People are in the moon, The Sims

Tonight, it was rare for her parents to prepare a small room for her and let her sleep alone. They claimed that it was time for her to learn to be independent when she grew up. Irlan did not expose this weak lie.

Irlan has known since he was a child that he is somewhat different from other children. He has some vague knowledge and common sense of life in his mind. In the words of the grandfather wearing a skull mask, this is a gift from God. Of course, only he can Understand that this is the memory of a previous life and is your own proof. It seems that you have experienced this kind of experience more than once.

But the old man's words still moved Yilan very much. Whether it was a gift from heaven or a memory from a previous life, there was no need for him to feel confused or lonely because of this.

I am special, but this village can still accept such a special me. What I need to consider more is, since God has given this gift to me, is there any mission that I need to complete?

So of course Ilan can see the meaning of his parents' actions. He should be separated from his parents. His parents let him sleep in separate rooms. In fact, it was just to avoid the uncontrollable sadness and pain during the separation. Bar.

Irlan did not lie on the bed to sleep, but sat quietly on the edge of the bed, swaying his feet gently and looking at the moon in the sky. Above this rocky valley with little rain, there were not even any dark clouds in the sky, which was bright and clear. The moonlight shines on the ground through the wooden windows. Compared with those prosperous cities, such villages seem a bit poor and backward.

But compared to those areas where undercurrents are surging and wars break out from time to time, it is much quieter and calmer.

Speaking of the days when I met the old man with the skull mask, it was often nights like this, but what exactly was the mission the old man mentioned? I must have come to this era not just to see the scenery of this era.

He recalled his conversation with the old man again.

When the old man proposed that since he had a gift from heaven, he should have his own mission, of course he asked the old man about it.

Is my mission to become a king and settle the situation of constant disputes? He doesn't seem to have that ability. According to what the old man said, there are many well-known and powerful kings in this era. It is extremely difficult to overpower them.

Do you want to put forward your own theories like the sages in the book? At that time, the old man was still shaking his head.

"On topics like mission, no one can tell you the answer. Find it yourself and make your own choice. What others tell you is just a borrowed answer after all. Everyone's life is different. As a hidden person, People in the darkness, people rotting in the darkness...

I cannot and am not qualified to influence your life and future. "

Although it was impossible to see the expression on the old man's face because of the mask, Irlan could feel the old man's kind smile and a hint of confusion.

Irlan sat on the edge of the bed, resting his legs, holding his chin with his hand, pretending to be an adult, but it didn't seem to be considered pretending.

After a while, he still sighed. Sure enough, he still couldn't figure out what his mission was, but he was a child now. Even if he couldn't figure out his mission in the past few years, it shouldn't matter.

It was also at this time that a black shadow flashed past, and Irlan raised his head. Unexpectedly, the door of the room had been opened, and a masked figure stood in front of him. On his shoulders, he carried three children about the same age as himself.

"You did not sleep?"

Looking at the masked man in front of him, Yilan jumped out of bed. He felt something similar to the masked man from this man's body, "It's better to say that my parents are acting so abnormally. If only I could fall asleep." strangeness."

Irlan did not hide his differences. The old man said that everyone in the village was a companion, and there was no need for him to pretend. It seemed that the person in front of him was the reason why his parents behaved abnormally.

But I would not be so stupid as to tell someone that I have partial memories of my past life when I meet him.

"Well, let me ask, uncle, what is your relationship with the old man in the skull mask?"

Chapter 48: Entering the Mountain

[The uncle didn’t answer my question, he just told me that I will know when the time comes. 】

[Oh, man, I swear in the name of the old man in the mountains, the uncle in front of me definitely wants to see my confused expression. It’s a pity that I won’t let him do it, but he doesn’t seem to want to play with me. A game for little eyes. 】

"Okay, I won't knock you out. Since you are smart enough to know that you are going to be separated from your parents today, you shouldn't cry or make a fuss. Just follow up."

Yilan jumped off the bed and arranged his clothes. It seemed that it was not suitable for him to refuse now, not to mention that he also wanted to see if this action could help him understand what his natural mission was. .

Facing his parents' room, he bowed deeply and followed the uncle wearing an iron mask. "Do I still have a chance to come back?"

The uncle wearing an iron mask looked at the boy in front of him, but in the end he still couldn't finish his words, "Whether you can come back depends on your next performance. If you can have strong strength and status, where will you be in this world?" Can’t go.”

