The Hearthstone system of a certain American comic

After about ten seconds, the tentacle retracted from Enkidu's mouth, and Enkidu spit it out, which was white pus.

The pain gradually disappeared, and Enkidu felt a figure in front of him. He raised his head and saw Ines.

"The bite you bit was very painful." Ines smiled charmingly.

"It's you." After saying this, Enkidu fainted.

When I woke up again, it was noon.

"I'm awake."

Ines's voice reached Enkidu's ears as soon as he opened his eyes.

"Ah, where is this?" Enkidu tried to sit up. He was very tired now.

"Geez, this isn't going anywhere."

"Ines, you really didn't," Enkidu wanted to say, you really didn't leave me.

"Sure enough?" Ines asked.

"As expected, you didn't let me go." Enkidu changed the topic and his meaning changed drastically.

"Gee, of course, you still have to accompany me to find the Door of Truth."

"That's right!" Enkidu suddenly remembered someone. "Where's Kailyn?"

"That girl was holding a corpse and crying. Human emotions are really fragile." A trace of contempt flashed in Ines's eyes.

"Where is she now?" Enkidu asked.

"I saw you at that time. You stood in front of that girl regardless of your own safety. Could it be that you liked her?"

"No, no, that girl, before her brother died, he asked me to protect her." Enkidu struggled to stand up. "I'm going to find her."

"But you still have to search for the Door of Truth with me. You have no freedom." Ines reminded.

Enkidu closed his eyes and recalled the scene when Kate died, the entrustment that he put in at all costs, and the trust in the man's eyes.

"You once said, I am your friend, please help me once, Ines." Enkidu said with determination in his tone.

"Gee, if you want to protect her, it's not impossible. You can take her with you, but you can't delay our journey to the north. Moreover, once we encounter danger, I will never protect her. You Think carefully."

"Okay." Enkidu had almost no hesitation. He knew in his heart that the infected soldiers he was chasing before were only a few hundred people, and Kate had three thousand guards. In other words, the infected soldiers killed by Ines before were just one. A small number of them may be hunted down by new infected soldiers at any time. The camp where Kailin originally lived had only a group of old people, and there was no safety at all.

"Giggle, then you go back to find her. I'll be waiting for you at a camp ahead."

In this way, Enkidu went south to find Caelynn, and Ines went north to find the next camp.

Based on his feeling, Enkidu found the previous land, the land covered with corpses and blood.

Hundreds of corpses were criss-crossing, and in the center, Kailin was holding a corpse in her arms, Kate's corpse.

Kailin's head was buried in the arms of the corpse, and Enkidu couldn't see her expression clearly.

"People will die." Enkidu walked to Kailin and said softly.

He knew that this level of comfort would not do much, and he was not a person who was good at comforting.

Caelynn did not respond to Enkidu's comfort. She did not raise her head or move her body.

"Put the body down. The body has been parasitized and may be poisonous." Enkidu squatted down and put his hand on Kailin's shoulder. "Your brother, before he died, I always remember his last shout. He told me to protect you."

Kailin's body trembled a few times. She looked up at Enkidu, tears dripping down her cheeks. Then she threw herself into Enkidu's arms and burst into tears.

She had cried countless times, but this time it was because Enkidu's words once again touched her memory of her brother.

Enkidu felt that a large area of ​​his chest was wet. Seeing Kailin so sad, his heart resonated with him, and he also became sad. He patted Kailin's back with his hand, but he didn't know what words to comfort him.

after a long time.

"You can't go back to the camp where you live. There are still many infected people."

"Then where should I go?"

"Follow me," Enkidu said.

"Where are you going?"

"I followed a woman named Ines, heading north to find the Door of Truth."

"The Gate of Truth? What is that?"

"I don't know." Enkidu really didn't know. Ines's explanation was very vague, and the general idea was to pursue the "unknown".

"Looking for something you don't know?" Kailin asked puzzledly.

Enkidu didn't know how to answer. He suddenly remembered a cool saying, so he replied, "Human beings are not a complacent species. The unknown is still there, so my steps will not stop."

This sentence was once said by Horn, and Enkidu directly used it.

"But what should they do?" Kailin asked.

Enkidu knew that they were the old people who still stayed in the camp where Kailin lived.

