Winter 966 in the free calendar

It was the first snow of the year, and the goose-feather snow soon covered the streets of Prontera. Despite the heavy snow, there are still many pedestrians on the streets who walk on the white snow and go about their busy lives.

A seven-year-old boy huddled on the side of the road in his torn clothes.

"Kind uncle, beautiful young lady, I haven't eaten for a few days, let's get some money. A faint voice, almost drowned out by the wind and snow, came from a little beggar in ragged clothes with his hand outstretched and trembling to a pair of brightly dressed men and women.

The little boy looked like he was seven or eight years old, with short fiery red hair, but he was already covered with snow, his big golden eyes were filled with tears, his thin clothes were even more difficult to resist the cold, and his weak body was constantly trembling, this was a very pitiful-looking little beggar.

The man looked at the little beggar, frowned with some disgust, and just wanted to reach out and blast him away, but he didn't expect his girlfriend to speak at this time.

"What a poor child, you have become a beggar at such a young age, you must not have eaten for many days, Jack" The woman whispered to her boyfriend again, reached out and pulled down his sleeve, but she took a step back and distanced herself from the little beggar. Although her demeanor is obviously unwilling to get too close to the little beggar, her words show her beautiful "love".

When his girlfriend spoke, the man naturally would not be stingy, and he also enjoyed having such a "kind" girlfriend, so he directly took out three silver coins and threw them in the hands of the little beggar. After doing all this, the man glanced at his girlfriend proudly, it was a kind of financial show-off, and then under the continuous thanks of the little beggar, he put his arm around his girlfriend's waist and walked away.

The little beggar continued to beg, and his targets were young lovers, and richly dressed young women, who were lovely in his own right, and the stains on his young face and the cold-added outfit gave him a feeling of wanting to be loved. Perhaps it is a combination of these elements, although the boy does not frequently ask for money, but every time he makes a move, he can get most of it, unlike many beggars, who beg with almost all the people who pass by, but they are always rejected by people who look down on them and are disgusted.

Half a day passed quickly, and the little beggar finally left the street and walked into a small alley between two high-rise buildings on the side of the street. Seeing that there was no one around, the little beggar took out a bag from his bosom, which was his harvest for the day. Looking at the full silver coins in the cloth bag, the little beggar's previous feeling of pity disappeared in an instant, and he was like a fanatical believer, his eyes lit up, and he touched the silver coins in his hand lovingly.

"One, two, thirty, twenty, one hundred, now people are really getting more and more picky, today I only received three gold coins, hey life is not good. The little beggar complained, but if it were to be heard, many would scold the little fellow who was not content. You know, in Prontera, a normal family of three people work, it is difficult for a salary to exceed two gold coins a day, and he is still complaining.

Just as the little beggar was complaining, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him. The little beggar was stunned, but he reacted very quickly, and immediately put today's income into his arms, the light in his eyes disappeared in an instant, and his body became rickety, and once again became trembling and towering like begging before, as if he was about to fall in the wind and snow at any time.

"I haven't eaten for a few days, kind uncle," the little beggar habitually turned his head and begged, which was his specialty, but he stopped halfway through his words. For it was not his ideal "client" who came behind him, but five men of seventeen or eighteen who had just reached adulthood (sixteen years old in the Kingdom of Rune) looked at the little beggar with a cruel smile.

These people were not good-looking, and two of them were constantly tapping the iron rods in their hands on their palms, knowing that they were going to be bad for the little beggar.

"Little bunny, I see where you're running today. One of the men at the head said with a sinister smile. He used to have beautiful long blond hair, but it was dyed red and purple like a rooster.

The little beggar looked at a few people, and was stunned because it was different from his original imagination, but he quickly came back to his senses and sighed lightly. The original look of grievance with tears disappeared, and was replaced by not fear, but boredom.

"Why are you again. The little beggar bent down slightly and stood up straight, looking at a few people unhappily, these people are a group of gangsters in this area, and the "big rooster" led by him is also a little famous in this area, called Andre, although he has not been taught any skills, but his skills are good, even those little swordsmen with more than ten levels of mysterious power are not his opponents.

"Yo he, the little rabbit cub is still quite crazy, I let you run away last time, look at how my brothers clean you up today, and obediently hand over the money, maybe my brother can still be merciful after a while." Andre smiled and closed his outstretched palms in a crisp sound.

In response to Andrei's threat, the little beggar just pouted and looked like he didn't buy it.

"Cut, big rooster, if you still want to beat me, if you obediently become my bodyguard, I may be able to reward you with a few dollars when I am in a good mood, and send you to the Swordsman Guild to study. ”

Hearing the little beggar say this, Andre's face immediately turned pale, and he pointed at the little beggar and scolded: "Star Mark, you little rabbit cub, if I don't tear you apart today, I won't call Andre!" After saying that, Andre strode out directly and rushed towards the little beggar Starmark.

Seeing Andre chasing after him, Starmark stuck out his tongue at him and spewed out a lot of spitting stars: "Big, if you have the ability, you can catch me." After saying that, as soon as he turned around, he ran into the depths of the alley, and his speed was as fast as the thin little beggar who would fall on the side of the street at any time, even if it was a sturdy rabbit, it was beyond the reach of the dust.

"Brothers, catch up with him and beat him up!" When Andre saw Starmark fleeing, he immediately yelled and ordered his younger brothers to chase after Starmark. Suddenly, the six of them launched a pursuit battle in this winding alley.

