A foreigner's journey

A naked 'person' lay quietly on the cold and damp ground, motionless as if dead, with only his head wearing an eagle-beak helmet.

"G-Griffith?"

Gus walked over and helped the figure up. Even if he swung his sword a thousand times, his arm would not move even half an inch. It was now trembling slightly.

I saw that the person in my arms was as skinny as a stick, and the skin all over his body was tightly attached to the bones. Huge ugly scars and marks from being skinned can be seen everywhere on the ribs, abdomen, chest, arms, neck, and thighs. The tendons and tendons of the hands and hamstrings were picked, all the nails were pulled out, and even the tongue was cut out. The bright red behelet that Griffith had been wearing since he was a child was also missing.

It was Griffith, but the Griffith in front of him was completely destroyed.

The furious Gus' muscles bulged in his arms, and he actually tore off the lock on the eagle's beak helmet. Lifting the visor, he was shocked to find that half of Griffith's face had been peeled off, and only a few strokes of his flowing silver hair were left because most of his scalp had also been peeled off.

The eagle has broken wings and cannot soar in the sky again.

The other people came over, and Casca was stunned for a moment. Jiedu and Bibin were stunned for a moment to react, and quickly closed their helmets again and stopped the princess from approaching.

At this time, Griffith, who was being held by Gus, woke up and saw Gus's face with his bloodshot eyes. Shock, fear, shame, and anger were mixed in his eyes for a moment. His lips trembled as he silently muttered Gus's name, and his arms, which were originally weak, trembled with all their strength and lifted up, grabbing Gus' neck.

Gus! Gus! It's you! Because of you, I ended up in this situation! Why, why do you want to leave me? Why!

Jiedu saw Griffith grabbing Gus' neck and was about to stop him. Gus hugged Griffith tightly without any feeling, tears could not help but fall in the corners of his eyes: "I'm sorry...it's all because of me, I'm sorry Griffith..."

Tears fell one drop at a time on the cold eagle-beak helmet, and then trickled down the visor onto Griffith's skinless face.

Gradually, the anger and resentment in Griffith's eyes disappeared. He placed his weak, skinny hand on Gus's and slowly closed his eyes.

"Who is it?" "It's a prison robber!" Noisy voices came from outside, and densely packed circles of torches appeared on the stairs. It seemed that the two dead soldiers at the entrance of the prison tower had been discovered.

Casca grabbed Gus' shoulders anxiously: "Gus, there are too many people outside, let's just... Gus?"

I saw Gus handing Griffith in his arms to Bibin, and then pulling out the giant sword from behind. The overwhelming ominous aura even made the legs of the princess and her maid go weak.

“Drink ah ah ah!!”

Like a furious wolf charging into the herd of sheep, Guts wielded his giant sword and charged into the enemy formation alone, running up the spiral staircase and killing all the soldiers he passed, stained with blood. Red steps.

"Okay, so awesome..." Casca was stunned for a few seconds, then quickly came to her senses: "Follow up quickly, don't be left behind by Gus."

Bibin hugged Griffith and followed closely. Jiedu kept shooting flying knives for Gus to kill the soldiers holding crossbows. Casca protected the princess and her maid, and the group followed Griffith closely. Si ran upward behind him.

Looking at the furious wolf, Griffith had mixed feelings in his heart. He has become stronger again, much stronger than a year ago, and what about me?

Griffith's eyes fell on his skinny arms. Let alone the sword, he couldn't even hold a cup, and even walking was a luxury. I am no longer the white eagle who needs others to look up to me, but a waste who has to crawl in the mud for the rest of my life.

With Gus as the vanguard, everyone quickly returned to the ground. After finding the carriage and horses prepared in advance, and without even having time to say goodbye to the princess, everyone in the Eagle Group drove the carriage and rushed out of the city.

In a hurry, only a few hundred regular soldiers formed a pursuit team, but they were ambushed by the Eagle Regiment not far after chasing them out of the city.

After a fierce battle, this wave of pursuing troops was finally repelled and Griffith was successfully rescued.

After escaping all the way to the slightly safer plains, the members of the Eagle Group took advantage of the time to rest and excitedly discussed with each other what Griffith would do after returning. These young people joined the Eagle Group after being attracted by Griffith's personality charm. They believed in Griffith from the bottom of their hearts. As long as the white eagle returns to his eagle nest, the eagle group will surely rise again!

However, when they truly saw Griffith's miserable condition, everyone fell silent.

Can't speak, can't hold a sword, can't even walk. Griffith is no longer the invincible White Eagle, but a useless man who cannot speak, cannot command a battle, and cannot ride a horse.

