Chapter 63: The Burial of Bones (4)
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"Craftsman?"
The blacksmith and Paine exclaimed at the same time, the former in pure surprise and the latter in a strange tone.
Paine poked Link with his elbow, "I'll just say you're hanging up, and you've risen to the top in such a short period of time." Seeing that Leo was still standing aside and waiting, he said that he would not disturb the conversation between the two, and was happy to go to the NPC to try the effect of the new weapon.
"I don't mind walking and talking. Leo walked out on his own, not giving Link a chance to refuse.
Slate-roofed buildings such as blacksmith shops are a minority, and the slate-paved roads are lined with tents, mostly inhabited by pilgrims, and in the evening, families gather around the fire to cook dinner, without the use of soundproofing, and the noise is the best disguise.
"Gonzalez came looking for you. Link wanted to know the purpose of the Spaniards coming to Leo, who must have had a purpose after being transformed into an undead.
Leo didn't answer, glanced sideways at Link, and nodded.
"I heard...... He became an undead?" Leo still nodded in response to Link's question.
Link was a little angry, he held back his anger, Leo must have taken the initiative to see him for a purpose, otherwise he would not have beaten Paine away with two pieces of pure gold, just to talk privately.
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
Leo finally got ready to speak: "I went to his funeral last week. ”
Not a lot of words, but a lot of information revealed. Without specifying, Link knew that 'he' was referring to Gonzalez.
It turns out that Leo is also Spaniard, and he knows Gonzalez in reality. Despite his mental preparations, Link was still a little sad when he heard the word funeral.
"Why would he do that?"
"He had terminal lung cancer. Leo retracted his gaze and looked at the Great Sanctuary in the distance, "When I knew, the doctor said that he only had three months to live. ”
Link was stunned, so Leo knew that Gonzalez would transform the undead?
"He didn't come to the Great Sanctuary to look for me. Leo shows that Gonzalez's purpose is not for himself.
Frost Frost wouldn't be so stupid, it would make me suspicious...... Huh? Link suddenly thought of a possibility. Could it be that Gonzalez's purpose was to uncover Frost's true face, which is why he deliberately chose to fall. As long as the life box can be broken, all the souls that have been controlled by frost and cold can be liberated, and his trapped souls can also be purified. If that is the case, it would be foolish, and what if I had failed to take such a big risk?
"You'd better use less magic. Leo suddenly changed the subject.
"Why?" "Divine art is the skill of the clergy, and there is no need to be a waster. At first glance, Link thought that Leo was referring to the law of cause and effect that had just been cast, and the birdman did not approve of his premature use, and before the words could be spoken, Leo could see from the expression on his face that he was probably speaking, and then answered.
"I'm talking about magic, not the law of cause and effect. ”
Link really doesn't understand now, Leo himself is a priest, what does he mean by that?
"I met you a few months ago, in Aiden. ”
A few months ago?Time in the Illusion......
Link was indeed in Aiden at that time, and he couldn't help but wonder how Leo recognized him when he hid his identity at that time?
Leo reached out and stopped about a meter away from Link's body.
"At that time, your divine power only stayed on the surface of your body, looming, and it was impossible to appear without careful observation. But now, your divine power has spilled out to the point where it is almost visible. ”
Link's mind flashed back to his strange pause when he reunited with Paine, and the phrase 'you have a strange energy in you'. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but now that I think about it, with Paine's LV6 level, it shouldn't be possible to perceive the divine power of the Child of Nature. The problem is not Paine, it is himself!
"The more often the magic is used, the stronger the connection with Edgar becomes. Seeing Link's blank face, Leo continued: "Legends can summon gods, you heard that, right?"
Link nodded, is there something wrong? Su Wu, Gonzalez, everyone said that.
"But there's no rule on how many levels you have to go up to a certain level, you know what I mean?"
Link chewed on Leo's words again and again, and didn't react until the third time, "Are you saying that there is no hierarchy, and even novices can summon gods as long as they meet the conditions......?" Why?"
"Good question, why. Leo's gaze shifted to Paine, who was holding a new weapon in the far plaza and abusing the knight candidate NPC of the same period, "Generally speaking, a player's personal achievements are inversely proportional to their age, and the younger they are, the faster they move up the ranks, do you know why?"
Link was a little annoyed, he hated preaching with a high opinion of himself.
Leo didn't wait for him to answer before giving the answer: "Because young people are more receptive to new things." Both right and wrong are accepted in their entirety, and they are more likely to be brainwashed than adults. ”
"Brainwashing!" Link couldn't hold back his voice, causing the people around him to look sideways.
"Have you forgotten what the last question of the questionnaire was when you installed the game? Different gods, powers, and doctrines are different, do you think the main line of this game is to fight the undead? No, no matter what changes the map and class are, and how many patches are added, Edgar's initial and final goals have never changed. Believers fight each other to seize the power of faith and strengthen the power of the gods. ”
This passage is a little familiar, where have you heard it......
After some thought, Link remembered that he had seen a similar account in the library of the Guardian Land.
