Chapter 419 One-day countdown
Next day
February 26, 2049
Game time AM10:23
Southern border of Misha County, tributary of Jinhui River, Long Bridge
"Drink!!"
With a roar, the huge spear-shaped scepter crashed down, knocking more than a dozen swarming mutants to the ground, and then suddenly burst out with a burst of sharp weapons. The cyan stream of light swooped out, slashing away seven heads whose original appearance could no longer be seen with a snap, forcing back these undead vanguards who could not suppress their hunger and thirst.
At the same time, a seemingly long and slender cross fell from the sky seven or eight meters away, followed closely by a slim figure, a high-level priest's robe that was already stained with black blood. Flying in the wind, it reveals a decadent and dark post-modern aesthetic.
"My movements are a bit slow~"
Xia Lian easily picked up her star gold cross of unknown tonnage and turned to face Ke, who was running like a chariot among a group of mutants. Erdowa smiled and said: "The monsters on the other bridge have been cleaned up by my sister."
The tall and mighty 'Captain of the Steel Rangers' rolled his eyes angrily, swung the Punisher's Staff with a motion as if he were playing baseball, and smashed the two mutants away, causing them to crash into another. Bo roared and rushed over, knocking down one of the enemies, and responded loudly: "Sister, if you want to make sarcastic remarks, you might as well help chop down a few more. I've consumed too much in the past two days. If you don’t hold it back, it will easily burn out!”
“Eh? I thought the agents of Tianzhu Mountain were all monsters~”
Xia Lian chuckled and jerked her slender arms. Swinging it, the cross whizzed out like a boomerang, drew a semicircle in mid-air, blasted away more than a dozen ferocious-looking heads, and then flew back to its owner's hand.
Cordoba laughed twice, activated the two powerful runes in his arms, rushed forward with his staff, which was about as powerful as a siege ram, and smashed the The places that had been ravaged by the cross were stepped on again, and finally those who had rushed across half the long bridge were The monster pushed back, and then turned back and complained in a bad tone: "Please, not all agents have enmity with you. Didn't the goddess teach you that it is wrong to express anger?"
" No, the goddess has no time to deal with such trivial matters.”
Xia Lian dragged the heavy cross to Cordoba, stood in the middle of the long bridge and kept giving the nearby mutants who were still alive... to be precise, the mutants who were still able to move, her forehead was covered with tiny marks. beads of sweat: "How many came here today?"
Cordoba thought about it for a moment and answered uncertainly: "One hundred? Well, it could be two hundred."
Xia Lian sighed, then tore open a scroll, Released several white and pure halos, sweeping away the remaining filth on the long bridge. He said solemnly: "It's the same as over there, the quantity is much larger, and it's not even noon yet, these things are really piling up."
"I don't dare to think about it anymore. How many people did this plague kill? ”
Córdoba. There was not much emotion on his expression, but his tone was full of anguish and helplessness: "Not counting those dead who failed to stand up again, we have killed nearly a thousand mutants who can die a second time in these days. They are all real people.”
Xia Lian glanced at the former, stood there leaning on the cross and gasped slightly: "I have experienced many scenes that are equally tragic or even more uncomfortable, but in terms of the degree of weirdness, this disaster can definitely be ranked among the top. Three, may the goddess bless these innocent souls.”
“Didn’t you say that the goddess is very busy...”
Cordoba said casually, and then made a big smile. He faced Xia Lian and said sternly: "Go back first. Your physical condition seems to be getting worse. Those guys on the other side of the river may be able to stay calm for a while. It's better to seize the opportunity to rest more."
< br>Xia Lian chuckled: "You are indeed very different from the agents I have seen in the past. Not only are you touched by this scene, but you also know how to care about girls."
Cordoba's The corner of his mouth twitched, and he smiled dryly: "You, an elf who has lived for hundreds of years, told me, a rune creation that has not yet passed bail, that you are a woman... Ahem, isn't it? Someone as sexy as me... ah, no, it is. There are not many agents of sensibility.”
