Duckweed's proficiency in using elemental life templates far exceeded Lu Yu's expectation. The elemental guard deployed fully reached the level of high-level summons. In addition, when an attack occurs, he can control 3 to 4 elemental lives at the same time.
He estimated that Duckweed had already touched the threshold of an eighth-level magician.
Intermittent moans came from the depths of the cave, the kind of moans that seemed to catch people's hearts and make them feel depressed. Lu Yu had heard it in the hospital. The deeper the night went, the more sad and helpless the sounds became, like
It can take away your life at any time.
The power of the elements that permeated the cave could not dispel the feeling of powerlessness heading towards death. At the same time as duckweed was seen, two attackers came out carrying a corpse.
Duckweed said sorry to Lu Yu, then leaned down, put his hands on the body of the deceased and whispered silently. The prayer that lasted for about a minute ended, and the body of the deceased was carried into a more profound place.
Deep in the cave.
"I'm glad that we have a chance to resolve the misunderstanding." A somewhat haggard duckweed said with strong energy.
"I hope it's not just an excuse." Lulu said angrily, "You should know that what you said during the attack dragged us into the water. We should have enjoyed the game."
"It should be a shame for a magician to be watched by dignitaries as a monkey." Duckweed said seriously, "As the companions of the pioneers, how can you tolerate their faces?"
The second half of Lulu's words made her confused. She didn't know what to reply for a moment. Fortunately, the light cast by the fire element behind her was not enough to illuminate her entire face, otherwise others would definitely be able to see her blushing face.
Small face.
In the slightly spacious cave, more than 30 people who participated in the attack and escaped unharmed were all injured. As Lu Yu and others entered, a look of vigilance appeared on their bloodless faces - even if Duckweed was with them.
In the corner, Leif, who was testing Lu Yu, squatted on the ground, her head buried between her knees, her long black hair messy. The blood that had not been washed away after the battle solidified on her skin and hair, giving off a strong fishy smell.
Lu Yu, who wanted to step forward to check, was stopped by Duckweed: "She is not very conscious now."
As he said that, Duckweed sat next to Leif, and gently held up Leif's head with his hands. His pretty face was covered with blood scabs, and saliva flowed from the slightly raised corners of his mouth, as if he had fallen into a very deep place.
Unable to wake up from her dream, she chuckled "hehehehe" in a low voice.
Suddenly, Leif hugged the duckweed in front of her, kept calling "Mom" in a low voice, and pressed her face against it, like a baby that hadn't grown up yet, acting coquettishly to its mother.
Duckweed did not push her away, but hugged her gently, gently stroked Leif's back, and rubbed her sloppy head.
Within a few seconds, Leif suddenly increased her strength, holding her hands tightly around Duckweed's waist, as if she was afraid of losing something.
Duckweed winked at the other people in the cave, and they got up and left sensibly.
After clearing the place, she lovingly manipulated the water element to flow over Leif's body, washing away the smelly plasma that had been attached to her for a long time.
"She has been like this since she left the sewers of Granahan. Sometimes she is crazy but can slightly distinguish between illusion and reality. Sometimes she seems to be in a dream and everything she sees is an illusion." Duckweed sighed, "Hers
Her life, everything about her, was ruined by the pollution created by those heinous dignitaries and big businessmen!"
Lulu squatted down and asked: "Is there no cure for the pollution in your mouth?" After seeing Leif's amazing elemental magic talent in the arena, Lulu could not help but feel sympathy for each other, "I am a potion master, mind if you let me
Shall I check it?"
Duckweed's lips moved. She wanted to say "it's useless", but her trust in Lu Yu's identity as his partner gave her a glimmer of hope.
"She was poisoned, and the poison has damaged her brain." After saying that, Duckweed grabbed Leif's hands to prevent her from reacting to Lulu's magic power.
Lulu asked: "Didn't you ask the pharmacist to detoxify it?"
"The pharmacist could not identify the ingredients of the toxin. The symptoms of the survivors who were affected at that time were different. Some were sensory disorders, some were experiencing strange body failure and losing control of their limbs, and some looked normal but had some symptoms of limbs not long after.
