Chapter 4: The Embodiment of Fear
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Strictly speaking, charm is more of an instinctive affinity than the appearance of a person, and people with high charm can easily get the favor of outsiders or animals, can easily make beasts obedient, and can also easily get help from strangers.
The charm of ordinary people is about a dozen, more than twenty is considered outstanding, and more than fifty even has some kind of extraordinary function, which can be called a natural charm, and most of the beauties who can leave a name in history are at this level.
But if you want to be higher, you can't do it with beauty and charm alone...... It must have the blood of a fairy or succubus, containing supernatural elements such as magic.
And the charm of negative values, sometimes does not mean that the person is disgusting, but a very majestic statement.
Although there is also trust, but at a glance, what comes to mind is not worship, but awe, this is the difference between positive charm and negative value, generally speaking, the charm of negative value to twenty points, almost even if it is full of majesty, people who are less courageous at a glance, will even be startled, higher words, this majesty can even be converted into supernatural ability, such as similar to the fear aura common to lower-level creatures such as fear demons.
Although this is the case, it has to be mentioned that even if they are famous in history, the murderous generals who slaughtered several cities, their charm is nothing more than minus fifty or so.
And the number hanging on Joshua's character card was enough to make the murderers feel ashamed of themselves and bow down.
Negative two hundred and nine.
This is really the lowest limit that history can record, and has reached a new realm, even a calm and calm person like Joshua was fiercely surprised when he saw this number, and gasped, and the warrior could not understand how this was done.
However, he immediately calmed down, paused slightly, Joshua's gaze froze, and then he quickly began to rummage through his own list of achievements and character traits, no doubt that this adventure in the world of Ilgena had caused some unpredictable consequences to his charm.
[Mechanical Killer] [Puppet Destroyer] [Enemy of Constructed Creatures], a series of achievements swept away, [Giant Beast Hunter] [One Hit Hundred Kills] [God Descender] also has nothing to do with charm, and [Turning the Tide] [World Savior] and the like are achievements with charm, after roughly reading it, Joshua frowned, because he found that his charm was not only not less, but because of the achievements increased by more than fifty points.
Where did that minus two hundred and nine come from?!
Continuing to look down, the Warrior finally saw two new inconspicuous states at one of the edges of his character's identity.
【Appearance of Nature】
[It is not a face that ordinary people can have, but a face with divinity, and those who hold this characteristic must have divinity and hold a certain majesty of God. Charisma +100. 】
[--The face of God is shrouded in light, invisible to ordinary people, not for the sake of mystery, but for some kind of protection. 】
【Breath of Chaos】
[Maybe you opened some ancient seals during your adventure, or maybe you fell under some vicious curse when you fought the enemy, and now the power of chaos is wrapped around you, which will cause some unpredictable consequences. Charisma-related decision reversal calculations. 】
[--The fear and disgust of others, the eternal loneliness they bring, will be like maggots on the tarsal bones, and you will not be able to free them.] 】
“…… Call. ”
Taking a deep breath, and then exhaling, Joshua closed his eyes, his fists clenched, and his arms were full of bulging green tendons, and the warrior tried to calm himself down, and he could be regarded as the reason for his charm minus two hundred and nine.
The achievements of various saviors add up to a total of more than fifty charm bonuses, and the divine power blessing of the Father of Nature has made his body partially divinity, so that his charm has increased, it stands to reason that his current charm should be positive and very high, but everything has been destroyed by this last Breath of Chaos.
Just as the divine power of the Father of Nature made his body imbued with divine power, the power of the Scourge God also attached to his body because of that final battle, reversing the effect of the blessing, which instantly made the warrior's already terrifying charm even worse, and he broke through the lower limit all the way to the point where he is now.
Acquaintances are okay, Ying and Rin don't say, Lolanda and Father Atanis are both strong and familiar with him, so the change in charm has little effect, but if a stranger sees him, Joshua has no doubt that the other party will be directly frightened and faint, in fact, with his majesty alone, it is probably more terrifying than the dragon's dragon might, and the strength is not golden, just seeing the warrior's face should fall into a shocking illusion.
“…… Forget it, it's useless to think about it. ”
Instead of continuing to think about the more he thought about it, the more annoying he became, Joshua ignored his questions about charm for a moment, turned his head to look at his right hand, and then focused on the object he was holding tightly.
In this hand, he held some kind of authority from the will of the Ilgena world, and he didn't know what it was, but instinctively told Joshua that it probably had something to do with the fact that he was able to touch the magic projection of Number Three.
With the palm of his hand open, the square piece of metal, which was as silver as steel and shining like a star, revealed its form, and there was a pale gray light around it, like the halo of a comet.
"Identification."
The warrior gave a short command, and suddenly a large piece of data swiped out of the screen.
【Scraps of residual steel】
【… Item identification... The judgment of origin knowledge failed, the judgment of knowledge of strange objects failed, and the judgment of world knowledge succeeded. 】
[Appraisal Report: Scraps of Residual Steel, God's Gift]
[Origin: At the beginning of the birth of the world, the realm between life was not so clearly divided, the soul and matter were one, and the fragments of steel were the product of that time. 】
[Strange Things: At the beginning of all things, there were many primordial beasts wandering in the world, they were the embodiment of pure steel, the first life, and their bodies had the purest condensation of life. 】
[World: It is said that all kinds of elemental life are the products of the creator's experiment on life, and the existence of these souls and bodies is a proof of the fusion of steel and fire, and the fragments of residual steel contain the primordial life force, this object can give the holder a mysterious ability, in front of the holder, the boundary between soul and matter disappears, he can freely touch the spirit, and can also give life to matter at a certain price, which is close to the authority of the creator. 】
[Synthesis: A fragment of steel that contains the power of authority, although it has an entity, is actually a conceptual existence, invisible to others except the bearer. 】
"Isn't that exactly the same as a shard of burning steel?"
