Woody's mind flashed with knowledge about the Knights of Kallia, but he couldn't find anything related to the ancient weapons.
Didn't she send it out in her previous life?
Woody couldn't help but glance at the Princess of the Stars who was standing aside. Her eyes seemed to be a little meaningful at this time, as if she was expecting him to accept the ring.
"Your Majesty, this should be something very important to you, right?"
Woody did not take his hand back, but asked while looking at this ancient item that still shone like liquid silver under the light of the stars.
Although it was difficult to imagine that it could be turned into a weapon, his restraint as a senior adventurer in his previous life prevented him from wanting to bring it and use it.
"This is something an old friend left here. You should have noticed it! The iron gauntlet on your hand also has that pattern."
"Holy Sword and Stars."
Lani's slightly melancholy and soft voice sounded in the ears, and the chant-like tone when talking about the emblem made people recall the long years.
"Yes, but I remember this is from the Kingdom of Kallia..." Woody's vigilance has not disappeared. He doesn't understand why the Princess of the Stars in front of him would give him such a precious thing. There is no free lunch in the world.
of.
"That's no problem! This old friend of mine told me to pass this ring on to someone like you."
Lani directly interrupted Woody's unfinished words. Instead of her previous heavy tone, she felt relieved. At the same time, Woody's fingertips seemed to have touched the ice and snow, but the coldness drove away the excitement in his heart.
In the silence, Woody looked up and found that at some point, the fingertips of Lani's right hand had touched the hand holding the ring, and then slowly used negligible force to close it until he pushed it back.
"Take it! Woody, I originally thought I would throw it away if I couldn't give it away, but I didn't expect to meet you here..."
Immediately afterwards, Lani's half-truthful and half-false words came out, but even she probably didn't know that there was some kind of expectation in her eyes when she looked at the strange adventurer in front of her.
Woody felt this expectation, thought about it again, and finally remained silent without saying much, accepting this ancient ring.
As a player in the previous life, he knew clearly that this ancient item did not appear in the player's eyes, otherwise it would have caused an uproar long ago. It is possible that she lost it as she said...
But the Kingdom of Kallia also has a lot of knight equipment, right?
Why do you say you only met him...
He was still a little entangled in the conflict between Lani's words and his own memory, but in the next second, he suddenly understood.
Oh yes!
He took it for granted.
Long-standing memories merged and merged, and Woody realized that because too much time had passed, the timeline had confused him.
The equipment of the Kallia series did not appear in the world in piles until the arrival of the Corrupted Mother Tree transformed the undead creatures underground in the Kingdom of Kallia into mutant monsters.
Before this, everyone's impression of the Kingdom of Kallia was just that it was a kingdom with a longer history and a relatively safe state.
Generally, combat adventure players don't like to stay there. The monsters in the wild and the requests from the Adventurer's Guild are difficult to satisfy an adventurer team at its peak, but it's good as a novice village. You can just send messages there.
Get a lot of experience points...
But when you say this, there is no problem.
It seems that something unexpected happened unexpectedly.
The acquisition of this legendary item made his heart feel a little heavy. Originally, the first legendary weapon he wanted to obtain in his memory should still be lying quietly in an unknown valley at this time. Unexpectedly, it arrived so early.
in front of him.
But Woody is not timid. Now that he has got it, and Lani’s words are so clear, he will naturally not pretend to be arrogant and say that everything depends on his own efforts. It is best to accept it directly and then sincerely thank him.
respond.
Hearing Woody's thank you, Lani seemed to be really relieved and spoke simply in a calm and gentle tone.
"The ring is given to you, how you use it is up to you."
"Now, I won't disturb you anymore. The crisis has been resolved. You can just go to the Northland step by step."
The first sentence was naturally addressed to Woody, while the latter sentence was given to everyone including Cecil and Donny.
Cecil and Doni naturally had no objections, while Woody watched Lani's body gradually become transparent, turning into starlight particles, and dissipating in the evening breeze, and fell into deep thought.
Everything that happened tonight was too slow, as if a long time had passed. From the discovery of the anomaly in the town to the defense against the invasion of monsters, to the final arrival of the demonic projection, every event was deeply remembered and vividly remembered.
.
"Goodbye, Your Majesty..."
Cecil was a little reluctant to give up, but her status was destined to prevent her from saying words to stay, and she could only look at her disappearing figure with hopeful eyes.
"It won't be long before we meet again in Komilan!"
