Quadruple split.

Chapter 11 Inspiration and Clues

two minutes later
"Where are you going to take us!" Cole, who had been following Mo Tan, finally couldn't help shouting. The young thief who had been entangled with the two red-backed beasts for nearly five minutes was at this moment both mentally and physically. It has reached its limit, many wounds on his body are bursting, and the toxins infecting his body are gradually paralyzing his senses and limbs.

Mo Tan stopped when he heard the words, nodded at him, and whispered: "It's almost here, you can rest for a while, and then tell me..."

"I don't care about those!" Cole's legs fell uncontrollably to the ground the moment the other party's voice fell, and the corpse that had been carried behind him was also thrown to the side. He weakly interrupted Mo Tan and moved his side to the side. The exorcist, who had already lost his life, held his arms in his arms, raised his head and asked, "Why do you want to save me? Why did you let me bring Lorna?"

Mo Tan leaned over and handed him a bottle of healing potion. The small half of his face exposed under the hood smiled playfully: "Lona, there really is a beautiful name, oh, let me see~"

He brushed away a few strands of hair from the left half of Rona's face, not minding how terrifying the corpse, which was really beautiful at first, but the other half of its face had almost disappeared, nodded and continued: "Yes, there is a beautiful corpse. Owner."

"What are you doing!" Cole, who had regained some strength, shouted angrily, "Don't insult her!"

"Insult?" Mo Tan repeated in a low voice, then shook his head at Cole: "Only a false compliment is an insult, my friend, the words from the heart are not, can't you see how much her soul is Pure and beautiful?"

Cole was slightly stunned, and looked down at the girl in his arms who had been secretly in love with him for many years: "Her... soul...?"

As far as Cole knows, there are several kinds of people in this world who can talk about their souls all the time. First of all, they are priests and priests of various sects, but this man in front of him doesn't look like a religious man. Man, although he has no evidence, he can be sure of this...

This is of course, we all know that Mo Tan's [Unbeliever] talent is enough to make any preacher stay away from him, and naturally it can also make others think that this guy is definitely not a person of faith at a glance.

Of course, for the player, this kind of simple and clear talent information will be transformed into 'temperament', 'feeling' or the real 'talent' in the eyes of NPCs. It's abrupt.

So to rule out the possibility of religious people, there are only lunatics with abnormal brains and people who spend a lot of time dealing with the dead.

Although Mortan really felt like a lunatic to Cole, he was more inclined towards the latter at this time...

Necromancers, psychics, and cultists all belong to this category. These people's heads are filled with all kinds of 'taboo' knowledge in a broad sense. Fanatics, walking evil, but there are also many people who secretly make friends with them, giving them countless supports and help, just to get the so-called 'eternity'.

If Cole's previous attitude towards this kind of person was no different from that of other people, then at this moment, holding Rona, who had already lost her body temperature, he couldn't help but ignite a spark of hope in his heart.

"Can you help me..." He suddenly grabbed the hem of Mo Tan's robe and said in a trembling voice, "Help me revive Rona! You said it just now! She has a beautiful soul! A beautiful soul shouldn't just disappear. right!!"

Mo Tan smiled with satisfaction, although his knowledge of the world is far from that of any natives from the village, but this guy is very good at letting others use his knowledge and experience to convince themselves, ready for countless logical and clear The steps made themselves firm.

"Do you know what this is?" Mo Tan didn't answer Cole's question, but took out a small gray-white can from his luggage and handed it to the young thief. If you look closely, you can even see countless faces with different expressions on it, but as long as you relax a little bit, you can no longer distinguish them.

【Soul Soul Bottle】

Quality: Epic

Use: Ingest Soul/Release Soul
Special Restrictions: Non-[Lawful] Factions

Effect: Take the soul from a life with a death time of 13 hours and store it in it. There is no storage time limit. The shorter the death time, the higher the integrity of the soul. There can only be one soul in the soul bottle.

