Chapter 13: Return the Gift
"Whew...... Finally full! ”
Sui Yu touched his stomach with a satisfied face, although the bread was a little hard, and the broth was a little light and had a meaty smell because of the lack of ingredients, but because Sui Yu was extremely hungry, and Toria's cooking skills were also very good, Sui Yu was still very satisfied with this meal.
Sui Yu, who was holding his stomach and burping, was suddenly stunned and couldn't help but think to himself: "I really don't feel hungry!" Could it be that this game uses a forbidden satiety simulation system? What if this setting causes problems with the player's physical body? Speaking of which, with such a real game world and such highly intelligent NPCs, I haven't even heard the slightest rumor at all, and it's really weird to think about it now! It can't be a private server that hasn't been launched yet, right? ”
"Is the food delicious?" Seeing Sui Yu's half-squinted eyes and showing an expression of great enjoyment, Tolia couldn't help but show a bright smile and asked Sui Yu how he felt.
"Hmmm! Very tasty! ”
Sui Yu's answer made the smile on Toria's face even brighter, in fact, without Sui Yu's answer, just from the basket of bread and a large pot of broth eaten by Sui Yu, it can be seen that Sui Yu is very satisfied with this meal.
was interrupted by Toria, and the cranky Sui Yu didn't think much about it anymore and decided to hit the road as soon as possible.
Although the strong feeling of hunger in his stomach can no longer be felt, and even his body seems to feel full of strength because of eating, Sui Yu, who is worried about the situation in his real body, still decides to quickly set off to find the player.
"I'm leaving! See you soon! ”
Walking briskly towards the door, Sui Yu raised his right hand with his back to Tolia and waved goodbye to the blonde. If it weren't for Sui Yu's other hand holding his stomach that was a little swollen and aching due to overeating, he would have been very handsome.
"That, Lord Sui Yu......" Tolia seemed to raise his hand to stop Sui Yu from leaving, but he had scruples, and in this hesitation, Sui Yu had already walked out of the stone house where the village chief had temporarily entertained him to rest.
The yard was quiet, and the old village chief didn't seem to be at home. Just not wanting to waste time with these NPCs who might never meet again, Sui Yu immediately walked out of the small courtyard of the village chief's house and quickly ran towards the main gate of the village.
There were very few villagers along the way, and occasionally a few villagers didn't react much when they saw Sui Yu running away except for a look of fear and admiration mixed with fear, so Sui Yu soon came to the head of the village.
What made Sui Yu feel strange was that the gate of the village was very lively at this time, a large group of people were sitting on the ground, and there were many dishes made of stone or metal on the stone or wooden stake in the middle of the circle of people. Looking at this situation, it seems that most of the villagers have dinner here. And the gray-haired old village chief, who happened to be sitting under a big tree at the head of the village, was holding a piece of black bread, as if he was eating with everyone.
Of course, although he was eating, the old village chief was also discussing something with the big guys.
"Tom's, how many silver coins do you have? Take it all out! Don't worry, I'll compensate you with the equivalent copper coins you all put together! Although the Warriors were kind enough to help us kill those bastards, according to the rules of mercenaries, we must also pay a reasonable payment! At the very least, it can't be too shabby, otherwise the rules will be broken, and it will be us or our descendants who will suffer in the future! ”
Sui Yu, who was approaching from the back of the village chief's side, heard the village chief's words as soon as he came here, and it seemed that the purpose of the village chief's gathering of everyone to eat was not only for convenience, but also to be able to quickly discuss how to repay Sui Yu, and this method was currently intended to raise funds......
Sui Yu didn't have any hope for the amount of money that these NPCs with a level of less than ten could come up with, so he didn't care at all about how much money the old village chief planned to give back to him, but when Sui Yu saw that the village chief, including the village chief, was laboriously gnawing on a kind of black hard bread, and although the dish was also broth, not only was there only one or two pieces of meat in the broth, but the color of the soup was about the same as water, thinking of the big pot of thick soup he had just eaten, Sui Yu felt a little bad in his heart.
"Perhaps, I just ate almost a village's broth and the only white noodles in the whole village?"
