Chapter 47: The Age of Sail Begins. Sequence. under
On a moonlit night, the one-eyed Salou was sitting alone in front of the fire and staring intently, watching the burning wood illuminate his face, and the flames dancing in the wind took Salou's mind to another time and space.
Sixteen years ago, when the one-eyed Salou was still known as Luke of Bero Town, Salou was a simple-minded blacksmith who made a living by striking iron. It is praised by the local residents for its fair price, high quality products, and sincerity.
Salou's fame spread from the village to the town, and he was later favored by the lord of the former town of Bero at the time and became a blacksmith for the army.
For Salou, whose family was still relatively poor at the time, it was a very fortunate thing to be able to become the lord's royal servant.
Salou had a wife and a thirteen-year-old daughter, and his wife's name was Avro, a well-known local woman. Although she was not born beautiful and had some rustic atmosphere, she was as kind to outsiders as her husband, so she was called "Madame" by the people in the town at that time.
"Madame" was a title reserved for aristocratic wives in this era, and the fact that Salou's wife was able to receive such respect also shows that the family of three was indeed very popular with the locals.
When he first became a noble blacksmith, Salou was the happiest three years in the world, and the family of three did not have to worry about food and clothing, and even occasionally helped the poor. Although they themselves are not very wealthy, time has not sharpened the amiability of the family of three, nor has it made them snobbish.
Day after day, year after year, the Salou family faithfully serves the nobles of the town of Beroe.
Until one day, the old master died and the new young master ascended the throne.
At that time, the lord who inherited the title and was only 16 years old was now Rhoves, who at that time owned a wealthy town with nearly a hundred men and seven heavily armed knights, and the territory was at its peak at that time, with a population of nearly 800 people, and a constant stream of traders coming and going every day brought infinite life and money to the town.
Perhaps it is precisely because the inheritance left by the previous lord is too rich, which also leads to the fact that Zhì Lovs, a veritable rich second generation, not only does not want to make progress, but even often relies on his aristocratic status to do some indiscriminate things to the people in the territory.
On that day, Roves was about to go to Salou to build a longbow for his own purpose.
He went to the blacksmith shop himself, but was surprised to find that Salou and his wife had gone out to a relative's house. Only Salou's daughter, Carliana, who happened to be sixteen this year, was left in a huge blacksmith shop.
Carliana is Salou's third daughter and the only one of the Salou family who has not been frozen to death in the winter. Since she was a child, Caryana has been loved by her parents, and she is not only smart and kind, but more importantly, she also has a very beautiful face.
Sixteen years old is the most youthful and energetic age of a girl, and Caryana is as beautiful as her tender heart. She has golden curly hair that reaches her waist, a pair of sparkling and watery eyes like sapphire, and when she laughs, she always has a feeling that is sweet to the heart.
When Lofs first saw Caryana, he was shocked, he had always been bold and careless, he didn't know how many women he had been with, and his face was as thick as a city wall. However, whenever Roves saw Kaliana's eyes, his heart beat faster, his breathing became heavier, and he couldn't even look at her when he smiled at him......
Since then, Roves has been running to Salou's house almost every day, each time consciously or unconsciously finding some reason to be alone with Carliana. At first, the Salou family was not disgusted, after all, if Carliana could marry Rovs, it would also be a guarantee of Caryana's happiness for the rest of her life.
In fact, since Roves secretly fell in love with Carliana, he seemed to have become a different person.
The brothel that Roves had to go to every day was gone, the bad habit of harassing civilians on the streets every day was gone, and even the handling of internal affairs that he had not touched for five or six years began to seriously follow the knights around him to learn, and it is said that he also began to exercise in an attempt to lose the fat of his body.
The process of losing weight is very hard and painful, but after Roves is tired and half dead every day, he will run to the blacksmith to see Karyana, and whenever he sees Karyana's beautiful smile, Roves's heart has a steady stream of strength! With a silly smile on his face, he bounced back and continued his efforts.
Time flies, a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
At this time, the 17-year-old Roves was already obsessed with Carliana to the point of madness, and he somehow became a little restless, a little anxious and irritable, especially whenever he saw Caryana and other boys talking and laughing, Rofus felt a strong sense of unease.
At first, Roves thought that he was under too much pressure to lead, after all, Roves was in love with Carliana from the bottom of his heart, and she never thought about wanting to hurt her or anything.
However, there are always surprises.
That night, Salou had just returned from a friend's house with his wife.
As soon as they opened the door, they suddenly smelled a very strong smell of blood, and at that time Salou had a bad feeling in his heart. He and his wife hurried to Caryana's bedroom to take a look, and saw Anna lying on the bed with a serene expression, as if she was in some sweet dream, and the smile on her lips fell asleep forever.
Salou's eyes widened, staring at the dagger stuck in Anna's chest. Then he saw Roves, kneeling beside Anna's bed, his face twisted and his eyes red, he was covered in blood, and his upper body was covered with blood.
Salou's wife screamed and fainted on the spot, while Salou himself rushed up excitedly, grabbed Roves by the collar and yelled at him why he did this!
