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  Magistrate's decision was undoubtedly wise and wise. If these people wanted to do harm to Border Town, then even if they resisted, they wouldn't be able to change this fact in the slightest. From the looks of this convoy, they were here for someone.

  Magistrate thought to himself. He didn't know what kind of big shot in the town needed Yue Yang to put in so much effort. In the eyes of this man in his forties, this convoy already possessed the strength to flatten a small base. If they were to use it against a single person, wouldn't it be too extravagant?

  Looking through the window of the window, Magistrate saw that the convoy was headed in the direction of the hotel. This made him immediately remember that there were two girls staying in the inn. That extremely unlucky inn had always had very few guests, so Magistrate remembered them very clearly. The two girls came to windmill town three days ago, and the younger of the two would even dance at the Water Wheel Tavern on that night.

  But last night, there was another male guest at the hotel, and from his return with the two girls, the three of them were old acquaintances.

  Just as Magistrate was considering whether to bring his subordinates over to the town to fill up the scene, from the hotel room where Zero was staying, he also heard the sounds of carriages.

  The ground was shaking from the crushing pressure of the vehicles. Frowning, he pushed a sniper bullet into the gun barrel of the Colt, then stuck his head out of the window after checking all the equipment. Therefore, Zero saw a corner of the street. First, an armored chariot drove in, and then a black car. This car made Zero feel that it was familiar, and suddenly he remembered Soren's previous car.

  Immediately, Zero knew what had happened.

  He ran out of the room and came to the door of the room next to the hallway. He directly kicked the door in. The two girls were sleeping soundly when he suddenly barged in, giving them a fright.

  Moni came out from under the blanket, and under her thin pajamas, she could clearly see the slightly bulging little bag. She rubbed her eyes and asked, "What's wrong, Zero?"

  Zero threw their coats onto the bed and shouted, "Put on your clothes, we have to leave immediately …"

  His words were not necessarily accurate. Suddenly, the sound of a machine gun being fired could be heard, along with the sound of a window being blown apart. Moni and the rest's bed was right beside the window. Without thinking too much into it, he placed Moni who was sitting up onto the bed. He also conveniently pressed down on Taelice along the way, and hastily placed his hand on black girl's chest.

  As he pushed the two girls and their sheets off the bed, another volley of fire began. Zero rolled his body and landed on the ground. With a kick, the bed flew up and blocked the window. Then, it was instantly shot away and turned into a hornet's nest.

  The intense gunfire lasted for a minute, and everything within a meter of the window was shot and destroyed. The innumerable bullet holes showed just how powerful the enemy's firepower was. With this kind of equipment, it was impossible for him to fight against Soren's troops below, and he only had a handful of Colt and two revolver.

  After the shooting stopped, Soren's voice sounded from outside the hotel, "Zero, I know you're inside, and there are two girls, right? Believe me, I could blow up the whole hotel if I wanted to. "So, get out here right now!"

  Su Yun believed that Soren could easily do this. The shooting just now was just a warning. The high-velocity guns on the two armored vehicles were not for fun, and among the soldiers who had jumped down from the truck, their equipment included shoulder-fired, single-shot missiles.

  Just one missile was enough to blow up the hotel. And within that level of explosion, most probably only Zero and Taelice would not have been able to escape from it, including the owner of the inn and Moni.

  He knew that he had already missed the best opportunity to avoid this team. If he knew that Soren had actually brought a private army here, Zero would definitely not stay in the town. The wilderness was his home ground. Even though the enemy's firepower was superior to his, he still had the confidence to push them off.

  But now, regardless of the time or place, it was completely unfavorable for him. Thus, he could only obediently listen to what she said. After getting the two women to dress, they left the hotel.

  Outside the hotel, two armoured vehicles were parked on both sides. The well-equipped soldiers had long surrounded the hotel. The black car stopped in front of the hotel entrance, and Soren sat in it as the back door opened.

