There may never have been щww..lā in this world
Countless philosophers and scholars all over the world in Rigar have conducted in-depth or shallow explorations into this ending that all things have. This is an area that most lives are unwilling to touch. We always say that the most ancient and primitive emotion of human beings is fear, and the most ancient and primitive fear is the fear of the unknown.
As a life and as a species, human beings are always in a process of continuous progress. The enemies who were afraid of the unknown yesterday will probably be able to draw their swords against them, sing with passion, defeat and conquer them after understanding their true nature.
But no one has ever truly conquered death. What its nature is and what death is like are still unknown to this day - no, that may not be entirely correct. Although there is no truly reliable conclusion, the vast majority of people, the vast majority of people who are on the verge of the end of their lives, can come to a conclusion that they have been trying to deny and cover up with other things before. The exact answer.
——There is nothing there.
The belief in the Old Gods, which has a history of thousands of years, promises that after death, people can go to a palace where they can drink freely and sing and dance every night; the younger but more mature White Holy See has rumored that after death, people can go to a palace where everyone can be kind to others. The kingdom of the gods that is harmonious and peaceful - no matter what kind of beliefs and views are always trying to depict a "better" situation for death, they have become a hope, a sustenance, and an expectation - —Looking forward to the beauty that cannot be encountered in the cruel world of life to become a reality after death.
But when death actually comes, no matter how pious a person is, he will start to feel panic and fear at the last second. It's as if you are about to fall into a darkness where you can't move freely. No sound can be transmitted here, and no one can hear you even if you call for help.
Why do some people yearn for a clean death on the battlefield? Why do some soldiers rush towards the enemy as if seeking death? The reason is probably not because of bravery and fearlessness. Instead of experiencing the pain of this kind of death struggle and feeling that your limbs are becoming cold and weak little by little, it is better to let everything end happily before reacting.
Why is he the only one still alive? Why was he the only one left to suffer all this horror?
"It's like this again..." The dim light, the staggering walk - whose memory is this? Heavy rain - no, this is not water. A woman is standing in the square. Is she singing? "Heng...Hein...Ntawokushur——" A vague voice came. Who was speaking? What kind of language was this narration?
No, who am I, who am I, where is this? ...Whose memory is this?
"Qiang——" The big sword reflecting the silver light was stuck on the ground. In the middle of the turbid black-red rainstorm, there were dead bodies lying on the ground. The weapons they were still holding tightly in their hands, wearing fine armor, looked extremely... It looked familiar - wasn't that exactly the same as the weapon in his hand? No, it wasn't his. It was... the teacher's sword?
teacher? Who, who is that, what is this-
I am - "Hiss - Huh -" The sudden dazzling light is the hot July sun in the Thoradin region, and what is breathed into the mouth and nose is the hot air with a hint of blood. "Mira! Mira!" The urgent, worried girl's voice gradually evolved from vague to deafening - along with it became clear the biting pain in her chest and head. Pain.
"Ugh..." She curled up subconsciously, and the sticky heat on her cheeks, chin, and neck made Mira feel irritated. She supported the ground with one hand, but then there was an unbearable internal pain. Coupled with the urgent dizziness, she began to retching.
"Ugh-" "Neighing--" The neighing of war horses and the sound of dense footsteps.
"Damn it! Team 2, come forward!" Someone shouted such words, she turned around, and next to her, Emonica, who had a lot of dirt on her body and a panicked and uneasy expression, carefully hid behind her Behind a tree, Mira began to look at the scene around her. She was currently under the cover of the bushes on the roadside. From the obvious drag marks on her heels, it could be judged that Emonica had pulled her. Got here.
The sound of "clinking, clanking" metal colliding continued to echo. The dirty blonde girl wanted to look outside worriedly, but then looked here again. She didn't know what to do and looked flustered. Escape from Mira's eyes. The white-haired Luoan girl used one hand to support her body. When Emmanica saw this scene, she immediately crawled over to help support Mira.
"I'm fine, I just fainted for a while." The girl began to check her equipment. The small sword was still there, but one and a half swords were missing. When she spoke, she felt a sticky tearing sensation on the skin around her lips. She raised her hand She touched her upper lip with her hand, and the hardened blood obviously flowed from her nostrils. Emmanica looked at her with concern, and her look of being about to cry made Mira calm down for some reason.
