Chapter 11: Near-Death and Survival

If the goddess of luck that the mages have been talking about really exists, now Mino is eager to ask what he has done to be sorry for the people and the world, and why is his luck so bad.

Dead girlfriends, dead brothers, dead colleagues, and the loss of friends due to misunderstandings, we won't mention these bad things for the time being, but judging from Mino's own experience, it's already terrible.

Since meeting Lilo, Mino's body has been constantly injured and recovering, either recuperating or being injured, and his strength has been weakened for many years, and he is about to turn from a strength to a weakness.

The Abyss Blood Clan, the Passage of the Underworld, and the Devil's Hunting Ground, which were originally rare for many years, have been so rare that they are about to become legends, and in less than half a year, they have appeared by Mino's side one after another, and each time they are close to death, but he does not have the strength and luck of the protagonists in the legendary stories.

Is my existence really so sorry for the world?!

Helplessly looking back at the solid wall behind him, Mino had the urge to look up to the sky and roar and kill a bloody path.

It's a pity not to mention him now, even if he is in his heyday, unless he burns his life, it is absolutely impossible to rush out.

Even because the devil behind the scenes did not show up at all, it was impossible for Minomine to even kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, and it was impossible to discuss with others about surrendering and losing half.

To be honest, Mino regretted a little why he didn't just stay where he was and wait for people to eat, at least there were fewer people at that time, and he could be torn a few times.

As a result, most of the living dead have the blessing of poor IQ and speed, after Mino escaped from the encirclement, there are more and more pursuers behind him who are eager for his blood and soul, and now there are hundreds of thousands of shadows, if one comes up and takes a few bites, and when he is caught, it will really be broken into thousands of pieces.

But who let Mino run too hurriedly and run into this dead end, Sword Furnace Town is really too big, it is really wronged to say that it is a small town, and because it is a characteristic casting city, the urban structure is still different (Note 1).

Mino, who didn't know much about the terrain beforehand, was in a panic, and it was really not an unforgivable thing to run into a dead end.

It was probably the remnants of their sanity that let these living dead know that Mino couldn't run away, and they reversed the previous posture of chasing and chasing, and slowly advanced step by step, completely blocking Mino's last trace of escape by taking advantage of the chaos.

Step by step, looking at the living dead getting closer and closer, the cold sweat on Mino's forehead dripped, and the palm of the sword was even more sweaty, giving people the feeling that he was not holding a sword as holding a water bag.

This section of the alley is so long, and every step back feels like a year for Mino.

But it was so short, and when Mino's mind had nothing to do, it had already retreated to the end.

Feeling the thick wall against his back, Mino knew it was time to decide life and death.

"Holy Light, that evil is worth fighting!! ah-"

Just when Mino completely gave up the hopeless trick to escape, and roared angrily about fighting to the death to find a way out, and if he couldn't kill it, he would have to fight out a few more devil's minions and liberate a few innocent souls, a big hole suddenly opened in the ground.

However, Minow, who was bent on charging, did not see the hole at all, and just when he was full of despair and was about to fight to the death, he stepped on the air and fell into the big black hole.

After Mino fell inside, the sudden hole disappeared as if it had never been there.

Due to the order not to destroy the town's facilities, the living dead could only reluctantly admit the fact that the boiled duck had been discarded, and gradually dispersed after not daring to stay for a while.

Tick-tock-

Tick-tock-

"Ouch~ My legs, which bastard dug the hole, I must thank him well if I caught him"

Lying in the sewers of Sword Furnace Town, Mino held his nearly broken leg for the second time in the night, and moaned lowly.

"Shut up, don't bring those living dead, I won't save you a second time!"

Although Mino's voice was already very low, he was still warned by the life-saving benefactor on the side, and after hearing the unconcealable horror in the other party's immature voice, even Mino's teeth were already chattering with pain, and he didn't moan half a word again, just lying on the ground with his legs on his shoulders.

