Chapter 3 Performing Arts is Just for Survival
"Heroine spare her life!" Zhou Yunqing blurted out, and he immediately felt that something was wrong, and immediately said, "Venerable Master Mage, please spare your life!" ”
As soon as he spoke, the two people opposite him were stunned.
"How can you speak?" The female mage's tone was surprised.
"I'm self-aware, not a puppet of the necromancer." Zhou Yunqing hurriedly explained: "The necromancer pulled me up from the coffin, but I didn't want to be controlled by him, and tried my best to resist with his strength. We were fighting for control of the body, and then here you were. ”
"Is there such a thing?"
The woman suddenly became curious, she stepped forward and began to examine various parts of Zhou Yunqing's body. While inspecting, I was amazed.
"Mother, what's going on with him?" The girl also stepped forward and asked, her big eyes full of confusion.
The woman replied, "The heart has stopped, the blood has stopped flowing, and some of the muscle tissue is dead. However, the power of necromancy is retained in the body, replacing the functions of nerves and blood, so the functions of various parts of the body are still functioning. But I'm a little curious, how long can this body last as the power of the necromancy slowly escapes and disappears? ”
When Zhou Yunqing heard this, he was immediately very worried. In fact, he has noticed some changes in his body, although the sense of smell, hearing, touch and vision is still there, but some parts of the body are still not well controlled. And this feeling of losing control became even stronger after the necromancer's death.
It seems that he will only be able to maintain his body through mana in the future. But in this world, the acquisition of mana is by no means an easy task. Only a mage can skillfully acquire and wield mana.
But in this remote country, where can you easily find a mage to learn?
The reason why mages are called heroic professions is because they are not only powerful, but also sparsely staffed, and they are absolutely elite.
Zhou Yunqing looked at the mother and daughter in front of him and found that they were his only hope.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yunqing was ready to seize this only opportunity, and immediately bowed down and said, "Respected Master Mage, can you instruct me on how to harness mana?" ”
The woman looked Zhou Yunqing up and down, and sneered: "Guide you? What qualifications do you have for my guidance, a little skeleton that is dying? What's in it for me? ”
"I can be your servant, help you with chores, carry your luggage, do whatever you can." Zhou Yunqing said.
The woman shook her head and said disdainfully, "This can be done by my daughter." Your master is dead, you are destined to turn to dust, so accept your fate. ”
As she spoke, the woman glanced at her daughter beside her, turned to leave, and her daughter hurriedly followed.
Zhou Yunqing looked at the violin on the girl's back, and blurted out: "My lord, please stay." I can play the violin, at a professional level. ”
He had already guessed before that his daughter's groveling to her mother and carrying a violin on her back could not be her hobby, but should serve her mother.
Sure enough, when the woman heard Zhou Yunqing's words, she immediately turned around, with a suspicious look on her face, and asked, "Do you know how to play the violin?" ”
"Yes!" Zhou Yunqing nodded vigorously and said, "Please let me play a song for you." ”
The woman will be suspicious, how can a small village farmer, who plays a harmonica a few times at most, have such elegant skills?
She motioned for her daughter to hand over the violin to Zhou Yunqing, and said, "You can try it." If you can't play and get my instrument dirty, I'll wipe you out in no time. ”
Zhou Yunqing first wiped his dirty hands with his sleeves, then took the violin and began to make simple tuning. In fact, he majored in Chinese musical instruments in college, especially the erhu and suona, and only dabbled in the violin.
Although the major is not right, after all, he is a musician who has received systematic learning, and Zhou Yunqing still has some confidence in his heart.
After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Yunqing decided to play a classic piece "Liang Zhu". To be honest, Zhou Yunqing is not very good at foreign repertoire. Moreover, the female mage in front of her was so disgusted with her daughter, and the content of her abuse was mostly related to her father. If you don't have expectations for love, how can you hate it so deeply?
So this song "Liang Zhu" may be able to touch her heart.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yunqing put on a good posture, his left hand, which was covered with corpse spots and abscesses, held the handle of the piano, and the bow in his right hand, and began to pull it slowly.
The beautiful and bright sound suddenly sounded, and the timbre of this instrument has a unique beauty.
The mother and daughter had never heard this kind of melody, and they listened quietly, and soon merged into the affectionate melody.
In this wilderness littered with corpses and dry bones, the melodious sound of the piano echoes in the meantime, indescribably strange.
As the melody progressed, the more the woman listened, the more intoxicated she became, and even her eyes closed and began to feel it silently. Immediately, she suddenly woke up, with strong anger on her face, turned her head to look at her daughter, and gave her a backhand slap.