This was said to Cecil, but it also seemed to be said to Woody. He stood silently until Lani's figure completely disappeared in the dim night, then he stopped stroking the ring called Virtue and fell into
The memory of the past disappeared, and finally I gently said goodbye to the blowing evening breeze.
…
The stars dimmed and the night came to its darkest hour.
At this moment, the lights in Green Creek Town are brightly lit, the monsters have receded, and the faces of the living people have smiles on their faces, but if you listen carefully, you will find a lot of sorrow and crying in the darkness.
Divergent, there are many people who died, but I don’t know which family he/she was a husband, wife, children, or parents.
Most of the Nudong Merchant Group remained silent. Compared to the various appearances of the townspeople, they were more simple adventurous travelers.
At this time, in an open space in the convoy camp, dozens of corpses wrapped in white cloth were displayed on the soil that still exuded the smell of blood. Preparations for the funeral began immediately after the war. Members of the business group who once seemed to be believers came here.
I was praying for these people.
Many other people also sang along. This should be a unique funeral custom of the Northlanders. It means that these brave warriors will return to the embrace of the mountains.
Woody leaned under a poplar tree not far from the funeral site. With the light of the bonfire and dark vision, he could clearly see everyone's vivid faces.
He was also a little silent. He had seen the white cloth covered up with his own eyes, and there were a few familiar faces inside. He had personally carried it out from the pile of rubble or monsters.
In the last life, Woody couldn't help but sigh every time the indigenous people in the team disappeared.
After all, they are people who have fought side by side. They have their own thoughts and will talk about which pub has the strongest wine during the trip, and what is the difference between southern girls and northern girls...
At this time, he saw a familiar person, it was the Northland man Grimm whom he had just met under the guidance of Sengu when he went to the north of Green Creek Town.
"How's Sengu doing?"
Woody asked softly as he passed by him.
Grimm was slightly stunned at first, but when he turned around and realized that it was Woody who was asking, he immediately put on a grateful face.
"It's you, it's okay! Thanks to you, Sengu is resting in the carriage now. The therapist from the business group is healing his wounds. I'll go out and find him something to eat."
Ever since Woody and Cecil came down from the bell tower together and followed her orders, Woody's status in the Raging Winter Merchant Group has risen sharply. Coupled with his outstanding achievements in this battle, almost everyone in the group has
They all admire him.
"That's good."
Woody didn't want that iron-clad man to just disappear.
Since he can survive, according to the master's net worth, as long as he is still valuable, restoring his limbs is actually just a matter of course.
The two chatted for a while, and Grimm said goodbye and left. Looking at his back, Woody's sadness caused by the scene of a funeral not far away was somewhat diluted.
As long as you are alive, there is hope!
What's more, death is actually a cycle of reincarnation.
If there were other players here, they would definitely say that Woody is a hypocrite.
After all, this world has souls, just like Terra, where the aboriginal people, after death, all souls will arrive at the soul habitat, where they will wait for the envoys of the gods to guide them to their respective kingdoms of gods.
Gain eternal life.
Just as Woody was gradually leaving the memory of the innocent lives lost in the battle, there were some footsteps behind him, which seemed to be heading towards him.
He turned around and saw that he was a rather familiar Mage Apprentice from the Merchant Group. In the tavern, he was also among those questioning the butlers. Generally speaking, their status was much higher than that of ordinary guards, and they were rarely allowed to
They run errands and work.
I saw this apprentice stumbling around in the jungle, looking around. When he saw Woody's golden vertical pupils that were particularly bright in the dark night, he became excited. He said hello with a smile on his face.
Said happily.
"Mr. Woody, I finally found you. His Highness Cecil is looking for you and wants you to go to the Baron Manor."
He seemed to be relieved.
"What's wrong?"
Woody's steps were easy and free in the forest, not affected by the obstacles on the ground at all. Instead, every step he took was extremely stable, and he walked in front of the apprentice easily.
The mage apprentice struggled to push away the vines and branches wrapped around his silk robe with his hands, and continued to speak in an undiminished tone.
"It seems to be related to the reward. She asked me to inform you to go there. I searched for a while and heard Captain Grim's words before I found you here."
"knew."
Woody glanced at the still dark sky and nodded.
Cecil had told him about the trophies when they were on the bell tower, but they hadn't been sorted out at that time. He also wanted to help, so he didn't get involved in the matter immediately. Unexpectedly, it was just a moment later
It has been sorted out with just a little effort.
Following the mage apprentice, it didn't take long to return to the flat stone road of the long street. Many buildings on both sides were affected by the battle just now and were damaged to a certain extent. Someone was cleaning up the rubble caused by the collapse.