However, shortly after the chase began, as he passed the first turn, Starmark raised his leg and kicked a not-so-obvious plank around the corner, and no one expected that his thin calf would actually kick and shatter the plank. However, this was not the point, the point was that as the planks shattered, a whistling sound rushed upwards. When Andrei heard the sound, he looked up and was shocked, only to see a large wooden plank hanging in the air between the two floors, which had lost its fixed support at this time, and fell from the sky and smashed into them.

"Holy!" Andre exclaimed, although he was in good physical condition, if he was hit, he would have to be smashed to pieces, and his speed immediately increased again. A few people behind Andre naturally also saw this scene, the plank was too long, it was too late to retreat, they could only speed forward, one by one screamed to raise their speed to the apex of life, their body was not as good as Andre, if they were hit, it was estimated that they would have to lie in bed for half a month.

"Bastard, little bunny, I'm not done with you!"

"Holy!" With two terrible screams, in the end, two people who were already behind and had a slightly inferior speed thug failed to escape the ascension and were slapped under the plank.

Andre heard the screams from behind, and his scalp was numb, and he glanced at the smashed brother behind him with palpitations, but at this time he couldn't stop, because the running kid in front of him was too annoying, and every time he would make some messy mechanisms, he had already dodged one at this time, and if he wanted to give up, he would have to start all over again next time he pursued. And there is such a big disturbance here, if he wants to stay, he will definitely be caught by others, and when the time comes, he will have to enter the security department that he is most reluctant to enter to assist in the investigation, even if the matter is not committed by him, as a gangster, he will stay away from that kind of place.

"Brothers, hold on, I'll avenge you!" Andre shouted, without stopping at his feet, and continued to pursue Starmark. The two thugs behind Andre who could escape were also scared for a while when they saw their brother being hit, but they didn't care about the two unlucky guys with the same idea as Andre, they just comforted him, and chased Andre away, "Let's go support the eldest brother, and come back with that little king and eight calves in a while, let the two of you clean up!"

The pursuit of the three continued, but disasters occurred frequently, and any planks, catapulted stones, and even animal feces were sprayed out from the mechanisms opened by the star traces. In the end, except for Andre, the other two finally collapsed under a tumbling trash can and a flying mass of stool.

Although Andre is still persistent, he has already shown fatigue, just after chasing more than 500 meters, he has already lost four brothers, and he is also "near death" Although his body can still support it, but the fatigue in his heart has made him almost unable to give up. I still remember the pursuit of Star Scars last month, and it was the same, it was obviously right in front of me, but I just couldn't catch up, and finally I was forced to collapse by the traps that followed, and I gave up the pursuit.

"Thirteen times, this time I must wash away the previous shame!"

"He's not even eight years old, he'll soon be unable to run, I just have to hold on, hold on a little longer! This is Andre muttering, this is also his source of motivation, so that he can avoid three flying stone shots, dodge a wooden plank airborne, break through the interception of more than 100 sheets, and climb out of the one-meter-deep sewage trap.

In the end, under Andre's strong belief, Starmark finally stopped out of breath after running more than 800 meters. After all, he is not even eight years old, even if he is in good health, for him, the distance of more than 800 meters, and the repeated trigger mechanism, his body is already exhausted.

Similarly, Andre's footsteps also seemed a little staggering, after all, he had experienced the baptism of various mechanisms for more than 800 meters, and the amount of exercise could increase geometrically compared to simply running this distance, but he still insisted on catching up, especially when he saw that the star mark stopped, and it was still a dead end behind the star mark, Andre's inner excitement and surging quickly replenished his physical strength. The waist that had been a little bent straightened again, the rapid breathing became stable, and the smug look on his face was revealed. It was as if he was catching up with a long-distance runner and not a child who was not yet eight years old.

"Little rabbit, you run, you can't run, this time you finally fell into my hands!hahahaha!" Andrei laughed wantonly, and the laughter was full of heartfelt feelings. With his arms outstretched, he was like a saint who had accomplished great achievements and enjoyed the adoring gaze of all people.

"Yours have made it this far," Starmark said breathlessly, leaning against a pile of clutter and panting, giving André a thumbs up.

"Little rabbit, come and feel the horror of Uncle Andre, have you regretted it, haha, then you can regret it to your heart's content, no one can save you today, even if you give me all the gold coins, you will not be forgiven!"

Hearing Andre's words, Starmark gave him a blank look: "Who said I was going to give you all the gold coins, and your head was squeezed by the door?"

Andre was not angry when he heard this, but just smiled and approached the star mark step by step, "Boy, you have backbone, your mouth is quite hard, I want to see how long you can hold on, and see who gave you the confidence to dare to resist Uncle Andre!"

Starmark didn't answer Andre right away, but turned around and tossed around in the pile of debris behind him, and after a breath or two, he slowly turned around, of course, he had one more item in his hand.

"Because I have money, I'm confident. A smiling voice came from Starmark's mouth, and the extra item in his hand was a silver crossbow.

"Shoot the Star Crossbow!" Andre cried out the moment he saw the crossbow in Starmark's hand.

This silver hand crossbow is called the Star Shooting Crossbow, worth 200 gold coins, which was bought by Star Scar after accumulating money for more than half a year, and its high price also fully reflects its strength. The star-shooting crossbow is a self-defense weapon that is more popular among wealthy businessmen, it is not weak in terms of range, power and accuracy, it is enough to threaten adventurers below level 20, and more importantly, the star-shooting crossbow does not need to be urged by Xuanli, and anyone can use it.

When he saw the crossbow in Starmark's hand, Andre, who was still full of confidence and laughing loudly, immediately froze the expression on his face, and soon became more ugly than crying, and after letting out a "God is unfair to me", he collapsed and knelt on the ground.