Under the extremely intimidating gaze of Her Majesty the Saint, Cordoba forcibly swallowed the second half of his sentence, changed his words unusually stiffly and said with a smile, then turned around and faced dozens of people who were holding weapons tightly and were standing on the other side of the long bridge. One end waved to the people watching here and shouted: "Hey! The processing here is almost done. You can take over for a few hours."
"Thank you, Uncle Cordoba."
A half-orc boy wearing simple leather armor, with two daggers hanging on his waist, and holding a dagger was the first to come forward. He stood on tiptoe and hammered Cordoba's shoulder twice, and said with a smile: "The next step is Leave it to us, uncle, you and Sister Xia Lian go and take a rest.”
This gray-haired boy with a pair of pointed ears was brought out of Fair City by Cordoba. Although the little wolf still looks that thin and small, his physical condition and mental state are much better than when he was rescued for the first time. It seems that he has completely recovered from his grief. He came out, but for some reason, this young man who was originally calm and upright has become more and more slovenly during this time, and his whole temperament has become more and more carefree.
That is to say, Cordoba has not known him for a long time. If those people in Fair City who have been with Little Wolf for more than ten years see him like this now, they will definitely feel that The child must have been stimulated or accidentally eaten something strange.
However, because no one in Fair City was spared except Little Wolf, no one except himself would understand how much this boy had changed, and there was no way to know why he made such a change...
Except himself.
“Boy, how many times have I told you to call me Brother Cordoba! It’s the eldest brother! Not the uncle!”
Cordoba glared angrily at the guy in front of him with his ears. The young man, who was not even close to his chest, grinned and said: "I'm not much older than you!"
Xiaolang curled his lips, took out a black stone and polished it on the blade of the sword: "You can be considered an uncle even if you are tall. , Besides, what’s the benefit of calling you big brother?”
Cordoba clenched his fists and squeezed out two words plus a punctuation through his teeth: "No!"
"Then don't bark."
Little Wolf Rolled his eyes.
"Boy." Cordoba was silent for two seconds, and then laughed sinisterly: "I suddenly thought of a benefit of you calling me big brother..."
" Oh, tell me.”
"Does it count to be less beaten in one second?"
"Brother~~"
"..."
Cordoba looked at The young man in front of him seemed to have a completely different face. He held it in for a long time before uttering a meaningless MMP.
“Look at your little potential.” Xia Lian glanced at Cordoba with disdain, then pinched the little wolf’s ears twice with a smile: “Don’t be afraid of that thing that’s not even a human being. Son, if he dares to bully you, my sister will deal with him for you.”
Little Wolf nodded like a fool, and then made a face at Cordoba: "Uncle, uncle, uncle, uncle~"
Cordoba: "..."
In short, leave the long bridge to Shava After being guarded by dozens of guards and adventurers in the city (as well as Xiaolang who volunteered to help and a player specifically responsible for liaison), Cordoba and Xia Lian returned to the city after fighting for more than two hours. Here, take a short rest in the wing of the city hall.
Of course, the only one who really needs to rest is Xia Lian. Cordoba, a player who does not consume physical energy due to his special nature, actually does not matter whether he rests or not. At best, he is just out of combat mode. It's just a low-consumption mode. After all, not only does he not need to sleep, he doesn't even have a food system or a sense of taste.
"The little wolf is quite interesting, isn't it?"
Xia Lian was lying on the large sofa, stuffing dry flour pancakes that were easy to carry and very hungry into her mouth while talking to Cordoba He smiled and said, "To be honest, when I first heard you say that he had gone through that kind of thing, I thought I was worried that the child would never recover from this, but I didn’t expect that his psychological quality was so good.”
“Sadness and anger can’t solve the problem, so instead of doing nothing and only complaining, it’s better to suppress them. Explode at the right time.”
