"Dear Xia An, why haven't you woken up yet?" Xia An heard a voice calling him, but the voice was so unfamiliar and the tone was so frivolous, it made him a little scared.
"Dear Xia An, does your unwillingness to wake up mean you never need to wake up?"
"No!" Xia An was startled and opened his eyes, but there was still an eternal darkness in front of his eyes, opening or closing it didn't make much difference.
He raised his hand and touched his cheek, and the wetness of his hand was clearly in shock.
The sounds around him gradually entered his ears, and Kaka licked his fingers and called out, making Xia An find a sense of familiarity and comfort.
He groped around for a while, and he seemed to be lying on the bed, but the quilt was full of rough touches like gravel, and the memory was still stuck in a strange place.
His walking stick was also missing, so Xia An slowly stepped out of bed, and as soon as he took a step, he tripped over the debris on the ground.
The blond boy seemed to be stunned, the memory of tripping over because of his blindness was too long ago, and he hadn't experienced it for many years.
Usually he would not be defeated by such difficulties, but today, for some unknown reason, there was a sense of resentment and unwillingness in his heart.
Such negative emotions are not so wonderful, Xia An quickly controlled it, but when he got up, he felt dizzy again, and then he couldn't take over his body.
Although he could still feel the movement of his body, he lost control.
"Xia An," the frivolous voice sounded again, "Do you want to know the true face of this world?"
Xia An didn't know why, and his inability to control his panic made him at a loss.
And the voice still refused to let him go, "Don't you always think that this world should be beautiful, have you forgotten the humiliation of childhood?"
Xia An wanted him to shut up and stop talking, but he couldn't speak or not listen. He could only listen to the voice and slowly slow him down in words. Without the existence of vision, his hearing would be countless times more sensitive.
"Do you want to see the ugliness of human nature?"
"Want to know how the world reacts to disasters?"
"Do you want to escape such a disgusting environment?"
Over and over again, the magic sound penetrates the brain.
The voice asked, but he didn't have a chance to choose at all. Xia An felt that he was walking in one direction passively. He was originally blind and gradually felt that everything around him could be clearly seen in his mind, and there was a powerful force. The power surged in his body.
That is, the power of magic.
Xia An "sees" the desolate streets, scrawny beggars, broken walls and ruins everywhere, and the devastated Yesa City after the disaster.
"Xia An, do you know why you live in Ye Sa City?"
Xia An tried hard to recall, but felt blank, as if he had appeared out of thin air.
"This is the burial place I chose, for you."
A chill passed through Xia An's heart.
"Xia An" walked straight to the north of the city. He wore very thin clothes, but he didn't seem to be afraid of the severe cold, so he went straight up to the Nice Snow Mountain empty-handed and disappeared at the height of the snow mountain. The sky was blue, and only A slight catcall echoed for a while and disappeared without a trace.
From this day on, the mercenary union never received the task of bathing the cat entrusted by an employer named Xia An.
until three years later.
Kino held a stack of folders that covered his face, only showing a small bald head, and swayed to the counter, Nami took the folders from his arms, "Little Kino, working so hard Ah, where's the one from your family?"
"Sister Nami, Papa has gone to the west of the city to deliver grilled fish."
Nami was amused for a while, "I said so many times that you should call me Aunt Nami."
Charles just came to hand in the task form, and when he heard this, he coaxed, "That's right, I'm so old, why would you be so embarrassed to call you my sister?"
With a bang, the Nami brand folder attack was launched again, and a large bag was smashed out of Charles' forehead by the steady folder.
Charles covered his head and whined, not forgetting poverty, "Oh, dear Nami, has your martial arts level broken again?"
Na Mei gave him a white look, and when she turned to face Chino, she was cheerful again, "Little Chino, tomorrow is New Year's Day, let me tell you, I will guide him in his martial arts study."
Kino's eyes lit up and nodded again and again, but he would not let go of any opportunity to increase the protagonist's strength.
At this time, all the people in the trade union felt cold, so they all stared at the gate, knowing that the entrance of the mercenary trade union has a magic circle that filters cold air, so it is warm in winter and cool in summer all year round. A coldness is not normal.
There was snow outside, and a young man with blond hair and a black robe stepped into the hall like this.
Nami's expression became serious, and the young man was wrapped in a deep cold and darkness, which could not be ignored.
However, this was not the most important thing. On the shoulders of the young man was a white cat that seemed to never grow up.
Nami took a deep breath, suppressed her anxiety, and stepped forward to receive, "Mr. Xia An, do you need a commission?"
The corner of the youth's lips seemed to always have an inexplicable smile, and when he heard Nami's question, he tilted his head, "It seems that you still remember me, then this task should not be difficult, I need to hire a snow mountain explorer. team."