Yes, everyone understands this principle.

Irlan rolled his eyes secretly, and finally followed the uncle out the door.

Then I watched the uncle running towards the back mountain. Of course, he stopped from time to time, waiting for Irlan to catch up. It seemed that Irlan had reached the upper limit of his physical strength. Every time Irlan When he was about to catch up with himself, he pulled away again.

After so many rounds, Ilan was sure that the uncle in front of him definitely did it on purpose, but after running for so long, he was exhausted and didn't want to say a word at all.

Although the air in the mountains at night is much cooler than during the day, the entire air is extremely dry due to the lack of vegetation and moisture.

At this moment, Irlan's throat felt like firewood was burning.

Looking at the tired body of the child in front of him, the uncle with the iron mask took off the kettle from his waist and threw it to the child in front of him. It is not that he had never brought a conscious child here before, but it seemed With such a young adult, the only one who came here at the same time was the one in front of me. He was indeed a talent that the adult had noticed.

"Drink some water. We are here. When the children from another village are brought, you will see the reality of this village."

Erlan took the kettle and drank the water gently while observing the surroundings. It seemed that it was deep into the rocky mountains. It was still one or two mountains away from the village, and it was located in a higher geographical location. Looking at the original village from a distance, even the West Village is within sight.

Continuing to look towards the top of the mountain, there seems to be a temple on the top of the mountain.

Seemingly noticing Ilan's movements, the masked uncle gently raised his hand and brought up a black cloak to cover the boy's sight, "Kid, that's not a place you can look up to now. .”

"There is....."

Erlan subconsciously asked, and the masked uncle sighed softly, "Your village is a village that serves the old people in the mountains. Your parents should have told you this since you were a child, and that is where the first generation The Old Man of the Mountain, the place where that lord sleeps.”

Irlan nodded.

So that's it, that's the place where the Lord sleeps. Since it's the place where the ancestors sleep, it's normal to be admired and enshrined by others. Let me just say, in this era, there are always people who want to go there. Those who worship the leader's ancestor don't know what day the ancestor slept, and what they should offer to the ancestor.

According to his parents, the old man in the mountain is an assassination group, so it stands to reason that his ancestors should also be assassins. In the future, should we make some small mechanisms for assassins and worship him on the day when he sleeps?

Irlan naturally understood this sentence to mean that the temple on the top of the mountain is the tomb of the first generation of mountain elders and a place of worship. In fact, except for Hassan of each generation, other assassins basically think so too. .

After all, every time that adult appears, it is when Hassan changes his position.

Except for Hassan of every generation, no one should be able to see that adult. If that adult were more serious, I am afraid that the head would be cut off without reacting.

Ramses II, who was at the sixth singularity, was in his base camp, and his head was cut off without anyone noticing. If it weren't for his temple, he might have already left the scene.

But if this uncle knew what Ilan was thinking about now, he would probably slap the child on the back of the head with his hand, and then complain about how audacious that adult is, how could he do such a rash act? , except for a few designated people to maintain the burning bonfire outside the temple, people are actually not allowed to approach the temple easily.

After a while, another person dressed very similar to the uncle also came here, but compared with the uncle in front of him, he only brought two children. One of them was a little girl who was in a comatose state and had black hair. With her hair, she looks like a beautiful woman at first glance.

Ilan tilted his head. The new masked man here had a somewhat different personality from the uncle who brought him here. He didn't say anything more, but just nodded gently to the uncle to indicate that the task had been completed. At this time, the masked uncle took out a pendant with a special shape from his pocket.

Then he pointed the pendant at the stone wall, and finally uttered a wonderful spell, and the stone wall slowly opened like a special machine door.

Irlan opened his mouth slightly, with a bright light shining in his amber eyes. He rubbed his brown hair with his hands, and then raised his hands high, like exploding fireworks, "Oh oh Oh! What is this! It looks so cool——!"

Perhaps because he has been indulged all the way, the iron-faced uncle will naturally not show his face now. He can only sigh softly and sigh silently. This kid is indeed the same as the one he saw before. The difference is, will such an independent brat really take over that position?

"It's just a simple magic. The chosen ones all have magic talents. But it's not an easy thing for you kid to open such a stone door with your own hands. I hope you can open this stone door with your own hands in the future. Open it, come out—"

Chapter 49: This is hell

"Go in, kid. You have to walk the rest of the road by yourself. How long will it take to finish this road? Can you even finish it? It all depends on you, kid... Don’t die, let alone lose yourself.”