"That place is already some distance away from here, and may have fallen. There is no need to take risks." Enkidu said.

"But they might still be alive, and they all helped me."

"It's impossible to live, give up." Enkidu didn't want to go back and face those disgusting bugs. He didn't want the bugs to penetrate his body and experience the hellish pain again. At the same time, he was not sure that he could protect Kailin well. Take damage from those bugs.

Kailin stopped talking, just lowered her head and looked at her brother's body.

"Let's go, get on my back."

In this way, Enkidu carried Cailyn on his back and headed north.

At night, Enkidu failed to find the camp and had to sleep with Caelynn in the forest.

Hearing the roar of wild beasts in the forest, Enkidu did not dare to be careless. He climbed up a big tree with Kailin on his back and placed Kailin on a thicker branch.

"You sleep on this tree, remember, don't turn over, you will fall." After Enkidu ordered Kailin, he jumped down from the big tree, picked up grass everywhere, and threw himself under the big tree, just in case Kailin turned over and fell into the tree. , there is still grass to catch it, and it will not be broken.

After doing all this, Enkidu climbed onto the branch of another tree and fell into a deep sleep.

But Kailin couldn't sleep. She kept her eyes wide open and didn't dare to look down. She had never slept in a tree before. She found it incredible that Enkidu could fall asleep.

Suddenly, Kailin's pupils shrank. She saw a tiger looking up at her under the tree. She felt her heartbeat speed up and the hairs all over her body stood up.

The tiger stared at Kailin for a full minute. Then the tiger moved. It jumped up, grabbed the tree trunk with its four claws, and climbed up step by step.

Kailin knew that it was extremely dangerous to continue like this. She was about to call Enkidu when she suddenly heard a low roar and the tiger fell to the ground from mid-air with a steel arrow stuck in its body.

"Little girl, it's okay, you're safe." A middle-aged man with slightly gray hair was placing a steel arrow on the string. "I'm still worried that I won't have anything to eat tomorrow."

"Swish!" Another arrow shot, the arrow missed the side of the tiger's body, penetrated the tiger's ear, and was nailed to the tree.

The tiger roared and rushed towards the middle-aged man. Seeing the tiger's swift movement, the middle-aged man had no choice but to abandon his bow and pull out the scimitar from his waist. The tiger pounced in the air. The middle-aged man was already prepared and dodged to the side. He also made a slash and cut off the tiger's other ear.

The tiger roared in pain and did not dare to attack again. One man and one tiger were deadlocked.

Kailin was so excited that she didn't dare to breathe. She saw the tiger and the man confront each other for several minutes. The tiger lowered his body and pounced again. The middle-aged man saw the right moment and dodged again. Unexpectedly, although the tiger pounced in vain, But Huwei hit him, and its force knocked the middle-aged man back.

Before the middle-aged man got up, the tiger pounced again, pressed the middle-aged man under him, and then bit the middle-aged man's throat. It was too late to say, but it was too soon. The sword flashed and blood spattered everywhere. The whole tiger head fell down and hit the middle-aged body.

The one who drew the sword was Enkidu. He had already woken up and was only watching the fight from the tree. When the tiger knocked down the middle-aged man with its tail, Enkidu immediately jumped down from the tree and the tiger crushed the middle-aged man. When he was under his body, he had just enough time to take action, and both the drawing of the sword and the killing were completed in a flash of lightning.

This series of actions was not unpleasant. The middle-aged man was shocked. He sat up and stared blankly at the tiger head on the ground.

"Where do you live?" Enkidu asked the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man shifted his gaze and looked up at Enkidu, "Did you just save me?"

"Yes."

"Ah, young man, you are so skillful. Your move was really timely, otherwise I would have died." As he spoke, the middle-aged man stood up and pointed to the north, "My name is Ke Yi, and there is a man over there. The campground is my house, why don’t you two come to my house to rest for a night?”

"Thank you." Enkidu wanted to smile, but found that it was not easy to make such an expression, so he had to give up. He turned around and climbed up the tree, carrying the frightened Kailin down.

"Let's go, this way, this way, yo, this little girl is so handsome." Ke Yi said as he picked up the tiger corpse on the ground.

