Volume I: The End of the Outlaw 26
Winston Wolfe led me across the rolling hills, along a winding trail through dense coniferous forests, and I felt like we were going higher and higher along the mountain road, and snow was already on the mountain. Looking back, you can see far away through the trees.
After walking around the mountains for a long time, a huge manor house suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.
When I saw the manor, I couldn't help but let out an exclamation. Not only is it big, but what is even more interesting is that it almost blends in with its surroundings.
"Here we are." Winston smiled. "You can call this place home."
"Thank you, sir." Actually, I was a little apprehensive. I finally remembered this place. This place is called Ravenhold.
"Call me Winston in the future, don't call me an adult or anything like that, there's only one adult here, Duke Ravenhold." Winston said.
"Yes, big... Belch... Winston. ”
"Here you are under the protection of Duke Ravenhold, and of course you cannot waste your talents and talents. You're going to live well. He said, looking out the window.
"What should I do?"
"Protect the Ravenhold estate, protect the Duke." He turned his head to look at me. "You'll have a good salary, and if you do well, you'll be rewarded handsomely."
"I'm not very good at doing security work." I say.
"I trust my eyes." He just looked at me.
"Thank you for your trust, I ...... Uh, thanks. ”
"One more thing I want to tell you, it doesn't matter who you were before or what you've done." His eyes were meaningful. "From now on, you, Bill Max, I want you to show your loyalty to the Duke. And for your loyalty, the Duke will give you more rewards than you can imagine. ”
"I made a note of it." I looked him in the eye.
He smiled at me and said, "We're here, let's get off." I'll take you somewhere and get you some proper clothes, and then you're going to take a bath, and you smell like a brown bear in the forest. ”
I can't remember the last time I took a shower, I squinted and soaked in the warm bath water, happiness was actually very simple.
After taking a shower, I took a good look at myself in the mirror, and thought of Edwin, the brother I had never met. I don't know how much he looks like him.
The place to stay was very clean and spacious. I finally slept in a soft and warm bed. But the strange thing is that I can't sleep when I lie there. That's the old saying...... Is there no unbearable suffering, only unattainable blessings?
When I woke up the next day, it was already dawn. Pack yourself up and go find Winston. This sleep is simply not too comfortable.
As soon as I got out into the courtyard, I saw the bald man named Karlu waving at me. I walked over to say hello to him.
Karl Ru looked at me and said, "Well, it's okay to clean up, in the future, you follow me, and I will be in charge of you." ”
"What am I going to do?"
"Be a qualified escort. Come with me. "Karl Ru led me to the grounds at the back of the manor.
"Let me see what you're up to." As he spoke, he threw me a wooden sword.
Karlu took a pose to attack. My face was full of restraint and embarrassment.
"Be ready, or I'll make you lie on the ground, and then take a pee on you and let you wash your face." Karlru's face was serious.
Karl slashed his sword at my ear. I dodge.
The hilt of Karlru's sword swept towards my left arm. I continued to dodge.
Karlu raised his sword and slammed it at my right side. I'm still dodging.
Karl Ru swung three swords into the air and slashed the fourth sword directly at the top of my head. I dodged again......
Karlru's face turned a little ugly. He quickened the tempo of the attack.
I didn't do any damage, but he didn't hurt me at all. He seemed to be irritated by me. I still chose to dodge.
But gradually, I felt that my physical strength could not support the movement back and forth and jumping up and down. I started to get out of breath.
"Attack! Attack! He roared.
Finally, the sword in my hand was knocked off by him. He gritted his teeth and gave me one last blow to the head, and I was slashed to the ground by his sword.
Karlu poked me in the back with a sword. "Why didn't you attack?"
My head was dizzy, but I tried to act as tired as I could, coughing until I couldn't breathe.
"It's already my limit to be able to barely resist your attack, how can I still fight back."
"You guy, you have some skills." Karl Ru poked me in the back with his sword.
I didn't feel the praise in his tone, and I didn't seem to taste how proud he was.
