My mom is waiting for treatment, and you're summoning me to be a hero?

Lin Mo put on the mask given to him by the archbishop, and a strange fluctuation emanated from his face.

Not long after, he changed his appearance.

Using this face, he entered Holy Radiance City for the first time.

Even from a distance, it is breathtaking—the city walls, over a hundred feet high, resemble a sleeping behemoth, firmly holding the prosperity and secrets within.

When you actually get close and stand under that city gate that can accommodate ten carriages passing side by side...

Lin Mo then truly understood the weight of the words "Imperial Capital".

The soldiers guarding the city gates were all at least level 40.

If placed in a remote city, this person would be qualified to serve as a general or city lord.

Once inside the city, there is a straight and wide main street called "Shenghui Avenue".

Shops lined both sides of the avenue, bustling with activity.

The weapon shop window displays three longswords, their blades forged from fine steel, with thumb-sized magic gems inlaid on their hilts.

The price is listed below: Level 60 Excellent Longsword, enchanted with fire damage, priced at 8,000 gold coins.

There are also shops that specialize in selling the essence of the essence.

The shop has a small storefront, but the merchandise displayed in the window is hard to miss.

The treasures, large and small, are displayed on velvet-covered wooden shelves.

Each item is labeled with its level, learnable skills, and price.

Level 49 Fire Rock Lizard Essence, priced at 590,000 gold coins.

Level 48 Frost Spider Essence, priced at 530,000 gold coins.

Level 46 Thunderwing Bird Essence, priced at 470,000 gold coins.

……

Lin Mo wasn't interested in these things; he was there to choose a gift for his mother.

Until we passed a clothing store.

The mannequin in the shop window was wearing a luxurious robe embroidered with gold thread.

Would my mother like this?

probably not.

She was frugal her whole life.

When you see clothes like this, your first reaction is definitely to ask how much they cost.

Then they said it was too expensive and they didn't want it.

I passed by a jewelry store, which was filled with all kinds of hairpins, earrings, and necklaces.

Did Mom wear hairpins when she was young?

Lin Mo thought for a moment and realized that he couldn't remember.

In his memory, his mother always had short hair.

Or you can just tie it with a rubber band, because it's convenient and doesn't get in the way while working.

Lin Mo stood on the street, suddenly feeling somewhat lost.

He is ruthless and decisive in this world, able to make the most decisive judgment in an instant when facing any enemy.

But now, standing on the bustling streets of the capital.

He found that he couldn't even choose a decent gift.

More than twenty years.

He lived for over twenty years, and during holidays he only gave out red envelopes.

Say something like, "Happy Mother's Day, Mom. Buy whatever you want, don't worry about the money."

But I never seriously considered what my mother actually liked.

Only now did he realize that he didn't even know what color his mother liked.

Lin Mo took a deep breath and continued walking forward.

He wandered around for a long time.

I strolled from the main street to the side alleys, from weapons shops to general merchandise stalls.

There was a dazzling array of items, but none of them satisfied Lin Mo.

Until he walked onto a relatively quiet street.

There is a jewelry store on the street corner.

The store is small and the decor is not luxurious.

The shop window displayed only a few pieces of jewelry, which gleamed warmly in the sunlight.

A simply dressed young shop assistant stood at the entrance, holding a bracelet and trying to sell it to passersby.

"The Tranquil Bracelet soothes the mind and calms the nerves. Wearing it makes you sleep soundly until dawn! Only two thousand gold coins..."

Lin Mo stopped in his tracks.

He looked at the bracelet.

It's silver, very fine, with simple patterns engraved on the surface, and it gleams softly in the sunlight.

Nothing special, not as fancy as those jewel-encrusted designs next to it.

But the word "calm" reminded him of many things.

My mother has trouble sleeping.

He's been like this since he can remember. He wakes up at the slightest noise at night, and once he's awake, it's very difficult for him to fall back asleep.

Later, when he grew up, he heard his father talk about it and realized that it was a problem he had developed when he was young.

Back then, my family was poor. My mother worked during the day and took care of Lin Mo at night.

I have to wake up several times a night to check if he's kicked off the covers, if he has a fever, or if he's having nightmares.

Later, when he grew up and the family's financial situation improved, his mother never slept well again.

He lifted his foot and walked towards the jewelry store across the street.

