Walking on the street, the two little girls followed closely behind Fang Zheng, silent, frightened like the two kittens abandoned by the mother cat.

"Hmm......... Anyway, I should have changed your clothes first. ”

Looking at the ragged appearance of the two little girls, Fang Zheng also frowned, this can't be said to be clothes at all, strictly speaking, it is no different from rags, and .........

"Does it hurt?"

Seeing the two little girls stepping on the ground barefoot, Fang Zheng couldn't help asking. Hearing Fang Zheng's inquiry, the little raccoon and the little white tiger were stunned, and hurriedly shook their heads.

"No, it doesn't hurt!"

Although their expressions were resolute, just looking at the surface of their feet that had been scratched by the stone could already lead to conclusions.

This made Fang Zheng think of those cursed children, those children were also like this, they would rather wronged themselves than let others feel that they were a burden.

After all, it's still a child.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng walked up to the two of them, and then hugged them one by one.

"Yikes!"

"Huh?"

Faced with this sudden move, the two little girls were startled, but Fang Zheng didn't say anything, just glanced at them.

"Hold on, don't fall off."

Then, Fang Zheng carried them like this and continued to move forward.

A man walking on the street with two Asian children in his arms is naturally a very eye-catching thing, and many people cast doubts and disgusted glances at Fang Zheng. However, Fang Zheng didn't care about the thoughts of this group of guys, after all, this situation, when he had just crossed into the dark world, Fang Zheng had seen it many times.

Soon, Fang Zheng held the two little girls in his arms, came to an adventure equipment store, opened the door and walked in.

"Welcome......... Yo, isn't this the brave brother? ”

The bald boss standing behind the counter said hello, and couldn't help but be stunned after seeing Fang Zheng clearly, but instead of showing the cold or disgusted gaze of the other people on the street, he laughed.

"I really didn't expect that the brave brother would come to my store......... Is there anything you need? ”

"The price of a lightweight, more action-friendly outfit for these two children is not a problem."

"No problem, leave it to me."

The bald boss didn't seem to have any thoughts about the two subhuman children in Fang Zheng's arms, just nodded, then turned around, and quickly took out two sets of clothes behind the counter.

"How about this? Although it may be a little lenient for the two little girls, the adventure costume itself still carries some protection and is also easy to move. ”

"Yes."

Fang Zheng glanced at the clothes that the boss took out, nodded, and then motioned for the two little girls to take a set of clothes to the dressing room to change clothes. Although they were a little confused, the two little ones still picked up their clothes and walked into the dressing room.

"Boss, it just so happens that I have something I want to inquire about."

Watching the two walk into the locker room, Fang Zheng turned his eyes to the bald boss in front of him. This bald boss is different from others, and he is very bold. Seeing this boss reminded Fang Zheng of the Achille he had met in SAO's game.........

But then again, could it be that the arms merchants are all bald and bearded?

Is this some kind of curse?

In short, I will never do this in the future.

"Oh, Brother Brave, what do you want to ask?"

"The status of subhumans in this country seems to be very low, and is it the same in the whole world?"

"What? Don't you know, little brother? ”

Hearing Fang Zheng's inquiry, the bald boss looked very surprised.

"This country believes in the Three Warriors, so it is not very tolerant of sub-people."

"Three Brave Sects?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng suddenly remembered the group of guys dressed like cultists he saw when he was summoned over.

"Yes, in the past, the subhumans were slaves of the humans, but according to the legend, the shield warriors of the previous generation helped the subhumans rebel against the humans and formed their own country. Of course, as you know, war is indispensable. That's what it looks like now........."

"I see.........

Hearing this, Fang Zheng nodded, although the boss said very vaguely, but he still understood the meaning. Revolution requires bloodshed and sacrifice, not just marches and slogans. The previous generation of Shield Warriors helped the subhumans form their own nation, which meant fighting, war, and killing with the humans.

And with killing, natural hatred breeds and spreads.

For human beings, it is an unforgivable sin for a few slaves to dare to resist or even kill them.

For the subhumans, if they want to get out of the predicament of being slaves, they naturally have to rise up and kill, and those humans who once regarded them as slaves and oppressed them deserve it.

Both sides believe that they are not wrong, both think they are righteous, and both think that the other is evil.

As for the Three Brave Sect, there is no need to say more, the Four Holy Braves, but the sect on the human side worships the Three Braves, combined with the attitude of the previous group of idiots towards themselves, it is obvious that the human side treats the Shield Brave as a traitor or a plague god or something.

