In the border town of Muslu in Stania, a line of neatly armed swordsmen crossed the center of the town and assembled towards the border.

This army of swordsmen numbered one or two thousand, and they were well-equipped, with silver armor shining with a faint white glow, and the quaint patterns engraved on the armor made the whole armor look even more gorgeous, this was definitely not an ordinary army, because from the unicorns outlined by the purple thread engraved on their shields, it could be seen that they were the regular army of the kingdom of Stamnia.

"No wonder the whole town is under martial law, it seems that war is about to break out, and the hard-won peace of fifty years is finally about to be broken, alas......" Kuroki, who was standing by the tavern window, sighed, then sat back in his seat, grabbed a full glass of black wave wine on the table, and drank it all.

There were a lot of people sitting in the tavern, most of them were unable to leave the tavern because of the sudden martial law, so the tavern was a little crowded, but it was not noisy, because looking at the neat rows of troops in the street, these ordinary townspeople certainly did not dare to make a noise, and most of them obviously did not accept the fact that war had broken out.

"Father, I want to join the army. Standing beside Mulberry, I said firmly.

"Jack, you have to think about it, joining the army at this time is simply looking for death. Sang Mu looked at his son a little strangely and said.

"I think it's very good, you see how majestic and handsome the gorgeous armor worn by those swordsmen, if you can wear this outfit to fight on the front line, what a glorious thing it is, even if you die on the battlefield, I can be regarded as a hero who sacrificed my life for the country. I became more and more excited as I spoke.

"Alas, silly boy, I don't know how many soldiers die on the battlefield in every war, but are they heroes? Sang Mu shook his head and said with a wry smile.

"Father, I have made up my mind, no one can stop me, I think our life is so meaningless, I don't want to be a farmer like my father all my life, farming every day, and then go home to eat and sleep, the money I earned for a whole year is not more than a small soldier's salary in a month, and I can't eat, I am hungry almost every day, although I don't live long after joining the army, but at least I can eat a full meal every day!" I was a little excited to say that I loved my father deeply, but I looked down on him for his kind of content with the status quo and not wanting to make progress, because of his incompetence, which led to the death of my mother, because we did not have enough money to treat my mother, when my mother was sick, although my father was anxious to borrow money from everywhere, but in the end, the cruel reality and indifferent people still prompted my mother to leave us.

"Yes, my father is a very wretched, I am simply a waste, I am sorry for you mother and son, all right, you go, go and complete everything that my father has only dared to fantasize about in his heart before, money, fame, all that good things, this is the only silver coin I have, you can take it. "My father's eyes were slightly filled with tears, and I don't know if it was a cry of guilt or a cry that he couldn't bear to be separated from me.

"Father......" My throat choked, I knew that what I had just said was too much, but I was too excited to speak, I could only cast a grateful look at my father, I resolutely walked out of the tavern, I, Jack Solo, from today I will be free from the shackles of the peasants, I will go on a journey, even if it is to cost my own life. With all the belongings of the family in my hand, the silver coin, and under the astonished gaze of everyone in the tavern, I headed towards the center of the street, where I wanted to join this army, an army of heavily armed swordsmen......

I rushed to the middle of this army and blocked their way. "Hey, stinky boy, are you looking for death? Do you know who we are? Now that the whole town of Musilu Town is under martial law, you still dare to block the march route of the fourth branch of our First Silver Blood Legion of the Earth War Legion, get out of here!" an officer in silver gray armor came up to me and scolded angrily.

"I ...... Please, will you let me join your army?" I pleaded as I approached the officer.

"Go to Nima, you are a brothel when you are the first legion, you can enter if you want, with your thin appearance, I am afraid you are not even qualified to enter the eighth garbage legion. The officer scolded and kicked me hard.

I felt only a sharp cramp in my abdomen, and I was kicked into the rubbish heap by the side of the road, and I faintly heard the officer's shouting and swearing, as if to say that it would cost money to enter a brothel, and that a peasant like me, who was not even a dog, wanted to join the First Army.

"What's the matter, Kara, why did you stop, don't you know that this is an emergency march?"

"Ah, General Carlos, I didn't mean to, it was a little imp who stood in our way just now, saying that he wanted to join our legion. But don't worry, I've cleared him into the garbage heap over there. The officer, Kara, said in a trembling, frightened voice.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, time is pressing, this country boy has really never seen the world, if you want to join the army, go to the conscription office, dare to stop our urgent march, let's go, have someone arrest that kid, whip him twenty lashes as punishment, so that these peasants know what an emergency march is, and why martial law!" Carlos said and left.

"Yes, General. Kara said with a light exhalation.

I lay in the garbage heap unable to move, and the stench of the garbage made me almost faint. I just felt like I was being lifted from the garbage heap and a voice rang in my ears: "Whew...... It fucking stinks. ”

"Alas, this kid is unlucky, and he came to stop our army with an emergency marching order. Another voice said.

"Quick, whip him twenty lashes and leave. With this sound, I only heard a "snap", and a hot pain came from my back.

"Ah......h Then there was another whip, and the interval between each lash was so short that in just five seconds, I was whipped a dozen times, and I almost fainted from the pain.

"Jack, Jack, why are you beating my child, I'm fighting with you!" came his father's voice. I opened my eyes with difficulty.

"you, old fellow, we're carrying out military orders, and if you make any more trouble, I'll even you!" I saw my father being kicked to the ground by a swordsman.

Before I could stop it, I received several more lashes in a row. A feeling of humiliation and shame rose in my heart, and although the pain in my body made me want to die, I struggled to get up from the ground, and without looking at my father again, I ran away from the town.

"Jack, Jack, where are you going, come back!" came my father's voice behind me, but the more he called me, the faster I ran, I didn't want to see my father's face now, I didn't want to see all the people who saw me being whipped, I ran with all my strength, I even wanted to run until I died.

I don't know how long I ran, but I didn't have any strength left, and I was exhausted by the severe pain coming from my body, so I collapsed on the muddy road and rolled into a deep ditch by the side of the road.