Dark city

2. Rite

When the new spring arrived, little Richard was also beginning to get rid of his childishness. The hunting knife at his waist was finally no longer an ornament. He also began to follow the hunters in the village into the mountains to hunt, although he did not go too deep into the forest, and he would not be on the front line in the face of demonic beasts, and the work assigned to him was more to lay hands, set traps and clean up prey, but at least it showed that he was already a hunter. Bobby the blacksmith was very happy again, because Richard's hunting knife had been made from a few pieces of steel that he had spent several nights in the making. Every time little Richard used it to kill a monster, Bobby would be happy for a long time.

Hunting is always dangerous, and there are many magical beasts hidden in the rolling coastal mountains, and occasionally there are lost magical beasts in the deep mountains that run to Russelan Village. Little Richard encountered a gray wolf. This is a real second-level demonic beast, and even the village chief has to deal with it seriously. When he encountered the demon wolf, Richard Jr. only had two hunters from the village by his side. It was a tough battle, and all three of them were wounded, but in the end they dragged the corpse of the demon wolf back to the village. What made the people in the village praise was that in the whole desperate struggle, little Richard was unusually calm and composed, and he couldn't have done better than the best hunter. And if it weren't for Richard Jr. cutting off the tendons of the demon wolf's hind paws with a knife, it might have been a different result.

In any case, little Richard has encountered a lot of dangers this year, and he has always been calm and dealt with well. No matter how dangerous the situation was, he never flinched.

At the age of nine, Richard learned courage. It seems that this year should be the easiest one, because the children of the mountains are never short of courage. But the courage that his mother taught Richard was different. Richard did it, and from then on, the mother no longer called him Little Richard, but my Richard.

"My Richard is already a real man!" Every time she saw Richard, Elaine would always say with a smile.

But one day, Richard replied with a high chest: "A real man must be wise!"

Elaine was taken aback, looked at Richard seriously, and asked, "Tell Mom, who told you this."

"It's written in the book!"

"Which book?" Elaine asked patiently. Not to mention magicians, even magic apprentices are also very knowledgeable. So Richard had already learned several languages from Elaine, and even a very difficult and obscure ancient language. Reading was no problem for Richard, and he had even read several primers on magic during the boring winter months, but Elaine couldn't remember any of them.

"It's the book in the attic, and there's a lot of interesting stuff in it. For the first time, I knew that the world was so big. Richard said excitedly.

"Which book is it?" Elaine remembered something, and then smiled again: "That book is very interesting. My Richard, a true man certainly can't lack wisdom, but perseverance, strength and courage are even more rare. My Richard is so smart, he will not lack wisdom when he grows up. So mom has to cultivate these kinds of personality of yours first, understand? "

"And joy!" Richard said in a hurry.

Elaine smiled and patted Richard's head and said, "Yes, and joy! Has my Richard been happy all these years? "

Little Richard shook his head and said sullenly, "Not always happy. Piru bullied me, and I hated breadfruit. And Mom, what kind of person is my dad? "

Elaine's face changed instantly, and then she said softly, "Your father is a real man......"