Hodge buried his head in his head, thinking about things alone.

He was thinking about his future path.

Since coming to this strange world, he has lived for so many years, and his goal has been quite clear from beginning to end, on the basis of the guarantee of "living", he is gradually moving towards "living well".

He never thought about doing anything to the world, even if he learned about the cruelty of the class, even if he guessed the innocence of the witch, but at most he only said a few words, as for putting it into action and changing everything that existed, he never thought about it.

Change. It's easy to say this word, but only when you really do it can you know the difficulty, you must know that the concept of this world has not been known to have taken root for hundreds of years, or even thousands of years, the inherent ideas have been characterized as correct, and change is to confront the mainstream concept, which requires courage, courage, and the strength to destroy the withering and decaying.

It's not something that one person can do, and he's never arrogant.

Since I know that change is not easy, I simply integrate into this world.

Aristocracy is not so easy to be canonized, but the status of magicians and priests is not inferior, and even in front of ordinary nobles, they have more say in front of ordinary nobles, and if they can't become nobles, then find a way to see if they can become a magician or a priest, in fact, he did it, as evidenced by the priest's recommendation letter still in his arms.

He can completely think about nothing, after two and a half years to enter the priesthood to study, with his current knowledge and learning ability, it must not be impossible to become a full-fledged priest, with this level of identity, no matter where he travels, he will be treated as a guest, even if he meets those high-minded magicians who killed him when he was a child, he will also be afraid of his priesthood.

Is this good? It is indeed very good, people are born as a person, and they are still a person when they die, and the only thing that we should cherish the most is ourselves, and we can only be regarded as really good if we are good to ourselves.

It is with this concept that Hodge has lived in the world for decades, and without "worry", there is naturally no "sorrow", and he doesn't want to get involved in other people's affairs, just like he said to Daphne, he doesn't hate being selfish.

But his thoughts began to waver as he witnessed the destruction of the village, the slaughter of familiar villagers, and the once-naïve Hera unleashing a scarlet storm with a shivering body in the center of the storm.

Indeed, being good to oneself is really good, and this sentence cannot be wrong in principle.

However, being good to yourself is not the same as being good to yourself.

It's a very difficult phrase, but it's not difficult to understand.

People are social species, we will feel lonely because of a person, so we have a thirst for communication, whether our life is ordinary or wonderful, there will always be a few friends at some point in time, this friendship may not last, but it is enough precious memories.

However, the friends you know are not necessarily the same as your identity.

They may be nobles and do not have to worry about their lives, but they are more likely to be commoners, mercenaries, or even slaves, and as a priest he can be spared all calamities, but his friends may not be spared.

At such times, the death of a friend will inevitably cause you to be sad, and in order to prevent this negative emotion from accumulating, people will subconsciously avoid touching things that can bring sadness.

The circle of contacts begins to shrink, the structure at the bottom of the class pyramid is gradually withdrawn from the range of sociability, and the end result is that your so-called friends are just a group of people who are high up on top, and you don't even know if they really think of you as friends.

When you become the type of person you once hated the most, even if you are thousands of times better to yourself, you can no longer hide it when you face your heart.

Are you really happy?

The answer is self-explanatory.

On one side is a smooth road destined for noble status, and on the other side is a misguided path with little hope.

In normal times, he didn't even need to think for a second before he said loudly: Stupid B doesn't choose a smooth road.

But now, suddenly, he has changed his mind.

Because I'm not happy, I don't want to.

Sometimes the reason why we change is not to highlight the advanced thinking of our own minds, for Hodge, it is just to make him really live well and happy.

"Hey, Daphne. He looked up.

Devany looked at him curiously, and if she remembered correctly, it was the first time he had called himself by his name: "What?"

"Unlock that lock in my mind. ”

......

"Are you really decided?" asked Daphne again.

They came to an ice field outside the village, considering the ability of Hodge's previous awakening, she was a little worried that it would directly destroy the entire village, she didn't care, but Hera couldn't turn into flames to escape, it should be a long time before Hera woke up, they avoided the village and chose this empty ice field.

"If you keep asking, maybe I'll regret it. ”

In fact, I regret it now...... Hodge scolded himself in his heart, and sure enough, the decisions he made impulsively slapped on the head were unreliable!

"Well, I won't ask. Devany shrugged and looked at Hodge as he moved, "Ready to start?"

"Anytime. Hodge rubbed his hands together and sighed into his palms, thinking that he had to go through it anyway, and that long pain was better than short pain.

"Then I'm going to untie your mental shackles. Daphne looked at him and admonished, "It can be painful, but if you can't bear it, I'll break it for you." ”

"Okay, okay, don't block me anymore, can't you think of a good result? ”

Hodge takes a few deep breaths to fill his lungs and circulate out, which allows him to effectively reduce his tension.

The way to untie the shackles seemed so simple, and with a touch of the fingers of her red-glowing right hand on his forehead, he felt something shatter in his mind, an unimaginable exhilaration.

It turns out that the feeling of not being in shackles is like this.

Hodge and Devany looked at each other, and after a long pause, Devany couldn't help but say, "You don't feel anything?"

He was a little stunned, raised his hand to look at his palm, flipped it twice, and muttered, "It seems...... Doesn't make a difference?"

"How is it possible, it stands to reason that you should now continue the awakened awakening that was interrupted eight years ago!"

"Even if you say that, I don't really feel anything special. Hodge was a little frustrated.

Devany looked at him like she was looking at something strange, "Can you use your abilities now?"

"How?" Hodge asked rhetorically.

Devine was obviously stunned: "After awakening, the ability to use should be an instinctive existence, how can you let me tell you how to use the ability......"

