Catalog of the Lost - a searing epic

The two days that Jack remembers most vividly in his life were the day he first arrived in the Hall of Rage, and the day he left the Hall of Rage.

Jack joined the Black Flag at a young age, when the kingdom was in the middle of the unification war, in the battle of the three kings, King Zeno was assassinated, King Faro and his army were driven to the north of the kingdom, and King Naza won the final victory and sat on the throne of the vast land of the kingdom.

At that time, the Black Flag had just been created, and Nameless, as the leader, bought a large number of young children between the ages of eight and ten from the hands of human traffickers, most of these children were refugees in the Unification War, some were separated from their families in the process of fleeing, abducted by human traffickers, and some were sold by their families to human traffickers, and Jack was one of the unfortunate children of the former.

For them, there was no hope of seeing their families again, but in the world at that time, basically everyone was like this, the lucky ones would be sold to the nobles as servants or slaves, and the bad luck was to die in the carriage full of children during the reselling of the traffickers, and they were not so lucky, they became the killers cultivated by the new generation of Black Flag.

Jack looked at Emel in front of him with a kind face, his face was full of relief, this huge contrast made Emer's heart very uncomfortable, Jack was his teacher at sunset, when he cooperated with Lalheim's church in the angry hall, Jack would often come to Lalheim to teach them to read, and after Zwei saw the 'catalog' in Emer's hand with his own eyes, he came significantly more often, and because the attention was basically on Emer, so the other children in the back called him a bad teacher.

Emer was very conflicted, he didn't know what to say, he believed that his heartache was no less than Jack's to know the news of Zwei's death, before Zwei saw that scene, he loved all the orphans very much, and Emer could only be regarded as an ordinary one among them, but after Zwei's sight of the golden light, his attitude towards himself changed drastically, he favored himself too much, more than others, even if he knew that everything was caused by that golden light, he still wanted to accept this love, for him, it was a warm love that only existed in memory。

The atmosphere of the two made Yuni on the side impatient, and hurriedly urged: "I don't want to see you grinding with someone who just wanted to kill me, Emer, if you don't make up your mind, I'll torture him, I promise to ask him about his last life." "

"Yoni!".

Emer glared at Yuni with extreme anger, he didn't want to have a stiff relationship with Yuni, but this time he was really excessive, and Yuni also returned him with a stinky face, and said reluctantly: "Then you can figure out the rest of the matter yourself." With that, he slammed the door and walked out.

Now, only Emel and Jack were tied up in the room, but the strange atmosphere between the two still existed, both sides were silent, as if they were waiting for the other to speak, and after an extremely long silence, Jack was the first to speak.

"I'd like to talk to you about the past, Emer, I'm not going to run away, can you help me loose?".

Jack was not as irritable this time as he was on the night of the assassination of Emer, and he turned back to the teacher who favored him in Emer's impression, which may also be a manifestation of Jack's preference for him.

Emel didn't speak, but untied Jack, and then the two sat facing each other, Jack looked at Emel tenderly, and Emel kept his head down, not knowing how to face him.

Seeing Emer's appearance, Jack also said with great regret: "I'm sorry, Emer, I didn't expect it to be a reunion in this way, it's great that you are still that gentle and kind child." "

Jack's emotion at the reunion did not touch Emer's heart in the slightest, he knew that his friends in front of him had been disappointed in him, and at the moment he just wanted to reminisce with Emel about the happy old days, but before that, he needed to tell Emel about his past.

After being bought by Black Flag, Jack and hundreds of other children his age went through brutal training, most of which was physical strength and endurance, such as having to hook his fingers to the ceiling for hours, or being in the water until he fainted, and when he was a little older, he would be sent out to carry out assassination or escort plans, and nearly half of the children would not be able to make it to the age of being sent out for a mission, and their corpses would be thrown into the sea.

The black flag was slowly revealed in the imperial kingdom during the reign of King Naza, and it was not until the king of Faro ascended the throne that he showed his strength, and their existence was only known to people with a little capital, so at the very beginning, the client and the black flag directly contacted to confirm the commission, until the content of the commission increased, and the black flag set up an intermediary responsible for contacting the two parties in the middle in order to hide his whereabouts.

