Chapter 24: A Difficult Choice
The individual match between Team Zero and Team 33 of the Holy Disarmament Regiment ended in Team Zero winning. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
This result was something that almost no one could have predicted before, after all, there were two third-level fighters in the Holy Disarmament Regiment, and there was only one on Team Zero's side.
However, as recorded in the history of this world, not everything will develop according to normal laws, and there will always be some unexpected situations.
Unexpected characters in war and chaos are called heroes, and unexpected characters in peacetime are celebrated as geniuses. The geniuses who made a name for themselves this time were undoubtedly Jerry and Lisa, and Jerry's results in particular were the most remarkable.
A teenager who broke history and defeated a third-level master at the second level, just such a title is enough to make many big people be shocked and make them want to know who Jerry really is.
Everything in the Holy City will be recorded, and although these records are not visible to ordinary people, those big people and even the people behind them do not belong to the ranks of ordinary people.
From Jerry's arrival in the Holy Mountain to his going to the Valley of Warcraft, from his return from the Valley of Warcraft to his promotion to the official joining of the Catherine Legion, all of them have been turned over by people with intentions.
Even Jerry's affairs before entering the temple were soon found out, knowing that he was from the village of Blue at the foot of the Holy Mountain, and also knowing that he had participated in the selection of priests but was judged to be an outcast, and finally he was favored by Andrew, who was recruiting the legion reserves, and then climbed the Holy Mountain with the prospective saint Catherine to enter the Holy City.
An undercurrent was quietly surging, but it brought even greater confusion to those who found that Jerry seemed to be a far cry from the title of genius based on his resume alone.
His warriors entered the country very slowly, and he didn't show too special strength before, and the only thing that could be praised was hard work, and he even had the nickname of a martial idiot.
Only a handful of people are qualified to find out that Jerry joined the adventure party of the Windland and that he fought bravely to change the tide of battle in the underground canyon, but the fact that all of this is attributed to the protection of the gods does not reflect Jerry's personal strength.
Compared to Jerry, Lisa's resume is more exciting, and her upbringing process is more like a typical super genius. So many people's eyes shifted to Lisa, hoping to get her from Catherine. Only a few people are still paying attention to Jerry, but only as an alternative after the failure to invite Lisa.
In the secret base in the southwest corner of the Holy City, shouts echoed through the steel walls, mixed with a strange ding-dong sound, the sound of sweat falling to the ground continuously.
After the individual competition, Team Zero has one more day to refine, so as to make final preparations for tomorrow's team competition.
The people who are leading everyone now are none other than Tony, Daniel, and Carlos, who are not only the best group to practice the trio, but also the core of the entire team.
In the previous month, they had already practiced countless times, and the thirty contestants of the entire Zero team not only formed their own combined squads, but also formed a large formation with Tony and them as the core.
As long as their formation is not broken, it will be difficult for an opponent of the same level to break through their defenses head-on. And when they take the initiative to open the formation, it will also be the moment when their attack power is the strongest. When the team competition begins tomorrow, the Holy Disarmament Regiment will experience for the first time how terrifying their strongest attack power will be.
It's just that even counting Tony, the three leaders and Lisa, who is supervising the training on the side, there are only twenty-nine people present, and the only one missing is Jerry.
A majestic building, bathed in peaceful holy light everywhere, makes people feel as if they have been cleansed by their souls just by approaching, and even a little dirt in their souls has been washed away.
This is where the Holy Maiden Hall is located, but it is not the main hall where Catherine usually summons Jerry, but a relatively inconspicuous side hall.
Not far in front of Jerry, a man was covered in a gray robe, and only half of his white jade palm was exposed, and even Jerry's eyes could not see the rest clearly.
Just now, Jerry was going to hand over the New January's Guiding Core to Catherine, but he met the gray-robed old man halfway through and was led here by the other party.
"Sir, did you bring me in to do something?"
Jerry asked respectfully.
The gray-robed man was naturally disguised as such a quasi-saint highness, and under the hood of shadow and magic, the corners of Catherine's mouth were slightly raised.
It was only then that she would hear Jerry's words so respectfully, and every time she would feel that her decision was so correct, and she was even more determined to keep her identity as a senior master.
Catherine couldn't help but laugh secretly, but her mouth was extremely serious: "Do you know that you have gone astray?"