"So that means that there is now a country of the subhumans on this continent?"

"Yes, but how to say it......... Alas, although I don't want to say anything, that country is not very friendly to humans either. Little brother, you should already know that in this country, the trade of subhuman slaves is legal, and in the subhuman country, the trade of human slaves is also legal. ”

Saying this, the bald boss spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders, with an expression of "what's this called".

“…………… I see. ”

Hearing the bald boss's words, Fang Zheng was also silent for a moment and nodded. From the perspective of the subhumans, what they did was actually not wrong, and both sides were taking revenge on the other. Meg Marlowe, who believes in the Three Braves, is obviously a country where humanity is supreme, and for them, using subhumans as slaves is a human "tradition" that does not need to be changed at all.

And the sub-peoples are obviously in revenge for the enslavement of humans in the past, and thus in turn enslave humans.........

Fortunately, the dark world doesn't have this kind of.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief, because the dark world was ravaged by protozoa, human beings could only curl up in the gathering place to survive. The existential crisis on the outside is far greater than on the inside, and the Cursed Children have not rallied to take revenge on humanity.

However, I don't know what will happen in the future.

After all, listening to the boss, the previous generation of Shield Warriors was willing to help the subhumans resist human enslavement, and the original intention must have been good.

However, even if it were him, I am afraid that he would never have imagined that it would become like this in the future.

It seems that placing the cursed sons in the Heavenly Dao Palace is the best choice.

Fang Zheng had also considered whether to build his own home for the cursed sons in the dark world, but the bald boss's words were a wake-up call for Fang Zheng. In this world, where there are forces, there will be strife. Perhaps now under the threat of proto-intestinal animals, humans will not care.

But once the proto-intestinal animals are clear, the humans of that world will definitely try to regain control of the entire planet, and at that time, they will inevitably clash with the cursed children.

It is true that the cursed children are good children, but even if they are good children, it does not mean that they will not fight back if they are beaten, and they will not take revenge if their companions are killed.

Didn't the previous generation of Shield Warriors expect it to become like this? Or do you think about it but can't do anything about it? Or is it that over a long period of time, the subhuman nation itself has forgotten its original purpose?

It's a headache.

Originally, Fang Zheng also wanted to see if the subhumans in this world were the same as the cursed children, then if he wanted to help them. But now that the sub-people already have their own country, Fang Zheng has also changed his mind. The previous generation of Shield Warriors had already done what they should have done, and now it would become like this, and it was helpless.

Then just mind your own business.

"Whoa."

Just as Fang was thinking, he saw that the curtain in the dressing room was opened, and then the two little girls who had changed their clothes walked out.

The little raccoon was wearing a dark red adventurer's costume, and the little white tiger was wearing a pure white adventurer's costume, although it looked a little wide, but at least there were shoes and other things, at least much better than the rags just now.

"By the way, what's your name?"

It was only then that Fang Zheng remembered that he didn't know the names of the two little girls. Hearing Fang Zheng's inquiry, the little raccoon and the little white tiger glanced at each other, and then the little raccoon said timidly.

"My name is Raphtalia."

"My name is Lifana."

The little white tiger also followed closely to speak.

"Raphtalia and Lifana? So......... Well......... What's next for you? ”

Fang Zheng thought for a moment, and then asked. In the face of Fang Zheng's inquiry, the two little girls were obviously a little surprised.

"Lord, master......... What do you mean? ”

"You are slaves......... Well, they were captured as slaves, so you should have your own home and family, where are they? If I could, I'd send you home........."

"Woo........."

However, Fangzheng's voice had just fallen, and Raphtalia suddenly cried, and Lifana next to her also lowered her head without saying a word.

"Uh......... What's the situation? ”

Looking at this scene, Fang Zheng scratched his head, originally according to the classic routine, he should have cried with joy at this time, but it didn't look like they looked like .........

"That's right, master."

At this time, Lifana spoke.

"Raphtalia's parents and I ......... at the first wave"

“…………………”

Speaking of which, the idiot king did mention that many people died when the first wave broke out, and Fang Zheng only listened to it as a background introduction at that time.

Now it looks like it's not just a background introduction.

"What's the matter, little brother."

At this time, the bald boss also spoke.

"You just take them with you, it's hard for two subhuman children to survive here, and besides, you have to fight against the waves, it's good to have a few helpers."

"Doesn't it mean that the subhumans are not good at combat and heavy physical labor?"