Nami said in surprise, "Mr. Xia An is still going to hunt for treasures. There are countless teams buried in the snow-capped mountains in the past three years. Don't think about it again... Why..."
Facing the extremely oppressive gaze, Nami finally didn't say anything.
Chino shrank himself back to reduce his sense of presence. Hearing this, he couldn't help but silently complained, "It's true that the local tyrant is correct."
Kino didn't want to be the savior at all. He only wanted to save Xi Wei. It had nothing to do with him whether the boss bacteria wanted to trick people or not. Besides, no one lacked arms or legs in the last treasure hunt. No matter how perverted the boss was. You can't really want to destroy the whole continent in the second place. If this is the case, the Goddess of Light must be the first to refuse.
The sky is falling and there is a child tall on it.
Xia An is obviously in the boss state again. Although Chino has the clearance strategy in hand, he is not fully sure. Who knows if there are any restrictions on the time and place.
The situation was already very chaotic, but the protagonist's halo wouldn't work, so Xi Wei walked into the door in such a strange atmosphere, and Kino couldn't bear to see his protagonist pass by the boss, using a cold The tone of voice said "let let".
Xia An actually gave him a good temper and didn't say anything, but continued to discuss the employment with Nami.
Chino walked up to Xi Wei with his short legs, and Xi Wei habitually took his hand, frowning slightly when he felt the cold temperature of his fingertips, "What did you do?"
Kino didn't have the mood to explain this to the protagonist, so he quickly pulled the person aside, and then quietly pointed to the boss who was still standing at the door with a strong sense of presence.
Of course Xi Wei saw it, but Xia An had not appeared for three years, and had nothing to do with them. Even if he came to the Mercenary Union to issue a mission, the most he could do with Xi Wei was to re-establish an employment relationship, even if Xia An in front of him didn't look like he had anything to do with them. Like a good person, but he has never refused to do business because of other people's aura problems.
After all, Xia An really didn't do anything really bad.
Well, temporarily.
Xia An seemed to have made a deal with Nami. When Nami turned around, she looked at Xi Wei with an embarrassed expression, and after a moment of hesitation, she asked, "Xi Wei, this Mr. Xia An is going to organize another snow-capped mountain expedition to express his hope. You go, what do you mean?"
Xi Wei glanced at Xia An's unspeakable face, quickly retracted his gaze, lowered his head and said, "Is there a choice?"
Xia An answered leisurely, "Of course... not possible."
Xi Wei glanced at the familiar and unfamiliar young man again, with a hint of mockery in his eyes, "Then why bother asking me again."
After saying such a sentence, Xi Wei took Chino, who was once again handsome, away.
Chino is still in shock. Whenever he thinks he has almost grasped the protagonist's temper, the protagonist will always give him a big surprise, but is it really okay to speak so cool to the boss
Chino was pondering what kind of mind a five-year-old child should be. He who had never raised a child didn't know anything at all. Every day, he was careful to be cute. In order not to let others see the problem, it was a painstaking effort. Presumptuous, according to Xi Wei's vigilance, if he suspects Kino, throwing it away and never interacting with him can't be more cruel.
The small wreck they live in is more shabby than it was three years ago, and there are more holes at the top of the awning. Every time Huali flies in and out of those holes, it is very convenient and fast.
The Elf Queen expressed her satisfaction.
Huali is no longer bound by distance since he regained some of his power, so it is not uncommon for him to disappear for ten days and a half months.
So when Xivica carried Kino onto the boat with Kino's creaking nest, Kino was very surprised, and Huali smiled sweetly at Kino while sitting on the edge of the boat with her two slender legs.
The long green hair she had cut off by Xi Wei at the beginning also grew back, and her two pointed ears trembled from time to time, still so cute.
Speaking of which, Kino is still grateful to Huali. He still calls Kino thanks to the Elf Queen who casually said that the accompanying grass of the Elf tree is called Kino, which means never betrayal.
So the suggestion that his name was Chino was adopted by Xiwei.
Hua Li flapped her wings and flew into the air, circled Kino twice, dissatisfied, "Why don't you recognize me?"
Kino regained his senses, spread out one palm and let Hua Li stand on it, "Sister Hua Li, where have you been?"
Speaking of this, Hua Li suddenly became excited, "Little one, go to a place with me, I found something very interesting."
Xi Wei didn't pay any attention to her behavior from time to time, and thought carefully about what to bring for the trip to the snow-capped mountains. In fact, there was nothing to bring, saying that their disciples were too flattering.
On the contrary, Chino attached great importance to the words of the first heroine of the original work, "Where are you going?"
Hua Li cast a resentful look at Xi Wei, "Nice Snow Mountain."
