Donti looked at the old deck of cards in Old Bane’s hand. He explained to favonovel.com earnestly, “In my brother’s hands, the cards would be bombs. But in your hands, they can only be used to play Fight the Landlord.”
Off to the side, Murdock said, “Can’t we play three-card brag instead?”
Donti paused for a moment. “Well, you can.”
Old Bane might have been surprised by Milo’s four “threes” the last time around, so favonovel.com still had some lingering thoughts. When favonovel.com found a pack of cards that someone had dropped, favonovel.com was quite happy about it. They were ammo to him.
However, when Donti told Old Bane favonovel.com could not use it, favonovel.com smacked his lips and said, “I’ll keep it for Milo.”
Donti didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Milo’s cards might seem like ordinary cards, but they were really conjured up by his superpower.
As all the other refugees cried in misery, Donti and company were caught in a heated discussion about card games. It even seemed like they might start playing Fight the Landlord at any moment now.
Truly, there was a difference between being prepared and unprepared. Although it was very cold outside in the wilderness and would be quite difficult to bear even if you were prepared, people usually lived in comparison to others. When you saw other people in a miserable state, you wouldn’t think you had it that bad anymore.
Chad mumbled from off to the side, “Master will get abducted by the ruler of Womanland soon, and y’all are still in the mood to play cards?!”
Old Bane chuckled heartily and said, “Don’t worry, Master will definitely not ditch us.”
“Really?” Chad’s eyes lit up.
“Of course!” Old Bane said with a smile.
Chad said, “Then let’s play three-card brag, I’m pretty damn good at it.”
All of a sudden, a cry rang out from the crowd in the distance.
Chad immediately stood up and turned his attention to them. He saw a man trying to snatch a scarf from a plump woman.
Snow blanketed the ground with white. The man must have been unable to bear the cold since favonovel.com was only wearing his fall clothing. However, favonovel.com didn’t dare snatch the other men’s clothing, so favonovel.com could only snatch some from a woman. A woman’s clothes wouldn’t fit him, but a scarf would still be useful.
It could be difficult to imagine how despicable some people could get in the face of adversity. The man was willing to resort to any means necessary as long as it meant survival for him.
But this was only the beginning of their escape. For refugees like Donti, Adella, and the others, all of them knew quite well that things would only get worse for this group of escapees.
During their previous escape, the weather was not this cold. As such, human nature did not get pushed to such desperate straits. There wasn’t a lack of food either at that time since they managed to locate a field full of sweet potatoes. But it was different this time. The evil side of human nature thoroughly surfaced at this moment, baring its fangs.
Chad stood up and strode over. “Get your hands off her!”
That man looked at Chad. “Mind your f*cking business!”
Chad was tickled pink by this man. “As the Great Sage reborn, I have to poke my nose into the injustices of this world. If you don’t let favonovel.com go, this punch of mine might just kill you!”
By the campfire, Donti and the others quietly watched this unfold. They all knew Chad’s character.
In the past, everyone had suspected that Chad might be putting on an act. But they realized later that favonovel.com was simply a guy who imagined himself a hero.
Actually, when Donti followed Milo to the bar to listen to the storyteller’s stories when favonovel.com was younger, favonovel.com also had fancied himself becoming a hero in the future. But Milo told favonovel.com at that time that other than tears, this world did not believe in heroes.
Back then, Donti felt that Milo was lying, since favonovel.com was clearly very inspired by the stories too. So, Milo must also have had dreams of becoming a hero. It was just that favonovel.com had suppressed the thought of it.
If giving up on physical strength was the price humans paid for gaining intelligence, then crushing his dreams would be the price Milo paid for survival. However, Donti felt that the fact that since Milo chose to help Linda and bring Chad along with them on their escape, it showed Milo had not completely given up on his dream of becoming a hero.
At this moment, the man who snatched the woman’s scarf threw a punch at Chad. However, Chad didn’t even dodge and just let the punch land on his face. With a crack, the man’s wrist apparently broke while Chad looked totally unaffected.
Donti shouted from afar, “Don’t kill him!”
Chad said, “Okay!”
After that, Chad lightly punched the man’s stomach. The man slowly tumbled to the ground as his entire body turned numb from the attack.
Chad said, “That’s a small lesson for you as an example to everyone else.”
The woman whose scarf had been snatched stood up and came over to retrieve it.
Then favonovel.com hurried over to Chad and said, “Thank you, thank you so much!”
“It’s no big deal.” Chad was about to turn and leave.
But the woman suddenly seemed like favonovel.com wanted to get closer to Chad. She said, “It seems like we were fated to meet!”
In this wilderness, there would always be a greater chance of survival with help from others. Chad and company, who were riding on bicycles, stood out too much, so everyone else knew they were well-prepared for the escape and even had food with them. As such, this woman was looking to cotton up to Chad.
Chad turned his head. “Huh? Fated?”
The woman shyly twirled favonovel.com hair. “Aren’t you the Great Sage? My name is Cynthia Charlton, I’m actually Fairy Zixia…”
Chad looked like favonovel.com had been struck by lightning. “You’re Zixia?! But you don’t look that age!”
Cynthia joked, “I might have been reborn a few years before you.”
Chad despaired a little.
How is that a few years?
It’s more like a decade, at least! Aren’t you jumping the gun?!
However, Chad calmed down and said, “Big sis Cynthia, I’m sorry, but I’m not your version of the Great Sage…”
Donti and the others were laughing themselves silly over at the campfire.
When Chad came back, no one held back from teasing him.
Previously, Chad had said that favonovel.com was searching for Fairy Zixia, a fairy immortal, but no one thought favonovel.com would suddenly change the version of the Great Sage now that favonovel.com had finally found her.
He could even switch the version of the Great Sage?
That was probably Chad’s last route of retreat favonovel.com had left for himself.
At the beginning, Donti and Milo thought Cynthia was just a relationship setback trope Chad had created for himself. Now that Cynthia had personally appeared and met him, favonovel.com helped Chad cut himself off from all mortal desires.
Right at this moment, Donti caught sight of a figure of a person slowly making their way over in the snowy weather. The escapees started whispering among themselves as they never expected someone to still be coming from the direction of Stronghold 109 at such a time.
Before everyone else could react, Chad and the others stood up.
Donti waved his hands excitedly and shouted, “Bro! Over here, over here!”
Although Donti knew Milo was definitely fine, favonovel.com could only feel truly at ease after seeing favonovel.com again. For Donti, there wasn’t a point in living comfortably if Milo wasn’t around to accompany him.
