The equipment Airon was using to monitor the wooden house turned on again after the helicopter left, but there was still silence in the house, only occasional footsteps could be heard.
"Do you think it's possible that there's a basement beneath the wooden house?" Victor's sudden words made many consider that possibility. Thinking carefully, it is actually possible. Since those people can use helicopters, why would they establish their stronghold in such a dilapidated wooden house?
Thinking in reverse, if there is a hole beneath the wooden house, then this matter would make sense to some extent.
Now that there's a conjecture, the next question to consider is how to sneak in. After all, being outside can never confirm the situation inside.
"Let me go. The captives helped me escape and deliver the message to Glenn. I feel responsible." Gild said immediately.
After a moment of silence, Gild was the first to speak. What happened to the group he was traveling with seemed to have touched him deeply, even Airon felt that there was something inside that he didn't understand.
But before he could ask, Daryl spoke first. "Now it makes sense..."
There was a slightly unnatural look on Gild's face, as if he was struggling with something, but he finally said with a furious expression, "As I said, they covered my back since they weren't as fast as me to escape and deliver the message. Bullets were flying everywhere, so we simply held our ground."
"It wasn't just the CRM soldiers who attacked them, but also the Red Army... If I think about it, it doesn't make sense to find everything in one place." Airon knew that the CRM investigated communities and then acted according to their plans based on whether they are a threat or not.
Since the beginning, George has had a bad feeling. He didn't know why, but he felt as if hundreds of eyes were watching them in the darkness.
Many people instantly understood the true meaning of Airon's words, but being in this place, it was time to act.
After a while, Airon's voice sounded weakly, "I don't know what you all are thinking right now, but I won't easily give up on any member of our community. I consider all of you part of my family, and believe me when I say I would die for you. Each of us has sacrificed for our community, and the least others can do is the same."
"Listen..."
"Many will die, and I regret all of that..."
When everyone saw Airon acting unnaturally, they felt extremely uncomfortable. Daryl could even swear that he had never seen Airon in that state before.
"This is neither the time nor the place to talk about those things. We need to focus on saving those who still need our help."
The people behind Airon felt more than respect towards their leader. Nobody, not even the families of the fallen soldiers, blamed the leader who fled forward. They all just blamed the undead.
"Gild, we are all ready to leave this world, and even if we resist, we have no choice... Therefore, you must know that blame is not our way out."
Gild also steadied his breathing at this moment, and his rational thinking once again took dominance. He also realized that what he had just said was a bit inappropriate, and now he stuttered instead of being nervous.
"I, I..."
Before Gild could say anything, Airon let out a long sigh.
"This time, I just want to be honest. By expressing myself this way, I'm trying to tell you that we all carry something, but that won't stop me from saving your lives."
"In the same way, we all must be united in where we are and where we are going."
Gild held his weapon tightly, hesitating whether to join the ranks, but seeing Airon's determined gaze served as inspiration not to hesitate from this moment on.
In the end, Airon, who was just a few meters away, nodded and agreed to the plan of acting together.
At this moment, five people descended from the helicopter. Counting the large man inside the wooden house, there are currently six known enemies, and they are not sure if any of their own are among the five people.
The only thing uncertain at this moment is the situation inside the wooden house, but judging from the day's monitoring, there is a high possibility that there is only one alert guard in the wooden house, and this is the point of their operation's advancement.
Airon explained the attack plan to his group in detail. Since they decided, with everyone's help, to save the captured people, they must make preparations for all possible situations that may occur in this place.
The five formed a circle, with Airon in the front, Daryl in the rear, and the other three watching the movement on both sides in the center.
The distance of over 200 meters is not short, and the few people with night vision equipment finally reached the outside of the wooden house after eliminating some walkers along the way.
Airon made a hand gesture, and the group stopped behind the wooden house while he quickly circled around the wooden house himself. It's not that the wooden house doesn't have windows, but they are on the other side, which facilitated their movements.
The room was completely dark, and he didn't dare to look through the window. He only looked closer and walked toward the main entrance of the wooden house. He jumped into the inner yard past the stakes covered in blood, then quickly moved closer to the wall.
Now leaning his ear against the wooden wall, Airon held his breath and focused, trying to hear any slight movement inside through the log wall, but to his disappointment, there was still no sound.
With his back against the wooden wall, Airon crouched motionless, but his mind was quickly thinking about how to solve the current problem.
Looking through a gap in the wall, Airon thought of something.