Chapter 147

147 A Midnight Visitor

Selma Payne’s POV:

“Oh, really? It seems like you’re very dissatisfied with the conditions here, Sir,” I retorted without hesitation. “A leaking wooden house? To be honest, I think the construction level of this house is enough to shock the academic world. What? Such good conditions still can’t satisfy you. Then, please make do with it. After all, we’re on a mission, not on vacation, right?”

The thin young man’s face turned red, and he looked at me fiercely as if he was trying to pierce me with his eyes.

Frank stopped him and reprimanded, “Behave, Yuri. You have time to spew nonsense, but you don’t have time to work?”

The man named Yuri did not dare to challenge the captain’s authority. He spat angrily and left with the rope.

“I’m very sorry, Miss Selma, ” Frank said apologetically. “Life here is rather boring, and the members are a little hot-tempered. Yuri didn’t mean any harm, so please forgive him.”

I didn’t need to be calculative with a small fry, so I quickly forgot about it.

Aldrich brought a few soldiers along with him and followed another member to identify the way, so he arrived much later than us.

“It’s cold outside, right?” I handed him a cup of hot vegetable soup. “Drink some hot soup to warm your body.”

“Thank you,” he said. Aldrich took it and drank a big mouthful while he looked at me like a dog.

I was sure he’d wanted to hug me, but we hadn’t revealed our relationship to the public yet. It wasn’t because we weren’t sure of our relationship but because my parents wanted me to have a peaceful college life without being involved with the paparazzi and rumors.

Even though our current life was nothing like peace, we still kept our relationship a secret.

We’d only be spending the night at the first base. We’d be setting off to the next base tomorrow morning, so everyone went to bed early.

I shared a room with Dorothy, Master Hayley, and the other women.

“The wind is really strong outside,” Dorothy said softly.

I nodded in agreement as I listened to the cold wind outside the window.

Although it was summer, the temperature in the Rocky Mountains remained below 0° C all year round. The low temperature was accompanied by drifting snow and cold winds. In such a place, a living person would freeze to death in less than half a night.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of the wind outside the window.

I listened carefully, and a sound was getting closer.

“Did you hear someone calling for help?” I nudged Dorothy. She was in a daze, shaking her head drowsily.

The cries for help were still ringing in my ears. I couldn’t just sit by and do nothing, so I prepared to go out and check.

Most of the others hadn’t gone to sleep yet. They all got up when they heard someone calling for help outside.

Pushing open the door, the male dormitory’s door also opened. Aldrich took the lead, and the night guard, Frank, greeted him.

“You heard it too?” Aldrich asked.

I nodded.

Dark clouds covered the moon, and there was no light in the sky. The light in front of the base could only illuminate a small open space. The darkness amplified the heaviness in everyone’s hearts. We held our breath and listened carefully, only to find that the strange cry for help had disappeared again.

“Something’s not right.” I grabbed Aldrich’s hand, and he also realized something was wrong.

Frank called a team member to follow him out to investigate the voice. The one closest to him was Yuri, but this cunning kid immediately pushed another team member forward and pretended he didn’t just get selected.

Frank couldn’t be bothered to argue with him. He told the female team member, “Go into the house and get your equipment. Linda, let’s go and take a look.”

Three minutes later, Linda came out, armed with her and Frank’s weapons. We tied special ropes on them, and Dorothy and the werewolf grandmasters also cast a special spell on them for protection.

The two set off, and after an anxious ten minutes, they returned with a man in ragged clothes.

“An unlucky guy who got lost,” Frank said. He was relieved. “He’s freezing. Hurry up and go in.”

Master Hayley cast a recovery spell on the frozen man, and the man woke up after a while.

We tried to ask him who he was, but he seemed mentally abnormal. He stared at the empty corner and mumbled some strange words we couldn’t understand.

I found some mountaineering equipment, warm supplies, and an identification card in his backpack. They were the same as the tattered backpack, all damaged to varying degrees. The identification card was completely messed up, and we could glean nothing from it.

In the end, Frank decided. “Let’s allow him to stay for the night. Tomorrow morning, we will send him to the human police station at the foot of the mountain. Let the humans handle their matters.”

“Will this do?” I was a little worried. “He doesn’t look like he’s lost. Maybe he has a companion? Don’t we need to investigate further?”

However, before Frank could reply, a familiar mocking voice came from the corner.

“Save your kindness, Miss,” Yuri said. “Humans are very sensitive. Do you think we or other races have never helped them before? ”