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In the splendid hall, Su Mingan was enjoying the legendary "royal treatment".
Various dishes were placed on long tables covered with tablecloths, and dancers danced beside them.
Princess Tulip, the highest-ranking princess in Praia, is sitting next to him and seems to be enjoying the dance.
Princess Tulip, who had clearly promised to stabilize the barrier but had her true face revealed, never mentioned it, as if she had forgotten about it.
She was swaying the wine in the glass, sitting upright, looking elegant and beautiful, but Su Mingan still remembered her crazy look just now.
The princess said that the person who assassinated him was one of her "petri dishes" and was also her best and most qualified generation. However, it seemed that there were some problems in the cultivation of his thoughts, which made this person a little uncontrollable. .
Su Mingan asked her why the petri dish turned into a bloody mess when it died, but she said that this was an important part of the "blessing". The dead bodies will decompose, decay, and then become food for other "petri dishes", allowing them to continue to grow.
There was extra pride in her words, as if she respected the god in the sky.
When Su Mingan heard this method of "immortality", he felt that the god looked less and less like a good person.
...This is a general method of raising voodoo. Absorb other people's lives and distort other people's thoughts in order to obtain "eternal life".
The body may have been preserved, but in his opinion, the princess's soul had long since rotted.
...just like now.
He looked up and saw that the beautiful dancer in the audience was ogling him. The aroma of wine lingers, the exquisite dishes are dazzling, and the room seems to be filled with pink warmth.
But he still remembered Garder's daughter lying on the bed coughing.
"Su Lin." The princess suddenly spoke.
Shaking the wine glass in her hand, her light eyes seemed to contain a layer of alcohol:
"I love this land."
"Oh." Su Mingan responded coldly.
"What? Don't you think it's different?" She took a sip of wine and laughed softly.
"picture."
"No, you don't think so." The princess said: "...Because you haven't carefully looked at the changes in the land of Praia after the barrier was established."
"..."
"Look, the barrier is established, the storm subsides, the sea monster is suppressed, people are in a glorious and proud battle, everything seems to be full of vitality..." the princess said:
"The peace of Praia is built on the sacrifices of generations, and its prosperity comes from our sacrifices - the destruction of the body, the decay of the soul, the distortion of the will of generations...
"Everything that seems ridiculous to you is actually the most valuable. They are all 'sacrifice', but the human factor is too heavy, making it look like a meaningless power struggle belonging to the royal conspirators.
"But actually, Su Lin, you have seen too few tragedies, and you don't understand everything I have done.
"The situation in Praia is not generous. It does not allow anyone to be carefree or accept naive ideas. Romance and free humanity are not allowed here. All battles are necessary battles. Once they are avoided A game will only be filled with more sacrifices.
"Needless to say, you who have done similar things should understand this. Because there is no way to make everyone happy without sacrificing anything.
"In the past sixty years, I have fabricated many lies and killed many innocent 'Pri dishes'. I captured seriously injured soul hunters and killed unruly soul tribesmen so that they could worship me and achieve great results. My great deeds have allowed my blessing to continue.
"I am alive, but I do not enjoy the freedom of eternal life. I could have left this disaster-ridden land and gone to the comfortable new empire to enjoy my long life.
"——And it is precisely because I love this place and revere this land as passionately as I love myself that I stayed.
“I have traveled to every inch of the land where I was born and raised, and met countless residents, young and old.
"I listened to their wishes, used lies to continue the majesty of the royal family, and used fabricated royal power struggles to lure out those with evil intentions.
“…I love this land.
"I care about its future and love everyone living on this land. No matter they are poor or rich, no matter their hearts are beautiful or ugly. In my eyes, they are all the people that live in Praia. Every drop of water is the soul of Playa.
"Their deaths must not be meaningless. I command them and carefully arrange the ending of each person. I enable everyone to work hard for a tomorrow.
“...I love it here.
"I am willing to confine myself to 'eternal life' and face people who are exactly like me and may replace me at any time.
“Today’s Praia has become a giant tree in the sky. Even though the borers are constantly growing, the trunk and branches and leaves are growing densely, it still has a chance to continue to live.
"But if there was no me in Praia, conspirators would rule this land, meaningless wars would never end, and people would never be as peaceful as they are today. What you see will not be what it is today. .
"...I will not admit defeat, I believe in Praia's tomorrow, so I am willing to enjoy the shackles called 'eternal life'.
