Eternal Battlefield—The Secret of Giant Runes Chapter 54: Long-lasting Bonds
A man wearing a black trench coat who is always smiling. Although he smiles almost all the time, he does not look so approachable - in fact, any cleric can feel the negative energy full of him.
breath.
Amon's body has been washed away by shadow magic. At this moment, he almost doesn't look like a human anymore - his skin is pale and without any warmth, his breathing and heartbeat are so weak that they are almost undetectable, and even if he suffers severe injuries, they will hardly flow out.
blood...
Rather than calling it a human being, it is more like a walking corpse.
In ancient times, there was a warrior named Amon who was loyal to the powerful empire. He was sincere, led troops well, and was at the forefront of every battle. Therefore, he was loved by almost all soldiers.
.Everyone believes that under his leadership, the empire's army will be invincible and look at every direction.
However, something unexpected happened. During an operation to quell the rebellion, he was ambushed by the enemy - no, it should be said that this operation was a scam from the beginning. The emperor was afraid of his great military exploits, so he decided to fight here
Get rid of him in a battle. When Amon was holding the giant sword as a trophy, he suddenly felt a strong negative energy infecting his spirit. At the same time, a group of ambush soldiers suddenly appeared and attacked him.
The attack is coming...
In the end, Amon fell, but the strange thing was that even though his body was destroyed, his spirit was still clear - he suddenly realized that his soul was sealed in this giant sword, and
Before he could react, his consciousness was exiled to the realm of eternal shadow along with this sword. As bursts of magic infiltrated his prison, Amon's spirit began to be affected, and
Finally fell into a deep sleep.
Time passed, and no one knew how many years had passed in the blink of an eye. It had been so long that Amon had almost forgotten everything in the past. He suddenly felt that something was calling him. Amon released his perception, but he was "seeing" it.
A human boy was lying on the ground, his eyes closed tightly, but he was still mumbling these things.
"Help...someone...come and save...me..."
Amon immediately realized that this young man who had somehow mistakenly entered the realm of eternal darkness was being unpreparedly exposed to negative energy. If things go on like this, when his life-sustaining spark is completely swallowed up by darkness, the consequences will be disastrous.
Amon wanted to wake up the boy and send him away from here, but at this time he was just a consciousness trapped in the weapon. Even though the current weapon contained enough shadow power, he did not have the ability to mobilize it.
In a panic, Amon suddenly remembered the contract he had heard. As long as he signed a contract with the other party, he, as the suzerain, could give the other party power. If so, he could save the boy in this way.
"I will let you live, no matter what form it takes."
The contract was established, and the power of shadow was instantly mobilized. But what was also sent to the boy's body also contained Amon's consciousness - the boy's consciousness had almost dissipated, and Amon, who was not able to use the contract skillfully, was possessed by the power of the contract.
The restraint broke into the boy's body without knowing it. The two consciousnesses merged instantly, and soon merged to form a new existence with Amon as the main body.
Judging from the result, the boy was indeed saved... His body was sent away from the realm of eternal darkness. Although it was still inevitably affected by some effects, he could still be called alive. It's just that his consciousness was not so lucky.
, his fragile consciousness was not worth mentioning in front of the ancient warriors. In the process of merging the two, the young man's own consciousness had almost no impact on Amon, and in the end he almost only contributed his own memory.
After this accident, Amon once again returned to the material plane as a human being - although it looked very strange in various manifestations. The assimilation of the young man's consciousness to his own was something that Amon did not expect. After a brief period of sadness,
, Amon decided to make up for his mistakes, continue to live on behalf of the boy, and enjoy life as much as possible.
Twenty years later, Amon has become a well-known city hunter and works part-time as a mercenary. His prey is not limited to criminals. As long as the reward is in place, nothing that should be destroyed can escape his grasp.
track.
Just because he lost his past memories, he seemed to be full of curiosity about everything, and soon fell in love with gambling - of course, what made him intoxicated was not the huge benefits that seemed to be easily obtained, Amon just liked gambling.
Observe those ugly guys at the gambling table... Because of this, every bet he makes is bold and unorganized, and he will soon lose everything.
However, after suffering from amnesia, all Amon could remember was strange names. Since he was a gambler, he could not keep his money at all.
After many years of adventure, Amon has an A-level mercenary strength assessment. However, because he always owed money, there were no taverns and casinos for him to enter, so he had no choice but to leave the Principality of Bakato.
That's what he said, but the war between the Principality of Bakato and the Principality of Ankweku prevented him from leaving the country, and he did not dare to try to go to the Ndigong Principality through the dangerous forest. He could only find a merchant ship to try to go there.
A coastal country that has just begun to establish diplomatic relations - the Principality of Cyrus.
Arriving at a new world, the casino in Se'an City welcomed new gamblers, and the novel card battles and real-time sandbox games with super-large spell circuits made her even more obsessed.
