Chapter 21: Soul Purification
Oss stared at the back of Gigax until he entered the house and could no longer see, he hurriedly threw down his one-handed sword and ran to where Gothrum had just stood, shouting to find his brothers: "Gothrum! Gothrum! Nuen! Ex! Kudran! Where are you! ”
With a "bang", a hand stretched out from the snow, Oss quickly ran over and grabbed the hand, he pulled it out hard, and it was Gothrum who came out of the snow. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Are you alright? What do you think? Did it hurt somewhere? ”
"Ahem...... It's okay, it's okay, it's just choking. Gothrum gasped and replied.
"Thank goodness you're fine, but why didn't you just dodge! How dangerous it is to stand there motionless! Oss looked agitated as he asked Gothrum loudly.
Gothrum hurriedly waved his hand, he pointed to the huge crater on the side, and explained to Oss: "You see, Uncle Gigax didn't throw it directly at me, he was very measured. ”
"But ......" Oss was about to say something more, when Kudran, Nuen, and Talon Aix also sat up from the snow. Oss heard their movements, and ran over to help them up one by one.
"What the hell is going on?" Looking at the embarrassed brothers in front of him, Oss was puzzled.
"Actually, it's just to see if we're progressing, and every once in a while we meet, Uncle Gigax does it." "If you can't take his attack, you're in danger, you're going to be beaten." ”
Nuen was very happy at this point, and he said, "Hehe, we did well this time, and it seems that Uncle Gigax is quite satisfied." ”
Hearing this, Oss already understood what was going on, but he was not very happy now, but he couldn't say it. Although for his brothers, the attack of Jigax was like a test, but Os, who had not known about it beforehand, was really worried just now.
Tallon Ax pointed to the crater on the side, and asked with great interest, "What is going on for a while?" What happened after I flew out? ”
Obviously, the origin of the crater was known only to Gothrum himself, and to the unattacked Oss, but neither of them answered. Gothrum was embarrassed, and Oss didn't want to explain.
No one answered Talon Ax's question, and for a moment the atmosphere was a little eeriely dull. Oss sighed softly and said, "Just now he said to let us in. ”
The dwarves packed up their clothes, retrieved their weapons, and walked into the camp with Os. Kudran settled the stone pier in the courtyard, found a large wooden basin, and filled it with various meat "snacks".
Walking into the middle of the house, Oss looked around, and he found that the structure of the room was too simple. There was only one room in the house, no inner room, no separate bedroom, and no second floor. At this time, Jigax was sitting at the stone table, drinking something.
When everyone was seated, Gigax spoke, and his tone was neither frivolous nor low, but only sounded flat: "Kudran, the reaction is not bad, at least better than the last time I kicked him off without any defense; Ex, Kudran has just been knocked away by me, and you respond in the same way, and I have no choice but to let you fly farther; Nuen, where are your weapons? If you don't want your two hands anymore, just let me know next time; Gothrum, do you think you can stone me by throwing your weapon like a stone? ”
Although Gigax has been criticizing, Oss found that the three brothers, Kudran and Sandmar, were all happy, and it seemed that they were doing well this time.
Nuen removed his musket from behind his back and explained, "Uncle Gigax, I've changed my weapon. You see, this is it, I'll be a musketeer from now on. ”
"Poof! Hahaha! Jigax couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Give up the hammer and axe, you use this?" Muskets? When you can kill the beast with it, don't forget to come back and tell me. Hahaha! Ha ha! ”
Nuen's face flushed, and he muttered quietly but did not speak again.
Tallon Aix on the side was already holding his stomach and laughing like crazy, of course, he was not laughing at Nuen, but: "Laugh at me, Gothrum, don't tell me Uncle Gigax is true!" You used your 'Stormhammer', right? Hahaha......"
Gothrum jumped off the bench and pounced directly at Talon Ex, shouting, "Anyway, I'm your brother too!" Besides, it's not fake that I saved Oss, look at how I teach you. ”
It's just that the two people who were fighting obviously forgot whose house it was, and saw Jigax with one in each hand, and he grabbed the two of them, then walked to the window and handed them out. You know, if you have a wooden house built against the cliff, you will naturally have a cliff outside the window.
