Use foreign lands to conquer the whole of Europe

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Partial Truth (Two in One)

To understand these two things, we must first start with the most dangerous thing in this world—the curse.

This time, instead of perfunctory Angie, Slade patiently supplemented the basic knowledge for her.

In the foreign land, apart from the cursed black water visible to the naked eye, there is also an invisible curse.

It is like air, invisible and intangible, but it really exists.

The moment people step into a foreign land, they will be surrounded by these invisible curses.If the concentration of the curse exceeds the limit that people can bear, various symptoms of discomfort will begin to appear.

These symptoms are simply divided into four situations:
Mild discomfort, moderate discomfort, severe discomfort, and instant death.

Mild discomfort, including general weakness, increased physical exertion, easy fatigue, dizziness and vomiting, etc.In this case, people can still survive, but they will gradually lose their vitality, and they will not survive for three days at most.

Moderate discomfort will be accompanied by systemic bleeding, severe body pain, and nerve pain, and it will not survive for a day at most.This is also the feeling Angie experienced in the Silent Forest.

Severe discomfort, severe pain and bleeding all over the body, rapid deformation and distortion of the body, and strong hallucinations.For this reason, it is almost impossible to get out of the foreign land alive, even if it does survive, it will leave a lifetime of indelible sequelae.

And the most serious ones, the moment they step into a foreign land, their whole bodies will explode into a cloud of blood mist, leaving no scum left.

When Slade said this, Angie couldn't help but wince her neck.

"This uncomfortable symptom should be related to the 'resistance to curse value'?"

Slade nodded slightly: "The lower the resistance value, the stronger the symptoms. Therefore, those areas that have not been detected must not be messed around."

Angie recalled the situation in the Silent Forest.No wonder her symptoms were more severe than Scott's at the time.

Seeing that Angie had almost understood, Slade continued.

Although the curse is terrible, it has another meaning for fearless people like Angie.

Because they can strengthen their bodies by absorbing these curses.

The moment they stepped into a foreign land, their bodies were already absorbing the curse silently, and some subtle changes that they could not detect occurred.

Those who have been strengthened by the curse will have stronger resistance to the curse, forming a virtuous circle, so that they can go to areas with a higher concentration of curses to explore.

These are all in line with Angie's perception of the world, so she quickly understood the old knowledge that changed the soup without changing the medicine.

But what Slade said next was something she didn't know.

In this world, everyone has a body and a soul.Both absorb curses at the same time, but at different rates.

If the soul is strong and the body is weak, it may happen that the curse is absorbed too quickly, but the body does not keep up in time.The body that cannot carry this soul will collapse and deform until it is completely destroyed.

Conversely, if the body is strong enough but the soul is not strong enough, although it is possible to improve steadily, the speed of improvement will be greatly restricted, and it will not be very fast.

After listening to this, Angie was thoughtful.

No wonder Barton panicked when he found out that she was absorbing the curse too fast.With his personality, he probably heard Slade talk about it, but forgot the specific content.

"That is to say... the soul determines the speed at which I absorb the curse, and the body determines whether I can digest the curse?"

After Angie expressed his understanding, Slade smiled at her.

"It's pretty smart, and I can understand it. I rarely talk to others about these things, because most people don't understand."

Being praised so much by the other party made Anji feel a little uncomfortable.She smiled awkwardly, and then continued to ask:

"Then why does using the treasure that increases the resistance value cause the body to change?"

Slade thought for a while, and expressed her personal understanding.

"Because it doesn't really help you improve your resistance to curses, but helps you share part of the curse. Once a certain point of time is exceeded, it will return all the absorbed curses to you. Although it is not fatal, it will Make some changes in your body."

Having said that, Slade hesitated.She and her closest subordinates already had inhuman features, so she knew better than anyone what these "changes" meant.

But after a moment of silence, she continued:

"But it also varies from person to person, so I don't know what you will become..."

Angie's expression changed slightly.

She didn't speak, just lowered her head slightly, as if she was in deep thought.

After a long time, Angie raised his head.She looked at the dignified Slade, and smiled brightly:
"Maybe it will develop in a good direction?"

Slade froze slightly.

As if she didn't notice her abnormality, Angie continued in a lively tone:

"Maybe, I can still grow the handsome dragon horns I really want~"

This unexpected answer made Slade's eyes a little complicated.

She turned her head and looked at the sky outside the window, so Angie couldn't see her expression.

And Anji didn't speak again, just sat obediently in his position, quietly looking at the soft carpet under his feet.

