Abstraction for a bad world

Chapter 139: Brilliant Sun, Duke Obsidian (6k)

Flandre lifted the two little ones by the scruff of their necks and threw them casually onto her blanket-covered lap, then began to push the wheelchair slowly forward.

As the wheelchair moved forward with a slight ups and downs, Rush, who was like a little dumpling, turned over slightly and almost rolled off the thigh.

Flandel quickly lowered her head to stop her and tapped Yuan Qingzhuo's forehead with her fingertips: "Hold little Rush, don't let her fall."

Yuan Qingzhuo, who was wrapped in soft cloth and could only stretch out his two hands with difficulty, struggled for a while, revealing a face full of sweat.

——As long as you are happy.

Then, Yuan Qingzhuo heard Flandel murmur unintentionally:
"I don't know what the use of eating so much is. You are such a glutton."

Yuan Qingzhuo: …
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After coming out of the baby hut where she had stayed for a month, Yuan Qingzhuo finally got a glimpse of the scenery of the monastery, even though she came out lying on someone's lap.

The distance from the baby hut to the baptistery did not seem very far - because he heard a passing nun say that the baptism ceremony would begin in twenty minutes.

And Flandre was still turning his wheelchair slowly, moving forward at a speed slower than if he had crawled at full speed.

Turning his gaze away from the gray pillars and the ground beside the road, Yuan Qingzhuo curled his lips in boredom.

He originally thought that a monastery named "Holy Trinity" would be decorated with gilded columns, high-grade carved reliefs and marble floors.

I didn't expect the architectural style to be comparable to the unfinished building on the construction site.

However, he looks exceptionally calm.

It fits the background of this miserable world very well.

Yuan Qingzhuo, holding the bottle of milk, grabbed Rush's little hand to prevent her from rolling out and crashing the plane.

"Have you heard that this baptism was presided over by Dean An?"

"Everyone knew the news this morning, right? I'm telling you, don't stay with that kid every day and give him whatever he wants. He'll get spoiled."

"Hehe, I don't care. Dean An said a few days ago that my child might very well inherit the legacy of the hero [Bright and Blazing Sun]!"

"[Bright and Blazing Sun]? This... can I also pinch his little face and get some good luck?"

There was the sound of two nuns talking as they walked briskly.

Yuan Qingzhuo was surprised when he heard that An was actually the abbot of the monastery - he was the abbot, but he cared so much about Rush.

An is really a good person...

As he was thinking this, Yuan Qingzhuo suddenly noticed that Flandel's expression had turned as hard as iron.

Ok?
What's wrong with Sister Fa? Are you upset?
Or is she related to the hero called [Bright Sun]?
Yuan Qingzhuo wanted to ask curiously, but could only utter babbling sounds.

Flandel ignored Yuan Qingzhuo's squeak and just turned his wheelchair to the door of the baptistery within the twenty-minute deadline.

Yuan Qingzhuo's eyes suddenly widened.

The huge archway, nearly 15 meters high, was open, and the baptistery was almost filled with nuns holding babies who were just one month old or less than two months old.

On both sides of the road, knights in heavy armor stood with swords in hand to maintain order.

And in the very center of the entire baptistery, in the middle of the intricately patterned magic circle, on the steps that people have to climb up, in front of the towering altar and baptismal pool.

An stood in the center.

Holding a scepter in his hand, wearing a pure white bishop's uniform with gold edges and a lapis lazuli ribbon on his shoulder, An stood there quietly, his face calm and solemn.

Yuan Qingzhuo saw her nodding slightly towards him... no, to be precise, towards Flandel.

Then the door of the baptistery was completely closed, and two knights came to clear the way for Farandel and sent her into the nuns.

Therefore, Yuan Qingzhuo could immediately feel many disgusted gazes falling on him, Rush, and Flandre.

There were even people whispering in each other's ears, cursing them with very vicious words.

Farandel remained expressionless, as if he had heard nothing.

But Yuan Qingzhuo didn't tolerate them. He swung his little hand and smashed the bottle at the nun who was cursing them.

The nun's face changed and she wanted to scream out immediately.

Ke An spoke up.

In the center of the altar, An said to everyone:

“Thank you, Lord, for giving your life for the Order!”

As a result, all the nuns suddenly kept silent. Even the nun who looked at Yuan Qingzhuo fiercely turned around with a solemn expression and clasped her hands devoutly towards the center of the altar.

"Today I am in front of you, holding a baptism ceremony for these friends who have believed in the gospel and become your children. Please come and bless us."

This is probably the prayer before baptism begins.

Yuan Qingzhuo looked around and found that the nuns holding the children had their eyes closed and their hands clasped together devoutly, and the knights who were maintaining order also put down their swords and knelt on one knee facing the altar.

