Thales City.

Novi is a homeless man with no possessions, let alone a family, who sleeps in a homeless shelter in the city every day, goes out to beg when he is hungry, and huddles in a corner to keep warm when he is cold.

Luckily, the climate in Thales City is so good that the water doesn't freeze even on the coldest days, so Novi never worries about freezing to death, and his days are free.

One of the reasons why he became like this is because he is lazy, the older he gets, the lazier he becomes, the heart of his youth gradually extinguishes, and he doesn't want to do anything, but the bigger reason is because of his congenital deformity of his left leg, which makes him limp when he walks, and he can't run fast at all.

Congenital disabilities, ridiculed by others, destroyed his hope for the future step by step.

In his mind, he would always be a homeless man for the rest of his life, and one day, he would die silently in a corner of Thales City, and even if he died, no one would pay attention to it, and it would take a while, and when his body was rotten and stinky, and affected others, the city guards would come and take his body away and bury it hastily.

"I was like a lonely ghost in the mortal world, no one remembered me, and God forsaken me." This is what Novi says most often.

Whenever the priest of the goddess of life heard this, he would angrily rebuke him: "God will not abandon any of his children in the mortal world, and you are enjoying the grace of the goddess by living in the asylum." Say no more, you ungrateful cripple! ”

At this point, Novi obediently shut up for a while, not because he didn't want to refute, but because he wanted to say, 'Since God has not forsaken me. Then why was I given such a stump leg? ’。 But he always chose to remain silent. Because if he goes on, he won't even have a place to stay at night.

That night, as Novi limped down a remote alley leading to the shelter, a voice came from the shadows of the alley: "Hey, cripple, want to be famous?" ”

"Don't call me a cripple! I don't want to be famous either! "Novi doesn't care who the person is talking to, he doesn't care who the other person is, because he has no money on him. People are also ugly, still crippled, and don't have to worry about being robbed. If a poor and crazy bandit really had his eyes on him, he wouldn't mind throwing him the two copper plates in his trouser pocket.

"I can make your name appear in history and be remembered for a thousand years." The voice behind him came again.

"Maniac!" Novi muttered and continued walking, but after a few steps he stopped, limping back on.

He wasn't said to be moved, but he was curious about the madman. I want to hear how he can make this useless tramp be remembered by the world for a thousand years.

He's curious, plus he's bored. This made him walk back.

Novi could see the man in the corner, dressed in dirty cowhide armor, with a black revolver at his waist, and a wide-brimmed hat on his head, dressed like a down-and-out mercenary.

Seeing Novi walking back, this guy smiled: "What, interested?" ”

"No, I want to see what a madman looks like." Novi looked at the mercenary's face carefully, and said to himself: "It's not crazy to look at, could it be that the head was kicked by a donkey?" ”

The mercenary was not angry, his voice was low, like the devil's bewitchment: "I said, you don't have anything anyway, why don't you try it?" ”

The homeless man was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and replied, "But I still have a life." ”

"That's true. There are two ways to live in this life, one is to be a homeless man all your life, and finally die in the gutter. The second is to go back with me, I promise, as long as you do what I say, you will definitely be remembered by everyone, and even His Majesty the King in the royal capital will know your great name. The mercenary's voice was deep and full of temptation, but if it was someone who was really useless and depressed, it would be useless to say it nicely, but Novi was a little different, and there was still a trace of unquenched fire in his heart.

He was lazy, but he had nothing to do because he was lame. He had also dreamed of fighting in the abyss, dreaming of following Marshal Thales to make a contribution, but the reality was too unforgiving.

"What do you like about me?" The cripple asked, his heart was moved, and now, he just wanted to find out if this opportunity really belonged to him, not because the other party had found the wrong person.

"I heard that there was a man in the shelter who used to shoot down copper coins hanging from a tree a hundred meters away with a bow, I wonder if this person is a cripple named Novi?" The mercenary reached out and lifted the brim of his hat, his dark green eyes staring at Novi under his hat.

"It's me. But that was before, and now I can't do it anymore, I don't have the strength to hold things. Novi admitted, it was his dream when he was young, and he also had talent, but it was a pity that the army did not accept cripples, because a cripple would slow down the march, and although his archery skills were good, in this age of martial arts, there were many people who could match him.

"That's it, that's what I'm looking for. If you still have a little ambition in your heart, come with me. The mercenary didn't say anything more, he turned and walked out of the alley, he wasn't fast, apparently taking care of Novi's stump.

