Endless Debt

Nolen has always felt that Freeport is beautiful at night, with thousands of sparks rising between the streets and buildings, travelers from all over the world gathering together, countless ships docked in the port, like soldiers in array, and those The ships staying offshore formed an iron wall to defend the city.

Everyone who sees this scenery will sigh. Unfortunately, Nolen has seen enough of such beautiful scenery. No matter how beautiful the scenery is, it has now become lifeless in his eyes.

Nolen wanted to leave.

Nolen wanted to leave the free port and go back to the embrace of the sea to fight against the strong winds and waves. That was the life a Xi Tao citizen should have, instead of wasting precious time here like a shriveled and smelly corpse. .

"Helt, you are there, right."

Nolen looked at the shadows on the edge of the free port and murmured.

He knew that Hult lived there, and he also knew about his demon-hunting operations, as well as the ever-expanding underground power.

Nolen knew everything, but was too lazy to care. Nolen knew his brother's current character, and his appearance in front of him would only bring conflict.

"Helt, you won't understand me."

Nolen muttered to himself about Freeport, "It's like you can't understand yourself."

Since banishing Helt, Nolen has often spoken to Freeport like this, as if Helt could hear him.

"Heart, you..."

Nolen wanted to continue talking, but his words were interrupted by knocks on the door. Nolen froze on the spot, staring straight into the night. The knocks continued for a while, and the other party pushed the door open.

"How are you?"

The woman leaned out half of her body, but Nolen didn't respond immediately. He seemed to be mentally retarded, and it took him a few seconds to react.

"I...I'm okay."

Nolen blinked hard to make sure his vision was clear.

"Sorry, I heard you talking outside the door." The woman glanced at the office. Nolen was the only one in the room. "Are you calling me?"

"No."

"Oh..." The woman nodded and said nothing more.

Nolen understood that the woman was hinting at him. He opened the drawer, poured a few pills from the medicine bottle, and stuffed them into his mouth.

"I'm okay, it's nothing," Nolen said after a while. "There are no hallucinations or auditory hallucinations. I just talk to myself sometimes... It's just an old problem in the family."

The woman stared deeply at Nolen, her eyes full of pity and sadness.

"it's nothing."

The woman's gaze stung Nolen, and he looked away, turned his chair, and continued to look at Freeport.

She understood what Nolen was thinking. He longed for the sea, but because of Hert, he was bound to the free port and became the manager.

When the people of Xitao appear in historical records, they have been living on the sea, accompanying them with sails, and fighting against the sea.

With the changes of the times, the people of Xitao have developed a culture unique to them. The people of Xitao love the sea and are extremely resistant to land. Even when they are docked on the shore, they live on boats and never go to sea unless necessary. Set foot on land.

With the development of modern technology and the arrival of an orderly world, in order to fight against the tide of the times, the various tribes of the Xitao people have united and established a joint company that now spans many industries.

In order to restrain the various tribes, they, like many extraordinary organizations, have their own oath documents, which stipulate the division of interests among the various tribes, and most importantly, the inheritance of the position of navigator.

Internally, Nolen is the navigator who regulates various tribes and represents the interests of the people of Xitao. Externally, he is the CEO of the United Company, attending various events and signing his name on one contract after another.

Nolen doesn't like his current life, he prefers the days when he was young and roaming on the sea.

But he couldn't leave.

"Hert is getting more and more excessive. What he did on the Hulk Coast made the board of directors feel threatened." The woman whispered in Nolen's ear.

"He killed all the demons and those who disturbed the order. As for the Hulk Coast, they were just a bunch of rabble and not worthy of vigilance at all," Nolen continued. "The board of directors simply wanted to get rid of Helt."

Nolen sighed deeply. As the navigator and CEO, he was unable to control the will of the people of Xitao. He was just an elected spokesperson. The tribes hidden behind the scenes truly ruled all of this.

"You can't protect him forever," the woman said. "The board of directors wants to decide on Helt at the banquet the day after tomorrow."

