In the twelfth year of the Dehe calendar, my father, a gambling addict, died. Before his death, he owed a huge debt of one thousand animal tusks. I was unable to repay it, so I chose to join the army.
In the thirteenth year of the Dehe calendar, I met a girl. She was beautiful, cheerful, and generous. I loved her very much. Unfortunately, Ao also fell in love with her. I knew I couldn't compete with Ao. I couldn't give her the comfortable life that Ao could offer her. I chose to bury this secret love deep in my heart.
In the fourteenth year of the Dehe calendar, Ao married her. I attended their wedding. As a useless cousin, I wished her a prosperous life.
In the fifteenth year of the Dehe calendar, the City Lord's Mansion started paying salaries. This time, I could receive a lot of Lumpy Beast tusks. I'm rich now, and I can buy Mom a fine Swifttooth fur coat. Mom once said she wanted to wear beautiful clothes like those wealthy ladies, and I remember everything.
At the beginning of the sixteenth year of the Dehe calendar, I became the king's personal soldier. With the resources of a personal soldier, I will soon reach the peak of the Golden Light Realm. I will finally catch up with Ao, and I will soon become my mother's pride.
At the end of the 16th year of the Dehe calendar, Ao was appointed a general by Wang Zuo. Only then did I realize that the end point I was so proud of, the iron rice bowl that my mother was so proud of me, was just the starting point for Ao's transition.
In the twentieth year of the Dehe calendar, the enemy attacked and we were about to go to the battlefield. I was afraid of war, I was afraid of death, I was so afraid... so afraid. I've been afraid of pain since I was a child. The captain said he would buy us time so we could escape, but the city lord had given me so much, given me hope of changing my mother's opinion. How could I possibly run away? Besides, behind me was my mother and the girl I'd secretly loved for years. I couldn't run away.
[I still didn't survive. Kindhearted people, if you see my body and pick up my diary, please ask my mother for me. She's on the third street in the civilian area of the city. Please ask her for me. Can I... make her proud...?]
This paragraph of text is the life story of this soldier named Jie Dehe.
Just a few hundred words, polished and revised countless times, ultimately condensed his life.
Lin Dang raised his head and looked at the third street in the civilian area.
Corpses were everywhere and blood flowed like a river.
There is absolutely no possibility that Jay's mother will survive. It is unknown whether the girl that Jay has secretly loved for many years, Ao's wife, mentioned in Jay's diary, has escaped with her life.
【You are already your mother's pride, child.】
Lin Dang wiped the diary and put it in her pocket.
This was his first experience of war, his first time seeing a person's life.
But this person has now turned into a cold corpse.
At this moment, he finally understood why so many heroes of the Mayan civilization aimed to end the troubled times.
Times of chaos are truly terrifying.
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