Surviving the Apocalypse: All I Want Is to Find a Husband-Chapter 31: An Old Acquaintance

Medeia didn’t understand what was going on, but Lucian and the weird masked man seemed to know each other.

"Don’t pretend we were close." Lucian sneered at him, "Traitor."

Ohh ... Drama.

Medeia could smell something fishy between them and couldn’t wait for the tea to spill itself.

"Traitor? I tried to save you, but you wouldn’t understand." He spoke without regret. "Your mother—"

"Don’t talk about my mother with your filthy mouth." Lucian stepped forward. "You sold my mother to the bandits!"

Okay, Medeia was kind of lost in this situation. Who was this idiot anyway? And what exactly had he done to Lucian in the past?

’Hey, system, can you give me any information about them?’ Medeia asked in her mind.

[The system can only provide a brief explanation of their situation]

[But Host must pay the price]

Medeia groaned inwardly. The system had asked her to be a kind person, but it had robbed her every chance it got.

’How much?’

[Only 1,000 gold coins for today, Host!]

[If you refuse today’s offer, you will have to pay the normal price of 2,000 next time] freeωebnovēl.c૦m

It was a daylight robbery!

The system had never even given her a discount!

She didn’t want to spend so many gold coins after spending 10,000 gold coins earlier, but she really wanted to know the context of their conversation.

’Okay, I’ll trade 1,000 gold coins for their information.’

Medeia might have cried a little when she saw her balance later, for she had earned those gold coins with sweat and tears—no, maybe just sweat.

The point was that the system was a ducking robber!

[Proceed the transaction ...]

[Provide the brief information of Lucian and the Stormclad leader’s background]

[James Black was Sheila Charon’s assistant who happened to be in the Charon family home when the apocalypse began]

[As the world became more dangerous and they had trouble finding food, James made a deal with bandits to trade Lucian’s mother for gasoline and some canned food]

[Lucian tried to find Sheila, but the only thing he found was her naked, lifeless body on the side of the road]

[He killed the bandits one by one, forcing them to tell him where to find James]

[Beep—the system needs another 100 coins to continue the story]

Medeia almost screamed out loud as the system tried to get more coins from her.

The system didn’t even give the information in detail at all.

It was a scam!

[Host, please pay more gold coins~]

’No! I don’t want to give you any more gold coins!’

Besides, Medeia had already seen the big picture of why Lucian hated James so much.

The man was a total bastard, and Medeia couldn’t wait to devour his filthy soul.

"Lucian," Medeia whispered to him, pouring more fuel into his heart. "He was going to force me to be his wife."

She hid behind her back, pretending to be afraid. "His men told me I had to bear his children if I wanted to stay alive."

Lucian gritted his teeth and shouted at James, "You ... how dare you capture a woman and force her to carry your children?!"

"For years I tried to find you, but you hide your identity so well that I didn’t even know you were the leader of Stormclad." Lucian walked towards him. "But no more hiding, James. I’ll never let you run away again today."

Jame laughed at him. "You’re too confident of yourself, boy."

A ton of thunder struck the sky as the great storm suddenly appeared in the canyon. His eyes glowed with a dangerous light as he raised his hands to the darkening sky. Within moments, fierce winds swirled around him, whipping up dust and debris.

"I’m not as weak as I used to be, boy," James said, his voice barely audible over the growing storm.

"But you look weak in that wheelchair," he continued, "I should have cut off your arms as well."

James growled. He thrust his arm forward and sent a bolt of lightning at Lucian. The bolt sizzled through the air, its blinding light reflecting off the canyon walls.

Lucian’s hand shot up, and with a sharp flick of his fingers, the bolt veered off course, slamming into a nearby boulder and shattering it into flaming fragments.

Medeia watched the scene in awe. It looked like they could destroy the canyon in a second, but they decided not to, because the springs would be gone as well.

The men behind James began to move forward to attack Lucian as well. Medeia thought she would be a burden if she stayed there, so she decided to do something else instead.

"Lucian, I’m going to hide in a safe place for a while!"

Lucian turned his head to her and spoke in a soft tone. "Don’t go too far and be careful, okay?"

Medeia smiled. "Okay."

She climbed onto the wolf’s back and asked him to go behind the debris. "Bear, can you find someone for me?"

The wolf howled in reply, so Medeia held a white mask up to its nose. "Please, find the owner of this mask."

She had no desire to help weak people, but the system would probably give her more C-points if she tried to act like a good person.

Not long after that, the wolf started running to the back of the base. Everyone had gone to protect their leader, so Medeia didn’t see any hunters there.

She thought Bear was going to enter the base through the back door, but the wolf suddenly stopped out of nowhere.

"Why are you stopping?"

Bear lowered his head and pawed at the ground beneath his legs. Medeia jumped down from his back and saw a round metal door on the ground.

"An underground tunnel?" Medeia corrected her question, for the door seemed to be in daily use. "A bunker ... maybe?"

If it was indeed a bunker, it explained why Medeia hadn’t seen any women on the base.

The men probably locked them in an underground bunker so they couldn’t escape easily.

"Help me lift the door." Medeia twisted the seal in the door with difficulty, then lifted it with the wolf’s help.

Medeia saw a vertical staircase to the bunker, but she couldn’t see anything because it was too dark inside.

"I’m going down, but you can’t come with me."

The wolf nudged Medeia’s hand with his muzzle because Bear didn’t want her to come down alone.

"You’ll get stuck if you come down with me." Medeia held the wolf’s head, then reassured him, "Listen to me, you have to wait here for me and make sure no one comes down, okay?"

The bear barked once in response. Medeia smiled at the wolf and patted his head. "Good boy. If a man comes, you can bite his neck or eat him, but don’t kill him, because I want to eat his soul."

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