The summer prairie is rich in water and grass, green and green, and the four-horned winged ox happily scatters its hooves, and the two-wheeled cart runs out of the movement of the four-wheeled carriage.

The ox cart stopped at the foot of the hills, and three young men and women got out of the cart and rubbed their buttocks for a while before they stood up straight.

"Ox carts like ours are not allowed to pass through, so we can only send you here. It's not far, it's half a day's journey. ”

The old coachman accepted the fare and enthusiastically advised: "The south has changed too much over the years, you have just come out of the mountains, you must be careful." Pay special attention to strangers who talk to each other, they don't have good intentions. ”

The young man with short flaxen hair and bright eyes responded: "Thank you, the village elders have explained, we will be careful!"

Another tall and thin boy said, "Grandpa is a good person, even outside, there are still many good people." ”

The brown-haired girl who leaned closer to the flaxen short-haired boy said angrily: "Leas!

The gray-haired coachman laughed, "I'm old, no matter how young I am, maybe I'll have to pursue Yusha and propose a duel to Tasmi." ”

The girl named Yusha blushed and stomped her feet in shame, and the boy named Tasmi scratched his head: "Why do you want to duel with me?"

The tall boy was naturally Leas, and he hit Tasmi with his elbow: "Even Yusha's life praise has been accepted, and you are still pretending to be stupid?"

Tasmi looked at the girl and opened her mouth wide: "So, is that bracelet a tribute to life?

The girl toe on his knee, turned her head and said in a panic, "You, you want to be beautiful!

Tasmi hurriedly pulled Leas to apologize, watching the three fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys and girls laughing, and the old coachman said with emotion: "It's good to be young......

Bidding farewell to the coachman, the three of them climbed up the hill and looked at the towering towers and layered buildings on the horizon in the distance, especially the protective barrier that buckled to the ground like a transparent giant bowl, and at the same time let out an extremely shocking emotion.

"That's the Lion King City......"

"It's so big, much bigger than the royal capital of the Gawain Kingdom......"

"Float boats! That's float boats!

Three teenagers from a small mountain village in the northwest of the Gawain Kingdom have finally arrived at their destination, the Lion King City, an important northern town in East Finn.

In their minds, the city is the center of the other half of the world. As for the legendary imperial capital Valentine, just like the incense of the previous generation, it is an earthly divine kingdom that is beyond the reach of mortals.

"Don't be stunned, let's hurry up, or we won't be able to enter the city at night. ”

Yusha came back to his senses first: "The village is still waiting for us to save it, but you have to work hard!"

Leas is a cheerful boy who is always smiling: "It's good that Yusha is in charge of cheering, working hard or something, it's my business and Tasmi's business." ”

Tasmi clenched his fists and said, "It's okay to leave it to me alone!"

Yusha shook her head and sighed: "Arrogant man......"

When he said this, his face was full of the same confident brilliance as Tasmi.

Their village is dying, the weather is not dry, but the mountains are dry up, the wells are dry, and the birds and beasts are extinct, and it has been going on for more than a year.

The elders of the village said that this is because the heart of the mountain is aging, and finding the fountain of life in the south can rejuvenate the mountain.

As three of the best people in the village's new generation, Tasmi, Leas and Yusha take on the task of finding the fountain of life in the heart of the South, the Lion King.

They were all apprentice transcendents, although they didn't have enough money to complete the adventurer certification in the guild of the royal capital, they could travel thousands of kilometers from the mountain village to the Lion King City, and it only took them more than two months to arrive. Along the way, he has expelled the undead, repelled wolves, and rescued travelers, and has had a wealth of experience.

Tasmi, a trainee warrior, has mastered both sharp and heavy attacks, and the old village chief, who was once a first-class fighter, said that he might not be able to defeat Tasmi when he was young.

Leas, a trainee ranger, is a brilliant wielder. The primary Eagle Eye technique allowed him to see farther and shoot more accurately, and the primary Wind Spirit technique allowed the arrows to shoot farther and farther, and the old rangers in the neighboring villages praised him for his potential to become a longbow ranger.

Yusha, a trainee priest with a pure and benevolent heart, has gained the attention of the goddess of life and can cast a magic spell to heal tiny wounds. Coming to the Lion King City is also a church looking for the goddess of life, hoping to enter the church to practice.

A team of three like them had already written the adventure stories that bards would sang, and they were all big names in several villages in the mountains. Coupled with their determination, what difficulties cannot be overcome, what challenges cannot be solved?

Behold, the city of the Lion Kings is at hand, and none of their ancestors has come so far from their homeland.