Gothrum and Talon Ax were honest in an instant, and they didn't intercede, just kept quiet. Jigax carried them back into the house and threw them on the floor, saying, "Very well, I haven't forgotten my teachings." Men, you have to know when to be quiet. ”
After teaching the two of them, Jigax pointed to Gosrum and asked Kios, "He saved you?" ”
Oss nodded and replied, "Yes, there was a small accident on the way. A snow leopard attacked me, and Gothrum threw a one-handed hammer to force the leopard back before I could escape from under the leopard's mouth. ”
However, Gigax didn't mean to praise him, he glanced at all the dwarves and spat out two words: "Rubbish!" ”
The three brothers, Kudran and Sandmar, did not refute, but instead lowered their voices, looking very lost.
Oss couldn't bear it anymore, he stood up and retorted: "You can't say that about them, it's because I'm too weak to provoke an attack, and I'm too weak to protect myself." My brothers are definitely not what you say! Whether it's now, or in the future, it's not! ”
Kudran hurriedly pulled Laos's clothes and persuaded Oss: "Os, don't be like this, don't get excited, Uncle Gigax is right, if it weren't for our carelessness, you wouldn't have been attacked, let alone injured, it's all our ......"
Oss directly interrupted Kudran's words: "Don't admit it! You are definitely not! ”
Gigax looked at Oss scrutinically, from head to toe, and asked aloud, "Injury?" ”
Kudran pointed to Oss by the shoulder and explained to Jigax, "The brute has bitten me here. ”
After hearing this, Gigax looked carefully at Os's right shoulder and said, "It's amazing, I still don't see any injuries. ”
Oss ignored Gigax in a rage, without giving any explanation.
Kudran looked at Oss and then at Gigax, and explained: "Oss guesses that it is because of his own soul that can cover his negative state, so he does not feel pain. ”
Gigax looked at Osdi's demeanor again, and asked, "What about the beneficial state?" ”
Oss still didn't want to answer, but Kudran looked at him from the sidelines, and tugged at his clothes, Oss had to answer: "Okay, it doesn't matter, I always feel it." ”
Gigax looked intrigued: "Wonderful. But your guesses are not all right, and the soul itself cannot make choices for your own will. So it's impossible to just mask the bad and not the good, and it doesn't look like you're going to control it. So, it's not so much a veil as a soul purification. ”
"Soul purification?" Hearing Gygax talk about his soul, Oss couldn't help but ask.
"Soul purification refers to the fact that when a person's soul is strong enough to be immune to and remove harmful curses and negative states for his soul. If you can take it a step further and learn to control it, you can even help someone to lift the curse. Similarly, some dispel magic can do it, but it looks like you still won't. Therefore, I guess it is soul purification. Gigax explained Oss in detail, and then uttered his speculation, "Wonderful! Wonderful! You must have had something unusual, and it must have given you something. Excluding dispel magic, the soul of ordinary humans is very fragile, and even some of the more powerful humans can only resist to a certain extent at most, and will not have this ability. Unfortunately, I don't know any control or curse magic, but if you're lucky enough to meet those old guys from the Black Iron Clan, you can give it a try. ”
Oss looked at Gigax in amazement, he was amazed at what Gigax knew about the soul, and even more surprised at what Jigax had speculated about him! Oss was thinking about how he should answer, but he couldn't figure out how to answer, and fell silent for a moment.
As if to see Os's shock and embarrassment, Gigax added: "Wonderful is wonderful, but dwarves only get to the bottom of archaeology and fine wine, and dwarves have no interest in exploring people's privacy. ”
Oss thought for a moment, and he bowed solemnly to Jigak to express his gratitude: "Thank you very much for clearing my doubts. However, I still reserve my opinion, you can't say that about my brothers. ”
Gigax didn't seem to care, he didn't speak again, but looked at Kudran and asked, "What about Gar?" ”
It was only then that Kudran remembered that there was a space backpack for Jigax, and as he searched for it, he replied, "Uncle Gal has been recalled by my father and is looking for him." ”
"Recall? Halfway back? Jigax took the space backpack and flipped it up, continuing to ask.
"yes."
"Who did Cardros send to give the order?" Gigax asked again.
"Uh......" Kudran was momentarily speechless, and he quickly replied, "Uncle Bill, yes, it was Uncle Bill who came to find Uncle Gar back. ”
"Whew!" Jigax chuckled and didn't ask any more, looking down and continuing to rummage through his space backpack.
Kudran breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Jigax intently checking his backpack, and patted his chest gently, glad that he had been clever enough to be in a panic. The three Sandmar brothers also secretly gave Kudran a thumbs up, and the four of them grimaced.
Only Oss on the side knew that the expression of Jigax, that sneer, it was obvious that the young dwarves were too tender.