Chapter 1: The Black-robed Sage
In May, the city of Renas is the rainy season of the year.
Two days of heavy rain had completely encroached on the slums, and the rain had slid down the eaves and seeped into the masonry and earth walls beneath the eaves, and the puddles that dotted the uneven streets soaked in all sorts of filthy debris and emitted a suspicious smell.
A kerosene lamp that glowed dimly flickered in the darkness, and it was carried by a young man in old clothes, with his patched trouser legs pulled up to his knees, a pair of homemade wooden slippers on his feet, and a piece of meat wrapped in newspaper in his hand holding an umbrella, trotting home as far as possible from the water on the ground.
Because today is his sister's birthday, and he had to stay in the store for a while because of the boss's sudden overtime request, he finally stayed up until the end of work and hurried home with the meat.
For them, a piece of meat is far more tangible than cake.
In fact, his salary can't afford to buy those delicate cakes, unless he is prepared not to eat or drink for the next half month.
However, when he came to his house, he saw a car parked in the rain from a distance, the lights were off, and on the side of the car, that is, under the eaves of his house, there were two people standing there, spitting clouds and mist, laughing from time to time.
Almost instantly, a sense of foreboding filled the young man's mind, and he no longer avoided the sewage pool on the ground, and ran down the street to his house.
"Who are you, what are you doing here!"
Before he could get there, the young man shouted, and his gaze fell through the rain to the second floor of the house, where his sister's bedroom was lit by faint candlelight.
There was a bloated black shadow reflected in the window, it wasn't his sister's figure, absolutely not!
"Why did you come back so quickly, that guy won't take the money and do nothing, right?"
Someone downstairs heard the shout, pressed the cigarette butt in his hand on the stone pillar next to him, threw it into the puddle outside, and spat it by the way to remove the astringency in his mouth.
"Is there a difference between coming early and coming late?
Turning the gun he wore at his waist to his side, he didn't have much patience for a pariahs in a ghetto.
"Hey, don't use a gun, it doesn't matter if you wake up the untouchables around you, if you scare Mr. David, do you want to continue, you must know that our Mr. David is a 'sensitive' man. ”
Unscrupulously joking with the boss, the man glanced at the young man who had rushed in front of him, turned his head and said,
"You're watching here, I'll have to tell him to get out of the way, to save Mr. David's interest. ”
"Thank you for your hard work, I just bought this coat yesterday, but I can't get it on the dirty water of this slum, and I'll treat you to dinner when I go back later." ”
Patting his companion on the shoulder, lighting himself a cigarette, watching him walk into the rain, a lunge, punching the young man in the face, easily knocking him to the ground.
How could a young man who might not be able to eat meat once a week win a guard battle that had undergone professional combat training and was proficient in hand-to-hand combat.
By will?
Don't talk nonsense!
The gap between the two is like a chasm, maybe there will be a certain degree of combat power bonus in the state of rage, but it is far from enough for him to turn defeat into victory, not to mention that there is one person who did not shoot at all, and the gun is not used.
"Hey, do you have a problem with your brain? Shouldn't you feel honored that Mr. David is willing to be 'close' to your sister? If she is comfortable with Mr. David's service, maybe Master David will leave some bounty, and you will earn it, I don't understand such a simple reason?"
Stepping the young man's head into the sinkhole on the ground, the guard lowered his head and asked in a mocking tone.
The young man was still a little reluctant to get up again, and the boots on the back of his head did loosen, but when he jumped up again, he was greeted by a crisp kick that landed on the neck, and then slammed into the wooden boxes piled up on the other side of the street without saying a word.
"You bastards, why do you want to hurt Tina......"
Planted on the street, blood from his mouth and nose continued to spill out, blending into the sewage under him, the young man wanted to get up and fight again, but he had long lost the ability to fight after being hit hard in the neck, and at this time there were two broken planks on his back, and the excessive blood loss in his body made him quickly fall into a state of dizziness.