Ke Yi's camp is different from the camps that Enkidu has visited in the past. This camp is not protected by wooden fences. Instead, it uses earth walls as high as a person as the camp's defense line against wild beasts. Through Ke Yi's introduction, Enkidu learned that this camp had a name, Hope Base Camp.

Ke Yi said that the name was given because the people in the camp were not content with the status quo and wanted to build the camp better and more beautiful. The people in the camp were obsessed with studying architecture and did not want to do other things. Ke Yi is one of the few hunters with strong strength and hunting skills.

From the outside, the camp looks quite affluent. At least every building and house looks reasonable and beautiful. Everyone in the camp seems to have a house to live in.

Ke Yi brought Enkidu and Kailin to a house. He smiled and said, "This is my home. You guys have a good rest. I have to go hunting. If I don't hunt, everyone in the camp will starve to death."

Kailin asked with lingering fear, "Why do you need to go hunting at night? Isn't it too dangerous to be alone?"

"It's at night that ferocious beasts come out, and I can hunt good things. Little girl, don't worry about me, have a good rest." With that said, Ke Yi turned around and walked out of the house.

Enkidu wasn't too worried about Ke Yi. With Ke Yi's ability to carry a tiger, ordinary beasts shouldn't be a problem.

"You go to sleep first." After Enkidu said to Kailin, he also walked out of the house. He didn't know if Ines was in this camp, and he wanted to look for it.

At night, the starry sky is bright, and most people have already entered their dreams, so it is especially quiet here.

"Young man, would you like to buy an apple?" Suddenly, a voice broke the silence. The speaker was an old woman in black robe.

"I won't eat." Enkidu refused. He was a little surprised that an old woman suddenly appeared in the night.

"Buy one, it's very sweet." The old woman begged in her voice and took out an apple from her sleeve and handed it to Enkidu.

"I have nothing to exchange" Enkidu said that he had no money to buy her apples.

"What can I do? Wuwu." The old woman suddenly squatted on the ground and started crying.

Enki didn't want to pay attention to this strange old woman. He planned to leave and continue looking for Ines, but as soon as he raised his legs, the old woman grabbed him by the leg of his trousers.

The old woman raised her head, tears shining in her eyes. "Please help me, boy."

Enkidu's eyes were different from those of ordinary people. He could see more clearly in the dark. At this time, Enkidu looked surprised because he saw that the face hidden in the hood of the black robe was clearly that of a young girl. The face that should be there.

But the voice was still old. "Young man, I have something I need you to help me with."

Enkidu saw a line of tears streaking down the girl's cheek.

"What's the matter?" Enkidu said.

"My husband was kidnapped by some bandits. They asked me to hand over a hundred Karen. If I can't collect it today, they will kill my husband."

"Is this why you are selling apples? That's it." Enkidu grabbed the hand that was still holding his trousers, separated it from his trousers and said, "But unfortunately, I have no money."

"No!" The girl grabbed Enkidu's trousers again and continued to say in an old voice, "It doesn't matter if you don't have money, but you have two knives. You are young and strong, so please help me rescue my husband." !”

"I have a question." Enkidu knelt down and grabbed the hand on his trousers again, but this time he didn't let go. "Why is your voice so inconsistent with your appearance?"

"Can you see my face clearly?"

"See clearly."

"I, I take good care of myself, but can you help me rescue my husband?"

"I have something to do and don't have time." Enkidu took his hands off his trousers and stood up to leave when he suddenly heard a soft female voice.

"Help her, the old woman is so pitiful." The person who spoke was Kailin.

"You haven't rested yet?" Enkidu asked.

"Well, I don't know why, but I'm very energetic now." Kailin said.

"You must be scared by the tiger." Enkidu took out a knife and handed it to Kailin. "You hold the self-defense first. This camp is very big. I want to walk around and find someone."

Kailin waved her hand and rejected the offered knife. She pointed at the black-robed woman kneeling on the ground and said, "Has her husband been kidnapped? That's very pitiful. Let's help her."

Kailin was grateful that Enkidu was willing to help her and protect her, because it made her feel very warm. At this time, when she saw the woman in black robe crying helplessly, she felt that the world was too cold. She thought, Humans should help each other more. At the same time, she felt that Enkidu was powerful. Even though she was frightened and fainted that day when tentacles were flying and blood was flying everywhere, Enkidu still survived somehow. Such a person , facing a few bandits must not be a problem.