Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland

Izumi followed the strange officer named "Lu Beiyou".

He said that he was a pioneer officer of the Tianxin family in Kaidun City. The saber in his hand was passed down from his ancestors because his fathers died in the third front of the imperial army outside Bast and Iron Valley.

It seems that he is another child of aristocratic family.

Izumi commented in his heart.

Only they can rely on the protection of their ancestors to gain a place in the United City Army, and the war that Lu Beiyou mentioned was even heard by her among the wild people. It was not fake.

With the little disclosure of this young officer, Izumi knew more details than others:

It was a war that broke out in the continent around the two major transportation hubs of the hub station and the Shandi grassland. The two sides were the long-standing enemies of the Holy Empire and the United City.

The former had already made arrangements at the hub station, not only setting up a new judge, but also joining forces with the King of Sand who roamed the border areas; the latter had been operating in Shan for a long time, first destroying the original overlord, the White Eyebrow Clan, and then promoting a local animal trainer as the noble governor.

It can be said that they are evenly matched.

The brutality of the war has continued to this day, and has also affected countless surrounding areas: the Wandering Land, which had been abandoned once, has been turned into scorched earth again; the internal struggle of the Tech Hunters cannot be quelled, and the various factions have decided to explore the Land of Death to determine the winner; the warlike Shek Kingdom has chosen to close the gates of Skun and stay out of it this time; the indifferent King Green of the Swamp has gone against his norm and hoarded heavy troops in Rotten Town...

No one knows about the preparations of the Holy Empire. They have the most fertile land in the entire continent, the largest population and soldiers, and the most closed borders; but in the United Cities, at least as far as the southern states are concerned, the nobles are no longer able to resist the authority of the general president, and under his mobilization, they are preparing their own support for the Imperial Alliance.

Izumi doesn't understand why Lu Beiyou said this to her. To her, these major events in the world are not even as important as a pika that hides during the day and comes out at night in the ruins -

This is not quite correct.

At least, if these things hadn't happened, Kaiton City wouldn't have re-entered Aikuang Town, which nominally belonged to the Tech Hunters; and Izumi wouldn't have had the opportunity to steal the supplies that the samurai were transporting to the camp; she wouldn't have been caught, and she wouldn't have met this man named Lu Beiyou.

'If I don't meet him, I won't meet him.' Izumi immediately refuted herself, 'It wasn't a good thing in the first place.'

But after calming down, the girl had to admit: the words that the young officer had made up to his father before were indeed for her good. Not only did it help her out, but the man's attitude towards her would also be much better in the days to come.

The premise is that the lie was not exposed.

This is also true for Lu Beiyou.

"That was indeed an excuse I came up with temporarily, but it can't be said that it was all made up." The white-haired samurai took her to an abandoned ore washing water tower, hid on it and looked down, "After you, our grain transport team was indeed robbed."

At the end of the ruins, gurgling campfire smoke was faintly coming out, and wanton shouting and laughter were floating in the air.

"If I hadn't chased you out at that time, wasting time going back and forth, they would never have had a chance to succeed." Lu Beiyou pressed the knife and looked at the girl beside him: "So, should it be all your fault?"

"..." Izumi had a lot of things to complain about, but he didn't know where to start.

The other party chased her out at that time, and there were no soldiers around. Now it seems that he didn't want to arrest her and bring her to justice. He was definitely derelict of duty - but in the final analysis, it was indeed I who started it first.

But then again.

A samurai actually wants to reason with a wild man? If there must be any reason in this world, it is that the former is right to say whatever he says, and the latter can listen to nothing.

So Izumi just kept silent.

"It's better to refute at this time - answering is also part of social etiquette, otherwise I will be embarrassed." Looking at her, Lu Beiyou sighed, but there was no embarrassment on his face. He continued: "If we can't recover these military rations and supplies within the specified time, the military law will be terrible... I don't want to run away this time."

Another incomprehensible statement.

Izumi thought.

But she was so smart that she understood the other hidden meanings in Lu Beiyou's words - find a way to find and catch the robbers, make up a lie, so that she can not only pass the test in the Kaidun City army, but also deal with her father.