The eyes of the uncle with the iron mask on his face flashed with complicated emotions. As people who have experienced it, they certainly know what kind of experience there is behind this stone door.

Just like there is a line that says?

It's hell ahead.

It would have been fine in the past, but now is the period when Master Hassan has personally spoken to start cultivating the next successor. Whether it is the subsequent training or selection, it will be even more cruel than that period. It will be bloody. Selection and even training are accompanied by sweat and blood.

Especially if you want to become Hassan, you must master a secret skill. For example, the current Master Hassan is the holder of the secret skill. As for how to master this secret skill, I am not going to describe it in detail.

You must know that there are some secret skills, but they require physical transformation to achieve them. After all, there are only a few people with special talents.

Before Irlan could react, he was gently pushed into the door by the masked uncle. Finally, the other children were also thrown in. There was a downward landslide inside the stone door. Special means Make this slippery slope impossible to stand on without special means.

The children, including Erlan, slid directly into the depths of the mountain.

I don’t know how long I have been sliding down, but the slope finally eased. I looked up and saw that this was a canyon in a rocky mountain. Looking back, there was only a long slope. For a while, it seemed that I could only enter but not get out.

The light of the torch illuminated the entire interior of the canyon. There was a huge space in the middle, and there were many small rooms on the surrounding canyon walls.

Irlan rubbed his eyes to let himself adapt to the light and environment here as soon as possible, and then looked towards the small rooms. There were several teenagers older than himself, and there were also three half-decayed old men, who were younger. The children were looking at themselves and the new children with pity, while the older ones only had indifference in their eyes.

Compared with the young people, there are only a few older people, and it seems that the people here have their own small groups. This makes Irlan shake his body, and always feels that this is not a good place. , could the old man wearing the skull mask want to harm himself?

Probably not...

Not only that, there was also a bloody-looking room that was used for punishment or surgery, which was exposed to everyone's eyes, followed by a huge grotto filled with various materials and books.

These compact rooms make this small space seem more cramped and depressing.

It feels a bit like a place where assassins and deadpools are secretly trained. Such a place is really not something ordinary people should come to.

At this moment, a man came to Yilan and the others quietly. He wore a wooden mask on his face, his voice was slightly hoarse, and his figure was completely hidden under the cloak. "Children from the village are also here." Come on, it looks like the training can start today, let’s enjoy the remaining relaxing time before others wake up.”

[Even though I am a genius, I couldn’t help but swallow a mouthful of saliva after seeing such a scene. 】

[For a moment, I regretted leaving the village. I always felt like I was on a pirate ship. 】

[Not long after, the five children who came here with me woke up. Except for the black-haired girl I was paying attention to, the other four almost cried directly after seeing the unfamiliar environment. . 】

[It was also at this time that the man with the wooden mask came to us again. He would become my teacher in my childhood. 】

"Quiet."

The sound was like a loud bell, and it seemed to have a somewhat soothing rhythm. It was obviously only two words, but when the sound fell, the crying in the ears did disappear without a trace.

"Listen, you are children in the village, so I will give you a chance to choose.

We have worshiped the Lord of the Mountain for generations, and the leader is Hassan. Now you have the opportunity to inherit the name of Hassan, but taking this road will definitely be accompanied by sweat, blood, and even death. It is said that you choose to quit now, tonight Everything is just a dream that you cannot remember. "

The old man's words were hoarse and long, as if they were coming slowly from the bottom of the abyss. Even though a child of this age did not fully understand death, he could still feel the fear.

Even if every child who comes here has been personally observed by Hassan and believes that the seedlings who may inherit his position must be somewhat more mature than normal children in terms of temperament, there are still two children who have raised their eyebrows. With his own hands, the third child finally chose to give up after hesitating for a moment.

Although they grew up listening to the legends and stories of the old man in the mountains from the moment they were born, at this moment, how many children can maturely make a choice? The two children who immediately raised their hands, in their hearts The first thing that comes to mind is probably not fear of death, but rather not wanting to leave my parents.

Except for Yilan and the girl, the last remaining child is obviously two or three years older than the two of them, and is naturally a bit more mature. Well... compared to normal children of the same age. In other words, Ilan is an exception.

