Chapter 1: The Year of Flowers and Thorns

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"And ten percent health!"

"Kavos is dying!"

"Not good! It's worms devouring! ”

"Get out of the way!"

"No—"

The muffled voice went from near to far, as if it was still in a hazy sleep, and with the angry wails of the ancient evil worm walker, Ron felt as if his head was about to explode, with endless pain. He opened his eyes a little and quickly closed them, and he felt that there was no place in his body that was not painful.

Gradually, Ron regained some strength, and finally opened his eyes again, and the first thing that caught his eye was a heavy and stacked dark cloud, probably just after the rain, and the air was damp and cold. In the not-so-bright light, I saw several bloody corpses covered with thick sideburns lying not far away, which seemed to be bear goblins.

He is very familiar with this creature, at least tens of thousands of them have died in his hands, the bear goblin is a greedy and evil goblin-like creature, likes to use wooden sticks as weapons, has a pair of sharp and powerful claws like a cow, can easily tear a horse's thighs, and the survivability is extremely tenacious, so they are everywhere in the world of Avelyn.

Before he understood why the lowly bear goblin appeared in the filthy lair of the worm walkers, Ron subconsciously grabbed to the side, did not grasp his weapon as expected, made him pause slightly, suddenly heard something in his ears, and then subconsciously looked to the right, and a desolate town came into view.

The town of Orlando has been destroyed!

A mournful voice came from the bottom of his heart, Ron's consciousness was blurred, he turned his head slightly, and saw a turquoise blue boulder more than ten meters high on the fence on the right side of the town without the slightest surprise, with three silver swords only left in scabbards on the boulder, and a thick black secret pattern shield hanging on it, which was covered with various ancient cuts.

The House of the Four Horsemen, the legendary town of Orlando, later known as the Elemental Outbreak Town!

After more than ten years of struggle in "Sword of Glory", Ron has long been familiar with this town, and he has seen almost every road and every Peugeot thousands of times, even if he closes his eyes, he will not get lost. It was here that the first Dark Arts War of the Year of Flowers and Thorns broke out, and then it took less than three months to sweep across the continent.

One of the one hundred and eight elemental towers on the floating city was destroyed by the god of conspiracy Viren with divine power, one of which fell near this town, due to the effect of the chaotic element, the entire town contains surging elemental power, so many wizards, priests, knights and other professions choose this town as their best place to cultivate.

The Knights of Glory of the Guild led by Ron had also been stationed here for nearly five years, until a year ago, when they moved to the famous Emerald Capital.

How did I end up here?

Ron had a question in his mind, his consciousness still vague, and he remembered that he should be leading his team to break through the defenses of the worm walker Kevos and successfully enter its filthy and terrifying lair in an attempt to destroy the weakest ancient evil creature in one fell swoop.

In the fierce battle, there are many unpredictable dangers and ferocity, the skills of the ancient evil creature are terrifying, the slightest carelessness, there is a danger of falling into hell, but with superb skills and strong command, they have succeeded in reducing the blood volume of the ancient evil creature to less than three percent, but at the last moment, Kaivos launched the most terrible worm devouring, and the entire nest collapsed......

Ron couldn't figure out what was going on, and struggled for a moment, trying to get up and take a look, but at that moment, a heartache came over his chest, and he almost swallowed his tongue.

Ron hurriedly looked towards his chest, only to see a palm-sized unfamiliar red spot on his chest, dripping with blood, and felt that he reached out and covered it, and found that two ribs in his right chest had been broken.

Not just on his chest, he soon noticed that he had some unfamiliar scars on his forehead, cheeks, and arms.

I was injured by a bear goblin!

A strange sigh came out of his heart again, Ron was stunned for a moment, and a spirit suddenly popped out of his body, completely stunned!

I am...... Ron? Lambert?

No! I'm supposed to be Ron, Master of the Knights of Glory!

No, I'm Ron? Lambert? , 17 years old!

I am......