“And all this, Su Lin.
"You don't even understand."
When the princess said this, she paused.
"Then what if you die?" Su Mingan suddenly said.
The princess turned her head, and now she saw a long knife with a subtle white light pressing against the side of her face, with the tip pointing at her unprotected neck.
"If I die." The princess didn't look nervous: "The surrounding sirens will lose control, and no one will check the barrier of Praia every day. I am an irreplaceable existence. God should have told you , you won’t kill me, Su Lin.”
Su Mingan frowned slightly.
Even though his knife was pointed at the other party, the other party's favorability remained unchanged and did not show.
From beginning to end, the princess's affection for him seemed to have remained unchanged, and he couldn't even see the initial value.
"I don't care about your philosophy. When I come back this time, I just want to make a deal with you." He said.
"you say."
"I will stabilize the barrier of Praia. Likewise, you have to help me during the feast at sea the day after tomorrow."
"..." The princess was silent for a moment: "The royal family cannot participate in the feast at sea. I can only promise not to get involved and cannot help you."
"Also, I probably won't be able to go back to Soul Hunter. I hope the items in the exchange point can be given to me." Su Mingan continued.
He had discovered before that his soul hunting contribution ranking had been frozen. Although his contribution points were still the first in the entire copy, the entire interface was gray.
"You can go back." The princess smiled: "The news of Ellas's death has been blocked. No one knows what happened last night - if you want, you can even become the next soul hunting leader. Su Lin, you are a god The person you are most optimistic about is the one who can come down from Yunshang City. As long as you are obedient and not rebellious, you can get whatever you want."
Su Mingan was a little surprised.
...Fortunately, he hooked up with the princess.
"What if I wasn't the leader?" His tone was hesitant.
"Who do you want to recommend?" asked the princess.
"A new S-class soul hunter from the soul hunter camp, named Amber." He said, "What if I want to recommend him?"
The "amber" in his mouth is exactly the shadow.
This guy has been lurking in the soul hunting camp, wearing a black mask throughout the whole process, colluding with Lu Shulinyin and his ilk, and leveled countless soul clan strongholds.
The sultry name "Amber" was chosen by the movie himself and had nothing to do with him.
While he was following the plot and doing tasks here, Ying would be spending contribution points there, causing misery to other players.
Because he possesses the famous skill Space Shock, Ying Zao was identified as Su Ming'an. Because the chat channel was too chaotic, the news that Su Ming'an was Su Lin was mixed into it like a stream flowing into the sea, so that Su Ming'an himself was a little quiet here, but he was exempted from harassment by many other players.
Although Ying himself is not a player and cannot be listed on the contribution value rankings, Lu Shunyin's contribution points are "miscellaneous" and he has exchanged a lot of good things.
Su Ming'an has already planned to let Ying be the leader of the soul hunter, and he will be the leader of the soul clan here, so that those players who are addicted to the soul clan and fail to take into account the overall plot will suffer a big loss in the sea feast.
The princess faced his gaze and suddenly covered her mouth and smiled.
Amidst the exotic singing and piano, her smile was particularly lively, replacing the calm and indifferent feeling she had before.
"Of course." She smiled: "I have heard about the new S-class soul hunter, but I didn't expect that he is still yours. In this case, I will try to let him succeed Ella before the feast at sea. Si's position. I'll let him hold the things in the contribution department."
Listening to her affirmative words, Su Ming'an felt a final word in her heart.
...Finally got it.
His strategy route in the dungeon has always been the ultimate plot flow.
Unlike the vast majority of players who violently spawn monsters, he took the most extreme route that took the overall situation into consideration. This was to obtain a 100% perfect pass and prevent him from overturning at the end due to his addiction to spawning monsters.
The dungeon progress of ordinary players is basically to follow the flow. They do whatever they are assigned to and do whatever tasks are in front of them step by step. They obey NPCs when they see them and kill monsters when they see them. Their dungeons are very passive, but they It's very safe, because if you don't delve into the puzzle of the copy, there will generally be no danger.
Like this instance of Praia, as long as players join a good team in the early stage or bribe some NPCs, their night session will not be too difficult, even if they just need to find a cleared area to hide.
This kind of route is not shameful, but is very common, because people like Lu Shunyin who are on the list also do this, and their gains are not low at all. They get a lot of good things from killing the soul clan, and the process is very easy.
