942 Big Wild Wolf 2 (1/2)

”With this big guy, we can finally relax a little,” murmured Malone softly.

”Yeah, it can find the Predators through their scent, and it can see in the dark as well. It's quick, and can patrol the whole town once in a few minutes.” Garen nodded.

Right now, although the Predator Army would arrive within a day, and there was heavy pressure weighing down on all of them, they still felt a deep spring of hope at seeing this powerful living tank join their side, killing the Predators they could not see everywhere.

No one said anything, the survivors just stared at Garen quietly, deep hope in their eyes. They just knew that Garen was someone from the regions that their leader had brought back, and nothing else. But right now, in their darkest hour, Garen stood out and gave them all some hope.

”Why didn't you bring it out sooner!!?” Suddenly, an angry voice came from the crowd.

A young man with a scar on his forehead stared at Garen, his face scarlet.

”If you had taken it out sooner, we wouldn't have had to lose so many people! If you had taken it out sooner, would we still be in this situation right now?!” The young man rushed out and swung a fist at Garen.

”It's all your fault!! We're in this state because of you!!”

He howled, his fist aimed for Garen as he shouted.

Garen reached out a hand and caught his fist.

”Fool. If I really could take it out sooner, would you need to run out here and tell me?!” Garen said icily. ”If it weren't for the fact that your leader saved me, I couldn't be bothered with your lives. What does it matter to me if you live or die??” he said directly, without hiding.

”You!! Listen to that! Listen! What monstrous crap is he spouting?!” the young man roared angrily.

But no one responded, the others, including his companions, just looked at him coldly. No one in the radiation belt was foolish, no one knew what this young man wanted to accomplish by running out here, maybe he just needed somewhere to vent. But no one was going to join in on his madness.

”Barr, your older sister and father were killed by the Invisible Predators, this has nothing to do with Mr Garen. Just as he said, if Leader hadn't saved him, he would not bother with our lives at all. And Mr Garen was working his head off just now, we all know it. That large hound didn't appear before, and now it's here, everyone can imagine what happened in between,” said a slightly older middle-aged lady softly, stepping out. ”If Mr Garen could have brought it out earlier, he would have. There were more of us before, and add that to the hound's power, it would naturally be easier to defend and survive. But he didn't take it out, so what does that mean? Are you implying Mr Garen has no intention to survive?!”

The more she said, the stricter she sounded, her eyes staring at the young man, Barr. The latter's sorrow and fury slowly quieted down, to be replaced with deep shame.

”Alright, we only have this few people left in Leo City, but we've weathered even tougher times before,” said East Perrin loudly, walking out of the crowd. While the Predators were not here yet, and it was relatively quiet around them, she needed to unify everyone as best as she could.

”Do you still remember the attack of the Mutated Earth Demons? How many did we lose then? In the end we only had fifteen left, but we rebuilt the town anyway.”

”Yeah, the new ones all died, we're just left with the old hands now...” someone added.

The others all nodded.

East Perrin looked around her and said calmly.

”So, now that Mr Garen has given us hope, from now on, we all obey Mr Garen's orders. We might still get through this yet!”

She had passed on the authority, even if there was not much authority left in a town of ten people, this was her way of making her attitude clear.

Nobody had any objections, so the decision passed easily, everyone knew that Garen was their only hope. Everyone else was pessimistic and had sunk into despair, but this person who appeared mysteriously was different. Evidently, he had some confidence in himself.

Under Garen's calm, quiet leadership, everyone, including East Perrin, perked up, their spirits picking up again.

Rip!

There was the sound of the Big Wild Wolf killing Predators again in the distance, it had evidently killed off another Invisible Predator.

This allowed the hope to grow in everyone's hearts.

If there were a few more of these Big Wild Wolves...

”From now on, everyone must listen to what Mr Garen says. My position as leader will officially be passed on to him. No objections?” said East Perrin loudly.

No one spoke, they all gave their silent agreement.

”Now, what do you have in mind, Garen?” Just then, Malone spoke, looking at Garen.

”The Big Wild Wolf will patrol and kill any Predators that might have entered the town, you guys just have to guard the walls. Await my further orders!” Garen nodded calmly, and turned around to walk towards the Biochemical Pool behind the town.

”There's still a day before the Predator Army arrives, we need to gather up as much strength as we can.”

”Okay!”

That wave of chaos calmed down just like that, and Garen also became the leader of Leo Town in name. Although everyone still followed East Perrin's lead, this would also slowly change and solidify with time.

Returning to the basement, Garen poured the second batch of materials into the Biochemical Pool again, and then he crouched down, his hand pressed against the side of the pool.