On the shores of Soldering Iron Lake, the landing site of Gil.

The sky was gloomy tonight, but the air wasn't much humid, and it didn't rain if it didn't rain, but the dark clouds covered the starry sky, which made the night a little less beautiful.

The lake is sparkling, but the landing site of Jill on the shore of the lake has little beauty to speak of at this time.

On the shore of the lake, which was originally quiet, there were more than a dozen men and women wearing white hooded robes and yellow liners.

Some of these uninvited guests were patrolling the surroundings, some were doing nothing in front of the campfire, and one even stood by the lake and fished leisurely.

They didn't communicate with each other in any way, just went about their own business, and it was worth noting that each of them would glance in the direction of the path that ran from the forest to the lake, and it was obvious that they were waiting for someone to arrive.

The sky was overcast, and naturally the moon could not be seen, and it was impossible to calculate the approximate time by observing the position of the moon, and these people did not carry anything like a pocket watch, so they did not know the current time, they did not know how long they would have to wait, and some of them did not even know who they were waiting for, but until they received new information, they could only wait, from day to night, and then to day, and so on.

It was not known how long before some of them could faintly hear the sound of horses' hooves, and soon three men on fast horses and kerosene lamps came out of the woods and came towards the place where the men were.

The dozen men and women all noticed the commotion, and one by one they all put down what they were doing and gathered, and even the leisurely fisherman put down his fishing rod and ran upside down.

Two of the three men who came on horseback were dressed in the same costumes as the dozen or so, while the man in the center was dressed in a black robe, which stood out from the crowd of white-robed people.

The eyes of the people who have been waiting for a long time burst into an indescribable light, because they know that this is the person they have been waiting for.

"I'm sorry I'm late, my brothers and sisters," said the black-robed man, turning and dismounting, and gently removing the hood from his head, revealing a swarthy bald head, "but you should rejoice, the truth may be late, but it will never be absent." ”

The black-robed man's voice was strong, and he said to the people who stood before him with a look of hope and admiration: "I am here today to convey to you, my brothers and sisters, the royal revelation from His Excellency the Great Shepherd. ”

Simple words, but all the attention of everyone present was drawn to him.

But he knew that it was not because he had any unique charm, but because the title he had uttered, "Shepherd", had an indescribable charm.

The black-robed man continued: "Your Excellency 'Shepherd' has asked me to inform you that you have indeed committed many sins, and that in my teachings you can only be cleansed from them by the final judgment like other human beings, but if you have lost your way and choose to join us and share with us the light of the Goddess's protection, then the Goddess will naturally bestow mercy on you. ”

Except for the two people standing beside him, the other white-robed people were excited, and they knelt down one after another, thanking the goddess for her kindness, grateful for the magnanimity of the "shepherd", and glad that they had finally found a way to salvation.

"But, my brothers and sisters, remember that although the Goddess has allowed us to attain it, the road we have to take is still difficult and long," the black-robed man pulled the prostrate in front of him back to reality with great seriousness, "You should understand that there are still evil forces from the old world who want to hinder our salvation, and they have reduced us to evil because we want to seek a path of atonement. ”

"But why?" One of the prostrated girls said in confusion and anger, "We just want to save ourselves, so how can this hinder them?" ”

The black-robed man admired the girl who asked the question at the right time, and he said in a tone as gentle as a father: "My dear child, the truth in this is very simple, because our way of salvation requires the destruction of the old world, and the evil gods who survive in the old world, as well as the evil believers of these gods, will naturally fight back like mad dogs that are choked by the throat, because we are born, and they will die. ”

"My brothers and sisters, followers of the 'Seventh Generation' Holy Religion," the black-robed man said in a solemn voice, raising his hands alof, "as I said, and as you can see, our road is difficult and long, and the thorny beasts ahead may swallow us up at any time, but you must remember, and all of us must remember, as long as we stand together, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome, and no evil can stop us, as long as you are with me, and great." With the Supreme Goddess, Your Excellency Shepherd, the eternal redemption of heaven will come to us, and we, too, will establish a true kingdom of heaven in the new land of God! ”

"May the light of the goddess shelter the awakened!"

The prostrate people recite the prayers of their sect and bow down reverently, as if they were in the church when they were still in the civilized world, as if they had first entered the church and the priest sprinkled them with holy water for baptism, and they felt the original faith in their hearts because they felt holy and solemn.

Suddenly, a rude voice disturbed the strange prayer scene: "Alright, my dear priest, your bullshit doctrine really makes me sick to my stomach." ”

The black-robed man turned around and saw three men dressed as bounty hunters walking towards them.

