Chapter 65 Arriving at the Destination

The process of going to the Alva family territory has experienced many ups and downs, encountering survivors, the crisis of the ranch, and the sudden blood moon.

These experiences made Xiang En and Andrea, who had been running around in fear for nearly two months, very eager for a stable environment.

On the eighth day of the journey, Xiang En upgraded the shield skill and boiling skill to the third level, obtained two runes for each level, and successfully exchanged for the skill "Fountain of Scale", which solved the problem of drinking water.

With a stable supply of water and food, their speed of movement has steadily increased. After only eleven days of walking, they are about to reach their destination.

Eleven days, not all smooth sailing.

The blood moon lasted for five days in total, and it was the pursuit behind them during those five nights that forced them to speed up, and they reached the border of Fiore province within ten days.

On the way, they also encountered bison herds and many infected animals on the plain, and experienced several battles.

The battle process was lackluster, basically relying on the long-handed advantage of the steel fork to break through the stupid attacks of zombie beasts with crushing momentum.

At this time, they saw a small town in the distance.

Counting the buildings in the small town, there is not a single one higher than the second floor. From a rough look, there are only dozens of houses, which can barely be called a small town.

And this small town is exactly the destination of their trip. It is a small town under the direct control of Alva Lord's fiefdom, and it is also the only small town managed by the Alva family.

They crossed the plain and ran all the way, from the endless grass field to the edge of the mountain range.

The mountain range on the edge of the plain is one of the tallest and steepest mountains on the mainland. The province of Fiore is located under this mountain range. One-fifth of the province's area is blocked by the mountain range, which prevents the cold current from far away. There is no way to easily reach the plains, keeping the temperature in the province of Fiore in a state where it will not snow or freeze.

"The small town ahead, Markey, go and have a look around."

When they finally reached this point, they were still nearly a kilometer away from the town, so Xiang En couldn't wait to issue an order to the toolman Ma Ji.

Ma Ji had nothing to hesitate, he stood at attention, took off his backpack and walked towards the town.

Only Xiang En, Andrea, and the insignificant Duncan were left in place.

Turning his head to look at Andrea, who had tangled eyes and nervous expression, Xiang En couldn't help sighing.

The closer she got to home, the more nervous Andrea became. She was afraid that her family might have turned into monsters.

Worried that when she returned home, she might see a ruined wall, and the terrible doomsday would destroy everything about her.

Although Andrea had been mentally prepared when she was in D'Are Province, when she really had to face it, her heart would become emotional and extreme.

The three waited silently. After more than ten minutes, after investigating the situation, Ma Ke rushed back with a surprised and weird expression, and brought them a piece of news that no one expected!

"What? Traces of someone's activities?"

Xiang En was stunned, but soon returned to normal, not too happy, "Tell me in detail."

"Yes!" Maggie moved a step sideways, pointed at the town, and said, "There are traces of burning corpses on the ridge next to the town. The ashes are very fresh, and they may have been left in the last few days. Then I probed I looked at a house, and there were signs of moving inside, so I judged that there were people in the town!"

Facing the fact that there might be people in the town, Xiang En felt that they should be more cautious. After all, the same kind is not necessarily a good kind, and being cautious is the capital of his survival to the present.

"Anli, do you remember how many people there are in this town?"

After knowing the traces of people's activities in the town, Andrea bit her lip, looking restless and untenable.

When asked suddenly, she was taken aback for a moment, and then said uncertainly: "There were three hundred people before I left? Now there should be no more than five hundred people."

A small town with no more than 500 people... It is barely passable, after all, it is a small town under the jurisdiction of a small lord. Andrea often mentioned in her memories that her family was very poor.

Taking an intermediate value, Xiang En assumed that there were 400 people in the town.

Since there are fresh traces of burning corpses, it means that someone in the town is consciously cleaning up those infected people, but it is not clear who it is.

Assuming that all 400 people have turned into ghouls, it must not be a small project to clean up these ghouls, not to mention the five-day blood moon not long ago.

He could only come up with two pieces of information that were not very important.

The team cleaning up the town should have a lot of people, or they may be very strong and have a lot of time. Before being uncertain, it can be regarded as a team with a large number of people and strong strength.

And this team, experienced the blood moon a few days ago, if they lived in the town during that period, they might be attacked by ghouls strengthened by the blood moon.

Those burned bodies are now estimated to be black charcoal, and it is impossible to tell whether they are living people or monsters.

Xiang En felt that it was more likely that this team would live in a small town during the blood moon.

Some other information can be seen, but none of them can be judged accurately and can be ignored.

Next, they will go to the town to investigate the situation in person, but before going, Xiang En needs to make some preparations.

He set his eyes on the sparse woods not far away, waved to En, and asked Maggie and Duncan to cut trees for him.

The sparse woods are really sparse, and one can see the whole forest through the fixed trunks at a glance. They didn't find any zombies hiding inside.

But when they really entered the woods and felled an unobtrusive tree, some small creatures came to them.

After spending a lot of time and cutting down the trees, Xiang En instructed Maggie and Duncan to cut the planks, and he and Andrea went to find something that could be dyed.

After getting all the materials together, Xiang En painted and altered quickly, cut out the shape of the wooden board, and finally lit his eyes with blood, and quickly made eight trap totems with skillful techniques.

With these totems, Xiang En gained some confidence. Taking advantage of the time before dusk, they headed towards the town.

Ten minutes later, Xiang En and his team cautiously arrived at the edge of the town. There were still unburned corpses beside the field ridge. They were pitch black, and only the silhouettes of human figures could be seen.

Next, they entered the town again, advancing little by little, carefully observing the ordinary buildings around them, as if they were frightened, and if there was any trouble, they would run away immediately.

Why run now?

Without him, only hand is familiar with you!

Back in the small town, what Xiang En saw with his own eyes was exactly the same as what Ma Ji said. There were signs of entry and exit in the building, and there were also many signs of moving.

Tables and chairs disappeared, as did the iron pots and casseroles used to cook, and it looked as if they had been looted.

They continued to dig deeper and found many corpses that had been cremated on the spot. It seemed that the town should be safe.

"Hey! The first few!"

Suddenly, a heroic shout came from the other side of the street, which frightened the four of them.

After the four turned around and ran for a few meters, they realized that it was the voice of a living person, and turned to look at the end of the street.

At some point, there were already four figures in cloth clothes and leather armor standing there, three men and one woman. Judging from their faces, the four of them were not in a very good state of mind.