There were still tears on Amy's little face, but she had already smiled, and happily rushed up to hold Aini's arm.
"Ani, you're back." She said affectionately.
After a long while, the boy who was standing upright by her arm moved, and his movements were as stiff as a rusted machine.
Amy took him to the yard, without pulling, her smile disappeared immediately, her face darkened, and her eyes bulged angrily: "Ani! Why don't you go?!"
Saying that, she lifted her leg and kicked the boy, then pulled him angrily. Aini was pulled to a stagger, and then dragged forward a few steps. After walking for a while, he would walk on his own.
Amy was satisfied, panting, but turned back to him with a sweet smile.
After a while, she suddenly remembered the scene of Kuya's death, and hugged Aini next to her and cried, "Ani, mother is dead!"
…
Li Xin stood on the steps, looking at the wooden courtyard door slowly closing with a creaky sound.
This small courtyard has been hidden in a corner that has been forgotten by time, for a hundred years, a thousand years.
Everything around him faded and crumbled, drifting away like sand.
"... Ninety-seven, ninety-seven?" a male voice called.
With a low voice and deep and gorgeous magnetism, Li Xin recognized Augus.
She opened her eyes and saw Augus standing a few steps away with Marianne, frowning at herself.
Marianne in his arms frowned slightly, rubbed her brows, and didn't look very good.
As soon as she saw Marianne, Li Xin's eyes slid to her slender neck subconsciously. Sure enough, there was a thin silver chain there.
Moreover, perhaps because it just fell to the ground, the pendant linked by the chain was exposed, and it was shining brightly in the position of Marianne's chest.
Li Xin glanced at it, wondering if it was her illusion, this pendant seemed to be smaller than the one she had seen in her previous memories.
Marianne didn't notice her gaze, her attention was now on Corian.
Because of his gaze, he looked at himself... complex, painful and even hated.
Marianne's eyelashes twitched, and her green eyes showed helplessness and sadness.
She is really beautiful, and when she makes such an expression, she almost makes the gods pity her.
Originally, Kerian's young and handsome face was full of pain, and his whole body was shaking in pain. But when he saw Marian's expression like this, he still couldn't help but paused.
When he came back to his senses in the next moment, his face twisted, his expression became more painful, with self-loathing and despair, and there was still a vague daze between his brows, he looked at Marianne, and asked slowly and tremblingly: "You... Why are you lying to me?"
The boy's voice was a little hoarse during the voice-changing period, and his eyes changed from the sky blue to silver, which looked cleaner, and the tearful eyes were as clear as the first rays of morning light in the sky at dawn.
Marianne stared at him with sad eyes, and said in a soft, soft voice, "I'm sorry... Corian, but... only you can bring us here."
She sighed: "I have no other way. As long as there are other ways, I would rather you not know all of this than anyone else, and I wish you peace and prosperity more than anyone else, but... "
When she mentioned this, Kerian closed his eyes, looking even more painful, and he nearly choked: "... I killed her, my only relative."
"Corian..." Marianne called, brushing away Augus' arm, trying to walk towards him.
"Don't come here." Kerian shook his head, took a step back, covered his face in despair, and muttered: "Why... why are you?! Let her stay here, no one knows, I don't know, no okay?"
His resistance made Marianne stop, her expression a little sad.
"Because she has gathered faith, and it is not the faith of the orthodox way. No matter what the purpose is, and whether it is used by others, this is an indisputable fact." Augus opened the mouth and said, his voice was always cold, and the speed of his speech was not too fast. Slowly, as if stating an established ordinance, but the content is aggressive: "You have read books for so many years, don't you know that the Kositiya family has a large number of believers, and the bereaved are all over the four continents? Don't you know that these bereaved families passed the She was assembled, and what kind of turmoil will it cause when it breaks out under the impetus of people with ulterior motives? There must be no such threat in the mainland. The era of Cosidia has long passed, and if you want to blame it, it is your stupid sister who is whimsical, No judgment. If she stayed here peacefully, do you think we would spend so much time and energy trying to find someone...?"
Seemingly unable to find a suitable adjective for a while, or disdainful, Augus paused subtly, and breathed lightly and indifferently from his nose: "If there is a cause, there will be an effect, and everyone must do it for himself. You pay the price for your stupidity, or do you really think your people are so-called-'Gods'?"
"From a private point of view, without Li An, how can a little brat like you grow to such a large size? For the sake of an unknown 'sister', you talk to her like this? Besides, from a public point of view, you live in On the mainland, enjoying its peace and stability, it is your responsibility to maintain its peace and stability—not just the responsibility of the Church."
Augs put his hands around his chest, his thin lips opened and closed, and a long series of sarcastic and almost cool words were spit out in an aloof and autocratic gesture, which was really irritating in this situation.