※If a second soul is absorbed into it, the first soul will collapse immediately※

[Remarks: Only a powerful soul knowledge master can create it. This high-level soul-binding creation can become a must-have material for a variety of forbidden items, and the soul in it will not suffer any torture, whether you are skilled in craftsmanship. It's a very good choice for a senior alchemist, a necromancer who urgently needs a temporary soul casket, or a wealthy person who can afford such a special 'urn'. PS: Even good people don't mind dealing with it, but those who follow the rules obviously don't. 】

Cole shook his head honestly. At this time, no matter how shrewd the thief was, he would not choose to lie, but his eyes had gradually become eager. Maybe a madman could pull it out.

"Of course you don't know~" Mo Tan shrugged: "To tell you bluntly, this thing is called a soul bottle, it has various uses and is easy to operate. One of the functions I think is very useful, for example... Dissipated soul, allowing it to one day bathe in that nasty sun again."

Cole was shaking with ecstasy and excitement, and of course there might be a little bit of pain from the wound, but it didn't matter, the most important thing to him now was...

"I'm just a trivial thief apprentice, but if you can help me..." Cole knelt down in front of Mo Tan and said solemnly, "I can pay any price, including my life!"

[Although it is different, there are some familiar words...]

Mo Tan suddenly thought of what Medie said before he died. Everything in front of him was so similar to that at the time, but this time he didn't have any task that would be unfavorable to Cole, and if he used the soul bottle now , this soul named Rona will undoubtedly be relatively complete, and not like the remnant soul that resides in the Meddy ring and has no hope of resurrection.

So now he is not stingy to help this infatuated human boy a little bit.

"Remember what you said." Mo Tan's voice suddenly became a little cold, he pointed the soul bottle at Rona's body, and said slowly: "I'm not a philanthropist."

I saw a hazy white light shining from the corpse in Cole's arms, and then floated upward for half a meter. After circling around him for a while, it was ingested into the bottle in Mo Tan's hand with a 'swish'. In the middle, he made an ethereal murmur and then disappeared.

The system's prompt sounded in Mo Tan's ear:

[The soul bottle has been incorporated into the new soul, and its integrity is 94%]

It seems to be a success...

"What did you do?" Cole also felt a very obvious change. The flash of white light before made him inexplicably throbbing, as if Rona came back to life and gently whispered in his ear. Telling something the same, but bowing his head, the icy corpse still lay peacefully in his arms, without the slightest vitality.

Mo Tan gestured to the soul bottle in his hand, then put it in his luggage, and said leisurely: "I helped you save her soul, leaving a trace of possibility. As for whether this possibility will become a reality, then It depends on your performance... don't ask me too many questions, I have no obligation to know everything about you, and I don't have enough noble qualities to maintain my patience..."

"Yes!" Cole replied quickly, then stood up and performed the highest etiquette he knew to Motan. Although a thief holding a dagger in his heart and bowing [-] degrees is somewhat nondescript, this is a little bit obvious. The awkward knight's allegiance still conveys his mood very well.

Mo Tan nodded with satisfaction, found a relatively flat place nearby and sat down, and then signaled to Cole that he didn't need to stand there stupidly, and then asked: "Now tell me, who are you, and what are you doing? Why was attacked in this place, the process can be a little more detailed."

"My name is Cole Shuren, I'm a student of the Paddin Knight Academy." Cole replied immediately, then glanced at the elf girl's body in his arms, and continued in a slightly hoarse voice: "She It's my contemporaneous student-Rona Yuehui, a member of the second-year warm sun team like me, we..."

Mo Tan sighed and interrupted: "Put her down first. The body in your arms is just a shell for now. If you want, you can bury her here later."

Cole reluctantly put Rona's body aside, forced himself to calm down, and continued to tell Mo Tan the ins and outs of this accident...

After some explanation by Cole, Mo Tan finally knew what happened, and got a little unexpected gain from it~
The annual Lanzhiyue and Xingzhiyue are the time for the comprehensive test of the Paddin Knight Academy, which is divided into two parts: theoretical written test and team actual combat for each category of corresponding subjects, and the Nuanyang team is on the way back after completing the actual combat test. encountered an attack.