The original excitement was poured with cold water. The Eagle Group was confused and didn't know where to go next.

The gentle breeze blew the grass on the plain into waves.

Gus was lying on the grass with his arms behind his head, and Casca stood beside him: "What are your plans next?"

"What nonsense are you asking?" Gus stood up and looked at the beautiful woman he fell in love with: "Come with me."

"Tch, who's asking this?" With those arrogant words in her mouth, the sadness on Casca's face was reduced a lot, revealing a faint smile: "I can't go with you, Gus. Griffith still has He needs my care, he has become like this, I can't leave him."

All this was seen by Griffith in the carriage next to him. Once upon a time, Cascaia admired and was infatuated with herself so much, but now, she only has Gus in her eyes. Yes, she has become a disabled person, how can she continue to look at herself with the same eyes as before? Longing turned into pity.

I don't need pity.

At this time, a familiar voice sounded: "Gus! Casca!"

It's Rickett. His appearance has not changed much from a year ago. He still looks thin and small. He waved his hands and ran towards this side. For some reason, Griffith was very resistant to letting Rickett see himself now. Could it be that the wizard and knight had already foreseen his appearance, so they turned their favor to Gus and Rickett?

"Oh, Rickett." Gus smiled and waved to Rickett, but found that many members of the Eagle Regiment were following behind Rickett, most of them were members of the Stormtroopers: "Captain! Not again. Will you leave us quietly like before?"

"If that's really going to happen, take us away too!" Gaston, the deputy captain of the stormtroopers, said loudly. Gaston admires Guts, the stormtrooper captain, more than Griffith, and this is also what they think.

"This is the unanimous decision of our stormtroopers!"

"That's right, we can still fight! Whether you work with the captain as a bodyguard, a trade group guard, or go back to work as a farmer, we are committed to you, captain!"

"Haha, we are all fugitives no matter where we go, so let's act together. As long as the captain is here, we won't be afraid of difficulties."

"Please Captain!"

Looking at those expectant eyes, Gus couldn't say the words of rejection.

"I..." He looked at Casca again, and finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "I won't leave, I will stay in the Eagle Group."

In the carriage compartment, Griffith's eyes were bloodshot. Want to replace me, Gus? Do you want me to look up at your existence from the perspective of a disabled person, Gus! !

No, I would rather die.

While everyone was talking, the sound of horses neighing suddenly came from the carriage not far away, and the carriage clanked and rushed forward quickly.

"Griffith!? What's going on? Are the horses frightened?" Gus was shocked, and Casca's face turned pale: "Did Griffith just hear our conversation?"

"How could it be? He can barely crawl...go tell Jiedu and the others, I'll chase them first!"

Gus mounted his horse and gave chase.

It's approaching dusk and it's getting dark.

Griffith lay on the front of the carriage, biting the reins with his few remaining teeth. The carriage was pulled by two frightened horses and ran wildly down the hills.

In a daze, Griffith seemed to see a running boy in front of him. The silver-haired boy was running towards the shining and gorgeous castle standing on the cliff in his dream.

I've rested for too long, and I can't do it if I don't start running again... This game is not over yet, and my ambition is not yet achieved.

Bang! The wheels hit the protruding rocks, and the car shook violently before overturning completely. Griffith was also violently thrown out.

Uninjured, he fell into the shallow water, but couldn't even stand up.

A strong desire to seek death dominated his mind, and there happened to be a protruding broken wood stubble in the water. Griffith managed to crawl over and pointed his neck at the tip of the broken wood.

The tip of the stubble pressed against his throat, piercing the skin and drawing blood. But Griffith didn't dare to continue poking, he was afraid.

Looking at the blood flowing on the broken wood stubble that he avoided, Griffith slapped the water feebly, resenting his own cowardice. The blood from the wound on his neck flowed down his arm.

Suddenly, he seemed to have touched something under the water and slowly raised his arm.

The bright red Behelet that had been lost long ago was lying quietly in his hand.

It has already been at the predetermined place, waiting for the destined person.

In the distance, Gus is riding towards here on horseback. Further away, everyone in the Eagle Group was galloping towards this side.

At some point, the sunlight above my head gradually dimmed, and something was eroding the sun.

"The fifth death of the sun...apocalypse?" Rickett raised his head and murmured.

At the same time, in the absolutely silent outer space, a human figure floated quietly, motionless.

Suddenly, he slowly opened his eyes, and an extremely blazing light bloomed from his eyes.

it's time.