The Golden Throne

Chapter 215: The Journey Back

Liu Feng had been driving for the last twelve hours. They took breaks in the middle, and a couple of naps on the way, but they hadn’t stopped the truck for an extended period as of yet. Liu Feng wanted to so desperately teach Arad how to drive the truck so that they could take turns, but Arad wasn’t showing the enthusiasm that Amelia showed towards the car.

Liu Feng sighed as he continued with his foot on the pedal. By now, they had already cycled through three mana stones, and even the fourth one was almost depleted, looking like it was almost transparent, instead of milky white.

“Why are these mana stones getting depleted so fast? I thought that every twelve hours, we only had to replace it once.” Arad asked.

“That is where you are completely wrong. It is not based on time, but on consumption. Right now, we are a day behind the army. That means that we need to get there much faster than we usually do. So, I am spending more mana and making the truck go a little faster. At this rate, we will be in the second city tomorrow. We need to rest after all.” Liu Feng smiled.

“But even when walking the army was able to get there within three days. Why are we taking more than one day?” Arad asked.

“Yeah. We should be getting there faster than one day. Why ARE we taking more than a day? I wonder. Maybe we accidentally got onto a long route, and we need to get back on track.” Liu Feng smiled sheepishly.

Unfortunately, he was right. They were on the wrong track. After the day ended, Liu Feng had no idea where they were, which made no sense to him. He traveled along the same road that he had come back in, and it took him only one day to get back. That was on horse. He was absolutely positive that the truck was faster than the horses by a lot.

“Wait a minute! We forgot the horse back at the other city. That’s a shame. I really liked my horse.” Arad sighed.

Liu Feng glanced at him, and shook his head. 

“We will rest for today, and we will see where we are tomorrow. Hopefully, there is someone on the road, and we can ask them for directions. Please god, do not let us get lost. After all of this is over, I need to make sure that this problem is also fixed. For there not be a single sign, how do they expect new travelers to know where they were going?” Liu Feng cursed.

Arad nodded, and Liu Feng parked the truck right in the middle of the road.

“Why are you blocking the road? Aren’t you going to block the road for people who might come here? What if they have carts that are not able to cross? Horses cannot possibly take the carts off course through all that soil and sand.” Arad asked.

“Exactly. So the person who stops has no choice but to wake us up and ask us to move. We can ask them where the hell we are after that, and we will finally have a chance to escape this nightmare. I do not want to keep driving forever. I want to get to the capital city in one day, two at the maximum.” Liu Feng nodded.

“I wonder, however. This truck is very fast, much faster than all of the other soldiers and the entire army. What are you going to do when you get to the capital city first? You cannot possibly try and provoke every single demon by blasting this bomb early. That is just forfeiting your life.” Arad warned

“Now, that is true. But did you see that this bomb is not in the shape of a bomb at all? It is basically a box. I will need a little time setting it up, and we will drop it. After we do, it will fall in the center of demon territory. Then, we will run. We will get the hell out of there, at least ten miles away. We will go back to the army, where the army is at that point.” Liu Feng explained his plan.

“Ten miles away? Why is that? You cannot possibly think that the bomb will work even a mile away, much less ten.” Arad scoffed.

“Well, let us just say that we are running away from the demons. Anyway, the bomb will not detonate immediately, but I am sure that the demons would not understand what this is. Like you, I am also sure that they will be skeptical about what it is, and even if they know that it is a bomb, they will not rush to take action.” Liu Feng smiled.

Arad shook his head, and closed his eyes. 

“We better rest. I do not want to be there late. At the time of the war, we should not focus on silly tactics like this, and we should focus on fighting the demons.” Arad said.

Liu Feng smiled as he also closed his eyes. He also needed the rest. 

Two hours later,

“Hello young man. What is this stupid creature that you have right here, and what is your common sense like? Do you have any sense of right and wrong? Why would you block the road like this? We are struggling to escape this god forsaken place, and then there are people like you.” an angry voice jolted Liu Feng and Arad awake.

“Finally, someone that knows something.” Liu Feng smiled. He got off the truck and looked at the man who was speaking. There was an old man, along with a few others behind him.

“I am sorry for the inconvenience caused, but I have no idea where I am. Where is your caravan coming from?” Liu Feng asked.

“We are coming from the capital. Where else?” the old man scoffed.

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