The three teenagers descended the hill and walked onto the avenue.

Tasmi slung the bronze sword that his father had given him on his waist and said to Leas, "Carry your magic spear on your back, and don't let the people here underestimate us." ”

Leas hesitated: "It's not good to get into trouble, it's a weapon that even heroes are afraid of." ”

Yusha echoed Tasmi, saying, "It's going to be less troublesome." ”

As plausible as it sounded, Leas unwrapped the shroud and showed off the magic gun his uncle had given him.

It's a strange weapon, it looks like a magic crossbow without a crossbow, and the words "Finney 26 Glory Edition, Donomis Workshop" are etched on the bottom of the polished walnut butt.

Don't look at the weird shape, the texture is not a feeling that can be passed on to future generations, but this is the most powerful weapon in the village. Leas only needs to unleash the Wind Spirit Technique to make the iron projectile in the magic guide gun shoot thousands of kilometers away, piercing through the iron armor a finger thick.

It was still very laborious for Leas to use such a weapon, and his eyes were dazzled and his body softened after firing more than ten rounds in a row.

His uncle had fought in the Battle of the Lion King City six years earlier, and in the fateful battle between the North and the South, his uncle, as a soldier of Gawain's Kingdom Army, united with the soldiers of the two countries of Ream and Kandas, and repelled the million-strong army of southerners, so that they could not invade the north.

Then the Loyal Divine Court became the Holy See of Order, and the three kingdoms obeyed the rule of the Dawning Empire, and even the things of the Dawning Empress and the Goddess of Order were too far away from them, the northern mountain people, and they didn't feel anything at all.

They only knew that their lives had not changed much, so that the war must have been won by the northerners. Uncle Leas must have said that things must be true, and this magic spear seized from the southerners is the most direct evidence. The southerners are indeed terrible, they actually invented such a weapon, and they must have paid a huge sacrifice to be able to defeat such an enemy.

When Leas's uncle returned from the battlefield, he rarely spoke of the war. Knowing that they were going to the Lion King City to find the Fountain of Life, they took out this magic guide gun and said something related to the southerners, and there must be more past events that they didn't want to mention.

Walking on the avenue, I encountered more and more pedestrians. As they had expected, the magic spear that Leas was carrying drew people back frequently, and it also made Leas and even Tasmi's chest straighter.

"I think ......"

Yusa was a little more sensitive, and said with a frown, "These people don't seem to react quite the same way we thought, and they have the same expressions when they stare at Tasmi's sword. ”

Tasmi said proudly, "This is a sword made of magic metal, it was handed down from my great-great-grandfather's generation, and of course they envy it." ”

Yusha wanted to say something, but her eyes were immediately glued away by the passers-by.

Tasmi and Leas were the same, stunned as they watched the wheelless flying machines speeding away in the air.

"We have seen it in the king's capital," Tasmi remembered.

"Yes," said Leas, "the prince flies through the streets on this magician. ”

Yusha said what everyone thought together: "Is this kind of thing as common here as donkeys?"

After a while, Tasmi and Leas's steps were not as powerful as before, and they were squeezed to the side of the road by the coming and going monster carriages, puppet carts, and floating cars. They were the envy of these arrow-fast vehicles, and if they had them, it wouldn't take them more than half an hour to get to the Lion King's City.

Occasionally, the car stopped, and people of different clothes and temperaments beckoned them to get into the car, remembering the advice of the elders and the coachman, and they all politely declined.

Towards evening, they stopped at a level that was still a cut of distance away from the Lion King.

Seeing the soldiers stopping the pedestrians and horses from afar, but ignoring the luxuriously decorated carriages or floating cars, the three Tasmi did not rush closer. This kind of scene was also seen in the royal capital, where the poor had to give money to pass, and they no longer had a few Gawain copper coins in their pockets.

Another thing that scared them was that the soldiers were all carrying weapons that resembled the magic spear behind Leas, only shorter and more complicated.

The teenagers were hesitating, and a dull voice next to them muttered: "In these days, adults know how to exploit the poor." ”

Turning his head, he saw an old man with a rickety figure and an obscene face.

The old man looked at them and tried to squeeze out a friendly smile: "Little ones, you are from the mountains in the north, are you coming to the Lion King City for the first time? ”

Tasmi smiled bitterly: "Old man, do you think we look like us?"

As he spoke, Leas and Yusha were quietly poking him, and the old man was not a good person at first glance.

"Of course not," said the old man, "if you want to go in with a weapon and not pay for it, it's not impossible, I know a path." ”

At this time, Tasmi also felt that something was wrong, and not only was his friend reminding, but an old woman behind the old man was also desperately waving at them.

