A young boy with white hair, white skin, and ice-blue eyes woke up from the pile of ashes. Next to him were countless burnt, severely carbonized corpses. Those corpses were still emitting faint smoke, but they burned very hard.
Completely, there is only a slight unpleasant residual heat around it.
As Elaine tries to figure out his situation, he seems to be transported to a village that was destroyed by fire.
He crossed time and space, borrowed other people's bodies, and arrived in this different world nine hundred years later, just to complete a mission.
But what is the situation now?
The [prosthetic body] he borrowed seemed to appear out of thin air in a village destroyed by fire. Although the clothes all over his body were severely carbonized in the fire, and he turned into ashes and fell after he moved a little, his body was not affected at all.
burn.
This skin as white as ice seems to be protected by divine power and is immune to fires with temperatures of thousands of degrees. No. Rather than ice and snow, it is more like ashes. The fireless ashes remove all darkness and filth on the human body.
It was burned out, leaving only this pale piece of nothing. Precisely because there was no dirt to burn, the flames avoided him, as if even the flames despised the emptiness of his soul.
This is the body that Elaine borrowed after traveling to this world. It is the [prosthetic body] that [the will of the world] voluntarily lent to him for use. Is it because he does not belong to this world and is a special visitor?
Borrowing such a special body?
No matter what, the first thing to do now is to survive in this different world.
No, I need to find some clothes to cover my shame first.
Elaine looked around, trying to find some usable clothes from the burned village. Unfortunately, the village was deliberately set on fire and burned extremely cleanly and completely. The surrounding area had already become charred. Forget about the cloth, even the various kinds of clothes in the rubble of the village were
The iron farm tools were burned to a crooked shape and had long lost their use value.
What is going on with this fire? Is this village ravaged by war? Who is at war with whom? Even if there is a war between two countries, why would there be such a huge hatred? The enemy army wants to set fire to the village.
Kill all the residents in the village without leaving any one behind?
There seemed to be something wrong. Even a fool like Elaine could instantly detect something unnatural.
This is not something done out of hatred. The village was so completely burned, not because of [hate], but because of [fear]. There was something in the village that made outsiders afraid. That's why they put it
The entire village was set on fire, and all the villagers were burned to ashes.
Since ancient times, flame has been considered as one of the ways to purify filth. It is a natural law that humans have gradually mastered through observation in the process of using fire. The so-called purification of filth is actually——
The process of sterilization and disinfection.
So, isn’t Elaine’s situation very bad when he wakes up from a village that should have been burned to ashes?
The moon was dark and the wind was high, and there was no one around. But Elaine began to panic. He didn't know if he was carrying the disease, but he knew that as long as he was witnessed by others wandering around naked in a village like this, he would definitely be in trouble.
He will be regarded as a carrier, and may be arrested and burned again. And what's going on with the fair skin and hair? Could the prosthetic body he borrowed be an individual with albinism? Even in Elaine's original world
, Albinos are also objects of discrimination and fear. Superstitious people often regard albinos as being possessed by some kind of demon or evil spirit, and reject and alienate them. If someone discovers Albinism in a village that has been plagued by disease and burned down.
He has no idea about an albino like Ryan!
He must leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible. As he ran, he called Merlin's name, hoping that Master Merlin could help him. But Merlin did not respond. Elaine had been told from the beginning that he came to this nine
There will be some "uncertainty" in the world a hundred years from now. It may appear in a different time and place than King Arthur and others, and it may even arrive several years earlier or later than others. Although Merlin will
He came to help Elaine survive, but he couldn't arrive for a while.
You must live. You must live on your own strength.
Elaine, who was thinking like this, felt the stinging pain under her feet.
Of course. He walked barefoot on the ground that was full of rubble and debris. The village that had long been destroyed by fire still had all kinds of dangerous sharp debris that could pierce his feet.
It was dark at night, and he used the moonlight to look at the surrounding scenery. He saw the black footprints dragged out behind him, and knew that they were actually blood marks.
His blood.
Elaine knew very well that the [prosthetic body] he borrowed was only a human body. No matter how special this albino body was, no matter how lucky he was to survive the fire, it was still fragile.
A human body. Unlike the White Bear (White Dragon) body he originally owned, this body has almost no self-healing ability, and the injuries it sustains will take a long time to heal.
Now because of the panic and excitement, he may not feel the pain temporarily, but his feet may have been pricked to pieces by the debris on the ground. In addition, his body does not have the ability to heal itself. If the wounds are not treated in time, he will be very vulnerable.
