Orvilles had been practicing the sword for many days, and these days, he was always scolded by his master for wanting to learn some real skills, and he hated him to death, and in a fit of rage, he tore all the books that Timbarvo sent to them to pieces.

"What a bullshit chicken nest, teach us swordsmanship if you don't understand bullshit. On the way to the Sword Pavilion, Orvilles and Daria complained, "That Cipras was right to leave on the first day, and tomorrow I've decided never to come here again!"

"That won't disappoint my mother's kindness?" asked Daria.

"But it's been a week, what else can he teach us but to make us copy those boring words that can't be understood and praise the earth spirits? ”

"That's true. Daria said, "This kind of perfunctory education is a world away from our Heavenly Consciousness Hall, which will only lead people astray and miss a good life." ”

The next day, sure enough, it had been a long time since the third bell rang, and Orvilles had not come to the Sword Pavilion, and Daria was the only one in the black chair in the last row.

Kim Bawu was furious, and said in a loud voice: "It's this Orvilles again, he tore up all those precious books, this is the greatest disrespect to the earth spirits! Moreover, he has been contradicting me from the beginning until now, and today, he dares to be so late, Daria, say! Where has he gone?"

"I didn't know that he was gone when I woke up, and my mother and I thought he had already arrived. Daria replied.

"It's blasphemy!" said Timbawo, "he is disrespectful to the spirits of the earth, and sooner or later he will be punished severely!"

As the days passed, Orvilles had not gone to the sword for a week, and only Daria knew best where he had gone, and he told Dalia that he had met the young man named Sipras, who had introduced him to a tavern, where he now worked as a helper, and who could earn some copper coins a day to ease his mother's burden. He didn't want Daria to tell her mother that he wasn't going to learn the sword, because that would be very sad. Daria nodded in agreement.

The people of Diorota generally like drinks, and the hotel where Orvilles is located is located in the center of the bustling city, and the business of the hotel is very good, in addition to serving wine to guests every day, you can also see some strange people coming in and out of here, most of these people are bold and free to speak, their words are mixed with rich stories, which sounds delicious, which adds a lot of fun to his life.

"Hey, boss, do you have a good Divine Comedy?, bring me twenty small jars!" At noon that day, Orvilles was pouring wine for the guests in the tavern, when a little giant pulled up to the door of the hotel with a long iron cart, and shouted in a rough voice.

"Yes, of course! This is one of the largest taverns in Nagalon. When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly went out to solicit business.

"Ah!" As soon as he walked out of the door, he was startled, but he saw that the strong man was more than three meters tall, gray all over, with tight muscles, and was wearing an old brown coat with ivory bone ornaments hanging vertically, like a Sain of a saboteur, and the pedestrians on the street were also looking at him curiously.

The Sein leaned down, pointed to the plaque in front of the store, and asked, "Is that what the hotel means?"

"Yes. The shopkeeper looked up at him, "Did you just shout to buy drinks?"

"Exactly," the man laughed, "I am from Navidotra (1), and my hometown is with you, and the monster hunters there sent me here, and the hunters need drinks, or they will not be able to work." ”

"O distinguished guest!" said the shopkeeper, "the hunter of the Vidotra is the glory of the whole West!"

"Who's to say it's not," the man laughed, and he looked into the room, and asked, "Seriously, can you have room for me in this place?" I've been running around for days, I'm exhausted, and I need your drinks to refresh my spirits. ”

The shopkeeper looked at his height and said with a smile: "You are the tallest and most burly one I have ever seen among the Saines, and there have been Saines from my own country who have come here to drink before, but they are not as good as you, but if you go in, it should be okay, the small shop is still very large, but before that, you also need to register, you are a foreigner, this is the rule of our country." ”

With that, the shopkeeper went into the room, took out the dark yellow register and the pen, and the man of Sain took the pen so-so, frowned and scratched the book, and then bent down and stepped into the shop.

"Hahaha," laughed the Sain, laughing as he walked, "your house is big enough, and none of the little hotels passing by before me can accommodate me, and their roofs always touch my head, making me so unhappy." ”

By this time, all eyes in the room had already been focused on him, and the shopkeeper brought a special iron stool for him to sit down, and ordered Orvilles to bring him several jars of fine Divine Comedy.

