BXBX NOVEL Chapter 129: 127, Skeleton Sentinel_1
Especially when relying on the portraits on the wanted poster, they were even more unrecognizable.
And so, he needed Duke’s help to identify them.
“Are there wanted fugitives among them?” Wu Heng asked.
“Yes, the last one killed was one.” Duke replied.
Wu Heng took a glance at the wanted poster. He compared it to the body. The hairstyle was different, but the face seemed quite similar.
The wanted poster described that the target was a level 10 Beastman warrior, who was guilty of attacking merchant caravans and kidnapping wealthy merchants.
The reward for the bounty was 550 silver coins and medium-tier item rewards.
“What about the rest? Are all these extra bodies not worth bounties?” Wu Heng inquired.
“No, they aren’t!”
Even if they were extremely wicked, without a bounty on their heads, they would be considered a local public security matter.
If this were in Black Stone Town, they might have checked to see if the guards had placed a bounty on these folks, but inside Lundham City, there would be no reward.
At most, it would be considered ridding the population of harmful elements.
Actually, it was fine, the bounty was filled within a moment.
This meant they could slack off for another few days.
“Alright, you go get the carriage, we’ll carry these bodies back.” Wu Heng continued.
“Oh, okay!” Duke ran off to fetch the carriage.
Fearing they might alert potential threats, they had parked the carriage a little distance away.
Wu Heng watched as Duke disappeared into the distance. He found a shabby door inside the stone castle.
He directly opened the boundary door, making the skeleton guards move all the bodies and scattered equipment into the boundary door.
Afterward, he had Bawudong carry the body of the wanted criminal and wait by the road.
Duke returned, driving the carriage over.
Bawudong hoisted the body onto the carriage.
“Start heading back.”
“Commander, we’re just leaving the rest of the equipment here? It should be worth something.”
“No need, it’s too heavy. The carriage can’t take it.”
“Oh!” Duke didn’t say much more, driving the carriage towards Lundham City.
…
Before the city gates closed.
The two men entered the city and headed back to the guild.
Duke shouldered the body into the morgue for autopsy.
Meanwhile, Wu Heng went straight to the steward’s office.
After a light knock on the door, he walked in.
The steward, ‘Gomez’, glanced at him and said, “How was it? Was the information accurate?”
“Yes, we can confirm the fugitive.”
Gomez’s face became serious. He stood up and started to put on armor while saying, “Go, assemble the remaining teams in the hall. Prepare to leave the city and catch the fugitive.”
Huh…
Looking at the frantic Gomez, Wu Heng wasn’t sure how to respond.
As Gomez finished strapping on his armor and noticed that Wu Heng was still standing there, he urged, “What are you standing there for? Hurry up.”
“Steward, I don’t think there’s a need to go through all this fuss.”
“What? Did the criminal escape?” Gomez asked.
Wu Heng immediately responded, “No, the fugitive has been killed. His body is currently undergoing examination!”
Gomez paused in his actions and frowned at him, “You guys killed him?”
“Yes. Once we confirmed he was the wanted fugitive, we took care of it.”
“How many were they?”
“Eight?”
“And you?”
“Two!”
“Two against eight?” Gomez my furrowed his brow to affirm.
“I also had some of my attendants, it was not simple.” Wu Heng answered.
Just then, a knock sounded from outside the door, and a Beastman staffer came in with a piece of paper.
He directly reported, “Steward, the identity of the body brought in by Team 12 has been confirmed. It’s the level 10 fugitive from the wanted poster, there’s no mistake.”
Gomez gave a light cough, “Settle the bounty for Team 12 and let them choose their medium-tier reward.”
“Yes.” The staffer exited the room.
The steward looked at him, “Next time, just say it. Don’t beat around the bush. Putting on this armor is a hassle.”
“Alright.”
Gomez began to undo his armor, continuing, “When I tell you to investigate, you should investigate. Acting like this will put you in unnecessary danger.”
Wu Heng answered, “They had their own means of scouting. We were discovered and only had the option to retaliate.”
Gomez didn’t want to say anything more.
He hung the armor back on the display stand and said, “Alright, you can leave now.”
“Okay.”
After leaving the room, Wu Heng returned to the resting area.
Duke was sitting in the room waiting, occasionally rubbing his eyes.
When he saw Wu Heng enter, he immediately said, “Commander, they’ve sent the reward. They also mentioned that when we have time, we should pick a piece of medium-grade equipment.”
“Alright, let’s split the bounty and then we can call it a day.”
“Ah? What’s ‘call it a day’?”
“It means you can go home.”
“Oh, thank you commander. I didn’t help much today.” Duke looked somewhat embarrassed.
Wu Heng handed him a money pouch, “Let’s go home. We’ll continue the fugitive hunting tomorrow. If there’s a task, I’ll have someone inform you.”
“Okay.”
The two of them left the guild and headed for their respective residences.
…
When he returned home.
Wu Heng, via the boundary door, directly traveled to the Zombie World.
Actually, today was somewhat fruitful, as those Beastmen seemed to be of reasonable level.
He walked out of the room and found several bodies piled at the doorway.
The stench of blood was overwhelming.
Commanding the skeletons to lift the bodies, they headed outside together.
