The Hearthstone system of a certain American comic

Black Dragon Nightmare smiled, "Enkidu, you are very strong. If I guess correctly, you are also a wandering hunter, right?"

"No, I'm not a wandering hunter, what am I?" Enkidu felt a hint of curiosity.

"That's a profession, don't talk about it now, the gladiatorial fight is about to begin." Black Dragon Nightmare let go of Enkidu's hand and pointed at the lion in the cage.

"A gladiatorial fight? Are these four men fighting a chained lion?" Enkidu felt that this gladiatorial fight was unfair to the lion.

"No, after a while a mechanism will open the lock on the lion's neck, and the lion will pounce on them and tear them into pieces." Black Dragon Nightmare explained.

"You're saying these four are going to lose."

"Yes, the strength of humans and lions is not proportional. It is difficult to cause fatal damage to a lion with bare hands."

"In that case, why did they challenge the lion and risk death for money?" Enkidu asked lightly, thinking that his purpose this time was to assassinate the king for money, a task that might cost him death.

Black Dragon Nightmare smiled, "Do you think they are voluntary? You are wrong. This arena belongs to the royal family. They are just slaves. They are forced to fight with lions for people to watch. This is just an entertainment program arranged by the king. Every month It’s all there.”

Just as he was talking, Enkidu saw one of the four men suddenly move and run towards this side. He held the iron railing and tried to squeeze his head out, but his head was obviously bigger than the railing. Duo, he shouted heartbreakingly, "Let me out, I am the one who was wronged, and I still have a wife to take care of."

Some of the people watched indifferently, while others talked and laughed calmly.

Suddenly I heard a low roar from the male lion. It turned out that the chain around his neck had been opened. The male lion jumped up and first pounced on the three men in front of him. The three men fled in all directions, so frightened that they had no intention of fighting. , and the slave who was still holding on to the railing and crying suddenly stretched out his hand from the railing, grabbed the sleeve of Black Dragon Nightmare, and said with tears in his face, "I know I will die, but I still have a wife and son, and they are still here." Wait for me, please help me tell her!"

Before he finished speaking, the back of his neck had been bitten by a lion. Four corpses fell there in the arena. The crowd slowly dispersed. They sighed and said that this fight was not exciting at all. Something like that.

Enkidu suddenly asked, "Why did he say he was wronged?"

Black Dragon Nightmare scratched his head, "You have to know that no one is born a slave. They all committed crimes and were deprived of citizenship. It must be that this sinner suffered some injustice."

Enkidu originally hesitated to assassinate the king of the capital because he did not want to kill a wise king. He came here because he was forced by life and poverty, but now seeing this inhumane human-animal wrestling, His last hesitation was eliminated.

"What are you thinking about?" Black Dragon Nightmare patted Enkidu on the shoulder.

"It's nothing."

"How about I go to the pub over there and have a few drinks?"

"What to drink?"

"Of course it's wine, strong liquor, oh, by the way, I have something to discuss with you.

In the corner of the tavern, Enkidu and Black Dragon were sitting opposite each other.

"Take a sip." Black Dragon Nightmare pointed at the wooden wine glass in front of Enkidu.

Enkidu had never drank wine before. He picked up the wooden cup and felt the aroma of wine filling his nose.

"Come on, let's do it together."

Black Dragon Nightmare smiled and drank down the wine in his hand. Seeing this, Enkidu also drank the wine in one gulp.

“Brother, how’s the wine in the capital?”

"Very good." Enkidu tasted the aftertaste on his tongue and fell in love with this taste.

"Yes, brother, I think so too. Come on, pour the wine."

After filling two glasses of wine again, Black Dragon Nightmare's expression became a little serious. "Brother, I actually have something that I want to ask you for help with."

Enkidu took a sip of wine and said, "Can I ask first, why are you asking me for help?"

"You are different." Black Dragon Nightmare drank the wine in one gulp and continued, "I have been a wandering hunter for twenty-four years. My feeling is not wrong. When I first saw you, you stood there and looked so familiar. Different.”

Enkidu said nothing, but drank the rest of the wine.

Black Dragon Nightmare picked up the wine flask again and filled the two of them with wine. "Even if my intuition is wrong, the two long knives on your waist are real. A beginner in martial arts can't control the flow of double knives." .”

"What do you want me to do for you?"

