Gaudus searched all over his body, but found only a short dagger glowing green, which seemed to be too small a creature to kill.

He picked up the maiden, hid her in the thick grass by the roadside, covered her body with blades of grass, then pulled an arrow from the ground, walked to the horse, stroked its back, and whispered, "Horse, run!" ”

After he finished speaking, he plunged the arrow in his hand into the horse's stock!

The bantam was in pain, and spread its hooves and galloped. The blood dripped down the arrow and fell to the ground, forming a straight line with the blood stains left by the original girl.

Soon, four vicious men rushed out of the woods and chased after them.

It seems that they are mountain bandits, who make a living by plundering.

They walked up to Gaudus and asked if a girl was passing by, and Gados nodded, then pointed in the direction in which the horse was running and said, "She fled along this path." ”

The bandits glanced at their feet, and the bloodstains and horseshoe prints that stretched along the path seemed to point the direction of the girl's escape, which should prove that Gauldos was not lying.

"She's hit an arrow, she won't run far, chase!"

Looking at the backs of the mountain bandits in the distance, Gao Duos breathed a sigh of relief. Although he is a necromancer, he has only mastered the magic of [Dominating Skeletons], and without the help of skeletons, with only a dagger, he is not even as good as a militiaman.

If the bandits found out that Gaudus was panicking, they would surely kill half of his living men, and he would be an undead forever.

Luck seemed to be on Gauldos's side.

Gaudus tore off a piece of cloth and wrapped the wound on the girl's shoulder, temporarily stopping the bleeding, but the arrow could not be pulled out. Because once the arrow is pulled out, the blood flow will be blocked, and the girl's wound will be seriously worsened, the speed of blood loss will be greatly accelerated, and the probability of death will also increase.

Gaudus seems to have good physical qualities, with the agility of a living and the tenacity of an undead, in addition to having more strength than his peers. When he picked up the girl, he didn't even feel a hard time.

Perhaps, it was because the part of his undead soul would not have the feeling of struggling at all.

Gaudus carried the maiden in his arms, ran a long way, and left there.

Soon after, he came to a halt by a boulder in the wilderness. Now that he had traveled a long way, it would be difficult for the bandits to find it again, even if they finally found out that he had been deceived.

Gaudus placed the girl beside the boulder so that she could lean comfortably against the stone, and then untied the strip of cloth from his shoulder, revealing a small section of his white, slender arm. Blood had soaked through her sleeves, and before she could wake up, Gaudus was ready to pull out the arrow for her.

Pulling out the arrow is also a technical task, and if there is a slight mistake in the surgical process, it may kill her. He sawed off the shaft of the arrow with the little dagger, leaving only the arrow in the wound, and then cut open the wound with the tip of the knife, removing the polyps and bad flesh little by little, sucking the poisonous blood on it as he removed the flesh, and then removing the flesh around the arrow, and finally, taking out the arrow.

This uncomplicated operation took a full two hours, and during the operation, Gadoth's hand was unusually stable, without a trace of deviation or shaking, which may have something to do with his half-dead nature... The undead never tremble.

Since such a pair of hands can make surgical movements accurately, they should also be handy when used to cast spells.

Finally, he sucked some black blood, found some blades of grass that had the effect of stopping bleeding and detoxifying, chewed them, applied them to the girl's wounds, and then tore off a strip of cloth and bandaged her.

After a while, the girl awoke, and she looked at the bandaged wound on her shoulder in amazement, and at the gray-haired Gaudos who was sitting not far from her, and asked curiously, "Sir, you saved me, right?" ”

Gauldos nodded, then handed her some wild fruits, which he had found in the wilderness, after all, he needed nourishment as half of the living people.

"Thank you, you're such a nice guy."

"No thanks." Gaudos accepted the good guy card.

"By the way, what about the ears of wheat? Oh, I mean, my horses. ”

"I let it go."

"I see..."

Hearing the news, the girl was relieved. She ate some wild fruit and felt a little more comfortable, and her pale face was a little bloody. This is a beautiful girl, with fair skin, delicate facial features, and long pale blonde hair as beautiful as brocade, especially her eyes, large and slightly curved, like two sea-blue crescents, pure and clear, charming and moving.