Even Rush seemed to sense the atmosphere around him, and he closed his mouth and frowned.

Looks extremely serious.

The only exception is Flandre.

She still had that sour face and faced everything coldly, including the so-called "master" in An's mouth.

"oh oh……"

Yuan Qingzhuo smacked his lips in surprise.

It seems that Farandel is either not a member of the monastery, or he has a high status in the monastery.

"Lord, please keep today's baptism ceremony according to your promise, so that both the baptizer and the baptized will be blessed in your presence..."

"Lord, may you give the true name and gospel to the children who are baptized today..."

After An finished his last soft and devout prayer, he exhaled gently and drew a somewhat strange symbol on his chest.

All the knights stood up at this moment, and then all the nuns opened their eyes and drew a symbol on their chests that was exactly the same as An's.

The next moment, the huge altar... no, even the floor, walls, and pillars of the entire baptistery lit up!

Extremely brilliant.

The intricate patterns engraved in the baptistery were all lit up, emitting a gentle golden glow.

Suddenly, many nuns were extremely surprised.

Yuan Qingzhuo alone heard it and said, "How can the baptistery be fully lit?" "This is the first time I have seen such a bright blessing light!" "You are worthy of being the dean!" "The children are blessed."...

But still, there is only one person who doesn't fit in with this environment.

“It’s all fancy, but not practical.”

Flandel pinched Yuan Qingzhuo's face and commented coldly.

None of the nuns around paid any attention to this unsociable guy. They just held the children in excitement and wanted to go to the altar immediately to have them baptized.

Yuan Qingzhuo didn't pay too much attention to these nuns who were not happy with Flandel. Instead, he stuck out his tongue and made harmless faces at those who verbally attacked them.

Although Flandre's personality was indeed extremely bad and he never treated anyone well.

But she would come to visit him every day and give him Angel brand milk to drink.

Just based on these two points, Yuan Qingzhuo was already very grateful to her.

If it weren't for Sister Fa, he might not have even achieved the second evolution until now.

Without saying much, Yuan Qingzhuo focused his attention on An on the altar and the children being baptized.

Ann could be seen sprinkling a few drops of water from the baptismal font on each child's head, and then reciting a slightly complicated prayer.

After that, the twelve children who were baptized at the same time would begin to glow with light.

Some were pale, some were silver, and there were even children with a pure glow blooming from their bodies.

At the same time, the origins of the bloodlines of those exotic beasts, or the phantoms of the inherited heroes will also appear under the reflection of the pillars.

Of course, there are also those who have no light at all.

At this time, the nun holding the child would sigh with some regret and gently kiss the child on the forehead.

Because this means that this child does not have even a trace of exotic beast blood, nor does he have a broken heroic heritage. At best, he is just an ordinary human being.

The whole process from start to finish takes about five minutes.

The total number of children in the baptistery was estimated to be over 600 to 700, which meant that An would have to repeat this mechanized process for several hours...

Baptizing others is also a physical job.

But there wasn't even a hint of impatience in An's eyes.

Sister An is great, no need to say more.

Yuan Qingzhuo looked at it for a long time and roughly summed up some rules.

First of all, there is a high probability that a pale light will appear. The number of people in this group is probably more than that of ordinary people who have not awakened anything.

Next, there is a high probability of one or two silver lights in each round, which Yuan Qingzhuo would like to call the ten-consecutive guaranteed SR.

In the end, he watched for more than ten rounds, and there were only three or four pure beams of light with golden light. The shadows of the strange beasts or heroes on the pillars behind these children were also extremely clear.

This is probably the SSR with a probability of less than 2%!
As for the nuns who drew the SSR children, some cried with joy, while others suddenly became very sad for unknown reasons. In short, it seemed that their emotions fluctuated greatly.

Yuan Qingzhuo glanced at Flandel, who was like a stone Buddha, and thought that even if he and Rush were both SSRs, this guy probably wouldn't laugh.

Alas, I am thankful that I am an SR... After all, what can a normal person expect from a title that clearly indicates a small fry, such as "meager demon blood"?

"The next batch..."

On the altar, An's deputy priest announced loudly, and then the nuns placed the babies in the twelve warm jade pits on the altar one after another.

Finally, it was Flandre's turn.

Yuan Qingzhuo was cheered up——Is it his turn?!

A fully armored knight walked silently in front of her and bowed respectfully to Farandel.

Flandel carefully picked up Lash with both hands and placed the girl in the knight's arms. He stood up, which was rare, and bowed slightly to him.
"Thank you."

The knight said no more and walked away with a trace of bloody smell from the joints of his armor.

Yuan Qingzhuo rubbed the tip of his nose... What? Now that we are here, why can't we let Rush and myself go together? The human knights have to make two trips.

