Chapter 384: Night Falls! (3k)
“I don’t know…” The officer swallowed the blood foam in his mouth. Seeing Su Jiu’s gaze becoming more and more dangerous, he trembled and immediately continued,
“Our army did not enter the large hospital. Director Robert inside is a Battle King level expert, and there are many other international doctors. We need to clear Mokala in the city thoroughly before we can act on the hospital.”
“After so many days, you still can’t clear Mokala? Tell me the truth, or I’ll kill you right now.”
After hearing the explanation, Su Jiu’s rose-red eyes narrowed slightly, and she spoke faintly, with some surprise in her heart.
The old director in the hospital was actually a Battle King level expert. Although Battle Kings couldn’t play a decisive role in a war of this scale, a hospital director being a Battle King was something that made one ponder their true identity.
Could it be like Principal Fusheng?
Upon hearing this, the officer glanced at Su Jiu, hesitated for a moment, and continued, “Because there are many places where Mokala is hiding. At the southernmost part of this city is the largest university in Eurs, ISCA University, guarded by two Battle King experts who refused to leave, covering an area of several kilometers.”
He coughed twice, as if worried Su Jiu would be dissatisfied, and added, “Ahem… there, as soon as our soldiers approach, they are immediately driven out. But because Commander Kyoungde himself is stationed there, they are also unable to come out.”
This was not secret information, and revealing it to Su Jiu would not result in punishment.
“ISCA University… I remember this university appeared in the World Competition, and it advanced in the first round,” Su Jiu said softly, looking up at the distant city walls.
As soon as they arrived in this city, they went directly to the International Hospital and didn’t really interact with other places. After all, even the worst international metropolis was at least the size of a second-tier city in Dragon Country.
No wonder she encountered the girl from the plane at the city entrance before.
However, Su Jiu didn’t think much of it. She extended her second finger and asked very seriously, “How many Battle Kings are there in the city? Don’t tell me you don’t know. As a Battle King level expert, you must know.”
“This…”
After a moment of silence, the officer didn’t want to say anything. Suddenly, he realized that his blood was involuntarily gushing out of the large hole in his chest. He immediately spoke in terror, “There are a total of seven Battle Kings in the city, and with me, that makes eight! However, only the Commander is a High-Rank Battle King; the others’ strength is at most Intermediate Battle King.”
After he finished speaking, his body involuntarily relaxed, and the blood flowing to the ground stopped. He looked at Su Jiu with a face full of pleading, “I’ve answered everything, Your Grace, can you let me go?”
Seeing his appearance, Su Jiu smiled lightly. She didn’t expect an invader to be so embarrassed. She extended her third finger and asked softly, “Third question, and also the last question, have you massacred Eurs civilians?”
“No… no.”
When asked this question, the officer couldn’t help but recall the scenes of these days, where he grinned and swung his greatsword, competing with a subordinate…
“You hesitated.”
Su Jiu’s eyes were clear as water. She spoke four words lightly, then raised her hand high and, under the officer’s terrified expression, sliced across his neck, the external qi directly severing his entire head cleanly.
“Miss, I have tissues here.”
Just then, Bairnis walked over obediently, holding white tissues in her hand. She gently bent down and wiped the bloodstains from Su Jiu’s hand with meticulous movements.
An accidental touch caused a faint blush to appear on Su Jiu’s pale, small face. She instinctively reached out with her other hand and stroked Bairnis’s silk-like green hair.
This caused Bairnis to squint her eyes, her lips curling slightly upwards. After all, she was a Blood Clan member and paid no attention to the surrounding bloody aura, like a small pet enjoying its master’s affection.
She was a Blood Clan member who was satisfied with even a little attention, completely different from Vivian, another Blood Clan Grand Duke.
If the latter was like a proud peacock, she was more like a gentle fox, knowing what she needed…
“Doctor Su… Your Grace, are you coming to the International Hospital?”
Seeing the officer’s throat being slit so terrifyingly, Katherine behind Su Jiu suddenly spoke, her voice seeming to carry a hint of fear.
“Yes.”
Su Jiu was slightly taken aback, then looked at the band members behind her, and finally her gaze fell on Katherine’s face. She nodded gently and waved her hand with a wry smile, “Just call me Doctor Su. Don’t call me Your Grace, I’m not used to that…”
Then she smiled and said, “Are you going to the western seaport to go home? I can help send you to the seaport to board the ship.”
None of the band members spoke. Even the bald driver looked at Katherine. For such a decisive matter, the person with the highest status had to make the decision.
Most people actually leaned towards leaving directly. After all, the purpose of the tour had been achieved, and now the hospital was surrounded. Going to the hospital would be somewhat irrational.