When the black-robed man saw the dress of those people, he first shivered involuntarily, and then immediately put away the fear from the bottom of his heart, and said without humility or arrogance: "Gentlemen, we are in a solemn prayer, and I ask you not to hinder us, don't you know that there must be a minimum of respect for the faith of others?" ”

The man in the lead had a messy beard, and a black blindfold covered his left eye, adding a bit of a bit of arrogance to him.

"Although I am not religious, I have always taught my subordinates - of course, I myself have always remembered to respect the beliefs of others, but this does not include the cult you represent," the man said, taking out a small red copper card from his chest pocket, and two of his subordinates also took out two cards of the same style, one red copper and one blue steel, "Obadiah Feiqi, you are suspected of defrauding and abducting innocent people, deliberately harming and spreading evil teachings that violate freedom and human rights, As well as organizing a cult, now, we will arrest you in accordance with federal law, and then, you have the right to remain silent and actively cooperate, because what you have done and said will be used as evidence in court. ”

The black-robed man named Obadiah Feich looked at the three men in front of him, and suddenly smiled, smiling like a child, and he slowly moved behind the group of disciples as if he were strolling leisurely, and said: "Behold, my brothers and sisters, this is what I call an obstacle from evil, and although I have no dislike or even hatred for them, just as we can only move forward better by cutting off the thorns ahead, our struggle and redemption must be accompanied by blood and fire!" ”

Suddenly, a man suddenly stood up in the crowd who took out a revolver hidden under his robe, and shouted: "For salvation!" While shooting wildly at the three uninvited guests, although his marksmanship was ridiculously poor, not even the hair of the three people, but his excitement and radicalism succeeded in igniting the passion of all the believers present, they picked up or took out the weapons they carried, and frantically output to the three people who had been labeled evil in their hearts, and a shootout began.

The three bounty hunters retreated as soon as the first cultist shot at them, each finding cover nearby and adjusting their weapons to fire at any moment.

Their target was Obadiah Feich, and the ignorant cultists were, in the end, nothing more than a group of cult victims, and in personal principle, they were unwilling to kill them.

But now, these blinded people are shooting at those who have come to save them.

Even though their marksmanship was terrible, they did want to kill them.

As long as the other party shoots at him, he has the right to shoot back, even if he kills the other party, he will not have any conscience condemnation, because this belongs to self-defense in order to protect himself, this logic is not only the logic of the bounty hunter, but also the principle of doing things in the west.

The bounty hunters don't know if the cultists who shot at them will go to heaven when they die, and all they can do is send them to God to judge these fools who have betrayed the orthodox faith.

So, they fired. Compared to the cultists on the other side who could only pull the trigger, their bullets were much more accurate, and although there were occasional mistakes, it did not prevent them from beating these people to the ground.

The shootout didn't last long, because the strength of the two sides was completely unequal, and three well-trained bounty hunters fought a dozen cultists who didn't necessarily aim at them, just like three adult males and a dozen children under the age of ten who fought hand-to-hand, this kind of game, it can be said that one punch and one child, there is no problem at all.

Obadiah Feige soon realized that the newcomers to the sect that he was using as a shield were no match for the three bounty hunters, and when he felt that there was no point in resisting any longer, he turned to run, when suddenly, his body was tied up by a strange rope, and he could no longer keep running, and fell headlong on the sandy sand.

In a short time, Obadiah Feige was violently pinned to the ground, and his hands and feet were firmly bound by a stiff rope that was different from ordinary ropes.

He looked up as best he could, and saw the three bounty hunters surrounding him, with a smile on his face that was relieved to have completed his mission, and more longing and greed for the bounty he was carrying.

"Heh, hehehe," Obadia Feich sneered, "Do you know that most of the people you killed today are new people who have just been recruited by us, and they have not even been baptized, and in principle they do not belong to our Holy Sect, in other words, you have just committed a sin that is unpardonable on your side. ”

"We can't do that much, Mr. Feige," said the black viscered bounty hunter, stomping on Feige's face, "and the fact that they shoot us and we shoot back, doesn't in itself make us feel that our conscience is condemned, because we are protecting our own lives." ”

He let go of his foot, and said very smugly, "As for you, my dear Mr. Feige, it doesn't matter to us what you have done, what you will do in the future, or even whether you have committed those crimes, we only care that your head will bring us three hundred dollars, and we are more concerned that you and your other two companions will bring us a total of nine hundred dollars." ”

