Chapter 47: The Test of Human Nature—Flame Pinoschio
Looking at the elementalist quest in the system that suddenly turned bright red as blood, Nia panicked.
In the description of the system, Nia learned: This represents a crisis in the objectives of this mission. In other words, at this time, the mission target of Nia's transfer to the Elementalist - [Flame Pinosius] may be about to be attacked.
Originally, according to the guidance map given by the system, the goal of this mission happened to be on Nya's way back to the city of Grazli. She had planned to walk slowly and take on Pinochio in her best condition.
But when Nia saw the task in the system turning red, she had to start running at full speed. Just kidding, if you delay any longer, your own monster will be robbed by others. This is her hope for a career as an elementalist.
After a short distance, Nia found that in front of her, red meteorites were falling from the sky, and the fluctuations caused by the smashing to the ground could be clearly felt even from her. The roars and screams of demonic beasts could be heard in the distance.
But in that direction, shouldn't it be on the official road?
Confused, Nia approached the site of the battle ahead.
Getting closer, Nia found that the situation was completely beyond her estimates. The corpses of several mercenaries lay on the ground, either cut off or beheaded, and the death was extremely miserable.
Meteorites were embedded in the ground, and the flesh was radiating around it, and from the remaining fur, Nia recognized that it was the corpse of a goblin.
The ground was red with blood, and the place was like hell.
A red-haired woman was suspended in a pool of blood, not as red as Nia's, but like flames, and even sparks floating around her.
Standing opposite her were goblins of all colors. Nia could recognize that these goblins also had the strength of the first order at the very least, and even a few second-order goblins.
As the air rippled, another meteorite fell from the sky, killing all the remaining goblins on the field.
Without the guidance of the system, Nia would never have thought that the human in front of her was Flame Pinocchius. No wonder she hadn't heard anything about Flame Pinocchio before, and the other party's location had been moving, so it turned out that she was just a human.
At this time, Nia's heart couldn't help but feel the other party's mentality when she and Hurdl talked before. Facing the tasks that you must complete in your life is more important than giving up and killing the stranger in front of you. Nia is completely unable to give the seemingly "correct" answer now, which may be her biggest weakness right now.
Looking at the situation ahead, it was not difficult for Nia to guess what had happened: Flame Pinocchius was a member of this team, and they had the misfortune to encounter this goblin team on the way. The team then killed all of Flame Pinocchio's teammates. As for why Flame Pinosio, who seemed to have third-order strength, couldn't save the team? Nia didn't know.
Watching as the goblins were all killed by themselves, the figures suspended in mid-air stopped moving. A moment later, Flame Pinosius, who had long fiery red hair, suddenly fell from the sky, and his hair turned normal black.
What the hell was going on, and though it wasn't clear what was going on, Nia ran over anyway.
Running to Flame Pino's body, Nia saw that the corners of her mouth had begun to bleed: "Hello, I'm an adventurer passing by, are you okay?" ”
"Dead...... All dead...... "Woo woo woo "heard a human approaching. Pinoche couldn't help but cry bitterly.
"It's okay, it's all over, what's going on with your team?" Sitting next to Pinoxiu, Nia gently patted the other person's back with her hand, hoping to make her state of mind improve.
"When we came back from our mission, we were attacked by these goblins on the way, and everyone in the team died." Nia's reassurance had an effect, and Pinoche began to slowly recount their experience, but before he could say a few words, another mouthful of blood spat out.
Feeling the situation of the person in front of her, Nia couldn't help but think in her heart.
"The person who fell to the ground was obviously the target of her mission, Pinoxiu, and according to the current situation, she was already about to die. If you kill the other party now, it will definitely be extremely easy. This thought only appeared in Nia's mind, and she was ruthlessly suppressed. Just kidding, even if the other party is like this now, Nia still can't do anything to her. After all, this is her own countryman, and Nia has not yet realized how to kill at this time.
Take the Bleeding Recovery Potion from the backpack and pour it into Pino's mouth. However, it is a pity that although it seems that the other party's appearance has improved. But from the task list, it became clear to Nia that the potion was not doing anything.
"I'll carry you to Grazli, there is a doctor there, who should be able to save you, and you'll be fine." Without hesitation, Nia carried Pinocchius on her back. Not to mention that she is not tall and old, but under the practice task of being a battle mage every day, Nia at this time already has the strength of a professional. Easily carrying the other person on her back, Nia found that despite her best efforts to carry Pinosius higher, the other person's feet were still dragging on the ground. There's no way around it.
"It's useless, just now I used a forbidden spell in our clan to raise my strength from the second order to the third order. That's how I killed all those hateful goblins, and avenged the death of my teammates. Besides, I had just been recklessly releasing the third-order magic that I hadn't mastered yet, and now my body is probably about to collapse. I'm running out of time, so let me go. ”
"No wonder the fireball just now is much smaller than the meteorite falling from the sky or Jack that Nia knows, it turns out that this is the reason."
"No, it's too early to say that, I'll definitely take you back." Ignoring the objections of those behind her, Nia walked towards the city on her own. As for the mission or something, human life is at stake, and Nia doesn't think about it anymore.
But unfortunately, she didn't go far before Nia felt the head of the person behind her tilt her head, tilted her head and saw that she was already dead.
In silence, Nia carried Pinocchio's body on her back and walked back to where she had just been. Digging a deep pit with a large sword that she didn't know the mercenary had dropped on the ground, Nia buried the group in it.
Bowing down and bowing, Nia is ready to go back, and as for the task, let it die.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the task and obtaining the Fire Crystal. Next target: [Dark Crystal], this item can be obtained from [Corpse Stealer-Bone Hell's Breath]. ”
"Ding, congratulations to the host, the undead of Pinocchius have a favorability of 80 towards you, and because they have transformed into a semi-elemental form, they are not human, so they can make a contract. Please ask if the host is contracted. ”
“…………”
"Yes." I didn't expect this quest system to have such a big delay, and Nia had already felt it last time when she killed [Thundering Kaino]. This time it took a long time.
Take out the Book of Covenants and recite the prayer from ancient times. Then, the sky turns yellow, and time seems to stop flowing. A red light emerged from the tomb and rushed into the Book of Contracts in Nia's hand. Presumably, this should be the soul of Flame Pinocchio.
However, when Nia summoned her, she found that she could not summon it. There was no way, Nia had to put the matter down first.
Because there are more important things waiting for Nia to do. A goblin squad appeared on the official road, and Nia felt the need to report to the Lord of Grazli.