Chapter 143: Encounters

After daybreak, Titis cooked some simple food, and after using it with Gary, he began to pack up his belongings and prepare for the road.

He turned back to Gary and asked, "What are your plans for the future, will you stay around here?"

"Of course not!" said Gary in quick denial,

"I was on my way to Nuland, so I passed by yesterday and happened to meet you. ”

"What if you find out?" said Otis, surprised. Because in the Eastern Continent, civilians are generally not allowed to cross the border at will, and if they are unfortunately caught, they will be punished as traitors or reduced to slavery, except for the envoys who hold gold certificates.

"When you cross the border, just be careful not to be noticed by the Koron soldiers. In any case, I'm going to Nuland. Gary replied firmly.

"Why do you want to go to Nuland?" asked Titis curiously.

"Anyway, I'm alone, and instead of staying and facing those inhumane scenes every day, I might as well venture to Nuland to find life. ”

"But...... You are a Konon, don't you want to stay and save the country?" said this because Gary had saved his life, and he could see that Gary was a brave and upright young man.

Therefore, Sultius has reason to believe that Gary must have saved him alone.

"I want to save this country more than anyone else, but if you want to save it, you must first destroy it. Gary said.

Hearing this, Sultius couldn't help but be startled, obviously frightened by the rebellion between Gary's words, and after a while, he asked with a confused face: "I don't understand, why do you have to destroy it first to save it?"

"The idea of corruption is contagious, and it has long been ingrained in the hearts of the people, and if we want to save this country, we must destroy all corrupt values. Today's Kenong is like a fruit that is rotting from the inside out. The nobles of the Khan are the pests that reside in the pits, and the people are the gradually rotting flesh of the fruit, which will rot sooner or later, and there is no cure for it. Gary looked up and looked beyond the rolling hills to the west, and felt pain in his heart.

"Therefore, if you don't destroy this country first, even if you save those children temporarily, they will still be affected by the environment when they grow up in the future, and they will soon become the next ogre if they regard cannibalism as a matter of course, and so on, generation after generation......" Hearing this, Titis shuddered for a moment, and suddenly realized that many of his previous ideas were too naΓ―ve and ridiculous!

Those self-righteous kindnesses will not save anyone at all, but will only perpetuate this cruel state.

If he had not left Ferdorus, if he had stayed in that peaceful and friendly home all his life, he might never have been able to perceive his narrowness.

It turns out that the abuse of good intentions can also lead to evil consequences.

"Why don't you go to Nuland with me?" Gary suddenly suggested,

"If there is any other country in the south that is worthy of you to make friends with the most precious grain seeds of Fdorus, I am afraid that there is no choice but Nuland. Pondering over it, there were only three southern neighbors that the Phodorus knew best, Milo, Neo-Mingu, and Duruland, but none of them were reliable.

Now, judging from the situation of Licy and Conon, it seems that there is no hope for it. After Nuland's annexation of Sambiland, he became the superpower of the south, already on a par with Herilandi, who was number one, but the people of Ferdorus knew very little about the three relatively distant states of Nuland, Western Asia, and Dorodo.

In this way, a trip to Nuland is also very necessary for Utis. So he agreed to Gary's proposal, and the two of them went on the road together.

At this time, Tis didn't know that Dorodo had been completely controlled by Nuland's Jingele family.

The capital of Konon was located in the northerner part of the country, but he no longer had to travel far to get to the capital.

Together with Gari, he crossed the central region of Konon and headed straight west, which was the fastest way to enter the Nuland border.

With Gary as an excellent guide, the process was much faster than when Titis was alone, at least he didn't have to take some more wrong paths.

After a few days, the two of them gradually became familiar with each other, and they didn't have so many scruples about talking.

