Verse 10: Everyone has to pay for their choices
Carmo, the newcomer apprentice instructor of the Harvest Goddess Church.
I've had a little trouble lately because the apprentice who just came in a month ago, has a report about him, and has recently been piling up all over the desk.
Marin Gayat.
Not because he was naughty, because he was a good student, sensible, obedient, studious, the kind of student that all instructors liked, and most importantly, he had enough talent.
That's the problem, he's so good.
It's really good, in the first week, he completed the tasks assigned to him every day, without any laziness, and when his peers were trying their best to be lazy, he completed every swing with high quality, and the half-breed brought him in addition to talent and strength, it seems that there are 'stubbornness' and 'don't know how to be flexible'.
In the second week, when he began to practice Sidney's military swordsmanship, an aura of genius appeared in his head - on the third day of his swordsmanship, he had already swept away his apprentices his age, except for the difference in strength, this kid had a talent far beyond his peers in changing moves, and even many seniors did not have the abilities he showed.
In the third week, when the child faced the second-year apprentice for the first time and swung his opponent's weapon in the first training battle, His Excellency the Grand Instructor bluntly commended the child with the description of 'natural warrior'.
At the same time, his growing strength also made Calmo and his colleagues discover the fact that the half-breed had been under the control of hunger until he was picked up by Lord Gaiat, so much so that when the food was enough, the child's strength began to increase rapidly, and the strength of the previous 5 soon became 6 in the fourth week, which is already the data that only an adult wild elf can have.
According to the surgical examination, this child is only eleven years old.
Whether it is with the human blood on his body or the blood of the frost giant, this is a standard child, and the mysterious bloodline that can suppress the blood of the frost giant on his body...... It is definitely not that kind of inferior existence, and from the perspective of human cognition, the most obvious point of the higher bloodline is the long life and growth cycle.
In other words, this kid has enough talent to crush his peers of an era.
Although the major churches have been saying that every child is born into this world with the talent expected by the gods, everyone knows that it is a talent to become a transcendent being, and the king of the big stomach is also a talent, in other words, people and people have not stood on the same starting line since they were born.
Hard work and diligence can change a person's fate, but they can't change this gap.
Therefore, when a child has such a high level of talent, Carmo is not only happy that the child belongs to his own church, but also trembles...... The kind of persistence and greed that this child shows in his quest for power.
Thirty-five years of his life as a halfling, Kalmo has seen the madness of gifted children lured to their doom by Chaos, and has witnessed their willingness to pay any price for so-called eternal life.
Friendship is like dung in their eyes, lovers are like dust in their eyes, and the innocence of the city is nothing more than a sacrifice when they rise to a high position.
At that time, Carmo was just a cub whose parents had died in battle, and he, along with everyone, became the material for that genius to prepare for sacrifice.
If it weren't for the brave Sidney and the Techno Hunter team passing through that town, the entire land would have sunk.
So, in the fifth week, Carmo and the two teachers had to remind the elder Hoffman.
It's time to give this kid a personality test.
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"Personality test?" Marlin was a little curious.
It's really interesting, it's just a different world in the steam age, but there is such a thing as a personality test.
After going through this time, Marin also knows some stories about this world, and also knows that personality tests often determine a child's future path.
In the era of chaos, only those whose hearts are as steel as steel are qualified to live.
Those fools who are tempted by chaos have only one way to die, because even if they become the so-called great demons and princes, they are just poor worms whose minds have been distorted.
The test is simple, a few pages with one question after another, like a multiple-choice question, except that it doesn't have a standard answer.
Question 1: A spirit and a xenomorph appear in front of you at the same time, and you have a musket in your hand that can confirm that you can kill them, who will you shoot at.
Only children make choices, and Marlin simply chooses A and B, and shoots each of the spirits and xenomorphs.
The second question, the same spirit and a different species, who would you shoot at if the spirit is known to be a spirit that does not eat people.
Do you still need to choose?,Of course, choose B to shoot at the xenomorphs.。
Question 3, the same spirit and a xenomorph, who would you shoot at if the xenomorph is known to be a xenomorph that does not eat people.
Marlin pondered for three minutes on this question, chose D, Other, and wrote down the underline of D why—given that the mission of the xenomorph was to destroy everything, he would choose to shoot the bastard who asked the question.
The guy who came out of the question is definitely controlled, so let's kill this guy first.
Fourth, you see an xenomorph grab an innocent person, put him in front of him and block your gun, what would you do?
Without thinking at all, Marin chose A - to shoot at the first time.
The person who is captured by the xenos is basically dead, and many xenos can even control the targets they capture, so it is unforgivable for Marin to put himself and the innocent he protects in danger because of his life.
Question 5, the battle is over, you are hungry, but there is no food on the battlefield, you have no choice but the corpses of your comrades and spirits, whose flesh will you eat after confirming that neither is poisonous.
Is this optional? As a Chinese who has read Manjianghong and written Huai, it is impossible for Ma Lin to touch the remains of his comrades even if he eats live spirits.
Question 6: If you could live forever, what would you pay for it?
Three choices, your own life, your own everything, all, and one optional fill-in-the-blank.
Marin smiled, how can there be eternal life in this world, and the transcendent will have the day when he faces death, fearing death is not terrible, but terrible is to avoid death and lose humanity.
Choose D, no one lives forever.
The seventh and final question.
If there was a chance to resurrect one of your friends, would you be willing to give everything for it?
Marin was silent for a moment, and finally chose no.
As the sixth question says, no one can live forever.
No one will live in the past...... Can't help yourself.