Chapter 24: The Glory of the Warrior
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Ladia is nineteen years old.
Born on an ordinary day, grew up in an ordinary village, and has an ordinary family.
The word ordinary has accompanied her for nineteen years.
Ordinary appearance, ordinary figure, ordinary mind, ordinary clothes, ordinary dress, ordinary conversation, ordinary vision. Everything about her was ordinary, and perhaps the only thing extraordinary about her nineteen years of life was the strength she possessedβmuch greater than that of all the men in the surrounding villages. But the only thing that is extraordinary is that it just allows her to do more ordinary farm work in her ordinary life.
She has lived an ordinary life like this for nineteen years, and in her consciousness, she may have to live like this ordinary life for a lifetime. Until the day she reached adulthood at the age of sixteen, she was chosen by the captain of the City Guard of Oran City, and from that day on, she joined the City Guard.
The work of the City Guard is actually monotonous and boring, but it has brought her a drastic change in her thinking.
It turns out that the world outside is so big.
It turns out that the outside world is so wonderful.
It turns out that in addition to living, there is also an attitude towards life called pursuit.
During her three years in the City Guard, she learned how to use weapons, learned to fight, and learned how to clear out wild beasts that threatened the safety of the village, and she quickly grew from an ordinary girl to a qualified warrior. Not only did she learn the skills of a warrior, but more importantly, she possessed the heart of a warrior - the pursuit of victory, the pursuit of glory, the pursuit of fighting against the strong.
The soul of the turmoil for glory has been encouraging her to fight, but the reality is cruel, and in this peaceful little city, she simply cannot realize her dream and get her glory.
Before this harvest sacrifice, she was already desperate.
Maybe my ordinariness is fate, maybe I'll never have glory, maybe the hearty battle just exists in my dreams,
Forget it, let's go back. In a few years, like the girls around her, go back to get married and have children, and live the rest of the days in peace, the days of these few years, just take it as a good memory, she thinks about it more and more times.
But at this harvest festival, everything is different.
The strange disappearance, the dangerous environment, the ferocious monsters, the powerful comrades-in-arms, everything was like a dream as she had imagined countless times. How can such an opportunity be given up? How can it be retreated, and how can it be left on a safe ground?
Danger lurking, life and death in an instant, all of this made her warrior's soul restless. A voice kept roaring in her heart: Taste death on the edge of life and death, pursue glory in the collision of power, forget about getting married and having children, forget about ordinary life, and burning in battle is the destination of your soul.
Ladia is nineteen years old.
Perhaps, this is a turning point in her ordinary life. Perhaps, this was just the most memorable day of her tedious chores in the future. Perhaps, this is her last day.
Invisible ground hunters, invisible claws.
Even if you can't see anything, you can still feel the strong wind pressure brought by the claws, and you can still smell the death brought by the claws. The moment of life and death left Ladia's mind blank.
Raise the shield, upward, this is the hint that the powerful comrade-in-arms brings to her, and the only hope for her to live.
Lydia's consciousness was quick, but the speed of her limbs was slow compared to her consciousness, as if she had stopped. She could only watch her arms slowly lift up little by little, and she could only watch the claws after the wind pressure slowly appear, getting closer and closer to herself.
Faster, faster. This is the life I want, I want to enjoy this life, I want to keep fighting, I don't want to die, I don't want to.
No one knew if Lydia would have had time to fend off the Earth Hunter's attack, Lina didn't, and neither did Pannis. At the current speed, it is obviously too late, and no one can say whether she can burst out beyond her limit under the pressure of death.
But even so, Lina didn't move, Pannis didn't move, and neither of them went to the rescue of Ladia. Lina clenched the mace with both hands instead, the hammer head pressed against the ground, and the holy power was condensed on her arms, increasing the strength of her arms several times, ready to attack. Pannis put away the short bow, squinted his eyes slightly, held a dagger behind his back, and bowed forward, the whole person like a full bow.
No one is going to rescue Ladia, whether she has time to raise her shield or not, whether she lives or dies, it is her own choice, this is the price of the pursuit of glory.
Caught up.
With a muffled "bang", the all-steel shield finally accelerated suddenly at the last moment, blocking the way of the claw, after the shield, Ladia bent up with her left arm and held the shield, her right hand supported her left wrist, her waist bent forward slightly, and her legs kept half-squatting in front of and back, using the most standard posture she could do to meet the blow of the claw.
If you slow down the time countless times, you can clearly see that the moment the claw and the shield come into contact, the heavy metal shield of reality is slightly deformed and distorted, and the power is transmitted along the shield to the arm, and an ominous sound is heard from both arms at the same time. The force went down again, and was partially dissolved by the bent waist, and the rest continued downward, causing her to fall uncontrollably on one knee, and her left leg knee slammed into the hard rock, making a crisp cracking sound.
Even so, even though her arms and knees were broken, even though she vomited blood, she still laughed, she couldn't stop laughing, and she couldn't stop laughing.
