In the end, Rococo did not choose to take the Godhead Fragment from the Holy City.

It wasn't because Orlanardo stopped her, but because Orlanardo told her that if she wanted to defeat Beccaz here in the Holy City and recover the Godhead Fragment from the other party, she needed to keep it here.

The fragment of Godhead, combined with the existence of autonomous souls and beings, ensures that the "host" can still retain its own independent will in this gamified world. This is actually because the power of the Origin Law of the Eumethia Continent's own plane, which is naturally released by Arya's Godhead Fragment, provides protection for the host of the fragment from the powerful alien law that Mira has attracted from the Earth's time and space.

And this fragment of Godhead in the Holy City was not combined with anyone, but was attached to a dead object such as the statue of the goddess of creation, so the power of the Origin Law emanating from this fragment would not be concentrated on a single object, but would spread out in a small area.

Because of this, Bekaz, as the owner of the Godhead, discovered the existence of this Godhead Fragment when he accidentally passed around the Holy City, and at the same time, this is why Orlanardo is not the owner of the Godhead Fragment as Rococo has the information, but he was able to temporarily restore his original consciousness and sanity in this small garden, and talked with Rococo about this "trapping" plan for Bekaz.

If Rococo takes the Godhead Fragment now, then as long as Bekaz does a little covert reconnaissance before launching a general attack on the Holy City, he will sense that the breath of the Godhead Fragment is no longer present in the Holy City. Once Bekaz gives up attacking the Holy City as a result, it will be difficult for Rococo to have another good chance to defeat and take the Brokehead until she fully recovers the power of the Primordial Elves.

According to Orlanardo's own statement, although the area where he can be affected by the Godhead Fragment to restore his original self is this small garden, this is only to say that in the case of "full recovery" as it is now, if only a few autonomous elements are added to the limitations of the game rules framework set for him by Mira - in other words, it is up to him to attach an additional special operation element limited to a specific plot to his NPC character in the game. Oranardo's range of activities was even able to extend to the entire Holy City.

When Bekaz came to the Holy City to snatch the Godhead Fragment before, Oranado used this method to restore a small part of his original combat experience, and then in the sky above the Holy City, he lost his identity as an ordinary NPC, relying on his own strong strength and the little bit of old and hot combat experience that he temporarily retained, and finally drove Bekaz away. And now, after learning from Rococo that she was able to temporarily restore the power of the original elf, Oranado immediately proposed to put the Godhead Fragment here as bait for the time being, and when Bekaz arrived, he would entangle Bekaz head-on like last time, and Rococo, an ambush soldier that Bekaz would never have expected, took the opportunity to take Bekaz in one fell swoop.

Such an offer would be a good for Rococo, but it was also a bit confusing to her, because she didn't see any benefit to Orlanardo himself, so was this legendary hero of the Terran really a saint hero as rumored? For the glory of the goddess, for the sake of order to recreate the continent, he can sacrifice everything, and even give up his only chance to live as a "complete person" in this collapsed world?

Other than that, there really didn't seem to be a better reason to explain Orlanardo's selflessness, and in the face of Orlandado's sincere eyes, for a moment, Rococo was even a little ashamed of his suspicion of the old pope.

Probably guessed Rococo's thoughts, and when they were about to part, the old man smiled and spoke to Rococo.

“…… Please do not be burdened by my kindness, child, and you don't need complicated reasons to help you, for I am a faithful believer in the Goddess of Creation, and you are the one chosen by the Goddess to bear the destiny of saving the world, and that is enough. ”

However, as a strong man ranked top in terms of strength and prestige on the mainland, even if you don't have the selfish ambition of Bekaz and have a heart for order, you can completely get your own Godhead and start saving the world yourself?

Rococo thought this, but didn't say it, but it was clear that her eyes had betrayed her thoughts, and Orlanardo smiled and shook his head slightly.

"Child, although I don't know how you have the power that only the primordial goblins that are supposed to belong to this world, after all, you are not the original person of this world, so you may never understand what the divine power of the goddess of creation, Arya, means to us creatures.

