Nut City.
After getting rid of Mou Ba and his lackeys, Haug rushed back to the shop to look for Gan Lin without waiting for a second.
However, Gan Lin was no longer there, and there was a pool of wet blood at the entrance of the shop. It was obvious that it had been spilled not long ago. Hog didn't command the Golden Lion Beast to destroy this deeply shameful shop, nor did he kill the disgusting shop manager who made people want to vomit at first glance.
He only wanted to know where Gan Lin was now.
"He, he, he just left. It was Young Master Mou Ba's men who took him away. It has nothing to do with me!" The shop owner, whose face was covered in blood, was trembling.
"What do you mean it has nothing to do with you? Haug, the blood on the ground was from him! Mou Ba's lackeys took Gan Lin away. He chased after them and hit Gan Lin's head with the puppet staff that he used to beat us … "One of the shop assistants, who had worked in the same small business as Haug, saw that Haug had made a comeback and owned a gold-level lion puppet beast that only a castellan had the right to own. He immediately stood up and pointed out the shop owner's brutality.
"If anything happens to Gan Lin, you will die a horrible death!" Like an enraged lion, Haug glared at the shopkeeper, who was so scared that he wet his pants. He really wanted to crush the rotten man in his hand to the ground and crush him like a flea.
However, after killing Mou Ba, he calmed down from his anger.
It was easy to kill him.
However, the real torture was to let him live and slowly settle old scores. He believed that when the time came, not only him, but many people would also cry tears of blood.
The most important thing was that Haug wanted to find Gan Lin as soon as possible and not torture trash like the shop owner, who did not deserve a second glance. Haug casually tossed the manager aside and decided to leave this kind of trash to the Iron Lion Mercenaries. He leapt onto the Golden Lion King's back and rushed out as fast as he could, hoping to save Gan Lin before Mou Ba's lackeys killed her.
The slum area on the outskirts of Nut City was a shack area. It was dirty, messy, littered with trash, and dirty water.
In fact, this was also the place where Nut City stored their garbage.
Only a place like this, where even dogs were unwilling to stay, could become the dwelling place of the poor. Only then would the nobles not send people to expel them. It was also in this small place that almost half of the people of Nut City lived. It was also these poor people who used their hands, blood, and sweat to support many profiteers, evil gentry, and corrupt officials who sucked their blood. Most of the poor people, even if they looked at the city walls of Nut City every day, might not have the chance to enter the city even once a year.
There were even some poor people who had never entered the city since they were born until they died.
Gan Lin's elder sister, Licorice.
That was the kind of person he was.
If nothing unexpected happened, this blind girl would spend the rest of her life in bed. The furthest she would go out of the house would be the stinky ditch a few meters away from the wooden door. The most comfortable chair she would sit on would be the rough stone stool that Haug had brought back with brute force.
Now, the unexpected had happened, but it was not a good thing for Licorice.
She, who was originally ill and extremely weak, was violently pulled out of her shabby but warm bed by her hair and thrown heavily on the dirty ground. The wooden door in her house, which had been repaired by Haug, had long been broken into powder, and wood shavings flew for a long time. Her younger brother, Gan Lin, was bleeding from his head. He struggled hard to crawl towards his sister, but there was a foot on his back that was as heavy as a mountain. Gan Lin's hands dug hard into the soil, desperately trying to break free from the heavy weight on his back, but it was all in vain.
His hands were already bleeding, and his blood soaked the dirty muddy water.
"Sister … Sister, let go of her, let go of her!" Gan Lin struggled weakly, but he was so weak that he was not even worth mentioning in the face of brute force.
"What did we do wrong?" Licorice quickly calmed down. Although she could not see, she was prepared to use the laws to protect herself. This was the only thing she could do. Before the enemy sealed her mouth, she had to do her best to protect herself, if there was still a possibility of that. "We did not break any rules, we have always been law-abiding!"
"Look, how nice you make it sound!" The burly man who had pulled her out of the bed mocked her mercilessly.
"Even an ant will struggle before it dies." His companion replied in disdain.
