Chapter 3: Inner Demons
About five days have passed since they set off with Gus, during which Hao Qi has been observing Gus and Casgaard, as well as the ghosts and ghosts that attack every night, and the more he observes, the more problems he finds.
First of all, there is no Heavenly Dao or Great Dao in this world, that is, there is no kind of pan-conscious existence, but instead there is a certain law of cause and effect, similar to creating certain results first, and then deciding the cause of that result.
To use a simple analogy, just like a book, or a comic, the author always has his own ideas and ideas, and this idea, or outline, is cause and effect for the characters in the book, first determines the effect, and then describes the cause of the result, and for the characters in the book, it is countless accidents that achieve that result, but this accident is actually inevitable, what may happen must happen, and the result determines the cause.
In Hao Qi's observation, people, things, and things along the way have this tendency, that is, there is a kind of invisible to the naked eye, and ordinary people are imperceptible to flow in it, chaotic and regular, simple but complex, if it weren't for Hao Qi's virtual detachment, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to discover these mysteries in it.
And Gus and Casgaard, including the goblin Buck, they are at the core of this flow, not to mention like the Eagle of Light, as if the whole world is revolving around them, but at least their every move is affecting everything around them, and the degree of influence is increasing over time, like a large maelstrom, sweeping many key characters into it.
For example, Hao Qi found that after seeing Grievous, Gus has become more and more irritable these days, and just yesterday, when he woke up from sleep, he even sent a killing intent to Casgaard in an instant, although this killing intent is extremely short-lived, but this is very abnormal, because this killing intent does not come from Gus's heart, but more as if it was imposed by something, after the killing intent, Gus immediately appeared guilt, sadness, fear and other emotions.
Hao Qi has read the original book, so he knows that this killing intent may come from an armor that Gus will get in the future, equipment called Berserker Armor, which is a piece of equipment full of demonic nature, similar to the equipment that Hao Qi has a legend about the Demon Sword Village in his previous life, and it is a piece of equipment that can affect the wearer's mind, this is Hao Qi's original idea, but after looking at the current state of Gus, Hao Qi has some new ideas about it.
Maybe this berserker armor is not something like Demon Sword Muramasa, it is more likely to have some kind of consciousness, and even the product of the law of cause and effect, because in terms of time, the current Gus has never seen that armor at all, but this armor has affected him, making him have something similar to a demon.
This is essentially a law of cause and effect, and it is also an extremely advanced law of cause and effect, the law of cause and effect that can cross the timeline, Gus will definitely wear this armor in the future, no matter what happens halfway, this is the inevitability of his future, and in the same way, he is likely to become the existence of the so-called Hades Demon Dao like the skeleton knight.
The so-called Hades Demon Dao, which was not explained in the original book until Hao Qi crossed over, is something that the skeleton knight mentioned when he met with a witch, Hao Qi himself also has some guesses about this so-called Hades Demon Dao, one of the guesses is that the strugglers on the road of revenge are similar to the current Gus, but just like that, at most, he will become a powerful warrior like Gus, and he is still an ordinary person.
But the skeleton knight is obviously not an ordinary person, he is very powerful, strong enough to suppress the apostles, and even fight with the Hand of God in a short period of time, and he knows a lot of secrets, even the Hand of God calls him king, and from the plot, he seems to have a big grudge with the Hand of God, probably a grudge similar to Gus, and even he knows the law of cause and effect, and has broken the law of cause and effect of the Hand of God several times.
Such an existence can never be an ordinary person, he must have extraordinary attributes, he is the same existence as those apostles and those hands of God, but he is not the series of hands of gods, so ...... In Hao Qi's speculation, the Demon Dao of the Underworld is likely to be the extraordinary power of another faction.
In this world, Hao Qi believes that there are four factions of possible transcendent powers, two of which are explicit transcendent factions, the Hand of God and its subordinate apostles are a faction, and they are also the factions with the most space in the original book, followed by the factions of witches and goblins, this faction is relatively deep in the world, these two factions are the most obvious transcendent factions, and the other two factions are some powers under the netherworld, such as the little witch who will join the Gus team later, and the spells she uses are reflected in them, whether it is defensive spells or offensive spells, there are traces of the appearance of these netherworld powers。
The last one, Hao Qi guessed that it was likely to be the faction of the Demon Dao of the Underworld, this faction was the most mysterious, so far only the existence of the Skeleton Knight and the Berserker Armor could prove the traces of this faction, and judging from the actions of the Skeleton Knight, as well as the bewitchment of the Berserker Armor, the style of this faction may be quite cruel, and it is likely to be hostile to the Hand of God side.
In any case, Gus's future fate has been destined to be involved with these extraordinary powers, a fate that he can't escape if he wants to, and it is also the most important worldview in this world, the law of cause and effect.
And there are actually two reasons for Gus to go to this future, one is that Grievous became the Hand of God, sacrificed all the members of the Eagle Order except him and Casgaard, and even raped Casgaard when he became a demon, this bitter hatred made Gus never forget.
The other is Casgaard, in order to avoid the memory of reality, Casgaard closed himself and became a blank child with no memory, and Gus has extremely deep feelings for Casgaard, and is now looking at him with strange eyes, which is enough to break his heart, not to mention that Casgaard will show a disgusted expression and eyes to him, and Grievous will show admiration, this contrast especially makes him crazy.
