Chapter 470 Noah returns to the team
Intramuros Tourmaline Kloster.
Bountiful church area.
Chen Lun's body was walking out of the arch alone, standing next to the marble pillar, turning his head to look at the distance of the road. A carriage was slowly coming from the end and stopped directly in front of him.
The coachman seemed to travel between the central area and the upper and lower cities all year round. He was very familiar with the man in the black hat in front of him. He quickly took off his bowler hat to greet him and called Father Jack respectfully.
"May the God of Contracts bless you."
Chen Lun nodded to him in response.
He immediately looked toward the carriage door and saw a fair-skinned boy wearing round glasses descending from above carrying a huge painting bag.
It was Noah, whom he hadn’t seen for several months.
"Ah, Mr. Jack, are you waiting for me here specifically?"
The young man was a little surprised, and then shyly scratched his short silver-white hair. Although he still looked introverted, he was obviously happy.
Chen Lun handed the coachman a dozen silver coins and ignored the other's repeated thanks. He put his arm around Noah's shoulders and led him into the church area.
"Well, the 'Pale Seal' sensed it and knew you were back."
Chen Lun said with a chuckle, and touched the young man's head affectionately.
The coachman who was about to leave was quite surprised when he saw this scene. When the boy got on the bus, he felt that his words and deeds were aristocratic, but he did not expect that this young guest turned out to be Father Jack's "younger brother".
Perhaps in the eyes of uninformed others, the relationship between the two is more like that of brothers... But Chen Lun didn't care about this. He said slowly to Noah:
"You must be very tired from traveling outside. Let's go have something to eat and take a rest. We can slowly talk about our experiences during this time."
"Okay, Mr. Jack."
Noah nodded.
"During this period, I followed Teacher Rutina to wander outside. I miss everyone every day, and the food cooked by Miss Floy... Hehe."
He said and smiled very sheepishly.
Chen Lun smiled and told him that he would get what he wanted later, because when Floy learned of his return, he was cooking dinner carefully and fried two steaks specially for him.
"This is so great!"
Noah looked very happy.
The two of them came to the lobby on the first floor of the residential area talking and laughing, and found it empty. He immediately asked doubtfully:
"Mr. Jack, where are the others?"
"The prince issued an important imperial order a few days ago, requiring all major forces to summon undead strangers to hunt in the spirit world to prevent the spread of pollution... Almost everyone else went to help."
Chen Lun poured a glass of water and explained.
"So that's it. I've also heard some news during this period. It seems that the matter is indeed very serious... I'm sorry, Mr. Jack, I can't help, but now I'm back, and starting from tomorrow Let me join!”
Noah put down his painting bag and said to him.
"Sure, if you want."
Chen Lun nodded in agreement.
As he spoke, he pointed upstairs again.
"Before you came, the church area went through a major renovation. In addition to your separate room, I also asked craftsmen to design and build a large studio for you, which has good sound insulation and lighting."
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"Oh! That's great news! Thank you, Mr. Jack!"
Noah's eyes widened and he quickly thanked him.
Chen Lun waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down and talk about what happened during this period. Noah sat down on the sofa obediently, ate the snacks prepared by Miss Floy, and told the group leader about his travels.
It turned out that after he left with Lutina, he first traveled around the royal city and visited almost every town and village. During this process, Lutina asked him to try his best to describe every scenery he saw.
According to Noah's basic skills, this is not actually a problem, but this painting teacher seems to be very "picky" and can always find flaws in Noah's paintings and ask him to correct them.
The most frequently said sentence is——
"This work has no soul."
If you cannot draw a painting that satisfies Him, then the journey will remain at the same place. At first, Noah seemed very at a loss because even if Rutina pointed out the problem, he couldn't understand it well.
"The teacher told me a lot at that time. He told me that there are generally two types of artists in this world. The first type is motivated by the injustice of society, country and even the world, and wants to shock the world with their works. This type can be called an 'external artist'. The second type is influenced by his own experience and has too many expressional impulses, so his paintings mostly convey his own emotions and focus on techniques, which he calls 'internal'. Type artist'..."
Noah took a sip of black tea and spoke.
Chen Lun asked with great interest:
"Miss Rutina, did you ever say which kind of person you are?"
"No."
Noah shook his head.
"Because the teacher doesn't seem to like these two types of artists very much... He said that external artists profit from the pain of others, while internal artists only care about the expression of personality, and they are both trapped in the confusion of selfishness... ...Only the third kind of 'spectator artist' can paint the greatest masterpieces and record everything that happens from an absolutely objective perspective. He wants me to be such a person."