"Alas," the man sighed, took the clay pot with the thin neck, poured the wine into his mouth, and said heartily, "I tell you, although you people of the kingdom can taste this heavenly wine every day, have you ever smelled a piece of the flesh of the Leopa beast, and although your wine is good, when it comes to meat, it depends on our Vidotra!"

"What is that?" the customer in the store asked curiously.

The man laughed, stood up and gestured, "As a son and daughter of the kingdom, I don't even know about this kind of extreme delicacy in the world, but I really live in vain!"

He gulped and drank a few more sips, threw the black jar unsteadily onto the counter, and shouted, "Change to a larger one, how can this little cloth container relieve my heart." ”

So Orvilles came up with a large jar, and he looked at it roughly: "It's still too small! ”

The shopkeeper stepped forward with a smile, "This brother, I know your sheer volume and courage, but we really haven't done it like this, and besides, you still have something to do, and we can't explain it if something happens." ”

"Why bother, master!" he shook his body, and more than a dozen pieces of golden gold fell to the ground one after another, and he patted his chest and said loudly: "I have money, but it depends on whether you have enough wine!"

"What a rare nobleman. The shopkeeper quickly bent down to pick up the gold, gave Orvilles a look, and said in a loud voice: "Take out the Divine Comedy that has been brewed by my store for a long time, and take good care of this guest!"

Orvilles walked into the wine room and effortlessly picked up a small vat of wine.

Orvilles' strength attracted the attention of the Sain, and he raised the wine vat with one hand, opened his mouth and poured it unscrupulously, and everyone in the shop was stunned, and the shopkeeper looked even more gloomy, and said with sincere fear: "Guest, you are so big in stature, not that you are afraid that you will break the roof, but that if the wine vat is broken, then your money will be spent in vain." ”

The man looked up and saw that the vat seemed to be only an inch away from the roof, and he put it down and smiled, "I'm measured." ”

With that, he leaned down and smiled at Orvilles, who was standing aside, "Little fellow, it is remarkable that he has such strength at such an age to be able to move this vat full of wine without difficulty." As he spoke, he held a glass of wine between his fingers and offered it to Orvilles.

"Thanks, I don't drink. His face was slightly hideous, as if it frightened Orvilles.

"Not then!" said the shopkeeper boasting proudly, "his name is Orvilles, and he is young, but he is the most powerful clerk I have ever hired!"

"Haha!" the man drank his wine and said, "Where did you just go?"

"Yes," replied a few of the shopkeepers, "we were curious, but Your Excellency suddenly stopped talking." ”

The man patted his head, "In the past few days, I have been rushing to your kingdom in a row, and my brain is a little insufficient, and I say that the Luband giant beast is what we have caught with the brave hunters of Navidotra with all their lives, and their reputation must be well known to the people of Shangguo!"

"Not so!" replied one of the drinkers, "they are famous throughout the West, the dragon knights and saboteurs of Deirotta, the Skywalkers of Ossinwitz, the monster hunters of Navidotra, the Halix of Barente, the glacial warriors of Algalis, these are the great pride of the West, and they are no less than the Sainites like you. ”

"It's just that they're freer than the Sain. The man said in a low voice: "Although the land of the kingdom is vast, but it lacks freedom, in our place, people can always gallop freely, southeast and northwest, and monsters like the Luban giant beast are hunted by hunters in the field, but you always imprison yourself within the ten gates of life, not only is it difficult for you to get out, but it is not difficult for people to enter." ”

"If it's not for the sake of hiding from the hateful demons, why would we do this!" replied the shopkeeper.

"Snort!" the man couldn't help but laugh so much that the wine choked out of his huge nostrils, "Demon people?" he smiled, "How can you Shangguo people be so stubborn, the demon people have long been besieged by the Demon Gate and the Heavenly Vein between the Desperate Sea and the Sidora Mountains and cannot come out, and the only ones left are the Kofanz Demons in the towns of East Oli and Yayulong and the rumored two Heart Soul Demons, but they have been frightened by the human alliance and cowered in their territory, and they dare not come out to provoke us at all." ”

"It's still a well-informed person like you, we live here all day, and we can't go anywhere, and we don't know anything about it. The guests complimented.

