Chapter 3429: Thousand Years of Solitude

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Old Man Galen rambled on, telling a story about his childhood as an orphan who was adopted by a single-parent family. It was plain and boring. In addition, his tone was straight and slow, without any hesitation. After listening to it for a long time, it sounded like the sound of a file scraping wood. The sound is not just boring, it can be said to be a kind of torture.

However, no one interrupted him. This was the respect due to a dying old man and a lonely strong man.

The girls arrived shortly afterwards and were as smart as me. They quickly turned around and made a shushing gesture to them, telling them not to get too close and just listen to the side, lest Galen looked back and saw that a new customer had arrived and started all over again. Go through his childhood memories.

Until noon, Gallon's memories had just ended his childhood and embarked on the path of growth as a student. I was hesitating whether to continue listening or to go back to accept the devil's training from the old drunkard as usual. Looking back, I found There were many people in the back row, including an old drunkard. She gestured at me a few times, and it seemed that the afternoon training was about to be suspended.

I didn’t expect that this old drunkard would have the patience to sit down and listen to such boring stories, so as a student, I have an even greater responsibility.

I turned around, cheered up and continued listening, and before I knew it, it was evening. Finally, the story got a little better, and Galen's memories finally came to him. He had grown up, and was about to face job changes, family ties, and love. As things continue to brew in his family, his white life path begins to be dyed with colorful warm tones.

If we hadn't heard Galen say it himself, it would have been hard for us to imagine that he longed to change jobs and become an adventurer just to protect this small village and his family. It was completely unimaginable that this would be a powerful person. The desire he had at the beginning of his life had no ambition at all, and had nothing to do with lofty ambitions. It was too small and not worthy of his current status and strength.

However, what we heard from his mouth was so detailed that we could easily picture an ordinary and warm family and a peaceful village in our mind, which made us feel that it was indeed natural for him to think so.

This is a contented, optimistic, ordinary person.

So far, Galen's growth experience has been very ordinary. He is a common orphan, a common single-parent family, a common adopted relationship, and a common relationship. At best, it only shows his extraordinary talent, but it does not Unlike the eldest brother, the second brother, and sister Sharna, they are not as amazing and talented. For the time being, they can only be said to be one of a hundred geniuses.

How did such an ordinary genius, with no adventures or cheats, become the strongest person he is now, probably the first person in the league, and achieve such achievements and heights?

Hearing this, we couldn't help but become curious. The previous boring impression was long gone. Instead of forcing ourselves to listen with respect, we began to look forward to the subsequent development.

Although most people have guessed that this change, the turning point in Gallon's life, is probably related to Belial, but so far, they can't imagine such Gallon, such an ordinary family, such an ordinary village, How could it be related to Belial?

Just like what is written in many novels, we clearly know that there will be a magnificent plot in the future. Often, the calmer and happier the life ahead, the greater the possibility of a reversal. The same is true for us. Listening to Galen narrating these ordinary lives, we gradually become more familiar with the plot. After generating curiosity and interest, it is inevitable to have such worrying thoughts.

Sure enough, without any warning, a big mouth from the abyss appeared from the ground and swallowed his home, his relatives, his lover, and his village whole. Galen, who had gone out to fetch water, was standing here. The edge of his mouth opened wide, he survived, but witnessed this scene with his own eyes.

Hearing this, I turned around and exchanged a look with Linya.

A giant mouth emerging from the ground? Devouring villages?

Isn't this the mysterious disappearance of villages that Linya and Lena mentioned to me before, which were discovered one after another thousands of years ago but have not yet been solved?

Akara, Kane, and old man Farah were still working on this matter and went to the scene to check it out in person. Unexpectedly, they thought that the truth would be buried in history, and it would not be possible to solve it until it happened again tens or hundreds of years later. A mysterious incident, but the answer is hidden in Gallon's story.

He turned out to be one of the parties and participants. This was something that could never have been imagined.

Then he recalled that when the incident happened for the third time, it was said that there were witnesses and the losses were reduced, and he came to the conclusion that the mysterious monster that devoured the village was probably stopped.

Combined with the truth just now, I immediately felt a sudden enlightenment.

The witness was probably Gallon, and the one who stopped the mysterious monster was probably Gallon who couldn't escape.

To further infer, this mysterious monster that devoured the village and the sworn enemy who destroyed Galen's family and hometown was definitely Belial's pet.

In this way, all the puzzles are solved.

Just when Linya and I felt that the truth was revealed and we were no longer surprised, something even more surprising happened.

Belial, who drove his pets to devour the village, discovered him as a survivor, and then made a deal with Gal. From then on, Gal gained a long life and embarked on an endless road of revenge.

In fact, even crime and punishment were taught by Belial. Look at my face now, you can see how shocked and surprised I am. I once imagined that when I became stronger, I was still no match for Belial. , using the final trump card of crime and punishment, maybe we can make a comeback.

Unexpectedly, the crime and punishment move was created by Belial... No, it was not necessarily created by it, but it was undoubtedly spread from it. He actually used the move taught by his enemy as his own. How stupid and naive am I to use my trump card against this enemy?

Regarding the deal proposed by Belial, Gallon finally chose to accept it. Whether it was for revenge, fear, or rejection on the contrary, we can all understand what choice he made. In that case, no one could Make a choice that you dare to pat your chest and guarantee that you are absolutely right.

However, what shocked and saddened everyone was that whether it was talking about the moment when the village was devoured or the subsequent deal with Belial, Galen always maintained his dull expression without any change.

