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Chapter 146: The Forsaken Ones, Final Battle (1/2)

“That man stole our medicine!”

Hearing the voice, Branno turned his head and loudly retorted, “I didn’t!”

The other party ignored Branno’s explanation. Soon, two soldiers rushed up and pinned Branno to the ground, pressing a knee tightly against his neck. They lifted his arm and said, “There’s alcohol on his arm!”

“That’s mine!” Branno struggled continuously, his face gradually turning purple. “Let me go! I can’t breathe! I didn’t do anything…”

“Enough!” At this moment, a person who looked like an officer walked up and said to the soldiers, “It’s time to break camp. Leave this thief here. Forget about him!”

…

Soon, the troops broke camp and left, even taking Branno’s bag with them.

Branno stood alone, desolate, watching the departing tanks, his face ashen.

“My bag… my family…” he muttered, his expression twisting as he looked at the endless battlefield behind him.

Why…

I didn’t do anything wrong…

I sacrificed everything to help you in battle…

Why are you treating me like this…?

“It seems… you, too, are one of the ‘Forsaken Ones’.” Suddenly, a soft voice floated over. Branno was startled and turned his head. Not far away, a strange woman in a dark purple coat had appeared, smiling faintly. “So, have you lost faith in this world yet?”

“I… I haven’t. I still have a wife and child…” Branno shook his head repeatedly. For some reason, in front of this strange woman, he felt utterly exposed, as if everything about him was laid bare.

“Really?” Ye Xi smiled faintly. “Don’t you know? They’ve already reported you as a deserter. Your wife and child, held hostage, are probably being dragged out for execution right now.”

“What?” Branno’s eyes widened in shock, shaking his head violently. “No… it can’t be… I’m not a deserter, I… I need to go back, I…”

As he spoke, Branno began to move his feet with great difficulty.

However, Ye Xi suddenly said, “If you go back now, won’t that just confirm your identity as a deserter?”

Branno froze in his tracks.

“Face the facts. You have nowhere to go. You are already a true ‘Forsaken One,’ abandoned by the world,” Ye Xi said coldly, extending her hand. “Come with me. We… are the same.”

Branno stared at Ye Xi’s face, struggling with his emotions. In the end, he hesitantly reached out his hand to her…

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The scene turned dark once more. Shen Cheng opened his eyes and found that the illusion had abruptly ended, and he had returned to the forest.

So… this was your past?

With a sigh, Shen Cheng placed the feather back into his pocket and took one last deep look at Branno lying on the ground, before turning to leave in the direction Branno had come from.

After passing through several bushes, Shen Cheng suddenly entered a clearing. The overlapping tree leaves overhead disappeared, and the dim sunlight poured down. A stone wall covered with green vines stood before him, giving him a sense of deep familiarity.

Taking two steps toward the wall, Shen Cheng suddenly stopped in the center of the clearing.

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