Chapter 6: Holy Baptism
In the abandoned military fortress, a middle-aged man with a distorted face, holding a bloody long sword in his hand, in front of him was a handsome young man who was half-kneeling and had a deep bloody mouth cut out of his back.
Because of the effect of the Heart of Steel (low), Zhu Peng's reaction speed increased slightly, and it was precisely because of this slight increase that he was able to pounce forward in time, so that Bur's back sword only cut through the flesh and skin of the armor, but did not hurt the muscles or even the vertebrae.
"For all this money, you don't even want your own wife and daughter?" After staring at each other for a moment, Zhu Peng controlled the muscle contraction in his back and said so.
"If I go back, Wei'er will really not be able to hold her head up for the rest of her life, my mother has always been proud of a son who is a militia captain, take this money and never come back, for me, for Wei'er and my mother, it is the best choice. With these words, Burr's hand holding the sword gradually became less shaky, and his face became calmer.
If there is a holy warrior of the Light God Department at this time to determine his camp, he will find that this man has directly shifted from the original orderly and good to the orderly evil, the smaller the person, the more undetermined the person, the easier the camp shift.
Therefore, in a sense, it is not necessary to determine the camp of the Shengdou people. The more powerful the person, the more stable the position of their camp.
“...... I have to admit that there is some truth in what you said, Captain Burr, but you seem to have forgotten to count one thing. When he said this, Zhu Peng paused slightly, he stood up with the kobold warlock's elbow wooden staff in both hands, and said softly:
"Haven't you ever thought about what I'll do if you can't win?"
"Hehe, you're a ranger who doesn't have a bow or arrow, and you don't even have a sharp weapon on you. Lao Tzu was retired from the regular army of Frost Leaf City. With a roar, Burr lunged at his opponent with both swords and shields.
At this moment, he felt that what had happened today was not too bad, although many people had died, but taking such a large sum of money was enough for him to find a new village, lose his role as a sheriff, and maybe marry a little girl again.
(If you're an adventurer retired, you won't even know the traps in the kobold's lair.) If you're an adventurer and retire, I'm going to have a headache. )
About five minutes later, a completely unbelievable Burr was knocked to the ground for the twentieth time with a bruised nose and swollen face.
Zhu Peng played with a stick with both hands and smashed the end of the elbow wooden staff to the ground, and he didn't even touch the muscles on his back during the whole process, and his movements were like flowing water.
"How...... How could this be?" Burr, who had been beaten into a pig's head with a big stick, couldn't believe what had happened to him until this moment.
"You, you lied to me, you lied to me from the beginning, you are actually a warrior monk?"
"I'm really a ranger, don't you know? The military combat skills of the regular army have a whole set of routines, fighting in large armies, or killing monsters is no problem, but if it is used to fight with adventurers, the recruitment is too clear and obvious, and you can't even use false moves, as soon as I raise my arm, I know what you want to do, so how do you fight?"
It's just that there are only a few strong people in the entire Faren Continent who can cultivate military combat skills to an extremely high level, and it is difficult for Zhu Peng's Boer in front of him to reach the threshold after practicing for two lifetimes.
"You know why you can't do it, right? ”
"Wait...... Wait, Sodo, let me go, I don't want any money, I'll go back and take charge, let me go. Zhu Peng walked over with a wooden staff, poked it down, and then slammed the head of Burr with the head of the cane, one, two, three, four, five blows, the blood gradually flowed and spread, and at the same time the life of the militia captain was lost.
"Because of the big cake that your mother baked for me, because of your daughter's brother, I have always given you a chance. The matter has come to this, don't complain. Holding the staff in both hands, he sank his waist and tied the horse, one cane after another, until Burr lay there motionless, his skull was deformed and even his brain flowed out, Zhu Peng said something like this, but the other party couldn't hear it, so it was none of his business.
At the same time, a small village shrouded in night, a large wooden house.
