- Father, I'm leaving. Is there anything else you'd like to explain?

……

- Okay, I'm leaving. May the ivy be evergreen and the violets forever.

……

- No, Father. I can understand you, but I will hate you for the rest of my life!

In the haze, I seem to see myself as a child.

Lily remembers the first day she left home, following her uncle step by step out of the manor where she lived.

On the way away, Lily didn't cry and didn't look back. Her tears had dried up long before her father made his decision.

Life in the Temple of Eros is not a pure one. The Lady of Fire is the Lord of the Good Life, and the temple is built beautifully, like a magnificent palace.

Perhaps because the women in the temple of Eros account for the vast majority, the food and clothing are relatively fine. Occasionally, there will be some luxuries or something. Coupled with the fact that there are many beautiful young ladies in the temple and many suitors, there is never a shortage of good things.

However, life in the Temple of Eros is not easy, especially since everyone is very good in appearance, belonging to the top kind, and it is inevitable to fight between each other. Every day, not only do you have to devote a lot of time to dressing up, but you also have to complete the study of the sacred scriptures of love and complete various trainings.

Girls at the Temple of Eros generally choose to become priests first and then work part-time as bards.

The priest of the god of war is a strong man wearing chain mail, a mace in one hand, and a tower shield in the other. The priest of the god of fire is similar to this image, but usually replaces his weapon with a flail. The priest of the God of Wind chooses a spear and staff as a weapon, and the other gods are basically the same, and they don't change much. So the Priest is actually a compound class, but with a focus on spells. Another compound class unique to the Temple, the Paladin, is more focused on weapon combat.

But pastors who love God are different. In the player's words, the priest of Eros is similar to a wizard and a warlock, and belongs to the cloth profession, a pure spellcaster profession. That is, the strength of combat power is judged by the number of spells mastered, rather than using weapons to carry out short-range or long-range attacks.

What are the benefits of a career in cloth? There are many benefits. In particular, priests who have mastered the art of healing are definitely the key objects of protection. There is no need to do dirty work or anything, there is a portal pick-up and drop-off throughout the process, and all potions are provided for free, plus gold subsidies......

The same is true in reality. The priests who love God have a high level of attainment in the field of healing, and they are beautiful and affectionate, and they have always been the guests of the princes and nobles. The nobles also welcomed the children of the family to marry the priests of the god of love.

There are many benefits to being a Loving God pastor, both in "life" and "career." However, Lily did not choose to become a priest after finishing her studies in the holy scriptures, but chose a difficult path - a paladin.

Paladins are much more difficult to train than priests, and there are more precepts to follow. Who is a girl in her early teens who is not greedy and playful?

However, Lily knows better that she has been abandoned by her family, and all the possibilities that other girls have have become impossible for her. There is no other choice but to make yourself stronger and return to the Emerald Rank with your own strength.

Cut your waist-length hair short, press your beloved little skirt to the deepest part of the bottom of the box, and quietly wipe away your tears mixed with sweat...... There is one less figure with long hair fluttering in the Xi lecture hall, and there is one more tomboy with short hair with ears on the martial arts field.

In order to become a qualified paladin, Lily lost a lot and gained a lot. Whether the gain is greater than the loss, or the loss is greater than the gain, perhaps only she knows in her own heart.

From the carefree childhood to the death of a loved one for the first time in the year of hair, from the year of cardamom and the scroll to the sweat on the school field in the year of jasper. Before you know it, the experiences in your life are vivid.

- I heard that people go through their lives in a short period of time before they die. Am I dying?

I couldn't help but have such a question in my heart. But before the doubts in my heart could settle and ferment, there was a burst of coolness in my mouth again, and my body sank.

Lily blinked and woke up. It was pitch black all around, and it took me a while to squint and get used to it. The bitterness and coldness in the mouth are very familiar, and this is the taste of holy water.

- Dreams? Still is?

Lily's eyes were still blank, but ......

"Are you awake? How does it feel? ”

A gentle man's voice rang in his ears. Lily was excited, and immediately turned around and jumped up, and suddenly hid far away.

"You, what did you just do!" Lily glanced around, and soon saw the paladin lying on the ground, "You're actually! You actually! ”

The palms of his hands were trembling slightly, and his arms were a little sore. The last few blows of the two swords just now were extremely powerful, especially the one when the long sword flew away. Where are there weapons around? You can't deal with this guy without a weapon!

