Mystery: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 301 In the gap between wars

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Unlike the outside world, which is increasingly swayed by war, the Eastern Continent still maintains a peaceful life without being affected at all.

Derrick Berg, like all residents in the City of Silver, had a natural liking for the warm sunlight and the power of purification.The sky gradually lights up, dispelling the darkness and terror, and it turns out that this is the legendary day.The sun reaches the mid-heaven, and the temperature that makes people's skin slightly hot falls on the earth, slowly purifying the barren soil and dirty water. It turns out that this is the noon in the myth.

It has been a week since the sun rose, and the people of Silver City have gradually formed a new habit.

Gradually, in their spare time, they spontaneously gathered in the open squares and empty streets, sitting or lying down, enjoying the feeling of the warm sunlight shining on them, as if the restlessness and coldness of the night were removed from their limbs. It was as if Kuli was gradually expelled.

Likewise, waiting for the sunrise has become a fashionable activity.

Derrick was holding an iron box in his arms, the rust of the box had just been worn off, and the uneven lid and bottom showed its age, probably older than Derrick.The box was originally used to store sundries at home, but now, a "picture book" from outside is placed inside.

A picture album is a special book that binds many pictures together.

The picture book is a "travel brochure" specially selected by Mr. "World" for the outside world.It includes many famous scenic spots in the northern and southern continents, such as the scenery of the bay in Dixie and a corner of the giant hall of the Feysac Empire at dusk.While Derrick struggled to identify the introduction written in the common language of the Northern Continent, he looked at each picture carefully, not wanting to miss even a single detail.

Before I knew it, I watched most of the night.

During this process, Derrick was overwhelmed and dazzled by these beautiful scenery and places of interest, and couldn't help but start thinking about whether there is a similar "tourism" prospect in the Eastern Continent—the "Twilight Giant" of the Feysac Empire. "Palace" is obviously the style of the ancient giant family, and it is very likely that it refers to the "Giant King's Court" in the myth. There is obviously a Giant King's Court in the Eastern Continent, but it cannot be used for tourism... As for places of interest, uh, they are relatively well preserved. Perfect Afternoon Town?And those strange cities where people live... No, these are too dangerous, are there any safer ones?Ruins of ruined cities that have been explored?The inverted mausoleum of the former chief...?
Derrick stopped thinking in pain.

As for the picture book, Silver City also has it, but it doesn't have such thin paper, such bright colors, and such delicate brushstrokes.

After Derrick got the picture album, he flipped through two pages and decided that it was an extremely precious gift. He immediately planned to find a suitable thing to pack it in and properly hand it over to the council of six.

After the animal skin was wrapped, Derrick made a box for the herbs, carefully packed it into an iron box, and took it out.

He had stayed up all night, but he was in good spirits, in good spirits, even a little excited.

"Good morning, Derrick!"

As soon as he left home, someone came to greet him from the street ahead.

"Good morning! Antiina!"

Everyone in the City of Silver fell in love with the current greeting.Derrick couldn't help showing a smile, he waved vigorously to the companion passing by, and watched him leave with his newly married husband.

It's great, walking in the sun... Derrick couldn't help but want to stretch and exercise his muscles, but he still read the picture album in his arms, so he went straight to the round tower in the city without further delay.

He trotted through the residential area where his home was located, and saw idle people spontaneously gathering in two houses near Silver City Square—both were newly vacated, and the smaller one was for the new god "The Fool" The chapel next to it is the mushroom pick-up place.

In the City of Silver, there is the church of "The Almighty Lord", which is not far from the "Fool" church.There is also a priest. The priest is a [-]-meter-tall warrior. His job is to be a member of the hunting team.

There are still many people going to worship in the church of the Lord, and His Royal Highness "Angel of Destiny" is there except for eating and sleeping.

But at the same time, this small church, which is only one-third the size of the main church, also has a lot of traffic.

Derrick slowed down, secretly looking at the Church of the Fool.

……

"I'll change the mushroom!" A deep and deep voice sounded, and a somewhat blunt Feysac word was mixed in the proficient ancient giant language (considering the same origin, Klein chose to give the Feysac word of the City of Silver translation), "I brought enough meat for ten meaty mushrooms, and with a child at home, I can get two more milk mushrooms—"

The pharmacist in the City of Silver stood in the specially designated mushroom receiving place next to the "Fool" church, while drawing on the notebook in his hand, he reached out and picked up the white and plump mushrooms in the big sacks in front of him, and asked :

"The quality of the meat is good! Put it aside, what kind of taste do you want? Fish, beef or mutton?"

