Chapter 1 Miloca 2
Miloca fell asleep in a deep thought, and in his dreams he was back to his childhood. When www.biquge.info first met Say, Miloka was a baby, awakened by a noise and crying at the monster in front of him. In his line of sight, on his forehead was a large bull's head upside down - the head was as big as his own; on the left side of the bull's head were two grinning fish heads, with huge fish eyes swirling; on the right side of the bull's head was blue, and on his emaciated face were two long, curved fangs, the tips of which were dark red, and I don't know if they were bloody; and directly opposite Miloka was a green head with fangs, but much rounder than the blue head, and the fangs were not so long, and it looked much more "kind". Later, I happened to hear Aska say, and that Miloka's cry could be heard through the entire realm. Miloka also dreamed a lot about Say's party, such as when he was a few months old, he witnessed Bane dragging back a cow in Say's arms, the fish-man brothers ran over with a small wooden bucket to milk the cow, but were kicked by the struggling cow and turned over several times, and when the fish-man brothers staggered over with the milk bucket, the milk in the bucket was almost all spilled, which was laughed at by Miloka for a long time; γ
The last stop of the dream was the Boundary Forest, and on the first night of Miloka's entourage into the Boundary Forest, Miloka lay down early, but he didn't fall asleep, not knowing if it was because of the cold night wind in the forest, or because of his own curiosity about his life experience. That night, the woodland was quiet, and as soon as Miloka and the fish-man brothers had fallen asleep, Aska began to set up guard traps around the camp, he stuck his spear in the ground, rummaged through the bag containing the trap tools, and chatted with Say, "What will I do when I arrive in the Northern Empire?" Say glanced at Miloka, who had her eyes closed, and turned to face Aska and said, "Miloka has grown up, she needs to have a stable life, and she needs to receive a formal human education. Sometimes I wonder if it's a little too late for him to settle down. Say didn't answer Aska's question, but Askar didn't care, he got up and went to the edge of the woodland to set a trap, "It's not a small expense, if you find a town close to the jungle, I can guarantee everyone's life, if it's close to the sea, it's up to the two of them." Speaking of which, Bane, who had just returned from patrolling the woods, joined the discussion, "Or find a city with an arena, maybe Aska and I can make some change." "Killing affects his mind," Say said as he looked at Miloca, "Maybe we can find his biological parents to help?" "That sword is enough to show that his family has been in war for a long time, and more than ten years have passed, but I am afraid that his parents are no longer there." Bane said, sighing, thinking that this child is really ill-fated, even if he arrives in the Northern Empire safely, will his life really be able to settle down?Say shook his head and said, "He is a human child, he must return to his race, this is a matter of time, we can't stop it." If his relatives are still in nature, it is best, if there is no trace of them, we have no choice. Say said, Askar suddenly stopped what he was doing, crossed his hands on his chest, closed his eyes and began to pray, "God of War, please bless Miloca's family to still be in the world, in good health, and in abundance." Please bless this poor child from wandering. β
"You are my family. Miloca, who pretended to be asleep, muttered, no one noticing that tears were welling up in his closed eyes.
As night fell, Miloka returned to reality from her dreams and tried to get up and walk out of the hut. Outside the door of the cottage is a long corridor, at the end of which is a staircase, a two-story building with the same structure at the top and bottom, with neatly arranged rooms on one side and a low parapet on the other. Not far from the door of Miloca's house, a young girl was leaning against the guardrail and looking up at the stars. Hearing the sound, the girl turned around and greeted warmly: "Hey, you are the swordsman who was shot by the crossbow arrow, right?" The girl stretched out her right hand and continued, "My name is Lilia, what about you?"
Lilia's enthusiasm overwhelmed Miloca, and he looked up and down at the girl in front of himβsixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in a short emerald green leather coat and trousers, dark green leather boots, wearing a leather arm guard on her left hand, a bandage on her right hand, and most of all, her hair, which was tied into several thin braids on the top of her head, mixed into a ponytail at the back of her head, this strange outfit looked like a fairy in the forest. "Miloca. Miloka replied shyly.
