Chapter 1: Rebirth from the Ashes

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War is always the main theme of history. There are many reasons to go to war, for faith, for property, for land, for resources. Whatever the reason, war will always come with death.

Yes, when John opened his eyes again, he found that there was no longer an unclaimed cemetery around him that he could walk with his eyes closed. This is a battlefield, or it used to be. If you push forward the clock by a day or two, this is still the place where the two armies fought, and now, only flies and insects are still looking for wounds on corpses that can suck blood.

"What a terrible start, not even a stick or a plank. John sighed, stood up and moved his limbs, checked his body, and nodded, "The limbs are flexible, there are no injuries on the body, and there is no discomfort in moving." I don't know who those two siblings are, but they don't seem to be lying to me. ”

It's magical. John recalled the words of the two siblings: "It seems that this is really a new world, and it is okay, I don't have to choose whether to pass the fire or extinguish the fire, I have chosen so many times, and I have to get up again and again when I ring the bell, and I die of trouble again and again." ”

John looked around and noticed a white spot of light not far away: "It seems that this is the effect of the True Eye." "When I walked over, I picked up the glowing object and found that it was a broken stick. "Broken flagpole: The flagpole that was originally the army number flag was broken off and the flag was taken away. The flag is the symbol of a team, and the destruction of the flag represents the destruction of the army. Weapon (Mundane)"

The flagpole was only about half a meter long, and John waved it in his hand, and he really had the feeling of holding a wooden stick: "It's really a person with nothing to start the game, but after all, this body was just made by the two of them, and it can be regarded as a person with nothing." ”

John complained as he searched for something else useful, but couldn't find any points of light. Also, after a general war, there will be soldiers who come to clean up the battlefield and take away anything that can be recycled again, in this world where the production capacity is not high, even if it is an arrow, a broken sword must be brought back to be recast, not to mention the armor insulated from civilian cannon fodder.

John wandered aimlessly across the battlefield, looking for anything that could be used. After all, even though I have a weapon, I still feel very perverted when I wear a slightly intact strip of cloth that I just found from the corpse next to me, and I can still recognize it as a pair of pants. Now John doesn't have the luxury of hoping to find any armor, and finding a pair of relatively intact pants has become John's goal.

"Huh?" John, who was rummaging through his clothes, suddenly felt his soul, and silently sensed it, about 100 points higher. Souls are fragments of the soul that appear after the death of living beings, and in the past, souls were mainly used to increase the strength of their soul and body, or to be bought and sold as a general equivalent. "Sure enough, it's still kept, too, it was originally for me to do this, to purify the soul or something. Since you can absorb souls here, it means that the surroundings are not peaceful. John put down the body, took the broken flagpole that had been placed next to him in his hand, and looked around.

"Hey, there it is. John looked around, walked to a hill, and found that about 200 meters in front of the left, there were two teams of men fighting, one of them had three people, holding scimitars and long swords in their hands, and only armor similar to leather armor on their bodies; Near their battle stood a young man and a middle-aged man with a shield in his hand, at this time the two were talking while observing the situation of the battle, the pattern on the shield in the middle-aged man's hand was similar to the hand of the five people who were fighting, but it was more complicated, it could be deduced that this middle-aged man should have a higher status in their organization than the people who were fighting, maybe they were the captain, and at this time, the middle-aged man used the shield to block the young man behind him tightly, and the conversation between the two seemed to be mostly asked by young people, and the middle-aged man answered。

Originally, this battle that had nothing to do with John, John could completely ignore it, and quietly leave from the side, just find a more hidden place to silently absorb the soul, but there is a point of light not far from them, for John in his current state, anything that can be obtained may change the current unfavorable state of only wooden sticks.

It's very nerve-wracking, after all, it's a place where the two sides are fighting, and if you just walk over with such a big grin, it's very likely to ...... No, it will definitely break the current status quo, such as the small number of people calling for help or directly misleading the other side, making the other side think that it has lost reinforcements, and it is not clear what the purpose of the battle between the two sides is. Although it seems that the knights are preparing to kill the mercenaries of the squad directly, and the two people in the distance seem to be reporting or teaching, it is not excluded that they are trying to obtain a certain item or kill the mercenary. Of course, the biggest possibility is that there are several reasons, so the priority of these people's tasks is a big problem.

