I, holding a long sword in my hand, only know one move

Attracted by such a sight, Cheng Rang could immediately guess that the man named Rick was the one who led the entire human settlement.

He must be an old man with a high reputation, right? Or someone like Klaus who is very strong and exudes leadership...

juvenile? !

After seeing the person walking towards him, the images in Cheng Rang's mind were completely shattered, and none of the images matched his predictions.

Yes, a young man, even a young man who looked younger than Leo, slowly walked towards Cheng Rang. His gray hair was a little messy and stuck to his forehead. There was no trace of anything in his black eyes. The fluctuations of emotion were like a precision-operating machine, followed by a girl with bright red hair.

Rick stopped, and his eyes subconsciously avoided Yiwang, who was hugging his daughter, and looked straight at Cheng Rang.

He just remained silent, while the girl behind him jumped out and took the initiative to say hello.

"Ivan, welcome back! I'm so glad you're okay!"

"And this gentleman...."

"Just call me Cheng." After introducing himself in this way, Cheng Rang's hand was snatched away from Ya Lei's restraints by the girl and shook greatly.

"Nice to meet you, Cheng! My name is Croni, just call me Kelong like everyone else!"

"I'm glad to meet you too, Kelong." Cheng Rang smiled and pressed the girl's excited arm. "Under such circumstances, it is really a pleasure to see other people again."

At this time, Rick stepped forward and asked, "How did you escape the pursuit of the demons?"

This must be what he was curious about and concerned about. Under Ke Long's somewhat distorted expression, the girl seemed not surprised by what Rick said.

The method of escaping the pursuit of other races at such a close distance is really too important for humans.

But unfortunately, apart from Cheng Rang, no other human being in this world can do this kind of thing.

In a larger room, Yiwang, Cheng Rang and Rick were sitting around the table.

After dismissing the curious people and letting them continue their work,

Several people decided to come here to talk in detail about what happened in the past few days.

"There really aren't many things that can be used to entertain guests. I'm really sorry."

"It doesn't matter, that's good!"

Ke Long placed some simple food and water in front of a few people, smiled apologetically, and exited the room.

Cheng Rang said he didn't care and grabbed the wooden spoon at hand, "I'm not welcome!"

When the food was put into his mouth, the taste was not as good as expected, but out of basic courtesy and the mentality of not wasting resources, Cheng Rang still bit the bullet and wolfed it down.

"Thanks for the treat, I'm full!"

"You must have had a hard time on the road. After all, all the supplies that Yiwang carried were left for us. The food and water sources here can still be guaranteed. It doesn't matter if you eat more." Rick said, staring at Cheng Rang's face.

"No...really."

"Then let's get down to business." Rick propped his chin up with his hands.

"Are you sure that you have completely escaped the pursuit and have not exposed the location of the settlement?"

"Of course, Rick, I understand the rules." Yiwang nodded, "Cheng is a trustworthy person. I spent two days investigating this point, and the traces were eliminated."

"Then there's no problem with that. Cheng can join us, but..."

"Is it still the same question as at the beginning?" Cheng Rang scratched his head, feeling a little headache at the expressionless young man in front of him.

It can't be fooled at all.

The young leader named Rick could see through lies directly in his eyes that seemed to be about to die, whether it was because he was not used to the "luxurious" food here, or because he had made a good confession with Ivan before.

He didn't even mean to believe it, he just didn't point it out clearly.

The only thing he cares about is...

"How to survive being hunted by other races."

Such a thing.

The way to survive...he didn't care about anything else, whether it was character or behavior.

"Is that so? I'm sorry..." Cheng Rang pushed away the tableware in front of him and stood up slowly.

"Can't you answer?"

"No, it's just this method that none of the rest of you can do."

Rick looked calmly at the man standing up in front of him.

"If you need to exchange information of equal value, I can..."

Cheng Rang raised his hand to interrupt Rick's speech.

"This is not [information] that can be exchanged, but the gap between [abilities]."

"With all due respect, you are only human."

"I killed that monster."

"..."

The young man named Rick's tone was stagnant at first, and then he squeezed out a syllable of doubt from his mouth, and his dark eyes finally showed fluctuations.

"--ha?"

Yiwang slapped his forehead as if he felt an even greater headache, and sighed.

"What did you say?" Rick asked as if he didn't react.

"I said, we did not escape the pursuit of the demon species, and I never used the word 'escape' from the beginning."

Rick's eyes widened.

Yes, it wasn't "escape". The news I got was that Ivan came back alive and was rescued.

"I killed that demon species and then rescued Yiwang." Cheng Rang's words were like a heavy hammer hitting Rick's nerve called reason.

"How is that possible?" Rick immediately denied it and subconsciously looked at Ivan, who had a complicated face across from him.

"In an instant, it was like crushing an ant."

After receiving confirmation from Ivan himself, Rick seemed to have lost his strength for a moment and slumped back in the chair.

