The Record of Initiation - Legacy of Nightmares Chapter 18 The Weight of Missing
The three people entered the reception room, which contained tables, leather sofas, potted plants, and even a small house magic lamp powered by a spell circuit.
After Sofia waited for the other two people to take their seats, she found an empty seat and sat down. She could no longer suppress the doubts in her heart and asked: "Mr. Jason, may I ask what is going on here?"
Jason took a deep breath and began to explain the reason behind this matter: "The guild has long known how to strengthen the seal normally. Originally, only four teams of people were enough, and the rest was Weixia and my plan. However,
Even so, on behalf of the entire city of La Mesa, I would like to thank Mr. Brandon for his sacrifice."
"What does this mean!?" Sofia looked at Jason in surprise.
On the other hand, Brandon next to him seemed to no longer suppress his pain, and exhaled a deep breath along with the twitching of his muscles: "It can be said that I have separated the evil god's divinity without suffering the greatest damage. I
It will be handed over to the church for purification as soon as possible."
Sofia looked at Brandon and turned her head back: "Then, why did you bring me to form the fifth team? What's going on with your mother-in-law now? Mr. Jason, what are you and your mother-in-law planning? I didn't expect this.
This operation will require Mr. Brandon to perform the divine detachment from the evil god."
"Weixia should be waiting for you at home now. It was the ruins we entered together decades ago. When the ruins collapsed, she has been studying the remaining Radiant Dream Crystals in the node channel, and I cannot bear the divinity, so in
Failed at the critical moment." Jason's face showed a look of memory.
"About a year ago, Weixia figured out how to use the Radiant Dream Crystal to allow people's spiritual bodies to once again enter the real ruins - the place of inheritance, so this commission came about. The most valuable thing is that
This kind of adventure, which will not lead to death, but may be slightly contaminated, is very safe. Considering that you can be purified and accumulate valuable experience, I temporarily added your team."
Jason paused and continued: "Speaking of asking Mr. Brandon to carry out this operation, it is also because only a paladin with firm faith like Mr. Brandon will not be tempted by the divinity of the evil god, that is,
It is said that it can guarantee that this divinity will not fall into the hands of dangerous people. However, Mr. Brandon now carries the divinity, but later he will ask the church to extract the divinity, which will cause certain damage to the soul, although the church is sure
There will be compensation and rewards for this, but Mr. Brandon will never be able to reach the legendary realm again. No, the possibility of reaching the legendary realm is extremely slim."
"In any case, even if the evil god breaks the seal and loses his divinity, he will not be able to control his divine power. Besides, only a body with divinity can carry our Lord's divine descent and save the world in times of crisis in the future. That is enough.
"Brandon said calmly.
"In any case, this is the greatest help I can give you to help you complete my regrets. It should have some positive effects on repairing the damage to the soul." The vice president took out a golden Roma fruit, which is
It looks like a natural treasure of apples, but ordinary Roma fruits are red and can only replenish magic power. This kind of golden Roma fruit is something Sofia has never heard of. Brandon took it and put it
In his backpack.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Brandon." Sofia, who had received too much information, stood up and bowed deeply to Brandon.
Brandon smiled reluctantly. Probably carrying divinity was a serious burden for him, and he had to pretend that nothing had happened. In fact, if it weren't for Alexander, Sophia would never have noticed Brandon's
Strangely, we may not even know about this in the end.
"Although Wei Xia recommended you to enter the ruins without authorization and kept the reason behind it from you. It's not good, but she probably cares about you. She once said that your background is not simple. Maybe Lamisa is not you.
The destination." Jasons muttered a few words to Sophia again to put in a good word for Wei Xia.
"I understand this. My mother-in-law has always thought a lot about me." Sofia nodded. In her intense thinking, her desire to know her own life experience overwhelmed her respect for Brandon, so she hurriedly asked: "But
What did you say about my origin? What is my origin? I don’t think I have ever heard my mother-in-law talk about this."
