Ian looked down at the dagger in his hand, his fingers sliding lightly over the tip of the knife, and fine beads of blood spilled out of the wound. This is Greg's dagger, as sharp as the one Rudo gave him, and Greg entrusted the dagger to Alan at the last moment, just as Rudo gave the dagger to himself.

He looked up and looked at Allen, who was sitting across from him, as if he were looking in a mirror. It's just that Alan has fallen asleep, Peria is curled up in his arms, both of them have experienced great changes in their lives, and now they are barely stable, and they naturally fall asleep.

At this moment, they were sitting in the carriage on the way to the imperial capital. It was an old horse, so thin that you could see the angular vertebrae, and every two steps would make a "whoosh" sound, as if it might lose its strength and die at any time. They were not riding in a carriage, but in a cart, and when they looked up, they could see the starlight overhead, and when they sat up straight, they could feel the cold wind of the night blowing on their faces like knives.

The last time Ian rode the cart was when he left the village of Hall many years ago, when a herb merchant from the village of Hall brought him to Mintong City. There he met Nicole Constance, oh no, she was still called Nicole Catherine at the time.

So many years have passed in the blink of an eye?

"Would you like something to drink, sir. ”

The groom pulling the cart flipped into the cart lightly, and he was none other than Alan's father, named Abt. This carriage is his, and there are almost no extra carriages to be found in Herin Town, after the [Tyrannosaurus] attacked Pingshan Village, everyone in Herin Town was in danger, and after only one day, a quarter of the people in the town were gone. Even if the Tyrannosaurus is dead.

Ian shook his head and rejected Abt: "I'm not thirsty yet, you can drink." ”

Abt's face was purple by the wind, and his voice trembled a little, and he took the flask from his waist and drank a large sip of soju, and his face became much more rosy. It's just that after the soju was down, his eyes involuntarily turned red, and with the help of the moonlight, Ian could see the sadness that this middle-aged man who pretended to be strong couldn't hide it.

Ian feigned a sudden interest in the stars, giving Abt a chance to wipe away his tears.

"Thank you so much, my lord. Abt said, "If it weren't for you, my son—"

"You've said it many times. Ian said, "It's my job to kill that dragon." ”

"If only I could be as strong as you. Abt rubbed his eyes, still choked up in his words, "Then my wife, my daughter—"

Ian suddenly felt a little disgusted with this man, and he said coldly: "Then you can give your son to me, and I can train him to be a qualified hunter." ”

Abt was stunned, and subconsciously shook his head: "No, no, no, my lord, he's still young."

"Then do you want to wait until he reaches your age and then regret it? Ian asked rhetorically, "At that time, he could only regret it." ”

Abt was stopped by Ian. He wanted to say something to refute Ian, but he didn't know what to say, so he spat out a few bytes so hard that he couldn't even form a sentence. Ian looked at the middle-aged man, and the nameless fire in his heart didn't know where it came from.

He thought about it, maybe he had seen too much life and death, and he was already numb to death. But he is unusually sensitive to cowardice, like a cat that smells fishy. The middle-aged man simply wrote cowardice on his face, but not to himself, but to Allen, who both regretted that he was not capable of protecting his wife and children, and did not want his son to have this ability.

What is this?

Ian felt like his breathing was getting a little hard. He thought of the dead, his parents, the Four Princes, his best friends Dennis and Nicole...... Too many people have left, but this is not over, the end is coming, and more people will leave because of it. But if you are afraid of death, you will be cowardly and retreat, then there is no possibility of winning this war at all, and those who died before will die in vain, and those who want to survive will find it difficult to survive.

Ian wanted to tell Abt about this, but he couldn't tell the middle-aged man who had just lost half of his family. If it weren't for the end of the world, the people of Pingshan Village might never meet the dragon clan in their lives, and they might have lived an ordinary and peaceful life all the time. Disaster struck suddenly, taking his wife and daughter in a day's time, and now he was going to hand over his only son to fight in a war with little hope, perhaps no father could accept it, not even Ealing.

So he can only bury everything in his heart. Greg says that he entrusts Eren to himself, but he doesn't force Eren to be a powerful hunter. Because Alan still has a choice, after all, Abt is still alive, he is different from his original self, and he has no choice. Either be killed as a thief in Blackstone City, or go down the path of a hunter.

"After arriving in the imperial capital, let's live well. Ian whispered, "And that little girl too, take care of her." ”

"Of course!" Abt bowed his head to Ian, "I'm sorry, I really don't want to lose my son." ”

Ian nodded and took a deep breath, "So be it, I hope we have the opportunity to meet again." ”

Abt was stunned, and before he understood what Ian meant, Ian took his things and jumped off the cart. Abt hurriedly looked up, but saw nothing, and Ian disappeared as if out of thin air.

But Ian didn't go far, he just hid behind a big tree and watched the cart go away, disappearing into the starlight little by little. In fact, while talking to Abt, Ian knew that the little girl named Peria had woken up. She never opened her eyes, just clutched Allen's clothes, as if she was afraid that she would snatch him. It wasn't until Ian left that Peria's hand was released.

She was also afraid that Eren would leave her.

"Greg, not everyone can be a hunter. Ian whispered, "People who have concerns, or people who are cared for, are not suitable to go down the path of hunters." ”

He paused, then said, "Only people like us, who have nothing left, can become a qualified hunter." ”

With that, he packed his bags and walked in the other direction. There seemed to be only endless mountains ahead, but he knew that after crossing those mountains, he would be very close to a place.

That place is called Liuyun.

(End of chapter)

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