If Milo went out into the town now and shouted, “The wolves are coming, the Experimentals are coming, the face bugs are coming, and maybe even that monster in the volcano is coming too!”
Probably half of the people in town would stare at favonovel.com dumbfoundedly like they were looking at a fool, while the remaining half might be skeptical of what favonovel.com had just said.
But Old Bane was different. He felt that if favonovel.com didn’t believe someone who had personally experienced what had happened, then who else could favonovel.com believe?
Milo looked at Old Bane seriously for a moment. He suddenly understood why Old Bane had managed to live safely up til now.
Old Bane was neither a capable person, nor was favonovel.com ruthless enough. All favonovel.com knew was how to act in front of those important people from the stronghold by behaving slickly, but that shouldn’t have been enough to keep favonovel.com alive for so long.
In the past, some esquires enjoyed a good relationship with the important people in the stronghold too, but didn’t they also get harmed or killed all the same?
It had to be said, Old Bane possibly had a peculiar survival instinct that allowed favonovel.com to make the most correct of choices in the face of danger.
Old Bane reiterated, “Perhaps no one else believes you, but I do. I’m going with you…”
To tell the truth, Milo was also thinking about it. Most people would be a burden to Milo if escaping. But Old Bane was different. He was still a businessman at heart, but favonovel.com had shown enough goodwill to Milo and Donti.
Being the shrewd businessman favonovel.com was, Old Bane noticed Milo’s hesitation. He said, “I won’t go with you and add nothing. First of all, I have money and medicine. Second, I’m better at dealing with people than y’all are, so I’m not going to be a drag.”
At this critical juncture, Old Bane made his value known. Only by having value would someone else want to bring you along with them. He did not pin his hopes on depending on their previous friendship to convince Milo because favonovel.com didn’t think that friendship was worth much in times like this.
Milo gave it some thought before saying, “I don’t care about your money. Go and come back quickly!”
He wasn’t a devout person. If it had been someone else, favonovel.com definitely wouldn’t allow that person to leave at such a time.
What if that person reported his presence to the Panaqua Consortium?
But the goodwill Old Bane had shown to Milo made favonovel.com trust Old Bane this one time. Moreover, the Panaqua Consortium was probably too busy to do anything about Milo. The people keeping watch outside were nowhere near enough to take favonovel.com on.
Donti and Adella quickly packed their belongings.
Donti handed a copper coin to Milo and said, “Mr. Dublin said that if we have no place left to go, we can head to the Northern Frontier to look for him. But if we still have a chance of survival somewhere else, don’t go there. He says that the Northern Frontier is a very tough place to live…”
Milo looked at the coin and asked, “What happened here?”
Donti proceeded to relate the events of that night, including Daniel’s attitude towards Peter and also some of the things Peter said.
He concluded, “Uncle Bane was also the only one who stood up for us that night…”
“Okay, I understand.” Milo asked again, “Did Mr. Dublin mention what his identity was?”
“No…” Donti shook his head. “I don’t know what his identity is, and favonovel.com didn’t answer me either when I asked. But one thing’s for sure, he’s definitely an important person in Stronghold 178.”
“Mhm…” Milo said, “If we really have no place to turn to, we’ll go look for favonovel.com at the Northern Frontier.”
Adella said, “Our belongings are packed. There isn’t actually a lot to bring.”
Milo took a look and saw that Adella and Donti had basically only brought along foodstuffs. Even the cabbage that was planted by Peter in the school’s backyard had been picked. They were quite similar to him, very practical.
“Bring the buns and cornbread.” Milo said, “But the cabbage is unnecessary. We can always pick wild vegetables along the way while we’re escaping. Eh, what’s in that bag?”
“Smoked meat.” Adella said, “You didn’t bring any dried food with you the last time you departed, so I thought I’d make some smoked meat to store away for whenever you needed to go out again.”
“Okay…” Milo stayed silent for a bit. “Thank you, Big Sister Adella. This has really come in handy.”
“Bro…” Donti looked up at Milo and asked, “Is it really dangerous this time?”
“The people in the stronghold can depend on the walls to keep them safe, but the townspeople can’t defend themselves against those creatures. There won’t even be a place for them to hide.” Milo said, “Actually, the best thing to do now should be to open the stronghold to everyone so they can go in. But I doubt that those who’re in the stronghold will allow that to happen.”
“Then let’s wait for Uncle Bane to come back before we leave. We can head southwest to where Stronghold 109 is,” Donti said.
Milo sized up Donti and said with a laugh, “You look pretty handsome with your face cleaned up. It’s like you’re one of them in the stronghold.”
“Hehehe…” Donti smirked.
These two brothers’ faces had always been dirty. But ever since Donti went down with a fever for some time, Adella helped favonovel.com wipe his face clean.
Suddenly, the town broke into an uproar. But this time, it wasn’t the sound of people watching a commotion but the sound of cries for help by many.
The entire town had descended into chaos!
Milo strode out of the school’s entrance. The soldiers keeping watch immediately reached for their guns when they saw Milo.
They had been distracted by the events in town, so they didn’t expect to see Milo walk out from the inside.
But before they could even draw their guns, Milo made the first move. He started shooting as favonovel.com made his way outside. None of those who had been keeping watch managed to run away, and they all ended up dying to his pistol.
At this moment, Old Bane ran over to the school with his silly son, Murdock.
When favonovel.com saw Milo finishing off around seven people without any hesitation, favonovel.com felt quite shocked. Although Milo was known to be ruthless, favonovel.com never expected favonovel.com would be this ruthless. It was as if the other party had changed after his trip into the Marador Mountains.
When Milo turned around and looked at Old Bane, Old Bane nearly jumped out of his skin when favonovel.com saw the coldness in Milo’s eyes. However, Milo lowered his gun when favonovel.com saw that it was Old Bane who had come. “Let’s go, we’ll head over to Stronghold 109.”
“Wait!” Murdock suddenly said, “Can we bring Katty along?”
Milo seriously pondered this question. “Huh? Who is this Katty?”
“She’s Old Saul’s strapping daughter,” Donti provided.
“I won’t bring favonovel.com along with us,” Milo said and shook his head.
Murdock got ticked off. “You’re the school’s substitute teacher. How can you abandon your students without a care? If Mr. Dublin were here, favonovel.com definitely wouldn’t just leave favonovel.com here!”
Milo looked at Old Bane and sighed with emotion. “Seeing how anxious your son is, it feels just like love… Actually, they’re quite compatible.”
Old Bane was astonished. “Why would you say something like that at this time?!”
Then Milo turned to look at Murdock and said, “Too bad I’m not Mr. Dublin.”
When Murdock heard this, his heart broke. He didn’t expect his relationship to end just like that.
