The city of Oni was quiet in the afternoon, and the scorching sun ordered the most tolerant coolies to take refuge in the shadows of the corners and take a nap, but there was no shortage of mavericks in the world. No, there is a person far away who seems to be being chased by a creditor, desperately running, looking at the direction of the city gate, could it be that he really stole something and was discovered, trying to run out of the city in vain to avoid the limelight?
It was no one else who was running wildly, it was Austin who had begun to get out of control, his situation was not optimistic at this time, although his spirit could still think rationally, but he found that it was difficult to control his body movements, if it weren't for the obsession in his heart to run out of the city, I am afraid that it would be possible to completely lose control and get into the sewer.
"Motera is on top, you must bless me to make it to Navia Manor! Please, after surviving this time, I will really take refuge in you, and be your most faithful believer, you must bless me....." Austin really has no choice but to keep praying.
Would a lucky lady in the kingdom of God really listen to the prayers of a pan-believer? Besides, even if she wants to send down divine grace to help him, because the other party is not a devout believer, it will consume a lot of her extra divine power, she is not a sun god who is so flooded with believers that she plays with church splits, and she has to be careful to live a good life.
Austen's home was not too far from the city gate, and the slum area was always crowded out on the edge of the city, and at his speed, he saw the shadow of the city gate in a few minutes, which could not help but make him happy, as long as he was out of the city, ten miles was only twenty or thirty minutes, not a far part.
But apparently Lady Lucky was not bothering him, and suddenly a cart drawn by two solid horses ran in from outside the city, and the driver of the carriage expected that there were not many people on the street at this time, so he did not slow down in the slightest after entering the city, and ran with a large cloud of smoke and dust.
Austin looked at the smoke and dust more than 100 meters away, and secretly said in his heart: "It's not good! If he runs straight like this, he will definitely crash into it, and the carriage looks like a nobleman's carriage, and the other party will definitely not hide from him."
It's over, it's over... I'm going to die now.... Austin was unwilling, but he couldn't control his legs at all, and could only watch as the distance between the carriage and himself became shorter and shorter.
On the other side, the groom who was driving the car obviously saw the figure running straight towards him, and he didn't pay attention to it, as long as this person was not stupid, and the road was so wide, would he still be able to hide? Besides, what was done in the car behind was the master of Oni City, the honorable Earl of Haniri, the master of this land, who would dare to stop his old man's way?
But the groom was soon surprised to find that the other party had no intention of hiding at all, could it be that he was really a fool?
"Get out of the way, untouchables!" roared the groom, whip whipping at the horse's hips, the car still unabated. I want to hide.... Austin complained in her heart....
Bang! A loud muffled sound came, and the people on the side of the road saw an emaciated figure flying backwards, and after landing on the ground, it rolled for several meters before stopping. And after the carriage hit someone, it continued to move forward quickly without the slightest pause. But the owner of the carriage, after hearing the movement, pulled the curtain of the window and glanced at the man who had fallen on the side of the road and could not move at all, but he just looked at it, said nothing, and then pulled the cloth back on.
"Hey, this kid is really unlucky, it's Haniri's carriage, he dares not to hide. "
"Who says it's not, he must be crazy, the two horses that pulled the cart just now look like excellent war horses from the north, let alone knock him into such a thin and weak one, even a heavily armed shield warrior can't stop it. "
"Hey, isn't this Austin from Broken Neck Street? I saw him at the casino this morning, and I've heard that he's lucky to win a lot. Hey, people, if luck breaks out, it's easy to have an accident. "
The number of onlookers gradually increased, and from time to time some people sighed, including those who recognized Austen, and lamented what happened to him.
"Ah, it's Austin, please let me in, I'm his neighbor, let me in, thank you, thank you. Suddenly, an exclamation was heard from the periphery of the crowd, and the owner of the voice struggled to push the crowd away and squeezed in.
She was none other than Kelly who had helped Austin yesterday. She had just finished working as a helper in a nearby tailor shop, and was on her way home when she saw someone watching something, so she ran over curiously to look, but she didn't expect that it was Austin who was hit by a carriage and flew away.
After finally squeezing in, Karen hurriedly reached out to test Austin's snort, although she knew that he had little chance of surviving, after all, he was hit by such a fast carriage and flew out so far, but how could she feel at ease if she didn't confirm it?
"Oh, great, he's not dead yet, he's still angry. "
"Can anyone help me and take him to the apothecary on Hamm Street? Please, he's so young, help him. "
The kind-hearted Kelly underestimated the indifference of human feelings, and when they heard that the person was not dead, they immediately dispersed, and no one was willing to help.
What should I do? Kelly's tears flowed out, if it was a stranger, she could naturally pretend not to see it, but Austen had known her since she was a child, and she could be regarded as a childhood sweetheart, even if her feelings were very weak now, it was just an ordinary neighborhood, and she couldn't be indifferent to watch him die.
By the way, Austin should have money on him! Kelly thought of this, and quickly rummaged through him, and really found a heavy money bag from Austin's arms. Of course, she didn't covet Austen's money, but she thought that she could pay someone to help, and the poor girl thought about it for a long time before she realized that she could use money to solve the problem at hand.
