This time, I won't be the devil.

As the somewhat sticky and sweet liquid forced its way through the esophagus and into the body, Ah Fei, who had just woken up, fell into a fantasy again.

All the past events flashed through his mind like a kaleidoscope.

…………

In the year 957 of the Aiden calendar, in a mine on the border of the Kingdom of Kahn, a Zoroastrian priest was holding a scripture in his hands and telling a group of ragged slaves about the country's former glory.

The Kingdom of Kahn, which believes in the God of Fire and War, was the first human nation to complete the reconstruction of order in the chaotic period after the end of the Age of Law.

The kingdom was born in the far north of the continent. After the end of the Age of Law, the land was covered with ice and snow. The remaining humans could only struggle to survive under the cold waves and attacks of monsters in the snowfields.

It was not until 400 years ago that an agent chosen by the God of Fire lit firewood and dispelled the severe cold for people.

This agent was the first king of the Kingdom of Kahn, and he was known as the "King of Fire".

Under the leadership of the first Lord of Fire, the Kingdom of Kahn quickly achieved internal unification and began to expand outward, becoming the most powerful human country at one point.

At that time, the God of Fire Fran was the leader of the Seven Gods.

However, with the invasion of the demons, almost the entire northern continent fell, and the Kingdom of Kahn was almost destroyed.

To this day, the demons have been driven out of human territory.

The Terra Federation, which preserved most of its strength during the Holy War, and the Hikari Theocracy established by Pope Carol became the new representatives of the human camp.

During the counterattack against the demons, although the Kingdom of Kahn successfully regained its lost territory, its strength was no longer as strong as before, and the God of Fire's ranking was reduced to fourth.

To a certain extent, the kingdom today has become a vassal of the Theocracy.

After sharing the historical knowledge, the Zoroastrian priest shouted:

"The kingdom declined precisely because we made the ultimate sacrifice in resisting the demons!"

"The Federation and the Theocracy have merely stolen the fruits of our victory!"

"Although the kingdom's current leader has submitted to the Theocracy, as the most loyal followers of the God of Fire, we Zoroastrians will never surrender!"

"Our goal is to make the kingdom great again!"

Having said this, the priest looked at the emaciated slaves and called out:

"To achieve this, I ask you to work even harder. Every piece of mineral you mine will become the cornerstone of the kingdom's revival."

"Please remember that your work is great and glorious..."

Listening to the priest's endless speech, Ah Fei felt very confused.

The priest said that the great Cinder King ignited the fire and saved the people trapped in the ice and snow, thus establishing the Kingdom of Kahn.

But Ah Fei had never seen ice or snow.

Ah Fei lives in the mine all day long, and outside the mine is the endless desert. These two scenes are his understanding of the whole world.

At that time, Ah Fei did not know that most of the territory of the Kingdom of Kahn was indeed located in the snowfield.

The desert where he was located was the southeastern border of the kingdom with the Theocracy. Only in such a place could an organization like Zoroastrianism, which opposed the rulers, carry out its activities openly.

After the speech, the priest, with tears in his eyes, placed his hands on the scripture containing the doctrine and prayed devoutly:

“The path to salvation lies within it.”

Ah Fei did not understand what the priest meant by the way of salvation. He appeared here because after the speech, the Zoroastrian members would symbolically distribute some food to the slaves as a token of their favor.

Compared to the great cause of reviving the kingdom, Ah Fei was more interested in the bread behind the priest.

In Ah Fei's memory, a strong feeling of hunger always accompanies him.

Mining is a physical job, and the slaves in the mines have to work intensively for more than 16 hours a day.

Their only food was porridge mixed with sawdust and moldy, hardened black bread. Occasionally, they would get some leftover slop from the managers, which was considered an improvement in their diet.

But even this minimum amount of food was often not enough, and Ah Fei hadn't eaten for two days.

As the priest next to the priest began to distribute bread, Ah Fei looked at him hopefully.

However, he did not receive the food as he wished.

The priest who was in charge of distributing bread took one look at Ah Fei's deformed body and walked around him with a gloomy look on his face.

After turning his head, the priest did not forget to scold:

"What a monster."

Chapter 93 Naked Gangster (5K)

Ah Fei doesn't know his last name, he only knows that his name is Ah Fei.

However, contrary to his name, Ah Fei couldn't even stand normally, let alone fly.

He couldn't straighten his back, so he could only hunch over, with his legs curled up in a strange way.

Ah Fei always felt like there was something pressing on him in his spine.

