Jackpot

In a town not far from the city of Blue Bright, a small village where the residents work as hunters and farmers are entering a happy period because now is the harvest season for the crops of the villagers. The villagers flocked hand in hand to help each other to harvest the crops planted by the residents.

A boy in shabby clothes and a look full of clay on his face happily helped the parents who were at work harvesting the crops, although his small body did not hinder the enthusiasm of the child to help adults.

"De-Xiao, you shouldn't bother helping your parents. You just play with kids your age." An old woman who looked tired with sweat all over her face spoke to the boy.

"It's okay Aunt Hui Lie, I'm glad I could help the villagers" With an innocent smile the boy replied to the old woman's words.

"Just let him help, he has to be of little use to the village if he wants to continue to stay in our village," A middle-aged man said disdainfully at the boy.

"Don't say that to him, Mang Ching," replied the old woman defending the boy.

The boy just lowered his head and didn't reply to the middle-aged man's words. Because what he said was the truth.

6 years ago Hui Lie's aunt found an abandoned baby boy on the outskirts of the village. There was only a necklace called Duzi De and a blanket wrapped around his body. Out of pity Hui Lie's aunt finally picked up the baby boy. In fact, the villagers opposed Hui Lie's aunt's decision due to the lack of village food. If outsiders are living in the village they automatically have to share food and resources with that person.

Due to the location of their village which is quite dangerous, their food ingredients are very limited. Villages can only rely on farm produce for income and hunting to increase village food ingredients.

If the new member of the village was a direct descendant of their village, they would not be too bothered as the child would be the responsibility of their parents. However, the child Hui Lie adopted was an outsider which caused some villagers to feel disapproving of having to take care of someone who was not part of them.

For 6 years living in the village of Duzi De received unpleasant treatment from the villagers. He was ostracized by adults and always bullied by children his age. Once upon a time due to excessive interference, he accidentally pushed a child who was bothering him and caused a minor injury to the child.

Instead of being deterred, the child complained about Duzi De's actions to his parents, causing the child's parents to get angry and beat Duzi De to death. If Hui Lie's aunt had not come and saved him, Duzi De's life might have been lost at that time.

Finally, since then Duzi De never returned the treatment of children his age who bothered him. He could only endure their unfair treatment in his heart and ignore the pain he received from the unfair treatment.

When the residents were rejoicing with the harvest they produced this month, suddenly from a distance, a siren sounded that spread from the village to the people's farm fields. Hearing that voice the villagers immediately smiled brightly and hurriedly stopped their work and headed towards the village.

Duzi De and aunt Hui Lie were no exception either. Because the sound of this siren is a sign that our bright blue merchant who will buy this village's harvest is coming, which means that the resources for the village will be replenished right now.

A luxurious carriage made of precious metal is pulled by 4 fire cows, a beast that is very easy to tame. However, due to the extremely fierce nature of their fire element, it takes a lot of money just to buy one, but this merchant uses 4 fire cows at once to pull his trading chariot. That alone shows how prosperous this businessman's chamber of commerce is.

The carriage slowly entered the village from the main entrance of the village slowly but steadily towards the center of the village. Many residents who had lined the main streets of the village at this time welcomed the arrival of the merchants who were their only link to the bright blue city. Behind the merchant, carriage were several more chariots pulled by prairie horses who were renowned for their immense stamina suitable for pulling freight trains.

There were also several bodyguards guarding the carriages, judging from their clothes that didn't match each other, it could be ascertained that they were mercenaries.

At the center of the village, the village head and several elders were already waiting with enthusiasm on their faces as the merchant carriage slowly headed towards the city center. Arriving at the city center, the carriage door pulled by the fire ox slowly opened, showing the figure in the train.

At first, the village head and elders were very enthusiastic about the arrival of people they thought were traders who used to come to them. But when that person got out of the carriage, the happy faces of the elders and village heads immediately changed 180 degrees.

"H-H-how did you get here?" The village chief stuttered as he tried to force the words out of his mouth.

"Why? Is a merchant not welcome in this village?" Replied the person who just got out of the majestic carriage while smiling broadly at the village head.

The person who just came out was a fat man who had a tattoo of twin machetes on his left arm.

What shocked the village head and elders so much was this person. He wasn't a merchant who used to come to their village, he was the most famous criminal in the area around the bright blue city. Twin Machete Bandits.

As the shock was still lingering in the minds of the elders and the village chief the bandit chief suddenly said.

"Encircle them, don't let any escape!" shouted the fat man. Instantly the mercenaries guarding the carriage took control of their horses and started chasing after the panicked citizens.

Hearing the fat man's screams, many residents immediately panicked and started running in all directions. Women, men, small children were scattered everywhere. Their village is a small village where their life is supported by agriculture and hunting. The men who can fight are currently hunting in the forest which results in the village not being protected by the men who can fight making the village currently very vulnerable to bandits.

"De-Xiao run fast" Aunt Hui Lie grabbed Duzi De's hand and ran in a random direction.

"Auntie, what really happened? Aren't they merchants?" Duzi De still didn't understand what had happened.

"They are not merchants, they are criminals" Aunt Hui Lie replied still pulling Duzi De's hand. Having just walked a few steps suddenly from the side the sound of horse hooves crashing towards them.

Seeing the bandits coming towards them Aunt Hui swiftly hugged Duzi De and turned her body away from the bandits. That was the first time Duzi De felt a feeling he would never forget in his entire life.

Blood splattered everywhere as the body of the person who had cared for him for the past 6 years began to slowly weaken while hugging his body. The middle-aged woman's body collapsed as the strength in her arms slowly weakened. Seeing this Duzi De's heart felt like it was being squeezed somehow. He was having trouble breathing, his mind was blank, his eyes were somehow moist and he couldn't believe what he was seeing in front of him. The feeling of helplessness, the feeling of being useless, the feeling of being suppressed that he had been suppressing for so long was like a blow that hit his chest like a giant hammer.

It was then that Duzi De's consciousness instantly disappeared, his pupils turning completely white like a person who had lost his sight. His long, messy black hair began to slowly turn into pure white. His aura also turned dark and cold. Just as the changes in his body began, the fat bandit leader suddenly looked at Duzi De.

"Hehe Jackpot" With a wide grin the fat man immediately stomped his feet and very quickly shot towards Duzi De who was still unconscious with the changes that had occurred in his body.