When Shao Ci returned to his residence, he saw Wendell standing in front of the door. The moonlight covered his body like a veil, and his brilliant golden hair was gilded with a layer of silver.
Shao Ci's heart suddenly jumped, and then he felt that there was nothing to be nervous about because he didn't do anything. It was because of the sequelae of being caught (not) caught too much before, so he walked over calmly.
Wendell leaned against the door, looked up at Shao Ci, his expression was as gentle as before, but his eyes were a little colder after seeing the icicle flower in Shao Ci's hand.
"Why are you here?" Shao Ci asked, "It's so late."
Wendell naturally stretched out his hand to straighten Shao Ci's clothes, dragged him into the warm room, and said softly: "I woke up at night and found you were not in the room, so I came out to have a look."
"Ah, that..." Shao Ci explained: "I just can't sleep at night, so I just go out for a walk..." Then such a mysterious incident happened.
"Sure enough." Wendell nodded, "There have been a lot of things recently, I think you should be very nervous, suddenly you have to do so many things, and you have to shoulder such responsibilities..."
"No, it doesn't matter! As long as you are by my side, there will be no problem." Shao Ci felt that his mental endurance had already been strengthened.
"But..." Wendell said suddenly, "If you could give up these things in front of you, what would you choose?"
Shao Ci opened his eyes wide, "Huh?"
Wendell reached out and hugged him into his arms, and whispered in his ear: "I'm so scared..."
"...Eh?" Shao Ci was stunned, could Wendell be afraid of something? Even in the original text, Wendell is the kind who has never been afraid of anything, never lost in his heart, and is dedicated to killing the devil. He is a perfect and even somewhat false existence.
"I'm very scared, you will be in danger." Wendell said: "It's been like this since the beginning of the adventure. I thought I could protect you, but... things are not that simple, I don't want to as powerful as it is.”
"Then, haven't those things come to an end?" Shao Ci hurriedly said: "It will be fine in the future!"
In fact, the main thing is that Shao Ci wants to purify the relationship between Siren and Ewings (although it seems to be of no use after purification), otherwise he will never waste so much time because of the previous things.
"I don't know..." Wendell's tone was filled with rare confusion, "The devil must be stronger than these monsters. By then, can I really protect you... Even the brave men in the past have never been Succeeded."
Shao Ci: "..." Ah suddenly felt that what Wendell said made sense!
"Let's leave." Wendell said: "Leave here, don't worry about these things."
"Eh?!" Shao Ci was shocked, no, how could Wendell say such a thing? "If we escape, what about the others?"
Of course, Shao Ci didn't care much about it himself, but this is related to the main plot.
"It doesn't matter to other people." Wendell said: "It would be too much to put our hope on only one person, wouldn't it? It would be too ridiculous if we would be in danger just because we left this world gone."
Shao Ci: "...!" But you are the person who has the halo of the protagonist, hey!
He probably also understood that this was definitely due to the butterfly effect caused by his arrival... Wendell, who was originally dedicated to the people and the world by the Holy Father, had other ideas.
To be honest, Shao Ci doesn't think he is the one who can save the world, but now he has to save the plot that is about to collapse.
Shao Ci closed his eyes, then opened them suddenly, and grabbed Wendell's hand, "No... I can't go, I want to stay..."
"Is this what you wish?" Wendell was not angry, but gently reached out and stroked Shao Ci's hair, and said, "It's okay, if that's the case, I will help you too."
"Hey..." Shao Ci always felt that there was something different about Wendell from usual.
And Wendell had already stood up, pulled Shao Ci to the bedside, "Go to sleep, it's already late, don't you still have to learn magic skills tomorrow?"
Shao Ci originally wanted to ask something else, but Wendell's voice seemed to be hypnotic. He immediately felt sleepy and fell asleep without knowing it.
Looking at Shao Ci who had already fallen asleep, the corner of Wendell's mouth curved slightly, and he lowered his head to kiss his forehead lightly, then looked coldly at the ice flower that was just placed on the table.
Even after entering the warm room, the ice flower showed no signs of melting, and even exuded a slight chill.