The old man didn't get any further response, and left in a huff, and the old woman leaned over and whispered, "You're quite clever, that guy is a member of the Slave Chamber of Commerce, and he specializes in deceiving people like you." When the time comes, I will lead you to the path, and I will charge you with a crime, and I will make you slaves and drag you to the mines to dig for magic crystals. ”

Tasmi's eyes widened: "This is the Lion King City, the place where the Dawning Empire and the Goddess of Order rule!

The old woman sighed: "Who let the empress return to the kingdom of God, and the empire has a new emperor?" Those slave traders have the support of the big nobles behind them, and the city lords have a share. ”

The South is really a chaotic world......

Remembering what the elders had said and what they had heard along the way, the teenagers looked at each other, and for the first time deeply felt the malice that they could not resist by their own strength, let alone change.

It is said that in the swamp further south, where the evil god Rose fell, a group of cultists who believed in the Crimson Lady established the country. The people of that country actually claimed to overthrow the rule of the nobles, to the king, to the gods. Those people also participated in the battle of the Lion King City that year, and their leader, the Duke of Richie Prell, was a villain who specialized in stripping nobles of their clothes and looting wealth, even the female dependents.

"You have just come out of the mountains, don't go into the city rashly, there are too many bad people in the city", the old woman was very kind and enthusiastic: "Follow the road there is a small town, there are no rules there, and the hotel charges are very low." You can rest there and talk to the other people before you decide what to do. ”

Seeing that the road was not a deserted path, and that there were many people coming and going, Tasmi exchanged glances with Yusha and Leas, and they both thought it was a good choice.

Under the tree in the distance, the obscene old man just now muttered to another old man.

"The people in the mountains are stupid, and they still coax them around a corner, and these three have no way to run. ”

"The quality is good, each can be worth ten Jinpu ears. ”

"That tall man is just the base of the ranger, and the Manpower Chamber of Commerce will either sell it to the mines or give it to the legion to curry favor with the recruiters of the Imperial Military Department. ”

"The flax-haired lad has some potential, and if he is lucky, he may be favored by the Knights' Church, and he will almost become a slave gladiator. ”

"Isn't Hasrumast looking for a saint? I see that little girl has potential, so let's say hello to him. ”

"I think so too, but this kind of goods give people a human power chamber of commerce, and the intermediary fee will not be less than us." Recently, they have also been helping the Holy See to recruit alternate saints, and they have asked for quite a few. ”

"Hasrumast must try to be as good as he can, and if he is good, he is much more generous than the Chamber of Commerce. ”

The three young men and girls had already said goodbye to the old woman and walked towards the path she had pointed out.

The old woman made a gesture with her back to her, and the old man nodded, and said to his companion, "The old witch has marked them, and I will go to the inn to make arrangements." ”

The companion advised: "Be cautious, the goblins have been making a lot of trouble recently, maybe someone from the Red Federation has come, and the guys with an excess sense of justice in the Lion King City are also active." ”

The old man snorted, "What's the use of worrying about this? ”

Naturally, Tasmi and his companions did not know that the old woman and the old man were in the same group, and when they arrived at the town that the old woman had said, they did not feel inappropriate when they entered the small inn that they had introduced.

"That's why I said, even if it's a southerner, it's still a lot of good people. ”

On the second floor of the hotel, in a small dining room with only the three of them, Leas nibbled on black bread and drank goat's milk mixed with an unknown amount of water, and made optimistic remarks as usual.

"I don't think you'd be a ranger, it's better to be a priest," Tasmi teased, agreeing with Leas's words.

The food and accommodation conditions of this small hotel are not good, and it is good for mountain people like them, and the price is indeed very conscientious, but the restaurant is a little strange upstairs, and he wants to ask other travelers about the situation.

Yusha said, "I forgot to ask the old woman's name, I should have thanked her." ”

A cool breeze blew in through the window, and the three of them shivered at the same time.

"It's cold enough here," said Tasmi, closing the window and looking back to see Leas and Yusa lying on the table.

"You ......"

He was surprised, and a strong drowsiness instantly came to his head, and a great panic also rose.

Not good!

Caught in the trap!

He drew his sword and made a cut in his arm, the pain keeping him awake.

In a blurred perception, footsteps and human voices gradually approached.

"Can't even take the medicine?"

It turned out to be the old man......

"You're going to reimburse me? Now I get a few silver els for a bottle of sleeping potion, how many silver els can I earn on these three apprentices? And the hypnotic wind is enough...... Huh?"

Tasmi's heart shook violently, and he was much more sober, it was the old woman!