Jack's first action was during the reign of King Naza, his scope of activity was in the towns around the Angry Hall, and most of the tasks he received were to hunt bandits and guard caravans, for him, this kind of life was extremely boring, especially when he occasionally received the killing of people with a good reputation, he always felt a little guilty in his heart, he thought that only good people could change this chaotic world, but once Black Flag took over the commission, he had only two options: complete the commission or die, in order to survive, he had no choice.

The

boring days lasted for a long, long time, until one day, the leader of the Black Flag, Nameless, suddenly recalled all the killers who went out on missions, and it was during that time that the Black Flag completely disappeared from the Imperial Kingdom.

The Black Flag's stronghold changes from time to time, and sometimes even in bustling towns.

Jack learned through an intermediary that the stronghold of the Black Flag was set up in the mountains, and when it was the night of the appointed date, Jack returned to the stronghold with the point, only to find that most of the people had arrived, and he was not the only one who was recalled, and like everyone else, he had a bad premonition in his heart.

It wasn't until Nameless quietly appeared in front of everyone, standing on a high place, holding a book engraved with gray-black stripes in his hand, ordering everyone to line up and touch them one by one, and everyone's hearts were relieved.

Jack was in the middle of the queue, he didn't care what Nameless was bringing out, he just wanted to end the Black Flag rally quickly, he hated this place, but he had no choice.

Suddenly, at the end of the queue, where Nameless was, a dazzling white light appeared, and in the darkness of the mountains, the light caught Jack's eye, but it disappeared immediately, he did not understand what was happening, he could only wait, and in a few moments, another white light shone like the one before, but disappeared as before.

The appearance of the light was repeated a dozen times, until finally Jack touched the book with gray-black stripes, he did not find any difference between the book and the one circulating in the market, so he reached out to touch it, but nothing happened, just as he was about to leave, the people behind him touched the book, and the dazzling white light appeared again.

At the moment, he was ignorant of everything, until everyone had touched the book, and the people with the white light stood behind the nameless, and the people who did not have the white light stood in their original positions.

"This is the 'Directory' of the 'Assassins', and the white light of the 'Directory' is a recognition of the real Assassins", for the explanation of the book, Nameless only said this, "Now I announce that the Black Flag will periodically start a ritual called 'Blood War', and all those who have been approved by the 'Directory' have the qualifications to challenge me, as long as they successfully kill me, they can obtain the 'Directory'." "

Jack was finally relieved, because he confirmed that this matter had nothing to do with him, even though the dazzling white light caught his eye for a moment, but he didn't care at all, but he didn't expect Nameless to announce his request for them later.

"Next, for those of you who have not been recognized, stay in this mountain to train until you are recognized by the 'catalog'. "

Of the nearly seventy people present who had not been acknowledged by the 'Directory', only ten remained, including Jack, after the training arranged for them by Nameless, and Jack was very painful when he recalled what could be called a hellish time.

"It wasn't training at all, it was the hunt of the unrecognized seventy by the twenty recognized by the 'Directory', one of whom was just starting his training, but in that hunt he had dealt with three Assassins who could be called masters at the beginning. "

In that hunt, everyone saw the power of the 'catalog', and those who were recognized by the 'catalog' were like crazy people who suddenly gained power, and even ignored the nameless rules and began to kill each other, this hunt lasted for five years, in a mountain range, new killers were constantly joining, some of them were recognized, and there was no doubt about their end, they became the nourishment of the mountains without experience and ignorance.

For Nameless, it was an experiment about the 'Catalog', which was stopped after five years, with five people surviving and ten surviving who were not, and the remaining ten touching the Catalog one after another, and the results were the same as before, and the conclusion of the experiment was reached.

If it is not recognized by the 'directory' in the first place, there is no possibility of being recognized again.

Jack survived the brutal hunt to the end, and when he walked out of the mountains, he found that everything had changed, and King Naza died on his throne, because he had no heirs, so King Faro ascended the throne.

During these five years, new institutions and laws were implemented in every part of the kingdom, and almost everyone was saying: This is the best of times.