...

"This matter must not be allowed to be known to a third person."

Rick, who took a full thirty minutes to digest this terrible fact, warned the two of them seriously.

He didn't see it with his own eyes, but he couldn't refute the fact that the people who died because of his orders stood in front of him again, and Rick couldn't let Cheng show his power at the risk of exposing the entire human settlement.

Chapter 8: Oath to the Will

This is equivalent to [the trump card].

Because only Cheng can do it, we cannot use this as a safer benchmark to make others relax their vigilance. In addition to the demon species, there are the remaining fourteen races, which are even more unknown than the demon species. No matter how powerful it is, human beings are still fragile at the touch of a finger.

Being able to kill the demon species does not mean that one person can declare war on the entire race.

If this information is exposed to any individual of other races, mankind will suffer a disaster. Even if this is hope in despair, it is like the sun piercing the night, but the sun also has terrible heat that burns everything, making people unable to risk their lives. devoted themselves to this.

"The corpse of the demon species..."

"No traces were left, not even blood. No being would be able to detect it."

".....Well."

"Welcome to join us."

Rick and Cheng shook hands.

Cheng Rang respected the eighteen-year-old boy in front of him who had led two thousand humans to survive to this day, although his actions did not make Cheng Rang agree.

But even he himself doesn't agree, but in such a cruel world, if you don't do this, if you don't do this, you can struggle to survive with the greatest efficiency.

Only more lives will be lost.

Ordering others to die puts the whole as the priority, and personal will is for the survival of the whole, at all costs. Only this approach, which is almost hysterical, can have a foothold in an equally unreasonable world.

But in Rick's eyes, Cheng Rang couldn't see the will to take steps toward hope, as if his heart was firmly locked in the dark night called reason, without a glimmer of light.

It's sad and respectable that two thousand humans here have such a leader - they have no choice.

"I respect you, but I don't like you." Cheng Rang said as he held Rick's hand.

"Each other."

Staring into Cheng Rang's bright black eyes, Rick also felt a little disgusted by the guy in front of him who might have too naive ideas.

You are the only one who is powerful, and Rick can only ignore the vague disdain for himself.

After all, Rick immediately regarded it as a "chess piece" that could change the war, or a "prop" that could be easily discarded.

In this way, with different ideas in mind, Cheng Rang joined the tribe led by Rick and temporarily lived here.

Rick needs Cheng Rang's powerful abilities, and in order to complete the task, Cheng Rang must get more information from Rick that the system cannot give him.

Rick and Ivan claimed that they were just lucky and did not need to know too much about the specifics. Cheng's identity was a survivor from another destroyed human settlement. Because of his strong survival skills, he was able to wander here alone in the outside world and happened to save Yiwang.

Later, he will explore the outside world with Rick as a member of the outbound reconnaissance team.

"That's all." Rick introduced Cheng to his companions and finally ended the group meeting.

"Swear to your will!"

Everyone below raised their palms and responded in unison.

"Kelong will take you to the assigned residence later. I still have things to do."

"Call me, sister, sister!"

"I know, go about your business." Cheng Rang nodded and watched Rick leave.

Ke Long, whose correction was ineffective, sighed helplessly and waved to Cheng Rang: "Then please come with me!"

On the way to the room, Cheng Rang asked curiously: "Is Rick your brother?"

"Eh?"

"Because you two look nothing like..."

"Ah, that's it..." Ke Long smiled reluctantly, "He is indeed not my biological brother..."

--five years ago.

Picked up Rick, the settlement that was originally the hometown of Kelon disappeared due to the war between the Flügel and the dragon elf. The adults either died or collapsed with despair, and they arrived at the cave sobbing.

When people were lamenting, Rick, who was thirteen years old at the time, ignored them, looked towards the cave, and said:

“The location is very convenient and can be used as the next settlement.”

In this case.

In front of people who had lost everything just a few short hours ago, he said "next" as a matter of course.

Only a roar was heard: "So what? To those guys, it's like we don't exist!"

That was a very correct argument, one would not expect it to be a lament coming from despair, and the young man replied without moving his eyebrows: "That's right, we don't exist - not equal, but we want to do that. "

Then the boy explained the method.

"We do not exist, and we cannot exist, because we will not be discovered if we do not exist - we will become undead."

Those were black eyes that were deeper than the darkness of the cave.

"Use all means to escape and hide, and survive until one day someone will see the end of the war."

Since nothing can be done, at least try to carry on the legacy of the deceased.

Since nothing can be done, at least try hard for the possibility of those who come up next.

"Those who swear by my will to follow me should do so."

A thirteen-year-old child whose hometown was unreasonably destroyed twice, his words echoed heavily in the cave.

His eyes are like those of a real undead, but they give people who have lost the meaning of existence a reason to live and the meaning of death.

Cheng Rang didn't say a word as he listened to Ke Long's words in front of him.