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The news spread and no city surrendered to Lagu again.
The worst-hit city was the one where everyone from the city lord to the citizens were besieged by Lagu for several years and would rather die than surrender, and all starved to death in the city.
Later, King Lake finally organized a resistance force, and after more than ten years of war, he drove Lagu out of the country.
The chains of hatred have firmly bound the two countries.
For hundreds of years, they fought against each other.
In order to cause enough pain to the other side and vent their anger, both sides chose to go out of the city to fight. No matter which side wins, no prisoners will be taken.
After each war, they would dig pits on the spot to bury the bodies, so that in the border area between the two countries, bones could be dug out anywhere with a simple hoe.
Even the gods can't stand it.
Three hundred years ago, when the two countries woke up and led their armies to attack each other in the early morning, they were shocked to see that the original border line was replaced by a forest stretching for tens of millions of miles.
There were countless powerful monsters and demons in the forest, and it was impossible for the army to cross it.
Since then, the killing finally stopped.
Three hundred years have passed, and the smell of blood has faded a lot.
Only stories passed down orally remain to warn future generations of the pain this land once suffered.
As a citizen of the Kingdom of Lake, Dam had naturally heard it from his mother.
It is understandable why Lagu went to such great lengths to attack Lake.
Dam, hiding behind the slope, recalled these in his mind.
It was quiet all around, without even the sound of birds.
Very normal.
Dam remembered that there were no birds in the Silent Forest.
Everyone who lives nearby knows it, so there's nothing strange about it.
It’s just that a big war is about to begin, and the excessive silence inevitably makes people feel depressed.
Dam's companion, probably unable to bear the silence, whispered to him, "Dam, are you scared?"
"What about you?"
"I'm okay."
"I'm fine too."
"Then...Dam, are we going to die?"
"No, the Marshal said, victory and survival will surely belong to us."
After a brief conversation, silence returned to the surroundings.
In the past, Dam suddenly said with some shame: "Actually, I am afraid."
"Hehe..." The companion suppressed a laugh, "Me too."
kindness?
Looking at him blankly, Dam asked: "The Marshal will not force you to join the First Army, why are you afraid..."
"What about you?"
"I'm different..." He tightened his grip on the magic rifle and muttered to himself.
"If the Marshal forces me to join the First Army, I won't run away."
The companion lay on the slope, pulled out his right hand which had been pressed under him for a long time and was a little numb, and shook it, and continued: "If that's the case, I will definitely not answer the Marshal's question just now.
Well...even if I answer, it would be a lie."
"Ha... um." Damu just started to laugh and quickly covered his mouth to hold it back.
He poked his head out of the top of the hill, and seeing that the enemy hadn't arrived yet, he drew his head back with a sigh of relief: "Me too."
"Right."
The companion responded, changing from crawling to lying on his back: “Dam, look.
If the Marshal hadn't come to the Anti-... and the Tranquil Forest, we might all be dead now.
Starve to death, or be stabbed through the heart by spears from the soldiers of Gur City.
Now we not only have our own farmland outside, but we can also eat well, and the army lunch even has two eggs, two oh dum, that's two eggs!"
As if worried that his expression was not clear enough, he emphasized it several times.
Dam listened and said sullenly: "Joining the First Army is not just for two eggs."
"I know!" The companion was worried about being misunderstood and sat up anxiously. "I just said that these were brought to us by the Marshal!"
Seeing Dam nod, he lay back down and said, “The Marshal gave us Moza Village, and then he rarely came.
I thought... Dam, I thought there was no chance to repay the Marshal.
I went to ask Mr. Mih, and he told me that the marshal was not helping us for any reward.
When I got home, I thought about it again, and it seemed that I had nothing valuable to repay the marshal. "
As he spoke, his eyes lit up: “A few months ago, Mr. Domit gathered us together and said that the Marshal needed us!
I am so happy.
But when I heard that he was going to become a soldier, I was disappointed.
I am not very strong, I am short, and I have never even held a hilt of a sword, so I can't help the marshal at all.
Unexpectedly, we used guns instead of swords!"
He raised the magic rifle with both hands, looking at the light reflected from the black paint on the gun: “Dam, I’m very good at shooting, and I’m also good at shooting.
Ten rings, I hit ten rings after practicing three times!"
Dam's mouth curled up slightly: "I got it right the first time."
"I know." The companion put the gun back on his chest, "You are the first in the First Army's shooting ranking, and I am the second, it's always like this.
So I was disappointed again, thinking that I could not give the Marshal the greatest help. "
Sitting up again, he stared at Damm: “But Mr. Domit told us that what the marshal needs most is our loyalty and sacrifice!
I am not inferior to you in these!"
Hearing this, Dam frowned and said, "I am the marshal's bravest soldier!"
“Haha…” The companion didn’t argue, but laughed and turned to crouch, “Dam, when the marshal led us out of the Silent Forest and settled in Moza Village, I thought I met a god.
Give us farmland, don't steal our food, don't bully us. I can't think of anyone else who would do this except God.
The church always says that piety can bring blessings from God.
At that time, I thought, was the appearance of the Marshal a sign that my sincere prayers were heard by the gods?
Oh, Dam, you know I pray every night."
He closed his eyes and listened carefully. When he heard no movement, he opened his eyes and said, "A few days ago, the marshal came to Moza Village to give us magic guns.
I mustered up the courage to go before the Marshal..."
"Asshole!" Dam was furious. "You actually spoke to the marshal before me, you bad cat who stole fish!"
"hey-hey!"
The companion placed his right hand in front of him and said, "When we were in the forest, you sat side by side with the marshal on the ridge every day to chat.
I watched from afar, drooling with envy! "
"No...it's different."
Dam's voice faded: "That's Mr. Zhang Mu. I haven't talked to the marshal face to face yet."
After saying this, he suddenly remembered what his companion had just said: "What did you ask the marshal?
Tell me quickly! "
The companion laughed smugly for a while, until Dam raised his fist with a dark face and said, “I ask, Marshal, are you sent by God to save us?
Or are you a god?"
"Did the Marshal answer?"
"The marshal smiled. Well, even I, a man, thought his smile was very beautiful."
If Zhang Mu knew that the soldiers thought of him this way, he might be so scared that he would never dare to be alone with the soldiers again.
The companion paused, staring at the ground with lifeless eyes, as if recalling the marshal's smile.
Awakened by the urging voice, he said: "The Marshal told me that he is not a god."
Dam smiled.
"That's right, the Marshal is not a god."
The chat came to an end because they heard the rustling of grass blades rubbing against each other in front of the slope.
……
"At some point, especially when you told me that you were promoted to a magician, I seriously considered the possibility that you were the incarnation of God."
Mih said this on the way to Ghor City.
Zhang Mu, who was being held by the collar, said with a twisted mouth: "Fuck your head."
"Why, has the god ever offended you?"
"That bastard, you said he created the Forest of Silence to stop the war between Lake and Lagu, but the monsters in the forest actually migrated. What does this mean?"
"kindness……"
Mi He held Zhang Mu in his left hand and stroked his chin with his free right hand: "Maybe... uh, I can't think of a reason."
You looked thoughtful, but after waiting for a long time, all I got was nonsense.
Raising his middle finger, Zhang Mu said, “We will not enter Gul City.
I just noticed their flight path, it's basically a straight line.