One day, Sultius curiously said to Gary, "Your thoughts and the way you speak are not very similar to ordinary civilians, and you seem to know the situation in the Eastern Continent very well. Gary smiled wryly, "I am indeed an ordinary civilian, but I have been in the Konon army before. But it was only a year, and then he escaped from the army. ”

"I've heard that deserters are to be put to death...... "Titis was surprised. He knew this, except for Ferdorus, who was a soldier for all the people, almost all deserters from other countries in the Eastern Continent would be sentenced to death.

To his surprise, the heroic Gary had also been a deserter.

"Heh, since I want to escape, naturally I won't let them catch me, and ......" Gary paused, and couldn't help but recall,

"I joined the army because I wanted to be able to follow the people I admired. When I was nine years old, there was a war between Kornon and Durulland, and my family was on the edge of the battlefield, and unfortunately it was affected, so I lost my parents and was almost taken captive by the Durullanders...... That's when he suddenly appeared and saved me. Although he was only eighteen years old at the time, his father was still alive, and he was not yet the top general of the Konon army. But the majestic appearance of him sitting on the riding beast is still clearly imprinted in my heart......" Speaking of this, Gary smiled helplessly, and then sighed: "I just didn't expect that when I grew up and joined the army, just became an ordinary soldier, and had not yet made meritorious contributions, and had not had the opportunity to get close to him, who was already the supreme general at that time, he was framed and imprisoned by a traitor first...... After a year in the army, I gradually realized that without him, the army of the peasants had been completely reduced to the tools of the nobles in their struggle for power and profit, and could not afford to protect the country. There was no point in staying any longer with that kind of smoky army, so I simply fled. "There are also ranks of soldiers in the countries of the Eastern Continent, and most of the ordinary soldiers are the descendants of slaves, but there are also many ordinary civilians who volunteer to join the army or serve in the military.

The lowest-ranking soldiers were the descendants of slaves, who were grouped up from an early age and sent to the battlefield after brutal training, often assigned to the most dangerous missions.

They can only kill enemies on the battlefield all their lives, and most of them lose their lives at a young age, with little chance of aging.

And the status of ordinary civilians who joined the army was naturally slightly higher than that of the descendants of slaves, but it was only a little higher.

Because, once they join the army, they must stay for ten years before they are allowed to leave. Any deserter will be punished with capital punishment, and the chances of not being caught are actually quite low.

"I see, but now you're swaggering, what if you're recognized?" said Otis.

"No, I was only seventeen when I joined the army, eighteen when I fled, and then I hid in the mountains in the south for a few years, and now I am twenty-five years old, and my appearance has changed a lot. Gary seemed quite sure, and he added,

"It wasn't until a while ago that I suddenly learned that the man I had always admired had already been rescued from the prison of Konon and had gone to Nuland. Suddenly I felt that I saw hope for survival again, so I decided to leave for Nuland immediately. ”

"What is it that makes you so adored that you still remember it after all these years?" asked Otis in amazement.

"But how can you find Nuland when he's so big?"

"Haha, don't worry, that person will never be unknown wherever he goes. As long as I can enter Nuland, I am not afraid that I will not find him, he is a nobleman, and he is different from me. Gary was full of confidence, and then asked with some pride,

"Do you know Muki Avar?"

"Murch Avar......" Titis's eyes widened suddenly,

"Ah, I know, I know! I heard that eight years ago, the Nulandan nobleman Noro Gingler exchanged Muki Avar from the prison of Konon in exchange for three cities. The following year, he took the six great cities of Konon for Nuland. There is no one in Verdorus who does not know his story. At the mention of this legend, Sultius couldn't help but get excited like a child who heard a hero's story, and his eyes sparkled.

Although it has only been a short thirteen years since the official declaration of independence, in order not to make Ferdorus a closed country, in the past ten years, King Ferdorus has been sending envoys to travel around the world, and have successively made some simple understandings of the countries of the Eastern Continent.

Previously, because of the small number of people who could read and hyphenate, many things could only be passed on orally, so there was a rather limited knowledge of some of the more distant countries.

However, in recent years, with the improvement of the national literacy rate, they have also begun to compile their own cultural history books.

