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6.28 - A Rare Visitor in a Small Town (Part )

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October 187, 6

8:00 AM

[Confession death countdown remaining: 21 days]

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The next morning, after sending Emilia to work at the Task Union, Jiang Ran took the key and rushed to Emilia's house without stopping, determined to repair her house within the day.

Through the relationship with branch chief Oleg, Jiang Ran found a group of diligent and experienced craftsmen, and later it only took one day to repair Emilia's house.

Moreover, on the basis of repairing the damaged structure, Jiang Ran also bought metal and stone to greatly strengthen the doors and windows of Emilia's house to ensure that ordinary people could not forcibly destroy them by violence.

In addition, Jiang Ran also built a wooden fence with iron thorns in Emilia's yard and decorated it with green plants. In this way, an unsuspecting outsider would definitely make a noise after being stabbed, which would wake up the people in the house.

But in fact, Jiang Ran was exaggerating a bit, because from the observation in the past two days, the core power of the mayor had completely disappeared, and the other forces affiliated with the mayor were originally working for the mayor just to curry favor with him. Now that the mayor is gone, they have scattered like monkeys when the tree falls.

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On the day when Jiang Ran was busy repairing and reinforcing Emilia's house, a rare guest came to Sunny Town that afternoon.

The man was wearing shiny silver armor, riding a tall horse, and dragging a giant rat monster as big as an elephant behind him. As soon as he arrived at the entrance of Sunny Town, he attracted people's attention.

"Wow, that badge... could it be from the Greenwood City Cavalry?"

"Yes, and they are the strongest First Cavalry Team among them!"

"Oh my God, that's the captain's armband!"

"So, he's the famous 'Silver Heavy Chariot Pride'?!"

The noise of the people soon attracted more people's attention, and everyone stood on tiptoe to see the demeanor of the Knight of Cuilin City.

However, Lord Pride did not care about the townspeople's welcome. He just waved to everyone politely and continued to walk forward with his head down.

The onlookers were quite stunned. According to rumors, this "Silver Heavy Chariot Pride" was a very high-profile and self-righteous person, but now it seems that he is quite low-key, at least not as exaggerated as the rumors said.

Pride found the town's guard soldiers and asked them to help find a place to bury the giant rat monster's body. After that, Pride began to ask everyone if anyone knew a young man in a black cloak.

"I don't know his name either. I just remember he was very handsome. He was probably around seventeen or eighteen, right?"

After hearing the Knight's description, everyone immediately had the answer in their minds.

If you ask who is the most handsome boy aged 17 or 18 in Sunny Town, there is no other candidate except Banning.

But everyone is also confused, why does the famous "Silver Heavy Chariot Pride" want to find Banning?

The townspeople did not dare to say anything in front of the Knight, and they consciously helped to find Banning in the town.

But for some reason, Banning couldn't be seen anywhere today.

After searching for a long time without success, Pride happened to pass by the home of Oleg, the branch chief of the Task Union, so he decided to talk to him about the matter of the "Corruption-Detoxifying Poisonous Blade Rat King".

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Unlike yesterday, there were not many townspeople gathered outside Branch Minister Oleg's house today.

Pride asked Zhan Magoya to wait outside, and he knocked on the door and entered the home of Branch Minister Oleg.

Oleg, who had just recovered from a serious injury, had scars all over his body from burns, but this did not weaken or uglify his image. Instead, it made the old soldier look even more brave and tough.

"It's been a while since I last met you, Branch Chief Oleg. Are you feeling better?"

"Hey, isn't this our famous Pride? Did you take some medicine? Why are you so polite?"

Branch Minister Oleg openly teased Pride. In his memory, this rapidly improving junior had always been extremely boastful and arrogant since he became famous.

Now seeing Pride's humble and polite appearance, Oleg felt as if he had returned to the time when this guy's father was still alive.

"I used to be too arrogant... Fortunately, an adult enlightened me and made me realize that I had strayed too far from my original intention."

