Chapter 30: Martyrdom

When Shen Xi woke up, it was already completely dark.

Shen Xi lay in a room in the innermost part of the shelter. Before he could place furniture in the shelter, he was now lying on a pile of soft furs and fabrics.

Panakaya was directing Nguyen An to dispense medicine, and Ruan An, who had carefully recorded the prescriptions and cooking techniques, walked out of the shelter and arranged work for the principality knights he had brought. One group is responsible for guarding, one group is responsible for picking out medicinal herbs, and another group is responsible for moving suitable furniture in as soon as possible.

A little farther away, Knight was unleashing his magic on a small field that seemed to have just been reclaimed, an earthy yellow ball of light hung above the field like a shrunken sun, and tiny medicinal seedlings came out of the soil at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in less than a cup of tea, more than a dozen herbs of different forms grew. In the faint shadow under the herbs, a pair of small white hands stretched out from time to time, plucked a few young leaves and retracted them again.

It's a bit rushed, but it's not messy. Shen Xi lay in the fur piles that were piled up quickly, quietly watching his divine servants and several seniors busy together.

"Shen should have woken up. Panakaya beckoned Knight and the others into the house to rest, and at the same time called back Ruan An, who was about to follow the knights to guard the surrounding area, "Your job is not to stand guard. Let's go in and see how Shen is doing. If he wakes up, report to him on the information you've gathered. ”

Ruan An followed the three of them into the room together.

"Yo, it looks like I'm awake. Panakaya's eyes lit up, she took two quick steps, touched Shen Xi's forehead with her hand, and comforted, "You just woke up from a coma, and you may not be able to speak yet." But Ruan An is also here, so you can communicate with him with the word of God for the time being. ”

Prophecy is a convenient means of rapid communication between God and His servants. As long as the divine servant and the god are in each other's sight, then the divine master can communicate information with his divine servant through inner activities, which is a very convenient and fast skill.

"My lord, it has been confirmed that two of my colleagues have been killed. They are Jin Wuwei, who is firmly guarding the West Hall, and a palace maid who serves in Cining Pavilion. Ruan An knelt on one knee, lowered his head, and reported, "Their bodies have been recovered, but the Temple of Death has not received their souls...... It should have been too damaged after being attacked, and he returned directly to the sea of divine power. ”

All animists, whether they are human beings or divine servants, will leave the body after death, and then be collected by the Temple of Death and then distributed to all walks of life. Only when the soul is completely annihilated will the Temple of Death receive nothing. Generally speaking, even if there is only a wisp of remnant soul left, the Temple of Death will not mind taking that soul away. It can then be used as a raw material for the reinforcement of other souls, or as a basis for being replenished by other more broken souls. However, the Divine Servant is an exception, and if the damage is not severe, the soul of the Divine Servant will be left directly in the Temple of Death to be resurrected. If the damage is too severe, it will be directly returned to the sea of divine power to repair.

Shen Xi was silent for a long time before asking, "What do you think?"

Ruan An understood the inner meaning of Shen Xi's words. Shen Xi was worried that the deaths and injuries caused by this kind of thing would affect the senses of other divine servants. Ruan An replied categorically, "Our body is driven by my lord. It's not enough to be hurt!"

"Polite words are avoided. Shen Xi sighed, "How did they get killed?"

"You can call the monitor to recreate what it was like. Ruan An stood up and walked to Shen Xi's side. With a wave of his hand, he summoned a silver-white orb, carefully adjusted his position, and then said to Shen Xi, "You just need to think about it, and see the situation around those two colleagues at that time, you can trace the situation at that time." ”

Shen Xi frowned, his eyes fixed on the ball of light. It didn't take long for him to see a lush wood. When the wind blows, there is a sound of waves crashing on the shore. It was as if it was by the lake.

"Where did they die in the line of duty?" Shen Xi asked.

"Forty-nine kilometers southwest of Fort Grant. Ruan An heard the sound of the strings and knew what he meant, took out a map from his body, and pointed to a place on it. "Right here. ”

"No lake?" Fort Grant is not coastal to the southwest, but to the northeast. Combined with the sound of water splashing that Shen Xi heard in the backtrack, there should be a large lake nearby.

But there was nothing on the map.

"Based on visible observations, there really isn't anything there. Ruan An also sensed that something was wrong from Shen Xi's question. "I'll arrange a geostationary satellite reconnaissance now." ”

"Eh, do we still have anything else to use?" Shen Xi exclaimed.

