I, Valon, am frantically searching for my mother.

Disappointed, really disappointed.

To be honest, Wayne had a lot of confidence in the kingdom ruled by the Golden Dragon.

After all, the Golden Dragon is probably the most righteous, the most orderly, and the most reputable of all the metal dragons.

The country they ruled, if not an ideal state where "doors are left unlocked at night and lost items are not picked up on the road", should at least be a place with good public security, simple and honest people, and everyone kind, sincere and loving justice.

As a result, he was robbed in front of everyone shortly after entering the door.

Is this Hull or Gotham?

Where's Jinlong? Come and save him!

Of course, Wayne could also see that Sophia, a little girl who hadn't even grown up yet, probably couldn't be the mastermind behind the robbery. At most, her role was just to lower the victims' guard and lure them into dark alleys.

But it was precisely because of this that Wayne became even angrier. If children could be forced to participate, then there must be a huge corporation behind it, and it might even become an industry.

I'll say it again: Where's Jinlong? Why the hell isn't he coming out to save us?

Sophia was a little stunned by Wayne's offer of a children's meal. It took her a few seconds to realize what was happening, and her eyes turned red with tears welling up.

"Waaaaahh ...

Perhaps because crying made the other person less nervous, their speech became relatively fluent.

"Ming...I already tried so hard to help the young master, but he still went in like a complete idiot! I told you there were bad people inside!"

This shows that Sophia is a good girl. Even when Wayne attacked her spawn point with harsh words, she still only cursed him as a big bad guy.

Sofia looked very upset as she cried, probably because she felt wronged.

"And he likes to hit people... What kind of skill is it to hit children? There are lots and lots of big bad guys with knives over there!"

As if to confirm Sofia's words—

"Hey! You little brat! What are you dawdling for? Why haven't you brought him yet?"

A rough, harsh, and clearly impatient roar came from the corner ahead of the alley!

Immediately afterwards, three or four burly men, tall and strong, wearing tattered leather armor or bare-chested, carrying gleaming machetes or thick wooden sticks, swaggered out cursing and blocking the way ahead.

Perhaps they heard the noise, or perhaps they hadn't reached the corner for too long, but these guys finally started to get restless.

The people blocking the door all had fierce expressions, their eyes scanning back and forth between Sophia, who was sitting on the ground crying, and Wayne, who was standing.

Finally, they all focused on Wayne, especially on his bag, which, although empty, was of decent quality.

"Damn it! You traitorous little bastard! I give you food, and you go help someone else?"

The leader, a burly man with a scar on his face and a missing front tooth, grinned maliciously, pointing the tip of his knife at Wayne, his voice loud and threatening:

"If you know what's good for you, hand over all your valuables! And take off your clothes! Otherwise..."

He licked his lips, revealing a cruel smile:

"I'll show you what it means to wish you were dead!"

Sofia's crying stopped abruptly, as if she had been choked, and she trembled even more violently than when she was leading the way.

"It's over, it's all over..."

"First, it must be...we've lingered here too long...and we've been...discovered..."

She abruptly raised her head to look at Wayne, her small face deathly pale, her lips trembling:

"What...what do we do now...waaaah...we're both going to die here..."

Suddenly, Sophia's body trembled, as if she had made up her mind, and she grabbed at the money pouch at Wayne's waist.

She ripped the money pouch off, and then, with all her might, threw it toward the side of the alley, away from the burly men with knives!

The money bag traced an arc in the air, its opening loosened, and the few remaining copper coins and the lone, gleaming half of a large gold coin instantly scattered to the ground like a shower of petals!

"Money! It's money!"

"Gold coins! It's actually gold coins!"

"Quick, grab it! Don't let it get away!"

The burly men blocking the road ahead instantly turned red in the eyes!

They yelled and dropped their knives and clubs, then pounced on the coins like hungry wolves.

"Now!"

Sophia used all her strength to ram backwards at Wayne!

"You big idiot! What are you still daydreaming about?!"

"Run! Run!"

She used her small, thin body to slam hard into Wayne, trying to push him back the relatively wide path he had come from, the one that might still offer a glimmer of hope!