As if noticing Gao Duosi's gaze, the girl asked curiously, "What's wrong?" ”

"You're beautiful."

The girl seemed to hear such a compliment for the first time, and her mouth grew in surprise, and after a long time, she replied shyly: "Thank you... Thank you. ”

The wind blew, and the night seemed to be a little colder, and the girl couldn't help but sneeze. Gados looked at the girl with a snotty nose, walked over, sat down beside her, wiped her snot away, and gently took her in his arms.

The girl's eyes were a little pale, and she subconsciously wanted to struggle, but when she saw Gao Duo's calm expression, she suddenly felt that she might have misunderstood him.

"How's it going, is it warmer?"

"Hmm... Much better. ”

Gados's body wasn't much warm, only a little bit hot, but compared to being blown by the cold wind, Gados's arms were indeed better.

It seems, it's really not that cold anymore.

A hint of crimson flashed across the girl's face, and she curled up and snuggled into the arms of Gadoth, no longer moving.

"What's your name?"

"Love... Alice. Sivan. ”

"My name is Gauldos. Rodriguez. ”

"Hmm... Very handsome name. ”

"Where are you from? Why is that man chasing you? ”

When Gaudus asked this question, Alice's eyes welled up with tears, but in the end, she didn't cry again.

She endured her grief and told her what had happened.

The whole thing is not complicated, this night, the village of the Holy Maiden was sacked by a gang of bandits, and they took advantage of the night, they killed almost everyone in the village, except Alice, who rode the only horse in the village, and escaped.

"They... They were all killed in their sleep, and I was the only one who escaped. ”

After listening to Alice's narration, Gaudus remembered that the village of the Virgin was actually his hometown.

Memories tell him that he was a villager in the village of the Holy Maiden, and when he was less than 10 years old, an old necromancer seized him, took him to a laboratory, and took him as a servant.

After another 5 years, the old necromancer was old and wanted to transform himself into a lich so that he would not die of old age. However, he had no experience in lich transformation, so he trained with Gadoth.

In the process of transformation, Gaudus's black hair faded to gray, his skin became paler, his blood became colder and colder, the temperature on his body surface gradually decreased, his heart gradually stopped beating, and even many emotions were frozen little by little.

The characteristics of his living are decreasing, but the characteristics of the undead are slowly increasing.

The process of transformation is painful, every muscle tries to get out of control, every beat of the heart is weaker than the last, and some memories are becoming more and more blurry... It was no less desperate and torment than Ling Chi...... He thought he was going to be completely degenerated into an undead, but then, the goddess of fate smiled at him!

On the twelfth day of the transformation, a paladin came to the door and, after a fierce battle, killed the old necromancer. In the process of the battle between the two, the undead transformation device was not replenished in time after the energy was exhausted, and the transformation was temporarily interrupted, and Gao Duos took the opportunity to escape, at that time, he only had a small wish...

I want to return to my hometown, the village of the Holy Maiden, and return to the arms of my family.

And then there's what just happened.

Gaudus suddenly felt a great, visceral sorrow, like a knife cutting through his heart, and the wound in his heart was bleeding and aching. He wanted to cry, but his eyes didn't feel moist at all, and he realized that he... Already... I can't shed tears anymore.

Although he was a traverser, it was only the parents and villagers of the original owner of this body who died, he shouldn't have been so sad, but why, was he so sad?

You have triggered a mission: Revenge. 】

[Mission description: A gang of mountain bandits ransacked your hometown, the village of the Holy Maiden, only Alice survived, do you want revenge?] 】

[Quest Achievement Condition: Kill all bandits involved in the looting.] 】

[Do you accept it?] 】

Gao Duos was stunned for a moment, and the newly popped up information bar in front of him seemed to be a bit similar to the task bar that was refreshed when he received a mission in the game.

Do you want to accept it?

Without hesitation, Gaudos nodded in acceptance.

"Take me to the village of the Holy Maiden."

"What are you doing there?"

