Alvin City has been actively preparing for the war without sleep in the past few days, although it is not said to be impregnable, but it is also impregnable.

And the lord of Alvin City, Howard Alwin, had been standing alone on the eastern wall of Sylvin City for a day and a night

This veteran who is about to enter his old age stands alone at the head of the city, watching the sunset and the rising sun, the gray-brown battle armor is draped on his body, but the heavy battle helmet is taken off by him and held in his hand, revealing the resolute and strong face of the city lord of Howard!

Few people know that the old city lord who spent half his life defending Alvin City is not actually from Alvin City, and even his original name is not actually Howard Alwyn.

At that time, an orphan with no name and no surname came to Alwyn City alone, and was taken in by a family in the city, it was a kind and kind middle-aged woman, her husband died in battle, and on the same day, her child was not saved due to difficult childbirth

Howard is naturally her husband's name, and her child who did not come to the world should also be called Howard.

Howard is a very good, but not so good kid! At a young age, he showed a far superior intelligence and a talent for learning. Little Howard was taught by the woman to be knowledgeable and understanding. At a young age, you can know right from wrong, and you are diligent and capable.

However, Howard's physical fitness is just too bad! Years of hunger and displacement have left him with far less physical fitness than ordinary children, and he has also been found to have no talent for perceiving magical elements!

It is a disaster for such a child to be born in such a world! Little Howard would have been a very good seedling, but unfortunately he was born in the wrong place!

And the saddest thing is that little Howard is smart! He is deeply aware of his shortcomings and shortcomings, and his cleverness makes his life extremely miserable. As a child, Howard once cried at the sunset in Alvin Valley! Howard felt that the sun could still rise when it set, and he had no tomorrow

comparatively. Little Howard prefers to grow up in a mess, and then be a mediocre ordinary person!

In this way, little Howard grew up in pain, he worked harder than everyone else, and he knew his future better than everyone else! In the future, he should be able to work for a shopkeeper, or a bookkeeper or something. Maybe if you're lucky, you might be able to run your own small shop and become an owner or something

Until one day, the woman who had become an old woman took out a shiny long knife and whispered to Howard who had grown up: "Go and join the army." This is the weapon my husband used back then, and now I'm going to hand it over to you! Kid, go join the army! ”

Howard took the sharp and ordinary long knife and was stunned for a while. Looking at the old woman's expectant and miserable eyes, her mind was blank! But he still nodded heavily: "Mother, wait for me to come back!" ”

Early the next morning, Howard went to the barracks on the other side of the civilian area with a simple salute to report for duty!

In fact, Howard should have had a lot to say at that time

"Mother! My physical condition is so poor, how can I become a soldier? ”

"Mother! I'm leaving. What do you do? ”

"Mother! I substitute Mr. Evan at the private school, and he owes me three silver coins. ”

"Mother! The medicine I bought for you will be gone by the end of the month. Remember to go to Uncle Bren on West Street to buy it, although you will be asked to take two extra steps, but Uncle Bren promised to give me ten copper coins cheaper. ”

"Mother! Remember to take out the mattress under the bed to dry often. Your bones are getting old."

"Mother, aren't you afraid that I will never come back?"

After that, life in the barracks was far more difficult than expected, especially for a sick teenager like Howard. When the instructor of the barracks first met Howard, he even thought that he would die under the harsh training of the barracks! But Howard survived the first three months!

For Howard, these three months were both hell and heaven. After an initial hardship and despair. Howard's slender body is getting better day after day! And his excellent martial arts talent was also discovered by the instructor, and what is even more commendable is that Huo Dehua is a ruthless person! He's tougher than ever! He's always the hardest when he's exercising!

At the same time, he is more rational than many others, and he knows when to stop, when to say something, and when to do something.

So, three months later, Howard became the best fighter in the Alvin City Boot Camp in this class! At the same time, he will be faced with a choice - to go home, or to continue his service?

In this chaotic world of war, each nation has a large number of enemies and those monsters that are ready to move as opponents. Therefore, in this world, it is very simple to be a soldier, as long as he has a regular identity certificate, the military camp will accept it without hesitation!

However, the humanization of the state system lies in the fact that the military will give you the most formal training and the most free choice. After three months of initial training, those who want to leave the army and go home are actually home on the other side of the city!

However, those who want to stay in the army to continue their training, or those who want to go to the battlefield to make achievements, they will be sent directly to another war zone! It was on the other side of this great kingdom, far away from home and relatives, to undergo more rigorous and dangerous trials!

Everyone understands that it is impossible to train excellent soldiers at home!

The young and vigorous Howard naturally wanted to prove himself, and he chose to continue serving without hesitation! Therefore, Howard left Alvin City with the main army early the next morning. Before leaving, he looked at the rising sun slowly in the Alvin Valley, and he was stupid

Time flies, time flies, and five years have passed. How many **** nights, Huo Dehua pillowed in iron clothes, greeted the dew, and lived the hardest and most tiring days. At the same time, he also faces the risk of losing his life at any time!

At this time, Howard was already a well-known fast knife player in the army, and no one on either side knew that the young boy who came from the Alvin war zone was quick with quick eyes, fast hands, and faster heart!

Moreover, he is no longer the fledgling teenager he was back then, he is already a major admired by the soldiers, leading thousands of soldiers to be born and die repeatedly. One difficult task after another was accomplished.

Then, Howard received an appointment!

Howard's boss found him, a veteran general who had always been strict. He told Howard that the fighting situation in the Alvin theater was tight, and the military department wanted to transfer a group of people back. The old man was willing to let Howard go, and Howard needed to resign from all his legion positions, but the rank could be retained.