"That said, we need to take precautions. The shopkeeper said, "Didn't the demons attack us suddenly?"

"The master knows a lot. The man poured the wine into the jar, swallowed a few mouthfuls, and said, "What you say reminds me of a strange thing." ”

"Strange things? The guests took a sip of their wine and asked eagerly.

The man laughed and shook his hand, "It's okay not to talk about it, but it will cause panic." ”

"Panic? Let me guess what's going on. One of the guests replied nonchalantly, "Is it another lie that the boring demons are going to appear?" ”

"Could it be that this is what you said?" Several of the guests looked nervous, they didn't have the calmness of the guest.

"To be honest, it really means a little bit, but don't panic. The man said, "I've heard it all, but it's just a rumor." ”

"I hope so. One of the guests continued: "You'd better make things clear first! The more you do this, the more worried we become, and we won't even be able to sleep." ”

"Yes," the guests pleaded, "just tell everyone that the people of Diirrota are well-trained, and it is so easy to panic." ”

"It's easy to say. The man placed the jug on the table and continued, "I was told by a dear friend of mine in the Kingdom of Heaven named Enemy Fury, who was highly regarded as a soldier under the banner of Naluo, the general of the White Army who guarded the fortress city of Cangshan in the Heavenly Kingdom. ”

"Heaven?" interjected, "do you mean the kingdom called the Seven Feet Realm?"

"Yes," the man said solemnly, "One day, my best friend asked Hachi to send me a letter, which said that the **** happened in the kingdom of heaven, and like everyone else, I always thought that the kingdom of heaven was a perfect kingdom, how could it happen ****." ”

"Reasonable," interjected one of the drinkers, "I have heard that the women there are all graceful, and the men are rarely rude, and we have not yet done anything like this here, so how can it be in that place." ”

"Allow me to ask. The shopkeeper stepped forward, "Which master is that little eight of yours referring to?"

The man stared at the shopkeeper and laughed, after that, he blew a long whistle, and in a few moments, a black eagle crossed the long street, flapped its wings and hit the store, and landed on the shoulders of the Sain, he gently stroked the black eagle's head, and said with a smile: "This is Hachi, the tenth eagle I raised, one of the front died, and the other betrayed me, so it is called Hachi." ”

The guests were dumbfounded, and then they turned their senses, "What about next? ”

"That dear friend of mine explained to me the reason for the **** in the letter," the man continued, "He said, 'One day in the crowded Archangel Square, a white-clothed man with five pupils in each eye who claimed to be the name of the Exterminator suddenly appeared in the air, and he swore to everyone in a solemn voice: The heavenly veins will eventually be broken, the demon soldiers will reappear, and darkness will once again cover the earth. After that, the man disappeared into thin air, and no one knew his origin, and despite the efforts of the Emperor of the Heavenly Kingdom, Saroya, to no avail, and people speculated in panic that this man was related to Saroya. ”

"It's ridiculous! You juniors must have never seen the magnificent Heavenly Vein! The Great Demon King Yayulong and the Sa God are dead, and they can't be broken by anyone!" an old man sitting in the corner of the wall was furious, his long hair was gray, his eyes were blind, and his eyes were full of lifeless white.

"He is over three hundred years old (3), the oldest man in our neighborhood, who has experienced the dark battle of the Feather Demon (4) and has been granted eternal life. The shopkeeper told the Sain.

"Don't be angry, old father!" said the man laughed, "and though my best friend could not have told me the wrong news, who knows what the heavens are forging?"

"This must be a rumor!" said the old man in a strong tone, "You young people live in an era of peace, and you know how to make up lies for fun, but you don't know that this peace is all earned by us with all our blood. ”

"If the old father can tell some personal stories and enrich the knowledge of everyone here, then we will definitely listen to it. The Sain said, and the crowd nodded yes.