The old woman's last voice was naturally to find that Tasmi had not yet fallen, and at the critical moment, Tasmi burst out of his potential, and the faint white light of the heavy attack technique seeped into the copper long sword, and he slashed down at the figure in front of him.

The old woman flashed behind him like a ghost, and a long needle was inserted into his shoulder blade, causing him to cry out in pain.

Tasmi was fully conscious, but a needle and a strange pair of ropes left him slumped in the corner of the wall.

"Y-What are you going to do?"

Seeing the old man holding Yusha by the waist, Tasmi shouted bitterly, "Isn't this the Dawning Empire that believes in good......ness and order? The punishment of the gods?"

The old man laughed and said, "I'm making a contribution to the goddess, how can the goddess punish me?"

Tasmi didn't understand it at all, but struggled desperately, but the more he struggled, the weaker his body and mind became.

The old man took Yusha away, and another big man came, and took Leas away, leaving only the old woman and Tasmi in the room.

"What a tender young man......"

The old woman was still so kind and even kind, but the twinkle in her eyes made Tasmi both frightened and disgusted.

"Rest assured, nothing will happen to your companions. ”

The old woman leaned over as she spoke: "We are not believers in evil gods, we like to torture people, we are human resources agents with serious licenses, and we are engaged in serious business that is recognized by the Empire and the Holy See." ”

She licked her orange peel-like lips, like an air-dried orange peel almost touching Tasmi's face: "Of course, sometimes it's easy to eat...... Well, it's cheap, and it doesn't make a difference. ”

"Little brother, you haven't tasted a woman yet, let me teach you. ”

"I'm comfortable, and you'll be comfortable. I'll ask the human resources industry to take good care of you and find you a nice place to go. ”

"Now that the empire and the Holy See are short of people, this is a good opportunity to see if the goddess of fate has favored you, honestly let the human resources chamber of commerce allocate a place, maybe you will soar in the future?"

"Don't forget my sister and me then...... Baa hey hey ......"

By the time she said that, she had already put down Tasmi and began to untie his belt.

"No ——!"

Tasmi screamed, but it was as low as a mosquito.

Chilling off, the old woman stripped off Tasmi's pants and began to fiddle with her saliva.

I don't know how the old woman managed to get it, but Tasmi actually got up, which made him so ashamed that he hated to hit the corner of the table and die.

"Come on...... Little Girl...... Moisten my door......"

The old woman gasped, pulled her pants open and sat down on Tasmi's face.

Tasmi felt the rancid Lord of the Abyss pressing down on him......

Just when he felt that he was about to fall, the old woman's body stiffened, and the hot liquid trickled down on his face, but it was a fishy smell of rust.

The old woman spurted blood back and forth from her forehead, fell backwards, and was picked up by her long legs wrapped in black stockings.

A young girl appeared in Tasmi's field of vision, with long dark hair and impressive blood-red eyes, beautiful features, beautiful and indifferent.

She put away her sword-like weapon and glanced at Tasmi with no expression, causing the boy to want to die again.

A whistle sounded at the window, and another woman with a rough voice said in a teasing tone: "I'll just say why are you so excited, it turns out that you are attracted to this little guy." Ankaret, cheers for you, but did you get him to put on his pants first?"

The black-haired, red-eyed girl swings her sword to cut the forbidden rope and pick out the forbidden spikes, making Tasmi feel like she is alive.

"I hate this kind of thing, that's all", the dark-haired girl named Ankari spoke at this time, and her tone was extremely cold: "Perpetrator, damn it." ”

A woman squatted in the window, scantily clad and her blue eyes shining like a beast in the night.

She sighed leisurely: "You are happy, but our plan has to be launched in advance, the eldest sister wants to find you trouble, and I can't help you anymore." ”

Unaware of the situation, and not ashamed, Tasmi grabbed his sword and rushed out, but the woman in the tank top and shorts at the window flashed over to stop him.

Tasmi shouted anxiously, "I'm going to save my buddy!"

The woman shrugged her shoulders and said, "It's about to turn into a battlefield outside, we're cleaning up evil here, and your companions should be saved." Besides, what can you do when you run out as an apprentice and don't have a magic weapon?"

Eyes slid downward, and the woman pouted and smiled: "That's not a battlefield on the bed, your capital won't come in handy." ”

Tasmi's mind was confused, and he subconsciously asked, "Who are you?"

The woman stretched out her arms and gave a gentlemanly chest salute: "We are the light of the dark moon, and we are happy to serve you." ”

The black-haired woman said coldly: "We are the killers, using the serum to sweep away the sins in the darkness." ”