Sin City

Chapter 5 Farewell

Little Richard slept for seven whole days. When the sun shone into the bedroom on the seventh day, he opened his eyes. The first thing he did when he woke up was to rush out of the bedroom and search the whole floor for his mother. When he saw his mother in the study, Richard immediately rushed towards her and shouted, "Mom, guess what I got in the temple of the Moon Goddess?"

Irani turned around, touched Richard's head gently, and asked: "Let me guess, my Richard has always wanted to be a magician, so you must have got the 'Elemental Affinity', right? ?”

Richard was suddenly stunned, because the person who turned around was a woman he had never seen before. However, he had his own method of identification. He sniffed hard and smelled an extremely familiar and friendly scent, so he hesitantly asked: "Are you... mother?"

"My Richard, this is what mom is like. Is mom good-looking?" Irani asked with a smile.

Little Richard nodded vigorously and said, "Mom is the most beautiful!" In his mind, his mother was the most beautiful woman. What's more, now Ilani has returned to her original appearance? The beauty of the Silver Moon elves is as famous as their divine magic.

A boy's patience is always limited, and a boy's patience doesn't increase much, so little Richard hurriedly said, "Mom, I have gained wisdom and truth!" before Ilani could guess twice more!

"Reality?" Elani was surprised. She knew about wisdom, but she had never heard of the ability to have reality in enlightenment.

Little Richard frowned and tried to explain with his newly improved wisdom: "Reality is...well, the ability to understand the world more clearly. It seems to be able to be improved, but it is not of much use now, it just allows me to see The farther you go, the better you hear."

Ilani hummed, held Richard's shoulders, and carefully told him to cherish the abilities he gained from enlightenment, and to remember the lessons she taught him. Her instructions were so detailed that they were a bit long-winded. It took more than an hour to finish them, and she mentioned many things over and over again, which made little Richard secretly make faces in protest. Little Richard was originally very smart. His memory was outstanding, and his wisdom improved. He didn't need to say anything a second time.

Irani finally realized that she was too verbose, so she smiled and asked: "My Richard, do you want to meet your father?"

Richard frowned hard and thought hard, but he couldn't think of an answer. Before he could think clearly, Elani said: "You will see dad soon. The people he sent should be arriving soon. They will take you to see him. You have to be obedient on the way. Remember Yet?"

"Ah?" This was very unexpected news. Richard didn't know how to react at all. He just nodded in confusion. Then he remembered something and asked, "What about mom, do you want to go too?"

"No, mom isn't going."

"Then I won't go either!" Richard said decisively.

Irani smiled and said, "My Richard is going because my mother still has a wish that she needs your help to fulfill!"

Richard straightened his chest: "Mom, don't worry! I have grown up and I will definitely do it! Oh, what is your wish?"

Irani looked at Richard deeply and said slowly: "If one day in the future, my Richard becomes a real big shot, then I will bury my mother in my father's family cemetery, and ask for the highest floor. !”

Little Richard nodded vigorously. At this time, he did not understand the true meaning behind this wish and the difficulty of realizing it. But even if he knew, he would not back down. Boys in the mountains never lack courage.

The mornings in Russelan Village were always very peaceful and peaceful, but this morning the tranquility was broken. First, the ground in the entire village began to shake inexplicably, and then the shaking turned into violent shaking. At this time, even the dullest old man felt something was wrong, so he walked out of the house and looked at the end of the road outside the village.

The wind in the mountains is still a bit chilly. When it blows, even the bravest and strongest hunters shiver involuntarily. They didn't feel the temperature was low, but felt an uncontrollable chill from the bottom of their hearts, as if some irresistible disaster was about to happen. The earth was still shaking, and everyone in Russelan Village walked out of their homes and stood silently in the open space at the entrance of the village. From here you can already see the smoke rising in the distance. In the forest, ancient trees fell down with a roar from time to time. The birds in the forest had already flown high. They did not even dare to linger on their nests and flew directly to the mountains.

A demonic heavily armored knight rushed out of the forest!

There were as many as ten steel spikes standing on the dark black heavy armor, and the chest was carved with a ferocious devil's head, and the war horse under its crotch was extremely powerful, more powerful than the wild horse king that the mountain people had ever seen. Still half a meter taller, the horse was covered with thick armor, and the sharp steel spikes protruding from it showed that it was not just for defense. A two-handed giant sword hangs on the left back of the war horse. It is in the style of a common horse-cutting sword. What is unusual is that it is a full meter longer than an ordinary horse-cutting sword and is much thicker. The weight of this murderous weapon is at least over one hundred kilograms, and its power when wielded is almost irresistible.

The mountain road based on gravel groaned under the iron hooves of the war horses. As the war horses passed by, gravel flew and mud splashed, leaving deep pits, directly exposing the mud under the base. Behind the knight, there was another group of twenty heavy armored cavalry, and then nearly a hundred light cavalry. But even the light cavalry are wearing well-made full-body mail armor. More than half of the cavalry are equipped with magic longbows with flashing light patterns, and are extremely well-equipped. Such an army is enough to capture Baron Tucker's castle, but now it is rushing towards the small village of Rutheran at full speed!

