Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 1078: Desperately Calm Down

Riding alone, Ian's father sat on his skinny horse and left the town. Seeing Allen on the wall, he waved his hand and signaled, then gradually became a black dot in the distance. Alan returned to a house in the town, where the mayor had arranged for him to rest. Inside the hall on the first floor, Regis was wiping his iron sword, Adele was sitting by the window flipping through a book of poetry, and Lucy and Father Miro were playing chess. After greeting everyone, Alan returned to his room.

A moment later, someone knocked on the door and Edward came in. When he closed the door, he said casually, "I have settled his salary with the guide, paid him double the original price, and reminded him not to reveal anything about Tallinn Aisha."

Alan said, "Yes." He looked out the window and said, "I want to borrow your Tallinn gemstones."

"No problem." Edward narrowed his eyes and said, "You want to give Marquis Pierre some trouble?"

"Do you think it's feasible?"

"Of course, I can borrow the power of that Marquis to help us clean up the remaining Neanderthals, if he has that power." Edward walked to the door and knelt on it. Not long after, a Dark Blade Warrior appeared. Edward whispered a few words in his ear, and the Warrior nodded and left. Edward returned to his room and said, "It's done. The cavemen won't march in the daytime, so we should be able to catch up."

"Very good, then I have one more thing to ask you."

Edward's pupils quietly turned icy blue, which made him look very indifferent. "There's no need to ask," he said coolly. "I wanted to tell you today, too. Yes, when I was in Tallinn Aisha, I deliberately exposed the Tallinn Gem to the Ice Wind."

"That's reasonable. Otherwise, with your caution, how could you have mixed up a mere corpse?" Allen said coldly, "So, aren't you going to explain?"

"What explanation do you want to hear?" Edward did not evade Alan's gaze and said in a calm tone that was almost indifferent, "In a complex environment like Tallinn Aisa, it's very difficult to kill Ice Wind. I don't think there's anything wrong with using a Tallinn gem to lure it out of the ground."

"That's right, but let me know when you're free."

"You also know that the reptile is not an ordinary beast. It is intelligent and is not low. First, there was no time at that time. Second, if I told you, I was afraid that you would reveal a flaw and let the Ice Wind see through it. It has also been proved that the Ice Wind has indeed hooked up. We have solved one of the biggest hidden dangers in that underground city."

"Then do you know how many people we sacrificed to kill Ice Wind? How many people did this town sacrifice? If you had told me in advance, at least I would have been prepared. I wouldn't have lost so many people!" Alan said in a deep voice.

The atmosphere in the room was heavy and Edward lowered his gaze. "I admit that there were some mistakes on this point." Firstly, I never thought that the Ice Wind would expel the Neanderthals from the Underground City. Second, I didn't expect you to stay for a nameless town. Originally, both of these mistakes could be made up for. If it were the Neanderthals, I would have planned on traveling overnight to lead them to Marquis Pierre's territory. In this way, we could also rely on the Marquis's army to deal with the Ice Wind. You don't need to personally take risks. If we do that, there won't be a second mistake, and we won't sacrifice half of our soldiers. "

"What about Dragon Spear Town?"

"This is what I can't understand. This town is just a coincidence. The people in this town are not your citizens. In my opinion, you don't have to risk your life for them. They're not your responsibility, Lord Alan. We'll lure the Neanderthals away. As for whether the town escapes or is taken by the Neanderthals. To be honest, it doesn't affect my plan at all. Instead, it's you … "

Suddenly, Alan punched Edward. Edward's expression changed slightly. Then, he smashed it straight and flew out, smashing into the wall and bouncing down again. He lay on the ground for a long time, unable to get up. Blood flowed out of his nostrils and mouth. Alan asked coldly, "Why don't you dodge?"

Edward stood up as if nothing was wrong and wiped his blood. "If it makes you feel better, a punch wouldn't be a big deal."

"So this is where you scare me! Edward, although our race is different, I believe that no matter what kind of creature is, they have feelings. Even the inhabitants of the Chaos Star System had it, but their emotions tended to be evil. But you, you're always as calm as a machine. That's right, Dragon Spear Town is not my territory, and the people here are not my citizens. I have no obligation to protect them. But we're the cause of their catastrophe, don't you feel a little guilty? "Allen shouted.

Edward looked at him calmly, "Guilt, blame yourself. Such negative emotions only affect my judgment." My job is to help you, the brain of the whole team. What I need to do is to exchange for the greatest benefits at the smallest cost. This is the yardstick by which I make all my decisions. You are not calm right now, and there will be no result if we continue to talk about it. I suggest you calm down first, and then we can talk. Master, impulse doesn't make things better, it only makes things worse. "The important thing is, we can't afford to lose, so I have to be extra careful with every step."

