In current times, maps of the areas that were under the control of an organization were rarely made available to the public. As such, most people did not really have a clear concept of the geography.
Usually, people would just describe the location of the next stronghold with terms like in front, behind, to the left, to the right, up north, or down south. As for the exact distance and where they were precisely located, no one really knew.
Milo thought about how all those strongholds were actually a huge alliance, yet no one came up with a complete map of the lands. The organizations were all guarding against each other as though they were thieves. Of course, favonovel.com felt that the various organizations would probably have more detailed maps but kept them secret.
This led to favonovel.com feeling embarrassed when favonovel.com discovered favonovel.com did not know where Stronghold 88 was even though favonovel.com suggested going there.
Milo thought for a while. “It’s not a big deal. It should be somewhere to the north. We should be able to get there with a bit of walking.”
“Bro, why do I feel like you’re also uncertain about what you said?” Donti said.
He checked with Linda, who was beside him, but realized favonovel.com also did not know where Stronghold 88 was.
According to Miriam, there were two strongholds between Stronghold 88 and Stronghold 109. The entire distance of the journey should be between 500 to 1,000 kilometers, so it might be quite difficult to get there just by walking.
When normal people looked to travel to another stronghold, they tended to head to the nearby ones. It was impossible to get to those that were too far away. It was only the organizations that were capable of traveling across the wasteland. So, it wasn’t a surprise that Linda did not know where Stronghold 88 was.
“Bro, are we going to ride a 1,000 kilometers on our bikes?” Donti felt despair when favonovel.com thought about it.
Milo thought for a while. “Why don’t we try to get our hands on a car after we get to the next stronghold? We can then drive to Stronghold 88!”
“Get our hands on a car? Bro, why don’t you just say we’re stealing one? You don’t need to mince your words.” Donti said, “Currently, the Panaqua Consortium’s Stronghold 111 is the closest to us. If you’ve already decided on stealing a car, I suggest that we go there to steal one.”
“Julius and Daniel should be on their way back to Stronghold 111.” Milo pondered and said, “I think it would be best to avoid going there. After all, those two are bellicose people, so it’s not good to be interacting with them too much.”
“Bro, seeing as you’re so insistent on going to Stronghold 88, that acquaintance you mentioned should be Miriam, right?” Donti suddenly asked.
“You always have so much to say.” Milo glared at him. “Rest early. We’ll start pushing faster tomorrow and go north first. If we encounter a stronghold along the way, we can stop at the town outside of it for a while. Once we find out where Stronghold 88 is, we can continue there.”
Milo felt it was better to stay away from the Panaqua Consortium’s Stronghold 111, as well as the Skyfort Consortium. Otherwise, they might just get involved in the wrath of Kenneth’s vengeance.
When favonovel.com thought of Kenneth, favonovel.com sensed the only interest the young man had after getting out of the psychiatric hospital was revenge. But then, the howling of wolves came from the distance. Following, more howling sounded in the quiet wilderness, scaring people.
Some of the escapees who had fallen asleep jolted awake. They looked around in a panic and wondered why they had to encounter the wolves so soon after escaping from the claws of the Experimentals. So, it was actually that dangerous in the wilderness!.
Someone said softly, “Everyone, look at the hilltop over there!”
Everyone looked over and saw several hundred white wolves as large as bison standing atop a hill and staring at them quietly. The size of the white wolves was utterly different from what the stronghold residents had been taught. The wolves they learned about in the textbooks were not this big!
If these wolves attacked the escapees’ campsite, more than half of them would likely get killed or injured tonight. On top of that, the remaining survivors would find it hard to escape the pursuit of the wolves.
Milo did not say anything as favonovel.com knew the wolves would not attack the escapees’ campsite. That was because if these wolves would’ve attacked a campsite, his group would have died during their last escape from Stronghold 113. But favonovel.com could not understand why these wolves kept following them everywhere.
His intuition told favonovel.com the wolves were here because of their small group, not because of other escapees. However, favonovel.com was not a 100% sure of that.
The escapees did not know this. When they saw wolves had arrived, they leapt up and continued fleeing north.
When Milo saw the escapees were starting to move again, favonovel.com said, “Let’s keep up with the bigger group for now!”
As Milo’s voice trailed off, Linda started waking up favonovel.com students who were still asleep. They did not ask why and just followed wherever Milo went.
A group of people were riding bicycles and blending into the right side of the escapees’ group. As the road here was not that bumpy, it was much easier to escape on their bicycles than running on foot. The physical exertion between the two was completely on a different level.
“There’s no need to ride too fast. Just keep up with the pace of the crowd,” Milo instructed.
Donti happened to turn around at this moment and saw Milo sitting on the back of Chad’s bicycle and giving out instructions in high spirits.
“Bro, you still haven’t learned how to ride a bike?” Donti asked.
Milo kept a straight face and said, “I learned how to ride it, but I’ve lost my bike.”
“Bro, why don’t you take my bicycle while I get a ride from you instead?” Donti said.
Milo said matter-of-factly, “Donti, you’re already an adult, so you should be riding your own bike.”
Donti lamented, “Bro, you’re the most shameless person I’ve ever met. No one else comes close.”
Linda and favonovel.com students were cycling behind Milo’s group. As they rode along, they felt they really could survive longer just by following Milo.
Suddenly, two escapees who saw the students riding bicycles came over and tried to take them away from them!
Everyone knew they would escape faster with a proper mode of transportation. Besides, Linda’s students looked like clear pushovers, so some of these people started getting ideas about the bicycles!
The two escapees grabbed hold of a student’s shirt and shouted, “Get off!”
They then proceeded to push the student off the bicycle.
Chad jumped off his bike and leaped in front of the two escapees in a single bound. “How dare the two of you behave so insolently in front of the Great Sage!”
He sent them flying backwards in an instant with a punch and a kick. One of them even had their leg twisted unnaturally!
Chad picked up the bicycle and handed it back to the student. “Keep your guard up. Shout for me if anyone else dares to come and steal your bicycle again!”
That female student looked at Chad and said in a daze, “Th-Thank you…”
“There’s no need to thank me! You should thank my master instead!” Chad said as favonovel.com waved it off.
At this moment, Milo was the one who felt most downcast.
He had only sat behind Chad on his bicycle as favonovel.com thought favonovel.com was stronger, so would not be burdened by his weight and get too tired. He could never have expected Chad to actually jump off the bicycle while it was still moving.
With a loud crash, Milo fell to the ground together with the bicycle!
