Chapter 160 Search
These resistance fighters looked nervous, their hands were on their weapons, and their leader held a signal gun in his hand, ready to give a signal at any time.

This is the performance of the army searching for a lone strong man. The only role of these scattered teams is to send out signals before being killed by the strong man. Then, other searching teams around will gather together and surround the strong man whose position has been exposed from all directions.

"God of Nature, please don't let me meet that high priest."

Laming hid in a collapsed, abandoned hut on the side of the road. In the distance, he could hear soldiers searching and praying quietly.

These search teams sent out are definitely no match for the targets they are searching for. In most cases, when these search teams discover their targets, it almost means that their lives are about to come to an end.

But the search must continue. The only weapons the weak have against the strong are numbers and discipline. Only with these two weapons, an army mainly composed of "weak" people can fight against those strong people whose levels are far higher than those of ordinary soldiers.

Laming looked around and saw that his encounter with the resistance fighters was rather sudden. They had temporarily taken refuge in this abandoned hut which had long since collapsed.

These seemed to have once belonged to a family of forest rangers. Many people in the Kingdom of Wind Whisper believed in the gods of nature, and some of them would become forest rangers in far-flung places to protect the forests. The specialties in the forests also allowed them to exchange what they needed from the villages and towns.

The hut looked abandoned for some time. The original occupants did not leave in a hurry, and there were not many valuable things left in the house. The only thing that could indicate that it was a ranger's hut was the tools used to mark firebreaks in the corner, and some trees that were used for replanting after necessary felling.

However, it seems that this family of rangers will not be able to continue living in this territory in the end. The output of the forest is still somewhat monotonous, and the rangers often need to go to the town to trade for the supplies they need.

But it seems that this territory will not allow them to continue living normally.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

The priest next to Laming glanced out the window and saw that the searching soldiers were gradually approaching the abandoned ranger's hut.

It was getting dark outside, and they had obviously taken a fancy to this abandoned hut.

Although the corners of the hut had collapsed a bit, it at least had a roof. For these lightly equipped soldiers searching, having a place to shelter from the rain was better than sleeping in the wild.

The hut was not big, and once the searching soldiers came in, they would inevitably find Laming hiding inside.

This is something neither side wants to happen.

"Are you going to kill them?"

For Laming and his followers, killing this team of soldiers whose strongest strength did not exceed level four was a simple matter. However, once they took action, they would inevitably be discovered by the resistance.

During the search process, the captain of the search team will always hold the signal gun in his hand and remain ready to fire at any time, ensuring that even if he is attacked by a strong man and killed instantly, the remaining instinctive reflex in his body will naturally pull the trigger and send out a signal.

"Wait a minute."

Laming waved his hand to stop the priest beside him.

"The temperature is dropping too fast. I'm already feeling cold."

"Luckily there is a ranger's house here. We can use something to block the hole, so it can be considered a place to shelter from the wind and rain."

As night fell, the day's search was coming to an end, which made Katniss feel a little relieved. He was in the mood to chat with his men around him.

Of course, he still held the signal gun in his hand, ready to send out the signal at any time.

The soldiers in front of Katniss suddenly stopped, raised their shields and protected Katniss.

"There's someone inside!" he whispered to the soldiers around him.

Katniss also saw the swaying figure in the house through the window and waved.

"Sean, Lake, go check out the situation."

The two soldiers passed Katniss and walked towards the hut, while Katniss and the other soldiers stayed where they were, with the soldiers protecting Katniss in the middle so that even if he was attacked, he would have a greater chance of firing the flare.

Katniss watched the two soldiers carefully enter the house, and then after a while, they walked out and returned to Katniss.

"Boss, there are two forest rangers inside, there is no problem."

It seemed that the two soldiers had already dealt with the two figures in the house and had a general understanding of their identities.

"The other party has no ill intentions and has agreed to let us stay here."

Katniss felt something was wrong. The ranger's hut in front of him looked like it had been abandoned, and a part of the corner had collapsed a little. It was hard to imagine that there were still rangers inside.

"There are only two people in there?"

According to intelligence, the high priest brought two followers besides himself. If there were only two people among them, it was indeed possible that they had nothing to do with the high priest.

"Let them come out. I want to confirm it carefully."

But as the captain of this team, Kennis has to be responsible for his team. At this time, he must act more cautiously.

The two soldiers soon came to the ranger's hut again, and under the pressure of their swords, the two men in the house came out.

They were dressed in tattered clothes and from the looks of it, they really had nothing to do with the Sun God Cult.

"Stand there. Don't move."

Katniss asked the two to stop at the door, keeping a sufficient distance so that he would have more time to react when attacked. Many times, this extra reaction time could give him a better chance of survival when he encountered danger.

Although they can send out signals under the body's instinctive reaction even if they die, if there is a chance to survive when encountering a strong person, then of course it is even a slight extra chance, and he wants to grab it as much as possible.

"Who are you?"

Seeing the two men stop, Katniss continued to ask questions.

"We, we are just forest rangers."

The two people in front of Katniss seemed frightened and looked around at a loss.

"We really don't have the money to pay taxes, and we hope that the nobles can give us more time."

It seems that these two people mistook Kenis and his group for the thugs of the local nobles. Now they are trembling with fear. Given the style of those nobles' thugs, it is normal for them to be afraid.

"Are you really the rangers here? This place looks like it's been abandoned for a while."

(End of this chapter)