Heartbroken? Desperate? Look away? No matter which answer it is, it is heart-wrenching.

Looking at the time, it was already nightfall. It seemed that Gallon's story was still very, very long. Maybe it would take ten or eight days to tell it. I thought that I simply couldn't wait for that long, but I still couldn't tell it. Unable to disturb.

This is quite the last story and even the last words of a respectable old man.

However, the situation was beyond my expectation. After Galen chose to succumb to Belial's deal, the story progressed from one extreme to the other.

What is said in front of me is extremely detailed, and a small childhood incident can last for dozens of minutes, but what follows is a jump of several years, ten years, or even decades.

Even the job change shortly after the transaction, such an important matter, was covered in a few words.

Why such a dramatic shift? Perhaps it is not difficult to understand. It can be imagined that for Galen, the village life before the accident was his happiest and most memorable time, but after the nightmare happened, it was full of pain and he did not want to remember it. experience, or maybe he was blinded by the desire for revenge at that time. Everything that happened later can no longer be remembered. After all, it was a thousand years. If it were me, I guess except for the girls, like the second senior brother Senior brother, people like old Magotri Kenshashik may not be able to remember it, let alone recall it.

Of course, it could be both reasons.

In short, Galen's memories progress in a time-jumping manner. After accepting Belial's deal, in addition to being full of revenge and constantly driving himself to become stronger, we gradually find that he is escaping.

It's not about escaping from yourself, but about escaping from others and the world.

He was afraid that he had become a pawn of Belial for revenge. What if Belial wanted to use him to do something? Therefore, he kept avoiding the Alliance, avoiding contact with the Alliance, and even avoiding contact with anyone, for fear that he would be used by Belial and others would be harmed.

Therefore, we experience deep loneliness in Gallon's later stories.

Although we are deep in this world, we have to keep escaping from it. We are standing in the bustling crowd, but we dare not interact with anyone.

In order to avoid being used by Belial, Galen isolated himself for thousands of years.

How...

Not only me, but even the dragons, the evil dragon Reina and the others, who have a particularly weak sense of time, were deeply shocked by this. How did they survive such days?

Not only the loneliness, but also the subsequent confusion, hatred, despair, and numbness make people deeply aware of how terrible the power of time is.

Even the hatred that killed relatives and engulfed villages can be forgotten.

Instead, I hated myself for being like this.

And even this hatred can be forgotten.

After realizing this fact, he fell into despair, but he gradually got used to despair.

Eventually it became completely numb.

Perhaps, the hatred has never been forgotten or faded, but the long time and endless revenge have made him feel deeply tired.

Looking back, the girls were already crying. Even the old drunkard’s pupils were shining brightly. He noticed that I was looking at her, glared hard, and silently pointed at the corner of my eye.

I touched it subconsciously and found it was wet and cool.

The story that spanned thousands of years was restored in detail in the last few decades.

That was Galen's last period of time. At first glance, it seemed that he had looked away and was preparing for the last ditch effort. He collected spices, tried his best to recall the figure of his lover, the outline of his hometown, and let the hatred that he felt deeply tired return to. look up.

However, it is completely invisible from the surface. When I recall the time I spent with him and being taught by him, I simply cannot imagine that this is a man who is trying his best to re-enter the nightmare abyss of hatred. A lonely old man who wants to die.

Perhaps thousands of years of suffering have made him put on a heavy mask.

Until the end, he tried his best to fight Belial's pet but still failed. Is it a kind of despair or a kind of relief for Galen?

Maybe, not to mention us, even Gallon himself can’t tell the difference.

As if a narrator was narrating a distant story that happened to someone else, Galen didn't show any other expression from beginning to end. Until the end, he closed his eyes deeply from exhaustion and fell asleep in his wheelchair.

I don't know how I got home. I just remember that everyone was absent-minded and still immersed in Galen's misfortune.

I don’t know how I lay down and entered the world of testing.

I only know that since I came in, I have been in a daze and thinking.

What am I compared to gallons?

A thousand years of loneliness and a thousand years of misfortune. If you say that the other party is a giant dragon, it is understandable and you can find excuses to comfort yourself. After all, life span and time concepts are different. Perhaps the loneliness and despair of a giant dragon for a thousand years is just like the depth of human beings. I fell into despair and loneliness for three to five years.

However, Gallen happened to be a human being just like himself.

In comparison, it was so embarrassing to be alone for only a few decades while shouting that I wanted to live or die.

Just like a little kid who fell down while running and scraped his knee, he lamented the troubles in life and showed a weathered look in his eyes, but he didn't know that there was someone beside him who had experienced a cruel war and had his legs broken. , a veteran soldier with no fingers, blind eyes, and dozens of shrapnel embedded in his head and body.

Which one is more lonely, a world with only one person, or a world full of people of the same kind but only one person alone? I have not experienced the latter, so I can't compare. However, compared with Gallon, I am really lucky and happy.

Of course, what scares me even more is time. Even people like Gallon can’t resist the power of time. What about me? Can you do it yourself? I don't have the hatred and unforgettable experiences like Gallon. I only have a strong desire to gain power and protect others.

Will this desire be eroded by the long time in the testing world? Now, I suddenly have no confidence.

Perhaps, compared to surpassing one's own testing tasks, this is the real biggest difficulty one has to face in the testing world.

In the seventh decade, I fell into confusion again, but this confusion was no longer directed at my own future, but the confusion caused by Gallon, the sympathy and mourning for Gallon, as well as the fear and uneasiness about time.

Maybe the person who tied the bell needs to untie it. Let’s go see Gallon tomorrow...

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