[Chapter 225 Rick’s Partner]

David stood by the Winter River, looking at the black warship that was constantly burning and exploding on the river, and turned to ask Cecil beside him: “What level is this warship in the Eternal Night Empire?”

“This is a fast assault ship.” This type of assault ship has good mobility. Although its firepower and defense are slightly poor, it is most suitable for this kind of pursuit mission.

Considering that their target is himself and his sister Enid, two ordinary dark elves, there is no need to consider whether the firepower is too weak.

“What other types of warships does the Eternal Night Empire’s navy have?”

“Except for some old models, the main ones are currently battleships with strong defense and firepower, assault ships with strong mobility but slightly poor firepower, and protective ships that perform port defense and patrol missions.”

According to Cecil’s introduction, sea operations are a combination of battleships and assault ships, and protective ships stay at the base, and the farthest they can go is to perform offshore patrol missions.

This is the only information that can be asked from Cecil, and he doesn’t know more detailed content.

“Have you captured any prisoners?”

Skyfire and Arcee were still on guard not far away. Tony’s Iron Soldier had already flown to the burning black battleship to put out the fire.

“The Iron Soldier is still searching. There should be some dark elves still alive.” Tony made a rough observation. The black battleship was still intact as a whole. The battleship was not directly disintegrated by Skyfire and Arcee. This situation was generally not suitable for boarding and searching.

The Iron Soldier did not have this worry. He also hoped to retain the relatively complete military technology of the dark elves as much as possible.

David nodded and looked around. Gareth led twenty fully armed members of the Winter Knights, always on guard to prevent accidents.

Arcee in the distance also adjusted the direction and began to search in a farther area to ensure that there were no dark elves hiding nearby.

Everyone knew what to do at this time. David did not need to watch and issue various orders in person.

After observing quietly for a while, seeing that the Iron Soldier was still busy on the ship and had basically put out the fire on the black battleship, he turned around and looked around not far away.

There were many people watching the excitement near the dock, because it was almost winter, farm work had ended, and there had been no construction work recently.

In addition to the people who opened shops and worked in various shops, the other residents of Winter Town had entered a state of vacation, preparing for the coming winter – stocking up on food, making pickles, and buying winter clothes.

This made many people in Winter Town relatively free at present, and they would collectively appear on the scene to watch the excitement when they saw it.

Fortunately, Elizabeth Swan’s security team had been formed, and the people who could enjoy their free time and wander around were the group of people from the Stonemasons Union, so they did not cause any trouble.

Most of the newcomers to Winter Town were still working hard for their future and had no time to watch the excitement.

In addition to these two groups, David noticed that Rick, who had just come to Winter Town not long ago and accepted David’s employment to find survivors in his own world and increase the population of Winter Town, was also on the scene.

At the same time, there were several people around him, looking around curiously.

From the clothes of these people, David could tell that they were from modern Earth. Rick was very efficient at work and helped Winter Town increase its population so quickly.

Although he would not bring many people at a time, as long as people kept coming, Rick’s work would be considered a success.

“Rick.”

“Mr. Mayor.”

The two greeted each other. Rick still preferred to call David the mayor. I just wondered if Rick would call him Lord Mayor or Lord Lord after Winter Town became Winter City?

“Are these your ‘friends’?”

“Yes, they are the survivors I found not long ago.”

Rick briefly introduced several new partners around him to David, some of whom David knew, and some of whom he did not know. The ones he

knew included the Asian young man Glenn, Daryl, who was called Daryl, Sean, Rick’s wife Lori, and son Carl. As for the ones he did not know, David also greeted them.

These people had various attitudes towards him, some were polite, some were slightly flattering, and some were respectful on the surface but full of vigilance.

David did not dwell too much on the attitudes of these people. He first congratulated Rick and congratulated him on his successful finding of his family.

Then he asked Rick what he thought: “Are you going to go back to your own world and look for more survivors? Or are you going to settle down in Winter Town?”

Rick looked at his companions, then at his wife and son.

Emotionally, he felt that he should choose to stay in Winter Town and start a new life here with his wife and children.