“No, we’re going to the hospital…” As if realizing Su Jiu was still the same harmless person, Katherine shook her head and said very seriously to Su Jiu.
Su Jiu blinked, seemingly not understanding the meaning of her words, and waited for her to continue.
“Whoosh—” The roar of fighter jets came from the distant horizon, like buzzing flies.
She took out two relatively large storage bags from her waist and looked at the roaring fighter jets in the sky. She was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and continued, “There are some food and medicine inside. If possible, please take me with you to the hospital. I can use singing to cast a large-scale healing spell – you know that spell.”
“Oh, right. I haven’t returned that ‘Rest’ to you yet.” She patted her head lightly and suddenly took out the skill book from her ring, handing it back.
She had learned this skill before and found that it could indeed bring large-scale healing effects through singing. Although the effect was not as good as the Spring Bloom Technique, its coverage area reached up to two hundred square meters.
After receiving Katherine’s decision, the band members were not too dejected. Apart from their status, they had come to Eurs to save people in the first place.
With the basic arrangements made, the convoy began to move. Abandoning the jeep, under Su Jiu’s mental power coverage, everyone quietly infiltrated the city. With the special control of the Blood Clan, the on-duty soldiers could not detect them at all.
Upon entering, Su Jiu and the others passed through deserted roads, where they could almost see bloodstains on the ground, and carrion crows swarming in the air, their mouths full of foul-smelling meat. Not only was the smell unbearable, but they also looked quite terrifying.
It even made Katherine instinctively gag.
After weaving through several roads, as they were all War Generals, the group soon reached parking lot number two behind the hospital. Even at the edge of the parking lot, they could see groups of refugees sitting or leaning against each other.
“Why are there soldiers guarding here? And their aura has already reached the War General level. Yela has soldiers surrounding it, and there are soldiers guarding here too.”
Su Jiu stood at the entrance of parking lot number two, looking at the Yela soldiers still stationed at the large iron gate of the back entrance not far away. Moreover, their numbers were not small. She immediately raised her hand to signal them to stop.
“Let’s stay here for the time being. No hurry to go in.”
She had a bad premonition. Separating the refugees like this might mean that Yela was planning something…
Seeing that Su Jiu was not in a hurry to enter the hospital enclosure, everyone found a place to sit down. The cold weather made everyone’s faces look a bit gloomy. To ease the atmosphere, the bald driver started chatting aimlessly.
“Dada!”
Scanning the refugees who were still wearing autumn clothes, the bald driver picked up a pipe, tapped it, and took a puff of old tobacco, saying with some melancholy, “I really don’t understand what Yela is thinking. They’re eager to swing their swords at humans without resolving the monster disaster. Like in our Bear Country, we are still facing the disaster of Snow Demons…”
“It’s about interests. And they have that country behind them.”
The old musician, who always remained silent, stood up and took some quilts and clothes from a storage bag to give to the refugees with children. Under their grateful gazes, he returned to their resting place.
Watching his actions, the bald driver chuckled, “Those are souvenirs you bought for your granddaughter in Yela.”
“I’m old, I can’t stand to see this.”
The old musician turned back and replied, with a forced smile.
Suddenly remembering something, Su Jiu then asked Katherine next to her, “Miss Katherine, I’m very curious about one thing. Where in Bear Country is your family located? I heard that the areas of Bear Country near Dragon Country are sparsely populated and barren.”
After this, she needed to investigate the Fen Shuangluan feather, and the central area was close to where the Male Protagonist Bai Ming encountered the “Snow Demon,” which was quite dangerous. Having the help of a local Battle King family would be very necessary.
Being asked this question inexplicably by Su Jiu, Katherine was only stunned for a moment, then revealed a polite smile and replied, “It’s in the central-eastern part of Bear Country. Our family runs some mining businesses there. If you want to come, just say you are a friend of Mr. Winick, and someone will host you.”
“Thank you… What’s happening at the main entrance?”
Su Jiu smiled faintly and, hearing a strange sound, was stunned and looked forward.
She saw a group of refugees constantly trying to enter the hospital gate, but they were being blocked by the stationed Yela soldiers. The refugees looked back with despair in their eyes, as if something was about to roar towards them.
“Let’s go see what’s going on. There are so many people gathered there.”
Su Jiu patted her skirt and stood up to move in that direction. Before she had taken a few steps, the roar of fighter jets suddenly came from afar.
“Wuwuwu—!!”
The roaring fighter jets reflected in her little starry eyes. In the night market, they were like reaping reapers of life.
“Boom!”
Accompanying the sound were bursts of thunderous explosions. The entire city, at this moment, officially sounded the alarm of war!
Night had officially fallen!
