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After entering the reception room, Richard felt the Great Elder's gaze looking at him through the mask, and after a while, she suddenly trembled and said, "Young man, show me the knife behind your back." ”

Richard was stunned for a moment, then took off the long knife behind his back and handed it over. The knife was given to him by Gordon, and it was not said what its origin was, and according to Norland's standards, it could be counted as a quasi-artifact.

Richard had already learned about the strength of the Great Elder of the Eternal Night from Rayleigh, so he was not worried that the other party would covet his own things, an existence close to a super powerhouse would definitely not put a quasi-artifact in his eyes.

The Great Elder took the long knife and stroked the blade inch by inch, and Reilly found that her body was trembling, obviously emotionally affected by the knife.

"The Great Elder has seen this knife?" Reilly asked tentatively.

The Grand Elder took a deep breath, then looked at Richard again, her gaze piercing the young man's face like a sharp sword, and the alarm bell rang in the latter's heart, and in the blink of an eye, he activated all the protective magic he could.

"Where did this knife come from?" the Great Elder asked slowly.

"You'd better not lie. Reilly reminded.

Richard had countless thoughts in his mind in an instant, and finally decided to tell the truth: "My father gave it to me, and he didn't say the origin of this knife." ”

"Your father's name?"

The Great Elder's question was a little strange, and Richard hesitated for a moment before replying, "Gordon." ”

Gordon...... Sure enough, it was him......" The Great Elder's tone was very strange, and anyone could tell that her heart was very uneasy.

"Do you know him?" asked Reilly, curious.

The killing intent in the eyes of the Great Elder could not be concealed from anyone, Richard and Reilly were ready to escape, and once the other party turned his face, they would rush out of this room.

"Of course I do!" said the Great Elder through gritted teeth, "That bastard, that bastard......"

Her gaze kept going back and forth between the long knife and Richard, and after a long time, she said, "There is nothing surprising about this knife, with your current ability, and Gordon's strength, why don't you make a better knife, it doesn't seem to be a difficult task." ”

This time it was Richard who was silent for a while, and then said, "This knife is one of the relics left to me by my father, and although I do have a better weapon, I am still used to carrying it with me. ”

"Relic. The Grand Elder exclaimed in surprise and said in disbelief, "Gordon is dead?!, that bastard...... How could that bastard die!...... How did he die?"

"I don't know how he died. Richard shook his head and said, "All I know is that his body was taken to the bottom of the abyss by his followers. ”

This time, the Great Elder was silent for a long time before he sighed and said in a deep voice, "The bottom of the abyss, the deepest part of the world, the origin of chaos...... Hey, it's a pity I can't go anymore......"

Richard and Reilly glanced at each other, they still couldn't tell whether the Great Elder and Gordon were friends or foes, but the other party's killing intent never subsided, the two had to continue to remain vigilant, and Richard's strength was weaker after all, and his heart was even more nervous, he accidentally let the power leak out, and a few small grasses suddenly grew on the floor at his feet.

(This idiot!)

Reilly scolded secretly in his heart, and then blocked between Richard and the Great Elder, with his strength, he could resist the Great Elder for a while, buying time for the two to escape, if he was replaced by Richard, most of them would be killed directly.

Seeing those few grasses, the Great Elder was shocked, but instead of being as worried by Reilly, he stared at the grass and asked, "Where did you learn to pray?"

"It's ...... Father taught. ”

"Gordon. The Great Elder snorted and said, "This bastard doesn't have High Elf blood at all, it seems that it can only be taught to you by imitating the prayers of the moon." Hey, that's great, but it's not weird what happened to that bastard. ”

The Great Elder's gaze fell on Richard again, and this time the killing machine was gone, but there was a strong expectation in his eyes, and he asked, "Then who is your mother?"

The question uncovered the deep pain in Richard's heart, and he replied softly, "Mother's name is Illani, and she ...... It's a genie. ”

The Great Elder's breathing immediately became much faster: "Elani, is she a Silver Moon Elf?"

"Yes, that's what she told me on her deathbed. Richard said in a dry voice.

The Great Elder's body suddenly froze: "Illani is dead, how could she die, the life of the Moon Priest is extremely long, she can live for at least four or five hundred years, even if she is in the plane of ten times the speed of time, she is only past a third of her life now, how did she die?"

It was a past that Richard couldn't look back on......