——So how did all this start?
The weather on the Fourth of July was quite unusual. The rain that had been falling for nearly two weeks inexplicably stopped on this day, and the sun had been shining brightly since the morning. The two girls, who already had some travel experience, quickly took this opportunity to collect some dry firewood and tinder. The road surface began to become noticeably dry. It was a sunny day in every sense of the word. After gradually getting used to the changeable and annoying weather in the tropics, Mira also began to regain some energy.
Because they were attacked a few days ago, they have been fully armed when moving forward in recent days.
Mira's plate armor was roughly split into two pieces under Henry's "guidance" for her and Emonica's use. The blonde girl was obviously more uncomfortable with the existence of armor than she was, but As a local, she has a higher tolerance for the heat, so on balance, the two of them can be said to be evenly matched.
For breakfast, they had bread spread with honey. On July 2, the group of them passed a small trading post and purchased a small bottle of honey from the hunters. Things like canned sugar with a long shelf life are a relatively high-priced commodity in most areas of the barren West Coast. Apart from beets, only honey is available. Although it is not in short supply, it can only be eaten by most people. For farmers who are obsessed with grains, it is still a delicacy that is only used in celebrations.
Poor people in tropical areas, which are rich in various fruits, usually obtain sugar by eating fruits. Candied fruits and preserved fruits that need to be boiled with sugar water can only be enjoyed by nobles.
Although this kind of life is not luxurious now, it was unimaginable for Mira in the past. The life gap between the poor people who have nothing and those who have the ability is really big. Even the skilled people such as carpenters, blacksmiths and stonemasons are much better off than the farmers - they work hard and are diligent. They grow food on the ground, but they often cannot even fully fill their stomachs.
Is there any way to change all this? While eating bread with grilled dried fish and clear soup, the girl still remembered herself thinking about such things at that time.
After lunch, the group of them decided to move forward again. Although we mentioned earlier that the distribution of hotels is relatively regular, this is just a comparison. Most of the villages and trading posts in this section exist, and the further we go, the more There are more hotels near the pier.
After another half-day's journey, ahead was a larger hotel that the people they met when passing by told them about. They planned to go there to pick up the mission, earn some rewards and then head to the dock.
But before all this could be realized, a group of four people leading the horses met a mighty dozen church knights wearing mixed plate armor and riding war horses.
Mira noticed the difference between these people and the ordinary kingdom knights and cavalry at first glance. They may be more appropriately defined as mounted infantry, because it is obvious that these church knights are not good at horse fighting. . There is no elbow pads and iron hands, no thigh armor and shoulder pads, and smaller mixed plate armor with bright cloaks flying. All the guardian knights carry long swords and daggers, and no one holds a spear. Horse-like weapons.
Although the sword can be used on horseback, it is not a real main battle weapon after all - she thought so, but then she rejected her previous conclusion.
"People in front, stop." The knights of the church shouted. At this time, Mira noticed that they seemed to have just experienced a battle. Many of them looked a little tired and their armors were more or less stained. There was still some faint blood stains on it - but her attention quickly shifted from this to other places. There was no one else on the empty road except their group, so it was naturally impossible for the knights of the church to shout. other people.
They stopped in response, and the four people in the group all turned their heads, while the other party turned their horses, slowly came to them, and then all turned over and dismounted.
What are these people here for? After contacting some of the church's policies that she had a rough understanding of, Mira subconsciously looked at Emonica - the blond girl looked a little nervous, and she really felt that these people were coming for her. But what was different from what the two girls expected was that these people did not pay the same attention to the other three.
The dozen or so church knights did not pay attention to the other three people, including Joshua, and all their attention was devoted to our Mr. Sage.
"..." The leading knight had blond hair, a square face, big eyes, and a stubble. Mira, who was good at observing words and expressions, could clearly identify the expression on his face. It was curiosity, doubt, and hidden under that calm face that could only be glimpsed at the corners of his mouth and eyes - provocation.
Do these people know something they don’t know? About the sage - just as she was thinking this, the leading knight half-closed his eyes. He looked at the people around him, then turned his head and whispered something to the people next to him.
It was obviously impossible to hear the deliberately lowered voice several meters away in the open environment. The expression of the person standing next to the leading knight began to change significantly as he spoke. The next thing Mira knew was that they drew their swords against her group.
