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Chapter 9: Blessing of the Fearless (Revised)

Slade's hands were covered in black scales, but her arms were not.

That arm was abnormally thin, shriveled like dead wood, with twisted blood vessels and tendons clearly visible, but it possessed astonishing strength.

And Angie is now fortunate to experience this.

At this time, Angie was pressed against the wall by Slade, and almost her whole body was suspended in the air, only her toes could barely reach the ground.She instinctively raised her hand, wanting to break off the black claw that was "clamping" around her neck like a vice.

But she gave up anyway.

Because the killing intent released by Slade was so heavy that even the air seemed to freeze.

Reason told her that if she continued to struggle, she would really be killed by the person in front of her.

"Who sent you here?"

Angie shook her head hard.

Although she wanted to explain, the other party obviously didn't want to give her a chance.

Because she is pinched so that she can't speak at all.

Slade narrowed his eyes.

"You survived by your own strength?"

Angie nodded, but her movements were much slower than before, and the feeling of suffocation became stronger.

"Two choices. To be a serf in my castle, or to die?"

There was a pain like a tearing muscle in the neck.

No wonder, because now almost all of her body weight is supported by this hand on her neck.

But when she heard what Slade said, her first reaction was not fear, but anger.

Since she came to this world, she has been lingering.

Whether it's a human or a monster, everyone looks down on her, and only treats her as a little brat who has no fighting power.

Anyone with backbone will have a temper.

But at this time, her temper came up!
Her hands were trembling violently due to lack of oxygen, and she exhausted all her strength to desperately grasp the black wrist in front of her eyes, gritted her teeth and squeezed out a hoarse voice from her throat:
"I don't choose!"

"I will not be your slave! I will not die either!"

Slade looked at her blankly and tightened his grip.The black liquid flowed towards Angie along the veined arm, condensing a few twisting tentacles, like the tentacles of a snail, slowly reaching her eyes and mouth.

At this time, Angie's trachea was completely blocked, and he couldn't breathe. He could only hear horrible gasps and painful syllables from his mouth.She tried desperately to break off the black claws on her neck, but she was still unable to shake him a bit.

Seeing that the curse was getting closer and closer, it almost got into her eyes!
Can't handle so much anymore!
Although it was not her wish to be strangled to death, at least she didn't want to be touched by the moving black water before she died!
At the moment when those black tentacles were about to touch her, she closed her eyes, concentrated, and her body was immediately covered with a hazy halo.

The cursing stopped suddenly.They stepped back a little, then swayed from side to side, as if they were looking at her curiously.

"Hehe...it's kind of interesting."

Slade let go of his hand after a sneer.

Accompanied by the sound of "Boom", Anji sat slumped on the ground, leaning against the corner weakly, feeling the fresh air pouring into his lungs like a tide, feeling like he was in a trance after a catastrophe.

Looking up at Slade, I saw that the black liquid had crawled back onto her arm, and a meaningful smile appeared on that pale face:

"If you were an ordinary person, you would have died a long time ago. It seems that you have also received 'blessings'."

"bless?"

Slade didn't speak anymore, but threw a small silver sign beside her, followed by a crisp sound when it landed.

"Take it to Barton. I have my own business to attend to."

Angie didn't pick up the small sign on the ground until Slade's back disappeared from view.

Upon closer inspection, I found a line engraved on it:

Apprentice knight certificate.

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In the long and dark corridor, there was a rhythmic rattling sound.

Slade walked up the spiral stone steps, and the cloak made of black water fluttered around her back, giving her an indescribably weird feeling.

She stepped up the steps, stopped suddenly, and said without looking back:
"She's alive. If you want to see it, go."

As soon as the words were finished, a middle-aged man covered in bandages came out from the corner behind Slade.

This person is Scott.He looked grave and bowed respectfully to Slade.

"Thank you very much, Lord Slade."

Slade turned around upon hearing the sound, looked down at him with a half-smile, and spoke slowly and coldly:
"If you weren't Taslad's son, I would never let you, an unmotivated waste, stay here."

Suddenly, Scott's face turned pale, as if he was under an invisible pressure, and his voice began to erratic.

"I'm very sorry, Lord Slade..."