The rebellion of the gods, the two generations of gods competed with each other for godhead and divine power, which eventually led to the theocracy war, and the Golden Age came to an end.
Like a fleeting inspiration, a thought flashed through his mind, and Link couldn't remember what it was. He had to go back to his conversation with Leo.
"How can you take the power of faith, and force others to change?" was the only thing Link could think of.
"Soul energy, you as a craftsman should have heard or seen it. ”
"What? Soul energy is the power of faith, isn't it minerals made from the corpses of dead gods?" Link listened to him, and the conversation with Leo completely changed the background setting he knew.
"That's the perception of the natives, which is what the player thinks of as NPCs. I hope that my family is healthy, I hope that I will become famous, I hope I want to marry a rich man, and I hope that I will be healthy...... Believers always pray with various purposes, and they believe in the gods in the hope of being blessed. These thoughts, either called ** or pious, are the only source of power that the gods of the material world can obtain because they are bound by the law, so the gods will recruit believers everywhere. Drawing on the beliefs conveyed by the material world, Tong guò engages in a higher conquest of one's own existence. The weak have only one way to fail, and the so-called soul energy scattered around the world that is regarded as a mineral is the power of faith that falls back to the material world with the dead gods. The more devout you are, the more faith you can condense, and when these beliefs come together and become visible, it's called soul energy, soul energy. ”
That's right...... Gonzalez also has soul powers.
Link remembers that the Spaniards had carefully held a ball of light to show themselves. Of course, divine power can change into any shape at will. I was so stupid that I didn't expect this layer.
Then, he thought to himself: "Since I am the child of nature, who is known as the strongest god, why don't I have soul energy?"
"That's because you don't have faith. Leo said that Link was speechless. "The gods of nature don't need to be believed, they are the first gods who have assimilated with the planet, so you don't feel the invisible competition between the gods. ”
After Leo said this, Link finally figured it out.
Although he had the idea of changing careers during his first trial, he had never been recruited by other gods like Paine, probably because of his lack of faith. Even if he has accepted the fact that he is in the dream world of the game, he is still a staunch atheist, even if he uses the power of the gods, and he still doesn't like the so-called gods from the bottom of his heart, and this alone will not be recognized by the gods who need to believe.
Leo raised his hand, and the golden light point just condensed into a small ping-pong ball in his palm, the size of a small ping-pong ball, like foam, and shattered. He tugged at the corners of his mouth, "Without faith, even this entry-level light technique can't be used. ”
What did he mean by that?What was it about warning me not to use too much of my powers?What did it mean to be so connected to Edgar?Link was full of doubts.
"I'm leaving the game soon. Mark my words, and if you don't want to stay here, stop abusing God-given power. With that, Leo suddenly quickened his pace and walked towards the densely packed pillars standing in front of him.
"Hey~ Wait, there are still some things I don't understand. Link chased after him to ask what was going on, but halfway through he was stopped by an invisible barrier, and he could only watch Leo disappear behind the pillar without looking back.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and Link returned to the martial arts hall to find Paine and ask him how he came up with the game.
"I've said it before, and I came across it on the Internet. Paine recalled, giving a web address.
"What's the last question you asked?"
"Didn't you choose it too?" Seeing Link's stern face, Paine thought again, maybe everyone saw it differently, "camp." I chose Chaos and Goodness, and then a large line of gods popped up, listing their duties and professions involved, and I chose Malik, the god of shadows, because I wanted to play as an assassin. Aren't you?"
Of course not! Professions are given as soon as they come up, and there is no choice of factions and gods at all. No...... It should be said that it was almost mandatory for me to choose the children of nature, as long as you are not stupid, you can see that those multiple-choice questions are biased towards children of nature with similar abilities to druids, and the final choice will definitely only be children of nature.
From the moment he entered this fantasy of the game that only existed in his dreams, Link felt that his experience was full of too many incredible 'coincidences', as if there was a pair of invisible hands secretly manipulating a qiē, especially in the matter of unlocking Frost's identity.
Since the gods are omniscient and omnipotent, why can't they take a little lich for so many years? Is the constraint of the law really so strong? Not only the gods who have been excluded from the material realm, but even Bray is reluctant to deal with Frost Cold, who is 3o levels lower than him. No, no, no, it can't be calculated like this, Leo just said that rank is not equal to level, but ...... Even so, Bray had already reached mortal sainthood, and he was still higher than the Frost of the Legendary Rank, so why was he so afraid of the law? What was this invisible and untouchable thing?
Link's mind is a mess of mysteries.
Andrea said, 'Bray has finally sent me a good candidate'...... It means that before me, there were other children of nature who went back in time, and they all failed. Andrea's Trials has the Grim Reaper in it, is it the Grim Reaper who alludes to the polluted water pillar?I remember when I installed the game, there was indeed a pillar of light due north, and the color was ...... The Pillar of Water in the Golden Age was not so much white as it was a silver-blue reflective metal, and was the Pillar of Water already polluted at that time? Why did Bray drink the polluted source of magic?
The more he thought about it, the more confused he felt, Link was so anxious that he scratched his head, and seeing this, Paine hurriedly asked what was going on, and what was useful for him.