"What's wrong with me?"

Fang Qiuling planned to hand the holy water bottle in his hand to Lily first, so he stepped forward. But when he stepped forward, Lily immediately took a step back. The distance between the two remained the same.

"What's wrong with you? It's holy water, not some strange potion. ”

"It's holy water...... You—Don't come here! ”

Lily was very nervous at the moment, and her eyes were wandering around. On the one hand, they are looking for weapons, and on the other hand, they are also looking for a way to escape.

"What are you looking for? Weapons? The current position is not a safe place, Fang Qiuling is not interested in playing the chase game of "I go in and you retreat" with the girl, "Oh, there it is." He pointed to the long sword that was stuck diagonally on the ground not far away, "You'd better not touch those two long swords yet." Seems to be a bit of a problem. ”

"You, you!"

Lily felt her feet start to go limp.

"What the hell is going on?" One after another, Fang Qiuling was also a little impatient, "I didn't pour anything into your mouth just now, I just poured holy water." Don't be disgusted, those potions are also expensive. ”

Lily subconsciously covered her mouth, and now she involuntarily floated to the paladin who was lying down again.

Following her gaze, Fang Qiuling immediately understood.

"Ms. Olosika, please take a look clearly...... Fang Qiuling walked up to the Headless Horseman, and then kicked it, "This is a flesh puppet. ”

The fallen Headless Horseman was kicked by Fang Qiuling and flipped over, revealing the shattered armor behind it. Through the shattered armor, you can see that it is full of rotting flesh.

“……”

Lily's eyes widened.

Fang Qiuling rummaged through the ghoul corpses all over the ground again, and then kicked a "ball" out.

"See for yourself."

This "ball" is a barrel helmet, which is the more commonly used helmet. It was undoubtedly the head that Fang Qiuling had just slashed off with a single blow. Wrapped in the barrel helmet was not so much a head as a pile of rotten flesh, rotten and blackened rotten flesh.

"Y-How did you find out?"

Lily's heart was half relieved.

"Strike of the Light." Fang Qiuling pointed to the long sword on his waist, "It's glowing, and it's still bright." ”

The Strike of Light is a weapon against the undead, as has been confirmed in many battles. The reputation of the "searchlight of the dead" is well deserved. Fang Qiuling would look away, and the paladins might not pay attention, but the Strike of Clarity would not. Take the undead by your side, and you won't be able to use the Bright Strike Fluorescent Light.

“…… All right. Lily agreed with this explanation, and she knew exactly what kind of weapon the Bright Strike was, "Then why did you suddenly strike at me?" ”

The matter of attacking and killing the paladin can be revealed, it is just a misunderstanding. But what's going on with yourself later? This can't be uncovered with a wrong sentence!

However, what Lily saw was Fang Qiuling's stunned expression: "Obviously, the person who made the first move was you, okay." ”

"It's me?"

"That's right, if you don't believe it, you ask Shino later."

Lily and Shino have a good relationship. They shared food with each other—most of them from Fang Qiuling, and shared mounts with each other—and Lily's unicorn made Shino very jealous, and sometimes they hugged each other to sleep. And Sino is still an honest and good boy, and he will definitely not be an accomplice just because Fang Qiuling is her "master".

Lily was a little puzzled. It's not that she doesn't believe it, but it's sure that as Fang Qiuling said, it was her own hand that made the first move. This nobleman has no discipline, but he is not so deceitful as to deceive people.

“…… It's your two swords that have a problem. ”

Fang Qiuling's next sentence made Lili's eyes widen again: "What's wrong with those two swords?" ”

"To put it simply, I'm actually not sure what a spell is. It could be illusion, or it could be confusion. Fang Qiuling pointed to the sword that was closer and slanted on the ground, "There should be some kind of hands and feet on the sword, and the person who uses the weapon will be controlled unconsciously...... It means that a spell has been cast in advance. This flesh puppet is the catalyst that activates the spell, and as long as the two are close enough, it will activate the spell on the sword. ”

"That's ...... like this"

"You picked up these two swords from the shallows, right?"

"Yes......"