Pride took off his helmet and scratched his hair in shame.

——(An adult?)

Oleg's eyes lit up; this seemed like it would be an interesting topic.

"Oh? This is an interesting topic. Sit down and let's have a good chat!"

·

There are two reasons why Pride came to Sunny Town to defeat the "Corruption-Detoxifying Poison Blade Rat King".

One is to help his old friend, Branch Chief Oleg, to eliminate the threats hidden around Sonny Town;

The second reason was to increase his own military achievements - in order to run for the position of the next leader of the Cuilin City Cavalry Regiment, Pride had to make more achievements.

However, after actually encountering the "Corruption-Detoxifying Poison-Blade Rat King", Pride discovered that the intelligence did not match the actual situation. The Rat King in the forest was much stronger than the intelligence said.

Based on his trust in Branch Chief Oleg, Pride did not think that there was something wrong with the intelligence from the Task Union. The only possibility left was that his subordinates had secretly tampered with the intelligence, causing him to mistakenly believe that the "Corruption Blade Rat King" was weak.

The reason why Pride is so suspicious of his subordinates is that although he has a good reputation, he is actually just a captain who has been sidelined.

He suspected his men of doing something secretly several times, but he had no evidence and could only swallow his anger for the time being.

If it were the Pride of the past, he would have thought that everyone was jealous of his talent, but after being enlightened by that adult yesterday, he finally realized that it was his poor way of dealing with people and interpersonal relationships that led to all this.

Since his father's death, Pride has strayed too far from his original path.

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"Pride, I heard that you killed the 'Corruption-Detoxifying Rat King' by yourself?" Branch Chief Oleg asked excitedly.

"I didn't do it. I was almost killed by the Rat King. Fortunately, that adult saved me."

Pride was filled with remorse when he spoke of how he was almost killed, but when he mentioned "that sir," his eyes lit up again.

"That lord?"

"Yes, but I haven't found him yet. I just happened to pass by your place, so I stopped by to visit you."

"Unintentionally? On my way? You little brat, my position as branch chief Oleg has been so low now? What's the origin of this 'sir' you keep calling me?"

"I don't know his name, but people in your town say his name seems to be Banning."

"Ban... Ning...?"

Branch Chief Oleg's expression was distorted with surprise.

In his opinion, Banning was indeed an outstanding young man, but not capable of accomplishing the feat that Pride mentioned.

At present, Banning's strength has not been assessed in Cuilin City, but according to the previous observations of Branch Chief Oleg, he should be around level 20 of the first stage.

With such a level of strength, how could he have saved Pride and defeated the "Corruption-Detoxifying Poison Blade Rat King" alone?

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6.29 - Pride's Past (Part )

"Branch Chief, do you know this Mr. Banning?"

As soon as Pride saw Oleg's expression, he knew that he must know something, so he hurriedly asked.

"Well... more than just knowing him." Oleg laughed, then shook his head. "But, I don't think the Banning I know has the strength to defeat the Corruption-Detoxifying Rat King alone."

Oleg confidently denied the possibility that "Banning was Pride's savior", but Pride still insisted on comparing Banning's appearance with Oleg.

The two compared everything from overall appearance to eye color, and as a result, Pride became more convinced that Banning was the savior he was looking for.

This Lord Banning not only saved Pride's life, but also saved his soul.

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Since his father's death, Pride has been training himself rigorously every day in order to fulfill his father's last wish and become the commander of the Cuilin City Cavalry Regiment.

If he encounters a mission to defeat monsters or eliminate bandits, he will never give up.

With such diligent training and practice, Pride, who inherited his father's talent, quickly passed the first-level trial and met the requirements to become a knight of the Cuilin City Cavalry Regiment.

But this was just a small step for Pride. There was still a huge gap between the knights at the bottom and the commander of the cavalry regiment.

Therefore, Pride still did not relax his requirements for himself and continued to spend his days either training or going out to fight.

