"he died."
The excitement on Candice's face froze and she murmured: "What did you say?!"
Zhou Jinru repeated the answer and further explained: "He died and I saw his body. The cause of death was to stop the invading evil spirits, but the indirect reason was that you took something away."
"Astar..."
Candice covered her face and slowly squatted down. Her shoulders were shaking, and she seemed to be crying.
After a few seconds, she suddenly stopped, staring at the man not far away, her eyes red: "Impossible, the nightmare will not be killed easily, you lied to me!"
"I never lie. The thing you took away is a stone called Astar. This is what the nightmare told me."
"You must be lying to me!" Candice was still crying. She didn't look like an ice priest at all, but more like a little girl.
Zhou Jinru did not lie, he just did not tell the whole truth.
The nightmare guarding the Eternal Fortress is indeed dead, but not completely dead. Its powerful Origin Stone skills drag the entire fortress into a dream, somewhere between reality and illusion. It cannot be said to be dead, and it is definitely not alive.
As for why he only told half of it, most of the reason was that Candice attacked him sneakily at the beginning. He is a grudge-minded, petty-minded person who takes revenge from morning to night.
Candice seemed to understand something and looked at Zhou Jinru angrily: "You evil-minded guy, everything you know must have been told by the nightmare. He must not be dead, but his condition is not much better than death, so you can It doesn’t count as lying.”
"The ice priest is really smart."
Zhou Jinru replied calmly.
Kobayashi Zongxin and Silver Fox both said that they came to the Sami Plain to look for Astaire, but found nothing in the end. The stone had long since disappeared into the depths of the wind and snow with Candice.
Now that the ice priest was in front of him, he was also curious about what the stone was.
"You attacked me unexpectedly, and I didn't tell you the truth. We are even, and we owe nothing to each other.
Priest Candice, almost eighty years ago, four of my friends came to the Sami Plains to look for you, but they found nothing. Can you answer my question, what exactly is Astar? "
The ice and snow priest wiped the corners of her eyes. She had just cried and her nose was buzzing. When she heard Zhou Jinru's question, she originally didn't want to answer, but when she heard the last part, she was surprised and said: "Do you have a good relationship with those four people?"
Zhou Jinru nodded: "You should be familiar with him."
"Then how is your relationship with one of the ladies named Kelsey?"
"Not bad, what's wrong?"
Candice seemed to have discovered something very powerful and said in an exaggerated tone: "Maybe the actual situation is different from what you thought. Kelsey, who has a good relationship with you, didn't tell the truth. She lied to you. Ah Starr is no longer with me, and your four friends did not find me, but she returned alone and took the stone from my hand!"
What? !
Since the emotion perception could not detect the source of Candice's emotions, Zhou Jinru didn't know if she was lying. Candice quickly followed: "I didn't say anything either. Astal was taken away by Kelsey. No longer on the ice sheet.”
If this is really the case, then Xiaolin Zongxin and Yinhu said they knew everything, but Kelxi came back alone to take away the things, and the other three people were completely unaware.
In other words, Zhou Jinru made a mistake. He preconceived the idea and Kelxi became a blind spot in his thinking.
"Well, Astar should be more than just a stone. Why do so many people want to get it?"
Candice returned to the indifferent look of the high priest and replied: "Some people think that the stone can bring the dead back to life, or even stay young forever. This is wrong, it will only turn people into living dead like me. , the spirit is attached to the body, it can’t be considered dead, and it definitely can’t be considered alive.”
"Spirit attached to body?"
Like a nightmare?
What does Kelsey want that stone for?
Zhou Jinru was puzzled.
"Thank you for your answer, goodbye."
Turn around and leave, he probably won't return to the ice field again.
He didn't ask what was in the depths of the ice sheet, believing that time would give him the answer, so he walked away casually and without any worries.
Until the man's figure completely disappeared, Candice, who was still staying in place, slapped her forehead in annoyance. She seemed to have forgotten to ask this guy's name.
"You will definitely come back and bring the demon's remains to me. You are the one in the prophecy."
…
In March 1092, a cold wave hit the Sami Icefield and the north of this land. The bad weather blocked the roads, and no living thing could survive alone in the wilderness.
Zhou Jinru bought enough supplies, but he was still stuck in Sami by this unusual cold current. Even if he was not afraid of the severe cold, the packhorse couldn't bear it, so he had to stop in a small town to rest.
"This kind of cold weather is very abnormal. It has only happened once in my memory. It happened almost fifty years ago. A cold wave that lasted for more than a month almost destroyed all northern towns."
The white-bearded Sami man smoking a pipe sat in front of the warm fireplace in the tavern and vividly described the experiences of his youth to the idlers gathered around him.
Someone questioned: "Is the weather really that terrible?"
The white-bearded Sami man seemed to have been provoked. He banged his pipe on the edge of the fireplace, and the ashes scattered on the floor as he moved. He said seriously: "The situation was much more serious at that time than it is now. The cold wave enveloped the north, and even the sky The sun above became dim, and the heat was almost unfeelable. Countless people and livestock froze to death. Later, the temperature gradually increased and the cold wave dissipated."
He stretched out his left hand, the edge of the palm was bare, and the ring finger and little finger were cut off at the root. He continued: "My hand was almost frozen off, frostbite ulcerated and infected, and I almost died. Fortunately, a homeless man The doctor came here and saved me and many other townspeople with his superb medical skills. In addition to being a doctor, he is also an experienced hunter. He can bring back prey every time he goes out, so that we will not freeze due to lack of food. Starve to death.”
"Hey, I've heard you say it many times. It's a pity that no one knows the name of that doctor. Otherwise, it would be nice to erect a monument for him."
A customer sitting in the corner finished drinking the hot water, stood up and glanced into the crowd. The teenage boy back then was now old and living a peaceful and stable life.
He turned and left.
The white-bearded Sami man took a startled glance and saw only a back figure. He suddenly stood up from the rocking chair, looked around through the crowd, and found nothing.
Under everyone's surprised gazes, the Sami sat back down again and sighed silently.
"Maybe I saw it wrong. I am old and my eyesight is not good anymore. I actually had visual hallucinations. I thought I saw Mr. Fourth..."