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The following are chapters 1-5 of the original Sin City.

Spring is a season of euphoria, after a long and harsh winter, people can finally start the new year without having to endure the bitter cold, food is more accessible, and the variety is gradually becoming richer. As a result, many races celebrate the most important holidays in spring, not only humans and dwarves, but also orcs, trolls, elves, and even ogres. Of course, the world is so complex that there will always be exceptions, such as the inhabitants of the underworld, for whom spring has little meaning. Exceptions can be taken to extremes, such as the Snow Fairies, a race that hates spring the most. Regardless, spring is always a joy for most humans.

When the warm, moist air currents struggled over the Coast Mountains and reached the village of Ruthelan, the people of the village knew that spring had come again.

Nestled at the foot of the Coast Mountains, Rutherland is a humble spot in this vast mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles, and is one of tens of thousands of human settlements. It belongs to the Barony of Tucker and is also the territory of the Holy Alliance Empire. However, even in a straight line, Baron Tucker's castle is nearly three hundred kilometers away. It is only during the autumn harvest each year that the people of the village see the tax collector of Baron Tucker. It was only at this time that the lord had an insignificant presence. The baron's tax was very light, and he only collected some local products that were unique to the mountains, and had little effect on the daily life of the villagers. However, the output of the village is limited, and if the tax is heavier, it will be a matter of survival.

Life in the mountains is not really difficult, as long as you work hard all year round.

As soon as spring arrives, the land outside the village needs to be turned over to sow the grain that can be harvested in the summer. The hunters began to enter the forest, and at this time, the monsters in the depths of the forest who had been hungry for a winter gradually woke up and began to forage for food. They become very dangerous and aggressive. However, some of the special products on the monsters, such as some precious medicinal herbs or glands that can be made into spices, can only be sold for the highest price at this time. At this time of year, there are casualties among the hunters, but the hunters still go into the mountains as usual every year. So in the village of Ruthelan, the goddess of the forest and the hunt received the most faith. You must know that in addition to the Eternal Dragon, there are as many gods as stars on the Norland continent.

The Norland continent is a land of abundant resources, a land of advocating strength, and a land of strict hierarchies, and even a remote and quiet village like Russelan is deeply marked by the times. The villagers are simple and sincere, but they also despise the weak. There are only a few dozen small villages, but there are still hidden hierarchies.

A small figure appeared outside the village, a boy carrying a basket about the height of his own, filled with breadfruit. In the spring, when the winter's reserves are almost depleted, and the new crops are not yet harvested, this little-tasting fruit is an important ration. It's easy to obtain, just go to the woods next to the village and pick it up.

Behind the little boy, three teenagers who were a head taller than him appeared. They carried hunting bows and short forks in their hands, short knives pinned to their waists, and prey such as deer and rabbits on their backs. Although they were not yet ten years old, they were able to go into the mountains to hunt. Of course, their prey is not a magical beast, but some tame animals, and the way to hunt is mainly to rely on traps, but this is not easy. Most of the commoners and noble children in the towns were still studying and cultivating under the wing of their parents at this time.

The young man at the head suddenly shouted: "Hey, Richard, what about your father? Didn't he teach you how to hunt? I am at your age, but I have already gone into the mountains alone to set a trap to catch rabbits!"

A boy next to him echoed the smile and said, "Children without fathers only pick fruits!"

The three older boys laughed, crossed the little boys, and ran towards the village, walking so easily that they could not see that they were carrying dozens of kilograms of prey. The boy ignored the men and continued to walk towards the village with his basket on his back.

A middle-aged strong man sitting at the entrance of the village saw everything, he beckoned to the little boy to come over, and then stuffed a piece of air-dried monster jerky into the boy's hand, rubbed his head lovingly, and asked: "Little Richard, aren't you angry that they bullied you like this? ”

Unexpectedly, the little boy shook his head and said, "No need, I'm not angry." ”

"But......" The man scratched his hair with his big rough and dark hands, a little incomprehensible, and thought that little Richard was afraid of the big boys, so he planned to say a few words to him. Children in the mountains can lack anything, but they can't lack courage.

However, Richard smiled and said, "Although I don't have a father, I have the best mother!"

When the man heard this, he could only continue to scratch his head, smile innocently, and say, "That's, that's." ”

Richard hummed a song, carried a large basket on his back, and hopped towards the village. At this time, the little bit of darkness in his heart had long disappeared, and he had become happy again. Because his mother told him to make himself happy at all times.

