In the distance of the night, the sky still burned red.

The noisy chaos in the city of Tatasia faintly came, and on the small road leading to the trade area on the outskirts, several people waiting here looked at the figure with only one arm on the other side with some nervousness.

"Dear Weapon Master Xia, I have found the 'Great Wall'!"

In the wind, the childish words were uttered by a young girl in leather armor, her face was covered with mud, there were mottled blood stains all over her body, and her messy hair hung down on her shoulders, but her eyes could still be seen bright and pure.

The girl was a little excited, so that after saying this, what to say later, she didn't know how to continue, and looked at the man opposite who was sinking in the darkness for a moment, and her hand kept pinching on the handle of the knife wrapped in coarse cloth: "I ..... me...... My name is Artoria. ”

Several of the other slaves mustered up their courage to speak, but were interrupted by a wave of their hand from a figure in the darkness.

"Your 'Great Wall' is still far away, don't think that you will be free if you escape from Tatasia, this can only be called separation, not real gain, only what you want to say and do in your own hands, live in the sun openly, without oppression and deception, is freedom. ”

"But we've escaped. The girl was a little unwilling, and the other three slaves around her nodded in agreement.

The firelight of the distant city shone faintly in the darkness, revealing the outline of Xia Yi's face, as if there was a hint of a smile.

"In this regard, I don't really know much, but for the environment you are in now, if the slave system is not eliminated, you will always be slaves, and there are still many territories in this southern continent, once they know that you have escaped from Tatasya, they will still come to capture you, kill you, and distribute them to other nobles as spoils. ”

At the words 'slavery,' Artoria and her companions fell silent.

Xia Yi's voice continued.

"Escape and escape are only temporary, and then you will have to face endless hunting and capture, if you are lucky, you will hide in a desolate place and live for the rest of your life, and if you are unlucky, you will be caught again and put in a cage, and the fate of the nobles will be to get the benefit and a smile, and then, die in some dark corner, and finally be hastily buried. ”

In the voice of the words, the girl looked at her companions, and the slaves seemed to see the picture described in Xia Yi's words, and their bodies trembled slightly.

Artoria pursed her lips, her dirty face showed stubbornness, and she clenched her fists: "I won't let these things happen!" and took a step forward: "Dear weapon master Natsu, Artoria begs you to join us and help us ......"

"I'm afraid not, it's your business. Xia Yi shook his head, turned over the dark iron heavy sword behind his back, held it in his hand, and put it on the ground: "...... And I also have something to do, in this world, everyone has his own thing to do, just like birds need to keep foraging for food, but can help trees and crops to grow well, craftsmen need to carve stones for a mouthful of food, but give people beautiful statues, and smooth roads. ”

"And you, when you fight for your own freedom, the consciousness of facing danger and dying will awaken the consciousness of more oppressed people in this heaven and earth. I don't remember that day in my room, I mentioned a lyric from my hometown. ”

Artoria thought for a moment and nodded: "Yes." ”

"Arise, you who do not want to be slaves, and build our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall......"

Xia Yi read the lyrics softly, stuck the heavy sword in his hand on the ground, stretched out his hand and patted the girl's head, and said in a serious and serious tone: "Everyone is an independent and free individual, no one can hinder us, take it, go and wake up the people who are still slaves in this land, and tell them with your flesh and blood and will that they would rather die than live humbly." ”

Then, the hilt of the sword was thrust into the girl's hand, and Xia Yi smiled at the other slaves, and turned away with the crow on his shoulder and the quack on his lap.

"Dear ....." Artoria took half a step, shouted half of her voice, and suddenly turned around and shouted: "-Teacher!!"

Walking to the back of the night, he simply raised his hand and waved his back at her, and his figure quickly disappeared into black.

"..... teacher. ”

Altoria muttered, looked down at the heavy sword in her hand, and then clenched it, her misty eyes gradually rounded, and she had a different momentum.

"Teacher, I won't let you down, Artoria will definitely set all the lowly people on this land free, I swear with my life!"

