This brave man is a scumbag

Chapter 229 Roja and Geralst

The relationship between Roja and Gerost still starts from the year of the grotesque disaster.

At that time, the development of magic technology in the whole world was not smooth. Although Yingnan had already implemented a constitutional monarchy system, most of the common people lived in the same way as before, and their lives tended to be in vain.Either they were born to be bought by a landlord as "hired serfs", or they were thrown into factories for 000 jobs when they grew up.

As an interlude, the so-called 000 refers to 0 rest, 0 entertainment, and 0 insurance.

Roja's family background is not bad, a family of merchants, the family ran a small chamber of commerce, enough for him to receive sufficient education at that time.From childhood to adulthood, Roja hardly felt the poverty of life. From elementary school to National First Vocational University, Roja spent his youth smoothly.

Then, comes the grotesque.

To this day, Roja is still unwilling to talk about the disaster that destroyed most of England.At that time, their family visited the swordsmanship teacher who was far away in the village. The moment they arrived, the grotesque appeared in the village, and a massacre began like this.

In that disaster, Roja's father and mother died in front of him in order to protect him.His swordsmanship instructor was drained by vampires and thrown in a garbage dump, and his four-year-old brother was swallowed by trolls, leaving no bones.

Just when a ghoul stretched out its sharp claws and was about to share the food of Roja who was so terrified that he couldn't even lift his sword, a silver crossbow pierced the ghoul's throat.

"It's a pity, I can't even pick up the sword, I thought I could find a helper."

Roja still remembered that when the man in the gray windbreaker and holding the huge silver crossbow bent down to draw out the crossbow, the ghoul struggled to death after screaming in fear.Later, on the bloody land, a man named Gerost hunted and killed nineteen grotesques by himself.

Swords, crossbows, holy water, fire.He is like a doctor wielding a scalpel, precisely harvesting every grotesque life.That was not a massacre, that was a surgery, a surgery to cleanse the world of germs.

From day to dusk, the windbreaker on the man's body was covered with grotesque blood full of corrosive acid, but the man didn't care about it at all. He seemed to be born to hunt grotesques, and the blood dissipated with just a wave of his hand.

"I want revenge."

Roja, who was only 16 years old, picked up the sword tremblingly, and said these words to Gerost who was about to leave.At that time, Gerald was not as calm as he is now. At that time, he was just at the age of twelve quarters of scolding.As for Roja, who couldn't even hold his sword steadily, Geralst tried to scold him with a series of words, "It's nothing but slowing you down", but what Geralst didn't expect was that Roja was far more stubborn than he thought. .

In order to get rid of Roja, Gerost gave him an impossible mission - "hunt a grotesque alone".In fact, Gerost didn't want Roja to complete this task at all, not because Roja was weak and couldn't kill Grotesque, but because all the Grotesques within a radius of two hundred miles were killed by Gerost, and Roja didn't hunt them down at all. the grotesque.

The story that followed was corny, but it felt like a miracle.Among those grotesques, there was a draggler who hid in the rabbit's carcass and narrowly escaped Geralst's hunting.Later, the dragger was so hungry that he wanted to hunt and kill a little girl after Gerost left.Coincidentally, Roja was nearby at the time, and when he heard the call for help, he held back his fear and picked up the long sword, pounced on the corpse dragger.

Because of hunger and injuries, the corpse dragger was on the verge of collapse. Although Roja couldn't get out of the shadow caused by the tragic death of his parents, teacher and younger brother in front of him, he forced himself to throw himself on the corpse dragger.It was a "bad" fight, or rather, a crazy kid unilaterally beating the dragger. Ten minutes later, the dragging corpse was out of breath, and Roja was already out of strength.

Gerost, who had witnessed all this, finally let out a helpless sigh. If it were him 20 years later, Old You Tiao would definitely find a hundred reasons to make Roja willingly give up following his own ideas.However, he was young at that time, and he didn't know how to prevaricate, so in the end he had no choice but to accept Roja and let him become his assistant.