"Ask me, and I also want to ask her...Don't talk about family affairs in the reception room. I'll take you back, and Mr. Brandon should go to church as soon as possible." Jason also stood up and extended his hand to Brandong.
"Yeah...that's right." But Sophia still felt a little uneasy.
Brandon also stretched out his hand and was pulled up by the tall retired adventurer. Then he rubbed his cheek and followed him out. After going out, Brandong whispered to Sophia as he walked towards Alexander: "This matter
Don't say it, you know."
"Yeah, I know." Sophia responded softly.
By the time Brandon walked up to Alexander, he had completely returned to his usual expression: "I'm going to a church, do you want to go with me? If you want to hear it, I'll tell you a little bit. It's so much money.
, not only enough for us to raise supplies to go to the royal capital, but also enough to purchase some new equipment."
"Go? Why not? You tell me." Alexander tilted his head and followed Brandon. "Does it cost a lot of money?"
"There must be special equipment on the ship. I don't know. You can come to the Adventurer's Guild later to ask." Brandon led Alexander into an alley and walked towards other urban areas at a very fast speed. Xiao
There are not many lights in the alley like on the street, and it is quite dark and there are not many people there. It is a good place to say some inconvenient things. But from the looks of it, if Alexander doesn’t ask, this guy probably won’t take the initiative to speak if he doesn’t get there.
"Didn't you say you wanted to talk about something? Let's talk now?" Alexander followed Brandon calmly. "There's no one around anyway."
Brandon was silent for a while and began to tell Alexander the truth: "There is nothing to say. In short, the communication stone given to me by the vice-president let me know a very important thing... If possible, I
I didn’t intend to let you know.”
Alexander scratched his head. "I'm not someone who can't adapt or keep secrets. I don't think you'd think that I can't help others keep dirty secrets. So what's going on?"
Brandon was silent for another moment. "I'm sorry, but if I don't hide it from you, maybe you will stop me... When you fell into a coma because of the broken dream, I hid the secret between the dreams.
The evil god's divinity was absorbed. Of course, the price was that my soul was torn apart to a certain extent, I could no longer enter the legendary level, and my lifespan was shortened by several decades."
Alexander's eyes widened, he slowed down and said in disbelief: "What?! A life span of several decades?"
"There may be medicines that can extend life and heal soul injuries. The vice-president gave me one, but generally speaking, life-extending medicines can only last for about five years. But it doesn't matter, the body is gradually being infiltrated by magic.
At the same time, life span can also be improved.”
After coming back to his senses, Alexander felt that he had forgotten to breathe for a few seconds, and then coughed a few times because of this, but continued to walk forward: "Uh, cough cough cough... I can understand why you did this." She showed a tangled expression.
Expression. "Someone has to do it anyway... So what does it mean to absorb the evil god's divinity? This sounds more serious than the lifespan problem? There won't be other sequelae, right? How to cure it? The Church of the Holy God of Glory
Can't more professional personnel be sent to look into this matter?"
"It's just a statement. The church doesn't know about this. This was a deal I personally made with Mr. Jason on behalf of the church. After the church takes away the divinity, it will definitely find a way to compensate me. For example, some quick promotions.
You don’t need to worry too much about the potion for physical fitness.” At this time, the two of them had left the alley and reached the crowd.
"It's okay if we can take this thing away..." Alexander's expression softened a little. "Let's talk about it in a place with fewer people, but we can discuss this kind of thing in advance in the future. I think I have always behaved very respectfully.
A sense of responsibility? You can’t tell me about this, right?"
"If you can hear it, it means that other people may also hear it." Brandon has taken Alexander from the Southwest District to the Southeast District. This area is dominated by the residences of nobles and rich people, and there are many more patrolling soldiers.
.Based on the information we learned before, we walked a little further to reach the church of the Church of the Holy God of Glory.
"Oh... ok." Alexander followed with a sullen expression. There were too many people and it was difficult to say anything more.
