"Jasmine" suddenly waved the dragon-headed crutch in her hand again, and Su Mingan felt an invisible pressure coming down from the top of her head.
There was a tingling sensation in his heart, as if there were countless invisible thorns falling down. But the pain suddenly disappeared the next moment, as if it was suddenly waved away by a hand.
He heard the prompt from the system:
[(Hidden·Rose Hat) skill effect is triggered. 】
[Due to instant death resistance, the enemy's instant death skills automatically expire. 】
"Why, why is it ineffective?" "Jasmine" looked at him in confusion. The crutch in her hand glowed with a golden red light. It seemed that the attack had been launched, but it had no effect.
Su Ming'an realized that his equipment skills could resist instant death caused by curse-like effects. As a result, his supposed death and becoming a puppet of "Jasmine" did not come true.
The ending has changed.
What he is in now... may be a completely new process.
"Jasmine" looked at him gloomily, and after a moment, she suddenly said:
"You are a good citizen, and I am willing to forgive you for running away.
As long as you are willing to become my believer, I can let you go and let you inherit your father's business and control Trilli..."
"——Forgive me for refusing." Su Mingan interrupted her. He looked at "Jasmine" with a firm expression.
He didn't know if it was right to say this, but if he promised the other party, it would definitely not be a perfect ending.
What he wants is [perfection], it is never just a simple [pass].
Jasmine shouldn't be dead, it's this so-called "god" who has taken over her body - he still has a chance.
He didn't know if his behavior of chasing the mayor and killing him was right, but since the ending prompt didn't appear, it wouldn't be a direct bad ending.
"Jasmine" looked at him with squinted eyes, but did not notice the danger involved.
"You are not a god, you are just a collection of desires entrusted by the desires of the townspeople." Su Mingan looked at her: "You let the townspeople kill each other, you let the innocent girl die in pain, you Your protection looks like a joke to me - you claim to be a god, but you do what a devil should do. The whole town is bewitched by you, they live like crazy people, but you are still complacent..."
He didn't finish his sentence.
"Jasmine" seemed to understand that her curse had no effect. She suddenly stepped forward, her eyes flashed, and blood-red light came out.
Her palms turned into claws, the fine hair on her body grew like crazy, and she rushed towards him like a wolf!
The fiery red wedding dress fluttered like bird feathers, and the girl's eyes were as ghostly as ghost fire.
"—Is this what you Trillians call a god?"
Su Mingan looked at the ferocious werewolf in front of him and laughed softly, with a hint of mockery in his smile.
He was not afraid at all when "Jasmine" rushed towards her. As long as she didn't control his body with such unreasonable skills, he would have a chance to fight back.
He stared at the direction where Jasmine was coming, and the space vibration was ready to be emitted at any time.
Suddenly, he heard a crisp sound.
"Crack!"
It was the sound of a glass bottle breaking to the ground.
"Jasmine"'s expression changed. She looked extremely painful and quickly covered her chest.
A bottle with green liquid sloshing in it was thrown from the window and hit her right on the body.
The green liquid flowed down her body, making a "sizzling" sound like melting. "Jasmine" suddenly looked to the side, but she could only see a vast expanse of white snow outside the window.
"Ding-dong--ding-dong--"
There was the sound of glass bottles clinking outside the door.
Su Mingan turned his head and saw a woman covered in a cloak. She had a silver dagger on her waist and a bottle of reagent with red liquid in her hand. Slightly dry blond hair leaked out from the opening, the color approaching the fading sunlight.
She approached slowly, with the wind and snow still on her body. When she passed the corpses of the townspeople on the ground, her steps did not stop for a moment, as if she didn't care about these people at all.
"Jasmine" was trembling all over. She seemed to be afraid of this kind of medicine. When she saw the woman approaching, she gritted her teeth and pointed the faucet crutch in her hand at her quickly——
"boom--!"
【HP-1250! (Weak suppression! Breaking move!)]
"Jasmine's" attack was interrupted.
Her body trembled violently in the violent spatial tremors, and then she closed her eyes and fainted.
