Chapter 1: The Light of Hope
PS: The first volume is a prequel, and it's in the first person, so let me know it, I originally wanted to use God's perspective, but I found that first-person writing is more suitable for prequels, so I chose to use the first person. It's good to be past the first volume.
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In the dim secret passage full of dust, Xu Dan ran hard holding a dazzling blue ancient sword, rolling up a choking dust mist.
He was on the run, and the blood stains on his clothes were the best proof of this.
I didn't expect the battle between several saint powerhouses to be so fierce and cruel, and in their every move, there was nothing left.
He can't do anything but flee, and the weak are incomparably sad and insignificant on this continent.
But one day, he will go back as a strong man and avenge everyone up and down the Xu family!
In this world, the weak have no right to speak, because ......
This is the world of swords and sorcery.
This is a world full of strong people.
This is a continent of light and darkness.
There is a never-ending battle of faith going on here!
Only the strong are above hundreds of millions of living beings!
I don't know how long I ran, Xu Dan gradually became exhausted, panting like a cow, and his steps became heavy.
The exit is ahead!
A ray of hopeful light was cast on the crack in the stone slab at the exit, shining on Xu Dan's tired face.
It's nice to have light, it's good......
Suddenly, he felt a looming sense of crisis.
Xu Dan was startled, took a few steps back with the blue sword, and paid attention to his surroundings vigilantly.
"You're finally here......"
A distant voice sounded, filled with a sense of boredom.
The secret passage was filled with a chill, bitterly cold.
At the same time, the light went out.
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I am a citizen of the Bellese Empire, one of the two great empires.
I am the young master of the Xu family in the capital of the Belese Empire.
I am Xu Dan, the son of Xu Zhan, the general of the capital guards.
I am a boy who aspires to become a Frost Swordsman.
[Frost Swordsman], this is a powerful and rare class, you can play to your advantage in the Xuan Rank, and it is rare to meet opponents in heads-up, but I am already a six-year star rank.
In order to help me lay a good foundation for my career, my father Xu Zhan spent a lot of money to invite an old man who lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests to be my mentor.
The mentor calls himself "Frost Grip", he is a Xuan-rank pinnacle [Frost Swordsman], and seeing that I have good qualifications, he is willing to teach me.
However, after six years of cultivating day and night, I have only moved from the early stage of the star position to the late stage, although the cultivation speed of rare professions is slow, but this speed is comparable to the speed of turtles.
This also means that I am unfamiliar with everyone.
From being the object of people's after-dinner gossip to being forgotten, my father didn't care much, but I was often miserable.
The boy who shook the capital six years ago has fallen like this, and even I don't know the reason for the decline.
I was sitting in a chair in front of the bookshelf in my bedroom, flipping through the books under the dark blue magic lamp, page by page.
At the same time, a picture was also written, which depicted a girl with long hair.
Drawn more than a thousand times, the girl appears lifelike on paper.
This book is a book on the profession of the legal system, and every page is a pattern of a mage casting a spell.
Some of the motifs are waving staffs, some are gesticulating, and some are syllables made while chanting incantations.
I aspire to be a mage who destroys the world with his might.
But I can only think about it, the Xu family is a swordsman inheritance, and I am destined to be a swordsman.
In fact, I thought about becoming a "part-time worker", a swordsman and mage, but I was severely reprimanded by the mentor "Frost Grip".
Part-time workers tend to be reduced to mediocre professionals, and if I do this, I will only end up with spells that are not as good as mages, and swordsmanship as well as swordsmen.
Moreover, when cultivating, you have to put in double to three times the effort of others, slowing down the cultivation speed, and it is difficult to reach the height of the Xuan Rank in your life.
Besides, I can't bury my family's future because of my hobbies.
My father, Xu Zhan, was an ordinary professional, and his profession was [Heavy Swordsman], he was obsessed with studying swordsmanship and didn't like to read, so he often encouraged me to repeat that passage, and my ears were calloused.
"Dan'er, you have to work hard to cultivate, our Xu family has been a star rank professional for generations, and others say that our Xu family is a star family! Dan'er, you are the only person in our Xu family who has reached the star position at the age of ten in a hundred years, and you must have the potential to impact the Xuan position!"
