Chapter II: Identity
The human lion stopped struggling, and its originally hideous and angry face became solemn and quiet, and just as the middle-aged warrior was preparing to take it into account, the human lion raised its head and opened its eyes to reveal a pair of eyes like stars. The middle-aged soldier sneered and was about to destroy the flower, but the scimitar was blocked by a strange layer of green smoke in front of the human lion.
The human lion was covered in a dim green smoke, and his hands were also very strangely freed from the wooden shelf, the middle-aged warrior and the old priest were shocked and angry, the warrior attacked with a scimitar one after another, the priest began to chant a mantra, and the black rays shot at the human lion, the seemingly fragile green smoke blocked all the attacks, the human lion didn't look at the priest and the warrior, and staggered to the center of the oasis, seeing the many desert barbarians who rushed up angrily, the corners of the human lion's mouth hooked a trace of arc.
A special type of spell given by the Edark Lord Grazt, similar to the Sanctuary used by the Priest, the Sanctuary is that neither friend nor foe can attack each other for a certain period of time, so that the Priest has time to cast buff and healing spells. The same is true for this type of spell, which also frees the caster from all bad states, restores mobility even if they are dying during the spell time, and can also transmit a message to a designated person like a text message.
Such a powerful spell-like ability naturally cannot be without a price, the price is the soul of the human lion, and the soul of the human lion will dissipate after the magic ends.
As the demon lord who is known as the most devil-like one, the dark lord Grazt attaches great importance to the soul of the believer, the dark lord with three layers of bottomless abyss plane needs a large number of souls to be transformed into demons, and the soul of the human lion nobles is one of the high-quality demon officer reserves, and the human lion is also proud of being able to transform into a demon after death to go to the bottomless abyss to serve the dark lord, so that the human body lion is willing to dissipate his soul, on the one hand, he is unable to fight again, and he does not want to be eaten by the evil god of the barbarians, on the other hand, the news that needs to be delivered is very important.
Hailing from the city of Haraugedas in the northwest of the desert, the Human Lion even passed the terrifying "Feast on an Empty Stomach" as a devout follower of the Esoteric Lord To express his piety, after an important task was given by the Lord of the Dark, the Human Lion accompanied the team to participate in the exploration of a Neseril ruins, and successfully found a treasure that the Lord of the Dark Lord wanted, but encountered a terrifying death giant during the retreat, the team suffered heavy losses, the leading sorceress ordered the seriously injured Human Lion to withdraw with the treasure first, and a dying mage activated the teleportation scroll before returning to the abyss, teleporting the seriously injured Human Lion to a strange desert, and then unfortunately was captured by the patrolling desert barbarians.
Finally, he kissed the six-fingered emblem on his body, and the human lion secretly recited the incantation of the professor of the dark lord, and spit out a colorful bead, and the human lion secretly cast a phantom of the human lion's high spell-like ability, the bead emitted a dazzling light and flew into the distance, but the real bead was invisible in the hand of the human lion, looking at the barbarians who rushed towards him, the human lion set his eyes on a thin man hiding behind the crowd, obviously even the shepherd slaves rushed up, but the man timidly retreated, the human lion moved in his heart, shot the bead at the man, and was satisfied to see the bead disappear into the man's chest, muttered something in a low voice, and took the initiative to revoke the magic techniqueBefore being swallowed up by the barbarians, the human lion carved the man's appearance into the snake-shaped vertical pupils, and then closed his eyes with a smile in severe pain,
Link looked at the crazy crowd and the flesh and blood splashed from time to time in the center of the crowd, felt a wave of nausea in his chest, turned his head and didn't look at it anymore, Link who had never seen this kind of scene only felt a congestion in his chest, extremely uncomfortable, and it took a while to feel better, and the masked woman kept looking at Link with disdain.
As time passed, the already low sun gradually turned into a red sunset, and the dim sunlight pierced through the few clouds on the oasis and shone on the lake where the sacrifice had just been held, and the middle-aged warrior wiped the blood from his scimitar with a roll of linen, and was talking to the white-bearded old man in a low voice.
On the side of the cross, the body of the lizardman had been dismantled, and several women in turbans surrounded him, not knowing what they were doing, "It can't be disposed of as food." Link thought with a shudder.
The mysterious spell seems to be still in front of him, and the mysterious power contained in it seems to be vaguely sensible, Link has accepted the fact that he has crossed under the impact of the spell, but he is even more afraid that the fact that he is a traverser will be exposed, after all, there are spells in this world, and it would be bad if he was used as an experiment or some kind of demon.
Under the light of the setting sun, the sacrifice seemed to be over, and the people were walking back, all excitedly discussing something, Link was listening with his ears pricked up, trying to get some information from the conversation of the people, and suddenly, a strong force slapped on Link's shoulder, and Link stumbled and almost stood unsteadily.
"Why do I think you've been weird since just now, even if you're frustrated because you failed the trial, why didn't you react at all when you saw the lizardman who caused you to fall from your horse being sacrificed to the ancestral spirit?" said the masked woman suspiciously.
Link was taken aback by such a beat, but when he heard the woman's words, he couldn't help but panic, and he crossed over, in addition to being able to understand the language here, the language here, and the body of the original owner, he did not inherit the memory of the original owner, the things that the original owner had experienced, the challenges to face, and even the common sense of life here, and the customs and customs were all inherited. If you don't deal with it properly and show your feet, this is a world with supernatural powers, and it is likely to be considered possessed by evil spirits.
"Failing the trial? Doesn't sound good, what should I do? I don't have any information about it. Wait, if you fall from the horse, you can use this as an excuse to pretend to have amnesia, so that you don't have to be afraid even if you show the horse's feet, but what if that old man's magic can cure amnesia, will he be sent to that old man to treat amnesia with magic, and then he will discover the abnormality of his soul?"
