Chapter 2: The Hunter and the Prey

Lin Luowen's footsteps paused at this moment, and he thought about how huge the amount of a hundred gold was, and his meager monthly salary of fifteen copper could only be exchanged for 0.15 silver coins.

In the pocket lined on his chest was a sharpened dagger, a weapon given by Lin Luowen's father at the age of sixteen coming-of-age ceremony, which cost his father half a month's salary, that is, two silver coins.

It was a steel forge with a very small amount of precious items of rare metals.

Feeling calm and heavy in his hand, as the light flashed away, Lin Luowen felt a strange throbbing coming from the depths of his blood.

Coming back to his senses, he touched his chest with his hand, and smiled self-deprecatingly, as if he felt sorry for his whimsy, it was a strong man who had ignited at least five yuan points, and maybe someone only needed a light punch to kill himself.

Lin Luowen's home is half an hour's walk from the Rhine City No. 3 High School, and of course he can choose to take a horse-drawn carriage - fifty copper coins a time, and the steam locomotive is never open to civilians in the form of transportation, it is a national strategic resource, and its significance is extraordinary.

In a world that people have become accustomed to, there is no cheap and clean energy to use, and the use of coal for productivity support has become the mainstream, perhaps due to a lack of resources.

In the legend, people in the distant eastern continent generally use Yuan Shi as a source of energy, and the specific use of Yuan Shi, the effect and utilization efficiency of Yuan Shi are vaguely introduced in the book "Sources, Types and Utilization of Energy", in which the exploration and utilization of energy resources in the Rhine City and surrounding urban areas are mainly introduced. - "A Detailed Explanation of the Energy Resources of the Rhine City and the Surrounding Area"

This is a very cherished wealth of knowledge that Lin Luowen got in the knowledge bookstore, and the words that Peter, a short and fat middle-aged man, often chanted, seemed to be very respectful of knowledge.

Only once a month, Lin Luowen had the opportunity to enter Peter's underground private library for two hours to view the books, which were delicately wrapped in a small brass-colored cabinet with a combination lock.

Each time Peter would say, "Stroke it like a lover, its lightness and softness give you endless riches." ”

He once sang softly, "Blessed are the humble of heart," but he did not know if this humble heart was the other humble heart.

In addition to specialized education, the commoners in the Rhine City had scarce and barren sources of knowledge, and the nobles, in order to maintain the interests of the rule and reduce the generation of contradictions and frictions, in addition to a considerable degree of monopoly on knowledge, also attached great importance to the control of power-the army.

From junior high school onwards, students will gradually deepen their knowledge of combat and the use of power.

In the two years of high school, not only will you popularize some field combat experience, but it is also essential for militarized physical training.

After all, in this world, the strength of the army is of great significance as a standing large-scale operation.

And only by igniting the first meta point and becoming a first-class warrior can you really have the qualifications to enter the army.

The study of high-precision manufacturing processes using Yuanli can only be carried out by entering the universities founded by the Franco-Austrian Alliance.

In the weekly physical training, only the students who ignited the meta-point were able to shine, while the hungry students were dejected and engaged in training programs that bordered on torture.

Walking in silence through this remote alley, it was a quiet journey, and it would take half an hour to make a detour.

This is the result of the characteristic traffic planning of the Rhine City, which is called to reduce the occurrence of traffic accidents, and is actually a special plan for the convenience of those noble lords.

After standing in front of the police station wall for ten more minutes, it was already about 6:20 a.m., and it was getting dark.

Some light passed in the distance, and in the near distance there was a dim and faint shimmer. Two black shadows flashed in front of him, maybe it was Lin Luowen's eyes that were in a trance, he tightened his collar, touched the hardness on his chest, and stood in place, his face a little pale and thinking about what it was.

It stands to reason that a miserable young man who looks like a civilian at first glance will not attract the attention of those bandits.

Out of an abundance of caution, he pressed his ear against the wall, a technique taught by a teacher who taught the principles of objects.

Feeling some slight vibrations coming, as well as a dull voice, Lin Luowen's tense heart relaxed.

He pondered whether to leave at this moment, to leave now, so as to avoid the disaster of innocence. But the curiosity and adventurous spirit in his heart reminded the boy who was stuck in the quagmire that he could not extricate himself that this might be an opportunity.

The primitive accumulation of capital is bloody and cruel. These were the words of Peter's treacherous-looking middle-aged man.