It is all these things that lead Gus closer and closer to the predetermined future, and in this kind of accident, there is actually inevitability, such as he will inevitably wear the Berserker armor, he will inevitably meet Buck the Fairy, and he will inevitably embark on the path of finding the land of the elves.
And in the past few days, Hao Qi has seen the inevitability of this law of cause and effect, in the original book, in order to achieve various things in the future, Gus must have a bad relationship with the now blank Casgaard, and even must make this Casgaard fear or even hate him, so it will lead to the later plot and the addition of other characters in this team.
There is obviously no Heavenly Dao or Great Dao in this world, but it seems that another pair of invisible hands are manipulating everything, and Hao Qi cares a lot about some of the words in the original book, both the Apostle and the Hand of God have said...... They were born according to ** (dream), so their mission is to pursue their own ** (dream), which made Hao Qi have some inferences and ideas in his heart, and then think of the law of cause and effect of the main theme of this world, Hao Qi's idea is even more profound.
Perhaps, the world ......
Hao Qi did not prevent Gus's demons from breeding, because this is not simply his own will, nor is it simply instilled by the outside world, but by his own ideas mixed with the guidance of the outside world, resulting in the breeding of demons, more simply, this is a problem that only he can face and solve, if others help, for example, Hao Qi can use the method of Daigo empowerment to directly clean his heart to precipitate impurities, Hao Qi can do it now, in fact, according to his current realm, more incredible things can be done, but these are all external forces。
Although it can be delayed, but the demon out of his own heart, the more delayed, the more difficult it will be when the future erupts, the more you rely on external help, the more difficult it will be to get through the future, in the original book, Gus and the young witch are in the fairy country, relying on the help of the fairy king to enter Casgaard's heart, trying to rescue Casgaard's consciousness, this is on the surface to rescue Casgaard, in fact, it is not Gus's road to self-redemption? This is what he is doing with his own demons, although it is not a heart calamity, let alone lighting the light of the heart, but the passage of this heart demon can give Gus the courage to survive, which is something that others can't help at all.
So Hao Qi is now watching Gus deteriorate step by step, and his state towards Casgaard is becoming more and more rude, although he quickly sobered up, but this state keeps accumulating, and soon, he almost fell into the demon once, when fighting at night, he almost slashed at Casgaard with a sword, fortunately he broke free, and Hao Qi blocked the giant sword with a flick of his fingers, so Gus could put away the giant sword in time, otherwise Casgaard would definitely be a sword and two sections.
Since then, Gus deliberately kept his distance from Casgaard, but he was already in love with Casgaard, how could he say that keeping a distance would keep a distance, occasionally when the true feelings surged, he also wanted to be intimate with Casgaard, but although Casgaard was ignorant, he was more able to feel people's hearts, Gus had killed her several times, especially when he waved the long sword before, it scared her, so that she was even more afraid of Gus, so for Gus's occasional intimacy, she was afraid to dodge, and this led to the growth of Gus's demons。
In this way, until the eleventh day of the team's departure, Gus's spirit had reached the limit, although now with Hao Qi's joining, he could easily fight every night, but at night, especially when the ghosts and ghosts gathered to attack him and Casgaard, even if Hao Qi arranged these ghosts and ghosts, it was absolutely impossible for him and Casgaard to fall asleep, and their spirits were tense.
If Gus was alone, now he still has to care about Casgaard, and he has to restrain his killing intent towards Casgaard from time to time, so the physical and mental strength he paid is more than twice as much as when he traveled alone, so after eleven days, he is finally extremely sleepy.
When the simple shelter was built, Gus sat in front of the fire and dozed off a little, and Casgaard was not tied up by Gus as in the original book, nor was she as afraid of Gus as in the original book, but it was obvious that she had a deep fear of Gus, and even an inexplicable hatred.
(At this point, the rest of the team will also arrive, so I'd better not interfere.) )
Hao Qi had already discovered that there were a few robbers in a hollow far away, and then looked at the current Gus and Casgaard, he knew that this should be the place where a certain plot in the original book took place, and it was this plot that allowed Gus to meet the noble men and women, and they would join the team, Hao Qi did not intend to stop this, because these people should be Gus's partners, and it is precisely because of these partners that Gus can take Casgaard to the fairy country in the original book, instead of dying on the battlefield, it can be said that these people will bring some warmth to Gus, which is the warmth that he can rarely feel since the Eagle Regiment。
"I'm going to hunt a big game and have a good meal today. Hao Qi suddenly spoke.
Gus was stunned for a moment, but he was not surprised, along the way, Hao Qi was covered in terms of food, basically there was no prey that he couldn't catch, and Hao Qi had his own foodie attributes, especially in terms of food, Gus and Casgaard were satisfied, and even Buck was enthusiastic about Hao Qi, which was all the result of feeding.
After Hao Qi spoke, Buck said to Gus: "Gus, you are too tight, it is still early before dark, why don't you sleep for a while? ”
Gus originally wanted to refuse, but his spirit is indeed trapped to the limit now, plus there is Hao Qi here, even if Hao Qi is going to hunt beasts, but with Hao Qi's strength, he can also return in a very short time, so he groaned for a while, then nodded and said to Buck: "I didn't expect me to trouble you...... Then I'll bother you, I'll sleep a little. ”
Buck immediately gave Gus a military salute, then waved his stick and began to walk around and dance.
Gus nodded gratefully at Hao Qi, and watched Hao Qi go away, and then he slowly closed his eyes.