Infection may occur.
In this era of backward medical technology, wound infection is almost equivalent to death.
will die.
When she thought of this, Elaine's heart beat faster and she became more and more panicked.
How could he die here? He didn't help anything, he couldn't accomplish anything, he couldn't fulfill even half of his promise, he couldn't save Queen Greenville, and he couldn't even save Leoport. He died like this, meaninglessly.
In the wilderness of this strange time and space?!
Absolutely not!
The pain on his feet became more and more apparent. Normally, a person would be unable to continue walking because of this severe pain. But he was panicked and paranoid, and he didn't want to die pointlessly in such a place, so he endured the pain that no mortal could bear.
In severe pain, he gritted his teeth and continued to run away.
Don't want to die!
Anyway, I just don’t want to die!
[Run to the light, my friend.]
A voice came out of his head.
[Where there is light, there is salvation.]
He didn't know where that voice came from, but in despair he could only believe it. The only light under the moonlight was in the distance at three o'clock. Although he didn't know what the light was, he
Running towards that light.
Then.
Plop!! He missed the mark and fell into the water.
Yes, that light was the reflection of the water. It was a small river next to the village. When he realized that he had fallen into the river, it was already too late. His physical strength had been exhausted, and he didn't even have the strength left to struggle.
Coupled with the strong current of the river, he choked a few mouthfuls in the water and was immediately washed away by the rapids.
"Leo!" He lost consciousness before he even had time to shout.
I don't know how long it has been.
"Hey, are you still alive?" It seemed like someone was kicking him. But Elaine's whole body hurt and she was so weak that she didn't even have the strength to respond.
"His body is covered with injuries, he should be almost dead." Another voice said: "Don't worry about this guy, let's continue on our way. There are countless people dying on the streets in this world, and he is not enough."
"Well," it seemed that the man who was kicking Elaine just now grunted: "If you have run out of energy."
"Cough! Cough!!" Elaine's whole body ached and several ribs were broken, but he coughed twice with all his strength, wanting to tell the other party that he was still alive and could be saved.
"Oh, I'm still angry." The weak cough attracted the other party's attention: "In this case, it's another matter."
Elaine felt someone touch his body and he was picked up.
"Hey, are you really going to save this kind of unknown boy? That unlucky white skin and white hair——"
"You don't understand this." Another voice said: "Some customers have a soft spot for this kind of special-looking boy. If he can be rescued and trained properly, he will be a valuable commodity."
A big hand was rubbing Elaine's face: "But this kid is too thin. Let him gain weight first."
From that moment on, Elaine realized that he had fallen into the hands of human traffickers. His subsequent fate was no better than drowning in the river.
No. Just survive. This is a borrowed body. No matter how damaged, stained, or insulted, everything will be as if it never happened after Elaine completes his mission and escapes from this other world.
But, why? It was obviously just a borrowed body - when he was whipped with a whip, peeled off layers of skin under the scorching sun, his muscles were sore from long hours of labor, and he was pressed to the ground by the slave owner and ravaged
, when being kicked, beaten, bullied, this borrowed body can actually feel such real pain? Why can this pain penetrate deep into the bone marrow and soul?
"No, I don't want it, Master!" He begged for mercy in the midst of great pain and humiliation.
"Ah, keep shouting, boy -" His begging for mercy only made the slave owner even more excited: "It's great. Such a smooth white body, such a sweet breath, such a tight inner body -"
His tongue was licking randomly on his bloody face, and he could no longer tell what was blood and what was saliva.
"Begging for mercy, kid, keep begging for mercy!" The collision from behind intensified: "The more you beg for mercy, the more excited I am!!"
He was kept in the narrowest cage and was closely guarded. The cage was so small that there was no room to turn around, and he could only move his waist and abdomen occasionally. People watched his twisting body for fun. There are people every day.
Feed like pig food was forced into his mouth, and a gag was used to ensure that he could not spit the feed out. In order not to suffocate, he had to swallow it. His life as a slave was to be dragged out of the cage and used as a play tool.
Afterwards, he was washed by the cold river water, and then stuffed back into the cage to continue being locked up. This cycle continued. In this long-term slave life that eroded his mind and soul, he became dementia and his thinking gradually stopped.