"Ah......" A girl with long dark red hair woke up from the bed with a scream, and Rosa, who was sleeping soundly on the side, was also woken up by her, and the elf little Lori rubbed her eyes with both hands, and asked in a daze, "Wei'er, what's wrong?"
"I, I had a terrible nightmare. The sweaty girl whispered palely, and then she was hugged by Rosa from behind.
"I know, you're worried about your uncle, right? No problem, with my brother following to protect him, and to clean up a few kobolds, even you can beat him. "Rosa has been wandering with Sodo for several years, and her experience is countless better than that of Vere, who has never left her relatives, because of her soft comfort, the red-haired girl's face gradually becomes more beautiful.
Vile gasped for a moment, then hugged Rosa and lay back on the bed, although she had just had a terrible nightmare, she didn't want to worry her grandmother, and she didn't want to disturb the rest of the friends she had just made.
(I believe in Dad, who is the strongest man in the village.) With this thought in mind, the little girl fell into a sweet dream again.
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Activate the ring enchanted by magic, and put the corpses and belongings of the kobold and militia into different categories, of course, it is selected, otherwise the internal space of the fifty corpses plus the property storage ring is a little insufficient, after doing all this, Zhu Peng left the kobold lair that had been cleared, and the whole person quickly melted into the darkness and night.
First sneaked back into the human village, taking advantage of the night and darkness Zhu Peng picked up Rosa, because the god is mysterious, of course Rosa will be curious and questionable, Zhu Peng originally just wanted to cover up the past, saying that he came back first, but after a little thought, he finally decided to tell the truth.
It's easy to tell a lie, but in order to maintain the first lie, people often have to weave the second, third, or even countless lies, and finally the chain collapses, and the deceived person's trust in you is completely lost, Zhu Peng does not intend to weave countless lies to deceive Rosa, even if it is not difficult for him.
Zhu Peng told his sister all the causes and consequences of the incident, and Rosa stood up and walked back and forth after hearing the ending, which also looked very sad.
"Wei'er will be sad, brother, what are you going to do next?"
"Leave some money for Vile and her grandmother, and the others will not care, it is not Bur's responsibility, and after leaving here, everything in this village will be none of our business, it is just a small beginning of our journey. Zhu Peng took out some gold ore from the storage ring and put it on the wooden table of the house, and then he took Rosa out of the newly established village.
With the loss of the militia captain and the loss of twenty young men who dared to fight, the villagers of this village may have to leave their newly cultivated land, and become bankrupt because of the loss of all the money they had invested in the early days.
Of course, even if it is miserable to return to the big city and become bankrupt, at least the fate is still your own, and in Zhu Peng's view, these people have already decided that their fate will not be very good when they elect a wrong leader. Now, there is at least a better possibility for people to live.
Two days and nights later, Zhu Peng and Rosa returned to the temporary place of the Hadru Mission again, this time because the congregation already knew the two of them, so of course they did not encounter any obstacles, and once again came to the altar of the Crimson Tree, Zhu Peng asked Rosa to go back to the boy to play for a while, while he himself took off the bronze ring on his finger after saluting the chief priest, and presented it to the old priest in black robes.
"You've been back in less than eight days, and it seems that Sodo has made a lot of money. The old priest stood up and spoke quietly.
"The splendor of my lord's slaughter makes me invincible. ”
The black-robed old priest nodded after hearing this, he reached out to take the bronze ring that Zhu Peng offered with both hands, and walked around the holy tree, with every flicker of the copper ring, a corpse appeared out of thin air and fell under the holy tree, and what fell out at first was the corpse of a kobold, and the chief priest's expression was faintly displeased.
If these are all kobold corpses, then this newcomer is undoubtedly fooling things with impure faith, but when a human corpse falls out, his face gradually softens a lot, but these humans all have their own beliefs, and after dying for so long, their souls are long gone, and the effect as an offering can only be said to be good, but it is not very good.