A win-win situation.

This is a deal.

"... There is no way." After a long time, Izumi, the always vigilant girl, spoke again, but in a tone of rejection, "It seems that the things you lost can't be recovered."

She had just recognized the robbers from a distance.

The leader was shirtless, with painted arms and backs. At this moment, he was shouting loudly with his men and pouring water and wine on his head - it was no one else, but the Wilderness Blood Hunter who had brought back five heads from the depths of the Sorrow Mine.

Although he was also a Blood Hunter, he was completely different from his father.

A small force had already gathered.

In the past, if they noticed that there were wild people belonging to them nearby, the alert Izumi would always stay away from them; and even the hunters and mercenaries from outside would only be polite when they met this wild blood hunter.

And it seems that not all the food they lost is here.

There might be more traction behind the scenes.

If the officer next to him got a position by relying on his ancestors' concealment, he might not be able to protect his grain transport team even if he didn't chase Izumi out, and he might even lose his life.

Thinking of this, he was thankful.

Izumi looked straight into the young man's eyes without any evasion - in fact, she knew that he had a better choice.

That is to put all the responsibility on himself.

Although the crime of losing military rations is serious, the nobles are not subject to punishment. What they really need is someone who can take all the responsibilities - instead of spending more energy to pursue the lost supplies and even clashing with the local wilderness blood hunters, it is better to pull out a scapegoat.

Just lightly expose it.

I think even Lu Beiyou's boss would hope to deal with it this way.

It's better to have less trouble than more.

In comparison, the young man in front of him is definitely an outlier - but no matter how outlier he is, there are still limits.

It has been said before that Izumi has no habit of cooperating with others, and she will not trust others easily; but what no one knows is that she doesn't like the feeling of owing others even more.

"Really?" Lu Beiyou touched his chin. He had always seen through Izumi's thoughts before, but this time he seemed to have not understood the hint in the girl's eyes at all. He turned his head and put on the samurai helmet he had been holding, blocking Izumi's sight, and stood up.

Izumi was surprised and didn't know what he wanted to do. He hurriedly wanted to pull him down to avoid exposing his figure in the ruins.

Unexpectedly, Lu Beiyou had already taken a step forward, just avoiding the girl's grab, and then jumped straight down to the water tower.

"He's crazy!"

The water tower is more than ten meters high, and the other party is still wearing a full set of heavy armor. If he falls down like this, not to mention breaking his legs and bones, his whole body may be crushed into meat paste by the weight of the armor itself.

Izumi rushed to the water tower, but saw an incredible scene:

I saw that Lu Beiyou did not fall straight down, but clawed out, and the sharp blade gloves on his arm armor with fingers were directly embedded in the slope of the water tower, and he slashed all the way down. The samurai fell very fast, but with this resistance, it still cushioned his entire body like a speed bump.

What kind of arm strength does this require?

"Bang!" The heavy blow hit the ground, splashing a person-high smoke and dust, and also made a thunderous sound, which seemed so abrupt in this empty ruin.

Even the blood hunters who were feasting in the distance stopped their actions, their voices were suppressed, and they all looked over here.

The two younger brothers in charge of lookout and guard had already noticed this place.

In the smoke and dust, a tall figure half-crouched and stood up, with two iron-cast deer antlers extending from his head, bringing a hint of sharpness and hardness.

Whoosh through the air.

The crossbow in my brother's hand was fired. It was either the spoils of the wild people's attack on the city wall, or a shameful deal in private. They somehow got a new crossbow from the outside world from the high wall shield guards. It was amazingly powerful.

But Lu Beiyou did not dodge, but stood up. The long arrow nailed his chest, but it only made a crisp sound, without any blood splashing. On the other side, a white light flashed in the air, and the oncoming crossbow broke into two sections.

The long sword was unsheathed, with a beautiful arc like a mountain, completely sweeping away the dust. A warrior wearing fine heavy armor came out, like a walking steel machine, indestructible.

