msmithbooks Chapter 2370 We are the same enemy
Chapter 2370 We are the same enemy
"City Lord!"
Suddenly, a child who looked about ten years old ran over, his face showing excitement and asking, "Did you find anything to eat today? Didn't you say you'd find some monster meat for me? Did you find any?"
Hearing the child's question, Du Yanfeng smiled, lowered his head, touched the child's head and said, "I'm sorry, Yuanyuan, I didn't find any meat today, but I did find a few brothers. Look, these two brothers both want to come to our Jincheng to visit."
"So, ask your mother to cook more tonight and treat our friends well, okay?"
Hearing this, Yuanyuan looked at Ling Tian, sizing him up carefully. After a moment, she smiled and said, "Hello, brother. My name is Yuanyuan, and I'm the future city lord!"
"Oh? Hello." Ling Tian smiled and nodded. "Then it's my honor to meet the future city lord. It seems I'm lucky today to be able to see you, right?"
"Hehe, not really, brother~"
Ling Tian's words clearly made Yuan Yuan feel a little embarrassed. His cheeks immediately turned red. He scratched his head and said with a grin, "Brother, is there anything you want to eat? My mom's cooking is delicious, you must try it."
"Anything is fine, I'm not picky about food."
The two, one big and one small, chatted for a while before Yuanyuan turned and ran away. Only then did Ling Tian notice that Du Yanfeng was standing beside him, looking at him with a smile on his face.
Noticing his gaze, Ling Tian asked, "So you are the city lord?"
"Yeah." Du Yanfeng nodded. "Because I'm the highest-level survivor in Jincheng, they made me the city lord. Oh, if only our original city lord were still here, maybe we wouldn't be so miserable."
Hearing this, Ling Tian looked at the surrounding citizens who were paying attention to them, then looked at Du Yanfeng and said, "How about we find a place to talk?"
"it is good."
Du Yanfeng guessed what Ling Tian was going to ask, so he nodded and followed him out of the crowd and came to a place some distance away from those people.
Standing in the distance, Ling Tian looked at Du Yanfeng and said, "So, what exactly happened in your Golden City? Was the city massacred by monsters? Or..."
"It was indeed the demon beasts that attacked Jincheng." Du Yanfeng nodded. "But it wasn't just the demon beasts. Do you know why we are so hostile to the orc killers? It's because the orc killers assisted the demon beasts and massacred our entire Jincheng. Our city lord was killed by the orc killers!"
"Oh?"
Although he was mentally prepared, Ling Tian still couldn't help showing a surprised expression when he heard Du Yanfeng's words.
Slaughtered by orcs...
To be honest, Ling Tian could guess that Jincheng had obviously suffered a considerable blow.
And it must be related to killing orcs.
But he didn't expect that killing orcs was the culprit.
Humans attacked humans, and then massacred human cities.
At this moment, Ling Tian suddenly felt that killing orcs was far less simple than he had imagined.
After all, being able to attack one's own kind is an act of going against nature and will be despised by monsters and beasts, but not only did they kill orcs, they did it in an exaggerated way.
Ling Tian pondered, then looked at Du Yanfeng and said, "So, you are hostile to beastmen, and only threaten us when you see us. Do you think we are beastmen?"
"Well, after all, you know that in this area right now, only beast killers dare to wander around outside. The rest of the people almost all stay together, fearing that they will be slaughtered by monsters when they are alone."
Du Yanfeng said this, sighing, his eyes filled with sadness.
At this moment, Ling Tian seemed to realize that this was the reason why the residents of Jincheng were sticking together.
After all, outside Weicheng, Ling Tian saw most of the monsters, and almost every one he saw was a high-level monster.
In such a dangerous place, it is indeed safer to stick together.
Of course, it is relatively safe, but not absolutely safe.
If these people encounter an adult monster, they will eventually die.
While Ling Tian was pondering, Du Yanfeng continued, "Little brother, you may not know that where we are now, there are almost no monsters appearing. That's why we are so safe, and why we dare not go any further."
"No monsters will appear? Why?"
"We don't know either." Du Yanfeng shook his head. "But we've discovered that the monsters around here really don't dare to approach us. Although we haven't figured out the situation, based on the current situation, this place is definitely safer."
"How long have you been here?"
"About three days."
After hearing this, Ling Tian couldn't help but frown.
These people have been here for three days, and during these three days, the monsters did not dare to approach.
Could it be that... there is some treasure here, or... there is an adult monster, which is why the monsters dare not approach?
This speculation made Ling Tian curious.
After all, if it was the second reason, the hidden monster would have attacked them long ago.
But since there has been no attack for three days, it means that there is most likely some treasure here that makes the monsters dare not approach.
If that's the case, then...
Ling Tian pondered, then looked at Du Yanfeng and asked, "Have you been around this area? Did you see anything out of the ordinary?"
"Irrational things..."
Hearing this, Du Yanfeng thought seriously and shook his head after a moment: "I haven't seen it yet, and I don't know what the unreasonable thing you are talking about is."
"Didn't see it?"
"Yeah, I haven't seen it." Du Yanfeng looked at Ling Tian in confusion: "What's wrong? Is there any explanation for this? Does it make sense only if I've seen it?"
"No!"
Ling Tian shook his head and briefly stated his guess.
After listening, Du Yanfeng smiled and waved his hands, "There's absolutely no way there's a demon beast here. If there really were one, they would have attacked us long ago. They haven't attacked us yet, and we're still safe. Most importantly, we've seen adult demon beasts before, and they're enormous. If they exist, we'll definitely know where they are."
"So, little brother, what you said is definitely impossible to happen."
Seeing Du Yanfeng's confidence, Ling Tian didn't continue speaking. Instead, he nodded and said, "Okay, since you have your own ideas and understandings, that's good. As for the rest, let's take it one step at a time. I'll visit you over the next two days and see if I can find the reason."
"You want to stay with us?" Du Yanfeng raised his eyebrows, looking surprised.
"Yes." Ling Tian nodded: "Because... our enemy is the same. I hope you can help me!"