Alas, I'm sixteen years old now and I'm still in the late stage of the star position, will I really be stuck at the peak of the star position like my father?
I was a little irritable, closed the book with a "snap", and then leaned back in my chair, feeling a boundless powerlessness in my heart.
The mentor "Frost Grip" looked down on me more and more, and secretly said that he wanted to leave the Xu family, and he had formulated many training plans for me in the past six years, but my strength just couldn't be raised.
Six years ago, he said that I had a wonderful skeleton and that he was ready to storm the throne, and six years later, he didn't even bother to look at me.
Six years ago, the Pope personally appeared to see me, and the Xu Mansion was full of people, but six years later, after not seeing the Pope for several months, the Xu Mansion was already full of people.
The Xu family is prosperous because of me.
The Xu family, because of my decline.
I hung my head in pain and buried my head deep in the palms of my hands.
I wanted to cry, but I couldn't.
I want to question God, but I don't know where to start.
The bedroom was quiet, so quiet that only the "tick-tock" sound of the magic stone clock was faint as the sound of mosquitoes.
But I still felt harsh, it was like laughing at me for not daring to face myself as a waste.
I don't know how long I've been sad or how irritable, but I know that the hands in the stone magic clock have turned around and rounded, and finally come back to life in the noise outside.
I exhaled, trying to discern the noise.
Father's voice!
Father seems to be talking to someone else, could it be that Xu Mansion has a guest?
Confused, I got up and walked to the window.
After reaching out and pushing the glass open, my gaze was projected from the window at the gate of the Xu Mansion from the angle of the second floor.
In the moonlight, I vaguely saw a middle-aged man armed with silver light armor and a purple-black robe walking together, and I could faintly hear the sound of their conversation.
First, his father's loud voice: "National Teacher, one Holy Rank powerhouse may not be enough, can you transfer a few more?"
Then a deep voice said, "You are a cabbage!"
"I don't mean that, national teacher, this is related to the survival of my Xu family!" The father was a little flustered, as if he was afraid of annoying the other party.
The national teacher Joharo, the peak of the Xuan Rank [Void Wizard], the information that the people of the Belese Empire know.
My bedroom was near the gate of the house, and I had this view from this angle.
"Got it, Xu Zhan," said the national teacher in purple and black robes, Johalo, impatiently, "I'll transfer another Holy Throne person, no more." ”
"Then there is Lao Guoshi, Xu is grateful. ”
"Also, Xu Zhan, Marshal Dobaroque has sent news from the border pass, Yuxia has been rescued by a warrior named Kane, tomorrow the Pope will hold a ceremony to reward that warrior, you strengthen the capital guard. ”
"Ah, well, national teacher, wasn't the saint kidnapped by the enemy?
My father's voice was full of doubt, and he asked the same question that I wanted to ask.
"I don't know, and it's incredible that the warrior accomplished this feat alone, and even Yusia herself testified about it. ”
“...... This...... This warrior is like a demon!"
"This is not something you should care about, Xu Zhan, let's worry more about your Xu family. ”
The national teacher Yoharo flicked his sleeves and prepared to leave under the protection of several guards at the gate of Xu's house.
The father put his right hand on his chest and bowed, and said respectfully: "Congratulations to the national teacher!"
After the national teacher Yoharo left, his father stood at the gate for a long time, and he kept saluting, obviously thinking about something.
It's rare to see my father like this, it seems that things are not trivial!
"Alas, it seems that my father is in trouble again, alas, it's not good to be a general of the guard army in the capital, which powerful person is caught casually, alas, if it weren't for the promise of the national teacher who has been protecting my father, otherwise my father would have resigned a long time ago. ”
I muttered to myself, closed the window with a sigh, and then walked over to my desk and sat down, leaning back in my chair and closing my eyes.
I can't do anything about my father's stall, if I am a master of the Xuan position, I can still contribute.
My gaze rested on the paper on the desk, and the corners of my mouth involuntarily rose.
The girl who haunts her dreams, she's back, and in the sinister Eleni Empire, she's been rescued by a warrior named "Kane"!