The smell of blood was very light, but for people like Lorraine who had experienced bloody massacres, they were extremely sensitive. As long as he took a slight sniff, he immediately knew that this blood was left not long ago.
A cold light flashed in Lorraine's eyes, and then she rushed over. In a few steps, she threw Aibier, who was running deep into the forest, to the ground.
The girl was startled, and then she felt a big hand covering her small mouth tightly. She couldn't help but panic, and struggled desperately.
She struggled twice, but she saw Lorraine's face tensed, looking around with vigilance. Next to her, Leo also ran over with a handful of iron pipes, his chubby little face was also very serious, and he was half-full.
He bent down and carefully observed the woods around him.
Aibi'er couldn't help but be stunned when she saw them looking like they were facing a formidable enemy. Only then did she realize that something was wrong and stopped.
Seeing this, Lorraine leaned over and said softly: "The situation around here is not right, there are signs of killing. I let go of my hand, and you must not scream. Do you understand?"
Later, the tone even took on a commanding tone.
Abby's eyes widened and she nodded in a low voice.
Only then did Lorraine let go of her hand and slowly backed away.
Abby took a few quick breaths and regained her composure. Seeing that Lorraine and the others were on guard, she didn't dare to be careless. She slowly got up from the ground and hid behind Lorraine.
Lorraine watched for a long time, and after confirming that there was no movement around him, he lowered his voice and said, "What did you just see? You were shocked and deceived?"
Aibier didn't say anything, and pointed not far away in front of her.
Lorraine followed the direction of her finger and took a look. She couldn't help but be startled. Then she bent over, walked over, and picked up a piece of white cloth from the ground.
Aibi'er followed. She looked at the bright red blood stains on the fabric, her face darkened, and she murmured: "This belongs to Senior Sister Meiya. I helped her embroider the little flower on it."
Lorraine stretched out her hand and dipped it on the cloth, then rubbed her fingers, feeling that the blood had not dried yet and was still a little greasy. She couldn't help but feel a sinking heart and said, "They must have encountered an ambush. And the enemy's
The force is also very strong, otherwise we wouldn’t even be able to send out a distress signal and would have to flee into the woods.”
Aibi'er glanced at him and said in surprise: "This... how is this possible? Who dares to cause trouble in Maple Leaf Danlin? I really don't want to live anymore?"
Lorraine ignored her. After thinking about it, she carefully walked forward along the traces left on the ground.
The three of them carefully walked forward for a while and came to an open space. They suddenly felt a strong smell of blood coming to their nostrils.
Lorraine looked intently and saw traces of battles all over the woods and grass: knife marks and sword wounds in the woods, scorched black spots from the flames on the rocks... Even the thick fallen leaves on the ground were everywhere.
It was blood stains, large and shocking, extremely horrifying.
Lorraine lowered his head, picked up half of the stick from the ground, and then lifted it up. He saw the unusually smooth cut surface in the sunlight and remained silent.
Although Aibi'er was an outsider, when she saw the mess at the scene, she could immediately think of how brutal the battle was at that time. She couldn't help but shudder, and all the blood on her face faded, turning as white as a ghost. She whispered: "This
...This is not true.”
In the early winter breeze, she felt chills all over her body. She hugged her hands tightly in her arms, then came to Lorraine, looked at the half of the staff, and murmured: "They
They must have encountered an ambush, and the enemy must be very powerful, otherwise senior sister and the others would not be able to send out a distress signal given their abilities."
When Lorraine heard her repeating what she had said, she couldn't help but glance at her, but she didn't feel funny at all. Instead, her mood became heavier. The inspection team encountered an ambush, and it was so straightforward that it didn't take much time.
He said that someone must have been planning this for a long time. And looking at it like this, he was determined to kill them.
He raised his head and looked around. The sunlight shone through the dry branches, casting dark shadows. There was silence in the woods, which was so quiet that it made people feel chilly.
I don't know what sinister murderous intentions are hidden deep in the deep forest.
It’s so dangerous here~!
Thinking of this, he turned around and said decisively to the two of them: "You two go back and report the news~!"
Leo was following Lorraine's teachings, concentrating on observing the movements around him.
He looked excited, holding the musket in his two small hands, moving slightly from time to time, ready to fire at any time. But after hearing Lorraine's words, he couldn't help but let out a low scream, turned around and said
: "Boss, won't you let me participate in such a fun thing? Please~!"
Aibi'er hesitated for a moment, and then said angrily: "Lorraine, why are you driving me away? Don't look down on people. I am also a swordsman~!"
Lorraine snorted angrily and shouted in a low voice: "Shut up~! Do you think you are stronger than Hilmeria and the others?"
