Last Totem Novel - Chapter 218

Chapter 218 Raven

“Is the Old Street in the west far from here?” Tie Zha asked with interest.

“En” Xiao Yue thought for a moment and said, “I don’t know how far it is. Anyway, it will take me more than an hour to walk through here.” When she spoke of the old street, she became very excited and excitedly introduced, “We have a lot of delicious things there, and they are very cheap. Unlike here, it costs half a silver coin to buy a piece of bread.”

“When you have time, you must go take a look.” Tie Zha answered and asked casually, “By the way … are you all sucking on Jack?”

“I don’t smoke.” The girl shook her head and said, “Uncle Hagrid used to say Jack is a bad thing. Let’s not touch him.”

“Well,” Tie Zha nodded and asked, “I heard that all the bugs here suck on Jack. Is that true?”

‘”Yes” The girl nodded and continued, “But there are some things that you don’t smoke. For example, Uncle Hagrid, whom you met just now, doesn’t smoke.”

“He’s also an insect?” Tie Zha asked curiously.

“Yeah, he’s so powerful. He’s the strongest bounty warrior in this area.” Xiao Yue said excitedly, her gaze filled with unconcealable admiration.

“However, I heard that bugs are forced to inject Jack when they enter the city.” Tie Zha put down his wine cup and looked at Xiao Yue beside him. “As far as I know, once an insecticide contaminates Jack, it will be very difficult to quit.”

“Yeah, most people can’t quit.” Little Yue drank a mouthful of water and said, “We heard from Uncle Hagrid that those insecticides only had to be injected with Jack on their first stay. If they were able to resist this temptation, they wouldn’t have to come into contact with him again in the future.”

“Jake can still give up after injecting him. He is indeed very powerful.” Tie Zha couldn’t help but sigh. Those who could resist Jack’s temptation must have a heart of steel.

“Yes, yes …” Little Moon Chicken nodded her head like she was pecking at rice.

“What kind of person is this Hagrid you’re talking about?” Tie Zha asked casually.

“Uncle Hagrid looks a little fierce and usually doesn’t like to talk. When we first met, many people would think that he was a bad person, but he was actually a good person.” Xiao Yue replied.

“What else?” Tie Zha asked. For some reason, he was interested in this bug who could resist Jack’s temptation.

At this moment, a trace of doubt flashed through Xiao Yue’s eyes. Even though this doubt had disappeared in a flash, it was still captured by the iron slag. In an instant, the atmosphere became dull in vain. After a while, Xiao Yue was the first to break the silence. She smiled sweetly at Tie Zha, took a sip of the wine glass, and then asked in a tired voice, “Uncle, are you here to drink?”

“I have just arrived here, so I don’t know much about the situation, so I have to ask around.” Said Tie Zha sincerely.

“Uncle, Xiao Yue is just a little girl. She knows very little.” Xiao Yue’s eyes flickered as she hinted.

Tie Zha thought for a moment, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then stared into her eyes and said, “Come on, tell me his story.” As he spoke, he took out a gold coin and placed it on the table, pushing it over. “Well said, it’s yours.”

“Actually, Uncle Hagrid is nothing special. Just like other bounty warriors, he usually hunts bugs for a living and occasionally joins the city defense army.” Xiao Yue turned to look at the gold coins and said.

“I’m just curious about what kind of insecticide can resist Jack’s temptation, so I want to hear his story. There’s no other meaning.” Tie Zha explained.

“I heard from the people here that Uncle Hagrid used to suck in Jack for many years, and then …” Xiao Yue sighed and continued, “His brother died in a conflict …”

“Since then, he has given up on Jack.”

“Everyone here says that the two brothers have a good relationship. They often come here to eat and drink, but they never look for a girl.”

“Uncle Hagrid used to laugh a lot. Now he doesn’t laugh anymore. He keeps a straight face every day.”

“Also …” Xiao Yue suddenly remembered something and added, “His brother is called Raven. Everyone in the old street knows this name, but most people don’t know that it’s his brother.”

Raven?

In an instant, these two words flashed through Tie Zha’s mind, and a sense of deja vu surged into his heart …

“Uncle, can you treat me to a drink? A glass of rum costs half a silver coin.” Xiao Yue pleaded.

“Yes.” Tie Zha nodded and stretched out two fingers. Xiao Yue immediately called the waiter and ordered two glasses of rum.

After thinking for a while, Tie Zha finally remembered. Many years ago, when he was about twelve years old, he and Old Niu offended a gangster gang that had just entered Tieshan Town. At that time, the situation was very complicated. Originally, there were several gangs in Tieshan Town that had been blessed by Old Man Tie. Whenever they clashed with others, these people would always stand on their side. However, the rogue gang they offended this time had a close relationship with a certain mercenary group in Sand City. In addition to possessing a large number of weapons, they also hired three reformers. Therefore, no local gang in Tieshan Town dared to participate in this incident.