  This noble youth had already walked out of the shadow left for him by Zero, a cruel smile on his face. When Soren saw that Zero had appeared, he made a gesture with his hands. Immediately, nearly a hundred machine guns aimed at the three of them.

  Moni's face turned white, she had never seen such a scene before. Even Taelice started to feel unnatural facing so many machine guns.

  Only Zero remained silent. He was like the ice of the polar regions, hiding his thoughts beneath the thick layers of ice.

  "Long time no see." Soren got out of the car, and smiled at Ling Xiao as he greeted: "You probably don't know, in the past two months, I have been wanting to kill you all the time."

  Su Leng replied respectfully, "But you only dared to appear now. It seems that your Excellency's courage is not to be praised."

  Soren's expression changed slightly, but he regained his composure and said, "I'm not in a hurry to see you because there's someone else who wants to kill you more than me. "You two should know each other as well..."

  He snapped his fingers, and the White-headed Eagle came out of the car.

  Parkland's killer Zero naturally recognized him, but Soren seemed to have some hidden meaning, he could not remember when he would make enemies with this black killer.

  "Let me introduce you, this is Mr. Lange." Soren smiled and said: "I think you've probably forgotten about it. That time, when we did not encounter each other happily, you easily killed one of my subordinates. Let me remind you that the young man was standing next to your wife. He didn't want to do anything, but you killed him. Unfortunately, this young man called Kabu is the only son of Mr. Lan Qi. "

  Hearing this, Zero finally felt relieved.

  "So you see, Mr. Lange wants to finish you off with his own hands. Even now that I have the upper hand, he still wants to have a duel with you. Out of respect for Mr. Lange, I graciously agreed to his request. "You see how kind I am to let you at least die like a warrior."

  Zero knew that he didn't have the right to refuse and said flatly, "I won't reject, but I have a condition. I must see that these two companions leave safely before I take part in this duel. Otherwise, I will use any means necessary to escape and use a hundred times the pain to 'repay' you! "

  Chapter 161 - Stage

  When he saw Lan Qi, Taelice's pupils narrowed as the movements of the light element Su on his body immediately became more frequent. But Zero held her hand down, and Taelice looked at him in confusion. Zero Ning said, "Can I handle it? I promise he won't get out of this town. "

  "You promise?" Taelice asked after a moment of silence.

  Zero nodded his head and said, "Listen, the situation now is not good for us. Therefore, I want you to do something for me and bring Moni along. You go further afield, next settlement, or some other base. And then stay still. I'll go and find you, wherever you are. "

  "Zero …" Moni wanted to say something but hesitated.

  Su Ming patted her head and smiled, "Don't worry, I won't die. I promised you I'd protect you until you turned eighteen. Until then, I'll be fine! "

  Moni nodded strongly.

  "What a touching scene." Beside the car, Soren clapped his hands: "Then, let's set the time for the duel to be noon. Before that, please allow me to prepare a stage for you all to duel in. Before the duel began, the two of them could leave as far as they could. But zero, when you die, I will find these two women and properly entertain them! "

  A hint of a smile appeared on Zero's face, "Don't worry, befo
re that, I will end your life first!"

  The grudge between him and the Parkland no longer had room to soften, and it was even more so for Soren. Soren also understood that when the girl named Lea died in Kabu's hands, only one person between him and the zero party could survive.

  "Then we'll just have to wait and see." Soren spread out his hands and laughed.

  Following that, he snapped his fingers and pointed his spear at the few soldiers and kept his weapons. Under Soren's series of orders, nearly half of the soldiers jumped onto the truck. Soren also got into the car, as the Parkland's carriage drove towards the center of the windmill town. As for the remaining soldiers, they were responsible for watching the zeros, to ensure that he would not wait for an opportunity to escape before the duel at noon.

  In reality, Zero did not have this plan. If he were to escape, it would mean that Taelice and Moni's lives would be forfeit. But in the wilderness, if Soren's troops caught up to them and started to attack them with fire, even if it was zero, it would still be very difficult to survive. On the contrary, locking Soren in the windmill town would give them better time to leave.

