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Chapter 441 440. Sad, the first kiss that has been cherished for 20 years is just gone? -【Additional update 725】

(Additional update for the "Yu Xiaohe" brothers [2/25])
Hogg rode his warg and his guards out of Plague Town dejectedly, but as soon as he entered the swamp, the guy's expression immediately became cheerful.

That shoehorned face looks like a performer, and the change of expression is so natural that one has to wonder if there is a cunning goblin soul hidden under the skin of this jackal?

"Mr. Murphy, my mission is completed."

Chief Hogg, codenamed "Pangolin", cheered on the warg.

The guards beside it also all showed relaxed expressions. These are Hogg's die-hard loyalists. They may not have a good impression of vampires, but like Hogg, they all understand that the gnolls of the Dark Mountains despise and exploit them. What bad behavior.

In comparison, the vampires in Transia all seemed so tender and affectionate.

"Chief, now we can finally retreat to Smuggler's Wood and ignore all the bad things happening outside, right?"

A clever personal guard said with concern:

"It's so frustrating these days. Dealing with these guys from the Plague Clan is much harder than hanging around under Ken Porter. We have helped the vampires get all the defense positions in Plague Town and the information they need. We've given them all, we shouldn't go on any further.

We cannot afford to offend either of these parties! "

"Humph, you still have beautiful thoughts."

Hogg, who was riding on the warg, said contemptuously:

"It's just that we are out of ideas. We have already chosen a side. My dear people, except for following Master Murphy all the way to the dark side, there is no other way left for us on this land.

Forget it.

I don't expect you to be able to figure out such a complicated matter, but what happens next does not require our people to mobilize in large numbers. You can finally live a peaceful life.

After returning, ask Nash to adjust his deployment and move the sentry post near Cato back so as not to have too much contact with the Sealanders who are about to camp there.

They are different from Lord Murphy's warriors. They don't know the key role we play in this swamp war. I don't want the boat to capsize in the ditch. "

"Chief, we don't have to be afraid of them at all!"

Another jackal guard carrying a beheading sword snorted and said contemptuously:

"Relying on your leadership, our barbarian soldiers are all fat and well-equipped! We have enough kobold land surveyors, and we also have the skeleton army given by the Plague Clan.

I admit that we cannot be the opponent of Lord Murphy and his warriors, but if they dare to enter our forest, they will never come back! "

"That's what I say, but it would be really miserable if we fight."

Hogg sneered at this inflated mentality. As a jackal chief who had systematically studied the history of the continent, Hogg knew very well that his clan's current strength was not enough to support their arrogance.

Perhaps the Sealanders' expeditionary vanguard really couldn't do anything to them, but once they really provoked the Plantagenet Kingdom, King Louis's anger would overwhelm their small clan in an instant.

so
Low key!

This stage must be low-key.

What's more, judging from the current situation, there is nothing wrong with being a dog for Mr. Murphy!
The whole clan is well fed and living well, as long as they continue this correct strategy and follow Lord Murphy's invincible warriors to pick up some scraps to eat, it will be good enough.

"Besides, isn't there a large amount of 'legacy' waiting for us to inherit?"

Hogg let out a weird laugh. He looked back at Plague Town, which had been shrouded in fog and couldn't see it. He narrowed his eyes on the warg saddle.

This town and this swamp.
It is impossible for humans to live here for a long time. Even the toughest warriors will be crushed by the bad environment of the filthy swamp. However, the jackals like the humidity and mud here very much.

In other words, once Lord Murphy owns this place, Hogg can also take advantage of it.

It would be a fantasy to have the entire swamp under its commander, but with Plague Suppression in hand, the territory of the Bloodclaw clan can be more than doubled in an instant. The core of the clan will be moved here, and Smuggler's Glade will become their 's frontier.

Hey.

"Lord of the Swamp" Hogg Bonegnasher, this title is really great.
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"The gnoll warlocks in Plague Town are shrinking their defense lines. They have removed all 26 outposts in the past seven days, leaving only some mediocre skeleton troops standing there.