"Okay. I'm not in the mood to talk nonsense with you." Slade was a little irritable, and waved his hand, "You saved her, and you will supervise her. If you find any suspicious behavior from her, report it to me immediately .”

"Yes!"

After Slade left, Scott's tense body finally relaxed a little.

The current situation has exceeded his expectations.To be honest, it never occurred to him that Slade would be willing to save Angie's life for his sake.

Not to mention that now is a special period, what face can a middle-aged and incompetent old knight have.

Scott sighed deeply.

Time to meet his savior.

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When Jasil returned to the room again, Angie was already sitting on the bed, silently nibbling on the half-eaten bread.

This girl didn't seem to have changed much, but the skin around her neck had turned into a shocking purple-red color, which made Jasil involuntarily exclaim:

"Angie! Are you okay, why is your neck like this?"

She trotted a few steps immediately, sat next to Anji, and looked him up and down in a panic.

But Angie just smiled at Jessir in a friendly manner, and said in a calm tone:
"I am fine."

At least it's okay now, it's just getting more and more angry.

She smiled and comforted Jasir first, and seeing that the other party's mood seemed to have eased, she asked as naturally as possible:
"Jahil, I want to ask you something. What is 'blessing'?"

"bless?"

Jasile's attention was immediately drawn to this question.She stopped worrying about Angie's "neck problem", but tilted her head to look at him, her smart eyes flickering under the candlelight.

"A blessing is a curse."

"?"

Angie kept gnawing on the bread, and froze in place, looking at Jasil in shock.

The image of the silver wolf whose belly was eaten by a curse, revealing its bones, and the Cyclops whose hands were covered with curses and threw the corpse at her, and even the image of the chicken, flashed back and forth in Anji's mind.

What kind of blessing is this?

"Don't sister Angie know? The curse that people say is actually a blessing to the fearless..." Jessir explained to her very patiently, "The fearless are those who can withstand the curse and pass through the curse." Those who come into contact with the curse to improve their physical abilities."

Improve physical ability by contacting the curse?

Anji listened obediently, thinking quickly in her heart.No wonder Slade's strength is so terrifying.She must have gained great power in this way.

But I'm afraid the side effects of using this power are not small, so her arms and hands are like that.

Seeing Angie nodded thoughtfully, Jessir continued:

"That's why the fearless prefer to call the curse a blessing. For them, the curse is just a tool to improve their strength."

"I see……"

After listening to her series of explanations, Angie took out the little silver tag that Slade had thrown her.

"Sister Jessie, this is given to me by Slade...my lord, what does the apprentice knight written on it mean?"

Although Slade almost killed himself more than ten minutes ago, but now he is under the fence and in front of his fan girl, Angie can only reluctantly address her as "adult".

"Huh? Sister Angie is amazing! This shows that Lord Slade recognizes your strength!"

Looking at Jessir's sparkling eyes, Angie could truly feel the other party's excitement.She smiled, and said in a somewhat strange tone: "Ah, there is such a good thing!"

As a medieval girl, Jessie didn't understand that the words were ironic, and continued to explain to her with a happy expression, "Because if you want to be a knight, you need not only strength, but also merit.

"And the meaning of this trainee knight is: Sister Anji has reached the standard of strength now, as long as she works hard to obtain meritorious service, she can become a knight~"

After hearing her answer, Anji's heart moved slightly.

From this point of view, knights in this world should be gender-neutral.

Of course, it's also possible that Slade just doesn't care - she's a female lord herself, after all.

Reason told Angie that Slade's behavior was normal.As the person with the highest status in this land, he really shouldn't trust a girl of unknown origin easily.

But the other party's overbearing behavior made Anji feel very uncomfortable, and cursed wildly in his heart.

But soon she breathed a sigh of relief silently, let go of those complicated thoughts in her mind, let her emotions calm down quickly, then raised her head to look into Jasil's eyes, and asked a new question:

"Jahir, what do you mean by meritorious service?"

The girl in front of her blinked, and after a little thought, she quickly gave an accurate answer:

"A meritorious service is generally a military achievement, or handing in treasures obtained in a foreign land."

treasure?

Angie's eyes sparkled, and he regained his energy in an instant.

(End of this chapter)