These creatures have not existed in the City of Silver for at least 1000 years.Now, with these mushrooms of the "fool's" grace, these ancient words have been turned out of the dictionary.

"Half fish and half beef! It doesn't taste good if it tastes like mutton..." Muttered in a generous voice, the tall warrior put the contaminated animal meat in the warehouse behind the pharmacist, happily Twelve fist-sized mushrooms were taken away.

"Remember not to eat it raw! And don't let the mushrooms be stained with flesh and blood before they are cooked!"

The pharmacist reminded a few words, and then began to talk to the next person who came to collect the mushrooms.

Mr. Frank, a genius who has never met before, provides a mushroom that can absorb the meat endotoxin of a polluted beast. This mushroom, together with the mushroom that can quickly cleanse the toxins and pollution in the human body after consumption, surprised the medical staff of the City of Silver. Heaven and man.Therefore, the first pastor of the "Fool" church will be a pharmacist. When he saw that these two kinds of mushrooms can work, he successfully rescued two companions who were dying due to the accumulation of toxins and were about to be sent home. Finally, he was so excited that tears filled his eyes, and he converted to the Fool on the spot.

At present, the output of mushrooms is limited, so the form of bartering is adopted.People who want to try new flavors can exchange their own prey and some meritorious service, and these meats will be planted with toxin-absorbing mushrooms and offered to others.

But the yield of these two kinds of mushrooms is even less. The former can mass-produce some less effective ones through pharmacists’ research, while the latter is equivalent to expensive medicines, which are too extravagant to take directly. The hospital decided to provide mushrooms to patients with mild symptoms soup.

And, if you spend more time in the sun, the sun itself has the function of purification, which is especially obvious in the Eastern Continent.

"This mushroom is really delicious! It's so fragrant and sweet, once you eat it, you will never forget it!"

Derrick looked over from a distance, and the warrior who had just taken the mushroom was enthusiastically recommending it to others. Many people were quite interested in good-looking mushrooms, but not many could exchange their prey. More people They are still relying on the black-faced grass ration in the City of Silver to survive.

"No toxins, no pollution, no side effects, such food is unimaginable!"

"Just like the reappearance of the sun, myths are gradually becoming reality, all of which must praise the great Lord, praise the 'fool'..."

Such words can be widely recognized in the current City of Silver. Through the brand-new "mushroom", people have initially accepted and supported the "fool" who came to help with good intentions. It is just like the sun, It is a good thing that the City of Silver could not have imagined.In addition, the "fool" has the Lord's endorsement, is the Lord's old friend, and has the promise of salvation. Although most people will not blatantly convert for a while, they don't mind it for the sake of delicious food." The Fool's church for a few simple services.

In this way, the beliefs of the two gods spread harmoniously in the City of Silver, and the council of six also expressed acquiescence and support for such behavior—they were the ones who judged whether the mushrooms were safe, and no one cared more about the City of Silver than them.

so good……

Derrick watched for a while, the corners of his mouth slowly raised.

He obtained these mushrooms and items from the outside world from Mr. "World" through Mr. "Fool", but the six-member council asked Derrick not to disclose his connection with the favored one of "The Fool" for the time being, but instead Claims that "The Fool" has established a connection with the Council.

This is a kind of protection, at least Derrick really doesn't know how to deal with it if friends around him suddenly come up to ask him something.

After watching the third person leave with the mushrooms, Derrick finally started to walk towards the round tower briskly.

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"The abyss is another name for hell, a collection of evils in the world, and the reflection of heaven?"

"Can those extraordinary powers be used by people?"

"Those who do good will ascend to the kingdom of heaven, and those who do evil will fall into the abyss. My God, isn't this a pious judgment based on faith?"

"This is simply a denial of theology, no, a complete denial!"

A more devout sun believer cried when he saw it, and several steam believers with decorative gear ornaments on their bodies were also silent. Near the announcement, two or three church members with silver crosses hanging on their chests looked at each other. Scanning the crowd.

With them there, the crying was not too loud.

This announcement directly overturned the orthodoxy since the Fifth Epoch—originally the most important pass was piety, while good deeds and donations were the icing on the cake.But it’s different now. God said that going to the Kingdom of God requires not only piety, but more importantly, one’s own good deeds!
People couldn't help discussing in low voices, and those who couldn't accept it turned around and left.

The mediocre civilians read it after reading it, and they can also rely on their own words and understand the announcement to show off to the neighbors around them.

They don't care about the ideas of the academic and theological circles, they only care about whether they can have peace after death.