Just when Link was very entangled, the woman gave Link a blank look, and said in a wistful manner: "Forget it, it doesn't matter, Zasya wants to see you, let's go, you disappointed him." With that, he led Link in one direction.
Link looked at the woman's slender back wrapped in a robe, and wanted to sincerely ask who Zasya was, but he had to follow her to a wide tent and walked in alone under the woman's eyes.
Upon entering, Link found that it was a very comfortable tent compared to his own residence, decorated with colorful tapestries all around, with bulging colored cushions and wool carpets piled up on the floor, a wooden table in front of the stone stove, and delicate metal cutlery and wine utensils on the table, and the middle-aged man who had killed the lizardman at the sacrifice was sitting cross-legged behind the low table, staring at the empty iron pot on the stove in a daze.
"It turned out that he was Zacia. Link suddenly realized that before entering the tent, he had already made up his mind, first find a way to deal with the past today, and then figure out what the so-called trial failure means as soon as possible, figure out his own status, and at the same time improve his status as much as possible, and if possible, see if he has the possibility of learning magic.
Link took a deep breath and concentrated on dealing with Zacia, but Zacia only glanced at Link when Link came in, and then continued to stare at the empty iron pot in a daze.
Link had been waiting for Zacia to speak, but he had been in a daze, "What the hell are you staring at the empty pot in a daze? Haven't you eaten? I don't know if I'll have dinner for a while?" Link complained in his heart, and after a while, when Link was about to ask a question, Zacia finally spoke.
"What are you going to do in the future?"
This sentence sounds clueless, but it should be directly related to the failure of the trial that the masked woman said, so the corresponding routine should be to deeply review your own mistakes, live up to your expectations of me, strive for the opportunity of the next trial, challenge yourself in the next trial, follow your teachings, and strive for success.
Link, who had countless review experiences when he was in school, made this judgment in an instant, and was immediately overjoyed, according to this routine, he could coax the past, and he could also take the opportunity to set Zacia's words. A lot of things were said, but nothing was actually said, and that's the true meaning of the review.
Just as Link was about to take a deep look at his own mistakes and pray for the next chance according to the standard template of the review, Zacia spoke again.
"You don't have a chance anymore. Zacia said in a heavy tone.
"No chance? Doesn't sound good, judging from his tone and the harsh living environment of the desert people, it seems that it is useless to rely on review.
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Just as Link was secretly thinking in his heart, Zacia's next sentence made Link's face change drastically.
"When I die, you will have to be a herdsman. ”
"Shepherd?" is not a good word. "At this time, if you don't pretend to have amnesia, you may be discovered by an old man who knows how to spell the abnormality of your soul, and you must collect as much information as possible.
"Actually, I hit my head when I fell from my horse, and my memory is very confusing, and I don't remember a lot of things, who I am, what the trial was, and what happened. ”
Hearing this, Zacia looked at Link worriedly, nodded, sighed, and began to speak. In the brief words of Zacia, Link probably knew what had happened, Zacia was the chief of this tribe of nearly two hundred men, women and children, and the owner of his own body was also called Link, who was the son of Zacia, whose mother had died in a plague a few years ago along with Zacia's other wives.
The so-called trial is a tradition of the desert people, the conditions in the desert are treacherous, in order to compete for survival resources, conflicts often break out between tribes and tribes, between tribes and monsters in the desert, which leads to the status of the warrior is the highest status in the tribe, all resources in the tribe are uniformly distributed, and the warrior has the best everything, half of the income from hunting or looting belongs to himself, as long as he raises it, he can marry a wife at will, and the shepherd slave is the lowest existence in the tribe, specially responsible for taking care of livestock, collecting fruits, processing fur and a series of manual labor, there is no personal freedom and the right to own property, the herdsman can only marry the herdsmanAs an adult man in the tribe, the warrior trial has two chances, and if he fails, he is considered unworthy of fighting, and he can only be a herdsman.
"And you have already failed three times, I used the authority of the chief to give you a third chance, let you follow to attack the Essebi lizard squad, kill only one and you succeeded, but you were pulled off your horse and unconscious. Zacia said regretfully.
"Am I already a shepherd slave?" Link was shocked.
"You are not, the children and parents of the warrior are free people, after the death of the warrior, the son who failed the trial is a herdsman, the son who succeeds in the trial can inherit all the property of the warrior, and if no one succeeds, it will all return to the clan, and the wife and daughter of the dead warrior can take their dowry and become a free man, or be supported by the family of the warrior themselves. ”
"Then I'm not as good as a woman, and a woman can be a free citizen. ”
"Also, the chief is the strongest warrior, and the warrior who thinks he is sure can challenge and fight, and the losing side will be sacrificed to the ancestral spirit, and the strength of the thin monkey is no less than mine, he only lacks experience, but recently my secret wound has flareed up again, if he challenges me, I am not sure. ”
Zacia broke out another fierce news, Link couldn't help but be very speechless, the father and son were relatively speechless for a while, Zacia waved his hand, "That's probably the case, you can ask Niata about other things, you go back to recuperate first." ”
"Niata?"
"It's the one who sent you. Zacia waved his hand again and blasted Link out.
Link walked out of the tent dejectedly and saw the masked woman, Niata, being bored outside the tent kicking a stone.
"Well, have you come up with a solution?" asked Niata, with some concern.
Link looked at the slowly setting sunset, felt the rapidly decreasing temperature around him, and then thought about his situation, and couldn't help but shiver, Link looked at Niata who was frowning at him, looked at her shining eyes and said:
"Let's go back to me first, I have something to ask you. ”