Cordoba nodded solemnly, then said with a wry smile: "Do you believe it? The child said this himself the second day after I rescued him. On the first day, he didn't even say a word. He said, except for walking and eating with me, there was no movement at all and she shed tears. At that time, I was afraid that the boy would become dehydrated from crying, but the next morning he said to me what he just said that sounded ridiculous, stopped crying, and then... started to call me uncle. "
Xia Lian smiled: "It seems you are not really angry with him."
"Nonsense, I have to be worthless to be as knowledgeable as a little kid. If he can have a good spirit, he can call me uncle instead of uncle."
Because he rescued the little wolf with his own hands, So Cordoba, who had some mysterious sense of responsibility for the latter, was Spreading her hands: "I just don't know how to coax the child, so I just accompany him to fool around."
"Okay! Very good!"
Xia Lian slapped Cordoba on the shoulder. (Leaving a faint fingerprint), grinned and said: "I didn't expect you to be quite responsible. Yes, if it weren't for the fact that a rough guy like you is not my sister's cup of tea, I wouldn't be able to think about it..."
Cordoba glanced blankly at the mainstream players in his attribute column. Compared with the physical attributes that can be called cheating, I took another look at the person being Xia Lian's slap knocked off 6% of her health. She was suddenly very glad that she was a rough man. At the same time, she also thought inexplicably that if this saintly sister really found a less rough man to be her partner in the future, Will one day I accidentally beat someone to death?
"Hey, are you thinking of something very rude?"
Xia Lian looked at the other party suspiciously, and sighed softly after Cordoba vowed to be more polite: " By the way, it starts tomorrow..."
Cordoba nodded slightly and said seriously: "Well, Mo... uh, didn't Hei Fan greet us last night? Side preparation The work is basically done, everything depends on tomorrow."
"Don't be so careful, I don't have time to care about your little secrets now."
Xia Lian curled her lips. Then he asked with a rather solemn expression: "Has he told you how certain it is? No matter how you say it, this plan is too risky, and it will be over if you are not careful."
Cordoba looked at her in confusion and asked curiously: "Aren't you the first group of people who knew the plan? What were you doing before, and why are you just starting to worry about gains and losses now?"
"I was worried before, and I have been worried from the beginning."
Xia Lian gently stroked the star-gold cross lying across her knees, and said with a wry smile: "But I must do it without reservation. Believe in Hei Fan, even if others don't believe in him, I, the saint with the highest status and strength, must believe in him. Otherwise, how can others feel at ease? What's more, there is no good way to do it, and Misha County can survive until today. It has not completely collapsed. It can be said that it was created by Hei Fan, so what else can we do besides going all the way?"
Cordoba smiled, thinking deep in his heart. Sighing that Mo Tan was pretty cool, he shrugged and said, "Yes, didn't he give a choice before? Give up the Twin Cities here and steadily sweep away the remaining mutants step by step. Of course, I personally don't Hope to see this result."
"Who hopes?"
Xia Lian carefully placed the cross on the ground, and then lay down on the sofa without any image: "This itself is an unsolvable problem, and time does not allow anyone to hesitate, so just believe that this guy can create miracles." Anyway, I will take responsibility as much as possible, well, if something happens."
Cordoba laughed, hugged his arms and said, "So you are not at all. Are you worried, just forcing yourself not to show any uneasiness in public?"
"That's it."
Xia Lian smacked her lips and said feebly: "How could it be possible? Worried..."
Cordoba hesitated for a moment, looking intently at the Apocalypse Crystal on the Punisher's Staff, which had dimmed to almost no luster. After a while, he said: "Black Fan didn’t tell me specifically what the odds of winning were, but I could feel that he didn’t feel like he was doing something meaningless, that’s probably it.”
"Really..."
Xia Lian closed her eyes and murmured softly: "I really did not misjudge the person. If this time can go through safely, I might as well help him and Wangyu." It’s done.”
"Pfft, cough, cough cough cough..."
"Hey, why did you deliberately take a sip of water and pretend to be choked?"
"In order to express your inner feelings Shocked.”
"Oh, by the way, I just remembered that you have known them for a long time, right?"
"Well, you can put it that way."
Chapter 416 ：End
(End of this chapter)