The Journey of the Rainbow Dragon.

Chapter 60 The Intertwined Destiny of the Side Story

After experiencing the beast tide, Windmill Town is undergoing a major renovation.

People worked very hard in the mood of the rest of their lives, and the speed of repairing the city wall was very fast.

The captain of the guard found the mayor with a melancholy face on the city wall.

"Shall I have a drink?"

"Ah."

Casa Tavern
in a separate room.

"bump"

The two clinked wooden glasses filled with low-quality ale and drank it down.

White ale hops flowed down the mayor's collar, moistening the old magic robe.

"Haha, I haven't drunk this kind of low-quality ale for many years, don't say it, it has to taste like this."

The captain of the guard laughed and started a conversation between the two.

The mayor didn't answer.

He stared at the white ale flowers in the wooden cup in a daze.

"How many years have we not had a drink together?"

"Luke Uriah"

The mayor looked at his friend across the street and called out his full name for the first time in nearly ten years.

"It's been almost ten years. It seems that you guys don't drink with me when you come back from the disbandment of the mercenary group."

Guard Captain Luke first laughed at himself.

Then he looked at the mayor seriously and said his full name.

"Marshall Bate"

"It's been ten years, but I still feel like it just happened yesterday."

Marshall took another gulp of the bad ale.

"Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!"

The rough liquor made him cough uncontrollably.

Maybe the wine was too bad, his face was flushed, and he even coughed up tears.

Luke silently accompanied him for another drink.

"I remember when I was a child, it was you who made the noise and wanted to be a magician."

"You dragged me to accompany you to take the entrance test, but in the end I was left behind to accompany you to the interview."

Marshall wiped the corner of his eyes, looked at Luke who was drinking in silence, and recalled with a smile.

"Yeah, we were all young at that time, who would have thought that you, who had always yearned for the life of a mercenary, would end up on the road of magic."

Luke said with a smile, and he refilled Marshall's glass.

The path of destiny is always so elusive.

A young man who likes magic is forced to embark on the road of practicing fighting spirit.

A young man yearning for mercenaries to lick blood finally threw himself into the embrace of magic.

They became the envy of each other until the girl appeared.

"I'm sorry, Luke."

Marshall suddenly reached out and grabbed Luke's rough palm, looking at him fixedly.

"I really regret it"

"Don't say that.

Listen to my Marshall, we'll just drink and nothing else today. "

Luke grabbed Marshall's arm with his backhand and said lightly.

Two middle-aged people over forty years old just looked at each other.

In the end, Marshall was still the first to let go.

Just like back then, when the two young boys were full of admiration, he was the one who let go of the girl first.

Marshall picked up his glass again and took a sip.

"At that time, we were in a hurry, but we forgot to look up at the stars above our heads"

"I thought magic could make me forget everything, so after leaving the mercenary group, I kept looking for new magic to learn."

"But I found that no matter how much magic you learn, you can't make up for the pain in your heart."

"The day you became the captain of the guard was also the day you married Alia."

"I originally promised you to be the witness of the wedding, but I chose to travel in a hurry, heading west, not knowing where the destination is."

Luke quietly listened to his friend's talk.

It was his wedding day, but his best brother was not there.

Marshall fell into memory and continued to tell what happened after he escaped.

"I walked to the outskirts of the Yibi Forest in a daze, thinking of finding a monster to kill myself"

"I managed to find a Tier 6 monster, Barker the Giant Bear. I thought it would be more honorable to die."

"I charged at it. As expected, it was just a normal hit and I was knocked to the ground."

"Later, I met the guardian of "green"."

Luke sat on the wooden bench and listened silently, something Marshall had never told him before.

"I told her my story.

I thought I would receive some comforting words, but she didn't say anything, just patted my shoulder and asked me to pay for the drink. "

Marshall took another sip of his drink, and suddenly looked at Luke viciously.

"After this incident, I suddenly didn't want to die."

"His grandma, you bastard who stole my fiancée is not dead, how can I die!"

"You stupid, vile, heartless, big-limbed bastard"

In Luke's stunned expression, Marshall suddenly cursed with red eyes.

This gentleman, who has been a great magician for nearly 40 years, swears in front of outsiders for the first time.

Luke didn't interrupt his scolding, and quietly accepted his friend's cry.

Time seems to have returned to that summer.

----

Marshall and Alia were childhood sweethearts.

They were born in Windmill Town and met here.

Both families are also neighbors, and their parents made a marriage contract for them.

But by mistake, Marshall became a magic apprentice.

He left Windmill Town with an old mage.

This walk is 7 years.

Luke, who was found to have no magical talent, was disheartened and chose to spend the rest of his life in Windmill Town.

Later, he was accepted as an apprentice by an old mercenary, and his progress in training Dou Qi was unexpectedly fast.

In just one year, he has been promoted from an ordinary person to the black iron rank by practicing Dou Qi!

You must know that children from normal families will take at least five years to reach this level.

The old mercenary stayed in Windmill Town, trying to teach a famous samurai in the mainland before he died.

During this time, Luke and Alia developed feelings for each other, but neither expressed it.

The vast majority of wild mages will never return to their hometown in their lifetime.
They have dedicated themselves to the eternal god of magic.

However, there are always exceptions.

Seven years later, Marshall returned from school.

The wild mage had nothing to teach him.

The strength of this disciple has completely surpassed him.

He chose to go home.

At this time, he has become a great magician.

The first thing he did when he came back was to run to Luke's house, wanting to share his joy with this friend he hadn't seen for many years.

Pushing open the door, Marshall shouted excitedly
"Luke! Did you guys think about it?"

The scene inside the house was like a bolt from the blue, which made Marshall stunned in place.

The two once familiar figures were suddenly not so clear.

Luke was having lunch with his former fiancée, and when he saw Marshall rushing in, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

The three of them ended their meeting that day in silence.

On that day, Marshall, who had always been going smoothly, suddenly became decadent.

At that time, Marshall was fully capable of killing them on the spot.

But he didn't.

One is a former best friend, and the other is a former fiancée.

He couldn't do it.

Later, Luke and Marshall formed a small mercenary group and left Windmill Town.

And agreed with Alia, if she can come back safely, she can choose who to marry.

In the end, he lost.

In other words, neither of them won.

One lost his friendship, the other lost everything.

Learning magic requires a firm heart.

When a person starts to question whether learning magic is the right choice, he has abandoned magic.

And the God of Magic will ruthlessly abandon that person.

At the age of 17, he reached Marshall of the Grand Sorcerer.

Since then, he has never taken a step in the field of magic in his life.

same
Luke who reached the gold rank at the age of 17

And stay at this level forever, until now.

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"I was busy on the road, but I ignored the beautiful scenery on the road."

Marshall was drunk, he murmured while lying on the table.

"Sorry, my friend."

With red eyes, Luke drank the last glass of wine and hugged him.

"are we still friends?"

Marshall looked at the ceiling in bewilderment.

"We'll be best friends forever!"

Luke said firmly.

"You bastard!"

Marshall stood up suddenly and punched him on the shoulder, then staggered away.

"Go forward and punch straight, you, remember."

This is the move that Marshall pulled Luke to practice constantly when he was worshiping mercenaries as a teenager.

That was their first time.

Even after so many years, he has not forgotten this trick.

"Thank you."

Luke sat in silence for a while.

He wiped away his tears, drank the last glass of ale, and staggered out of the room.

At the entrance of the tavern, a woman in her thirties was anxiously looking for her husband with her infant child in her arms.

Obviously the guards said he entered Kai'Sa's Tavern.

"Alia."

A familiar voice sounded on the stairs.

"Let's go home."

(End of this chapter)