How Am I Still Alive?

The tall city wall, the blazing flames on top of the wall, the sound of hacking and explosions all refreshed one's spirits during the long night.

Iron Branch Territory is the hereditary territory of the Duke of York, and this Iron Branch Fortress should also be the strongest and most powerful fortress in this area.

The patrolling iron knights were still hunting the alien corpses. The huge fires outside the city were already full of various corpses, including monsters, locals, and refugees.

The process of entering the city was very smooth. At this juncture, as long as you can still breathe, you probably know which camp you are in.

After entering the city, Lu Ping'an and his party went to the local Church of the Traveler's God immediately.

After confirming that everything inside was safe and that there were still priests in action, Lu Pingan and his party breathed a sigh of relief.

Even if the God of Travelers uses time and space teleportation, there are many prerequisites.

The divine power nodes (churches) on the land are the key, and can only be transmitted between the nodes, but the premise of the transmission, the source of the divine grace of transmission, must be a powerful priest.

As the God of Travelers, He has deployed a lot of divine power nodes on the earth, but most of them are abandoned churches like Schleyling. As a third-rate god, its clergy and funds are limited, and every small and medium-sized city-state operates It is not realistic to start a church run by clergy.

Those low-level nodes can only be used as the "end point" but not the "starting point".

Perhaps, it is easier to understand with an inappropriate analogy. The starting point is the "airport", which can only be operated by big lords in big cities, and the end point is to give you a parachute and jump by yourself.

"This is a token."

Lu Pingan took out the golden holy emblem, which is the most advanced holy child mark, and it is indeed a common item for tens of thousands of explorers in the Eastern Kingdom.

This contains the authority and divine power of the "God of Travelers", which can extract the power of the node's leylines, and with the help of the priest of the God of Travelers, perform a teleportation in the cathedral. This obviously consumes the God of Travelers Only the "sons of God" of the Dongguo people are qualified to use the foundation of divine power.

After confirming that the teleportation can proceed normally, Lu Ping'an and his party were completely relieved.

He was still in the mood to inquire.

"Recently, have any other god-favored people left?"

"A group of God's Favored Ones has left, and there are still many wounded among them. There are still two groups of people who should still be in this city. They will send someone over to take a look the next day."

It was said that Lu Pingan also asked for the contact information of the other two teams.

Since they are all "God's Favored" of the God of Travelers, they should all be from the Eastern Kingdom, at least they can communicate with each other.

There are various reasons for not leaving. The biggest possibility is that the tickets were not sold out and the income was not enough. This sudden incident disrupted the original arrangements of too many people.

Now, this city probably gathers most of the surviving lords, great nobles, wealthy merchants, and powerful people in the border area.

"Are there strong people here?"

"There are quite a lot of them. Angel-level, in the words of your god-favored ones, means powerhouses above the rule-level. There are quite a few of them."

The words of the Great Shepherd reassured me a lot.

After calculating the time, there are still nine days before the next wave of "ships" leave this world.

After confirming the safety of the back road, Lu Pingan finally had the leisure to take care of the situation at hand.

This incident broke out too suddenly. Although there were some discussions along the way, many things still could not be finalized.

"Do most of the victims refuse to continue going north?"

Such a result is also expected.

According to Lu Ping'an's thoughts, this seemingly mighty fortress is actually just that. When the whole world is about to collapse, this place is just a slightly larger rock.

If you really want to find a way out, you still have to go to the holy capital.

"Do you still have to go? Holy capital? It's too far away"

"If you can't get there, you can't get there."

"If I have to go back to that darkness, I'd rather die here."

But obviously, not some victims of the disaster think so.

Even though Lu Ping'an has sent knights to actively spread the "rumor" that "you can only be rescued if you go to the north", there are still only a very small number of people who are willing to leave the city.

But the gate to the north is always open.

Every day, people turn to the darkness again, trying to escape to the north with no end in sight. Many soldiers, wealthy businessmen, and nobles are the first to invest in it, and there are also many followers.

But more people choose to live in this illuminated city fortress, and they can live every day.

They have been frightened by the night and monsters outside, and they are willing to do anything as long as they don't leave the city.

The border city has also become more crowded, messy, and dirty at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Refugees filled the streets, beggars filled the streets, the corpses would be cleaned up quickly, and the near-dead refugees would be dragged away directly.

There is no need for someone to hold up a sign saying "The end is coming" because the end is already everywhere.

Lu Ping'an and his party are in the best situation. At least, the lords, nobles, and wealthy businessmen are all there. Resources such as gold, silver, materials, and food can be exchanged for some living space.

Lu Pingan had no intention of hiding it, and he disclosed a lot of internal information without causing panic.

"...Only going north, to the holy capital, can there be hope. Here, it is still just a slow death."

Some people listened to it, and some people understood it, but pretended not to understand it.

But soon, a group of people set out on the road, some of them were knights of the knight order, but most of them were just ordinary people. For those knights who made choices, Lu Pingan chose to respect, especially the deputy leader Benn.

".I know there's little hope, but without me, it's hard for them to get to the next city."

Saying so, the old knight embarked on a new journey.

Lu Pingan looked at his back, feeling a little helpless, and in the end, he could only bless him.

"See you in the holy city?"

"See you in Holy City."

The old knight left, took away several knights who followed him, and also took away most of the leaders of Shi Lai who were still willing to travel at night.

As for those who stayed in the local area and insisted on not leaving, Lu Pingan could only guarantee their food for this period of time. Considering the reality that a bowl of rice in the city is equivalent to a human life, this is already an extremely generous act.

The lord of Shi Lai has completely disappeared from the eyes of the locals. He has completed the extra task given by Lu Pingan, and he does not want to be buried with the locals.

The only thing left here is death? That's not necessarily the case, no one can be sure where will become a safe zone.

Moreover, even if the city is broken again, aren't there still survivors?

In the past two days, this last fortress has fallen into a short period of calm, but everyone knows that this is only the precursor of the storm.