Chapter 2: A World at Risk
The holy city is very prosperous, the streets are paved with neat ashlars, it may have just rained recently, Su Xiao stepped on the ashlars, and felt that the bottom was soft, and if he was not careful, he might step on a stream of mud and splash it on innocent passers-by.
A closer look at the ashlar stones on the streets reveals that they are of fine quality and must have cost a lot of money when they were laid, but they have not been repaired for more than a decade, as have some of the city's iconic buildings, and the Water Clock Tower in the center of the city is a little green, apparently leaking at the top, causing moss to grow.
Whether it's the clothes of the civilians, the buildings on the streets, or the after-dinner conversations of the commoners, it is a sign that this vast empire is going downhill, unless the next Black King can appear.
There is a lot of information given by the Reincarnation Paradise, first of all, this world is quite peaceful, and there is no racial war for the time being, as for the civil war, the Holy City will not be able to fight in a short time, and those lords are afraid of one thing, that is, whether the Black King is dead or not.
The Black King did not die of old age in the Holy City, when he was dying, the Black King left the Holy City, not only did not bring the guards, but even the old servants who had protected him for decades, he stayed in the Holy City, a person, a war beast left the Holy City, half a month later, the news of his death came, this strange death process, made many people doubt that the Black King was not dead.
Su Xiao can be sure of one thing, that is, the Black King must be dead, this is the news he got when he first touched the [Black King's Fall Sacrifice], the Black King is dead, so this gauntlet will become a legendary-level suit.
Su Xiao followed behind the clergyman, and the two entered the fork in the road from the main street, and after passing through several alleys, they arrived in front of a church.
The church is small, made of a gray rock and topped by a black metal ring with a cross inside.
Su Xiao looked at the metal sign above the church, this thing was the size of a grinding plate, and an energy of indistinguishable nature was sucked into it and poured into the church, giving people a sense of comfort and relaxation.
This energy is difficult to capture, but what Su Xiao can be sure of is that this is not the power of the belief gods, he has come into contact with some of them, and their power will have spiritual imprints.
As for the final effect, it depends on how to use it, when used in the good side, it is light and sacred, and when it is used in the evil side, it can be infinitely evil and weird.
Depending on the user's beliefs, the acquired abilities will be different.
"Do you feel that eternal power?"
The clergyman also looked above the church, his eyes were a little complicated, unlike most of the clergy, there was no firm faith in his eyes, but he was always praying for something, fearing the arrival of something.
"Eternity?"
Su Xiao was basically sure that that kind of attributeless energy was the extraordinary power of this world.
According to Su Xiao's observations along the way, even if this world does not have extraordinary strength, those humans with strong physical fitness can make the martial arts of this world reach the fifth order.
The soldiers patrolling the streets, the melee attributes are all around 70~80 points, and the squad leader level is even more in the early 80s, as for the two soldiers who were guarding in front of the stone platform before, wearing full body armor, one of them has a real strength attribute of 89 points, and one of them has a real agility of 86 points, which does not need too much, once the number of such elite soldiers exceeds 500, Su Xiao can only avoid its edge, and the soldiers with this comprehensive quality charge up, which is simply unstoppable.
This kind of soldier, coupled with the use of transcendent people, makes the difficulty of this world reach the top of the fifth order, and if you add a certain place, this place is already considered a native world of sixth order difficulty.
Not only that, but there is also a supernatural power in this world, an energy called 'eternity'.
"Eternity is both light and darkness, and the king chose darkness and inherited ......"
The clergyman's voice grew lower and lower, and finally he sighed, worried about what he was afraid of.
Entering the church, this place was unlike any church Su Xiao had seen, there were no rows of seats, and there were three stone platforms inside, on which were placed metal books, crowns, and a black sword twisted into a spiral.
Click......
The doors of the church gradually close, and some sunlight shines through the skylight, giving the church a sense of peace and darkness.
The clergyman knelt under the crown and folded his hands in front of his chest.
"Lord Kukurin, is this your decision, to return to this holy city that is about to rot down to its roots."
The clergy old man turned his back to Su Xiao and spoke, obviously, this was the identity arranged by the Reincarnation Paradise for Su Xiao to take effect.
According to the information of the main quest and the hunting quest, Su Xiao needs to get in touch with the rulers of the empire, and you don't have to think about it to know that the violators will definitely hide among these people, if Su Xiao has the ability to replace the key indigenous figures, he will do the same, in this world, power = power = access to extraordinary power = more benefits.
If that violator was as cowardly as a mouse, it would be impossible for the other party to kill six hunters, one adjudicator, and one battle angel, and the reward of 25 golden medals of honor was very exaggerated, all of which were almost equal to the benefits of Su Xiao's four or five hunting missions.
"That's my decision, but ...... What can you do for me? ”
Before Su Xiao entered this church, he felt that there were other people in it.
"I am already dying, I can only ensure that those things do not come out of the city of dead silence, the king has paid too much for us, the senate, the princess, and the dukes do not know the price of becoming king, they think that it is fortunate that the king has lived for more than three hundred years, and the king is ...... The most hopeful thing is liberation, those stupid aliens think that the king is a tyrant who represents darkness, but they will not know what the king has blocked for them, Lord Kukulin, you know...... Does it mean anything to be the Black King? “
The clergyman's voice was a little choked, and he looked at the black crown above the stone platform, wanting to touch it, but he couldn't.
"Dead City?"
Although Su Xiao was about to participate in the battle for royal power, he wanted to know what kind of place the Dead City was.
"It is the place where all hope is extinguished, the king sleeps there forever, and only by becoming the king of darkness can he be qualified to enter there, otherwise he will be assimilated and infected by the inhabitants there."
The clerical old man only answered perfunctorily, and did not say the location of the Dead City, but the information he revealed was enough, and the way to obtain the Black King's Soul Set was likely to be in the Dead City, and the key to entering there was related to becoming the Black King.
Su Xiao's purpose in this world is threefold, one is to find the violators and clean them up, the second is to complete the main quest, and the third is to find the Black King's Soul Set, which is the most important thing.
If you can't kill the violators, the most you can do is to act as a temporary adjudicator, at least Su Xiao's hunting mission is not completed, and it is unknown whether the current hidden punishment mechanism has changed.
As for the main quest, of course, it is best to complete it, and if it can't be completed, then use the main quest failure waiver to resist.
The Black King's Soul suit is the most important, after all, this thing is too difficult to obtain, like the super high reward plot event on the battlefield, the highest reward is one-third of the Black King's Soul suit, once you miss the current opportunity, it will be difficult to get the Black King's Soul suit in the future, it is almost impossible, this kind of equipment, even if other contractors get it, they will not take it out and sell it.