In the past, whenever Modo returned to Fodorus from abroad, people would surround him with curiosity and ask him to tell stories about distant countries.

At that time, it was like a festival, and everyone would put all the good things together and share the food while listening to the story with relish.

Modo usually speaks for three days in a row before people reluctantly go home. Most of the stories he told were stories he had seen along the way, as well as some legends he had inquired about, and the story of Muqi Avar was one of them, and it was the most popular heroic story among children.

Seeing that Sultius was also very interested in the people he admired, Gary couldn't help but say with great interest: "However, if you want to say that the most powerful and far-sighted person in the Eastern Continent, I am afraid that no one can compare to Noro Kingler. Come to think of it, Lord Avar had never lost a battle before he met him. But it was precisely because of this that King Khnon listened to the slander of the nobles and put Lord Avar in prison. But the Lord of Jingle exchanged the three cities he had taken from Konon for the Lord Avar. But he didn't suffer at all, not only did he get a fierce general, but the following year he earned six more big cities, so that Kenong was in a state of despair. I don't think it will be long before Nuland will be able to take Konon without blood. If I go to Nuland now and follow Lord Avar, I may be able to pluck the rotten fruit of Konon with him in the future, lest it infect the whole orchard. Hearing this, Sultius looked at Gary with a look of adoration: "Although you have gone through a lot of hardships, you have a clear goal and do not change your original intention. Bravely escaped from the army back then, and now bravely stand up to save your country, every step you take is so resolute and admirable!"

"Hey......" It's the first time for Gary to be praised like this, and he can't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"Actually, if I hadn't been fortunate enough to meet Lord Avar when I was young, and had been following his deeds ever since, and had been unconsciously infected by his conduct, I am afraid that I would be like those inhumane fellows by the river, and though many ignorant and gullible Khnons regarded Lord Avar as a traitor, though I had not had time to say a word to him, though he might have forgotten that he had saved a nine-year-old child in the south, after all, I was not the only one who had saved him...... However, I have always believed that I am the only person who understands him best. Thinking about the people he admires, Gary can't help but have mixed feelings.

In the past, the hero who once defended the country and was admired by all the people, only because of only one defeat, became a prisoner in the blink of an eye, and was scolded by all the people.

The people of the motherland, who had been favored by him, not only did not care about the injustice he suffered, but also gathered a crowd to insult him and frame him as a traitor.

Fortunately, not all people in the world are blind. In other countries, such as Ferdorus, people still revere him as they have ever done every hero in history, and tell his story.

Gary, who was once indignant, finally got some comfort in his heart.

"I can understand your feelings, I too have been saved. Actually, I was originally born in Duruland, but fortunately I was taken to Fodorus by my adoptive father when I was nine years old, otherwise I would not have survived to this day. Disgusted with feelings, and then worried,

"But would Nuland allow a Khan to join the army who crossed the border illegally? ”

"Of course, Nuland's king's army will not allow a Khagon like me to join, but the Kingler family army is different, they only talk about military merit and regardless of their origin, Lord Avar belongs to the Kingola family army. Since I'm going to follow Lord Avar, of course I'm going to join the Kingler family's army. Gary went on to explain,

"Moreover, apart from the royal family, the Jingler family is the only most powerful nobleman in the Eastern Continent with a large private army. On the surface, the Jingler family seems to belong to Nuland, but in fact, it should be that the Nuland royal family is attached to the Jingle family. ”

"I see, I'm starting to look forward to it, how nice it would be to meet that visionary Lord Kingler!" As if hearing another heroic story, Titis couldn't help but look longing.

"By the way, aren't you Prince Fodorus? If I follow you, I might even be able to meet Lord Avar directly. Gary immediately excitedly proposed.

"Of course there is!" the two looked at each other, and they couldn't help but laugh happily. It seems that during the long journey, it is very fortunate to be able to meet a traveling companion who is in love, not only can you learn a lot from each other, but also relieve the loneliness of homesickness.