"Come, light me a piece of wax and put it to my eyes. The old man agreed, and he emphasized, "I only need candles, not oil lamps covered with glass." ”

The drinkers arose, and the innkeeper brought candles and lit them for him.

"Well, now that it's dawn, I'll start telling you stories, starting with my blind eyes. The candlelight burned clearly, and the old man recounted, "My eyes were touched by wizards, it was the era of the unified feather realm, there were not as few wizards as there are now, but not as many as imagined, I was very young then, just a child. One day, I was playing in the alleys of Nagaron, and the wizard came out like a gust of wind, and he stopped me, holding a black cloth in his hand, 'Do you see the scene of the roaring humanoid monster running in the straw fields of autumn and the barren grasslands of winter?' he asked me. ”

"'No, just thought about it. I replied strangely. ”

"'You will see,' he said, 'and they will run into the city, and they will run through the streets, and the armies of men will not be able to stop them, and the flames of the Wood of Light will be extinguished, and even the sun will lose its light. ”

Then he put the black cloth in his hand in front of my eyes, and asked me what I saw on the cloth, and I said it was a piece of cloth, and he said that I was blind, and then he took the piece of cloth and shook it in front of my eyes, and my world became eternal night. When I got home, my brother, who was five years younger than me, cried and told me that my maroon pupils were gone. ”

"Wizards with mana are rare now, but at the end of this world, there are countless vicious creatures, everyone says, they walk in the Icefield Night Ridge, robbing mortals of bright eyes to expand their horizons and find other worlds. The shopkeeper interjected, "I heard that the appearance of the demon soldiers is inextricably linked to these people, I don't know if it's true." ”

"There's not much connection, they should go their separate ways. The old man replied, "The appearance of the demon soldiers was more than two hundred years ago, and the memory is not so old, and it is not so old for you juniors. It all started with the wife of the Unified Feather Realm, yes, his wife is not as gentle and fragile as she imagined, on the contrary, she has extraordinary energy and courage, and she is a well-known explorer, her personality makes her determined to travel the whole world, and even her three children and noble husband have not been able to keep him at home. She was in the golden temple built by King Lodisias (5) here, which had now melted down, and his general urged her to go to the snowy lands (6), saying, 'There are beasts there, beasts that have never been seen before.' ’”

So she really went, but this walk never returned, Yu Dao Ming went to look for her, but was killed in the area of Tiange Mountain in the Great Snow Region, the Feather World fell apart in an instant because of his death, the lord of each city set himself up as the king, crazy to grab territory and power, taking advantage of this opportunity, the Great Demon King Yayu Long awakened the Great Snow Region, and endless demon soldiers were born, and the Demon King relied on a pair of magic eyes called Sidora to make the Hao Hao Demon Soldiers surrender. ”

"The demons launched a surprise attack on humanity in a cold winter, they lined up like mountains and seas, if the howling wind passed through the Ambora elven wall, they didn't have many words, only merciless killing, if they swept through the black fire of the grassland, everything would be swept away and burned to ashes, their cruelty made any tyrant of the human race feel that he still had a breath of goodness. We are unprepared, and the five most advantageous cold soldiers of mankind (7) are no match for the broadswords in their hands, and the castle of Silu and the hero city of Rosanddike in the rear are their camps, and the era of the Feather Demon War has officially arrived......"

Time passed, the candle was extinguished, the old man had finished speaking, and there was still an echo in everyone's minds, and Orvilles sat aside, his heart full of endless imagination.

"It was a terrible time. The Sain replied.

"That's right! The shopkeeper diverted the subject and said, "Have you heard that Zuri is going to be released from the Heavenly Great Vero Water Prison?"

"Zuri!" the Sein's face changed suddenly, he shook the wine table, and suddenly stood up, "that evil is my enemy! More than ten years ago, he led his troops through the western villages of the country, and abused the people there in every way, and many of them became slaves, and it was at that time that my parents were killed! After that, I and my surviving best friends were homeless and wandering around!"

His anger frightened the drinkers, and it took him a long time before he relented, and he sat down in his chair with a long sigh and never said a word again.