Since he gambled away all his money again, Amon had to make money. The Explorers Association of the Principality of Cyrus had similar functions and strength to the mercenary industrial companies of the Principality of Bakato and even the entire four countries of the Buryusili Alliance.
After a year of wandering, the Explorers Association positioned Amon as the top explorer, the strongest person below the legendary explorer.
In this year, Amon didn't leave any money at all. Fortunately, the accumulated contribution allowed Amon to obtain a pretty good weapon from the association.
After another day of debauchery, Amon came to the association to look for a commission, and a commission was posted that required the most senior explorer to explore the floating island.
Different from the mercenary guild, the association rarely has a commission wall or task board. They only ask the counter staff. This has been the case in the past, but this time they broke the convention and posted it.
The explorers in the association were talking about it. Amon touched his shriveled wallet and stepped forward to inquire.
"Isn't this Amon? Why did you gamble all your money again?" Although he was the most senior explorer, Amon never put on airs, so a male explorer asked teasingly.
"Ah, I'm not lucky." Amon rubbed his hair and complained: "That person's luck was so bad yesterday. Is there anything good he can do? Introduce him."
"There is an exploration floating island that should be in line with your habits." After confirming the information, Amon embarked on the road to Rosemar.
The memories that Romani, another top explorer, can now know, only started to have them a year ago.
The beginning of his memory was a sea of blood and corpses piled up in a dark basement. In front of him was the body of a fallen man. His blood and his medicine soaked into Romani's hands, making them wet and strange.
Trying to sort out the situation at the scene, before his memory began to recall and before his rationality began to reason, intense emotions were already filling his head. Before the question was asked, he already had the answer in his heart. "This is not what was promised!" Romani felt.
Anger. This emotion was strong and vivid. It found its target and flowed to the man in front of Romani.
The anger had a target, and the hatred should be vented, but when it was projected onto this person, familiar and friendly emotions surged up. The intense emotional conflict made him want to escape from here as fast as he could. However, Romani was even more confused outside -
—A desolate, dead village.
A few days later, Romani found the Explorers Association and reported the matter. The scale of the incident was much larger than Romani realized. For nearly ten years, thousands of people were killed in several villages. Because of the remote location, the operation was hidden, and
The notorious alchemist Elric, who had not been dealt with for a long time, was shot to death by a young man.
According to the investigation, Elric had created an artificial human about eight years ago, but it was a failure, his whereabouts were unknown, and it was probably abandoned. This time, he wanted to create a successful one. Fortunately, this time
The experiment was ended by this young man who called himself Romani.
After discussion and decision, the association gave Romani the title of the most senior explorer. However, this title was quite controversial, not only because Romani's ability was far lower than expected, but also because he lacked common sense. After several missions, it was planned to withdraw the title.
title.
Fortunately, Romani's learning speed is extremely fast, and he soon proved that he indeed has the strength to match him. Before, it was just because he was injured in the battle with Elric and his condition has not recovered yet. "Look.
, this right hand is also deformed, that’s why I lost my temper.”
For Romani himself, he feels that a lot of knowledge and skills have been seen and learned before, but he can no longer remember them. The so-called progress, I feel, is more like rediscovering things that were hidden before.
It's like coming back.
Romani discovered early on that his left hand was different from others, and insisted that it was caused by Elric's weird alchemy potion. He cared about this very much, and spent almost all the property he gained from performing tasks on treating himself.
On his arm, it was just a recent thing that he became like a normal person.
One day, carrying a Roman crossbow with the last few paises, I stepped into the association hall, preparing to take on a commission to earn some money to spend. I found that the association had posted a letter of authorization on the wall of the hall for the first time.
"At least the most senior explorer is required to accept the commission."
"Where are the top explorers in this small town of ours? There are only two top adventurers..."
"That's it." Some intermediate adventurers commented by the wall.
Romani was a little curious as to why a small town like this would post such a demanding commission, and planned to step forward to take a look at the content of the commission.
This is a commission to explore the Floating Island. Not counting the time when he lost his memory, Romani stayed in the Principality of Cyrus for eight full years. The Floating Island was only observed two years ago, but he did not expect it to be discovered now.
The commission has been released.
This commission requires a total of five legendary explorers and forty-five top explorers to collaborate with the Mage Association and the army to explore.
Romani quickly looked at the commission fee. This kind of big deal was rare, not to mention that he was very tight on money.
The commission fee depends on the exploration situation, but the total amount should be no less than 50,000 Lindsays and a magic sword. This is the usual reward for large-scale commissions with more than fifty people, let alone the participation of legendary explorers.
After asking clearly, Romani accepted the commission directly at the counter and asked about the meeting point, which was Rosemare, the capital of the principality of Cyrus. The specific departure time cannot be determined and will be determined based on the test flight status of the transportation to the floating island.
, maybe there will be a waiting time of about a month.
It would be no problem to move all the way to Rosemar and pick up a few commissions to satisfy his needs. After all, he is also the highest-level explorer.