But that’s fine.

I can take a closer look at what level of card Little Rush is.

If it's an SSR, you should quickly develop feelings for him/her from the infant stage and wait for him/her to become your big shot in the future.

Oh, the kid with blonde hair who seemed to be the inheritor of [Bright Sun] has also gone up.

Yuan Qingzhuo turned over on Flandel's thighs, which could be considered as being resting his head on the beautiful girl's lap.

This time he watched very carefully and could clearly see Rush curiously rummaging around in the pit.

But there was another whisper reaching Yuan Qingzhuo's ears.

"Hey look, isn't that a demon hybrid?"

"Wow, there really are horns on his head. How disgusting."

"I feel like throwing up just looking at this. I wonder how disgusted Dean An would feel..."

In fact, sometimes Yuan Qingzhuo would rather have poor hearing so that he wouldn't hear these infuriating remarks. ——Because he is still a baby and can't do anything!
Even the only bottle that could be used as a weapon was thrown out. How else could one-month-old Yuan Qingzhuo punish these slightly bad nuns?
In desperation, Yuan Qingzhuo could only plug his ears with his fingers so that he wouldn't be annoyed by not hearing anything.

Flandel, who was originally yawning, raised his eyebrows in surprise when he unexpectedly saw Yuan Qingzhuo's action.

This kid can already understand what people around him are saying?

Maybe, besides eating a lot, he is really a genius.

"We are now baptized in the name of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Spirit..."

After the last prayer of this round was finished, An wiped the sweat from his forehead with a slightly tired look, and looked at the nameless blond baby boy and Rush with anticipation.

Yuan Qingzhuo is also waiting for the future big man to appear.

Ordinary white, ordinary white…ordinary white…gold…oh my god, what a dazzling gold!

Yuan Qingzhuo quickly closed his eyes.

——It’s going to blind people’s eyes!

Almost in an instant, Yuan Qingzhuo could feel the entire baptistery boiling with excitement.

"【Bright and Blazing Sun】! It's really the Bright and Blazing Sun! It's the most dazzling Paladin of all time!"

"Legend, is it a legend!?"

"No, judging by the light, she is not [Legend], but she should definitely be [Core Casting]. Brilliant Sun has spent the longest time at the Core Casting level in her life, so it is normal for Knight Lauren to inherit her Core Casting level."

When the light slowly faded, Yuan Qingzhuo opened his eyes and saw the real name of the blond baby boy: [Lauren Salivia]

Standing on the pillar behind Lauren was a knight who also had golden hair and eyes as bright as the sun.

That kind of light is both dazzling and warm.

Probably more precious than the so-called SSR.

"Carloste..."

Yuan Qingzhuo suddenly felt Flandel touching his hand and murmured something in a vague tone. He didn't know what she wanted to do.

The sounds of exclamation and praise from all around were so loud that Yuan Qingzhuo almost forgot that this round of baptism had not yet been completely completed.

There is another one, the devil's son who is ignored by everyone.

Rashi, has not yet completed his baptism.

Tick.

Suddenly, the entire baptistery fell silent.

At the same time, it also darkened.

Because the pillar behind Rush was slowly changing from colorless to deep black.

First, printed on it is the name [Rash] given by An, which has now turned into pure black.

Then, a tall shadow slowly took shape above the pillar, carrying an evil aura that far outstripped the bright sun.

At that moment, the baptistery was in an uproar. Even the knights who were maintaining order could not help but look at the pillar and put their hands on the hilt of the sword at their waist.

"Devil...it's a devil!"

"It's Obsidian, the legendary demon! Dean, quickly purify this——"

The priest behind An reacted the fastest. Her legs trembled uncontrollably, but she still raised the staff in her hand accurately and aimed it directly at Rush, who was still sucking his fingers happily.

A dazzling beam of light gathered.

Then it was held in An's hand and extinguished.

"Don't be so nervous, Leona."

An calmly withdrew his hand, gently touched the adjutant's head, and announced to everyone: "It's a legend, not a legendary demon."

Ann's words had always worked in this monastery, and this time was no exception.

No one directly shouted to kill Rush anymore, and no one wanted to attack Rush, and the knights also moved their hands away from the hilts of their swords.

But most people were still staring at Rush's back with extreme nervousness.

The deep ink color first slowly permeated the entire pillar, and then the phantom began to truly stare.

It was a huge demon with a burly figure, red eyes, and black spiral horns on its head.

Without a doubt, that was the legendary demon who had killed countless people, enslaved countless people, and taken the heads of countless powerful people...

——Grand Duke Obsidian!
legend.

Yuan Qingzhuo was greatly shocked.

——Oh my god, Rush’s bloodline is so awesome???
After more than ten seconds of dead silence, Yuan Qingzhuo suddenly saw the burly shadow move.

