Volume 6 Chapter 126
by Golden DragonVolume 6 + Chapter 126: The Soldier of The Maginot Fortress
“Don’t worry, little sister. As long as we’re inside the Maginot Fortress, the Calamity Beasts will never come in.”
The cat-eared girl smiled at Xia Yi.
“Maginot… Fortress?” Xia Yi repeated the words.
“Yes, you haven’t heard of the Maginot Fortress?” The cat-eared girl looked a little confused.
“This is… my first time hearing about it,” Xia Yi replied.
“Huh? How come?”
The cat-eared girl glanced at her companions.
The others looked equally puzzled.
“Could it be that you’ve never been here before?”
“Well…”
Xia Yi nodded, admitting it, after all, she genuinely didn’t know.
“Then did you come here from somewhere else?” The cat-eared girl frowned.
“I came from Molent.”
“Molent? If I remember correctly, that’s very far away… Did you walk here?”
“Yes.”
“That’s…”
The cat-eared girl was momentarily at a loss for words.
The others were also too stunned to speak.
“Little sister, with so many Calamity Beasts out there, you actually came all the way from such a distant place to the Maginot Fortress all by yourself? Didn’t you encounter any Calamity Beasts?”
“I was alone. As for the Calamity Beasts… I suppose I only ran into them with you all just before reaching the Maginot Fortress.”
“Good heavens, your luck is incredible!” The cat-eared girl couldn’t help but exclaim. “You could buy a lottery ticket and definitely win the grand prize!”
The others could no longer remain calm either.
“This is the active period for Calamity Beasts!”
“Exactly. Those monsters have no reason at all. They can’t be communicated with and will attack every living thing.”
“It’s unbelievable, you didn’t encounter a single Calamity Beast along the way, and in the end, you ran into us and were brought back to the fortress.”
Everyone murmured in amazement.
“Little sister, why did you come all the way here alone?” the cat-eared girl asked. “Where’s your father?”
“I don’t have a father.”
“No father? Then what about your mother?”
“My mother…”
Xia Yi’s mood sank. She lowered her head, looking deeply distressed.
“Oh dear, it seems you’re a poor child.”
The cat-eared girl sighed.
The others all regarded Xia Yi as a pitiful orphan without parents and cast sympathetic glances her way.
“Wait a minute! I’m not some little kid. Stop looking at me like that!”
Xia Yi couldn’t stand their stares.
“I’m an adult!”
“An adult?” The cat-eared girl widened her eyes, sized Xia Yi up and down, and looked quite skeptical.
“I just… don’t look my age! Don’t be fooled by my appearance, I’m already three hundred and ten years old!” Xia Yi felt a bit guilty, but still forced herself to say it.
“Alright, what’s your name?”
“Xia Yi.”
“So your name is Xia Yi. That’s pretty cute.”
The cat-eared girl introduced herself.
“My name is Daisy. I’m a member of the Maginot Fortress Army. These people are all my companions. We are all soldiers of the Maginot Fortress.”
“Nice to meet you, Daisy.”
“Welcome to the Maginot Fortress. Every region other than this place has been invaded, even destroyed, by the Calamity Beasts. This is the only safe zone where you can survive. No matter what your past was like, you can join the Maginot Fortress, become a part of it, and fight alongside us against the Calamity Beasts. Of course, the prerequisite is that you abide by the rules of the Maginot Fortress.”
Daisy added, “You can also choose not to join. We won’t force you to decide. But if you’re not a member of the Maginot Fortress, we can only allow you to stay for half a day at most.”
“Daisy, I remember you said earlier that the Maginot Fortress is a bastion against the Calamity Beasts, right?”
“Yes. You’ve seen this wall, haven’t you!”
Daisy pointed at the immensely tall wall before her, looking very proud.
“The Calamity Beasts cannot breach this defensive line. Here, we can live safely.”
“Then what were you doing out there just now?”
“We were out on a reconnaissance mission. After all, we can’t just hole up forever against the Calamity Beasts. We must grasp their movements to better deal with these monsters. The soldiers of the Maginot Fortress occasionally go out in small teams to gather intelligence on the Calamity Beasts,” Daisy explained. “Perhaps it was a coincidence, we ran into you on our way back from the mission.”
“Oh, I see…” Xia Yi roughly understood the situation.
“So, Xia Yi, do you want to join us?”
“Let me think about it. Didn’t you say I have half a day?”
“Alright. Then I’ll take you to register first.”
“Okay, thank you, Daisy.”
“Don’t mention it. It’s no trouble. I’ll take you to complete your information registration, so you won’t be mistaken for a suspicious person and expelled later.”
Daisy led Xia Yi inside the Maginot Fortress to register.
During registration, Xia Yi was informed that the temporary pass would expire after half a day. If she overstayed her welcome and continued to linger in the Maginot Fortress, she would risk being arrested.
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“The inside of the Maginot Fortress is truly enormous. It’s already more extreme than Molent. It’s like… an ultra-large military metropolis.”
Walking through the interior of the Maginot Fortress, Xia Yi couldn’t help but marvel.
Although there were many races here, unlike the situation in Molent, many people here wore uniforms, just like Daisy, clearly members of the Maginot Fortress Army.
No wonder Daisy had invited her to join the military. The Maginot Fortress probably used this method to attract a large number of outsiders to become its soldiers.
As for whether to join the Maginot Defense Line, Xia Yi would have to decide based on the specific circumstances.
After all, her very purpose in coming to the Maginot Defense Line was to meet with the other Envoys and obtain more critical intelligence.
That was her highest priority.
“It’s right here.”
Xia Yi took out her communication device and confirmed it. The red dot on it was exactly at the center of the Maginot Defense Line.
She looked around and headed to a secluded alley with few people. After making sure there were no prying eyes or ears, she took out the Golden Key, activated part of the Human King Armor, put on the helmet, and turned on the voice changer function.
Then she pressed the button on the communication device and tried to get in touch with the other Envoy.
“Yes, the Human Envoy?”
From the other end of the communication device came the voice of a mysterious girl.
“I’ve arrived at the Maginot Element at maximum speed. We can meet now.” Xia Yi’s altered male voice said.
“…”
The other end of the communication device did not reply immediately. After a short pause, the mysterious girl uttered a statement that made Xia Yi’s heart pound with alarm.
“You’re lying.”
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