Chapter 336: Take Another Step

“Do you know, I watched as those war horses, who fought alongside each other in blood yesterday, were led to a semi-enclosed place. They thought they could finally rest, but little did they know they were meant to be the sustenance for their master.

Horses are intelligent beings. From afar, I saw the despair in their eyes before they died. My heart was truly aching. If not for the capital city, I would want to dig out Su Rui’s heart to see if it’s truly black inside.

Without those five hundred war horses, could Su Rui have the comfortable life he has today?”

Zhang Mu finally understood why Hachikuju was so angry. For the Mongols, horses are like their second life. Hachikuju will never forgive Su Rui for what he did.

“By reducing the soldiers’ expenses and partly developing the grasslands, the warhorses need less energy from the grass. In fact, the daily food consumption is not much more than that of a first-rank evolver.”

As long as they can get through this special period, maybe just a few days, at most a month, they will definitely be able to rebuild the capital and surround it with grasslands.

But Su Rui couldn’t wait. He believed that the longer they waited, the less advantageous it would be for recapturing the partial city, and the cost would definitely be higher.

His idea was that instead of saving food tightly for both people and horses, it would be better to kill these warhorses that were already like scrap, let the soldiers eat well, recapture another partial city, and have all the resources belong to him, so that his men could live more comfortably.

Using elegant words to persuade, talking beautifully. Is it worth raising companions who share life and death? That’s why his Grey Wolf Riders are usually people from the Central Plains, which our Mongolian people cannot accept.”

Zhang Mu simply listened quietly to Hachikuju’s words, without commenting, because he himself leaned slightly towards Su Rui’s actions. However, he couldn’t bring it up with Hachikuju who was still angry.

Everyone judges things differently. From Zhang Mu’s true inner perspective, people are definitely more important than horses. The meat of five hundred warhorses is enough to allow soldiers to energetically recapture another city. Su Rui achieved this, and no one could blame him because Su Rui did not abandon his wounded soldiers.

So Su Rui is suitable to be a leader, but Hachikuju is not.

Of course, Hachikuju was not too controlling like a strict person. He only cared about his warhorse and his comrades who fought with him. Because he valued Red Blood like his life, he could almost reach the highest level of riding.

Hachikuju felt the atmosphere was a bit dull, so he laughed awkwardly and said, “Brother, don’t make fun of me. Many people think I am too cautious, especially when I confront Su Rui, who always shuts them up. But in my heart, I just can’t get past this hurdle.”

Finally, Zhang Mu spoke up with a smile, “Brother, I understand you. If you don’t like something, you don’t like it. It’s not like the old days where you have to consider everything. We still have to keep up appearances.”

In this post-apocalyptic world, why pretend for others? To be blunt, we might die any day, so why not just live comfortably as we please?”

Hachikuju was surprised for a moment, then burst into laughter along with Zhang Mu.

“I can’t believe I, Hachikuju, can’t be as carefree as you, brother. It’s quite embarrassing!”

They could hear the sound of flowing water. Hachikuju expertly used his giant axe to clear the overgrown grass in front of them, revealing a vast open grassland.

In the distance, a narrow river flowed calmly, more like a small stream.

“This is Mohe. We diverted a part of its underground river and brought it into the grassland within the city.

“Just like you see, it’s very clean and empty here. During noon, no mutant beasts dare to come close. They usually come here to rest for a while because the aura of the King of Warhorses is enough to deter all first-tier mutant beasts around here.”

Yuan Rui was curious when she noticed that the mutant beast group that was everywhere just now suddenly disappeared. Hachikuju explained to her why this area of Mohe was so quiet.

Zhang Mu’s pupils narrowed as he discovered a snowy white figure cooling off under the tree shade at the source of Mohe.

It was indeed him. Just by seeing the faint figure lying on the ground, Zhang Mu confirmed that it was the Pegasus he had seen from a distance before.

Seeing the direction Zhang Mu was staring at, Hachikuju knew that Zhang Mu had seen it. What he said next made Zhang Mu nervous.

“It has already sensed our presence.”

Zhang Mu whispered, “How is that possible? We clearly haven’t released any energy fluctuations. Our current position is far away from the source of Mohe, and the wind is blowing towards us.”

Before Hachikuju could reply, the Obsidian Beetle hidden in his arms lazily conveyed through Zhang Mu’s mental connection, “That big guy didn’t lie to you. That fellow has already discovered you.”

Obsidian Beetle is much more sensitive to changes in aura than him. Naturally, he believed the Obsidian Beetle’s judgment.

But isn’t this too exaggerated?

“Actually, we were discovered by it a long time ago. Now I’m taking you and Zhang Mu brother to a place where we are just a little bit away from its attack range. As for why, we don’t know either.”

Just as Zhang Mu was about to speak, Obsidian Beetle immediately said, “Don’t ask me, I don’t know either. Even as a wind elemental, I can’t sense from such a far distance. If this big guy hadn’t mentioned it, I observed its movements and felt that it was on guard, we wouldn’t have known we were already spotted.”

Has Zhang Mu surpassed Obsidian Beetle in sensing aura?

Zhang Mu, refusing to believe, took a step forward slowly, but the Warhorse remained motionless on the ground.

Seeing Zhang Mu moving forward, Hachikuju hurriedly tried to hold him back, only to find that he couldn’t pull Zhang Mu back without using all his strength.

Zhang Mu turned back and patted Hachikuju’s thick arm, signaling him to let go. Hachikuju quickly advised, “Zhang Mu brother, we are second-rank evolvers, this King of Warhorses is extremely sensitive. If you take one more step, you’ll step into its attack range.”

As soon as Hachikuju loosened his grip, Zhang Mu shook off his hand and continued to take another step forward.

“Are you crazy? If you take one more step, it’ll really attack. I can sense the fluctuation of wind element near its wings.”

The Obsidian Beetle shouted directly in his mind, feeling like it had angered the big guy, and Zhang Mu might be the one to throw it out first.

But Zhang Mu, as if he hadn’t heard anything, slowly lifted his right foot, about to take that step forward.

Suddenly, an unprecedented sense of danger swept over Zhang Mu’s whole body.

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