25. Third-order breakthrough mission
System: "The countdown to the mission begins, whether to enter the Prophetic Realm." ”
Bai Ruo nodded: "Yes." ”
After a short period of darkness, Bai Ruo slowly opened his eyes. In front of her was a luxurious palace, and she was sitting on the left side of the palace, surrounded by many blonde, blue-eyed, tall and straight Lanlian people.
These people are using an obscure pronunciation and are discussing something hotly.
Until she was bumped on the shoulder, the strange way of pronunciation, byte by byte into her ears, should be difficult to understand the words, she actually understood.
Sitting beside her was a red-haired old man in a military uniform with these three silver long sword badges on his chest: "The resources of the empire are becoming more and more scarce, how to tide over the difficulties?" ”
"The strength of the Caton Empire is getting stronger and stronger, and sooner or later, we will destroy the country."
"What are we going to do? Attached to Caton? Or resist to the end? ”
Without waiting for Bai Ruo to listen to a few more words, the picture suddenly changed, and her eyes suddenly turned into smoke and dust, and she was sitting in a collapsed corner, and a man was lying less than two meters away from her.
I don't know if I live or die.
This is the battlefield, and Bai Ruo vigilantly observes the surroundings.
"Ahem, ahem...... Are you a mage? Suddenly, an old hoarse voice came from a crack in the wall.
Bai Ruo sat up vigilantly, and struggled to pick up the gravel behind him, and through the narrow crack, he saw an old woman with a dirty face, trembling and stretching out her bloodstained hand: "You, can you do me a favor?" ”
Bai Ruo hurriedly stretched out his hand to support the old man's crumbling arm, and said in a rare softness: "What do you need me to do?" ”
"My granddaughter is an apprentice in the small tower of the pharmacist in the south of the city, can you help me find her and send her to the emperor's ** camp in the west of the city? Her father was a sergeant there, and it was safe, safe......" The old man's voice was hoarse and rough, and his breath was getting weaker and weaker. The hand that was being held trembled slightly, and suddenly lost all strength.
Looking at the old man's out-of-focus eyes, Bai Ruo carefully put the old man's hand down, gently brushed his fingers over the gray hair on the old man's forehead, and after carefully arranging it, he replied in a low voice: "Okay." ”
She stood up with her staff in hand, habitually observing her surroundings.
Using the main city of the New World as a standard, the scene in front of you, which has been completely destroyed, should be a small and medium-sized town.
A small and medium-sized town dungeon?
The Prophet is really generous.
Straightening the priest's robe, Bai Ruo leaned on his staff as usual, and walked from the rubble roof tiles to the street where he could no longer see his original appearance.
Habitually want to call up the map, as a result, in the game interface, except for the forced exit game button, and the game time display, all functions become gray.
The map function is not available.
The difficulty has increased by another level.
Looking up at the direction of the sunshine, as well as the game time, roughly determine the direction facing south, and pick up the pace.
The farther south he went, the more residents fled in all directions, and Bai Ruo grabbed one of the residents who had fled towards the military camp west of the city, asked for the location of the small tower, and ran away.
The first to be attacked was the street at the eastern entrance of the city, and if you don't hurry, I'm afraid the next one will be the south of the city.
Soon, Bai Ruo rushed to the small tower.
Walking quickly to the second floor of the small tower, Bai Ruo quickly swept the reagent table full of reagent bottles, and his eyes finally fell on the white corners of his clothes that were slightly exposed under the reagent table.
She walked lightly to the table, squatted down, and asked softly through the baffle of the table, "What's your name?" ”
The little girl under the stage cautiously poked her head out and saw the person in front of her clearly before she spoke: "Irene." ”
"Erin?" Bai Ruo nodded, stretched out her hand, her eyes were rare kind and gentle, and she said, "My name is Bai Ruo, and your grandmother entrusted me to send you to your father." ”
Erin nodded obediently, and her little hand was on her palm, a little cool, but also a little warm.
Unexpectedly raised his eyebrows, and was about to pull the little girl to stand up, when the reagent bottle on the table exploded.
Bai Ruo hugged the little girl very quickly, rolled around on the spot, and hit the low windowsill.
Shun Shi, the explosions outside the window exploded one after another, in the ears of the two of them.
Relieving the pain in his back, Bai Ruo coughed lightly, sat up, put the little girl in his arms on the ground, and checked the little girl's condition while brushing himself with a holy light technique.
Fortunately, there were no injuries.
She raised her hand and touched the little girl's long silky hair, and looked through the glass window, quickly scanning the scene outside.
Two teams of people.
One of the teams was dressed in dark red military uniforms and three silver longsword insignia on their chests, just like the red-haired old man sitting next to her in that luxurious palace.
The other team should be the Caton Emperor ** team they mentioned.
