Chapter 142 Simon’s Story!

"Goodbye, Simon!"

"Goodbye, Mr. Zambi, Mrs. Molly!"

With a smile on his face, Simon politely waved goodbye to a couple who had a good chat along the way, then got off the train with his backpack in his arms, squeezed a way out among the people getting on and off the train, and only wiped his sweat when he got out of the platform.

"It's a big city, there are so many people."

He took a deep breath, looked at the busy streets outside, holding his small bag, and his expression was slightly confused.

This period of time was as incredible as a dream for him.

Simon came from a small town, a town with a lower level of development than Lucas. His father was a farmer and his mother worked in a textile factory. In the words of many people, he was a country boy who had never seen the world, although he attended the only middle school in the town and was among the top students.

Knowledge can change destiny, provided that the tuition can be paid.

Unfortunately, Simon has four brothers, both big and small. His two elder brothers dropped out of high school to help ease the burden on the family. Although Simon was able to finish high school, his family did not plan to let him continue his studies.

Unless he could get into a top university like Imperial University and get a large scholarship, the tuition fees for any university would be a large amount that Simon's family could not accept.

Therefore, even if the studious Simon was unwilling, he knew that his life was in a future that he could see at a glance. After finishing high school, he would find a good job or become an apprentice to help ease the burden on his family and support his youngest brother to go to school. In a few years, he would save money to marry a woman he did not dislike and have children.

This is the life trajectory of most ordinary people. Perhaps everyone would be self-important when they were young, thinking that they were unique and could create miracles, but they would eventually succumb to life, and Simon was the same.

If he had not gotten up in the middle of the night to sneak into that remote library to read books because of his studious nature.

In the library, he saw with his own eyes that the protagonist of the ghost story that had been circulating in the school for a long time was easily solved by someone, and then thrown into a big mouth to chew and chew, and swallowed, which scared him to death instantly.

Next, there was no doubt that he was discovered, but because he was so scared that his legs were weak, he didn't even run, and watched the other party walk towards him, and then the other party asked him in a very gentle tone what he was doing running out in the middle of the night, using the mouth on his forehead.

Simon didn't know why he, who had always been timid, didn't faint from the shock, but stammered to answer the other party that he came to read books and study in preparation for the unified examination next year.

Although he didn't have the strength to take the entrance exam for Didu University, it didn't prevent him from having such a dream.

What if he really passed the exam?

Then, the development of things was beyond Simon's expectations. The other party didn't arrange himself into a platter or a mosaic like in the horror story. Instead, because of his attitude towards learning and knowledge, he was accepted as an apprentice by the other party.

And the other party also became his mentor.

So, in ignorance, Simon stepped into another world he had never been exposed to, a world with horror and weirdness, completely different from what he had seen in countless fantasy novels.

He once thought that he was lucky to meet his mentor, until other apprentices appeared around the mentor and then slowly disappeared, he realized that perhaps on the contrary, leaving that ordinary world was his greatest misfortune.

As the apprentices disappeared one by one, he began to panic and developed a strong fear and vigilance towards the mentor. He felt that the mentor was like raising pigs, waiting for the moment to fatten them up and then swallow them with that terrifying big mouth.

Otherwise, it could not explain why the mentor always came back alone after taking the apprentices out for baptism and obtaining the power of evil spirits, and then looked for new apprentices again.

Under this kind of pressure that was like a thorn in the back and almost made people collapse, he eagerly learned the knowledge taught by the mentor, secretly contacted other apprentices who noticed something wrong, and planned to escape. They did not dare to call the police, let alone tell others, because they knew the horror of the mentor. Ordinary people, no matter how many people there were, were useless in front of him.

Finally, after the mentor led people away again, the other apprentices couldn't help but start to run away. Simon wanted to run away too, and he had already put it into action, but before leaving, he couldn't help but go back home to see his family. Then he found that none of the apprentices who said they would wait for him waited for him, and all left first.

When the angry Simon left along the agreed route, he found the cold bodies of the apprentices on the roadside.

Finally, he obediently returned to the mentor. As always, the mentor seemed to have noticed nothing, and still taught him wholeheartedly, and repeated the process of recruiting apprentices, baptizing, and returning alone. Simon numbly watched the apprentices around him come and go, and he couldn't remember how many people there were. Finally one day, the mentor called him.

A war is going on, which contains countless opportunities. As a mentor who values ​​his apprentices the most, he finally failed to escape this time. Following the mentor to be baptized, there is also a girl who has a strong learning ability and seems to have experienced a lot, so she is not mature enough for her age.

Unlike other apprentices, this girl came to the door on her own initiative. Of course, in Simon's eyes, this is equivalent to seeking death.

And everything that happened next was also beyond Simon's expectations. It turned out that from beginning to end, the mentor had never deceived them. He really took the apprentice out for baptism!

When the girl exploded in front of Simon, Simon suddenly realized, and then found that the facts were not much better than he thought.

The success rate of baptism is terribly low, and all failed apprentices have only one end.

But Simon did not dare to escape. He could only follow the mentor to welcome the final judgment, or a new life.

Maybe he will be the only lucky one?

Thinking of this, Simon couldn't help but bow his head and pray to God for a few words, then he took a step hesitantly and merged into the crowd.

Originally, the mentor was supposed to take him to Camp City, but something unexpected happened on the way. The mentor left alone and asked Simon to go to Camp City to wait for him. Simon naturally did as he was told, and he knew that no matter where he ran, the mentor would always find him.

"I hope my mentor won't think I'm running away if I miss my stop"

With some worry, he scanned the crowd, hoping to see a familiar figure, but found nothing. Instead, he saw a man with a sallow face staring at him. After being discovered, he looked a little flustered and quickly lowered his head and left.

It seemed a little strange

He hugged the bag in front of his chest tightly, and suddenly found that a large group of people rushed out in front of him and squeezed in front of him.

"Brother, do you want to stay in the hotel?"