Chapter 445 Interlude
"The gods bless you"
Gelbin sighed deeply and threw out the small buckler in his hand that quietly replaced the long sword. The dark shield with the city gate emblem printed on it turned into a fierce arc of light and passed through the air. While knocking away several mutants in front, it also protected the two at the end of the team who were about to be dragged off their mounts by the enemy. The paladin intercepted four or five undead who were half-length on their horses.
But he did not rescue the knight who was surrounded by nearly a hundred monsters. Until the latter was completely left behind by the knights, Gelbin did not even look back.
As a high-level paladin, doesn’t he have the ability to rescue the young knight of the Sun Sect?
The answer is obviously no.
Even though a lot of physical strength has been consumed and his condition is only less than 60% of what it was in its heyday, if Gelbin is willing, he can still break into the monsters alone without dragging down the large army. , rescue the knight who unfortunately fell behind, and bring him back to the main army safely, and continue to serve as the tip of the spear of the knights.
The whole process does not even take two minutes in total
But Gelbin did not do this for a simple reason, although he had a way to help a knight who lost his mount continue to move forward with the team. But this will eventually cause a little extra load on him, which means that in the next journey, as the strongest person, he will not be able to fully protect everyone, whether it is swinging the sword slowly or swinging it half a second late. Shield, some people will be left behind because of this.
In the end, he is just a high-level paladin.
Without the bonus of [Joint Purification], and having led everyone in two and a half rounds of charges, even Gelbin would not be able to take care of everyone, otherwise the paladin just now would not be left behind. .
So the choice before him is very clear
Save, a young and heroic life will be extended, and even if there are any problems later, he can say with a clear conscience that he tried his best '.
If we don’t save it, more people’s lives will be protected.
As a result, Gelbin did not look back, nor did the high-level paladins such as Snowmane and Tongs behind him.
Because the word 'justice' has long been deeply engraved in their souls, this choice that seems to have no right or wrong is actually just a multiple-choice question that they don't need to think about.
The whole process is simply to quantify all possibilities and then make an absolutely fair decision, nothing more.
So even though the people of the Justice Sect have always been criticized and have always been known for their shamelessness and lack of integrity, only those who truly understand them know that these people may be among the clergy of the entire Holy Religion Union. The most indifferent and ruthless group.
Even if the first and the last person to make a sacrifice in a war, an army, or a story will always have a special sense of existence, these people will not be touched in the slightest. Of course, they are not I really wasn't touched, I just couldn't be shaken in the slightest.
Even if they would be depressed and cry bitterly afterwards, at least at this moment, these fair high-level knights did not hesitate for even a millisecond.
Is it difficult to die without saving someone?
Although there is no standard answer to this question, if the person involved is a person with sufficient strength and sense of justice, then this move will undoubtedly be quite difficult and even torture.
So, it is really difficult to practice your faith under any circumstances, no matter what kind of faith it is.
“How could this happen?”
Following the end of the team, Goshawk, who had rarely faced mutants, lay on his horse with a pale face, feeling that his hands and feet were cold.
The lizard knight who joined the joint force half a month ago but had never witnessed the sacrifice of his teammates turned around with some difficulty. However, he could no longer see the figure waving the cross sword vigorously. There were only densely populated areas in his field of vision. Endless mutants.
【Who is it? 】
He gritted his teeth, a pair of orange vertical pupils full of anger and hatred: "Who on earth can be so heartless and crazy?"
Even many NPCs thought that this The plague was just an unfortunate accident, but as a player, Goshawk knew very well that it was not that simple.
There is at least a 90% chance that this sudden disaster that befell Misha County was not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster.
[Regional World Quest: Find the Source of the Plague: 0/1, Reward:? ? ? 】
This task itself, which has never made any progress, can already explain a lot of things.
At the same time
Misha County, Hofer City
Wenqiu, who was playing with a few children in the church square, suddenly stopped and used his bright pair of His eyes were fixed on a certain frame in the corner of his field of vision, and the string of numbers on it was changing rapidly.
[Mutant Remnant: 15749]
[Mutant Remnant: 15742]
[Mutant Remnant: 15731]
[Mutant Remnant: 15728]
< br>In just five seconds, the number of toys transformed by the [Lesion] talent decreased by twenty-one, and there was no sign of stopping.
