Akkad is a pirate who is full of crimes. He once did a lot of evil things as a pirate, including massacring civilians, forcing a whole ship of people to jump into the sea, and even framed his companions. A lot.
When he got older, Akkad felt that he could no longer wander on the sea, so he found a way to buy an identity with the money he had saved in his early years.
He didn't want to live on land far away from the sea, but he was tired of the sea breeze. This strange thought made him finally settle down in a small town.
In this small town, you will not be blown by the sea breeze, and you can also take an ox cart to the pier to watch the ships coming and going.
On this day, Akkad was walking on the edge of the town with his beloved telescope as usual, where he wanted to watch the morning sunset.
The telescope was Akkad's lucky item when he was a pirate, because once he was almost hit by a bullet during a robbery. A man who was cut down to the ground actually pulled out a pistol and shot him. In the end, the bullet got stuck in the telescope and he survived.
After Akkad returned to land, he repaired the telescope and used it as his amulet. Even though he left the sea and retired in a small town, he did not throw away this amulet. But today, this amulet has become his only way to reveal his identity. clue.
Mal was once a child who grew up in the Loen Kingdom's colony on the southern continent. He had a relatively happy childhood when he was young. His father was a relatively famous local ship repairman.
Although he often has to stay in the ship and has no way to go home, Mal has never lacked food and clothing since he was a child. After all, if ship repairmen cannot be treated well, those who have been wandering on the sea all year round will People are also afraid that one day they will experience a storm, and suddenly find that the cabin is leaking, and they will have to die on the sea.
In that case, no one will find anything at all, because in this era, it is a common thing for a cargo ship to disappear into the vast sea. It may be hijacked by pirates, or something may have happened on the cargo ship. Civil strife may also be caused by sacrifices caused by storms, or it may even be the encounter with legendary events such as the Kraken Ghost Ship.
For Mal, his happy childhood lasted until Mal was seven or eight years old. That day, several pirate ships jointly attacked the colony of the Loen Kingdom. Mal remembered that his mother and father suddenly abandoned their work and rushed back. At home, he took Mal and fled outside overnight.
It's a pity that they didn't run away after all. Mal and the others were caught up in the forest. Mal's father hid the horse in a tree hole. The tree hole was very small and could only hide a child like Mal.
He watched from the hole in the tree as the pirates caught up with his parents and chopped them to the ground with two knives.
The cry for mercy eventually turned into the sound of blood spraying on the leaves, and a few drops of blood even fell on Mal's forehead and flowed into his lips.
He remembered his parents' teachings without making any sound. He only remembered that the taste of blood in his lips was salty. He also remembered that one of the pirates who killed his father and mother had a telescope on his waist. , gunfire rang out, and the telescope deformed.
Then the angry pirates chopped Mal's parents into countless pieces in front of his eyes.
From then on, Mal became an orphan. After the official Loen rescue team arrived, he followed the rescue team to live in other cities.
When he was sixteen or seventeen years old, he boarded a ship and became an adventurer and a pirate hunter. But what Mal wanted to do most was to find those pirates.
It's a pity that he found nothing in more than ten years. In the end, everyone's faces were gradually forgotten with the passage of time and turned into symbols, even Mal's parents.
Sometimes he would sit quietly in front of the window and miss his past, but he could not remember the faces of his parents. He could only remember two people with blurry faces, one of whom took him to the beach every day to watch the morning sun.
The other would bring himself some gifts regularly, and he couldn't remember the appearance of those pirates. The only thing he remembered was the telescope inlaid with bullets, which might be the only clue.
In the more than ten years since he became a pirate hunter, Mal has searched for the telescope countless times, but every time he has failed. In the end, Mal is no longer young. He no longer has that kind of impulse and vitality. He was injured once when he was in his twenties. , plus he met a very gentle woman in Loen.
In the end, all this allowed him to settle down, and he seemed to have forgotten the past, or in order to completely separate himself from the past, he chose to stay away from all seaside cities.
But he couldn't really forget the past completely, so he lived in this town for three or four years.
On this day, Mal got up in the morning and prepared breakfast in the house as usual. He loved his wife very much, so he would rather get up a little earlier every day and let her sleep a little longer.
Then he would wait until about ten o'clock before going out and going to work in the tavern on the right side of the town.
After leaving the sea, he chose to become a bartender, and because there were usually no customers in the pub in the morning or during the day, no one would mind if Mal went a little later.
When I arrived at the tavern, I heard a crackling sound as soon as I entered. An apprentice worker broke a wine barrel and was now very confused.
Mal felt a headache, and he said: "Such an expensive wine, the price of shipping it back from the Southern Continent is almost sky-high, how dare you break it."
"I, I'm sorry, I don't know, sir..." the apprentice stammered.
"Forget it, you can talk to the boss yourself later." Mark would not help this apprentice out of sympathy. Even if the price of a barrel of wine was nothing to him, he had a lot of experiences when he was young. of deposits.
But sometimes, there are too many situations where good deeds are not rewarded.
And if this careless apprentice is not taught a lesson, he may still be careless in the future.
Mal took out the cleaning supplies and prepared to clean.
At this time, a person walked in outside.
Akkad walked back from the edge of the town as usual. When he saw the morning sun, he felt that he was still full of energy. Passing by the town's tavern, Akkad's originally powerful steps suddenly felt heavy.
In order to separate himself from the past Akkad, Akkad changed all the unhealthy living habits in the past, such as drinking alcohol, going to bed late, getting up late and staying up late. Even after living alone for so many years, he never found another woman. Mate, it's all about hiding your identity.
