Teyvat: The road to becoming a god begins in the desert

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"When you wake up, don't lie there, get up."

The sudden sound startled Kelai, and he almost bared his teeth at Rhodes like before.

Looking at Rhodes who kept yawning.

Kelai was in a daze for a moment, then carefully climbed up from the bed.

I saw her even putting on her shoes very quietly.

Rhodes said angrily: "Stop pretending, there are no outsiders here, you don't have to look pitiful anymore."

Kelai, who was putting on his shoes, paused and then looked over in astonishment.

Rhodes had a businesslike expression, crossed his legs, and lightly tapped the back of the chair.

"If you want to stay here well, it's necessary to tell the truth."

"if not."

"I'm not sure you're going to cause damage to the village."

"Explain your origin, past, purpose of staying here, and the strange power in your body."

It was like a scene of interrogating a prisoner, and the atmosphere in the room instantly solidified.

Kelai's expression changed again and again.

The pitiful and innocent expression before was slowly dissipating.

"Don't try to attack me."

"Otherwise, there will be consequences at your own risk."

Rhodes chuckled, as if he knew everything about what Cole was going to do.

Still too tender.

Even though I have experienced a lot.

But in front of an adult.

Her little thoughts couldn't be hidden from Rhodes at all.

Kelai did not stay in Aru Village willingly. She stayed here because she had some ulterior secrets.

Rhodes knew one thing very well.

That is to say, Kelai cannot simply be regarded as a child with a simple mind.

Kelai was still young when he was captured for human experimentation, and later he was tortured in the laboratory. Even his parents were killed by that group of people.

Such a painful experience.

You don't need to think about it to know that her mental maturity is definitely much higher than that of her peers.

Later, after escaping from the laboratory, she, like Rhodes, wandered in the dangerous desert for who knows how long.

Let’s take a look at Harlan’s previous attitude towards Kelai.

It was easy to see some of the things she might encounter as she passed through inhabited towns and villages.

Demon scale disease.

This is a frightening disease in Sumeru.

In addition to the magic scale disease, Kelai also had purple scars under the bandage that looked like other diseases, with weird colors and distorted shapes. Based on the upbringing of desert people, their first reaction when seeing Kelai was to expel her.

Even throwing stones, rotten eggs, and vegetable leaves are very likely to happen.

So treating Kelai as an ordinary child is definitely the stupidest idea.

only.

After all, he has been locked up in a laboratory since he was a child, and was ostracized in various ways after he escaped. Kelai still has too little contact with human society and does not know how to hide himself.

What she wanted to do was written clearly on her face.

Like now.

Her intention to attack Rhodes was not too obvious.

Even though he was warned by Rhodes.

She was like a lion baring its teeth to intimidate its enemies, with a fierce flame emanating from her whole body.

It's really fierce flames.

The kind that is visible to the naked eye.

The purple-black flames spread and twisted around Kelai's body, and finally turned into a vague and irregular snake shape, bending his body and roaring silently at Rhodes.

Black Flame Snake.

This is the power hidden in Kelai's body.

It originated from the demon residue potion that she was injected with when she was subjected to human experiments.

The so-called demonic remnants.

This is a war between demons and gods originating from ancient times.

Demonic God Residues are the materialized resentments of those who died in battle with Demonic Gods.

This kind of residue can give an ordinary person instant access to extraordinary demonic power.

at the same time.

Since the Demonic God's remnants are the collective manifestation of the Demonic God's hatred, these remnants contain extremely strong resentment.

And these resentments.

It will gradually erode the human spirit until it completely collapses, surrenders to the murmurs of the devil's resentment, and eventually becomes a killing machine that kills everyone on sight.

And the power of the devil is not something that anyone can control casually.

Over time.

While gaining powerful power, the user's physical body will also suffer extremely severe backlash, until it loses its life and becomes a corpse, or a puppet controlled by resentment.

Kelai is using it now.

It's the demonic power hidden in her body.

boom--

A blazing flame suddenly flashed past.

Just one blow.

Rhodes easily tore apart the black flame snake emerging from Kelai's body.

The power of the devil is indeed very strong.

But if the person using it cannot control it at all, he won't be able to exert much power.

not to mention.

When using the power of the Demon God's residue, you will inevitably be affected by the Demon God's resentment.

Kelai obviously didn't want to let his consciousness be at the mercy of these resentments.

Therefore, she herself is fighting against this force.

The consciousnesses are fighting against each other, and the physical body cannot exert too much power. This kind of Kelai is still far behind the current Rhodes.

After the Black Flame Snake was shattered.

Kelai slumped on the ground helplessly, breathing heavily.

Just when she closed her eyes and prepared to die.

A plate of cut bread, fried meat and a glass of sunset fruit juice suddenly appeared in front of her, catching the already desperate Kelai a little off guard.

"Don't worry, eat something first, I'll wait for you to tell the truth."

After putting the food and drinks away, Rhodes sat back on the chair, folded his arms, and had an expression that said, "If you don't tell me today, I'll just spend it with you."

"You won't kill me?"

After hesitating for a while, Kelai bit his lip and asked.

This time.

Kelai's voice was no longer as timid as a kitten's as it was yesterday, but closer to that of a calm and collected adult.

Judging from his voice and tone of voice, he was completely different from yesterday.

"Why kill you?"

"You just stole my food and destroyed my land, it's not that serious."

"But."

"You must work for me here, repair my destroyed fields, and use your labor to compensate for my losses."

"Of course."

"before that."

"You still have to explain yourself clearly so that I can trust you."

Rhodes chuckled: "As I said before, if you want to live a stable life here, it is necessary to be open and honest with each other, Xiao——Ke——Lai——"

Chapter 47 Let’s go and hoe the fields with me

After all, Kelai couldn't defeat Rhodes.

Although she was very reluctant, she still confessed honestly.

From the time she was sent to the laboratory to undergo human experiments, to the time she successfully escaped from an unexpected situation in the laboratory, to the time she wandered all the way to Aru Village in the desert, she continued to talk until she was so hungry the night before that she couldn't bear it, and then she Going to Rod's vegetable patch to steal vegetables to eat.

Collet told almost everything she could tell.

I definitely didn’t explain everything.

But overall, I am not lying, I am telling the truth.

She also told her the reason for staying in Aru Village.

It was to avoid the pursuers from behind.

Although Kelai was sent to the doctor's laboratory since she was a child, she still knew the reputation of Aru Village, a pure land in the desert, from other 'experiments' in the laboratory.

The rule against killing.

It didn't happen after Candice took over as Guardian.

But the guardians of all generations have always had this rule.

Anyone who dared to cause trouble in Aru Village was, without exception, fed to wild animals by the guardians.

That's what Cole had in mind.

That's why she agreed to it based on Rhode's request to take her in.

This is what she said.

It's pretty much the same as Rhode's guess.

"Okay, since you've already told the truth."

"Then let me tell the truth."

Rhodes chuckled: "I don't keep you here because I pity you and want to help you. I also have some personal purposes."

"I know."