Chapter 7 [The Road of Benevolence and Courage]
A high-pitched, piercing scream pierced everyone's eardrums once more, and the Dementor Woman rolled like a mad dog in a brilliant blue formation, but there seemed to be an invisible barrier around the edge of the formation, and no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't escape.
Outside the formation, the faint figure changed his hands with various seals, muttering complex spells in his mouth, after several changes, the formation suddenly changed from blue to dazzling white, and the life absorption line that the dementor was originally attached to everyone's head was suddenly broken and disappeared, and the people below us also resumed the state of free movement, many people looked at the dementor who was wailing in pain in the sky, and kept shouting the words "Come on, hero", but more of them were all kinds of unbearable words to insult the dementor in language......
Ahem, quality ~~~, quality ~~~
The formation kept spinning, and the Dementor began to quiet down as if she had been drained of her strength, and finally floated in the center of the formation, as if she were asleep; And after several strong suppressions, the husband and wife who cast the spell finally shouted: "Seal!" Compressing the huge formation to the size of a bowl and holding it on the palm of his hand, the dazzling light originally emitted by the formation also dimmed a lot, leaving only a few small white balls around the formation evenly like the moon circling the earth.
suppressed the spirit of the dementor woman, and only looked at the village with affection, and then slowly disappeared into the air.
The oppression in the sky that was covered by the black fog dissipated in an instant, and the bright sun spread on everyone's face.
"Congratulations to all the players of Yinxian Village, complete the task [Yin Soul Remains], successfully seal the thousand-year-old corpse demon dementor, all players participating in the task are level +1, and a random level 3-8 white costume will be rewarded."
"Yinxian Village has successfully broken the demon curse, the number of NPCs in the village is +30, and the area of the village has increased."
"Yinxian Village has successfully sealed the Dementor Woman, the reputation of the village is +10,000, and the village territory is reassigned to Huangfu City."
"We won! Win! Ahh "Yay! Oh roar! "I got a bronze suit!! Bronze!! ββ¦β¦
As soon as the system announcement ended, countless cheers rang out in the village, some people were excited that they had gotten the equipment they had taken advantage of, some people were intoxicated by the atmosphere of unity just now, and some people took advantage of the chaos to hug the beautiful female player next to them, and then were slapped backhanded.
"Daddy!"
At the entrance of the village, a sturdy man with his wife and children shouted at an old man in the village.
The old man looked at the longing face at the entrance of the village in a daze, trembling with excitement, his lips opening and closing, and he didn't know what to say.
"Daddy! We're back! β
The young man couldn't stop the tears in his eyes, and threw down the flat shoulder on his shoulder and rushed to the old man who was already in tears.
Alas......
The scene of the reunion is always emotional, the curse of the village is lifted, and the newly added NPCs are nothing more than a bunch of young people who have come back one after another, all of whom were descendants who were forced to leave in order to escape the disaster, and some people reunited with their parents, and tears of excitement filled their eyes; After returning home, some people see that their parents are no longer alive, kneeling on the ground and crying.
Dust to dust, dust to dust.
"Village chief, alas, the junior has made amends for you! Pity your old man, you will be beaten and paved with foreshadowing, and the younger generations who inherit the spirit of the previous and lower will definitely remember it! β
I bowed deeply to the place where the village chief had died, as a sign of respect, so that I could feel better, after all, the village chief played an important sacrificial role in this plan.
"Congratulations on your upgrade, current level: 3"
[Worn-out cloth clothes]:
Quality: Normal
Level: 3
Physical Defense: 10
The system randomly rewards 3-8 level equipment, and I got the bottom one perfectly, although the attributes and appearance are a bit unsightly, but after all, it is better than nothing, and I put on a cloth made of cowhide, and the corners of the clothes are compared left and right, although it doesn't look very pleasing to the eye, but it fits very well, but then again, I'm the "mastermind" behind the incident, and there is no extra small reward, and the system is really picked.