You must know that just before seven o'clock this morning, the number of those toys was still stable at more than 24,000. But now, this number has been reduced by a full third, and it is still very unstable. The frequency continues to decline, which is simply...
“It’s simply amazing!”
Wenqiu’s little face flushed with excitement, and he clapped his hands with a smile: “Brother Hei Fan They're awesome! They're just cheap toys that pop up by themselves without doing anything, but they're awesome at being able to kill so many of them at once!"
Boom!
A push that was not heavy came from behind, but it had quietly turned into nothingness the moment it was passed to the girl.
"Oops!"
But Wenqiu still stumbled forward a few steps, then tilted his head and looked at the human girl half-kneeling on the ground behind him, and asked with concern: "Um, ka Sha, are you okay?"
The thin girl wearing a simple linen dress with only one shoe on her foot shook her head timidly: " No, it’s okay, Xiao Wenqiu, I’m sorry, I didn’t stand firm enough just now and accidentally bumped into you.”
This girl named Kasha is a very typical girl from a poor family, dressed simply and elegantly. The skin is rough, the figure is much smaller than the average of his peers, and the appearance is a bit old-fashioned. Although he looks healthy, he is only 'fairly healthy'.
“Don’t worry, I’m fine~”
Wenqiu shook his head vigorously, and then looked at the other party with a worried expression: "Kasha, why are your faces so red? Are you sick?"
At this moment, several others were around. The children who were running crazy also came over, gathered around the two of them and started shouting Xiao screamed.
“Why did you stop?”
“Hey, why is Kasha’s face so red?”
“Wow, it’s really red. , Did you eat poisonous mushrooms yesterday?”
"No, no, didn't we show the mushrooms we picked to the nun sister? She said they are edible!"
"Could it be that you are sick?"
< br>"My father said that this is a place blessed by the goddess of dawn, and no one will get sick."
"But Kasha's face is indeed very red!"
"Little question Qiu’s face is a little red too!”
"I'm fine, I just remembered happy things."
Wen Qiu shook his head with a smile, then pulled Kasha's sleeve and asked: "Hey, is there anything uncomfortable? How about we go find Sister Sister?" Kasha hesitated, pursed her lips and whispered, "No, I'm fine, I'm just a little weak, maybe I can just go home and take a nap."
"Are you sure? Kasha."
A blond girl in a pink skirt frowned, bit her finger and said: "If you are really poisoned or... What should I do if I’m sick, and there’s nothing wrong?”
"Plague!"
A chubby little dwarf boy exclaimed and subconsciously took half a step back: "What if it's a plague!"
Kasha's thin body is very obvious The ground shook.
The blond girl glared at the little dwarf boy fiercely and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense! The nun sister and the pastor have both said that there will no longer be a plague here! Believe it or not. I'll tell you later Dad asked him to spank you!”
The latter shook even more than the frightened Kasha, tremblingly shaking her head and saying: “No, no, no, I only have one broom left at home. , it’s better to save a little.”
"That's it, you guys play here first, I'll take Kasha home, and then stay with her for a while."
Wenqiu took Kasha's hand and smiled at the blond girl: "What if If anything happens, I will rush back to find Sister Sister immediately. If nothing happens, Elena, you can follow me tonight I'll accompany Kasha instead."
Elena, who is young but quite mature, immediately nodded and said: "Okay!"
The other children didn't have any opinions, or they didn't have any opinions. , so Wenqiu half pulled and half supported Kasha, who was even smaller than her, and left.
Five minutes later
Hofer City South Street
"That, Xiao Wenqiu."
Kasha staggered to a stop, squatted on the spot tiredly, and whispered: "I want to take a little rest, okay? It’ll be fine in a moment.”
Wenqiu stuck out his tongue, helped the other person sit down in the corner, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I forgot that you have no strength now. Don't be in a hurry. You can rest as long as you want."
“Hmm”
Kasha's face was so red at this moment that she was almost bleeding, and even her consciousness began to become blurred. She murmured in a low voice: "Maybe I am really sick."
Wenqiu Nie He squeezed the other person's little hand that was getting hot and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, it's okay even if you are really sick. I will ask my brothers, sisters, uncles in the church to take good care of you. Don't forget my relationship with Sister Wangyu." Very good. It is said that Brother Hei Fan is doing well now~"
Kasha nodded in confusion: "I'm not sure what you mean, but still. Thank you, little one. Wenqiu."