A degree of phantom pain. As a result, countless people are left with disabilities. Many people cannot bear the frequent pain and the disability that makes them unable to live a normal life and choose to commit suicide."
Lulu lamented: "Her strength, if her body is still normal, she will definitely be the leading elemental mage in this continent."
"It would be better if you could praise her when she is awake... She just wants to die now. She has been tortured for fourteen years. She can no longer hold on. During this attack, she killed her countless times.
Put yourself in a dangerous situation."
Lu Yu and Sera looked at each other, and their doubts were dispelled.
"What exactly happened that year?" Lu Yu asked.
Sera believes that Duckweed should start from the starting point of everything, for example, her life experience that shocked the entire Duldran nobles.
Leif in Duckweed's arms was curled up like a kitten, with his head resting peacefully on her lap. This girl, who only gave everyone the impression of being crazy, was so quiet for the first time.
Duckweed's eyes, which were comforting Leif, suddenly became blurred. As she narrated, her thoughts gradually returned to the past.
For Duckweed's parents, a couple who worked as servants in the Dashwood family, their life trajectory completely changed because of the child in their belly.
Maybe they had envisioned a future for these two children. Maybe the best future would be to become an ordinary person and not need to work for the nobles. But the fate of the world is unpredictable, and what fate has given them is a huge job.
of gifts.
A man with only a thin magical bloodline, whose highest ranking could only reach the second level, and a child with a woman without magical power actually possessed a talent that shocked all of Durderan.
Being born into the third level is normal among races such as the Kraken, but for humans, this is like a miracle.
Her future is limitless, and the path of a magician is naturally open to her. Looking into the future, she even begins to move towards the ninth level, the highest point that drives countless magicians crazy, from the moment she breathes. Any frustrated magic
Any teacher who knew of her existence would be jealous to the point of going crazy.
Along with this gift came a curse.
Duckweed's parents, who knew nothing about their child's horror, were immersed in grief because Duckweed, who was born first, was a dystocia. The duckweed who came out feet first had no movement when the umbilical cord was cut. She neither cried nor made trouble.
Like a dead baby.
In stark contrast to Duckweed, her sister Ellegor came into this world smoothly and was soon discovered by doctors about her talent that could not be hidden.
The surging malice destroyed this happy family in an instant. Dashwood's family magician snatched away Ellegor and killed the poor couple on the spot. Finally, he ordered the family guards to kill their children.
The body was taken away from the manor and burned.
"Why not burn it on the spot?" Lu Yu, who already knew that Duckweed had escaped death, was curious about how the people who made the decision considered it.
"Maybe it's fear." Duckweed sneered, "A parent who can give birth to a legendary child may have the blessing of the gods? Or maybe he is afraid that the spirit of the dead wanders in the manor and brings an eternal curse to the Dashwood family? Who?
You know, in short, they finally chose to use the help of others to solve all this in a non-bloody way, just like the wronged souls who wanted to claim their lives found the wrong person."
Duckweed, who was taken away as a dead baby, finally cried out on that rainy night with heavy rain.
The members of the execution guard used flames to turn the bodies of Duckweed's parents into ashes, leaving no trace, but for Duckweed...perhaps the baby's cry awakened the conscience in their hearts, preventing them from losing their humanity and falling like wild beasts.
, they found simple materials and made a small bamboo basket, using their robes as curtains to protect them from wind and rain.
Worried that they would be suspected after leaving for too long, they left everything to God's will. The members of the guard released a dying harpy who had been humiliated by the Dashwood family, and handed her freedom and duckweed, and also gave her this ability.
The power to decide Duckweed's fate was placed in her hands.
Duckweed said: "Leila's mother did it. She was obviously seriously injured, but she still struggled to use her wings to blow away the rain and took me away from that nightmare place."
"Those guardsmen shouldn't have gone back..." Duckweed sighed, "Daswood killed all the insiders in the manor the next day, and set a fire to cover up all the facts.
