Chapter 329 Justice (II)
In the next few days, Little Wolf and Groy stayed in the church. As the divine power like the boundless water became weaker and weaker, the numbers outside increased. The mutants gradually became restless. Although they still could not step into the light curtain that was so thin that it was difficult to see with the naked eye, these walking corpses were not willing to leave. Their number was increasing every day, except for In addition to constantly making meaningless roars, they wandered staggeringly near the church, accumulating desires they had never had before...
Desire for flesh and blood, desire for life.
“We should get out of here.”
The boy, who was looking increasingly embarrassed, said this for countless times. His body, which was not strong in the first place, became much thinner. , two pointed ears drooping listlessly among the messy hair, and although the coarse cloth shirt he was wearing was relatively neat, it had a faint smell of rancidity.
At a time when living supplies are extremely tight, being able to simply cleanse your body is already a great luxury. Who cares if there is any strange smell on your clothes? If not every sect has a relatively abundant reserve of holy water, Xiaolang He might have died of thirst, or he might have contracted the plague from drinking contaminated well water.
"We can't leave here, boy."
The orc paladin gave the expected answer, and threw a small cloth bag at the boy's feet, holding his Kuo Jian leaned on the base of the statue and shook his head: "I didn't see those things outside. As long as you take one step here, they will swarm you and tear you to pieces. Of course, if you are lucky enough, you may turn into something like those monsters before you die completely."
< br>Groi seems better than a few days ago There has been no change. His mental state, physical fitness, appetite, and personality are exactly the same as usual. Except for occasionally squatting on the steps drinking alone, this just knight's style has not wavered at all. Most of the time, he They are all sitting around teaching with nothing to do In the church hall, they would stand angrily at the door of the church and yell at the mutants. Although they were shouting about things like "Dead" and "I'm done" every day, they didn't have that kind of tenacity. The negative feeling of losing all thoughts seems to be heartless.
"You will die if you go out, but you won't die if you stay here?" Little Wolf dug out two pieces of bread from the cloth bag that were probably within a few minutes of becoming moldy, and half a crumpled piece of bread. While chewing the fruit with a bitter look on his face, he whispered vaguely: "It's better to take a gamble and see if I can escape to a safe place. I really don't know why I found you at that time. Those people have already been Just leave..."
It was obvious that the "those people" the boy was referring to were the Justice Sect priests who had acted with Groy before.
"Maybe, they may have arrived at a safe place."
Groy smiled mischievously and glanced at the wolf smugly: "And Yixin thought Is it uncomfortable for you to stay here with me while you are still alive? Do you regret it later? Are you angry?"
The little wolf frowned and swallowed the astringent fruit in his mouth, turning his head silently. Got to the other side.
“Listen, kid.”
Groy glanced at Xiaolang's back in a funny way, spread his hands and said: "Perhaps a powerful knight commander, high priest or archbishop can take you out of this city full of monsters, but I But if you can't do this, if you want to survive, staying here and praying is your only choice. That way, you will be safe at least until the power of this church is completely gone."
"What do you mean?"
< br>The little wolf's ears twitched and he asked without looking back: "Why 'you' and not 'us'?"
Groy grinned widely: "Idiot , although I can’t take you out, but if you only It’s not necessarily true for me. Since I have a chance to survive, why should I die here with you?”
Xiao Lang opened his mouth in shock, but he didn’t say a word. ……
"In a while, the divine power here should be completely dissipated." Groy stood up, turned around and walked into the church: "Let's say goodbye then. By the way, in order to ensure that I have enough physical strength. Escape from this ghost place, and your rations will be halved during this period."
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"In other words, he was there at noon yesterday. At that moment, I took action until I was so hungry that I almost collapsed. You were knocked unconscious in the prayer room and then ran away alone?" The tall humanoid creature squatted next to the little wolf and sighed deeply: "Eat slowly, I don't even have a digestive system, so I won't follow you. You grabbed it..."
Now The young man who was desperately chewing on a piece of dried meat nodded with difficulty, took the water bag from the other party and washed down the food stuck in his throat. He weakly whispered to the weird-looking savior in front of him: "Thank you. .”
"I should be the one to say thank you. It's so good to find you...so good..."
Cordoba smiled bitterly and asked softly after a moment of silence. : "That Groy, did you say anything else?"
The little wolf shook his head, then pointed to a small piece of parchment at his feet, his voice was a little hoarse: "No, that bastard Only this note is left. You have read the content above. What is true justice, which is the justice and belief that must be defended by any means? "The oath," this kind of nonsense, makes me repeat it silently over and over again, it's really... ridiculous..."
Cordoba thought of the Justice Sect that the half-orc boy in front of him had described to him before, and then After combining what he had seen and heard some time ago, he lowered his shoulders in disappointment.
"But I know that this passage is actually the last sentence on the last page of every justice book." The little wolf lowered his eyes and murmured in a low voice after finishing the food in his hand: " It is also the most commonly used prayer by devout believers. The reason why that guy asked me to recite it silently is probably because he hopes that the last bit of divine power will protect me for a while longer. ”
Cordoba, who was about to speak, was stunned. After a while, he asked: "What else do you know?"
The little wolf did not answer him immediately, but asked Cordoba Said: "Can you tell me the specific characteristics of those monsters called mutants?"
