Ancient Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 26 The Enchantress and the Donkey

When Lin Xiu woke up, he felt a gust of wind blowing into the cave.

The wind was light, instantly refreshing those who had just woken up. Last night's dream was also instantly blown away; Lin Xiu sat up, unable to recall what he had dreamt about.

It seems like... it's always breathing and moving?

His body was perfectly healthy, yet he seemed to have become much younger.

This Qi-boosting and spirit-nourishing pill is incredibly nourishing!

A little light appeared in the cave, and the sounds of rain and the clash of swords outside stopped. Lin Xiu looked around and saw that Yao Rongrong and Brother Donkey were nowhere to be seen, but their luggage was still there.

The flatbed donkey cart was parked to one side, with Yao Rongrong's bedding spread out inside, untouched. It seemed she hadn't slipped away while she was asleep; she had simply gone outside.

What did you go to do?

Lin Xiu stood up, picked up his knife and the crossbow that had been set up the day before, and carefully walked to the edge of the cave entrance, glancing outside.

My gaze passed the stone pillar, and not far away lay a corpse. The skeleton was rather thin, and the person was wearing a pink and green dress, which was stained with blood. Looking at the side profile of the person's head, which was pockmarked and angular, I realized that the person was a man.

Is this Lin Si?

Lin Xiu recalled the conversation he overheard during the battle last night and made a judgment in his mind.

"Sigh, why are you still running away? Is it because I'm not good-looking enough for your eyes? Is the morning breeze too cold or the morning sun too bright, making you uncomfortable? Or... do you think you can escape?"

A slightly mocking voice rang out, so familiar that Lin Xiu suddenly felt as if he had returned to Mengzhou City.

At that time, I was outside the Mandarin Duck Tower, and I had just finished telling the last part of the story when Yao Rongrong suddenly appeared and spoke like a demoness.

As I got to know her better, Yao, the heroine, would occasionally speak in a seductive and alluring way, but the feeling from our first meeting was gone.

Lin Xiu thought he had misunderstood Yao Rongrong; his initial impression of her was nothing but an illusion.

But now it seems that this is not the case at all.

This woman is really fickle...

Lin Xiu sighed inwardly, but before he could follow the sound to find Yao, he heard a familiar voice calling out again: "Hmm~ Hmm~".

Good heavens, it's a donkey!

It's like they're playing the straight man for Ms. Yao!

Lin Xiu looked in the direction of the sound and saw a person a little further away, with their back to him, covered in blood and limping away as they fled into the distance.

However, due to his leg injury, he couldn't run at all and his speed was incredibly slow. His desperate sprint looked like a boatman dragging a large ship, moving it at an extremely slow pace.

Beside him, the donkey seemed to mock him, circling him again and again, almost like it was pulling a millstone.

Yao Rongrong rode backwards on the donkey's back.

The donkey swayed back and forth, but she sat so steadily, her smile so charming and alluring, with a touch of bewitching allure, as if she were in Mengzhou City.

only……

Brother Donkey, your temperament is really not a good match for Lady Yao...

This was completely different from when she was in Mengzhou City, where she was both alluring and terrifying.

As you carry Yao Nvxia around like this, it feels like the melody of "a donkey pulling a millstone" starts playing again.

What a bad atmosphere!

Regardless, judging from the state of the man and the donkey, Lin Xiu could roughly determine that the battle had ended and the immediate danger should have passed.

He looked around and saw many corpses lying scattered on the ground outside. There wasn't much blood, which must have been washed away by the rain last night.

The weapons on the ground were scattered haphazardly, quite a few in number. At a glance, there were knives, axes, wooden clubs, hoes—a chaotic jumble of all sorts.

Moreover, last night's fight must have gone too far; wooden sticks were broken, and knives and axes were dulled. Looking at it, there wasn't much left that could be used again.

A violent thing!

Lin Xiu felt a pang of heartache.

Those damned killers, didn't they know to hold back a little when they fought?!

"Stop running! You'll bleed out if you keep running, okay, brother? Can you at least muster that bit of courage again?"

Yao Rongrong was still smiling sweetly on the donkey's back, her voice even a little cloying.

But as soon as she finished speaking, Brother Donkey brayed again: "Hmm~ Hmm~".

Tsk tsk... This stupid donkey is really playing the straight man.

They praised it to the point of ruining it, as if they were trying to cause a scene.

The man seemed to finally despair, stopped, and knelt down with a thud, his voice trembling as if pleading, "You...you kill me!"

But Yao Rongrong ignored him.

The demoness riding on the donkey saw Lin Xiu, her eyes lit up, and she exclaimed, "Sir, you're awake!"

She flipped over and sat fully on the donkey's back, patted the unconventional donkey's head, and said, "Let's go, Brother Donkey."

"Mmm~"

Brother Donkey brayed once more, and for the last time walked past the kneeling man, heading towards the cave.

Once they had gone a little further, the person kneeling on the ground seemed to have found an opportunity, and quickly got up and moved forward again.

Before he could take two steps, a dagger pierced his throat from behind.

"Thump..."

The man collapsed to the ground, his body twitched a few times, and he could no longer get up.

Sitting on the donkey's back, Yao Rongrong withdrew her hand and smiled radiantly: "I didn't ask you to leave."

Lin Xiu felt a chill run down his spine.

Yao Rongrong rode the donkey up to Lin Xiu before jumping off. She was a full head shorter than Lin Xiu, and now that they were closer, she looked up at him, her smile still bright: "How did you sleep last night, sir?"

Lin Xiu twitched his lips and said, "Pretty good. He was sleeping so soundly that he didn't even know when you guys came out."

Yao Rongrong said, "We've only been out for a short time. They fought for a long time, even after the rain stopped. Later, some people ran away, and some came back. I guess they wanted to collect the things from the dead body."

Then they discovered our cave.

At this point, she suddenly glanced at Lin Xiu with a hint of resentment and said, "Sir, you were sleeping so soundly that you didn't even wake up when those people were harassing me. They said they wanted me to play with their good brother and that I should wake you up so you could watch them play."

Lin Xiu: "..."

Wow, these guys really know how to have fun!

The donkey shook its mane, revealing its eyes beneath, and looked at Lin Xiu with a hint of resentment, braying, "Hmm~".

Lin Xiu: "..."

This donkey seems to have become even dumber.

"They really deserved to die."

Lin Xiu said something.

"Uh-huh."

Yao Rongrong nodded repeatedly, agreeing with and being satisfied with Lin Xiu's words.

Lin Xiu said, "Alright, you've been on guard all night, you must be tired. Go and get some rest. I'll watch over you and check the corpse while I'm at it."