Jinyang

The night is dark, and the footsteps of "click" are constantly heard on the dark mountain road. This is the sound of the soles of the shoes stepping on the gravel. No one talks along the way. In the quiet night, you can hear your own heartbeat

Luo Xiu's brows were tightly furrowed, and his tense expression showed that he was anxious, his breathing was chaotic, and his legs were sprinting. Luo Xiu wished he could turn into a golden crow and fly back to the village!Now he is really worried about the safety of Grandpa John and his younger brother;

After driving all night, they finally saw the familiar hill in front of the village. As long as they turned around this hill, they could see the village.

The sky became brighter little by little, and Luo Xiu and his companions speeded up their pace at the same time, trotting towards the village.

With the goal in sight, the group eagerly turned around the mountain wall and looked in the direction of the village, confirming their thoughts

Looking up, everyone was stunned by the sight in front of them. The village was still there, full of smoke and burning houses. Some surviving villagers were crying for their parents or children, and a dozen of them were wearing white robes. The mage and the knight carrying a huge cross sword are treating the wounded. Obviously, everyone's worries have become a reality!

"——No! Grandpa John! Rhodes! Where are you!!?" Luo Xiu ran over frantically and kept shouting

"Grandpa! Brother! Where are you!"

Luo Xiu ran back to the small wooden house. The wooden house had already collapsed, and the roof was still burning. The scorched wooden house seemed to be ruthlessly telling Luo Xiu something...

Luo Xiu's eyes were red and bloodshot, and he didn't care about the unburned logs and charcoal fire. Luo Xiu quickly dragged the smoking beams to the outside with his bare hands.

The skin of the hands was torn apart due to the high temperature, and the scorched flesh was unbearable to look at

a crossbar

another crossbar

Luo Xiu kept cleaning up and down, looking for...

The collapsed wooden house, the huge horizontal log was quickly cleared out, and the last burning horizontal log was thrown down. His scorched hands had become numb, his fingers were trembling uncontrollably, and he had no time to care about the disobedient fingers, Luo Xiu start to search carefully

First time!He still has nothing...

Second time!He cleaned up all the debris, but still couldn't find...

Third time!After most of the cleaning, finally...!Luo Xiu knelt in front of a charred corpse, his shoulders trembled, tears rolled down silently, his trembling hands gently stroked the familiar figure, Luo Xiu's world seemed to collapse!

"—Grandpa!!!—Ah! Ah! Ah... woo woo woo!"

Crying crazily, Luo Xiu could no longer think, and all he was left with was grief!It broke our hearts! !Heartbreaking! !

for a long time……

"By the way, there is still a younger brother! There is still a younger brother who has not been found!"

Randomly touching tears with his sleeve, Luo Xiu searched faster

This time Luo Xiu searched very carefully, but there was no sign of his younger brother anywhere, as long as he didn't find it, it meant there was still hope!

After simply placing the grandfather's body, Luo Xiu quickly ran among the survivors. When he was looking for someone, he asked if he had seen his younger brother. questioning

With only a hoarse voice, the anxious Luo Xiu looked at the crowd

"Hey! Everyone! Has anyone seen my brother!" Luo Xiu stood in the open space and shouted

Behind him, Luo Xiu felt someone tugging at the corner of his clothes.

"I saw him just now, at the man in white..." came the weak voice of a little boy

"Really! Thank you!" Luo Xiu was overjoyed

Sure enough, after asking several people in white robes, Luo Xiu found his younger brother Rhodes among the wounded.

Rhodes, with empty eyes, slowly regained his spirits when he saw Luo Xiu, and his young arms hugged Luo Xiu tightly, wow wow pain

"Woooooo..., brother! Grandpa is gone! No more! Woooooo..."

Hearing his younger brother's choked-up cry, Luo Xiu's whole heart was twitching, but he couldn't cry!He wants to be a pillar for his younger brother!He needs to be stronger!

"It's okay, it's all over, I have my brother here" Luo Xiu comforted slowly

A middle-aged mage walked up to the two of them

"Son, don't be sad. I am the pastor of the Holy See of Light. My lord will punish these sinners! It's a pity that we didn't come in time, we only saved some people in time, and let the dark church escape..." the mage said regretfully

"No, thank you and your companions for saving my brother! I will remember this kindness." Luo Xiu quickly thanked

The mage didn't care about Luo Xiu's thanks, just smiled and nodded to accept it habitually, then turned around and told his subordinates

"Since the treatment is almost done, let's sort it out and go after the heretics of the Dark Church!" The middle-aged mage said with enjoyment

"Yes, my lord!"

Everyone took orders, and after a fixed pattern of praising the great God of Light and a gorgeous holy light, a dozen people in white clothes fluttered and left in a hurry

The villagers extinguished the burning flames, and there were few intact houses left. Luo Xiu and his younger brother found a place on the slope at the foot of the mountain, and the two worked together to bury Old John on the hillside.

In front of the simple, low grave, Luo Xiu lifted a piece of stone and pressed it on the soil, trying to make the burial place as strong as possible. He didn't want his grandfather to be disturbed any more, and he would come back to rebury his grandfather when he was able.

Sitting in front of the low grave, Luo Xiu was silent for a long time.

Rhode was tired from crying, and fell asleep leaning against Luo Xiu, Luo Xiu was very confused now

"Am I only going to bring misfortune to those around me? Why is Xiaoya like this, and so is Grandpa! Revenge!? When will I be able to take revenge now that I am weak..."

On a cold night, Luo Xiu put his coat on his younger brother, and he just sat there all night without moving, staring blankly at his grandfather's tombstone in a daze.

In the early morning, a thin mist shrouded the ground, and Luo Xiu's hair was also covered with dewdrops. A drop of dew fell down his temples, awakening Luo Xiu who was in a trance.

Lowering his head, his younger brother was crying slowly in his sleep, maybe he dreamed about his grandpa...

Luo Xiu stretched out his hand to caress his brother's hair, carefully wiped away his tears, his heart became firm and no longer confused

When little Rhodes woke up, Luo Xiu put his hand on his younger brother's shoulder and said solemnly

"Brother! I plan to leave here and go to the outside world. You have two choices. One is to stay here temporarily. I believe that the dark church will never come again. The people in the village can take care of you. When brother has I'll come back to pick you up after I've gained strength." Luo Xiu paused.

"The second is to leave the village and the familiar hometown with my brother. Now my brother doesn't have enough strength, so it will be very dangerous to follow my brother, and even eating will be difficult! I really don't want you to starve and suffer with my brother..."

"I want to follow my brother!" Little Rhodes answered without any hesitation

"Then... well, I promise, as long as my brother is here, I won't let you get hurt!"

Now that he had made up his mind, Luo Xiu led little Rhodes to kneel in front of his grandfather's grave, kowtowed a few times and left. The two returned to the destroyed cabin. Take a piece of cloth and wrap it up, and find some dried meat and some edible things behind the cabin;

Now the two of them have nothing, so these tools are also precious resources for the two brothers; before leaving, Luo Xiu and his brother bid farewell to the surviving villagers in the village, and finally took a good look at the village, as if to remember something

The mountain road was winding and slender, and Luo Xiu took his younger brother on the first step into the mainland.