"Is this a provocation to me?" Wendell looked extremely cold, stretched out his hand and squeezed it lightly, and the delicate ice flower turned into fine powder, and completely dissipated before falling to the ground.
When he woke up the next day, Shao Ci found that it was already noon.
Shao Ci sat up from the bed in fright, stretched out his hand to cover his forehead that was still aching, wondering why he slept for so long...
"No one called me?" Shao Ci stood up, only to hear a commotion outside, and when he opened the door, he saw a group of paladins.
Everyone had serious expressions on their faces, and they knew what had happened at a glance. The leader saluted Shao Ci respectfully, and then explained their purpose of coming here with an apologetic tone.
It turned out that the Pope was stabbed to death suddenly last night, and the most suspected person was Shao Ci's companion Wendell who is a brave man. Wendell has disappeared now, so they wanted to take Shao Ci to investigate.
Of course, after all, Shao Ci is a brave man chosen by God, even if the Pope was really killed by Shao Ci, they can't be rude to Shao Ci.
Shao Ci: "...?!?" Hey, he just fell asleep casually, didn't he? ! Is there such a powerful plot happening? !
Walking with those paladins along the way, Shao Ci still felt that his mind was blank, and he didn't feel a little real when he walked.
Of course Shao Ci believed in Wendell, and thinking about the plot of the original work, the pope wanted to eat bento... probably because he was delayed on the road for too long, which led to the plot of the bento, it must be something else. hands and feet, and then planted it on Wendell.
Wendell has the aura of the protagonist, so he is absolutely impossible to die. It is estimated that he will be upgraded a little bit because of this incident.
Then he'd better worry about himself first.
The person next to him saw Shao Ci's troubled face, and immediately said, "Master Brave, you don't have to worry, it's just an ordinary question."
Speaking of which, I have felt this way since just now, why do you people seem to be a little excited after the Pope died!
"Then who is in charge of this matter now...?" Shao Ci asked tentatively.
"Of course it's Holy... No, the new Pope." There was a bit of fanaticism in the man's tone.
Afterwards, there was no need for Shao Ci to ask, and the people around just added everything about the Son of God.
It is said that the Holy Son was an orphan adopted by the temple at the beginning, and he was born with an affinity for the light element, and the speed of learning divine arts was quite fast. son's identity.
You must know that not everyone can do a holy son. In hundreds of years, only a holy son was born three hundred years ago.
What's even more powerful is that most of the people who have been blessed by the Holy Son can come back alive from the battlefield against monsters. According to the memories of these people, it seems that when they are about to die, they can feel some kind of soft power bringing new vitality to their bodies. vitality.
With such a bug ability, the Holy Son's prestige in the Holy City can be said to be much higher than that of the Pope. Just because of his frail health, he has rarely appeared in front of outsiders in recent years, and it is said that he has been recuperating somewhere.
Although the Pope's death is sad, when everyone thinks that the Holy Son can succeed the Pope, they feel that the world is full of hope. They will definitely be able to successfully defend the human territory from being occupied by monsters.
"...It's amazing." As Shao Ci said this, he suddenly thought of what happened last night, what the silver-haired boy who was not human under the moonlight had said to him, and always felt that something was about to happen.
Soon everyone entered the temple, and the one standing in the middle was, as expected, the silver-haired boy Shao Ci had seen last night.
The new young pope held a huge and gorgeous scepter in his hand, and was wearing a complicated and holy white dress. His long silver hair poured down like the most beautiful silk and satin.
Everyone around looked at him with fanaticism and admiration, but he also dealt with it calmly.
"My lord, the brave man has been brought here." The leading paladin saluted respectfully.
The young pope turned his head, his ice blue eyes looked over without any expression, and stared at Shao Ci, "You are here."
Shao Ci hurriedly saluted, half kneeling on the ground, still in a panic, not knowing what this silver-haired boy would do to him... After all, from yesterday's performance, he really couldn't tell what the other party was doing.
Then the young pope walked over slowly, facing everyone's eyes, reached out to hold Shao Ci's cheek, looked directly at Shao Ci, and said slowly, "You have the breath of a monster on you."