Everyone, including the village chief, looked pale. Hunters are brave, but no matter how brave the hunter is, he knows that he cannot resist these knights who are armed to the teeth. The village chief even saw unusual signs from the extraordinarily tall horse of the leading knight. His previous military experience told him that only Constructed Knights could have such tall war horses!

The heavily armored knight rushed into Rutheran Village and reined in the war horse. The huge war horse stood up and fell heavily with its front hooves, creating two shallow pits on the ground. When the war horse came to a halt, the hot breath from his nose had already rushed to the village chief's chest. The knight lifted up the visor of his helmet, revealing a resolute and majestic face. He glanced at the villagers in the square coldly and asked, "Who knows where Elani lives?"

The villagers looked at each other. There was no woman named Elani in Russelan Village. The blacksmith and the village chief thought of something, but did not speak. The knight's face became even more gloomy. Just as he was about to speak, the door of the pharmacy not far away suddenly opened. Elani walked out of it and asked calmly: "Did Gordon send you here?"

The knight stared at Elani, his expression suddenly changed, he jumped off his horse suddenly, and landed in front of Elani like a flying iron mountain. He knelt on one knee, took off his helmet, and revealed his entire face. , lowered his head half-way, and said in a deep voice: "I am Mordred, the knight in front of Sir Gordon, and I am here to take my wife back under your order!"

Mordred had short dark red hair like steel needles. Although he lowered his head and knelt in front of Elani, his momentum was uncontrollably released, and the entire magic potion shop trembled slightly under his majesty. Within his huge body, it was like there was a volcano that could erupt at any time.

Irani's dress also fluttered, but she did not retreat. She stood calmly in the airflow, nodded and said, "As long as you are here, I will feel relieved."

Mordred grinned and said, "Thank you for the compliment, madam."

Elani pulled Richard behind her, put his little hand in Mordred's, and said, "He is the person Gordon wants most. His name is Richard..." After a pause, Elani Lanny then said: "...Richard Archimonde."

Mordred looked at little Richard carefully, then closed his hands, gently shook Richard's little hand, and said with a smile: "Mordred is willing to serve you!"

The knight looked up at Elani again and said, "Dear Madam, your things have been packed. Let's set off now. Lord Gordon must be eager to see you!"

"I need to get something very important, please wait for me." After saying that, Elani walked into the magic potion shop and closed the door.

At this time, little Richard was looking at Mordred, and this bloodthirsty lion-like knight was also looking at him. The two looked at each other, their small eyes staring at big eyes. After a while, Mordred looked at him again. He grinned, not knowing why.

But his smile suddenly froze on his face!

Flames spurted out from every window of the magic potion shop without warning, and even broke through the roof. The spitting flames rushed directly into the sky more than ten meters high! The flames were so violent and sudden that even Mordred didn't notice it!

The knight roared, took a step, and crashed into the pharmacy. The wall made of bluestone was no different from cheese in front of him, and the blazing flames could not cause even the slightest harm to him. When he rushed into the apothecary, he saw Irani sitting elegantly, with flames shooting out from every part of her body and burning everything in the room! Mordred was stunned. He wanted to rescue Elani, but he didn't expect that all the fire would erupt from her body, and she would have burned herself!

Seeing Mordred rushing into the flames, Elani smiled at him, and then completely turned into flames, burning, sublimating, and never leaving any trace in this world.

Mordred stood silently, letting the fire lick his body. Irani's last smile has been deeply imprinted in his mind. That smile was so beautiful, so elegant, and so complex.

Little Richard screamed crazily, kicking and beating the heavily armored knight hugging him, trying to rush into the fire. But all his efforts were in vain, and the flames were so fierce that the entire pharmacy collapsed in the blink of an eye!

Mordred slowly walked out of the ruins, looked at little Richard who was crying hysterically, was silent for a moment, and then said: "You have a good mother. Come on, I will take you to see your father."

The sudden change also shocked the villagers of Rutheran Village. They stared blankly at the ruins where the flames gradually extinguished and only wisps of green smoke emerged. They could not believe that just a few minutes ago, there was the pharmacy that had been with them for ten years.

The heavy cavalry formed a team and slowly left Russelan Village with Richard. Mordred remained with the Hussars, not burying Elani's thoughts as she turned completely into flames. Only a pure and crazy genius can completely burn himself, so Mordred was full of respect for this woman he had only met once.

Staring at the ruins, Mordred raised the corners of his mouth imperceptibly, and said in a voice so low that only he could hear: "This is the woman who is worthy of you!"

At this time, a knight rode up to Mordred and asked for instructions: "Sir, what should I do with the people in this village?"

Mordred looked at the men, women, and children gathered in the square, stroked the iron-hard beard on his upper lip, and said calmly: "There are many adult men. You adults don't want to see men living here. Yes. So, kill them all!"