Definitely Not a Witch

A heartwarming daily life farming novel, occasionally also a passionate epic.

Spears spread across the wilderness like a thriving forest. Glorious knights march in formation, and countless bl...

Chapter 12 The Returning Boy

It has been nearly two weeks since we last saw each other. Why did this young man come back again, and in such a miserable state?

With such doubts in mind, Loran Hill returned to the campfire where Pullman had rested before. The previous fire had long been extinguished, leaving only a small amount of black charcoal.

When Loran Hill approached here again, the young man was leaning against a big tree by the stream, panting tiredly. There were many scratches on his clothes, and there were some blisters and bloodstains on his hands. It seemed that he had experienced a lot of hardships along the way.

Hearing the unmasked footsteps, the boy looked up.

The slanting sunlight shines on the woods, tiny dust particles dance slowly in the light, and a girl in a white dress walks out from the shade of the trees. Her long silver hair is coated with a layer of light gold in the sunlight, and her azure and transparent eyes are like a wonder that has descended to the world.

It took Pullman a while to recover from the shock.

"Please, tell me how to defeat those nobles and wealthy businessmen!"

Seeing the doubt in the girl's eyes, he began to tell the whole story.

It turned out that when Pullman found out that his sister was murdered, he wanted to take revenge. Unfortunately, the noble family had many guards, and he was unable to launch a sneak attack. So he turned his attention to the merchant Mok. He attacked Mok with his face masked and injured him. However, Mok's bodyguards reacted quickly, and he took the opportunity to escape because he couldn't win.

He was not sure whether Mok would recognize him, so he did not go home and fled directly into the forest. After being rescued by Loran Hill, he prepared to go to the mercenary country in the north.

But he was afraid that his parents at home would worry, so he planned to go home first and leave the gem to his parents, so as to improve their lives at home. He also told them not to worry about him, that he was still alive and was going to develop in a distant place.

But when he returned home, he found that his parents had been looking for him like crazy during his disappearance, thinking that he had also been murdered. So the two excited people went to find Mok, which happened to be a confession. Mok was extremely shocked and angry, and beat his parents seriously.

Pullman just returned home at this time. Since Brownwood Village was just a small village on the edge of the city, the medical conditions were extremely poor, and there were no angel priests. Soon the two became seriously ill and died of the infection.

The grief-stricken Pullman escaped from Mok's men and entered the forest again, but this time, he had no other choice.

He only wants to do one thing, revenge!

Despite the wounds on his body, he still knelt down tremblingly, put his hands on the ground, and prayed in the most humble voice in his life to the girl in front of him who seemed like she was not from this world, begging her to tell him how to defeat those evil people.

"I'm sorry, I know these things have nothing to do with you, and it's very rude to ask such a thing."

"But I really can't think of any other way. I'm just a young boy from a poor village, with no experience and no strength."

"I'll do anything you ask me to do. I want revenge. I just want you to tell me how to defeat them. I'm willing to give everything I have."

Perhaps he once harbored some beautiful fantasies, but now the anger and hatred in his heart overwhelmed all his inferiority, timidity, insecurity, and fear. Even if it meant losing his life, even if it meant a lifetime of unrest, he would make those people pay the price they deserved!

"Stand up, Pullman."

After listening to his excited narration, the girl was silent for a while before she spoke.

“Only when you stand up can you be qualified to receive the imparting of knowledge.”

"From now on, you can no longer kneel before anyone. Not only that, you must also tell everyone you know not to kneel before anyone."

The girl turned sideways, picked off a small branch and stuck it into the ground.

"The seeds in a person's heart must grow in the right direction from the beginning. If they deviate from the right direction at the beginning, no matter how well they grow, they are just waste wood and need to be cut down."

"All men are created equal, so you don't have to kneel to anyone."

"You want to change this country? It's not something that one person can do."

"First, you have to become strong and become a benchmark and a banner, so that others will believe in you and follow you."

Loran Hill looked at the once simple boy in front of him. Although he was ragged and covered with scars, his black eyes were now filled with desire for power and revenge.

She did not persuade him to save his life and go to another place to survive like she did last time.

The situation is completely different now.

Perhaps before that, he could have gone far away and lived a different life, letting time slowly dilute the hatred and sadness in his heart.

But the world is so cruel that it has pushed him into a dead end with no way out. If he gives up revenge, he will probably live in painful self-blame and torment for the rest of his life.

Therefore, even though he knew that he might sacrifice his life for his revenge and ideals, Loran Hill would still tell him the effective method.

The tragedy that happened to this young man cannot be completely resolved by killing one or two unscrupulous nobles and wealthy businessmen.

She would not directly help him kill those evil people. Victory achieved through outsiders would ultimately be false and would not lead to a bright future.

Therefore, she would give Pullman a lot of indirect help, but would not do it herself. Besides, only by taking revenge with her own hands could she get the greatest comfort and leave no regrets.

Mission: Answer the doubts of young Pullman. Completed! (100%)

Rewards: Extraordinary Creation Formula [Twilight Cloth Weaving Manual], 5 system lottery opportunities.

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For the next period of time, Pullman stayed by the campfire. Loran Hill first took back the [Original Gem] that he had given to the boy before, and then made it into a simple inheritance gem according to the method taught in Trinasha's records.

Although due to material limitations, not much could be recorded, and there was only language information without even images, a lot of key knowledge was still passed on to the young man.

First, there were the words, then there were excerpts from the entire training method used by the Mercury Dynasty's military. Considering the Necromancer Order was too prominent in the modern world, she chose a training method for the War Order. A complete training manual from War Order 1: Black Armored Servant to War Order 7: Assault Lord.

Then there are other supporting military formations, military tactics, various means of military management, etc. These are the essence of the Mercury Dynasty's nearly thousand years of war.

It has to be said that from the founding of the Mercury Dynasty until the death of Trinasa, during the more than one thousand years of recorded history, wars of all sizes basically never stopped.

All the systems of the dynasty were prepared for farming and warfare. It was precisely such crazy wars and killings that saved mankind from the brink of extinction and finally expanded and grew into the only overlord on the continent.

"If the wisteria crescent flag does not descend from heaven, the world will be as dark as ever," a scholar of the time wrote.