Corian was so angry that he was speechless, staring at him, and even sporadic white light appeared from his body.
"Why, you want to challenge me?" The corners of Augus' lips raised a mean and sarcastic arc, and his smoky gray eyes looked at him lightly with a look of insulting surprise: "What gave you courage, Oh, it's up to you—to shine?"
Augus raised his arm, the staff slipped gently and skillfully, the tip of the staff lit up with a white light, shook it, and revealed a malicious smile: "Look, I will shine too."
Corian: "… "
The boy's chest heaved up and down, and after a while, he turned around, and the cannonballs rushed out of the courtyard gate, and he ran away in anger.
"Corian..." Marianne called anxiously and helplessly, looking back at Augus.
Augus moved his brows and snorted, his voice softer: "Think about the trouble for a while."
Hearing this, Marianne also sighed, "I don't know if this city can be preserved..."
Li Xin only heard about what happened in the world, just because a voice sounded in her ear, soft and erratic, it belonged to Amy.
"I'm so tired, sister, I might be going to sleep... Give me that ball." The voice begged, and the voice became softer and softer, almost to nothing.
"They gave me a lot of things, but I still like that ball the most. If you give me back, I'll give you a gift, a really precious gift..."
Li Xin turned his hand, and a worn taupe takraw ball appeared in the palm of his hand.
She tossed the ball lightly.
The dry takraw ball flew into the air, and when the light hit it, a white dot lit up, followed by flames, and then the whole ball was silently reduced to ashes.
"Thank you. Goodbye, sister."
Light flashed by, Li Xin spread out her hand, and a ring of gray-green gemstone gently landed on her palm.
"Players get special items: Kuya Kositia's token."
"Players defeat the plot boss [Emilia Cositia], and gain experience +100000, gold +10. Obtain special material: [Tears of Time]."
"Players participate in the main storyline and get the title [protagonist]."
"Title [Protagonist]: NPC's attention is increased by 50%, special task trigger probability is increased by 20%, and monster's hatred value is increased by 30%."
"Player reaches level 42."
"Player reaches level 43."
Li Xin looked at the title for a moment and put it on. The first two attributes are very against the sky, and the last one is also in a sense.
She clearly foresees and accepts the fact that she will soon become a "weird" and an OT professional in the future.
After the announcement of Amy's death by the system sounded, Li Xin heard a small "boom" sound like a burst of blisters in the air.
This small courtyard used to be like a ship floating in the sea of time, but now the ship is broken.
"hiss-"
The piercing screams suddenly sounded, connected into pieces, and the surrounding area was covered with black fog visible to the naked eye for a few breaths.
Li Xin vigilantly clenched the staff in her hand.
Marianne sighed softly.
The yard was almost instantly destroyed into a pile of rubble.
"Let's go." Augs said, taking the lead in walking towards the street outside.
Marianne looked back at Li Xin, her expression was melancholy, she said softly: "You go first... If you can, find Kerian."
He added: "Oger and I are going to deal with follow-up affairs. Take care of your own safety."
Having said that, he hurriedly followed Augus.
Li Xin nodded, put the ring given by Amy on her finger, looked back at the courtyard surrounded by black mist, and quickly left.
The black fog quickly spread with the courtyard site as the core, the smell was strong, and gradually became dark and red with time.
On the street, players who had no idea what was going on were relatively stunned and scolded the street angrily.
"What the hell is this? Vomit vomit—"
"Damn it, it smells so bad, is there any smog in the game?! Where are the guards? I want to complain to me!"
"I can't breathe - this thing is poisonous or not, I'll go!"
…
Thinking of Marianne's words, "I don't know if this city can survive," Li Xin, who was standing on the street, frowned, tightened her cloak, and thought about cutting the private chat board.
As usual there are many private chats.
Li Xin didn't have the time to read more, so she aimed to open the ID of the purse.
[97]: "Where are you."
After sending a sentence, the other side responded quickly.
[Portulaca]: "What's the order..."
[97]: "Coordinates."
When he received the news from the gold owner's father, the purses had just hit the free market to process the batch of potions at hand, and were dizzy and dizzy by the stench of the black mist all over the city.
He stood at the door of the trading market, while covering his mouth and breathing hard, he sent the coordinates to Li Xin.
In a few minutes, he saw the familiar golden-robed figure from far and near in the crowd.
"Hey, big guy, long time no see." The purse urn said in a stern voice, covering his nose with one hand and waving it with the other.
Li Xin didn't say a word, just threw a team to apply for it when they met.
Pursue quickly agreed, scratching his watermelon head blankly, "What is this for?"
Li Xin glanced at him, and before he could speak, a loud broadcast sounded throughout the city.