"Why don't we listen to what she has to say?" someone else suggested.
"Although we are commoners, we are also the people of God. We have not committed any crimes, you cannot attack us like this. God's will is mercy. God will not harm us, you cannot go against God's will!" Licorice could not see how powerful the enemy in front of her was, so she tried to use the power of the laws to protect herself.
"So smart, of course we will not go against God's will. However, you are not the target of God's protection, you are the target of God's punishment. We are just punishing you on behalf of God. You have not committed any crimes? Ahahahaha, what a joke. Don't you know that all the poor people living here in the garbage dump are sinners? Alright, let's not talk about that. You say you have not committed any crimes. Your younger brother stole something, stole something valuable that you could never repay with your entire life. You are his older sister, guilty of instigating and concealing the stolen goods. Now that we have caught you red-handed, you still want to deny it? "The burly man who was stepping on her thin back laughed maniacally, pleased with himself.
"I did not steal anything, I did not, I did not!" Gan Lin struggled with all her might, screaming non-stop to defend herself.
"The evidence is clear, how can you, a pair of thief siblings, deny it?" The person behind him stomped down heavily, and Gan Lin spat out blood in pain, unable to speak again.
"You …" Licorice now understood that the other party was forcing her to commit a crime. Even if she and her younger brother had a thousand mouths, they would not be able to defend themselves. The other party was deliberately trying to kill them.
"We have found the valuable gold necklace," someone in the room shouted.
"There are also pearl earrings and jade bracelets, all found in this rundown house." Another person came out with an exquisite box wrapped in tattered clothes.
"What a pair of thief siblings, to actually steal such valuable items. Looks like if we don't put these rampant thieves to death, we won't be able to keep the peace of Nut City in check." The burly man stepped on Licorice slightly. Even though he did not use much strength, for the thin and weak Licorice, it was almost a disaster. Her fragile spine creaked and almost broke.
"Confess, confess immediately. How did you steal, when did you have the intention, and when did you do it?" Someone kicked Gan Lin's face with the tip of his foot, ordering him to confess in front of everyone.
The surrounding poor people all understood what was going on.
It must have been Gan Lin and her younger brother. They must have offended the rich and powerful, which led to this disaster.
As for stealing the gold necklace, no one would believe that it was true, because everyone knew that even if Gan Lin was given the courage of a water jar, he would not dare to steal anything, let alone have the chance to steal such valuable items like pearl earrings and jade bracelets. Gan Lin was just a laborer, a laborer. Perhaps he had never seen a gold necklace up close in his life, so how would he have the chance to steal?
This was clearly the rich and powerful using this as a pretext to harm Gan Lin and his younger brother!
Everyone understood.
But what was the use of understanding?
As poor people, they did not even have the right to speak. If anyone dared to stand up and defend themselves, they would only have one more "accomplice" of the thief.
"No, I won't confess, I didn't steal. You're the ones who wrongly accused me. I will never confess, I didn't steal!" Gan Lin would rather die than confess. He also knew that once he confessed, he and his sister would definitely die.
"How stubborn. It's fine if you don't confess, I have plenty of ways to make you confess!" The burly man was not surprised. After all, he had done this kind of thing too many times, so he was not surprised at all. It would have been strange if Gan Lin had confessed right away! It was fine if he did not confess. After some physical pain and a false promise that he would not be executed, the other party's willpower would immediately collapse and he would confess. Then, with a little bait, everything that had happened today would be a perfect, ironclad case without any loopholes!
"We've confessed, but before we confess, I don't understand. Why?" Licorice suddenly screamed. "We've never offended anyone, why? Why? "
"It's very simple. Young Master Moba wants the stubborn Haug to live like a dog in Nut City, kneeling at Young Master Moba's feet all day, and you guys are so reckless as to support him? Let him turn over a new leaf? This, is a capital offense! " The burly man bent down and whispered in Licorice's ear. His arrogant voice was as natural as a slave owner deciding to execute a few slaves he disliked.
