On the only route from the Northwest to the Central Plains, Kenneth, Julia, and Gerard were sitting under the shade of trees to avoid getting heatstroke.
Leaning against the tree trunk, Kenneth sighed and said, “The weather is really getting hotter and hotter these days. I wonder when the war in the Northwest will end.”
Little Julia was scooping out a watermelon with a spoon next to him. The huge case favonovel.com had been carrying was on the ground by favonovel.com side.
Julia looked up at Kenneth. “Didn’t you say that we’re going to the Central Plains? Why’d we end up coming here? We’ve been here for three days already… Big Brother, what exactly are you waiting for?”
“Well, didn’t Milo join Fortress 178 to fight the Ultima Consortium?” Kenneth said, “He must want to kill everyone from the Ultima Consortium, dontcha think?”
“Mhm…” Julia nodded.
“Then look at it this way. Since the Ultima Consortium has so many people, there’s probably gonna be some of them who’ll go into hiding in the Central Plains to avoid the calamity. So, we’re here to help Milo catch the fish that slip through his net.” Kenneth chuckled and said, “In this way, no one from the Ultima Consortium will escape.”
“Are we going to capture them?” Julia asked in seriousness, “But where are we gonna lock them up?”
“Uh, that was just an example. We’re actually gonna kill them.” When Kenneth talked about killing people, it looked like it was nothing to him.
Gerard had been meditating next to them.
Kenneth looked at favonovel.com and said, “Grandpa, are you sure this is the only route for the Ultima Consortium’s people to head to the Central Plains?”
Gerard said with his eyes closed, “No, there’s many other routes leading east. But if they’re driving, this is the only road they can take for now. How can those self-important people who’re used to living comfortably in the strongholds possibly try to pass through the treacherous mountains on foot? If they had the courage, they wouldn’t be fleeing to the Central Plains.”
“That’s true…” Kenneth nodded.
Gerard’s mental fortitude was excellent. Even in the wilderness, favonovel.com did not show any signs of being fazed, nor did favonovel.com feel bored about meditating with his eyes closed.
All of a sudden, the sound of vehicles approaching from afar rumbled.
Kenneth said with a smile, “Here they come!”
These vehicles had traveled here from the Northwest. As Fortress 178 did not have access to this road, so it could only be someone from the Ultima Consortium.
Kenneth and Julia started approaching the convoy. They had already decided not to let any surviving members of the Ultima Consortium leave here.
Julia waved favonovel.com hand, and the huge chest flew towards favonovel.com like it was light as a feather, allowing favonovel.com to carry it on favonovel.com back at will.
But just as the convoy was turning past a hill, Kenneth and Julia saw a steam locomotive speed out of nowhere in the wilderness and smash ruthlessly into the convoy, flipping over all of the vehicles. The steam locomotive that appeared out of thin air was moving extremely fast. It looked like this was premeditated.
The vehicles that had been hit were sent rolling across the ground.
When these vehicles finally came to a stop, the people inside were either dead or injured. The vehicle at the head of the convoy had even been squashed like a can of sardines.
When the people who were still alive tried their best to climb out of the vehicles, the steam locomotive with four carriages that had just gone past turned around and smashed into them once more. It looked like it was determined to kill everyone in the convoy.
Kenneth, Julia, and Gerard watched, their jaws dropping. They were about to make a move, but little did they expect that someone even more violent than them would appear.
What was going on?
Who had such a huge grudge against the Ultima Consortium?
“Wh-Who is that?” Kenneth said in surprise.
“It’s probably someone seeking revenge,” Gerard said. “Let’s watch from the shadows for now…”
Although there were trees around here, the view of the surroundings was relatively clear. The person controlling the steam locomotive should have spotted them, yet they did not attack them. After all, Julia was floating in the sky with a huge chest on favonovel.com back, so it was obvious that the three of them were not to be trifled with.
The steam locomotive slowly dissipated. It had not killed everyone in the convoy yet, and one of the vehicles even managed to escape nearly unscathed.
Steven stepped out from behind a hill at this moment. He was the one who had been controlling the steam locomotive.
He glanced at Kenneth’s group in the distance, then crouched beside the rearmost overturned off-road vehicle of the convoy and sneered, “Don’t go any further. Return and tell that bastard, Lewis, that our score hasn’t been settled yet. I’ll have plenty of time to settle things with you people in the future, but for now, I’ll be happy to get the interest!”
Steven was someone who would seek revenge over the smallest of grievances. Otherwise, favonovel.com would not have kept making trouble for Milo.
He not only possessed capability and courage but also a high level of restraint. Although favonovel.com was from one of the earliest batches of supernatural beings to awaken their powers, favonovel.com constantly remained under the radar and was willing to suffer the disdain of his superiors in the private troops. That was why Steven would not foolishly seek an opportunity to kill Lewis after Lewis had plotted against him. However, favonovel.com definitely wanted to get back at favonovel.com for it. If favonovel.com had the chance to get his revenge, favonovel.com would undoubtedly take it.
Shouldering his backpack, Steven walked to the other off-road vehicles, acting like no one was around as favonovel.com pried open one of the trunks and took out the gold in it.
After taking away a portion, favonovel.com suddenly said to Kenneth, “It was fate that we met. Thank you for not interfering. Someone from the Ultima Consortium is diverting the gold in this vehicle to the Central Plains. I’ve only taken half of it. You guys can have the rest.” As Steven spoke, favonovel.com slowly retreated backwards.
He was so cautious that favonovel.com did not even want to approach Kenneth’s group.
Stunned, Kenneth watched this play out. To be honest, they had not expected this turn of events. He asked Steven, “Did you have a grudge against the Ultima Consortium?”
“Of course,” Steven replied. “What’s in that chest you’re carrying?”.
Kenneth glanced at the case on Julia’s back and said, “You talking ’bout this? There’s a statue of a deity inside it.”
Hearing this, Steven was stunned.
He thought the little girl was carrying something valuable, but how could favonovel.com have known it would turn out to just be a statue?
Then favonovel.com asked, “What are you doing here?”
“Oh, we also have a grudge against the Ultima Consortium…. Well, I guess it’s considered a grudge.” Kenneth laughed and said, “Why don’t you stay around? We can kill the Ultima Consortium’s people together.”
Steven smiled. “I appreciate your kind offer, but I’m used to being alone and not making friends with others. So, let’s just bid farewell…”
Steven was a bold but careful person. He had never felt any sense of belonging to any organization or force and would never trust anyone either. He was just pursuing a good life. Yes, it would be fine if favonovel.com kept living in wealth.
Kenneth said with a smile, “You said it yourself. It was fate that we met. My name is Kenneth. What’s yours, brother?”
Steven’s pupils contracted.
How could favonovel.com not have heard of it before?
This name had already spread throughout the entire Southwest and Northwest. However, favonovel.com had not expected to encounter this demon here!
Steven said cautiously, “I’m just a nobody, so there’s no point mentioning it.”
Kenneth said with a smile, “It looks like you’ve heard of my name.”
Steven said with a smile, “How can I not have heard of the Demon Whisperer? I just wonder why you guys are here…”
During their conversation, Steven retreated backwards quickly and conjured the steam locomotive once more. Then favonovel.com jumped onto it and fled into the distance.
Kenneth stroked his face. “Am I that frightening?”
Julia giggled and said, “No…”
Kenneth watched the steam locomotive depart and sighed. “I guess only such emotionless people with no attachments to the world can survive in this chaotic world.”
