After the conversation on the wall, Bai Qianzhi and Ha Khalil returned to the town.
The reason why they did not leave immediately was that the sudden disappearance would easily make the townspeople suspicious, and once the construction of the fortifications began, it would be much more convenient to leave at night.
"Is it a sentry tower......
In the afternoon, Bai Qianzhi found the mayor who was dispatching supplies and proposed the idea of temporarily building a simple sentry tower on a nearby high ground.
"That's right. We will stay there for the time being on guard, at least to give early warning before the first wave of attacks arrives, and to some extent help you resist."
"Okay...... If the situation gets worse, you must run away first."
"I know it in my heart. Please prepare supplies for us for a few days, it will be more troublesome to go back and forth every day."
"Okay, I'll go distribute the manpower now."
The speed of dispensing is a little faster than expected.
The front foot only agreed with the mayor, and Bai Qianzhi saw more than a dozen people carrying logs and other materials to the place he designated. Is this the efficiency tempered by the barren border area? Thinking of this, the sewage in my heart churned slightly.
(It's okay...... If you only deal with those monsters that win with speed, you won't make too much trouble. As long as you leave fast enough...... ）
Using words that were not comforting to calm down, Bai Qianzhi called Haha Khalil and went to help.
——A few days before the arrival of the monster group, the town's fortifications were in full swing.
Even after the flood, the residents still maintain high enthusiasm to build the defense line. Craftsmen were responsible for design and assembly, while those with brute force tirelessly carried materials, and women gathered together to cook meals and do menial odd jobs.
Not only does he not want to escape from his homeland.
More – the residents wanted to show their resilience to the two people who lived in the highlands.
"Master Swordsman, you see, we can also survive the crisis on our own."
"So, you and your companions...... Please leave quickly—"
People who have lived in this poor land for generations.
People who have accepted and become accustomed to this world that is slowly moving towards death.
From the depths of my heart, such a slightly stubborn desire arises.
However - when the residents built fortifications and planned to climb the highland watchtower to persuade the two to leave.
People who come to the high ground only see empty watchtowers; neatly stored materials that seem to have never been used; There is also a thin money bag pressed on top of the materials and containing a gold brick.
The flag at the top of the watchtower was blown by the cold wind.
The residents at the bottom of the tower just watched the scene in silence -
The border territory of Guluni borders the endless desert of "Sairuno, the Land of Mercenaries".
The places near the desert are sparsely populated, mainly composed of unobstructed Gobi and raised steep peaks. Such places are difficult to support the vast majority of the race, so only larger towns appear in areas around clean water sources.
This is undoubtedly bad news for travelers who want to survive.
For another person, the situation is a little different -
"Hahalil, can you still hold on?"
The riverbed that has been dry for a long time has turned into a deep ditch, isolating the two sides of the towering Grand Canyon. The scorching sun hung high, and if you look down from above, it looks like a shocking scar.
This is undoubtedly a dead place to spend life.
However, on the gravel slope of the canyon on one side, two living people were hidden in the shade.
"No...... I'm fine."
In response to Bai Qianzhi's words, Hahalil took out the last piece of wound medicine from the package and applied it to the wound.
"You have no medicine over there either? It seems that we are out of ammunition and food."
Bai Qianzhi leaned against the stone wall to adjust his breathing, and also twisted his upper limbs slightly to relieve the tingling and soreness caused by the long battle.
"Oh, yes."
Before dawn, the two had just finished a bitter battle. They broke through desperately after dividing the pursuing monsters into scattered small groups on the Gobi Desert, and successively solved several waves of such small groups after dawn.
This is the eleventh day since leaving the border town.
It was also the third wave of monster tides they had eaten.
It is unknown how many monsters are still being pursued, but their supplies and bodies are on the verge of collapse. Bai Qianzhi's left hand has been severely deformed for the second time since the battle in Gunus Town, and Hahalil, who has a bigger target than him, is also covered with scars in order to cover him. Optimistic like Hahalil, he had to sigh in the face of the current situation.
"Hurry up and rest. I don't know when the next wave will come, so I'll go out and be vigilant."
Chewing on wild herbs with a slight analgesic effect temporarily picked on the road in his mouth, Bai Qianzhi took a deep breath, propped up his body with his sword, and left the shady area after instructing Ha Khalil. Knowing that each other's condition was so bad that it was meaningless to be polite to each other, the tired Ha Khalil was no longer polite at this time, but just nodded and replied: "Okay, I'll replace you later."
It didn't take long for Bai Qianzhi's figure to appear on the edge again.
"Haha Khalil, can you stand up?"
"What's wrong? …… Is the enemy here again?"
"No. I think of a way to deal with them, you come out first."
Bai Qianzhi shook his head and beckoned him to come out.
One person and one eagle climbed a little and came to the edge of the cliff not far away. Bai Qianzhi asked Ha Khalil to move a little further away, and he stepped on the edge without much force, and as a result, the rubble that had already been weathered and loose immediately collapsed, carrying gray sand and more gravel all the way into the river below, stirring up a large amount of dust.
"Look at this, do you have any ideas?"
Bai Qianzhi picked up his hand and turned his head to ask the eagle. It's not that he deliberately wants to sell Guanzi, this will help the eagle activate his thinking. After all, as long as you change your attention, you can avoid thinking about the heavy prospect all the time and making it futile to do it.
"Canyon...... Ah, I know!"
Fortunately, Hahalil was optimistic enough to react immediately.
"Are you trying to say, we can use these rubble?!"
"Hmm. This canyon is very deep, right, if you take a little effort to break down the unstable part at the edge, the collapsed stones are enough for those guys to drink."
"Good idea! In this way, you are not afraid of a large number of attacks, and it is very easy to implement."
Hahalil nodded vigorously in agreement with his idea, and those slightly dull eagle eyes also regained their brilliance.
"Now there is only one problem."
Bai Qianzhi stared down at this abyss-like ravine and said the second half of the sentence:
"Between us, there must be someone responsible for bringing them down. If you are unlucky, you will probably not be besieged by monsters, but will be directly smashed to death by rolling stones."
"Then I'll go."
Ha Khalil answered immediately.
"I can take off and break through more agilely than you. And I have big goals, and you can better identify my position on it."
Hahalil is right. That's really the best arrangement.
If you don't consider your physical condition, you can safely hand over Bai Qianzhi, who has gone down to the bottom, to Ha Khalil. In any case, Haha Khalil was much stronger than him in that he could fly. But......
Bai Qianzhi looked behind Hahalil, and the hanging wings did not look as reliable as usual.
"Can you really take off?"
"Oh, of course!"
「…… So be it."
Things have come to this point.
Even if there are still doubts in his heart, he can't afford to hesitate any longer.
Looking at Ha Khalil's confident face, Bai Qianzhi still chose to believe his words.