Shao Ci's pupils shrank suddenly, "!!"
As soon as the expressions of the others changed, they immediately took an attacking posture, as if they would rush over to subdue Shao Ci as soon as the Pope gave an order.
"You don't need to be nervous." The young Pope said lightly, "It's just the breath produced by living with monsters for a long time. This is the evidence of the brave man's valor."
"That's how it is." "How could there be any problems with Mr. Brave." The expressions of the people around were instantly filled with admiration.
"..." Shao Ci also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. If Ewings is really found out, it will be troublesome, and he will be imprisoned by then.
Although Shao Ci looked into those ice-blue eyes, he felt that he had been seen through... Maybe the other party knew about the existence of Ewings from the beginning, and now he said these words just to tease himself.
No, no, he doesn't look like Ewings' kind of prankster at all.
Shao Ci denied it in his heart again.
"The death of the previous pope has nothing to do with the brave man." The young pope announced indifferently, "It's just that the knight made such a move without authorization."
There was absolutely no evidence for such a statement, but the people around believed it, and immediately expressed that they would arrest Wendell or something, even if he fled to the monster's territory, they would not let him go.
Shao Ci subconsciously bit his lower lip. The new Pope's hostility towards Wendell was obvious... Could it be that Wendell really killed the Pope
He remembered what Wendell had said to him after he came back from the garden yesterday... Could it be that Wendell suddenly told him something important when he knew something important
If only I had asked Wendell more yesterday, Shao Ci felt a little regretful thinking about it.
Then the new Pope looked at Shao Ci again, "You have almost learned the magic arts, now it's time for a test."
Shao Ci immediately lifted his spirits. According to his memory, in the original text, the Pope gave the brave man four tests, asking him to go to four places to obtain four things. After completing these four tests, he can get the artifact and inheritance preserved by the temple. .
No matter how I think about it, I feel that the pope is full and supporting himself, but this is the main line of this article and there is no way around it!
Of course, Shao Ci is not going to get any inheritance by himself, he is going to think of a way to make Wendell inherit it when the time comes.
Although there is some trouble now, he can only complete the task alone... But Wendell has the aura of the protagonist on him, so it should be possible to do it.
Shao Ci was thinking tangledly.
"Then, the content of the first task is—"
Shao Ci nervously looked at the silver-haired pope in front of him, and heard the other party continue talking, and wondered if the mission was still the same as in the original text... After all, the pope has changed, who knows if the mission will change.
"Obtain the fruit of the sacred tree protected by the dark elves."
Shao Ci heaved a sigh of relief, it was still the same as in the original text... In this way, he can easily complete the task after reading the original text.
Then the other party said again: "Of course, because this is a test for the brave... So, the saint will not provide any help."
Shao Ci: "!!" Hey!
To the north of the Principality of Variso is the Kent Mountain Range, which spans almost half of the continent. On the other side of the mountain range, it used to be an extremely desolate northern land, but now it is basically occupied by monsters.
Kunil Town, this is a town on the edge of the Principality of Variso, because it is close to the residence of the dark elves in the Kent Mountains, it attracts many people who want to get the rare things in the hands of the dark elves.
Because of this, there are mercenary associations and many hotels in the town of Kunil, and there are many foreigners every day. It can be said that it is a quite prosperous town.
According to Shao Ci's thinking, isn't this the most suitable place for the protagonist to be born in rpg games!
The caravan's carriage stopped at the post station, and Shao Ci waved goodbye to the caravan people. He also received a lot of care from the caravan people along the way.
After all... The Pope said at the time that he would not give any help, but in the end he really didn't even give Shao Ci a dime! It's just so that he can hitch a ride near the place where the dark elves live.
And the knights who came together at the beginning were also unable to follow the Pope's words, so Shao Ci had to come to such a dangerous place alone.
Shao Ci's mood is very sad, there is no such restriction in the original text, okay! Sure enough, the pope had something to say about him.
