Chapter 34 Take us with you
The people in the hall watched Luke and Lori walk toward the factory's exit with fearful gazes.
Some recognized Julia and, seeing how Luke's sword had bloodstains, they could guess he must have fought with the people from the camp to save Julia.
In one corner, a young couple was sitting, holding each-other's hands. The woman glanced at Luke before saying to the man beside her, "Honey, this kid must be someone strong, like the camp's people. Since he is leaving, should we follow him?"
The man glanced at Luke, thought for a moment before shaking his head. "We don't know anything about him. Who knows, maybe he is worse than the people here? Moreover, since my cousin working under the right camp leader, they won't touch you."
When the woman heard this, her eyes flashed with complicated light and she murmured in a low voice, "I hope that's the case."
A few other people were also tempted to follow Luke out, but ultimately, none of them stood up because of different reasons.
Just as Luke and Lori were about to walk by the couple they talked to earlier, the couple hurriedly stood up and blocked their way.
Luke frowned in displeasure when he saw someone blocking the way, but seeing it was the couple who told them about Julia, he relaxed and asked, "What is it?"
The man looked around before saying in a low voice, "Young sir, can you please take us with you? You know what kind of place this is. We can't stay here." His wife also looked at him with a pleading look.
Luke instinctively wanted to reject him, since he didn't want to waste his time and energy looking after others. From the start, he only wanted to save his loved ones and increase his strength to survive the apocalypse.
However, when he heard the man's request and saw his wife's expression, he paused.
If he hadn't encountered them or they hadn't told him about Julia, he wouldn't have cared if they died or enslaved.
But since he had met them, they helped him and were now pleading for his help. Would it be humane of him to leave them here, knowing that what awaited them was the same fate he suffered in his past life?
His mind whirled and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
'Maybe I should take them with me. If they can also become evolvers, resisting the rulers will be easier.' He thought.
After finding out that the main camp leader was related to the rulers, he knew they had already taken action even before the apocalypse descended and it wouldn't be long before they started killing and controlling the independent evolvers.
So, maybe it would be good if he could gather some people who could help him resist them when that happened.
Upon thinking this, he glanced at the couple up and down. Both of them seemed to be in their thirties and could fight and become evolvers if he helped them.
"I can take you guys with me, but you should know some things if you want to follow me." He nodded. He then said with a serious expression on his face,
"First, you'll have to follow my orders as long as you are with me. Second, you have to prove your worth because I don't want to waste my time and energy on useless baggage. If you agree, follow us."
After saying this, he walked away. Lori nodded at the couple before following after him.
The couple exchanged a glance. Although Luke's words sounded harsh, given the current state of the world, what he said made sense. If they were in his place, they would've said the same thing, or worse, they would've rejected him outright.
"Let's go." The wife said, grabbed her son's hand and hurried after them. The man also did the same.
Seeing this, a few other survivors who were hesitating until now gathered their courage and shouted, "Can you also take us?"
The couple stopped in their tracks upon hearing this, and Lori also turned around. Luke, however, continued to walk away.
Seeing that he didn't even respond to their calling, Julia raised her head and asked, "Are you really going to leave them here with those cruel people?"
Stop!
Hearing this, Luke suddenly stopped. He then turned around to look at the people standing and looking at him with pleading gazes. Most of them were females.
He swept his gaze across them and before asking in a cold voice, "Can you fight? Do you have the courage to kill?"
Everyone exchanged glances before looking down.
Seeing this, Luke sighed inwardly. He then turned around and walked away. As his figure was about to disappear at the turn, his voice rang out behind him, "Those who think can fight and have guts to kill can follow me."
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With Julia in his hands and Lori and others following him, Luke walked out of the factory. After they disappeared from the front of the factory, the middle-aged man who had led Luke and Lori to the hall when they had arrived walked out from the hiding.
Gazing in the direction Luke and others had left, he narrowed his eyes and muttered, "Should I also follow them?"
"I think you should." A voice sounded behind him.
Whoosh!
The middle-aged man was frightened out of his wits and immediately jumped away. When he saw who it was, his face lost all color. "M-My lord. Please forgive me. I-I didn't mean that."
If Luke was here and saw this person, he would be surprised because it was the same yellow clothed person who had tried to assassinate him in front of the storage rooms.
Right now, he had a bag on his back and a sword in his hand. He seemed to have changed into a new t-shirt and from how he was smiling; it didn't seem like he was injured at all.
"Don't worry, old man. I won't kill you." He chuckled when he saw how frightened the middle-aged man was.
Walking out of the factory, he sighed, "That guy is horrifyingly strong. He killed Derek in one strike. So, if you can follow him, the chances of your survival would be higher."
"H-He killed left leader in one strike? But you..." The middle-aged man was shocked upon hearing this.
"You want to ask how am I alive when everyone else is dead, right?" The yellow-clothed man narrowed his eyes.
The middle-aged man didn't say anything even though he was really curious about it.
"I pretended to be dead." The yellow-clothed man chuckled before walking away.
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