Seeing him leave, Alan sighed, "Edward, I admit that you're right about a lot of things. But you have to remember, you're not a machine. You have a life and a soul. There are some things that we can't judge purely on the basis of interest. Otherwise, there's no point in living like this."

"I will remember that when I make a decision in the future, I will take into account your emotional needs to correct it."

When he left, Alan smiled bitterly. That fellow had completely misinterpreted his meaning. Lucy pushed the door open and blinked, "Looks like your conversation is very unpleasant."

"I don't know what that Edward guy has been through before. I don't believe he was born so cold," Allen said with a hand on his forehead.

"He is indeed very smart and calm. But you have to be careful. He is a double-edged sword. If one of them can't handle it well, I'm afraid that you will cut yourself." Lucy said as she held Alan's face.

"He is very important to us. Perhaps I should try to understand his past."

Night fell again.

Two yellow lights lit up, and a humanoid shadow crawled out of the cave. The night breeze blew a few sparse yellow hairs on its head, and it squatted on the rocks and looked around. He then saw a hamster pas through that cracks in the rock, his eyes lit up, and he jumped over nimbly and pounced on the hamster. The hamster struggled desperately, but it caught it with both hands and put it to its mouth. A lipless mouth opened. It bit off the hamster's head with its fangs and ate it with relish.

As it ate the hamster, its head spun left and right, and its gaze swept across the surroundings. Suddenly, something flashed under the night sky. The familiar blue light shook his entire body, and he didn't even bother to eat the hamster. It tossed it away, and then, with both hands and feet, flew towards the flickering dot of light. More and more cave dwellers crawled out of the cave, their lives reversed day and night, and they were no different from bats. Sleep during the day and act at night. It was still two or three days away from the entrance of the large tunnel, so every minute of the night could not be wasted. They had to hurry in the night and find a place to hide before sunrise. Otherwise, the sunlight on the surface will blind them, even though their eyes are not as useful to them as their noses.

A few Neanderthals began to fight over the rat corpse that their companions had abandoned until a Neanderthal with a totem pattern on his body and a necklace made of Tallinn gems jumped beside them and kicked and punched them apart. That was the leader of the Neanderthals. His status was lofty. Ordinary Neanderthals didn't dare to resist, so they could only let him beat them up. At this moment, a cheerful howl sounded from afar. The caveman from before ran back, holding a crystal fragment in his hands and presenting it to the leader.

The caveman leader took it and cried out in alarm. It compared the irregular fragment to the necklace around its neck and discovered that there was no essential difference between the two. It was clearly a fragment of the Tallinn Gem. The leader caught the Neanderthal and cried out anxiously before kicking him again. The Neanderthal pointed in the direction where the gem fragment was found, and then brought the leader over.

Not long after, they discovered a similar flash in the northeast direction. Although it was several kilometers apart, it was exceptionally obvious in the night. The leader of the Neanderthals let out a long howl, and all of their comrades who came out of their hiding places understood the meaning behind the howl. The remnants of the Neanderthals began to change directions. They could not allow Tallinn gems to remain on the surface. This would make them feel as if they were going to die.

Under the dark night, a dark tide was quietly moving.

Flaming Light City was bathed in the tranquil moonlight.

The name of the city came from Marquis Pierre's family emblem, a ball of burning flames. In order to make the city more suitable for its name, Marquis Pierre placed braziers all over the defensive wall, and stipulated that when night fell, all braziers must be lit, so that the city could appear to be lit up with flames, truly worthy of its name.

As a result, the guards were exhausted. Everyone knew that running around the city wall would break their legs. After all, the city was not small, so the wall was naturally very long. The soldiers in charge of lighting the brazier were sitting lazily behind a pile of arrows tonight, and their chief was no longer on the wall, but in his office with some woman. josei

"Let's make a bet. I say that Officer Darren will one day die in Luo Wei's belly." A soldier with a spotted face said, "I happened to pass by the officer's office once. You don't know how loudly Rowe shouted. You can imagine how much effort our officer had to expend on her."

"You didn't pass by. You went to peep, right?" Another yellow-haired soldier smiled. "But then again, Luo Wei's woman is as big as a cow with long legs. If I could fuck her, I would die."

"Come on, then Lord Darren will cut off your pair of eggs to feed his hounds."

Several soldiers immediately laughed. One soldier was lying on the city wall and laughing. He smiled and quieted down, then pointed to a hillside outside the city, "Look over there, what is that?"

So a few heads poked out from behind the wall, and the soldiers saw that something was emitting a faint blue light on the hillside.