Cthulhu Gonfalons
Chapter 49
Ray was troubled by Sui Xiong's question. He thought very seriously and only became more depressed while thinking, without giving an answer that could satisfy him.
That night, he suffered from insomnia.
Of course, you are, he had no idea that the questions posed by Sui Xiong were carefully crafted by some Internet trouble makers on Earth who designed those questions so that readers could understand the so-called “violence dunia”. Even scholars on Earth cannot think of perfect answers when faced with such questions, not to mention Ray, a robber from a different world.
The next day, when Sui Xiong also intended to discuss questions about the nature of the world and life, Ray connected some cloths to his ears to show his determination not to respond.
Of course, Sui Xiong could easily pick up the cloth, but why be awkward when others were unwilling to discuss such a topic? It is never interesting to force others to do something, which is similar to the saying, “nothing done forcibly will be approved”.
But that doesn't apply to some things. For example, saving people.
It was already afternoon and they were close to the edge of the Graystone Mountains. While setting up camp, they heard a fighting sound and asked for help.
According to Ray's plan, they'll keep moving forward. Even if it needed to happen at night, they would first need to make it out of the Graystone Mountains and then camp. However, unfortunately, they hit a dead end on the cliff, so Sui Xiong casts a detection spell, which determines that crossing the cliff requires them to walk for almost a day. But building a temporary bridge would not take less time, so Sui Xiong did not care about the bridge. Thus, Ray took a detour that greatly extended the distance traveled, meaning they also had to sleep in the mountains again.
Ray wasn't afraid of sleeping outside because he was close to the edge of the Graystone Mountains and in theory, there shouldn't be any demonic beasts there. Even if there were, most of them had left this area because they had been defeated in the depths of the mountains. As he walked through the mountains, he had killed many powerful demon beasts, let alone these weak ones! They just chose to die in vain.
But he was really tired of the environment in the mountains. An infinite number of poisonous insects had flooded him, let alone poisonous snakes and dangerous ferocious beasts. Even if he had pest-control medicines that prevented him from being bitten, the noise at night alone practically bored him to death!
She was more irritated because every day before going to bed, Sui Xiong would always talk to her about ideals and life.
Sui Xiong no longer asked awkward questions that made people uncomfortable, but instead spoke to Ray very earnestly: “The most precious thing in human life is life, life, and life belongs only to a man once only ..” or “Different men have different powers, but as long as you have the right spirit .. “and topics like this.
These topics made him feel heavy and made him much more uncomfortable than the annoying conditions in the mountains. But he was unable to avoid these topics because it made him feel that his mind was weak.
However, discussing it before going to bed clearly affects the quality of his sleep. Coupled with the insects buzzing incessantly, he rarely slept soundly, and his state of mind gradually deteriorated.
So he hoped to get out of the mountain as soon as possible and go to the Commonwealth realm of Gold Coins. There the jellyfish god who likes to teach others about life will probably shift his target to someone else, leaving him to sleep soundly. Even if this evil jellyfish god continued to disturb him by asking extremely profound questions, there would at least be no insects buzzing!
But not today.
As a result, Ray's mood was very bad, so when he heard the sound of fighting and asking for help coming from afar, he had no interest in meddling.
“Someone is in danger,” Sui Xiong said.
“Yes,” Ray said as he pulled out the blanket, intending only to wrap himself up and sleep until he had completely rested.
“Do you not want to save them?” Sui Xiong asked.
“I don't want to,” replied Ray. Just as he was about to lie down, Sui Xiong quickly jumped onto his head, pressing the tentacles into his temple.
These tentacles were ice-cold and extremely sharp, so Ray could not help but suspect that in a second a hole would be drilled into his own skull, and blood and brain would flow together to the ground.
“You ... what are you trying to do!” He asked in a loud voice, surprised and suddenly worried.
“Mending your thoughts,” Sui Xiong said with a smile. “Too much dirt and crime in your mind. I'll help you to take it. ”
Ray was startled, and he quickly denied, “After my brain was pulled out ?!”
“No problem,” Sui Xiong said. “You will get what is missing, and this is the principle of equivalence exchange. That is a universal principle. Don't you think it's effective to exchange a little brain for kindness and serenity? ”
“I guess not! I don't want his kindness and calm! “Ray protested loudly.