"Sister, sister …" Gan Lin immediately cried when he heard his sister was willing to confess. "I didn't steal, I didn't steal, I can't confess!"
"I know you didn't steal, I know, you're a good child!" Licorice suddenly smiled. Her small face that was stained with dirt and sand looked especially sad and beautiful. Her blind eyes seemed to be able to shine. "Brother, we have no hope. We'll die whether we confess or not, but it doesn't matter. Haug, Haug, he will definitely succeed! He will succeed, he is a person with dreams, no matter how difficult the environment is, it will only hold him back for a while, he will definitely succeed in the future … We will never be able to fulfill our dreams, he will help us fulfill them … Brother, sister asked you to do this, do you regret it? "
"Sister, I'll listen to you, I won't regret it!" Gan Lin was trampled hard by the people behind him, causing him to howl in pain, but he shouted with all his might, "I, I won't regret it!"
"Originally, I hoped that he would bring you along after he succeeds, then you wouldn't have to starve anymore, but unfortunately, you don't have this fortune …" Licorice also cried like rain.
"Are these your last words?" The burly man looked at the tearful siblings. His heart was as hard as stone and he was not moved at all.
"Haug will definitely come back, he will definitely avenge us, you, one day, someone will judge you, you have gone against the will of God, you have destroyed the order set by God, you vermin, one day, you will be punished by God!" Licorice used all the strength in her life, screaming, "Even if we die, don't think of making us bow our heads, we are not in the wrong, even if you kill us, we are not in the wrong!"
"This is really enlightening, do any of you think so too?" The burly man looked around at the poor people around him, eerily.
"…" The poor people hurriedly retreated in fear, a commotion broke out.
It was obvious that in the face of power and barbarism, no one could stop them.
The poor people only dared to be angry, but did not dare to speak.
One by one, they lowered their heads.
They did not dare to make eye contact with these powerful people, lest they suffer together with them!
The burly man was very satisfied to see this kind of expression of the poor people, he slowly summoned a bronze puppet beast, muttering to himself, "Unfortunately, it is too thin, playing with a skeleton, not fun, otherwise I can keep it to play with for a few days. Forget it, I might as well just directly go back and report. Second Brother, are you interested in that kid's ass, or I will let you have some fun, maybe it is even more fun than those catamites in young Mou Ba's house! "
When Gan Lin heard this, he was about to bite his tongue to commit suicide.
At some point, Licorice also felt a sharp stone from the ground, used the last of her strength, and smashed it towards her forehead.
"Play? What the f * ck, play! " A violent roar came between heaven and earth, like thunder exploding, the entire shacks in the slums trembled, the sound waves more terrible than a passing hurricane.
A gold-level lion puppet beast leaped a super long distance of hundreds of meters.
The shadow that covered the sky, under the burly man's fearful gaze.
It suddenly descended.
The giant claw, with just a slap, the burly man and the bronze puppet beast under his feet were like flies, flattened to the ground.
The man on the lion's back directly rolled down, smashing into the ground with a loud bang, completely ignoring the dirty sand and smelly water on the ground. He just desperately reached out, the moment when Licorice used the sharp stone to hit his forehead, he firmly grabbed that thin and weak hand, and his other hand immediately grabbed the sharp stone stained with a trace of blood. The sharp stone stained with blood was crushed into powder by the angry hand, and the man standing like a tiger, let out a thunderous roar towards the sky, "Bastard, how dare you exploit the loopholes of the law to harm civilians. Today, if God does not punish you, then I will represent God to punish you … All of you go to hell, you bastards who are worse than trash!"
"Is, is it Haug?" Someone immediately recognized the man who came down from the lion's back as Haug.
"How did he come back, why does he have a golden puppet beast?" The burly man's companions were scared out of their wits.
"Drag them all down. I want to feed my lion king with their meat!" Under Haug's order, a few mercenaries riding silver wolves flew over from afar and easily captured the burly man's companions. They dragged them outside the shack to be dealt with.
Haug personally helped Gan Lin up.
