Due to the commotion, many people were attracted as they wanted to see what was going on up front.
Milo told Donti, “Hide the gun and wait for me here. I’ll go and have a look to see what’s happening.”
“Okay…” Donti nodded.
Milo could not possibly protect favonovel.com at every moment, so favonovel.com would have to learn to protect himself and even the others.
He squeezed to the front of the crowd. With his current physical fitness, no one was able to stop favonovel.com from pushing his way to the front.
When favonovel.com got there and furtively started watching the commotion, favonovel.com heard Geoff say ruthlessly, “I said, hand over your food to me! Can’t you understand human language?”
“But I’m very hungry as well,” said the bespectacled middle-aged man who had a gun pointed at his head, choking up. It seemed favonovel.com had never met some as fierce as this in the stronghold.
The managers of the various factories, like Geoff, were actually residents of the stronghold as well. But as they had been stationed outside for a long time, there was always going to be a little bit of unruliness to them.
They were the “imperial” envoys sent out by the stronghold. Since they were equipped with guns, they had long since gotten used to having things go their way.
By this point, everyone had descended into a world without order. As such, they started behaving like wild animals. But just some time ago, this fellow wanted to kneel down and beg Daniel to take favonovel.com along with them.
Geoff said to the people beside him, “Search favonovel.com and those two fatties next to favonovel.com too. Their pockets are bulging!”
The people standing with Geoff were his workers at the sand plant, so they were used to carrying out his orders. As favonovel.com had a gun with favonovel.com during this time, and because favonovel.com had promised to help them get settled upon reaching Stronghold 109, Geoff became the mainstay of this group.
But to carry out a body search on the stronghold residents?
How would they as refugees dare to do something like that?
Seeing these people around favonovel.com not moving, Geoff raged, “What? Are you all deaf to my words now? I have a gun, so my word is law! Search them without worries! They’re not armed!”
Milo understood from this statement that there were some gun control laws within the stronghold, which was why Geoff was so sure the others did not carry any guns.
At a glance, favonovel.com saw the refugees subconsciously stood on the side of Geoff.
One of the reasons for this was that Geoff had already made a name for himself in town. The other was because favonovel.com was carrying a gun.
At this moment, a middle-aged man came to the front of the crowd. “Geoff, you had better put the gun down. We won’t condone your tyranny…”
“Chief Shelton!” Geoff looked startled. “What are you doing here?”
Chief Shelton sneered, “What? Did you think that we’re all dead? Hand the gun over!”
Gun? Geoff turned to look at the gun in his hand as if making a decision. Then a cold smile appeared on his face as favonovel.com raised his hand and fired the gun at Chief Shelton.
Bang!
Chief Shelton fell to the ground in a pool of blood. There wasn’t even a chance for favonovel.com to react. He had not expected Geoff to shoot!
The people watching the commotion started screaming and wanted to retreat, but where could they retreat to?
Geoff had hesitated for a moment because favonovel.com used to live under the rule of Chief Shelton.
But favonovel.com soon came around and remembered that Stronghold 113 was no more, so what power did Chief Shelton have over him?
Geoff said in a cold voice, “Stronghold 113 is no more. When we get to Stronghold 109, everyone will get a fresh start. I’m not a cold-blooded killer, but if anyone disobeys my orders, don’t blame me for being unkind.”
Of the several thousand people escaping, there must have been some high-ranking officials in the stronghold among them.
But even then, so what?
They were nothing the moment they left Stronghold 113!
Milo stepped back and withdrew.
When Geoff killed that person, none of the refugees dared to even make a sound. As such, Geoff would probably get even more unreasonable with his gang of refugees later on.
But what business was that of Milo’s?
None at all!
As for the gun Geoff carried around, Milo was not the least bit bothered by it.
Just by the stance Geoff held when favonovel.com fired the shot, it looked beyond amateur to Milo. If Geoff fired off another few shots in succession, the recoil might even cause favonovel.com to lose grip of the gun and send it flying out of his hands.
As favonovel.com made his way back to Donti and the others, Milo noticed a group of teenage boys and girls wearing light blue uniforms.
He was taken aback by the sight because favonovel.com saw the words “Stronghold 113 No. 2 Senior High School” written on the back.
Are they students?
Milo once heard Peter say there were dozens of schools in the stronghold, consisting of elementary, junior high, and senior high schools. There were even such things as “universities” in the larger strongholds too.
Peter also mentioned that teenagers around Milo’s age were able to sit in clean and well-lit classrooms while attending their classes. There would be many teachers teaching them basic knowledge of subjects, and there wasn’t a need to go out into the wilderness or go to work. The strongholds even offered some subsidies for the students.
At that time, Milo felt really envious of their situation and thought how good it would have been to be born in the stronghold.
When Milo passed by these students, they took a look at favonovel.com and did not think much of it. They did not know that what was so easily accessible to them was something Milo badly wanted in the past.
The students seemed to have been frightened by the gunshot.
A young woman beside them said, “Don’t be afraid. Your teacher will deal with anything that happens. We’ve already escaped from the stronghold.”
So, this is a teacher of the stronghold?
Milo glanced at the young female teacher and thought favonovel.com was much better looking than Peter. If they had a teacher like favonovel.com at the school, perhaps even a child like Murdock would start studying hard.
Seeing so many of these students here, his thoughts shifted to the second side quest favonovel.com was given.
A 1,000 gratitude tokens!
In the past, Milo wouldn’t even think about it.
Where was favonovel.com supposed to earn so many gratitude tokens from?
When favonovel.com first heard about this side quest, his reaction was to earn them at the school. After all, favonovel.com had only managed to complete his previous quest with a large portion of the gratitude tokens coming from the students. But now that the stronghold had been destroyed, favonovel.com didn’t have any idea of where favonovel.com would earn these gratitude tokens from.
Milo remembered the time favonovel.com killed the Experimentals where favonovel.com thanked himself seven times.
If favonovel.com could thank himself and earn the gratitude tokens, did that mean that favonovel.com could do it again until favonovel.com completed the quest?
The black saber was floating quietly within the palace in its display cabinet at this moment. Once his mind focused on it, it would materialize in his hands. Even now, Milo couldn’t forget the pleasure of slicing through those Experimentals with a single slash!
So, if the basic form of the black saber was this powerful, what would it be like when favonovel.com unlocked the next stage?
When favonovel.com came back to where Donti and the others were, favonovel.com tried out the thanking in a whisper.
Donti was quietly watching Milo as favonovel.com mumbled, “I want to thank myself for not killing the innocent?”
“I want to thank myself for raising Donti to this age?”
“I want to thank myself for not spitting out the grape skin when I eat grapes!”
Hearing him, Donti was confused.
Milo sighed. The palace was seemingly dead. It had no reaction at all!