"While I may be blamed by the goddess for saying this, I have to say that I can guarantee that I will be able to keep a normal mind about the power that two or even three of the Godhead fragments will give me, but I can't guarantee that when I get more, I will have any new ideas...... People are always like this, sometimes you can guarantee everything with nothing, but when you really have everything, you can't guarantee anything, I don't know if those unknown changes mean good or bad things for me, but at least seeing what Bekaz did, I know that it is probably a bad thing for this crumbling world and the creatures who are still strong in the world even if they have lost themselves. ”

With that, Orlanardo looked back at Rococo.

"I am a believer in the goddess of creation, Arya, I worship her, I admire the order that Goddess has established in this world, and I love the world created by Goddess and every living thing in this world. No matter what I will become in the future, at least that's what I think now. If you hadn't shown up, I might have mustered up the courage to take on this responsibility that rightfully belongs to a hero, but since the goddess chose you and gave you trust, then I also choose to trust your courage.

"It takes courage to be a hero, not just the courage to stop others, but the courage to stop yourself at some point. To put it bluntly, I'm more confident in stopping others than in myself, so I choose to assist you so that I can help you deal with your enemies, or I can take your place when you can't stop yourself. ”

When she said the last sentence, Orlandado's eyes had a chill that made Rococo creep for a moment, but by the time she blinked again, the old man had regained his original kind smile.

"Sorry, I was just trying to put you at ease, but it seems like you messed up...... I beg your understanding if my words have burdened you more than before, I know that it is not fair for us people to arbitrarily impose the responsibility of the world we live in on an outsider like you, but ...... Anyway, please, Miss Rococo. ”

-----

---

When he came out of the sanctum of the Holy City, Rococo's mind was still reminiscent of Oranardo's words.

Counting the time when Quinzes handed her the Godhead Shard, this is the second time that Orlanardo has asked her to do so, so that Rococo, who came to the game, is so truly aware of the real and heavy meaning of what he is doing. And if the Kinzes incident gave her some extra motivation and motivation to save the world, Oranardo's words, although they sounded more sensational, actually made Rococo feel a little lost.

To be honest, Rococo really doesn't know how to react to such trust, as Orlanado said, she is just an outsider to this world, maybe for someone like Orlanado, she has done enough to make her considered "the hero chosen by the goddess to save the whole world", but in fact, only she knows, the only motive she can explain clearly seems to be the deal with Mira, and the rest ...... Maybe she became friends with Arya, and she began to like it a little bit as she lived in the game world during this time...... Such a thing can probably be counted as her motive?

It's hard to describe this kind of tangled mood in detail, Rococo really wants to save the world, but she also knows that the matter of saving the continent of Eumicia occupies a lot of weight in her heart, far less than Orlanardo and Arya...... She accepted people's kindness to heroes because of a heroic character who had no sense of substitution at all, so is this a deception? But to say this, she felt unconvinced for herself, for reasons she didn't know, but she felt that even if she didn't intend to be a hero, she never underestimated the responsibility of saving the continent of Emissia.

Rococo's thinking is very confused, and what makes her even more helpless is that she can't find the only best person to talk to Arya who knows everything about her now, since the conversation with Orlanardo, the former goddess of creation in Rococo's body has fallen into a deep silence, with Rococo's understanding of Arya, this goddess who is obviously natural but sentimental enough is most likely touched by Orlanardo's true monologue as a goddess believer, and a person is immersed in emotion and guilt.

In this way, all the way to the outer hall of the sanctuary in silence, Rococo shook his head and patted his face gently, and was about to call his teammates in the team channel, but suddenly saw that the priest who had received their report about the appearance of a small plague legion in Gegri Village was overjoyed after seeing her, and walked straight over.

"Great, here you are, I was looking for you, dear adventurer."

With that, the priest eagerly took out an envelope from his bosom and handed it to Rococo.

"Adventurer, thank you for the information you reported to us in time, in fact, after our investigation, during this time, not only Gegri Village, but also in other regions of the mainland border around the Holy City, many settlements and villages and towns living here have been attacked by Bekaz and his undead army, we suspect that Bekaz is likely to have unusual ambitions for the Holy City of Arya Val, so in order to prepare in advance, adventurer, there is an important mission here, I hope you can accept it."