  At least in a town like the windmill town with a complicated terrain, they could still escape if they couldn't fight against each other. Unless Soren razed the entire town to the ground, the chances of blocking his path would be very low. As for the damage to his reputation caused by his escape, Zero did not even consider it. As long as the situation allowed, he didn't want to lose his life for nothing. During times of turmoil, even the high rank powerhouse knew that life was the priority, so there was no need to think about anything else, as long as it was within the range allowed by his principles.

  Being alive was the foundation of everything. As for the dead, no matter how much glory they had, it wouldn't change anything.

  Everything was for survival!

  Without any other form of farewell, Zero gave them each a hug before Taelice left the windmill town with Moni and Lala. With Taelice's agility that was close to stage five, they could definitely escape windmill town nearly four hundred kilometers before noon. Even if Soren wanted to catch up with them, he would need to go through a lot of trouble.

  Without any worries, Zero quietly waited in the hotel for the duel to begin. Near noon, he ate a piece of bread in silence and drank 200 milliliters of clean water to keep his body in its best condition.

  Under Soren's notification, Zero walked out of the hotel. He was carrying a Colt on his back, and the M500 revolver was tucked into the holster on his waist. The military knife was inserted into the sheath on the outside of the thigh, making it easy for him to pull it out at any time. As for the energy weapon light tooth, Zero hid it on his body, hoping that it would be better not to use it. When a gunman fights hand-to-hand with a short weapon, he also realizes that he will dance with death.

  Zero knew this, and he knew that his opponent knew it too. The black man called Lange was also an excellent gunman.

  The windmill town at noon was very lively. The small fountain in the town's plaza was filled with people who wanted to watch the fun. Soren brought out a leather sofa from somewhere and leaned comfortably on it. An umbrella opened behind him to block out the dazzling sunlight. On a round table in front of the sofa, there was a bottle of iced water and a goblet.

  Soren drank his wine and waited for the program to start.

  He had prepared a dueling platform for Zero and Lankey, an abandoned factory in town. Inside, Soren made some arrangements to make the battle more exciting.

  When the hour hand on the pocket watch pointed to 12 o'clock, it was zero, exactly.

  Soren raised his glass to pay his respects, looking at him as if he was looking at a dying person. Zero memorized his expression as the crowd on the other side parted to reveal Lange, who was also armed.

  Lan Qi was wearing a tight set of tactical suit, and was still carrying his vulture. However, he had a automatic pistol and a two pronged hunting rifle. At the same time, he was also wearing an ammunition belt, and on it, other than the special bullets for the hunting rifle, there were also two grenades.

  "Very well, you didn't run away, or you would have found it a waste of each other's time." Soren jumped up from the sofa, walked to between the two of them and laughed: "I won't say anything unnecessary, let the soldiers take you to the stage now. Only one of you will make it out alive. If you win, I can graciously give you half a day to run for your life. "Then, go!"

  After clapping his hands together, a soldier walked forward from behind Soren, guiding the two.

  Arriving in front of the factory building, Zero saw that Soren's soldiers were surrounding the area, seemingly to prevent Zero from escaping. At the soldier's signal, two rusty doors of the factory were pushed open, revealing a space that was not bright at all.

  Zero and Lan Qi walked towards the door at the same time. As they entered the factory building, the door slowly closed behind them.

  The first floor of the factory building was obviously the workshop. Zero saw a lot of machine tools that were no longer usable. They were covered in a thick layer of dust, and it was unknown how long they had been idle here. Now they were a silent audience for Zero's duel with Lange.

  Looking up, Zero could see the broken floor, the steel bars jutting out of the concrete, and the cracks in the walls. All of this illustrates the fact that the building is damaged. It can't withstand too severe an impact. Maybe just a grenade would cause the building to collapse.

  In short, it was an extremely dangerous stage.

  "Can we start now?" Lan Qi asked in an extremely gentlemanly manner.