If they weren't preparing to retreat, this would be enough to show that these jackals must be making big moves. "

On a giant bush stuck in the mud in the filthy swamp, the scout Anbo put down the telescope with psychic energy in his hand, and said to the vigilant Niu Niu squatting next to him:

"Our reconnaissance operation has finally come to an end. The information collected now, combined with the defense map brought back by Hogg's Bloodclaw clan, is enough for Lord Murphy to launch a surprise attack.

Unfortunately, we still haven't been able to find the direction in which the jackals are about to move. The forbidden area deep in this swamp is very large, and it is difficult to judge the specific route without going in person.
Are you listening to what I'm saying?
Why are you always staring at me stupidly?Is there something dirty on my face? "

"Uh, nothing."

Niu Niu, who was being questioned, coughed and said seriously:
"You are a scout and I am not. I am just a guard who came to protect you. I definitely don't understand what you are saying, but judging from your confident look, I guess you must have come to a complete conclusion. So, can we leave?"

Having said this, Niu Niu moved his shoulders in discomfort and complained:
"Life in the swamp is terrible. I've had enough of the damn environment here. Although it won't have any impact if I don't take a shower, it still stinks.

Even a grown man like me can't stand it. I really don't know how a girl like you can stand it. "

"What is this?"

An Bo was amused by Niu Niu's "rich brother's statement". She packed her things into her camping bag and said:

"In the early days of the Ten Years' War, we were sent to fight against the mountain people in the mountains and forests of the Sachs region. Although it was a forest, the environment there was no better than a filthy swamp.

I remember that Natalie and I huddled together in a cave for two months. After we came out of the forest alive, I felt like my whole being was sublimated.

It is impossible for a spoiled guy like you to understand that kind of cruelty. Even being unable to take a bath is considered a kind of torture to you. Niu Niu, although you are getting stronger and stronger, your mentality has not changed yet.

He is still a kid from a rich family. In my opinion, he is almost like a playboy. "

"Huh? I'm still considered a kid from a rich family, right?"

Niu Niu snorted, stood up and helped Anbo put away the reconnaissance equipment set up on the trunk of a short tree. He whispered:
"I'm already a rough guy over there. If you ask Ashina-chan or Mrs. Shui to spend ten days in the swamp without being able to bathe, they'll probably go crazy."

"So I can't always understand what kind of fairy life you live in your world."

Amber sighed.

After a few seconds, she asked:
"So, Niu Niu, if I were born on your side, what kind of life should I live now?"

"Oh, let me think about it."

Niu Niu jumped down from the short tree with a heavy load on his back, and stepped into the mud with his combat boots.

He naturally reached out to hold An Bo's wrist and picked the latter up from the tree, even though An Bo's dexterity did not require Niu Niu's help.

The two of them just stepped on the mud and headed towards the evacuation site to join the other six teams of scouts scattered in the swamp to prepare for evacuation.

The environment of the swamp is naturally very bad, but it is very quiet here. Due to the existence of Plague Town, all the nearby swamp beasts have disappeared, and there is no sound of birds.

In order to avoid being discovered, Niu Niu and An Bo could only move forward as slowly as possible. After thinking for more than ten seconds, Niu Niu said to An Bo:
"If you are with us, you will receive the safest protection from your parents from birth, and professional pediatricians will check your health regularly. You will grow up in a warm home until the age of three and then enter kindergarten to start general education. , then elementary school, junior high school, high school, and university.

Keep studying until you are in your 20s. You can choose to continue your studies according to your interests and expertise, swim in the sea of ​​learning, or you can choose to enter the society and find a job that can support your family.

You may encounter a shady boss, or you may not find opportunities to move up due to mediocrity, but basic food and clothing can always be guaranteed.

Even if you do nothing, you can spend your life in the way you want and in line with reality.

You will find a husband who loves you.

