Doomsday Bandits and Tramps

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"Huh, huh, what a fucking day."

As night falls, mist rises from the river valley, and the darkness engulfs the earth, making it so dark that you can't see your fingers.

Seth lay down on the ground, too tired to move, and his palms were aching.

There was a bonfire outside the iron cage, and the smell of grain and barbecue overflowed. The bandits sat in the middle of the courtyard and ate heartily. The slaves in the iron cage could only eat hard 'stones'.

"Eat some."

Root brought a 'stone', rubbed it on his body, and handed it to Seth.

Seth barely propped up his body, looked at the grayish-yellow 'stone' in Gen's hand, and pushed it back: "I don't have any appetite, you can eat."

Gen didn't say anything, and put the 'stone' into Seth's hand: "This is the first day, no matter what you think, the most important thing is to live."

Seth clutched the stone and tried to take a bite.

Tasteless, hard, dry, rough, with chaff mixed in, hard to swallow.

"Do you eat this every day?" Seth asked.

"Well," Gen gnawed on a stone, and said without taste, "this is still edible. When they first came, we had nothing to eat, no water, and we were starving every day. Later, they were afraid that we We were all starving, there was no one to work, and we would be given a little food, but we were never full."

"If you don't eat enough, you won't have the strength to resist."

Seth couldn't eat it, and threw the 'stone' on the ground: "How long have they been here?"

"It came in winter, now it's autumn, it's been more than half a year."

Root was a step slower, and the 'stone' was snatched away by others.

"After they occupied this place, they forced us to work, strengthen the walls, and build guard posts. When outsiders passed by, we were the bait to lure them into the bait. Those people were either killed or captured as coolies. Before and after, I can't remember how many people died, but most of the people who survived were people who lived here before."

"Has anyone escaped?"

"I don't know," Gen said. "In the beginning, there were quite a few people who escaped. Most of them were caught up, eaten, or killed by strange beasts within a short distance. The rest probably didn't survive."

A group of people lined up beside the cage, waiting to drink water from the water pipe with both hands. The water flow was very thin, and it took a long time for one person to take his turn.

After gnawing on the 'stone', my mouth was dry and I wanted to drink water. Seeing that there were so many people, I had to give up temporarily and swallowed to moisten my throat.

"How long does it usually take?" Seth asked.

Gen shook his head: "I haven't calculated it, I should be able to drink it before going to bed."

Seth stopped making a sound, looked through the iron cage, and looked at the bandits who were eating and drinking in the courtyard.

The bandit at the head wore a fur hat, and a woolen vest over a mottled vest, all made of the skin of a black-maned wolf.One of his eyes was wearing a blindfold, he was chewing on roast goose legs, two black-maned wolves were lying on his feet, and a black-crested falcon was parked on his shoulders, not even the other bandits dared to approach easily.

"Has anyone found it?" the man asked.

"No," said the man sitting on his right, "Master, we have searched inside and out, but we didn't find the other two."

"waste!"

The first head kicked the man over, and the rest of the bandits went to help the man, calling out the second head, but they were frightened away by the grinning black-maned wolf and did not dare to approach.

The head stood up on his legs, threw the bone in his hand, and was immediately swallowed by the black maned wolf.

"Can't find it? With so many of you, you can't even find two of them."

"Big, big boss, I really tried my best!"

The second leader knelt in front of the first leader, begging bitterly: "We searched all the places we could find, and used the black back, white eyes and golden hooks, and really found nothing."

"Nothing!"

The first leader kicked the second leader away, and grabbed the neck of the black-crested falcon on his shoulder. The black-crested falcon kept screaming in fright, and was thrown directly into the fire by the man, thumped twice, and was swallowed by the fire.The black-maned wolf stared at the ignited fire, clamped its tail tightly, and lay down on the ground, not daring to breathe.

"I'll give you another chance."

The head of the house held the tongs and fiddled with the black-crowned falcon's body in the fire: "You take the black back and the golden hook, and find those two people for me before dawn. If you want to see people alive, you need to see dead bodies."

"Yes! I'll go right away! Make sure to bring those two people back!"

Holding a torch, the second master left the prison with a small group of bandits and a few strange beasts.

Sitting by the fire, the eldest master plucked the feathers with scorched white eyes, and tore off its flesh to feed another black-maned wolf at his feet.

"Some people are really worse than animals."

"What did you say?"

"It's nothing."

Seth lay on the ground and closed his eyes leisurely: "I'm just wondering if I can spend tonight safely."

"Are you worried about your companion?" Root asked.

Seth didn't answer, didn't ask questions at all, stared at the other people still in line, and swallowed.

The night is getting thick, and the mist that pervades the mountains makes people retreat even in the dark.

The people in the prison had already fallen asleep, snoring loudly, and the bonfire flickered faintly.

The sleeping black-maned wolf in the yard moved its ears, got up suddenly, and barked towards the door, the sound awakened the sleeping bandit.

"What happened!"

The head of the house pushed open the door, facing a white mist, and couldn't see anything clearly.

"Is the Second Master back?"

"No," said the bandit on the sentry post, "the first master, there is no one outside the door! Not the second master!"