Novi hesitated for less than a second, and then he followed. He's just a bum, he has nothing else and nothing to lose, and now there's such a vigorous opportunity, why not do it?

A down-and-out mercenary, a homeless man, walked through the streets of Thales one after the other, and finally, the mercenary led Novi into a wooden building.

The owner of the wooden building was a young widow in her twenties (the living conditions of the Terrans were very good, and the average life expectancy was rapidly increasing), and she was quite beautiful, wearing a long skirt, and when she walked around, she showed some of her body curves, and Novi was almost stunned.

It's not that he's never seen a pretty woman, but he's never been to a pretty woman's house. Usually, he only sees these beautiful people on the street and then goes back to the shelter to have a good time.

There seemed to be a fragrance wafting in the air in the wooden building, and Novi was so intoxicated by the smoke that he twitched his big nose, eager to absorb all the aromas in the room in one go.

The widow bathed the dirty Novi and dressed him in clean clothes, which made the homeless man look more and more excited.

Eventually, the mercenary led him into a secret room.

The secret room was very spacious, and there was a wooden table inside, and on the wooden shelf on the table was a murderous weapon that was one meter and three meters long, and the whole body shimmered with a dark blue metallic luster.

"This is" Novi has seen something similar, this is a magic musket, but the appearance of this musket is really scary, it also has a very precise scope on it, and the bullets next to it are about the same length as Novi's middle finger, and each bullet shows a shimmer like a flame, which can make people feel the great power contained in it.

"This is contraband, and if you are found to be able to eat guns!"

He still has some common sense, this kind of high-precision musket is terrifying, it can take the life of a target thousands of kilometers away, the official has always been very strict with this high-power weapon, each weapon has a special mark, once it is found lost, the entire Thales City will definitely set off an undercurrent, until this weapon is found again.

"Rest assured, it's coming from the right place, and no one will check it." The mercenary smiled, he picked up the musket on the table, and said with a smile: "This is the latest model, the Lizard Hunter 6 generation, the initial velocity of the bullet is 1000 meters per second, the bullet magic power is level 45, the effective shooting range is 1500 meters, and it can penetrate the defensive magic blessed by the Lizardman Pentagon Priest within 1000 meters." ”

It was only then that Novi truly sensed that what he was doing might be a real big thing, and that there must be a huge black curtain hidden in this matter, and he instinctively took a step back, a slight retreat in his heart.

"There's no way back here, Novie." The mercenary grinned, his teeth glinting.

"If I want to retreat, will you kill me?" Novi asked.

"It's obvious. This musket cannot see the light, and any possibility of allowing it to see the light must be stifled. "The mercenary holds the revolver musket on his waist, and if one is wrong, he shoots and goes to the next one.

Novi listened, and then his heart fluttered, and he was ready to do it. He doesn't care anymore, it's better to do this, although he knows that after he finishes it, he won't live long, but he just has a bad life, and if he has a chance to be brilliant, then go all out, even if this brilliant way may make people scold, but he doesn't care!

"I did it!"

"Happy, it's a man!" The mercenary laughed, and he said, "You have a month, and during this time, I will train you how to use it and use it to bring out the true power of this beast." ”

"I have one more condition." Novi Road.

"Tell me about it. But I don't like to negotiate terms with people. The mercenary's eyes narrowed, and there was a dangerous glow in them.

The homeless man Novi felt the pressure, he swallowed his saliva, and something was out: "I have no woman in my life, and I have never done that." I know I'm not going to be alive after that. I don't care what the future holds, but I've survived it once, and I need to taste it. ”

"Hah, that's what happened. It is human nature, the widow just now, whose name is Marisa, whose husband died in battle outside the abyss, and who occasionally takes on the life in order to live decently. You can sleep with her this month, and I will pay you the fee for the bed warming. "The mercenary is generous.

Novi recalled the widow's plump body and beautiful face before, and his heart was hot: "Don't worry, I will definitely do my best!" ”

What is happening in the dark corners of Thales City is not known, and in the highest mansion of Thales City, officials and servants are busy decorating the Commander's Mansion, because in a month, Field Marshal Thales will hold a grand ceremony.

Although the marshal did not say why the ceremony was held, none of the servants dared to talk much, and they worked meticulously.

The entire Thales City also looks very calm, and ordinary people don't feel that their lives have changed much, but those who have a heart have found that the marshal's direct team has unconsciously called back, and the city's monitoring level has been invisibly improved a lot.

Thales City, the undercurrent is turbulent. (To be continued......)