Ah Fei has no memory of his relatives as he was abandoned at a very young age.

After all, in this desolate desert, it is difficult for normal people to survive, so who would be willing to raise a deformed child?

However, Ah Fei vaguely remembered that before he was abandoned, someone seemed to have said these words to him:

"You have to live well and live like a human being..."

Ah Fei didn't know what the so-called "human appearance" looked like. He only knew that everyone who saw him called him a monster.

Later, a slave trader picked up Ah Fei and took him to the mine.

Ah Fei's body was very suitable for collecting minerals in some narrow mine tunnels, so the mine bought him.

Besides his strange appearance, there was another huge difference between Ah Fei and other slaves.

When other slaves were sent to the mines, they at least had tattered clothes to cover their bodies, but Ah Fei had only a loincloth on him.

Therefore, he got a nickname - "Naked Gangster".

Because of his ugly appearance, Ah Fei was not welcomed in the mine. He was often beaten by the guards and bullied by other slaves.

Every time when collecting food, Ah Fei is the last one, and by the time it is his turn, the food is usually already shiny.

Due to the intense work and harsh living conditions in the mines, most slaves did not survive for more than a year.

But Ah Fei survived and witnessed the replacement of slaves in the mines one after another. Although he was physically disabled, his vitality was much stronger than that of ordinary people.

Another reason why Ah Fei was able to survive was that he could always find some food that ordinary people would never expect, such as rats and insects that occasionally crawled out of the mine.

As long as it is edible, he will put it into his mouth without hesitation.

Slaves would occasionally escape from the mines, but Ah Fei didn't know why they ran away.

Zoroastrian priests would occasionally come and talk about their doctrines for reviving the kingdom, but Ah Fei didn't care.

Every day he just followed orders and worked obediently, then looked for something to eat.

Sometimes, as he crawled back and forth in the dark mine, Ah Fei would wonder whether he could be considered a "human being".

After living like this for several years, one day a strange man came to the mine.

His eyes were different from those of the other slaves, and he didn't look like a local.

Out of rejection of the alien, the slaves distanced themselves from that guy, so he found Ah Fei, who was also being ostracized, to chat with him.

"Don't look at me like this now. I used to be an adventurer. It wasn't until I was shot in the knee and lost my livelihood that I became a slave..."

"Aren't you... afraid of me?" Ah Fei asked stutteringly.

"You do look weird, but I've seen many more terrifying monsters in the maze..."

In the days that followed, the man told Ah Fei many stories about mazes and adventures.

These stories, like seeds, were planted in Ah Fei's heart.

What attracted him most was the topic related to monsters.

Since he has been called a monster since he was a child, Ah Fei really wants to see what a real monster looks like.

Not long after, he realized this wish.

This mine was originally a C-level ruins, and a small number of monsters would also be born in C-level ruins.

As the mine's output declined, the Zoroastrian leader who managed the mine ordered the slaves to dig deeper underground.

During an excavation process, several giant insects emerged from the ground.

These giant insects look like spiders, but their bodies are up to 5 meters tall. In front of them, humans seem so small.

Upon learning of the monster's appearance, the mine manager immediately blocked the mine tunnel, trapping the monster and the slaves inside.

At first, all the slaves just waited silently for death, but under the leadership of the former adventurer, they picked up their sickles and stone-breaking hammers and began to resist.

Ah Fei couldn't remember what happened afterwards. When he came to his senses, all the monsters and adventurers were destroyed, and he was the only survivor.

But after several days, the mine still did not send anyone to rescue the trapped slaves.

Just when Ah Fei was about to starve to death, he looked at the corpses on the ground.

He soon realized that it was all food.

Ah Fei didn't know much, but he knew that as a human being, he couldn't eat other humans.

So he crawled over to the corpses of the monsters and opened his mouth.

Several days later, when a group of armored soldiers chiseled through the rock wall and entered the blocked mine, Ah Fei had already eaten all the monsters.

This was the first time he experienced the feeling of being full.

When Ah Fei saw the bodies of other slaves being thrown into the crematorium like garbage, an idea came to his mind.

He wants to leave here and see the outside world.

This was the first time that Ah Fei had the idea of ​​resisting obedience.

In the days that followed, this desire to go out into the world continued to grow, like a fire, burning his dry soul.

But since the accident, the security at the mine has become stricter, and Ah Fei has never been able to find an opportunity.

Until one night, a loud noise woke Ah Fei up from his sleep.

He found that the guards who were watching over the slaves had disappeared, and in the empty duty room, Ah Fei found the key to the shackles.