"You stinky boy! People don't have a lot of hands, but they are big enough! β
"Bang !!"
"Oops!!"
There was a familiar sound behind me, and then the feeling of being hit my head by an object, and I covered my head and grinned in pain.
Turning around angrily, the old village chief who was still remembering just now was standing in front of me with a smile on his face.
"Village Chief! You're not ......."
"What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a ghost?"
I didn't have time to praise the village chief's humor, but I was already shocked by the characters in front of me!
The old village chief, who was weak an hour ago, has now put on a black robe with red patterns, a pair of black striped boots on his feet, a delicate and exquisite smoking pot in his right hand, and his left hand behind his back.
"Village Chief, how fast you are reincarnated......"
"Bang!"
This little pipe looks small and exquisite, but it really hurts to smash people's heads!
"Stinky boy, no big or small, how can you talk to your elders!"
The village chief angrily reprimanded me for not knowing how to be polite, but his eyes were full of kindness.
"Village chief, the juniors didn't compensate you, but you weren't ...... just now"
The question in my mind made me say what I wanted to ask.
"I know what you want to ask, just come with me, and everything will be understood."
The village chief waved his hand and beckoned me to follow him, then turned and walked to a courtyard in the distance.
Wait a minute? Courtyard?
I came back to my senses, turned around and looked around, the barren and backward village had become a village hundreds of meters wide in a short period of time; The new young NPCs are tinkling their houses and building walls; A simple blacksmith shop and drugstore have been hung up, many buildings are still being built, and some NPCs have already returned to their places after building buildings, and have begun to accept the player's quest consultation and material trading.
The initial resources of the village are all fair.
Perhaps other villages have similar hidden plots and hidden development conditions, but we don't know about this.
The conditions for the development of Yinxian Village are that after everyone has gone through such an experience together, they can break the curse, so as to obtain some small additional rewards, and then restore the village to size.
The current village can really be called a village! It can even be called a village town!
Moreover, on the small rudimentary streets, there have already begun to be sporadic guards with weapons and began to patrol back and forth, with a big "Fu" character on the front and back of the clothes, it seems that it should be the additional guards sent by the system after belonging to the Huangfu City.
And these should be the reinforcements given by the reputation of the village, the higher the prestige of the village, the larger the village size and the more NPC population, it will slowly develop into a town, or even a large town, or even an imperial city.
Hmph, disgusting bureaucratic feudalism!
When the village was ravaged by demons, not only did the imperial city not have reinforcements from the guards, but it was unwilling to give even a title to the village, leaving the lonely and poor NPCs in the village to fend for themselves; And when the village turned the danger into a disaster and sealed the demons, they re-admitted the village in a high-sounding manner, gave it a name, and sent reinforcements, as if the seal of the demons all relied on the majesty of the imperial city, as if it was a noble posture to sit back and enjoy its success.
Although indignant at the cruelty of this reality, it is an indisputable fact that the village already has a certain scale of self-defense and business capabilities, and after it is formed, the operation system contained in the village can even be comparable to some small towns, which is a good advantage for players who urgently need to develop in the early stage.
Although most of the credit is the result of everyone's joint efforts, but I still can't help but be complacent in my heart intoxicated with the dream of the savior, I don't know if the system will give some extra small rewards, but the old village chief in front of me can be estimated to be my nobleman, after all, saving the village, this is not a small matter, in case the village chief is trembling, throw out a bunch of artifacts for me to choose a bunch, then I can't shirk it~
While thinking like this, he followed the village chief who walked out with cheerful steps, and went straight to the courtyard in the distance.
Walking into the ancient and simple courtyard, I looked around with infinite freshness, although I have loved online games since I was a child, no matter how realistic the scene design, I have seen countless people, but when I am really immersed, I still have a sense of inextricability.
