Seeing the girls' dormitory being smashed into rubble, Xu Cheng's heart suddenly tightened. The little white-haired girl in his mind was intertwined with the blazing flames in front of him, constantly twisting.
Fortunately, the pain of these more than ten years has tempered Xu Cheng's spirit and will to be extremely strong. He only woke up after a brief moment of drowsiness, and strode forward, braving the scalding flames and entering the ruins.
There are mutilated corpses everywhere in the ruins, and it is impossible to distinguish their original appearance.
After searching around, Xu Cheng's body had been burned in many places. Finally, he found the incomplete body of a girl under a ruined wall. He could barely see that the burnt hair was white.
Xu Cheng stared at the corpse in a daze for a while, then looked up at the sky and cursed.
"damn it!"
In the sky, there were a large number of giant fireballs crashing into the city like meteors, and the dark night was reflected red.
Another fireball flew towards Xu Cheng, but this time he didn't hide.
【mission failed】
Time went back, Xu Cheng opened his eyes and found that he had returned to the well during the day.
There are only four reopenings left.
And tonight, the entire city will be destroyed, and he must leave this dangerous place before dark.
But what to do after you leave the city?
Now, unlike later generations, there are not many human settlements outside the city. They are all vast wastelands and forests. Countless monsters are rampant on the land. Ordinary people have a narrow escape from death when they travel far away, let alone a child like him who is extremely weak.
After standing next to the well and thinking for a long time, Xu Cheng finally made up his mind, picked up the stick used to carry water, and turned around to leave.
Soon, he followed the voices to the front yard, where a large number of orphans gathered, surrounding Omar and Caroline.
"Everything is available, no need to rush."
The master and apprentice were distributing gifts to the orphans, and Xu Cheng, who had a sharp eye, spotted a white figure in the crowd.
Susan was among them, trying to squeeze in among the crowd, and raised her thin little hand towards Caroline.
"Don't squeeze in the back."
The child in front pushed back arbitrarily, and the thin Susan immediately lost her balance and fell on her back.
She subconsciously closed her eyes tightly, but the expected pain did not appear. Instead, she felt like she was being supported.
Susan opened her eyes and saw a familiar face.
"Locke?"
Susan was surprised and said: "Why are you here?"
Usually Xu Cheng rarely participates in such lively activities. He always acts alone and is very withdrawn.
Xu Cheng smiled slightly at Susan. He was not a withdrawn person. If he could speak, he would have the confidence to become the king of children in the entire orphanage with his mouth.
It's a pity that he is mute and cannot reveal the secret of his ability to write, so he is accustomed to living alone.
After supporting Susan, Xu Cheng picked up the wooden stick in his hand and thrust it into the gap in the crowd. He twisted his legs slightly at the waist and concentrated all his strength on his arms.
Although he is physically weak, he can still gain a little strength for a short time with the help of special force-generating techniques.
The crowd in front was forcibly separated by a gap.
Xu Cheng took the opportunity to squeeze in, and finally came to Oma and Caroline.
The others glared at Xu Cheng, who suddenly jumped in line, and stretched out their hands to pull him out.
Xu Cheng swiped the stick in his hand hard and knocked back all the extended hands.
Just this movement made him feel out of breath.
Suddenly, Xu Cheng felt the clothes tighten on his back, and his whole body had been lifted up by Caroline.
"You kid, you cut in line and hit someone, right?"
Caroline glared at Xu Cheng displeasedly. She had already recognized this boy as the son of the devil who was sent to the nursing home more than ten years ago. After all, the two sharp horns on his head were too obvious.
Time passed, and Caroline had forgotten that she had been peed on twice, but when she saw him doing such a vulgar behavior, she still subconsciously felt disgusted.
Xu Cheng's eyes were calm, and he looked past Caroline to Omar behind him.
Compared with the first time they met, Omar's face had a clear weathered look, and she already felt a little older.
He smiled and smoothed things over: "Okay, Caroline, the child is immature, put him down."
Caroline snorted dissatisfied and put Xu Cheng on the ground.
The nurse on the side quickly squeezed in and apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, Lord Omar, I will discipline this kid well."
As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Xu Cheng's clothes, preparing to take him away.
"It's okay. As a kid, it's better to be more lively. When I was a kid, I was much more exaggerated than this."
