The person who does not go with us to the end is just a piece of clothing for us in the previous life. But the person who really goes to the end with us is the person who buried us.
Boom and Rikka stood in the small mountain village, looking at the corpse in front of them and being speechless for a long time.
"Brother, what should we do now?" Rikka asked softly in her ear.
"First check if there are any survivors, and then...leave." Boom sighed. Although he had no feelings for this place, he had lived here for half a year.
Liuhua didn't say anything after hearing this. She bent down and quickly checked the familiar faces. At the same time, an old voice suddenly appeared.
"Are they Master Boom and Miss Rikka?" This voice came from the haystack next to the pig pen, and then slowly appeared.
He is the only surviving person in the small mountain village, or the only surviving adult.
Boom and Rikka looked at each other and immediately helped him into the earthen house. The old man was very old, and the two did not want to talk outside. Such a bloody environment was too cruel.
A moment later, the old man explained the cause and effect of this tragedy. Boom shook his head, while Rikka looked a little ashamed, because she brought most of the beast corpses back.
"Two adults, please follow me." The old man pushed open the door of the earthen house and walked straight to the barn.
Stab! Stab! The old man pushed the long table in the middle away. Creak, creak! The iron ring hidden under the ground was pulled by it, and a secret passage appeared in front of the three of them.
The old man ignored Boom and Rikka, but took out a fire stick from his arms, blew it brightly, and walked down the steps. His expression was extremely calm, without any despair at all.
This is a small space of less than ten square meters. Boom and Rikka are currently squatting on the ground to avoid hitting their heads on the ceiling.
The two were a little surprised, but more of a surprise. Because all five children in the village gathered here, no one was harmed.
"This is our secret. I'm sorry that I never told you." The old man said softly.
"These are all the gold coins we have. I just ask you two to let them go." The old man pulled out a small wooden box from behind and said again.
Boom did not respond, and there was no need to respond. The other party's intention was very obvious, to avoid disaster by losing money. Presumably, he and Rikka had already become the lackeys of those nobles.
"Let's go." Boom said only two words, and then climbed out of the secret passage.
"There is some money here. I hope you can survive. Thank you for your continued care." Rikka secretly took out a bag of gold coins from the dimensional space and left.
Silence, the figure of the old man flickered in and out due to the wind, while the five children always hugged each other, as silent as corpses.
More than a hundred gold coins were enough to survive three dark rainy nights, enough to allow them to live for three more years. Only then did the old man realize that he was wrong, and how wrong he was.
They collected the money and hurriedly walked out of the cellar and returned to the small mountain village. However, apart from the suffocating smell of blood, Boom and Rikka were nowhere to be seen.
"How much did you give them?" Boom asked as he walked.
"Money? What money? Brother, are you stupid?" Rikka lowered her head and quibbled in a low voice.
"Forget it, just think of it as lost. But in the future, we will still be less affectionate. We have never received gifts from others." Boom did not expose the other party, not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't bear it.
The two of them gradually walked towards Aogu City. After many days, they went in circles and unexpectedly returned here.
Walking on the familiar bluestone road, Boom felt like he was in another world. When he left, he was just a criminal escaping from the black market, but now he is not only alive, but has even become a junior magician.
Bang! Boom, who was wandering far away, accidentally bumped into a passerby. The mercenary commission document in the other person's hand almost fell into the sewer ditch.
"Are you blind! Can you walk without eyesight?" The man spat viciously, his brows filled with contempt.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please forgive me." Boom replied as if his face changed, and even bowed to salute, looking extremely humble.
"Hmph! You unlucky thing, get out of here!" Seeing Boom's submissive attitude, the mercenary cursed and continued walking towards the city gate.
Passers-by have no interest in such a scene. In their eyes, he is just a poor man. Since there is no follow-up, there is no need to waste time.
Boom smiled and moved forward again. Rikka on the side looked very speechless, because in her opinion, her brother could instantly turn him into powder by raising his hand.
"Brother, you are so boring, but your skills are still the same as before." Rikka held up a piece of pastry, her eyes full of flattery.
"Stop talking nonsense, this is the city, do you want me to be put in a dark cell?" Boom snatched the other person's snacks and stuffed them into his mouth.
At night, the two of them were sitting in the Lion Bar, drinking ale and planning for tomorrow. Although the boss Achilles was a little curious, he did not ask any questions.
"Brother, where should we sleep tonight? We can't open the Wonder House here, it's very troublesome." Rikka chewed a piece of beef and asked in a low voice.
"Let's go to the slums. What else can we do? We are not nobles." Boom drank and looked at everything in the bar. This was his first time coming here as a customer.
Gold coins are a good thing, and many gold coins can drive away ghosts and control gods. Boom is holding the money bag, his face is cold and arrogant, and the black mage robe is reflecting the silver light.
A moment later, a couple nodded and took over the money bag. They didn't even intend to take back their personal clothes, as if they were afraid that the other party would regret it, so they hurriedly disappeared into the night.
But Rikka, who had always been silent, was already dumbfounded. She didn't expect that the problem in her mind would be easily solved by Boom, and it took less than half an hour.
"This will be our new home from now on. Although it is not as quiet as the black market, it is better than sleeping on the street." Boom and Rikka threw all the belongings of the original owner out the door, while the poor kept fighting for them like crazy dogs.
"How can I sleep? I'm so dirty." Rikka grimaced because she could smell the residual smell of low-quality perfume.
"Sleep? Who said it's time to sleep? We still have a lot of things to do." Boom smiled coldly, then opened the door again and left.
That night, Boom's whole body was covered with dirt, like a prisoner just released from a dark prison. Rikka was even more miserable. Not only was her face covered in filth, but her clothes were also torn.
"Okay, I'm going to die from exhaustion. Brother, you're bullying me!" Liuhua slumped on the ground and asked bitterly.
"That's almost it. From now on, you will enter through the courtyard gate, and I will enter from here. Don't make a mistake." Boom flattened a stone slab, stamped his feet a few times, and then replied with satisfaction.
This wooden house is opposite the small courtyard. Boom is worried that the black market tragedy will happen again, so he just took action to open up the two ends.
After doing these things, Boom pushed open the wooden door and walked into the dark alley as before. Rikka returned to the small courtyard from the tunnel and hurriedly changed out of her dirty clothes.
At this point, the two of them returned to Aogu City again. But the days of revisiting the old place only lasted less than two months. What awaited them ahead was a more dangerous journey.