Just when Sui Yu suddenly felt something uncomfortable in his heart, the old village chief swallowed a mouthful of bread with great effort, and then saw a little boy sitting next to him who was crying silently with his head down, he used a stone soup spoon to take out the only piece of meat in his bowl and put it in the little boy's bowl, and then said to the little boy in a serious voice: "Little Limu, although your father is dead, I am also sad, but people can't be resurrected after death, hurry up and eat something, so that you can have the strength to work to feed your sister!" There are only two of you left in your family now, and as the eldest son and the only man in your family, you must support the whole family! ”
"Hmm!" Maybe after listening to the old village chief's words, or thinking that he still had a sister to take care of, the boy named Little Lim wiped away his tears with his patched sleeve, and then nodded vigorously to the old village: "I will take care of my sister!" ”
After saying that, little Lim seemed to have grown up suddenly, and followed the example of the old village chief to scoop up the two pieces of meat in his own bowl to his sister's bowl beside him......
Seeing the little boy who had grown up in an instant and the satisfied smile of the old village chief, Sui Yu couldn't help but muttered in his heart: "Are these NPCs or humans!" Why...... Why do you have such innocent emotions? ”
To be honest, in reality, he was used to seeing the indifference of human feelings, and suddenly seeing such simple and sincere emotions at this time, Sui Yu's heart was strongly impacted at this moment.
"Impressed? It seems that after growing up, it has been a long time since he has experienced this kind of feeling......" Sui Yu couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this, and at this time, the villagers who had paid attention to the old village chief and the old village chief himself found out about Sui Yu's arrival.
Many adult villagers showed that kind of expression that made Sui Yu feel a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, the old village chief was very enthusiastic about him: "Lord Warrior, you have eaten so quickly?" Is my daughter's cooking not to your taste, do you want me to arrange for someone to go to the woods to pick some wild vegetables, and then arrange for someone to go to the nearby village to get some spices? ”
Seeing that the old village chief was going to arrange it immediately as long as Sui Yu nodded, Sui Yu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm already full, and I've never eaten so much, so there's no need to trouble everyone." It's not too early, so I'd better hurry up and head to Bryce Town! ”
When the old village chief heard that Sui Yu was leaving, he said to Sui Yu with some embarrassment: "But the reward has not been collected yet, although I know that Lord Warrior you don't like our reward, but the rules can't be broken!" ”
"No need!" Sui Yu really didn't look down on the remuneration that these villagers had put together, not to mention that if he collected this money, it might make the lives of these villagers worse, Sui Yu really had no interest in driving others to a dead end for something inconsequential.
In "Chaos World", although Sui Yu has always tried to treat the war queens as real people, he has always been dismissive of ordinary NPCs (especially men).
If he was still in "Chaos World" at this time, Sui Yu would not care so much, and it was completely natural to complete the task and receive compensation.
But after feeling the simplicity of these villagers, which can be said to be almost extinct in the real world, Sui Yu still subconsciously regarded these NPCs as flesh-and-blood humans, and couldn't help but think about the future of these villagers.
When he saw that the old village chief seemed to have something to say, Sui Yu decisively waved his hand to stop the old village chief from talking further, and then quickly ran out of the village, leaving only a dashing back for the old village chief.
Then Sui Yu quickly ran back again......
"That old village chief, when you showed me the way before, did you mention the direction of the sun according to the morning sun or the afternoon?"
Well, Sui Yu, who suffered a loss before, is finally much more careful this time.
"It's the morning sun." The old village chief replied while also stretching out his hand to point in a certain direction and said to Sui Yu: "That direction is!" However, Lord Warrior, I suggest that you first follow the path outside the village, although it is a long detour, but the road is easier to walk, and you can also bypass the graveyard of our village. Although there is no undead in the cemetery because the life force in the woods is relatively strong and the ancestors of the village who lie in it have no grudges when they die, there are basically no undead in the cemetery, but if you go too deep, it will still make people feel a little gloomy. Of course, with the strength of the warriors, even if there are undead spirits, it is only the fate of being killed by you. ”
"Hmmm! I know! "Sui Yucai doesn't care what kind of cemetery is not a graveyard, you must know that his current main profession is a necromancer, and some undead can't tell who scares who when they see him!