You will start a family with him and have children of your own, and then take care of him the same way your parents take care of you, until he becomes an adult, until you retire and start enjoying your last life of red sunset, until you finish your last life amid the mourning of your relatives and friends. Procedure.

In fact, there is no difference between there and here. "

Niu Niu scratched his head and said:

"I can't tell you what it feels like to spend my whole life there. After all, I haven't even completed the first stage of my life yet. I'm still a poor student.

Not afraid of your jokes, I am very confused about the future.Part of my resistance to my sister also comes from her excellent resume. I feel that there is a high probability that I will not be able to reach the level of my sister in this life.

So my grandfather was probably right when he said I was Kuchiki.

Although I feel that I have worked very hard, I really can’t say anything about talent. "

An Bo did not respond.

She just listened patiently. It wasn't until Niu Niu expressed her worries that An Bo burst into laughter. She shook her head and said:
"Do you think there is no difference between life in the two worlds? What a naive view, my warrior, my life here is completely different from what you think.

I'm an orphan.

I grew up in the No. 16 hunter camp in the green forest of Antani. The people in the village took good care of me, probably because my father died at the claws of a wild bear while defending the village.

Although I don’t have many memories of hunger, it was not easy to have a full meal when I was a child.

I remember that when I was four years old, I was already very skilled at collecting fruits and mushrooms in the forest. Playing wildly in the forest with Heru and other children is my best memory of childhood.

Without a pediatrician, a loving home, or the liberal education you resist, I didn’t learn to write my name until I was 12 years old with a priest from Avalon, and I’ve been teaching at Avalon Church’s St. Help out by doing odd jobs in the hall.

I thought my life would follow the path of the pastor, but the sudden rebellion and war disrupted all my plans.

I was forced to take up arms and become a warrior I could never have imagined. I thought I would die in the first battle I encountered. Luckily I met Natalie.

Without her, I would probably be dead.

I used to think that such desolation and misery was the normal state of life, but after meeting people from other worlds like you, I realized that this was not the case.

There is another way to life.

That kind of life is called happiness and perfection. To us, everything you are familiar with or even contradict is like heaven.

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We are really people from two worlds, maybe we can never truly understand each other?I heard Sister Marianne say that if two people cannot understand each other, it is impossible to have a foreseeable future.

Maybe we've gone too far, don't you think? "

An Bo sighed regretfully, leaving Niu Niu speechless.

He felt that Anbo seemed to be making some kind of decision that would make him regretful. He wanted to redeem himself, but he raised his hands but could not speak.

He knew that there was no way he could make any promises or guarantees to the "NPC" in front of him.

This is no longer an insignificant issue like "dowry" or "betrothal gift". As Anbo said, there is a whole world between the two.
That is the distance that makes everything called "love" feel daunting.

Niu Niu was in a bad mood.

He suddenly understood why Sister Shiliu had never allowed him to get too close to An Bo. His sister, who had been very smart since childhood, had probably seen the tragedy that this kind of ambiguity would eventually develop into.

Just like in The Lord of the Rings, the love between Aragorn and Egwene is not blessed by their own people. The test that the couple faces is time, while Niu Niu faces space, which is even more complicated.

That's reality and fiction.

As a result, the two people who were chatting and laughing just now became dull, and the experience of walking in the swamp became boring.

Niu Niu held onto the handle of the flail at his waist with some displeasure, but the next moment, a purple glow suddenly erupted behind them.

Niu Niu and An Bo suddenly turned around and saw a purple streamer shock wave spreading out from Plague Town. The two of them were swept by the glow before they could react. It did not cause any harm, but they realized His position has been exposed, this is definitely some kind of sudden and covert reconnaissance technique.

Worse yet to come.

As Niu Niu quickly stepped forward, picked up An Bo and flew into the sky with the intention of breaking out, a dazzling psychic lightning was shot from the high tower of Plague Town, quickly and urgently hitting the vampire shield that had just taken off. guard.

