MTL - Lord Highlander - Chapter 10 9. Ambush

Every drop of this family bloodline is stained with sin. They are the embodiment of contradiction; calm yet maniacal, with great memories yet often forgetful. They pledge themselves to their dreams yet often compromise, are angels that are also devils… It’s why I hate them. And also love them.

Eighty years ago, the Abyss suddenly descended upon Yan Luo's world. Humankind was shocked to discover that their most proud weaponry struggles to kill even the weakest demons from the Abyss.The birth of Engravings is a silver lining, which enables humans to harness magic power, drastically enhancing their personal combat abilities against demons.Yan Luo, who determines to be a demon hunter since he was young, however, finds himself unable to imprint any Engravings, but he still decides to embark on his demon-hunting journey even without magic power.“...That can't be right, you haven't gone through the Engraving yet. I see no record of it here, and you're leaving already?”“Quickly register me. I need to reach the exploration town before nightfall.”“Kid, come back if you can't handle it! No one will laugh at you!”

[Reunion at the beginning + Broken mirror reassembled + Bittersweet pull + Childhood sweethearts + Baby + Pure love + Sweet and torturous + Dramatic]Proud, cold, noble, and passionate CaptainFallen young lady, gentle flight doctorIn the fifth year after their breakup, flight doctor Annelise Winter reunited with her first love in the bustling midnight airport.That night, his news of piloting Warner Airlines 8830 through a thunderstorm zone to land back in the country stirred great waves.He is the Crown Prince of Kybourne South Airlines.And also the youngest civil aviation captain.Young and beautiful girls swarmed around him like bees.But Annelise Winter was always left behind.The cold and noble Captain Warner never glanced at Dr. Winter.Until one day, Annelise left without a word.People saw Captain Warner alone in Dr. Winter's office, eyes red.——When they met again, Annelise was holding the hand of a four-year-old girl.She said to the child, “Luna, call him Uncle.”Elias Warner suppressed his emotions as he questioned, eyes crimson, “Whose child is this?”Dr. Winter calmly replied, “A child unrelated to you.”So, during the five years she played and discarded him to go abroad, she had a child with another man.Looking at the man's desolate departing figure, little Luna obediently held her mother's hand.Perplexed.“Mom, isn't he Dad? Why should I call him Uncle?”……In this world, perhaps no one loves Elias Warner more than Annelise Winter.At eight years old, she had a budding crush.At twenty years old, she separated from him.At twenty-five, they reunited.Every day and every night, she hoped he would return safely.Such a wait, it lasted five years.