"Do you remember the training I gave you?"

After lighting a cigarette, Gerost, who was leaning against the door of the bar, exhaled the smoke with a contented expression on his face.

"Well, of course I do."

Roja nodded and recalled: "You let me practice swordsmanship and holy light every day, mix potions, and learn weird knowledge."

"Do not."

After taking a puff of cigarette, Gerost casually threw the cigarette butt aside and stamped it out, turned around, and pushed open the bar door.

"The first lesson I taught you was drinking."

At this time, Roja remembered that Gerost admitted that he would lead his first training program in the bar to communicate with those poor people who he once looked down upon, and obtain information that the authorities could not obtain.

The taverns during the plague were very depressed, but they were also one of the few places where crowds still gathered.The bar is called Blues, and it's a price point for civilians.In the tavern at this time, apart from a tightly covered bartender, there were dozens of ragged civilians beside him.

They did not drink or talk.These civilians put some sponge cushions under their bodies as if fleeing, and lay motionless on them.When Roja and Gerost pushed open the door, only a few people turned their heads and took a look, and then ignored them.

"welcome."

The bartender lowered his head and wiped the glass, and asked the two of them, "It costs [-] copper coins a night to live in, [-] copper coins to collect supplies once, [-] copper coins for a large glass of purified water, and [-] copper coins for a portion of food."

Familiar with the road, the bartender said a long list of "prices", but in a place like a tavern, these services with prices seem to be difficult to understand.Gerost was not surprised by this, he stepped forward to sit in front of the bar, and knocked on the bar to attract the attention of the bartender.

He raised his head and found that one of the two in front of him was wearing a long windbreaker, carrying a huge crossbow and a long sword.While the other was dressed in ordinary clothes, but the Templar badge on his chest was shining brightly under the light.Seeing this, the bartender immediately put down the wine glass in his hand, with a flustered look on his face, and hurriedly said:
"I'm really sorry, two officers, I just said nonsense, you two don't take it to heart."

Subconsciously, the bartender took out a white cloth bag from under the counter and handed it to the two.Gerost looked at the cloth bag on the bar, and with a begging look, smiled and pushed the cloth bag back.

"Don't worry, we're not here to investigate illegal gatherings, and your price is reasonable, so it's a way of life for them."

Looking at Roja, who was slightly confused, Gerost smiled and explained: "These civilians are farmers around Jordan, who are homeless because of the plague. It happened that no one was going to the bar at this time, so they made a mess at the door. A detection circle was set up, so that people who are not infected with the plague can find a place to live here."

Hearing this, Roja understood why the bartender showed panic when he saw the two of them at first.Because Yingnan's law clearly prohibits crowd gathering for profit during the plague.According to common sense, the Templars are also law enforcement officers, and they should fulfill their obligations to prevent and punish such acts.

but…

Thinking of those numb eyes when he opened the door just now, Roja chose to remain silent.Although he is stubborn, upright, and sometimes inflexible, he is more empathetic with civilians than most.

He also knows what it feels like to lose.

Gerost put the two silver coins on the table, and then said to the bewildered bartender, "I'm here this time to find out something."

"I can't accept this money, please tell me, I know everything."

Gerald didn't take the silver coin in front of him, and Gerost didn't say much. He just ordered two more expensive cocktails and pushed the silver coin in front of the bartender again.This time, the bartender did not refuse, and began to make cocktails after taking the silver coins.

"Since the strong explosion in the Jordan Tower, how many people have you accepted?"

Faced with this question, the bartender was a little wary at first, but after weighing the pros and cons, he understood that the two people in front of him didn't need any evidence to arrest him, so he simply answered:

"In a total of five days, we accepted six households. Three of them were farmers in the east, two were factory workers in the west, and one was originally a servant of the Duke of Mintz. After the death of the Duke, he was forced to leave and came here. .”

After getting the answer, Gerost rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, then he took out ten silver coins and threw them to the bartender, and said to the bewildered man, "Call out these families, I have some questions and I want to ask them The money will be used as their meal money later, understand?"

