From star abyss

Chapter 692 396. The Suffering Walker

Alfin walked alone on the deserted streets.

The muddy ground, the cold and damp air, and the void monsters everywhere made everyone feel despair.

For the most ordinary young man in this kingdom, all the above has become his only understanding of the world.

The dignitaries enjoy the best and safest shelter. Even if they get sick and die, they are protected by Alije. The knights of the kingdom are the elite of this country, and everyone dreams of becoming one of them.

"I will become a knight and lead everyone to happiness!"

However, becoming a knight is out of reach.

At the beginning, Alfen still wanted to strive for change. He had been practicing martial arts with the veterans in the town, hoping to serve the country in the future, become a knight, and resist the void.

However, before the 17-year-old Alfen woke up from his dream, a series of disasters struck.

The family's fields were flooded, and they had no choice but to leave their hometown. In order to defend his food rations, his father let the thugs beat him to death. He only slept under a rock for one night. His slightly pretty sister was robbed and kidnapped, and her whereabouts are unknown since then.

The mother was very strong. She held on to herself and moved forward. Just when they were about to cross the river bank and see the town on the other side - the monster from the void suddenly attacked her, disembowelled her and ate her alive.

"Run! Son, run!"

Facing the bloody killing, Alfen's mind went blank and his legs and feet moved unconsciously.

He remembers nothing, only his mother's call echoing in his ears.

Alfen kept running, and people around him kept falling. He didn't know how long he had been running, or whether he was running fast or not. He didn't remember how the sun burned his back, nor how the fellow travelers infected by the void felt. Little by little, his body disintegrated, and everything in his body was peeled off. Finally, he fell sadly on the roadside, holding his head and waiting to die.

When he came to his senses, not only was there no void around him, but there was also no living person.

He walked alone on the earth, his eyes numb and distracted.

Alfyn did not complain about the unfair fate. In fact, after losing his family, he no longer had the strength to curse this disaster. All he could think about was 'Run! Son, run! ’ This sentence keeps lingering in my brain.

He didn't know why he wanted to live, he just followed it instinctively.

Alphen walked along the road, looking for something to fill his stomach. Except when it rains heavily, he will hide and take shelter from the rain. At other times, he will keep walking.

There was no complaint, no sadness, no pain. His heart was like a pool of stagnant water, and he couldn't even feel any hatred towards the thugs, void and natural disasters that killed his family.

It's not that he has forgotten all this, but that he really doesn't have the strength to fight ideologically.

After walking like this for an unknown amount of time, his clothes turned into shreds, his skin became dry and cracked, and there was nothing left except this life.

But compared to other things, a more serious and realistic crisis was before him.

Gululu...

There was a constant burning sensation in his empty stomach, his eyes turned white, and the world in front of him was sometimes dark and sometimes upside down.

In his numb and dull life, something finally appeared that made him worthy of distracting attention besides moving forward.

--hunger

He crawled blindly, reaching for the air, trying to snatch away every trace of edible breath, and followed the breath step by step.

A dark patch of darkness appeared on the hilltop in the distance, and then turned into small dots. There were crowds of people. Alfen could no longer care about it. It was difficult to tell whether it was food or the smell of sweat from the crowd. He didn't care whether it was the suppressing army or the people. He is a proud knight of the kingdom.

In the past, the knights of the kingdom who he admired and admired did not perform their due duties as guardians of the kingdom in the disaster-ridden areas. They brutally beat the people, plundered food, and protected important officials and nobles from leaving, but they did not show any kindness to the civilians. respect.

All he knew was that there was nothing left to eat in the wilderness.

Alfen bent down and moved towards the group of people. The closer he got, the more clearly he could distinguish the smell flowing in the air - it was the aroma of barley and rice.

Gululu...

Hunger struck again, and Alfen completely forgot his consciousness and rushed towards the opponent. He saw the people in black and green robes getting closer and closer, holding a flag with a four-horned bull's head.

Soon, soon!

He quickened his pace, and seeing that there were only a few hundred meters away from the team, he stepped into a small puddle, fell to the ground, and passed out.

Hunger tortured his body, exhaustion tortured his will, and the long and painful march had destroyed Alfen from a civilized man into a primitive beast.

After an indescribable period of time, Alphen's dim world suddenly gained color. He saw his eyelids turn orange, cheerful clapping and singing echoed in his ears, and the smell of burning firewood hit his face. The biological instinct to pursue heat suddenly awakened Alfen.

He opened his eyes and sat up immediately. The tall tent replaced the starry night. The hospital beds and busy nurses around him, as well as the hanging needle on the back of his hand, all told him at all times: You have escaped. Out in the wilderness, now in the shelter of civilization.

The strange feeling on his body made Alfen subconsciously lower his head to check.

At this moment, the body is no longer in rags, but has been put on clean and loose clothes. In the process of escaping from the disaster, the injuries were treated, plasters were applied, and bandages were tied, and the smell of herbal medicine lingered in the mouth.

Alfen lifted off the quilt, and his bloody feet were carefully cleaned and put on clean breathable socks. The feeling of being wrapped and protected rose from the soles of his feet and spread throughout his body, making him feel like crying for a moment. .

"Ah, you're awake."

Alfen raised his head, and an old man in black and green robes slowly walked up to him. The old man had white beard and hair, and he looked kind-hearted. He was holding scriptures and a holy emblem with a four-horned bull's head in his hand.

He reached Alfenmi's bedside, lowered his head slightly, and said:

"Thank you, Your Majesty Gio Skua, for your blessing. We have saved another life. Don't worry, kid. You are safe. It's just that you haven't eaten for too long and we can't arrange food for you right away. But don't worry. I'll call you again." Two days of concentrated glucose and you’ll be able to move and eat normally.”

Alfen stared at the old man blankly, his eyes focused on the scriptures and emblems that were 'inadvertently' revealed in the other man's arms.

The emblem of the four-cornered bull head and the green and black attire were an extremely unfamiliar image to Alfen, an image he had never been exposed to before.

"...Is all this true?"

he murmured.

"thank you all……"

"No, you don't have to thank us."

The old man just smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said:

"This is all the decree of His Majesty Gio Skua."

"Gio Skua..."

"Yes, child, that is the god we believe in. He has the heart of the world, predicted the coming of this disaster, and asked us and other messengers to rescue people everywhere - if you want to thank, just thank His Majesty Gio Skua That’s good.”

"...But what are you trying to do?"

"We don't ask for anything. Everything we do is guided by God. We believe in Him. Only Gio Skua can overcome all these difficulties on our behalf."

The old man said, passing the holy emblem in his arms to the young man:

"To be honest, we don't have enough manpower. There are more people who need us to save. If you are interested, you can choose to join us and spread the gospel of Gio Skua."

"Religion? But the Kingdom Council should have eliminated religious beliefs decades ago."

"I think if you have nothing, instead of just waiting for death, you might as well find a god and believe in it first."

The old man shrugged and said in a relaxed and humorous way:

"Return to nothingness after death, or join the reincarnation of Gio Skua after death and live another life, it all depends on you."