However, Akkad actually had several illegitimate children in other places, so there is no need to go into detail about all this. The reason Akkad couldn't move at this time was actually very simple, that is, he hadn't drank alcohol in so many years. This time he suddenly passed by a tavern in a small town and smelled the aroma of wine coming from the tavern.
Arkad immediately smelled that this was a special wine from the Southern Continent. He didn't expect that there was such a fine product in the small town. In the past, they could rarely drink such wine.
After hesitating for a while, he walked into the tavern. When he entered, he saw the bartender holding a broom.
The two people's eyes met each other for an instant. After staring at each other for a moment, the bartender suddenly asked: "I'm sorry, sir, the pub is not officially open yet. Are you from out of town? I'm so in this small town." I haven’t seen you in years.”
When Akkad heard this, his words were a little slow and his voice was a little hoarse. He said slowly: "I'm not from other places, kid. I lived in a small town a long time ago, but I basically didn't know how to drink before. , I passed by the tavern this time and smelled the aroma of this wine, and I was very curious, so I came in to take a look."
When Mal heard this, he hurriedly said: "So that's it, sir, this is normal. Because of work and life reasons, many people may not have met each other for several years even if they are neighbors. There is a family near my house. I have never met them, only their children. This may be the arrangement of the goddess!
So sir, would you like to buy some fine wines to go back to? This is from Nandalu. Even people who don't know how to drink can put it at home to entertain some guests. "
"Let me think about this. In fact, I came in this time to see if anyone needs any help." Akkad said.
"Then you are truly a moral gentleman."
The two exchanged a few words. In the end, Akkad turned around and left the tavern without buying any bottle of wine. His expression was a little gloomy.
Mal was behind, looking at Akkad's back and staring at the telescope embedded with bullets on his waist. He was silent for a long time. After Akkad completely disappeared, Mal found the apprentice who accidentally broke the wine barrel. work.
He took some money and gave it to the apprentice and said: "Only this time, because I remembered that I didn't put the barrel in place yesterday, so you will break it today. If you break any barrel next time or If you want anything else, just pay for it yourself!”
"thanks, thanks!"
The apprentice apologized profusely. He had been having a headache over this incident before.
As for whether the wine barrel was placed properly, he actually remembered it clearly. It was definitely because he didn't hold it firmly that he let it fall to the ground. But of course he couldn't say anything else in this case. .
"By the way, I'm going to take a day off. You can tell the boss about it later." Mal said to the apprentice, then turned around and left the tavern.
After Akkad returned home, he immediately pulled up the curtains and sealed the door. He was very sure of that look. Although it was calm, it contained some kind of hatred.
This is definitely one of his former enemies. Akkad has only two options now. The first is to leave the town and live somewhere else.
There are bullock carts going to and from the pier in the town every day. As long as he reaches the pier, he can find a boat and leave the Loen Kingdom immediately. No one can find him.
But this is not absolute. If the other party has been following him, he cannot take action during the day, but at night he can find a way to attack him.
Then the second way is simple, that is to be prepared to counterattack directly. Akkad took out a pistol from his bedroom and under the bed and slowly stroked it. He had not touched a sword for many years. He was not sure. He still has some of the strength he once had, and he is indeed older now. Facing the bartender who is still in his prime, a head-on confrontation is never a good thing. After thinking for a while, Akkad made a decision.
night.
Mal was holding a pistol, which was the weapon he was most familiar with when he was a pirate hunter on the sea. His father used a pistol to fight back against pirates.
During the day, he kept staring at Akkad's residence, and he also found an acquaintance to stare at the intersection leaving the town. The other person had no chance to get out of here.
Now he decided to take revenge directly on him.
In fact, the best way was to report directly to the town that Akkad was once a pirate who committed many evil deeds, but Marr hesitated for a while and gave up this opportunity because he had no evidence in his hand and Akkad's identification information was very comprehensive.
The most important thing is that Mal really wants to take revenge himself.
Quietly approaching the house where Akkad lived, Mal did not hear any sounds or see any lights in the house. He felt something indescribable in his heart, whether it was anxiety or excitement.
He used a piece of wire to open the window of Akkad's house. It was a skill he had learned as a bounty hunter. It was usually difficult to use violence to capture pirates. It was best to approach quietly and then sneak attack. Windows are always more unexpected than doors.
Mal walked into Akkad's house. There was no light in the house. Did he go to bed early or did the other party just leave?
Mal held his pistol and searched bit by bit. In the end, he didn't see anyone in the house. He only found a telescope in the living room, a telescope inlaid with bullets.
The other party left, left this house, left this town, and left his past.
Mal took the binoculars and walked out of the house from the front door. He walked towards the dock.
To leave the town, the fastest way to leave the country is to go to the dock. Of course, there are other ways to leave, but there are not many people on those roads. If Akkad wants to leave these places, he will definitely be discovered. He is chasing him now. There might have been a chance to find each other in the past.
Mal didn't notice that when he walked out of the house, a pistol was aimed at him from the dark.
When he continued to chase toward the dock instead of going home, the pistol fired directly.
The sound of gunfire alarmed the entire town, and Mal fell to the ground directly in response.
When the town's sheriff arrived, Akkad came out of the darkness. He accused him righteously: "This is a thief or a robber. I came back from a friend's house today and happened to see him coming from my house." He came out of the house with a gun in his hand, so to ensure my safety, I had no choice but to shoot back."
(End of chapter)
