Chapter 447: The Flame Demon Arrives (7)
Wearing hard animal leather shoes, Xia Yueke set out on the road to the north. The weather was dry during the day, so she could only drink water continuously, but she had to endure it because she was afraid of drinking it all.
After carrying all these supplies on her back for a while, she felt exhausted. She could only pull up some vines nearby to make a basket, and then drag it on the ground with bamboo sticks. Finally, she felt less tired.
Xia Yueke wiped the sweat from her forehead and suddenly felt that it would be okay to continue to bring Cangwu with her to do hard labor for her...
Xia Yueke thought about it for a while, and finally patted his head, "Forget it, everyone has been driven away, there is no point in regretting it, let's just continue."
However, after only half a day's journey and before even entering the desert, Xia Yueke was almost exhausted. She hadn't done physical work for a long time, and it was so difficult right from the start, so she decided to take a break.
Xia Yuke found a big tree to lean against, took out some dried meat and fruit and started to eat them.
Just as he took a bite, he heard a strange noise coming from behind the bushes. Then, a tall and thin man crawled out. His clothes were torn, his face was stained with leaves, his hair was messy, and his arms were bleeding, with blood dripping from his fingertips onto the ground.
"Oh my god, I finally saw a living person!"
The tall, thin man sat down next to Xia Yueke and let out a long sigh, his chest heaving violently. "Sister, you don't know, I was chased by the Flame Demon all the way, and my soul almost died! My name is Ah Fu, which means blessing. What's yours?"
Xia Yueke became alert instantly, stood up quickly, pulled the package behind her, and stared at him sharply, "Stay away from me." Her voice was full of vigilance.
Ah Fu's face was full of anxiety. He ignored the pain in his arm and reached out to grab Xia Yueke, but she dodged him swiftly.
"Sister, please, just listen to me! I was following the group, but when the Balrog arrived, they all ran away and stole all my supplies. I barely managed to escape from the Balrog, and my arm was scratched while running."
As he spoke, he raised his injured arm. The wound was very horrific, with scratches of various sizes, some of which were still oozing with blood.
His body trembled. For some reason, Ah Fu felt a murderous aura in the previous moment, but it disappeared immediately. He immediately looked around, but saw nothing.
Xia Yue was unmoved and turned away. Ah Fu hurriedly chased after her, stumbling and nearly falling.
"Sister, you can't just ignore me. I can't survive alone in this wilderness!"
Xia Yueke was speechless. She was in such a state herself, yet she still saved others?
She stopped abruptly and turned back to glare at him: "Why should I care about you? I can't even take care of myself."
Ah Fu looked at her and almost cried:
"Sister, I have strength and can do hard labor for you. You can ask me to do anything as long as you give me food to eat. Save me!"
Xia Yueke looked him up and down, a sneer on his face:
"Being a coolie? You look half dead, can you do it?"
Ah Fu was dissatisfied with the mocking tone and said stubbornly, "Who said I can't do it? I still have my other hand to use. I have good physical strength, otherwise how could I escape from the hands of the fire demon? They have four legs!"
Xia Yueke was curious, "Oh? Then why were you able to escape from the Flame Demon's clutches? Do you have superpowers?"
Ah Fu smiled awkwardly, "Of course not. I'm a marathon runner and I'm good at long-distance running. Besides, this is a mountain forest, so I can still take advantage of it to hide."
Only then did Xia Yueke look at him straight in the eye. He had well-developed calf muscles and was tall and thin. Even though his arm was injured and his face was pale, if another fire demon appeared now, Xia Yueke believed that he would still be able to run as fast.
And it would be good if he had the physical strength to help her move the supplies. If he could join her, it wouldn't be a bad thing.
Now he really has no supplies, but they can form a team together.
Xia Yueke drank some water to moisten her throat, which made Ah Fu so greedy that his saliva started to flow.
"Let me make this clear first. Follow me and you'll be responsible for all the heavy lifting and tiring work. You'll do whatever I tell you to do. If you dare to play tricks or slack off, I'll immediately throw you out to feed the Balrog. Follow me if you can."
The reason Xia Yueke dared to speak so confidently was, of course, because she had tried it this morning and found that her beast power was still there! It was just that it seemed to be restricted and could only exert half of its power. However, even this half of power was enough for her to throw the human in front of her into a fire demon.
Ah Fu nodded quickly, as if grasping at a lifeline: "I can do it, I can definitely do it! Thank you, sister, thank you so much!"
"Don't thank me yet."
Xia Yueke interrupted him, "If you want to eat, pick up all the firewood around here first. Hurry up!"
After saying that, she sat back down and continued eating the dried meat, but her eyes were always watching Ah Fu's every move.
Ah Fu immediately nodded in a daze, ignoring the injury on his arm, and went to collect firewood. In just over ten minutes, he had collected a pile of firewood.
"you…"
"Xia Yueke."
"Oh, Xia Yueke, what do you need so much firewood for?"
Xia Yueke rolled her eyes at Ah Fu and said unhappily, "Why ask that in the wilderness? At night, we can protect ourselves from wild animals. If another fire demon comes, at least we can scare it. Hurry up and organize these firewood. Don't just stand here. We need to help build a simple fire later."
After wasting so much time, it had already darkened. Birds and cicadas were chirping all around, which sounded particularly eerie in the dark forest in the dead of winter.
Xia Yueke casually set up a tent on the tree and looked down. "Afu, give me those firewood and the animal skins..."
After several attempts, Xia Yueke finally set up a tent and threw the remaining unused materials to Ah Fu on the ground. "You can set up one next to it. We'll stay here tonight and take turns to keep watch."
After Ah Fu finished his work and set up a tent on a tree three meters away from Xia Yueke, Xia Yueke continued to ask:
"Afu, you said you were abandoned by your teammates? Then why did they abandon you?"
There was a bonfire burning under the tree, crackling. They had already made fire-proof devices to prevent the fire from reaching the tree.
Ah Fu was sitting on a branch next to me, his face hurt when he heard this. "Actually, they didn't abandon me. They just asked me to block the fire demon when it came. They told me to run with the supplies and meet up over there later. But when I got there, there wasn't a single person there."
"How many supplies do you have?"
Ah Fu thought for a moment and said, "I used all the coins I collected to buy food and water. I have fifteen bags of water and seven or eight bags of food. I met them on the road. I think they have supplies too!"
Xia Yueke's mouth twitched. With so many supplies, it would be strange if others didn't take a peek!
Moreover, this Ah Fu looks gullible and simple-minded. He only knows how to run long distances and probably knows nothing else.
In that world, one could make a living with this skill without having to do anything scheming, but here, it would be a fool.
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