I got an S-level talent in the apocalypse, and I will lead Blue Star to rise

Chapter 219 Wandering
This would explain why a human would live in a village of an alien race.

Ning Jun looked at the priest in front of him and found that there were obvious calluses on his hands.

Whether it is left over from long-term martial arts practice or long-term labor.

All this shows that this man is not an unproductive person.

Noticing Ning Jun's eyes, the priest smiled slightly, as if the moonlight was brushing his face, cool yet gentle.

"You guessed right. There was indeed a war here that lasted for a long time. Not only me, but everyone in this village is a victim of this war."

He did not continue speaking, but instead changed the subject and talked about himself.

"My name is Rand. I was born in Azure City. In our city, the sky is always clear, the sunshine is comfortable, and the temperature remains the same year-round, making it very suitable for human habitation."

His eyes were full of nostalgia for the past. For him, those must have been very beautiful days.

"When I was little, I was actually very naughty and always liked to run around. People in Azure City said that Rand was the most naughty child in the city."

As a child, Rand hated his city neighbors.

Because they like to tell tales, they will be scolded by their father.

But now when I think about it, I miss it so much.

"Sorry, I'm old now, and when I talk about the past I can't help but start from the beginning."

He knew that this past event had nothing to do with the war, but he hadn't seen humans for so long that he could hardly control his emotions.

Xiao Qichen did not interrupt him. Ning Jun thought that this was an old man who had lived for hundreds of years, so he listened to him silently.

"The Blue City is located in a remote area, but because of the good climate and abundant harvests every year, people live well. But soon, war spread here."

The peace of childhood lasted only a few years and was soon broken.

"My family took me and me to escape, but no matter where we hid, we were always in the clutches of war."

During this period, he lost his beloved mother, his younger brother, his guard uncle who always secretly taught him how to ride, and countless familiar faces.

Until there were only two people left by his side, to be exact, only his father and the minotaur servant who had served him since he was a child.

The Minotaur servant is not very smart, is stubborn, and is extremely loyal to his master.

When they encountered a war, his father decisively asked his servants to take him away, while he stayed behind to cover their retreat.

The Minotaur servant was very obedient and took him away all the way. They didn't know how many places they had run to.

When there was nothing to eat, the tauren servant would go hunting. When he had no clothes to wear, he would hug Rand tightly and protect him from the wind and rain.

Rand didn't know how long he had been wandering, but he knew that he had been wandering almost all his life from his youth to adulthood.

Along the way, he has witnessed too many joys and sorrows.

Witnessed countless cities being drawn into war and people being displaced.

Not only humans, but also orcs, dwarves and other races were not spared.

Many of those who died did not even know why the war started, and became victims of the war.

No one knows when the war will end.

It seems like this will never end.

"Later, I reached adulthood, but the attendant quickly aged. Unlike humans, he had a short lifespan, less than 30 years. He had lived in my home since birth and never knew where his hometown was."

Although he is a minotaur, both he and Rand regard each other as family.

"His only wish before his death was to return to his hometown."

Rand agreed to his request and carried his ashes with him as he set out on his journey home.

But just like when escaping, the way home is still full of difficulties.

When he returned to Azure City, it had completely changed, no longer the city he remembered. All the familiar people were gone, and even the city walls and buildings had vanished, leaving only broken walls and ruins.

Standing before the ruined city walls, Rand couldn't help but ask himself, "Is this the homeland of the minotaurs?"

It is clear that he did not have his own name until his death.

Human or non-human, there is no difference in this war, they are all just ashes under the war.

But he also didn't know where the Minotaur came from.

So, he could only carry the ashes and follow his memory to his home.

Being born here and sleeping here may also be a kind of perfection.

But the home in my memory now has some strangers, or to be more precise, a few minotaurs.

They were skinny and bony, hiding in Rand's house, unable to see the sun or the blue sky.

When Rand appeared, they trembled. The oldest child among them stood in front, holding a broken knife and threatening Rand to leave.

He said there were adult minotaurs around and would be back soon.

If Rand doesn't leave, he will be torn to pieces by them!

Little did he know that his trembling hands and the children huddled together behind him had already exposed the lie.

Rand did not leave, but stayed and became the parent of this group of children.

They originally lived in a gathering place of Tauren, but were forced to separate from their families because of the war.

The Minotaur, with his simple mind and strong limbs, is the most useful cannon fodder on the battlefield.

When the gathering place was also invaded by strangers, these children were sent out and became exiled.

Originally, there were adults in this group.

But just like Rand's experience, in the end only 4 or 5 children were left.

The Blue City is no longer the prosperous city it once was. The land has been ravaged by war and crops no longer have a chance to grow. It has become a dead city.

That's why these children were able to hide here for more than a month.

When there is no food, they snatch food from the animals' mouths.

They eat rotten meat and insects.

With Rand joining them, they received some martial arts training and were finally able to catch some small animals.

But the Azure City is not a safe place to live, and a group of minotaurs also need to return to where they should go.

"This battle lasted for decades. There was a brief period of peace, not because they had a change of heart, but because both humans and orcs were almost wiped out. I heard that many tauren had returned to the gathering place, so I took them home, but I didn't expect it."

What greeted them was not reunion, but suspicion and exclusion.

In this war, humans, orcs, dwarves and other races all became mortal enemies.

In the eyes of the Minotaur, Rand is a human being stained with blood.

Even the grown-up minotaurs were not welcomed.

Rand knew that they could not return to human society. Their fate would be either to be enslaved as servants or to be used as cannon fodder on the battlefield.

"I led them to establish a new village at the very edge of the gathering place."

Without a doubt, it is the current village.

"How did the other villages disappear?"

If the gathering place here was rebuilt after the war, where did they go?