The man called Scarno kicked Norman away with his feet, cocked the pistol and aimed it at Norman's head. Scarno felt relieved when he saw Norman shaking slightly.
Norman's explosive power at that moment surprised Scarano. As a battlefield ghost wandering in the town of Firbo, Scarnor had never seen such a child.
The milkmaid woman hit Scarano on the head with the wooden spoon in her hand: "I said, you are even attacking the child now. We are not so poor yet, let him go back to where he came from."
Norman stood up holding his kicked stomach. He didn't dare to move a step. Guns don't have long eyes, and the man in front of him showed murderous intent. When his right hand burst out with powerful force, the man's eyes were locked on Norman like an eagle.
Man.
Scarano walked around Norman, seeming to be having a psychological struggle, but thinking about the defeat he suffered at Norman's hands before, he suddenly became angry again. It was a shame for him to be teased by a child: "This kid is very rich.
, you have been in poor health recently and need this money."
"Scano! You are a member of the greatest rangers in Constantinople. Where has your dignity gone? I can pretend that I don't know what you did before, but you must let this child go.
"
Scarano's finger was always near the trigger. He looked at Norman's young face, and finally pointed the pistol at the ceiling, fired once, turned around, pushed the woman away and walked out the door.
After hearing the gunshot, Norman returned to normal. He rubbed his wrists that were red when he broke free from the rope. He had heard of the Rangers. That was what Niss accidentally mentioned when she was drunk.
There is an ace troop in Thebe City. They ride horses and gallop on the battlefield. The muskets in their hands symbolize death. There is no grass growing wherever they go. They are the core force of swimming and blocking the synthetic beasts.
However, in what is known as the Battle of Constantinople in history, 500 Rangers fought against 5,000 various synthetic beasts in the nearby mountains, and finally blocked the synthetic beasts in the mountains at the cost of total destruction.
Unexpectedly, some of the feared Rangers actually survived. Norman couldn't help but take a few more glances at Scarano on the front porch outside the door.
The milkmaid woman walked up to Norman and apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry, kid, my husband has been a little crazy recently because he has no money. Where is your family? I'll take you back. I also hope you don't tell the town about this."
Law enforcement officer, you know, we are all miserable people in this world. If you are really rich, I hope you can understand that the times are forcing..."
"Madam, I know, I am also a poor person, and I will not get back the money that the gentleman took away before. You can go buy some medicine you want. I can find my own way."
Norman was not kind-hearted, but had other precautions. Zozo took Shannon and Norman to the aisle. Although Norman was reluctant, Zozo still forced Norman to come with him, saying that this was what he had to do. People nowadays are very divided.
There are two levels. As the drought continues, the rich have bread, drink milk, and beef, and are well-rounded. The poor eat weeds, drink dew, and have a yellowish complexion and thin skin.
Zuo Zuo led Norman to rob the road, and robbed the commercial road, and robbed the food, clothing, and money that were shipped to the rich. After that, Zuo Zuo would use a soft trick to make the coachman leave, and then shot him after he had gone a while.
Hitting the coachman in the back. This also saved the time of throwing the body away. Until then, Norman would cover his eyes and tremble at the sound of gunfire.
There was nothing he could do, even if he stopped Zozo, it would be useless, he would kick Norman away and start killing people again.
Norman had to pretend that he didn't know anything. It was just like living under someone else's roof. Every move he made had to be judged by other people's eyes. If it were in Cazormanor, Arthur would have already screwed up the idea of treating Norman like this.
Back to the present, Norman proposed to leave alone because of this consideration, so that he didn't have to be on guard all the time. The woman nodded and took Norman outside the door. This is an uninhabited wooden house on a low slope near the town of Firbo.
, usually loggers will rest here temporarily when they go up the mountain to cut trees.
The woman told Norman's thoughts to Scarno, but Scarno was a little worried and said to the woman: "Fei, this kid is not an ordinary person. I will watch him arrive in town before leaving. Kid, if you refuse me
Now I’ll kill you with one shot.”
Norman had no choice but to agree. After Fei pointed out the way, he walked cautiously on the side of Scarno in case Scarno had any back-up plans.
Although he had given all the money to Scarno, Scarno was not a trusting person, and there was nothing he could do if he changed his mind.
Walking in the dense forest at night, the chirping of insects accompanies the two of them. Every step on the branches will make the two of them extra vigilant. Scarno always puts his hand on the gun bag on his waist and holds the star grass in his mouth.
The roots of the tree burn slowly.
As if he couldn't stand the silence, Norman, who was only at Scarno's waist level, opened the topic first: "I heard from Ms. Fei that you are a ranger. As far as I know, not all rangers died in the battle with Constantinople."
Are you in the defense battle? Sorry, I just admired that army. If it brings back sad memories to you, I apologize." What Norman said was actually a skill taught to him by Cavendi, which can make people put down their guard.
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Norman, who grew up in the Southern Continent, only knew about the Synthetic Beast War that it was a disaster that swept the entire Eastern Continent. It was not clear what happened specifically. Even Arthur and Brynn had only a partial understanding of the matter. In the news
In a less well-informed era, news about other continents often only existed in one sentence.