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"It's cruel enough. Even if they are still being used by other nobles and nobles to this day, that's what they did." Sera clicked her tongue, "In order to get your sister, you went to great lengths to kill the heir who has his own bloodline, and take away the heir who doesn't have his own bloodline."
The child will come back to continue the glory of the magician family."
Lu Yu suddenly realized: "No wonder they would choose to let such a young Ellegor cause a scandal. I'm afraid the real purpose is not to make the family famous, but to let the members of the Dashwood family who are hidden among the suitors smoothly get along with them when the right opportunity comes.
Combined, everything goes smoothly, there is no doubt, in this way, they can perfectly obtain all of Ellegor."
Lulu and Sera's eyes widened, and even Duckweed was stunned.
Without exception, they were shocked by Lu Yu's inference.
Duckweed put his hand on his chest and took deep breaths.
"About my sister, I hope to talk about it later... After that, Leila's mother could not escape too far. She was seriously injured. The wild is undoubtedly dangerous. When I was young, I could only cry, and this one
To attract a huge number of enemies to her, she must enter an area where intelligent beings gather."
"Granahan, right?" Serra said.
Duckweed nodded.
At that time, Granaghan, after years of exile of prisoners, was already an extremely mixed area, but Layla had no choice but to enter Granaghan and exchanged some herbs picked from the wild for some potions.
After that, she immediately entered the sewer where no sunlight could be seen.
Compared with the people on the ground who can enjoy the light of day, most of the people in the sewers are old, weak, sick and disabled. Many of them who are also exiles are originally innocent people. They have only ended up in this situation after being implicated and oppressed. Therefore, they have no power to fight against them.
The truly violent and cunning criminals among the exiles competed and eventually became the rats in the sewers.
But even in such a harsh environment, Leila, who was injured and had a child, was not challenged. In her memories, settling down seemed to be a smooth process.
For as long as Duckweed can remember, Granaghan's vast sewers have always been filled with goodwill.
Some people will bring some toys for children from the earthly world that are not wanted by the nobles. Sometimes they are a few glass beads, sometimes they are dolls abandoned by the eldest ladies.
Some people would steal snacks that Duckweed had never heard of or seen before. The first candy in her memory was given by an extremely skilled thief who claimed that no noble family could escape his visit.
He was never ashamed of his theft, he just smiled and said that the guys living in the castle on the ground were the real thieves, who could exploit everything just by sitting at home, and he was just a baby compared to them.
Layla's injury has long since healed, and as a harpy, she should return to her own race, but for Duckweed, she stayed. The reason was no longer to vent her hatred against the Dashwood family one day, but because of hope.
Duckweed was able to grow up smoothly, and within a few years, she regarded Duckweed as her own.
If everything goes well, she will witness Duckweed grow up and calmly describe her life experience to her at the right time.
However, the world of sewers is not decided by them.
This dull land gradually has to bear the taxes of the glamorous residents on the ground, and the level of exploitation can be described as breaking the bones and sucking out the marrow.
After a major rebellion, many people above and below the ground reached an agreement and decided to target the people living in the manor. However, when it came to the actual implementation stage, only the residents of the sewers were left in the forefront.
They were betrayed.
There was no sadness or joy in Duckweed's tone, but his hands had already been clenched into fists.
Many uncles and uncles who had taken care of her died in that treacherous action. They thought they were companions and comrades behind them, but little did they know that what was waiting for them was a knife.
Since then, a manager has appeared in the sewers. It claims that it will regularly grant the people here the right to settle on the land, and they will have full resident rights and will no longer be exiles.
This promise divided the originally angry people, and countless people raised their heads for the carrot hanging high above their heads.
Even though most of them have already suffered enough from this group of people, at this moment, they all have unrealistic hopes.
Duckweed saw everything in her eyes, and what she knew was that all the people who had obtained resident rights had disappeared without a trace, even though they had always been "living very well" in the manager's words.
The depressing situation did not last long. A major event destined to be recorded in the entire history of Durderan shattered Duckweed's last peaceful life.