Just as Tie Zha and Old Niu were being beaten into hiding and didn’t dare to show their heads, the gangster gang suddenly disappeared overnight. Afterwards, the iron slag sneaked into the gang’s stronghold, and amidst the mess and bloodstains on the ground, he saw two large bright red words-Raven.

In the vast sea of people, there must be more than one person called Raven. Tie Zha never thought that the ravens here would be the same person as the ravens back then, but he had a good impression of this name.

Not long after, the waiter delivered two glasses of rum and left. Watching the waiter leave, Tie Zha picked up his glass and took a sip. Then he asked, “Who is the raven? Why does everyone in the old street know?”

“The hero of the old street.” The girl said seriously, her devout gaze filled with respect.

“What did he do?” Tie Zha asked.

“In the past, all children born on Old Street had to go through formal residence formalities when they reached the age of twelve. By the way, they had to get an injection of Jack.”

“Five years ago, a group of clerks came to the old street to go through the formalities for the children. When the ravens heard the news, they rushed to the scene and stopped them from harming the children …”

“In the end, the ravens clashed fiercely with them …”

“After the sacrifice of the raven, the people of the old street all rebelled. Ever since then, Sand Wind Castle has not implemented this rule.”

“I’m very lucky, because of the ravens, I’m not contaminated with Jack.”

After listening to the story, Tie Zha picked up the wine glass and signaled to Xiao Yue, “Come, cheers to the raven, the hero of the old street!”

“Cheers!” Xiao Yue picked up the wine glass with both hands, touched Tie Zha, and drank it all in one gulp. However, the little girl did not know how to drink, and she coughed violently as the high concentration of alcohol flowed through her throat.

Tie Zha patted her back and whispered, “Friend, drink slowly. Don’t be anxious.”

“No … for the raven … our hero …” Xiao Yue suppressed her cough and drank the whole glass of wine in one breath.

After a moment of silence, Iron Cinder saw that the time was almost up, so he called for a waiter and paid for two silver coins and five silver coins. Before leaving, Xiao Yue stuffed the gold coin that Tie Zhan Cha had rewarded her back and said, “Thank you for your respect for the old street hero. I can’t accept this gold coin.”

“Take it. Find another job. This is a tribute to a hero.” Tie Zha returned the gold coins and said.

“Thank you.” Xiao Yue bowed deeply to the unfamiliar young man. When she raised her head again, that tall figure had already disappeared into the dim light …

After leaving the bar, Tie Zha continued to roam the streets. Not long after, he passed by a large gun shop, looked up at the signboard, and walked in. Although he only had two silver coins and five copper coins left in his pocket, he still had Mu Yuqinxin’s card. This was a black star stone card that could be freely accessed throughout the world, a symbol of his top status.

After entering, a female shopping guide greeted him and bowed to greet him, “Hello, guest. May I help you?”

“Just take a look.” Tie Zha said, then looked around. The firearms shop has over a thousand square meters and is divided into different areas. There are five areas: firearms area, heavy weapons area, cold weapons area, explosive weapons area and accessories area. The weapons here were arranged in a very dense and messy manner, unlike the CSUM Exchange Center, which was loose, clearly displayed and luxuriously decorated.

On the left side of the door was the Blasting Weapons Area. This was a relatively rare classification, so he walked in and looked around.

Ever since the Ancient Era’s nuclear war, mankind, which had re-established civilization on the wasteland, had spontaneously come to a consensus. This consensus is known as the Human Pact.

The Human Convention overrides all conventions and legal texts, including the Universal Convention, but its content is very simple, with only one article.

“Humans will not develop, manufacture or use any weapons of mass destruction.”

This Convention is the wisdom crystallization of all mankind condensed from profound historical lessons and millennia of suffering. The reason for this is very simple. As long as any force or organization manufactures a weapon with a radius of 1,000 meters, it will cause another force or organization to start developing a weapon with a radius of 2,000 meters, followed by a radius of 5,000 meters and a radius of 10,000 meters …

By analogy, the nuclear bomb would soon return to the human world and wipe out everything else. Perhaps the destruction this time would be even more complete, leaving no room …

Today, artillery shells, rockets and small missiles are the ultimate weapons of mass destruction on a human scale. This was mainly to resist the invasion of bee insects and alien planes, otherwise even these would be banned from production. Some scholars believed that the reason why the swarm of bee ants had absolute advantage in numbers was because they did not attack Silver City on a large scale; The main reason for this is that they are worried that humanity will be forced to resume the use of nuclear weapons.

Regardless of whether it was humans or insect colonies, the ultimate goal of planar warfare was to compete for resources, not destroy each other.

As a result, explosive weapons are in most places very smart, and the larger the range, the rarer it becomes. The Academy Alliance only had two explosive grenades in their standard individual combat equipment. Rockets for individual soldiers were even more expensive and rare.