The two finally arrived at the door of the Church of the Holy Glory God, which looked very practical. Brandon stopped thirty feet away and said: "You have to go alone on the way to the Royal Capital.
Well, I think I probably won’t be able to solve this matter in a short time.”
"What?" Alexander was surprised again, then quickly calmed down and asked, "Is it to separate that thing?"
"Even after you extract your divinity, you will definitely need to observe it for a while, plus the time for treatment, so we probably won't be able to go on the road together. Although caution is your advantage, don't go too far." Brandon
He reached out and took out an emerald pendant with a gold chain and threw it to Alexander. He turned around and walked towards the church without looking back. He said, "You can give those crystals to the church for identification. I will have people send you anything useful."
It will be a long time before we meet again at the hotel. You can send me a message through the church."
Alexander caught the pendant and asked, "Ah? Why don't you take the crystal to the church?"
"It's so late, don't bother the pastor to deal with two things in a row." Brandon waved his hand and pushed open the ajar door and walked into the church.
Alexander could only wave his hand: "Take care of yourself! I will find a way to find something to make you live longer!"
Go back in time a little.
While waiting, Fageni had to go to change Lindsay into Pais first, so he queued for a while and changed the gold coins into silver coins at the counter lady.
Fageni collected the money and asked Kino to buy something to eat. The two of them bought some food on the street for the road, and hurried to Alexander to join in the fun. After all, they are just adventurers who travel around.
, it’s also good to follow strong teammates.
But when the two of them returned to the Adventurer's Guild Hall after buying snacks, they only saw the backs of Alexander and Brandon disappearing into the crowd of people in the Prosperous City. Maybe they could see them again in the Adventurer's Guild in the future, but who knows?
"I lost it, forget it. Let's go back to the guild first and see if there are any other commissions." Kino planned to make more money for a rainy day.
"Hey." Fageni said while eating, "Should we form a half team in the future? You don't seem to have many acquaintances here anyway."
Kino also took a bite of the snack in his mouth and heard Fageni's invitation to form a team. "You? Are you reliable?"
"Reliability matters, just rely on the other half of the team, I just want to attract the enemy's attention." Fageni said confidently, while Kino was speechless.
The two returned to the Adventurer's Guild's notice board. Of course, there were no commissions at this time. Even if there were, seeing the tattered condition of the two of them, the lady at the counter would not let the injured accept it, otherwise she would be irresponsible. Jie
Vice President Sens and Miss Sophia also seemed to have left the guild, and they are nowhere to be seen now.
"Ahem, um... I would like to ask, lady, are there any hotels suitable for adventurers nearby? It's our first time here and we are not familiar with this place." Kino coughed twice and squeezed away.
Fagni asked the question that is of most concern at the moment.
"Kino, you mean you agreed." Fageni tapped the "knife" in boredom, thinking of finishing it quickly and finding a place to have a good sleep.
"Okay, anyway, I'm short of a human shield and someone to carry my luggage along the way, so I'll be at a loss if I don't agree." Kino turned around and ridiculed him.
The lady at the counter watched the two bickering, covered her face with a smile, and then mentioned a few hotels that were relatively cheap and convenient for maintaining weapons and cleaning the body. However, she also kindly reminded that if you plan to live here forever, it would be more appropriate to rent a house.
"And... we found some equipment in the ruins, but it is not suitable for human use. Is there any suitable blacksmith shop nearby?" Kino's request was a bit strange, and the receptionist said she didn't know where it was.
There are places that can handle special equipment, but there are several ordinary blacksmith shops in the city.
"Also, please help me see what the value of this is." Kino took out the bone sword again and put it on the table. "Although it is stronger than one of my swords, it has no special power and is simple and plain.
Not to mention, it’s not suitable for humans to hold, so I wanted to modify this sword.”
The lady at the counter said awkwardly that it looked scary and quite big.
Kino put the bone sword on his back and said, "Then we'll say goodbye and come back to pick up the commission next time." Kino thanked him and turned around to leave.
