Chapter 19: One-Armed Spike

The so-called Devil May Cry Mountain, as its name suggests, is full of forests wrapped in winding mountain roads, which looks eerie and makes people feel a chill behind them. In the forest www.biquge.info the arrival of people, the crows screamed a few times and flew up, which made people feel ominous.

When he came to the gate of the prison, Sun Guanglong looked up and saw two stone lions standing symmetrically at the gate of the huge prison, and on the dark gate were two terrifying long-horned grimaces.

"It's not like a prison, it's like hell. Sun Guanglong said to himself.

The cells were divided into two rows and stretched into the depths, separated by walls and doors with iron bars, and Sun Guanglong was held in solitary confinement in one room.

The jailer patrolled with torches in hand, keys clanging around his waist.

"I didn't kill anyone!" Sun Guanglong stretched out his hand to grab the jailer, and the jailer's stick hit the back of his hand so hard that he reflexively pulled his hand back.

"I didn't kill anyone!" Sun Guanglong shouted at the jailer.

"Shut up! The jailer illuminated Sun Guanglong's cell with a torch.

Sun Guanglong grabbed the iron fence and shook it vigorously: "I really didn't kill anyone!"

"Shout, shout, see how long you can toss. The jailer simply ignored him and went on patrol.

"New here, stop shouting. "There was a voice from next door. There was a wall between the cells, and although no one could be seen, voices could be heard.

"What the hell is this place?" asked Sun Guanglong.

"Devil May Cry Mountain Prison is full of important prisoners of the Empire, and the innermost part of the dungeon is said to be holding super A-level dangerous people. "In other words, the newcomer, you can be locked up here, or you still have to be qualified." ”

Listening to the voice next door was an uncle, Sun Guanglong asked, "What crime did you commit that uncle?"

The uncle next door laughed, "I'm just starting an uprising in the province of Meno." ”

Sun Guanglong was shocked, this is a political felon.

"Uprising?"

"Yes, it's an uprising. The taxes of the empire are becoming more and more outrageous, and the burden on the common people is getting heavier and heavier. Originally, I thought that all that money would be used as military expenses to fight against the polar people. At first, I foolishly tried to persuade the angry villagers, until one day I saw the emperor's announcement to expand the capital. Spike's tone is nonchalant, as if telling someone else's story.

"Expand the capital?"

"Yes, the current Emperor is only concerned with two things, one is magic, and the other is the celebrations of the Empire. The uncle snorted, "Magicians, the Magic Council, the Academy of Magic, the Empire has mobilized a lot of resources to use magic in the military field. Ordinary militiamen get nothing after they die, and ordinary Imperial soldiers with an establishment only get a pension of 500 Reichsmarks after sacrifice, and the pension of a magician is 30,000. Not only that, but when the magicians were alive, they earned a lot of money, and a part of the subsidy was sent to their families when they were students. ”

My allowance must have been mailed to my home. Sun Guanglong suddenly counted his nose and remembered his mother who was sick in bed. The salaries of the people of Sunset Province were one level lower than those of the Rhodes, and Sun Guanglong had to grit his teeth and work hard to learn magic. Because he knew that there was no other way to get ahead than to learn magic, and to earn more money to treat his mother.

"Looks like you're upset with the magician. Sun Guanglong smiled self-deprecatingly, testing the other party's tone.

The uncle smacked his lips and replied, "That's not quite true. During the one-year war, so many magicians died, including many Ten Saints, and the Magic Council at that time was really the savior of the empire. But now, once the Empire and the Ministry of War get their hands on the Magic Council, it brings corruption and bureaucracy. ”

Sun Guanglong shrugged, he was only 19 years old and did not understand what bureaucracy was.

The uncle continued: "What makes me even more unhappy is the expansion of the capital of the empire. It is said that it was all a trick that His Majesty came up with to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the empire. He wanted to leave behind a more majestic capital, despite the fact that the Empire had just come out of the Year War. Barren fields are waiting to be cultivated, crops are waiting to be planted, and scars are waiting to be repaired. Those people, who had just received the news of their relatives dying on the front line, had not yet recovered and received a notice to raise taxes. ”

"Abominable Emperor!" Sun Guanglong couldn't help but grit his teeth and cursed.