  Zero nodded. "Anytime."

  "Then let's begin!"

  Lan Qi's eyes shone with a sharp light.

  The two of them moved at the same time.

  Chapter 162 - Fighting

  It completely violated the Gunner's principle of viewing distance as one's life. The two of them moved at almost the same time, and the moment they pulled out their guns or revolver, they both pointed their guns at each other's heads.

  The moment they finished this action, both of them pulled the triggers at the same time. However, his head, which had been moving in different directions, had been hit empty air by the bullet. However, Zero and Lan Qi had no intention of separating yet. Therefore, Zero picked up the military knife on his thigh and stabbed at Lan Qi's stomach. Lan Qi then pulled out the vulture on his back and used the sniper rifle as an iron rod, and used the butt of the gun to ruthlessly sweep at Zero's head.

  Finally, he changed his direction and faced upwards, stopping the sniper rifle that was aimed at his head. At the same time, like a magic trick, the M500 pierced through the underarm of Lan Qi's arm which was holding the military knife and aimed at his chest.

  Lan Qi jumped up and kicked hard on Zero's shoulder.

  Zero could not maintain his balance right now. The moment he fell backwards, he kicked out and sent Lan Qi, who was adjusting the angle of the vulture's muzzle, flying.

  The two of them landed on the ground at the same time and instantly shot up. Each of them pointed their guns forward, but neither of them was any faster than the other.

  The two of them maintained the posture of pointing their fingers at each other's heads and slowly stood up.

  Lan Qi suddenly smiled. He didn't move his upper body, but swept a cloud of dust with his feet. Zero immediately rolled to the side and fired in the direction that Lan Qi had gone.

  Two gunshots rang out, but at the same time, the crisp sound of a bullet hitting metal resounded. It was clear that no one could hit the target.

  The smoke screen seemed to have become an opportunity as Zero's body expanded in size, creating afterimages as he dove behind the metal machine tool. The continuous tapping seemed to follow closely behind him. The jumping starfire indicated the shooting route. Only when Zero hid itself behind the cover did the shooting end.

  The ground at Zero's feet was full of glass fragments that had fallen from the window beside
him. He picked up a palm-sized fragment and quickly threw it into the air. As soon as the fragments flew out of the machine tool, they were shot into powder. But in that short moment, Zero could already see Lan Qi's location through the reflection of the glass. The moment the glass exploded, Zero shot up from behind the machine and pointed the gun at Lan Qi's position.

  Flames flashed in the gloomy building.

  After firing the gun, Zero didn't even look at the result and shrank back. Then he heard a series of footsteps heading toward the second floor, and Zero came out of his hiding place and watched as Lan Qi disappeared down the stairs to the second floor.

  He crouched down and, under the cover of the obstacles and the angle, trotted toward the stairs in a blind spot that Lankey could not reach. When he reached the foot of the stairs, he saw a small flower of blood on the wall. He touched it with his finger. The blood was still warm, indicating that Lan Qi was injured. It was no wonder that he wanted to go to the second floor. He wanted to buy time to deal with his wounds.

  Lan Qi might be an outstanding Sniper Specialist, but Zero was certain that he didn't have the ability to quickly heal like himself. This meant that Lan Qi's endurance was not zero. Even if it was the smallest wound, if it was not dealt with in time, in this ever-changing battlefield, there was no guarantee that it would become the last straw that would overwhelm the camel.

  Naturally, Zero would not give him the time.

  The fifth step, Dexterity, was fully activated. Zero made a crouching motion, and in the next moment, he was already at the stairs. At his current speed, he only needed 1 second to go up the 20 stairs or so. However, when his figure appeared, his eyes saw a grenade being thrown down from the second floor.

  Behind the grenade, Lan Qi was half-crouching on the ground. The vulture's muzzle was in perfect line with the grenade!

  At the moment when the muzzle of the sniper rifle spewed out flames, Zero crossed his hands in front of his head and jumped back at the same time.