< br>"What are the characteristics..." Cordoba pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "My friend told me that they are undead creatures that although they are not completely dead, they cannot be considered alive. They are often those undead creatures. Transformed from people infected by the plague. Strictly speaking, those people are They died the moment they were transformed into mutants. The bodies that turned into monsters had no humanity and would only attack others based on certain impulses unique to the low-level undead. Their physical fitness was usually several times that of the living beings. The perception of objects is extremely sensitive, and once discovered, it will launch an attack at all costs , but there will be no reaction to the dead existence. The stronger the opponent's vitality, the crazier their behavior, probably these..."
"I understand. Yes, you asked me what else I know, right?”
Xiaolang huddled next to the pulpit and said calmly: "There are quite a few. For example, on the second night I came to this place, I accidentally found a notebook with rough words and ugly writing in an empty room. Then I learned that when the bandit group was harassing Fair City, the Church of Justice secretly dispatched A total of six Paladins and thirty-two Templars raided the bandit camp a hundred miles away. After sacrificing nearly half of the people, they successfully annihilated the bandit group's station and cut off their supplies, leading to the vanguard of the bandits. The troops returned in defeat, and eventually had to be disbanded...
< br>The same record, I also discovered that a certain priest named Lott Firescale was shot through the lower abdomen by a poisonous arrow in order to save a reckless child on the city wall, and he rested for two months afterwards. He could barely get out of bed, and his strength had permanently dropped by one level. Oh, that recklessness The kid must be me. No wonder the lizard was shaking so hard at that time. It turned out to be poisoned.
I also know that the team I was entangled with should have been wiped out long ago, or in other words. They were planning to die at that time. Six months ago, I had a conversation with a guy from the North. I have dealt with the orcs on the ground, and I know that some orc tribes have the habit of pouring wine on the ground for their dead comrades. Groy must have been drinking with those people that day, haha, the elf priest kept lighting up his broken weapon. Hammer, is it to attract those monsters and buy time for others? Is that so stupid?
I also know that there is no food in the church. Groy sneaks out of the church every night to get it from outside. Do you think that by sneaking away quietly you can hide it from the wolf's ears? Really? Do you think I haven't seen that he has changed his armor at least three times in the past few days? I know everything. I know where Groy threw those bloody bandages.
I only had one thing before. I haven't figured it out, but you just told me the answer, that rogue paladin Shi almost didn’t feed me in the last few days just to make me weak. The higher the vitality, the more obvious it would be in the eyes of those monsters. I really don’t know where he knew it, so he put it in the church before the divine power was about to dissipate. Am I half dead...
It's so disgusting, it's such a bastard, it's such a rotten person, it's so... hateful! ”
At the end, the young man who could no longer suppress his emotions finally burst into tears. He lay weakly on the cold floor, and big drops of tears fell down his cheeks to the ground. The trembling sobs were like the howling of wolves, echoing in the empty church hall for a long time.
"There are many mutants at the four city gates, even those adventurers with good skills. It's hard for them to rush out, and it's even harder if you bring a child with no strength like you. Cordoba, who was squatting next to the boy, hesitated for a moment, and finally patted his back gently: "I didn't find any corpses outside the city, but I did see a lot of mutants wandering out of Fair City. , so...mostly no one escaped. Those churches must have discovered this, so they unanimously decided to stay in the church blessed by divine power and wait for rescue. I...I went to the United Holy Church before coming here. There are many... people in the chapel, the city hall, the Adventurer's Guild, and the Church of Dawn, Wisdom, and Law Church... I'm sorry... If I could have come earlier..."
Xiao Lang looked up Glancing at the remains of several mutants at the door, he shook his head: "It's useless, even if you only take me out alone, it will probably be very difficult, right?" ”
Cordoba was silent.
Xiaolang wiped his eyes and looked up at the dimmed Holy Emblem of Justice in the center of the hall: "The Justice Sect in Fair City is not too large, has a small number of believers, and its reputation is not very good, so those Guy... At that time, he probably wanted to use himself as a bait to attract as many monsters as possible to give other churches more time to gather civilians. Now it seems that it is completely useless..."
He said That's right, the fact that the whole city was slaughtered can completely prove that this is a futile effort.
In the face of extreme disasters, countless lives can be saved by the sacrifice of a few people or one person. Most of these things happen in stories, but most people choose to sacrifice in exchange for the lives of a few or a few people. This kind of thing should be more realistic. Miracle is a title given because the probability is extremely low. A team of only a few dozen people sacrificed a noble thing in exchange for the lives of hundreds, thousands or even the entire city. , this kind of thing may appear in the form of some kind of mission in other games, but in the world of innocence...
Maybe, but at least not here.
"I saw some... corpses wearing this badge on my way here."
Cordoba also looked up at the Holy Emblem and whispered to Little Wolf: "They killed at least three times as many monsters as themselves. They were very brave and great."
The latter's shoulders twitched. , asked in a low voice: "Then did you see..."
"Well, I think I saw it."
Cordoba nodded and wrinkled a small section Baba's parchment was stuffed into the little wolf's hand: "An orc knight, in order to convey a certain message to the people who might find this place, after being fatally wounded, he pierced his chest with a giant sword and nailed himself to the ground. He died lying there, holding this note high until I found him. He probably also guessed that mutants would not be interested in corpses and parchment, so he chose such a conspicuous way to die. ."
"Where did you see him?"
"There is a trail not far from here. Judging from what I saw when I arrived, the Groy Knight...should have been working hard to take the mutants here elsewhere during the time you were unconscious. "
"Really..."
Xiaolang nodded slightly, tears overflowed from his severely bloodshot eyes, wetting the note in his hand.
The above content is not sensational at all, not heroic at all, not epic at all...
Just an ordinary sentence:
[There is a child in the Just Church who may still be alive. Save him. 】
Chapter 326: The End
(End of this chapter)