Many people believe that the legendary heroes are almost omnipotent. In the songs of the bards, these saints and sages never seem to make mistakes, never seem to have emotions, and never seem to have setbacks in life. Everyone we have heard of
Every hero is shrouded in colorful light and lives a life without eating the fireworks of the world.
Is that really the case?
Do they really never have setbacks? Do they never regret what they have done? Do they really have nothing that they regret throughout their lives?
Fortunately, compared to human society, there are two long-lived races, elves and dwarves. With this question in mind, a few thoughtful scholars entered their society and were fortunate enough to learn from the elders who had experienced some historical events.
Stories from thousands of years ago that are known to modern people.
To sum it up in one sentence: heroes are written in books, but in life, everyone has a dark side that no one else knows about. Later generations of scholars intentionally or unintentionally avoided these stories.
——The most dusty book in the Great Library of the Empire. When the Hero Is No longer a Hero. Chapter 54: The words are falling like rain. Amy felt a cold feeling from the deepest part of her heart. She stood up suddenly regardless of the pain. Where did Ying go?
?It couldn’t be that she was taken away by her father, right? It couldn’t be that she was kidnapped...
Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried running outside the door, and then the door panel was quickly clicked: "Captain, a sentry was attacked, and his life or death is unknown now."
The sentry that was attacked was in the center of the small mercenary group's camp. The four sentries within easy reach all fell to the ground silently. Horns, Daqingshan and Amy arrived almost at the same time. There were scattered on the ground.
With four green short arrows, Horns swept across the sentry, with a strange look on his face. He squatted down and pinched one of the sentry men. Not long after, the little mercenary who fell to the ground groaned. Everyone took a closer look.
, none of the four sentries had fatal injuries, they were just in a coma. After picking up the short arrows from the ground, they discovered that the front ends of the short arrows were all cut off, and each of the four sentries was hit by an arrow in the forehead.
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It is extremely rare for a marksman to be able to give four sentries no time to even alert the police, and each arrow hits the head exactly and stuns them without hurting anyone. Such close shooting speed and accuracy are extremely rare. However, in
There happened to be one in the small mercenary group. Amy's face was extremely pale. The house guarded by the four sentries was where the mounts of the Crazy Vulture Swordsman Battalion were located. There were more than 300 Crazy Vultures living in it. After breaking into the house - as expected, Ying
My favorite vulture is not standing on the branch where it should be.
Ignoring the doubts in the eyes of several brothers, Amy jumped from the house to the platform like a wind, and returned to her room with several consecutive leaps. After turning on the oil lamp, she found an envelope under Ying's pillow. After opening it, a slender
The neat fonts appear vividly on the paper.
Amy Jun: By the time you read this letter, I may have left you.
Amy, actually I have been unhappy recently. Really, I am so confused. There is you on one side and my family on the other. Due to special reasons, my father cannot accept you. He not only threatened your life, but also told me,
If I marry you, I will never return to the Fairy Forest, and I will never see my grandparents and brother again.
I really don't know what to do.
Later, I thought about it, everyone should have his own destiny, maybe, this is my destiny: "I get you, but I can't have you forever." Life is like this, like a messy red rope, when I
When you want to untie it, you find that it is getting tighter and tighter. No matter you, your father or your family, you want everything but get nothing in the end.
I am so afraid of losing you, and I am also so afraid of losing my family.
When I was guarding the city wall, I once wanted an arrow to pass through my chest and return me to the essence of an elf. Unfortunately... I didn't wait for that arrow.
When I was young, the husband in my dream was like you, tolerant, loving me, and living happily with me for a lifetime. Unfortunately, the first half and the second half of my dream were too far from reality. I once expected that in winter
Thunderstorms, summer rain and snow, I dare to fight with you. Until last night, I still accompanied you to the ice and snow continent in my dream. Unfortunately, these are dreams that I can't have in this life.
So, I decided to leave. I don't think my father will threaten you anymore.
I want to go back to the fairy forest and accompany my grandparents. In this life, I have you alone. It is enough for me. Don’t come to me. No human can break into the fairy forest. You must take care of yourself and be clean.
, and I hope you can find a sister who loves you better.
Because my foot is injured, I want to ride a wild eagle. If you want to throw away the things I left behind, don't keep them and cause trouble in the future.
Finally, I am really, really grateful to you for being able to spend four hours with me every day during the busiest time, allowing me to have the happiest 10 hours in my life. Now, you should understand why I was so stubborn for the first time.
