Chapter 96: Coming Home
Ai Xue followed Sui Yu and they have experienced a lot of ups and downs along the way, and this girl not only knows all kinds of knowledge, but also her own style of acting is also very low-key and introverted.
Along the way, she didn't find all kinds of strange doubts from Sui Yu's words and deeds, such as Philomena's almost brainwashed loyalty, and everyone often talked in a language she didn't understand, especially after Catwoman Snow joined the team, Ai Xue also heard the strange term Avalon from Sui Yu more than once.
But Ai Xue didn't ask anything, as if those doubts didn't appear at all.
When Sui Yu specially approached Ai Xue to discuss what she was going to do next, and asked Ai Xue why she was indifferent to these questions, Ai Xue replied softly: "Who doesn't have secrets?" Especially those who do our mercenary business, basically everyone has a lot of stories. β
Sui Yu then understood that the emotional hero Mo asked where the origin belonged to the default rules in the mercenary world!
However, everyone was about to return to Avalon, and Sui Yu had to arrange Ai Xue before that, so he asked Ai Xue with a solemn face: "So, can I trust you?" β
Ai Xue was silent for a while and then shook her head slightly and replied softly: "I don't know, people will always become, I really don't know!" Perhaps, one day in the future, I will fight for ...... And betrayal is possible! β
Ai Xue said it very lightly, so light that she didn't know what she was saying even if she looked at her mouth.
Then Ai Xue said to Sui Yu with a rare sad expression on her face: "I clearly feel everyone's kindness to me, and you even divided me with a hundred gold coins after completing the task, which helped me a lot!" β
"But I'm really scared, scared because you trust me. And I am under some pressure to betray you. So I've been trying to keep myself from getting too much into your secrets, and I don't even dare to talk to you too much, just to prevent you from knowing too much and hurting you! Actually, I'm ......."
"Descendants of the ruined aristocracy!" Sui Yu took Ai Xue's words and made a summary, after this period of understanding of Ai Xue, combined with the total information obtained before, Sui Yu naturally knew that Ai Xue should be the descendant of a broken nobleman.
This also explains why Ai Xue can go to study in the Griffon Empire, and also explains why with Ai Xue's magic level, she can find a stable job but instead embark on the path of being a mercenary, which is a knife and licking blood - only high-risk mercenary professions can get a higher income!
As for why Ai Xue makes so much money. The equipment on her body is still so shabby (the magic wand made of iron rod is very rough, and at a glance, you can know that Ai Xue made it herself), Sui Yu understood as soon as he thought about it, it must be because this kind girl needs to carry the burden of the entire family, which has caused this lovely girl's equipment not to be updated, not to mention, she has to live with death every day with today and no tomorrow!
"Well, that's a good guess. And because I guessed that you knew my identity for a long time, but you didn't stay away, I didn't want to disappoint you after gaining your trust. After being a ruined nobleman. For the sake of family revival, my parents will force me to do absolutely anything! And I'm ......"
Ai Xue lowered her head sadly at the end of her speech, and then whispered to Sui Yu: "You came to me this time, it should be that everyone is going to a secret place, right?" I wonder if you'll ever come back? Although I know that my abilities are lacking, and I can't keep up with you in terms of combat power or mercenary experience, I still hope that one day when you come back, I can still let me join your team again. β
"I'll admit I'm very selfish and I want to continue to make easy money with you, but I really like the atmosphere in the team. I really hope to stay in such a team! Actually, I really don't want to be separated from everyone! β
Ai Xue couldn't help but shed tears as she spoke. Sui Yu's hand was raised, but he could only put it down weakly - the best way to this scene was naturally to take Ai Xue into his arms and comfort him softly, but Philomena had already specially sent Angelina's shadow demon to follow Sui Yu in order to prevent Sui Yu from taking advantage of it......
Yes, at this time, behind Ai Xue, Angelina was already "holding" the "sign" and writing: "Do you remember Philomena in the Warcraft Forest?!" "To remind Sui Yu not to do anything that is sorry for Philomena.
