July 23rd.

A day after the battle, the city of Hollier was under complete martial law.

Soldiers patrolled the streets around the clock, and the movement of the city's inhabitants was severely restricted, and each of them, whether high or low, was subjected to the divine purification of the bishops and priests of the monastery. Anyone who wants to enter or leave the city is subject to strict checks, and there is a limit of 200 people per day at the gates.

And all these measures are to prevent the plague from breaking out again.

In the afternoon, dark clouds and thunderstorms quickly enveloped the city.

When the lightning streaked through the air and the muffled thunder sounded, Roddy in the study of the Duke's Palace put down his quill pen, got up and closed the window, and then looked at the empty street outside and sighed.

Angmar's death, the plague of the undead, and the abduction of the infidels all came too suddenly, and made Roddy deeply aware of the changes in the world pattern.

It is now 589 years, but in Roddy's eyes, whether it is the kingdom of Karen or the kingdom of orcs and undead, all trajectories have completely "deviated" because of his arrival.

When the future is unpredictable, the pressure in Luo Di's heart becomes heavier: his "experience" and "memory" can no longer be any advantage, and when dealing with those tough enemies in the future, can he still rely on this little "belongings" that have just started to withstand the attacks of countless enemies?

On the table were many pieces of paper, not letters, but given to her by Sally after the duke's funeral at noon—parchments about the layout of the territory, the power structure of the kingdom, and all other plans and follow-up arrangements that had never been revealed.

Roddy understood that this was the path that the Duke of Angmar had paved for Sally.

At the age of seventeen, the world that Roddy is familiar with can only be a blank slate, but Sally has become a duke guarding the borders of the kingdom... Holding heavy power, in charge of the life and death of tens of thousands of people.

However, the young duchess was in a bad mood because of her grief, and when she returned at noon, Roddy tried to comfort her, but Sally threw herself into her arms and cried for a long time...

Roddy was very depressed about this: he had never wanted to disappoint Akasha, but the situation at this time was completely out of his control.

The rain was getting heavier and the thunder was heard, and Roddy rubbed his brow, and when he turned his head, he found Akasha standing in the doorway, as if hesitating whether to come in or not.

Seeing this docile little priest, Roddy's originally depressed mood immediately improved a lot, and while he put away the messy desk, he looked at Akasha who walked in slowly and said, "Are you feeling better? If you are still tired, you can sleep a little longer." ”

"It's not a big deal anymore. ”

Akasha replied in a low voice, but the dark circles under her eyes and pale face caused by the "mana overdraft" still did not improve much. Of course, there are some other reasons for this, but she didn't mention it...

"Something you want to say?"

Roddy felt that her face was not quite right, and asked out loud.

"It's not a big deal, it's just—" Akasha looked up, "when are we going home?"

"Home?"

The word made Roddy a little stunned, and the first thing he remembered was still that slightly cramped apartment in another time and space, but then he realized that Akasha was referring to "Elson City" - the only place that could be called "home" now.

"It'll be enough to deal with things here, I don't know how many days it will take, the main thing is to see... Uh, Sally's side. ”

"Hmm. ”

Akasha replied lightly, and then sat down in the armchair next to her with her head bowed, her hands slightly twisted.

Roddy felt that something was not right, frowned and asked, "Is something wrong?"

"It's fine. ”

She shook her head, eyes lowered.

But Roddy apparently didn't believe it, and when a woman says "it's okay," it usually means "something has gone wrong"—he hurried over to Akasha, put his arm around her shoulder, and asked, "Can't you tell me?"

Before he could finish speaking, he noticed a tear running down Akasha's cheek.

Roddy was most afraid of women crying, and he hurriedly asked, "What's going on? What happened?"

Akasha kept her mouth shut, and Roddy was panicked by her tears, and asked questions for a long time before he got the answer-

"Yesterday... Yesterday, I saw you holding her hand, so I..." Akasha's voice was full of grievance and fear, her eyes were too timid to look at Roddy, and her voice was a little crying: "I'm afraid you'll leave me, and then don't want me again..."

"She won't give up on you, she told me..."

"I don't know what you're going to do to me, I'm afraid that when you wake up, you'll be gone..."

Although she has the courage to go toe-to-toe with Sally, the reality makes Akasha understand that everything will not go the way she imagined.

And she doesn't have the strong faith and desire to win as Sally... Really scared of losing it all.

"How is that possible..."

