Chapter 1856 - 1861: Forest Border
Facing the approaching Wang Xuan, Lin Fei still did not take him seriously, and spoke, "Wang Xuan, I advise you to give up. Stay here and be your City Lord. You no longer have any residents. I’d like to see how you can be a good City Lord."
"You can’t take them away!" Wang Xuan said.
"If I don’t take them away, would you rather let them suffer here? Do you know how painful it is for them? A City Lord who ignores the suffering of his residents is neither a qualified City Lord nor a respected one, so forget it." Lin Fei finished speaking and flew outside.
"Stop right there!" Wang Xuan shouted.
Upon hearing Wang Xuan’s words, Lin Fei frowned, turned back to look at Wang Xuan, and asked, "Is there anything else?"
"You must die! Kill!" Wang Xuan had figured it out, the root of all problems was Lin Fei. Without Lin Fei, everything else would be fine. It was because of Lin Fei that everything was going wrong; he wanted to kill Lin Fei! Make sure Lin Fei dies without a resting place!
Lin Fei watched Wang Xuan charge at him, frowned, and as the opponent attacked him, Lin Fei struck a palm, directly knocking Wang Xuan out, who then crashed into the distant City Lord Mansion, falling inside.
"Overestimating oneself." Lin Fei said, then took the residents away, heading to the next city.
Wang Xuan was knocked out, and temporarily unable to continue attacking him, so Lin Fei relaxed, focused on dealing with the surrounding demon beasts. However, he glanced back at the empty little town, sighed, and took the residents away.
On the way, Lin Fei encountered demon beasts and directly killed them, then let the residents handle it themselves. Soon, the residents roasted the meat of the demon beasts Lin Fei had killed and started devouring it.
Lin Fei smiled, these people were really starving, otherwise, they wouldn’t show such expressions and gobble food.
"Friend, this piece is for you!" A child, around seven or eight years old, came to Lin Fei and offered him a piece of meat. Lin Fei smiled and said, "I’m not hungry, you eat it, eat more and grow tall so you can take care of your family. Understand?"
"Understood, friend! Thank you for saving us!" The child said.
"It’s nothing, seeing injustice and wielding swords is normal. If you become strong in the future, you should do the same." Lin Fei said.
"Okay, friend!"
After saying that, the child ran off into the distance. Looking at such innocent and happy children, Lin Fei thought if they lived in the Lower Realm, they might be attending school now, but here, they could only focus on surviving—perhaps not even that—so Lin Fei felt pity for them.
"Alright, is everyone full? If you’ve had enough, let’s keep going, try to finish the journey before dark. Otherwise, when night falls, it’s hard to walk, as demon beasts are rampant at night, their most active time, and if we can’t finish, there might be danger."
"Alright!"
Everyone had eaten, so they immediately resumed their journey, hurriedly heading towards their destination.
Meanwhile, Wang Xuan, defeated by Lin Fei, finally woke up before nightfall, looking at the surroundings, the large hole in what was once the City Lord Mansion’s hall. He stood up, went outside the mansion, looked at the empty city, and laughed loudly.
Perhaps he had gone mad, but it must be said, he was also liberated...
Lin Fei, watching night fall as he traveled with the residents, realized they were too slow—a journey of over a hundred miles only covered fifty-odd miles by nightfall, meaning they would arrive tomorrow.
But nightfall means the time for demon beasts to roam, Lin Fei looked at the surrounding demon beasts, and said, "Looks like we need to take a good rest tonight."
After speaking, Lin Fei summoned Little Black.
Little Black was still woozy, "It’s really annoying, who would’ve thought a meal would knock me out, Lin Fei, luckily you didn’t eat it, otherwise with your frame, you’d probably be unconscious."
Hearing Little Black, Lin Fei felt speechless, finally saying, "Alright, alright, no need to say more, help me check around for demon beasts."
"No problem, these little demon beasts will be scared to death by my Dragon Power." Little Black said, then released the Dragon Power, though controlled, to avoid drawing attention.
And because a dragon was lying, snoring asleep, the other demon beasts dared not approach, a full night passed.
Lin Fei saw Little Black still snoring, reached out and patted Little Black’s head. Little Black suddenly awoke, but seeing it was Lin Fei, the chill in his eyes disappeared instantly.
"Let’s go, Little Black, you still want to sleep on Hainan Island?" Lin Fei said, then led the residents towards the city.
Finally, they arrived at another city, named Forest Border.
Forest Border? Lin Fei thought, indeed the forest’s border, since this place was at the edge of the Great Forest, considered part of it.
However, when the group reached the bottom of the city wall, they were met with obstruction.
The City Defense Army directly closed the gate and shouted to Lin Fei and his group, "Don’t come in, go back where you came from, we don’t allow illusions here."
Lin Fei frowned, "Brother, we’re all from the forest, living here, could you do us a favor?" Lin Fei shouted.
Hearing this, the guarding General said, "Don’t bother, it’s useless. Our Forest Border doesn’t welcome these people, they just eat and laze, can’t be used, so it’s better to send them back."
Lin Fei looked at the people behind him and asked, "Is what he said true? Do you eat and laze?"
"What he says isn’t true! We’re not as bad as he says." A resident spoke, refuting.
"Ha-ha-ha, you’re lying, I knew you people from the little town would come here sooner or later, just didn’t expect you so soon. Where’s your City Lord? Isn’t he with you? Better you don’t come in, to avoid trouble." The City Defense Army said.
Listening to this, Lin Fei frowned, and spoke, "General, could you bring your City Lord here? I’d like to negotiate, just this once, okay?"
Lin Fei knew that without negotiation, entering was impossible, as they wouldn’t allow it!