Most people think that their evil deeds are nothing more than petty theft, fighting, not even going to prison, and certainly not being taken away by the abyss—or hell.What's more, they still have enough time to do good deeds, go to church to confess, pray, donate some small money, and make up for their little evil deeds. Not only are they not afraid, but they also gloat about some tyrannical neighbors.

It is not the civilians who are really worried. Many nobles have not realized what kind of changes this clause will bring to their lives. The gods get some pardon.

On the contrary, it is some groups who bully others and have some money, such as small nobles and small wealthy businessmen who abuse their power and participate in many underground industries.

They are very clear about the source of their money, and they are also very clear about their sins that cannot be redeemed even if they hand over all the money. After escaping the punishment of the world with privileges and money, they begin to fear that they cannot escape after death. trial.

"It's unbelievable. If the church hadn't posted the announcement, I would definitely think it was a madman's dream."

In the crowd, a man with fair skin and Intis blood stood on tiptoe to see the announcement that was surrounded by people, and then said to the shorter female companion beside him with great interest:
"The church actually encourages wild Extraordinary people to file for the record, claiming that they will reschedule according to their personal circumstances. Listen to what crazy talk these are!"

"Could it be that wild Beyonders who haven't done bad things or killed anyone still have a chance to sneak into the church? I don't believe it."

The female companion pushed her glasses and frowned:

"What if it's true? We've been on the move for a long time, and we want to settle down in Trier, but if we don't use extraordinary abilities, we can't even save the money to open a small shop."

"Then there's no need for us to take this risk. Who knows if we were caught and locked up in the basement to die right after entering?"

The man of Intis blood rubbed his arms and made a frightened expression: "I heard that many churches treat wild Beyonders like this! They will also force wild Beyonders to test the negative effects of various Extraordinary items , this is more uncomfortable than dying, I would rather live outside."

"But our sequence is so low and our abilities are so poor, we can't get a decent life at all... Even if you go to school as a teacher, you will be noticed because of your outstanding learning ability, but if you don't engage in education Work, your sequence is useless..."

The female companion looked at her companion distressedly, and couldn't help but ask the young man of Southern Continent origin who was standing on the other side without speaking:
"Mace, do you think? Is the church's words credible?"

A young man from the southern continent named Mac Shelort wore a brown soft hat with a brim, and hid his eyes in the shadows. He stared closely at the announcement, obsessively reading and writing over and over again. Regarding the content related to "Abyss", they kept praising God in Dutan language.

"Hell is the destination of sinners, and demons accompany it."

"This is God's promise. We have a place to go after we die, and we can still do evil at will..."

He muttered for a long time before he noticed that his companion was talking to him, and quickly smiled and said, "I think this is trustworthy."

"However, I suggest that only you go."

The girl wearing glasses was pointed at by Metz, and suddenly became nervous, and asked a little stammeringly:
"Why, why?"

Metz smiled calmly and said: "Because you are a generalist, and I heard that the church members of the God of Steam and Machinery are also generalized, you go to file, maybe you can get a position in the church. Where do your traits come from?"

The girl wearing glasses became a little bolder when he said this: "Yes, I took it from a church member who died in battle a few years ago. I thought it was a gem..."

"Yes, you just need to say all this, and then claim your belief as the god of steam and machinery, express your piety and kindness, and maybe you will be accepted by the church." Mace persuaded his companion with a smile on his face, " You have the greatest chance of being accepted, and if you succeed, you will be able to figure out what the church’s attitude towards wild Beyonders is like..." He looked at another companion, "Maybe it can help Dido."

"I, I'll think about it."

The girl stretched out her hand to push her glasses again, and the worry on her brows dissipated a lot: "Maybe you are right, no, you are always right!"

"Is it really possible?"

The man named Dido couldn't help becoming excited when he heard the words. He looked at his companion excitedly, as if he had already seen the days when he became a half-official Beyonder and didn't have to live in fear every day.Afterwards, he coughed, looked at Metz, and quickly asked:
"What about you? What are you going to do? Do you want to continue to be a hired killer?"

"Perhaps, it should be time for us to part."

The eyes of the two of them widened at the same time. Without this powerful and calm companion, it would be difficult for the two low-sequence Extraordinary to deal with the danger, and taking a gamble with the church might become the only option.

Metz pulled the brim of his hat, and smiled casually: "I separated from my companions and came to the North Continent according to the guidance of my heart, just to pursue strength and opportunities. Now Intis estimates that there are many people who need me to do this. Living people, such as those rich and petty nobles."