And the moment she passed out, the fur and sharp claws on her body retracted instantly.
Su Mingan recovered the spatial vibration, stepped forward, and supported the unconscious girl, preventing her from hitting her head on the coffin.
He leaned her against the coffin and pushed the strands of hair away from her face.
"...You are very considerate." The cloaked man said.
Her voice was hoarse, different from the voice in Su Mingan's memory, as if she had experienced many years.
"No, I just wanted to confirm whether she was pretending to be faint." Su Mingan stood up and looked at the cloaked man who suddenly appeared:
"——Salina, I think I am qualified to know everything about Trilli."
The woman chuckled softly.
She stretched out her hand - it was a hand that was as withered as an old man's. After revealing her face, Su Mingan saw the wrinkles carved by the years on her face, one after another, and the skin was as wrinkled as paper.
...This is the old Salina, the Salina who has not been protected by time, and also the Salina who is still alive.
The witch Shalina who was the guide has long since died, but at a time point in the past, Su Mingan met her who was still alive.
"Bo Li, who is returning home, when you left Trili and threatened to change the beliefs of the people in the town, I never thought you had such courage." Salina said with a smile: "You seem to be back now. It’s different. You were able to kill the puppet-like Mitchell and the crazy townspeople with your own hands. This is enough to prove that you may have the qualifications to know everything.”
She sighed slightly: "Mitchell once asked me not to reveal these things, but I don't want to bring all the secrets into the coffin. You are very different now - you may really be able to change this Trilli. "
Su Mingan looked at her, waiting for her next words.
Serena approached slowly. She seemed to be observing Jasmine's condition. After squatting down, she unscrewed the bottle of red liquid in her hand, then held Jasmine's chin and poured it into her little by little. mouth.
"I have long seen that the town's beliefs have been quietly changed." She said: "It turns out that there are really great gods protecting Trilli. Although there have been people since the wolf boy was discovered. Hateful werewolves are infested, but we can always turn danger into safety... But all this has changed since the protection of the gods disappeared."
She stood up and looked at him with a pair of frosty eyes, her expression still full of the beauty of her youth: "The townspeople will choose a young girl every year and nail her to death in a coffin to gain blessings - they It’s called marrying the gods. At first I thought this was a great idea, but then I realized that the so-called gods were no longer there. What replaced them were ghosts wandering in the dark night.”
"The townspeople are all bewitched." Su Ming'an said, "If I guess correctly, the ghost you mentioned is the existence that just occupied Jasmine's body."
"...That's right." Selina lowered her head slightly: "That abominable existence bewitched the townspeople, made them self-exile, and then selected young girls to worship it. I have seen through all this a long time ago, but my potion, Even if you can temporarily suppress the ghost, you are still helpless against the permanent curse..."
She looked over with admiration in her eyes: "Bo Li, it's all thanks to you this time. If you hadn't held off the ghost in time so that it couldn't leave before absorbing Jasmine's soul, my potion wouldn't have been able to hit this guy - —This time, it must have been hit hard."
Su Mingan said nothing.
He was thinking about something.
After Selina finished saying this, she turned around.
"You want to leave?"
"Bori, maybe you haven't noticed yet, but this ancestral hall has long been contaminated by the ghost's breath." Serena's breath was a little uneven: "If you stay here all the time, even I will be contaminated. You will After Jasmine's matter is settled, seal this place as soon as possible. The ancestral hall - it's best to become a forbidden place in the future. If someone breaks in at will, they may awaken the ghost who was severely injured by my potion."
"What's the matter?" Su Ming'an didn't know how to deal with this girl.
Selina turned back and looked at him with a playful look.
"Jasmine has become the residence of that ghost. The ghost cannot be killed and can only recuperate in Jasmine's body. If you want to trap it, the only way is to trap Jasmine."
Su Mingan's eyebrows raised slightly.
He seemed to feel a slight connection between the previous and later timelines.
But he noticed there were subtle differences, and the route he took might have deviated from reality.