Dark elves live in underground cities and caves. They have pale skin, delicate features, and dark hair and eyes. Their archery skills are as good as ordinary elves, but they like darkness.
Originally, the dark elves were not in contact with humans like ordinary elves, but now that monsters are raging, they also have to make peace with humans, hire humans to kill the monsters around them, and then give some rare things as rewards .
The first question that stands in front of Shao Ci now is how he will get into the city of the dark elves!
Although the dark elves can hire humans now, they are not so easy to trust humans. It seems that they need to be introduced by acquaintances... Sure enough, they should join the Mercenary Association first.
Because of the Pope's order, Shao Ci couldn't disclose his identity as a brave man, so he could only complete a few ordinary tasks to join the Mercenary Association like other ordinary people.
"Hey... It really feels like I'm playing a game after doing this." Shao Ci looked at the task he had just received, and walked slowly towards the forest. He has been in this town for three days, and he actually Not even a shadow of a dark elf.
The figure of Ewings in a black robe immediately transformed into an illusion, followed Shao Ci by the side, and said with a smile, "But it's quite interesting, isn't it?"
Ever since Shao Ci left the holy capital, Ewings has no restrictions. During the few days on the road, he was pestering Shao Ci every day, and after arriving in Kunil Town, he showed his body without any restraint.
Anyway, there were a lot of monsters here, and no one would care about the looming demonic energy on him.
"Is it really okay for you to say this?" Shao Ci was unable to complain, "Aren't you a monster yourself?"
"These low-level monsters are not of the same type as me." Ewings leaned over and pestered Shao Ci, "Besides, I am now a brave man, so why do I care about other people's lives?"
Shao Ci: "... as long as you are happy."
But it is also true, such monsters that are not human, not even intelligent, and act entirely on instinct are considered low-level monsters, and are divided into one to ten levels according to their strength.
And those high-level monsters that were born in human form, as well as the human-shaped monsters that were infected later, were regarded as high-level monsters, which were many times more difficult to deal with than low-level monsters.
Because Shao Ci was just a newcomer, the task he received was only to kill a second-level monster. This task was simply too simple.
He walked aimlessly, waiting for some unlucky monster to hit him, but suddenly heard a person's exclamation.
"Is there someone?" Shao Ci hurriedly ran towards the direction where the exclamation came from.
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Argent had never expected that such a thing would happen to him.
As the son of the Grand Duke of the Principality of Variso, he grew up surrounded by the praise of everyone, and he never encountered any danger.
This time he just wanted to come to this frontier town on a whim, but he didn't expect to be separated from the guard group, and was chased by monsters all the way afterwards.
Algert's magic talent is good, and his strength is not bad, but he has never really used it in actual combat. At this moment, looking at the terrifying monster with fangs in front of him, he was trembling with fright, and he couldn't think of any spells to use magic at all in his mind.
Because he was too scared, Algert staggered and fell into the grass, and the exposed skin was also scratched by the sharp blades of grass.
In the past, he would have been dissatisfied and called the priest to treat him, but now he couldn't pay any extra attention to these small wounds.
"Help, help..." Argente almost cried, "Someone come and save me—"
Seeing that the monster's fangs were about to scratch his body, Algert even forgot to close his eyes.
At this critical moment, a figure suddenly rushed out of the side, directly blocking him, and then, that person directly stretched out his hand to the monster.
I saw extremely dazzling rays of light blooming from his hands, and the monster in front of him let out a shrill scream, and turned into pieces in the rays of light, and the dead could not die anymore.
Algert was stunned.
The monster just now was at least a level five monster, and it was so easy to be killed by the man in front of him... Even the teacher from the Magic Association invited by his father could not do this step.
After the figure killed the monster, he waved his hand casually, then turned his head and looked at him with a kind smile, "Are you okay?"
The agitation of the light element caused by the light magic that just bloomed has not yet completely calmed down, and those tiny rays of light poured on the man's body, as if shining a holy light.
Algerte was stunned, and then threw himself into the other person's arms. He only felt that this person's embrace was so warm, which made him feel at ease instantly, and subconsciously said, "Please let me follow you!"
Shao Ci: "??"