However, at that time, Rovs did not give his reasons, but directly ordered the soldiers guarding the door to rush in and take Salou away, and as for Salou's wife, he was ...... by Rovs, who had lost his mind at that time Chop off her head with your own hands in front of Salou!
Then, Roves set another fire directly to Salou's blacksmith shop, and then put Salou in prison with the intention of executing him the next day!
Overnight, Salou almost lost a qiē, watched his wife killed, his lovely daughter was also murdered, and all the qiē he had worked hard for half his life was in vain, all of which made Salou's hatred for Roves deep.
That night in prison, Salou had worn out all his fingernails, and had scratched countless white marks on the hard walls, all red with blood, and filled with hatred, a hatred that even the gods themselves could not touch.
Later, instead of dying the next day, Salou was secretly released by a former knight of the old castle lord.
Because Salou had recently built a very strong shield for the knight, and it was this shield that the knight relied on to escape death on the battlefield several times, so he was very grateful to Salou, so he secretly released him before it was dark.
After Salou escaped from prison, he did not choose to leave the town immediately, but sneaked back into the town the next day and began to look around.
Later, Salou learns that Roves, who had been drunk that night, went to his house, but accidentally bumped into Caryana kissing another teenager.
Roar!! Roves' eyes turned red on the spot, and without thinking about it, he slashed the boy with a sword, and then kicked him into a corner.
As Roves roared and tried to rush forward again, Kaliana suddenly stopped between the two of them, crying with tears on her face and begging Roves not to continue hurting him. However, Caryana made a big mistake, that is, to never talk about feelings in front of a man who has lost his mind for love.
Sure enough, when Roves saw Carliana defending that teenager like this, the jealousy and anger in his heart instantly reached its peak! All his patience, change, and hard work in the past year, and the exploits of love for Karyana in his eyes in the past have become **naked irony at this time!
Losing his mind, Roves drew his sword and cut off the man's head, grabbed Karyana by the neck and pulled her in front of him, while pulling out the dagger from his waist and stabbing her in the chest! It's bone-deep!
“…… Gauze... Rovs... My lord... Very... I'm sorry... I really didn't... I want to hurt you......"
Caryana went limp, and fell sideways into Roves's arms.
The blue flower ornament on her chest was incomparably bewitching and poignant stained with blood.
"I gave you my heart, and now I'm going to take it back. But I will not stop there, my love will go with you, but my hatred will continue......"
With that, Roves picked up Caryana's body sideways, sent her back to his room, and laid her on the bed.
At least at the last minute, Roves wanted her to leave her at her best.
And the next thing...... That's it, Roves's love ends with Carliana's death, but his hatred can't be vented, and he ends up completely sacrificing the Salou family.
When Salou figured out what was going on, he was so angry that he couldn't help but laugh!
Since then, Salou has thoroughly hated the town and the Roves. And the nepotistic commoners, especially the neighbors and their friends who heard strange noises in their own homes, but none of them dared to help rescue their daughters, Salo vowed that one day he would make all these people who watched their families die in blood!
Salo's hatred gave him a tenacious vitality, he first worked as a mercenary for seven years, participated in holy wars, and fought in other kings and lords' armies in other lands, and he gained a vast network of contacts through his endurance and excellent skills.
More importantly, after seven years as a mercenary, Salou recruited a group of very reliable companions, Roth the axeman, Kenwa the archer, Dwayne Johnson the shield warrior and Kenna the mouse, as well as four or five wandering knights who had been deported from the interior of France.
With the strength of these people, Salou has continued to grow and develop his strength in the past ten years, from seven or eight at the beginning to a dozen, twenty, and even fifty, ninety, and one hundred and twenty-three people up to this day, including more than thirty cavalrymen.
With Salou's strength, it is not easy to claim the throne in a territory, but Salou did not do so, because the unforgettable hatred made him choose to continue to attack the surrounding towns as a bandit, on the one hand, he has plundered a lot of money in the past ten years, but at the same time, the people around him have also changed batch after batch.
Now, although Salou's troops have exceeded 100, most of the bandits have joined halfway, and they are either deserters or refugees who do not have much combat effectiveness at all. And a large number of them are children from the town, whom Salo intends to train from an early age until one day they become the basis of his new force.
The elite of the bandits were basically among the thirty or so cavalrymen. But in the past ten years of war, Roth, Kenwa, and Johnson, these original friends have either died or left, and now only Kenna, the mouse, is still with Salou to take care of the bandits' housekeeping.
Speaking of which, Salou couldn't help but feel a little emotionally the ruthlessness of time, and everything passed in just the blink of an eye......
Salo stared at the distant city of Pullen in front of the fire, knowing that his enemy was in that town, but Salou was in no hurry to kill him immediately. He wanted to kill the other party little by little, so that he could see with his own eyes how his flesh and skin were cut off piece by piece!
"Rovs, we'll see you tomorrow."
Salou whispered coldly.
After that, there was silence all night.
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