"Jasmine is actually considered a dead person. If she hadn't been a dead person, the ghost would not be trapped in her body and unable to continue to absorb life." Salina said: "Furthermore, according to the deceased prophet An Lian As Na said, she saw a trace of connection between the ghost and the people in the town. If you want Trilli to continue to exist, the best way is..."
…
After Salina left, the snowstorm gradually subsided.
"Um……"
A girl's weak voice came from the side. Su Mingan, who was squatting on the ground, turned his head and saw Jasmine covering her head and slowly opening her eyes.
He saw a sea of pure blue in her eyes.
"I'm..." She was a little confused. She looked at the green liquid flowing on her body and then at Su Ming'an who was watching her. She was a little timid but also a little surprised and called out softly:
"God...sir?"
"I am not your god." Su Mingan said, "The god is dead, and your belief is yourself."
Jasmine shrank slightly. She didn't understand the meaning of his words, but she knew that the man in front of her appeared in the ancestral hall on her wedding night. He had touched her and saved her.
My father said that gods are extremely powerful and can easily save anyone.
Her father also said that the gods would appear in the ancestral hall that night and take her away to live a happy life.
The existence in front of him was exactly the same as the god described by his father.
He married a god.
She didn't see anyone except the person in front of her.
——Then he is his own god.
Jasmine thought this way.
Su Mingan looked at this pious girl.
He saw right through her—she was a superstitious person whose beliefs were forced upon her by her father, Mitchell.
She didn't know why she believed it, nor how to love someone. Just because her father said it, she did it, and she always believed that his words were right, even taking them out of context.
Because of her simplicity, she is shockingly stubborn.
Su Ming'an looked at the pure and bright eyes of the person in front of him, and remembered what Serena said before leaving:
[Bori - You need to stabilize her, Jasmine cannot die, nor can she leave this ancestral hall. 】
[She is no longer an ordinary girl. She does not need food or water and can survive in a coffin. But she can kill herself. 】
[Once she dies, the ghost will find another, still living body, absorb his soul, restore its power, and continue to be its god. It will decree that Trilli will be in eternal fear. 】
[Jasmine cannot die, even if she lives like a ghost, she must live. 】
[What you have to do is give her hope and prevent her from committing suicide. 】
[After dealing with her, seal the ancestral hall and don’t allow anyone to break in. You need to take away the dragon head crutch, become the next mayor of Trilli, and find the true god we lost. 】
[I am already old, so old that my hair turns gray. 】
[Even the familiar smell of the medicine is gradually fading in my perception...]
[Perhaps because of my devout faith, I will be lucky enough to be able to leave a spirit body that can continue to protect Trili like other great people in Trili. 】
[But I am about to die, even if I have done all this, I will be tortured by ghosts day and night. 】
[I know that it is too heavy to entrust everything to you, a person who has just returned home. 】
[However, I still ask you to accept this responsibility. 】
[The gods once told me that there will be twelve travelers who will change our destiny and come to save us...]
[Please, hold on until that time, and then,]
[Free Trilli from eternal damnation. 】
…
Su Mingan looked at this girl.
She was looking at herself, with longing for love and reverence for the gods in her eyes.
Jasmine seemed to want to speak, a girlish blush gradually appeared on her face, her fingers were holding on to the somewhat tattered wedding dress, and her golden jewelry was dazzling.
Su Mingan remembered Serena's words.
…
[Give her hope and let her live]
[——Even if it is just like a ghost, alone in the ancestral hall without seeing the light of day until it completely rots].
…
This is the most important and cruel thing he has to do.
He stood up, and the girl held on to his trousers tightly, as if holding on to hope.
"——Where are you going?" Jasmine asked.
"I'm going to town to deal with Trilli's affairs." Su Mingan touched her head.
"will you come back?"
"Yes." Su Ming'an nodded: "I will come back to you after I finish dealing with Trili's affairs - before that, don't step out of the ancestral hall and live a good life, do you understand?"
Jasmine's hands gradually tightened.
Su Mingan felt Jasmine approaching her. When he turned around, he saw the girl in a blood-red wedding dress hugging his arm tightly.