Jerry was stunned for a moment, his heart suddenly trembled, he could see that the other party had guessed something, but he didn't know what the mysterious gray-robed old man had guessed.
"I wonder what you mean by that, sir?" asked Jerry respectfully.
Catherine was not in the mood to play tricks on Jerry now, so she deliberately snorted coldly in order to maintain her mysterious image: "What do you mean? You practice magic and fighting spirit at the same time, and you even ask me what I mean?"
Hiss -
Jerry gasped, what he was most worried about was this matter, but he didn't expect to be really seen by the other party. However, he quickly reacted that since the mysterious old man was going to lead him to such an inaccessible place, it meant that the other party did not want to make this matter public.
"Please give me advice. ”
Jerry didn't admit it, but he didn't deny it either, his words made Catherine a little speechless, if it weren't for keeping the mystery of this identity, she really wanted to scold Jerry.
But now, Catherine not only couldn't do that, but she was also not in the mood.
Catherine said with great seriousness, "Do you know why there are no people who have cultivated both demons and martial arts in history?"
Jerry shook his head, and although he already had a little guess in his mind, he still felt that it was too strange that no one had ever been able to have magic and vindictiveness at the same time.
"Because of the conflict. Catherine said, "The demon-breaking attribute of Dou Qi determines that it can disperse the flow of mana, so that the elements that have been overcontrolled in an orderly manner can return to their original balance. If you cultivate magic and fighting spirit at the same time, it is like forcibly allowing water and fire to merge, if the magic is strong, the fighting spirit will be destroyed, and if the fighting energy is strong, the magic power will not exist. In the early stages, when both are weak, they can barely form an equilibrium that does not interfere with each other, but in the later stages, this reluctant equilibrium has never been maintained. ”
Jerry didn't speak, but his brow furrowed.
His own feelings were the same, fighting spirit and magic conflicting. He could only try to maintain the balance between the two, otherwise if the two were out of balance, the two forces would collide and annihilate in his body, and then it would cause unimaginable damage to his body.
However, he did not fully agree with the other party's statement, because the other party exaggerated the difficulty of maintaining balance, and said that no one could grasp the balance in the future. But his situation clearly knew where that measure was, and he didn't feel any reluctance at all.
Two bright rays of light shot out from the shadows under Catherine's hood, and it was her deliberate gaze that made Jerry understand how serious she was now.
"There are actually not many people who have tried to cultivate demonic martial arts in historical records, but except for the initial stage, none of them have succeeded, and there is no final result that can be slightly accepted. The most recent example was one hundred and seventy years ago, when he was a recognized genius who showed a rare talent of superhuman superiority in both the Warrior and Priest lines. But do you know what the final result was after he cultivated magic and fighting qi at the same time?"
Jerry had never heard of this story, and of course he wouldn't know what happened to the senior in the end, and the gray-robed old man didn't really ask him to answer, but directly said the answer.
Catherine said slowly, "He has reached both a sixth-level warrior and a sixth-level believer, and this is already the pinnacle of people who have always tried to cultivate demons and martial arts. And his body suddenly collapsed at this moment, his magic power and fighting spirit were all wasted in an instant, if it wasn't for Archbishop Ignaz who happened to save him, this genius would have returned to the arms of God. ”
Jerry's heart trembled, he didn't know if what happened to the man in the story would be his future. It was this fluctuation in his heart that he didn't notice, and when the gray-robed old man mentioned the name Ignaz just now, his tone was extremely heavy.
Under the divine light, the figure of the gray-robed old man gradually faded away. Jerry was no longer in the mood to meet the Holy Maiden, so he summoned Alice, the maid of the Holy Maiden's Temple, and directly handed her a new Guiding Core, asking her to pass it on to Catherine.
The girl, who was full of youth and innocence, blinked at him and left, and until a long time later she couldn't figure out why this boy, who was always smiling, suddenly frowned.
Jerry himself didn't know how he got back to the secret base, but instead of going inside, he turned around and climbed the hill and sat down in the afterglow of the setting sun.
"I'm not teaching you, I'm warning you, get rid of everything related to magic at once!
The gray-robed old man's words echoed in his ears again and again, making his brows furrow deeper and deeper.
"Do you really have to make a choice?"
The sun shone on his face, but Jerry only felt a chill.