Roland was careful not to make any too loud noises and returned along the original path.
The distance won't be too far, because the vines can only extend for sixty yards at most. As long as you find the right direction, you can run back in less than a minute.
It is impossible to gain the favor of the Embers immediately among the crowd. The objective environment does not allow this. To complete the first step of the job transfer task, the first thing to do is to get at least one Ember and others and
Macon and his group were isolated.
As for what to do, Roland had already made plans in his mind.
The two entanglement spells in hand have not expired yet. If the timing is clever, you can find an Ember who is temporarily out of everyone's sight, and then wrap a vine around his mouth and another one to pull his legs, just like Roland himself before
Just pull him over directly.
Once he can talk face to face, with Roland's understanding of the South Wind Ring, at least he will not be regarded as an enemy.
He had a good plan in mind, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. When Roland was halfway there, a man in red robe threw himself in the middle of the road.
A throwing ax was embedded directly behind him, and the muscles in his back were undoubtedly severed. At this depth, the spine was probably broken as well.
Roland lowered his head quietly and looked at him, then suddenly smiled silently.
With such a ready-made good thing in front of him, Roland would be sorry for himself if he didn't make use of it.
Having made up his mind, Roland said: "Are you...?"
The man lying on the ground trembled obviously. He was probably excited, but he could no longer raise his head.
"My name is Pars, Pars. Bai Qian. May the wind from the south say hello to you."
His voice was almost choked.
He was probably thinking, "Ah, I'm finally saved." Roland had a faint smile on his face, and everything was under control.
If this person is a relatively selfish person, then his next sentence will be something like "Carry me back, I'm going to die." And if this person is still somewhat committed to his cause of destroying civilized order, at least he will be a cultist.
If I have a sense of honor, I'm afraid it would be "Don't worry about me, go and save Lord Marco".
"Master Marco is in danger, please leave me alone! I'm useless, but we can't lose a master... No! Don't go yet, go find Mr. Windspeaker and bring more people! Quick, quick -"
Not bad.
Roland almost applauded him in his heart.
Being able to recognize that he is "good for nothing" means that he has at least self-awareness; being able to recognize the situation on the court clearly, instead of blindly asking Roland for help, means that this guy's brain has not been burned by the ashes, and at least he still has the most vitality.
Basic logic.
If he falls into a more open-minded place such as the Dawn Sect or the White Tower, he might have the possibility of returning to normal society - by the way, when Roland talks about returning to normal society, he is referring to the experience of returning to normal society.
After three months to half a year of brainwashing, he would devote himself to heavy physical labor that cannot be replaced by machines, or having his body covered with dangerous items and purifying his soul in the fire with his former colleagues.
Is this cruel? Not cruel at all.
Compared with the fate of other cultists after being caught, being able to see the sun, eating some normal food until they die, or being able to carry heroes on their backs - I mean, the name of a martyr and being admired by future generations is really considered a mercy.
.
Compared with those guys, Roland is more benevolent. He neither wants to use brainwashing methods to confuse his spirit and destroy his faith, nor is he prepared to extract his labor force or use it as some special and rare consumables. He is prepared to simply
After asking a few questions, I gave him a warrior's death, so that before he died, he could believe that the truth he had believed for half his life was not a fallacy.
So Roland asked extremely calmly: "Do you believe me?"
"...Of course I believe it."
The moment the druid named Pars said these words, a large piece of dark green data flashed before Roland's eyes:
[Inaugural Mission (1): Make any Ashman of Bronze level or above become friendly towards you]
[You have gained the trust of Pars, and the inaugural task (1) is completed]
[You have obtained new information about the inauguration mission——]
【"May the gods turn to ashes"】
【Task Tip——】
[This may be a sentence, or it may be the motto of a certain organization. No matter what, you must find it out. Your intuition tells you that this is closely related to the power of the Embers]
[You have received a new job assignment]
[Inaugural Task (2): Find out the keywords and obtain complete and broken information at the same time]
As expected.
Roland's mouth curved slightly.
He even knew the next step of the mission. At least before the butterfly effect occurred, there was basically nothing important in this world that he didn't know.
"What do you want to say?"
The voice of the druid lying on the ground was trembling.
"I just want to confirm your identity."
Roland's tone was so calm that it seemed to freeze, but the speed of his speech remained unchanged. However, it no longer contained any emotion, and was as cold as inorganic matter.
To use an inappropriate metaphor - this is just a simple change in supply and demand.
Roland did not need to force this man to believe his words. In the absence of any evidence that could doubt his identity, Pars could only choose to believe and accept Roland's words.
"How do you want to confirm?" Pars's voice trembled slightly.
"The manifesto of the Ashmen. It's the one you chant every day, Gods turn to ashes and all that - read it to me in full."
Pars seemed relieved.
Indeed, this is not something that cannot be said. Even when recruiting new members, this is always the first time to let others know. If it is just to confirm the identity, you can indeed ask this question.