So Sui Yu rushed out of the village and rushed into the cemetery, which was a little gloomy in the eyes of the villagers.
It's called a graveyard, but it's actually just a forest. However, since several nearby villages seem to bury their dead villagers here, the area of this "graveyard" forest is still relatively large. And just as the old village chief introduced, when Sui Yu went deeper, he felt that the atmosphere around him was full of gloomy meaning, and even Sui Yu, who was a necromancer, felt a little numb in his scalp while running wildly.
"What's that feeling? And the surrounding environment is a little too gloomy, right? Wait, it seems that this game world is too real! Although the simulation degree of "Chaos World" is also very high, it is impossible to simulate this eerie feeling! So even in the face of undead creatures before, it only gave people the feeling of watching a holographic movie, but now they can really feel this eerie feeling from the bottom of their hearts. And there seems to be some strange smell in the air that affects my judgment, and it seems that it makes my scalp tingle. However, this smell feels so familiar, why is that?! ”
Sui Yu, who was in a state of thought, stopped running wildly and subconsciously stretched out his right palm, and then there seemed to be a gust of yin wind around him, and this yin wind began to revolve around Sui Yu, and its center was Sui Yu's right palm!
As the wind gathered in the palm of his hand, a gray circular air mass appeared in Sui Yu's hand after a while, and after this air mass was formed, it rotated at high speed in Sui Yu's palm in a clockwise direction.
"Is this the power of death? Strange, although I know what this thing is, and I instinctively know how to gather and mobilize them, but these abilities are not skills, and I don't seem to have this ability in the past. Why would I suddenly use skills or abilities that I wouldn't have otherwise?! ”
Sui Yu, who is accustomed to using skills to activate the ability, does not understand the supernatural phenomenon that occurs in the palm of his hand at this time, but he is used to thinking about things that he can't understand, so he doesn't think about it, Sui Yu instinctively disperses the power of death in his palm and decides to continue on his way.
Then Sui Yu found out that he was lost again......
Because of the time spent in the morning to kill those evil people, plus it took a lot of time to wait for food and find information, and before leaving, I delayed talking to the village chief for a while, and then I was in the woods and inexplicably used an ability that was not on the skill list, and now the sun has risen overhead.
Yes, it's noon!
And because the sun was overhead, there was no compass, and the coordinate system on the system interface was a mess, so Sui Yu was very simply lost in the woods again.
Yesterday, since he could contact Avalon through the "message" magic to locate it, he didn't have to worry about getting lost at noon, but now that he had lost his reference target, and the surrounding woods didn't have any prominent terrain, Sui Yu finally made a difficult decision, that is, to walk around.
Then Sui Yu was very lucky to return to the small village that he had just left......
It's such a sad story that when the villagers look surprised when they see Sui Yu appear, Sui Yu doesn't know what to say.
At this time, the villagers gathered around the woods next to the village that had been designated as a cemetery for the funeral.
Although the slave hunters had refrained from killing, more than a dozen people were killed in the morning attack.
When Sui Yu appeared, it happened that the villagers were making a final farewell to the victims.
Accompanied by the cries of those who lost their fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and children, Sui Yu felt that the scene was filled with extremely strong sadness as soon as he came out.
Looking at the corpses in the row of simple coffins on the ground and the villagers crying beside each corpse, Sui Yu, who was embarrassed because he came back inexplicably, suddenly said to the old village chief who stepped forward and seemed to be about to ask why Sui Yu had returned: "I forgot the most important thing just now!" ”
"Is it Lord Warrior, have you finally decided to receive a reward according to the rules set by the Mercenary Guild?"
Hearing the old village chief's inquiry, Sui Yu asked inexplicably: "Mercenary Union?" What's that? ”
Then without waiting for Lao Cun to say anything, Sui Yu smiled and waved his hand and said loudly to everyone present: "To be honest, I was almost hungry before, but fortunately, Tolia made a delicious meal to bring me back to life!" And I know that I ate the best food your village could come up with in one meal! Well, it's really a shame to leave like this, so I decided to give Tolia and everyone in your village a return gift! ”