Given a child's stamina and speed, it's impossible for them to outrun an adult over this distance. Therefore, the only solution Sofia could think of was to use this method to attract those guys' attention and create an opportunity for the young master in front of her to escape.

Wayne grabbed Sophia's arm with his other hand.

"And what about you? Aren't you going to run? If you help me this time and stay here, you'll definitely be in big trouble, right?"

Sofia gave a bitter smile.

That smile, appearing on the dirty, tear-streaked face of a ten-year-old child, was heartbreakingly poignant.

She didn't answer, but trembling, she struggled to roll up her oversized, stained, coarse cloth trousers with her other hand, which wasn't being held, revealing the back of her calf.

It was a large, rotten wound, and you could even see the white bone inside.

To be honest, Wayne had been a little concerned about Sophia's strange walking posture.

"Run...faster...ah..."

Sofia's voice grew softer and softer.

"As for me..."

With her little face, covered in snot, tears, dust, and despair, she tried her best to force a tearful smile at Wayne that was even uglier than crying.

"No, didn't I already tell you... I, I'm a bad guy... I, I'm the one who tricked you into coming here..."

"They...they're still counting on me...to keep them lying..."

"No, I wouldn't... carelessly kill the bait..."

"So, that's why..."

"You big idiot... just... just hurry up and take care of yourself first... try to save as many people as you can..."

Just then—

"Tap, tap, tap..."

Heavy, disordered footsteps came clearly from the direction they had come from, from the entrance of the alley!

It's not just one or two people.

There are several!

Sofia froze, turning her head with difficulty to look.

At the entrance of the alley, several slovenly dressed figures with fierce eyes, holding rusted daggers or wooden sticks, blocked the way with ill intent, sneering at the two.

"No, that's not good..."

Sofia's face drained of all color, and her lips trembled so much that she could not utter a complete sentence.

"It's...it's One-Eyed Walker...he...he's here..."

"We're doomed, there's no escaping now... You big idiot, it's all your fault for not running faster, now we're all doomed."

Meanwhile, the burly men who were happily robbing the money finally surrounded them again.

They picked up their weapons from the ground and walked over with sinister grins.

"Heh heh...you little bastard, you've got a lot of money..."

The toothless, burly man weighed the half-gold coin in his hand, his greedy eyes sweeping over Wayne.

"As for you, you little brat, you're a traitor..."

He glared menacingly at Sofia, who was slumped on the ground, her face ashen, and spoke in a chilling tone:

"Just wait till I get my hands on you! I'll break your last leg too, or I'll change my surname to yours!"

Surrounded by fierce-looking, burly men wielding sharp weapons, he was truly doomed.

Faced with this situation, Sophia was utterly desperate. The girl murmured to herself:

"It's over...it's really over...if I go back...I'll definitely be killed...like, like Lily and the others... Waaah..."

Just then.

A warm hand gently pressed against her cold, trembling, and thin head.

Sofia raised her head blankly and stiffly.

What I saw was Wayne's still calm profile.

Wayne looked at the pitiful little girl in front of him and couldn't help but shake his head.

"Sophia, do you know why I didn't run away?"

Sofia stared at him blankly, looking at him with the eyes of someone looking at a complete, hopeless idiot.

"You big idiot...of course it's because...you ran too late...you couldn't escape now..."

Her voice was hoarse:

"Waaah... If only I had known you were this stupid... I should have... reminded you just a little more clearly... even if... even if they beat me up..."

ber!

Wayne flicked her on the forehead!

"Sigh, really, say something nicer."

"If anyone else said that to me, they would suffer unbearable pain!"

Woohoo~

You big idiot, why are you trying to look cool at a time like this!

Sofia, who had been slapped on the head, looked up tearfully, only to find that the hand that had been on her head was gone.

The black-haired boy before me had evil red eyes that gleamed, and he whispered something like a dragon's:

"I'm not running... not because I can't run away."

"But because..."

Wayne paused, a subtle, chilling smile curving his lips.

"Just like the bull warrior never takes off his mask..."

"Even a dragon wouldn't abandon its own treasure!"

next second!

Blood splattered as Sofia watched in horror!