Volume II Gran no Mori 114 . The name of this era is Xiu Zhe (1)
"Your Excellency's outfit must also be an adventurer from the Void Ancestor, right? Although the Principality does not force you to stay here, the current Void Motherland is not much better than here. The soldier sighed helplessly, and turned to leave, many refugees still need him to resettle, but he doesn't have time to waste time here with Xilan.
Xi Lan rubbed her eyebrows and looked at the two Xiu Zhe who were gradually disappearing from her field of vision, how could everything be rushed together?
Although he was eager to return to the Void Ancestor through the magic array, Forrest Gump had explained before leaving that he wanted to send Xiu Zhe and his party back to Hutton Marr safely, but now seeing the misery here, his mission seemed to have not been completed.
In desperation, Xilan hurriedly followed Xiu Zhe's pace and returned to his home in Huttonmar with him.
As the capital of the Duchy of Belmar, Huttonmar is naturally very large, and it took nearly two hours to rush home at Xiuzhe's current speed, which would not have been possible in half a day if he had traveled by horse-drawn carriage.
Looking at the once intact house now only half of the house left, and the facilities in the house were also destroyed, Xiu Zhe's brain fell into a blank.
Slowly walking into the house, Xiu Zhe looked at the pool of red blood on the ground, and even forgot to breathe and stood in place in a daze.
"Mother.." Xiu Zhe seemed to have lost his strength, his legs bent and puffed, and he knelt on the ground, his blood-red right hand trembling and touching the blood.
Yong Shili came to Xiu Zhe's side panting, her speed couldn't catch up with Xiu Zhe, who was rushing at full speed with the Raptor's Sky Slash.
"Xiu Zhe, this is definitely not my aunt's blood, you see that this place has been temporarily recaptured by the army of the principality, and a big battle with monsters is inevitable, this must be the blood of a certain soldier." Yong Shili said comfortingly, although she said this, her eyes were full of worry.
Looking at Xiu Zhe Yong Shili, who was unresponsive, continued: "Aunt is a good person, how can a good person not have a good reward? ”
Xi Lan looked at the soldiers who kept transporting the corpses outside, and said softly: "People who buy houses and live in Hutton Marr will have their real names, I think if you look at the list of victims, you may be able to find out, you are here to think that there is no result." ”
Hearing this, Xiu Zhe slowly stood up and ran to the soldier who was carrying a corpse without saying a word.
"I would like to ask if there is a list of victims this time?" Xiu Zhe expressed his inner thoughts simply and clearly.
"About a kilometer from here, you will see a bulletin board with a list of victims of the disaster and residents whose whereabouts are unknown." Looking at the anxious expression on Xiu Zhe's face, one of the soldiers sighed helplessly, pointed in a direction and said, he had been moving the corpse here for half a day, and countless people had asked him this question, and the expressions of those people were the same as Xiu Zhe's, which made people feel blocked in their hearts, this is indeed a disaster for the principality.
Xiu Zhe said thank you softly and ran in the direction of the soldier's finger, a distance of a thousand meters was only a matter of less than a minute for Xiu Zhe who was traveling at full speed.
When he saw the large number of victim lists on the bulletin board, Xiu Zhe's heart trembled, there were not many people near the bulletin board at this time, and most of the people who were looking for the names of their relatives and friends were adventurers.
The bulletin board is nearly 20 meters long and nearly 6 meters high, but the small characters on it are densely packed and arranged together in an extremely compact manner, all of which are the names of the victims this time, which is shocking.
Xiu Zhe's eyes were directly locked on the list of victims starting with 'X', there were hundreds of victims' names and genders and ages, and Xiu Zhe saw his mother's name just by glance.
Xiu Xiangxue, female, 35 years old.
Like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Xiu Zhe's face instantly turned pale, his steps staggered back, he took two steps back, and his ass fell to the ground, his lips moved slightly.
The people around them all sighed and shook their heads when they saw Xiu Zhe's reaction, this is already good, and there are not a few people who cry and faint when they see the news of their loved ones' death.
Yong Shili and Xi Lan came to Xiu Zhe's side, and when they saw Xiu Zhe's reaction, they didn't need to look at the list of victims on the bulletin board to know that Xiu Xiangxue's name must be hanging on it.
Xilan sighed, squatted down, and put her hand on Xiu Zhe's shoulder, but couldn't think of any words of comfort.
Tears flowed silently from Xiu Zhe's eyes, seeing Xiu Zhe like this, Yong Shili's eyes were also red, although she had only seen Xiu Xiangxue once, and she still used the pseudonym Ning Jiu at that time, but Xiu Xiangxue's kind smile when she looked at her was vivid.
Xiu Zhe sat in front of the bulletin board for a long time, and he didn't say a word until the night fell, and he looked at his mother's name.
During this time, there were many people who saw the names of their loved ones, and their reactions were also very different, some cried bitterly, some howled to kill Sauta to avenge their deceased relatives, and some fainted directly after not accepting the reality.
