Coronation ceremony. Shu
This word was like magic, lingering in Zhou Li's mind.
Lying in the VIP room of Life Church, Zhou Li felt the soft and comfortable bed under him, stared at the white ceiling and luxurious chandelier, and was filled with thoughts for a while.
Zhou Li has been living a wandering life since he came to this world a few months ago. In tree holes, in the wild, by rivers, on gravel beaches, in forests, the former Earthlings turned themselves into savages in just a few months. Of course, there were actually times when Zhou Li couldn't help but sigh that he did have some strength in him.
If it were any other person, he might have collapsed long ago.
From the earth to another world, from a warm bed to the cold ground, separated from a peaceful and stable life, and forced to be thrown into an alien world full of war and strange stories. To be honest, Zhou Li always felt that he couldn't persevere at first. After all, he had never even killed a fish in his life. But on the third day of time travel, he personally killed a wild goblin.
ah···
Zhou Li still remembered that when the long sword pierced the goblin's throat, the monster, which was very similar to humans except for its ears and skin, howled in pain. The hilt of the sword in his hand was shaken by the trembling muscles of the goblin. He thought he was going to vomit, but he quickly killed more goblins. Shu
Maybe it really is fate.
Zhou Li turned over. He didn't feel much now. He was about to participate in the coronation ceremony and become a brave man recognized by the world. He didn't have to live such a wandering life, but he still didn't feel much.
He was just in a daze and felt a little unreal.
Am I really... okay?
Zhou Li felt a bit bitter in his mouth. He had always felt that he was an ordinary person, so ordinary that no one could tell if he was thrown into the crowd.
But it’s me...
Many times, Zhou Li doubted himself, but in fact he had never shown such weak emotions in front of others, especially Eluma. He just feels an unprecedented loneliness and powerlessness when he is alone, as if he has been stripped away. Shu
Soon, along with three standard knocks on the door, a warm and magnetic voice sounded from behind the door.
"Your Majesty, King Tariq wants to see you."
"Um?"
Zhou Li was stunned for a moment, and then quickly searched for information about King Tarik in his mind.
Herinin Tariq, the current King of Tariq, is also the deputy director of the Tariq Institute of Technology. As the most powerful man in the entire Tariq, Herinen did not have any family or industry. The only thing he owned was a place in the People's Palace and three children.
People think highly of him, especially Mosk locals. In their mouths, Khrinin is infinitely close to the founding emperor Tarik Vladimir himself. This is a great honor and appreciation. After all, Tarik Vladimir himself is no different from a god in the hearts of the Tarik people, and even surpasses a god in some aspects.
After quickly passing through Herinin's identity in his mind, Zhou Li stood up, tidied up his appearance and said, "Okay, I want to meet him there. When?"
"A special car will pick you up in twenty minutes."
After respectfully telling Zhou Li the time and place, the waiter left the door. Zhou Li had no intention of continuing to lie on the bed. He thought about it, opened the door, and came to Eluma's room door.
"Her Majesty Eluma, are you there?"
After Zhou Li knocked on the door, there seemed to be the sound of something being knocked to the ground on the other side of the door. Just when Zhou Li was about to ask, Eluma's cold and majestic voice slowly sounded.
"I'm here, what's the matter?"
"Is such that···"
Zhou Li briefly explained to Eluma what was about to happen across the door. After all, he was about to face the leader of a country, so Zhou Li would inevitably be a little nervous. After all, he is now a novice hero, and Helinen is a monarch who rules a great country that can be ranked among the top four in the world. Shu
"That's right, I asked. Although King Tariq named me, he didn't know the existence of the divine messenger, so I want you to go to the banquet with me."
Zhou Li put forward his request somewhat nervously. In the past few months, he had not spoken much to this cold envoy. The two of them spent a lot of time exchanging knowledge about battles or other worlds, so he I don’t know if the other party will agree to my request.
"I see."
After a while, the door was opened. A girl with long blue hair was wearing a white dress. Her face was as beautiful and elegant as the stars and the moon, full of composure and calmness. "Don't worry, I will go with you."
"No matter what, I am also your divine messenger."
This banquet was a new understanding for Eluma and Zhou Li. In other words, for Zhou Li, this was a banquet that changed his mind.
Herinen was a good king, and at the same time, he was a good man. After he met Zhou Li, he saw that he was not a high-ranking official before, nor did he have a strong enough family. Therefore, he chose to remove all red tape and silently canceled all the originally long and complicated interest links. Shu
What was originally a meeting between a brave man and a king turned into an exchange meeting between an old man and a young man under the manipulation of Herinen. Facing this kind old man, Zhou Li did not hide his identity too much. He frankly stated his civilian identity. Of course, he did not talk about things on earth.
The conversation between Herinin and Zhou Li was very interesting. They did not exchange interests, nor did they talk about issues related to politics and force. Herinen was just chatting with Zhou Li, caring about his food, clothing, housing and transportation, as well as some combat skills. Just like an elder who is complete when faced with the need to teach, loving and caring.