"Austin, this is to save you. Kelly took out a silver coin, stood on the side of the street again, and shouted, "Whoever will help me, send him to Hamm Street, I will give a silver coin." "
A silver coin was about half a day's earnings from a coolie's labor, and it was a lucrative business to send a man to Hamm Street, not too far away, so someone soon took over the job.
Finally, under the effect of the silver coin, Austin was sent to Jace's apothecary, the experienced pharmacist had already returned from the stock at this time, he saw Austin lying down and was sent in, and hurriedly ran over to check it, but his face quickly became gloomy: "He was hit by a carriage?"
"Yes, just near the city gate, others say that it was hit by the carriage of the city lord's family. Kelly replied quickly.
"These damn nobles really don't take our lives seriously!" Jace was also indignant, Austin's injuries were very serious, not only the ribs in his chest were broken, but also his internal organs were severely wounded, and he was definitely hit by a fast horse in the gallop.
"That.... Uncle Jace, is he still saved?" Kelly's face was full of worry.
"Hey, there's nothing I can do, he's so badly injured, it's a miracle that he didn't die immediately. Unless you go to a high-ranking priest to treat a serious injury,...," Jace patted Kelly on the shoulder, "You've done a good job, Kelly, send him back, I think everyone wants to be at home in their last moments." "
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It was late afternoon when Austen was sent home, and Kelly called a few old neighbors to bring him back, and in the presence of everyone, turned out all of Austen's savings: one gold coin, thirty silver coins, and a handful of copper in the money bag, and a handful of silver coins and a pile of copper and twelve gold coins hidden in a wooden box at the end of the bed. If he had no other hidden place to hide his money, the money, which amounted to less than thirty gold coins, would have been his possession.
Because Austen no longer has an immediate family, and the closest blood relationship is more than three generations apart, this money will be negotiated by the neighbors, and part of the money (about ten) will be held for his funeral, and the rest will be divided equally among the neighbors. This distribution has been circulating among the poor of Oni City for more than a hundred years, and every year a few unloved people die, and then the funeral and funeral of a neighbor and friend are followed.
Given that Austen has not completely taken her breath, the money is temporarily kept by Kelly, and her character is trustworthy to everyone, and she swears in the name of her own sun god Perot, which makes everyone more reassuring. After the matter was settled, the neighbors dispersed, and they agreed to visit Austen again tomorrow, because they estimated that with Austin's injury, they would almost die tonight, but Kelly insisted on staying, she did not want Austin to be left alone in bed to face death, and the priest of Perrault told the believers that the deceased needed someone to be by his side to pray constantly in order to open the way to the kingdom of God for him.
Her sister Nana didn't leave, this ten-year-old girl, although she was afraid to see Austin who was about to die, but she didn't want to leave her sister alone to wait, and there was no one else in her family, her father died early, and her mother died last year, so she would be afraid to be alone at home.
So the sisters snuggled up to each other, quietly waiting for Austin on the bed, clasping their hands together and silently praying for him...
Where is this? Am I already dead? Austin looked around at the emptiness of nothingness, unlike hell or heaven he imagined, with no evil demons or angels of mercy.
"Yes, there are no gods like me who are willing to take me in, and I am not a person who is a great sin, and hell will not welcome me, so according to legend, this is the wall of the unbelievers?" Austin muttered to himself, his knowledge limited and limited to what little knowledge he had in his mind.
Naturally, this is not the wall of the unbelievers, and the souls who have not signed a contract with the devil without the guidance of the divine envoy will first accept the judgment of the god of death, Kranvo, and then be thrown into the wall, and the wall will slowly disintegrate and absorb the souls inside, which will cause great pain to the souls.
Austen didn't feel the pain, apparently not being sealed up in the Wall of the Untrustworthy. He was in a strange state at this time, after his body was knocked to death, out of instinct, his soul fell into a self-protective slumber, but the chaotic hellish aura in his body tried to wake him up and pull him into a nightmare, which caused him to be in the current situation: conscious and sealed in the depths of his mind.
The void he saw was actually the sea of his spiritual power, that is, the place where the mage built the spell model during the spell casting process, but because he was not a mage, he didn't know any spells, and he couldn't connect to the magic net, so his spiritual sea was naturally nothing, as empty as the original universe.
"Boring, do I have to stay here all my life? No wonder people are afraid of the Wall of the Unbelievers, no wonder those priests always talk about this wall, it turns out that the never-ending boredom is so painful..." Austin whined at the emptiness in the sea of spiritual power.
As everyone knows, he has gone lucky! A talented mage apprentice will also spend about three months persistently practicing meditation before he can open his own sea of spiritual power and open his own path to becoming a spell caster! He actually came in by mistake!
Moreover, the sea of spiritual power is the most magical place in the human body, it communicates with the ubiquitous magic net in the vast universe, and it is the hidden place of the human soul.
What Austin didn't know was that because he entered here, the raging hellish aura couldn't pull him into a nightmare, and the process of gradually transforming him to make him lose himself and become a dependent of hell was also interrupted, and that evil force, unable to transform his body according to the original process, could only run around in his body, and by the way, repair Austin's badly damaged body.
Inadvertently, the problem of the mage outside the city was solved by Austin himself, and the evil power will be slowly consumed in the process of repairing his body until it dissipates, and he will get rid of the nightmare and avoid the fate of becoming a monster!
Between life and death, at the intersection of luck and misfortune, the hands of fate rotate again, and I don't know where it will stop...