The red-backed beasts, who would never appear in such a place, came two at a time, and due to the inherent defect of low visual ability, they even stared at the Nuanyang team, and they didn't even have a chance to escape. Whether it was sound interference or the way of turning the tiger away from the mountain, everyone tried it over and over, but they never got rid of the entanglement of these two monsters, and they were forced all the way from the wilderness to this forest...

Then, Rona, the apprentice of the wind mage, died, and the other three members were fleeing as far as possible to Pato City, where the academy was located, under the cover of Cole. already know.

[The side quest has been triggered: save the Nuanyang team, reward: optional experience 200]

[Hidden quest has been triggered: Resurrection of Lorna Moonlight, reward: ? ? ? 】

The unexpected system prompt sounded in Mo Tan's ear. Although he had been browsing the forum for a while before, although he didn't know the setting of hidden quests, he was still very confident that his actions this time could trigger side quests. , and another unexpected gain is... the composition of Keren's own Warm Sun team!

Mage Lorna Moonlight, Rogue Cole Shuren, Priest Ai Vanye, Great Swordsman Radha Dona and Knight Dave Sager.

"Dave..." Mo Tan lightly rubbed his forehead, then stood up and said to Cole, "Go back to Pato City first, find the cheapest hotel to stay, and don't contact anyone."

Cole froze for a moment: "Then you..."

"I'll find you." Mo Tan replied indifferently, and immediately turned on the hidden state, relying on his high dexterity value to quickly swept away.

He already had a clue, but he still needed to verify it.

……

[Reconnection starts...]

[Connection completed, reading character information]

[Chaos and evil ink, welcome to the realm of innocence]

gray sky...

Dead ruins...

Endless corpses and pools of blood...

Mo looked at the 'city' behind him that was mourning because of the curse and pain, and let out a burst of suppressed laughter, then tightened the gray cloak on his body, and continued to walk on the path. If the ghost-like scene is left behind.

The repression of the previous years has almost been released before, and the equipment and experience have also accumulated a little in that joyous massacre. What he has to do now is to leave this place as soon as possible. As for the destination... whatever. ...at least not in a hurry to think about this kind of thing now...

However, the target is still there.

A drop of cool muddy water hit Mo's face, and the sky began to cry without warning... It was raining.

A roar suddenly sounded beside the silent mountain road, and a strange-looking beast came rushing from not far away, and it seemed that it didn't intend to bypass Mo who was standing on the path, so it rushed towards him so fiercely. Bumped over.

Then, a hand surrounded by black flames stretched out from under the cloak, and pressed it on the head of the alien beast that was three-quarters like a pig and seven-pointed like a cow.

【Dark burning】

Active skills

Mastery requirements: Wisdom 40, Constitution 50, Possess the profession 'Dark Wizard'

Consumption/Limit: 30 mana/sec, 30 HP/sec, [Chaos] faction

Effect: Releases black magic flames from your body, inflicting a large amount of fire/dark element damage to the target and adding a 'Smoke' effect. The effect on undead is halved and does not trigger special effects. Cooldown: None

[Note: This is a mixed magic created by my grandfather, the famous theoretical dark wizard Spoon Riddle, but no one including himself can use it, because from a wizard's point of view, this kind of magic Spells that require physical fitness even higher than magic power are simply smashing! ——Riddle III who burned his right hand]

With a whimper, the monster turned into a pile of charred bones in an instant, and Mo, the caster, didn't even stop for half a second, just silently retracted his hand into the cloak and continued to move forward. .

Then he was blocked...

A tall figure wearing a simple leather armor, with a large area of ​​fair skin exposed, stopped in front of him.

"That's my prey." The beautiful dark elf frowned slightly, her slender silver hair swaying in the wind behind her back, she glanced at the pile of dry bones behind Mo, and then asked in a cold voice, "You kill me. did it?"

Mo didn't answer, just raised his head slightly to look at this somewhat unsure Yin Changzhi, and was stunned for a moment.

It seems that the cold pretty face in front of him has been seen before.

If he remembers correctly...

This girl should be a player, her name is Ji Xiaodao, and she had dinner with him at the same table not long ago.

……

Chapter 10: Final

(End of this chapter)