Chapter 123: Fledgling Plot
"Do you want to eat?"
The attentive girl noticed the movement of the spirit horse, spread her palm, and brought the fruit to its mouth.
Torret screamed, rubbed her face affectionately, and ate merrily.
Millicent, who felt a little itchy, couldn't help but laugh, and her guarded eyes softened.
"It's called Torret." Li Ang quietly watched the man and the horse.
Despite her tragic fate, Millicent remained kind, brave, and strong. In particular, he inherited Maleia: the self-esteem of being a human to contend with the crimson and corrupt murmur.
In his previous life, he was very impressed by her when he played games, and admired her excellent character.
"Hello, Torret." While Millicent said hello, she reached out and touched the mane of the spirit horse: "My name is . I can't seem to remember my name. β
"Millicent." Leon reminded.
The red-haired girl subconsciously turned her head: "Huh? β
"Your name." Leon continued, "How did you end up on the edge of the swamp, remember? β
Millicent shook her head: "I just remember that there were a swarm of bug monsters chasing me, there were a lot of them, I was injured and hid, and then I didn't know it." β
Leon asked again, "Then do you remember your four sisters, or companions?" β
Millicent's expression became more and more confused: "I can't remember." β
Li Ang no longer asked, and said in his heart: The words of the corrupt family members really can't be believed, what happened to be adopted, it was obviously forcibly taken away and imprisoned for brainwashing.
Instead, Millicent asked curiously, "You know me, don't you?" Know my name after all. β
Leon pondered for a moment, and then roughly recounted her relationship with Malenia.
It's useless to hide it, and with Millicent's character, sooner or later she'll find out the secret of her origins.
It's better to tell her sooner rather than later, it can save time.
After listening to this, Millicent's emotions were very complicated, but at most she was still confused.
As an individual with an independent personality and self-awareness, it is estimated that the vast majority of people cannot easily accept being suddenly told that they are actually doppelgangers of others.
"Do you know where she is? Just that Malenia. β
"If you can. I want to give her back the will she held in the past. β
Even though she learned the truth many years earlier, and she herself was just over a month old, she made the same decision.
This is the true and kindness that belongs to Millicent alone, and she is willing to help others complete these qualities that are so precious to her at her own expense.
Leon admires, but disapproves, and has already figured out a way out of her fate for her.
"I'll meet with Malenia in a few days, so follow me first."
Millicent immediately responded gratefully, "Thank you! β
The slightly strange man in front of her had already made her have initial trust, not only because she had saved herself and told her the truth, but also partly because of Torret.
She had a good impression of this spirit horse.
"You have helped me so much, I don't know how to repay it, if you need anything next, please feel free to ask."
The red-haired girl's tone was firm and sincere.
"Don't be so formal." Li Ang smiled helplessly: "We are friends, not master and servant. β
"But there's a little thing I could ask you to help me with."
"Even if you don't remember the four sisters, you should be able to sense them and tell me where they are."
When Millicent heard this, she couldn't help but feel a warm current rise in her heart.
Speaking of which, in the end, I was helping her.
"I try."
It didn't take long for Millicent to seem to have something to gain: "I've found them, come with me." β
Leon followed her through the fork in the road next to the pass, and walked a long distance, until he finally came to an abandoned church halfway up the hill, with only the ruins of the walls.
The ornamentation on the walls and the statue of Marika in the church show that it was once a place where the Golden Dynasty spread its faith, but now it is a playground for corruption. A swarm of giant white worms resembling worms gathered around the church, wielding bladed halberds in the shape of insect wings, as if guarding something.
They are the corrupt dependents, the people of insects, with snail-like brains and wisdom no less than that of humans.
"They were the ones who chased me in the first place." Millicent affirmed.
Li Ang handed her the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood: "Then what are you waiting for, let them know that you are not easy to mess with!" β
Because of the same origin as the Valkyrie, Millicent was born with an excellent talent for swordsmanship, and when she held this bloody murder weapon, a set of exquisite swordsmanship immediately appeared in her heart.
Waterfowl fluttering.
That is, the flowing water sword technique, which originally belonged to the secret tradition of the nomads.
When the Blind Swordsman taught Malenia swordsmanship, he said, "Standing still brings precipitation, and precipitation leads to corruptionβremember to act in a constant stream, and do not linger].