"Looks like you need help. ”
A deep voice rang in his ears.
The rain around him stagnated at this moment, and the young man barely raised his head, and the first thing he saw was the guards who were beating him a second ago, as if they had been immobilized.
Immediately afterwards, I saw the vague figure standing next to the guard.
I don't know if it was because of the night, the rain, or something else, but all the young man could see was a black robe that kept pouring out gray-black mist.
"I ..... If...... If you're the Grim Reaper, help me kill them!"
The young man gritted his teeth and roared in tears.
"You want me to help you, but what can you give me?"
The previous voice sounded again.
"Everything, everything for me!"
The young man shouted impatiently, because of the urgency of his words, blood and broken teeth even spurted out of his mouth.
"Your everything? no...... I don't want so much, I just want you to believe in me, believe in the black-robed sage!"
"I believe it, as long as you can help me, I will believe anything!"
Without the slightest hesitation, for him, as long as he can survive and save his sister, he can do anything!
"I swear I'm willing to help you, I want to give you the power to kill them, I want to give you the power to protect your family, but you are so hypocritical and have no integrity, because I don't feel the faith from you, how can you deceive me so much......"
"Great ...... Black-robed Sage, please give me strength, I will...... I am willing to serve you with my life!"
As if he had realized something, the young man supported the street with both hands, tried his last strength to get up, smashed his forehead on the street in front of him, and said in a deep voice.
"Son, tell me your name. ”
"Ruben Nelson. ”
"Remember this moment, Ruben Nelson, you will be my most devout believer, and in return, I will give you strength!"
The rain fell again, and the muffled sound faded away.
The guard's raised hand fell to the ground, and he looked at the other side with some blankness and stood up again, touching his waist for a while, and looking around at the young man for a while, he remembered that he should have solved the other party before.
"It's really troublesome, since you've fallen, isn't it good to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead?"
It was nothing more than one more kick, and without the slightest hesitation, he rushed forward and swung his fist again.
Bang~
The palm of the hand catches the fist steadily, so that it cannot advance any further.
The two were at a stalemate in the rain, and Rubin's face was full of disbelief.
He felt that his body was full of strength, not to mention the injury, even the fatigue disappeared without a trace!
"It's true...... It's true!"
The palm of the clenched fist pressed down hard, easily suppressing the guard, followed by another circle of smashing in his face.
This time it was his turn to fly straight out, slump down the street next to him, rush up a few steps, and hammer him to the ground in the same way before another guard could draw his spear, a presence that was once so powerful in his eyes could now be easily defeated.
Faith never comes out of nowhere, and there is a reward for what you give, and this saying does not only apply to believers.
If there was a little hesitation before, then from the moment Rubin rushed up to the second floor and saw the man who was halfway through his clothes, the bloated man like a fat pig stiffened in place, and his sister was intact and hiding in the corner, he had completely become a loyal believer in the black-robed sage.
Unfortunately, he didn't kill them until the end, but just beat them up and threw them out of his house.
"Get out of here, don't let me see you again!"
Rubin gritted his teeth and looked at the three people who climbed into the car and left outside the door, he didn't want to kill them all here, but he also knew clearly that if he did this, he and his sister would also be buried for these bastards......
"If you can still hear my prayers, please bless me and Tina. ”
Looking out the window at the distant rear headlights, Rubin muttered to himself.
When he turned around, the gloom on his face suddenly dissipated, because on the small wooden table in his house there was an extra strip of meat wrapped in newspaper, and next to it was an umbrella that was still dripping with water......
"Hey, courageous, responsible, and at the same time very sensible, in this situation still not carried away by anger, good, very good. ”
At the end of the street, someone was holding an umbrella and playing with the bone spirit plate in the other hand, and then said to the person next to him,
"Go, he will spread my deeds, and as for the rest, it is up to us, and the gods are not only to give, but also to punish sinners. ”