The deserted and dilapidated inn was soon covered with the strong smell of alcohol.

The old man looked at the cabinet door that had been opened for the third time with some distress, but he didn't say a word of dissuasion, but the corners of his eyes kept twitching.

Leo looked at the tough and persistent old man with amusement, filled the wine table, slapped two gold coins on the table, and said, "You old man keeps his promise. ”

The old man exhaled, pinched the two golden little treasures with a smile, and then hurriedly put them away: "You still have a little conscience." ”

"We're not the kind of people who take advantage of the rules on the surface without a bottom line. Leo beckoned, "Come and sit down, old man, we have already taken the cooked food ourselves." ”

Only then did the old man notice that the table was already full of salted dried meat and preserved fruits, and how it looked like the food he had prepared himself.

"It seems that you are not ordinary people. The old man took a half-full glass of beer, took two sips, and said with emotion: "To be honest, because I am old, I am always cautious when I am alone, and I am afraid of falling down even when I walk, let alone drinking like this." ”

"Then you can have a good day. Leo raised the oak cup and touched it lightly with the old man.

Completely unaccustomed to such an, Isenas habitually analyzed everything he saw and asked, "What about your children?"

"Dead. The old man's eyes drooped downward, and then his eyes sparkled brightly at Isennas, revealing a look of pride, and said, "They are all heroes, the real heroes of this village, but unfortunately they are not good enough." ”

At this time, what the old man needs most is not comfort, but someone who can talk to him.

"I want to hear about it. Esenas picked up the glass and took a symbolic sip.

"I love this, you have to have some story when you drink. But before we tell the story, could you please tell us your name?"

It was Lizanka who spoke, and in front of her the oak glass was long gone, except for three empty bottles neatly placed beside her.

"It's my fault, this pretty lady. The old man nodded, raised his glass, and drank himself to Lizzana.

"My name is Olyd Wood, and I have lived in this village for seventy-eight years. ”

"Wow. Nana sighed quietly.

In the two kingdoms, although those who believe in the kingdom will live two or three years longer than those in the free kingdom, the average life expectancy is definitely not more than fifty-five years, and seventy-eight years old, it can be said that Olid himself can be counted as an antiquity.

"Sounds rare, right? But I didn't feel like I was alive for the next thirty years. The old man smiled self-deprecatingly, and put the oak glass over his face.

"The village wasn't called Xiaotong in the beginning, and of course, it didn't have a name, and people often referred to the village by the most famous person in the village, which was not fixed. ”

"When I was ten years old, this welcoming, kind, and energetic little village, known as the 'Home of the Beast Tamers,' underwent its first great transformation, and the little village, which had been left untouched, suddenly became the center of the war between the three nobles, the small village that had been self-sufficient, suddenly ravaged by the war, but we had nowhere to go, because the other villages were also struggling in the war..."

There was no sadness in Olide's speech at this point, and the bitterness of the anger, blood, and hunger had long since been smoothed out by the time of time.

But no one in the party had ever experienced such a scene except for little Paul, and the movement of eating and drinking slowed down with the old man's narration.

"We survived three winters, and the war is finally over. But no one knew that this tragedy had just begun. Olyd's rough, dry palm trembled slightly and brushed over the broken corner of the table. In Leo's experience, this should be a sign of being chiseled with a heavy axe.

Leo then took a closer look at the dilapidated inn, and many imperceptible traces began to tell their history one by one, and the craftsmanship of craftsmen could still be seen on the burning, slashing, and violently smashed open door shafts.

"Within two years, two more nobles had joined the battlefield, and the flames of war that had not yet been completely extinguished were resurrected from the embers, and this time all the surrounding villages were called upon to fight for the lords who had captured them, compared to the last time when the invasion and occupation were relatively mild. But lords are not always static, the complex form of the battlefield makes all the stratagems and plans not so reliable, there are always people who anticipate your plot to counterattack, and under such frequent battles, some villages even change three lords in one day. ”

"And what about these villagers?" Leo, who was familiar with the rules of nobility, asked a scathing question: "Is it counted as a vassal of the old lord waiting for redemption by the lord, or is it counted as a new spoil?"