"I've decided, I'll take you to Avalon!" Sui Yu was slightly embarrassed for a while, and then took the opportunity to think about it and made a promise.
"To Avalon?" Ai Xue looked inexplicable, and then said to Sui Yu with some uneasiness: "However, although the last time you shared my gold coins, it was enough for the family to support for a while. But if I can't go home for a long time because I'm away from home, I'm afraid my family will ......."
"Don't worry!" Sui Yu waved his hand and smiled at Ai Xue and said, "Avalon is not far away! And if you're really worried, I'll lend you another hundred or two hundred gold coins to send home?" β
Although Sui Yu prefers to be budget-conscious in some expenses (in order to save the extra money spent on buying materials directly from the artifact material exchange, Sui Yu had to purchase an inventory of materials every day, and then walked back to Avalon with heavy steps). But when it comes to Zhan Ji, Sui Yu is very generous.
Don't look at Ai Xue as a war concubine, but Sui Yu naturally regarded her as his own after she joined the Heavenly Spirit Mercenary Group. So after the reward for Erna Harbor was received, Sui Yu immediately said that he would share Ai Xue's one hundred and fifty gold coins.
Yes, Sui Yu initially wanted to give Ai Xue a tenth of the reward, but after Ai Xue expressed his surprise, Sui Yu regretted and got back fifty gold coins. However, with these fifty gold coins, Sui Yu told Ai Xue that he would use the money to buy Ai Xue a new piece of equipment.
Ai Xue, who knew her ability and did not make any outstanding contributions in the mission, was naturally overjoyed with these hundred gold coins, and even she rarely showed a somewhat stiff smile.
Then Ai Xue promised Sui Yu that she would exchange fifty gold coins for a piece of equipment, and even kept thanking Sui Yu - the smart Ai Xue was naturally able to learn from the equipment on the battle concubines what specifications the equipment Sui Yu was going to change for her would be!
And now, when Sui Yu offered to lend her money, Ai Xue was even more moved and couldn't help but shed tears and said to Sui Yu in a very trembling tone: "Don't be so nice to me, I'm really worried about my ......"
Raising his hand and putting his index finger in front of Ai Xue's lips to stop Ai Xue from speaking, Sui Yu continued to smile and said to her, "I believe in you!" β
The four words directly made Ai Xue's tears burst, and then the girl, who always tried to hide her feelings with a strained face, directly hugged Sui Yu's waist and leaned on Sui Yu's chest and cried.
"Ahem" A crisp cough sounded. Philomena pushed the door and walked into the house, and then knowingly asked Sui Yu, who had an embarrassed expression, "Honey, have you already talked to Sister Ai Xue?" Would Sister Ai Xue be willing to come with us? β
Ai Xue left Sui Yu's side like an electric shock, but she didn't know if Ai Xue's reaction was so big because she was successfully caught and raped by Philomena, or because the "dear" made her react to the fact that she was not a bosom big sister but a big brother in front of her...... (Whenever this kind of moment, Sui Yu said that he was very entangled!) οΌ
Shaking his head to shake off his tangled mood, Sui Yu asked Ai Xue, who lowered his head and seemed a little shy, "How is it?" Would you like to come with me to Avalon? Actually, it's not that far away. If we were fast enough, it would take less than a week to go back and forth! β
Remote positioning through the space road marker quietly placed by Hakoya, if Sui Yu didn't care about Avalon's excessive energy consumption, using Avalon's large teleportation array could completely send Sui Yu and the others directly to Bryce Town or even Port Ernah, so even if he stayed in Avalon for a long time, he didn't have to worry about delaying back and forth for too long.
"Well, let's go!" Ai Xue nodded softly and agreed to Sui Yu's invitation.
Now that Ai Xue's whereabouts have been determined, Sui Yu immediately said to Philomena: "Mina, notify everyone immediately and rest for one night." Leave early tomorrow morning! β
"Yes! Your will! Philomena gave a serious answer and glanced at Ai Xue and turned to leave, while Sui Yu turned over and took out two bulging money bags and handed them to Ai Xue and said to her: "Ai Xue, if you have something to do as soon as possible, here are two hundred gold coins, if it is not enough, I will try my best to help you!" β
Ai Xue wanted to excuse herself, but Sui Yu left the gold coins on the table and turned to leave.