Eleven versus four, there is another person here who doesn't know how to fight at all - a complete disadvantage, but the opponent seems cautious.
Fatigue and tension were important factors that made the battle uncontrollable. After the knight in the front row drew his sword, a knight in the back row who was also not wearing a helmet and looked younger swung his sword to the side in the chaos. The horse in pain reacted and kicked him over, then turned and ran away.
Misunderstanding that this was the signal to start charging, several knights in front and behind rushed forward.
The confrontation turned into a battle in just a few seconds. Was this a mistake, or were they just coming here? ——Related to the fact that she had been attacked a few days ago, Mira became increasingly confused about all this, but the only thing she knew for sure at that time was the fact that she had to start fighting.
Draw your sword and block. Because of the confusion caused by the mistake, the person standing on the opposite side did not clearly perceive it, but this side saw it clearly - Mira therefore had more or less contempt for these Holy See knights.
After all, she had a good reputation and judged, or thought she judged, that the other party's strength was only equal to her own. The somewhat fluttering white-haired girl boldly defended in front of Emonika and blocked an incoming Holy See knight. But just after the fight, she immediately felt that this man was completely different from the enemies she had encountered before.
——Response speed and accuracy.
Mira, who had extensive experience with Henry, knew very well what kind of response moves she should take when encountering any situation. She also described how to block in her heart, and sometimes she even watched When the sage was fighting, she would imagine herself making similar movements - but thinking was thinking, and she knew how to deal with it, but her body could not keep up with the reaction of her thinking.
The two long swords touched together, and the girl was suppressed by the opponent due to her strength, but she did not panic, at least not at this moment. She carefully recalled the techniques Henry taught her before, and began to want to feel the force coming from the bite of the two swords - but her reaction was too slow.
Before realizing the opponent's intention, the knight withdrew his sword and struck out again. Mira hurriedly made a blocking gesture and successfully blocked the blow, which was completely exposed to her. The attack from the neck was slashed, and sparks flew everywhere, but the girl who blocked the attack was like falling into an ice cave - she fell into the opponent's rhythm, and the knight was far ahead of her in terms of understanding of swordsmanship and physical ability. superior.
Mira wanted to fight back, but the front of the knight in plate armor didn't have much to offer. She didn't have the skills to attack the weak points of the opponent's armor. When the sharp sword was swung, it was difficult for her to pass through the shadow of the sword - only Could it be a matter of endurance? The girl thought that her physical strength was definitely not comparable to that of a man in his prime, but the other man had already experienced a battle before, so maybe he was even the same?
"Mira!" The consequences of being distracted and thinking about this kind of thing during the battle were serious. She remembered the key points Henry would emphasize during previous sparring, but knowing these is one thing, and performing on the spot is another. What happened - Mira did something wrong.
Any battle is inseparable from the corresponding environment.
The sun was shining brightly today, she thought; when she started fighting, she had her back to the sun; when the fighting started, she did not look directly at the dazzling light, so she subconsciously ignored the surrounding environment, and the other party, the other party was not aware of this. The understanding of everything is clearly deeper than hers and is integrated into the physical actions.
This is his fighting instinct, this is a complete crushing of experience.
She only focused on blocking, thinking about how to counterattack, and ignored the steps under her feet. As a result, she was bypassed. She turned around and wanted to continue to defend. She was flashed by the dazzling sunlight for a moment, and it was only for such a moment. The ball in her hand A half-sword flew out of his hand, and then he was kicked hard. His head hit the ground hard, and he passed out amid Emonica's screams.
"Retreat, retreat, damn, retreat!" Panic roars echoed outside. After leaving two corpses behind, the group of Holy See knights ran out in the other direction.
"Ugh——" Emmanica wiped the blood for her with a handkerchief soaked in water. Mira held on to the tree trunk and tried to stand up. She still felt pain in her head, but she still managed to walk outside. .
"Huh..." Henry and Joshua, who let out a long breath, were packing their weapons. The sage turned his head and used his eyes to confirm that Mira was safe, while Joshua next to him asked what everyone was thinking. question.
"Why did they attack us..." The red-haired swordsman said this. Mira clearly heard Emonica behind her uttering a small scream. Henry withdrew his gaze, Mi Ra watched him looking down at the divine emblem behind the knight lying on his back in front of him, and said slowly.
"I have some guesses..." (To be continued.)