"Loot. Oliver said bitterly. "A trophy that can be deprived and squeezed again and again without paying a single price. Money, food, sackcloth, furs of wild beasts, weapons for hunting, iron spoons for food, as long as they could be valued, they had to be raided. Fortunately, we can still be grateful and sing the praises of the nobles, begging them to abide by the last bottom line, and after we show harmless tendencies, they promise not to harm our lives. ”

Leo's heart suddenly became heavy.

With such a greed that was even more ruthless than a demon, he couldn't imagine the difference between living like this and waiting to die in a village where even keeping out the cold was a problem.

In terms of his seemingly rich early years, which were actually circulating on the surface of various cities, this was something he never imagined, and the damage caused by war was far more than the number of soldiers killed on the battlefield.

"You're just letting the nobles drive you to a dead end?" asked Leo softly, lest he might spoil the moment's history, as if you were out of breath in deep water.

"Of course not. Olid smiled and took a sip of his wine. "In any era, there will be heroes, and I, just that..."

"The hero?" said little Paul, looking at Olid expectantly.

"That hero's friend. Oliver filled himself with wine. "If I were that hero, how could I sit here and tell a story? ”

Little Paul nodded in disappointment.

"That friend of mine is a big liar, he deceived the hearts of several little girls at a young age, and of course, such a wide range of nets also took away my wife. Thinking of the past, Olyd blinked a little happily, but then, he sighed again: "It's a pity that such a young man has to bear the responsibility he shouldn't bear. ”

"In his best tongue, he pretended to surrender to two commanders sent by the nobles, and promised to declare his allegiance to his men forever by agreeing an appointment with them to drive out the invaders after they had been driven out. In this way, on a dark night, two unsuspecting nobles recklessly attacked the third nobleman, which completely upset the balance of this battlefield. Extinguishing a fire doesn't have to extinguish it, and having it burn everything it can faster is a perfect solution, at least at the time, to divert the attention of the aristocracy from exploiting us. ”

"But it also comes at a cost. ”

"The truth of history will not be hidden forever, and the friend I made trouble with disappeared silently after the war. ”

Isenus let out a short sigh and said, "Since this place is now under the joint surveillance of the six nobles and the three churches, then there will be another war in the future, right?"

"You're right, it's a sign of peace and the beginning of disaster. ”

"The fighting was so fierce that families had to start recuperating for a while before considering this valuable strategic and economic location. During this decade, the aristocracy has hooked up with some people who really have the right to speak, that is, those churches, so the scale of this war is also unusually huge, only slightly worse than the one ten years ago. ”

Hearing Olyd mention this delicate point in time, Esennas's hand trembled slightly.

"The war did not last long, and after a few simple battles and temptations, all the armies fought a decisive battle, and then the ownership of the area was completely put on hold. ”

"But that doesn't mean they're abandoning this place, is it?" Rizanka burped and said, "In the eyes of the nobles, if you only have their territory and not their territory for the time being, your life will not be too easy." ”

"You're right, the greed of the nobility is always beyond our imagination. Olid shook his head, turned around, and brought out a few bottles of wine for Lizanka again.

"Since then, not a single deity here has wanted to spread his faith here, and no one has wanted to live here for a long time. But because of the convenience of transportation, everyone was willing to pay a relatively high accommodation fee to stay comfortably in our home for a night, and since then, this place has been called Xiaotong Village, and the villagers have also wrapped up a life of idleness, all food, meat, all rely on the outside to transport in, they only need to build one tall house after another. ”

At the beginning, this kind of life was indeed very satisfying, but gradually, some people with great talents began to yearn for the simple and hard life they used to have. Among them are my sons, two people who want to be heroes, one named Ancott and the other named Ktinu. ”

The old man, who lived alone, told the second history of the village with some sadness.