The bounty hunter stooped down, grabbed Obadiah Feige by the collar, and said, "So, my dear Mr. Feige, tell me where your other two companions are, and if you tell us the truth now, I promise that your life in prison will be much better." ”

Obadiah Feichi snorted coldly, spit on the bounty hunter's cheek, and gritted his teeth, "I will never betray my brothers and sisters, and you will never want to get a word of information from me." ”

"Yo, hard bones, I like it," said the bounty hunter, who let go of Feige, wiped his face from his face with his handkerchief, and said to his two companions, "Go, lads, and let us take Mr. Feige to his house with iron doors and windows. ”

"Don't be complacent!" Feige opened his throat and shouted, "Do you think I'm bringing such a few people? I've already set up a team of fifty people not far from the neighborhood to keep watch, and they will come over soon when they hear the commotion! Hey, hey, they're not like these rookies, everyone has undergone rigorous training, and they're not as easy to handle as these newcomers! ”

"Oh, don't try to fool me, Mr. Feige," said the bounty hunter, pouting, turning to the black-robed man who was being carried by his companion, "if you really have so many people, then your men should have come from behind and crushed the three of us when the first shot was fired here." ”

"He did have a manpower outside," at this moment, an unfamiliar young voice suddenly sounded, attracting the attention of all the living people present, "It's just that there are not as many as fifty, at most a dozen, but I have already packed them all up." ”

The bounty hunter glared at his exposed eyes, looked at the young man in front of him, who was dressed like a gentleman but covered in blood, and asked in a cold voice, "Who are you?" ”

"First meeting, gentlemen," said the young man, bowing slightly, "I'm sorry to disturb your arrest, but the prisoner you just captured happens to be my target, and he represents not only three hundred dollars for me, but also a stepping stone for me to step into the bounty hunter industry, so I would like to discuss with the three of you if you can give me this prisoner?" I would pay an equal amount of his bounty in return. ”

The three bounty hunters looked at each other, and suddenly burst into laughter, and the bounty hunter in the lead laughed while pointing to the young man in front of him and said, "Hahahahaha, where did you come from, the little hairy boy who didn't have all the hair, what nonsense to say, using the infamous bounty prisoner as proof of joining?" You're sleepwalking, aren't you? ”

The young man frowned slightly and said, "Is there anything funny about my words?" ”

"Yes, yes, kid," the bounty hunter laughed again, "do you know where the funniest thing is?" It's just that you not only blow nonsense, saying that you killed a dozen people quietly, but also trying to make a deal with us here, how pure are you, thinking that we will give you this human head? ”

The young man didn't speak, just looked at the three bounty hunters who were smiling back and out, not knowing what they were thinking.

"Seeing that you are ready to enter the trade, I will teach you two lessons," said the bounty hunter, who stepped forward, patted the young man on the shoulder, and said, "First, without diamonds, do not do porcelain work; Second, don't try to make a deal with someone who is better than you, because they can kill you and take away everything you have, which is many times more cost-effective than making a deal. ”

The young man seemed to listen to these words, and muttered thoughtfully: "Yes, it seems to be much more cost-effective to rob this prisoner directly than to buy it, how could I come up with such a bad idea to make a deal on a whim before?" Forget it, it doesn't matter......"

"Hey, hey!" The bounty hunter patted the young man on the shoulder again and shouted, "Seeing that you are a newcomer, I will give you one last chance to turn around and leave here immediately, otherwise, we will not be welcome!" ”

"Oh," said the young man, who came back to his senses, and suddenly drew his revolver, "and goodbye, sir." ”

The gunshot rang out, and the bounty hunter's facial muscles twitched violently because of the pain, and he looked down at the blood gushing out of his abdomen, and his body slowly softened.

When the other two bounty hunters saw their boss fall to the ground, they reacted to the change of events and hurriedly reached out to touch the gun at their waists, but unfortunately, it was too late.

Two more thunderous gunshots rang out, and the two bounty hunters each had a round hole in their eyebrows, and their bodies fell to the ground stiffly, they were dead, and they no longer felt pain, but they threw Obadia Feige, who had been carried before, to pieces.

Obadiah Feige almost screamed in pain, but in reality, the bounty hunters' professional bondage methods made it difficult for him to speak, let alone shout.

At this moment, in his field of vision, the face of a young man appeared, wearing an elaborate coat and a hat of precious material, squatting in front of him with a smile on his face, and said:

"Hello, Mr. Obadia Feich, my name is Brandy Munny, but the name is not important, I hope you will remember my other title, 'Angel Eyes'."