The courtyard is not large, about the same size as the courtyard of the village committee in an ordinary village, and the quaint courtyard walls around it are faintly glowing with a dark blue; The house opposite is not as grand as a palace, only a dark blue stone tile roof, and a stone dragon head statue is installed at each corner of the roof, which looks relatively new, presumably also considering the new construction of the courtyard, and these rigorous details can only be discovered by paying careful attention.
Walking across the courtyard, the village chief pushed open the creaking wooden door, turned around and beckoned to me, motioning for me to pass.
Walk up the bluestone steps and cross the threshold into the house.
The wooden door behind him suddenly "slammed" shut, and there was only some light shining through the paper windows in the gloomy room, and the dim light made the atmosphere slightly gloomy.
Just as I wanted to turn my head and ask the old village chief what the situation was, the village chief's hand was raised and put his index finger in front of his mouth, making a "shhh" sound to signal me to be quieter, and then slowly pointed to the curtain on the left hand side; I nodded knowingly, walked over slowly, and carefully lifted the curtain.
In front of him, in a space that is not too large, an offering table is placed against the wall, on which are two very new spirit cards placed side by side, in front of which are several plates of enshrined fruits, and there is a small tripod with incense.
On the spirit card, only the beloved son, the daughter-in-law, only the title, but the name and surname are not.
"Village Chief, are these ......?"
"That's right, it's my late son and daughter-in-law who are enshrined here."
The old village chief was full of memories, looked at the tablet kindly and serenely, and his words were all about the yearning for his children and grandchildren; When he came back to his senses, he slowly shook his head and just sighed softly.
The heavy atmosphere was filled with a sad factor, and I looked at the admirable couple's spirit card, and could only bow a long bow to show respect.
"Village Chief, I can understand your feelings, you don't have to be too sad, the eldest brother and sister-in-law are both heroes of the Demon Elimination Guardian Dao, their sacrifice in exchange for the happiness of more people, although they are not in the body, but their righteous and awe-inspiring spirit will be passed on by future generations! There will definitely be the right people to inherit this precious legacy of theirs and carry it forward! β
I fully proved how good I learned political science back then, and I applied all the sentences used to praise the great spirit of contemporary leaders, and I didn't know what to say when I saw my uncle in such a sad mood.
Anyway, it's all played like this in TV series.
The old village chief looked at me with satisfaction: "Young man, there is a spirit of his year, which is good." β
"The village chief, in order to make it better for me to do the way of heaven and subdue demons and eliminate demons, should you give me one or two magic weapons or something?"
Hehe, I'm a drunkard, I don't mean to drink, I care about artifacts, money, incense cars, and beauties~
When the old man heard my words, he suddenly slapped his head, "Oh---! With a sigh, as if remembering something that he had almost overlooked, he turned around and bent down to take something from under the table where the spirit tablets were enshrined.
Oops, I'll go! It's really in stock!
Ha ha! I knew that my charm would never leave me empty-handed!
"Hey, village chief, you're so polite! Is the younger generation such a person who wants to see wealth? You really don't have to give me any artifacts or anything! If you have to give it to me, then I'm a thin-skinned person, and it's not suitable for you to say yes. β
I was a little excited, I felt that my tongue began to slip when I spoke, so I had to keep scratching the back of my head with my left hand, trying my best to hide my mood of being a villain, but my right hand involuntarily stretched out, ready to accept a big gift from the old village chief, and my heartbeat was also excited to speed up the rhythm.
"Give."
The village chief turned around and placed something very subtle on my outstretched right hand.
Belch...
Keep your eyes fixed.
A bowl......
On the edge of the bowl, there is still a little damage, the dark red bowl body, with the light white bottom of the bowl, the unique shape looks so familiar.
The corners of my mouth, which had been raised, suddenly froze.
"Village Chief, ...... this?"
I asked tentatively, with a fluke.
"Bowl, what's the matter, I don't know this?"
The village chief is doing his best to show his straightforward personality.
"A..., bowl?"
"Well, a bowl."
I slowly withdrew my right hand and looked back and forth at the bowl to make sure there was no special text or clue on it, it was just an old bowl that looked a little awkward on the outside.