"Yes. He thought for a moment, "Then I'll try." ”

After some indescribable.

"Are you really using powers?"

"I'm not sure. Hodge looked back at her, "Do you feel anything?" ”

"Feel......" Devany muttered, a little uncertain, "I think it's a little hot?"

She couldn't believe that since the day she had awakened as a witch, her skin had not felt temperatures above her body temperature, and the burns of the flames were no different to her than if she were in the air.

But she rarely felt the heat, which was almost impossible for her with a heat-insulated physique!

"Is it my delusion, I feel so warm—" Daphne's thoughts were a little sluggish, and the warm touch gradually spread from the depths of her heart, and this warmth even touched her heartstrings.

Even she didn't notice it, two lines of tears crossed her cheeks, she stood in a daze, her hands clasped together, her thoughts drifted back to a long, long time ago, that was the past when she was not a witch, when she lived in a happy family, with family, food, thick jackets in winter, cool coats in summer, and the aunts and uncles around her smiled very kindly.

It's a good feeling like it's been a long time.

Myself...... What's going on.

Hodge shook her body, causing her to wake up.

"What just happened. She exclaimed.

"Get away from me at once. Hodge's expression gradually became solemn, "Don't ask why, quit, quickly!"

It was the first time he had spoken to her so violently, and Daphne was stunned for a moment, then listened to his advice and quickly stepped back.

After retreating to a certain distance, the warmth in Daphne's body suddenly disappeared, and the scene in front of her also changed, just now she couldn't see it when she was inside, but now after exiting, it is clear at a glance, with Hodge as the center, a huge hemispheric field appeared on the ice field, and everything became distorted from the outside to the field.

Is this Hodge's ability?

But what the hell is this?

She casually looked at the ice floor, her pupils constricting.

I don't know how is it possible that the ice and snow ground, which has been frozen for hundreds or thousands of years, has begun to melt gradually!

Hodge stood alone in the middle of the ice field, crouching down with his head in his hands.

Shortly after Devine withdrew, his hunch came true, and the awakening that had been absent for eight years invaded his mind with a bang.

Countless images, countless memories rushed into his mind like a flood.

"What is this!" he yelled.

"It's not mine!" he shouted.

"Why are you stuffing me with these!" he almost screamed.

The field of view began to switch constantly, like a slide show, only faster, and Hodge couldn't help himself from looking at the things.

In an unfamiliar scene, like somewhere in the desert, countless iron towers were built, and a middle-aged man in a white robe looked at the sky and muttered, "This is the beginning of greatness." ”

In an instant, there was another scene, where a man with a square face and a long beard slumped in a huge chair: "We have no choice. ”

What is it.

I don't want to look.

Get out of here, it's in my mind!

But the vision still doesn't stop, this time a beautiful and lively woman, transcribing something, smiling and saying to herself: "With these things, you will be happy, too." ”

"Shut up. Hodge could barely hear himself.

Transformed again, in the dim corner, the man was licking the blood on the knife, there was something in front of him, but Hodge couldn't see it, he could only see the man's face with a smile of fascination: "Sure enough, this can be called perfect." ”

"Don't, come again, bother me!"

"Ahh

......

Devine could no longer calm down, and the hemispheric realm in front of her distorted more and more, as if some kind of medium was floating in the air affecting the realm, and within this range, the ice sheet began to melt rapidly, revealing frozen soil.

But this does not stop, many tenacious and tenacious plant seedlings on the frozen soil are starting to wither from tender green, and the compact soil is becoming loose at a visible rate, like sand, and the water stuck to the soil is losing at a high rate.

Could it be that Hodge is out of control too?

She wanted to step into the realm, but the moment she put her hand into the realm, she immediately retracted.

The unbearable heat made her instinctively retreat, and the heat felt like it was bursting from the inside out, and although her skin resisted the heat, the heat from the inside out was not something she was immune to.

Turn into fire! as if he had saved Hera.

She didn't have time to take off her clothes, and directly turned into a stream of fire to penetrate the realm.

But she was blocked, and the twisted realm was not only hot, but also made it difficult for her to move forward.

Her clothes had become tattered, but she couldn't take care of them, and she could only shout, "Hodge!

Nothing works.

She was a little depressed, and at this moment, the distorted field suddenly disappeared, and she could only see the mist that was constantly evaporating from the water, turning her eyes into a white patch.

"Hodge, Hodge!"

She walked in the fog, but she didn't know how to look for it.

"Hodge!"

A hand grabbed her arm, and she looked back to see Hodge standing in front of her unharmed: "I'm here." ”

"You...... Are you alright?" Daphne looked at him in disbelief, he looked intact, but the scene wasn't that simple.

"It's okay. He looked helplessly at the blue fonts that appeared in front of him one by one.

"Investigator sanity reduced by 13 points"

"The Investigator Awakening Process is Complete, and the Wizard Class is officially unlocked"

"Investigator's current occupation: Herbalist (intermediate), wizard (apprentice)"

"Wizard Ability - Microwave"

Microwave? That's a good ability.

......

Hera's recovery would take a long time, so she was very drowsy, and Hodge carried her on her back, trying to keep her body steady so as not to wake her.

Looking at the village not far away for the last time, he sighed with some emotion, and then nodded slightly to Daphne.

In the snowy regions of the far north, a huge pillar of fire reached the end of the sky, rendering the clouds a dull red.

Unfortunately, it was so remote that no one but the three of them could see the flames, just as no one remembered that there was once a small village in this remote place.

The snow was thick and the snow fell quickly.

As soon as a footprint was left, it was quickly erased.

No one else can know here.