Chapter 143: The Little Match Girl
As usual, Luo Fifteen began to ask, "Qiu Erji, what are you thinking?"
Qiu Erji shook his head and said, "Captain, I don't think about anything now, I have no time to enjoy this beautiful scenery." β
"Really?" Luo Fifteen turned around and said in surprise: "I rarely heard you say this, and I thought you didn't care about the scenery. β
Qiu Erji smiled elegantly: "The general smiled. In the next recently I was thinking about Operation Ray Island. β
"yes, what do you think, let's hear it. β
"Yes. Qiu Erji replied: "Everyone knows that the real purpose of this operation is for the Heart of the Sea, and His Highness Haiyin will need to obtain the Heart of the Sea if he wants to become the Sea King, but I am wondering, can finding the Heart of the Ocean really end the battle of the Sea Country?"
"Why can't it? Once His Highness Haiyin obtains the Heart of the Ocean, who else would dare to oppose it?" Luo Fifteen said.
Qiu Erji shook his head and said: "There has never been a civil war of such a scale in the Sea Country in the past thousand years, and it can be said that this time the civil war in the Sea Country is an unprecedented catastrophe for us. But I believe that this catastrophe did not happen by chance. β
Luo Fifteen watched Qiu Erji in silence without saying a word, and withdrew the sharp sword from its scabbard.
Qiu Erji continued: "For thousands of years and even 10,000 years, the inheritance of the Sea King has relied on the Heart of the Sea, and it seems that all this is the fate set by Ye Na, the goddess of life, for the Sea Clan. But after this catastrophe, all this will change because of this, and the Sea Clan is not just a mermaid race, and it is not something that a heart of the ocean can control. The Heart of the Ocean can control the sea and gain unprecedented power, but it cannot gain people's hearts, and even if they have great power, they are just empty. So whether you can become an Aquaman depends on people's hearts-"
"Interesting insight, I didn't expect it to come out of your mouth. Luo Fifteen smiled and asked again: "So do you support His Highness Haiyin to become the king of the sea?"
Qiu Erji did not hesitate and said, "His Highness Haiyin does not need the Heart of the Sea, he is already the Sea King. β
"Qiu Erji, do you mean that His Highness Haiyin has won the hearts of the people?"
"Yes. "All those who oppose him are dead." β
Luo Fifteen looked up to the sky and smiled, "Well said, His Royal Highness Haiyin is orthodox, if he is king, the First Fleet of the Third Army will definitely help with all its might." β
Qiu Erji waited for Luo Fifteen's arrogance to be exhausted, and said: "The Third Army is the elite and henchman of His Highness Haiyin, and we have experienced the Battle of Maclo, the Battle of Yena City, and hundreds of battles large and small, and our purpose this time is probably not to bring back the Heart of the Oceanββ"
Luo Fifteen suddenly fell silent, he didn't know what else this young man who didn't like to talk about was about to blurt out.
"Captain, I don't think what His Highness Haiyin wants is the heart of the ocean, but the heart of Haiyang, which everyone believes in. β
"Do you mean the fake Heart of the Ocean?" Luo Fifteen asked directly.
Qiuerji was silent for a moment, stared at the captain's eagle-like gaze, and spoke: "As long as people are willing to believe, an ordinary stone can become the heart of the ocean, and if people are not willing to believe it, even the real heart of the ocean is just an ordinary stone." β
"Understood. Luo Fifteen walked in front of Qiu Erji, his burly figure blocked the sunlight in the sky like a hill, and he whispered: "Don't mention this matter to anyone first, the end of one war means the beginning of another, so it will be very dangerous-"
Qiu Erji turned his head, and Captain Luo Fifteen's black robe fluttered in the wind, like a unicorn cavalry stepping on the clouds, "General, the Third Army is very dangerous, and His Highness Haiyin is a very versatile person. β
"You should tell General Gu Bo that he is the general of the Third Army. β
Qiu Erji shook his head and let out a long sigh: "Forget it, Captain Luo, I hope the day I said will never come." β
Luo Fifteen did not answer, but walked off the deck in silence, the hard armor crashing on the deck and making a bouncing sound. Qiuerji hurriedly followed, and walked with him into the corridors on both sides of the ship.
I thought that this silence would last, but Luo Fifteen still stopped, turned around and asked, "No matter what we are going to face, as a soldier, charging into battle is my only duty, do you understand?"
"Of course, no matter what choice Captain Luo makes, I, Qiuerji, will follow to the end. β
Luo fifteen smiled with satisfaction, stretched his waist, and the dark red heavy armor on his body made a pimple sound, and then walked up the stairs, Qiu Erji trotted all the way to barely keep up with him.
"Qiu Erji, do you regret it?" Luo Fifteen asked.
"Regret what?"
"Join the army, join the Third Army. β
"No regrets. β
Luo Fifteen was not surprised, just as he was relieved when he saw this young man on the first day: "Let's go, a tough battle is about to begin." β
Qiu Erji did not answer, but kept up with Luo Fifteen's gradually quickening pace in small steps.