"I will wait for you until you come back," she said.
She didn't seem to ask many questions, and she didn't seem to care about her situation. When she looked at him, her eyes were as bright as stars.
"But, before that, can you admit it, can you tell me, can you promise me something?"
"What?"
"——Are you my god?"
Her pupils were dyed with passion, and her eyes were always pure.
Because she was too simple, she sought his answer as if she were seeking a truth. She was a fanatic, but not a fanatic.
She was looking at him with a renewed eagerness in her eyes.
...She no longer lives for her father's words.
But live for your own heart.
She identifies the young man in front of her as her god, and for this reason she will become a ghost wandering in the ancestral hall, forever lost.
——But, perhaps, she will also become the most determined and devout pilgrim.
Su Mingan looked at her.
Just as he was about to speak, his eyes were dazzled by a bright light.
His eyes were slightly tilted, and he saw a touch of golden color in the gloomy darkness.
——It’s the rising sun.
Light but warm, it poured in from the window, leaving a bright golden color in the girl's pupils, dyeing the cold coffin and countless tablets with warmth.
The night has faded.
…
——She has seen the dawn as she wished.
…
Su Ming'an couldn't say the words.
The next moment, the scene in front of him froze.
Bo Li's somewhat leisurely voice sounded.
He had heard this voice before, with a hint of the vicissitudes of time.
——Excellently like the mayor Mitchell who greeted them.
…
【——I am Boli, a wanderer returning home from a long journey. Barry Mitchell. 】
[I became her god. 】
[Perhaps, she will be imprisoned in this ancestral hall forever, like a ghost that lives in darkness forever. 】
[But I no longer have to send away new girls, no longer have to watch them die. 】
[——Even if it comes at the expense of the girl in front of me. 】
[The minority obeys the majority, and small righteousness obeys great righteousness. What my father said was right. 】
【I am just a naive child. I should obey my father's beliefs. 】
[I am the rebellious child Pori, and I will atone for my sins from the gods. I will take up my father's crutch and continue to protect dear Trilli. 】
[We are pilgrims with firm faith, but also ghosts who do not want to leave our homeland. 】
[We burn ourselves like fire, burning up all our lives and emotions... In this hot land surrounded by faith, the warmth comes from the burning of ourselves. 】
[And among the embers. 】
【——I feel the light like never before. 】
…
The corpses in the ancestral hall had been cleaned up by Serena, and the morning sun shone down in large swaths, plating the ground with a golden glow.
The girl was looking at him. She didn't fully understand her future destiny.
But she knew that she would wait here - waiting for the god in front of her to come back and marry her.
【Are you my god? 】
The girl asked him.
Su Ming'an looked at her, his eyes filled with the brilliance she was wearing.
He covered his heart, where some unspeakable emotions were steaming.
…
[You have completed the S-level mission·Before Dawn, and reached the personal copy TE·Meet Tomorrow]
[Task evaluation: SSS (perfect)! 】
[(TE·Meet Tomorrow): Survival is the carrier of tragedy, and we will struggle endlessly in the days to come.
The girl who fell into the coffin managed to see the dawn.
She would stay there day and night, pursuing her self-identified faith.
I learned appropriate sacrifices and became what my father wanted me to be.
I am the next mayor who has inherited the name of Mitchell, and I am ashamed that I have abandoned my homeland to pursue someone else.
I embrace the incomplete attachment and rejoice for the arrival of tomorrow.
But suddenly, I saw the look in her eyes.
Her clear eyes seemed to be interrogating me.
——Heir of the town, Bury Mitchell.
Returning from his travels, he just wants to live his life as the next [Mayor Mitchell] who he hates the most.
Her "god" claimed to marry her, but only to make her live like an imprisoned ghost, and to keep her waiting forever throughout her life.
We, in this world,
——Is such a “tomorrow” really needed? 】
…
[Personal copy·TE has been reached, get hidden rewards·Timeline·Meet tomorrow]
[Earn 80 mission points]
…
[The ending has been included and will be included in the final evaluation]
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