It actually coincides with the boss's goal. As the queen of elves, Hua Li can do what ordinary people can't. She said that she found something very interesting. Is it a legendary treasure
In any case, since the goal is the same, it is simply impossible to not bring the help of the Elf Queen.
Nice Snow Mountain was as cold as ever, Chino rubbed his arms and his teeth were chattering, staring at Xia An resentfully. Of course, following the boss was not as good as following Hill's air conditioner, but he couldn't abuse a weak child like that. .
Xia An is worthy of the name of the boss, not only forcing Xi Wei to follow him, but also taking Chino by his side, euphemistically called "care".
The goddamn care is a threat at all!
But this world is so cruel, big fists are the last word, Xia An has money and power, so he can control their life and death at will.
This time up the mountain, Xia An seemed to have a clear goal and walked straight to a certain place on the mountain with the team.
The farther he walked, the more uneasiness he felt in Chino's heart. Although the snow-capped mountains were cold, there were still some coniferous evergreen trees growing and creatures in the snow-capped mountains. In a state of decay, there is no sound of any animals around it.
Chino was forcibly held in his arms by Xia An, only to feel that his whole body was shivering.
Finally, Xia An stopped, and all the mercenaries were waiting for his instructions to take people's money and people to eliminate disasters, and the mercenaries who licked their blood at the knife edge still have the basic professional ethics. From a moment on, life is no longer simply their own.
Nami took the head of the Wind Wolf Mercenary Group, who had a strong sense of presence, to investigate around and confirmed that there should be a magic circle here, but she didn't know whether it was a sealing circle or a teleportation circle. Ye Sacheng's chaotic The mercenaries in the frontier cities have almost no magicians.
Xia An said, "Don't be so troublesome, I have seen this magic circle, and I know how to crack it."
The mercenaries were in a commotion, and it was almost impossible for anyone who could study the magic circle to do it except the magician himself. Xia An was definitely a noble magician.
Xia An's eyes are still dull, but he always seems to be able to see everything around him. When everyone is more or less in awe of him, he proposes a way to understand the magic circle.
"There are nine people here," Xia An laughed. "The magic circle is in the pattern of a hexagram. As long as six people mix their power in blood and drop them in the six corners of the magic circle, the teleportation circle can be activated. ."
Except for the very weak Xi Wei, Chino who is completely dragging the oil bottle, and Xia An who is the employer, it is self-evident who needs to do the six people who start the magic circle.
The six mercenaries, including Nami, took their places quickly, and Xi Wei followed Xia An in the center of the magic circle vigilantly and silently.
The blood slowly dripped, and the ancient magic circle hummed softly and exuded a kind of black light, gradually engulfing the three people in the circle, Xia An, Xi Wei and Chino disappeared.
There were only six frightened mercenaries left on the spot. They found themselves unable to move. The magic circle seemed to have tentacles to bind them tightly, and the blood was sucked by the magic circle uncontrollably, maintaining the operation of the circle.
Nami's face was full of despair, and the words "dark magic" were muttered in her mouth.
However, everything outside had nothing to do with Xiwei and the others. After a whirl of darkness, the three of them appeared on a closed aisle. The two ends of the aisle were quietly burning with an ancient magic stone lamp. Extending in an unknown direction deep in the hallway.
Chino was horrified, and the evil smile at the corner of Xia An's mouth was too terrifying.
However, they couldn't resist. Xia An obviously had a powerful magical power, which was definitely not something the protagonists at this stage could contend with.
Xia An walked slowly and leisurely along the aisle, and deep roars could be heard from time to time in the depths of the aisle, which sounded like a trapped beast.
Finally, the vision suddenly became clear. The passageway was connected to a stone room. There were also many magic stone lamps at the top of the stone room, and the light emitted by the stone room shone on the ground in the center of the stone room.
Looking at the place where the light gathers, a man who is almost naked is bound by many wide chains. The clothes on this man's body are basically rotten and falling off because of the age, and there is not even anything that can cover his body. He let out a deep breath, and the sound he just heard in the aisle was exactly what he made.
Xia An ignored Kino's struggles and walked slowly to the man with scarlet eyes, crouched down and looked at him "levelly", "The plague demon that has been sealed since the First Era brought catastrophe, I finally found you. "
The plague demon's voice was hoarse, "Human, you want to release me?"
"I believe that the five thousand years you were sealed in should not be as stupid as the First Era."
The plague demon stared at this "blind man" with scarlet eyes, as if judging the credibility of his words, but he was sealed for so long that he was willing to believe in the only human being he had seen in five thousand years, "If you can Let me go, I, the plague demon Felicius, are willing to sign a contract with you and give you part of the power of the plague demon."
