Mysterious Tribulation

'Dawn from the darkness, I saw the light! ’

Aaron muttered to himself, ending his first meditation.

Although his expression was calm, he was actually very excited.

After all, after planning for so long and after so many blows... he finally saw hope!

and hold it firmly in your hands.

Immediately, he noticed that the eyes of the people around him were a little strange.

He heard words like 'madman', 'jumping in the river', 'bankruptcy'...

Fortunately, the language has not changed much. Although it sounds like a strong accent and dialect, I can barely understand it...

Aaron ignored the gazes of the people around him and touched his stomach. He was even more hungry.

I have arranged everything in the deep sleep, but I forgot to prepare after waking up, and I made a mistake...

He touched his pocket, and there were several gold and silver coins in it, the pocket money he had brought before he fell asleep.

Of course, it can't be spent directly now, but it should be sold as ancient coins, and the coat he wore before should also be sold at a pawn shop for a good price.

At this moment, Aaron felt two eyes coming.

Among the crowd, two men in black uniforms with white stripes, like patrolmen, began to notice him and tended to come over to question him.

This is an age of ambition and honor.

Big businessmen and factory owners desperately squeeze the workers, and then use the money they earn to buy land or donate to charity to gain fame, and sharpen their heads to marry the nobles, thereby entering the so-called high society.

Ordinary workers and the middle class work hard every day, are exploited, live like walking dead, and get fired for the slightest mistake.

In particular, workers who are not skilled, just like the parts of the machine, which can be replaced at any time when they are broken.

Therefore, they tend to be in a hurry, with pale faces, rough skin, and most of them with occupational diseases.

And Aaron...both in appearance and demeanor, it's too out of place.

In particular, it is impossible for workers to have a leisurely mood, stop to admire the scenery of the Evel Bridge, and then suddenly look excited and look like they are about to jump into the river.

He turned around, merged into the crowd, and quickly disappeared.

At this time, the sense of responsibility of the patrol officer was obviously very low, and he was too lazy to chase after finding that he did not disturb public transportation or cause any major incident.

...

Aaron is walking down the street.

In the surrounding corners, there were several half-sized ghosts wearing peaked caps.

They were supposed to be pickpockets, maybe even turned into robbers, and children their age were either child laborers or child prostitutes.

There are not many ways out for people at the bottom, and mixing with the underworld is one of them.

They stared at Aaron, keenly sensing the difference in this guy, exchanging dangerous glances.

Almost all child pickpockets are related to gangsters.

Aaron sighed in his heart and walked into a pawn shop.

Hello, guest... Is there anything old Morgan can do for you?

An old man with a monocle, gray hair, and a black vest was cleaning a piece of china when he saw Aaron come in and greeted him politely.

The scale of this shop is not large, but it should carry a lot of gang sales.

Practically all pawn shops have some grey business.

Aaron didn't care either, he took out a golden coin from his pocket and put it on the counter.

Old Morgan picked up the gold coin and his expression changed slightly: Real gold... please wait...

He opened a small box, quickly took out many tools, and studied the gold coin: Pattern, color...hs...this seems to be an ancient gold coin, from the Kagash period? No...impossible!

Old Morgan was full of doubts, although his experience told him that he was holding a genuine ancient gold coin.

But a subtle sense of incongruity made him feel that this gold coin was too 'new', and it didn't seem to have gone through thousands of years of historical precipitation...

Immediately, his expression was stern, and he felt as if he had leaked something because of his gaffe.

My guest, I'm sorry I can't determine the age of this gold coin. Maybe you can go to a big pawn shop...

Old Morgan said this on purpose, because he felt that no matter how he looked at this thing, it was not the right way, and it was not something that a worker could take out.

Possibly booty!

This is often in a hurry to make a big profit.

What if I wanted to shoot right here?

Aaron showed a trace of anxiety, and a smile appeared on the face of old Morgan: Then I can buy it at the price of gold, 1 gold pound!

The gold pound in this era, directly linked to gold, is a very strong currency.

2 pounds...otherwise I'd rather change places. Aaron muttered, posing for the gold coins.

make a deal!

A smile appeared on the corner of Old Morgan's mouth. He felt that this ancient coin was worth at least 10 pounds!

...

Aaron walked out of the pawnshop and immediately found a child following him.

With a happy smile, he circled around before turning into a remote alley.

Where is he!

Amid the screams of a little girl, several burly men came around with a grin on their faces: Boy, hand over all your money!

They're all gang members, and this sort of thing is the norm.

At this time, in order to increase the persuasion, a dwarf also took out a dagger.

Aaron's eyes swept over them and nodded with satisfaction: Very good...I like your jacket, it belongs to me...

After a while.

Aaron, dressed more decently and somewhat middle-class, clapped his hands and walked out of the alley.

Even if he has no extraordinary ability, his physical strength has reached the peak of human beings, and he is good at killing with cold weapons.

Not to mention, he also awakened a bit of the spirituality of 'Yao', equivalent to half a Beyonder!

This ordinary thug is just delivering food.

He looked at the stunned little girl, smiled, walked into the crowd, and quickly disappeared...

...

half a month later.

Suburbs of Green Forest City.

Sotos Museum.

A lady with long blond hair, dressed appropriately, like a tour guide, is introducing enthusiastically to the gentlemen and wives in front of her: Everyone... Now what we see is Sotos, which is listed in the Inves Historical and Cultural Heritage List. The museum... It is mainly expanded with the once-prominent Sotos family castle. We can see the huge banyan tree that is more than two thousand years old... The Sotos family madly worships the primitive belief symbolized by the green banyan tree. So this may be a proof of honor, in fact... the giant green banyan that grows on the castle is the only one in the world!

As we all know, this is also the hometown of mainland historical and cultural celebrities, legendary inventors, founders of modern medicine, father of steam engines, conquerors of Kagash, and Earl of Green Forest - Aaron Sotos!

Although there are many Earls of Greenwood in history, when it comes to this title, everyone will only think of Aaron Sotos. It is a pity that we can't see the face of this famous person a thousand years ago. , works such as oil paintings can only be preserved for hundreds of years, and the Earl of Greenwood did not leave any statues...

As the tour guide explained, her eyes swept across the crowd and stayed on a young gentleman for a long time.

The other party was well-dressed, the pure white stand-up collar shirt was ironed neatly without any wrinkles, the coat was a black woolen formal suit, and the head was wearing a black silk top hat, all of which were the most popular fashion styles in the kingdom.

What is even more amazing is his handsome face, his purple eyes are like stars, and his temperament seems to be from the upper class.

At this time, the gentleman looked at the castle that had been renovated many times and turned into an exhibition hall, with a very complicated look of nostalgia on his face.