but……

Shelley stammered and was speechless.

It has never been subject to such expectations.

It has never taken the initiative to make such a big decision.

Even if other people were looking at it, it couldn't immediately give a definite answer.

For the first time, it realized the weight of the title of king. For the first time, it realized how brave its always smiling father was.

After the meeting was dissolved, Shelley came to the temple.

This time, it did not go in, but stopped in front of the two statues facing each other.

If it were the father or the high priest, what would they do?

The answer is obvious.

They will definitely take the lead and take the initiative to investigate, because this is what they did when the tribe encountered disasters in the past.

Shelley walked home silently.

It is still afraid, but what is the use of being afraid?

No one can help it hold up the sky anymore. Now, it is the only one left and it can only go on.

It was preparing to go home and say goodbye to its elderly mother.

But when it reached the door of its house, it suddenly saw an unexpected person.

"Hedi, why are you here?"

Hedi looked haggard and in a very bad state, but he still tried his best to smile: "I came to say goodbye to you. I plan to leave here. I don't have the face to stay any longer. I was still hesitating whether to go into the house and tell my mother, but since you are here, I won't go in. You can say something to my mother for me."

Hearing this, Shelley was a little annoyed: "Hedi, you want to escape? Aren't you a king? Aren't you a strong man? Don't you even have the courage to stay here?"

Such shouting did not stop Hedi. Hedi turned around and walked faster and faster.

Shelley tried to catch up with it, but the huge gap in physical fitness not only prevented it from getting closer to Hedi, but instead, after turning the corner, it completely lost Hedi.

It stood there blankly, feeling lost.

why?

Why did the once harmonious and happy family become so broken now?

Shelley didn't understand.

But Tong Yao and Hedi knew very well.

Not long ago, Hedi learned about the content of the meeting through his wife, and from that time on, he decided to leave the tribe.

In terms of being a king, it has completely failed and has become the enemy of the people.

But at least as a brother, it still has a chance to be saved.

[Shelley, take good care of your mother.]

[As a priest, you should serve the gods well, not put yourself in danger. Please leave the dangerous things to me who has committed many sins.]

In the dark night, Hedi walked farther and farther away, until he was out of Tong Yao's sight.

"It's not a qualified king, it's not a qualified prince, but most of the time, it's still a qualified brother."

40 Tia's Homecoming

After saying goodbye to Shelley, Hedi set out on the road to the Great Wall in the North.

This road is both strange and familiar to it.

The last time it set foot on this road was after it received the news of its father's death.

Some people say that this road is a pilgrimage road, and the end of the road is the holy war site where the first king shed his blood.

But Hedy doesn't see it that way.

It always remembered how bad the weather was on the day it protected its father's body and returned to the tribe from the Northern Wall.

There seemed to be a hole in the sky, and the rain rushing down from the mountains had washed away the road several times. It stepped deep and shallow in the mud, and countless times it felt that it would be swallowed by the mud.

Fortunately, everyone returned to the tribe safely in the end.

But from then on, it developed a fear of this road.

It feels that rather than being a pilgrimage, it is a road to the world of the dead.

This road witnessed the death of its father and the deaths of countless original orc warriors. It seems that as long as you have anything to do with this road, there will be no good results.

But today, when it was walking alone on this road, it suddenly had a different understanding.

The night sky is bright and clear.

The road is flat, with weeds growing on both sides, and occasionally you can see flying insects passing by.

This strange calmness made Hedi unconsciously think of his deceased father and the original orc warrior.

At that time, when my father walked along this road, what kind of scene did he see and what was his mood?

At that time, those soldiers knew that they might never come back, so why did they still set out resolutely?

With every step forward, Hedi's heart surged more intensely.

When it finally passed through the long mountains and fields, it arrived at the newly renovated Northern Great Wall.

When it stood on the hill where its father had stood, and looked out at the vast land where its father had looked out.

At that moment, Hedi's heart suddenly opened up.

It no longer has any fear of the past, and it also understands why some people say this is a pilgrimage path.

It is not just walking on a road, but following the life of its predecessors.

On the night the priest passed away, the Ring of First Fire that was integrated into its heart went out. It did not dare to tell anyone else about it, but today the Ring of First Fire seemed to be emitting warmth again.

“This is the path I must take.”

Hedi placed his hand over his heart.

When it went down the mountain, it was surprised to find that there was a person standing next to those makeshift caves.

"It's you?!"

Those who turned back were the sons of sinners who were banished to the status of pariahs by it.

Hedi's heart suddenly tightened.