Raising his eyebrows, Joshua was not surprised by the effect of the steel fragments, he had already guessed a little from being able to touch the magic projection of No. 3 - what the warrior had touched before was not magic, but the soul of the artificial intelligence girl.
Since the last time he returned from the world of Karlis, he put the burning steel fragments into the vault, and he has never taken them out to study, and the next time he has time, Joshua plans to take out these two things and compare them, but now, he has no energy to analyze these mysterious gadgets that contain infinite mysteries.
Casually putting the scraps of steel into the pocket of his pajamas, Joshua sat back on the bed, and then closed his eyes, although he had been asleep for three days in the eyes of others, but in fact, Joshua had only fallen into a fantasy, and he had not had a good rest all the time.
But now, in his own territory, in his own home, in his own bed, the warrior can finally sleep well.
……
Early the next morning.
Joshua, Rin and the others left the Lord's Mansion to visit Bishop Atanis and Paladin Lolanda.
The two of them had been trying their best to wake him up while the warrior was asleep, and although it was useless, they had to go and thank him just for the sake of this heart.
Moreover, Joshua still has some things to ask the old priest and paladin, and this matter is more difficult to talk about, so he must tell it to his face,
Spring mornings are always a little damp, and there is a lot of dew attached to the turned off pyroxene lamps, and the warrior walks on the somewhat humid bluestone avenue with Ying and Rin like this, because it is early in the morning, there are not many pedestrians on the street, and although the combination of the three is conspicuous, it still does not attract too many eyes.
Most of the people were still preparing today's breakfast in the house, only a few adventurers were preparing this equipment in the compound, ready to set off, go to hunt monsters in the Great Ajax Mountains, or explore unknown areas, although these people saw Joshua and his party, but most of them only glanced at it roughly, and did not pay serious attention, plus the warrior wore a wide ship-shaped hat, and the shadow covered the entire face, so the charm of minus two hundred and nine did not cause any panic.
After a while, everyone came to the cathedral at the square, and now there was no one in the main city square, only a few patrolling city guards were walking back and forth, and they also glanced at the adventurers, just a cursory glance at the trio, and did not continue to pay attention, but some of the good memories saw the identities of Ying and Rin clearly, and guessed the identity of the man who covered his face, and the pace of their patrol suddenly became powerful.
Not paying attention to the actions of the guards patrolling the city around him, Joshua looked up at the Cathedral of St. Lauren, the warrior frowned slightly, because just now, he felt the black ring emblem at the top of the church flicker, but the light flickered, as if it was an illusion.
“…… Go knock on the door. ”
Turning his head and motioning Rin to come forward and knock on the door, Joshua didn't think he was seeing an illusion, but he just kept the strange situation in mind, and the warrior instructed, "Just say I'm coming." ”
"Yes, master."
The brunette walked briskly to the church door.
Behind the door, Paladin Tunan heard a knock at the door.
"Strange, how could someone come today, so early?"
He stood up from the guardhouse and walked towards the door, Tunan wondered why someone would knock on the door so early if there were no prayers and no church activities in St. Lauren today. You know, it's spring, and most of the believers have their own things to do, and no one has time to come to church without urgent matters or church requirements.
"Here we are."
No matter how strange the knight felt, he still had to do his duty, and he walked briskly to the gate, then opened it.
And then.
He saw the embodiment of fear.
The morning sun was supposed to be shining, but that light was instantly robbed by a figure in a black coat, and Tu Nan's vision became dark in an instant, leaving only the human figure that seemed to be standing in the shadows.
The head of this humanoid figure wears a trapezoidal boat hat with strange colors, so that the whole face is covered in shadows, and in the shadows, two blood-red points of light can be seen flickering, between light and dark, bringing infinite oppressive force.
The human figure seemed to make some movements, but the paladin was completely powerless to react at this time, and all his spirit was attracted by the black coat of the other party - although the black seemed to be just the color of ordinary leather, with continuous gaze, it became as deep as the deep sea, and it was completely impossible to see the bottom, and the more he looked at it, the more creepy the darkness became, as if he was in an endless void, alone.
Forcing himself to pull his gaze out of the darkness, Tunan was desperate to find that he could not get rid of this vortex of fear, and involuntarily knelt down, the paladin's forehead was covered with dense drops of sweat, as if he saw the bones of some huge creature swimming through the darkness, bringing a low hum.
The darkness shook for a moment, then vanished, replaced by a completely unintelligible human form, and Tunan could see with what little reason he had left, that the other party seemed to reach out to him and try to pull him up, but the paladin only retreated in fear and did not dare to touch.
In his eyes, the remains of the sword and the twisted souls of countless monsters formed this humanoid body, and the unspeakable remains of monsters appeared in the hands, they hissed and brought a sharp noise, and the thick smell of blood instantly drowned out the paladin's sense of smell, making his eyes black.
Within seconds, Tunan had fainted.
The figure took two steps forward, and he seemed to want to lift the knight up, but it was useless, the paladin had already fallen down completely, and even if he did, it was like a lump of dead flesh.
"Isn't it useful to cover your face?"
The figure shook his head a little helplessly, and then, Joshua took off his hat to hide his face, he looked at the knight who seemed to be completely stunned by himself, sighed, and then said loudly into the depths of the church, the deep voice echoing through the hallway.
"Anyone? Out personally. ”
"Somebody fainted."