Boom!
The bullet pierced out of the barrel, carrying flames and smoke, and flew into the grass in a strange arc.
The dark figure fell to the ground, and the restless bushes instantly quieted down.
His
Lucian could hit the bullseye every time within eight hundred meters, and make the bullets spin within five hundred meters.
"Did it die?"
"Not sure yet."
Lucian raised his aim and fired another shot. He walked closer, parted the grass, and saw a
It was still panting.
He raised the gun and pulled the trigger.
Boom!
The bullet pierced its skull, and the cat-beast died instantly.
Only then did Lucian dare to approach further and bend down to examine the
Lukas, hiding behind, asked, "Brother Lucian, is this a `
He had only been there for less than six months, and this was the first time he had seen Lucian kill a
"Can you take a bullet?" Lucian asked in return, and Lukas smiled awkwardly and shook his head in denial.
"There are
"Brother Lucian, you graduated from the Imperial Academy, why are you staying here to guard the mountain?"
Lukas finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering him for a long time.
At the border station, Lucian was a legendary figure, said to be one of only a few thousand
Even if he were the worst among thousands, Lucian would still be a one-in-a-million expert.
His uncle held him in high esteem, saying, "Those who graduate from The Capital will at least become officers; Lucian is one of only thirty outstanding graduates each year."
But now he was a lowly platoon leader here, with a rank lower than his uncle's.
"Before I came, at least ten people died from
Lucian did not answer directly. He put the safety back on the rifle and took out a knife to bleed the cat-beast.
"Hold it for me."
After handing the body over to Lukas, the two walked down the mountain one after the other. Just as they left the mountain, it started raining heavily again.
They had no choice but to take refuge in the local temple at the foot of the mountain. The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and Lucian's temples were throbbing.
His insomnia was not an illness, but rather a result of his
Those with spiritual extraordinary abilities could explore the spiritual world. Because Lucian had lived two lives, his
It was a completely dark world filled with strange, mumbling noises.
Over time, Lucian became allergic to excessive noise. Lukas kept asking questions, so to distract him, Lucian had no choice but to reveal some things.
It was not a big deal.
"That year I passed the imperial examination and went to The Capital. The mayor came to see me off, and the whole village celebrated with gongs and drums. From the village to the town and then to the city, everyone could hear about me."
Lukas said with longing, "That's so impressive! It's a pity I don't have Brother Lucian's abilities. I only got into a junior college and got into the border station through connections."
"I was lucky to be born at a good time; I got extra points."
Lucian took off his rain boots. His feet were covered in calluses from walking on mountain roads, and the thick calluses had been soaked and rotted by the rain.
A feeling of admiration welled up in Lukas's heart.
Although the villagers all called him Tiger Lucian, they were truly grateful to him. If it weren't for Lucian's tireless inspections, the village would have had to hold several more funeral feasts.
"In the year 3230, a great catastrophe occurred, during which one hundred countries in the world lost contact on the same day, and the western route of Southgate encountered the largest
"I was only fourteen years old at the time. My father and three uncles were called to the armed forces and never came back. Then my brother and five adult cousins also did not come back."
"In the end, my mom and aunts went too. They didn't have to go to the front lines and were able to come back alive. Do you know how many points are added for ten lives?"
Lukas shook his head; he was very young at that time and had no recollection of it.
"One hundred points, ten points for a life."
Lukas couldn't answer, and was also afraid of saying the wrong thing.
"At that time, the entire western region of Southgate was destroyed, and the school naturally could not be expected to be restored immediately. As a family member of martyrs, I was selected as a sponsored student and sent to Caldwell City in eastern Southgate to study, and I also witnessed the largest human migration in history since the great disaster."
"At that time, the Alliance, as the suzerain state, chose to accept everyone. From the Lucent Isles to Nihara, from the Sian plains to the Baiyere region, hundreds of millions of people migrated. Sianese, South Asians, Niharan, Kaelen thralls, and Westerners."
"Yellow, black, white, you name it, we have it all."
Lucian suddenly had a craving for a cigarette, so he took out a pack of Golden Horizon cigarettes and lit one with the flame of his lighter in the heavy rain and cold wind.
He took a deep drag, just like the last cigarette his father had smoked at the door before leaving years ago.
The village committee's broadcasting station played the announcement over and over again, the static mingling with the sound of rain. The men smoked, drank, and ate, while the women wiped away tears, and the children looked on in bewilderment.
"Alliance Radio One is urgently contacting you from the Western Southgate Region to report that the region is experiencing the largest
That year, the Western Southgate Circuit, as a permanent war zone, accumulated a million recruits.
In the end, only one male member of Lucian's family remained. His father, uncles, maternal uncles, elder brother, and cousins never returned, and the old home became desolate.
As the cigarette burned out, Lucian came back to his senses.
He stubbed out his cigarette and suddenly felt a strong urge to answer Lukas's question again.
He felt aggrieved at being relegated to this remote and impoverished place because he had offended someone, but he never believed that what he had done was meaningless.
Wherever he could shine and contribute, he considered himself a brick; to be moved wherever he was needed.
Because this land was protected by his fathers with their lives.
(End of this chapter)
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Translator and Editor - Husband
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