Norman inherited Arthur's thirst for knowledge. Originally, Norman just wanted to find a topic, but unexpectedly, this sentence touched Scarano's heart.
Norman's method of learning knowledge is different from Arthur's. He doesn't like the wizarding knowledge learned in school, and prefers to listen to what others see and hear.
When he was young, Arthur was instilled with a lot of knowledge by Brynn while he was in a coma, and became a famous scholar in Kaznoman. Norman had no way to enter the gray space of wizard introspection, and he could not even feel the elemental power in his body.
Not hearing the topic of war for twenty years lowered Scarno's vigilance. He walked slower and squinted at the purple moonlight interspersed in the forest.
"Unexpectedly, there are still people who remember us Rangers as children. Children, do you want to hear a story? Yes, the Rangers have already died in the defense battle. I am just a ghost on the battlefield... Twenty years ago, that day
It was September 18th, seven o'clock in the evening, I will always remember it.
Our troops were ordered to flank a force of wolf-tiger-type synthetic beasts. They were the main force attacking the town of Firbo in the north of Constantinople. That is what you see here. There is a Pu'er Roz mountain in the north of Firbo town.
, that mountain is only 200 meters high, but when you get there, you can see the whole town of Firbo. Our troops were guarding there, and then... we were discovered. It was a leopard and snake hybrid.
The more than 7,000 beast troops formed, they saw through our ambush..."
7000...Norman opened his mouth. Nisi was not involved, and what she knew was hearsay. Only those who have actually experienced that battle know how cruel the reality is.
"We only have 500 horsemen... riding through the mountains and passing through the opponent's troops, but our bullets are limited. When I empty the bullets on my body... I will be the last one alive, Green
The grass was dyed blood red, and my body was covered in blue and green blood. My horse died in front of me, and its abdomen was torn open by leopard claws...I also fell. We are not like orcs,
Not like elves, not even as good as those beast-like wizards. But what we rely on is courage, the courage that belongs to humans.
I was lucky and unfortunate. I woke up two days later and lost my sense of smell, but at least I was still alive..."
At this point, Scarno's thumb trembled slightly. Norman noticed this and stopped.
"Those synthetic beasts are more powerful than orcs, more cruel than mermaids, more creative than dwarves, and smarter than goblins. They only temporarily retreated twenty years ago, but we in the Eastern Continent have sacrificed tens of millions of lives.
I know those ghosts will come back sooner or later. I accidentally said too much. Sorry, some of these things are in the past. There is a small town ahead. Sorry, kid, I may have forgotten that I belong to myself recently.
Glory, I'm sorry this time. What's your name? Out of politeness, I want to formally apologize to you."
"Norman. Just call me Norman."
"Okay, Norman, I'm sorry."
Bringing the topic to the past wars indeed allowed Norman to spend this period of time safely. Scarno became a lot softer after thinking about the past memories. Seeing Norman and Scarno at the bonfire night, they said goodbye in a low voice, and then
Trotting towards the center of Firbo Town, Scarano threw the grass roots in his mouth on the ground and crushed them before walking back to the lumberjack hut.
Norman met Shannon Hemingway and two people who were anxiously looking for him at the door of the small town tavern. After confirming that Norman was fine, the three of them went to the hotel together. At this time, Scarano didn't know that he would be with this man named Norman in the future.
The children have countless intersections.
Many years later, when the adult Norman and Scarano were drinking together under the moonlight, Norman asked: "Why did your attitude towards me change so much when you first met me?"
Scarano, who was in his forties, did not answer immediately, but raised his head to face the moon and drank all the beer in his hand: "That's because everyone forgot about us at that time, even King Diaby forgot to offer condolences.
My brothers, and you, Norman, although I don’t know how you knew us, I had a crush on you from the moment you said you admired us, because what my brother did was
In return, we let you children grow up healthy."
Norman handed a new bottle of wine to Scarano: "What I am doing now is also for our future. The world is sick, and we must influence the world and speak out to the world."
...
Let’s leave aside Norman at that time. At this time, Norman was sleeping on the small wooden bed in the room. Shanon next to him was still blaming Norman for his sudden disappearance. Norman did not mention that he was kidnapped by Scarano.
It was hard for him to imagine how ordinary people dealt with synthetic beasts. The only synthetic beast he had ever heard of was a bad guy with octopus tentacle arms. At that time, his father, Grandpa Parrish, and Godfather Guy worked together.
Only after defeating him, Scarano's troops were able to fight 7,000 synthetic beasts with only horses and guns.
The most powerful thing for human beings is always courage. Norman didn't know why he said such a sentence. He turned over and looked at Shanon, who had already fallen asleep.
He has been protected by Arthur Brynn since he was a child. Grandpa Parrish has worried many times that he has no elemental power and cannot inherit everything from Arthur. But now, he has seen Scarno, Cavendi, and even Shanon.
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He had a different idea. Maybe instead of pursuing the power of elemental power, he could try to pursue human courage?