The girl withdrew her right hand and smiled awkwardly, "You are very strong! I heard the knights here discussing you in private, it is not easy to be killed by a crossbow arrow at such a close distance." β
Miloka was lying on the guardrail in disappointment, and Say's and Askar's whereabouts were still unknown, and the last thing he wanted to talk about was the ambush, so he turned his attention to the surrounding buildings. "It's just luck. Miloca responded.
"Yes, I've heard that the crossbow bolt happened to get stuck in the iron ring connecting the breastplate and the shoulder pads, so it didn't penetrate it, and you're really lucky. The girl leaned on the guardrail in Miloca's posture, "But my master said that luck is also part of strength, right?"
Miloka was silent, and continued to scan the environment, this is a decent castle, from the stars, the fortress should be located in the southeast corner of the castle, connected to the towering city wall, the arrow tower stands at the corners of the city wall, the stables and other buildings are independent, neatly distributed within the city wall, the city gate faces due north, only the gate is closed at night, the suspension bridge is not raised, probably there is no moat. Although the castle is not as large as a town, it is spacious because it has no civil facilities. In the open space inside the city walls, many tattered tents were erected, and from time to time guards would go to the middle of the tents to make rounds.
"It's pitiful," Lilia also stopped her eyes on the refugee camp, "if Marcus hadn't issued the Killing Order, everyone wouldn't have ended up here." β
Miloka looked at Lilia suspiciously, "You also escaped from the Southern Empire?"
"No!" Lilia explained with a smile, "I'm a traveling martial artist, and I've been practicing with Master since I was a child. β
"Oh. Miloca was clearly not interested in why Lilia was staying here, and he continued to look into the distance. Lilia followed his gaze into the distance.
"Lilia, you've been to quite a few places, haven't you?" asked Miloca.
"Well, Master and I have traveled almost half the continent. β
"Can you tell me, then, where can I get the power of revenge?"
"Heart. β
Lilia's answer was so crisp and calm, that Miloka stared at her face in bewilderment, the smile that had been on her face when she had just spoken was long gone, replaced by loneliness and indifference. Miloca felt that Lilia's face seemed to be blurred, and only the strange light in her eyes was unpredictable.
Lilia straightened up to face Miloca, and a smile returned to her face, as if the sadness she had never seen before. Once again, she held out her right hand to Miloka and said, "You're a swordsman, aren't you?
Miloca, who never seemed to know how to face the enthusiastic Lilia, stood helpless, not knowing how to answer.
"You must be a great swordsman, my cultivation is to challenge the strong people I meet on the journey," Lilia waved her fist confidently, "I'm also a very good martial artist! β
Speaking of this, Miloca's eyes instantly became sad, and he lowered his head and said in disappointment: "I'm just a swordsman who doesn't go into the stream, I can't beat you, I'm going to disappoint you." β
Lilia patted Miloka on the shoulder and said proudly: "It's okay, if you lose, you will be my little brother in the future, if you are bullied anywhere, report my name, and it will definitely scare those bandits and robbers." β
"Lilia, pay attention to etiquette!" a majestic voice came from the other end of the corridor, and an old man in a white robe was walking towards Lilia.
"Yes, Master. Lilia immediately put away her playfulness and turned to salute the old man respectfully.
The old man looked at Miloca, nodded slightly, and returned to his room. Lilia stuck her tongue out at Milorka and grimaced before returning to her room, telling him to get better quickly.
In the following days, Miloka did not leave the room again, because it was a sanatorium, and there were special people in charge of delivering food and garbage, and every time the fat aunt came, Miloka curled up in the corner of the bed like a timid prisoner, without saying a word. But Lilia, who lives next door, has developed the habit of knocking on the wall beforehand, knocking once before going out, knocking twice when she comes back, knocking three times before eating, knocking four times before going to bed, and getting up in the morning has no rules, often knocking randomly, as if reminding Miloca all the time to keep the promise he has not promised.