Chapter 307: Ancient Civilization (1/2)

Xue Wei took the carts and went back to the ship where he placed everyone within their own cabins, on their own beds.

He was slightly worried about what might happen to them, but even more was he livid with the villagers. If it was not because he might need them later, then he would have killed them one after another, massacring the entire village for their attempt at harming his dear ones.

After considering for a moment, he decided that no matter what, he would kill them when he had no more use for them.

Xue Wei was not a forgiving person. He was aware that these villagers were not forgiving towards him or his comrades, so why should he be towards them? He was no saint.

Hei Gou, Lin Xiao, the King, Bai Tianyi, and Hei Gou were all spending their time moving from one end of the ship to another, constantly observing their friends, while at the same time, they were observing the village in turns so that they were not suddenly surprised by them.

The villagers were quiet. Throughout the entire afternoon, evening and night, none of them came towards the harbor, not even the sailors came out to look at their nets that had been sat out during the morning.

Sensing that they were all hiding inside, Xue Wei was not feeling comfortable. He felt that they were preparing something, and he was alert.

It was not only Xue Wei who was tense, everyone on board the ship felt uncomfortable. They were so few compared to the villagers, and although the villagers were weaker in strength, executing such a massive number of people would drain their energy, causing them to be easier to overwhelm.

The night went by a second at a time, and every minute felt like an eternity. No one was showing any signs of waking up.

Xue Wei was standing next to Luoluo, she was petite as she was laying in her bed, her face pale, and her eyes closed.

Seeing her like this made him hurt. She was like a true little sister to him, and he could not help but feel that he had failed in the task of protecting her.

The days went by slowly, and after two days, there was still no signs of awakening. Xue Wei's eyes turned solemn, and he looked out over the deck of the ship.

The villagers had not shown any reactions these two days either, but Xue Wei had gotten enough.

”Lin Xiao, you are staying onboard the ship. You are to protect everyone if anyone is harmed, then you will take the responsibility. The rest of us will go to the village again and force them to give us some information or an antidote.”

”This is risky,” the King said, but she had no other idea of what to do. The reason they had not gone before was that there were so many people in the village and so few of them. Although they could manage, it would be a challenge for them.

Xue Wei made ready for the group to leave, he was willing to do anything to get the antidote, he was anything but happy with how Luoluo was lying unconscious.

He was not worried about the crew being incapable of fixing their ship. As long as the materials were there, then they would be able to repair it themselves, so there was, in fact, no reason to keep the villagers alive.

Xue Wei took the armor from his storage artifact and wore it on his body. His eyes flashed with a cold gleam, and he was ready to execute everyone in the village.

The King and Lin Xiao were both somewhat uncomfortable about the fact that they would be killing villagers, but after thinking about the villagers' actions, then they felt more calm about it.

Together the group took out their armor and weapons before they went towards the village. Everything was quiet, and there were no sounds or movements in the houses close to the harbor.

Xue Wei was alert, his muscles were taut, and he spread his spiritual energy around, but no matter where he searched, he found no signs of living creatures, not even livestock was present.

Frowning, Xue Wei looked around, but he saw that Bai Tianyi and the King had the same perplexed expressions on their faces, unsure of what was going on.

”They have evacuated,” Xue Wei said after a bit of time, his voice so cold that it felt as if the temperature surrounding them was dropping from his foul mood.

”They can not have left the island,” he continued, ”so let us look for them.”

”We need to be careful,” the King added, ”Maybe they are planning something, they could have been trying to lure us away from the ship.”

Xue Wei heard this and felt annoyed. ”King, please go back to the ship too,” he asked, ”if you are there, you will be able to support Lin Xiao, being able to keep them at bay.”

The King hesitated for a moment. If she left now, then it would be a much more ruthless battle when Xue Wei encountered them, should their plan not be to lure them away from the ship. But she understood that he would never risk Lin Xiao and Luoluo's safety. He would rather brave danger alone than let his friends be in danger.

They moved further into the island, they found marks and tracks of their migration, and it was obvious that they had fled hurriedly, not even bothering about trying to hide their tracks.

This fact made Xue Wei uncomfortable. If they had evacuated, should they not have done so in the cover of the night, hiding all tracks and making it impossible to find them?