, preparing to wait until early tomorrow morning to repair their houses, while others were squatting on the roadside steps with dull eyes and red eyes, not knowing what they were thinking.
There were several children playing on the long street, and their laughter was extremely harsh.
But no one tried to stop them. Their smiles when playing were as clear as mountain spring water. Although their faces were gray, there was no trace of turbidity in their eyes. This was the innocent face that only belonged to children.
Most of them were hidden in the cellar by their families and were released after the battle. They had no idea about the situation on the ground. They were well protected, but the people who protected them...
Woody sighed silently in his heart, this is life and death that is inevitable. If everyone is afraid of death in the face of battle, then most people may not be able to see the dawn of the next day.
Although his heart seemed to be as hard as iron, he still couldn't help but feel ripples in his heart every time he saw people after disasters.
He resisted not to look at these glances, and left the slightly noisy long street with his head buried in the air, and came to the baron's manor filled with candles. At this time, the originally carefully repaired flower garden was already filled with all kinds of man-made destruction, and
It was very different from leaving just now, and more noise came from inside. But when Woody walked to the door of the manor, an accident happened. A blazing fireball burst out of the top like a volcano erupting, and then exploded instantly.
Come, and with the explosion of the fireball, the noise inside the manor seemed to be baptized by the rain of fire and became quiet.
…
Woody outside the door looked at the manor roof with a big hole in it, and the fireball technique that exploded like fireworks under the dark night, and was speechless for a moment.
Then he opened the door and walked through the corridor to the most spacious hall.
There were neither too many nor too few people in the hall, but everyone's expressions were ugly, mixed with a bit of fear and panic.
Several guards from the Nudong Merchant Group, acting as servants, were placing something in front of them one by one. Although there was a slight look on their faces, they were unable to resist. On the other side of the hall was Sisi, who was still dressed as a mage.
Well, unlike before, where she was weak and full in front of Lani, her expression here is indifferent, and she is even more majestic from a high place.
Woody was not in a hurry to go in and disturb her. It wasn't until everyone in the hall moved their things and left that he slowly stepped into the silent hall again, and happened to see Ceci who was holding his forehead and sighing.
you.
"tired?"
Woody couldn't help but smile when he looked at her. Needless to say, he understood that the situation just now was definitely caused by the uneven distribution of the spoils after the battle. If no one restrained her, a fight would probably break out on the spot.
"yes!"
Cecil looked up at Woody and said feebly that she had cast too many spells tonight and her body and spirit were very tired. Unexpectedly, dealing with this matter after the war made her directly experience physical and mental exhaustion.
"Then don't worry about it next time and let them fight and grab it themselves."
"That won't work. If another battle breaks out because of this, wouldn't it mean that so many people have been sacrificed in vain?" Cecil retorted.
"That's okay, don't worry too much about these, just do your best."
Compared to mourning the dead, he has a very high tolerance for various behaviors of the living. Perhaps this is related to the fact that he experienced too many intrigues in his previous life. There are stupid ways to deal with stupid people.
"You are obviously younger than me, but you speak like an old man."
Cecil wrinkled his nose noncommittally, neither objecting nor agreeing.
"By the way, I left a copy for you, take it."
As she spoke, she pointed to the open box that was piled up very conspicuously. The gold and silver coins in the box shone brightly under the candlelight, and they looked like jewels.
"I don't know what I will leave you. These are all contributions from passing travelers. The lords of this trade route are very rich, and they are almost as rich as me."
Cecil smacked her lips, and she felt a little weird about the house raid this time.
Woody was not polite. Although it was only a few thousand gold coins, it was still worthy of his efforts this time, not to mention that he gained more things.
But just when he thought this was the end, Cecil said again.
"You pick another one from here."
He turned around and saw that there were several items and a strange-shaped stone placed on the long table in the hall.
Among them is a cross sword with flames burning in the lines. It must be of a much higher grade than his curved sword. It may be a +2 magical item.
Woody raised it slightly and then put it down. This was not suitable for him.
As for the remaining necklace with a protective effect engraved on it, he simply ignored it. Maybe he needed protection, but basically it could defeat him, so this kind of protection was useless.
There was also a long mithril dagger that seemed to be captured from a certain prisoner. After Woody came into contact with it and knew that it was some kind of soul replacement ritual, he stopped looking at it. He had no use for it and it was not necessary.
So, he quickly set his sights on the fiery red ore lying quietly on the long table.
He was a little confused at first, but when he touched the data and saw the distorted face spitting out from inside the fiery red crystal, Woody's face couldn't contain the joy.