"Let's just stay in the hotel. We don't have any plans to stay there for a long time at the moment. Fageni, let's go to the blacksmith shop first and see how it goes. We've made a lot of money, so you can also strengthen your weapons."
Seeing Kino leaving Fageni, he also turned back and walked towards the door of the hall. "Tomorrow, I'm going to a hotel to sleep. I think the hotel I stayed in before was good." Fageni was talking about the hotel that cost the least.
"If you don't live there, I'll come here and wait for you tomorrow at Chuyang."
"Forget it, I'll go alone." Kino planned to go to the blacksmith's shop in the city. She started wandering around, trying to find the blacksmith's shop, but I'm afraid Fageni was already asleep when she found it.
"Oh, forget it." Chino walked around for a while and first found a hotel that was slightly better than the one he stayed in before and booked a room.
The screen turned to Sophia's side. She saw Vice President Jason telling one of the counter ladies that she had to leave work early today because she had something to do. The counter lady nodded, and then it was time to go home. Granny Weixia might still be there.
Waiting. The two people walked out of the guild and gradually moved away from yesterday's adventure with the flow of people.
"Mr. Jason, can I ask something?" Sophia asked aloud on the way back.
"Well, you want to ask, but I can't guarantee that I can answer them all truthfully. I also have various difficulties here." Jason must have a headache now, because Alexander is too sharp.
"Although I just knew that it was you and my mother-in-law who arranged this trial for me, I wonder if there is any reason why you suddenly asked me to go on this adventure? According to what I learned, it seems that Bu
Mr. Landon probably came here after this commission was arranged. If Mr. Brandon had not been there, how would he have originally planned to deal with the divinity remaining in the ruins? In addition, my mother-in-law added my proposal to the meeting.
Is there something wrong with the list? I remember that my mother-in-law always wanted me to take over her duties and let me follow her to exercise, but this list seems to have little to do with this aspect." Sophia asked in one breath.
Big bunch.
"It is worthy of Weixia's teachings, and of course it cannot be separated from your talent and hard work. Ordinary students cannot ask such sharp questions. Since the great amnesia, the world has undergone tremendous changes. At the same time, students from neighboring countries have
The threat is also increasing day by day. What do you think will happen if the evil god's sealing method is lost even slightly due to amnesia?" Vice President Jason said this calmly.
"Ah? This!" Sofia lowered her head and thought for a while, then raised her head and looked at Jason in shock. "That will affect all aspects of the country. Coupled with the situation in neighboring countries, it will cause internal and external troubles. No.
, the influence of the evil god is not only within the domestic scope, but may also extend to foreign countries in a short period of time, right?"
"But the example just given is just knowledge. Let's talk about another situation. There was such a big businessman. His maid owed money due to gambling, and wanted to threaten their home with arson to obtain property, which caused him to lose his wife and
My child, a person who faced such a situation but could still use all his remaining energy to help others for the rest of his life lost the memory of his wife and children due to amnesia. Can you accept such an ending?"
"This..." Sophia frowned, pursed her lips, and shook her head. "The seal this time is to prepare for the impact of the great amnesia incident?"
"No, what I want to say is - even if the greatest value of life comes from the inheritance of memory, the adaptation process is far more important than learning experience." The example given by Jasons is fine, but the first rhetorical question is completely
We digressed from the topic, but Sophia had not yet reacted.
"Yeah." Sophia thought for a while, nodded and said, "I understand what you mean."
"And you can also vaguely notice that the Great Amnesia did not cause a gap in knowledge in the core cities of the empire. Major cities and organizations continued their urban activities in an orderly manner after the Great Amnesia. Although some people or organizations suddenly became famous.
situation, but maybe that’s because some people haven’t lost an iota of memory.”
"Yes, are you and your mother-in-law planning to investigate this situation?"
