After escorting the last family of refugees into the portal.

At the end when the other person's figure disappeared, the whole family, young and old, looked grateful to him, especially a little girl who was several years old. Until the last second before leaving, she still held his hand tightly and gave him a hug.

He said big brother, come on, and kissed him hard on the cheek, which filled the player's heart with pride.

This feeling is very strange, because for a moment, the player really thought that he was not in a game composed of virtual data, but in a real world.

Thanks to their hard work and perseverance, tens of thousands of refugees from Red Flame Town were able to escape from the claws of the monster and move to a safe place.

However, this feeling of excitement did not last long.

Because the next moment, he was too immersed in emotions and did not pay attention to the battlefield. Without paying attention, the monster from the Abyss took advantage of the opportunity and threw him to the ground.

Fortunately, a sharp sword arrived in time and penetrated the monster, saving him.

"Don't be distracted, rookie!" Harvey flicked the monster's corpse aside with a flick of his hand, and then pulled up the player who fell to the ground.

Just as players' feelings about the world are changing, the attitude of Aboriginal people like Harvey towards players has also changed a lot.

If he had mentioned all the miraculous things about strangers in Mayor Solin's letter before, he felt that it was an exaggeration.

So now, Harvey only thinks that what Thorin said is too conservative.

They seemed to have unlimited energy, were tireless, and were not afraid of death. It could be said that they held on to the portal for almost an hour in total. The main force in the first half hour was the excellent soldiers from Chiyan Town, but the further back they went, the physical strength of the soldiers deteriorated.

Gradually they couldn't keep up, but it was only thanks to the strangers who became more and more courageous as they fought, that they were able to hold on for another half hour and successfully complete the retreat plan.

Damn it!

It seems that in the future, the Knights' recruitment list will also include these strangers, and they must be the key recruitment targets!

By the way, if you let that boy Damir set up Vivian again, ask that little girl how she gained such a high reputation among strangers.

You have to grab people quickly before the Vulcan Cult and those nobles react!

The most difficult period has passed, and Harvey's mind can't help but drift away a little, starting to think about the future.

After all, all the refugees have been moved away now. Next, those in charge of the rear will enter the portal to retreat. Finally, when the portal is closed, it will be considered complete.

"Attention everyone!"

"Shrink the defense line. We no longer have to accompany these ugly monsters. Prepare to retreat! Return to Huodian City!"

Under the command of Harvey's shouts, the soldiers and players all took a long breath.

Seeing the dawn of victory, everyone worked hard and unleashed all their strength, pushing back the monsters falling into the abyss while moving closer to the portal.

"Damir, have you set the time for the portal to close?"

Harvey just asked as a precaution. He believed that Damir could not neglect such an important matter.

However, Harvey has not received the response he imagined.

When he took a break from the battle and cast his surprised gaze on Damir, Harvey's heart suddenly skipped a beat when he saw the young mage breaking out in cold sweat and his lips trembling.

"Damir! What's wrong? There's something wrong with the portal?" he asked anxiously, but Damir still had a confused expression.

This time Harvey directly grabbed the mage's collar and yelled in his ear:

"Speak! Damir! What's going on!"

"The portal...can't be closed..." The young mage sat down on the ground with a squeak.

"I also...I don't know if something went wrong when I activated it, but why...why did the shutdown command the teacher taught me didn't respond at all..."

Damir had tried various methods as early as an hour ago, but it didn't work at all. It seemed that from the source of magic, there was no option to turn off this option.

On the other side, after hearing Damir's words, Harvey took a step back, his face full of horror.

"You...do you know what you're talking about?"

Harvey, who lost control of his emotions, lifted Damir up from the ground, and then pointed at Damir, who was already at a loss of consciousness, at the large swath of abyssal creatures that surrounded Red Flame Town with no end in sight.

"Give me a good look at these monsters all over the mountains and plains. If you don't close the portal, do you want them to follow us on a trip to Huodian City!!"

"Then what were all our previous efforts for! And why did those dead soldiers sacrifice themselves!"

"you you!"