Chen Lun had no attainments in art or philosophy. He just nodded to show that he was listening carefully.
"During this journey, the teacher taught me a lot, not just about painting... The things I experienced along the way may seem ordinary, but they also hide the truth of the world. This has almost changed most of my concepts and has profoundly affected me. paintings, and even an understanding of extraordinary power.”
Noah's mouth was filled with joy.
"Mr. Jack, although I have not paid attention to my own mysterious accumulation in the past few months, I have unknowingly reached the limit of Sequence Six, and now I am preparing to start the promotion ceremony of [Bone Man]."
Chen Lun raised his eyebrows and started to spy on the boy. Sure enough, Noah had reached the full level of Sequence Six.
"Very good, Noah."
He nodded with pleasure and appreciation, and sighed:
"Miss Rutina is worthy of being the Three Saints of the Sequence. Even if he is a high-ranking person in the natural realm, he can be of great help to you on your journey on the path of flesh and blood."
"Yes, I always feel that the teacher is full of knowledge and knows a lot of things...just like Mr. Jack."
Noah nodded in agreement.
When Chen Lun heard his last words, he thought they were flattery, and secretly thought that this boy Noah had learned to flatter him after not seeing him for several months... But unexpectedly, when he looked up, he saw that the boy's face was full of seriousness and sincerity.
He suddenly thought to himself, so I have such a high status in Noah’s heart?
Somehow, Chen Lun found it both funny and touching.
"Has Miss Rutina returned to Coleridge Forest?"
Chen Lun refilled the tea for the two of them and asked casually.
"No, after the trip, the teacher said that he would stay in the Royal City for a while... It seems that he was going to the Moon Church to visit old friends. He will also be invited to the prince's birthday next month."
Noah answered.
"Friends of the Moon Church?"
Chen Lun raised his eyebrows.
In his impression, as a saint of the Nature Sect, Rutina should not have much to deal with the Church of the Seven Gods. He did not expect to have friends in the Church of the Moon.
"Well, it's Sister Olmedo, the current head of the Moon Church branch in Wangcheng... I heard the teacher casually mention that she met two friends of the Moon Church many years ago, and one of them is Olmedo Mian. Next, the other one doesn’t know.”
Noah said honestly.
Chen Lun nodded.
He knew that the "Sister Olmedo" in Noah's mouth had met him at the imperial meeting held by the prince. She looked like an unsmiling old man, giving people a cold feeling.
"Okay, let's stop talking now, it's time to eat."
Chen Lun saw Floy coming with a dinner plate, so he smiled and said to Noah.
"Well, I happened to not eat on the way back, so I was a little hungry."
Noah nodded expectantly.
Chen Lun stood up and walked over, took the plate from Floy's hand, the two looked at each other and smiled, and immediately took Noah to the restaurant area.
"I'll call Connie Maggie and the others..."
Floy whispered.
"No need."
Chen Lun held her hand, and then through the "Pale Seal", he conveyed the message to Maggie in the research room upstairs, Connie in the workshop behind the square, and Alex who was lazing around somewhere.
Soon afterwards, the restaurant was filled with the ladies' shouts of surprise and words of welcome for Noah's return.
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It's early September.
On the lawn of the Generous Church area, Antonio the cow was playing with Bib the white cat and Tink the hedgehog. Several members of the Black Cat Samurai Team were sitting on the stone decorations nearby. They wanted to join but did not dare. While pretending to wipe their machetes, the cats looked furtively at the black cat under the umbrella not far away. Hats for men.
"Go and play, I'll give you a day off today. It's enough for them to patrol the church area 24 hours a day."
Chen Lun sat on a chair, smiling and pointing at the black crystal craftsman puppet passing behind him.
Hearing what the leader said, the black cats looked at each other, then slowly put down the machetes in their hands, then tentatively climbed down from the stone sculpture, and finally, hesitantly walked towards Anton and the others.
When Chen Lun saw this, he couldn't help but smile. These black cats brought out from the dream world actually still retain a very primitive purity in their hearts. It's just that the heavy experiences and burdens in the past have made them become warriors since childhood.
Now that they are following me, they should be allowed to enjoy a normal life.
Chen Lun glanced at the black cats slowly integrating into the "circle", smiled knowingly, and immediately opened the panel to check.
For more than half a month, the players under my command have been fighting polluted creatures in the spirit world. Although the frequency of pop-up kill rewards is not as frequent as during the Western War, the victory is long-lasting and continuous.