All the voices of the outside world have faded, Xiu Zhe thinks back to the time he spent with his mother, the mother who never disliked his mother with doting eyes at that moment, the mother who told fairy tales to sleep for himself on a hot night, and the mother who rushed to do all the dirty work in order to support herself...
All this has dissipated with the wind, and Xiu Zhe doesn't even know what he is cultivating so hard for? At first, he just wanted to be an adventurer and earn a lot of money to make his mother live well, and then he wanted to make himself strong enough to protect the people he loved.
But in the end, everything was in vain, Luo Biyin, whom he wanted to protect, died at the hands of the Witch Sect, his respected division commander Luxi, and the unknown woman in the Cave of Sorrow died together, and even his mother passed away forever without enjoying a good life for a few years.
Good people have good rewards? Xiu Zhe, who was sitting on the ground, laughed, he may not be a good person, and Luxi may also pay for his previous crimes, but what is wrong with Luo Biyin and his mother? Why does God take away the people who are close to him one by one?
Heaven won't let him be a good man! Everything in the world treats him like this, why should he treat all things with a tolerant heart?
The corners of his mouth gradually rose, and Xiu Zhe finally opened his arms and looked up to the sky and laughed, at this time, a lightning flash flashed in the dark clouds in the sky, and Xiu Zhe's maniacal face was even more terrifying and hideous.
Xi Lan frowned, what he was most afraid of might really happen, it would be good if Xiu Zhe could make good use of the power of ghosts and gods for the benefit of the world, but looking at the other current appearances, it didn't look like a savior, but like a demon god who was about to make the whole continent tremble.
The palm of his hand unconsciously held the handle of the Taidao on his waist, Xi Lan hesitated, he was not afraid of being accused of being a murderer or afraid that Forrest Gump would come to settle accounts with him, he was only afraid of the destruction of the Arad continent he loved.
If you want to kill Xiu Zhe, you can only take advantage of it now! The strength that this young man had shown so far had already made him feel a little frightened as a Four Sword Saint, and if he was given a few more years, even if Sodros came, he might not be able to take Xiu Zhe's life.
Xiu Zhe slowly stood up and turned his back to Xi Lan, at this time he was full of flaws, but Xi Lan's hand on the handle of the knife trembled slightly, and Xi Lan felt as if a pair of eyes from the abyss were staring at him.
Swallowing hard, Xi Lan let go of her hand and breathed a long sigh of relief, and the feeling of being stared at disappeared.
The cloudy sky was covered with heavy rain, and the rain hit Xi Lan's face, looking up at the sky, Xi Lan didn't know if what he was doing was right.
Xiu Zhe stopped laughing wildly and turned his head, and at this time, there was no trace of emotion in his eyes that were as deep as black holes, and he said softly: "Brother Xilan, isn't the Void Motherland in a state of war now?" Aren't you going back? ”
Xi Lan's eyes narrowed slightly: "What about you?" ”
"Me? Of course I'm going to go home and see. Xiu Zhe said and turned around and passed between Xi Lan and Yong Shili, and when he passed by Xi Lan, Xiu Zhe's lips hummed, forcing the sound into a line into Xi Lan's ears.
"I'll go to the Void Motherland to find you."
Very short words, even Xi Lan didn't know why Xiu Zhe came to him, but when he saw Xiu Zhe's eyes that seemed to be able to penetrate the inner thoughts of others, his heart suddenly leaked, seeing that Xiu Zhe already knew about the strange events that happened in the Cave of Sorrow.
"I'll wait for you, I hope you haven't become a demon by then." Xi Lan also used the method of forcing the sound into a line to transmit the sound to the ears of only one person.
Yong Shili didn't say a word from beginning to end, and kept following Xiu Zhe, whether it was Xiu Zhe sitting on the bulletin board or laughing loudly at the end, Yong Shili didn't have any emotional changes, Xiu Zhe was the first boy she liked and the last, no matter what he became, Yong Shili would stand beside him, even if it was against the whole world.
The only thing she was afraid of was that Xiu Zhe wouldn't let her be by her side.
The rain soaked the clothes of the two, but Xiu Zhe still walked towards his house unhurriedly, and at this time, the dilapidated house could also provide a small place for the two to shelter from the rain, Xiu Zhe returned to the former home and pulled a chair that was still intact and sat down.
"Yong Shili, do you know why my name is Xiu Zhe?" Xiu Zhe's unexplained words made Yong Shili slightly stunned, and then shook her head, waiting for Xiu Zhe to explain.
"Mother once said, Zhe, the two auspicious opposites. Ji, pictogram, the upper is a weapon, and the lower is a vessel that holds a weapon. It means wise, wise person. At the same time, my mother also said that the Zhe character in my name is divided into two auspicious characters, the first auspicious is because of my ghost hand, when the ghost hand was called a bad omen, she hoped that I was safe and auspicious. The second meaning of Ji is Jige, she wants me to control the ghost hand as freely as Jige. ”
The ghost hand slowly spread out Xiu Zhe, looking at his blood-red palm and the sharp but not long nails, and continued: "So my name is Xiu Zhe, and everyone in the next era will be panicked because of this name, because he represents the god of death!" ”