"You're crazy!" When she saw Sigma walking towards the place where the deceased's body was placed, Ji Li was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood Sigma's purpose, she pressed Sigma's arm, and the scorching holy power suppressed the imminent death power, her eyes widened, and she shouted in disbelief, "What are you going to do?" ”

Sigma whispered without looking back, "Do what a necromancer should do." ”

"They are all brave people who gave their lives to protect the villagers and their families, are you going to turn them into zombies?" Ji Li stretched out her hand and pointed to a little girl of six or seven years old, who was covered with mud and dirty little girl who was lying on a corpse and crying bitterly, "This child's father, who was hit in the head by a gravel, and swam a few hundred meters away to send his daughter ashore before dying, do you want this father who has just lost his child to watch her father die without sleeping and become a stiff walking corpse?" ”

Sigma nodded and said, "That's right, I'm going to let her dad save more people." ”

"You can't do that!" Kiri grabbed Sigma in front of him and stopped him, "They are brave men who fought to the death for goodness and justice, their lives and missions have come to an end, and their bodies deserve eternal tranquility instead of being desecrated!" ”

"Let go of me, don't waste each other's time, those people died to protect the things they cherish, and if their heroic souls wandering in the underworld learn that their bodies can still fight for the original reason after death, they will definitely be honored!" After struggling a few times, I found that Jili's hand was unexpectedly strong. The necromancer frowned and said coldly, "The deceased is quiet, and it is still struggling in the flood. What about the living people waiting to be rescued? ”

"That's the mission of those who are still alive! We have taken over the mission entrusted to us from the deceased and worked together with their share! Life is the highest ultimate price, and those who give their lives for others are the most respectable heroes, and their bodies must not be desecrated! Gilly looked into Sigma's eyes without flinching, "Because we're human!" Not a beast that feeds on its dead companions! You must not be unscrupulous and have no bottom line! ”

"But we alone can't save everyone! The dead are dead, and there are many more alive who pray for their lives to continue! Sigma said angrily, "Which is more important, the living or the dead!" ”

"Equally important! The body of the deceased carries the memories and sorrows of the living. And the living are the continuation of the life of the deceased! "Look at the people who survive because of the sacrifice of their families, they can look at their loved ones and the pride of their lives calmly. Become a low-pitched monster under the Spirit Gathering Circle to save the others? ”

"Of course they don't want to see it, but more lives need to be saved, so I'm going to ignore them. Make your choice. Sigma smiled desolately. Otherwise, what do you think a necromancer is? The beautiful legend of the Immortals? In the story, he is obviously a dark hero from the evil camp, but he is a hundred times more free and bold than the hypocritical priests? Wrong, a necromancer is a necromancer, desecrating life, playing with corpses, disturbing the sleep of the deceased, and being in the company of the walking dead...... That's right! ”

The dark blue flame in Sigma's eyes slowly blaze, and the rising power of death gradually suppressed Jili's holy radiance: "The wish of the departed." It is the hope that the living can live and be happy, and no one knows this qiē better than the necromancer! Because we embrace the darkness. Companion with death and listen to the whispers of the dead, so I understand the preciousness of life even more! ”

His voice was low and calm, and he said slowly: "Therefore, we who walk with the deceased will turn the wishes and blessings of the deceased into endless undead power, even if they will be hated by the living, even if they will be spurned by the world, we must let these pieces of flesh full of memories and souls exert all their energy, use the bones and flesh of the deceased to build a bridge between life and death, and regain those lives that can still continue from the hands of death...... In order to protect the hope and future of the human race, the necromancer can use a means that can be used, the corpse of the enemy, the corpse of the comrade-in-arms, and even the corpse of the loved one, this is the responsibility, strength and mission of the necromancer. ”

That's what the first class at Atlas Necromancy Academy is all about.