"Uh, then, village chief, this bowl is ......?"
"Oh, I used to ask for food."
A mouthful of old blood......
"Young man, this bowl is my uncle, I asked for a hundred meals and ate a thousand kinds of millet............ Alas! What are you doing, boy? What are you doing with a bowl? No way! Calm down, young man!! What are you doing! Oh, me, don't drop it!! Calm down, guy, smash! Calm down!! β
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"Village chief, you are really old and strong, you are old, and your hands are still so strong? Look, if you have something to say, can you let me go first?"
I looked back at the terrified old village chief with difficulty, and my body had been pressed to the ground by the old village chief with his grappling hand, and I couldn't move.
"You kid, what kind of crazy smoker are you? Uncle, I took out my treasure and gave it to you, but you want to break it! Say!! What the hell have you become! Isn't it the same party of the dementor witch! β
The village chief held his precious broken bowl tightly with one hand, and pinned my two arms behind my back with the other hand, and his forehead was bruised, and his expression was angry, as if he had a posture of "I will kill you if you dare to tell a lie".
"Village chief, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I just want to see if this baby is strong! You say, such a good treasure is handed over to me, in case I accidentally fall on the ground and break, then I have no shame to face you, the village chief! But I can't just hit it to test its sturdiness, so I came up with this decision, thinking of using your reaction to see how the quality of this bowl is! β
Fortunately, the kung fu I practiced in school for a while was still a good shot, and I quickly got a reasonable reason, although the actual reason for just preparing to drop the bowl was because I was depressed because I only got a broken bowl, and I wanted to drop it to vent my anger, but I was not stupid enough to tell the point, if I really said that, it is estimated that the village chief was excited, and he could directly twist my head off......
"Stinky boy, even if you know each other, if you are ready to drop my baby because you dislike it, I don't mind putting one more of your spirit cards on it."
Cold sweat soaked the back of the clothes~
"Village chief, how could it be! What you think is a treasure, it must be something extraordinary! Don't say it's a baby, even if it's really just an ordinary bowl, the younger generation will not dislike it, and will only take it as my inspiration and carry it with you, just like the village chief is in front of and behind the junior, alerting the juniors at any time! β
The village chief gave me a big roll of the eyes.
"This bowl was obtained by a coincidence that I got back then, only the people of destiny can make it really work, but unfortunately, I am not that person, so in order to find its true owner, I began to wander around, turning fate, just to find the destined person."
I see, what the village chief said about asking for a hundred meals and a thousand kinds of millet is what he meant.
"Later, I came to this village and met my wife, who had been wandering for a long time for half my life, and was inevitably a little tired, for the sake of my wife, I settled in this village, and gradually stopped worrying about the true belonging of this baby."
"Village Chief, it turns out that you are not a local. So where are you from?"
The village chief looked at me and smiled, "Me? It's just a recklessness, and there is no origin. β
After laughing at himself, the village chief smiled and shook his head, as if he didn't want to think of his old days, but lowered his head and looked at the bowl.
"Later, I became the village chief, and I also had a child, watching him grow up day by day, I thought he would be a teacher, a carpenter or something, and a harmonious life would be good, who would have thought, he loved swords and guns since he was a child, and his talent was extremely high, I was not very willing to let him go this way, but then the village came to a demon slayer with some ability, and this stinky boy had an eye, and came to talk to me many times, saying don't be wronged by this rare genius in a hundred years, I couldn't resist them, so I went with him."
The village chief said this, his expression was a little helpless, but he was also a little relieved, pitiful to the hearts of parents all over the world, and it could be seen that although the village chief did not want his children to live a life of fighting and killing every day, and even the white-haired people sent black-haired people later, but the village chief was still proud of his children and did not regret it.