This time, the bartender hesitated for a long time, and finally accepted the ten silver coins.He put away the silver coins, put two glasses of cocktails in front of the two of them, then went to the place where the civilians gathered and talked to a few people. After a while, the six people walked over to Roya and Jie timidly. In front of Lost.

"Don't be nervous, we just ask a few questions routinely."

Roja looked at the seven people in front of him, and tried his best to calm down a little.But his own military temperament and the medal on his chest are hard to ignore. After being appeased by Roja, the seven people became more panicked.

"Go and drink, it's up to me."

Gerost, who is familiar with the character of his disciple, waved his hand and said to the seven people in front of him: "Brothers, let's just chat and ask some unimportant questions. Don't worry, there is everything to do with this family. No one in the bar will check."

After hearing Gerost's words, these people obviously relaxed a little.A courageous man glanced at Roja, then looked at Gerost, and said carefully:
"My lord, we are just a group of poor people with little knowledge and stupid mouths. Please take care of us."

Gerost raised his eyebrows, looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, and asked with great interest, "You speak well in mainland China. You escaped from Duke Mintz's family?"

"Yes, I used to be a treasury account manager. When the Duke collapsed, we were dismissed. Because I was timid, I didn't dare to move the account. I escaped liquidation by chance, but I didn't end up with any property, so I could only Come here."

Obviously, this middle-aged man is very different from the others. He is very smart, and his eyes have aura that others don't have.Gerost was also happy to deal with smart people. He glanced out the window, and then asked the middle-aged man:

"Okay, don't worry, I'm not in the same group as the military man next to me, I'm a demon hunter, you can rest assured."

After finishing speaking, Gerost drank the cocktail beside his hand, and then said to everyone: "I want to ask everyone, have you heard any rumors after the explosion of the Jordan Tower?"

"What kind of rumor are you talking about?"

Facing the middle-aged man's question, Gerost replied directly: "Any rumor is fine, I want to hear it."

Driven by Gerost, the seven people began to chatter slowly. They seemed to have found an outlet after not communicating with others for a long time, and talked about all kinds of rumors in a hurry.Thanks to Gerost who could hear what these people said clearly, Roja who was on the side had already been dizzy and his mind was muddled.

After a while, the seven people gradually calmed down.And Gerost was quite satisfied with what he had gained. He stood up and said to the seven people in front of him, "Okay, thank you brothers, I have gained quite a lot."

"As long as you are satisfied, as long as you are satisfied."

The middle-aged man was a bit more knowledgeable than others, and said to Gerost and Roja, "If you have any questions, feel free to ask, and we'll tell you everything."

"Okay, I've asked all the questions that should be asked, and don't bother me anymore."

Gerost waved his hand, and Roja followed behind him, preparing to leave the bar.At this time, the middle-aged man suddenly spoke and stopped the two of them.

"Two!"

Gerost and Roja turned their heads, and the man froze for a moment, then he bowed deeply to them, his voice trembling.

"Thank you!"

Gerost was stunned for a moment, but soon he understood what the man meant.He smiled, turned around, and opened the door.

"No, you just want to live."

"That's right."

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"How? You rarely came to such places in the days of the Templars?"

After closing the door of the bar, Gerost, the old smoker, lit another cigarette.Roja on the side nodded, with a slightly heavy tone.

"I thought Magic Technology and the new constitution would make their lives better, but..."

"No way, it's all like this."

With a cigarette in his mouth and his hands in the pockets of his coat, Gerost said calmly, "This is a fucking age. Disasters are more common than food. Everyone wants to live while holding their breath. That's right."

"When you..."

Just after saying these three words, Roja sensed something was wrong and kept silent.

"You want to talk about the time I was betrayed."

The burning cigarette gave off the smell of tobacco. Gerost chuckled lightly, patted Roja's shoulder, and said slowly under Roja's astonished gaze:

"I still hate now, but I hated everyone back then, and now..."

"I hate this world even more."

(End of this chapter)