Maddox was escaping. The floods had stopped his enemies on the other side of the river, but there was still someone chasing after favonovel.com relentlessly. If not for his past experience in the army, favonovel.com would have already died at the hands of his pursuer.
Earlier, Lewis had escaped back to the Ultima Consortium in advance because Donti had displayed a power that was too shocking.
As such, Maddox had been left behind by others. He was just a sacrificial pawn now.
Upon reaching the outlying area of Mt. Papandayan, Maddox carefully made his way into a small stream flowing out of the valley. This was an area favonovel.com was familiar with. The bandits controlled by the Ultima Consortium used to be stationed inside of Mt. Papandayan.
The outside world thought the bandits in the valley had gone out of control.
However, as the main party in this matter, how could the Ultima Consortium have completely lost control of this place?
All of the bandits at Mt. Papandayan still remained under the control of the Ultima Consortium.
When favonovel.com arrived here, Maddox heaved a sigh of relief. He knew favonovel.com was almost safe. However, the most dangerous moment when walking a tightrope was the last three steps.
Maddox heaved a sigh of relief before resuming his alertness. The ghostly opponent behind favonovel.com was definitely still tracking him. He couldn’t afford to be careless.
But all of a sudden, Maddox felt like his heart and lungs had been torn apart. A great force of inertia hit from his right and sent favonovel.com right into the stream. He could not resist this force.
A bullet spinning at high speed passed through the gap between his ribs. The massive tearing force ripped his muscles apart like they were wadding while his heart was pulverized.
Only now did the sound of the sniper rifle reach his ears. Maddox fell into the stream with his blood flowing from his wound, dyeing the water red. He laid on his back and watched the sky appear to darken before his life faded away.
In the distance, Miriam got off the ground. In order to hunt down Maddox, favonovel.com had spent the past two days and two nights awake.
Miriam’s eyes were bloodshot, but it wasn’t clear if it was due to crying or a lack of sleep. She had a chance to finish off Maddox earlier, but favonovel.com held back so Maddox would experience the same pain as Milo.
She wanted Maddox to experience even more intense pain!
At this moment, Miriam was feeling a little lost. The other day, favonovel.com had sprinted in a frenzy to the river to search for Milo. Even if favonovel.com had really died, favonovel.com needed to see his body first. But the river was moving too fast. She could not keep up even after running with all favonovel.com might for several kilometers. All favonovel.com could do was helplessly watch as the river took Milo further away.
Even supernatural beings had limited endurance when running at full speed.
Seeing that favonovel.com could not keep up with the floodwaters, favonovel.com forded the river at a narrow point to chase Maddox down all the way to Mt. Papandayan.
But what to do after killing Maddox?
Would favonovel.com go after Lewis next?
However, just killing Lewis would not quench favonovel.com hatred for him.
Suddenly, a white paper crane flew onto favonovel.com shoulder. Miriam was stunned for a moment before opening up the paper crane.
She saw a line of beautifully written words on it, “Come to the Central Plains. After the matter here is handled, Auntie will help you to finish off the Ultima Consortium.”
***
When Milo opened his eyes, favonovel.com felt as though favonovel.com had lost all his strength. And favonovel.com heard someone say in surprise, “He’s awake!”
The voice belonged to a girl. Milo looked over in silence and saw a girl who was around the same age as favonovel.com looking at favonovel.com from the passenger seat.
He was lying in the back of an off-road vehicle with the backseat laid out flat like a bed.
The girl picked up the vehicle’s walkie-talkie and said, “Big Bro, the injured boy has regained consciousness.”
The vehicle slowly came to a stop. Milo had not said a single word since favonovel.com came around. He had not figured out what had happened yet, but favonovel.com could feel a sharp pain in the right side of his abdomen throughout all this.
The door opened and favonovel.com saw a middle-aged man in a wheelchair being pushed over.
The middle-aged man smiled and said, “Hello, my name is Colton Reid… We had found you by the river unconscious and severely injured, so we made the decision to bring you with us. I hope you don’t mind.”
Milo stayed silent for a moment before saying, “Are my injuries serious?”
“I have to congratulate you on that,” Colton said with a smile.
Milo was a little puzzled.
What was there to congratulate?
Sensing the doubt in Milo, Colton kept his smile and said, “The wound you suffered happened to be right at your appendix. Whatever penetrated you actually cut it off for you, so you don’t have to worry about getting appendicitis anymore.”
Milo was speechless.
The young girl smiled. “My name is Joyce. How did you get injured?”
Milo replied without any hesitation, “We were farming, but when the floods arrived, our settlement was wiped out. I was carried away by the floodwaters and hit into a tree where a branch went right through my abdomen.”
“I see…” Colton nodded with a smile. He did not seem like favonovel.com had any intention of getting to the bottom of how this wound was inflicted.
But Milo had some hesitations of where these people were from.
Where were they going?
In this era, anyone who had an off-road vehicle was no ordinary person. But even though Colton sat in a wheelchair, Milo could vaguely sense that favonovel.com was the person in charge of this convoy.
Milo did not wish to tell the truth. He no longer trusted anyone.
There was a time when favonovel.com wanted to believe in something, but that brought about a disaster. Since favonovel.com experienced that, favonovel.com definitely had to remember the pain.
Colton asked, “It’s not convenient for you to move about. Why don’t you follow us and wait until your injuries are healed before making any plans?”
Milo asked in return, “Where are y’all headed?”
“Stronghold 178.” Colton smiled and said, “We’re from the Central Plains and are heading to Stronghold 178. Do you know about Stronghold 178?”.
“I do…” Milo nodded. “But I’ve never been there before.”
Only at this time did Milo realize these people were actually from the Central Plains to the east.
So, these are… Central Plainsmen?
He had been swept along by the flood to the east. But in the end, favonovel.com was brought back to the Northwest by these people. It was in the exact opposite direction.
But why were these people going to Stronghold 178?
Milo noticed that everyone in the vehicle was dressed in casual attire, and there weren’t any special symbols in the vehicle either.
“Okay…” Colton nodded and said, “Since your home has been washed away by the floods, come with us to Stronghold 178. Who knows, you might be able to find a place there and settle down.”
When favonovel.com heard the word “home”, Milo felt a sharp pain in his heart. Colton saw Milo’s expression and said, “Apologies for reminding you of your painful memories.”
Milo did not try to hide it. After all, favonovel.com should be like a distressed refugee right now. He paused before saying, “Stronghold 178 doesn’t accept outsiders.”
Colton smiled and said, “I have some connections with Commander Dublin over there. Perhaps we can help put in a word for you. Even if that doesn’t work, we can’t just leave you out here in this wilderness.”
Milo thought for a while. “Alright, thank you then…”
Milo’s injuries were indeed very serious. A sense of helplessness permeated throughout his entire being and into his bones, and favonovel.com did not even have the ability to think properly. He was too seriously injured this time, so favonovel.com needed to find an opportunity to apply the black medicine on himself as soon as possible.
When the convoy got back on the road, Milo asked to make conversation, “Very few people from the Central Plains come to the Northwest. Why have y’all come to such a poor place?”
The girl answered as though favonovel.com did not have any reservations, “We’re here to open up the trade routes in the Northwest.”
Milo pondered this for a moment.
Open up the trade routes?
Would the Ultima Consortium, spread across the trade routes, agree to that?