"My wife and I are both wandering hunters. When we passed here, we saw a reward notice posted on the wall. It said that there was a strange bird near the outside of the city. It often attacked travelers. The king offered a reward of one thousand caren for its head." Black Dragon Nightmare said and sighed. "My wife and I had almost spent all our money. We wanted to make a fortune, so we used the old method of our wandering hunters to track down the strange bird's nest, which was an open space in the forest. During the fight with the strange bird, my wife was seriously injured. I had to hold her in my arms and run away. Fortunately, the bird was not good at fighting in the forest. I ducked into the woods and managed to escape. After I asked a doctor to treat my wife, my wife was temporarily out of danger. , the doctor said further treatment was needed, but I didn’t have enough money to pay the medical bills, so I asked the doctor to leave first.”

"I see."

"I need money to further treat my wife. That strange bird is worth a thousand ron, but it is too strong. I can't handle it alone."

"You want me to help?"

"Yes, I have absolutely no idea how to attack it. It's so hard that my sword can't penetrate it at all."

"Can't cut it in? Then there's nothing I can do." Enkidu shrugged.

"No, there must be a way. Maybe its head is a weak point, or cut off its legs."

"But I still have something to do." Enkidu refused.

Black Dragon Nightmare stood up and said, "Do me a favor, brother. I spent my last money on buying you a drink."

Enkidu suddenly thought that this strange bird had a bounty of one thousand karens. If he could successfully kill it, he could share it equally with the Black Dragon Nightmare. Wouldn't it mean that he no longer had to assassinate the king? So he said, "I want to see your wife. If she really needs medical treatment, I can help you with this, but you will lose five hundred Karens from me."

"Please, I only have 500 Karens left. I don't know if it's enough for my wife's medical expenses. Brother, I can only give you 200 Karens to help you, okay? For the sake of the wine."

"Where is your wife? I want to see if she is seriously injured."

"Okay, I'll take you there."

This is a small hotel, a small room with a shabby wooden bed. Lying on the bed is a pale woman with her eyes closed and very calm.

The door opened, and Black Dragon Nightmare and Enkidu came in. Black Dragon Nightmare strode towards the woman's bedside, "Baby, I'm back."

The woman didn't respond.

"My wife is asleep, look"

Black Dragon Nightmare's tone was a bit awkward.

Enkidu has never seen anyone with such pale skin. The biggest difference between pale and snow-white is that one is pathological and the other is healthy.

The woman was covered with a quilt. Black Dragon Nightmare stretched out his big hand and touched the woman's forehead. Suddenly, his expression changed and he retracted his hand.

"How could it be so cold?" Black Dragon Nightmare stretched out his hand again, using his trembling fingers to explore the woman's breath.

Then, his face turned pale like a woman's, and his brows and eyes were filled with disbelief.

Then, his eyes became moist, and tears came out of his eyes, sliding down his face and dripping on the ground. His lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

He yelled, then rushed away from Enkidu behind him and rushed out of the door.

Enkidu froze on the spot. After a while, he seemed to understand something and turned around to chase after him.

In a deserted corner, Enkidu found the Black Dragon Nightmare. He was squatting by the wall, crying like a child. Enkidu didn't know how to comfort him, so he had to sit on the ground and listen to the cry.

After a while, the crying gradually became fainter.

"It would be great if I had money." Black Dragon Nightmare stood up, gritting his teeth. "It would be great if that damn doctor would treat her first."

Black Dragon Nightmare punched the wall, causing several cracks. He glared and shouted, "Didn't that damn doctor say he was out of danger? Yes, it's all his responsibility. I'm going to kill his wife. Let him suffer as much as I do."

"Even then, your wife will never come back." Enkidu stopped the Black Dragon Nightmare's body.

Black Dragon Nightmare stared blankly into the distance, tears filling his eyes again.

"Of course, of course, of course" three times, each one getting weaker than the last.

Enkidu put his hand on Black Dragon Nightmare's shoulder and said softly, "There is already enough pain in this world, why add another pain."

The black dragon nightmare lowered his head and looked directly into Enkidu's eyes. "Enkidu, can you tell me why there are ferocious beasts and strange species in this world?"

"I don't know, maybe just like human beings, they all have a meaning of existence."

"No!" Black Dragon Nightmare grabbed Enkidu's shoulders. "They have no meaning of existence. Just because of them, my wife died. Maybe you are right. I shouldn't blame the doctor. I can only blame the world. Why are there so many monsters? If they live, someone will always die. , let me remember, they have no meaning!”

As he spoke, he smiled sadly, let go of Enkidu, and sat down on the ground. "But what can I do? It's irreversible."

The air was filled with gloom, and Enki was unconsciously infected by this sad emotion. He knelt down and patted the black dragon nightmare's back.

