11 An Accident That Would Happen Sooner or Later

"Burp—— I'm so full."

Li Siwen sat on the hill, allowing the comfortable and warm sunlight to shine on his body. It was extremely pleasant, especially when his stamina was gradually rising up again. There was nothing more delightful than this.

The flooding river water had subsided considerably. Some ponds formed in the low-lying areas were full of big fishes flopping about. EXP, sparkling EXP.

It was a pity that there weren't any handy weapons. Expending six Stamina points to kill a big fish was really too bad a deal.

And even if he had already eaten and drank his fill, it would require at least two hours before his physical strength points returned to a full bar.

He glanced at the sky, the time was probably about four or five in the afternoon. The layers of dark clouds on the horizon showed signs of spreading out. It could perhaps be another heavy fall of rain tonight.

As for the four farmers in the most critical condition, even under the casting of the warm sunlight, they continued to burn with a fever that was accompanied by chills and delirious talk. Only the two farmers holding each other were doing slightly better. Mm, only slightly better.

"If the Feudal Lord does not return today, the six of them would be dead men. Of course, even if he does return, those four were sure to die too. By then, I would be the only energetic and spirited person left. Even a fool would be able to tell that there's something wrong."

At this thought, Li Siwen took some small pieces of fish and brought them to the two farmers who'd more or less returned to their senses. They did not question why and simply gobbled them up.

"Thank——thank you."

A slightly older farmer tried hard to force out a stiff smile.

Hearing him, Li Siwen was a little surprised. This was unlike an NPC farmer who could only make vague small talk.

But he said nothing, only sitting down aside. Meanwhile, the younger farmer glanced at him and suddenly revealed an equally stiff smile. He lowered his voice and said brokenly, "You, you are not, you are not Wang Er. I know. We grew, grew up together from a young age."

Upon hearing this, Li Siwen was truly startled. The strong sense of crisis was like a bayonet, stabbed coldly on his chest, yet on the surface, he looked as if he hadn't understood what was said. He only watched that young farmer confusedly, listening to the rest of what he had to say.

Some hint of smugness surfaced on the young farmer's pale face. He pointed into the distance with his finger.

"Go——go catch more, and we won't—won't say anything."

"What——"

Hearing these words, the older farmer hurriedly berated him, but before he could finish, Li Siwen had leaped up agilely like a leopard and tackled that young farmer who was so frail that he barely had a bit of strength left to the ground. The piece of rock in his hand slammed down ruthlessly.

Three seconds later, Li Siwen turned to look at the older farmer, his gaze ice-cold.

Meanwhile, that farmer was already speechless with terror.

"Sorry!"

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Three minutes after, Li Siwen sat on the sunny hill. His back appeared a little lonely while he wore an even gloomier look, and in his heart, he was already feeling so depressed like he'd had 10 screw-ups.

All plans were disrupted by this accident.

Without doubt, since this dumb fellow had seen through him, then this matter was like a malignant tumor, the earlier it was split open, the better, especially in the circumstances that the situation was completely under his control.

However, Li Siwen was really unwilling to accept that he was being forced to go solo before he'd accumulated his first pot of gold.

Of course, he did not regret it either. Since that dumb fellow dared to blackmail and threaten him at this time, he would only go even further henceforth. If he didn't kill him right away, what else was he waiting for?

Moreover, he'd recalled a detail from the evening of the day before yesterday. At that point, the Feudal Lord had distributed a small strip of roast meat to every person. Only, this stupid rascal had suddenly walked towards the feudal lord for some unknown reason. In the end, before he'd barely covered a few meters, he was rebuked by a militiaman and fled in a panic like a rat.

Then, Li Siwen merely thought that this fellow was too happy about unexpectedly receiving roast meat that he'd become delirious with joy.

Now it seemed, the idiot had clearly been thinking of selling him out at that point.

"I need to calm down. Right now, this matter is already irrevocable, unless the Feudal Lord is dead! Will the Feudal Lord die? The chances are, even if there was a heavy downpour today and they happen to meet an extraordinary torrential flood. Alright, perhaps there really is a possibility of the whole troop being wiped out!"

Li Siwen pondered in his heart. He wasn't hoping against hope, but it was because he knew that after the Feudal Lord had staked his all and hunted a Dire Bear yesterday, he had promoted another four regular senior soldiers. It was a period where he was feeling complacent.

