25 Meeting Again (2/2)

”Ming Yue!”

A familiar voice enter her ears and she turned to see Cui Fen and her daughter. It had been several months since she saw them and knowing that they were fine made her relieved. She stood up from her spot and went to embrace them. After doing, she asked about the rest of the brothel members.

”Everyone's fine”, said Cui Fen, ”We've been worried for you when we heard the beast horde coming. None of us were sure if we would see you again.”

Her heart warmed at Cui Fen's words, they were the closest she had to family. Being treated with such kindness was something Ming Yue rarely had anymore.

”When all of this is done, come back and stay with us”

At this moment, a large rumbling resounded in the air. Horns suddenly blew from every corner of the city, signaling one thing.

”A night attack!” she thought.

She quickly said goodbye and went back to the walls. This time, only around half of the horde had arrived but the city could not take it easy. Even if it was half, this was still enough to trample a city. Ming Yue was still tired from before and chose to stay on the walls, helping to clear out any beasts that got close to the top. Xiao Yin flew up into the air, occasionally warning her of any particularly strong-looking ones.

”Kill as many as you can! The more they die now, the less there are going to be tomorrow!” a husky voice yelled across the walls.

Ming Yue saw that it was the captain from before who assigned a team to support her. After getting a better look at him, she noticed that he looked familiar. He noticed her stare and looked back before waving at her.

”Hello there! Must be surprising to find out that a simple store owner like me is really the commander of the city's army, eh”, he said.

”Owner Su!”, she recognized him now.

The owner of the store she always goes to was high ranking figure in the city.

”But why are you doing this?” Ming Yue asked.

”I am a former soldier, being a store owner was just my retirement. Besides, I'm only here to help out with the southern gate. In any case, I was quite the capable commander in the past and I managed to gain a bit of fame from that. Some families would even send their young masters to see if they could become my disciple. Hence, the issue with the Xu Family from before. If you weren't there that time, this old man would have had to stretch his muscles.”

Owner Su chuckled a bit before turning serious again.

”In any case, this beast horde is much more dangerous than I had anticipated. I have already conversed with the city lord to prepare for the worst. I know about the reinforcements from Cloud Dawn City, a team was also sent for the rank 5 by the emperor. As far as I know, they are currently searching for the beast.”