Helen had just disappeared when Colin and the other others arrived. Colin, filled with doubt, asked, “Chief Cross, are you okay? What about the female vampire?” “She slipped away,” Nathan replied calmly after snapping back to reality.
The female vampire slipped away!
Colin and the others were quite surprised. They did not expect the female vampire could slip away right under Nathan's nose. It seemed like she was pretty powerful. Colin, too, was puzzled. He wondered who the female vampire was and what her purpose was.
However, he did not dare to ask further. Nathan calmly instructed, “Let's go. We should continue with our journey.” After that, everyone returned to the convoy and continued to drive forward.
Nathan looked out of the car window, contemplating the words Helen had said to him. He could not understand who Helen was or what her background might be. What could her intentions be for offering him advice and strategies? The next day, at noon, Nathan and his team finally arrived at the frontline, where the alliance had set up a temporary camp.
Some time ago, under Nathan's command, the alliance successively won battles against the vampires of the eastern and western route, slaying multiple King-Class vampires. The morale of all the soldiers was extremely high. However, right then, as Nathan looked at the soldiers standing guard at the entrance of the temporary base, each one had their heads hanging low, looking exhausted. Some people even had bandages wrapped around their heads, and their clothes were stained with blood patches. Where was the former spirit and vigor they had exhibited before? The soldiers on guard duty finally noticed the arrival of Nathan's several Jeeps.
A duty officer, wearing a colonel's uniform and with a face of full beard, appeared immediately. He stared attentively at the sudden appearance of the Jeeps and shouted, “Who are you? Identify yourselves immediately and stop the vehicles for inspection.”
Behind him, the utterly exhausted soldiers hurriedly raised their sub-machine guns and other weapons, aiming at the several Jeeps in front of them.
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