Izumi, who was looking down, was shocked. If she was seven or eight years old, it would be fine. Maybe she didn't know what armor was. But after having more experience, she understood that a full set of samurai armor of this grade, even in Kaidun City, could only be worn by a very small number of generals.

However, there are exceptions.

That is, the other party learned from or came from the Scrap Master Group - they made their own weapons and armor, and no one can be jealous, but only envy.

Moreover, Lu Beiyou's speed of sword drawing was also beyond Izumi's knowledge.

She didn't see it clearly at all.

Obviously, Izumi was not the only one who was surprised. The two younger brothers on the observation deck were also stunned for a moment. They didn't expect that such an opponent would come. They didn't even have time to restring the bow and change the arrows, which should have been a subconscious action. The next moment, a wild man's chest burst into a blood flower, and Lu Beiyou actually pulled out the crossbow arrow that was stuck in his body and threw it back, killing one person directly.

He touched the dent mark on the armor, but he didn't feel sorry. He raised his sword and strode forward.

"The people from Kaidun City are here!"

At this time, the remaining man looked at the body of his companion lying on the ground, and then shouted in horror.

On the other side, the black wild people had already followed the loud noise and rushed over here.

When they heard the news, they were shocked: Is this the army sent by Kaidun City to destroy them? But this is definitely a thankless task.

Moreover, if it is a large army, how could it be approached so silently and not be noticed.

But when they saw the warrior coming towards them, although his momentum was extraordinary, there was no trace of more soldiers lurking around him. There was indeed only one person.

Then they breathed a sigh of relief.

Some people even laughed out loud.

"It seems that there is a new young man who doesn't understand the rules of our Aikuang Town..." A strong man was still chewing a roasted leg of lamb in his mouth - Kaidun City was a big family, and it sent not only dry food for ordinary soldiers, but also rice, flour, grain and meat for officers and wealthy businessmen, all of which fell here at this moment.

But before he finished his taunting, the lone warrior changed his previous strolling posture, and rushed straight over with a loud bang under his feet.

He was wearing heavy armor, and his momentum was as great as a steel chariot.

In the eyes of many people, they only saw the light and shadow left by Lu Beiyou.

Some wild people's pupils dilated.

"Disperse!"

But it was too late.

The next moment, the warriors instantly closed the distance between them. The first few people bravely tried to parry, but the flash of the knife, the mountain-like arc was already stained with a layer of blood.

Lu Beiyou's sword was thin, and it looked like a collector's sword for appreciation rather than a weapon for fighting on the battlefield. However, his technique was precise, and he stuck it directly to the enemy's throat.

Effortlessly, he killed him with one stroke.

After a few heavy blows, some wild people surrounded him while he was about to draw his sword. Barbed chains, sharpened steel spikes... all kinds of strangely pieced together weapons with blood and human lives were thrown at Lu Beiyou. However, they did not have time to see the crossbowman shooting at him, and there were no crossbow arrows left on the warrior's armor, so at first glance they did not know that this was already an expert-level armor, let alone how powerful it was.

In an instant, they were even bounced back by their own power.

The next moment, Lu Beiyou turned around and slashed, and he had already taken the life of its owner.

At this moment, the gathered wild people were shocked - the opponent was simply an unconquerable monster, and they could not be killed or injured. On the contrary, if they were touched by his blade, they would be killed on the spot, and there was no room for negotiation.

They had hundreds of people.

But they could not do anything to this enemy.

Seeing that the morale of his men was about to collapse, the leader, Blood Hunter, stood up from the campfire with a solemn face - if he did not take action and let the opponent run rampant in the crowd, they would be scattered like birds and beasts.

Even if he won at that time, his prestige would be destroyed, and it would be several times more difficult to gather forces again.

"Bring it!" He waved his hand without looking back, signaling a new brother to hold up his weapon iron mace. The other party was loyal and powerful, which pleased Blood Hunter very much, "You go with me."

A response came from behind.

The next moment, there was a sound of "clang--", and Blood Hunter's eyes went black and he fainted.

The last thing he saw was a warrior with his armor washed bright red by blood, giving him a thumbs up...