Not only because the atmosphere in Ai Xue's room was a little awkward, but also because a certain little cat girl hadn't seen Sui Yu for so long. I'm afraid I'm going to be scared again......
With the little cat woman wearing a cloak to cover the characteristics of the orcs, she went to watch a drama called "Five Little Strong Three Fight the Great Demon King", and then went back to the hotel for a hearty dinner and a good night's sleep. Early the next morning, Sui Yu and his entourage embarked on the road back to Avalon.
Since the number of return-to-city scrolls on Sui Yu's body was low, and he had obtained a legal horse from Barron, Sui Yu did not waste the return-to-city scroll used to save his life, but rode his horse to the Warcraft Forest where Avalon was located.
Thanks to the horses given by Barron, the journey was still very fast, even if Sui Yu rested twice halfway. The war concubines also made two big meals, and in the end, it took a little more than a day, and Sui Yu and his party still arrived at Jim Village smoothly.
I haven't seen it for more than a month, and the walls of Jim Village have not only been re-strengthened to make them stronger, but the population is also much larger than the last time Sui Yu came. At the same time, there are many more buildings in the village, and it seems that everyone in the village can live in a comfortable stone house without worrying about a gust of wind blowing the house down.
At this time, standing on the streets of Jim Village, Sui Yu can be seen everywhere carrying huge stones and wood, and even the children are chasing and fighting between the eaves and walls, and the ordinary children who squat on the ground and play in the mud are simply weak compared to these little supermen!
"Demon God, you're here!" It seemed that they had heard the report of the militia, and as soon as Sui Yu and his party entered the village, the old village chief of Longzhong rushed over and greeted Sui Yu and them loudly with vigor.
The two adjectives of the old dragon bell and the energetic spirit can be mixed to make Sui Yu look awkward, but it is always a good thing that the old village chief is physically strong - Toria is his apprentice of Sui Yu, and Sui Yu naturally hopes that Toria's father can have a good body.
"Demon God?!" "It's the Demon God!" "The Demon God is here!"
Hearing the exclamations of the surrounding villagers, Sui Yu's face froze, and it was not difficult to see from the fact that these villagers were able to recognize his identity at the first time...... The statue of the demon god of that pit dad was really established, and it was properly built in the form of him wearing blue steel battle armor!
"I said that I seem to have forgotten something, and I forgot to stop the old village chief from erecting a statue after completing the task of expelling the wolves!" Sui Yu regretted this in his heart, it was not good to forget something. I just forgot about it!
But I didn't blame Sui Yu for forgetting things at the beginning, who let things be connected. As soon as he completed the task of dispersing the wolves, he received the task of clearing the monsters on the road, and the task time was relatively small, so Sui Yu had to cheat and lure the monsters to the mission area to kill them to complete the task.
What's more, Sui Yu only thought of a way to cheat after ordering Song to lead his wolf pack back to Avalon, and the quest system doesn't count the monsters that will be killed after resurrection. Otherwise, Sui Yu wouldn't have had to work so hard at that time.
So, after such a delay, the villagers of Jim Village, who were strong and strong because of their belief in Sui Yu, used the stones collected from afar to build the statue of Sui Yu in a month! So much so that even if Sui Yu stood in a group of warblers and Yanyan's battle concubines, he was still recognized by the villagers at a glance!
Of course, this also explains why the value of the power of faith has increased relatively quickly recently, but Sui Yu would rather not have those increased power of faith in exchange for the completion of the statue that will completely become his black history.
Seeing that Sui Yu was stunned, the old village chief seemed to think that the enthusiasm of the surrounding villagers made Sui Yu feel very happy, and at this time, the old village chief pointed to the villagers who were bowing to Sui Yu from afar and said to Sui Yu: "Lord Demon God." Not only are your followers growing in number, but their faith in you is growing stronger! I am confident that in the near future, the idol of the Lord will surely stand in every corner of the world! Let more people feel the care of the Demon God! At the same time, it also allows more lost lambs to find the right path in life! β
The old village chief said this is called a smooth slip, and it seems that this person usually does not say such similar things.