He hugged the young man who was bleeding and crying. "Brother, don't be afraid. Follow me in the future. If I, Haug, have a mouthful of food, you will have a mouthful of food. You have no brother, so I'm your brother! In the future, no one can bully you. I promise that as long as I, Haug, still have a breath, no one can bully you, and something like today will never happen again … "
Gan Lin's entire body was trembling. When he heard Haug's excited words, his lips trembled violently and he could not say a word.
He just let out a whimper and burst into tears.
After Gan Lin was slightly comforted.
Haug walked in front of Licorice, who was still lying on the ground and could not get up no matter what.
Facing this blind girl, he slowly knelt down and two streams of hot tears rolled down silently. He stretched out his big hand as if he was holding a porcelain doll, afraid that the other party would shatter if he used any strength. The red-haired Haug had never been so gentle in his life. He gently helped the blind Licorice sit up.
Compared to her brother, Licorice was much better at controlling her emotions.
Although tears gushed out of her eyes, she still tried her best to squeeze out a smile. "You're back? I knew that you would definitely come back, but I never thought that you would come back so quickly … I can't see with my eyes, but my heart can … I know that you defeated the bad guys. Haug, a person like you will definitely succeed. I knew that you would succeed … "
"This is not my success because of my hard work, but it doesn't matter. You just need to know that I've succeeded! I have a powerful friend. He is as outstanding as a god. When I was at my most desperate, he found me and gave me hope! " Haug used his big hand to awkwardly wipe away the blind girl's tears. He then took out a handful of Heaven Crystals from his storage ring and stuffed them into Licorice's thin and small hand so that she could feel the Heaven Crystals in her hand. "These, these are Heaven Crystals. I have money now. Licorice, you and Gan Lin will follow me from now on. In the future, we won't have to starve anymore … How is it? Are you happy? I have money now. These are the estimated earnings for my friend's work. I've decided that I can't just accept his gifts without doing anything. I'll work for him. I'm now the chief executive of Star Diamond Castle. I'm in charge of all the mercenaries. I have hundreds and thousands of people under me. In the future, there will be more! I have money to support you and Gan Lin. Licorice, are you willing to leave with me? "
"In the past, I didn't have a good character. In my mind, women were just playthings that I could vent my desires on. Then, I met you. You are kind. You made me understand what is the most important thing in life and what is the most precious thing in life. Without you by my side, I might still be a bad person who does evil and brings disaster to others. So, Licorice, can you stay by my side and let me be the Haug I am today? Your eyes can't see, so I'll be your eyes. My heart can't see the future clearly, so use your heart to help me see the future clearly, okay? "
"You are the most important woman I've met so far. Licorice, come with me and give me a definite answer. Let me take care of you for the rest of your life, okay?" Haug knelt on the ground. His strong body was like a small hill. He stood in front of the blind girl who was as weak as a grass and waited for her answer quietly.
"Big sister!" Gan Lin was incredibly touched. She could not help but shout loudly to remind her big sister.
"Don't say anything." Licorice waved her hand and stopped Gan Lin. She seemed to be thinking. Her face alternated between smiling and crying, thinking and shaking her head gently. It was as if she had encountered the most difficult problem in life.
"Promise me, Licorice. I'm sincere." Haug lowered his head for the first time.
"But I'm blind, and I can die of illness at any time …" Licorice's face was filled with struggle and hesitation.
"I said it just now. I'll be your eyes. And Licorice, I won't let you die. Before I die, I won't let you die!" Haug hurriedly expressed his feelings and made a promise.
"Can I touch your face first?" Licorice suddenly reached out her hand, wanting to touch Haug's face.
"This, Licorice, I'm not the kind of person you think I am … I look a little … I mean, if you don't mind my looks …" This time, it was Haug's turn to be a little hesitant, because he knew what his looks were like. Not to mention Yue Yang, who was so handsome that all the girls on the street had to wear a mask when they went out, even an ordinary person couldn't compare to him. Haug looked even uglier than many demons. If he were to be judged based on his looks, he would definitely get a negative score.
