Ships large and small are moored along the busy docks of Limbo City, the shore is crowded with people, and the entire harbor is shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun, warmed and vigorous by the orange halo. On the look, it is not a gorgeous city, because there are no splendid buildings, only low mottled stone walls, and old wooden houses, which quietly show the simplicity and peace of the city.

In the second half of each year, the half-blood merchant fleet returns from the coast of the Eastern Continent to the Western Continent to recuperate, and then set sail again the following year.

"Well, the last batch of grain has been shipped back to the city. Aesop wiped the sweat from her forehead, looked back at the tall figure not far away, and shouted, "Mono, let's go back too?"

"Take this well!" Mano took out a bulging pouch from his bosom and tossed it to Aesop, saying, "You go back first, I'll move these empty boxes that I can't use for the time being and put them away before leaving." ”

Isolt took the bag and carefully placed it in her bosom, the contents were precious to them, as they were crop seeds from the Eastern Continent.

The humble notion instilled by the Lepelians of the Eastern Continent that "sinners with filthy blood are not entitled to land" has long been deeply ingrained in the souls of the half-bloods. Although this humble notion has dominated their minds and imprisoned them for thousands of years, their longing for the land has never ceased. Even without land, they still hold the seeds of hope, because this is the only faith that sustains the brave survival of the displaced half-bloods. Although the Savoyard kings, who ruled the Western Continent, did not issue any laws that allowed or did not allow half-bloods to farm, these half-bloods, who were accustomed to a humble life and were cautious everywhere, did not dare to offend the powerful Savoy in the slightest. No matter how eager they were to get more food, they did not have the courage to use the vacant land for cultivation without permission, so they could only secretly sow a few seeds in the palm-sized land in front of their house and behind their house, and then watch them sprout with joy, as if they saw the hope of survival.

After collecting the seeds, Isolt glanced at the large heavy boxes on the shore, and then said, "You seem to have had your arm cut the day before yesterday, right? ”

"No, it's just a little bit of skin, it's already fine. Mono smiled, "If you come to help, it will be slower, or I should move it faster." ”

"Uh......" Isolt hesitated, then smiled awkwardly, "That's right." ”

The crates were large and heavy, and even if they were empty, it usually took two people to carry them. After the cargo is loaded, it takes at least four people to carry it onto the ship, but this is not directly related to the reason why Mono refused Aesop's help.

In the eyes of others, Mono was a rather handsome young man, with long, narrow, deep blue eyes, and his messy black hair was tied in a bunch and hung down at the back of his head. Unlike most adult Lepelians, Mono's chin is smooth and beardless, and the moon bone on his forehead is not obvious. He wears a simple black robe with narrow sleeves and trousers, and in order to facilitate the transportation of goods, the front of the robe is usually lifted up and half tucked into the belt. The slightly open placket shows strong muscles, and the straight and powerful body always seems to be in a state of preparation, like a predatory beast.

At any given time, the Mono in the crowd is one of the most eye-catching. Because of his unusually tall size, ordinary people are probably no more than the height of his chest, like a lighthouse standing by the harbor. It is almost impossible for such a size to occur in the ethnic lineage of the Lepelians, and thus it is often a surprise to strangers.

Mano is broad-minded, uninhibited, and resolute, unlike most half-bloods who are docile and cowardly by nature. In the past ten years, the reason why the half-blood merchant fleet has been able to grow rapidly to its current size is mostly because of the protection of the demon field, so it was elected by everyone to be the deputy leader of the merchant fleet.

Isolt looked up at such a demon field, imagining the appearance of the two of them carrying the cargo box one high and one low, and suddenly couldn't help laughing, finally gave up helping, turned around and waved his hand: "Then I'll go back first." ”

When Isolt was gone, Mano breathed a sigh of relief. It was getting late, and by this time people had already returned to the city, and the sunset on the horizon added a bit of loneliness to the coast. At last, only he was left on the dock, and the ships that were quietly moored to the shore.

Mono sat on the ground with his back against a large cargo box, then rolled up his cuffs, and unsurprisingly found that the deep wound on his arm that had been accidentally cut by a sharp weapon the day before had indeed healed completely, leaving not even a trace. This is not the first time this has happened, and almost every time he is injured, he heals at an alarming rate. For this reason, he also had to cover his arms with his sleeve for the past two days, so as not to let others find out that he was injured or that the wound had healed. In someone else's case, the wound usually takes many days to heal and may be followed by a deep or shallow scar.