Liao Zixuan was right to insist that Vivian not touch the portal. Even with the deep hypocrisy of Damir and Harvey, under such a big mistake, Harvey almost cut Damir down without drawing his sword.

Although in fact the source is not on their side at all.

Fortunately, a stream of clear water flowed out from the necklace on Harvey's chest, instantly suppressing his anger and allowing Harvey to quickly calm down and regain his senses.

This is one of the two pseudo-supernatural props that Maggie once gave him, the concentration necklace.

Knowing that it would be useless to accuse Damir, he had to find a solution now. The necklace on his chest not only woke up Harvey, but also gave him a reminder.

"Listen up, kid! You go to me now, immediately! Go to the Vulcan Tower through the portal and find your mentor Maggie. Even if you cause a problem with the portal, I believe Maggie will have a way to solve it.

, to close the portal."

"Yes...yes, yes! I can go directly to the teacher!"

Damir also seemed to be awakened. He had really thought that he had made a mistake with unimaginable consequences, and he was frightened.

However, just as he stepped into the portal with his front foot, he seemed to realize something with his back foot.

"Wait a minute, then I'm leaving, Harvey...Where are you, Uncle Harvey?"

"Get out!" Harvey didn't even bother to talk nonsense and kicked Damir completely into the portal.

It was exactly as Liao Zixuan expected again.

Harvey, and even many soldiers, after learning that the portal could not be closed, gave up the opportunity to retreat safely even though they were so close, and chose to continue to hold on silently.

They are buying Damir time.

Until the moment when Damir finds Archbishop Maggie and can close the portal.

Before this, they would never let any monster enter the portal unless the monsters from the Abyss stepped on their corpses.

For the soldiers who were willing to fight side by side with their commanders and advance and retreat together even to the death, Harvey did not say anything touching or hypocritical.

Because anyone who is not a fool can see it.

After an hour of fighting, everyone was at the end of their rope. Now they were using their lives and flesh to block the monster. It was no longer a matter of danger or misfortune, but a narrow escape from death.

"If after today, we can still return to Huodian City alive..."

"Everyone go to hell and spend the night at "Ye Mei", I'll treat you!"

By the way, Ye Mei is the most luxurious and alluring bar in Huodian City. It is said that after entering, most men have to hold on to the wall to come out the next day.

As soon as Shirley and Shirley arrived at Red Flame Town, they heard Harvey's arrogant words, and the little wolf cub was delighted.

Oh, as for why it’s a wolf cub again, of course it’s in this form that you can enjoy the feeling of being held by others!

Well, it's actually because the human form is reserved for later to go into Huodian City to cause trouble, so it's not appropriate to expose it now.

But anyway.

"Go on, Shirley, don't forget the words I taught you, and the most crucial actions! Be sure to remember those actions! This is very important!"

The little wolf cub jumped down from Shirley's chest.

He looked at Shirley being pinched by him, with a cold, indifferent face, and an expression of disgust and disdain for the human race. He looked like a standard super villain, and waved his paw with great satisfaction.

Do you still want to invite the surviving people to go to the charming night?

You old crook.

We will make you bankrupt in minutes today!

By the time Damir finds Maggie, he will have to find a way to wake her up from the abyss. By then, the bodies of Harvey and the others will probably be cold.

Therefore, the guards of Red Flame Town who are kept in the dark at this moment, although their spirit is admirable, are just doing useless work and making meaningless sacrifices.

Therefore, what Liao Zixuan is doing now is to use greater despair, a despair that can make them lose their will to fight, to make them abandon the portal, which indirectly saves their lives.

As for what it means...despair.

tread...

Tread...

The crisp sound of footsteps sounded out of thin air in the ears of everyone in Chiyan Town.

It's not that the footsteps were loud.

But at this moment, all the noise disappeared, and only the sound of footsteps was left, which was so clear and so...

Weird.

You know, there are hundreds of Abyss-falling monsters surrounding the portal, and there are even more that can't be squeezed through and are wandering around crazily behind.

But at a certain moment, as if someone pressed the freeze button, they all stopped in place, no roaring, and even the sound of breathing was reduced to a minimum.

"What...what's going on?"

"have no idea..."

"What are these monsters doing?"
To be continued...