20. You are my faith
Shang Ke was wearing a black robe, holding a long sword that was still dripping blood, standing in the middle of a corpse, only ten meters away from him, there was a little girl of six or seven years old, she was covered in blood, her expression was confused, and she was looking at him blankly with a pair of innocent eyes.
cao! The person who crossed this time can't be some kind of murderer, right? This bloody scene, this villain's style, is not his style at all!
Then, he began to receive the information sent by the system and the memories of the original owner.
This is a continent called "Turan", hundreds of years ago, in the swampy abyss in the center of the continent, a strange tree grew, it can generate demonic energy, erode souls, and then transform living beings into their own apostles, driving them to cause killing and disaster, so as to absorb the dark aura derived from the heart.
The people of Turan called it the "Devil's Tree".
The only thing in this world that can restrain demonic energy is the power of faith. The power of faith is not only faith in religion or God, but also includes love, family, friendship, money, power and other diverse substances.
The power of faith is mainly used to amplify, and the stronger the faith, the stronger the power of blessing. Depending on the attributes, it does not play a different role. For example, a person who believes in fighting and a person who believes in rights will have the same beliefs, but they will inevitably go on very different paths, the former may become a powerful warrior, while the latter will become a politician.
In the same way, as long as the faith is firm enough, it can resist the erosion of a qiē demonic energy.
But people's hearts are complicated, everyone has their own dark side, once the heart is dark, it will attract demonic energy. A small amount of demonic energy can be removed by will and faith alone, but for those who are not strong in mind or have bad minds, demonic energy will make them weaker and more degenerate, and then gradually become apostles of the devil's tree.
After becoming an apostle, the Devil's Tree became their faith, and they could gain dark power from the Devil's Tree to be a party to the disaster.
The man who can still cross is a devil apostle, and a powerful devil apostle. His name is "Osari", and he was admitted to Guangsong College, the first college in the mainland, with the first place, and is a recognized genius of the academy and has attracted much attention.
He believes in "first", and since he was a child, he likes to compete for the first place, and is determined to become the first warrior in the mainland, and will never be subservient. But two years later, he failed for the first time as an adult.
He met a genius who was on his par, and the opponent was 2 years younger than him, who stole his first place as soon as he entered school, and won more than he lost in the next few battles. The one that hit him the hardest was the graduation battle, where the opponent defeated him with an absolute advantage. At that time, he knew that the other party had been hiding his strength before, and he had lost decently.
Osari, who believed in "first", could not accept the fact of defeat, resented it, and left for the other side, never heard from again.
Unbeknownst to him, the man who had repeatedly defeated him was Prince Tilo from the royal family, who had been trained inhumanly since he was a child, and far surpassed Osari in terms of hardship and resources. In terms of talent alone, Osaari is definitely superior. It's a pity that his mind is not strong, and several failures have collapsed his faith. The so-called "first" does not mean that you cannot fail, but to continue to work hard to reach the top until you forge your own "first".
Everyone didn't know that after Osaari left, because of the unwillingness in his heart, he could not be relieved, so he was eroded by demonic energy, and finally threw himself into the arms of the devil's tree and became its apostle.
When he came, it was already the fifth year of Osari's apostle. He was originally a combat genius, and after believing in the Devil's Tree, he gained a demonic qi bonus, and his strength increased greatly. He ran rampant on the continent of Turan and caused murder everywhere. Everyone only knows that there is such a touch, but they don't know that he is the genius Osari who disappeared five years ago. His cruelty and strength were terrifying, and he was called the "Demon of Evil".
Sure enough, it's the villain!
Shang Ke's initial feeling was completely right, and now, it is the turning point in the villain's life.
He had just killed a gang of human traffickers, and the girl who was left was one of their "goods".
If Shang Ke doesn't show up, then Osari will next raise his sword and slash at the little girl mercilessly, just in time to meet the protagonist of this world, Cassiu, and his companions, and the two sides will start a fierce battle.
Osari is domineering and kills all of the protagonist's companions, leaving only Cassius and the little girl behind.
Since then, the "demon" Osari and the protagonist Cassiu have started an endless battle between good and evil, and the little girl has become one of Kasiu's helpers.
Shang Ke looked at the little girl not far away, and finally knew her name - "Plop", this little girl was not intellectually complete, but her heart was pure, and she had a very strong power of faith.