Leo and Abby looked at each other and fell silent, but neither of them were willing to move.
Lorraine sighed and said: "You two need to know that you actually have a greater responsibility. If you can go back for help earlier and bring in reinforcements earlier, you might be able to save them alive."
"Live...save alive..." Aibi'er suddenly shivered as if she had heard an ominous prophecy. There were faint tears in her eyes.
A cold light flashed in Lorraine's eyes, and he whispered mockingly: "Why are you crying? They may still be alive now. But if you keep crying, they will really all be dead~!"
Aibier couldn't help but be stunned.
She gritted her teeth, stretched out her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, then straightened her chest and said resolutely, "I know. I'll take Leo back to ask for help."
Leo protested from the side: "I didn't say I wanted to go back. If you want to go back, you will be alone..."
As soon as he said this, he saw Lorraine staring at him fiercely, and he suddenly felt weak in his heart. The voice lowered, and finally he could no longer make any sound, but his big black eyes were still full of bones.
It kept spinning, and it was obvious that he was planning something wrong.
Seeing this, Lorraine couldn't help but smile and said: "It's okay if you don't go back. If you do, I will remove you as chairman, and then no matter what you want to do, I won't care about you. No salary, no pocket money
, no snacks, no toys. Do you know?"
"I..." Leo opened his mouth, then rubbed his little head, sighed, and said, "Boss, don't be like this, I...can't I go back?"
He thought for a moment, then handed over the musket in his hand and said: "Boss, if you defend yourself more, you can hold on for a while longer."
Lorraine took the musket, then skillfully pushed the gun and checked it. He found that the flint and powder were all intact. He couldn't help but look at Leo with admiration: Although the little guy is just like his murderous father,
, he is a bit of an asshole, but as a well-educated nobleman, he still has the basic qualities of a wealthy aristocratic family, always ready to rush out and kill people, and he has never relaxed about the maintenance of his weapons.
Passed.
He hesitated for a moment, then put the musket back into Leo's hand.
Leo couldn't help but be surprised and said: "Boss, you..."
Lorraine looked at Aibier who also had a strange look next to her, and then sighed: "How do you think they encountered this battle? How did those people know that they would pass by here, and then carefully set up an ambush?"
"You mean..." Aibi'er hesitated for a moment. After she thought of the answer, she couldn't help but feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave. Her red lips trembled a few times, lost their color, and turned extremely pale.
The light blue eyes were also full of incomparable fear and anger.
Her whole body was trembling uncontrollably and she murmured: "You mean there is a traitor among our people, right?"
Lorraine looked at this innocent and pure girl with sympathy, knowing that from today on, she will bid farewell to her previous carefree and simple days and become mature. Then she replied softly but firmly: "Yes, your people
There must be a traitor among them."
After hearing Lorraine's answer, Abby's expression suddenly froze, but after taking a breath, her eyes gradually became firm, and then she replied tremblingly: "Okay... okay. I... I understand.
I will report this matter to you after I get back."
Lorraine nodded and saw that she reached out to pull Leo and was about to leave. She couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, and then told her: "You must be careful when you leave. No matter who you meet on the road, don't be casual.
Ask for help, don’t show your face.”
He paused for a moment before saying, "I mean, no matter who you are, you know?"
Aibier nodded seriously, indicating that she would remember it firmly, and then repeated: "I know, no matter who he is, ignore him, just say that I...I grabbed a naughty little boy and went back, yes
?”
"That's right. That's it." Lorraine smiled, and then said cautiously: "After you go back, go directly to the person in charge there. But don't say anything. When more than three people have gathered,
Then I told them the situation in public, you know?"
Abby thought for a moment, then changed her color in horror.
She waved her hands repeatedly and said: "You...you suspect that they are traitors? No, no, this is impossible, this is impossible~!"
"That's enough~!" Lorraine stepped forward, stared into her eyes, and shouted in a low voice: "No, I don't suspect that there is a traitor among your leaders. It's just for safety reasons, just in case.
.Now that there is no information, the survival of the people here depends on you. Do you understand?
If one of you is really a traitor, and you are killed and silenced by him, everyone will have no choice but to die."
Abby looked into his eyes and couldn't help but feel relieved, and gradually calmed down.
She took a deep breath and said calmly: "I...I understand. I will do as you say."
Lorraine nodded, then turned his head and looked at Leo.
Leo smiled and said first: "Boss, you don't have to tell me. I know. After I go back, I will go find Nicole and ask her to find Lina. Then I will bring my little brother over and chop those people to death."
Son of a bitch, right?"
"Not bad. You are smart enough. I have learned well from your boss." Lorraine smiled, then looked at the two of them and said: "You must be careful on the road. As long as something goes wrong and someone dares to take action, I will
Did him."
