Chapter 0 Prologue
In the dim room, only the large monitor was flashing with bright light.
On a dull night in midsummer, the low background sound intertwined with the chirping of cicadas outside the house, but it exuded an eerie feeling of tranquility.
Lines of text appeared quietly on the display, like inscriptions engraved into the soul.
You lived in Barkley, a continent far to the southwest of Pendor. Your father was...
【A knight.】
When you were a child, you had a good life. Your father was a weapon master and was often employed.
He possessed extraordinary martial arts skills and patiently taught you all the techniques, and you became a master with sword and lance.
Your father was rude, cruel, but fair.
Your mother, a minor noble of Pendor, spoke little of her past, but she did reveal her first encounter with your father, when he rescued her from captivity.
Your father only mentioned the order he once belonged to once, and that was when he was drunk. He said that the order was exiled by the Sarleon.
But he refused to answer any questions about the order, even its name.
He said he would rather never mention it again.
During your teenage years, you had very little free time because your father...
【You have to live alone when you are away from home all year round. 】
As a boy growing up on the streets, everything you do is just to survive.
You beg, steal, and work for gangs to earn supplies, trying to survive day to day in a violent world, often just one step away from legal boundaries and malicious people.
In a life that seems to be unchanging, you have ushered in new changes. You have the opportunity to become...
【A bounty hunter. 】
Things can't stay the same. You grow into a man under the guidance of some force , and the whole world around you seems to change.
Unwilling to work hard like everyone else for petty profits, you work hard in those hidden corners and secretly make money outside the damn law.
You rely on your skills to do some not-so-legal transactions, and occasionally steal or rob... These dangerous industries make you a lot of money.
But as fate would have it, everything suddenly changed and you had to leave Barkley and head to Pendor because...
【You received the news that your parents passed away. 】
Their deaths were so sudden and violent, and the identity of the murderer is unknown.
Countless enemies want to the lord even issued a wanted order for you. You have no choice but to leave Barclay and go to Pendor in order to avoid being found by those evil thieves.
You took your father's sword - a family heirloom that was enough to protect you and make you famous, booked a ship ticket to Pendor, and left your familiar hometown alone.
Based on some of the rumors you've heard about Pendor, you've decided...
[Take a Firdsvain merchant ship to Fog City. ]
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The display in front of my eyes began to blur, and my consciousness quickly fell into darkness.
In a daze, Li Ang seemed to hear someone calling his name, but the call was fleeting with the chirping of cicadas.
He persisted and moved his fingers, and an option was selected on the display.
Then, at the moment the interface switched, he fell into a long darkness.
The selected option is...
[Face life head on, no way to save or exit! ]