[Main Quest: Seal the Devil's Tree.] 】
Shang Ke was speechless, his current identity was an apost of the Devil's Tree, and if the Devil's Tree was sealed, he would become a wasted person because he lost his demonic energy. Of course, it doesn't matter if he becomes a waste, the point is his identity as a "demon", although not many people can recognize him, but as a villain, he is full of demonic energy, can he really live until the time when the devil's tree is sealed?
In addition, after changing his soul, he no longer believes in the Devil's Tree, which means that he can no longer obtain demonic energy bonuses. On the contrary, because of the conflict of faith, he will also be devoured by the demonic energy, and he must rely on his will to forcibly suppress the demonic energy in his body, and always endure the pain of the demonic energy rushing into his body.
This world has not yet begun, and Shang Ke can almost foresee his sad future.
system, is it really good to suddenly throw him into such a dangerous world with no ability to protect himself? At least wait for him to learn some martial arts and magic!
Shang Ke didn't have much time to delay at this time, because Kaxiu and his party would soon emerge from the corner of the rock.
Seeing the corpse in this place and the self holding a long sword and preparing to kill, it is estimated that he will do it without saying a word. At this time, it was too late to hide, Shang Ke simply threw away the sword in his hand, rushed to the little girl's pounce, and hugged her.
As soon as I finished this qiē, I saw seven people rushing over from the other side. They were all stunned when they saw the corpses on the ground and the big and small hugging each other.
"What's going on?" A blonde man about forty years old looked at Shang Ke warily.
Shang Ke asked softly, "Who are you?" ”
"My name is 'Ghosn', and I'm a teacher at the Glory Song Academy, and I'm bringing a few students out to practice." Several people did not rush closer, but carefully looked around.
More than two dozen corpses on the ground, all mutilated and horrific, had apparently been subjected to a powerful attack. The big one who was alive was dressed in a black cloak and couldn't see his face clearly, but he should still be very young when he heard the voice; The youngest is only six or seven years old, and he is delicate and cute, but his body is thin and looks a little malnourished.
Both of them were covered in blood, and they sat in a pile of corpses, which looked particularly abrupt.
Shang Ke heard the Academy of Light and thought that this was Osari's alma mater.
Shang Ke explained: "These are human traffickers on the ground, and we have been taken captive by them from other places. As I passed by, I met a terrible man who killed anyone he saw, and in the end only the two of us were left. ”
The flutter in his arms glanced at Shang Ke, looking confused, completely unaware of what he was talking about. However, his embrace made her feel reassured, which was completely different from the cold just now.
She leaned lightly on Shang Ke's chest and turned her head to look at Ghosn and the others.
Shang Ke didn't pay attention to her movements, but Ghosn and the others did. They may have doubts about Shang Ke, but the closeness of the little girl made them let their guard down a little.
Ghosn took one of the students to examine the body, while the others were on guard. They quickly found something suspicious, and Shang Ke wasn't lying, these people were indeed human traffickers, and several of them were wanted on the list.
While they were looking through the corpses, Shang Ke was also quietly looking at them.
There were five men and two women, with the blonde man named "Ghosn" being the eldest, and the others were only in their twenties.
Shang Ke's first attention was the protagonist Ka Xiu, who was about 180 cm tall, with short silver hair, handsome appearance, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, a pair of long legs standing casually, and two swords crossed behind him, a little lazy, but those ice blue eyes were extremely bright, as deep as the sea.
Shang Ke felt that this man's female fate must be very good, and looked at the red-haired girl next to him, and peeked at him three times in a minute.
The red-haired girl has delicate facial features and a charming temperament. The waist-cinching and tight-fitting outfit completely outlines her proud figure.
In addition to this, there is a cold-looking brown-haired girl, a gloomy short and fat boy, a thin boy with a pleasant smile, and a big stout who is more than 2 meters tall. These people would have died at the hands of Osari, so Shang Ke didn't know their names.
"What's your name?" After Ghosn finished the examination, he slowly walked over to Shang Ke's side.
"'Shang Ke', she's 'pounce'." Shang Ke touched the girl in his arms.
The girl looked up and smiled when she heard him call her name.
Ghosn looked at her bloody smiling face, feeling a little strange in his heart, but he didn't say anything, and turned to introduce Shang Ke to his students.
The red-haired girl is called Vidora, followed by Amy, Duru, Youyi, Fred, plus the "main character" Cassiu.
Ghosn then asked, "Where are you from?" If it's in your home country, we can send you home. ”
"No, we don't have a home anymore." He replied in a deep voice.
Ghosn was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "Then follow us first, we will go to Overwatch City next, and then make plans when we get there." ”
"Thank you." Shang Ke sincerely thanked him.