"Then he married the daughter of the demon slayer, and the two returned to the village, thinking that the days would pass by day by day, and that I would be satisfied with some peaceful and peaceful days; But who knows, the heavens will not fulfill people's wishes, and the demon woman broke the seal, and the village that was originally peaceful for the wife was completely reduced to a barren and deserted village. β
"I thought that a few of us old immortals could only live in fear, and finally end up with white bones, and this village would be gone, who would have thought that you young people came to the village, and even got rid of the heinous witch, all cause and effect, there is a home, and goodbye to that stinky boy, I, the old man, have no regrets......"
When the village chief said this, his eyes were already full of tears, and he stretched out his hand tremblingly and wiped his tears with his sleeve.
When you first captured me, you weren't so weak......
"I'm old, it's useless, the only regret is that this baby, I can't find a real destined person, but I don't want it to follow my old bones into the grave, so today I will give it to you, I hope you, a stinky boy, find that person for me, and then hand it over to him, old man, and die without regrets."
"The village chief...... I ......"
Although I usually don't have a good line, but such an affectionate entrustment still makes me feel the heaviness of the word responsibility, life is like a play, games are like life, and these emotions and moods that people have are the so-called world.
"Don't worry, village chief, the younger generation will live up to his mission and will never live up to your trust."
Actually, I've always been thinking about the village chief's resurrection, and I always think it's a design flaw in the game, after all, there are countless people who have died at the hands of the dementors, why the village chief can be resurrected, his grandson, son, and many villagers have not been able to come back to life.
But when the village chief put the broken bowl that I thought was used to send me away, it dawned on me.
I saw him muttering a spell in his mouth, and then the system suddenly gave me a hint.
"Congratulations to the player Xingyu for obtaining the item: [Soul Bowl]."
What I didn't expect really happened.,This inconspicuous broken bowl actually has a name and a surname.,It seems that people can't look like this sentence is not only applicable to the human population.,The village chief is really grinding.,Directly gave me such a baby How good.,I have to babble through the lines.,I almost misunderstood.,You said that if you really were excited to fall this baby.,It doesn't matter if I die once or twice.,Loss of such a baby.,Then I got off the game and estimated that I was angry and rolled all over the ground.γ
γSoul Bowlγ(Unidentified):
Quality: Unknown
Skill:
[Soul Draining Spell]: When activated, whenever a unit with a level greater than or equal to the holder's level (X-3) (X is the holder's level) within 300 meters of this item dies, the Soul Bowl can draw a soul, and when the soul accumulates to 100, the Soul Drain Spell is activated, and the Soul Drain Spell enters a cooldown, with a cooldown time of 24 hours, and each soul can reduce the cooldown time of the Soul Drain Spell by one minute, and this skill is invalid during the activation of the Soul Draining Spell.
[Soul Arrest Spell]: When the holder is fatally damaged, the main soul can be detained in it, avoiding a main city soul recall, and within ten minutes, you can freely choose whether to re-release the soul, if you choose no, or ten minutes to arrive, the holder will die; If you choose to release, your soul will be reshaped and revived at 50% HP.
Oh, my God......
Am I a rebellious character? A treasure that can be used unlimitedly! A baby that can be resurrected!
It turns out that the village chief can still stand here because when we fought the Dementor Woman, people died and died, and the skills of this treasure were activated, so the old village chief relied on the Soul Arrest Charm to resurrect.
I just thought I was asking for a job, and I almost fell off......
A thousand words can't express my feelings, I am already excited beyond words, only tears of emotion keep rolling in my eyes.
"Village Chief, I'm ......"
"Is it still called the village chief?"
The village chief looked at me kindly, with a look of disgust.
Well? I wanted to express my gratitude, but the village chief mysteriously interrupted me, making me look confused.
Although the surface was calm, but in just an instant, my brain circuits began to spin wildlyββββββ village chief's words must have a certain meaning!
Then my next answer will definitely be crucial! If you don't say the right word, maybe it's just an artifact!
With a roll of his eyes, there was a doorway.
Maybe the village chief wants to take me as an apprentice! Then pass me on a few tricks!