"Because the danger is not great, I will let you experience it. As for the paladin, I am very sorry about Mr. Brandon. In fact, it is a sure thing to accept that divinity and become a legend, but he chose to donate it to the church, which means
It seems that he chose to be an adventurer purely out of interest and not out of responsibility or obligation. Obviously the legendary paladin can also make a great contribution to the church, right?"
Sofia knew that most paladins became adventurers because they wanted to help others and eradicate unclean creatures that endangered people's safety, because there were very few paladins who were interested in becoming adventurers.
"Maybe Mr. Brandon has his own ideas." Sofia thought of Brandon's behavior in the ruins and knew that he was an upright and responsible paladin. "By the way, that divinity should come from the evil god.
Right? If absorbed, won’t it have a negative impact on the absorber?”
"Knowledge about divine power, divinity and divine personality is not allowed to be recorded in books. First, you must have enough divinity to become a god without going crazy. Second, divine power is born from the domain that a god possesses, and also
Therefore, some people call the field where gods have long values as priesthoods. Divine power and divinity themselves do not have any attributes. Divinity determines the level of godhead that can be carried, and godhead determines the quality and quantity of divine power." Jasons took Sophia with him during the conversation.
We passed through the last alley and were about to reach home.
"Well...that's it." For the first time, Sophia had a concept of these uncommon words.
[Finally coming home.] She could see her home in the distance. Although she had not been out on the adventure for a long time, Sofia actually felt like she had been away from home for a long time.
"Then I'm leaving. Say hello to Wei Xia for me." Vice President Jason sent Sophia to the door of his house, put his hands in his pants pockets, and turned around to leave.
"Aren't you going to stay for a meal? Mr. Jason," Sofia asked, raising her voice.
"No, I still have something to do." Jason walked straight down the street.
"Okay, then I won't disturb you to deal with things." After watching Jason go away, Sophia knocked on the door, but her mother-in-law did not answer and opened the door for her. Feeling even more uneasy in her arms, the girl just
Can take out the key and open the door.
"I'm back~" But there were no lights in the house, and my mother-in-law's room and kitchen were dark, but Vice President Jason clearly said that her mother-in-law should be at home. As the door opened, Sophia's voice sounded very hollow.
"Huh?" Sophia was a little confused. She closed the door, found the light in the room in the dark and turned on the light. "Mother-in-law~?" She turned on the light and looked at the situation in the room.
The room was exactly the same as before Sofia left. It seemed that her mother-in-law had never come back. But there was an extra letter on the table in her bedroom, this time it was a sealed envelope.
[Is this for me?] Sophia ran into her mother-in-law's bedroom without dragging her shoes, picked up the envelope, opened it and looked to see if there was anything written on it.
"Good boy, when you read this letter, it means that I have left Lamesa to complete my responsibilities. The trial prepared for you may not be appropriate, but our older generation has all the time.
There is not much left. It is up to you to decide whether to stay in La Mesa or leave this city. I should not interfere too much in your life. Fortunately, I will not forget that we are each other's family." The letter was written on the paper.
The content ends here, and on the back is written Vishalius.
Sofia sat in front of her mother-in-law's table and slowly read the letter. She felt a little empty in her heart. "Mother-in-law..." She wiped the tears that welled up from her eyes for no reason. "I still want to tell you something.
What about this experience?”
Sofia carefully put the letter back into the envelope. She knew that her mother-in-law left this time for her own responsibilities, and that she should start thinking about the future direction as her mother-in-law said.
People have to live, Sophia thought while thinking about it. After filling her stomach with dinner, she recorded the adventure experience bit by bit in her notes in her room. Then she read a book according to her usual habit.
Break time.
Apart from her mother-in-law, Miller, and the books in the library, there are not many other things in this city that Sofia misses. But to really leave this place, you need to make up your mind. It is too cruel for a girl who has just experienced an adventure to consider this, so Sofia holds back.
After finishing the recording, I lay on the bed without taking off my clothes and fell asleep. This chapter has been completed!