Chapter 51: The Funeral (3)
"We mourn with great solemnity to the great national hero, the samurai chief Kuaza, first of all, everyone stands and stands in silence for three minutes. Old Hama solemnly announced.
Then he took the lead in lowering his head and making a silent gesture, although the toad man below didn't understand what silence was, and he didn't understand how long three minutes was, but he still had the IQ to learn the same.
The Legba followers he developed were the first to bow their heads in imitation of Old Hama, followed by the relatives and friends of these believers, who followed the example of the believers and bowed their heads in silence.
Of course, not all toad people are in silence, in fact, most of them are standing in place, some are surprised by this, looking around, and some have already begun to talk to acquaintances.
Fortunately, the toads deliberately kept the volume down, and the conversation was not too loud, but kept at a comfortable level – neither too quiet nor too noisy.
The three minutes passed quickly, and as soon as the time was up, the old Hama raised his head and said, "The silence is over, and the second item of the conference is carried out, and the witch doctor Hama is invited to give a speech." ”
Then, old Hama stepped forward and cleared his throat, "Ahem, dear villagers and compatriots, we are gathered here today to remember our hero, Captain Kuaza. ”
He paused, then continued, "As the witch doctor of the tribe, I am very saddened by this. Kuazza and I have been best friends since we were kids, we grew up together, trained together, and fell in love with a toad girl...... The old samurai died young, and Kuaza was like my own son......"
Anyway, there is no one in the tribe who is older than Old Hama, and even those who are close in age are rare, so this kind of nonsense without proof is naturally whatever he wants.
“...... But now, I'm going to send off my old friend's son...... This, this...... Sorry, I'm a little excited. Old Hama wiped away her non-existent tears with the back of her hand.
Faust was bored and tapped his fingers on the handle of the chair, these lines and performances were finalized by him, although the old Hama was very talented, but the performance did not deviate from his script, it can only be said that it was decent, so this funeral was very boring for him.
Since he was bored, he hit Reinhardt with his own thoughts, "Reinhardt, I heard that you have often talked to your master alone in the past two days? To be honest, I'm worried about you......"
Reinhardt pulled out a rare smile, "Don't you know? Gunter, he didn't leave us, I could feel his soul! Although he wasn't very conscious, he was still alive! By the way, I have to thank you for helping me retrieve Gaunt's axe, otherwise I wouldn't have known his ......"
Faust understood the problem when he was halfway through him - when some people died, fragments of their souls lodged on their beloved objects, giving them magical powers, the so-called "natural magic weapons". But this soul fragment has no intelligence, cannot communicate, and cannot be resurrected through resurrection.
Now it seems that this is the case with Gaunt, Faust thought to himself, if Reinhardt knew that Gaunt could not be resurrected at all, I wonder what he would think? Faust shook his head and dispelled this thought, Reinhardt could not afford to pay for the resurrection in his life.
However, at the thought of natural magic weapons, Faust's heart moved, and he took out a long dagger from his bosom, and carefully scanned it with his psionic senses, and sure enough, this dagger also had extremely subtle fluctuations in extraordinary power, and like that axe, it was easy to ignore - sure enough, Jebido's soul was also attached to the dagger.
The reason for the weak fluctuations in power may be due to the fact that Gaunt and Jebido have weaker souls or fewer soul fragments left, and considering the harsh conditions for the formation of natural magic weapons, both weapons are most likely influenced by Professor Pacion.
So it's clear where the rest of the soul fragments went, most likely filling Professor Pacion's stomach.
"This is ......" Reinhardt saw Faust's dagger and looked familiar, so he asked suspiciously, "This is Jebido's dagger?"
"Yes, Reinhardt, you reminded me, you mentioned Gaunt's soul, and I wondered, is it true that Jebido would be like that? You see, my guess is correct, Jebido's here. If these fragments were also considered Jebido, Faust silently added in his heart.
"Really...... I really don't know how to thank you......" A look of struggle flashed across Reinhardt's face, but then turned to relief and determination, "Lord Faustus, my sword is with you!"
"Hmm...... Huh?" Faust was about to wave his hand to stop Reinhardt's thanks, but suddenly came back to his senses, "You want to be loyal to me?"
Faust panicked, he was just a landless nobleman, and he never thought that he would have a vassal in his life, "But, but I don't have any land of my own now, what can I canonize you?"
He tried to turn Reinhardt away - not only out of panic, but also because this level of surprise would not interfere with Faust for long, and the reason for his resignation was to let Reinhardt stay by his side.
Reinhardt was a good guy and trustworthy, arguably one of his best options for his men – but it was because he was a good guy that Faust wanted to get rid of him.
Faust himself is a member of the evil camp, and the so-called evil camp does not mean that everything he does is bad, in fact, under normal circumstances, it is more in the long-term interest to do good.
Factions simply describe a tendency, i.e., people in the evil camp are more inclined to achieve their goals through immoral means for the same cost and benefit, without causing additional changes.
No one is a fool, and no one will run away to do bad things without doing good things that make a lot of money.
Because of this, people from the evil camp and people from the good camp are difficult to get along with - and you definitely don't like to get along with someone with a mismatch personality and conflicting values if there is no entanglement of interests.
Faust quickly made a judgment that Reinhardt would have much less to gain than the trouble he had caused, and came to the conclusion that I had to get rid of him.
But Faust's refusal was fruitless. "Your Excellency, I owe you not for the sake of the land and glory, but for your kindness...... and our friendship!" Reinhardt looked serious.
"But if you're going to do something unkind...... Please forgive me for not being able to cooperate. Reinhardt seemed to have something in mind, and finally added that adventurers who can hang out for a few years are not fools, and Reinhardt has long seen that Faust is not the kind of good man who is above board.
Yes, you can come whatever you are afraid of, Faust slapped his face, and finally decided to make a quick decision, "But I am not going to accept an acolyte now...... In this case, you can be regarded as my escort for the time being, escorting me and the professor back to the empire, how about it?"
Faust had already decided to go with them anyway. This is to evade tracking, and secondly, to fulfill the covenant with Professor Pacian, since you can't dodge, let's take advantage of this inevitable journey.
Reinhardt nodded, "At your command." ”
But bad things always come in pairs, and Faust had just breathed a sigh of relief, and before he could take a breath, he heard someone below shout in toad language: "Old Hama, don't be pretty!