from Xingyuan

Chapter 692 396. Suffering Walker

Alphen walked alone on the deserted street.

The muddy ground, the cold and damp air, and the ubiquitous void monsters made everyone feel ashamed.

For the most ordinary young man in this kingdom, all of the above has become his only understanding of the world.

The dignitaries enjoy the best and safest asylum. Even if they die of illness, they will be protected by Ailijie. The knights of the kingdom are the elites of this country, and everyone dreams of becoming one of them.

"I will become a knight and lead everyone to happiness!"

However, becoming a knight is out of reach.

At the very beginning, Alfin still had the mind to struggle and change. He has been practicing martial arts with the veterans in the town, hoping to serve the country in the future, become a knight, and resist the void.

However, before the 17-year-old Alfen woke up from his dream, successive disasters struck.

The fields at home were flooded with floods, and they had no choice but to leave their hometown.In order to defend the rations, the father was beaten to death by the thugs. He just slept under the rock for one night, and his pretty sister was robbed and taken away, and her whereabouts have been unknown since then.

The mother was strong, she held herself, and walked along, and just as they were about to cross the river bank, and the town was on the opposite side - the monster of the void attacked her suddenly, ripped her guts out, and devoured her alive.

"Run! Son, run!"

Facing the bloody killing, Alphen's mind went blank, and his legs moved unconsciously.

He didn't remember anything, only that his mother's call kept ringing in his ears.

Alphen kept running, and the people around him kept falling. He didn't know how long he ran, and he didn't know how fast he could run. He didn't remember how the sun burned his back, and he didn't remember how his fellow travelers who were infected by the void Little by little, his physical body disintegrated, everything in his body was stripped off, and finally fell sadly on the side of the road, holding his head in his arms and waiting to die.

When he regained his senses, not only was there no void around him, but there was no living person either.

He walked alone on the ground, his eyes numb and slack.

Alfin didn't complain about the injustice of fate. In fact, after losing his family, he didn't have the energy to curse the disaster.All he could think about was 'Run!Son, run! ' These words kept lingering in my mind.

He didn't know why he wanted to live, he just obeyed instinctively.

Alfin walked along the road, looking for something to fill his stomach.He would hide from the rain unless it was raining. At other times, he would keep walking.

There is no complaint, no sorrow, no pain, his heart is like a pool of stagnant water, and he can't even feel any hatred for the thugs, void and natural disasters that killed his family.

It's not that he has forgotten all of this, but that he really doesn't have the energy to fight ideologically.

After walking like this for an unknown amount of time, the clothes on his body turned into shreds, his skin was dry and cracked, and he had nothing but this life.

But compared to other things, a more serious and realistic crisis lay before him.

Gollum...

His empty stomach kept burning, his eyes turned white, and the world in front of him was sometimes dark and sometimes upside down.

In his numb and ordinary life, there was finally one thing that could make him move forward and deserve more attention.

--hunger

He crawled blindly, reaching out to grab the air, trying to snatch away every trace of edible breath, and followed that breath step by step.

A smear of darkness appeared on the hilltop in the distance, and then it turned into small dots, crowded with people. Alfin couldn't care less about it. It was hard to tell whether it was food or the sweaty smell of the crowd, and he didn't care whether it was the suppressed army or He is a proud knight of the kingdom.

In the past, he admired the knights of the kingdom he longed for, but he did not show his due duties as the guardian of the kingdom in the area where the disaster was raging. They brutally beat the people, searched for food, and protected important officials and nobles to leave, but they did not show any respect.

All he knew was that in the wilderness, there was nothing to eat anymore.

Alfin bent his waist and moved towards the group of people. The closer he got, the more clearly he could distinguish the smell in the air—it was the aroma of barley and rice.

Gollum...

Hunger struck again, Alfin completely forgot his mind, and rushed towards the opponent. He saw those people in black and green robes getting closer, holding a banner with a four-horned bull's head.

Soon, soon!
He quickened his pace, seeing that he was only a few hundred meters away from the team, but he stepped into a small puddle, fell to the ground immediately, and passed out.

Hunger tortured his body, exhaustion tortured his will, and the long and painful march had destroyed Alphen from a civilized man to a primitive beast.

After an indescribable period of time, Alphen's dark world suddenly took on color.He saw his eyelids turn orange, cheerful clapping and singing lingered in his ears, the smell of burning firewood rushed towards his face, and the biological instinct for heat awakened Alphen all of a sudden.

He opened his eyes and sat up immediately. The tall tent replaced the starry night. The hospital beds and busy nurses beside him, as well as the hanging needle on the back of his hand, told him all the time: You have gotten rid of it. In the open air of the wilderness, we are now in the sanctuary of civilization.

The strange feeling on his body made Alfin subconsciously look down.

At this moment, the body is no longer ragged, but put on clean and loose clothes.In the process of fleeing from famine, the wounds were healed, plasters were applied, bandages were tied, and the smell of herbs lingered in the mouth.

Alfin lifted the quilt, his blood-stained feet were carefully washed, and he put on clean breathable socks. The feeling of being wrapped and protected rose from the soles of his feet and spread to his whole body, making him want to cry for a while .

"Ah, you're awake."

Alfin raised his head, and an old man in a black and green robe slowly walked up to him. The old man had white beard and hair, looked kindly, and held scriptures and the holy emblem of a four-horned bull's head in his hand.

He reached Alfinmi's bedside, bowed his head slightly, and said:
"Thanks to the blessing of Gio Skua, we saved another life. Don't worry, child, you are safe, but you haven't eaten for too long, and you can't arrange to eat right away-but don't worry, call again Concentrate glucose for two days and you'll be able to move and eat normally."

Alfin stared blankly at the old man, his gaze focused on the scriptures and emblems 'inadvertently' exposed in the other's arms.

The emblem of the four-horned bull's head and the green and black outfit were extremely unfamiliar to Alphen, an image he had never encountered before.

"...Is all this true?"

he murmured.

"thank you all……"

"No, you don't have to thank us."

The old man just smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said:
"This is the will of Gio Jaeger."

"Gio Skua..."

"Yes, child, that is the god we believe in. He has a heart for the world, and he predicted the coming of this disaster. Let me wait for the messengers to rescue the disaster. If you want to thank, you can just thank your Majesty Gio Jaeger That's fine."

"...But you guys, what are you planning?"

"We don't ask for what we want. Everything we do is guided by the gods. We believe in him. Only Gio Jaeger can overcome all these difficulties on our behalf."

The old man said, and handed the holy emblem in his arms to the young man:

"To be honest, our manpower is not enough. There are more people who need us to save. If you are interested, you can choose to join us and spread the gospel under the crown of Gio Skua."

"Religion? But the Kingdom Council should have wiped out religious belief decades ago."

"I think, if you have nothing in the first place, instead of sitting and waiting to die, you might as well find a god and believe in it first."

The old man shrugged and said lightly and humorously:

"Return to nothingness after death, or join the reincarnation of Gio Jaeger after death, and live another life, it is entirely up to you."

(End of this chapter)