The distant city is still in chaos in the fire, and the girl with the goal returns to the large team with her companions, and continues to move in the direction of tomorrow, where tomorrow, and in the near future, the army called the 'Holy Crow' will attack various territories, absorbing slaves in the hands of nobles, poor and unable to survive, and snowballing.

But that's another story.

At this time, Xia also came to the trade area, which was also in a panicked atmosphere because of the chaos in the city, and a man named Maikanoy, took his sister overnight and drove the caravan full of goods away from here.

Dina leaned on the back window, propped her chin and looked at the red-hot sky in the distance, and whispered, "Brother, what happened in the city?"

"I don't know, I just heard that the Marquis was killed, and it seems that Lord Allend did it, and then the Lord also died, and was killed by Xia, could it be that Xia avenged the Marquis?"

"But in the city, why is there such a big movement, so many places are on fire. Dina asked again.

Maikanoy sat cross-legged on the cushion there, also holding his chin and thinking, "I heard from other merchants, it seems to have been caused by the slave revolt in the arena. ”

"Then ..... Mr. Xia is in danger?"

"I don't know. ”

"Brother, do you think Mr. Xia will go out of the city?"

"I don't know. Maikanoy waved his hand a little impatiently, and he was really a little overwhelmed by his sister who kept asking questions, "He is now a retainer in the marquis's family, even if the marquis and Lord Allend die, and the relatives will preside over the overall situation, there will be a new marquis appointed to govern here, Xia will still live a life of food and clothing, don't ask if it's okay, go to sleep." ”

Dina turned her head, looked at her brother's distressed appearance, pulled down her eyelids, and stuck out her little tongue: "Just-no-go-sleep-sleep." ”

"Then I'll sleep!"

Just as Maikanoy was lying down, the sister over there suddenly exclaimed excitedly: "Brother, get up, look at the side of the road, it seems to be Mr. Xia-"

The man who had just laid down sat up, came to the carriage that was slowly moving forward and looked out, only to see a fat pack beast on the side of the road, walking slowly and leisurely, above, a figure wearing a cloak, carrying two long soldiers, two weapons hanging from the waist on the left and right, a jet-black bird on the shoulder, and a small blue goblin sitting there, holding a piece of air-dried meat, showing to the birds.

"It's really him. Maikanoi muttered, then shouted, "Hi, Natsu!"

In that way, on top of the rickety pack beast, Xia Yi raised his face and smiled at him.

"Where are you?!"

"What about you, Timinoa?"

"Go home, but also pass through Timinoa, and go together?"

The two men looked at each other, laughed one after another, and also infected the girl who also looked at the caravan, and after a while, they arrived at the border controlled by Tatasia, and when the day was about to dawn, the convoy stopped on the side of the road to rest, and at this time to the east, the climate became humid, and the wind blowing had a slight chill.

A bonfire was lit on the side of the road, the convoy guards began to prepare breakfast, and Maikanoy invited Xia Yi to come with him, and gathered around the fire as he had done to talk about what was happening in the city.

"So, the marquis was really killed by his own son?"

The testimony from Xia Yi's mouth caused a burst of surprise from Maikanoy and the surrounding guards, of course, this kind of business is not his own business, and after talking about it, he didn't take it to heart, and as the conversation continued, Maikanoy asked Xia Yi about his plans after going to Timinoa.

"Go to the northern country and find some fights by the way. ”

"Sure enough, if you're a weapon master, you know that you won't be in one place. Maikanoi laughed and said to the guards around him: "Look, did I say before that how can someone as powerful as Xia stay in only one place, and he will definitely challenge someone stronger..... hahaha......

"You never said that. ”

Dina directly exposed her brother's lies, causing the guards to laugh along with her. Xia Yi just smiled beside him, didn't do much to respond, and as the morning light rose, the convoy set off again.

After the matter of Tatasya fell, Xia Yi had time to think about the red stone crystal, the sorrow of frost, and the snow drinking knife, the latter two, one has the power to tempt people to fall, and the other has the ability to enter the demon.

"What happens if you hold both of them together in your hand?"

But then this idea was left behind by Xia Yi.

"I only seem to have one hand now......"

The sun became brighter, and as he walked forward, he turned the direction of his thoughts to the redstone crystal.