Transcendent Dawn

ꨡ[6Ba~oA}1: Chapter 0771: Old Soldier (additional update request for monthly votes) Chapter 771: Chapter 0771: Old Soldier (additional update request for monthly votes) In a blink of an eye.

Jupiter was already nine years old.

From the age of seven, he had been following his father, Heraclitus, to endure tough training, whether it was in the cold or the heat.

Even though Heraclitus saw his income as a soldier dwindling and had a bad feeling about it, this did not prevent him from passing on his combat experience and knowledge to Jupiter.

After all, the world was still quite savage, and only the strong could survive.

The entire city and the kingdom were ruled by patriarchy and power, which proved this point.

However, Heraclitus was indeed a smart man.

He prepared generous gifts and invited a scholar to be Jupiter’s tutor, who happened to be Mister Turing living next door.

“Tutor!”

Before the sky had even lightened, Jupiter had already risen and was waiting at Su Lu’s door next door.

After a long time, the door creaked open, and Martha’s face appeared, “Poor little guy…”

She quickly took Jupiter in and brought him a cup of sheep’s milk.

By this time, Su Lu was already out of bed and leisurely having breakfast.

“Tutor!”

“Hmm…

You’ve learned the common language of the Kingdom of Hormone pretty well.

Next…

let’s learn the language of the northern beastmen.

This can be considered a variant of the common language of Hormone.

There are many similarities…” Su Lu said leisurely.

Jupiter’s little face was full of bitterness.

Learning the common language had already been challenging, and the beastmen language was even more challenging in terms of its pronunciation.

“Tutor…

Why do I have to learn so many languages?”

If it were his father, he certainly wouldn’t dare to ask, or else he would be beaten with a vine whip.

But Tutor Turing was very gentle and never hit him, so Jupiter gradually became bold.

“Ha, ha…”

Su Lu chuckled and tousled Jupiter’s hair, “Learning an extra language is always useful…

For instance, one day when you face beastmen on the battlefield and can’t beat them, you can at least beg for mercy!”

“I am a brave warrior, I would never do such shameful things!”

Jupiter rolled his eyes, “Also, aren’t beastmen in a place far, far away?”

“Maybe…

they once were very distant, but even prior generations of heroes would not have anticipated the population growth, land expansion, and changes in the situation hundreds of years later…

Not to mention tens of thousands of years from now.”

Su Lu chuckled.

Seeing the bewildered Jupiter, he added, “In fact…

there is real power hidden in the language!

For example, the ‘Vormont Language’ of the Insect Clan is a language with mysterious elements…”

“Tutor, can you teach me the ‘Vormont Language’?” Jupiter’s eyes lit up.

“You haven’t even learned to walk successfully and already want to run?@@novelbin@@

After the class today, continue reading!”

Su Lu pointed at his own study room.

“Oh!” Jupiter’s head slumped down immediately.

He felt that although his tutor was smart, Tutor Turing was too lazy.

Every time, he would only teach him the most basic grammar and language, and the rest, he had to learn it himself by reading books.

But Mr.

Turing was already regarded as the smartest person in the city-state, and he even owned the lucrative paper-making workshop.

Sucking on his finger, Jupiter stared at Su Lu with a pleading look.

“Tutor…

I don’t want…”

“Cough, cough…

Since you’re looking at me so sincerely.”

Su Lu coughed, “Let’s have a test later!”

“What?!”

Jupiter had a shocked look on his face.

“Ha…

if you can satisfy me, I’ll teach you how to become a Super String Warrior!” Su Lu said laughingly.

“Become a…

Super String Warrior?”

Jupiter’s eyes lit up, “Become a hero?

Isn’t it a method only known by the Guardian Knights?”

“Reading more books is always beneficial.

I just know.” Su Lu pointed at his own nose: “So…

do you want to be a ‘hero’?”

“Yes!”

Jupiter nodded vigorously.

…

In the afternoon, upon returning home, Jupiter sensed that something was wrong.

His father, Heraclitus, was sitting at the wooden table, holding his head in his right hand, while his mother Span was comforting him.

Even his two sisters, who had married a butcher and a livestock merchant, had returned home.

“What happened?”

He muttered to himself but did not dare to ask further.

“Get some wine…”

Heraclitus put down his palm, his voice was low, “I’m a veteran of the city-state, and they actually laid me off?

I’m skilled in various fighting and killing techniques…

those damn city hall officials…”

“But…

there are no more wars…”

Span said softly.

“Woman, get lost!” Heraclitus cursed while grabbing the wine jug and drinking heavily.

Span could only hold her two daughters and cry.

This scene made a deep impression in Jupiter’s heart.

Though he didn’t fully understand what it meant to be fired from a job, he had a vague feeling about it.

It seemed that his family was about to go through a new cycle of changes.

…

“A developing city needs soldiers to maintain security, fend off dangers from the wilderness, and be ready for battles at all times…

But when the city has been developed, the surrounding lands have become fertile, and there is no war, it is only normal to retain a certain number of soldiers and let veteran soldiers go…”

Su Lu looked at all this, deep in thought.

Heraclitus was a career soldier, receiving a steady salary from the city-state every twenty solar days.

Of course, the bulk of a professional soldier’s income is not this, their real means to make money and accumulate wealth are from the spoils and war prize shares during the wars.

If there are slaves, that’s even a bigger profit.

However, Heraclitus didn’t have many opportunities to get rich, and he didn’t have much savings either.

Once he got laid off, it would be really terrifying.

After all, he wasn’t young anymore and didn’t have his youthful vitality.

Jupiter watched all this, feeling equally saddened, and didn’t even mention his test pass, nor that his tutor agreed to teach him the way of the heroes.

At this moment, Su Lu came in, “Heraclitus, my friend!”

“Turing, I’m really sorry…”

Span greeted him, her face full of guilt.

“No…

it’s just that I have some things in mind.”

Su Lu sat down at the long table and said, “Every time I sell my paper to other cities, I encounter various troubles on the road.

I’m thinking of hiring someone to escort the caravan.

Heraclitus, are you interested?”

“What?”

Heraclitus perked up.

He was merely drinking to drown his sorrow, and the wine from this era didn’t have a high alcoholic content, so he hadn’t drunk much.

“Yes…

I am preparing to hire some veterans as mercenaries.”

Su Lu suggested, “You losing your jobs does not mean that you’re worthless.

At least you can become adventurers — take various tasks to solve the citizens’ troubles and get rewarded.”

Heraclitus’s eyes lit up after hearing this, “Turing…

my friend, you are indeed a wise man.

Thank you for your suggestion!”