Just as they exited the corridor, he saw Li Yahong waiting at a distance.
As she saw the strange figures being carried out, all donned in ancient armor, she was taken aback.
Some were hesitant to approach.
After Wu Heng came over, they spoke up, “The woman who jumped down with Chen Jinlong, she’s not going to make it. She might not hold on for much longer.”
“Let’s go take a look.”
The two of them stopped in front of a room on the first floor.
A man dressed in a white doctor’s coat came out after a light knock on the door.
A doctor?
“This is Doctor Guan Zhiguang. He happened to be the on-duty prison doctor during the zombie outbreak and decided to stay in the prison.”
Being a doctor is always an important profession.
Even Chen Jinlong, a maniac who used live humans as zombie bait, made sure to take special care of the doctor.
So, Doctor Guan Zhiguang was not in much danger and his complexion looked fairly good.
Wu Heng asked directly, “How is the one inside?”
The doctor, a middle-aged man, was aware that the man in front of him wielded real power here. With a respectful attitude, he said, “It’s a severe case, the sternum is broken, and splintered bones have punctured her internal organs. It’s a miracle she’s held on for this long.”
“Can she be saved?”
“We need to perform surgery, but under the current conditions, we can’t.”
“What’s the problem?”
“We lack the necessary equipment and manpower.”
“You should still try. Even if we don’t, she’ll die. If she dies regardless, there’s nothing we can do.”
As for the woman inside.
It wasn’t about any sort of martyrdom sentiment, but there wasn’t any loss for him. If he could save her, he wanted to save her.
They were currently short on manpower and he wasn’t eager to see a young woman die such a horrible death.
But the doctor still shook his head, “It’s impossible, we don’t meet the most basic conditions.”
“Just tell me what’s missing, don’t waste time.”
“The main issue is blood supply, without it, she’ll only die faster once the surgery starts,” the doctor said.
Wu Heng frowned, considering. This was indeed a problem.
With so few people in the prison, even if there was a matching blood source, the success of the surgery with transfusion equipment was uncertain.
“So as long as she doesn’t die on the operating table, it’ll be okay, correct?”
“Yes!”
“Alright then, prepare for the surgery.”
“It’s not as simple as…” the doctor still wanted to persuade him.
Wu Heng interrupted him, “Do as I said, and hurry.”
Despite a sigh, the doctor proceeded to prepare.
Wu Heng then entered the sickroom.
The woman, pale as a sheet, lay on the bed.
Her skin was terribly white and she was clinging onto life.
She wasn’t that old. She might have been married or just entered the workforce.
Facing the apocalypse, and then running into Chen Jinlong, she truly had bad luck.
Wu Heng walked over. The woman opened her eyes slightly as if she was looking at him.
She forced a weak smile.
Wu Heng sat by the bed and said, “We need to perform surgery, hang on, once the surgery is over, things will get better.”
The woman blinked in understanding.
…
About half an hour later, the surgery began, and as her chest was opened, blood started to pour out.
The doctor held his tools, unsure of how to proceed.
Wu Heng gripped the woman’s hand and released the Life Extension Technique instantly. The faint magic enveloped her body, halting the bleeding while her organs continued to operate in an eerie manner.
“Continue, and speed up.”
Shocked, the doctor came to his senses, began to remove the bone fragments lodged in her organs, and set them back in place.
The operation was incredibly difficult to watch.
Sweat the size of beans constantly appeared on the doctor’s face, and the nurse’s assistant constantly wiped his brow.
Time slowly passed.
They started to suture the wound.
All of her exposed chest was stitched up.
Once they finished suturing, the doctor immediately checked on the woman. “She’s still alive.”
Wu Heng nodded, took out a bottle of potion, removed her oxygen mask, and made her drink it.
The doctor wanted to say something but held back.
Once the woman was confirmed to be out of immediate danger.
Wu Heng ordered others to take care of her, then left the operating room.
“How is it?” Li Yahong asked.
“She’s still alive, but whether she survives now depends on her own will. We’ve done all we can.”
“Hmm,” Li Yahong nodded.
If it were anyone else.
Even if it was Li Yahong, under these circumstances and for a stranger, they would have given up long ago.
And they wouldn’t feel guilty about it.
Wu Heng going to these lengths for a stranger he didn’t know.
In the words of Qiangzi and the others.
Would make him a saint of the apocalypse, bound to meet a miserable end.
But at the same time, they hoped to see Wu Heng do as such.
If they were injured, he would definitely give them full treatment. At least, it would be no less than he did for the woman.
Li Yahong briskly followed him out and asked, “The cars are ready. Are we leaving tomorrow?”
“Yes.”
Returning to the open space in front of the dormitory building.
Wu Heng once again focused on the pile of Beastman corpses.
There were seven in all. Six were close combat specialists and one was a ranged crossbowman.
What Wu Heng was most interested in was the female Beastman.
From such a long distance, she had almost shot Duke in the head with her crossbow.
It was absolutely terrifying.
Wu Heng had the female Beastman’s corpse dragged out, and separately performed the Bone Manipulation Skill.
Necromancy enveloped it.
The bones slowly rose.
[Skeleton Guard (Level 9)]