Chapter XXXVIII
"Are you alright?"
General Tyrone rushed to the vicinity of Il but did not dare to approach directly, the fresh corpse still exuded temperature, the smell of blood filled the land, the man with the mask was still vigilantly paying attention to the surroundings, his eyes had not yet returned to normal. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
General Tyrone sighed, as a newcomer, he has performed very well, but the cruel war tests a person's combat ability, as well as the ability to withstand it psychologically.
"The battle is over, you're doing well, it's time to go back. ā
After a long time, Il's fiercely beating heart began to slow down, and the tension relaxed, and he suddenly breathed heavily, and everything he had just experienced really had a sense of the aftermath of his life.
"General, are you here? I want to go out for a walk. ā
Il's eyes squeezed hard, his brain hadn't fully relaxed, and he was still dizzy to see people, but he already knew that the battle was over when he saw General Tyrone's arrival, and when he moved his neck, he saw someone in the distance clearing the battlefield.
There was still a disgusting smell all around, and Il just wanted to get out of this murderous place at this moment.
With the help of gliding, Il quickly left the battlefield, and he flew north until he reached a forest far away, taking a big breath of fresh air, and the green plants in front of him soothed the murderous aura in his heart.
He flew to a big tree and lay down against the branch, and his mind kept churning the picture just now, and his red-eyed self was like a thoughtless machine, which would fall endlessly if he did not get the order to stop.
He fell asleep, the lesson in the dream began, and the voice began to speak of the universe.
"The universe came into being from the Big Bang as a cosmological model describing the initial conditions for the birth of the universe and its subsequent evolution, which is supported by the most extensive and accurate scientific research and observations available today. Cosmologists usually refer to the Big Bang view as the universe evolved from an extremely dense and extremely hot primordial state before a finite time in the past, and expanded to reach its present state ......"
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When Il woke up, it was already dark, he stretched his waist and moved his muscles, and his stomach began to bark. He was standing on a branch and was about to go back, but he saw a faint fire not far away, how could there be anyone here?
Ilr approached the light source, and the creak of stepping on a branch woke up an old man who looked very old, his swarthy face full of wrinkles.
He slowly approached, the old man curled up under a torn quilt in tattered clothes, a very strong and stark contrast to Il, who was covered in blood in armor.
The old man looked vigilantly at the masked man covered in blood, and hurriedly pulled out a firewood knife from under the quilt to guard against this uninvited guest.
Il took off his mask to reveal his face, he looked at the old man sincerely, wondering why he was sleeping here alone so late?
"Uncle, don't be nervous, I'm not a bad person, I just couldn't sleep at night and came out to walk around when I saw the fire here, I'm sorry to disturb your sleep. ā
The old man didn't believe what Il said, he slowly stood up with a hatchet in his hand, and bowed his body to threaten Il not to let him come close.
"You don't have to lie to me, there are no villages or residents in this vicinity, except for two cities far away, only the barracks of the war and the deserters wandering around. I, old man, I'm not afraid of you, I'll tell you, I don't have anything on me, and it's in vain for you to rob it!"
The old man said viciously, the firewood knife in his hand was still in the air, but he was obviously lacking in confidence, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was just bluffing.
Il's head shook helplessly, he raised his hands to show that he had nothing in his hand, and then sat down by the fire and took out some food to eat while roasting it.
The old man saw that although he was wearing armor and covered with blood, he didn't look like a bad person, and he didn't do anything strange, just wanted to warm himself by the bonfire, so he put down the firewood knife and sat down wrapped in the quilt.
"Even if you don't have malicious intent, you shouldn't be here, you look like a general, what are you doing here without going to war?" he said as he picked up a wooden stick beside him and stabbed the fire, and the fire became stronger.
"I'm really just out for a walk, but how can you sleep here alone?" asked Il curiously.
"You ask me why? Everyone else is dead, all dead!" the old man seemed to remember some bad memories, his voice agitated but then he stopped talking, and closed his eyes with a pained expression.
The branches of the fire still crackled in the campfire, the only sound in the silent night, and the old man began to tell his story:
"Originally, the village where I lived was at the junction of the border cities of the two countries, so the question of the ownership of our village often became a source of conflict between them, and every year the lords of the two cities would send people to forcibly collect taxes. The people in the village did not dare to offend on both sides, so they could only pay the grain honestly. ā
"Life is already very difficult, but they still refuse to let us go!
The old man's hands trembled and he shouted.
"Originally, the battlefield where the two countries were fighting was not near our village, but three years ago, the people of the Tamu country suddenly forced conscription in the village, and our young people were forcibly tied up by them if they didn't want to fight.
"People naturally don't want to fight, they, they kill all the young people in the village! Anyone who doesn't want to serve the country is treason! The people in the village naturally rise up and resist, and then they!"
The old man said that he was excited, and tears could not help but flow down his rough, wrinkled cheeks.
"Then they tied up all the people in the village, and they killed the whole village in one fire! There was nothing left! My son died under their butcher's knife, and my daughter-in-law and my lovely granddaughter were burned alive! I, I escaped by hiding in a well!"
"I stayed in the well for three days and three nights before I dared to come up, I regret it! I regret that I didn't save my granddaughter and daughter-in-law when the fire started, and when I saw them again, I couldn't even tell which one was their corpse!"
He was in tears, sobbing and sobbing with a sledgehammer on his chest, as if he hated his cowardice, over and over again!
"Then I ran away, escaped from that hell on earth, ran and ran, and finally escaped here, I didn't expect that I had lived for decades, and I was still so afraid of death, what face did I have to survive in this world!"
The old man's cry echoed in the woods, tearing his heart......
Il could imagine what a tragic scene it must have been, with people tied up one by one under the suppression of the army to suppress the resistance! But he could never have imagined that people could really slaughter such an innocent village in such a cruel way!
He didn't know how to comfort the poor old man who was in tears, so he could only take out a bag of gold coins and some food and hand it to him.
"Uncle, the war is coming to an end, you can't live here all the time at such an age, wait a few days and you will go to the territory of His Royal Highness Prince Allen of the Tamu Kingdom, he will arrange everything for you, you take these things. ā
The old man had been crying and had not even bothered to pick up these things, and Il, who had put the money and food beside her, continued:
"Believe me, if you take these things to the city, you can stop this endless panic and live the rest of your life in peace, since God let you live, you must cherish yourself even more, and your relatives will not blame you. ā
The old man leaned on the dirt slope tiredly, Yir looked at him sympathetically, he thought that there was probably no one in this world who could understand the pain of this old man, and the army of Shaki Country did not deserve sympathy!