He knew that this kind of life could no longer be regarded as living. Living as a slave had no dignity at all, and there was no way to maintain it. He wanted to bite his tongue and commit suicide countless times, but the suicides of biting his tongue and committing suicide in the movie were all lies. The human body
There is simply no way to do this. The moment the bite is taken, the person will stop the behavior on his own due to the severe pain. As a result, the tongue will only swell, ache and bleed, but he will not be able to truly die.
(so painful)
Slave owners changed countless times. He became more and more submissive, and he no longer had the strength to resist.
(So painful!)
Slave owners only used him as a tool to vent their anger. But his worth seemed to be getting higher and higher.
(Who can help me!)
He was caged like an animal. He was penetrated deeply again and again.
(If this is all just a nightmare——)
Until he became numb to everything, he smiled sickly and happily accepted all the filth poured into his body——
(When will it wake up!?!?)
People surrounded him, swarming around him, ravaging his body all the time, trampling him like mud under their feet, pouring filth into his mouth, nose, ears, and all the holes in his body. He was covered with filth.
His whole body was covered with blood, and people wanted him to sink in the swamp of filth, to see him twisting and struggling in the sludge, with his miserable appearance showing all his ugliness.
Then one day, everything was engulfed in flames again. That was no accident. There were too many slaves, and some of them were indeed infected with the disease. The slave owners' rivals took the opportunity to act and took advantage of the darkness. When others were punished by the fire, only Yi
Ryan existed alone among the ashes, unscathed. The flames purified everything, including the filth on his body. But he was just ashes that could not be burned.
He didn't know how long it had been burning, but he slowly climbed up from the ashes and heard a faint cry.
"Save me!" His slave owner's whole body was burned to char. Only his head, which was pressed by Elaine's body, was still intact: "I'm so painful and thirsty!"
What exactly is so-called salvation?
Having been insulted countless times and treated like an animal for a long time, he had every right and reason to step on that scum and crush that scum's head. However, he subconsciously bit his own finger.
Let a drop of blood pour out of your finger fall on the lips of the dying man, and ask softly: "Are you thirsty, Master?"
At some point, he found that he couldn't hate anyone. That was probably because something in his soul had been wiped out.
"Hey, boy." A few months later, a middle-aged man wearing luxurious clothes and a businessman's appearance appeared in front of him.
At that time, Elaine was in a village where the epidemic was spreading, busy taking care of the dying patients there. The church had not yet taken action in this village because they discovered this interesting special case and wanted to continue to observe it.
"It is rumored that you are immune to the Black Death?" the middle-aged man asked. Because he was wearing a mask, the other person's words were very unclear: "You never know how valuable your body is. Staying here is just a waste.
Come with me. I promise to treat you well."
Elaine looked at the other party dullly, and answered after a few seconds: "As you command, Master."
"Not the master." The other party put his big hand on his snow-white hair and rubbed it gently: "From today on, you are my adopted son, Geoffrey."
He then closed his eyes with peace of mind and felt the warmth from that big hand. He knew that he was still a tool and was to be used and squeezed out of value——
But why does he actually feel so at ease?
Elaine took a deep breath, and what she saw when she opened her eyes was still the huge bloody skeleton demon.
By the way. The demon Duma just swept out a palm, and Elaine didn't have time to block the attack. Although it was blocked by the defense set up by [Legion - Meteor Shower], the impact of the palm still knocked Elaine away and hit her.
Go to the tree trunk aside. Could everything just now be the so-called marquee? Before a person dies, he recalls the past events of his life? But why do he recall only those unbearable past events——
He fainted for about two seconds. His spine seemed to be about to shatter, and seven of his ribs were broken. Blood poured out of his throat and fell uncontrollably on his neck, chest and the ground. Probably
Part of the lungs and bronchi were stabbed by the broken ribs.
This is the human body, which is extremely fragile. If you are lightly swept by that kind of huge demon, you will be on the verge of death. If this happens again, it will be certain death.
But Elaine got up again with willpower.
"Leo"
(Even if I have become filthy and appear in front of your eyes——)
He had hallucinations in front of his eyes due to heavy bleeding, as if he saw a lion-man boy beside him.
(Can you still face me like this?)
"Wait for me to come back." Blood and tears poured out of his eyeballs with slightly broken capillaries.
The mithril alloy billiard ball stained with his blood began to glow, turning into two hundred and fifty-five burning fireballs, hitting the blood-red skull's head.
The so-called [blood of the saint] is incompatible with demons. Instilling one's will and applying special blood to weapons is actually an extremely primitive form of enchantment.
The blood-stained billiard ball caused a strong explosion the moment it hit the devil!