"But he is my brother, and I can't just sit back and watch the board of directors kill him like this," Nolen shook his head. "As long as I am still here, I can let him live in the free port."

The woman was puzzled, "Look at Helt's appearance now, is he really alive?"

"At least he still has something to hope for."

"What expectations, those crazy delusions?" the woman persuaded Nolen, "Why not tell him the truth?"

"Tell him the truth, and then what? Watch him go completely crazy?"

Nolen shook his head vigorously and kept shaking his head, "No, this is too cruel to Helt. He has already been punished and should not bear this anymore."

The woman hugged Nolen gently. She knew that it was useless to say anything. Nolen was such a stubborn person.

Nolen also embraced the woman. He knew what the woman had done for him, and he also understood that the more he cared about Hert, the more unfair he would be to the woman.

"Please give me more time."

Nolen whispered in the woman's ear, "You know that my disease is hereditary in my family. Basically every member of the Motley family has this kind of mental problem."

"I know what Huerter is facing, and the more so, the more I can't bear to give up on him."

The woman said nothing, but hugged Nolen harder. After a long time, the two let go of each other.

"Compared to your brother, there is another bigger problem now."

Nolen nodded and put on his coat, "Yeah, the break is over, it's time to go see that guy."

The core members of the United Company, without exception, are all citizens of Xitao. In order to satisfy their desire to wander at sea, the United Company was not established in a free port, but instead used a huge cruise ship as an office building.

The Paradise Cruise Ship is the headquarters of the United Company and Nolen's palace, although this palace has never moved since it docked in the Freeport many years ago.

Passing through the deserted corridor, the elevator took the two people all the way down. Only a small area of ​​the Paradise was open to the public, and the rest belonged to the extraordinary world. In order to ensure safety, the people of Xitao even covered the Paradise. Climbing up to a level of virtual realm, the Paradise was divided into two worlds.

After passing through the gates, Nolen saw him in the ward of the Paradise.

It was a man who looked to be in his forties, with strong muscles all over his body. Compared with him, the hospital bed was a little small, and even though he fell into a coma, his expression was still tense, as if he was fighting a monster in his sleep.

Nolen had met this man many years ago, but because of his identity, Nolen still remembered his name to this day.

The tenth group of the Bureau of Order and the leader of the safari group of various countries, Gold Luther.

Nolen took a deep breath, even he had a headache at the moment.

"How is he doing? Has he woken up?"

"No, he has been in a coma since we found him, and his injuries are very strange. There are only some superficial injuries on the body, but his consciousness seems to have disappeared. We have tried many methods, but nothing can be done. Wake him up."

The woman hesitated for a moment and then said, "It's like the body is still alive, but the soul is no longer in the body."

Nolen then asked, "Have you notified the Order Bureau?"

"Not yet," the woman paused, "When we found him, he was already like this, covered in bruises..."

"Can you injure the defender into such an enemy?" Nolen joked, "No one with glory will visit the Freeport, right?"

The woman was silent. This was not a funny joke.

"Leave me alone, Lula."

Nolen kissed the woman's cheek, and Lula hugged Nolen again and told her, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"I know."

After bidding farewell to Lula, only Nolen and Gauld were left in the ward. Nolen looked at the unconscious Gauld gloomily.

The appearance of Gold at this moment was undoubtedly the boulder thrown into the pool. He detonated Nolen's thoughts. To make matters worse, Nolen remembered the strange movement from the previous period.

The people of Xitao focused their attention on the sea. For this reason, they rarely paid attention to matters on land. But a few days ago, different extraordinary organizations arrived by boat one after another. Everyone arrived as if they were attending a banquet. In Freeport.

"Is it for this thing?"

Nolen's eyes glanced at Gold's arm, where a handcuff hung, and the chain was connected to a square iron box.

The metal was extremely hard. The doctors tried many methods but could not cut off the chain. Or they could open the box and try to take it away from Gold. There seemed to be only one way.

Cut off Gold's arm.

Nolen gently stroked the iron box, and a bone-chilling chill came from his fingertips.