Then in such a situation, given that the Feudal Lord was such a reckless and unyielding man, if they did not pull some big moves during the hunt today, would he still be the magnificent and mighty man riding the horse1?

They might have traveled 25km out to hunt yesterday, and that would perhaps be 50km today. This was decided according to the territorial boundaries of the Dire Bears, supposing that the boorish feudal lord still wishes to hunt another huge high-quality sacrificial offering.

Say, this was the sorrow of being a high-ranking puppet.

50km, such a complicated and unfamiliar world, and happening to just get caught in such a heavy downpour. Oh yes, the direction where the Feudal Lord and company were hunting was at the downstream of the huge river!

Even the river water upstream was rising to such an extent, the situation downstream could be imagined.

Perhaps even a flash flood wouldn't be able to drown the boorish Feudal Lord, but it should at least delay their return!

When they wanted to return, they would definitely have to take a detour because of the flood. With this detour, they might just encounter formidable wild animals, and then be completely wiped out!

Even if a complete annihilation couldn't happen; even if the boorish Feudal Lord realized the severity of the problem and chose not to detour, they could only spend the night outside.

Tsk tsk tsk, staying overnight in such a big forest, tsk tsk tsk, were the chances of a complete wipeout increased again?

"So——"

Li Siwen's eyes gradually lit up. "Even if the Feudal Lord and company would really return safely, the earliest would be tomorrow evening. If they are slightly out of luck, they would only be back the day after tomorrow. Therefore, this is the golden 24 hours or silver 48 hours for me!"

"I can totally make use of the vacancy of the territory's leadership to lay for myself a foundation that would allow me to go solo, then——"

Li Siwen's ice-cold gaze landed on those two bodies and he dragged them back into the weeds. There wasn't even a need to bury them, after tonight, the wild animals would naturally come to clean them up. Even if they couldn't, by the time the Feudal Lord and his party returned, everything would no longer matter.

And now——

Li Siwen opened up the Attribute Bar and looked at the small yellow orb that had completely lit up with a complicated gaze.

He knew that killing animals granted him Spirit points, and also knew that killing humans did the same. But this double kill today still made him rather uncomfortable at heart. Mm, not nausea and vomiting in the legends. He wasn't that weak, it was only slight discomfort. Emotionally, not physiologically.

Even one-meter long big fish could provide half a Spirit point, much less two people, though both their souls were gray. Therefore, this yellow little orb was currently many times brighter.

When he focused his attention on it, he could see a label of 14/15.

In other words, this small yellow orb could at the most hold 15 Spirit points.

And those two gray souls earlier were at least worth 13 Spirit points or more.

"I'll save them up for now!"

Li Siwen muttered to himself. Now that the situation was unknown, these Spirit points could not be immediately transformed into survival ability and combat ability. Instead, during the process of developing the spirits, although the first half feels real good, the latter half was truly gross enough. Besides, it would also marginally consume stamina. So, it would be better if he saved them first and add the points when the situation was settled.

It was already about 5 PM in the evening. Dark clouds unrolled in the northwest horizons, and at the downstream of the river, which was also the southern area where the boorish Feudal Lord and company were hunting saw flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder, the dark clouds were thick and heavy. Only this place was still bright and sunny.

After deliberating for a moment, Li Siwen stonily peeled off the torn clothing of all the farmers, folded them up, and placed them close to him. At this point, the remaining four farmers only had one breath left, killing them would be effortless. But he still gave up after some hesitation. This violated his principles.

Just as Li Siwen prepared to go get another big fish, a wolf howl sent all of his hair standing. Several hundred meters away, five gray wolves had appeared at some point in time. But they appeared to be slightly hesitant. Clearly, they knew that there was a super-strong force in this area, but they couldn't stand the hunger, especially now that they'd caught the smell of blood.

"Run!"

Throwing a glance at the four dying farmers and those two bodies, Li Siwen grabbed his hoe, turned, and fled. Currently, he could not come up with any wonderful idea to repulse the enemy. He only knew that after crossing the stream and traveling another one to two km, he would meet four lumberjacks.

The wolf howls behind him rose and fell. They did not speedily pursue Li Siwen but slowly approached those dying farmers, only pouncing on them like a flash when they were tens of meters away.

Before crossing the stream, Li Siwen turned back for a look and heaved a sigh of relief. Very good, the accident had been amended, he did not need to go solo for the time being and even the excuse was ready-made.