"Don't use it again. I didn't expect Mamo to actually develop this technique, I really underestimated them. ”

Fang Qiuling remembered that at that time, he still proposed to let Old Tom pick up some bones and rack weapons to exchange for money, but he didn't expect that the "honest" bone rack had actually done tricks and feet in the weapons.

- The caravan still seems to have several weapons that they picked up in the shallows, and they must be informed.

Lily glanced at the long sword on the ground, and then at Fang Qiuling, her face full of grievances. Her expression immediately made Fang Qiuling misunderstood.

"If you really like it, throw a few purifications on it, and then take it and soak it in the holy water for a few days. That should do the trick......"

"Humph!"

Lily turned around, leaving Fang Qiuling with a back. She was angry.

- Motogi! Dead wood! Is Miss Ben the one looking at these two rags?

With a "squeak", the door where the impostor paladin had just entered opened again. Another heavily armed paladin stepped out.

- Still coming?

Lily was angry and had nowhere to go, so she grabbed a wooden stick from the ground and was about to make a move. Fang Qiuling, who was on the side, was quick and hurriedly grabbed her.

- This is not an undead, it is my own person! You don't even know your own people anymore!

- uh......

The paladin was unhelmeted and instantly recognizable.

"Viscount Norne, please ...... with me"

The paladin had just walked into the chapel and hadn't noticed it yet. But after a few steps, the expression on his face was first surprised, and then quickly turned to anger. He is not a paladin stationed at the Temple of Lakesprings, the paladin stationed at the Temple of Lakesprings is Sally Moghley, his colleague. But even if he wasn't a paladin guarding this place, he wouldn't be able to tolerate it!

The ghoul's corpse was lying on the ground in front of him at the moment.

Want to know where this is? This is the largest shrine of Notos, the god of wind, in the Lakesprings area!

"What's going on here!"

Desecrate! Absolute blasphemy!

The temple of Notos, the god of wind, is infested with ghouls! And also attacked the guests of the temple in front of the worship hall, the idol of Notos!

A raging rage burned in his chest, and the paladin felt that his anger had broken through the sky.

Fang Qiuling made a gesture of "please feel free to look": "As you can see, a group of ghouls have attacked us. ”

Lily also added: "There is another thing here. As she spoke, she kicked the "ball" on the ground as well.

"Flesh golem!" The paladin's face was even more ugly.

"What's going on inside? Did you find Brother Charlton? ”

The paladin shook his head.

"What about the others?"

"It's gone."

"Hiss......"

Lily gasped, and Fang Qiuling revealed that she had indeed applied for so.

They had already had a "friendly" meeting with the ghouls, so it was not surprising that Brother Charlton had not been found, and it was not surprising that the temple was empty.

Fang Qiuling's life experience may not be rich enough, but he is indeed an out-and-out veteran in the game. He had seen more exaggerated and bizarre things. And there are still some storytellers and storywriters in the world who are keen on all kinds of reversal plots, and it has reached the point of "reversal for reversal". The situation at hand is nothing at all.

The people in a mere temple have disappeared, small scene!

The paladin quickly controlled his emotions.

"Viscount Norn, please follow me. We need your wisdom to help find those overlooked clues. ”

Fang Qiuling's "Crow's Beak" was obviously the same as the Strike of Light in his hand, which was recognized by the paladins. So after discovering that the entire temple was empty, the paladins immediately thought of Fang Qiuling, hoping that he could come to help and look for clues that might have been overlooked by them.

"Well, no problem."

"This way."

Holding back his anger, the paladin led Fang Qiuling and Lily through the lounge behind the chapel hall and went straight to the living quarters deep in the temple.

Hurrying through the temple, there was silence as far as the eye could see. Not quiet, but lifeless silence.

Winter has already begun, and the first snow of winter has fallen today. But it stands to reason that crickets, grasshoppers, or other kinds of insects will not all disappear so quickly. In Elune, where there are no pesticides, insects are very tenacious.

"Did you find anything?"

"No, nothing."

"The ascetic is very hard, but it's not like nothing......"

Turning a corner, the place for the ascetic to live appeared in front of him. Fang Qiuling immediately swallowed back all the words that followed.

In front of me was a wooden house, a wooden house that had been burned down for most of its time.

You don't have to look at it, it's all burned out. Even if there were any clues in the first place, they would definitely not be able to find them now.