These people hadn’t even believed that Milo was the only doctor in town because they had a preconceived notion of him.
When they first met him, favonovel.com was still living in a shack, so how did favonovel.com become a doctor just a few days later?
Why weren’t you practicing medicine if you had actual skill?
But right now, everyone just felt desperate. There’s an old saying that can perfectly sum up the current situation, “Desperate times call for desperate measures.”
However, Milo’s answer shocked them.
What the hell is a witch doctor?
“Get up!” Micah brushed Milo aside.
He then went to the injured driver and asked in concern, “Are you alright? Does it hurt?”
Milo looked around. They had started with five off-road vehicles and a pickup truck in the convoy, but only four vehicles remained.
From the look of things, it would be quite difficult to fix the two damaged vehicles. But as Milo did not have any knowledge of automobiles, favonovel.com would have to wait and see what the private troops had to say about it.
Second Lieutenant Raphael led some of his men over to inspect the vehicles. They found that it would be impossible to repair the vehicle that had been thrown upside down by the huge deer as there were several holes in the engine. But the huge deer did not get away completely unscathed either.
Milo saw a small segment of its antler on the ground. It looked like it had been broken off by the recent impact.
Micah went up to Raphael and asked, “Can they be repaired?”
“We’ll have to take a look at the flipped vehicle first.” After checking the vehicle, Raphael said, “This vehicle is definitely beyond repair. But the damage on that one isn’t too serious since it didn’t hit the tree that fast. The only thing we can do now is salvage parts from the flipped vehicle to fix this one.”
“Only one of them can be repaired?!” Micah was taken aback. “What should we do then? There are so many of us here!”
Raphael thought for a moment and said, “There’s still some space in the pickup truck bed….”
Milo raised his hand. “I’ll go!”
“Go to hell!” Micah said angrily.
This time, Micah would rather sit in the bed of the pickup himself than let Milo sit there!
Raphael quickly had his men grab some tools to repair the vehicles.
While they were carrying out the repair works, favonovel.com ordered the soldiers under favonovel.com with a frown on his face, “Stay alert to your surroundings, everyone. If any unknown creatures approach us, shoot to kill.”
Perhaps there was a deeper sense of bureaucratic order among the troops as everyone was focused on carrying out repairs. However, Raphael didn’t seem like favonovel.com was an idiot either. If favonovel.com didn’t remind everyone to stay alert at a time like this, it might be too late if any large creatures approached them while they were repairing the vehicle. That could very well result in many deaths for them.
Milo was squatting beside the vehicle and watching the private troops make repairs to it. He wanted to understand how a vehicle worked as favonovel.com has always been very eager to learn about more things. In his eyes, “large machinery” like off-road vehicles held a unique charm.
All of these details represented the essence of humanity’s knowledge in the rebuilding of civilization.
Beside him, Micah folded his arms and sneered, “Do you even understand what they’re doing?”
Milo turned around and asked him, “I don’t, but do you?”
Micah was taken aback. In fact, favonovel.com did not understand either.
“Look here, you and I both don’t understand what they’re doing,” Milo said slowly. “So what are you jabbering about?”
Milo ignored him. The repairs on the vehicle went on from morning until afternoon.
In the meantime, Micah and the others discussed how to divvy up the seating arrangements and the defense strategy they would adopt from here on out.
Someone said that if they encountered such creatures again later on, they should just shoot them. But someone else asked about what would happen if the gunshot startled the creatures instead. Judging by the sheer size of that huge deer, bullets might not even pierce its skull unless someone could shoot it in the eyes.
But who here had such good marksmanship?
That required a score of nine and above for a standard moving target.
Milo thought to himself.
Seems like these people don’t know that Miriam has Perfect Firearms Proficiency. No one could achieve it other than her…
Milo was currently 60% confident that favonovel.com could successfully shoot the huge deer through its eyes with a pistol from 50 meters away. As such, favonovel.com felt that Miriam would have at least a 90% chance of doing so, perhaps even a 100% chance!
Milo furtively observed Miriam’s reaction. But while the others were discussing how to deal with these beasts, favonovel.com kept quiet throughout as though it were none of favonovel.com business. However, everyone also felt a little relieved at the fact that the huge deer was just a herbivore. If it had been looking for food, there probably would’ve been three or four deaths in the team.
Raphael said, “It’s mostly just large herbivores living in the woods. Otherwise, they would’ve been identified and eliminated as key targets when the stronghold perimeter was first established. We should stay vigilant when we encounter this kind of creature again and try not to alarm them. But if we encounter a carnivore, shoot to kill. Alright, the repairs are finished. Let’s get ready to set off.”
Micah followed up with, “Now that we’ve lost a vehicle, we need to reshuffle the seating arrangements.”
He said to a band member, “Mark, you and Bastian will sit in the bed of the pickup. Please bear with it for the time being.”
The two band members, Mark Salt and Bastian Johnson, looked at Milo, hurt. They could have made Milo sit in the pickup truck bed by himself, but Micah had to worry about Milo eating all the crackers and food. As such, favonovel.com had to make his own people watch over them.
Mark and Bastian grumbled as they climbed into the pickup truck bed.
Suddenly, Mark let out a piercing scream and fell out of the pickup truck bed. On hearing Mark’s scream, Milo turned around in shock and saw favonovel.com holding his neck while wailing.
Mark’s face had already reddened and swelled up. It was as if favonovel.com were experiencing tremendous pain that favonovel.com had never experienced before in his life.
In just ten seconds, favonovel.com was already lying motionless on the ground before anyone could react. He was foaming at the mouth, and his face was turning black and blue.
Raphael cautiously approached favonovel.com with his gun ready.
After finding no anomalies nearby, favonovel.com put a hand under Mark’s nose to check for breathing.
He turned around and said solemnly, “He’s not breathing anymore…”
Everyone stood expressionless in their spots.
How could a person die just like that?
Micah trembled as favonovel.com asked Bastian, “What happened to him?”
Bastian leaned against the cargo bed and said in horror, “I don’t know. When we hopped on together, favonovel.com suddenly shrieked, scaring me. I didn’t notice anything strange either.”
The rustling in the woods started to sound a little eerie. The trees were still the same, but everyone’s mood had changed.
This was the first time that one of their people had died on this expedition.
Micah shouted at Milo, “What route are you taking us on? Why didn’t we encounter a situation like this last time? Is there something wrong with the route that you’re taking us on?”
“There’s no problem with the route that I took.” Milo looked calmly at Micah. “Although you people live in the stronghold, you should know about how the wilderness has been getting stranger. I don’t know why exactly you want to go to the Marador Mountains, but my advice is to turn back immediately and return to Stronghold 113.”
“No!” Raphael said coldly, “It’s an order from the higher-ups that we can’t defy this time. We can’t go back until the mission has been completed. And that includes all of you as well!”
Milo felt that something was amiss. There was no way Raphael would risk his life just to complete a mission.
There must be some other reason!