In his opinion, Winter Town has good living conditions, and he and his family don’t have to worry about not adapting here.

Besides, their original world is like that, and being able to live in a place that is not threatened by zombies is already something worth celebrating.

His wife Lori and son Carl also hope that he can stay, and they have discussed this matter before.

But Rick thought of the father and son who helped him at the beginning. He wanted to go back and find Morgan and his son and bring them to Winter Town.

If possible, he hopes to find more survivors, just as he would make some contributions to his fellow human beings in that world!

“I understand.”

Rick’s choice did not surprise David. Rick was not the kind of person who would sit back and watch others suffer when he was capable.

With Winter Town providing all kinds of supplies, logistics and even security guarantees, Rick certainly hopes to help more people.

This is also in line with David’s expectations of him: “Don’t worry about being separated from your family for a long time. You can go there to search for survivors during the day and come back to rest at night.”

According to David’s description, Rick’s search for survivors in his world is not much different from going out to work during the day.

As for the threat of zombies? Rick can return to Winter Town at any time, and with the guarantee of various weapons, those zombies should pray that they don’t run into Rick.

As more and more Transformers migrate to Winter Town, David is considering assigning Rick a few Transformers as partners – in addition to allowing Rick to find survivors more efficiently, he can also appropriately collect various resources in that world.

A world that has become the end of the world and only a few humans survive is a resource-rich warehouse for David. There are countless things there, and it depends on when he goes to get them.

After chatting for a few more words, David confirmed that Rick had received the Brunnian Common Language Learning Equipment from the Weatherby Political Officer. After these companions around him were using the tool to learn the local language, they said goodbye and left.

Looking at the Baron of Glamorgan who was gradually walking away, Rick and his companions continued to look at the river.

The departure of the Lord also made these nervous people relax a little.

“Huh~ I didn’t dare to speak just now, I was really worried that I would say the wrong thing.” Glenn glanced at David who had already walked away. The other person looked about the same age as himself, both very young.

But this person was the Lord of this city, and according to Rick’s previous introduction, he was also a Baron.

He had never faced such a “big man”, especially this big man almost controlled their “life and death”, which made him feel very nervous.

Rick’s good friend and old partner Sean also glanced at David slightly. When he saw that the so-called Baron of Glamorgan was just a young man, he didn’t care too much, just thought he was a nobleman with a good family.

But when they really met face to face, Sean could feel that this so-called Baron of Glamorgan was not an ordinary young man who could be easily provoked.

This was the intuition gained from many years of work experience. Sean, who believed in his intuition, did not speak nonsense until David walked away.

“Were you and the Baron talking about the next job just now?”

“Yes!”

“Do you need help?” Although Sean did something because of some “special” circumstances. But he still cares about his old friend. When he knows that Rick has to go back to that dangerous world, Sean is ready to go with him, so that the two of them can take care of each other.

“If you need anything, I won’t be polite to you.” Rick smiled and patted Sean’s shoulder. Although he thought it was good to have someone to help, at least he wouldn’t be too lonely and bored when searching for survivors there.

However, he felt that Sean and the others had more important things to do.

“Before that, I think you should learn the language here first and adapt to life here as soon as possible!” Rick hopes that everyone can seize this second chance given by God and start a new life in Winter Town: “The mayor is setting up a security team during this period. Sean, you should seize this opportunity.”

Sean, like himself, is an experienced small town sheriff. He believes that as long as Sean learns the local language quickly, he can find a suitable job here.

And Sean is different from himself. If he returns to that world, he can’t go back and forth as he pleases. For Sean, returning to that world to find survivors is a very dangerous job.

He doesn’t want his good brother to take risks.

“But I think it’s hard for me to be reused here.”

Sean looked at the river in the distance. The strange black warships, the attack planes transformed by Arcee, the cruisers and the Iron Soldiers that were said to be transformed by Transformers, all made him wonder if he had really come to another world? Or was he actually dead, and this was just an absurd hallucination he saw before he died, piecing together all the absurd elements he could think of?

If it was fake, it didn’t matter whether he was reused or not;

if it was real, then how could he snatch a job from the Transformers and Iron Soldiers?

(End of this chapter)