Ron was stunned again, and suddenly, a strange and familiar memory flooded into his mind like a flood of floodgates, strange and familiar images from babbling to rapid growth to learning combat skills, all kinds of faces and figures flashed by like a montage, most of them were scenes of life in the small town of Orlando, unremarkable.

However, at this time, the picture suddenly rotated, and two powerful evil wizards suddenly appeared in the town, without warning, all kinds of terrifying black magic and summons appeared one after another, and frantically rushed towards the town python, and the entire town was soon destroyed in flames, countless people were killed, and blood flowed like a river, and an extremely sad emotion flowed in Ron's heart, making him suddenly feel like crying.

The picture froze, and soon turned again, appearing in this gloomy forest, where he was attacked by three bear goblins......

Ron had a ghost-like expression on his face, and immediately froze, unable to recover for a long time, he subconsciously looked down at his hands and body.

I am...... Ron, the leader of the Knights of Glory, and at the same time, Ron, a resident of the small town of Orlando? Lambert.

We're the same people!

Almost instantly, he understood what was going on, he had traveled to the game world and appeared in the real world of Aveline. Now, on the third day of the First Dark Arts War, the town of Orlando has been slaughtered.

Countless surprises and surprises crossed his eyes, strange things made Ron scratch his head, if there was no accident, he should be called Ron at this time? Lambert!

After a long silence, a tingling pain came from his chest and brought him to his senses again.

In any case, it is still important to heal now, according to memory, the town of Orlando is not a safe place at this time, the terrifying black magic has destroyed this town, although the two necromancers have left, but there are still about three hundred bear goblins wandering around, if they encounter it again, they are afraid that their lives will not be long.

I quickly touched my body, but I didn't find anything, this body was only wearing a simple cloth coat, and I didn't even have the most basic equipment, so I was poor.

Ron quickly turned his head to search, and saw several corpses of the militia lying on the ground not far away.

Known as the House of the Four Horsemen, Orlando is one of the wealthy towns near Neverwinter, and if nothing else, these militiamen may be wearing spare medical kits.

He struggled, gritted his teeth, endured the pain, and moved towards the corpses of the militiamen.

At this time, he clearly felt that he was no longer a legendary ranger calling for wind and rain in the world of Aveline, but had become a civilian with no power to fight, and Ron couldn't help but give the gods a middle finger in his heart.

There seemed to be some figures in Orlando's town, and there was a noise and fighting in the distance, which further fueled Ron's sense of crisis and increased his strength. Fortunately, he was not very far from the militiamen, and he quickly crawled to them.

The militia was wearing thick animal skin armor, the corpse was still hot, and it should not be long before the time of death, but the militiaman's body was covered with mottled bite marks, which was shocking, Ron's hand quickly touched a sticky piece, and when he pulled his hand out, his hands were full of blood.

He didn't care to wipe it clean, and after finding that this corpse had no medicine, he quickly opened another corpse, perhaps because he should not have died, and sure enough, he touched a small box.

Ron pulled it out and saw that it was a medical kit, and when it was opened, some bandages, plasters, and medical potions appeared inside.

He hurriedly took out the potion and drank it, the effect of the magic potion was excellent, and it didn't take long for some squirming to appear on his chest, the pain on his body gradually disappeared, the scars on his arms and chest quickly stuttered, and the ribs were also reconnected.

Although there was still some time before he fully recovered, Ron felt that he had finally regained some strength in his body.

After struggling for a moment, he took out the bandage and rolled it on his chest to wrap it carefully, and when Ron looked up, he found that a long sword had fallen not far from the militiaman's corpse, so he walked over and picked it up.

I don't understand why I'm here, but the most important thing now is to survive.

"Ron?" Just held the long sword in his hand and didn't have time to look at it, at this time, an anxious voice suddenly came from not far away.

Ron looked back and saw a girl in a almost tattered dress and covered in filth like a beggar in the gloomy forest.

The girl was quite small, and when she looked closer, she found that she was not very old, probably fifteen or sixteen years old, with long purple hair and a ponytail, and a capable appearance, although her pale face was hung with some muddy water, but she looked very pretty.

