Rubio Lopez was knocked down by Somo with a stick. He was deeply humiliated and tried to get up and retaliate.
However, before he could regain his footing, a stick as cunning as a poisonous snake inserted between his feet, and with a clever pry, he tripped to the ground again.
What followed was a violent storm of beatings, which left him bruised and swollen!
Rubio was still unwilling to give in and struggled to get up. However, he was knocked down with a stick without any suspense again and was brutally beaten.
After repeating this for many times, he was beaten to the point where he was no longer human, his breath was weak, and he was unable to struggle anymore.
There were rapid footsteps from across the woods, and a tall and burly berserker came over carrying a tomahawk.
Rubio vaguely saw the figure of the Berserker, and his heart suddenly became cold and completely despairing.
Now that Somo's helpers are back, it is conceivable that "Double Swordsman" Zaid is already in danger and there is no way he will have the energy to come back to save him.
"No...Suma...you can't kill me!"
Seeing the young monk raising his stick again, Rubio Lopez, regardless of maintaining the dignity of a nobleman and his brother, hugged Soma's feet and begged.
"My brother, I admit my mistake to you... I can pay any price to atone for my sin. I know you are a kind-hearted person. No matter what... you cannot be cruel enough to kill your brother with your own hands!"
"This poisonous snake that is bad to the core will only bow to you when its life is at risk. You must not let it go!" Yesenia walked into the forest and advised Sumo in a low voice, "Kill him and you can take his place.
His status has become the real Baron Lopez!"
"I also think this bad guy deserves to die!" Uncle Ali fell from the sky and transformed from a whirlwind back into the form of a giant spirit. "But having said that, Brother Sumo, you are an illegitimate child after all. You are not the legitimate heir of the Lopez family, and you are not guilty of coveting the baron.
Title, wouldn’t it be more comfortable to leave Sevinia after killing Rubio and travel around the world with us?”
Jiang Feng hesitated for a moment. Before she could make up her mind, she received three system prompts one after another, providing three endings for her to choose from the module "The Vast Sea Foreigners".
Option a (Yesenia’s suggestion): Kill Rubio Lopez, destroy his body, replace him with an impostor.
Option b (Ali's suggestion): Kill Rubio Lopez, take back his mother's belongings, and run away.
Option c (Suma's own tendency): Let Rubio Lopez go, take back his mother's belongings, and walk away.
"All three endings seem to make sense, how should I choose?"
Jiang Feng asked Gao Fei for help through the Xinglai private chat channel.
"If I were asked to make a choice as a gamer, I would probably choose the second path: I want to take back what belongs to me, and I won't covet what doesn't belong to me! I'm happy with my grudges and wandering around the world.
That’s the true nature of a man!”
Gao Fei thought for a moment and then said:
"On the other hand, if I were faced with the same choice as a creator, considering the subsequent development of the story, I would be more inclined to choose the first path."
"Kill Rubio and assume his identity?" Jiang Feng frowned and asked in confusion: "Would this be too much and too evil? Can you pass your own moral bottom line?"
"When I consider issues from the perspective of a creator, my moral bottom line becomes very flexible."
Gao Fei laughed to himself.
"Although I don't like the first path myself, my rationality tells me that this path is easier to write and can attract more readers."
"A poor boy pretends to be a baron and monopolizes the family property, pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger, and enjoys the extravagant and luxurious aristocratic life. Money, beauty and power are all at his fingertips. Isn't this more enjoyable than a poor boy wandering around the world?"
"From the perspective of writing skills, this is also a more reasonable option. Soma had previously received half a year of training as a 'Kagemusha'. Isn't this the foreshadowing of replacing the main protagonist at this moment?"
"It is indeed a sin to kill your brother and pretend to be an impostor, and it may be discovered by others. It is precisely because of this sense of guilt and the sense of danger of walking on thin ice that the tension of the drama can be strengthened and attract readers to continue reading.
Worrying and looking forward to the moment when the truth will be revealed.”
Jiang Feng listened silently to what he said, raised his head and asked, "You can explain the first two ways, why don't you mention the third way?"
"It's not necessary." Gao Fei smiled slightly, "Because I am 100% sure that the third way is the one you make up your mind to choose. It is the most unpleasant and touching, the most ordinary and the greatest.
path... Now that you have made your choice, what else can I say?"
"Are you really so sure that I will choose the third path?" Jiang Feng raised his eyebrows with surprise on his face, "What's the reason?"
"Because you are Jiang Nu Xia." Gao Fei's smile was full of emotion, "The reason why a Xia is a Xia is not important whether he has martial arts skills. The most important thing is not to do anything wrong in his life!"
Jiang Feng couldn't help but tremble, shook Gao Fei's hand hard, bit his lip, his beautiful eyes were slightly moist.
"Thank you, classmate Gao... I don't know how much virtue I accumulated in my previous life before I met you in this life."
"Hey! That's not true! Why do I think you are scolding me?"
"Fuck you! Bad thing!"
Jiang Nuxia burst into laughter, picked up the stick and hit him on the buttocks gently.
…
Gao Fei guessed correctly.
Jiang Feng's choice was more in line with Sumo's own tendency: he couldn't bear to kill Rubio Lopez, his half-brother.
"For mother's sake, I'll let you go this time! If you still don't repent and you do it again in my hands, be careful!"
Somo took back the collar, gave two stern warnings, and turned around to leave.
Ali and Yeseniya did not fully agree with the choice Somo made, but they could understand that he cared about family ties and decided to accompany Somo to leave Sevinia.
The sky has broken at dawn, and as the sun rises as usual, the story of "The Stranger in the Vast Sea" also comes to an end and comes to a close.
Jiang Feng was forcibly released from the "divine" state by the system, and was reluctant to quit the game. He stared at the morning light on the eastern horizon that was dyed red and was lost in thought for a long time, and finally sighed with complicated emotions.
"Gao Fei, I remember you once said that sometimes after reading a book or completing a game, the moment you see the ending, it feels like you have spent a long life... Now, I also feel this feeling of loss.
.”
Gao Fei nodded sympathetically.
"We are all mortals with limited lives. The events we can experience in our lives are very limited, and most of them are boring and trivial repetitions. Only through literature, art, comics, movies, games and other works can we gain far more than real life.
A richer and more interesting personal experience, in a sense, is equivalent to extending our lives."
