability is small, it is not impossible, and it is a reasonable excuse.

The guard who came over looked at the group of people who had arrived and found that although they did look very embarrassed, especially the older woman who looked like she was about to faint, their clothes looked very extraordinary.

One of them noticed that the pendants hanging on Suika's horns were Xiosta's specialties and asked:

"How many of you came from Xiosta?"

"Yes, we just finished our trip to Xiosta and were about to head north to Casimir to watch the Autumn Knights' Games. Unexpectedly, we'd just left Xiosta..."

Seeing that the people's answers were reasonable and well-founded, the guards checked the marks on their bodies again. Except for Suixiang, the others had some injuries to varying degrees. As for Suixiang not having any injuries, they didn't think it was a big problem. After all, in terms of spirit, this little girl was the most energetic one among them.

After making sure everything was alright, the guard led a few people in.

When they arrived at the hotel, everyone's spirits had reached their lowest point, and even Anthony looked shaky.

But when the hotel asked for a deposit, they were left standing there awkwardly.

Their pockets are cleaner than their faces now, so how can they afford the deposit?

"Swipe the card, don't tell me you can't do it here!"

Fortunately, at this time an angelic voice reached the ears of several people.

I saw Suixiang calmly take out her bank card and hand it over.

Tony, who was about to thank her, looked surprised when he saw the card in Suika's hand.

He had seen this kind of bank card before. As far as he knew, except for the top financial groups and upper-class nobles, this kind of card was rarely circulated outside.

At this moment, Suika cast a shadow of mystery in his eyes.

They rested until noon the next day, when they woke up because they were extremely hungry.

After going downstairs, I saw Suika and his daughter sitting in the hotel lobby watching cartoons.

In front of the two of them were various snacks and drinks.

"Oh, my little Winnie, I was so scared when I couldn't see you when I woke up!" Linda came over and picked up the girl, and the girl happily hugged her mother's neck.

"Let's fill our stomachs first, so we don't overeat later... I figured it's almost time for you all to wake up, so I asked the kitchen to make some food. It should be almost done!"

Suika said, pointing to the dessert in front of her.

"Thank you, Suika. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't know where we are now...

I have a business partner in Casimir, and I'll double your travel expenses once we get there." Tony, as a father, thanked Suika again.

Suika said nothing, just nodded.

After dinner, Tony said he would go to the city hall to see if there was any way to contact Casimir's people in advance, while the others stayed in the hotel waiting for his news.

An hour later, he came back in high spirits. Even without saying anything, several people could tell that he had received good news.

After walking back, Tony said that the city hall here happened to have a long-distance phone. He called that friend and told him the news. The friend said he would arrange for someone to come and pick him up.

"So you guys plan to stay here for now?" Suika asked.

Tony shook his head and said, "To be honest, after knowing who attacked us, I thought it would be much safer to follow you than to wait for a group of ordinary guards, so I rejected his proposal and only asked him to send me some funds.

Look, I just opened these bank cards.”

Tony picked up the bank card and shook it.

"Anthony and I will go out to order a carriage and pack animals, then we can rest for a day and set off tomorrow. What do you think?" Tony told his plan.

Suixiang thought about it and realized that although they didn't walk far yesterday and were delayed for another day today, if there was a carriage, they could make up for the two days of delay, so she agreed to his plan.

In the afternoon, after the mother and daughter returned to the house to rest, Suixiang brought Shanghai, who had been flying in the air, down and comforted her.

Before, the little girl had always been very curious about her and tried to "catch" her several times.

But how could a child possibly catch up with the speed of the Shanghai puppets?

However, the opponent persisted, forcing Shanghai to finally have no choice but to fly high.

After the other party couldn't reach her, he had no choice but to give up.

Only after the little girl left did she fall on Suika's head angrily, stomping her feet from time to time to express her dissatisfaction.

In order to protect her crown from being stomped flat by the little creature, Suixiang had no choice but to comfort her.

"I'm so sorry, Winnie is not a very sensible child..." Tony said apologetically as he sat aside.

"It's okay. My puppet has a bit of a strange personality. It won't show respect to anyone except me.

Sometimes when I get angry, I won’t even give up my dignity.”

Suika said as she placed Shanghai back on her head.

"Does it have its own consciousness?" Tony looked at Shanghai in surprise after hearing Suika's words.

"Yes, it's a very complex patented spell from a friend of mine. It can give puppets human-like emotions. Although they are not real people, they have more independent judgment than pure machines, and are easier to command and communicate with."

After hearing what Suika said, Tony exclaimed, "With the invention of this one spell, your friend can call himself a true puppet master."

Although I have never seen a pig run, I have at least eaten pork.

Tony had also seen a puppet once, but compared to Suika's delicate and beautiful little thing with extremely strong artificial intelligence, the puppet he saw last time in the home of a tower warlock could only be said to be abstract and could not be described in words.

But others make puppets for their own convenience, unlike Suika, whose puppet is more like a work of art than a puppet.

That's why he gave it such a high evaluation.

"By the way, uncle, have you found the mastermind behind this?" When Anthony went for a stroll in the backyard, Suika asked why Tony was attacked.

Tony's expression darkened when he heard Suika's words.

“Our trip this time was arranged at the last minute due to Anthony’s request. Not many people know about it, so it’s not difficult to confirm it.

but…"

Suixiang understood what he didn't say. In this situation, the only person who knew the itinerary must be a close relative.

Chapter 215 Who is coming!

“So, you chose to continue to Casimir.

Because you are sure that your partners there don't have much to do with you. If someone asks the Sarkaz to kill you, they are the least likely suspects, right? "

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Suika looked at Tony.

Tony nodded and said firmly

"As you can see, my family and I are pure Leithanians. We don't have any assets in Victoria, and our family's economic industries are basically all managed by Leithania. Even Casimir is just an ordinary partner.

But for now, I can only rely on this partner to help me bring back news that I am safe to my family.

As long as my family is alive, what belongs to me will not be taken away by others.

I also need to contact my close family members through Casimir's partners to control the situation.

As long as I can return to Leithania, whatever the conspirators intend to do will be thwarted."