"Thank you, Karlru." I rolled over and lay on the ground.
"You've been trained before?" He asked me.
"I don't know."
"What do you mean?"
"I have amnesia."
His eyes seemed a little incredulous.
"I'm a ...... in the Stormwind Kingdom I don't know who it is. I've been running since I woke up. I don't know what's going on, but I've been running. I vaguely remember that I used to do carpentry, stonemasonry, etc. I don't remember exactly. ”
"Why are you running away?"
"Someone is going to kill me."
"And then?"
"I was stabbed twice." I pointed to my abdomen.
"That's why you're wandering?"
"I don't want to die yet." I looked him in the eye.
"You have a story in you. Brat. Karlu smirked.
"You're going to train, train, train for a while. You'll be able to make sure you survive at all times. He continued.
"Of course, it is to survive on the premise of protecting the Duke. Or on the premise of completing a task. You don't want to fail to do any of those. Got it? He patted me on the shoulder.
"What about the people in the manor?" I asked, "How can you see the two of us in such a big manor?" ”
"Don't ask about things that have nothing to do with you in the future. Don't wander around, especially the castle, which is not allowed without permission. I don't guarantee you'll make it out alive. He accentuated his tone.
I looked at him with some surprise. He glanced at me. "You only have two places where you can get unobstructed, and where you sleep is the same as here. Before you officially become a member of this place, be cautious in what you say and do. ”
"Trial, you have to pass the trial first." He saw my doubts.
I wanted to ask him how he could get through, but when he got to his lips, he swallowed it back.
I had a real winter here, and it was very cold. Maybe it's because it's deep in the mountains, or maybe it's because it's on the top of the mountains. In short, the wind is so strong and the snow is so strong. If I'm still in the wild, maybe I'll be fertilizer for the plants on that land when the flowers bloom next spring.
Karl Aurelius, with a big bald head, but always has a stubble that can't be shaved cleanly. He was very strict with me, and he didn't have much idle time every day. Except for the occasional farm work, most of the time is spent running and tumbling on the field.
I never made that unconscious movement again, and I never experienced what it felt like I was out of control. Karllu's fist and foot skills are much better than his sword skills. When I was fighting with hand-to-hand, I was often slapped by him with blood in my mouth, and I was often kicked by him and couldn't walk the road.
Standing on the training ground, he will instantly lose the gentleness he had before he played...... Uh, gentle. Yes, every time he took me back to my apartment after beating me, he became a little gentle.
I often lie on the bed and look at the bed in the other corner in a daze. Always tidy up, but never seen anyone live.
In addition to constantly improving his stamina, Karlu also taught me a lot of martial arts skills and survival techniques. I learned to curl up in a tree like a squirrel and stay motionless all day, and I learned to crouch in the grass and bushes like a mouse and quietly touch from one place to another.
But slowly, I will always be distracted when I am lurking, just staring at the outside world. The snow fell quietly or the cold wind swept through the forest. There's always a longing in my heart to know what's going on in the outside world.
In this isolated world, although I had no way of knowing what was going on outside, and the training was very rewarding.
In addition to being at the training ground, more time is spent in the fields and forests, in the snow, in the grass, in the trees, in the bushes...... He taught me how to hide myself, how to creep as quietly as I can, and I can't count the number of times I've been punished by him for this.
He taught me to track and judge the situation. I learned to follow footprints in the field, determine directions, and hunt for assassinations.
What intrigued me the most was learning how to spot and dismantle hidden traps. I remembered that in the East Valley, I seemed to have saved a wolf cub caught in a trap.
"Don't you recruit people?" I asked him curiously.
"Huh?"
"The training made me feel like I wasn't like a security guard."
"What is security?"
"It's the guard." They shouldn't know the word security.
"Would you be happy if I said we only accept elites?" He glanced at me.
"Huh." Of course happy.
I know what I've become now, and I'm more accepting of what I've become. I identify with this kind of life. I fully accepted the reality of the moment.
To live, just to live.
Or...... The future is promising.