In an ordinary-looking room, Isabella sat in the corner. She had already changed into the most ordinary clothes, just like the Malory people at the bottom.
She looked poor, dirty, and even had a strange smell on her.
Even at this moment, she still hadn't gotten rid of the attack. It was too scary. In less than half an hour, everything was ruined!
A group of people came out of nowhere and somehow entered the heavily guarded general's mansion. Then, they started an efficient and cold massacre.
The people outside the general's mansion seemed to have been turned deaf by the gods. They didn't even try to enter the mansion to save them or do anything.
Isabella was resting at that time. She was awakened by the gunshots and then hid.
She didn't think of fighting back. If the other party could kill their way into the general's mansion, fighting back now would be suicide.
She hid in a secret room that only she knew. This secret room was prepared by her to guard against her brothers.
There were rumors that many of the assassinations on the children of the general were actually directed by Sanchez. Therefore, she needed a safe space. It didn't need to be too big. She just needed to hide in it and hold on for a few days.
She stayed quietly in the space that was less than two square meters. She heard the faint cries and screams outside, as well as the constant gunshots.
About 34 minutes later, everything was over. The entire general's mansion was so quiet that it was as if … everyone was dead!
She didn't leave and continued to hide in the room. Then, she heard some people coming into her bedroom. They were rummaging and even firing a few shots. The last wall started to heat up.
Fortunately, there was a heavy rain in time, so the fire didn't spread too far.
Two days later, when she came out of the ruins of the general's mansion, she was shocked by all the news.
The general was assassinated in his seat. He was shot into a sieve on the spot and couldn't be more dead.
The women that Isabella didn't like, the ones who carried the general's blood, were all hanged on the beams of the general's mansion. Those people even cut out their children. It was very tragic.
Two of her brothers were also beheaded. Their bodies were thrown into the fountain, and their heads were thrown on the flower bed of the fountain.
The water in the fountain was dyed red, and it continued to spray.
Other than these family members, everyone else was dead. Perhaps they were all dead, or perhaps some of them managed to escape.
Her luck was not bad, or rather, she was well prepared. There were civilian clothes in the safe room. She grabbed a handful of mud and smeared it on her face. No one would be interested in a dirty woman, so she managed to escape the calamity.
She didn't know who was reliable and who wasn't, which made it impossible for her to accurately determine where the enemy came from.
After changing several hiding spots in succession, she stopped at this place.
This was an ordinary residential area. People had always lived here. They were a blind couple and a little boy.
Sometimes, Isabella would help those in need, which brought some warmth to the society under the warlords' oppressive rule. She felt that she had done a good job.
The couple was blind, so they didn't have too many materialistic desires.
The little boy was just sixteen years old, so he wouldn't have too many complicated thoughts, so he was relatively safe.
She had been thinking about who did these things. They almost completely destroyed all of them. This person must have prepared for a long time. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to kill their way into the general's residence so easily.
Those people she had seen on a daily basis kept appearing in her mind. She didn't find anything. Instead, she felt that everyone was very deliberate.
The sky outside the window gradually darkened. When Isabella turned around, she was shocked. The little boy was standing at the door, looking at her without saying a word.
She almost thought that some assassin had come in again.
"You scared me," he said.
She said, "What's the matter?"
The little boy walked over silently. When he was a few steps away from her, Isabella heard his heavy breathing.
She seemed to realize something. In the next second, the "little boy" in her eyes, who was actually a young man who was married most of the time, suddenly pushed her to the ground.
He tore at Isabella's clothes, and his breathing became more rapid.
He knew who the woman in front of him was, and he also knew that his family could live the life they had now thanks to the financial support of this "Mallory's Sapphire."
But knowing was one thing.
This family was unfortunate because the two adults in the family were both blind. They didn't have the ability to do complex labor, and they couldn't even support themselves.
If it weren't for Isabella's financial support, they might not have had children and would have died long ago.
They were still alive, but being alive didn't mean that they were happy. In such a family, no one was willing to marry a girl.