Except for ordinary warriors, both sides seem to be equipped with a mage, otherwise it is impossible for them to have such strong elemental fluctuations.
Judging from the current battle situation, the emperor ** team here can't last long, unless there are reinforcements......
The system mission was released at the right time: "Mission: Aid the Mantadi ** team and repel the Caton ** raid team." Mission time remaining: 2 hours and 40 minutes. ”
So, she's this reinforcement?
Bai Ruo rolled his eyes silently, the mage of the Manta Army was almost abolished, how could a group of ordinary warriors fight the fire mage on the other side who was obviously at the level of a magician.
Sure enough, in less than half a minute of watching the play, the other party's mage had a large area of fire magic, and almost all of the Manta Army were half-crippled lying on the ground.
The situation is getting worse and worse.
Bai Ruo frowned secretly, looked at the little girl beside him for a few seconds, and whispered: "Erin, you wait for me here, don't go out, do you know?" ”
Seeing Erin nodding obediently, Bai Ruo walked down the stairs quickly, and the moment he walked out of the tower, he raised his hand and landed a divine gift on the Manta army, and turned his head and threw a holy light spell at the dying mage.
Then he looked up at the little tower and saw Erin lying on the windowsill looking at her. The corners of his mouth hooked slightly, he gestured to her, his thin lips opened lightly, and he silently instructed: "Wait for me to pick you up, don't come down." ”
Vaguely seeing little Irene nodding, Bai Ruo turned around with confidence and joined the battle.
With Bai Ruo's treatment added, the Manta Army suddenly had a solid backing, and rushed forward one by one desperately.
This kind of task to assist NPCs in fighting the battlefield has been done many times in the previous life, and he is familiar with the battle mode between NPCs.
While assisting in healing, she secretly threw one control skill after another at the hostile NPCs, thorns and mental shocks, buying a lot of time for friendly NPCs to fight back.
A wave on this side was repulsed, and a new attack was received in the other direction, and the Manta Di ** team where she was located immediately rushed to the place where it was attacked.
System: "Manta Empire Merit Value: 8000, Number of Caton Empire Raid Squads Destroyed: 8, Mission Completion 40%." Mission Time Remaining: 1 hour and 55 minutes. ”
Every time a battle ends, the system's prompt follows.
Bai Ruo listened to the NPC officer next to him and praised himself while calculating the game time.
At the current kill rate, it will take at least an hour and a half to reach 100% completion of the mission.
However, she only had an hour and five minutes left.
In addition, she must set aside fifteen minutes to send little Irene to the military camp west of the city.
Bow down and take out the Mana Eye from the Blackstone Ruins from the package and release it to search for the Caton Empire team.
Next, Mantadi**'s attack on the Caton Emperor** was doubled, and Bai Ruo, who was originally just assisting from the side, held a staff in one hand and a dagger in the other, and staged a magical scene of the priest's hand-to-hand attack and fighting.
One-handed blocking, stumbling, dodging.
The short legs of the legal profession, the slow dodging and many other shortcomings have undergone unexpected changes under Bai Ruo's simple basic movements.
System: "Meritorious Value: 1.9W, Number of Caton Empire Raid Squads Destroyed: 19, Mission Completion 95%." Mission time remaining: 25 minutes. ””
The last one.
Five minutes is enough.
Bai Ruo glanced at the task time, the corners of his mouth hooked a trace of arc, and he wiped the blood on the dagger with one finger, his eyes were slightly cold.
Against the last Caton Emperor**, raise your leg and stumble.
-- Thorn thorns.
The staff struck the enemy mage's eye, and the dagger in his right hand instantly sliced his throat.
The moment the mage stared at the moment he fell, he silently opened his mouth: You will regret it......
Bai Ruo's footsteps froze, his heart skipped a beat, and then he reflexively lowered his waist, just avoiding the slash of a soldier beside him.
With a mental concussion in his hand, he bent his waist and opened directly under the saber raised by the warrior, striking his front knee and bringing the dagger closer to his throat again.
- Fatal blow.
Solving the two people in a row, Bai Ruo's footsteps staggered left and right, and quickly returned to the friendly camp, the uneasiness in his heart did not disappear but increased, and a trace of pain and anxiety flashed in his heart inexplicably.
That trace of pain disappeared too quickly, anxiety and irritability instantly occupied the brain, and Bai Ruo, who was red-eyed, took out a few fireball scrolls from his bag and threw them directly at the enemy.
The fireball exploded, and the opponent was immediately in trouble, and the Manta army took advantage of the victory to pursue, and in less than five minutes, completely wiped out the opponent.