On the one hand, it represents the smooth style of the school's swordsmanship, and on the other hand, it also implies that the struggle against corruption will never stop.
Now, Millicent, who has also mastered this swordsmanship, has also begun her own struggle.
She rushed into the swarm in an instant, the red sword shadow like flowing water, meandering and tactful, seemingly gentle but deadly.
In fact, from Leon's point of view, Millicent's strength is not strong, and it is far from the heroic level of Fen Lei, at most it is only the level of ordinary respect, and it seems to be a dazzling swordsmanship, but it is actually very jerky.
Fortunately, the level of the insect people is more general, and it is suitable for training.
In the light of swords and swords, the light waterfowl soon killed the pests that polluted the earth.
Millicent put the knife back into her sheath and gasped for breath, looking at Leon with some strange expectation in her eyes, like a child waiting for a parent's praise.
Li Ang applauded very cooperatively: "Very good, whether it is human or swordsmanship." β
However, he thought to himself, if he let Malenia dance the sword herself, it would be better.
Millicent, who was complimented, smiled shyly, and her heart was full of joy of being recognized.
Seeing this, a word [Fledgling Episode] came to Leon's mind.
It means that people, like chicks, will have a special affection for the first important opposite sex in their lives, and gradually become dependent.
But it has nothing to do with love, it is more like the affection between relatives.
Leon had reason to suspect that Millicent was caught up in this strange mood and had to be corrected sooner.
Millicent, who didn't know anything about this, walked up to him and held the mountain of corpses and blood in both hands.
"Give back your knife."
Li Ang pretended to be indifferent and said, "I'll borrow you for a few days first, I won't need it for the time being." β
Unexpectedly, such an action had the opposite effect, and Millicent happily held the long knife in her arms, as if she had received some treasure: "Thank you! β
At this time, she had not yet cut off an arm due to the outbreak of corruption, and her body was intact.
At this point, Leon had no choice but to accept his fate: "Let's go into the church and have a look." β
"Good!" Millicent followed behind her with a knife, inexplicably feeling like a maid with a knife.
The church was overgrown with weeds and rubble, the pillars supporting the roof were broken, and the roof was missing.
Four unconscious, similar-looking red-haired girls lay neatly in front of the statue of Marika.
Not far from them was a huge wooden crate filled with various weapons.
Li Ang glanced at it a few times, and almost understood what was going on, these weapons were prepared for the five sisters by the corrupt family.
As mentioned earlier, each doppelganger contains a portion of the Valkyrie's will, and the weapons they use are related to the will they inherit.
The Boss wields the Scythe of the Rotten Knight to represent the support of his subordinates and his brother.
The second child uses a large tree spear, which can unleash the law battle skills, representing Maleia's loyalty to the golden law.
(Michaela's ultimate goal is to study the new law, not to deny it, so it is not wrong to say that Marlenia is loyal to the Golden Rule, but she is loyal to her brother's law)
The third child holds a flowing water curved sword, but he does not understand the flowing water swordsmanship, which represents the first encounter with the blind swordsman.
The last five and Melina also use the Mission Short Knife, but without Melina's golden flame, representing Marlenia with her own unique mission.
The fourth Milison was supposed to hold the Flowing Water Sword alone, representing the Valkyrie's self-esteem, but due to the appearance of Leon, her established fate was quietly changing.
Millicent looked at the sisters suspiciously, and although they could clearly sense that they were connected by blood, they still lacked a sense of closeness.
"They."
Leon interrupted what she was about to say: "They're fine, they will probably wake up soon, you tell them the truth, and if you want to go with you to find Malenia, stay and leave Gallid as soon as possible." β
"I'll wait outside."
He saved the four sisters purely for Millicent, and didn't want to have too much interaction with the others.
Leon then walked out of the church and looked north.
If memory serves, the hidden cave where Luther was imprisoned was not far away, which was a double win.
Just as he was thinking, a hurried figure appeared at the end of the road ahead.
Wearing a hood and tattered robes, his body is thin and slender, and the smell of corruption on his body cannot be covered.
Leon recognized him at a glance.
In the future, he will adopt five sisters and let them kill each other's corrupt dependents, the sage of the worms.
Disguised as a human, he roams around the swamp to lure others into corruption.