"One day, when the lord was collecting taxes and could pay them with grain, a mother and son, the men of the family were killed in battle, the harvest in the fields was very poor, and he could not hand over the wheat he wanted, and he openly snatched his mother, clamoring for her to make it compensate with her body. I cut off his head with a single sword. The uncle raised his right hand, "I was stunned at the time, but then I simply didn't do anything and led the villagers to attack the lord's small castle." ”

"Che, you're so bold to lead an uprising in a province famous for its knightly troops. Sun Guanglong said with a smile.

"The little ghost next door, you know, people like me really care about the Empire. The uncle next door snorted, "It's easy to call, my name is Spike." ”

"My name is Sun Guanglong. ”

"O people of Sunset Province. Spike sighed softly and said, "It's not easy, your people are even harder than us guys. ”

Sun Guanglong's heart moved, he relied on his intuition, and the other party had no malicious intent. He explained the reason why he was in prison.

"Oh, Robert, the eldest son of the Dietrich family, that family is still famous in the Rhodes Empire, not only nobles, but also rich gold mines. Would you have thought of letting your eldest son learn magic, and want to further join the upper echelons of the empire and gain military power?" Spike sneered, "It's really a recipe for stealing chickens." Ha ha. ”

"But I really didn't kill people!" Sun Guanglong clenched his fists.

Spike asked, "What do you think of Robert's knife wound, according to you, there are only 2 people in the Sunset Province in the academy, 1 in the hall at the time, and you are in the practice field, only you don't have an alibi." ”

Sun Guanglong snorted, it was at this point that he made a mistake, the hateful murderer, no matter who it was, it was really good to pick the time.

"However, I'm afraid the people of Sunset Province are not interested in killing such a gentleman. Spike thought for a moment and said, "In that province, as far as I know, some of them are in the main battle, some are demanding peace, some are going to restore the country, and some are trying to maintain the status quo, and the situation itself is very chaotic, so how can I have the leisure to infiltrate the academy and kill a Robert." Politically it doesn't have much value. ”

Sun Guanglong was finally calmed down by Spike when he said this. According to this analysis, Robert's death is too strange.

"Anyway, you have a lot of time to think here. Spike lay down, "Get some rest." ”

Devil May Cry Mountain Prison, on the third day that Sun Guanglong was sent in, finally got a chance to let go.

In a clearing, the prisoners could see the sun that they had not seen for a long time. Sun Guanglong secretly looked around. The high wall around it is surrounded by barbed wire, and on each side of the high wall is a watchtower on which two jailers stand, and there is a clock on the watchtower, which the jailer will ring if there is a situation. If it's night, torches are lit around the place so that the people on the watchtower can see it clearly.

The prisoners lazily stretched out their legs, moved their muscles and bones, and spent a long time in the dark prison, and the sun shone so brightly that Sun Guanglong hurriedly covered his eyes.

"Yo, you're Sun Guanglong. An uncle walked over, with brown hair, a brown beard, and an empty left arm, which stood out, "I'm Spike." Spike stretched out his right hand and shook hands with Sun Guanglong.

Seeing Sun Guanglong paying attention to his left arm, he laughed: "Toveletta's blessing, I lost my left arm and saved my life, haha." ”

"Veretta?" Sun Guanglong repeated the name.

Spike snorted, "That little girl is the captain of the Cavaliers." As a magician, you don't know that David Brian, one of the Ten Saints of the day, is Veretta his daughter. ”

Sun Guanglong's eyes widened: "The magician's daughter is a knight?"

Spike shakes his head and sighs, "Looks like you're just a little ghost, and you don't know a lot of things." Brian was selected as one of the Ten Saints by virtue of his role as the deputy head of the Knights. It's really a tiger father without a dog. ”

Sun Guanglong paused: "No wonder Teacher Akiyama often says that the world has changed, and the martial artists have become the Ten Sages, it turns out that it is not only Instructor William." ”

Just as the two were chatting happily, Sun Guanglong heard a commotion.