The daughter was also listening to the music quietly, but suddenly received a big match, and she was stunned for a while, and her cheeks suddenly swelled, showing five clear fingerprints. She hurriedly took two steps back, bowed her head with her hands, and did not dare to move like a humble servant girl who had made a mistake.
With this slap, the violin stopped abruptly. Zhou Yunqing didn't expect that playing the violin would make this girl slap in vain, and secretly scolded this mother for being really a little nervous.
"Stop, what's the point? Continue. The woman exclaimed.
Zhou Yunqing did not hesitate and immediately began to continue playing.
The woman's tone was very rough, as if she was reprimanding her subordinates. But Zhou Yunqing always had a docile expression, and he didn't even dare to change his eyes.
It is the dragon that has to be coiled, and the tiger that has to lie down. In this world, it is not good and evil that dominate, but strength.
Soon, after the song was played, the woman's face was moved, and it was obvious that she was deeply infected by this "Liang Zhu".
"What's your name?" The woman asked in a deep voice.
"Lomo Saldin, Master Mage." Zhou Yunqing replied. He wanted to say his original name, but when he thought about it, he didn't fit in with the world.
"Lomo Saltin." The woman stared into his eyes and said, "You will be my apprentice from now on." ”
Lomo was overjoyed and immediately replied, "Yes, my lord." ”
"I'll be called Lady Villanica from now on."
"Yes, Lady Villanica."
"I am your only mentor, and I hold your power of life and death. From now on, you will be absolutely obedient to me, even to the point of giving your life. ”
"In the name of the gods, I, Lomo Saldin, will always be loyal to Lady Villanica. Until the end of life. Lomo raised his hand and swore. His expression was solemn, but in his heart he did not agree with this oath. The oath is a thing, just listen to it.
Lady Villanica was pleased with his oath and ordered, "Put on your violin and get out of here." ”
So saying, she walked first to the east path. The girl followed with her head bowed, and Lomo followed with her violin on her back. The three of them walked towards the dawn in the east, one after the other.
After walking for less than five minutes, Luo Mo heard a very noisy sound coming from the road ahead, and it seemed that a large number of people were walking this way.
"The militia regiment in Crowe Town is always moving so slowly." Lady Villanica spoke dismissively.
As the sound of footsteps became clearer, Lomo saw several soldiers wearing chain mail and carrying spears appear on the road ahead.
The leader wore a heavy helmet on his head, covered with thick plate armor, and carried a long sword at his waist, almost armed to the fullest, except for a pair of bloodshot eyes and chapped lips.
"Venerable Lady Villanica." The man in armor bowed and said in a respectful tone, "So you're here so soon." According to the tip, Mercado is nearby, and our militia is at your disposal! ”
"I've seen Merck a lot." Villanica chuckled, with a distinctly mocking tone.
"Oh?" The armored man was suddenly very surprised, and immediately said: "Then we have to hurry over, he killed almost all the people near the town of Xisardin's farm." If you go too late, the skeleton warrior pulled up by the demon will drown the town of Crow! ”
"No need." Villanica chuckled and lifted Mercado's head from her waist.
When the militia members saw the head, they all took a step back for a while, with a look of fear on their faces.
The man in armor took three or four steps back in an exaggerated manner, straight into the crowd.
"Necromancer Merca, killed by Lord Veronica!" In the crowd, someone muttered.
"Praise the Mage!" Some villagers bowed to Veronica.
For a moment, everyone bowed to Veronica.
The armored man was wearing thick heavy armor and had difficulty moving, but he also bent down with great effort and said loudly, "Praise the mage! ”
Veronica didn't appreciate it at all, and said coldly: "Captain Lord, your militia regiment is only worthy of cleaning up the scene after the battle. Go, behind me, the bones of those villagers will be laid by you. ”
As she spoke, she pointed to Lomo behind her, and said loudly, "This person is the only survivor. He will be my second apprentice in the future. His name is Lomo Saldin. ”
For a moment, everyone's eyes were on Lomo, some with friendly looks, some with envious looks. Luo Mo was a little hairy by them, so he had to smile in return.
"Hello, Mr. Saldin." Captain Lord greeted him with a smile.
Lomo nodded in return, but he always felt that Captain Lord's eyes seemed a little wrong.
Villanica ignored the group and waved to her daughter and Lomo behind her, and the three of them continued walking.
The militia group instantly moved out of the way and watched the three leave.
Captain Lord stood for a long time, spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm into the ground, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Damn, the mage is a god!" ”
He said this very softly, and no one heard it.