Chapter 37: Change
In the early morning, the morning sun still rises from the east, sprinkling the warm sunlight on the earth, the sky is still the same day, but the town is not the same as before.
Dio pushed open the door of the inn, the whole street, every house is closed, only this one inn is open, the merchants and travelers who stayed in Duita Town, almost all left last night, even the locals have gone a lot, Masaldo is dead, the mysterious strong man who helped is nowhere to be found, no one knows if those bandits will come back to take revenge, Duita Town, has become an extremely dangerous place.
Will the central cities and empires that are famous throughout the continent also decay one day?
Just as Dio sighed, he suddenly felt a small hand poking into his palm, and he looked down to see that it was Ellie's daughter.
Dio was not short, and the little girl was only a few years old, and she had to struggle to straighten her arms upwards and lift her toes to get her little hands into Dio's palms.
"What's wrong?" said Dio, leaning down so that the little girl would not have to keep her feet crossed.
"I'm ......hungry," said the little girl timidly, she looked very much like her mother, and she was a miniature version of Ellie, no longer charming, but a little more sweet, with a pair of big eyes sparkling and loving.
Dio paused, in fact, he was also a little hungry, at this moment, a few flickering figures on the corner of the street attracted his attention, and when he looked at it, Theo's brows couldn't help frowning, and then picked up the little girl and walked forward slowly.
Yesterday, the radiant warrior named Gordon suddenly attacked Judith after Judith was badly damaged, only to be struck by the flames released by Judith and fall off the corner of the street.
Dio thought that the other party was dead, but just now he found that Gordon suddenly struggled.
The Radiant Samurai is definitely a strong man who can walk sideways in Chriss Plains, but that Gordon's appearance looks extremely miserable.
A robe that showed his cultivation and good economic condition was gone, and he should have been wearing a set of soft armor inside, but now the soft armor was gone, and the entire upper body was exposed, and the pants and leather boots were also gone, fortunately he was a man, otherwise this would have become a scene of annihilation.
The reason why Gordon struggled was because there were several people around him, trying to rummage for something, God was pitiful, he had been picked up like this, worse than a beggar, and it was impossible to gain anything from beating his idea, perhaps, all to blame for his position was too tempting, a down-and-out radiant warrior, not something that could be met casually, so those people had been unwilling, turning Gordon over and turning it over, always hoping that a miracle would happen, and then find a treasure that could be sold for a large price.
Hearing the footsteps, several people hurriedly straightened up, turned their heads to look, and when they saw Dio, they immediately became nervous, and cowered towards the corner of the street, ready to flee at any time.
Yesterday, Masaldo had just been killed in battle, and Dio blatantly killed someone, and killed a person they couldn't afford to provoke, which caused a very big impact, many people fled from Pile Tower Town overnight, and Dio has a direct relationship, those people know that Dio is the first to kill people in Pile Tower Town, but it will never be the last, in the future, there will be more and more similar things.
Dio ignored those people, his eyes fell on Gordon, to be honest, he admired Gordon's general vitality, he was seriously injured, and he was stripped of his clothes, there was no treatment, no food and water supplements, he stayed up in the cold wind of early spring for more than ten hours, and he didn't even die, it was too tenacious!
When Dio looked at Gordon, Gordon was also looking at Dio, his face was pale, his lips were white, his eye sockets were deep, his eyes looked dull, and his chest was covered with dried black blood, if Gordon didn't move, he really didn't have much difference from a dead man.
"Is it serious?" asked Dio softly.
Dio's question made Gordon unable to answer, serious? It seems that he is very fragile, like a child who has not been through the wind and waves, not serious? Why can't he stand up if he is not serious, it is too hypocritical.
In a moment, Gordon shook his head slowly, his movements were extremely laborious, and the speed of his breathing immediately became rapid, as if just shaking his head had cost him a great deal of physical strength.
Dio smiled, he could see that Gordon always retained the last bit of strength, if he had just shot, he should have been able to kill one or several people, but then the tragedy came, and the rest of the guys could shoot Gordon to death with bricks.
Dio leaned down, first put the little girl aside, then put his hand around Gordon's shoulder, and helped Gordon up little by little, and then took Gordon with one hand and the little girl with the other, and walked in the direction of the inn.