To its surprise, the Son of Sinner just glanced at it, then turned his head back and continued to stare at the cave dwelling in front of him.

Hedi finally realized that this cave was the place where his father was poisoned to death by the sinner Qingshi.

It walked forward without saying anything, and just stood silently beside the Son of Sinner.

The evening breeze blows and everything is quiet.

This feeling is very subtle.

After a long time, the abandoned king would stand side by side with the son of a sinner, looking at the crime scene.

They did not make peace, they just wanted to do something to atone for their sins.

Tong Yao saw all of this.

She watched the Son of Sinner walk out of the tribe.

After the great turmoil, no one was watching it anymore. It regained its freedom, but its heart was still not free.

Although the First King forgave his father for the assassination attempt on him, the sin of assassination had been committed. From that day on, he and his family would live with this heavy sin.

Even if it dies, the shame will not disappear.

Moreover, it can die easily, but what will its family do after its death? Will they have to die with it?

The father made the big mistake for the sake of his family, and it must not allow the father's mistake to become meaningless.

It doesn't want its family or descendants to bear such shackles forever.

Therefore, it willingly bears all punishment.

So, even if someone called on it to rebel, it refused.

It just wants to atone its sins, do everything it can to atone, burn itself, and create even a glimmer of hope for its family.

Therefore, when it heard that the tribe was in danger and everyone was gloomy, it immediately stood up.

It couldn't disperse the ice and snow like the First King did and block the beast tide outside the mountain, but the First King was the only one. Blindly chasing the First King would only bring trouble to itself. All it had to do was to figure out why the people in the tribe had become as brutal as monsters.

Near midnight, a roar suddenly came from outside the mountain.

The two people stood quietly, climbed up the hill and looked outside the mountain. This time, they finally saw the true appearance of those monsters.

Those monsters were very similar to the beasts they had seen before, except that they were larger, more twisted, and had strange black mist floating around them.

As they looked, they discovered a monster that was different from the others.

The monster sat at the end of the group of madly roaring monsters. It looked like a bug. The main part of its body was dark red, as if it was wearing a layer of heroic heavy armor. Behind it were two pairs of wings that were as transparent as colored glass but had dark red backbones. Its six lower legs were solid and powerful, and its forelimbs had small claws with curved sharp blades attached.

This is a body made for battle!

But this monster does not look scary, because the scarlet eyes are attached to a smooth and cute face, which is not at all rough like other bugs.

"What the hell is this?"

Hedi and the Son of Sinner were stunned.

If they could still see some familiar shadows in other monsters, then this monster was completely unfamiliar.

And this monster not only looks different from the other monsters, the emotions it expresses are also very different.

When the other monsters roared violently, it looked around, revealing nervousness and hesitation all over its body. It seemed that it was hesitating whether to follow the other monsters through the mountain pass.

What made them most uneasy was that even though it was so far away, the monster suddenly noticed their gaze, turned its head and looked at them.

"!"

Hedi and the Son of Sinner squatted down at the same time, and they suddenly had a bad feeling in their hearts.

That monster might be the real disaster, a disaster that they cannot resist!

They are right in saying that.

Even Tong Yao didn't expect Tia's strength to improve so quickly.

As it wandered aimlessly following those animals infected by psionic energy, it absorbed more psionic energy and its strength increased greatly. The amazing thing was that even so, it was still not controlled by bloodthirstiness and violence.

There is always a bottom line in Tia's heart, and that bottom line cannot be broken by psionic energy, even if it loses its wisdom.

Is it the guilt towards Li, or the faith in God?

Tong Yao tried to find the answer, but she could not see through Tia's heart at all because Tia had lost her wisdom.

It was only acting on instinct. In the first thirty years after leaving its homeland, it went farther and farther away. In the last thirty years after leaving its homeland, it had completely lost its way and had no idea where its homeland was.

However, as time passed, it was in chaos and finally arrived near its homeland after wandering around.

Is this fate, or will obsession lead to consequences?

Tong Yao was suddenly moved.

However, Tia would never have imagined that its homeland has now been occupied by other life forms.

41 The person I can't forget

After wandering outside the mountain pass for a while, the group of animals infected by psionic energy began to attack.

At this time, there were only two Ancestral Orcs guarding the Great Wall in the North.

"So, what are you going to do?"

Tong Yao did not take action immediately, even though it would be easy for her to destroy these monsters.

She knew that what Hedi and the Son of Sinner needed was not God's help but inner peace, which was something that outsiders could hardly help with and they had to rely on themselves.

Fortunately, they were well prepared.

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