"It turns out that this is the reason why the clergy and the necromancer have been fighting for thousands of years......" Ji Li smiled bitterly, slowly raised her head, the girl's expression was by no means helpless and compromised, but still unwavering firmness, "But, I don't agree!" I'm a paladin, not a necromancer! I don't agree with the practice! Can't accept your behavior! ”

Sigma said coldly, "Even if your pedantry and stubbornness will lead more people who shouldn't be dead to die!?" ”

"This is not pedantic and stubborn! This is the bottom line that you should abide by as a human being! Turning the dead into zombies can indeed save more people, but who cares about the feelings of those who have lost their loved ones and watched their dead relatives become the walking dead? "Let the living do everything in their power to save them, give rest and peace to the dead, the priests must guard all that is worth protecting, those who die for the sake of goodness and justice that we believe in, and their bodies will not be allowed to be desecrated!" This is the faith of the priesthood! ”

"Even if there are a lot of people who shouldn't die because of it?" The necromancer said indifferently, "Even if the faith of your priests can't protect the people we can protect, you're going to stop us?" ”

"All I can say is regret...... We have done our best, besides, resurrecting the corpses of heroic martyrs into walking corpses is not an allowed practice, order is order, rules are rules, and it is not allowed to be broken. The paladin stared at Sigma's calm face and said softly, "And Sigma, you, have never used human corpses as materials for casting spells before, and this time you have made up your mind to make such an enlightenment......

She blinked and smiled faintly, "Then I should stop you even more." His Holiness the Pope once told me about the meaning of order. As well as the consequences of disrupting order, you abide by the bottom line and never desecrate the corpses of your kind. Maybe at this time, you have a thousand reasons and feelings, thinking that this qiē is worth making an exception, but no, with the first time, there will be a second time, because once the order is broken, it will not be possible to restore the original appearance......"

"Then let it go. I've been willful for a long time, and sooner or later I'll have to accept the fate and responsibility of a necromancer. Sigma looked around at Yiqiē and smiled softly. At least for this moment, I'm willing to fight alongside them as a necromancer......"

"Even at the end of a qiē, you are greeted not with a grateful smile and a blessed wine. Is it an angry gaze and a fearful avoidance? Jili whispered. Even the people you saved will hate you for the rest of your life? ”

"Well, that's the fate of the necromancer." Sigma smiled, "I've been aware of this. ”

"But I didn't...... Sigma became a necromancer like the weirdos of Atlas, Sigma lost his smile, Sigma became lifeless, Sigma stopped playing pranks, Sigma stopped arguing with me. Sigma no longer listens quietly to my secrets, and Sigma no longer secretly stares at me with lustful eyes. Sigma gradually disregarded life, and Sigma buried his love for life and the world under the reason to see through life and death...... Sure enough, such a Sigma can't imagine, I don't have this kind of consciousness yet, and without Sigma I will eventually become such an awareness! Kirie pressed Sigma on the shoulder and shouted, "No kidding! I have the impression that Sigma is the very kind, the love of the world, the compassion of the weak, and the respect for life! He's the kind of guy who doesn't mumble 'what does this have to do with me' when confronted with something that goes against his convictions, but is brave enough to stand up and fight for strangers, not the kind of supposedly rational and wise bastard who is actually selfish and hypocritical! What's so bad about sticking to the bottom line? Necromancers must be tasked with turning the corpses of their companions into explosives and summoning materials, and who dictates it! Didn't the Father say that? Why force yourself to accept this responsibility? In that case, why not learn those powerful necromancy spells in the first place? Even if you have persevered for so long, you can still work hard to achieve what you are today in two or three years, breaking the record of Atlas's fastest promotion in a thousand years - don't you want to prove to Sargeras that even if you stick to your bottom line, you will become a legendary powerhouse that surpasses the previous Necromantic Sovereigns, and become someone they will never become? ”

Sigma lost his mind for a moment, then shook his head: "If you can only choose one between dream and reality, I choose the latter." If this qiē is at the cost of my death, I would rather give up this dream......"

"But I don't want to! I hope Sigma will always be happy like this! Whether it's five years, ten years, or a hundred years, now or in the future! Whether you're a small mid-level mage or a legend at the top of the world! ”

The necromancer shook his head: "Then do you have a way to protect these people?" ”

"No, no, our ability is limited, it's fate, I can only say it's a pity......" Ji Li said quietly, "but...... I can stop you. Sigmar, not only necromancers, has the courage to carry a qiē, but paladins also have it. ”

Letting go of Sigma's hand, the paladin took two steps back, between the morgue and Sigma, and pressed the hilt of his sword with his right hand: "The paladin will take on the lives of those who could have been saved by you, but who died after all, and perhaps your reproach and even hatred." Sigma, I will stop you, and now I declare an ultimatum to you, you have two choices, one, is to go with me to save people, use your mana for ice and earth magic, and do our best to save the lives that can be saved, and two, stick to your idea of turning these dead people into walking dead......"