"Let's just leave here, and we probably won't see each other again in the future." Without waiting for the two companions to answer, he immediately turned around and left. After walking a few tens of meters, seeing that the two companions hadn't caught up, Mace couldn't help it. smile.

The two Sequence 9s are just two, and neither is a path that is good at fighting. If it weren't for finding a more credible snake head, there would be no need to fight with them for so long... Losing the burden, he was much lighter, playing with his hands in his pockets Newly purchased blades.

As usual, he planned to go to the lower streets, to the most chaotic and filthy corners filled with sin, hallucinogens and death, to kill a few people, accept a few assassination commissions, earn some travel expenses, and then take advantage of the chaos to go to the city. ——Go to Loen, the demon family is there, and it already has a considerable scale and influence.Backlund has all the hopes of the demons' advancement, and life can be easily bought with money.

Mace didn't think it was so strange, and even felt that it was too expensive for people from the Northern Continent to charge a few hundred pounds.

Where is the nobility of the poor in the Northern Continent? Why do they need a few hundred pounds per person?In the place where I and Wen Xia were born, the small village that had been prosperous for a while due to coal mines, there were many people who sold themselves and their children for a few pennies and a few soules.

Those who captured slaves even kidnapped them from their hometowns without spending a penny, and then sold them to human traffickers in the Northern Continent at a price of one pound per person or even less. For the low-priced part, the best slaves may sell for tens of pounds or hundreds of pounds.

This is the sudden profit in exchange for violence.

Wen Xia stayed in the Southern Continent, stayed in the Rose School of Thought, and he followed a female saint on a boat to the Northern Continent.

They boarded the ship as civilians of the Intis colony, and learned that the female saint's name was Hilda through their identity documents.She is a high-sequence prisoner, and seems to be able to change herself into many forms, and Mace still remembers that voyage.

Although criminals and prisoners are adjacent paths, one is a lunatic and the other is a cold-blooded person in the low sequence. Ms. Hilda looks a little crazy, and she happens to have a pretty face and an "inferior" complexion, so that there are always people on board. Malicious people tried to do something to her—they dwindled after Lady Hilda plucked out the eyeball of a lowly crew member with a laugh.

During the long-distance voyage at sea, the crew will regularly eat some fruits and supplement some vitamins in order to prevent diseases.The lowly crew was trampled to the bottom by everyone, cowardly and incompetent.He couldn't even get a whole orange, so he could only secretly pick up some leftover orange peels after licking his own few pieces of oranges.

This is the kind of person who didn't dare to ask others for a piece of orange, but dared to pry open the door of a crazy woman in the Southern Continent in the middle of the night with a dagger.

But these people were still there, and Lady Hilda loved tormenting them, and seeing their madness and malice go nowhere.However, she acted like a lunatic, and Metz clearly remembered that she intentionally injured herself, made herself look weak, had a high fever on the boat like an ordinary weak woman, and made it difficult to get ashore alive. look.So those people started to play her idea again, and the crew member who lost one eye clamored to let her lose the eye too, and enjoy the bleeding eye hole——

There were even more swear words, Mace finished smoking one cigarette after another on the deck, he still had doubts in his emotions that had been completely transformed by the "cold-blooded", wondering if he had misread, in fact, this Nine out of ten people on the ship are their own peers.

In the end, their body parts piled up like a mountain.

The good news is that the world is quiet, but the sad thing is that no one came to sail the boat. Ms. Hilda ended her indulgence and drifted away quietly as a resentful spirit.Metz watched her leave and didn't dare to shout, so he could only put down the lifeboat, and rowed for more than ten nautical miles to reach a coast.

Then he stopped and stopped along the way, entered the port, followed those two people into Intis, and came all the way to Trier.

Not burdened, Mace felt much happier. He walked straight down the street, glancing in other directions along the way, and caught a glimpse of a man in black standing in front of the just-pasted notice, seriously Really look at the above.

Loen people... Mace didn't look much, and left quickly.

"I'm a little dissatisfied."

After reading the notice, the gentleman with the blood-like ruby ​​inlaid on his cane sighed dejectedly:
"Justified by faith, condemned by evil, and then sin devours each other, how normal."

"Why do you describe the abyss as a garbage dump in the world?"

"Is it intentional? I obviously have good taste—it is so incomprehensible that subjects are food!"

He muttered angrily for a while, then turned and left.

TBC
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Okay, let everyone see my study results in two days.

Seeing that everyone was deceived in the previous chapter, it was very interesting to think that Ms. D's eldest brother was Hibbert II...

(End of this chapter)