Just as he reached the middle of the road—

"Get out of the way!! Get out of the way now!!!"

A sharp, piercing sound exploded from the end of the street.

Lin Mo did not turn around.

He didn't even stop walking.

But he heard a rapid, muffled thud, which was extremely fast.

Interspersed among the sounds were the heavy breathing of wild beasts and the creaking of carriage wheels spinning wildly.

"My snow wolves have gone out of control!!! Someone help me stop them!!!"

The sound was getting closer and closer.

They displayed an arrogance and self-righteousness beyond their years.

The pedestrians on the street immediately erupted in chaos.

"It's the Recker family's carriage! That's their youngest daughter!"

"My God, those wolves... they must be Snow Wolves, right? They were just delivered to the capital a few days ago, supposedly as a birthday present for her!"

"Get out of the way! This young lady is the most favored by the Recker family. If you offend her, you can forget about ever working in the capital again."

"Make way, make way, make way—!"

……

The crowd surged to both sides like a tide.

The once bustling street was instantly cleared out, creating a passageway.

The stall was knocked over, and goods were scattered all over the ground.

Someone fell and scrambled to the side of the road to avoid it.

Someone was huddled in a corner, clutching their child tightly.

In the middle of the road, only one person remained: Lin Mo.

He continued walking forward, neither too fast nor too slow.

The out-of-control carriage was getting closer and closer.

The cart was not pulled by horses, but by four giant wolves, all pure white and as big as lions.

Their fur flew as they ran, and their icy blue eyes were filled with a ferocious, wild light.

The carriages were silver-white.

Adorned with intricate ice crystal patterns, the car door is engraved with a family crest composed of frost patterns.

A girl's head peeked out of the train window.

She looked no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, and her appearance was quite delicate.

She gripped the edge of the car window tightly with one hand, pointed at the black-robed figure blocking her way with the other, and screamed:

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way now!!!"

Lin Mo did not turn around.

His right hand slowly rested on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

next moment--

Four sword lights lit up simultaneously.

The four charging wolves stopped at the same time.

Their heads separated from their bodies at the same instant.

The incision was as smooth as a mirror, and no blood gushed out immediately.

The massive wolf continued to lunge forward several steps due to inertia.

Then he collapsed to the ground with a thud.

The carriage lost traction, yet it continued to surge forward.

The wheels ran over the carcass of a wolf, and the entire carriage tilted violently.

Then, it took flight.

The carriage tumbled twice in the air before whizzing past Lin Mo's head.

It crashed onto the stone pavement several meters behind him, shattering into pieces.

Lin Mo didn't look back even once from beginning to end.

He didn't even slow down.

I went straight to the jewelry store, where the shop assistant was completely dumbfounded.

Lin Mo did not speak.

He took out a bag of gold coins from his spatial ring and casually placed it on the counter.

The dull thud of the gold coins colliding snapped the shop assistant back to reality.

"Two thousand gold coins, I want a bracelet."

Lin Mo's voice was calm.

The shop assistant hurriedly handed over the bracelet.

Lin Mo took it and turned to leave.

Just then, a piercing, distorted cry came from behind:

"You can't leave! You...you killed my wolves! Do you know how expensive they are! Do you know who I am! I'll get Father to take you away..."

She didn't finish speaking.

Lin Mo didn't even turn around.

He simply held the bracelet he had just bought and casually waved his right hand behind him.

A flash of sword light.

It was even finer and faster than when the four wolves were killed, so fast that it was almost invisible.

The girl's voice stopped abruptly.

She stood beside the shattered carriage, her anger and arrogance frozen into a strange bewilderment.

She looked down at her chest.

There, a very thin line of blood stretched from the collarbone all the way to the abdomen.

Then, her body slowly moved away along the line of blood.

boom.

Two pieces of corpse lay in a pool of blood.

The streets were deathly silent.

Lin Mo sheathed his sword, carefully put the silver bracelet into his pocket, and continued walking away.

His pace was neither fast nor slow.

It was exactly the same as when I walked into the jewelry store.

No one dared to speak.

No one dared to move.

It wasn't until the black-robed man's figure turned the corner that someone finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground.

"Kill...killed...he killed the young lady of the Recker family!"

"Quickly... report to the authorities..."

"Screw reporting to the authorities, go inform the Recker family!"