"No, you misunderstood," Xia An rejected the proposal, "I just need you to sign a contract that will never hurt me, and agree to two conditions."
Felicius gasped, those wide chains embedded in his bones, tormenting him all the time, all of which made him unable to think more, so the demon who had been sealed for five thousand years agreed to such conditions, obtaining freedom.
After completing the contract, Xia An squeezed Chino's hand, took out a sharp dagger and quickly drew a blood line on his wrist. The blood flowed along the chain and was quickly absorbed, and the chain was It began to wriggle slowly, and one by one left Flisius' body.
"Human, what do you want me to do?"
"The first thing, let the young man behind me catch your plague, and the second thing let the city next to this mountain spread your plague too."
Xia An simply and neatly put forward his own requirements. These requirements are obviously in line with the wishes of the plague demon. He just raised his hand and disappeared into this empty stone room.
Xi Wei and Chino couldn't understand this conversation, and they were very at a loss, but they still understood one thing. This so-called treasure on Mount Nice definitely doesn't exist. Xia An went up the mountain several times to find this quilt. The locked man, and for some reason, needs Chino's blood.
When the man disappeared, Xia An said to Chino, "Little guy, your Papa is sick, will you save him?"
Chino felt inexplicable, his protagonist was fine, how could he get sick, but out of awe of the boss, he took a closer look at Xi Wei's face, only to find that Xi Wei's face seemed to be covered with a black layer. gas.
Xia An turned to Xiwei and said, "The man just now was the plague demon who was sealed for spreading the plague on a large scale in the First Era. I'm sorry to tell you that you were also unfortunately infected, but you are also lucky, this child The blood is the best antidote for the plague, you just need to drink a small cup every day without interruption, and you will not die."
What a strong temptation to drink the blood of this child and not die.
Xia An held Chino's arm and handed the unhealed wound to Xi Wei, bewitching, "Drink it, it's just a sip, he won't die, neither will you."
Kino was in pain from being pinched by him, and his heart was full of contradictions. If he could save Xiwei, Kino didn't think the blood was such an unbearable sacrifice, but in this way, their relationship was no longer pure adoption. Chino has almost become the antidote that Xiwei carries with him.
Such a future is not what he wants to see.
Xi Wei was silent. Gradually, his head slowly approached the red wound, and he stretched out his tongue to lick it slowly. Chino only felt a tingling sensation on his wrist, and he could feel Xi Wei. The soft and warm touch of his tongue, but Sivi just licked it, not sucking.
The ruthless and cruel smile appeared on Xia An's face again. At this moment, Xi Wei raised his head, there was a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth, and asked abruptly, "Who are you?"
Xia An was stunned for a moment, and his face became a little grim, "What did you say?"
Xi Wei continued to ask blankly, "You are not Xia An, who are you?"
Who knew that Xia An seemed to have been stabbed in a sore spot, and threw Di Chino out of his arms like a madman, Xi Wei barely caught it, and the two fell to the ground together, watching the boss's madness in horror.
Xia An roared, "What do you know? What do you know! I am Xia An, I am Xia An! That weak and incompetent guy is not Xia An, how can he live so peacefully, I want him to see Look, this world is ugly and disgusting, including you are selfish and stupid, he is just a shadow of my imagination, now I don't need him, he should disappear forever!"
The amount of information in these words is a bit large. It took Kino a long time to digest it. Thinking of the previous speculation of schizophrenia, listening to the tone of this "Xia An", it turns out that the boss is the real Xia An, that beautiful The shy boy is just a split personality, and everything the boss does seems to be to destroy that sub-personality.
Xia An will go crazy and suddenly quiet down, "Xia An, I won't disappear, you want to use Xiwei and Chino to make me despair, but on the contrary, I see what I need from them, and I will always exist. , restrain you, and fight against you."
Kaka has been lying on his stomach quietly, seeing the strange behavior of his owner, the cat who doesn't understand what is called schizophrenia just meows and meows to join in the fun, anyway, no matter which owner treats Kaka well, Kaka doesn't care.
This Xia An smiled in the direction of Kino and Xi Wei, "You will be fine, just drink blood three times to completely remove the plague."
In front of him is Xia An, a good boy who is obviously a sub-personality.
This was the last time Xi Wei and Chino saw Xia An, and then the stone room shook and collapsed severely, and they all fainted.
In 1746 in the fourth era of the Red Moon Continent, Ye Sa City, which represents sin and exile, was attacked by a plague demon that had been sealed for 5,000 years. The entire city was almost wiped out. Very few survivors fled Ye Sa City, and the city disappeared from the mainland's territory.
Ye Sa is a thing of the past.
Volume II: Pro Academy