Luo Di stood up and hugged her in his arms very solemnly, "I will never leave you, don't be afraid of this anymore, okay?"

But about Sally, he didn't know how to tell Akasha for a while.

The little priest's tense body relaxed, she reached out and wiped the corners of her eyes, as if she knew what Roddy wanted to say later, and said in a low voice: "You definitely can't let her go, right?"

"I..."

But before he could answer, Akasha hugged him tightly: "I don't want to see you make any painful decisions, so... I have only one request. ”

"A little better for me..."

Few people are "selfless" when it comes to relationships: the idea of having two women at the same time has crossed Roddy's mind, and Sally has never thought of giving Roddy to another person - similarly, even if Akasha was willing to wronged herself and give half of Roddy to the powerful duchess, she also said the small request that Roddy had complied with for the rest of her life.

It's better for her.

What is a "better" point?

At this time, Roddy was still vague about this concept, but what he knew was... In order not to let him make a choice, the little priest took the lead in making the decision.

After saying that, Akasha, who had never slept well, went back to rest. And Roddy, who was standing in the study, looked out the window, feeling complicated.

However, at this time, the "complexity" is no longer "tangled", and the emotional belonging finally has a clear direction... In other words, Roddy finally embarked on a path that is completely opposite to "a lonely life".

However, he didn't feel happy or excited, just felt that he had a lot more to burden all of a sudden.

Struggling to clear his mind, Roddy exhaled deeply and decided to count the gains and losses of this battle.

The [Quest Bar] shows that the second phase of the [Judgment of the Throne of Bones] mission has been completed, and the other two "Plague Flashpoints" in the "Mission Description" have disappeared...

This proved that he had no chance of resolving the crisis at the other two locations.

This fact made Roddy's heart slightly cold, and he deeply felt the insignificance of his own power - he was powerless to stop this kind of conspiracy between countries.

Now all he could do was to give Rosicrucid everything he knew, so that the Pope would have a headache with the plague that had occurred in the royal city of Ignaz and near the Temple.

Flipping through the "Status Bar", the three-step quest in the second stage adds a total of 1,780,000 "XP", and rewards the title of "Undead Slayer", one Advanced Talent Point, and the "Elondegar's Sword" blueprint.

The experience points are enough to be called massive, but this is only the most ordinary reward, and Roddy is curious about the additional rewards, so he flips to the "Title Bar" and starts looking at the attributes.

"Undead Slayer"

Gain the skill "Find Weakness (Undead)"

Gain the skill "Virus Resistance"

Title upgradeable: Kill 17/100 undead.

A title with two skills can also be upgraded, this is definitely called the "best", Luo Di hurriedly opened the "skill bar", and carefully glanced at the effect of these skills-

"Finding Weaknesses (Undead)"

Passive skills

Effect: Your Physical Damage increases the chance of dealing a critical blow to the Undead by 10%.

"Virus Resistance"

Passive skills

Effect: Immune to viruses carried by all undead.

Luo Di once had the skill of "finding weaknesses", but the target was "orcs" and "beasts", and it was the first time he had obtained it for "undead", which should be said to be a relatively strong skill.

To put it bluntly, "virus resistance" means that you don't have to worry about fighting the undead, and you don't have to worry about being infected with those corrosive poisons, corpse poisons, chronic toxins, slowing poisons and other effects.

The effect of this title is very strong, and the effect after upgrading is worth looking forward to, but the use is more limited, and in general it can only be regarded as "good".

Roddy closed the page and opened the "Equipment Bar" - but after searching for a long time, he didn't see where the blueprint for "Elondega's Longsword" was.

He frowned and reopened the taskbar, only to find that there was a click on the "Quest Rewards" section...

Roddy clicked on the option and found that it was written with the address to get the design drawing.

"North Peak Mountains?"

Roddy's eyebrows raised—this kind of place reminded him of a few popular dungeons in the first place, but it stands to reason that he still needs to play a dungeon to get a quest reward?

Then he looked down, and he figured out the way from the road map: it turned out that the mission reward had given a perfect route to avoid all dangers, and he only needed to follow the route it said, and he could easily get the reward, and then return the same way.

What kind of rewards are still hidden in such places?

Luo Di hesitated in his heart, thinking that the epic task reward should be good, he looked for it, and found that the attributes of the long sword could be seen from the reward page, so he opened it curiously and took a look...

Then, he gasped.