No Return

Kang Ding shifted his trembling gaze to Linsey and Alvitte.

"..."

He opened his mouth, intending to speak.

But upon meeting the gray eyes of the Righteous Walker girl, he swallowed the plea that was about to leave his lips.

Revenge? How could that be possible?

The man and woman before him had clear goals. They were great figures bound for the City of Law; they could not possibly linger over something like this.

Besides, Kang Ding had no standing to ask.

They had just helped him deal with an enemy attack, yet he was shamelessly asking them to help him take revenge.

Especially when the one who had started this war was a Seventh Stage existence.

—The Silver Witch.

"Haa..."

Kang Ding let out a trembling sigh.

The war had already ended, and his homeland had fallen to the Silver Witch.

These attackers before them had merely been ordered to head for the border and handle the cleanup after the war.

What had happened had happened. Nothing they did now could change it.

—That was the truth.

With Kang Ding's Fifth Stage skill,

even if he chose to fight back and rebel against the Silver Witch, he would only be putting on a clownish performance for everyone to see.

Kang Ding stared at the ground beneath his feet.

He suddenly laughed, though his gaze was utterly miserable.

"You two asked about the Dust Road World before, didn't you?"

"No words could explain things better than the facts. Now... I suppose I don't need to explain any further."

The other soldiers from the border outpost gathered around Kang Ding as well.

"Lord Kang Ding, my mother... my mother is still there!"

"What are we supposed to do next?"

Some asked after their families, some asked what they should do next,