The family thought about it for a long time and finally came to such a decision.
If they could make Isabella one of their family members, then all the problems would be solved. The young boy had nothing to object to.
Other people, neighbors, and friends, at his age, were already married, had wives, and even had children.
He was the only one who was still alone.
At this moment, he could already smell the fragrance of a woman on Isabella's body, which made him even more manic and violent. In the middle of the two's argument, he suddenly gave Isabella a hard punch.
Isabella felt a warm stream of blood in her nose, but it didn't flow out.
She lay on the ground and faced the sky. The blood from her nose went directly into her mouth and into her respiratory system. She choked on her own blood and coughed violently, causing her to temporarily lose her strength.
Feeling that her clothes had been torn apart, Isabella looked at the young man in front of her who was still tearing her clothes with a dazed expression on her face …
Bang …
The young man who was riding on her body suddenly stopped, and all his movements stopped at this moment.
He looked down at the hole in his clothes. This was the clothes he bought after saving a lot of money for a long time. It was from the Federation, and he bought it for a blind date.
Usually, he couldn't bear to wear it at all. Even if it got dirty, it would make his heart ache for a long time. But now, it was broken.
He raised his hand and touched the hole. Soon, around the hole, his clothes were dyed red, and the red quickly spread to the surrounding area.
His eyes were a little dazed, and when he looked at the pistol in Isabella's right hand, he seemed to understand something.
Isabella flipped over and pushed the boy to the ground. She quickly walked to the next door. The blind couple had already stood up and were supporting each other as they walked outside.
She chased after them and pulled the trigger continuously behind them.
Gunshots were nothing out of the ordinary in Marillo. Almost every city would hear gunshots every night. Fights between gangs, warlords, and ordinary people were still going on.
Looking at the two people who had fallen, Isabella remembered the first time she saw them. It was almost seven or eight years ago.
At that time, their family was facing the problem of survival.
In fact, the couple was not blind from the beginning. It was not congenital. It was said that they drank something and then became blind.
At that time, Isabella gave them some money. Not a lot, but she would give them a little every month. Sometimes, she would even come to see them.
Their behavior was not like today at all. They were not as crazy as they were now.
She stood there for about a few seconds. Then, she immediately went back to the room to tidy up and left under the cover of the night.
Not long after, some of the neighbors came over and stood outside to look inside.
They saw the couple on the ground, but they were not afraid. Instead, they continued to walk inside.
When they realized that there was no one in the room, these people began to quickly rummage through all the things in the room and took away all the valuable things!
Night fell. The temperature had dropped to three to five degrees. Isabella's heart sank in the darkness. She was filled with despair.
This damned world.
She thought about it for a long time. In the end, she decided to take the initiative to contact the Federation. If she did not do so, she might not be able to survive.
This city, which was supposed to be filled with a sense of security, was making her feel strange and afraid.
She thought that she had gotten along well with these people because she often got close to these civilians under the protection of the military and gave them some help.
She did not expect that they would not care about the kindness of the past. Who else could she rely on?
It was only at this time that she realized that the Federation was the only one who could be relied on. The Federation needed to use her. She was still useful, so the Federation would not let her die.
Just like her brother, Sanchez. She had been paying attention to his situation. In the past few days, Sanchez had taken over two cities as his own territory with the help of the Federation. He had also gathered some people to fight for him.
Total station.
He was better than ever. The Federation would protect him!
She tightened her clothes and quickly found a working phone.
While reloading the pistol, she frowned and looked at the warm corpse in the corner. She dialed the number that the Federation had given her.
Half a minute later, the call went through.
"This is Sweet Honey Tonight. Our company has professional staff who can satisfy any needs of our customers. Do you know any staff that you are familiar with?"
"If not, we can recommend some for you."
"Our company's standard fee is one dollar per five minutes!"
If someone who did not know the situation accidentally called this number, their first thought would be to hang up. This was obviously an adult phone service, and the fee was not cheap.
Isabella's expression was a little strange. She was silent for a while. "I'm Isabella. You have to arrange for someone to save me!"