The paladin slowly drew his sword: "If you insist on the second method, then I will have to defeat you, as long as your death power is exhausted, you will have nothing to do - I'm sorry, the idea of stopping you is no longer simple, it has been mixed into my selfishness, I don't want Sigma to break through the bottom line, and slowly become a ncromancer with no taboos, even if the probability is small, I don't want to see it, even if I will be blamed or upset by you, I will stop you!" ”

"You idiot!" Sigma laughed angrily, "At a time like this. Are you going to engage in infighting? ”

"The choice is yours, Sigma!" Ji Li's expression was extremely solemn, and she no longer returned to her usual relaxed and casual posture. The momentum was condensed, like an insurmountable mountain in front of Sigma, at this time she was like the legendary knight goddess who was as immobile as a mountain, and the paladin shouted, "Whether to devote all your strength to saving people with me, or to lose your strength needlessly in this kind of infighting, it's up to you to decide!" ”

Sigma didn't say a word. The right hand was trembling slightly.

Heavy rain, crying people, struggling people. The people who are watching, the people who are saving people, all of them are focused on one thing, and no one knows what is happening here. No one knows. On the edge of the Empire, in a small hill in the southern part of the Saber Province, two young men are facing a difficult choice, a paladin who fights in the light, a necromancer who ploughs in the darkness, and perhaps the most gifted man and woman of the Holy See and the Dead Realm, will be witnessed by this violent celestial phenomenon for the sake of their own beliefs. Repeating a fateful duel that has lasted for thousands of years.

The heavy rain wet his hair and ran down his cheeks. Even blurred her eyes, but the paladin's eyes still did not blink, the hand holding the long sword did not tremble for half a minute, no one knew what a painful and struggling heart she had under her tall and heroic posture, looking at the other party's wooden face, and calm eyes like water, Ji Li's heart was inexplicably tingling.

No matter what the outcome of this matter is, no matter what choice he makes, his relationship with Sigma will never go back to the way it used to be......

An invisible chasm slowly appeared between the two.

No matter what Sigma does, this matter will always be a heart disease and estrangement buried in the hearts of the two.

Maybe there is no chance of erasing it in a lifetime.

Jili even hated herself a little, why did she bring Sigma and Athena to such a place, but she was still a little lucky, because unfortunate things happen every day in this cruel world, even if Sigma does not come to Morning Light Town, he will encounter similar things on the next journey, and with his nosy nature, he will eventually encounter this cruel choice.

So, it's great to be by Sigma's side at a time like this, to carry these burdens for him, and to avoid making him make decisions that go against his heart.

She seemed to understand a little bit why the masters of the Necromantic Academy had an almost indulgent indulgence towards Sigma, not only because of his rare necromantic talent, but because the masters saw the shadow of their past from Sigma, because they had some regrets in their lives, so they had some attachments in their hearts, so they put this little expectation on Sigma, wanting to see if this different guy could take a different path and become the person they could never become.

Because this guy with a hippie smile all day long does have a different temperament, optimistic, hopeful, kind, stubborn and a little naïve, this trait appears in a deviant necromancer, for some reason, it is so harmonious, so that people's hearts are full of expectations.

Expecting that he will be a different person, expecting him to be able to stick to his own path, and looking forward to his infinite future.

- Yes, because I have regrets in my heart, because I was forced to give up some things to insist on, I want to look at this guy, I hope to see this guy who has both talent and resilience, and at the same time can maintain his dreams and kindness, and keep his truest self in this real and cruel world, I, Athena, Ford, Eisen, and even the people of Necromantic Academy, are all attracted to this, and I hope that he can go on like this......