"Absolutely. The Temple of the Gods is also a huge organization that spans countless worlds, with a level of civilization ranging from drinking blood to trans-space navigation. Ruan An replied, "Because the current civilization level of Noah's world is generally relatively low, satellites are directly in orbit for reconnaissance. When they get to low-Earth orbit, we're going to have to add covert enchantments to the observation satellites. ”

Shen Xi was really shocked by the sudden change in the painting style, and the content of the satellite from the mouth of the divine servant was really beyond his imagination. However, the shock could be left behind, and now more importantly, the sound he had heard in the white ball of light before, it was definitely the sound of the waves crashing on the shore. And this kind of sound appeared in a place where there was absolutely no possibility of a large body of water, and with the two divine servants who died in the line of duty in that area, the suspicion of this area simply increased exponentially.

Signaling Ruan An to start investigating, Shen Xi continued to watch the scene at that time.

Jin Wuwei was the first servant of God to die in the line of duty. His images clearly show the qualities and actions of a good escort when conducting field investigations. While being on high alert, he recorded the data and information obtained during the investigation in detail. From magical fluctuations and changes in the terrain, to changes in the smell of the air and the peculiarities of the surrounding flora and fauna. Write down everything in every detail. Because Jin Wuwei lacked the ability to analyze the data directly, detailed records became the only means for them to conduct investigations.

Jin Wuwei in the picture obviously heard the sound of the waves. He raised his head in confusion, turned his head, and after judging the general direction of the sound, he did not act rashly, but made another note in his notebook, and then carefully placed the notebook in the armor and put it away. Drawing a short sword from his waist, he held a shield in his left hand, gently brushed away the rattan hanging from the branch, and walked in the direction from which the voice came.

At the moment when the rattan was removed, the figure of a middle-aged man dressed in animal skin suddenly appeared. Shen Xi watched this scene several times in a row, but he couldn't see where the man was before. Before he lifted the rattan, he seemed to melt into the air. The moment Jin Wuwei lifted the rattan, the figure revealed as if it had been standing in place.

The middle-aged man is not tall and has a thin build. The skin is an unhealthy white that has not seen the sun for a long time. The hair was oily and tangled as if it had never been washed. The beard on his face is even more outrageous. But what is more interesting than the appearance is the "weapon" in his hand. It was a log stick about seven or eight meters long. It seems that the branches on the main trunk of the tree were removed at random, and the thin end near the top of the tree was used as a grip, and the thick part was probably the part used for percussion.

The moment he saw the middle-aged man, Jin Wuwei immediately raised the shield in his hand, blocked his head and torso behind the shield, and raised his other hand holding the sword to the height of his ear, and put the short sword on the edge of the shield. Drink asked, "Come and get a name!"

"Alien lackeys. The middle-aged man cursed in a strange accent, and then suddenly waved the log stick in his hand.

Judging by the trajectory and the sound of the tapping, the shield in Jin Wuwei's hand must have blocked the attack. But what was shocking was that the shield was unharmed, but Jin Wuwei was like a robot that had lost power, suddenly lost power, and was directly knocked out.

That's it. Ruan An explained beside him, "If you compare it with the time when this Jin Wuwei's divine fire was extinguished, you can see that the moment the wooden stick hit the shield, Jin Wuwei's divine fire was completely extinguished. At the same time, his spirit was also extinguished at the same time. Judging from the traces of the recovered remains, the blow of the wooden stick was completely blocked. There was no trace of any external injuries on the body, my lord, it was not the wooden stick that killed Jin Wuwei. ”

Shen Xi didn't speak, but just opened the scene before the palace maid's death.

Most of the palace maid's investigation is the same as Jin Wuwei's, which is also based on records. But instead of holding a weapon in her hand, she had a small basket hanging in the crook of her arm. It contained some delicate flowers, as well as gardening shears that appeared to be used to cut the flowers.

She wasn't that far away from Jin Wuwei. Although the blow of the wooden stick on the shield did not cause any damage to Jin Wuwei, it burst out with a loud sound. The palace maid, who was alarmed by the sound, immediately reacted accordingly, and the flowers lying in the basket automatically flew out of the basket. The petals slowly fell off the flowers, and powerful transparent shields appeared beside the palace maid in the shape of the petals. After the last lilac petal fell off, the shield that surrounded the palace maid in the shape of petals suddenly began to rotate with a jaw-dropping speed. The stiff shield is used for protection, and the high-speed rotating edge of the shield becomes a highly offensive weapon. At the same time, scissors flew out of the flower basket. Floating beside the palace maid, slowly rising and falling. The two Chinese dragons engraved on the scissors also showed their figures in the air. Vigilantly looked around.

She also saw the middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man's unreasonable wooden stick in his hand.