Chapter 1 The Night Before the Departure
"Night, night?" When Lin Yan woke up from the bed again, everything around him had already darkened, leaving only the faint candlelight in the houses of the other residents around him. He fumbled, lit a match from the bedside table, and lit a candle to barely illuminate the old room. He went back to the book, and the Dictionary of Magical Runes was still lying there quietly.
"Goo...... Gollum ......" made an unassuming sound in his stomach, he picked up another piece of black bread from the table, and took a big bite of it, although there was no taste, but filling his stomach was obviously the most important thing. "Do you want to go to his house to have a look," eating dry black bread, Lin Yan couldn't help but come up with this idea, but the cultivation methods of the people who came to the mark were amazing, maybe his rash interruption would cause him to be disgusted, and finally gave up this idea.
Lin Yan looked at his clothes, the cloth clothes that were already a little worn and the shorts sewn with straw and animal skin seemed to be a little unsuitable for tomorrow's occasion. In the end, I decided to go buy new clothes.
He pulled out one of the few six copper coins from the gap behind the bed, which was his income last week, and one copper coin was enough to buy a few pieces of black bread for a week. The few pieces that were left were left, and this habit allowed him to save more than twenty copper coins. But that's all it takes to change clothes.
After that, he went to the tailor shop next to him to buy a black cloth coat, because of the use of some kind of magic fuel, so this cloth clothes even knelt twice as much as ordinary cloth clothes, but he used to work as a simple temporary worker in this tailor shop, remembering the kindness of the shop he once helped the shop, the owner of this tailor shop is no more, no less, and the price is pressed on 7 copper coins.
Painfully changed into new clothes, and took a few extra copper coins from home to buy new shorts, Lin Yan decided to go to the center of the town again, and the sudden vacation and the farewell of his friends made him feel that life was unreal. He walked to the center of the town, where there was no festive hustle and bustle, so most of the streets were patrolled by townsmen, and most of the sounds came from the taverns. Invite a few good friends to come here for a drink, hunting or serving as a soldier in the morning, this is also the life that Lin Yan wants.
There are also some caravans that arrive at night on the street, and they don't come here to sell their wares, but a simple resting spot, after all, this town is the only town between the two large dock cities of the Orison Empire. It is because of this that the facilities here are relatively complete. It is also because of this that there are very few magical beasts near their town. Because passing adventurers, or caravans, will easily clean up the surrounding threats.
Those caravans, even if they are a long-term mercenary, can get a few hundred gold coins a year, I heard that those luxurious caravans from the royal capital, mercenaries even have a thousand gold coins a year. If you think about it like this, the owners of those caravans are probably rich and rival the country. Even the mayor of Aresta earns about fifty or sixty gold coins a year. And a relatively low-level resident like Lin Yan estimated that even if he didn't eat or drink for a year, he could only save up one gold coin.
But if you become a scar, then the state will give you a subsidy of at least ten gold coins, which is enough for the poor to look up to. If you can become a scar master again...... According to Father Doyle, only those who have the "shape" of a hundred Scars can become Scarers, and in the entire town of Aresta, except for Long Ke, who is infinitely close to the Scar, only the mayor's personal protection Scarlet Master is the strength of the Tracer. However, the specific attributes or other things about the stigma, Lin Yan had not experienced a very good student years, so his knowledge in this area was completely half-understood. Most of the cognition was also overheard when he was with Long Ke. But he just needs to remember that even a first-order scar person, as long as he uses the power of "scar", he can draw with an ordinary person with an extremely strong body. Therefore, as an ordinary person who is powerless, forbearance is a compulsory course.
"You're in my way, boy. Just as Lin Yan was immersed in the memories of this street, a rough voice came, it was a red-haired uncle he had never seen before. He carries a giant sword on his back and has extremely spectacular muscles on his body. The bulging muscles of his lower abdomen had a magical mark that glowed red. It's a scar.
"I'm sorry, sir......" tried to shake away his unwillingness, but still squeezed out a smile, and quickly left the red-haired uncle.
He looked at Lin Yan for a moment, and then showed a strange smile: "This matter can't be counted like this, you are blocking my way, boy." ”
Lin Yan's father once said that some people with scars would come to trouble ordinary people because of a bad mood or some interests. From the legal point of view of the empire, if there is a conflict between the scar and the ordinary person, although it depends on the cause of the matter, even if the scar hurts others, as long as there is no murder, then no matter how big the loss is, he can only suffer by himself. Taking a step back, even if there is a murder, the scarred person will only be imprisoned for more than ten years, which is not a great loss for their lifespan that is close to twice that of a normal person.
"It's a problem. Lin Yan looked at the scars who walked by, clenching their fists, and then looked at the patrol guards in the distance. The guards glanced at the place, then immediately turned their heads away, as if they didn't want to care about the matter. Lin Yan couldn't help gritting his teeth, but he showed a helpless smile again. This punch goes down...... I'm afraid I won't be able to attend Long Ke's send-off banquet tomorrow.
But at this time, a woman's voice came: "Forget it, Robin, if you do it, the kid in front of you is estimated to lose half his life if he doesn't die." You don't want to be pretended to be fined a few gold coins, especially since you've even been deducted from your salary these days. If you can't pay, I'm not going to help you. ”
Lin Yan looked towards the source of the voice, and saw a hotly dressed woman with the same red hair, standing behind the red-haired uncle. The sound was not loud or small, but it could just reach the ears of the two of them.
"You're in luck!" the red-haired uncle, who was Robin, snorted coldly. Then he ran away with the woman in a boring way.
Feeling that he didn't seem to be hurt, Lin Yan exhaled again, a little like he had just come out of the mouth of a fierce beast alive. Only then did he feel his heart beating fast as if it had jumped to his throat.
The law is vulnerable to disputes between the scarred and ordinary people, and although I have heard it many times, it is not worth feeling this way until I encounter it.
Lin Yan walked slowly towards his home, and everything around him fell silent, along with his thoughts.
With his weak attitude, there is really no way to become friends with him again.