Omar stopped the nurse's behavior, and then handed the bread in his hand to Xu Cheng: "Here, don't do such dangerous actions next time."
Xu Cheng didn't answer, then picked up the wooden stick and wrote a line of words on the ground.
"I want to leave the sanatorium and join the Demon Hunting Guild."
He thought about it and decided to pin his hope of leaving the city on Omar and Caroline. For this reason, he had to expose his secret study of writing.
Sure enough, when they saw this line of writing on the ground, whether it was Omar, Caroline, or the nurse next to them, the three of them showed extremely surprised expressions at the same time.
"Can you write?"
Omar raised his head and looked at the nursing staff. When did the nursing home become so luxurious that it even taught children how to read and write?
"It's not me, Lord Omar. You know I don't know how to read either."
The nurse quickly distanced herself from the relationship, and then said loudly to Xu Cheng: "Who taught you?"
It was understandable that he was so nervous. In this era, learning writing was regarded as the right of nobles and extraordinary people. Only a few special professions, such as teachers or businessmen, were allowed to learn.
This is why Xu Cheng has always been unwilling to reveal that he secretly studied writing.
He wrote on the ground with a stick: "I learned it myself."
The nurse couldn't understand what this sentence meant, but Caroline didn't believe it. She reached out and grabbed Xu Cheng's ears: "You kid, you still lie in front of us? Hurry up and tell the truth, or I'll beat you up!"
Omar took Caroline's hand away, then squatted in front of Xu Cheng, looked into his eyes, and said in a gentle tone: "Tell Uncle Omar, how did you learn?"
Xu Cheng was not willing to involve Susan and had already made up a story in his mind.
But before he could speak, a weak voice sounded from outside the crowd: "I can testify that Locke learned it himself."
The nurse hurriedly separated the children who were crowded together to watch the fun, and found Susan who was hiding behind.
Susan shrank in fear, but still said with a trembling voice: "I gave those discarded papers to Locke. Don't punish him. If you want to punish, punish me."
Xu Cheng showed a helpless expression, but he didn't tell her the reasons he had made up because Susan couldn't hide anything at all.
The nurse slipped Susanti in front of Omar, and as she told her trembling voice, the eyes of the three of them gradually turned into disbelief.
Just relying on some scraps of paper he picked up, he was able to learn complex characters.
This talent is so terrifying that both Caroline and the caregiver feel that their IQs have been crushed, especially Caroline, who could only read and write smoothly from elementary school to high school.
But Omar was concerned about other aspects. Xu Cheng actually knew the importance of learning writing at a young age, and he could persist in it.
For this kind of thing, talent, wisdom, and perseverance are all indispensable.
This gave Omar the idea of taking Xu Cheng as a student.
More than ten years ago, he helped Xu Cheng seal the devil, and also wasted his precious qualifications to send Xu Cheng to a sanatorium. It was not that there was anything special about Xu Cheng, but that Omar felt a little indebted to him.
Now that he saw Xu Cheng showing such talent, he was truly impressed.
He squatted in front of Xu Cheng and asked, "Why do you want to join the Demon Hunting Association?"
Xu Cheng wrote on the ground with a stick: "My parents were killed by a dark wizard. I want to avenge them."
That's right, Xu Cheng's life experience has been rewritten.
In this era where monsters are rampant, the reputation of demons is so bad that Xu Cheng, whose parents are dark wizards and who is himself hosted by demons, cannot enter a nursing home even if he is qualified.
So Omar had to change his life experience, changing his family of three into innocent victims, and his parents died at the hands of a dark wizard.
Xu Cheng grew up in a nursing home, and the nurse also told him this life experience. As long as Omar and Caroline didn't talk, no one would know whether this life experience was true or false.
If Xu Cheng wants to leave this city, talent alone won't do it. He must have a reason that is enough to convince Omar.
There is no better reason than to avenge his parents, and it can also inspire Omar's feelings of indebtedness to him.
Although a bit despicable, Xu Cheng had no choice.
A complicated look flashed in Omar's eyes. He thought for a long time and raised his hand to touch Xu Cheng's head: "A very good wish."
"teacher!"
Caroline couldn't help but want to persuade her, but she knew the truth. Xu Cheng's parents were killed by Omar.
