The sound of the wind blew up Athos's somewhat haggard silver hair.

The old wizard leaned on a magic stick and stared at the rolling clouds above the sky, deep and sad, as if he was about to pass through time and space.

At this moment, his already hunched back seemed to be even more curved.

"Sorry...Mr. Athos, I don't know..."

Tony opened his mouth and looked guilty.

However, Athos quickly retracted his sight from the sky.

He took a deep breath and squeezed out a somewhat ugly smile:

"It's okay, Lord Tony, this is all in the past."

"The catastrophe has brought indelible harm to everyone. It is precisely because of this that we know the beauty of peace, and we know the value of blue sky and white clouds..."

“As survivors, we are already much luckier than those who died.”

"Living well and working hard for that possible bright future is what we survivors should do."

"We should be strong and must be strong. The dead are gone, but we cannot forget that we still have a future..."

Athos's words were loud and loud, as if they contained an extremely firm force.

Looking at his persistent gaze, Tony felt a stern and felt awe for a moment.

"Mr. Athos, you are such a strong elder. After chatting with you, I realized how cowardly I am on weekdays."

Tony sighed slightly.

Looking at this old man with firm beliefs, he couldn't help but think of himself at this moment.

He remembered the unforgettable setbacks he had experienced since childhood, and also remembered the more fascinated attitude he had recently been in love with, but in fact he was self-ansthesia that escaped reality...

Addicted to games leads to a breakdown of a relationship is just a manifestation.

He always knew that what really surrounds him is the introversion and inferiority complex buried in his bones...

Because I am introverted, I don’t like socializing, and because I am inferior, I escape reality and become addicted to games.

It is precisely because of this that when we interact with our girlfriend, we will not work hard to solve the problem when there is a conflict, but will choose to escape every time.

Escape again and again, choose to remain silent after conflict, choose to turn to bury the game, and finally the other party's complete disappointment.

Just a vicious cycle.

Compared to Athos who faced the painful past, he was much worse than the old man who buried his grief and continued to move forward.

"No, Lord Tony, please be confident. You are willing to embark on a journey for us. This is enough to show your strength and kindness."

“We probably wouldn’t have been able to get here at all without you.”

Athos shook his head and said.

Tony smiled bitterly and did not answer.

Strong? Kind?

No……

He knew very well that he was willing to participate because it was just a "game".

He is far less noble than Athos said.

It is precisely because of this that he felt more ashamed when he looked at the grateful and respectful gazes that everyone cast.

With Athos's narration and Tony's sigh, the atmosphere of the team was a little low for a moment.

Until the warrior Bolls fought haha:

"Hey, let's not talk about these sad things! Why not listen to the story of Ramis, and Milair?"

"It's also unlucky to say that. The three of us were originally mercenaries from a small mercenary group. We had saved a lot of money and were about to retire and open a tavern together. Who knew that after just talking to the leader about retirement, a catastrophe came..."

"It's really miserable. We have saved up more than ten years of gold pounds. When this damn catastrophe comes, all the gold pounds have become waste stones, but food and water have become hard currency. What a hell!"

"The most annoying thing is that we also exchanged most of the supplies we had for gold pounds before retreating, but in the end, all the gold pounds added up and couldn't afford a box of ale!"

"Isn't it very unlucky? Hahahaha..."

Bolls laughed and tried to change the subject.

But... his ability to change the topic doesn't seem to be very good. Except for him laughing alone, no one echoes.

The strong soldier smiled for a while and seemed to realize the awkward atmosphere.

Finally, he rolled his eyes, his eyes stopped on the silent people, and said dejectedly:

"Damn it! It seems that the story I tell is not funny. I swear, I will never interfere in such a bad time in my life."

"Puff..."

Looking at his silly look like a dejected brown bear, Milair couldn't help but smile.

With the laughter of the female mage, the quiet atmosphere was suddenly broken, and everyone looked at each other and laughed out loud at the same time.

"Puff, Bolls, you shouldn't mention the previous incident. If you hadn't always said that gold pounds were easy to carry, Milell and I wouldn't have replaced everything in the end."

Ramis sneered.

Milair also shook his head and complained:

"Yes, it's all your fault."

However, although the words said were complaining, there was no resentment in their eyes.

On the contrary, there is only the tacit understanding and friendship of old friends for many years.

After such a fuss, the originally low atmosphere in the team was also wiped out.

The team escorted the core of magic energy gathering has returned to an upbeat and optimistic look again.

Athos looked at the people who began to expose each other's shortcomings as Pors started, laughing and scolding, and his eyes became softer.

He looked up at the rolling sky with clouds and said:

"It's still early, let's keep moving forward. If it goes well, maybe we can walk out of the central plain today."

With Athos' order, the laughter and scolding in the team slowly stopped.

The expressions of the few people returned to a serious and vigilant look, and they continued on the journey.

Tony slowly withdrew his gaze from several people.

Instead of continuing to ask about Athos's son, he took a deep breath, cheered up and followed the pace of several people.

All the past has passed. Only by facing difficulties and facing tomorrow can we have a bright future.

...

The next journey is normal, not difficult, but not smooth.

Everyone continued their previous tactics, with Tony as the core, and fought while walking, breaking down one monster after another that blocked their advance.

And with the continuous battle, the cooperation between the group became more and more round.

Tony gained more and more experience points.

Black iron to silver is a watershed, and the required experience value has increased significantly.

Therefore, Tony's promotion slowed down suddenly.

It was not until everyone crossed the central plain and entered the canyon forest hinterland that ran through the north and south of the western continent that his experience trough was barely halfway.

However, although he has not officially promoted to the silver level, Tony has become more skilled in using [Eagle Strike], and his combat level has been greatly improved compared to the beginning.

At this moment, he even suspected that if he encountered vicious incidents such as robbery in reality, he might be able to kill the other party with his own bare hands and empty-handed...

The landform of the canyon forest is more complex than all the terrain I have walked before. Although it is less than ten kilometers wide, it is difficult to cross and requires winding and long roads.

Not only that, there are more fallen monsters hidden here, and you must be careful when moving forward every step.

However, everyone's comprehensive combat power has long been different. Although there were several thrilling events along the way, they finally got rid of danger with everyone's efforts.

Finally, on the thirteenth day of the journey, everyone finally walked out of the difficult canyon forest.

At this time, everyone was still more than 600 kilometers away from the Dawn Fortress.

In other words, the distance between the people in the past ten days is more than 100 kilometers.

Of course, if it is replaced by the actual number of kilometers, it will be much more.

After all, in order to bypass the powerful monsters along the way, everyone took many detours.

At this time, Tony was also glad that he could contact the players of the Celestial Empire in time and how necessary it was to obtain their support.

If they really want to go on their own, the remaining 600 kilometers will not be able to reach the end if they don’t walk for a month.

Not to mention whether you will encounter unmatched monsters on the way, Tony can't meet such a long journey just by looking at the length of the online time.

He still has to go to work during the day, and now he is just taking advantage of the weekend and his turn to make his rest for a few days. If it is converted to game time, it is actually only 20 days at most.

So, he must end this task within this period of time.
To be continued...