Before she finished speaking, the girl, who had a fever of nearly 40 degrees, completely lost consciousness, tilted her head and fell into Wenqiu's arms.
“I fainted.”
Wenqiu blinked, then raised his little hand and touched Kasha's forehead, chuckled and whispered: "Sure enough, it can still be effective even in this land blessed by the goddess of dawn, but this The hybrid plague that could kill those uncles instantly was suppressed for three days before it was initially revealed. Well, the power of gods is really amazing! It would be great if there were gods outside the game, not happy!"
She puffed out her mouth, rubbed Kasha's hot little face affectionately, then stood up, held her cheeks and wrinkled her nose in distress.
"So what should we do~"
The girl gently pulled her hair twice and stuck out her tongue playfully: "At that time, I didn't think about what to do next. Now Kasha can only live for two days at most, well, but if Kasha is missing, there won’t be enough people to play the game of catch.”
So, let it go casually. Wenqiu was deeply entangled between the two choices of Kasha's death and being able to continue playing the childlike game.
"Forget it, there were no problems before anyway. If Kasha is missing, we can only play small cards. That's so boring!"
After struggling for a full thirty seconds, the girl finally made up her mind. Determined, she lightly hammered her little hand, then turned her little head and looked around.
Although Wenqiu is now just an ordinary little girl with no profession and only 20 health points, she has already figured out the situation in Hofer City and can roughly judge that there will be no one nearby within the next ten minutes. Haunted, so after casually checking the environment, I 'transformed' with confidence.
[Talent switched to: Immaculate Evil]
[Your camp has been changed to: Chaotic Evil]
The system beep sounded in my ears as expected.
The girl ranked No. 6 in the player combat power rankings opened the panel and smiled with satisfaction. She found that she had become a lot stronger without knowing it.
[Wenqiu]
Race: Human
Level: Necromancer Level 27, Fear Spreader Level 5
Sin value: 118547
Health value: 220/220
Physical value: 210/210
Magic value: 890/890
Talent: Innocence Heart/immaculate evil, torture, innocence, impermanence, self-interest, collapse, disease, death
Basic attributes: Strength 11, Dexterity 24, Wisdom 79, Constitution 11
Civilization attributes: Eloquence 1, Charm 15, Knowledge 15, Leadership 0
Combat attributes: Undead Knowledge Level 20, Summoning Spirits Specialization Level 1, Bone Control Specialization Level 15, Flesh Specialization Level 15, Plague Specialization Level 30
Skills: Summoning: Skeleton Knight/Warrior/Archer, Blood and Bone Spear, Blood Transformation, Continuous Corpse Explosion, Living Sacrifice Ritual, Curse, Ghost Locust, Heart-cutting Bones, Tongue Curse, Corruption Plague/Aura, Limb-Destroying Plague/Aura, Phantom Pain Plague/Aura, Corruption Plague/Aura, Scourge Insect Swarm, Tower of Bones, Grieving Land, Separation of Flesh and Flesh, Seed of Disaster, Stubborn Disease (Passive), Growth (Passive), Deep Reproduction (Passive), Proliferation (Passive), Absorption (Passive)
"Hey, Get well soon, my good friend~”
A black oval 'seed' appeared in Wenqiu's palm, and he quickly pulled out a wisp of red and green dirty blood from Kasha's lower abdomen, and then was gently crushed into powder by his master, and then The wind dispersed.
The abnormal blush on Kasha's face quickly faded.
But Wenqiu, who was trying to transform into the [Innocent Heart] state again, unexpectedly heard a prompt——
[Switch failed, do you want to pay the 48-hour cooling time for forced activation? This talent]
[Innocent Heart] Trait 1: When this talent is forcibly activated in combat, the cooldown time is changed to 48 hours.
Although no one attacked Wenqiu, the moment she transformed into [Immaculate Evil], she was forcibly dragged into a fighting state by the land of gods under her feet.
“Ah, I forgot.”
Wen Qiu patted his smooth forehead, rubbed the ground with his toes in embarrassment, and then forcibly activated the talent.
“Really, it’s too troublesome~”
Chapter 442: The End
(End of this chapter)