That night, the old man changed his previous strictness and talked a lot. He watched Howard grow up step by step, and Howard was the old man's most proud protégé. Huo Dehua's martial arts and Huo Dehua's way of leading troops were all taught by the old man, and he is destined to become the old man's successor in the future

However, in Howard's heart, he only heard that sentence: "The war in the Alvin War Zone is tight, and I need you to go back, I want you to go back, I want you to go back."

At this moment, Howard's heart, which had been honed for a long time on the battlefield, was in chaos

Finally, with the consent of the elderly. Howard was transferred back to the Alvin War Zone and became the deputy of the then Alvin City Lord. Of course, this is also a position specially recommended by the elderly.

In that battle, the Kingdom of Cyril led a large army to the city. The flames of war burned for three days and three nights. In the past three days and three nights, Huo Dehua has been by the side of the city lord every step of the way, guarding the east city wall. Countless times for the city lord to block fatal injuries, because Howard knows. Once the lord is killed, Alvin City is finished

At the post-war celebration banquet, Howard, who was wounded, sat in the position of the city lord's deputy. Everyone was amazed by the young man's face, and the old city lord introduced with a heroic smile: "This little brother is Howard Hua, and he is a native of my Alvin City!" I've been working under an old friend of mine, and I just came back. Thanks to him, we were able to turn defeat into victory! ”

"Let's toast General Howard!"

A glass of strong wine was down, but Howard just wanted to return to the place in his memory as soon as possible, he fulfilled the promise he made back then, and he came back safely!

Early the next morning, Howard couldn't wait to leave the City Lord's Mansion and limped towards the familiar place in his memory

The joy after the victory of the war infected every family, and everyone was smiling and preparing for the day.

This atmosphere also infected Howard, making him forget the pain of his body, and only felt relaxed and wanted to fly!

It wasn't until Howard saw his old house, the locked door, and the rusty stains on the lock that the young general felt a panic for no apparent reason, and then there was a hysterical knock on the door!

"Mother! Open the door, come over and open the door, I'm back! ”

A few minutes later, a woman's voice came from the next room: "Who? It's early in the morning. ”

When the woman went out to look, she was surprised for a moment, and then surprised: "Are you Howard?" You're back? ”

"It's me, it's me!" Howard cautiously looked forward to it: "Aunt Mary, where is my mother?" ”

"Alas~~" The middle-aged woman let out a long sigh and said, "She's inside, I'll go get the key, you wait for a while." ”

Then the woman turned and went into her house. After a while, he came out with a brass-colored key, handed it to Howard, and said, "You go in and talk to your mother yourself, and since you have come back safely, she will be relieved."

Taking the key, Howard opened the door with trembling hands. The moment he pushed the door open, he seemed to see a kind and kind woman, standing on the other side of the door and looking at him with a smile on her face

However, Howard only had a cold courtyard in front of him

The middle-aged lady behind her stretched out her hand to the corner of the courtyard and said bitterly: "Your mother, she will be buried there after cremation, this is her own request." She insisted on not burying her body outside, saying that she was going to wait for you to come back at home."

At this moment, Howard, the iron-clad young general, only felt that his body was weak, and his mind was blank, just like that night many years ago. Howard had an illusion of amnesia at this moment, all these years of war and fire had been completely forgotten, as if nothing had happened! He was still the weak and impenetrable boy he was back then, and he took the cold long knife with trembling hands

Howard hogged over to the tombstone, gently stroked the inscription on it, and asked sullenly, "My mother, when did she leave?" ”

The middle-aged woman recalled: "It was one night four years ago, and I clearly remember that it was the summer solstice, and the weather was very hot. At night I heard your mother scream, as if she had been cut with some kind of weapon, but when I arrived, I found that your mother was not injured, but her face was pale and terrifying! I was in a hurry to find a doctor, but your mother grabbed me and told me to bury her in this courtyard after she died. I thought it was important to save people, and after reassuring her, I went to the doctor, and by the time we came back, your mother was already dying."

"Summer solstice! It's actually the summer solstice! ”

Howard hugged his head in pain, he still remembered the summer solstice four years ago, it was the most dangerous battle he had ever experienced. The enemy general who fought with Howard was extremely fierce, and just when he was about to die under the opponent's knife, the long knife in his hand blocked the last blow for himself, and was also severely shattered!

But it was that block that made Howard's comrades arrive in time and saved his life!

"Go to the army, this is the weapon my husband used back then, and now I'll hand it over to you! Kid, go join the army! ”

Thinking of this, Howard couldn't stop crying, and knelt down in front of the tombstone and cried.

The middle-aged woman on the side also felt unbearable when she saw him like this, so she opened her mouth to comfort: "Your mother will be very happy to know that you can come back safely." I still remember when you were just three months away from home, she stayed at the door early until the sun went down. ”

"I still remember the sunset that evening, big and round. Your mother was standing in the doorway, crying and laughing. I looked at your mother and thought she was smiling so happily, as if she had met some great joy. I felt that she was crying so sadly, as if she wanted to dry all the tears of her life on that day."

The middle-aged woman said, let out a long sigh, and seeing that her persuasion had no effect, she shook her head helplessly and walked out of the small courtyard gently.

The second week after Howard returned to Alvin City, he threw himself into the battlefield of Alvin Valley and made great achievements. Later, because he was deeply appreciated by the old city lord, he married his young daughter, and took the surname of the city lord of Alvin, and changed her name to "Howard Alwin".

However, Howard will inherit the position of Lord of Alvin City because there was once an old woman in the city. She cried and laughed madly in the afterglow of the setting sun over the Alvin Valley. Because of her children, she chose to join the army and fulfill her husband's unfulfilled ideals and ambitions!

In the setting sun, the old woman's mouth kept repeating a sentence: "He didn't come back!" It's great that he didn't come back! (To be continued.) )