In the future journey, Sigma will still attract more and more people, with his kindness and optimism to become friends with all those he attracts, helping others at the same time, also being helped by others, so even if I will eventually drift away from him because of this incident, I can see that he has been living so happily with the help of his new companions......

Thinking of this, the sorrow in her heart also lightened, and Ji Li slowly gathered her mind and waited for the final verdict.

Sigma said lightly: "I ......"

"Wait a minute!" A thought flashed through Jili's mind and blurted out, "Before I do that, can I ask you a question?" ”

Sigma nodded, "Say." ”

The paladin whispered, "If I die one day, will you also follow the fate and responsibility of a necromancer and turn my corpse into a life-saving force?" ”

There was a moment of fluctuation in the necromancer's eyes, and then he calmed down: "That's right, if you die before me, then be prepared for the corpse to be fidded with by me, and you will definitely be refined into the highest level of undead creatures for a lifetime." ”

"Is that so...... Gilly laughed, "I see...... Sue sù me, your answer. ”

Sigma gave Jili a deep look, and her voice was calm: "I choose ......"

A sword roared like an insect flapping its wings.

The magical power triggered the roar of the earth, and was pulled by the strange energy, and the thick earth pillars broke through the torrent and continued to rise, lifting up the people who struggled to fall into the water, and the people who were in great distress and frightened were spitting water, while holding on to the earth pillars that suddenly appeared, and the cheers of the mercenaries of the war group then sounded.

The earthy yellow Dou Qi glow wrapped the majestic figure falling from the sky, the old butler Dou Qi catalyzed, and the gold-level elemental Moon Dou Qi mobilized an endless stream of earth element power, raised small earth bags, and accurately rescued the people who fell into the water one by one.

Then, the sound of horses' hooves rumbled from behind, and twenty or thirty mercenaries rode one by one and two horses, galloping forward, and the first person was Roderick, the president of the Mercenary Guild, whose eyes were full of anxiety, and shouted loudly: "Oliver! Oliver, where are you! ”

The new forces immediately rushed to the rescue, the mercenaries with full strength jumped into the water, slowly dragged the exhausted comrades and villagers away, the reinforcements fell from the sky, the people's despair was swept away, cheers and tears of joy continued to sound, this group of ordinary people who fought more than once, finally withstood the raging flood with the tenacity of never giving up, and waited for the arrival of reinforcements.

And here, where no one knows, not long ago, the paladins who fought under the light, the necromancers who worked in the darkness, the most talented men and women of the Holy See and the Death Realm, were preparing to repeat the fateful duel that had lasted for thousands of years under the witness of this violent celestial phenomenon, for the belief that they had adhered to.

The paladin and the necromancer looked at each other.

At this moment, their hearts fluctuated, and no one could know how many barrages were swiped in the hearts of necromancers and paladins at this moment, and if I had to sum it up, a thousand words could usually be gathered into one sentence.

You're teasing me.

tease me.

Mom is teasing me.

Teasing me.

Tease me.

I.

For a long time, Sigma let out a long breath.

Not to feel like Atlas any longer.

Again...... Did you escape?

But, what about next time?

He slowly walked uphill and looked at the people who were finally saved, this time, without breaking through the bottom line, against his heart, without having to make such a choice, he ushered in a good ending, but what about the next time? He will eventually face such a choice again, it is the fate of the necromancer, he will eventually encounter a similar situation, and he must use the bones of the deceased to open the way for the living to survive.

"The old butler will come because he is worried about Ford, and Ford will come because you have changed her. The old butler came so quickly because you helped his grandson, and he was grateful to you, so he gave it his all. Ji Li came to his side and said softly, "So, it is you who treat others with kindness and warmth that reap the full fruit, and this time the luck is not a coincidence, but it is predestined, Sigma, it is you who helped yourself." ”

"Is that so?"

"Well, it must be so."

"That's great......"

"Well, that's great......"

The two looked side by side at the scene of a qiē in the rain, like a fairy tale, kind people have a good ending, brave people get life, reinforcements come in time, this qiē is also the result of their hard work, looking at the life saved by their own hands and the scene of crying with relatives, no matter how hard-hearted people are, they will also feel a faint warmth and satisfaction.

The boy's and girl's hands, at some point, were held together. (To be continued......)