It would be fine if Yaren had the powerful combat power of the Cursed Son, but when Fang Zheng bought them, the sunglasses boss told Fang Zheng that Yaren was not good at fighting and heavy physical labor.

"I, we can do anything."

Perhaps mistaking this sentence for Fang Zheng's intention to give up on them, Lifana suddenly became excited.

"Please let us follow the master, we are willing to ......... anything"

"Okay......... You guys should follow me first. ”

Fang Zheng didn't say anything more, but waved his hand.

"Let's go, I'll take you to dinner first, and then ......... We're out of town. ”

After this, Fang Zheng took the two little ones to a nearby restaurant for a meal, and then left the royal city and went to the nearby wilderness.

The reason for coming here is......... See what this broken shield can do.

To be honest, Fang Zheng didn't like this shield at all, first of all, this shield was silly, and small, it looked stupid. And what makes Fang Zheng even more unhappy is that perhaps because of the internal "setting" of this world, he can't use other weapons equipped with a shield, whether it's Frostmourn or Restia or Esther, and he can't pick it up and use it when summoned.

Luckily, though, Fang Zheng could at least use his own spells and primordial fire.........

That is, I changed to a brother who had no power to restrain the chicken, and I was afraid that I would be killed by the pit.

There is no way to equip weapons in your hands, you can only use magic and first fire, of course, if you have to choose, there is naturally the king's treasure to use.

It's just that as a mage, I always feel a little embarrassed when I don't have a big sword in my hand.

Well? Something seems wrong?

Forget it, there's nothing wrong with that.

So Fang Zheng at least had to test it to see what qualifications this shield had to give up Restia, Esther, and Frostmourn......... At least you have to be an artifact on top of this, or you're going to have a piece of?

When the pillows are still too hard, panic.

If it's useless, just burn it with a fire.

It's just that during the experiment, Fang Zheng was really surprised to discover the characteristics of the shield.

This shield absorbs everything and transforms it into special skills and abilities.

For example, if Fang Zheng plucks a herb and puts it in the green gem in the center of the shield, he will gain the ability to "gather", and if he puts too much, he can also gain the ability to "reconcile" medicines. It's the same with Warcraft, those Warcraft that you kill will also give the shield all kinds of power because of their characteristics.

It's kind of interesting, but it's only a little bit of a thing......... Well? Wait a minute?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

Since this shield can absorb everything and transform it into traits and abilities, then ......... So what?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng immediately stretched out his hand, grabbed it in the inventory for a long time, and then took out a soul stone and came out.

Although it was also a soul stone, at the moment, this soul stone had completely lost its brilliance and shattered into several pieces. This soul stone is none other than the soul stone of the Star Casting Dragon King. After Fang Zheng ran out of times, the soul stone shattered, and now it was a pile of useless stones.

After that, Fang Zheng also wanted to summon a soul stone of the same level as the Star Casting Dragon King, but he didn't know if it was because he ran out of luck before or what the reason was, not to mention the Star Casting Dragon King, even the fantasy-level soul stone, Fang Zheng never summoned it again.

As for this fragment, it was an accident. When Fang Zheng designed the system at the beginning, he didn't think about what would happen to the soul stones themselves after they ran out. After all, the system was only a rough framework at that time, and detailed issues like this were originally thrown into the meeting for each group to handle on their own.

As a result, what Fang Zheng didn't expect was that the fragments of this soul stone were still in the inventory after they were used up, and he happily asked Fang Zheng to try to see if he could restore it.

Finally, Fang Zheng remembered............

Oh, I haven't even worked on this setting myself.

So this thing is now a memento.

"Master, what is this?"

Seeing Fang Zheng take out a fragment of a soul stone, Raphtalia and Lifana also hurriedly came over, although they were still a little afraid of Fang Zheng at first, but perhaps because Fang Zheng's attitude was quite kind, the two little girls were no longer so afraid of each other at this time.

"Do an experiment, wait and see."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng picked up a relatively small piece and placed it on the green gem in the center of the shield. Then the next moment, I saw the green gem emit a bright light, quickly absorbing the fragment, and then .........

"Drip."

With a soft sound, Fang Zheng soon saw a new branching option pop up on the skill tree of the shield in front of him.

It really worked!

Looking at the branch in front of him, Fang Zheng nodded.

So let me see, what kind of skill is this.........

"Boom!"

[The level is not enough to activate]

"Huh?"

Seeing this, Fang Zheng's whole person suddenly felt bad.

Still going to upgrade?!