Chapter 36: Purgatory on Earth
A shrill shout suddenly penetrated several layers of wooden boards, penetrated into the dark basement, and penetrated into Balk's ears, making him froze all over his body, and his originally groggy spirit became tense again. ▲∴,
He turned his head and looked around him, and found that his youngest daughter Huika was still asleep at this time, and seemed not to be awakened by the scream, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
However, seeing the dark red blood stains on Huika's originally straight face that had not yet completely retreated, his face became even more gloomy.
The riot has lasted until the fifth day.
When he realized something was wrong four days ago, Barke hugged Huika, who was only over two years old this year, and he had hardly left the basement in the past four days.
He knew very well that the current capital of the Dro kingdom, Dro, had already fallen into chaos. The damn Dro people were searching for them and other outsiders everywhere. As long as they were caught, he and Huyka would definitely not escape their miserable fate.
But...what is the use of continuing to hide here?
The materials stored in the basement cannot last long, and more importantly, there are no medicines here.
Huika had already had some signs of a cold yesterday, and now she was even more ill with fever. Although this made her in a drowsy state, there was no need to worry that she would unconsciously make a sound and be discovered by the Dro mob outside, but she was just a two-year-old child. If she didn't receive any treatment, she would not be able to hold on sooner or later.
Balk reached out and touched Huyka's forehead. He felt the hotness in his palm and made up his mind secretly.
No matter what, I have to find a way to go out today.
In addition to trying to obtain some medicinal materials to treat Huyka, we must also find out the situation outside and try to find a way to take out this purgatory.
Although Balk knew very well that even the king of Dero City had fallen into such a riot, even if he left Dero City, the situation would not be much better.
For him, a foreigner, the entire Dro Clan Kingdom would be like purgatory.
He was just an ordinary person. It was almost impossible to escape from the Dros Kingdom with a child over two years old.
However, he had no choice.
Instead of staying here and waiting for death, he must have a gamble.
Barke took the only bottle of water left beside him, carefully fed Huyka a few sips with a small cup, then thought for a while, picked up the remaining food, and chewed it in big mouthfuls of water.
The stench that penetrated from the wooden boards and the turbid breath in the basement mixed together, making the smell of the entire basement feel like vomiting. The things in his hands have long become hard and no longer the aroma that food should have.
However, he still ate in big mouthfuls, and tried his best to swallow the food into his stomach.
He knew that his next actions must be supported with sufficient physical strength.
While eating, he accumulated energy. Balk stared at the light that was casting in from the gap in the wooden boards at the basement entrance above his head.
After the light gradually darkened and finally disappeared. Barke took a deep breath and fed Huika a few more sips of water. After confirming that although Huika was still in a semi-coma, it was not too dangerous yet, he calmed down and got close to the exit.
After listening for a while, confirming that there was no movement outside, Balk quietly pushed open the baffle in the basement.
The moonlight projected into the house through the window. Balk narrowed his eyes and looked around. The first thing that caught his eye was a white body.
This corpse, which had already lost any anger and had no inch of inch on its body, was Balk's wife.
Four days ago, the Dros thugs rushed into Balk's home. Although Balk saw that the situation was not good, he hid in the basement step in advance with Huyka. However, because there was something to go out, his wife and his eldest son Romon, who returned home, fell into the hands of these thugs.
Balk's wife was raped by the thugs and then eventually killed, and Romon was also brutally killed by the thugs.
Looking at the unrecognizable and incomplete body of Romon, who was lying not far away next to his wife's body, Balk's heart was trembling rapidly.
If possible, four days ago, when he was listening to his wife and Romon's screams in the basement, he should have rushed out and fought the thugs.
But for Heika, he finally endured it.
He himself didn't know how he came through these days. If Heika hadn't existed, he would have collapsed long ago.
However, now even Huika is in danger, forcing him, a man who has always been scolded by his wife as cowardly, to take risks.
After taking a deep look at the bodies of his wife and Romon, Balk did not move them, but carefully scraped out a layer of fire from the already extinguished fireplace and evenly spread it on his hair.
He is from the Kingdom of Lampari, born with burgundy hair, while the Dros are characterized by their natural grayish whiteness. If he goes out like this, he will be easily recognized.
After carefully doing this disguise, Balk looked down at himself. After smelling it, he confirmed that there was not much eye-catching smell. Then he took a look at the situation outside and quietly pushed the door out from the back door.
It was already late at night, and there were no people coming and going on this remote street.
But you can still see fires soaring into the sky in the distance, and from time to time you can hear shrill screams and unrestrained laughter.
It is obvious that the Dros mobs are still committing murder and having fun everywhere.