After all, even the new members have heard of it, so if they say they don’t know, it’s undoubtedly a lie.
But Roland didn't want to confirm his identity. Just like before, he just had to say it.
There are gods in this world - not in the sense of those counterfeits in the sky who hold the authority of the saints and call themselves gods, but in the sense of real gods.
After Orm created this sanctuary-like world, in order to ensure that it would not cause problems from within, a backdoor was set up above the authority of the saints. In the future, three saints such as Mentor of Everlasting Sleep would use this system to regain their authority.
of.
This device, or god, is called Orm the Observer, and his name means "What Orm Sees."
The meaning of his existence is to record everything that happens. Roland once posted on the forum to discuss the issues between Omuls' behavior and meaning of existence, the division of character camps and the determination of systematic tasks.
Let’s not mention those things. In short, the system does not look at the inner thoughts of others when determining whether a task related to changing the will of others is successful. Let’s not mention how NPCs can have inner thoughts as their reactions are almost preset. Players
It is even more difficult to accurately determine the mood changes.
Therefore, what the system adopts is others' "personal admission without being forced and coming from the heart" or "absolute behavioral judgment." As for what standard comes from the heart and where the absoluteness comes from, it is the observer's opinion.
Problem.
Although Pars said he trusted Roland on the ground, a lot of it was forced by the situation, but Roland himself did not force him. And he did have a good impression of Roland who appeared at the most critical moment like a rain of time - at least.
He has a temporary favorable impression. In this case, the observer will judge that he has "expressed trust in Roland", and Roland's first task will be completed.
In fact, if Roland asked him to say something like "I'm starting to like you a little bit" or "You are really beautiful, I want to have dinner with you tomorrow", it would be considered successful. But with deception
At the same time that he completed the first task in this way, Roland understood that his third task could not be completed by normal means.
So he listened intently to Pars's feeble words: "We are the fire-bringers of the old order, we are the apostles of the new world, bringing the news of new life from the fire - we will turn the gods to ashes and the will of mankind
Rising from the ashes.”
[You have obtained relevant information about the Embers, and the inaugural mission (2) is completed]
[You have obtained new information about the inauguration mission——]
[The profession of Embers is undoubtedly a small circle, and its contents include dangerous models such as unbelievers, god-abandoners, heretics or lunatics. It is difficult for them to simply accept a stranger. In short, you
You must let these people get to know you quickly. Even if you cannot chat and laugh with them, you must at least leave a clear impression on them - no matter what the means.】
[You have received a new job assignment]
[Inaugural Mission (3): Make more than twenty Embers aware of your existence (0/20)]
very good.
"Ah, that's right. You are the real deal."
Roland said calmly, and controlled the vines in his sleeves to reach out like lightning, tightly binding the neck of the Ashman named Pars. After Roland had been indifferent to him for so long, even if he
Even a strong man at the bronze level will inevitably become weak due to blood loss at this moment.
His experience cannot be wasted. Moreover, his clothes, body, and even the throwing ax inserted into his body at this moment have their own uses.
In short, we cannot let him escape, we cannot let him die immediately, and we cannot let him be discovered by others.
In addition, he has another use -
Roland used his mind to control the vines to lift the young man up. Because the vines locked his throat and lifted him up with force, his face quickly turned red due to congestion, and changed from red to purple at an extremely fast speed.
The moment the young man's eyes fell on Roland's face, Roland could clearly feel through the vines around his neck that the temperature of his upper body dropped a lot due to the sudden shock. His pupils dilated and he opened his mouth to say something.
He rolled his eyes and lost consciousness.
Is it a physiological flight response?
Roland raised his eyebrows.
His reaction gave Roland a lot of information. For example, these Embers should know each other, or have some ability to judge friends and foes through vision.
As if to cater to Roland's thoughts, a dark green light curtain flashed across his eyes——
[Inaugural Mission (3): Make more than twenty Embers aware of your existence (1/20)]
After confirming that the system's count increased by one, Roland did not hesitate to use vines to remove the coat of the unconscious Pars, then took off his black robe and put on Pars's red robe, and finally put the black robe on.
The robe was lightly covered - just in case.
After thinking about it for a while, Roland slowly pulled out the ax that was still stuck in Pars's back, and struck the ax mark on his back gently with an axe.
Because there was no force, the ax just cut open a piece of muscle and stopped, but it also took away three points of Roland's health. The pain immediately made Roland break out in a cold sweat.
Now Roland only has six points of life left. To be precise, if Roland does nothing, then he has twelve hours of life left. It is not surprising to say that he is still short of a breath, even if the militiaman wields a wooden stick and hits with all his strength.
It is possible to take Roland away directly.
But this time he didn't moan or cry out in pain. He just trembled and cut a cross wound on Pars's abdomen. Then he put the ax back into Pars's wound. He remained silent during the whole process.
No movement was made.
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