Ark: The Cycle of Light and Darkness

The petite Sakaz girl ran wildly through the streets with a box of medicines in her arms.

Unusually, there were no pedestrians on the empty streets... It was normal for the Victorians not to show their faces outside, but it would be a bit strange if there was not even a city defense soldier on the entire street.

But these are not the things Mingjiao cares about.

She was just a Sarkaz, not a soldier... not even a mercenary. The mercenary group she followed had been disbanded a week ago because it lost its leader... Poor old Green was shot through the head by a bullet from an unknown place during a battle, and was sent to death on the spot. Life. After that, this small mercenary group fell apart.

After all, in various senses, this group of mercenaries had only served as guards for others and hunted wild beasts - the days of licking blood with their swords still only existed in their fantasies, not to mention Mingjiao. This girl, who is not even qualified for her age, can barely be called a"boy scout".

It's a pity that mercenaries are only classified into useful ones and useless ones, and they don't care about age and gender. After the group was disbanded on the spot, the few mercenaries with some strength were quickly divided up by other mercenary groups, and the rest... Got it

……The girl was one of the remaining people.

She has no strength and no experience in fighting. The medical recovery ability of the Origin Stone Skill is indeed a bonus, but it has hardly been used and it has no great effect. At best, it can restore those little ones who can heal themselves with just a bandage. Injury, for the evaluation standards of mercenaries, it is difficult to reach the level of"valuable".

In the end, Mingjiao had to become a"messenger" delivering information and supplies within the city, so that he could barely exchange some food to satisfy his hunger.

——What she is holding in her arms now is food rations for the next three days, as well as her... life.

The supplies are very important, and the reward... is quite generous compared to other tasks, but again, if it cannot be delivered, the price will be her life. After all, if you don't have much money and don't have enough credit, the only thing that can be used as a guarantee is your life.

Anyway, she can't escape from Londinium alone... Even if she escapes, as an infected person and a Sarkaz, except for the already broken Kazdel, there is no place in the world. Her place?

"damn it! No one told me that delivering goods requires traveling through a war zone!!"

Cursing loudly at the mercenary who issued the mission, or in other words, she was simply angry at her own incompetence... With little combat power, it was difficult for her to pass through the battle area ahead, and the detour would obviously take a lot of time......It also adds a lot of risks.

But there is no way, between trouble and life, it is better to choose the former... What's more, after the trouble is over, there will be at least three days of food.

Sometimes, the girl will more or less feel in her heart I would like to complain about the old Green who brought everyone to Londinium. If not for this, maybe I would still be guarding my grandma’s knitting stall. The business would be a little bleak, but at least my life would be manageable.

……Instead of living the life of a"mercenary" on tenterhooks and never having a meal like now.

Mingjiao stopped: there was no one around in the empty streets... It was quiet here, and at least it was much safer than the previous war-torn war zones.

"……Sigh," she sighed softly. The girl didn't really resent Old Green... In name, Old Green was even her benefactor. Without the old mercenary, she wouldn't have such an opportunity. Seeing how big the world is, and seeing so many different scenery on the continent of Terra besides Colombia.

She will never forget that night by the campfire, when the old mercenary pretended to throw the dried meat inadvertently... again It was salty, hard and woody, but it was a taste she could never forget.

However, now the old man, the most powerful hunter, had turned to ashes in the flames, leaving only an old cigarette box. I don't know if it can be regarded as a souvenir.

Mingjiao's elbows were pressed against her body. Running with the medicine for so long had consumed a lot of her energy, but the hard metal box could still carry it to her even though it was separated from her pocket. Come for some comfort.

It seems that everything is as before... It's still the warm campfire, the salty dried meat, the old man, the mercenaries, the laughter of joy in hardship, and the longing for a new day.

"……"

Shaking her head vigorously to get rid of these distracting thoughts, the girl sighed again and tightened the box containing medicine in her hand.

Imagination... memories... cannot bring anything to her now. If she wants to change her situation and indulge in beautiful memories, she is seeking death... She must survive first.

Only by living can we have the opportunity to remember the people in our memories and make those beautiful memories... not just memories.

Mingjiao paused, then quickly ran out of the street.

After a long time, where the girl stayed, the silent figure raised its head.

It seemed that the state of harmony and balance with the surrounding environment from the beginning caused Mingjiao to completely ignore this close figure. However, this harmonious state was broken as the figure changed from stillness to movement.

Sakaz, who was wearing a Leitanian bowler hat, looked calmly at the direction where the girl disappeared, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"……interesting."