Chapter 18: The Child's Defeat Strikes
Life will always surprise you at the same time, and at the same time, it will throw you an accident without pain. Davian and Olofan finally arrived outside the hotel they had agreed upon in the thrilling process, and they only needed to walk a few hundred meters further to really leave this swamp, and the two days really made Davian feel like he was in a novel, and the successive blows did not hit him, but made him suddenly immersed in an inexplicable calm, and even a little anger and disappointment could not be expressed from the bottom of his heart. This feeling made Davion feel so unsteady to step on the ground under his feet for the first time.
After Davien and Olofan had finally eaten all the food they had carried, and had thrown away a lot of unnecessary traps and spare clothes, the two of them were finally about to leave the swamp. Even Olofan, who talked a lot, was tortured so much that he didn't want to say a word anymore at this time.
"Hey, two guys over there. A warrior with a scimitar yelled at the two of them, followed by a few mercenaries who were somewhat distracted, and although the whole person looked a little casual, his shrewd eyes scanned back and forth over the two of them.
"What have you two gained from it, our brothers are too weak to go in, so we can only find out from you. Having said that, the eyes of several people were like hungry wolves, and they watched the two greedily.
Dawei was relieved, he didn't expect to leave the swamp soon, but he relaxed and was discovered by this miscellaneous soldier. This mercenary is not strong enough to venture into the depths of the swamp. Especially at this time, many masters have poured into the Lorba swamp, and their strength can only be used as cannon fodder, so some choose to cling to the big mercenary group to get a piece of the pie, while some people try to patrol back and forth on the periphery to see if anyone happens to be injured and rush up to pick up a bargain.
Although Davian and Olofan looked embarrassed, these people hadn't gained anything for a long time, and if they didn't gain anything again, they wouldn't look good when they returned to the mercenary group, not to mention that mercenaries like them, who dealt with all kinds of people at the bottom all day long, knew a lot of ways to hide things without a trace.
Davion was angry in his heart, but his physical condition was really terrible, and this low-level mercenary, who usually didn't care about it at all, looked so tricky at this time. Olofan reluctantly stepped forward with a smile on his face,
"Ahem, several, do you think we look like the kind of people who have the ability to go deep into the depths?" he said, gesturing to what he and Davion were wearing.
"Yes, sometimes what you see with your eyes is not the truth. The warrior shook the scimitar in his hand and slowly surrounded the people behind him.
Davion showed some impatience, and his hand was already pressed against the hilt of his sword. "Can't others beat them, are these little mercenaries afraid?" Davian estimated in his heart, at most he was seriously injured, but these people must be dead, anyway, they have already come out, there is no need to tolerate people again and again.
The man walked up with a sinister grin, swinging his scimitar from side to side. "In this case, those two are really hard, everyone is mercenaries, let's go, please have a drink. ”
Davion held the hilt of the sword with his right hand, he was now lacking in physical strength, so he had to wait until a few people came up together, and an outbreak could see if he could solve them. Seeing this, Olofan only sighed silently in his heart and prepared to make a move, this group of mercenaries had obviously made up their minds to eat themselves, and no matter how they said it, they couldn't resist the charm of gold coins.
However, before he could get closer, a warhammer appeared horizontally in front of him, and a rather hoarse voice came from the side. "I'm afraid not, you'd better stay away. ”
Davian looked at Priest in front of him with some surprise, and Priest's hoarse voice and reddened eyes really moved Dawei with peace of mind, and his originally tired and tired heart also flashed with warmth.
The group of mercenaries looked up and down at the blonde man in front of them, the man dressed as a church knight looked a little unkempt on the outside, and his obviously tired face made people feel that he looked more like a down-and-out drunken knight. But the momentum of the blonde man really reminded the mercenaries not to try to do stupid things.
After weighing it again and again, the leading mercenary wanted to say something more, and Priest was already rarely angry and said in a deep voice: "Do you have to let me do it before leaving?" At the same time, Olofan also took a step ahead at the right time.
The man's face immediately turned red, and he looked like he wanted to come up and fight hard, and the person next to him pulled him several times before he dropped a few words and left.
"Priest...... Thank...... Thank you. Davian looked at Priest like this, and in addition to being moved, he was also a little sad in his heart. Priest, a man who pays so much attention to appearance, is worried about himself and becomes such a raunchy appearance, Davian himself is quite unhappy, especially the gold coins and snake gall on his body have been secretly taken away by others, and several people's hard work for several days has been in vain. But with this opening of his mouth, Davian realized that his voice had become so hoarse.