However, Mano is different, he has many secrets that he can't tell others, and although he has always covered them well, he can't help but feel more and more tired. Therefore, he deliberately built his residence on the outskirts of the city, in a corner away from the crowds, so that he could get some respite.

Mono didn't know who his parents were, but thirty years ago, when he was a baby, he was picked up by a group of half-bloods who had gone to the Eastern Continent to do business and brought back to the Western Continent. In the past, some older half-bloods would joke from time to time that he was unusually fatal. Because when he was picked up, he had been lying alone in the mountains for an unknown number of days, not only was he not taken away by the beast, but he also survived intact. In the eyes of others, there was no difference between him and the children around him when he was a child, but in the process of growing up, he had already instinctively realized that he was different from the people around him. So all the secrets were carefully hidden, and none of them were revealed. After all, it is not easy to survive in this chaotic world, especially those "monsters" that are different, and if they are discovered, they will incur a lot of dangers. Although this abrupt physique cannot be concealed no matter what, he is still clever enough to think of himself as a "half-blood" who is not very ordinary.

Looking at the city from afar, I saw that it was gradually covered with dots of firelight, flashing and flashing, as if it had also ignited the endless loneliness in Demon Yuan's heart. The more people he had, the more lonely he felt, and after thirty years of living he still couldn't find any sense of belonging, and sometimes he would rather be alone in that hut away from the crowds than carefully hide himself in plain sight. I've asked myself countless times, "Who am I, and why do I live?" but I can't find the answer.

When he suddenly came back from his contemplation, he realized that it was already dark. Mono quickly stood up, and in order to speed up, he decided to stack several large cargo boxes and carry them. In fact, even if all of the large containers like this were lifted at the same time, he would not find it difficult. But if possible, he will try to live more like an ordinary person, so as not to be regarded as a monster.

"Finally, there is one last trip left...... "After moving this one more trip and going back, Mono overlapped the last two large boxes and carried them on his left shoulder. In order to prevent the top one from slipping, he raised his right hand over his head to protect the two heavy big guys. But just as he was about to take a step, he felt as if something had suddenly grabbed his trouser leg. Instinctively, he looked down and couldn't help but be startled, and at first glance, he thought it was a flame.

Mano quickly took a step back, and when he looked closely, he realized that it was actually a shining red hair. A strange little creature was standing at his feet, reaching out and grabbing his trouser leg, and in an instant it caught his gaze. Where did this child come from, and how could he suddenly appear next to him? He didn't even notice it before!

As a result, Mono had to carefully put the large cargo box that had just been carried on his shoulders back to the ground, and at the same time squatted down. Because he was too tall and the child was so young, he couldn't see the child's face if he didn't squat down.

He had never seen such an amazing child, this was definitely not Lepeilian! Mono couldn't help but look around worriedly, fortunately, except for the two of them at this time, there were still quiet ships around, and there was nothing else unusual, so he was relieved, and then asked, "Where are you from?"

But the child didn't pay attention to his question, but said without strangeness: "You go with me to find Silo." ”

"Huh?" Could this kid have been separated from his family?

"Silo is Silo. The child said as a matter of course, as if Mano should know.

"But, I don't know where Silo is, how can I take you there?" Mono wondered.

"Silo is in Sylvania. The child replied.

"Silvenia...... The legendary forest?" Mano exclaimed, though the destination wasn't unexpected.

For the people who live in the western continent, the Sylvenian Forest is a place that is both familiar and unfamiliar. The so-called familiarity is because no one in the Western Continent does not know that place, but people generally do not approach it easily, which is what makes them feel strange at the same time.

That forest didn't have a name, but forty-six years ago, a group of aliens suddenly came from the Eastern Continent to the Western Continent. The aliens fought for fifteen years against the Savoyard people, who ruled the western continent, in order to obtain a permanent habitat, and finally succeeded in taking over the forest thirty-one years ago, in 1322 in the Lepelian calendar. After that, it was named "Silvania". Although neither the Savoyards nor the Half-Bloods knew what "Silwinia" meant, the common people were no longer afraid to approach the forest easily.