All kinds of thoughts flashed in his heart, John decided to find a hidden place to hide and sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, after all, the soul can be absorbed by whoever kills John, and he doesn't have to do it himself, and with his current physical fitness and equipment, participating in this battle is tantamount to killing himself.

The idea is good, but the reality is brutal. Just as John crouched down and pretended to rummage through something while slowly walking down the hill to find a hidden spot, the two men who were observing the battlefield in the distance spotted John who was crouching on the knoll.

"Bass, there's a guy over there, take a look. The young man spotted John first and said to Bass, a middle-aged man who was explaining the battle.

Buzz was interrupted and didn't care, he had already seen that the young master next to him had no interest in this battle, and began to wander the world. Hearing the young master's question, he looked at the place where the young man was pointing. "Third Young Master, looking at that person's outfit, it is very likely that he is a war outcast. ”

When the young men heard this, their eyes lit up. He turned back to Captain Bas and said, "Bass, you said that if I cut off the head of this life that is more despicable than a hyena and sacrifice it to God, will God like it?" At first, there were even more frenzied people who killed their own civilians, but because they angered God in this way, they were punished by God, and the direct death of the entire army prevented this tragedy.

While thinking about this, Buzz was also observing the sneaky man. It looked like a man, but perhaps in order not to stain his clothes when turning the corpse, he was covered by a rag around his lower body, and his upper body was directly exposed to the red fruit, and he was only carrying a wooden stick in his hand. Seeing this, Bass judged that this person should not be dangerous. What, you said a wooden stick? Please, what can a wooden stick do? With the light armor that the young master is wearing, even if he stands there and does not move, he will not cause any harm to the young master if he holds the wooden stick and knocks it for half an hour. What's more, the young master still carried a god-given equipment when he went out, and the thin sword in his hand was also excellent equipment, and he could cut this wooden stick into two pieces with one click.

Thinking of this, Buzz turned his head to look at the young master who couldn't wait and said, "Of course, Third Young Master, if you can personally offer your sacrifice to the gods, the gods will definitely favor you even more." But please hurry up, after all, this is still the territory of the Duchy of Griffons, and it may change if it takes too long. ”

When the third young master heard this, he nodded excitedly, and ran straight towards John without replying. Seeing this, Buzz thought with a smile: After all, it is still a child who has been on the battlefield for the first time, and turned his head to the subordinates who were fighting in the formation and said: "Quickly solve them, find out the target, and leave when the third young master comes back." ”

The reason why a few people fought with a few mercenaries before was originally to explain to the third young master at the same time and teach the experience of fighting, but now that the audience has left, there is naturally no need to bother to perform, not to mention that there are other tasks to be completed, and this place is still within the scope of the enemy country, so it is natural to complete it as soon as possible.

On the other side, John saw that the young man seemed to have discovered himself, and pointed to the middle-aged man, and after the two talked for a while, the young man walked quickly in his direction, and drew a thin sword in the middle, which was not a friendly appearance that could be communicated. It seems that he has been discovered, John frowned, looked at the two sides of the war, and found that the offensive of those knights was even more fierce, and the pressure of the mercenaries who could still support them increased sharply, and several new wounds had been added, and it was estimated that the battle would end soon, and the middle-aged man who looked like a captain, although he seemed to be looking at the battlefield, still looked over from time to time.

It seems that only by quickly solving this young man and running away, otherwise it will not be a wonderful thing to wait for the knights to solve the mercenaries, or the middle-aged captain will come over for reinforcements after discovering the stalemate on this side.

After making up his mind, John looked intently at the young man who had already walked less than 50 meters in front of him, and pretended to have just spotted him. If the young men do not pursue, John takes advantage of the situation to get out of the field, and if the young men pursue him, he can distance himself a little from the possible reinforcements, and he can also extend the time for them to come to reinforcements a little, and consume their physical strength, although not much, but sometimes, a small difference can decide many things.

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