"Actually, I've touched it long ago, when you were asleep." Licorice suddenly smiled. "When you and Gan Lin slept on the cold ground, your snores were as loud as thunder. When I couldn't sleep, I would think, what kind of wanderer would give up the good environment outside and come back to Human Valley to be a commoner? He was obviously a proud and arrogant person, but he could live in our shack, wear the most shabby clothes, eat the worst food, and even save a mouthful for us while he starved himself. What kind of power could support such a man to live such a hard life? Later, I thought, it's' dreams'. You came back to Human Valley to realize your dreams. So, from that day onwards, I decided that no matter what, I would help you achieve your dreams … Unfortunately, I'm just a weak medicine pot, and I'm blind. I can't see anything. Haug, what I can do for you is only that small bag of Crystal Fragments. I can't help you any more. What you need is not me, but a woman who can truly help you! "
"I only need you. There are millions of women in the world, but the one who is truly suitable for me, who can help me, is only you!" Haug panicked and quickly pulled her hand to his face. "If you don't mind my ugly face and won't be scared by it, then can you promise me? I can cure your illness, and I will also beg others to cure your eyes. I will let you see, how wonderful this colorful world is! "
"You don't have to beg others." A young man wearing an exquisite silver mask walked out from the crowd and said with a smile, "You can beg me."
"Really?" Haug was wild with joy when he heard this.
"You flattered me by saying that I'm as excellent as a god. Of course, I have to show some skills that are close to that of a god. Otherwise, how can I be worthy of your flattery? Lady Licorice, the only person you can help and change his fate is Haug alone. And with Haug's ability, the people he can help are a group of mercenaries now. In the future, there will definitely be more people. In other words, your decision is very important. If you agree, then Haug will work for me with peace of mind. Don't you want him to achieve his dreams? "The young man wearing the silver mask asked with a smile.
"My Lord, are you the person who can help him achieve his dreams?" Hearing this, Licorice's face lit up with joy.
"Haug said that I'm as excellent as a god and can give hope to others. Haha, although these words are a little flattering, but since he said so, then I will do something practical … Lady Licorice, let me put it this way. Not only can I change Haug's fate, give him hope, and realize his dreams, I can also change your fate, give you hope, and realize your dreams. I can even change the fate of many people, give them hope, and realize their dreams. However, there is one thing that I need the help of a lot of people. Hogg, you, your younger brother Gan Lin, and many more people. Everyone should join me and use your strength to achieve success faster and better … If you are willing to see the birth of a brand new order, where there will no longer be exploitation and persecution, where there will no longer be poor people like you who are struggling in pain and wanderers like Hogg and the others who are in despair, then follow me. I will give you a brand new order. Those fellows who go against the laws of the gods and try their best to exploit loopholes, I guarantee that they will suffer the wrath of the heavens! "The young man's words shocked everyone present.
"My Lord." Licorice prostrated on the ground excitedly: "Haug's success is my greatest wish in this life. If it can be realized under my Lord's leadership, Licorice is willing to work for you together with Haug, even if Licorice is just an insignificant blind girl!"
"Good, then the first order I will give you is to bestow a marriage between you and Haug!" After saying this, the young man turned around and walked away confidently.
"My Lord, can you tell me your name?" Gan Lin had never worshipped someone so much in his life. In his eyes, this young man wearing a silver mask was the incarnation of God!
"Listen, my Lord's name is noble, and you must be respectful. You can't call him that randomly. But because you are a newcomer, I can tell you. Our Lord is the great master of the Star Diamond Castle, and is known as the 'Baron Titan'. " The curly bearded man, Tie Shi, was now one of Yue Yang's guard captains. He was proud and respectful, and would definitely not allow anyone to be disrespectful to Yue Yang. As for Gan Lin, he did not answer loudly in front of everyone. Instead, he grabbed Gan Lin and whispered the answer in his ear.
"Yes, yes!" Gan Lin looked at Yue Yang's back as he left with the wind, and a beautiful feeling of hope arose in his heart. Would he still have to worry about starving if he followed such a master? No, he must follow behind him and change the Human Valley. He must let more people be like him …
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