Gordon couldn't take a step at all, he was completely dragged by Dio, but fortunately, Dio's strength was very strong, let alone holding one person, even if he carried several people together, it was not a problem.
"Thank you......" Gordon squeezed for a long time, and finally squeezed out a word.
"No, I don't. Dio said lightly, yesterday in Ellie's hotel, if the other party helped those bandits to attack him, before the mysterious strong man scared Judith away, he was already more than lucky, so he couldn't watch the other party being humiliated by a group of Xiaoxiao.
Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and there were fewer and fewer people in Duita Town, and some houses were on fire, but no one cared about them, and they waited until everything around them was burned out.
Elle's inn has always been remembered by some people, perhaps for the food stored in it, or for the beauty, every evening, there are people who keep circling around the inn, but after all, they don't dare to do anything because of the mystery and ruthlessness of Theo.
Dio doesn't care about people, all he can do is find a room for Gordon, and then throw a few slices of bread and water bladders on the bed, and he doesn't care about anything else, whether he can survive or not depends on Gordon himself.
On this day, Dio was sitting on the threshold of the inn basking in the sun, and whenever he had spare time, he would think about many, many things: Sophia, his future, what happened to that box? Should he hide it in a different place? It is better to hide it anywhere, but he must not take it with him, and also, who is the mysterious strong man? Why don't he show his face? He had an indescribable feeling in his heart, as if one day in the future, the mysterious strong man would definitely appear again.
If Brigitte or Sophia saw this scene, they would definitely not be able to believe their eyes, in the past, Dio always hid in his room and rarely went out, how could he have seen him basking in the sun?
Dio is warning the people of Heita that I haven't left yet, so be honest and don't disturb this inn.
Suddenly, a snow-white horse came running from the other end of the street, and as he passed by the innkeeper, the knight on the horse glanced at Dio curiously, and then continued to urge the horse to run forward.
Dio's expression did not move, and after the knight ran over, he frowned slightly, another Radiant Warrior? Dio already had a correct judgment of his strength, although he had just been promoted to a third-order gifted warrior, but in the rank of a gifted warrior, he was confident that no one could be his opponent, so he was not afraid of the wanderers in the town whose eyes were becoming more and more terrifying and their actions were becoming more and more violent, but in the face of the Radiant Warrior, he could not control the situation.
But Vasily said that Seta Town is the most suitable place for him to train, and the so-called most suitable means that Pile Tower Town is very much like an ant nest, with its own operating rules, and its strength is generally in the two stages of awakened and gifted warriors, with the strength of Theo, it should be able to make a difference.
It's a pity that the world is changing too fast, the rules of operation of Pile Tower Town have been destroyed, and a powerful anteater has been brought in, the power of Judith the fire fox is so strong, she is just a high-level thug, that kind of force is fully mobilized, and it can crush Pile Tower Town into powder in the blink of an eye, even if Vasily is here, he should agree to let him leave, right?
Dio sighed, stood up and walked inside, he needed to discuss with Elle and Gordon, send Buddha to the west, Gordon's injuries did not recover, Elle lost his backer, he just left, wouldn't it be in vain?
Take them with you, and we'll talk about it when we get somewhere else!
At that moment the knight who had just run back came running back, jumped off his horse and strode into the inn, his only option, for the rest of the doors were closed.
The knight, a young man with curly brown-red hair, glanced at Dio again, sat down in the place closest to the door, and looked puzzled, a not too small inn, with only two tables in the hall...... It's incredible, can you still make money?
In fact, the original tables had all been destroyed in the battle a few days ago, and these two tables were still the old ones that Elle had found in the storage room.
"Where's the boss, boss, make me something to eat, anything. The young man slapped the table and shouted, "Hurry up, his grandmother's will starve to death!"
Dio sighed helplessly, if it were someone else, he would have grabbed his hair and thrown it out, but the other party was a radiant warrior, and it was probably him who was thrown out of the trouble.
Dio was just about to tell the other party that the inn was closed, when Elle opened the curtain and looked out, and saw the samurai badge on the young man's chest, her face immediately changed greatly, and she hurriedly glanced at Dio, and turned back to the kitchen.
Masaldo's death, as well as what happened a few days ago, made Elle a frightened bird, and she finally understood that her previous peaceful life was only built on a handful of sand, which could collapse at any moment, so she became silent and cautious.