An officer in the team, stepping on the corpse of Emperor Caton**, returned to the team, and saluted Bai Ruo with the highest salute in the Miracle Continent, "Thank you for your help, without your help, the Manta border defense line will be completely destroyed in the hands of the hateful Emperor Caton**." After Manta Di** returns to the capital, he will definitely report your heroic deeds to His Majesty, and your wisdom and bravery will be recorded in the annals of the Manta Empire. ”
Bai Ruo returned the salute: "It is my honor to fight side by side with you. ”
System: "Meritorious Value: 2W, Number of Caton Empire Raid Squads Destroyed: 20, Mission Completion 100%." Manta Empire Reputation: Honor, Caton Empire Reputation: Hatred, Mission Time Remaining: 18 minutes. ”
Bidding farewell to the Manta army, and declining the invitation to return to the military camp in the west of the city with them, Bai Ruo quickly ran towards the small tower in the south of the city, which was not far away.
As soon as she ran to the small tower, she looked unconsciously at the glass window and stopped.
In the clean window, the little girl was lying on the windowsill with her big round eyes open.
The crimson blood gathered on the windowsill into a large gorgeous flower of death, silently blooming and blooming.
Bai Ruo held the staff tightly, tilted his head, and looked at the little girl without blinking, without a trace of expression on her delicate and gorgeous face.
She lowered her head, one step, one step, into the little tower.
The wooden staircase, creaking, like the old man's rough voice, tormented her eardrums.
With the gentlest movement of his life, he picked up the little girl's body and slowly walked down the wooden stairs.
The moment she stepped out of the little tower.
System: "Mission time ends." ”
The surrounding scene was shattered into pieces by the sound of the system, and disappeared into space in an instant.
Bai Ruo roared: "Get out!" The voice was cold to the bone.
The hands that had originally supported the little girl's body stiffened in the void palely.
"Tick." Blood that was still a little warm dripped down his fingertips and then disappeared.
Bai Ruo lowered her head and grabbed the long skirt tightly with both hands.
It's just a bunch of numbers.
Why do you feel uncomfortable?
Why!
She closed her eyes tightly, and then opened them again, her dark brown eyes were like the fog of the abyss, and her emotions were full.
"Is the mission complete?" There was not a hint of turbulence in the tone.
System: "Complete the third-order breakthrough quest 'Prophet's Considerations', and you will enter the Prophet's Soul Realm." ”
"My child, you're finally here." In the claustrophobic space, Bai Ruo couldn't see anything.
"You're my mentor?" Bai Ruo's voice was cold.
"Yes, my child."
"You arranged the task just now?"
"My child, your cousin is outstanding. You will be a good decision-maker and, of course, a perfect executor. ”
"How did she die?" Bai Ruo turned a deaf ear to the prophet's words, and his tone was rarely stubborn.
"Who?" The prophet's voice paused slightly, and then he said in a sudden tone: "You said that poor little girl? Oh! The first team you encountered, the mage, remember? Before he died, he used a small forbidden spell that did not enter the stream. He probably did this when he saw you talking to the little girl. ”
Bai Ruo just sat on the ground and didn't make a sound for a long time.
"Are you sad?" The Prophet's tone was a little surprised, "Actually, you don't have to, if you send that little girl to the barracks, I'm afraid it will be a dozen or so of Manta's teams that will die." One and a hundred arithmetic problems, it shouldn't be difficult to do, right? ”
The words of the prophet all reveal that you have completed the task and have been approved by me, so don't be pretentious about such a small plot.
Bai Ruo sneered, "Why? Why do you have to kill one of them when you save a hundred people? ”
The Prophet suddenly scoffed: "You ask me? You have to ask yourself this question, after all, it is you who make the choice, not me, my child. ”
"Who the is your child! Get out of here! Bai Ruo stood up abruptly and did his best.
Yes, she was the one who made the choice.
It's herself!
But she just felt uncomfortable!
"Do it all over again! This mission doesn't count, start over! ”
"There is no regret medicine in this world, we are not like you chosen ones, you can start over after death. Even if I could make this qiē happen all over again, what if you saved that little girl? There will be many more deaths......"
Bai Ruo calmed down and bowed his head silently.
"As I said, you're a good decision-maker. We are the same kind of people, so, you chose me, and I happened to choose you. ”
"Anything else?" Bai Ruo calmed down, she was not interested in continuing to listen to this thing that was neither human nor ghostly.
"You seem to hate me? Well, in fact, the light and the darkness are just like you, and they all want me to die. Fortunately, I'm dead, and they're still alive. If you want to find them, take a look at my prophetic notes, there may be unexpected benefits! ”
"Alright, alright, you don't have to drive me away, I'll disappear immediately."
The blackness in front of him disappeared, Bai Ruo looked blankly at the void, his eyes slowly focused, and the scene in front of him gradually returned.
But my heart ached inexplicably.