Moreover, the reward for killing polluted creatures is obviously much higher than then, with an average of 100 to 200 experience points being distributed each time.
So far, Chen Lun has accumulated more than four million experience points even if he has not done anything. He plans to upgrade his sub-professional [Inscription Master] to the full level in a while.
At this time, another prompt box popped up——
[Circus player "Mr. Anni" killed the son of the ancient god "Didak" (the pollution source channel), and you gained 10,000 experience points! 】
"Huh?"
Chen Lun raised his eyebrows.
‘A player actually killed the Didak insect man? ’
He then thought about it. After more than half a month of leveling up, the average level of players has probably gone up a level. In addition, after adapting to the environment, as long as enough players are gathered and ready with potion bombs and damaging monsters, after It is not impossible for a siege with command and coordination to achieve this.
After all, the Didak bugs that serve as the "pollution source channel" have no fighting power, but are very resistant to beatings. With the player's tendency to become more energetic the more they suffer, it is only a matter of time before they overthrow this level of "elite monsters".
‘The growth rate of players is really amazing...’
Chen Lun shook his head and sighed secretly in his heart.
A few days ago, he discovered through the game forum that several players who were being promoted have appeared one after another, and the situation of Polaris taking the lead has changed.
Maybe in the near future, there will be more and more mid-tier players, and even become the norm in the first tier.
'Goloff, Patton and Morey are indeed just ordinary people with average talents. They happened to step into the mysterious field and struggled at the bottom for many years. Even if they later joined the circus and received all kinds of help from me, they were still in this version. Being caught up by a player...'
Chen Lun was a little emotional.
'Of course, people like Floy, Noah and Antonio, who are BOSS-level "destined people" in the original world line, grow at an extremely terrifying rate and have specific templates. Even if players can take advantage of loopholes, It's hard to compare... What's more, their destiny has been changed by me. The upper limit in the future will only be higher, and they will no longer be trapped in the same place by the established direction. ’
After finishing his thoughts, he picked up the ice-cold milk at hand and took a sip.
At this time, he noticed that there was actually more than one prompt box, but he didn't notice it at the first time.
[You have killed a total of 100 "Didak", the son of the ancient god, and the curse "blasphemous man" you have suffered is even stronger! 】
[The Blasphemy LV2 (Curse)]
Curse description: Your hands are stained with the rich, fresh blood of the descendants of the gods, and will be engraved with this mark. You will exist as a "living sacrifice" for revenge, attracting the ancient god "Father of Darkness" Dist Attention followers of Dak, God's followers and other sons of God!
Curse effect: All attributes -2 (cursed skin is in effect, immune to this effect)
Chen Lun was a little surprised.
He did not expect that the son of the ancient god killed by his players could also be counted on his head, and this curse was still marked when he and Mr. Pinghu teamed up to eliminate the first Didak insect man, but he just saw it [Cursed Skin] can immunize it and increase your own attributes in reverse, so keep it.
After such a long time, he had somewhat ignored the curse. If it weren't for the reminder that the curse level had increased, he might have forgotten about it.
'During this period, the Incarnation of Fraud has been searching for traces of Carmen at the end of the darkness. He must have killed some Didak bugs on the way, and the one the player killed just met the conditions for the curse to be improved...'
Chen Lun thought to himself.
‘Forget it, to me anyway, this curse is harmless. On the contrary, it can improve some attributes, so it can be regarded as turning waste into treasure. ’
He smiled and no longer cared.
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Another few days passed.
On September 9, 4420 in the solar calendar, the 23rd birthday of Sun Prince Dazlet arrived. The central area of the royal city was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. Many residents took their families out to celebrate, and the commercial streets launched special promotions, making it very lively.
Late afternoon.
Chen Lun, wearing a black suit and a flat top hat, led Floy, who was wearing an expensive black and purple evening dress, and boarded the exquisite carriage sent by the palace.
He was smiling and looked the same as usual, but his heart was full of solemnity.
Because he knew that Princess Anna and the Sun Cross Society would attack Prince Dazlet at the upcoming palace dinner.
"Something unexpected may happen at the dinner later. If the situation becomes uncontrollable, I will send you back to the church area."
Chen Lun sat in the carriage and used [Thought Transmission] to inoculate Floy. The latter was stunned for a moment, then didn't ask any more questions and just nodded obediently.
In the end, she gazed with beautiful lavender eyes and said softly:
"You must also prioritize your own safety. If you are in danger, I will not leave...even if you bring me back, I will go find you." (End of Chapter)