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Chapter 15 - Chapter 15: The Reservoir's Tragedy

If Flandre had stayed in that factory building until the next day, she would have recognized that this person was the officer's confidant.

He was also the one who had figured out most of Flandre's background, but because it was too exaggerated, no one was willing to believe it.

He had been tracking the clues at this Logging Camp for nearly half a month. If he hadn't been urgently dispatched to help with the previous incident, he would have already taken control of this place.

"Tie up all those people, be careful not to kill them—dead people can't be sold—and don't maim them either, disabled ones don't sell well!"

He shouted instructions loudly through a megaphone.

By now, Flandre had roughly understood the situation here and began preparing for the rescue operation.

For someone with only combat abilities and no auxiliary or protective skills, how could she most effectively handle the two completely unrelated tasks of "protection" and "rescue"?

It was simple: just kill all the enemies.

As long as there were no enemies left, wouldn't those people be successfully saved?

Having made up her mind, she split into four and descended from the sky like four meteors.

"What's that in the sky?"

Someone spotted Flandre overhead.

But before they could react, she had already rushed to their front.

"Why is there a little girl flying in the sky?"

That was the person's last thought before death.

Then, his "eye" was crushed by Flandre, and his entire body instantly disintegrated into pieces.

The efficient slaughter quickly broke the enemy's morale.

At that moment, the Staff Member stared wide-eyed at the scene before him, suddenly recalling what he had seen earlier in the factory building.

"So that's how it is, I finally understand... My judgment was correct. There really are people in this world who can fly, move quickly, and kill opponents instantly.

But our opponents aren't the Infected,

they're—Blood Fiends!"

Before his words could fade, Flandre Scarlet had already flown to his front.

"Is this guy scared out of his wits? What's he muttering about here?"

Puzzled, she passed by him, casually pulling out his heart and stuffing it into her mouth as a dessert.

"Yes, yes, that's it... I was right!"

The man looked joyfully at the large hole in his chest, but his eyes gradually dimmed.

As he fell, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, as if he had achieved a great victory.

In less than ten minutes, everyone in the Mining Camp wearing a military uniform had died at Flandre's hands.

Only the rescued loggers remained, watching with fear and confusion as the Blood Fiend girl descended from the sky, her laughter chilling and somewhat maniacal, like silver bells.

Many of them recognized her.

As the main base, this Logging Camp often had people coming and going.

And among them happened to be those who had seen Flandre during the victory celebration.

At the time, they didn't understand why those who had been rescued were so secretive about the process. Now, thinking about it, if it were them, they probably wouldn't dare or want to remember those scenes either.

"What are you all standing around for?

Check if there are any enemies left or if anyone is missing. If everything's fine, quickly contact the main base... As for this Logging Camp, we'll have to abandon it."

In front of everyone, the four Flandres merged into one and spoke to the person in the crowd who was clearly in charge.

Hearing her words, that person finally snapped out of it.

"Right, right, we need to send a message back to the main base immediately!"

He quickly ran toward the Telegraph Machine, as if waiting even a second longer would mean being eaten by Flandre.

Flandre scratched her cheek, looking puzzled at the hastily departing manager.

"Am I really that scary? Everyone says Flandre is a good girl!"

But she didn't know that just moments ago, when she pulled out the Staff Member's heart and casually stuffed it into her mouth as a dessert, the manager had happened to see it.

A Blood Fiend who eats hearts staring at you—who wouldn't be scared?

The fact that he didn't wet his pants in fear and could still go send a message showed he had a remarkably strong mind.

Soon, as the assembled Guerrilla Force was preparing to provide support, they received news from the Logging Camp that they had already been rescued.

"So fast!" Yelena exclaimed in surprise, looking at Tallulah.

She knew the other party was quick, but this was a fifty-kilometer journey. Not only had they reached the destination, but they had also wiped out all the enemies.

All of it took less than twenty minutes.

And her side had just finished preparing to head over.

Of course, this wasn't because the Reunion Movement was slow, but because they were too poor.

Many pieces of equipment were shared among several people, and some weapons taken outside had to be retrieved by calling the person back.

"But we still need to go. After all, since the Logging Camp has been discovered, it's no longer safe.

We need to bring everything back from there and quickly open up a new logging area. We must have enough supplies ready before winter comes."

Tallulah replied calmly.

"Alright, then I'll arrange for everyone to lighten their load so we can take everything in one trip."

Frostnova immediately began reorganizing.

Originally, after hearing about the attack on the Logging Camp, everyone was panicked.

But then they were suddenly told the danger had been resolved, and now they needed to go to the Logging Camp to bring back the items there.

For a moment, everyone was confused.

Many thought of the scene not long ago when Flandre had left.

Could it be her?

Some considered it but then shook their heads.

That was a fifty-kilometer journey. How long had she been gone?

How could it be possible?

On the other side, Flandre Scarlet asked the workers here about the direction from which the Ursus Patrol had appeared and said she would go check the situation.

For them to suddenly appear at dawn, they must have spent the night nearby.

She needed to see if they had left anyone behind. If someone escaped back, Ursus would react quickly.

In that case, what would likely come next would be Ursus's army.

Hearing her words, the workers, despite their fear, began recalling the direction from which the enemy had appeared.

Although they pointed to several areas, more pointed to the south.

"About ten kilometers south from here, there's a Reservoir, and next to it is a Waterway. If those people wanted to hide, that would be the best choice."

The Logging Camp manager, suppressing his fear, recalled the surrounding environment and said with certainty.

"Alright, then I'll go check the situation."

After saying this, she flew away from the Logging Camp under everyone's watchful eyes.

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