Chapter 50: Linus

"Give our sincere greetings."
"I will."
Adam remembered his comrades who had blessed him, packed his luggage, and walked out of the royal city, heading south out of the Kingdom of Leys.
After the battle with Kaxiu ended, he didn't stay any longer, bidding farewell to everyone, including a reluctant Kaxiu.
"Wait until we meet again, I will prove that I am stronger than you, Adam Adams."
Looking at the arrogant Kassius, Adam smiled.
Even he knew that it was Kassius' caring for him, but his personality prevented him from expressing sincere blessings.
Can only use this method to express future goodbye.
Adam admired the scenery of the Les Kingdom along the way; he was brought back to the kingdom at a young age and has been forbidden to leave the royal palace ever since.
First, it was because Reese wanted to protect him, and second, because he was still young and used to have thoughts of running away. However, given his age, no one would feel at ease letting him survive in the wilderness.
Adam only came to understand this reasoning as he grew older.
Not everyone is friendly to him, after all, not only the people of the volcano island were injured or killed in that battle, but also the members of the kingdom's guard, and even those who were still alive after the war and disbanded members of the former kingdom's guard when they returned.
他们依旧活在这个国家里，他们才是真正的刽子手。
他们要是得知王国内有一名火山岛的人就算是孩子，也难免不下黑手。
People's hearts are unpredictable.
After walking for an unknown length of time, Adams looked up and saw a vast wilderness.
But he identified the setting sun in the sky and walked southward following the direction recognized by the Isian people.
Since seeing the last gathering place of the Isis people a few days ago, he hasn't seen any human figures.
His only companions are danger and loneliness.
Indeed, a place outside the crowd in the wilderness belongs to the outdoors.
There are various dangers in the wild, such as ants, insects, snakes, and scorpions hidden in bushes. Even aggressive large creatures can be encountered.
Since the appearance of the New World, it seems that they have also appeared in various parts of the New World.
Just like the speed of reproduction of the Isis people, they also inhabit and reproduce in various places, and some of them are even social creatures.
They often appear in large groups.
If a person who is alone encounters them, very few can survive, but compared to encountering violent sea monsters in the vast ocean, it is much better, because if you encounter sea monsters at sea.
That is basically a guaranteed death ending, but they still have an escape option on land.
Adams untied the stone sword from his back, which was tied with vines, and this was the only weapon he took with him.
It is also a weapon he is good at using.
In the Kingdom of Lees, there are weapons such as swords, spears, gauntlets, and stone knives, but due to their king Lees, most people who use weapons prefer to carry stone swords.
And so did Adams, and he even had a secret that he hadn't told anyone yet, that was when he was saved by Les, Les held a sword and impressed him with a heroic posture.
So naturally, when Adam chose a weapon, he chose a sword for training.
Unsheathing the sharpened stone sword, Adam gripped it in his right hand to cut through the thorny bushes he encountered on the way.
He traveled like that, sleeping rough and eating various fruits when he was hungry, finding a safe place to rest when he was tired.
On this day, he entered a forest where, apart from the sound of unfamiliar insects, it was very quiet.
He walked for a long time, even from sunrise to sunset, and he still hadn't walked out of the forest.
Adam planned to spend the night in the forest, but before he could find a more comfortable and safe place to rest, he heard a distant cry of someone in distress.
Adam Adams stopped his body immediately, listening quietly to where the scream came from, as if someone was in danger.
Adam Adams identified the source of the sound and ran towards the direction where the sound came from without hesitation.
That was the other side of the forest where he wanted to go, and as Adams approached the direction from which the sound had come, the desperate screams grew louder.
As Adams crossed several bushes, he appeared in a relatively open space in the forest, and with his view cleared, he saw what was happening in front of him.
Two people were surrounded by a group of four-legged creatures. There were already three or four corpses on the ground, including two of the monsters.
Adam’s appearance immediately caught everyone’s attention, even the group of monsters turned their heads to be alert to the person appearing behind them due to the sound coming from behind.
And relying on the trees back to back to guard against the monsters, the two people were hopeful when they saw someone appear here, but then they saw that only one person appeared and they became desperate.
Even one of them shouted as he held his weapon towards Adams, "Run, this is a pack of Linus!"
Hearing Adams telling him to run, Adams immediately felt a fondness for these two people.
"Linus?"
"Adams looked at the vigilant centaur who turned back with teeth bared, and furrowed his brow."
"There were more than ten creatures on the field called Linus, with a small size and a height reaching Adams' waist. However, their brown, shiny fur and the sharpness of their teeth, visible through their open mouths, were even enough to send shivers down one's spine in the moonlight."
Moreover, from the way they move their bodies and lift their feet, it seems they even have sharp claws inside, which are not found in monsters within the Kingdom of Les.
"You all take care of yourselves, I'll handle these monsters!"
Seeing these creatures that he had never seen before, Adams felt himself getting excited, as if the blood in his body was flowing faster in the face of danger, making his mind more focused.
He tightly gripped the stone sword in his right hand, staring at the two Linuses walking towards him from the Linus group.
Their fierce mouths were dripping with a foul-smelling saliva, as if holding contemptuous teeth. Their pupils widened as they stared at Adams, stepping closer to him.
With the interaction of footsteps, they started to sprint, leaping in an instant towards Adam's multiple body positions ahead, baring their fangs and claws as if they were about to bite the seemingly stunned food in front of them.
Two living people watched as they leaped towards the suddenly appearing person and attacked.
They were hopeless and powerless.
As they watched Adams about to be bitten, the two Lydians became increasingly cruel.
But when they had not yet bitten Adams, Adams was already prepared at the moment when he leaped over, with his stone sword raised in his hand, and his figure shifted slightly as the two Linus rushed over.
After dodging the dual onslaught of the two Linus warriors, the figure swiftly moved and, just as they were about to touch the ground, swung the stone sword in their right hand with a slight twist of the body, severing the head of one of the Linus warriors.

On the other end, Linnus watched as his partner, who had attacked together, suddenly fell to the ground without reacting.
In that brief moment of Adams killing Linnus, he took advantage of its stunned state, rushed towards it, and pierced its body with a stone sword.

With the strong struggle of Linus, Adam exerted force with his right hand again, nailing it to the ground until it could no longer struggle. Only then did he grab the lifeless Linus by the neck and lift it up.
Then, in the stunned gazes of the two, I forcefully threw the dead Linus into the group of Linuses.
Seeing these two Linuses, who had died so swiftly, they gritted their teeth and glared at Adams with hatred.
But their hooves, still on the ground, have not yet pushed out with force, accompanied by a furious roar from the largest of them, the leader-like Linus.
All the Linuses stopped, and after staring at Adamson, the robust Linus directed the others to disappear into the forest on Adamson's other side, until they vanished completely.
After seeing all the Linus disappear, the danger is relieved.
The two survivors collapsed on the ground in a state of exhaustion, leaning against each other's backs.