But this is not to say that the Western Continent has been peaceful since then, in fact, the war has continued for thirty-one years, from 1322 to the present. The warlike Savoyards never gave up their determination to retake the forest, and they declared war on the aliens almost every year. Therefore, the half-bloods who originally only wanted to settle in a corner have also been implicated in the past few decades, and have to take the initiative to pay a large amount of tribute to the Savoy people every year, in order to keep the living space they have obtained in the Western Continent with great difficulty, which is also one of the reasons why the hard-working half-bloods are always poor. In addition, there were two important factors that contributed to their poverty: the nobles of the Eastern Continent frequently and irregularly demanded heavy taxes from the half-blood merchants, and the other was that the half-blood people had to regularly provide a certain amount of supplies to the pirates of the Western Sea to ensure that the merchant ships could cross the sea safely. Even so, the docile and cowardly half-blood man has no complaints.

This kid must be an alien, right?" thought Demon Ambition.

Although he, like most half-bloods, had never seen an alien in person, he had heard a lot of rumors about them. Although the Sava people have been at war with the aliens for more than forty years, they have rarely heard rumors about the aliens in the Western Continent, and almost all of those rumors have been hearheard when they went to the Eastern Continent to do business.

It was more than 1,300 years ago that the aliens suddenly appeared in the Eastern Continent. It is said that on the day they appeared, a catastrophe occurred in the Eastern Continent. The Lepelians believed that the aliens were the invaders who had come to rob the resources and were the source of all disasters and diseases. I heard that the aliens are uncivilized orcs, strange and ugly, they do not know how to farm, they drink blood, and they are very cruel and terrifying. It was also heard that the aliens were so bloated and bulky that they could not even make shoes, houses, or simple tools, and could only walk barefoot and live in the mountains and forests with wild animals, so they were considered inferior creatures lacking intelligence.

In order to exterminate the ill-intentioned, ugly and ominous alien invaders, the Lepeilian people of the Eastern Continent launched a thousand-year-long expulsion war with the aliens. About 300 years ago, the brave and intelligent Lepelian finally drove the aliens to a Jedi far away from the people, and the aliens were so frightened that they never dared to come out again...... In fact, even in the Eastern Continent, the chance of being able to meet a foreign race by chance is very slim now.

If it weren't for the fact that a group of aliens suddenly came from the Eastern Continent to the Western Continent more than forty years ago, the Sava people probably wouldn't have had a chance to meet them. This is because the aliens only appeared in the Eastern Continent after the Sava people left the Eastern Continent and migrated to the Western Continent. It was these terrible rumors that frightened the cowardly half-bloods, and they never dared to approach the Sylvenian forest easily.

Luckily, as long as the Savoyards don't run to declare war, the aliens generally don't come out of the forest. Moreover, whenever there is a war in the Western Continent, the half-bloods will hide in Linbo City, and until the war is over, they will never step out of the city for half a step. Therefore, apart from having to pay tribute to the Savoyard every year because of the war, the half-bloods of Limbo had almost no contact with the aliens of the Sirvenian Forest, and even the chance of encountering them was slim.

Although he had never seen a foreigner, from his appearance, the child should be an alien. Do you really want to take him to the Sylvenian Forest? Demon Ye was a little embarrassed, of course he was not afraid of those hearsay rumors, but this matter involved the Sava people who were opposed to the aliens, and he had to think carefully in order not to involve the half-bloods.

So, Mono asked again, "Did you come here alone?"

Seeing the child nodding, Mono thought that he had probably run out of the forest for a while, but he couldn't find his way back. After all, the Silvenia Forest is just north of Limbo City, which is not too far away, about ten days at the average person's walking speed. But it is unbelievable that such a young child can run here from the Silvenian forest.

Receiving no reply from Moye, the child repeated his previous request: "You go with me to find Silo." ”

Hearing this, Moye couldn't help but be worried. If he did take the child to the Sylvenian Forest, would he have met other aliens? Whether the aliens would have been against him for the time being, but it would have been even worse if he had not sent the child back, and if he was discovered by the Savoyard people in the future! The Savoyard might have put the child in a cage and thrown him into the Colosseum of Sordon...... Such a young child is not easy to be found even standing at his feet, and I am afraid that after arriving at the Colosseum, there is probably no chance of survival.

Mano carefully looked at the young and lovely child, who was not as ugly and terrifying as the rumors had described. Maybe something will change when you grow up? But at least I'm still just a child. And, it is incredible that from the first sight, he was irrepressibly attracted by the light on this child, and could not even get rid of this gravitational pull, like an instinctive phototaxis insect eager to get closer...... When he realized this involuntary tendency, he realized that he had subconsciously agreed to the child's request.