The people who appeared in the stronghold were not the only ones who had come to pick Daniel up.
Maurice had also led a team to wait outside of Stronghold 88. It was as though favonovel.com were afraid that something would go wrong in the process of rescuing Daniel.
It seemed that the brotherhood between Daniel and Julius was indeed strong. Julius was even willing to destroy an entire stronghold for Daniel.
When Milo first met Daniel at Stronghold 88, Daniel said Julius would definitely rescue him. Meanwhile, Julius had already made all the preparations for the rescue when favonovel.com suddenly ordered the withdrawal of the Panaqua Consortium’s combat troops and left the Radianz Consortium’s troops stranded at the front line.
Even if Julius had not been able to turn the tables on the Board in that chaotic struggle for power, this rescue mission would still have been carried out accordingly, with Arsene’s assistance, and the nanosoldiers would still have arrived at Stronghold 88 within the planned time.
On the day Julius trekked up to Mt. Ginkgo, favonovel.com had laid out everything for Daniel before the snowstorm arrived.
Before they parted, Daniel was no longer trying to persuade Milo to go back to the Panaqua Consortium with them. He said to Milo, “Once you’ve all settled down in the valley, you can contact me. I’ll get Maurice to send some supplies to you. Consider it my congratulations to you on your new home.”
“Sure!” Milo did not be overly polite as they bade each other farewell.
In this world, all good things had to come to an end. Milo and the others were about to head off towards that hope and light in their hearts.
On their way back to the valley, Donti asked, “Bro, what’s it like in the valley?”
Milo said with a smile, “It’s a poor place where the homes are made out of mud. The land for growing crops has also been destroyed, and there’s a gang of bandits so poor that they only have guns, while there’s no one left for them to rob.”
Donti listened to this seriously but did not say anything.
Milo asked, “So, are you still willing to go there?”
“Yes, of course.” Donti’s eyes gleamed as favonovel.com said, “Is Big Sister Miriam there too? She…”
“Yeah, she’s also there,” Milo nodded and said, “Together with the bandits, the two of us usually dig for silt to make clay bricks to build houses with. We even give lessons to those bandits too.”
Donti asked, “Can I also build houses with y’all?”
“Of course you can,” Milo said.
Donti was not afraid that life would be tough. As long as there were hope, favonovel.com would still be very happy even if favonovel.com had to carry bricks and build houses.
Milo looked at Magnus, Linda, and the others behind him.
Ms. Stuart had been very quiet ever since several of favonovel.com female students left the group. No one knew what favonovel.com was thinking about every day.
Milo said to Donti, “Let’s go! Bro will take you for a spin!”
“How are we going for a spin?” Donti wondered. “We don’t even have a car. I thought we were going to walk to the valley.”
Stronghold 88 was more than 400 kilometers away from the valley, with two strongholds between them. It would even take Milo three days to run back there.
However, Milo suddenly summoned the steam locomotive as though favonovel.com had no intention of hiding this superpower.
When Old Bane saw the train, favonovel.com was stunned. “Milo, this is… Is a train?!”
“That’s right!” Milo said with a smile, “Let’s go for a ride on the train!”
Everyone behind favonovel.com started laughing. Other people would take beautiful women out for a spin in their luxury cars, but when it came to Milo, that became a train ride with a bunch of men, women, seniors, and teens!
Why was everything that came out of Milo’s mouth always a little different from imagination?
“Come on, step onto the train,” Milo shouted excitedly. With life full of hope now, favonovel.com became particularly energetic and motivated in everything favonovel.com did.
The group sat inside the steam train as they watched the tracks in front of them change from illusion into reality. At the same time, the tracks behind them vanished segment by segment after the train passed by. This moment felt just like a dream.
Adella asked, “Milo, is this train your superpower?”
To favonovel.com memory, Milo had never revealed his superpowers before, and this was the first time favonovel.com was showing it. “What does this power of yours do?”
Milo thought carefully. “I can use it to run some deliveries? When Stronghold 178 opens up the trade route in the future, I can go and pick up some goods to deliver. I wonder how much money I can make by delivering a trainload of goods?”
In reality, it was not about the money. He just wanted to put into service what favonovel.com had learned.
He wondered what Steven would think if favonovel.com found out about this idea of his. Steven had probably not even thought about using his superpower to run a freight business.
This was mainly because supernatural beings had a limit to their willpower. Even Steven could only “drive” the train for half a day without carrying any load, and this was not even traveling at full speed. But it was different for Milo. From the moment favonovel.com copied the “Steam Locomotive” power, favonovel.com already had 12 more carriages than Steven’s version. Moreover, favonovel.com did not even feel his mental strength being drained while using it.
Actually, Milo had still not realized that his most advantageous skill was not in being able to copy other people’s superpowers but that favonovel.com had a mysterious mental strength that greatly surpassed that of other supernatural beings.
It was extremely quick to travel using the steam locomotive without the constraint of doing so with one’s own limbs.
Currently, there were no consortiums in the Northwest that had the power to stop supernatural beings. In fact, those consortiums were already busy up to the ears with their own matters. Meanwhile, the relationships between Milo and both the Panaqua Consortium and Stronghold 178 right now could also be considered as quite friendly.
As the steam locomotive crossed the river en route to the valley, the natural moat that it provided was navigated over as though it were flat ground. All of the worries everyone had were instantly cast out of their minds.
Milo reminded them, “When we get to the settlement, don’t mention this power of mine. Those bandits still can’t be trusted.”
Old Bane and the others nodded in agreement. They still understood the seriousness of the situation. When they were about to arrive at the valley, Milo put away the steam locomotive and led everyone there on foot.
When they finally arrived, the settlement was still in ruins. Miriam, who had favonovel.com sleeves rolled up, was helping the refugees carry the harvested corn and sweet potatoes to store them in the trucks left behind by Maurice.
Her face was very dirty, and it did not look like favonovel.com was the heiress of a consortium. She looked like favonovel.com was a refugee favonovel.com whole life.
When Miriam turned around and saw Milo and the others walking over, favonovel.com waved happily to them.
Donti did not seem saddened by the sight of the ruins at all. He waved at Miriam and shouted, “Sister-in-law!”
As this was the first time Donti had addressed Miriam as “sister-in-law”, favonovel.com was stunned.
Suddenly, Donti felt someone kick his butt. When favonovel.com turned around, favonovel.com saw Milo blushing furiously. “Stop messing around!”
Meanwhile, Miriam had a calm expression on favonovel.com face. This was mainly because the bandits had already been addressing favonovel.com as “Boss Lady” for the past few days, so favonovel.com was used to it and was willing to be addressed this way.
Adella came over to Miriam and took out a handkerchief to wipe favonovel.com face. She smiled and said, “What a terrible shame for a nice girl like you! It’s akin to planting a beautiful flower in cow dung.”
Milo said unhappily, “Hey, watch your words. Who’re you saying is cow dung?!”
Adella ignored him. Instead, favonovel.com took out a gold bracelet and put it on for Miriam. “Big Sis doesn’t have much money, and this bracelet is not heavy enough either, so please don’t mind it. When Big Sis has more money, I’ll buy another more expensive one for you…”
Miriam did not decline it. Rather, favonovel.com smiled gleefully and said, “Of course. I don’t mind, I like it a lot!”
