"Mithril Hermitage Society."

After he said the name, he put down his glass, and there was still half of the wine left in the glass—

The Mithril Hermit Society in "Strife" is a faithless ascetic organization, unlike the ascetics of the Church of the Holy Radiance and the Knights of the Discipline of the Sunflame Sanctuary, although they give up all meaningless pleasures, they do not worship any gods, but only purely practice and extreme training of the flesh and will.

According to some documents, the infamous Mithril Hermit Society has had several powerful people in the continent in the past history, and [Warrior Steel Heart] is just one of the inheritances of this organization.

Despising wealth and power, and ignoring material desires, this is the characteristic of most members of the Mithril Hermit Society-

In the game, it is essentially a loosely structured organization, and there is no hierarchical relationship between members, and even in many cases, the two members of the Mithril Hermit Society are not easily recognizable when they are in close proximity.

However, as a time-traveler, Gross naturally knows Stewart's true identity.

Silent, Stewart seemed to be thinking, or rather falling into the memories of the past, he nodded, and only then did he inadvertently hold his glass.

It's a knee-jerk action to start opening up.

Gross's expression was still calm, his gaze resting on the man's face, and a story was being told in his mouth—it no longer mattered whether the description was wonderful or not, because the protagonist of the story was listening carefully.

Shadows in the sun.

The spokesperson of the light of the earthly world, the Holy Radiance Church that loves the world and saves the common people is also an organization composed of many people-

Human beings are very complex animals, so the inevitable existence of all the weaknesses of human nature in such a huge organization, after magnification, is a scene of disadvantages and ugliness.

Beneath the veneer of generosity and benevolence, the priest stationed in Talon, Martti Enks, had long been motivated by the Church of the Radiance's duty to monitor and exterminate the dead, but this priest, in secret collusion with the lich from Diel, made a fortune of unrighteousness.

Stewart's emotions were a little agitated at first, but after a moment, he was as quiet as a non-interested bystander—

It was a sign of anger at its peak, and he was already thinking about it: go to Talen, verify what the young man in front of him had said, and then take further action.

Gross, however, seemed to see through his heart.

"Are you going to find Priest Martty Enks?"

In Gross's unique vision, the task "Shadows in the Sun" has been opened in the system task column, but the font is gray, indicating that he has not yet met the conditions for the task -

The quest system in Discord doesn't limit the player's level, but it's easy to suffer a lot if you go to challenge at a lower combat level.

The strength of the priest Martty Enx happened to have stepped into the first level of awakening, his combat level was LV35, and the lich who colluded with him had a combat level as high as LV38-

Compared with Gross's current situation, the difference in strength is not only the difference in skills and attributes brought about by the combat level, but more importantly, the law of power of the first order of awakening.

Even if you add all the manpower of the wolf bandit group, and the "black barrier" Stewart in front of you, it is far from enough to confront you head-on.

Gross still clearly remembers this task, which can basically be divided into two routes: one is to find and collect evidence, submit it to the Holy Radiance Church, and wait for the verdict of the high-ranking priests; The other is to kill either the Lich or the Priest Marty through a battle.

The latter is undoubtedly much more difficult, but correspondingly, the rewards you can get are also a lot richer.

The protagonist of this story is Stewart, and in the history of the game, Stewart's wife died at the turn of spring and summer in the year of the Red Moon after contracting the disease.

In a simple thatched hut in White Pigeon Village, where the sun shines through the lattice of the window, the man sits on a straw bed, hugging his wife's shriveled body with black markings and only skin and bones, and weeps bitterly.

But his suffering did not stop there, a month later, his daughter Rona also had the same disease, and Stewart, who had no money left to buy holy water, could only watch his daughter become weak little by little, and enter the eternal sleep of death-

In the process, the clergy of the Holy Radiance Church did not come to the rescue, and the usual high-sounding slogans became ridiculous lies.

A heart-wrenching tragedy.

After this, the player uncovers the ugliness behind it all, and the heart-wrenched Stewart seems to have burst out of all his potential, and in a short period of time, he has stepped into the pinnacle of his inauguration -

Stewart finally got his revenge.

However, Gross came to this world and met the "Black Barrier" Stewart in advance, and of course he would not let things develop like this - not to mention the great sympathy in his heart for this man's tragic experience, just more than three months were not within his acceptable range.

He couldn't wait.

According to the plan in his mind, after the New Year's Festival, it is not too difficult for him to be promoted to LV35, which has mastered the power of awakening, after LV25, and it is logical to carry out the awakening task after that-

And now that this task is in front of him, he will never miss it.

Stewart didn't answer, and he didn't admit or deny Gross's inquiry—he was a man of strong temperament who, once he had made up his mind, rarely changed by the words of others.

Gross knew this, and he got up and walked over to the cabinet in the corner, and pulled open the drawer, which contained eighteen small bottles of life holy water neatly stacked—

As early as a month ago, Karthhas had used up a third of his bottles due to the injury on his right arm, and a few days ago, Barron's serious injury had consumed a whole bottle of holy water, and here was all that was left.

He took out the drawer and placed the fine white porcelain bottles filled with holy water in front of Stewart.

Stuart was stunned, even if the two were both members of the Mithril Hermit Society, he couldn't understand the actions of the young man in front of him.

"For you, Mr. Stewart. Maybe these holy waters won't cure your wife, but they'll be enough to use for a while. ”

Gross said with a smile.

"Why?"

For the first time in the course of a day, Stewart asked so many questions to a stranger he had met.

"Would you believe me if I said it was because of an unseemly sense of justice?"

Stewart shook his head.

There has never been a gift in this world for no reason, especially as a mercenary, Stewart knows more about the principle of "equivalent exchange" - although he was moved by the sight of these holy waters, but a pair of puzzled eyes just looked up at Gross.

"Well, it's nothing. When I'm out of the way, I'm going to take a trip with you. ”