"No, you can't help. ”
"Main quest?"
"Almost, I thought my head was going to explode. ”
"If you're willing to speak up, we'll figure it out together. ”
Paine's advice made Link slightly stunned, and the two of them might be able to see some omissions, but ...... Do you really want to tell him all of them? Paine can be used by Malik, and there is no guarantee that he will not be used by Dawn. No, what was I thinking, Dawn and the gods of nature were primordial, and their interests were aligned, at least until the undead were defeated.
Eventually, Link selectively conceals some of them, such as Gonzalez and Frost's true identities, and reveals a few of his current biggest headaches, as well as his experience since he entered the game.
"There are so many coincidences in the world, it's like ......," Paine felt strange when he heard it.
"Like what? Don't gasp for breath. ”
"It's like it's pre-arranged, just waiting for you to go through the process step by step. ”
Paine's words made Link's heart furious, it turned out that it was really not that I was thinking too much......
"You said that Leo warned you not to use too much divine power, and that you would fight with Edgar...... That is, the more closely connected the game is. Does this mean that you're forced to stay in the game and not be able to go back to reality? I mean, maybe the players who successfully summoned the gods aren't out of the game, but are left here entirely, like that Bray?" Paine's reasoning made Link turn pale.
There is indeed a possibility, and both Su Wu and Gonzalez say that no one has ever seen a legendary player who has successfully summoned gods, and maybe, they have all become mortals like Bray...... No, why can the frost that summoned the god of death stay in the material realm?
"If you don't know, I'll ask that Leo again. ”
Link shook his head, and he didn't necessarily want to say if he asked. He came to see me mainly to warn me not to use too much divine power, and even Gonzalez's death was incidental.
Seeing Link's brows furrowed and his expression of distress, Paine patted him on the shoulder, telling him not to think too much about it, and the boat would naturally go straight to the bridge.
"How can you not want to, your main line is to fight monsters and do task upgrades, and my main line is to solve puzzles, and if you can't solve it, you won't have experience. Annoying-you help me take a look at my body, I'll go offline for a test. Link sat down on the floor and asked Paine to guard his body.
"Then you have to come back quickly, it's almost night, and your identity is so sensitive that lying on the ground and sleeping will arouse the suspicion of the patrol knights......" Paine could finish speaking, and Link's consciousness left the illusion and returned to reality.
The first thing I did when I opened my eyes was to look at the wall clock on the wall, which was good, 12 o'clock, and still in an acceptable range.
Boot up the computer, enter the URL given by Paine, and sure enough, a game page will be swiped, and the picture displayed is the CG that Link saw when he installed the game - a blue planet as similar to Earth.
Clicked on the download link, the degree is fast, and it will be ready in a few minutes. Double-click on the text jiàn to pop up the prompt that it has already been installed, no need to install it again.
Link picked up his mobile phone and called Yuan Ye's phone first, but no one answered. Thinking that he was asleep, he could only beat his sister Lin Li, but fortunately this side was connected. Link told Lin Li the URL and asked her to help see if she could open it. Although he was skeptical about his request, Lin Li did so.
Soon, the results came out, the URL was wrong.
Link held his breath, "You try again." ”
"It's useless, I've tried many times, and I really can't open it. ”
"No, forget it. "Anyway, the answer you want is already there.
"Brother, what have you been busy with lately, why don't you come to dinner?" was worried that he couldn't catch anyone, but now that he bumped into it himself, Lin Li didn't miss the opportunity to ask for an understanding.
"Didn't Yuan Ye tell you? I'm going to write a book, so I'm not going back to eat recently. ”
"When did you two get so close?"
"Just last time you came to me......" Halfway through the sentence, Lin Ke suddenly remembered that Su Wu's memory was fading little by little, what about Lin Li?
"Do you remember that dream you had? Yuan Ye said that he was trapped in the game and asked you to find a game master to save him?"
"Brother, when did you also get caught up in Yuan Ye's bad habit of running trains with his mouth full of mouths. ”
I really don't remember...... Link hastily ended the conversation, citing the fact that it was too late.
Not only the people who have played it, but also the memories of those involved will be erased, what is this 'Edgar' exactly, is it really just a game of zài and dreams?
Back in the illusion, it was already completely dark. Without the bustling crowd during the day, the empty square has a little more vicissitudes under the background of the Great Church in the distance.
Seeing Link open his eyes, Paine asked him why he went offline.
"I tried it with someone, but the average person can't open that website. Lin Li has no memories of it, and Link will never know what she saw in her dreams.
"What do you mean by ordinary people?"
"This game is not available to everyone, it only selects a few special groups of people. This has been confirmed by many players, and Link is just stating the facts.
"Alas...... Hearing what you said, I was a little panicked. During Link's return to reality, Paine bought a scabbard for his new weapon, which was mainly used to conceal the glow of the enchantment. He took the two-handed sword from his back, "No one bothers now, and I don't mind being crushed, come, let's compare again." ”
Link: "......"
How much resentment do you have against me?