Although things happen for a reason, who can think rationally about this kind of thing? If Xu Cheng knew the truth in the future, wouldn't Omar create an enemy for himself?
"Caroline, don't stop a child from wanting to avenge his parents."
Omar interrupted Caroline's words. Apparently she had made up her mind and said to Xu Cheng: "I can help you enter the Demon Hunting Association, but you have to wait until you are more mature."
No need to wait, I'll be done with it tonight.
But Xu Cheng couldn't tell what would happen tonight because no one would believe his words.
"I can't wait any longer."
"You are young……"
"It is precisely because of my young age that I should have laid the foundation earlier. Staying in a nursing home is just a waste of life."
After Xu Cheng finished writing this sentence, he picked up the stick in his hand, pointed it at Caroline, and raised his fingers at her.
Caroline suddenly understood what Xu Cheng was going to do, and she laughed out loud. This kid actually wanted to challenge her?
In his eyes, doesn’t my mother have any deterrent power at all?
Omar couldn't help but laugh as well, raising his head and laughing.
The next moment, his laughter stopped abruptly.
Xu Cheng exerted force on his feet and stabbed Caroline in the abdomen with the wooden stick in his hand like a sharp sword.
The movements are impeccable and the speed is astonishingly fast. It is definitely not something that ordinary children can perform.
Caroline was startled and raised her hand to grab the wooden stick that Xu Cheng was stabbing at.
Xu Cheng waved his other hand forward and waved out a piece of dust. It was the handful of soil he quietly grabbed while no one was paying attention when he was writing on the ground just now.
Caroline raised her hand to block the dust flying towards her eyes, and took the opportunity to use her hand to snatch Xu Cheng's wooden stick away.
Just when she was angry and ready to hold Xu Cheng down and beat him violently, she found that Xu Cheng had disappeared.
boom!
Caroline felt a heavy kick in the popliteal area behind her knees and knelt forward on one leg.
But she was a battle-experienced warrior after all. Halfway down to her knees, she steadfastly stabilized her body and swung the wooden stick back, but it missed.
Xu Cheng anticipated her counterattack, ducked in advance to avoid the wooden stick, and punched with all his strength, hitting Caroline's ribs exposed by the backward swing.
This blow did not cause any harm to Caroline, but completely angered her.
"Kid!"
She grabbed Xu Cheng's hand and suddenly lifted him up. When she was about to teach him a profound lesson, she was stopped by Oma.
"Okay, you don't feel ashamed if you bully a child."
"..."
The stunned eyes of the people around her made Caroline a little embarrassed that she would suffer a loss at the hands of a brat.
However, she couldn't beat a child in public, so she could only let go of her hand bitterly and let Xu Cheng fall to the ground.
"Locke!"
Susan ran over quickly and helped Xu Cheng up anxiously.
Xu Cheng was sweating profusely. Just this brief fight with Caroline had already exhausted his strength, and his hands and feet were so sore that he couldn't move.
Xu Cheng has extremely rich combat experience and special force-generating skills. In a short period of time, he can explode with combat power that is not suitable for his age, but the price is serious damage to his body functions and extensive muscle strain.
This is also the reason why he has not taught those naughty children in the nursing home for more than ten years, because the gain outweighs the loss.
Now in order for Omar to take him away, he had to take risks.
After finishing drinking Caroline, Omar looked at Xu Cheng with more than just awe.
If the fighting skills he showed just now were discovered by himself, then this child's talent is too terrifying.
Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the devil's seal was loosened and he took advantage of the devil's power.
Either way, he cannot be kept in a nursing home.
"gentlemen."
Omar looked at the nurse beside him: "Help me go through the formalities. I want to take him out of the nursing home."
"Locke?!"
Susan let out a cry of surprise, because Xu Cheng used his last strength to grab her hand and raise it high.
He couldn't leave this little girl who had always been with him in a nursing home to die.
Both Caroline and the nurse felt that Xu Cheng was pushing too far, but Omar smiled indifferently: "Then let's go through the formalities for two people. Of course, the little girl must agree to it."
After hearing these words, Xu Chengcai suddenly collapsed and completely lost his strength.
Next, regardless of whether Omar would leave the city today, with his level 4 ability user strength, he would at least be able to protect the safety of the two of them.