Groping, the light steps slowly walked towards the place where the tremor was getting stronger and stronger, the heart thumped, and I felt a stream of heat flowing in my head, and my ears were red.

As we got closer, we could already hear the shrill screeching of weapons clashing and the dull sound of footsteps moving and shifting in this more remote, almost uninhabited place.

With a roar, the abrupt stop made Lin Luowen feel a wave of unease and panic, and he wanted to stay away from this quagmire from a wall away, and at the same time felt extreme regret.

A hissing voice came out: "Little ghost, I already heard you, get out of here." ”

After ten breaths, he suddenly threw a small stone from under the wall, and instead of the sound of the stone hitting the ground, it seemed to hit his body.

Lin Luowen was even more convinced of his thoughts, maybe that notorious third-level powerful warrior Heinbull was just the end of the crossbow at this time?

He thought blankly as he began to change the position of his outstretched arm and throw the stone in his waistbag.

These were some of the secret techniques he had learned in Peter's small private library, and the stones were specially selected sharp rubble.

And so, a quarter of an hour passed, and the sky grew darker.

In a book called "The Hunter's Rules", it is explained that a second-class hunter warrior fought a two-danger level purple leopard in the mountains and forests for four hours, and when the hunter returned home, he was seriously injured due to excessive blood loss and lack of timely bandaging, and the leopard was dragged down and killed by the long-term harassment.

At this time, Lin Luowen seemed to play the role of a cautious hunter.

Perhaps it was the constant teasing that made the prey feel unusually irritated and restless, and Lin Luowen could hear a rapid breathing, and his breathing was slowed down, in order to burst out more concentrated power at the critical moment.

A full hour had passed since the death of another unknown human, and it was completely dark, and the sharp stones in Lin Luowen's waist had been exhausted, and the steel dagger in his hand shimmered with moonlight.

Some of the refraction of light bounces back and forth on the wall of the roadway perpendicular to the wall on which it stands.

A pair of closed eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a coldness hidden in his eyes, but it could not hide a trace of despair and pain.

Lin Luowen couldn't hear the situation next to him, if the faint sound of gossamer's breathing could be heard by him, maybe he wouldn't take the risk, but continue to wait. He was ruthless, and seemed unwilling to wait any longer, but instead held the dagger behind his back, slowly revealing a piece of his body.

His right eye carefully studied the scene in front of him, before this he had already smelled the smell of blood mixed with the smell of fish, and by the moonlight, he could see some coagulated blood clots, as well as a scene caused by a large amount of blood flowing on the ground.

He had seen in the slaughterhouse the bloody scenes of a first-class green cow spilling on the ground, walls, and clothing as they went crazy to break free without completely cutting their throats.

However, at this moment, the bloodiness caused by the life-and-death struggle between the two is particularly excessive.

He used the dagger's reflection to shine a white light on Heinbull's horrible white face, and then stepped forward lightly, having rehearsed it many times in his mind before, plunging the dagger into his throat from the side.

The swift movements followed the wave of his arm, lowering his waist, and at this moment, a pair of eyes opened, and an arm suddenly appeared below his throat at a speed that Lin Luowen could not imagine.

However, at this time, the dagger was already pierced into Heinbull's neck, as if it had penetrated into a muscle, and Lin Luowen's throat could only expand as much as possible to resist the almost suffocating force.

Just when Lin Luowen's eyes turned white and his face turned blue, the palm on his throat began to slowly relax, and he didn't know how much blood flowed out of the dagger.

His left hand snapped Heinfur's five fingers apart, and Heinfble's eyes widened, staring at the miserable white boy in front of him.

Lin Luowen gasped heavily, his thin hands grasping his knees, not long ago he thought that his so-called caution would kill him, and he could only put it to death to save his fragile life and throat.

Fortunately, the final victory belonged to him, and at this time, Lin Luowen's right hand was still bloody, and there was a red five-finger print on his throat.

Another corpse on the ground was wearing a black uniform with a Franco-Austrian Union badge on its left chest - a pair of swords crossed with a red rose.

He thought for a moment, wrapped the sleeve of his coat around his palm, and the dagger in his hand quickly flipped through Heinbull's corpse with his palm, and found a heavy black cloth bag on Heinbull's chest.

He opened the cloth bag, looked at one of the small boxes, took it out, opened it, and the crystals wrapped in purple silk revealed a little, and then were quickly closed and placed in it, not even a few golden rays could match it.