Not long ago, I learned that someone had broken into the church, so I hurried to check it out.
When he saw the insect corpses all over the ground, he stopped, his pale face was cloudy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Li Ang didn't be polite to him, first returned to the principle of sex to break through the disguise, and then sent him on the road with a black light dragon breath, so fast that Gwee didn't have time to resist at all, after all, his name was a sage, not a brave.
Coupled with the fact that it's a bug, it's normal to have a weak fire.
Turning into a ball of fire, Gwee screamed and finally stumbled and rolled down the hill.
From the experience of these weak chicken dependents, as well as the experience gained from Leon's previous two treatments, he found that the Crimson Corruption was really not strong, and the only thing worthy of praise was the choice of Malenia as the ultimate host.
Other than that, it's nothing.
Not to mention the black light virus, other forces in the border area also have their own ways to deal with it.
The red lion can use flames to burn the foci of corruption, the flowing water can suppress it, and even seal the gods behind the corruption, and even the hidden Monge has the ability to burn the corruption.
The only thing that seems to be helpless about this is the Golden Rule.
Therefore, Leon is more confident in his next plan, hoping that when the time comes, Crimson Corruption will not know how to raise it, otherwise he will use the black light to infect Malenia.
After about half an hour, Millicent came out of the church and said bluntly, "They woke up and promised to go with me to see Maleia, and by the way, they wanted to come and thank you." β
"Not necessarily." Li Ang decisively refused: "It's enough to know you, I don't need to know them." β
He can't handle triplets, and it's scary to think about a quintuplet this time.
After hearing this, the corners of Millicent's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly: "I'll go tell them." β
Leon stopped her: "You tell them directly, leave Galid first, and wait for me at a place called Stonewell, um. You too. β
Millicent immediately shook her head: "I'm not leaving, I'm going to follow you." β
Leon stretched out his hand: "Then you return the knife to me." β
"Don't pay it back!" Millicent hugged the knife in her arms tighter, "You gave it to me." β
Leon emphasized: "It's borrowed. β
Millicent wrinkled her nose and didn't speak, but showed a very obvious attitude.
If the knife is not returned, the person will not leave.
Maybe it's because she was born too shortly, she's far less independent than she was many years later, and she still has some childlike qualities and likes to play tricks.
Leon confronted Millicent for a long time, but he didn't see her give in, so he had to persuade in another way:
"Send them to Stonewell and you'll come back, right?"
"Just do me a favor, watch them on the way, don't be targeted by the corrupt family again."
Millicent's tense face slackened, "Where should I go to find you then?" β
Leon replied, "Red Lion City to the south." β
"Okay." Millicent finally agreed: "You wait for me, I'll be back soon." β
With that, she turned and went back into the church.
Li Ang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the solution to the fledgling plot was to separate the two sides when the dependence was not so deep, and when the emotions calmed down, the symptoms would naturally be alleviated.
After a while, Millicent came out with her sisters with weapons in hand.
Leon nodded to the five sisters, and then pointed to the avenue below the hillside: "Follow this road all the way to Nimgefo, and when the time comes, you can find someone to find out where Stonewell is." β
"Be careful on the road and stay away from the swamp."
"Got it." Millicent nodded knowingly.
Several sisters stepped forward to greet and say goodbye to Leon, their eyes full of kindness and curiosity.
Even though she was far away, Millicent couldn't help but look back at the tall figure.
Regardless of whether he could hear it or not, he waved his arms desperately: "You must wait for me to come back!" β
When the figure of the five sisters disappeared at the end of the avenue, Li Ang withdrew his gaze.
Millison's corruption is not serious, and it is not too late to solve it when they are done with the matter at hand.
With that in mind, he walked around to the cemetery at the back of the church.
There's a simple trick to finding Luthert's cave, follow the spirit's guidance.
To put it bluntly, there is no tombstone to go.
Walk through a strange arch formed by bent dead trees to find a rock wall behind a giant stone monument, and attack or roll a few times to reveal the magically obscured cavern.
Looking at the dark hole in front of him, Leon took out the Queen's Scepter and was about to release the starlight, but suddenly changed his mind.
"Xiaomei Xiaomei, I need your help, it's too dark here, I'm afraid!"
I'm still in poor shape today, I don't have to add more, and I'll try to recover tomorrow~
(End of chapter)