This year, when little Richard was six years old, he learned to be happy.

The middle-aged man, named Bobby, is a village blacksmith, while Richard's mother is said to be a magic apprentice. When she arrived alone in Rutherland, little Richard was still in swaddling clothes. It was a woman who was not very pretty, but she was as gentle as water. Her arrival brought a new atmosphere to the village of Ruthelan, and for the first time there was a doctor in the village, so there was no need to go to the town dozens of kilometers away for a minor illness to seek medical treatment, or simply endure it and wait for it to heal naturally. Her name is Elaine, and she runs a small pharmacy on the edge of the village, and although she can only make some of the most rudimentary potions, she has saved more than one person's life in the first year. So the village chief and the elders decided to give Elaine a piece of land and officially accept her as a member of Ruthelan. The village is populated by hunters, and there are only three professionals: Bobby the blacksmith, Elaine the doctor, and finally the village chief, a retired non-commissioned officer. These three men supported the operation of the entire village.

Life in Ruthelan Village is peaceful, time passes unconsciously, and in the blink of an eye, a new spring is ushered in.

Little Richard has grown more than ten centimeters taller, and he already looks about the same as an eight- or nine-year-old child. According to the tradition of Ruthran, he should have started to learn how to make and lay traps and hunt small herbivores. In a forest not far from Rutheran Village, there are many such small animals, and large demonic beasts basically do not appear there. The grove was a reservation for the children of Russelan Village, and hunters regularly patrolled to clear out the large monsters that had broken in from the depths of the forest.

However, little Richard still has to pick the fruit, which is Elaine's request. In addition, Richard had to collect herbs and process them according to a series of complicated processes, and the most incomprehensible thing to him was that the breadfruit was also processed, which was even more time-consuming than the processing of herbs, which made little Richard very depressed.

For the villagers of Rutheland, breadfruit is the easiest food to obtain, and ripe fruit often falls to the ground the next day, and can be eaten directly when picked, but Elaine does not let Richard pick up the breadfruit that falls on the ground, but asks him to pick it from the main trunk, and there are restrictions on the size and color of the fruit, and even the picking method is special. Richard didn't understand why, and he didn't think there was any difference between the processed breadfruit and the one picked on the ground—at least not in taste.

However, whenever Richard picked up the breadfruit on the ground, Elaine would pick it out. After receiving a few reprimands, Richard Jr. no longer played tricks, but carefully did every step. It wasn't until the winter, when he could no longer pick breadfruit, that his mother told Richard that it was to help him persevere.

This year, little Richard was seven years old, and he remembered to do things with perseverance. If there's one thing unpleasant in the memory of a seven-year-old, it's breadfruit every dinner. This little thing eventually became one of the lingering nightmares of his childhood.

Spring is here again, and the village of Russelan is still the same. Bobby the blacksmith is still single, Elaine's apothecary business is not improving, and the village chief is still strong, rushing to the front every time a difficult monster appears.

This year, Richard could finally learn to set traps, and Piru and the others had begun to take up their short bows and follow the village hunters into the mountains. After crossing the threshold of ten years old, they can already be called teenagers, and the children in the mountains are generally tall, and most of them will be regarded as fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers in the city.

Laying traps is a science, and in addition to a wealth of experience, hunters need a dexterous hand and an observant eye. Of course, luck is also an important factor in the outcome, and sometimes even becomes the decisive factor.

In the beginning, novices were often injured by their own traps, but Richard Jr. was very talented at learning, and the first time he laid the trap, he was a great success, much to the admiration of the adults in the village.

After a few days of practice, Richard mastered the use of several common traps, so he went into the depths of the reserve and set up several large compound traps. There are occasional large animals here, and he wants to try his luck.

Richard's luck was good, and it wasn't long before a Kamchatka boar crashed into his trap, a trap of thorns, rattans, and nails firmly gripping its front legs. Although the boar had a lot of strength, the trap made by Richard was also very powerful, and it was not broken free after a frantic pull. Richard hid in the grass next to him, nervous and sweaty, his palms soaked with sweat. The injured boar is quite dangerous, and although the Kamchatka boar is small in size and guts, he is only a child.