After surviving the most difficult first wave of pain, Mino was finally able to reluctantly let go of his clenched teeth, and after enduring the pain to confirm the location of the bones, Mino first gave his broken left leg a third-level magic to treat internal injuries, and then took out a bottle of precious ointment and carefully smeared his own leg.

Feeling the warmth of the holy light and the coolness of the ointment on his bones, Minow, who felt the pain suppressed, breathed a long sigh of relief, and then looked up and saw a pair of frighteningly bright eyes.

"Well, is this medicine for a broken leg? How about giving me that bottle of ointment, I can exchange it with you. ”

Although the closed sewer was dim, Mino could still vaguely see the appearance of his savior, it was a little boy who was a head and a half shorter than himself, about twelve or thirteen years old, probably because of walking through the sewers, his clothes and face were dusty, but his eyes were clear and bright, and when he looked at the medicine bottle in his hand, he revealed a real longing.

Of course, such a bottle of ointment that can quickly treat bone injuries cannot be cheap, but no matter how expensive it is, it can't cost Mino's own life, not to mention that although Mino only has such a little on his body, there are still a lot of them in the storage ring, so when he saw that the little boy wanted it so much, he handed it to him directly.

"It's so good that with this ointment, Dad's broken leg can finally be cured. ”

Carefully tucking the medicine bottle into his arms, the little boy patted his pocket containing the medicine bottle, and smiled happily, the smile was real and innocent.

"For the sake of this bottle of medicine, if you call me a bastard, Prus will forgive you generously. ”

Seeing the little boy pretending to be generous, Mino couldn't help but chuckle: "Thank you for your forgiveness, Prus, it was just a gaffe from my too much pain." ”

"I know, because you said you wanted to thank me, and if you really think I'm a bastard, you must only want to get revenge on me. ”

Looking at Prus, whose eyes were smiling like crescent moons, Mino smiled dumbly, because he realized that he really underestimated this little savior.

Such coherent words are not something that ordinary children can say.

Note 1: Prosperity of Sword Furnace Town:

Since the first wave of prosperity brought by Master Trick, Sword Furnace Town has been on a fast or slow path, but basically on the way forward.

Of course, due to the high quality and low quantity of Seiko, for most of the previous period, although Sword Furnace Town was considered prosperous in the town, it was also limited in exceedance, and more of it actually relied on providing food, lodging and forging conditions for the blacksmiths who came to learn the art as the main source of economic growth.

In order to provide convenience for the blacksmiths who came to learn, one after another forges were piled up, so the name of the changed Sword Furnace Town was indeed not wrong.

It was only at this point that this tepid pattern was incorporated into the fiefdom of the Memphis lords, and it began to turn around rapidly, and finally became completely brilliant.

This Memphis businessman, who was known as a profiteer in the eastern part of the continent, earned himself the title of hereditary viscount through a huge royal donation, and also used an entire area including Sword Furnace Town as his fief.

Under his hands, the forging characteristics that were originally exclusive to the swordsmiths were completely industrialized, so that the countless towns of this small workshop were integrated together, and became a swordsmithing factory with almost streamlined, he dismantled the sword-casting process layer by layer, and integrated all levels of swordsmiths, including the apprentices, in a method that was almost insulting to the original sword-casting process, and increased the productivity by more than ten times under the premise of slightly reducing the quality.

If it weren't for the fact that the geographical location of Sword Furnace Town was too unfavorable for large-scale production, and because of the destruction of the tradition of swordsmiths by this streamlined production method, most of the high-level and above swordsmiths were unwilling to stay, and then there was no top master like Master Trick, I am afraid that Sword Furnace Town would have developed into an arsenal of the whole continent.

Even if it lacks any of the above conditions, the ability of Sword Furnace Town to collect money is quite amazing, in line with the idea that the more you invest, the more you will reap, Memphis spent a lot of money in Sword Furnace Town, and expanded it to the size of almost a city, which is just a wall of wall.

At the same time, it is also necessary for the production of flowing water, and more than half of the area of Sword Furnace Town is used for sword casting furnaces, forging tables and other facilities, so the structure of the city is also different from the general situation. (To be continued.) )