Balk didn't know how many foreigners like him were in Dro City, but he could be sure that there were definitely not many who could survive this riot.
The medicine shop was on the other end of the street, and Balk had to cross the entire street to reach it.
Fortunately, the street was really remote and there were no people on the street at this time, which made Balk arrive at the pharmacy without any danger.
This pharmacy was run by a man from the Kingdom of Lampari. Because they use special medicinal materials provided by the Yueying tribe, the efficacy is good. So the business is very good.
However, now this pharmacy has obviously been looted by the thugs. Not only is the gate flying where it is, but it is also in a mess.
Balk searched in the moonlight with memory for a long time before finally finding some remaining medicinal materials in a medicine box in a corner.
At this time, he was very glad that he learned some basic medical knowledge when chatting with the owner of this pharmacy, otherwise he would have no choice even if he puts the medicinal materials in front of him.
After obtaining the medicinal herbs, Balk did not go home immediately, but left the street and tried to explore outside.
He has another mission, which is to detect the situation in the city and prepare for escaping from Dero City next.
The Balk family is located in the west district of Dro City, and is about three blocks away from the west gate of Dro City. It is not far away, but it cannot be considered very close.
The most important thing is that the road passes through the main road leading to the West City Gate, which is not as remote as the street where he is now.
Sure enough, when Balk passed through two streets and walked on the main road, he encountered a group of Dros flocking to him.
Balk's heart tightened, but on the surface he tried to look calm and calm. He greeted him calmly.
"Hey, brother. It's so late, just came back happily from there?"
A group of people across the street saw Balk, and a young man in the lead greeted him loudly.
From the slanted look of a group of people and the smell of alcohol coming from their mouths, it can be seen that these guys must have just finished drinking.
Balk was about to respond with a smile, but suddenly he saw what the two Dros were carrying, and his eyes widened and he could not say it anymore.
The things held by these two Dro people were round. When they looked closely, they turned out to be two heads!
Using the moonlight and the fire on this street to see the woody face of the two heads, Balk felt a tumbling in his stomach, and he almost vomited out the things he had barely swallowed just now.
Seeing Balk's ugly face, the Dro people who had just said hello put them around Balk's shoulder and shouted: "Hey, brother, are you anything unhappy? Don't worry, if you are unhappy, we will find another foreigner to make you happy. Brothers, are you all right?"
"good!"
A group of other Dro people behind him suddenly cheered loudly.
Barke forced himself to resist the urge to hit the guy's face with a punch, and smiled and said, "There's nothing unhappy, it's just right..."
Before he finished speaking, two Dros surrounded him. One of them raised the huge bottle of wine in his hand and fed it to him. While feeding it, he shouted vaguely: "No matter what you are unhappy, just drink a sip of wine. This is the dwarf wine, which is great."
Balk did not dare to drink at this time, so he tried his best to hide.
However, how could the drunk man allow others to refuse their own drinks and block the other two Dros people from the Dros to catch Balk directly. The Dros people carried the barrels to force the drinks into Balk's mouth.
Balk turned his head hard, but just hit the arm of the Dro people, and immediately made the bottle of wine in his hand fly up, and the wine spilled all over the air.
The Dro people were not angry, but laughed.
"Okay, brother, it turns out that you like drinking so boldly. I like it, come, come, I'll..."
His voice suddenly stopped abruptly and pointed at Balk in amazement.
Balk was stunned for a moment, and suddenly found that his head was covered with chills. He was shocked and shouted that he wanted to suffer.
"He is red-haired! He is not a member of our tribe! He is a foreigner from the west!" The Dro tribe who was about to feed Barke suddenly shouted loudly.
Balk had no choice but to worry about so much at this time. He used his arms to break away from the two Dro people who saved him, and then kicked the Dro people who were shouting, and turned around and ran away.
The group of Dro people were stunned for a moment before reacting and immediately chased after him with a loud shout.
Balk knew that it was impossible to hide on the avenue, so he turned around and rushed towards a street next to him.
However, just after turning the corner, I saw a group of Dros coming towards me.
Bark suddenly felt cold.
After all, this is the capital of the Dro tribe kingdom. The Dro tribes are everywhere in this city, and he, a foreigner, may have to fight alone.
But how can he fight against enemies with countless times more than him?
Looking at the Dro people surrounding him, Balk felt as if he was in the abyss, and deep despair surged into his heart.
Could it be that I can't take Huyka out of this purgatory on earth after all?
At this moment, a slightly strange howling sound fell from the sky, and then a fire light hit the group of Dros who were coming towards him.
"boom"
A violent explosion sounded, and the group of Dros on the opposite side were all blown up in an instant. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!