Ancient Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 45 Please, Brother Donkey, Turn Around

"Friend, how about we call it quits here?"

The man who met Lin Xiu's gaze was full of wariness. After a moment of silence with Lin Xiu, he spoke first.

Lin Xiu said, "Stopping is no problem, but I need to know why you came to the mountain and why you suddenly attacked me."

As they spoke, the two carefully retreated, trying to get as far away from the living dead as possible.

The living dead were feasting, and the living person who had just been under its mouth was no longer recognizable. Blood was spraying everywhere, bones were exposed, and internal organs were bursting out, making it a sight too painful to look at.

Regardless, at this moment, the living dead seemed to have no time to care about Lin Xiu and that other person.

However, neither of them dared to be careless. They moved cautiously. As the man retreated towards the child, Lin Xiu changed his position and retreated further and further away from the undead and the child.

The child did not seem to be in good condition and was unable to get up from the ground.

The man had almost retreated to the child's side when he glanced at the undead who were now quite far away, then looked at Lin Xiu, who was getting further and further away, and said:

"Our child is naughty and hides things everywhere. We didn't mean anything by it, we just wanted to retrieve some of the things the child had hidden."

However, what the child hid wasn't anything valuable. Since you've already taken it, I don't want it anymore. It's nothing.

The child said there was also a book called "The Tale of the Wind Goddess" inside. Could you please give it to me, friend?

Despite the man's feigned weakness, Lin Xiu remained vigilant, his eyes fixed on him, and said, "Sorry, I haven't seen any 'The Legend of Granny Feng'."

As he spoke, he was thinking to himself that he had read the comic book from beginning to end and it was indeed just an ordinary and unremarkable book, with even some rough and low-quality paper. Why was this person so interested in it?

Could there be some secret hidden in this picture book?

After that, we should check it carefully to see if there are any hidden compartments inside.

But then again, no matter how I think about it, there's no way there could be a hidden compartment in that book...

As he spoke, the man had already retreated to the side of the child.

The toddler on the ground suddenly flailed his legs twice, as if struggling.

Lin Xiu was at a distance, and because of the angle, he couldn't see the child's face clearly, but from the child's body language, he felt that the genderless child seemed to be very afraid of the man who was gradually approaching.

However, the man was quite amiable when facing Lin Xiu. Hearing Lin Xiu's words, he simply smiled and said:

"I see. Then the child must have remembered wrong. In that case, let's leave it at that and take our leave."

After he finished speaking, he gave Lin Xiu a hasty bow, then bent down to grab the child's arm, seemingly intending to pick the child up and take him away.

Judging from his appearance, it seems that he really didn't have any other intentions. He just saw the living dead showing their power and even losing one person, so he planned to show weakness and leave?

Lin Xiu then acted as if he was slightly relieved, so that the other person could also relax a little.

Then, just as the man bent down and was about to touch the child, Lin Xiu suddenly saw him shift his feet, arch his back, and twist his body.

With the force of that twisting waist, the arm is about to swing out.

The cold light gleamed in his hand as he was about to throw it; it was none other than a slingshot arrow.

Lin Xiu immediately said, "Please turn around, Brother Donkey!" His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for the man to hear, but not loud enough to disturb the living dead who were still eating.

Suddenly, there was a sound behind the man. Before he could twist his waist and throw the arrow, he felt a huge force slam into his lower back.

"Click—"

Accompanying the excruciating pain was the crisp sound of bones breaking inside his body, which he could hear clearly.

Then his body seemed to be folded in two, and he was sent flying by the sudden force.

"Thump—"

The man flew a long way before landing on the ground. He spun around twice before finally being able to see the black donkey slowly turning around, wiggling its rear end.

The black donkey even flicked the tuft of mane on its head, looking smug and rather flamboyant.

"It's clearly a mule, not a donkey!"

The man gritted his teeth, said something hatefully, then tilted his head and fell to the ground.

Lin Xiu still dared not be careless. He first went over and picked up the arrow that the man had dropped into the weeds after being kicked away by Brother Donkey. Then he slowly walked to the man's side, observed him briefly, stabbed the arrow into the man's throat, twisted it a couple of times, and then pulled it out.

Lin Xiu took two steps back to avoid being splattered with blood, and only felt completely relieved after seeing that the person hadn't made a move during this time.

He glanced back at Brother Donkey, who was with the child. Brother Donkey had turned around completely, looked at the child on the ground with some curiosity, and then shook his head.

Seeing this silly, pretentious, and vain donkey, Lin Xiu relaxed a bit.

It seems that this stupid donkey was not affected by the words of the person it kicked away.

Hmm... thinking about it, I really shouldn't have let my guard down.

I think I told it that "mule" was a compliment...

With that, I can truly rest assured...

Lin Xiu then glanced at the living dead. In such a short time, the living dead certainly couldn't completely eliminate such a large adult, so he groped around on the now-corpse man for a while.

Believe it or not, he actually figured out three good things.

One of them is the arrow-throwing technique this person has been using.

This man seemed to be a skilled archer, and had no other weapons on him.

A leather quiver was tied around his waist, inside which a row of throwing arrows were neatly arranged. The quiver was sewn together to divide it into individual sections, with one arrow fitting perfectly into the opening of each section.

Upon closer inspection, including the two that this person had thrown out earlier, there were a total of eight.

"This is good stuff!"

Lin Xiu was very satisfied with the spoils of war. With this one thing, the crisis he had just faced was not in vain.

And not to mention that there were other things besides the quiver—

A gourd filled with water, and a bundle filled with a lot of dried rice.

OK!

That's great!

The food supply has increased again; this dry rice is enough for him and Yao Rongrong to have a hearty meal!

And when would you ever feel you don't have enough water containers?

After looting the corpse, Lin Xiu got up and retreated towards the child and the donkey. At the same time, he tried to tie the quiver to his waist, but after trying it, he felt uncomfortable and it even affected his movement.

I still need to adapt...

he thinks.

Moreover, it would be best to give some of these arrows to Yao Rongrong as well.

That female knight seemed more adept at using these hidden weapons than I was. In her hands, these arrows would likely be far more powerful.

But you should always keep some for yourself.

Having made his decision, Lin Xiu walked over to Brother Donkey and looked at the bewildered and trembling child who had sat up on the ground. He couldn't help but sigh.

Of the three people, only one small child is still alive. I wonder if we can find out what happened from this little boy?