Makes sense!
Thinking of this, I quickly smiled and changed my words: "The master is above, please accept the apprentice......"
"Master?"
I had just raised my hands above my head, ready to give the village chief a few heavy kowtows, but instead the village chief asked me with a forced face.
Uh, did you guess wrong?
"Oh, I remembered a lot of the principles of being a man taught me by a master before, and now I can get the affirmation of the village chief, which means that I haven't embarrassed my master, so I can't help but think of his old man."
Then I continued to straighten my hand above my head and did a few stretches, stretching to hide the embarrassment that I had just fallen.
The apprentice is not right, then, is the village chief preparing to recognize me as a godson?
Makes sense! The village chief lost his son and daughter-in-law, and there are no more children and daughters under his knees, maybe it really means this!
Although the old saying goes, a person lives with a face, but in front of the artifact divine skill, any so-called face is not worth anything! For the sake of the future! I'm out of here!
"That's ......!"
"Just call me uncle, it's comfortable to listen to."
My God, fortunately, the "dad" didn't call out, the back and forth of daring love is all my own play, and the meaning of self-inflicted affection has been vividly interpreted by me.
However, the title of "uncle" also makes me always feel that this product is deliberately taking advantage of me.
"Okay, everything that should be entrusted has been entrusted, I have no regrets, and I won't delay your time to get rid of demons, you can come to the village committee to find me if you have something, not everyone can enter here, you kid has nothing important, don't bother me this old man, now that the imperial city has taken over the village, in order to strengthen the rule, I am very sensitive here, so I will send you out from the resurrection point, so that you will not be entangled by those guards."
"Wait for the village chief, the junior still has something to ask you." The village chief was stretching out his hand to chase me, but I stopped him, "Village chief, you already know about the Dementor Woman, right??" β
The problem is out, and the atmosphere freezes instantly.
"You'll know," the village chief finished speaking, and with a quick wave of his sleeves, I suddenly moved from the village committee to the resurrection point.
"Congratulations on completing the mission: the village chief's wish. Level +2, get item: [Village Chief's Letter]. β
Then there are two consecutive congratulatory upgrades.
Although leveling has been delayed by me, and the level has been opened a lot by many gods, I am still very happy to make up for the task.
Although the village chief did not answer my questions, I also knew that he must have his own reasons, so I no longer struggled; I took out the village chief's letter from my backpack, looked left and right at no suspicious person, opened the envelope, and read the contents silently.
"Everything has its own reasons, I know you still have a lot of questions, but the old man can only say this, the rest, it's up to you to find it, remember! There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and deliberately doing it sometimes only pushes the truth farther and farther. β
After reading it, the letter turned to ashes as if by magic, leaving no trace.
"Did the player Xingyu choose to make all this public?"
The sudden question made me a little unexpected, could it be that there will be more follow-up tasks at this point??
Since there is a follow-up, it means that there are still a lot of rewards waiting for me to fight for! If you don't choose not to monopolize this kind of good thing, do you still have to announce it and add countless competitors?
No.
"Player Xingyu accepts the hidden mission: [Path of Benevolence]."
γThe Road of Benevolenceγ:
Mission Description: The benevolent are wise and chaotic, the brave are against the odds, the real road is unpredictable, and it is clear in words and deeds.
There are many questions left for me, but I can't explain any of them, just like this task that was suddenly given to me is a headless problem, and I can only get some clues from the future, and then re-read all of them, but now I always feel that all of them are inextricably linked, and it feels very subtle, and it makes it difficult for me to calm down.
Raising my head and looking at the blue, distant sky, there is no such ease as before, and there is no slack in completing the task, now I just feel very heavy, maybe the complex and cumbersome plot makes me a little uncomfortable, or maybe something has been swaying in my heart.
It's just that I haven't noticed that when I chose to refuse, a silhouette suddenly appeared in the corner of the wall not far away, and he was constantly scanning me with the rest of his eyes in the shadows.