Please give me some time.
What cannot be forgiven: Yingying's letter paper in the spring and March of the fifth year of the magic calendar is uneven, and it has obviously been repeatedly wet with tears.
The young man who had never experienced the storm of love almost collapsed, especially after reading the last part about four hours a day, Amy cried and murmured to herself: "Silly boy, how did I know you were going to leave me, how did I know you were going to leave me?"
You have to fight for these last ten hours for yourself, otherwise, why would I not give it to you, and why would I give up the last two hours with you?"
Daqingshan, Chi Aotian, and Horns gathered around and read the letter together. Chi Aotian immediately walked out of the door without saying a word and summoned the dragon, soaring into the sky and flying to the southeast. Daqingshan let the people outside the door
The members of the mercenary group informed the prairie elf archers to set up camp and patrol the city. If they find Miss Ying, please ask her back as soon as possible.
Horns secretly shook his head. The two partners were just doing their best. The small mercenary group changed the guard every four hours. Miss Ying knew the rules of the changing of the guard quite well. She must have been away for more than two hours now. Chi Aotian could
Should we catch up? So what if we catch up? The night vision range of elves is far greater than that of humans, and the vulture is too small to escape. It is even more naive to hope to find Ying in the city.
It was already bright when Li Long came back. After flying over the cold spring night for half a night, Chi Aotian's face was as white as snow. Just from the gloomy look on his face, it could be seen that this trip had no results.
For a whole five hours, Amy sat quietly by the bed without moving. Sha Ruo, Lin Yushang, Daqingshan, and Horns didn't know what to say. They just sat awkwardly like this. Barbas walked anxiously outside the house.
Walking back and forth. Most of the other mercenary group members didn't know what was going on. The young mercenary group member who came to ask for instructions was scolded back by Barbas with the dignity of his father on the steps.
In the silence, Amy suddenly stood up: "I don't have anything to do. Let's do whatever we should be busy with." After saying that, she strode towards the meeting hall and summoned all the mercenary regiment commanders and above for a meeting. During the meeting,
, the middle-level cadres of the mercenary group who were still unfamiliar with what happened last night found nothing unusual in the leader's face and speech and behavior.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, a large number of troops once again arrived from the east of Duanbing Port - not long after, Fan Zijue, who was familiar to the senior cadres of the small mercenary regiment, appeared in the field of vision.
The imperial reinforcements were surprised by the way Duanbing Port entered the city: the three city gates of Duanbing Port were tightly locked, and each gate hole was filled with huge stone bars. However, there were several gaps in the original city wall.
, people busy up and down the city wall were cleaning up the rubble under the gap, and the moat had long been filled in - in the end, the troops entered the city through the city wall.
Fan Zijue and other senior officers of the empire did not expect that the offensive and defensive battle would be so brutal, especially when they saw that all the chief officers of the small mercenary group were injured, and all the soldiers seen around were injured.
Every household of the residents was filled with filial piety. The only word "shocked" could be used to describe the feelings of the imperial officers.
In the cold wind, Amy led all the officers of the small mercenary group to greet the imperial soldiers. When Amy briefly reported that the casualty rate of the small mercenary group reached 100%, it even exceeded the battle of Xilin Island, where the resident death rate reached 45%.
Tears that had not been seen for many years flowed from the depths of Fan Zijue's eyes: "Captain Amy, I'm so sorry. I really didn't know that the defense of the city was so tragic, otherwise..."
The leader of the small mercenary group showed an unusual calmness: "Your Excellency Fan Zijue, you can't say that. Although the soldiers and people of Duanbing Port are hopeless about reinforcements,... as soldiers, we all understand the caution you must exercise.
, and the facts prove that if it weren’t for the prudent steps you took, we might never be able to wait for reinforcements.” The young man’s calm expression made everyone understand that these were not polite words.
According to the provisions of the Imperial Military Management Regulations, once a city defended by a mercenary group is attacked by a formal belligerent, when the regular imperial forces arrive, the mercenary group will no longer be primarily responsible for the defense of the city or area, but will assist the imperial army in the defense; similarly
, the imperial military management regulations also stipulate that when the casualty ratio of any unit reaches 40%, if permitted, it will hand over defense with friendly forces nearby and retreat to the second line for repairs.
In front of many officers of the empire, Amy ordered the cadres of the small mercenary group at all levels to hand over the defense of Duanbing Port to the imperial army. Everyone understood the young man's difficulties: the casualty rate was so high, and in the end he had to retreat to the second line for repairs.