"It's okay, it's good for you to come back. Priest put away his anger, and the worries of these days had made him irritable and worried, and his whole spirit was not good. At this time, seeing that Da Wei'an was fine, he also let go of his burden.
"Let's go, Lena has been worried about you too, let's go back together. Priest beckoned Olofan and told him to follow. However, perhaps because of Priest's own poor mental state, even if he usually has excellent cultivation, it is rare for him to show such a look to those mercenaries just now, so this time Priest did not express his gratitude to Olofan for always following Davian's side.
At the hotel, the two met Lena, who was also anxious. Seeing that Priest finally brought Davian back today, Lena herself breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, even she didn't notice it, in fact, she has begun to slowly accept this team with a hot exterior and a cold inside.
The two knew that Davian and Olofan were not in a good state now, and they were also restless day and night for Davian's safety, so they simply said that everyone went to rest first.
"So in the end, it was Olofan who saved you, and he walked out with you?" asked Priest directly after pondering for a long time. At this time, it was already the middle of the night, and the other two had already rested, and now there were two people in the room, Priest and Davian, so Priest spoke so directly.
"Yes, although I don't think he has a heart for us, but for the sake of saving me, at least I owe him a favor. ”
"Hmm. "Priest agrees with Davion's point of view, and he won't be too wary of Olofan in the future.
However, putting aside the question of Olofan, the next question is the more important one.
"The lost money and snake gall are not important things, just a few snake galls are needed to complete the task, and you can quickly make it up if you find some time in the next few days, but you are too risky to do this, don't forget the burden on your body. "And my one, but the last sentence Priest didn't say.
Davian closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair before replying, "No matter what, even if I didn't achieve anything in Rock Ridge City before, I never gave up the opportunity to come out and have the hope to fulfill my original dream. ”
Priest listened quietly and did not interject.
"I know it's going to be difficult to come out this time, and I'm not the kind of fool who only knows how to read. But in addition to my own strength, I believe more in the stories my parents told me when I was a child. In the story, the parents rely on each other and never give up, and the uncles and seniors will fight hard for their brothers, and spend a lifetime working hard for a goal, even in the most difficult times, in the mouths of their parents, their group of people have always been together and never gave up"
"However, I know that I have little actual combat experience, and I know that my strength is not as feared by you and Lena, I know me. ”
"Okay, it's going to get better. Priest reached out and placed his hand on Davion's shoulder. "Do you think that even if you are sneak attacked, you just don't have enough strength. ”
Davian nodded, he actually wanted to open after a while after being sneak attacked, even the parents who have admired him since childhood will have a time when he will fail and flee, and there has never been a general in history who has never been defeated. I just couldn't accept that kind of humiliation for a while.
"Actually, that's what I thought at first. Priest's eyes were a little confused. "At that time, I also felt that even if I lost a game, it was nothing, and I would like to tell you that when the head of the uther regiment was still there, I was beaten half to death every day. Speaking of the head of the regiment, who is also a father and a teacher, Priest's eyes also showed a trace of grief deep in his heart. "Losing is not terrible for a paladin, and the captain teaches us from the very beginning to learn to accept defeat. But until a long time after the Blood Moon Incident, I thought that the mercenary groups on the continent, and even the hunters, were the same as our two knights...... But I was wrong. Priest leaned over and put his hand around Davion's shoulder.
"You might think that betrayal, which is completely taboo in chivalry, is rare among mercenaries who support each other, and rare among civilians. But it was only when I went out that I realized that preaching and preaching the glory of the Lord was useless. No one would listen to a paladin babbling about something that was completely unbeneficial, especially in such a war-torn age. Even at the beginning, I took out the name of the Silver Knights, and the city lords and nobles tried to drive me out, but they didn't dare to force me to do anything as a knight, and some people even wanted to get rid of me secretly. At that time, I slowly understood something, and then I slowly began to feel at ease as an ascetic. But even so, I have met many people who have conflicted with me because of their interests. Some people will get angry at me because I treat others first, and some people will lose their temper with me or even accuse me because I get too little food back. Then who am I complaining to, this era is no longer the era of knights, and it is too difficult to hold on to something. ”
"Oh, so don't do it because of the difficulty, will so many people in the world give up because of this and that?" Davian looked a little excited, although the excitement revealed a deep disappointment, and Priest could even clearly feel Davion's shoulders tremble.
"If you don't even sleep like this, how can you talk about looking for the glory of the past. These people, these people are just a bunch of stragglers who kill each other for bread and gold, how can such a person pick up the dusty sword, how can he be like his father's generation......"
Davion suddenly felt so lonely.