A familiar name pops into my mind.

"Averlane?" He hesitated.

"Ron, are you hurt? What's going on? Didn't you tell you to hide it? Seeing that Ron was almost on his knees, his clothes covered with blood, and a trace of horror appeared on his face, the girl immediately staggered over, and by this time Ron found that she still had a dagger in her hand.

"It's okay, I'm okay!" Ron felt strange in his heart, and took a closer look at her, and found that her little cheeks were very delicate.

"It's okay, you're big! Come and show me. The little girl had a pungent personality, and with deep worry between her eyebrows, she quickly took out a bottle of potion from the purse behind her back and handed it to him: "Drink it!" Then she lowered her head and carefully arranged her bandage, and a strand of hair slipped down her cheek.

"Look, there's blood all over the body, these bear goblins are really terrifying!" The little girl pursed her lips and said in disgust.

"No need, I've just drunk a bottle and it tastes disgusting!" Ron stood up with a hard smile.

Although the effect of the healing potion is good, the price is also quite expensive, and ordinary people simply cannot afford to consume it, that is, these wealthy militia from Neverwinter only occasionally carry a bottle.

After Availan examined his injuries and made sure he was okay, she breathed a heavy sigh of relief and sat on the ground as if she was paralyzed.

She sniffed, there was almost no blood on the little cheeks of a pretty face, and she glanced back at the militiamen who had fallen to the ground, with a sad expression: "Ron, what should we do now?" The town of Orlando is gone, there is no home, everyone is dead, these militias can't save us at all, and there are still bear goblins everywhere, and we can't escape! I'm so scared I can't protect you! Ron ......"

Her eyes were blank, her voice was low and weak, as if she was asking herself and as if she were asking him.

These militias are not residents of the small town of Orlando, and the Survey Militia sent by Neverwinter. After the destruction of the town of Orlando a few days ago, only Ron and Avrilla escaped, and the two staggered to Winterfell, only to meet the survey militia sent by Winterfell.

Ron and Avrilan saw that they wanted to go to Orlando Town, so they didn't give up and followed them back, but who knew that they had just entered the valley when they encountered a large number of bear goblins, and the team of more than forty people was almost wiped out.

"We're getting out of here! It's best to leave right away! Ron thought for a moment and said calmly, he realized a hint of danger.

Avrilan looked up at him, barely showing any glint in her eyes: "Ron...... Our home is gone...... Woo, we've got nothing left......"

Since the destruction of Orlando, the little girl has secretly cried several times, her character is not a low person, her thoughts are usually more lively and strong, if it were not for this calamity, she rarely shows a sad and confused expression.

"We're alive!" Ron is not good at comforting people, but although his expression is weak, he shows a rare majesty at this time: "We have to get out of here first, it is estimated that the bear goblins have not gone far, they will definitely come back, it is not safe here!" ”

Avrilan sniffed, raised her dirty little hand and touched her cheek, because there were still blood stains on her hand, she soon felt a trace on Xiao Qiao's face, and not long after, a trace of firmness appeared in her eyes: "I know, Ron, I will definitely protect you, although Grandpa Bell and Uncle Clum have already left, I will never allow you to be snatched away!" ”

There were tears in the corners of her eyes, but her expression was unusually serious, she stood up and looked up at the town of Orlando, bowed slightly and said sadly: "Uncle Town, Grandpa Bell, Avrilan and little Ron are leaving, and I will come back to see you in the future." Don't worry, Avrilan will be strong! You must bless Avrilla and little Ron in heaven...... No, no, you must protect little Ron. Avrilan can protect herself. ”

After she finished speaking, she reached out and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, but at this moment, Ron suddenly heard a small voice in his ear.

He was stunned for a moment, looked up into the depths of the forest, and saw a black figure appear in the distance.

Ron was taken aback and almost didn't think about it, and immediately grabbed the little girl's hand and ran away towards a bush next door.

Avrilan was stunned and was about to exclaim, but Ron had already expected it, and quickly reached out to cover her lips to prevent her from making a sound, and made a silent gesture.

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