This made Sui Yu can't help but sigh, I'm afraid that unconsciously, the old village chief has subtly become his Sui Yu's nameless pope......
However, Sui Yu didn't have time to discuss the issue of the title of the old village chief now, he was just thinking about a painful question. That is, the old village chief actually wanted to scatter his idol all over the earth, that is to say. His dark history will be known to everyone in this world - the demon god they believe in is a cosmist?!
Just when Sui Yu's tooth was a little painful, Ai Xue couldn't help but interject and said to the old village chief: "You actually believe in the head of Yu? But why do you still believe so firmly in the God you believe in when you stand before you and lose your sense of mystery? β
It seems that Ai Xue has also studied the relationship between God and faith, so she points out one of the basic means of the church to gather faith, and that is to maintain the necessary mysteryβhuman beings like to be in awe of the unknown, which leads to worship and finally a firm faith.
"Mystery?" The old village chief seemed to have a disdainful look on his face and explained, "It's the lost lambs who can't really feel the benefits of those gods. That's why the churches of other gods have to rely on mystery to keep the faith! But the demon gods we believe in can give us real power! β
Speaking of this, the old village chief casually lifted a stone of two or three meters long waiting to be cut next to him and said to Ai Xue: "You see, even the old man, I can gain such powerful power after believing in the Demon God, how can the big guy's belief in the Demon God not be firm?!" β
So Ai Xue immediately whispered to Sui Yu with a surprised face: "So this is your biggest secret?" Do you ...... Are you the reincarnation of an old god? β
"No, I don't know why they gained strength after believing in me. But that's always a good thing, isn't it? Sui Yu also couldn't explain why he could get a battle level by believing in him, and just now Sui Yu glanced at it, and found that the old village chief, who had the most devout faith, had reached level 35 at this time!
And the combat profession has also changed from the original peasant to the archbishop!
Along the way, Sui Yu asked a little and found that the title of the archbishop was actually self-appointed by the old village chief, but it seemed that because everyone recognized this identity, and the old village chief's actions were also worthy of the identity of the archbishop, his combat profession really became the archbishop!
And even the growth of attributes seems to have changed a lot, not only is the old village chief's strength higher, but at the same time, Sui Yu can easily conclude that the old village chief has become an excellent spellcaster from the magic elements active around the old village chief!
Sure enough, Sui Yu asked as soon as he asked, although the old village chief didn't know how to cast magic, but with the inexplicable control of magic elements, the old village chief could already cast magic bullets of various types of magic almost instinctively!
In this way, when Sui Yu was surprised (using the reconnaissance technique, Sui Yu found that most of the villagers in Jim's village had a combat level of twenty or thirty, and also had combat professions ranging from farmer and militia to temple knight and high priest) and even Ai Xue couldn't help but show surprise (through the eye of innate ability insight, Ai Xue saw no less than Sui Yu, and even more intuitive than Sui Yu saw), Sui Yu and his party were arranged by the old village chief in a courtyard that had just been built and looked very neat and clean.
According to the old village chief, this courtyard was built by the villagers spontaneously for Sui Yu and them to rest, and the villagers who rushed to Sui Yu after hearing the news continued to offer Sui Yu the best tribute that each family could come up with, Sui Yu was moved by the enthusiasm of the villagers all night!
So much so that when he left the horses in Jim Village the next day and led everyone to Avalon, Sui Yu remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to warn the old village chief not to let his black history statue continue to spread to the world!
However, just as Sui Yu was about to turn around and return to Jim Village to remind the old village chief, with a refreshing breeze, fifteen women in blue robes fell from the sky.
Just when Ai Xue looked at the fifteen wind female magicians who had mastered the magic of flying in her way with a wary expression, the fifteen female magicians all bowed to Sui Yu and shouted in unison: "The first to third squads of the Elegant Wind subordinate to the Magic Wings Force are ordered to come to greet the Supreme Lord!" Welcome home! (To be continued.) )