Survival in Sequences: Eighteen Years Old, Slaying Monsters Like Horses

Xu Si's face darkened. Who's asking whom here?!

"Tell me about Gray Fog and Gray Fog City!" Xu Si could only offer some reminders based on what he already knew.

"Gray Mist City?" The Deer Man City Lord was clearly surprised; he hadn't expected Xu Si to ask this.

"Legend has it that Graymist City is the birthplace of our ancestors, the place where they defeated those shadows! All I know is that it's a place filled with gray mist, and once you go in, you never come out!"

That's all I know!

Perhaps because he was determined to die, the Deerman Lord was very frank.

"And what about those reliefs?" Xu Si asked again.

The city lord of Deer City was clearly surprised, which meant that Xu Si had seen everything in detail before coming here. He couldn't help but wonder about Xu Si's purpose in coming here.

However, judging from Xu Si's various behaviors and problems, he is neither an assassin from Jinshi City nor a citizen of Luren City.

Could it be that a third force has arrived outside of Goldstone City and Deerman City?

"Those reliefs depict the battles between our ancestors and the shadows, but they were all passed down from our ancestors, and their authenticity is impossible to verify."

The deer-man lord felt he was no match for a creature that could easily evade his detection, so he cooperated fully.

On the other hand, he also wanted to buy some time for Ilya, in case Xu Si had some deeper conspiracy against Deer City.

At least his daughter's chances of successfully escaping have increased somewhat.

Xu Si frowned in thought. It seemed that he wouldn't get any useful information from the Deer Man City Lord; he would have to go there himself.

Xu Si also had a guess about the gray fog, which sounded similar to the fog on Earth.

"There's one more question. What's the largest city you know of?" Xu Si asked again.

Since this is a medieval world, the cities of Deerman and Goldstone are too small, even smaller than a survival base on Earth.

"I don't know. It's said there are cities beyond the desert, probably even bigger than Deerman City!" The Deerman City Lord gave an answer that surprised Xu Si.

Anyone who has any contact with the outside world will inevitably know something, more or less.

"Ancestral precepts: Forbid exploring outwards, forbid accepting outsiders, and forbid exposing oneself."

Not curious, not contacting, not tolerant.

This seems somewhat like the style of those official survival bases on Earth.

Could it be...?

For a moment, Xu Si even had the idea of ​​extending his mental perception to the entire planet, but he ultimately gave up.

If a small town has a high-level being in charge, then it's no doubt that other places have beings with even higher life levels.

Any move he makes could attract global attention.

So what he needs to do now is to act cautiously and expose himself as late as possible.

Xu Si didn't press further, nor could he get any more information.

His senses quietly covered every corner inside and outside the city of the Deermen.

"Your daughter seems to be in some trouble," Xu Si suddenly said, his tone flat and devoid of emotion.

The deer-man city lord's antlers trembled violently, and a hint of barely suppressed shock flashed in his amber beast eyes.

"You—" He suddenly stood up.

"Where is she? What did you do to her?" The harmonious atmosphere of the conversation just now vanished instantly.

He thought Xu Si was threatening him, but that wasn't actually the case.

Because Ilya really ran into trouble.

"I didn't do anything," Xu Si said calmly, his crystallized facets gleaming coldly under the light.

"Your daughter is indeed in trouble—but not because of me. The envoy from Goldstone is dead, but they have more than one of their men. It seems there is another force of theirs lying in ambush within the city."

The rage of the Deer-Headed City Lord froze on his face, and his killing intent transformed into an almost tangible fear.

It turns out they had planned this all along!

Whether they agree or not, they will use force to take over Deer City.

Xu Si's figure had completely disappeared from the city lord's mansion.

From any perspective, he has to protect that girl, Ilya.

The Deerman City Lord, who followed closely behind, also rushed out of the City Lord's Mansion with his sword.

Ilya never imagined that she would leave Deer City in this way one day.

She was feeding the newly acquired plant spirit dew in the back garden. The little creature was curled up in her palm, its round body bathed in the warm breath of life, making soft, contented cooing sounds.

Commander Ye Lang suddenly appeared at the garden gate, leading a squad of werewolf guards. His expression was solemn, and a short sword that had been drawn was hanging at his waist.

"Young Miss, the City Lord commands you to depart immediately."

"Where to?"

"Go through the east gate and cross the desert."

Ilya raised her head, a hint of confusion flashing in her pale purple eyes.

The plant spirit in her arms seemed to sense the change in atmosphere; its fleshy wings tightened slightly, and it emitted an uneasy chirping sound.

"My father..."

Before she could finish speaking, a series of hurried footsteps and the sound of clashing weapons came from outside the garden, growing louder and more intense as they approached.

Ye Lang's ears perked up suddenly, and a layer of dark golden cold light appeared in his wolf eyes.

He stepped aside to block Ilya, and growled, "Go!"

The back wall of the garden cracked open with a crash—three lion-headed, human-bodied orcs clad in dark gold chainmail burst through the breach, sending rubble flying and scattering the carefully cultivated plants and trees in the garden.

The leader was even more robust than the envoy from Jinshi City, and he held a double-edged battle axe in his hand. The axe blade was inlaid with crimson crystal patterns, which gleamed with a fierce and cold light in the dim light.

"Young Miss?"

"The city lord invites you to visit Jinshi City."

"I advise you not to resist. That way, there will be less bloodshed in Deer City, and your father might still have a chance to live."

Ilya was pulled behind Ye Lang, and the werewolf guards quickly tightened their defenses, forming a crescent formation at the breach.

Ye Lang's voice was urgent and low: "Don't stop, go through the side door! There are nocturnal lizards in the back alley—"

Before he could finish speaking, a second explosion came from the direction of the garden's main gate.

The dark blue gate was blasted away in one piece, the loud crash of the broken hinges like a piece of torn cloth, tumbling through the air and crashing into a clump of bushes, splashing up dirt and broken leaves everywhere.

Another group of lion-men poured in through the main gate. The leader was a lion-headed beastman wearing a crimson cloak. His aura was even more powerful than Ye Lang's. The scabbard at his waist was empty—the short sword was currently in his hand, with bloodstains still clinging to its blade.

"Ye Lang, your werewolf blood still smells so foul."

The lion-man in the crimson cloak flicked the blood off his blade, his gaze passing over Ye Lang's shoulder and landing on Ilya.

"Young Miss, please don't make things difficult for us."

Ye Lang didn't answer. Instead, he shoved Ilya violently towards the side door, yelling, "Run! Don't look back!"