"I'm going to kill those bandits."

Alice looked at Han in surprise, shook her head desperately, and said, "No, it has been occupied by mountain bandits." ”

Gaudus said firmly, "Take me there." ”

Alice desperately hoped that he would refuse, because it would hurt him, but looking at the determined eyes of Gados, she suddenly understood that she could not shake the determination of the man in front of her.

"You're going to die! You saved me, I don't want you to die! ”

Alice makes a final effort, but Gaudus is silent, and the silence has shown his attitude... Take me to the village of the Holy Maiden.

"Why? Why do you have to go? ”

Gauldos looked into Alice's pleading eyes, and finally said softly, "Because... The Village of the Virgen is also my hometown. ”

Alice suddenly fell silent, she wiped away her tears, and said with difficulty: "You... Come with me. ”

Half an hour later, the two of them walked through the woods and saw a small valley with a small stream running through it, and on either side of the stream was a small plain overgrown with dandelions.

And on this plain overgrown with dandelions, is the village of the Holy Maiden, which has been reduced to ruins.

The wind blew gently, and countless dandelions flew all over the sky, like beautiful white snow that shrouded the ruins. It was quiet in the ruins, and there was only one mountain bandit patrolling. Gao Duosi watched this scene from a distance, and suddenly asked, "How many bandits are there?" ”

"Fourteen, five, probably."

"Okay, now, take me to Joan of Arc's grave."

"Don't, let's not disturb the rest of the Holy Maiden."

"I need her strength to take me there."

Seeing that Gaudus insisted, Alice sighed, Joan of Arc was the person she admired the most, and such a hasty disturbance was to some extent equivalent to blaspheming the dead. But Gauldos's eyes were so resolute that they seemed to infect her.

She led him back to the woods, and after a few forks in the road, came to a grave.

The village of Virgen got its name because it was here that a great swordswoman, Joan of Arc was born. When she was 18 years old, Sandru's chief general, former Knight of Punishment, later Knight of Death... The evil Andre led an army of the undead and set foot on the land. They burned, slashed, looted, and all the living forces that dared to resist them fell under Andrei's Frost Sword and its minions.

At this critical juncture, Joan of Arc stepped forward, infiltrated André's military camp alone, and successfully assassinated André. As soon as Andrei died, the undead under his command naturally collapsed, and finally defeated themselves without a fight, and this was also the first defeat suffered by Sandru in the Battle of Death Shadow.

Joan of Arc herself, on the other hand, died in the woods from her injuries. After her death, she became a hero in the mouths of the people, and at the same time was canonized as a "saint" by the Pope.

This is the origin of this world, Joan of Arc.

Gaudus looked at Joan of Arc's tombstone, the words carved on it had long been blurred by the erosion of time, but he could imagine the courage and greatness of Joan of Arc alone in the enemy camp densely packed with undead.

This is a strong and great woman, a hero. He couldn't help but kneel down on one knee, and with respect for the ancestors of his fellow village, he folded his hands and began to remember and pray.

After praying, he whispered, "If you can hear me, then please don't refuse, I... Need your help. ”

He began to chant some jerky incantations, his hands intertwined, slowly but steadily making one strange gesture after another.

He's working magic: dominating skeletons.

After 20 minutes, the cast step was complete, and Gadoth was relieved. A basic 1-ring magic that consumes almost half of his mana and soul energy.

Just because the object of the spell is the Holy Maiden, Joan of Arc.

He panted and looked at the quiet grave for so long.

Looking at the quiet grave behind the tombstone, Gaudus couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Failed?

He stood up and watched quietly. At the moment when the spell was cast, he received some soul-level response, faint but real, which gave him a little hope.

As time passed, the little hope left in Gaudus's heart slowly healed into despair, perhaps the age was too long, and even the strongest and more resilient soul should have dissipated and shattered.

Just as he was about to turn to leave, he suddenly heard a loud bang, and the tall tombstone in front of him fell to the ground.

His wait was not in vain, and in the moonlight, a bone hand cut through the grave and stretched out into the night sky with a silver moon hanging high.