Tuk, tuk, tuk!
In just an hour’s time, more than 30 chariots rushed out of the south gate of the Wu Ling County. Patriarch Seven really was heartless. He just had people of the Liu Family and packed their most important belongings. He only brought the rest 300 people leaving the county on the chariots with him.
Before the war started, the Liu Family sent all the women and children to some secluded strongholds in hiding. Altogether, there were about two or three thousands of them. If all the women and children, the elderly and the invalid were to come along, days must be spent. They could not move fast enough. A target of more than 100 chariots was more obvious. It would be highly possible for them to be caught.
Ghost Snake Granny had killed warriors of the four families right in front of Lord Yu, along with Yu Hen and Zhao Xi. Lord Yu was forced to flee embarrassingly.
One could easily imagine how furious Lord Yu must be at this moment. He would definitely go back to his family as fast as he could to ask the Family Patriarch of the Yu Family and their powerful warriors to hunt Ghost Snake Granny down. However, she was on board an Iron-armored Ship. It would be so fast that she was not easy to catch up with.
Once Lord Yu failed to hunt Ghost Snake Granny, he would have no place to vent his anger on. Lord Yu would move his target to the Liu Family. The Liu Family wouldn’t be able to have even a single soul alive…
Therefore, in order to save the Liu Family, Patriarch Seven had to let the others leave first without attending to the elderly, invalid, women and children. As long as the warriors left, Lord Yu would not make these elderly, women and children his target. It would demise his reputation.
However, they had to leave it up to the Heaven to see whether the rest of the forces of the four Families would seek revenge and massacre those hidden-away women and children.
The more than 30 chariots started off that very night and vanished soon into the mountain trails. All the chariots were dragged by two Silver Wolves. They moved very fast. In just a night’s time, the chariots had covered more than 30 miles.
Before Patriarch Seven left, he had someone to set a fire and pour black oil all over the Liu Family compound. As of this moment, the Liu Family was in a blazing fire. Half the sky was reddened by the raging fire.
Since they ran away in such a hurry, many assets could not be brought along by the Liu Family who had to make it to the Thousand-island Lake. As such, they could not bring too many treasure or Mystical Materials with them. To avoid the leftover forces of the four families taking their family treasure, Patriarch Seven had to set the place on fire.
The entire Wu Ling County was in chaos. The Liu Family had escaped. All the powerful warriors of the four families were killed, so it would be hard to keep the county in order.
Some External Clan warriors of the four Families that somehow managed to survive by luck started to rob treasures of the four families. Some smaller families also got in on this. A wild war inevitably broke out in the county. It looked like the County that already had dead bodies lying around would turn into a county of corpses completely tonight.
…
The morning had gradually come. The chaos in Wu Ling County was about to be over. All the treasure accumulated by the four families over the years was ransacked. The External Clan warriors that took part in the robbing and some small families all ran away.
The fire in the Liu Family Compound was out. The huge Liu Family Compound, the former most luxurious compound in the Wu Ling County, had turned into scorched earth. Dead bodies were scattered all over the county. Even the water in the ditches was bloody red.
Many civilians were killed by mistake. Even though the day had come and the war was over, many civilians were still seized with panic. They dared not to move about in the county. Many more started running away, away from the county of corpses.
In just one night, the prosperous and flourishing Wu Ling County had undergone tremendous changes.
Yet, it was extremely common in the Northern Desert. Every second of every minute, there was a county experiencing this. This was the rule of the Northern Desert.
…
On a mountain trail about 30 miles to the southwest side of the Wu Ling County, the 30 chariots were still rushing on. The night was uneventful for them, but the chariots being several dozens of miles away from the Wu Ling County did not make it safe. The Liu Family could never be safe unless they made it to the Thousand-island Lake.
There were only 30 chariots so more than ten people were stuffed into one chariot. Many of the Liu Family warriors crammed in the carriage, looking so awful as if they had lost their souls.
Many warriors were wounded to various degrees. It was true that the wounds were bound up and that the warriors had taken healing pellets, but the mountain road was bumpy. Sometimes, their wounds would hurt, and the warriors would make some muffled noise out of pain.
Lu Li was on the third chariot. Only he and Liu Yi were in this carriage. The road was so bumpy, but Lu Li was still in his coma since he was so badly wounded.
All the bones in his chest were broken from the shock. His internal organs were injured, and he was very lucky for him to have worn the Earth Grade armor of Zhao Rui’s. Otherwise, he would have long lost his life.
No Comments Yet
Post a new comment
Register or Login