Just when Richard was sure that his prey couldn't break free for a while and was about to rush out, a strong force suddenly came from behind him and pushed him out fiercely. Richard fell heavily to the ground, only to feel that the world was spinning, and there was a wisp of fishy breath in his mouth and nose. He heard the sound of a bowstring, followed by the screams of a wild boar, and several cheers rang out beside him, the sound was very familiar.

Richard slowly got up and saw Piru and the three teenagers standing there, one of whom had just pushed him out, while Piru was looking triumphantly at the Kamchatka boar with a hunting bow in his hand. An arrow is stuck in the neck of a wild boar. It was not easy to be able to hit the vital point with an arrow, and although the boar had been trapped in the trap, it had been arching everywhere.

Richard suddenly understood what they were going to do, and shouted angrily, "You want to rob my prey!"

"Everyone here can prove that I shot this wild boar, how can you call it robbery? Is it because you laid a trap? Good hunters know that this kind of trap is only used to catch rabbits. Piru looked at Richard disdainfully and said.

He was nearly a head taller than Richard and physically stronger. And his strength is actually greater than his peers in the village, almost like an adult. This is because Piru is the son of the village chief, and as a retired non-commissioned officer, the village chief can often hunt some powerful magical beasts from the mountains and come back, which can grow strength.

"Then why did you come here to shoot wild boars?" Richard asked rhetorically, leaving Piru speechless. They looked down on Richard's thinness, but they had to admit that Richard was indeed very smart, and it was said that he could write a lot. But these teenagers didn't respect Richard for this, they could write and couldn't use it for hunting, why did they know so many words?

But Richard's rhetorical question made Piru feel very annoyed, and he waved his hand hard, and a teenager next to him went around behind Richard and pushed Richard to the ground.

Richard got up, his little face flushed, his hand tightly grasped the hunting knife, and the momentum that burst out at that moment made several teenagers feel a deep chill! The hunting knife was not pulled out in the end, and when Richard hesitated, Piru had already kicked him in the stomach, and the teenagers rushed up, snatched the hunting knife, and then there was a burst of punches and kicks. Piru even stepped on Richard's head and crushed his face deep into the dirt!

The young man in the mountain has strength in his bones, and this blow is really not light. Richard neither struggled to resist nor begged for mercy, but endured it silently. The more Piru hit, the angrier he became, the harder he struck, and all he felt in Richard's silent reaction was contempt.

"Still not convinced?" the teenagers pushed harder and harder, and Richard let them beat him as if the body was not his own. It didn't take long for Piru to get scared. If he really seriously injured Richard, he would definitely be beaten when he returned home. The village chief's temper is as fiery as his strength, and Elaine has always had a good reputation in the village.

The boys gradually stopped, and it took Richard a while to get up. Piru threw down a few harsh words, and then drove away with the boar in his hand. When they were far away, little Richard sat down under the tree, rested for a long time, and struggled to get up and go home.

In the evening, Elaine looked at the bruised boy, and tears flowed out of her eyes, but it was Richard who comforted her and said that she was fine. After taking the medicine, the boy looked at his mother and asked, "Still can't you fight back?"

"Hmm!" Elaine gritted her teeth and nodded vigorously.

"Okay, I'm not going to fight back, but I'm not going to give in. ”

In the days that followed, Piru led people to trouble Richard several times, and the process was nothing more than a severe beating. But the heaviest time, until everyone was tired, Richard couldn't get up at all, and Piru didn't wait for the desired result.

Richard refused to give in, didn't even moan, and whenever the teenagers were tired and ready to leave, Richard would slowly get up and look at Piru quietly. That calm and calm gaze always makes Piru's heart chill. It was like looking at a dead man.

From this year on, Piru began to have nightmares. Later, every time he beat Richard, he would have nightmares for days. Richard never struggled, and Piru grew stronger and stronger, and the size gap between the two men continued to widen. But every time he saw Richard, Piru would see the boy's calm gaze, followed by nightmares for days on end.

Piru still doesn't understand why Richard didn't go to his father to complain. If the boy had done so, he would have received a few lashes, but Richard never told anyone about being beaten.

The number of times Disclosure and the others troubled Richard gradually decreased, and when the boys smiled at them instead with blood on their lips, the teenagers scattered. That was the last time they had trouble with Richard.

At the age of eight, Richard learned tenacity.