Leo nodded and said, "Don't worry. As long as I'm here, you can never go wrong."
Lorraine sighed and said, "It's because you are here that I feel a little uneasy."
"You..." Leo immediately choked up in anger.
Lorraine smiled faintly and said, "I'm leaving."
After saying that, he turned around and disappeared into the dense forest.
Leo saw Aibier staring blankly at Lorraine's figure disappearing into the depths of the dense forest. He waited for a while, then tugged at the corner of her clothes and said angrily: "Let's go now. I can't see you again."
A flower came out of it."
Abby finally came back to her senses, bit her lip, and then took Leo with her, and the two of them returned to the road along the original path.
They looked at the cars parked there, but no one knew how to ride them. They had to drag them to the side and hide them by the forest. Then they trotted along the road towards the Maple Leaf Forest.
Lorraine followed the traces left by the fight carefully.
Although he was not good at tracking in the forest, the traces left by the fight were so obvious that anyone who was not blind could see them at a glance.
As Lorraine chased, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised. He was ambushed unexpectedly, and the enemy was outnumbered. However, even under such a brutal blow, the dozen or so people in the inspection team were still able to survive.
Running all the way, their vitality was as tenacious as eating gutter oil.
He chased for a while and found that the traces of the fight on the ground were becoming more and more messy, and from time to time he could see the broken pieces of armor left behind by the ruthless cutting of weapons.
Lorraine walked a few tens of feet further and found that the traces on the ground were divided into several strands and dispersed. Her heart suddenly sank, knowing that this was because the inspection team members knew they were outnumbered and could no longer maintain their structure, so they chose to disperse and break out.
And this means that they are desperate to survive and can only choose this method of escaping one by one.
He carefully observed the marks on the ground and couldn't help but hesitate. There were three groups of people here, divided into three directions. Which group should he pursue?
At this moment, she heard a soft "click" sound not far away. Lorraine couldn't help but feel something in her heart, knowing that someone was approaching.
He listened carefully and found that the footsteps were messy and clearly audible. He didn't know how many people came over, but what was certain was that they didn't notice him and were defenseless. So he looked around and then
He ducked and hid behind a nearby tree. He held his breath and looked outside.
After a while, five burly, masked men came over, holding broadswords and dragging a young man in ragged clothes with blood all over his body.
Lorraine carefully poked his head out and saw that the young man's face was covered with blood and he was unconscious. However, his slightly immature face could still be vaguely seen, and he was a member of the inspection team.
Lorraine even remembered that he was a very shy young man. Whenever he saw a stranger, his face would turn red when he spoke. Because of this, he was often teased by those domineering girls.
At this time, I heard a big man spitting heavily on the ground, and then said: "It's really unlucky. It took me a long time to catch someone alive."
The man next to him said: "Captain, what should we do now?"
The big man glared and said: "You idiot, what should I do? You don't have to ask me what to do? Of course, chase down the middle road to see if there is any soup left. Don't forget to catch the leader.
That woman will be rewarded heavily. That woman is so beautiful, her skin is white and smooth, and her breasts are so big. I wonder why you ordered to capture her alive..."
After talking about it, he laughed lewdly with a mean look on his face.
The man didn't dare to talk back. He just looked at the inspection team member on the ground hesitantly and said: "Captain, what should I do with him? Kill him?"
The big man was furious immediately, raised his leg and kicked the man, saying: "Kill him, kill him. Luke, you idiot, you know how to kill and kill all the time. No wonder people look down on you."
We... say we have no quality. They accuse us of being as uneducated as goblins..."
He kicked a few times with anger, and then said: "You stay and drag this guy to our place. The others followed me, maybe others haven't taken them down yet, let's go,
You can also share more of the reward for your merits."
Everyone agreed in a loud voice, and then followed the big man, chasing him along the middle road.
The big man thought for a moment, turned around, faced Luke who was muttering dissatisfiedly, raised his hand and slapped him, causing him to stagger and almost fall to the ground. Then he cursed:
"You kid, please watch out for me. Don't kill him. There is still some use for him if you keep him. Do you understand?"
Luke touched his head and reluctantly agreed.
Just then, a sharp whistle was heard in the distance.
The big man's face couldn't help but change color, and said: "Go quickly, go quickly. If you don't hurry up, you won't be able to catch up."
As he said that, he waved the long knife in his hand, led the others into the forest, and disappeared.
Lorraine saw that Luke was the only one left in the field. He was leaning down and planning to drag the inspection team member. He couldn't help but rolled his eyes, then went around behind him, took out his musket, and showed the handle of the gun.