Blue Sword

Eleanor stood on the edge of the high platform. The corpses of the blade warriors around her had been cleared away, leaving only a pool of dim and light blood.

She stood there holding her long sword, staring blankly at the place where her brother died, without saying a word.

"Eleanor." Ask's voice sounded behind her, "What are you doing?"

"I'm thinking about something." Eleanor whispered, her voice extremely hoarse.

"What are you thinking about?" Asik walked to the side and stood side by side with her.

"Think of some classic Eleanorian philosophical questions," Eleanor replied.

Ask:……………………(Did Nora tell you all this?)

"So, is there any result?" Asik tried to lighten his tone.

"How is this possible?" Eleanor shook her head slowly, "So many people, for so many years, have not solved the problem... war and peace..."

"You know, Aske." Her voice was as low as sleep, with a touch of sadness, "Originally, I was supposed to be a noble lady, just like my sister, hanging around in makeup, dances, salons... in all kinds of social situations.”

"When I was little, by chance, I dug out chivalric novels in Henry's bedroom."

"It's that kind of legendary story... where the male protagonist is invincible, dominates the world with his martial arts skills, and finally marries a princess."

"Yes, I know." Ask said, "Long Aotian."

"Long Aotian?"

"It means invincible style." Asker said, "Be the strongest at the beginning, and then cut the melons and vegetables along the way."

"Maybe, Long Aotian..." Eleanor closed her eyes, "But what attracts me is not the pleasure of conquering the enemy."

"But when the protagonist goes through a lot of hard work and defeats a powerful enemy, the people who originally suffered are saved... Maybe I am a little vain, but what I like is not the story of the whole battle, but the story of the battle. It’s the moral satisfaction of saving others.”

"Well, I can understand that," Ask said.

"The original dream of becoming a knight was also for this reason." Eleanor said.

"How do I remember that it was to win my father's approval?" Asik asked.

Eleanor glanced at him and said slowly: "All of them. That will happen in the future."

"So now, do you still want to save others?" Ask asked.

"Well, it hasn't changed." Eleanor turned around and looked at Ask with a pale face, "I want to save those who are in suffering."

"As I told you last time, I want to stop this war and don't want anyone to die anymore..."

"But, after all, it's just a ridiculous delusion of a naive person..." Her vision gradually blurred, "I can't even save the people around me..."

Ask suddenly stretched out his arms and caught Eleanor's body that was upside down. The latter hugged his neck and buried his face in his chest. He could even feel warm liquid flowing down his neck.

"Asker..." In his arms, it was a trembling voice that he almost gritted his teeth to hold back, trying not to cry out in pain. However, in the end, it was still uncontrollable and gradually turned into a sad choking voice.

"I... am too weak..."

"I don't even have the strength to protect myself...the important people..."

"The weak...in this world...really don't have any right to speak out..."

She spoke intermittently, tears falling uncontrollably, and her voice gradually became inaudible, as weak as a gnat.

Ask hesitated for a moment, then reached out to hug her back and found that the surface of her armor was wet.

It's all rain.

Looking around, there was still a shallow pool of blood on the ground in the distance, which seemed to have been diluted by the rain.

It turned out that before he came out of Hearth Island, there had been a heavy rain here in the main plane during the long six hours.

Did this silly girl stand in the rain for hours?

Looking at the blonde girl in his arms again, Asik realized that her skin was cold and clammy, her eyes were closed tightly, her face was as pale as paper, and she seemed to have fainted from exhaustion. Her cheek was pressed against his chest, and her hands were hanging weakly on his shoulders.

"Oh, that's it." Ask picked her up and walked towards the camp where the Blue Sword was stationed.

"So, mature as soon as possible, Ellie."

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"It's not an illness." In the Fire Island, Nora covered Eleanor with a quilt after she had changed her clothes on the bed. She turned around and said to Ask, "It's just spiritual instability that affects her body."

"Because of severe mood swings?" Asked.

"Absolutely." Nora sighed, "After all, something like that happened..."

She looked at Eleanor lying on the bed, her expression haggard and still unconscious, her blond hair hanging limply on the pillow.

"So, how did you persuade her to come back?" Nora asked strangely, "I persuaded her for a long time!"

"It was just chatting," Ask said frankly. "Later, her body couldn't bear it and she passed out."

"Yeah, as long as you didn't say anything weird." Nora didn't seem to have any doubts.

"What weird words can I say..." Asik was also speechless.

Seeing that Nora stayed here to take care of Eleanor, he left Hearth Island.

Now in the team, there are only three people left in the team who have not been promoted to Level 10: Nora, Mia, and Sheila. Among them, Sheila already has the potion of "Storm IV" (sponsored by her grandpa), Mia has the extraordinary characteristics of "Shadow IV" (no formula yet), and Nora still lacks "Life IV" and "Spirit IV" .

Both of these were promised by Hilla's grandfather Appilios, provided that the person behind the scenes was investigated. As a result, everyone found out that the mastermind behind the scenes cunningly used a long series of dominoes...

However, the contagion mechanism of mental plague + backdoor is absolutely impossible to prevent for those who don’t expect it. Even demigods of the level of the Acid Dragon will be affected by it. Appirios must also be very interested in this.

Arriving outside the camp, there were more corpses of soldiers hanged and hanged this time. Asker found a random corpse, stuffed coins into its mouth, and soon the mist filled the air.

Appirios and the ferryman came by boat through the mist on the River Styx...Asker was also envious of this ability to travel at will. You must know that in the original "Song of Iron and Fire" game world, major There are teleportation arrays between the main cities.

But it was built in the Resurrection Temple.

There is no Resurrection Temple in this world, so there is no teleportation array; there is no game mall, so there is no way to buy teleportation props, so I can only lead a group by myself and run around, which is not too miserable.

After telling Appilios about the spiritual plague and the back door, the city lord's brows became tightly knitted, and he obviously realized the seriousness of the matter. After a while, he said:

"I understand." He finally said in a deep voice, "I will have someone verify it."

"Although we haven't found the mastermind behind the scenes, this matter is extremely involved. The information you mentioned this time is indeed very valuable." Appilios found a reason and handed the mission reward to Aske.

Spirit IV bottles of potion, and Life IV recipes.

"Thank you." Ask said sincerely. These two things are obviously at a premium as mission rewards. It can only be understood that the city lord is investing in the mercenary group where his granddaughter is staying.

"Excuse me." He pondered for a moment and then asked, "Sheila... Theodora, is she appointed to be the Emperor Solomon who will restore the country in the future?"

"Imperial decree? There is nothing destined in this world." Appilios said coldly, "Instead of placing your hope in illusory prophecies or speculations, it is better to focus on your own wisdom and mind. You can Bring it to her for me."

"I will train Theodora well," Ask said.

"If it weren't for this, I wouldn't let her stay in your team." Appilios stepped onto the ferryman's boat, "Remember to check."

"Check if any of your team members are infected by the spiritual plague."