When spring came again, the childishness on Richard's face began to fade, and he himself began to follow the village adults into the mountains to hunt. Although he doesn't go too deep into the forest, and he doesn't stand on the front line when facing monsters, most of the work assigned to him is to lay hands, set traps, and clean up prey, but he has indeed become a hunter.

Hunting is always accompanied by danger, countless monsters hide in the long coastal mountains, and occasionally a lost monster runs to the village of Russelland, and little Richard once encountered a gray wolf. It was a real second-level demonic beast, and even the village chief had to deal with it seriously. When he encountered the demon wolf, Richard Jr. only had two hunters from the village by his side. It was a tough battle, and all three of them were wounded, but they eventually dragged the demon wolf's body back to the village. To the praise of the villagers, in this desperate struggle, little Richard behaved unusually calmly and coped with it properly, and even the best hunters in the village could not have done better. In the end, if it hadn't been for Richard Jr. who cut the tendons of the demon wolf's hind paws with a knife, the result might not have been that the three of them came back together.

In any case, Richard Jr. has encountered a lot of dangers during the year, and he has always been calm and calm. No matter how dangerous the situation, he never flinched.

This year, the nine-year-old Richard became a man of courage.

The children of the mountains are never short of courage. But Elaine taught Richard courage differently than others. Richard did it, and from then on, Elaine no longer called him Little Richard, but "my Richard".

"My Richard is already a real man!" Elaine would say every time she saw Richard.

But one day, Richard replied, "A real man must be wise!"

Elaine was taken aback, looked at Richard seriously, and asked, "Tell Mom, who taught you this?"

"It's written in the book!"

"Which book?" Elaine asked patiently. The knowledge of the caster is quite rich, and the magic apprentice is no exception. Richard had already learned several languages from Elaine, including a difficult and obscure ancient prophecy. Reading was no problem for Richard, and in the winter, he had read several books on magic himself, but Elaine couldn't remember any of them.

"It's the book in the attic, and there's a lot of interesting stuff in it. After reading that book, I realized that the world is so big. Richard said excitedly.

"Is that the book?" Elaine remembered something, and then smiled again, "That book is very interesting." My Richard, a true man certainly cannot lack wisdom, but perseverance, strength and courage are even more rare. My Richard is so smart, he will not lack wisdom when he grows up. So mom has to cultivate these qualities in you first, understand?"

"And happy!" Richard snapped.

Elaine smiled and touched Richard's head and said, "Yes, there is still happiness!

Little Richard shook his head and said sullenly, "It's not always happy. Piru bullied me, and I hated breadfruit. Also, what kind of person is Dad?"

Elaine's face changed instantly, and then she said gently: "Your father is a real man......"

Richard immediately continued, "I know! He's the worst bad guy! The one Mommy hates the most!"

Elaine smiled, Richard asked this question several times a year, and she always answered that. Richard can memorize it now. But Richard was a smart child, and he could relate to Elaine's hatred when she mentioned his father, so Richard hated this father as well.

Richard woke up in the middle of the night a few times to hear his mother crying softly.

The child's logic is originally very simple, the mother is the one who loves him the most, and she is also the person he loves the most. What Mom hates, that is, what he hates. Every once in a while, Richard would ask about his father, on the one hand, out of curiosity, because as soon as he was older, his mother would tell him more about his father. On the other hand, Richard wanted to know more about his father so that he could avenge his mother when he grew up. As for how to take revenge, he is still a child, of course, he has no clue, but he has already kept this matter in his heart.

However, this time Elaine did not tell Richard more about his father, but only said that the time she had been with the man was very short, and that she only knew so much.

"One day, you'll know your dad well. For some reason, Elaine suddenly said such a sentence. As soon as she said this, her face changed, as if she was holding something in her heart. In fact, she didn't know why she would say such a thing.

A sudden sentence opened the valve of memory, and the past things sealed in the bottom of my heart surfaced one by one, and I couldn't press it.

Richard sensed that his mother's mood had suddenly deteriorated, so he quietly stuck out his tongue, said "I'm going to read a book", and ran to the back room. It was Elaine's study, and Richard loved to read in it.

Books are carriers of knowledge and a microcosm of the world, and Richard saw a magical world in them, and knew that Rutheran was only a part of this world, so small that it could not be seen. Little Richard had been quietly thinking that when he became the best hunter in the village, he would take his mother out of Russelland to see the outside world.