"I want revenge." Black Dragon Nightmare stood up suddenly and pulled out the broad sword on his back. "I'm going to kill that bird monster."

"Don't go, you said you can't chop it." Enkidu also stood up and reminded.

"Brother, thank you for accompanying me when I was most desperate, but if you consider me your brother, please don't stop me. I must avenge you." Black Dragon Nightmare's voice was full of determination.

"I won't let you die." Enkidu's voice was cold, but it seemed to have an emotion that made people's blood boil.

"Don't stop me." Black Dragon Nightmare took a step forward, strode forward, and disappeared around the corner.

Enkidu murmured, "I won't stop you, I will only help you."

I don't know when, Enki has regarded Black Dragon Nightmare as a brother, maybe because of his invitation to drink, maybe because of his true feelings.

Enkidu's plan is to follow the Black Dragon Nightmare, observe his battle with the strange bird, and try to let him take revenge alone. Once the situation changes slightly, he will immediately help.

There is a reward of 1,000 Karen for killing the strange bird. Black Dragon Nightmare’s wife is dead. If I take care of him for 500, wouldn’t Kailin and myself have their food and accommodation covered? What makes Enkidu embarrassed now is that Sanfu said that Kailin's remaining poison has not been cleared up. If this is true and he doesn't kill the king, if something goes wrong, Sanfu may not save Kailin again.

At dusk, in a dense forest to the west outside the capital city, Enkidu was secretly monitoring the black dragon's every move.

This twenty-four-year-old wandering hunter looked around as he walked, and every time he walked, he would bend down and sniff the ground.

Enkidu discovered that there were white ash on many trees, intertwined into crosses, and seemed to be marks.

The trees were getting thinner and thinner, and soon, Black Dragon Nightmare walked into a prototype clearing in the forest. The clearing was very large, with thick yellow grass piled in the center, and a huge egg on the grass.

Black Dragon Nightmare stepped forward, took the egg in his hand, sniffed it, and threw it into the package on his back. Then he ran back into the dense forest and hid behind a thick tree.

It was a long wait. The sky was completely dark. I heard a strange cry and a big bird flew down on the yellow grass. This big bird was definitely bigger than three strong men. Its whole body was gray and yellow, with two sides. If one's wings are constantly flapping, one can hear the sound of the wind.

There was another bird song full of sorrow and anger. Apparently, it found that the eggs in the nest were gone.

Enkidu looked at the Black Dragon Nightmare and found that the Black Dragon Nightmare was trembling slightly. Taking advantage of the fact that the bird was not facing it, it actually moved back, as if intending to retreat.

Could it be that the Black Dragon Nightmare is afraid?

He was indeed scared. Sweat was pouring from Black Dragon Nightmare's forehead. He looked at the bird looking up to the sky and roaring angrily. He thought about how he and his wife had failed to defeat this strange bird before.

It was the pain of losing his wife that made him come here impulsively, but when he really had to face it, he was afraid and wanted to escape.

He had a way of retreating, saying that he had obtained the bird eggs, which made the bird monster feel the pain of losing a loved one. This was the best comfort for himself.

if not? Fight with that strange bird and lose your life?

Thinking of this, Black Dragon Nightmare took a few steps back.

The strange bird was tearing at the yellow grass at the moment, causing the grass blades to fly in random directions. It was obviously extremely angry.

The black dragon nightmare took a few steps back again, and then hid behind another big tree. He leaned against the big tree with tears in his eyes. "I'm sorry, my love."

Suddenly, the leaves in the forest scattered all over the ground, and there was murderous intent, Enkidu's murderous intent.

The leaves suddenly rolled up, spinning with the airflow, and flew in the air. It was the murderous aura that drove the leaves.

The black dragon nightmare opened his eyes wide and watched in disbelief as Enkidu slowly walked past him. Although the powerful murderous aura was directed at the strange bird, he was so close to Enkidu, how could he Can't feel it?

"Come together." Enkidu encouraged him softly as he passed by Black Dragon Nightmare.

The Black Dragon Nightmare looked at Enkidu's back. Is that courage?

The strange bird stared at Enkidu, its eyes widened, as if it was startled, but then, the wings of the strange bird flapped, and its eyes suddenly turned silver.

Black Dragon Nightmare jumped up in surprise, pointed at the strange bird and shouted, "Its eyes, its eyes."

Wouldn't it be that his eyes would change color? What should he shout? Enkidu thought, he kicked his feet, and the two swords were unsheathed at the same time. The light of the swords drew a beautiful arc and slashed at the strange bird. The murderous aura drove it. The fallen leaves made it impossible to see clearly the power of Enkidu's sword.