The Tomb Sword Guard's resistance to psychic energy saved Niu Niu's life, but it shattered his blood wings, causing him and Amber to fall from the sky.

Niu Niu hugged the petite An Bo tightly in his arms, curled up to face the impact, and finally crashed into a raised rock on the ground.

This impact made Niu Niu's eyes black, and most of his health bar disappeared in a flash.

But under his protection, Amber was safe and sound.

The two people's embarrassment did not end there. The Jackal Warlock's pursuit followed in the later stages. A large number of skeleton troops chased them from all directions, trapping Niu Niu and An Bo in place before they could break out of the encirclement.

"Follow me!"

Niu Niu spat, grabbed Ken Porter's flail of destruction and bone shield, activated the berserk spell and life drain attached to the weapon, transformed into a berserker and charged forward, each swing of the dominator-level flail in his hand would take away the skeletons blocking the way. , this kind of psychic heavy weapon is perfect for defeating these undead creatures.

Anbo is not a dragster.

Although this scout is really unlucky, she still has some fighting ability.

Holding two witch hunter battle swords, she followed Niu Niu. The two's nearly perfect coordination allowed them to quickly open a gap. Other scouts also quickly appeared to support them. Finally, when the situation came to its worst, Pick them up.

The pursuit of the Gnoll Warlock ends here.

Obviously, Tear Meat didn't intend to waste too much time on these unimportant scouts. This time it was just a small warning. However, Niu Niu's situation had become extremely bad.

He was already injured in the fall, and the violent spell that was applied later squeezed his life out. After escaping from the trap, his body softened and fell to his knees, and then he hit the ground amidst Amber's screams.

The witch hunter scout picked up Niu Niu and hurriedly took out various potions, but Niu Niu stopped him.

He looked at his rapidly declining health bar and realized that his life was really not going to be saved today. Hey, he had planned to challenge the "one-life pass" challenge.

Unfortunately, in the real world, this feat is too difficult.

"Don't be busy, we will see you in three days."

Niu Niu took off his helmet with difficulty, reached out and held An Bo's hand, stared into her eyes, and said:
“My life is expendable, but yours is not.

I would rather die a hundred times than see you hurt again. You only have one life. If you lose me, I will be very sad and may even leave Transia forever.

I actually always knew you were waiting for me to take the initiative to say that
But I can't make you a promise, Amber. It's not that I don't like you. As you said, we are from two different worlds, but I still have to tell you.
Just a dozen days ago, I rejected my school girl because of you.

She is the kind of girl who grew up like me as you said. We may be able to understand each other, but I rejected her without any hesitation.

Because I like you, Amber.

I don’t want to worry about what we will develop in the future. I only know that when I was most confused in my life, I met a female warrior who was a hundred times stronger than me.

Compared to everything you've encountered, what I'm worried about is so ridiculous.
Ah, there's no time. I'm dying. I'll wait three days for the rest. Remember to bring my equipment with me. I got these with great difficulty. If I just lose them like this, I'll be very upset. "

The rest of his rambling words were blocked by the sweet-smelling lips. At this moment, Niu Niu's eyes widened, and he realized that the first kiss he had carefully preserved for more than 20 years was just gone.

Ah, I am already impure, and if I continue, I will definitely be repaired by my sister, but whatever.

With this thought, Niu Niu closed his eyes and responded with actions to An Bo's heart that was finally broken back and became stronger.
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A few minutes later, Niu Niu sat up from the bed with a regretful look on his face. He took off his helmet, raised his left hand and looked at his fingers with a subtle expression.

"Fuck! It was just a little bit close."

The physical education student punched the wall hard, and the movement attracted several guys who were washing up.

"I am dead."

Niu Niu said to them:

"It was an accident and it was really fatal."

"Why are you still wearing such a vulgar smile when you're already fucking dead? Hey, are you being stupid while playing games?"

"You know nothing! It's a barbecue tonight! I'm treating you."

"I don't know what happened, but... great!"

(End of this chapter)