Everyone was surprised that the black-maned wolf was still barking. No matter how much the bandits yelled at it, it kept staring at the direction of the gate and barking non-stop.

"Hey~~~"

The head blew his whistle, but there was no response.

He blew again, still no response.

"The golden hook is missing?"

The head of the family muttered in his heart, and waved his hands to call for help: "Watch the gate! Light the fire! Light the fire in the courtyard!"

There was panic and noise in the courtyard, and the slaves in the iron cage huddled together in horror, looking at the bandits in confusion, whispering to each other.

"what happened?"

"What happened?"

"They're not going to kill us."

"No, it seems that some bandits have disappeared, and the strange beasts they raised have also disappeared."

"It's gone? Could it be that it was eaten by other beasts? Have other beasts found this place?"

Panic began to spread, Gen hurriedly woke up the sleeping Seth, who rubbed his eyes and sat up with a tired face.

"Why, it's dawn?"

"Okay, it seems that something happened, some bandits and strange beasts disappeared."

Seth opened his eyes, looked at the mist in front of him, and scratched his head with a sneer: "Finally, I thought they had forgotten me."

"You, what are you talking about?"

The courtyard was full of flames, but the fog was getting thicker and more choking, and there was also a burning smell.

"No, it's not fog, it's smoke! It's smoke!"

The bandits on the sentry shouted: "The master! Fire! The granary is on fire!"

"what!"

The next moment, tongues of fire gushed out of the wall, and the white smoke turned into billowing black smoke.

The big boss turned over and went downstairs, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick! Put out the fire! Put out the fire!"

"Yes!"

The gate of the prison was opened, and the bandits drove towards the direction of the fire one after another, leaving only a few bandits guarding them.

The people in the cage looked out of the wall worriedly. The bandits closest to the iron cage were suddenly engulfed in the fire. They had no time to struggle and call for help, and were quickly burned to charcoal.

The people in the iron cage screamed back as if they had seen a ghost, and the bandits upstairs stared even more. The black-maned wolf barked more fiercely than before, but this time it was because of fear.

Seth moved his muscles and bones, stood in front of the locked iron cage, the corner of his mouth slightly raised, and stared at the head of the upstairs: "Whoever has a grievance, who has a vengeance, and who has a vengeance, revenge, everyone, are you ready!"

Everyone's eyes widened, and they saw that the flame in Seth's hand burned the iron lock, and then kicked down the iron door.

"Different, superhuman!"

The head of the family exclaimed: "Shoot! Shoot!"

In an instant, there was a hail of bullets.

Seth didn't move at all, an ice wall blocked in front of everyone, and the fine rain of bullets could only leave shallow scratches on the ice.

"Before you pretend to be aggressive, can't you consider other people's safety first?"

"Didn't I know you would come?"

Seth smiled and gave Xiu a big hug: "Baby, I miss you so much."

"Less meaty."

Xiu pushed Seth away in disgust, and suddenly heard two soft cries of pain from Seth.

"You are hurt?"

"Small injury, it's okay." Seth hugged Xiu and buried his head on his shoulder, "We almost separated from each other."

"Separation of yin and yang is still called a small injury."

Xiu was unable to complain, and couldn't bear to push him away, so he patted his arm lightly: "Hey, can you let go, so many people are watching."

"Oh, I forgot, haha, a little carried away."

Seth let go of Xiu, put his shoulders on his shoulders and introduced to everyone in the cage: "He is Xiu, my other half, who came here to save me, and save you by the way."

"..."

Xiu began to regret saving this faceless rascal. Suddenly, a strong light came from behind the ice wall, and with a bang, the ice wall collapsed, and the black cannon barrel was aimed at the two of them.

The head stood on the armored vehicle, pointed arrogantly at the two of them and shouted: "Supernatural? Fuck your mother's supernatural! If you dare to destroy Lao Tzu's fortress, I will blow you to pieces today!"

"Baby, what did he say?" Seth looked at Xiu and asked.

"He said he was going to blow us to pieces."

"Wow, I'm so scared."

The two of them sang leisurely in front of the muzzle, and the boss was so angry that he stomped on the roof of the car frantically.

"Fire! Fire! Give me..."

"boom!!!"

Before the words fell, the barrel of the gun suddenly exploded, the boss was blown away, and the armored vehicle was immediately engulfed by the fire, turning it into a pile of scrap iron.

Seeing this, the rest of the bandits threw away their helmets and armor one after another, jumped off the building and fled. They were caught by the crowd in the cage, and they were quartered by five horses amidst howling and begging for mercy.

"Take them away quickly," Xiu said. "I didn't burn the granary. I just lit a fire near the granary. Those bandits will come soon after they find out."

"This is the surviving place they built. If they want to leave, it's not them."

Seth slowly picked up a knife from the ground: "I'm going to trouble you here, give them a chance to take revenge. Remember, don't hurt the car, or we can only walk to Albion with our feet."

"Where are you going?" Xiu asked.

Seth was holding a knife, and in the dark night, the raging fire ignited his back.

"I have to go and bring back the head of the big master."