Half of what she said was sincere, and the other half was to comfort the other party.

It's just that she didn't expect that Slade's reaction would be so big.

The hall where only these two people were alone was unusually quiet, with only the occasional slight crackling sound from the burning fire, which made the place not too depressing.

After an unknown amount of time, Slade finally made a move.

Anji, who noticed this, quickly retracted her gaze and turned to look at her, only to find that the other party was staring at her silently.

The brief staring at each other lasted only a few seconds, and Slade's eyes gradually became serious, and he said in a deep voice:

"From the moment you enter the foreign land, you only have seven days. You must come back within seven days, do you understand?"

Angie nodded silently.

Slade looked at the well-behaved girl in front of him, his eyes softened, and he said softly:
"follow me."

Afterwards, she stood up and led Angie through the long corridor outside the hall, heading straight for the huge stone door at the end.

This thick stone door hung with dozens of locks looks mysterious and weird. It is incompatible with the atmosphere of other places in the palace, and it is more like the entrance of a dungeon.

However, compared with this stone gate that seems to have an ancient history, the thick metal iron chains and padlocks on it look brand new and unusual, as if they were newly hung.

Under Angie's curious gaze, Slade took out a bunch of keys, and unlocked those intricately intertwined locks one by one, leaving only a huge, pitch-black cube without a keyhole.

After she put the key chain back to her side, she raised her right arm and stuck it to the surface of the black square.

After a slight metal click, the heavy stone door slowly opened.

Anji looked in, and saw that the dark and deep stone room was filled with various items.Although there are several rows of wooden bookshelves neatly placed inside, there are still many things scattered on the ground, and there is a palm-like thing that "crawls" a few steps in a timely manner.

The girl followed Slade obediently, not looking at the treasures lined up on both sides, and at the same time paying attention to her feet to avoid stepping on those "crawling" things.

Looking back, the door behind him had closed at some point.

In the next second, Angie almost bumped into Slade who stopped suddenly.

She turned sideways slightly, stretched out her dark and slender arms, and took out a mutilated white helmet from the shelf beside her.

It was only a little bigger than a palm, and there was only a tall and slender pointed horn on the upper right, which looked like the skull of some animal, but it didn't look like any creature Anji knew.

"This bone helmet can increase your endurance."

While saying this, Slade had already gently placed the small helmet on top of Angie's right head.

The pain that seemed to be piercing the scalp with countless fine needles made Anji tremble involuntarily.

Sure enough, it's another evil thing...

Angie didn't say anything, just blinked painfully, and then saw Slade staring at her.Under the dim candlelight, those dark eyes seemed not as indifferent as usual, but they were still unpredictable.

Slade quietly looked at the petite girl in front of him, and then slowly said:
"Come back alive."

Anji was stunned on the spot, and after a few seconds, he managed to calm down, bowed his body slightly, and replied in a deep voice:
"As ordered."

Even so, Slade was still a little worried.After leaving the stone room, she took Anji to the hall on the first floor, saying that she wanted to test Anji's current resistance to curses.

The goddess statue, which was removed yesterday due to the celebration banquet, returned to the center of the hall again.

Angie glanced around and found that she and Slade were the only ones here, so she put her hands on it in a broken pot.

After the goddess reported the number "70", she said something strange as always.

Slade wanted to laugh at first, but then he saw it spit out a mouthful of blood.

"..."

The corners of her slightly raised mouth froze on her face, and then she looked at Angie with a calm face, "You measure your endurance, has it always been like this?"

"Only this statue is like that."

Slade narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Angie with a strange expression, and then snorted a sneer.

"You are really special."

Ridiculously, Slade still told her many things.For example, let her be firm and not waver, and pay special attention to the illusions of intermediate foreign lands. If she dies in the illusions, she is really dead.

Angie nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.Taking advantage of the good atmosphere, she boldly inserted a digression:

"Master Slade, did you do something to me?"

The fact that she was rescued by Slade in the dream before has always made her worry about it.She vaguely felt that this matter was not simple, but it was difficult to make it too obvious.

"As long as you don't betray me, it will naturally have no effect on you."

Slade showed a smile that was not a smile, but looked at her sharply.

"Ok."

Angie responded obediently on the surface, but she was already cursing MMP in her heart.

Ever since she learned that there is a soul in this world, Angie began to suspect that the previous one was not a dream at all, but a soul space.

And the Slade who appeared there is very likely to be the "wedge" she planted on Angie to prevent Angie from betraying.

If Anji hadn't discovered this matter by chance, I'm afraid she would have been kept a secret until her death.