"The shopkeeper knows about this, too?" After a long silence, the words of a drinker softened the atmosphere.

"Of course, this has been the center of the conversation since a few days ago, and the customers in the small shop are talking about it. The shopkeeper replied, "How can that vicious Dark City Guard, how many of our Nagarons he has killed, and who should be sentenced to death after being captured by the Kingdom of Heaven?"

"Oh my God, may the spirits of the earth bless us. A group of drinkers prayed with the small earth spirit sculpture hanging around their necks in their hands.

The man was silent, and he drank without making a sound.

Next, there was a discussion in the store, and after the discussion, there was silence again.

At some point, the bell of Tirota had already struck, and the man looked out of the temple, and it was dark, and there were few people left in the street, and the wine was gone, except for Orvers standing at the chaotic table ready to serve his wine.

He looked underground, and realized that he had drunk ten small jars, he patted his head, and thought: "Oh no, this is all the wine of the hunters, my brain, how can I explain it when I go back!" So he took out the money for the wine, walked out of the hotel, loaded the remaining ten jars of wine into the amazingly large iron cart, tied them with strong iron cables, pushed the iron cart, and prepared to leave.

At this moment, the shopkeeper suddenly chased after him, "Distinguished guest, don't go!"

"What's the matter?" he said, turning back and putting the iron cart on the ground, "Could it be that I owe you money?"

"No, your guest. The shopkeeper stepped forward, took out the register and handed it to the man, frowned, and said, "Forgive me for being stupid, what is the word you wrote in the register? ”

The man took the register and couldn't help laughing, "No wonder, this is the ancient Fu word (8), and I, a rough man, can only write this kind of character, which has been passed down from generation to generation by my grandfather's grandfather, although the language of your kingdom is universal, I can only speak it, listen well, the 'broken' of destruction, the 'force' of strength, my name is this, please write it in the Narasian script (9)." With that, he pushed up the iron cart and turned to leave.

"Guest, go slowly!" the shopkeeper shouted with a smile from behind.

Orvilles cleaned up the table in the room, thought for a moment, and ran out after him, "Boss, I have something to do tomorrow, I want to take a day off and come back the day after tomorrow." ”

"Good. The shopkeeper nodded, "It's just so that tomorrow Ciplas will come here to replace you, and you will be paid well." ”

"Thank you to the owner. With that, Orvilles ran away like the wind.

Exegesis:

(1) Navi Duotra: One of the four pillars of the West.

(2) Celestial Vein: The pillar of spiritual power that binds the demon people within the demon domain.

(3) More than 300 years old: As early as the time of the war between humans and demons, all those who participated in the army of the Feather Realm and made meritorious achievements were rewarded with eternal life by the leader of the Feather Realm Alliance, the god of the gods.

(4) Feather Demon War: refers to the war between the Feather Realm and the Demon Domain, the Human Continent once had a unification, and the unifier was called the Feather Dao Hadesone, and the Human Continent at that time was also called the Feather Realm.

(5) Lodisias: The king of the Western Lingdu Empire in the era of the Dark Dynasty of the Great Golden Son of the Third Age, and the Western Lingdu Empire is the historical name of Diilrota.

(6) Great Snow Domain: The predecessor of the Demon Domain, the Demon Domain was an endless frozen land before it was awakened by the Demon King Yayulong.

(7) Five types of cold soldiers: the Ponots Steel Sword of the Ancient Kingdom of Oschenwitz, the Blue Water Stone Sword of the Angel, the Ice Sword of Carlos in Syracuse, the Dark Green Pure Land Steel Sword of Silsa Green Mountain, and the Floating Spirit Steel Sword forged by the Heavenly Floating Stylus Sword Casting Master Ge Laiwang.

(8) Fudanwen: One of the oldest Western scripts, one of the ancestors of human beings in the Second Age Elf era, the Fudan began to learn the Elven language, and as time passed, the original Fudan language was gradually abandoned, and only a small number of people in remote places still use this language.

(9) Nacian script: the common language of the world in the modern era.