γHoly Alliance, December 12, 478, Sacred Tree Country, Maple Leaf Harborγ
The first snow of December falls in Maple Leaf Harbor, where the four seasons are distinct, and all the streets are covered with falling snowflakes in the sky. The streets and alleys are brightly lit, and the spiritual lights illuminate the dim night, although it is not as good as the capital of the Dragon Kingdom, Insonia, but as the headquarters of the Holy Alliance, it is the third largest city of the Holy Alliance.
There are very few pedestrians on the streets, and it is dangerous to walk in the snow after nightfall. In this era of peace, there are almost no robbers who rob halfway, but if they get lost in a heavy snowstorm, they are just as deadly.
Maple Leaf Harbor is the last city to experience heavy snowfall, and if you go further south or east, it's hard to see the snow-covered scenery in those cities. Children chase me in the streets and alleys with shiny rock sugar gourds, and the vendors who sell lanterns rub their hands around the candlelight, as if this can warm up.
The only merchants who were still on the road were unprofitable and could not afford to trade early, who had been delayed by the weather, and who had to arrive as promised in order to operate in good faith, wrapped in thick cotton jackets and fur hats covered with white snow. Gasping for air, rubbing his hands, he parked the carriage to his destination and finally completed the task. To treat yourself, meet up with your companions for a drink in one of the cheap taverns, then hum a little tune and enjoy the sexy performance of the singer on stage, thinking to himself: this business has finally come to an end.
Entering Maple Leaf Harbor at night with these merchants was the autumn wind sun, who was dressed in a gray cotton jacket and leather boots, and the hat of the cotton jacket just blocked his face. He barely talked to anyone along the way, and after saying goodbye to Baimei Luo and taking the streamer away from the Blue Flower Mountain, he never spoke again, and he had been walking for months, crossing most of the tree country, and finally arrived at Maple Leaf Harbor on this day. In his left hand, he clenched a long sword with a pitch-black scabbard, and the scabbard on his back was as white as snow, and it was wrapped with a gray cloth around his back, which did not look like a sword at all. Qiu Fengyang did not try his best to hide his identity as a swordsman, but just carried the blessing on his back, and the pitch-black sword in his hand was Bai Meiluo's former saber - the light of time. In this way, many people only know that he is a swordsman, not the Shuguo Sword Hero Qiu Fengyang who holds the Sword of Blessing, and he has lost a lot of trouble along the way.
To his surprise, in the ten years since he disappeared, fewer and fewer people have used swords. Along the way, he learned the reason intermittently, it turned out that the departure of Qiu Feng Sword Hero Qiu Feng Yang had caused too many people to lose their sword intent, and the young people gave up their sword path one after another. Hearing the words of passers-by, Qiu Fengyang did not have any regrets in his heart, the past could not be repeated, and the former Qiu Feng Sword Hero had left with the passing of the master of the streamer over the years.
The reason why he came was only for revenge, he just wanted to find one person, and that was Gu Monroe.
If it weren't for him, the Holy Helmet Valley would not have been devoured by the Sword of Judgment in the first battle, and he would not have killed Bai Meiluo by mistake. For ten years, he had never pulled out the sword of judgment behind his back, the sword of blessing now, because he knew that this would be his last sword intent. This sword can only be used for revenge, he wants to kill that madman with his own hands, ancient Munro-
The world has changed, this is the first impression of Qiu Fengyang. In the two months from Jacaranda Mountain to Maple Leaf Harbor, no matter where they went, almost everyone talked about Operation Thunder Island on December 21, and although the Tree Country only sent 50,000 troops, the Tree Country people were proud that the Tree Country was going to send two Spirit Weapon Inheritors.
Hand of the Sky Hua Ze, it's not the first time that Qiu Fengyang has heard this name. Wind Chime, the female general of the Tree Country, Hua Ze, the inheritor of the bow of the Phantom Dragon Bone, and Qiu Fengyang, the sword hero of the Autumn Wind, are the characters that have been talking about in the mouth of the Tree Country recently, and it seems that everyone is looking forward to the arrival of the war, and Qiu Fengyang is not surprised by this.
There was only one person he cared about, and that was ancient Monroe.
The reason why he participated in this Thunder Island operation was because he learned the news that Gu Monroe was also going to participate, so even as an ordinary soldier, Qiu Fengyang did not hesitate to travel thousands of miles from the Blue Flower Mountain on the border of the Tree Country. For ten years, he searched everywhere for the whereabouts of ancient Monroe, but to no avail, and Operation Ray Island was a golden opportunity. Now he is no longer the down-and-out self in the Valley of the Holy Helmet, the Sword of Blessing has opened the Twelve Veins, and in despair, his comprehension of the way of the sword has reached a higher level, and he is confident that he can defeat that outlaw maniac.
Although he tried his best to hide his identity along the way, there were still quite a few swordsmen who challenged him. Of course, no one could beat him, not even enough to make him sword, which disappointed him.
There is a seventh hotel on Jinjiang Avenue in Maple Leaf Harbor, Qiu Fengyang once came here, but I didn't expect that there would not be much change after ten years. At the gate of the brightly lit gate were two huge pine trees, covered with white snowflakes, and I remember that when she came with Bai Meiluo, she circled around the pine trees, childish like a child.
Qiu Fengyang noticed a little girl under the tree, dressed in tattered clothes, holding a box of matches in her hand, and a large bag of matches soaked in ice and snow piled up beside her.