Although Burr is the captain of the militia and his physique is stronger than ordinary people, he is not a high-level professional after all, and there is no essential difference between him and other human corpses in the eyes of the chief priest, but after all, the number and quality of this batch of sacrifices are still good, and the entire storage ring has almost been filled, and such a short time shows that this young man is indeed outstanding.
When the black-robed old priest had just made a relatively high comment for Zhu Peng in his heart, the last one in the bronze ring, that is, Zhu Peng's first body that was put away, fell out, it was an old but tall kobold body, when this corpse fell to the ground, several branches of the crimson sacred tree seemed to be activated, obviously stretched out close to it, and the old priest saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to lift the corpse, so that the vine branches of the sacred tree could be hung up more easily.
“...... Kobold Warlock, Soul Without Faith?" "Kobold Warlock actually has faith, but it believes in its own red dragon ancestors, although the red dragon is strong, but after all, it is not a god, such flesh and blood, such a soul, for this crimson sacred tree altar with the corpse of a beast as the main body of blood food, it is already a super high standard of treatment.
"Well done, you're better than I thought. After re-completing the prayer with the corpse surrounding the sacred tree as an offering, the black-robed priest got up and came to Zhu Peng, his dark red eyes full of relief and appreciation.
"Tell me, what kind of reward do you want?"
"Being faithful to my god is already the greatest reward for Sodo. Zhu Peng saluted, retreating as an advance, for the Chinese people, this kind of heart-eye speech is too rough.
"My god has never been stingy with wonderful children, and the stronger you are, the more loyal you will be to Your Majesty. As he spoke, the old priest drew a thin booklet from his black robe and slapped it into the arms of the half-elf boy in front of him.
There was a prompt sound from the system for the completion of the task in his ears, and Zhu Peng bowed his head, so that the smile on the corner of his mouth did not appear too clear.
"But now that you've completed the trial, let's have a holy baptism. It was also interesting to be able to hold a ceremony for a brilliant young man. As he spoke, the priest flicked his fingers, and a female guard not far away left with a faint look of excitement.
If Charlotte, who is arrogant and self-conscious, is here, she will definitely draw her sword and be tough, and she won't even want follow-up rewards.
However, at this moment, it was Zhu Peng who was standing here, he rolled his eyes, touched his nose, and still did not refuse after all.
Stone caves, the smell of white smoke and sulfur lingers, and the gurgling hot springs flow.
Elves, half-elves, plump women, and beautiful girls were either shy and timid, or impatient to undress and enter the hot spring, because of Zhu Peng's outstanding performance, the dark elf priest also arranged to catch ten virgins from those girls who had not yet become a cult, and undressed and pushed into the hot spring, which was already a good thing for them.
At least, the object of the baptism this time was a gentle and handsome wood elf boy.
Zhu Peng had a thin towel on his forehead, and the silver pot on the side was filled with warm red wine mixed with rejuvenating agents.
(Charlotte, Shirley, Schneli, Kidman...... Forgive me, I need it for work, and I am forced to act on the scene and follow the customs. As a soft, delicate beauty squeezed in, and moved more and more daringly, and behaved more and more passionately, the young wood elf slammed the plump of the girl on the stone like a beast.
"In the light of my gods, enjoy wine and joy, and here we are immortal!" watched the bravery of the brilliant young man through the dark hole, and the Dark Elf Priest drank the wine and whispered the teachings of Dinard.
"It's wonderful to be young. ”
A night of madness, all kinds of romance to enjoy.
But things don't seem to be completely without sequelae, when Zhu Peng left again with Rosa, the little girl seemed to know something vaguely, the blonde short-haired elf Lori pouted her cherry lips and pouted, with a cold face all the way, and it took half a month before she gradually returned to normal.
Two months later, through the map searched from Burr, Zhu Peng and Rosa came to Frost Leaf City, no matter the equipment, combat skills, equipment, information, the advantages of the city are incomparable to the poor rural environment of the township. And Zhu Peng is not the kind of person who can nest in a small place for too long.