Volume 3 Journey Chapter 85 Preparing for Battle Bookmark

  I called out to Sam, who was preparing to leave, and said: "If there are too many zombies, I'm afraid this town won't be able to hold on. Tell the mayor to make preparations for both possibilities - on one hand, send someone to ask for help, and on the other hand, prepare for a potential attack. Although there hasn't been an incident of zombies attacking the town yet, we need to be fully prepared."

  Sam nodded and went out. I pulled Aika to one side and asked quietly, "Does your house have a basement or something?" Aika thought for a moment before saying, "There is one, but it's usually used by Father as a warehouse to store goods."

  "I said: 'Okay, try to expand the cellar as soon as possible, open a ventilation hole, and store as much food and water as possible for emergency needs. Do it quickly.'"

  Aika asked worriedly: "Alik, will those zombies come and attack us?"

  I shook my head and said, "It's not clear for now, but when the zombies increase to a certain extent, I think this kind of thing can't be avoided. Don't think too much, the more prepared you are, the greater your chances of survival. Go quickly, take advantage of the chaos that hasn't appeared yet, and try to buy as many living supplies as possible." Aika nodded and went out the door.

  Finally, I said to those adventurers: "This injured person of yours will probably be unable to move for a while, so are you willing to stay and participate in the defense of this town?"

  Those people looked at each other and Trundle spoke up: "We can't abandon him. It seems there's no other choice."

  At this time, the bell on the clock tower in the town rang out. This was a bell that only rang when something big happened, and it would gather all the townspeople to the square.

  I took a glance at the few Torundos and said, "So let's head to the square first. If we need to organize our defensive forces, I'll leave it to you all. Your nephew will be taken care of by Aika, so don't worry."

  Trent nodded several times and walked out the door.

  I settled Toronto's nephew and came to the square, the mayor was making a speech to the townspeople, nothing more than describing the current situation, calling on all the townspeople to arm themselves, defend their own town, and repeatedly guarantee that the imperial army would soon come to support.

  The villagers, after a moment of panic, expressed their willingness to join the defense and hoped to start felling trees around them immediately, building a defensive wooden wall around the town. Some adventurers also joined the town's defense team, including Tronado and his companions. With the help of experienced mercenaries, the town's defense became stronger.

  The mayor opened the warehouse of the patrol team that defended the town, distributed weapons to everyone, and arranged for Sam to repair the damaged weapons. After the crowd dispersed, Sam brought the mayor in front of me, introduced briefly, and the mayor said straightforwardly: "Mr. Alik, you are a newcomer to our town, we heard that your medicine has a good effect on treating zombie venom, although my request is a bit abrupt, but I still hope..."

  I made a gesture to interrupt the mayor's words and said, "Mayor, I am also a member of this town. I understand what you mean. The good medicine is all in my store, Mr. Sam knows where it is, I entrust him with full authority to take charge. And before the small town is attacked, I plan to go to the nearby mountains again to collect some herbs for preparation."

  Upon hearing my words, the town mayor said with delight: "Alright, I didn't expect you to be so straightforward, thank you so much! However, are you sure it's safe for you to go out alone at this time? What if you run into zombies?"

  I smiled and said, "Don't worry, I used to be an intermediate archer, one or two zombies won't take me down. You can rest assured that I will return to town before the day after tomorrow and defend against the zombie raid with everyone."

  After bidding farewell to the town mayor, Sam and I returned to my pharmacy. I took out all the pills I had made and handed them over to Sam, telling him in detail about their usage and effects.

  After handing over everything, I pulled out a horse from the stable behind the yard. This horse was given to me by Evan when we parted ways, and it's said to be a very expensive thoroughbred. It followed me on my travels, accompanying me for thousands of miles. So even though I settled down in this small town, I couldn't bear to sell it, instead choosing to raise it. Who would have thought that today I'd need it to accompany me on another adventure?

  I patted the horse's neck and said to it, "Buddy, I'm going to have to trouble you." The horse snorted, stuck out its tongue and affectionately licked my hand.

  At this time, Aika ran over and said to me: "Alik, I heard you're going to pick medicine?"

  I nodded and said, "Yes, once the zombies launch an attack, there will definitely be many casualties. Only my medicine can treat those injured people and prevent them from becoming zombies. However, this amount of medicine is clearly not enough, so I must go and collect more to make some antidotes."

  I patted Eika's shoulder and said, "Remember what I told you. If the village is breached, you and your parents can rely on that cellar to hold out until I come back to rescue you or until the Empire's regular army arrives. So make it as secure as possible and have your father participate at night too."

  Aika nodded and said: "Then you have to be careful yourself, hurry back as soon as possible!"

  I put the saddle on the horse's back, carefully checked it once, tightened the horse's bellyband, and then mounted the horse.

  I glanced at Aika and gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, I'll be back. Take care of yourself. There's nothing more important than being alive."

  I gave a pull to the horse's head, patted its neck and it set off towards the outskirts of town. At first at a slow trot, then gradually gaining speed until in no time it was like lightning flashing out of the village, heading for where Trenton and his men were ambushed.

  Actually, I have something that hasn't been said. Such a massive undead offensive can't be without an organizer. What does the person behind the scenes want to do? What is his purpose? I must find out who is responsible for this disaster in order to eliminate it from the root cause.

  The continent of Aochen is indeed a season of troubles. First, Sulina's kingdom was almost overthrown, then the two major kingdoms of the elves officially went to war, and then the entire continent fell into a mysterious zombie attack. So far, no one knows how this disaster came about. Is there any hidden connection between these seemingly unrelated events? Why did the Aochen continent have peace for so long, but all these troubles seemed to appear overnight? I must find the answers to these questions. My intuition tells me that the answer will be revealed soon.