“... I see, so I guess I'll save those guys!”
Sui Xiong laughs and pulls the tentacles, “Sage choices. If you had done it before, there would be no problem. ”
Ray smiled, hung a long gun on the back hook on his back, inserted a long sword into his scabbard at his waist, and checked all of his equipment. Then he went to the place of battle and cried for help to come.
He was strong, and after all the trips he had taken, he became very used to walking in the mountains. He walked quickly, like a powerful monkey jumping between a rock and a tree. It wasn't long before he came to the source of the emergency call.
In the forest, the four adventurers fought fiercely with the giant bear, whose height reached two people.
It was more of a failed defensive attempt than a fierce battle. The giant bear was extremely strong and extremely defensive, and although its reaction speed was slightly slower, it protected itself well and gave the adventurers no chance to attack.
The four adventurers were not old yet. Two of them, who were fully armored and were responsible for the frontal assault, were around twenty-four or twenty-five. The one who wandered around with a bow and arrow trying to hold the bear just above twenty, and the one who lay on the tree and used magic to provide relief of less than twenty. They could be called a group of young people.
Being young often means a lack of adequate exercise and growth and a lack of strength. Young adventurers have the highest mortality rate because their lack of experience makes them unable to avoid dangerous situations that most advanced adventurers can avoid.
For example, with a giant bear they fought, if experienced adventurers like Rhode and Ryan had found one, they would throw him a piece of fresh meat, throwing more while he was busy eating, and then back off slowly. They might even prepare some sweet food, put it in the trunk, and leave when the giant bear struggles with the big tree.
Most bears in this world are lazy and obsessed with sweets, and when it comes to getting easy food, they are generally reluctant to risk injury and fight against heavily armed adventurers. If candy is imminent, even if you are unarmed and take a clear posture saying “I'm prey”, they will still be too lazy to ignore you.
However, these young people seemed to be either too experienced or lacking in proper preparation. They could only fight with giant bears, relying on their retarded bodies.
This approach has little chance of succeeding: the giant bear has grown to be almost the size of a truly ferocious wild beast. A well-equipped and well-funded team of senior adventurers — possible at the level of Gerrard and his colleagues — can kill the bear without risking serious injury.
Of the group of four young people, according to Sui Xiong, he could see one or two of them being killed and the rest being seriously injured if they fought against Gerrard. He was invincible when fighting against skeletons with tomahawks in hand on that night in White Leaves Village; he could do real damage to these youngsters.
Clearly, they could not defeat the giant bear. The only reason there had been no casualties until now was because they were a reasonable team with a certain capacity to withstand bear pressure.
The two responsible for maintaining the front lines were a warrior and a priest. Both of them were wearing heavy armor and holding shields. This sturdy armor had saved them more than once before in times of crisis. With the help of heavy armor, the priest can sometimes pray and chant to restore physical strength to his friends or himself.
In addition, mage spells play an important role. Although he did not use any advanced spells other than simple ones like Shield Spell, Flying Bullet Spell, Creamy Spell and Blurring Spell, respectively, the young mage cast the spell in time so that he could offer help at any time.
In other words, they were constantly depleting their magic abilities to consume the physical strength of the giant bear. But only physical strength, because so far, the giant bear was not injured at all.
If this continued, it was finally clear: when their magic ran out, the four youngsters would not be able to withstand the attack of the giant bear. Perhaps the shooter could have escaped, also one of the fighters or the priest, but at least one would not have succeeded. That witch, who was not very nimble, would most likely be destroyed.
Ray lurks near the battlefield, secretly watching their battles, but does not rush to help.
“Why didn't you save them?” Sui Xiong moved his words to Ray's brain using magic.
Ray gently shook his head and replied telepathically temporarily, “They can still continue to struggle; this is not the time yet. ”
“When they can't last much longer, they will be seriously injured.”
“Not too serious, because I'm going to intervene. For these young people, the experience of struggling hard until the last minute is invaluable and can really help them grow up.”
Sui Xiong did not urge him anymore. On the topic of adventure, Ray is an expert. Since he said that this plan was the best for the young, Sui Xiong chose to believe in him.
Not to mention ...even if he really refused to save them, Sui Xiong could do it himself when the crucial moment came. Fighting at this level was completely under his control!