The old man wearing a mask looked at the seedlings that had lost half of their value. He was not surprised at all. Isn't it like this every time? There were three left this time, and he had already made plans to send all the children back except the older child.

The medicine powder was sprinkled on the three children who gave up, and the old man kept shaking the bell in his hand as a hint. When the three children woke up again, they would naturally not remember what happened now, and they would not know about these children. Will you regret knowing that you gave up the opportunity to enter another world in the future?

After all, this is a cruel world where wars often break out.

After that, the old man wearing a mask turned his attention to the three people standing.

"Now that you have made your choice, there is no way out. From today until the next selection of Hassan, only corpses will leave this dark valley. Congratulations on your choice to enter hell. "

Chapter 50: A Thread in the Heart

[The old man wearing a wooden mask... let's call him Mr. Wooden Mask. He is the enlightened assassin mentor who lays a good physical foundation for all candidates and chooses the direction of secret techniques. 】

[He is also the main speaker in this valley. 】

[According to Teacher Mu Mian, those who are older than me are orphans on the battlefield. Like me, they have the qualifications to become Hassan's heirs, and those three old people were selected from the previous generation of Hassan. Just leave it as it is now. 】

[Those three old people cannot learn the secret technique, so they are not qualified to obtain masks and leave here. At the same time, they will also be the grindstones of our generation. 】

[Of course, if the whetstone breaks the knife during the sharpening process, it can only be blamed on the knife's lack of qualifications. 】

[Only those who have initially mastered the secret technique and passed the test can leave this valley, and this time will not be too long. 】

[Hassan's inheritance has never been determined by just a few words. Almost no one will notice how realistic the sweat and blood shed in this darkness is. 】

[The reality of this era is never a fairy tale. 】

[Soaking in potions improves the body, and training in various assassination techniques and physical fitness is a daily routine. When the physical fitness reaches the standard, it is time for us to choose the secret technique. During this time, except for Teacher Mu Mian, I have not seen anyone else Anyone who has been here. 】

[Oh, by the way, we need to forget our names for a while here, only our numbers. My number is eleven. 】

[Because there are combat skills in the memory, it is not too difficult to become proficient in them now. It is just that it is not an easy task to increase the skills of frontal combat and transform them into assassination skills. 】

I have to say that the daily training can indeed be described as hell. Every time I give instructions, Mu Mian uses genuine weapons, which often leaves wounds on the body. Although these wounds will heal quickly after taking medicinal baths, if Can't keep up with the increasingly intensive training...

Then you can only leave here as a corpse.

Irlan has become accustomed to the feeling of blood spilled on the ground these days, and there are also some faint scars left on his body. Whether it is the smell of blood in the air or the pain caused by the weapon lying on his body, it will not have too much impact. My own thinking.

Irlan was finally able to understand the tiredness in the voices of the old man with the skull mask and the Iron Mask uncle. He grew up in such an environment and kept accumulating lives on his hands. When his mentality changed, This will be cumulative and may be the final straw.

"Eleven, are you tinkering with your gadgets again? Aren't you going to take a rest? Tomorrow is the day of the battle assessment."

The girl with short black hair looked at the lights still swinging on Erlan's table, her tone of voice was calm and without any waves. Although in such a depressing environment, as members who also came here from the East and West Villages, they naturally It has become a small team that hugs each other for warmth.

But on days when the pressure is so great and daily training is almost draining their body's strength and potential, even within a small group, everyone rarely has the intention to care about the situation of others.

To a certain extent, Mu Mian also cultivated these children's slightly indifferent emotions from childhood. As an assassin, you don't need such rich inner emotions, at least within their cult.

Perhaps it was because of Ilan's excessive precociousness that he had such an impact on his character, but it didn't wipe out his inner emotions so much. Looking at the person in front of him who he had paid attention to since the first meeting. Girl, Irlan forced a smile on her face.

Ilan and this girl are the youngest among all the candidates. If Hassan hadn't felt that his condition was beginning to decline and become unstable, the two of them would not have come to the training ground so early to participate in Hassan's candidate training. Generally speaking, it should be the age of the third boy who stayed with the two of them.

After all, the younger the children are, the more likely they are to become emotionless weapons during this training process. This is not the original intention of the cult. They are training Hassan, not weapons.

Hassan needs to think of his own, otherwise the Order will lose its direction and meaning.