Fortunately, she did not choose to betray when she was in Ende Kofi Village.

Anyway, the two have communicated for a long time. Taking this opportunity, Anji raised another question while the iron was hot:
"Master Slade, if there is a crack in my soul, will I not be able to go to another world?"

Slade frowned slightly.

"what have you done?"

"It's just... used the ability a few times."

Angie replied with a guilty conscience and smiled.

However, this ingratiating smile failed to fool the other party.

Seeing that the other party was staring at him, An Ji couldn't help avoiding his eyes, and shrank his head slightly.

Slade suddenly had an idea in his mind.She gave a rare sigh, and there was a trace of fatigue in her expression.

"Keep your will strong."

Angie nodded, "Yes", and her heart moved slightly.

Knowing that she had a soul rift, Slade, who had saved her before, told her not to go to another world.

In reality, Slade is about to let her go to Grand Village.

The Slades on both sides have completely different attitudes towards the same thing, which means that their information does not communicate with each other, and they don't know what the other party has done, let alone communicate in real time.

If that's the case, it's much easier to do.

Anyway, after asking all the questions that should be asked, Angie stopped bothering, bowed to Slade and left, and then went back to the room to pack his luggage and prepare to embark on a new journey.

Before leaving, Anji specially gave Jessier two gold coins, one for her and the other for her to help hand over to Scott.Although Angie didn't know how much the equipment he lost in the forest was worth, a gold coin was definitely more than enough.

If these debts of favor she owed are not repaid now, there may be no chance to repay them in the future.

As for Barton, he himself said that he was not short of money.Anyway, both of them have saved each other, so let's make it even!

Jessie seemed to have sensed something, and was only willing to hand it over to Anji, but she refused to accept the gold coin given to her even if she was beaten to death.

"I can't afford that much money!"

Angie lowered her eyes slightly, covering up the complex emotions flashing through her eyes.

In the next second, like a normal person, she gently patted Jasir's head, and smiled brightly:
"Just to thank you for taking care of me! When I come back in a few days, treat me to some delicious meals~"

Under Anji's constant persuasion, Jessile reluctantly accepted the gold coin, and whispered a few words, telling her to be safe and come back early.

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Five days later, Bruce Village.

Since Grand Village was destroyed by a curse, the village closest to the barrier here has become Bruce.

Angie gave the local villagers fifty Hazeta copper coins to deposit the horses. Instead of leaving immediately, he boarded for one night and decided to wait until dawn the next day before setting off.

Because before returning to Grand Village, she still needs to pass through the "Silent Forest" she is familiar with.

During the time waiting for dawn, Angie sorted out the things about the middle-level alien world in his mind.

If it is said that low-level foreign lands are places where ordinary people "could still survive", then mid-level foreign lands are places where they absolutely cannot survive.

People with zero "curse resistance" will explode and die the moment they enter this place, which is horrible.

If it weren't for the small bone helmet on her head that could share the curse for her, even Angie, who has a resistance value of 45, would not survive a day.

Although this act is more dangerous than good, Anji doesn't really want to work hard for the opponent, but just takes this opportunity to quickly improve his own strength.

By the way, sell Slade a favor, so we can meet each other in the future.

As the first ray of sunlight fell in this peaceful small village, Anji opened the small sack that he carried with him, and checked the contents inside for the last time:
Berger's little wooden box, Elijah, some white bread, a few bundles of jerky, a knife, and five small jugs of water.

Looking at those luxurious and upgraded dry food, Anji felt more at ease.These are small things that Slade gave her—the subordinates have done this for her, so they must give some practical support, right?
She didn't wear any knight armor this time. She only wore a layer of leather armor over the shirt and a small buckler—because she could only stay in the middle-level foreign land for seven days at most, so she had to keep everything simple.

Looking at the shimmering barrier in front of her, the girl let out a long sigh of relief, and then with firm eyes, amid Elijah's nagging, she set foot on the cursed land outside again.

　Fill the hole!
　　Super two-in-one chapter, this time it will not be short~

　　These settings must be written in detail, otherwise it will be difficult to understand.

　　I am also afraid that there are too many words, and you will find it annoying.

　　But these things have to be thrown out sooner or later, I hope you will be more considerate~
　　It doesn't matter if you can't stand it, I will mention it later.

　　Bruce Village, which appeared in Chapter 1, has finally appeared again! !
　　This is the longest chapter ever written in this book...

　　It’s been a long time since I wrote it, and I’ve also edited it for a long time, I hope you will be satisfied with it~
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