...but not Su Mingan.
Because his goal is never to pass the level normally.
...He is bound to take the initiative to get involved in the plot and enter the most dangerous part.
And now, the last key point has been achieved.
"Then I'm going back."
Su Mingan put away the knife and turned around to leave.
The princess did not stop him, but watched him leave with a smile on her lips.
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Originally, he wanted to go back to the South District directly, but Su Mingan saw an acquaintance in front of the wall of the royal city.
A blond-haired knight in golden armor was talking to a young man wearing the armor of the Royal City Guards. The two parties were chatting happily, as if they were good friends.
Seeing Su Mingan come out, the knight in golden armor showed a somewhat surprised expression: "Captain? Why did you come out of the royal court?"
Su Mingan recognized that these two people who only chatted and did not stand guard were Xie Lude and Noel.
Noel is serving in the Royal City, and now Xie Lude has been promoted to the Royal City Knight. It is not surprising that these two people are getting together.
Xie Lude looked a little anxious.
He was in a coma last night, and his memory was gone since he returned to the church to receive punishment. He didn't know what happened next, he didn't know the death of Elras, and he didn't know the ending of Garder.
He only knew that early this morning, he was awarded the title of Knight of the Royal City, and suddenly he achieved the dream he had been looking forward to.
"Last night... Garder..." He seemed to want to ask.
"By the way, please help send this photo to the Soul Hunting Headquarters." Su Mingan thrust Garder's family photo into Xie Lude's hand.
He can't go back anymore, so it's better to let Xie Lude see him off. As for Noel, if they have something to do, they can team up and chat, there is no need to stand face to face.
"wait wait wait."
Xie Lude followed up in a few steps: "Captain, I'm in the intermission period today, and I don't have a mission until tomorrow. Why don't we come together... It happens to be my twin sister's birthday in a few days. I want to exchange gifts with her, and she also likes it very much. Yours, I want to meet you, the legendary S-class soul hunter..."
Su Mingan did not look back.
He knew that as soon as he left, he and Xie Lude were on the same side.
Xie Lude is a bright knight who hates evil and is a pawn controlled by the camp to control hatred. If he knew that the "captain" was actually the leader of the soul clan, he would only have hostility in his heart.
We meet again on the battlefield of the sea feast.
The conflict between the two clans will not change just because of a brief friendship.
"Captain, captain, don't you go with me to choose a gift? Captain, that barbecue restaurant..." Sherrod's voice drifted behind.
Su Mingan didn't look back.
He walked forward, leaving Sherrod's voice behind, and then passed Thirteenth Street.
Snow has begun to fall from the sky, and it has started snowing since early morning.
The system time has reached December 24, 2021, and tonight is Christmas Eve.
...Who would have known that it would start to snow in Praia, which is always hot.
Perhaps this is a strange precursor to the feast at sea. Some players who are not prepared with cold-resistant equipment will definitely be troubled by this.
The snow wasn't heavy yet, just scattered, falling on me like white flakes.
Su Mingan paused for a while, then glanced into the street.
In that low bungalow, there was no sound of the loom, not even the faint sound of coughing.
I heard from nearby residents that the Garder family had moved away, saying they had gone to sea.
She should already know that her old man is gone.
...After all, she knew that the real Su Lin couldn't drink rice wine at all.
"..."
Su Mingan stopped where he was.
The house was silent at this time.
The clothes drying pole at the door still stood empty, the fine snow melted on it, and the spread cloth disappeared.
No one was there anymore, chattering and kindly telling him not to be impulsive while bending over to dry the salted fish.
He still remembered her silver hair in the sunset, the wrinkles on her face trembling slightly in the wind, but her smile was mixed with sweetness and sadness.
Su Mingan, who had just arrived in Praia at that time, thought that the soul hunting battle was glorious and just, and she even felt sorry for her son, Little Hel.
...but now it seems that all this is completely meaningless.
What the old lady said before has now become a reality.
...And now, Su Mingan, who holds the two highest powers in Praia, is standing here, but she can no longer see her.
She had already led her old man into the dusk illuminated by the setting sun.
…
"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding~"
Suddenly, a burst of cheerful music sounded.
On the left wrist, the noisy watch rang:
"Detecting that the owner is in a bad mood, Adu automatically turns on the cheerful music broadcast mode for you..."
"Shut up." Su Mingan said.
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