The imperial army began to renovate the city wall of Duanbing Port on the day it took over the defense. The small mercenary group was basically in a semi-repair state because all members of the mercenary group were injured.
On the seventh day after the arrival of the imperial reinforcements, the military department quickly sent the latest appointment: Imperial General Fan Zijue is hereby to establish the Imperial Capital West Coast Defense Area, which is affiliated to the Imperial Gyeonggi Defense Area. Fan Zijue also serves as the deputy general of the Imperial Gyeonggi Defense Area.
In addition to the Imperial Guards already led by Viscount Fan, the troops in the Empire's west coast defense zone also included three brigades that came for reinforcements from the Empire's fourth province, Guangdong Province, and other three provinces.
The original Duanbing Port garrison mercenary regiment - the small mercenary regiment has performed well in defense and will return to the imperial capital on another day with another appointment.
Duke Fan Datong of the Amy Empire Military Department, the general of the Imperial Gyeonggi Defense Zone and the Northern Defense Zone, is already half a rank higher than the officers of other defense zones. Therefore, forming a new defense zone and serving as the deputy chief of the Imperial Gyeonggi Defense Zone are considered equal positions for Fan Zijue. It seems that,
The shadow of the Battle of Lion River has been wiped from our heads.
The small mercenary group was also mentally prepared to return to the imperial capital. The only strange thing was that less than a quarter of an hour after receiving the order, the group leader Amy issued an order to requisition all the vehicles in Duanbing Port, declining the repeated attempts by many imperial officers to stay.
Everyone left Duanbing Port.
None of the chief officers of the small mercenary group expressed any objection. Everyone knew that in the past few days, although Amy behaved very normally during the day, the young man spent every night in the meeting hall and did not want anyone.
Companion - From the moment he left the room, he never stepped into his room again. No need to guess, it must be that he cannot face any familiar scenes, fearing that they will remind him of the girl who left. No matter what time he saw,
They all have the serious face of a young man, without a smile. No matter what jokes he hears or what surprising things he sees, his face is always as calm as water.
None of the teenagers have experienced the turmoil of love, and they don't understand how much power is needed to completely change someone like Amy?
The journey back to the imperial capital was quite boring. Most of the young mercenary members did not expect that the road they took two months ago would now have to be walked again. No one would have thought that in just two months, more than 600 partners would go on the expedition with them.
A few days ago, it had turned into a wisp of smoke and a bag of dust. After being hit hard twice in just a few months, the atmosphere in the small mercenary group was extremely heavy. All the small mercenaries, especially the small ones who came out of Xilin Island,
The mercenaries seemed to have aged 20 years and were silent all the way.
Along the way, after entering the inn every day, the inn managers were in awe when they knew that the people who came to stay were the small mercenary groups who had turned the tide for the empire twice in a row. Some inn team captains even removed the mid-level officers from other troops who had already stayed in the inn.
They were driven out of the house to prepare more comfortable houses for the small mercenary group. Soldiers have a special kind of respect for the brave men on the battlefield. No matter which war zone officer they are, when they hear that houses are being given to the small mercenary group, they are extremely
readily.
On the fourth day, we have entered the imperial capital's defense range. According to the current itinerary, we will definitely arrive at the imperial capital in the afternoon of the fifth day or early in the morning of the sixth day.
That night, the small mercenary group Daqingshan, Horns, Chi Aotian, Barbas, Lin Yushang, and Sha Ruo received the second letter. The reason why the group leader was not mentioned was because the sender was the group leader Amy.
Your Excellency, the content of the letter is extremely concise: Dear friends, Uncle Barbas: My heart is in confusion.
Please forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye.
I want to go out and relax. The Imperial Military Department will probably not arrange any more combat missions for the small mercenary group in the near future, so I have nothing to worry about. I will be back in three months at most and forty days at least.
During my absence, Daqingshan Duoduo was responsible for group affairs.
Although the empire will provide certain pensions to the fallen brothers, considering the hardship of their families, everyone still has to fight for them more.
Nothing else. Don’t think about it.
In spring and March of the fifth year of the magic calendar on Amy's grass, 12 days after Miss Ying left, Amy, the leader of the small mercenary group, also disappeared mysteriously. If they hadn't left letters, everyone who heard the news would probably think that
They were kidnapped.
After most of the people left, Horns, Daqingshan, and Chi Aotian gathered in front of the map. The three of them were all calculating: Which place would take 40 days to go back and forth?