Surprisingly, he twisted his non-existent neck and looked at An in the center of the altar.

The knights put their hands on the hilts of their swords again. The adjutant behind An was trembling all over and could not even hold the staff in his hand steadily.

The obsidian shadow grinned cruelly at An, drew a horizontal line on his neck with his finger, and lip-synced:

"Sister, long time no see..."

"You won't succeed, Obsidian."

An responded coldly, her eyes solemn, "Rashi will not be the vessel for your resurrection. On the contrary, you will only be the nourishment for her growth."

The shadow of the great demon smiled again, then looked solemnly at the bright sun standing nearby.

"Well, let's wait and see..."

At this moment, the captivating shadow of the demon disappeared along with the bright and blazing sun that seemed to be beside him.

The enormous pressure in the baptistery disappeared in an instant.

An heard the adjutant behind her whisper to her shyly: "Dean...can you change my shift for a while? I can't stand it anymore."

"Nothing, go ahead."

An nodded, then walked to Rush, picked her up, walked down the altar step by step, walked past countless nuns and knights, and personally handed her to Farandel's arms.

"Thanks for your hard work."

An said apologetically.

Flandel took over the sleeping Rush, stared at the spiral horns on her head for a while, and said calmly: "It's just helping you take care of the child, it's a small matter... Besides, she doesn't eat even one-tenth as much as this glutton in my house."

?

How come it suddenly came to me?
Yuan Qingzhuo rolled his eyes.

"Then I'll take him up with me."

An gently picked up Yuan Qingzhuo. Her method was not exactly similar to Flandel's, but it was completely different.

Yuan Qingzhuo wanted to turn over, but found that something was blocking him and he couldn't turn over.

What has blinded my eyes!

"Ah."

Farandelle nodded indifferently.

After that, there was no conversation all the way because An personally carried him to the altar.

Yuan Qingzhuo saw that he was placed in the pit where Rush had just been. Hmm, the devil's aura was very strong, and he felt warm and safe.

After the remaining eleven children were put up, this round of baptism ceremony officially began.

As cool drops of water fell on his head, Yuan Qingzhuo heard An's voice again.

"We are now baptized in the name of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Spirit..."

"Lord, whisper their true names and baptize them."

[It is detected that you are in the process of baptism in a high-level ritual... Evolution energy +100, evolution energy +100...]

[You have met the conditions for three evolutions! Please choose the direction of evolution! ]

Yuan Qingzhuo, who was feeling a little sleepy, was startled and opened his eyes immediately. He really saw the full progress bar and the three evolutionary directions waiting for him to choose.

[1. Juvenile human beast: ...]

[2. Rare Demon Blood: The demon blood in your body will be purified for the second time, and your body structure will change as a result. There is a slight chance that you will obtain the "Broken Heritage" (which can evolve).]

[3. The descendants of the humble hero: ...]

Is there such a good thing? !
Yuan Qingzhuo knew that time was scarce, so he did not hesitate at all.

[You have chosen the evolution direction "Rare Demon Bloodline"! ]

[You have obtained "rare demon blood"! ]

[It is detected that you are in the process of baptism in a high-level ritual...]

[It is detected that your baptizer is An Noah...]

[“Rare Demon Bloodline” has been blessed and purified again! ]

[Congratulations, you have obtained the "Demon Bloodline"! ]

I go!

Are there any experts?

Feeling his body growing stronger, Yuan Qingzhuo couldn't help but smile.

【Your body structure changes! 】

[Your growth rate has increased moderately! ]

[Your affinity for this world is gradually increasing.]

[Unfortunately, you did not obtain the inheritance...]

[It is detected that you are in the process of baptism in a high-level ritual...]

[It is detected that your baptizer is An Noah...]

[Congratulations! You have obtained the legendary inheritance: Devil's Heart! ]

what?
Wait, what did I gain?
[Devil's Heart: You will be able to selectively and forcibly sense the emotional fluctuations of your own kind, and when the difference in strength between the two sides is not too big, you will be able to forcibly listen to the other party's inner thoughts.

Similarly, you can selectively let the other person feel your emotional fluctuations and let the other person listen to your inner thoughts.

Ignore distance. 】

[——Are you a Grand Duke? A legion commander? A prince? A royal family? Ha, it doesn't matter. Remember, this is one of the most important inheritances for the legendary throne to rule your subordinates and win the hearts of the people.]

Yuan Qingzhuo was a little dazed.

He looked at his purple-black pillar, and the phantoms of demons that were condensed all over the mountains, and couldn't help swallowing.

Because there were already countless gazes of disgust, fear, and even murderous intent falling on him, even more than on Rush.

When did bad luck come to me?
But I can’t afford such enormous wealth!
(End of this chapter)