There is no entertainment in his life.

God favors Pride, and his hard work has brought him rewards.

With his ever-increasing strength and outstanding combat record, Pride was promoted from the Ninth Cavalry Regiment to the First Cavalry Regiment. Then, at the age of 30, he was promoted to become the youngest captain of the First Cavalry Regiment since the establishment of the regiment.

On that day, countless honors and praises descended upon Pride.

Even Captain Trickel of the Second Cavalry, who considered him his strongest rival, took the initiative to put aside his seniority and invited him to a place of entertainment for a whole night, claiming to follow his lead.

From that day on, Pride gradually lost himself in people's flattery.

Two years later, Pride was still the captain of the First Cavalry, but his strength had barely improved, and he had been stuck at level 50 of the second stage for a year.

In addition, his reputation is no longer one of diligence and hard work, but one of arrogance, vanity and boastfulness.

Pride didn't care about this. He firmly believed that he was talented and that as long as he continued to work hard, passing the trial would be a natural thing. Those who criticized him for being arrogant and complacent were simply jealous of his talent and achievements.

Pride abandoned his previous ascetic lifestyle. He thought that his life was too hard before and now he needed to combine work and rest.

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As a result, "labor" gradually became occasional, and "leisure" became the main theme of Pride.

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Pride fell deeper and deeper into depravity without realizing it. Finally, when he realized that he needed to reflect, he was surrounded by carrion-eating black rats.

Looking at the Corrupted Poison Blade Rat King grinning not far away, Pride seemed to see the other captains and cavalry members who were flattering him on the surface but were actually trying every means to frame him.

Not until his death was approaching did Pride realize that he had been "praised to death" by these treacherous people.

Unfortunately, he realized it too late. He not only lost to those treacherous people, but also lost to his own weak will.

Alas, he scolded himself, if his will was strong enough, he would not have lost himself in the world of sensual pleasures.

But it's all too late.

As he lay dying, Pride apologized to his father.

Unexpectedly, a miracle happened just after he apologized to his father.

The boy, whom he thought was just an ordinary person, actually dared to walk towards the Corruption-Detoxifying Poison Blade Rat King alone and towards the rat group alone.

Moreover, the boy looked at the monsters without any fear in his eyes.

That is the indifferent look of the strong looking down on the weak.

Although Pride soon fainted due to exhaustion of magic power and was unable to see how the boy fought against the Rat King and the rats, when he woke up and saw the Rat King's corpse lying in front of him, the shock made him realize how insignificant he was.

Pride realized belatedly that the reason why the boy refused his request to lead the way so fearlessly when they first met was not because he didn't know him, but because he was simply fearless.

Looking back, Pride just felt ridiculous.

He actually wanted to ask such a strong man to lead the way for him with just a piece of white bread and a silver coin.

When they were about to enter the forest, Pride was still self-righteous and thought that he was protecting the boy by driving him away. Little did he know that the boy did not take the Corruption-Detoxifying Poison Blade Rat King seriously at all.

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Pride was extremely grateful to the boy for saving his life. He knew that his second life was hard-earned, so he decided to turn over a new leaf and become his original self again.

Moreover, after seeing through the sinister intentions of those treacherous people, Pride felt that his meeting the young man was definitely a redemption from his father's spirit in heaven.

Therefore, yesterday evening, after Pride stood up again, he tore off the ostentatious and useless white silk on his and his horse's armor to bid farewell to his proud and complacent self of the past two years.

Then, he dragged the Rat King's heavy body all the way to Sunny Town, with only one purpose.

Pride wants to find this young man and swear allegiance to him. No matter whether he becomes the leader of the Knights Templar or a higher position in the future, he will continue to serve the young man until the end of his life!

·

In the room, Oleg had just explained to Pride the reason why "Banning couldn't defeat the Rat King alone."

"That young man probably hasn't even challenged the advanced trial yet," Oleg said.

"Branch Chief, you may be too old."