I, with a long knife in my hand, can only do one move

Attracted by such a scene, Cheng Rang could immediately guess that this man called Rick should be the one who leads the entire human settlement.

Must be a very famous old man, right?Or someone who is very strong and exudes leadership qualities like Klaus...

juvenile? !

After seeing the person walking towards him, the picture imagined in Cheng Rang's mind was completely shattered, and there was no portrait that matched his prediction.

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. Emotional fluctuations, like a precision-running machine, followed by a girl with bright red hair.

Rick stopped in his tracks, subconsciously avoiding Yiwang who was hugging his daughter, and shot straight at Cheng Rang.

He just remained silent, while the girl behind him jumped out and greeted him proactively.

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

"And this gentleman..."

"Just call me Cheng." Introducing himself like this, the girl snatched Cheng Rang's hand from Yalei's bondage and shook it greatly.

"Nice to meet you, Cheng! My name is Ke Luo Ni, just call me Ke Long like everyone else!"

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

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

This must be what he was curious about and concerned about. Under Crolon's 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 human beings.

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

In a slightly larger room, Yiwang, Cheng Rang and Rick sat 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.

"It's a pity that there are not many things that can entertain guests."

"It's okay, it's fine!"

Kelong put some simple food and water in front of several people, smiled apologetically, and exited the room.

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

The taste of the food was not as good as imagined, but out of basic politeness and the psychology of not wasting resources, Cheng Rang still bite the bullet and gobbled it up.

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

"Your journey must be very hard. After all, all the supplies on Yiwang's body are left to us. The food and water sources here can still be guaranteed. It doesn't matter if you eat more." Rick stared at Cheng Rang's face and said.

"No...really."

"Then let's get to the point." Rick propped his chin up with both hands.

"Have you confirmed that you have completely got rid of the hunt and killed, and have not revealed the location of the settlement?"

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

"Then it's okay, Cheng can join us, but..."

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

Can't be fooled at all.

The young leader named Rick can directly see through lies in his eyes that seem to be dying, whether it is whether he is not used to the "luxury" food here, or the confession he made with Ewan before.

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

All he cares about is...

"How to survive the pursuit of 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 got up slowly.

"Can't you answer?"

"No, it's just that the rest of you can't do it this way."

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

"If you need an equivalent exchange of information, I can..."

Cheng Rang interrupted Rick's speech by raising his hand.

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

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

"I killed that monster."

"..."

The boy named Rick's tone froze for a moment, and then he squeezed out a syllable expressing doubts from his mouth, and his jet-black eyes finally fluctuated.

"--what?"

Evan slapped his forehead as if feeling more headache, and let out a long sigh.

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

"I said, we didn't escape the hunt 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——Ivan came back alive and was rescued.

"I killed that demon and then saved Ivan." Cheng Rang's words seemed to hit Rick's rational nerve with a heavy hammer.

"How is it possible?" Rick immediately denied it, and subconsciously looked at the opposite Ivan with a complicated face.

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

After getting confirmation from Ewan himself, Rick seemed to lose his strength for a moment and slumped back on the chair.

......

"This matter must never let a third person know."

Rick, who took three to ten minutes to digest this terrible fact, seriously warned the two of them.

I didn't see it with my own eyes, but the fact that the person who died because of my order stood in front of me again couldn't be refuted, and Rick couldn't let Cheng show his power at the risk of exposing the entire human settlement.

Chapter 8 Swear to the Will

This is equivalent to [Hole card].

Because only Cheng can do it alone, it cannot be used as a safer benchmark to let others relax their vigilance. In addition to the demon species, there are [-] other races, which are even more unknown compared to the demon species. How many times stronger, human beings are still fragile.

Being able to kill 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, human beings will suffer catastrophe. Even if this is the hope of piercing the night like the sun in despair, the sun also has a terrible heat that burns everything, and it is impossible to be desperate devoted himself to this.

"The corpse of the demon species..."

"There is no trace left, not even blood. No existence will be able to find it."

".....Well."

"Welcome to join us."

Rick and Cheng shook hands.

Cheng Rang respected the young man in front of him who led two thousand human beings to survive, although his actions did not make Cheng Rang agree.

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

Only more lives will be lost.

To order others to die, the whole is the most important thing, and the will of the individual is for the survival of the whole, at all costs.Only this almost hysterical approach can gain a foothold in an equally unreasonable world.

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

It is pathetic and honorable 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 shook Rick's hand.

"Each each other."

Staring at Cheng Rang's bright black eyes, Rick also felt a little disgusted with the guy in front of him who might be too naive.

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

After all, Rick also regarded it as a "pawn" that could change this war, or a "prop" that could be easily discarded.

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

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

Rick and Evan claimed that they were just lucky, and that they didn't 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 Ewan.

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

"Above." Rick introduced Cheng around him to his companions, and finally ended the collective meeting.

"Swear to the will!"

Everyone below raised their palms in unison.

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

"Call, sister, sister!"

"Understood, let's do your work." Cheng Rang nodded and watched Rick leave.

Ke Long, who was unable to make corrections, 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 don't look alike at all..."

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

--five years ago.

Picking up Rick, it was originally the settlement of Cron's hometown, but it disappeared because of the battle between the Flügel and the Dragon Elves.The adults either died or collapsed with despair, and they arrived at the cave weeping and whimpering.

While the people were moaning, Rick, then 13, ignored them, looked into the cave, and said:

"The location here 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 hours ago, he said "next" as a matter of course.

Only a roar sounded: "So what? To those guys, we are as if we don't exist!"

That was a very correct argument, and it was unexpected that it was a lament from despair, but the boy replied without moving his eyebrows: "That's right, we don't exist—it's not equal, but we have to do that. "

Then the boy explained the method.

"We don't exist, we can't exist, because we don't exist, we won't be found - we will become undead."

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

"Use all means, run and hide, linger until the day someone will see the end of the battle."

Since you can't do anything, at least try to carry on the will of the dead.

If you can't do anything, at least work hard for the possibility of a rising person.

"I swear to my will, those who can follow me, then follow me."

A 13-year-old child whose hometown was destroyed twice unreasonably, his words echoed heavily in the cave.

His eyes are like a real undead, but he gives people who have lost the meaning of life a reason to live and the meaning of death.

Hearing what Kelong said in front of him, Cheng Rang didn't say a word.