"It's now. The moment the Earth Hunter's claw attack was frustrated, Lina roared, and the mace drew an arc against the ground, from the bottom up, smashing heavily on the belly of the demonic beast, under the huge force, the huge body of the demonic beast that was nearly three meters long flew back into the air uncontrollably, and rolled continuously in midair.
"Perfect. Pannis sighed in admiration, stepped heavily on the ground, his body flashed like a ghost, appeared in the air, let go of the monster's flustered limbs, and slipped into the arms of the monster, the dagger in his hand swiped lightly and skillfully along the midline of the most fragile abdomen of the ground hunter, and kicked again on the monster, and fell back to its original position several backflips in a row.
The tumbling ground hunter suddenly stopped waving his limbs, and a thin red line appeared on his pure white abdomen. As the body rolled, the red line deepened rapidly, first a large amount of blood gushed out of the abdominal cavity, and then the entire abdominal cavity was completely opened, and the stinky internal organs spilled from the air to the ground.
"Nice touch-up. Lina stood aside and clapped her hands and complimented.
"Alright, there's only one half-crippled left. "From the beginning to the end of the battle, it took only a few tens of seconds, and the only one who was still alive was the only one alive, whose claws collided with Lina's mace before, and was smashed and shattered, and at this time it was still painful to roll the ground, and there was no time to attack again. Pannis's leisurely arms folded around his chest and said, "Who is going to mend the knife with this?"
"Go ahead, I'll heal Ladia, she's about to turn into a fountain. Lina ignored Pannis's attempt to mend the knife and turned to walk over to Lydia.
"I did. Lydia collapsed to the ground, blood spilling from her mouth, but she still had a happy smile on her face, and said with satisfaction, "I finally did it, is this the taste of glory? β
"Yes, you did. Lina half-knelt beside Lydia and looked down into Lydia's eyes: "Congratulations, you have obtained the glory that belongs to you, the glory of the warrior." β
After the excitement, Lydia's voice slowly became weaker: "Actually, I know that without me, you can easily win, but you have shared the opportunity to fight with me. β
"We are also fighters. Lina said solemnly, "We are not qualified to thwart a soul eager to fight, and we are not qualified to stop a warrior from pursuing glory with his life. β
"Thank you. Lydia smiled weakly: "You have brought me this glory, thank you very much." β
"No, you're wrong. Lina said solemnly: "Your glory is the result of your own choice. It is your choice to go down together, it is your choice to fight hand in hand, and it is also your choice to fight head-on. Your choices made you victorious, and you don't need to thank anyone, you deserve it. β
Lydia couldn't help but laugh again, and the blood that had gradually stopped in the laughter overflowed from her mouth again: "It's a pity, it's a pity that I'm going to die, I can't pursue more victories, I'm really unwilling." β
"Do you regret it?" Lina asked softly, "Do you regret giving your life in pursuit of victory?"
"How can you regret it. Ladia's eyes sparkled, and she replied forcefully: "Even if I do it all over again, no, a thousand times and ten thousand times, I will make the same choice, and I will never regret it." β
"It's good that you have a strong heart, and that's the most valuable asset you can have in your future life. Lina smiled and said, "Congratulations, new professional. β
"What?Professional?" Lydia forgot the pain on her body for a moment, "Are you talking about me?"
"Of course, didn't you notice? Your body has changed dramatically since you broke through the limit and blocked the Earth Hunter's attack. Lina said: "Your body has been perfectly trained, but you lack the opportunity to break through, using the battle between life and death, you have successfully defeated yourself and become a member of the profession, so, congratulations." By the way, professionals who have broken through the limit will have a great improvement in physical fitness and vitality resilience, so you can't die. β
"I'm a pro? I'm not going to die?" said Lydia in disbelief, "I still have a chance to continue to win?"
"Of course. And even if you don't become a professional, you won't die. Do you think I'm a fake pastor, and as long as you have a breath, I can pull you back from hell. Now, close your eyes and welcome the new life. Lina chuckled and waved her hand softly, and a fine white sand drifted out of her hand: "In the name of Denia, the god of love, bless the people of God." Divine magic, the dust of rebirth. β
The fine sand was evenly sprinkled on Lydia's body, and Lydia's pale face regained its ruddy flush at a speed that was visible to the naked eye, and blood no longer overflowed from her mouth.
"Then there are the bones. Lina's slender ten fingers danced dexterously on Lydia's limbs, and the twisted limbs returned to their original shape little by little with the dance of the ten fingers, and the skin bruises caused by the fracture quickly faded, leaving no trace: "Okay, go back and recuperate for seven days, and you can be alive again." β
"Hey, it's cured. Pannis's voice came from the horizontal rift: "I've found the missing people, four men, women and children, plus two travelers, all except the Lane couple, let's find a way to move them up." β
"Aren't you going to look for Mr. and Mrs. Lane?" shouted Lina.
"There are too many forks in the road, more exaggerated than the big maze, send people up first and then come down to find them. Pannis replied, "Otherwise, I am afraid of danger." β
"No problem, you're up to the cracks. β