Alien world

Chapter 961 192. Shelters and Neighbors

Little Smokey, who hid in the mountains, was lucky enough to avoid the plague, but they still had to face other difficulties.

For example, a place for these people to hide.

Because they also need to spread the concept of Free Blade, hiding in the mountains will certainly make them safe, but it will lose its meaning... Little Smalls asked the hunter miners to find a place that is not far from Ize Bay, but is hidden enough for them to survive for a long time.

The hunter miner had a bitter face and stammered that he had only followed into the mountains a few times...

"Let's go to the water." Lame Babu said.

It is difficult to starve to death with water, and you can quickly reach Ize Bay by water.

Fortunately, the hunter miner remembered where the upstream was, and led everyone over the mountains and escaped the pursuers behind.

Fortunately, the first snow had not yet arrived, so they would not lose any men on the road… Even so, many of the thin miners still fell ill on the road.

They had no choice but to lie on the carts and have others carry their goods. It was fine at first, but as more and more people fell sick, some people began to complain that the burden was slowing them down.

At this time, Lame Babu stood up. Because of his identity as a wizard's apprentice and his stories, the miners respected him very much. He asked the complaining miners: If you were sick, would you be willing to leave the team and wait for death in the mountains?

The complaining miners nodded, and Lame Babu continued to say to the people around him: "We are all brothers and sisters who support each other. No one can abandon each other. Live and become a free city citizen."

"Can we become citizens of Liberty City too?"

The miners didn't believe it. They knew that Liberty City was a great city, a floating city. How could slaves like them be qualified...

"Uncle Bob didn't lie to you. I was just a minion a dozen days ago, but now, I can run to Ize Bay to rescue you and lead you to save more people." Little Small said, injecting hope into the miners.

No one talked about abandoning the patients, and some even took the initiative to take care of their companions.

The goddess of luck was on their side as well, the weather had warmed up in the past few days and it was even a little hot in the sun during the day.

They successfully arrived at the upper reaches of Ize Bay on the third day when their food was about to run out.

The morning mist flowed through the valley like milk. The miners walking in the fog had morning dew hanging in their hair, their noses were red from the cold, and their hands were as cold as dead people.

The valley was too foggy to be suitable for camping, so they moved outside the valley and built a fire in the dampness.

In order to avoid being discovered by pursuers these days, they either did not make a fire or hid in a cave. Now standing by the fire, their frozen blood began to flow again, and they seemed to come back to life.

The Freeblade members who were in the same mine as Small were sent out to find a suitable hiding place. No one complained because Small also went out with them.

In the morning, the morning mist gradually dissipated. Little Small and several miners climbed to the top of a nearby low hill and looked into the distance along the surging, wide river.

The mountains were shrouded in clouds and mist, and nothing could be seen clearly.

This place is at least a hundred miles away from Ize Bay, and you can't see anything even if the weather is clear.

Soon, Little Smoo's attention fell on another low hill by the river. There were lush trees around it, which meant that they had time to build a warm shelter camp before the winter. And it was right by the river, with a good view, so even if the kingdom soldiers caught up with them, they could jump into the river to escape. They returned to the foot of the mountain and told everyone the good news.

The excited miners extinguished the fire and rushed to the low hill chosen by Little Small with the wounded and the few remaining supplies.

Climbing the mountain exhausted their remaining strength, but it was not time to rest. Little Smo divided the people into three groups, one group cut down trees, and the other two groups went to the river and the forest to find food.

They were seriously short of food. If they wanted to feed these severely malnourished and skinny miners, they had to get a lot of food. Fortunately, there were few traces of humans here, so they could pick a lot of pine cones and wild grass, and catch fish in the river. If all else failed, they could also hunt weak wild races such as kobolds and goblins to fill their stomachs.

"These brightly colored mushrooms are poisonous. Don't pick them or touch them... Use a branch to knock off the pine cones... Remember this kind of weed, you can dig out its rhizomes, look, it's just like potatoes..."

Lame Babu followed the group into the forest and taught them how to collect wild vegetables and mushrooms.

Another group of people were fishing by the river. The water was very cold, but luckily they had seen how to fish, so they gathered grass to weave a crude fish cage, or dug a low-lying area by the river to catch some fish and shrimp washed in by the current.

They were so hungry that they had to work for a while and then rest for a while. In the evening, the miners who went out to collect food came back and saw a clearing that had been cut down and simple huts made of branches.

The sick and wounded have already gone inside to rest.

Lame Babu checked the food they brought back. A large pile of wild vegetables and pine cones, a small pile of mushrooms, fish, shrimp and plant tubers. It was a bit difficult to feed everyone, but a bowl of hot soup for everyone tonight and a handful of pine nuts for fun were not a problem.

As expected of a wizard apprentice, Lame Babu's extensive knowledge also included how to cook food. He asked someone to find a stone slab, heated it on the fire, put the peeled pine nuts on it, and then put the ingredients together to make a big pot of mushroom, wild vegetable and fish soup.

Nothing can warm people's hearts more than a bowl of hot soup on a cold night. The miners sat by the warm fire, eating pine nuts, looking at the stars, and listening to Lame Babu's story. They never felt so close to freedom...

While everyone was listening to the story, little Smokey quietly counted the people who followed.

Three hundred and fifty-three people followed, thirty-nine of whom were injured and sick. Fortunately, the most difficult time has passed.

The next day, the miners were divided into three groups and worked harder to cut wood, weave bigger fish cages, and collect wild vegetables from farther away.

The shacks made of branches were replaced with real wooden houses, the fish cages were filled with palm-sized fish, and wild vegetables could finally fill people's stomachs. Except for three whose conditions worsened and could not be saved, most of the thirty-six wounded recovered.

Just as their situation was gradually improving, one day, several miners who had gone to the forest to collect food escaped back in a panic.

They found traces of orcs more than ten miles upstream.

Orcs are easy to spot. In addition to their beast-like style of eating raw meat and drinking blood, they also like to erect totems around the tribe.

These miners discovered a standing totem and quickly ran back.

The miners were uneasy about the news. They didn't want to move anymore, and they had nowhere else to go... The orc tribe was upstream, and if they went downstream it would be too close to Ize Bay.

"Let's go and see who has the best skills," said Little Small.

They at least have to know where the orcs are, and the miners didn't see any orcs, so maybe the orc tribe has already moved away.

(End of this chapter)