Of course, Herinen also noticed Eluma. After learning Eluma's identity, Herinen expressed respect to Eluma in the name of King Tariq, and Eluma used his rich knowledge to His elegance amazed everyone present. After all, it was rare for them to see someone with such a broad range of knowledge, but when they thought that the other person once lived in the mysterious kingdom of God, everything was relieved.
The banquet was not as dull and boring as Zhou Li imagined, nor was it filled with the smell of copper and the unique bad atmosphere of another world as he imagined. He didn't see rich kids who were crazy about pursuing women, nor was he ridiculed for being poor.
Slowly, when Tiya raised her wine glass to salute him, Zhou Li no longer cared much about his status as a warrior, and he was too lazy to care about his past and future. He just wanted to enjoy this moment of being surrounded by people and being cared about.
Even if this is just because of his status as a hero.
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"So, you approached me because of my identity in the first place?"
The Mosk Melting Pot is the industrial center of the entire Tariq and is also known as the Second Wonder. And now, Zhou Li and Tiya were sitting on a high tower of the Second Miracle, holding wine glasses and looking at the countless furnace smoke rising into the sky in the distance, as if they were missing something.
"What? Disappointed?"
Shaking the wine glass in her hand and sitting on the edge of the furnace tower, Tia looked at her feet dangling slightly in the air with a faint smile on her face, "I didn't notice you because of your temperament and strength. Isn’t it sad?”
"Stop talking like Luo Ka."
The corner of Zhou Li's mouth twitched. In three years, the once cheerful and generous vice-captain was promoted to the commander of the Storm Legion. At the same time, the other party also learned the advanced ability of being glib.
"Hahahahaha, Luo Ka was so angry with me before that he told me to stop interacting with you. He said that you were the one who led me astray, and you were so poor in speaking."
Tia raised her head and let out a hearty and crisp laugh. As the leader of the Storm Legion, Tia was always as sharp and decisive as the storm to the outside world, but in front of her family and Zhou Li, she always made some irrelevant jokes. , and then make yourself laugh first.
"Hey, don't mention it."
Zhou Li waved his hand and said helplessly and funnyly: "Do you still remember that dinner? It was Luo Ka
That time when I was ambushed by Jinggui at the airport? "
"Ah, you're talking about the fourth crystal attack."
Putting the wine bottle aside, Tiya tugged on the platinum dress that she was not used to wearing, and then said with a faint smile: "That boy Luoka was thrown in as a bait by the two of us. In the end, he looked frightened. I asked you if you took him as bait, and then I said from the side..."
As if deliberately imitating the situation at that time, Tiya cleared her throat, then put on a somewhat unspeakable expression and said softly: "It's okay, brother, I also used you as bait."
"Yes, that's it this time."
After seeing Tiya's lifelike performance, Zhou Li couldn't help but feel happy. He raised his glass and took a sip, taking a long breath, and then said slowly: "Tiya, do you know? After defeating that crystal monster, Before, I never had the confidence to be a brave man."
"Yeah?"
Tiya was a little surprised. She turned her head, her eyes as bright as gems were full of curiosity, "This is really strange. How come I remember that you have always been so good?"
In Tiya's memory, Zhou Li has been crushing the so-called talents in the world with a terrifying attitude in the past few years. When he was at the gold level, he led sixteen gold-level professionals by himself, sneaked into the airport controlled by Jingwei, and killed six gold-level Jingwei in a sneak attack. In the end, even with the cooperation of Tiya, he defeated the platinum level Jinggui.
Not only that, after the airport battle, he joined the Storm Legion, starting from the lowest rank. In less than a year, while Zhou Li was promoted to platinum, he was promoted continuously due to defeating a group of demons from the ocean, and directly took over the position of Tiya's vice-captain.
People talk about Zhou Li with a tone of reverence. After all, a brave man who can advance from gold to brilliance in just three years, while constantly achieving results at the hands of demons, will give people more confidence to defeat the disaster that has yet to come.
"Whether you are powerful or not has nothing to do with your mentality."
Zhou Li smiled and shook his head. He was half lying on the top of the tower, looking at the sky full of flaming clouds, and said softly: "I have always felt that I am an ordinary person, and saving the world is too far away for me. Many people At night, I dreamed that the world was being destroyed, and everyone kept asking me why I didn’t save them and why I didn’t work hard.”
Zhou Li smiled bitterly, closed his eyes, and said in a low voice, "That dream was really real. I saw the fat uncle in the hotel, the aunt in North Tavern, the old village chief, and even you. Since then, , I was very afraid, afraid that the dream would come true, afraid that I would lose everything, lose everything."
"If you and I hadn't defeated that platinum-level crystal trick together later, I might have been living in confusion."
Zhou Li clearly remembered that at the end of the banquet, Herinen received a phone call. At the same time, Tiya, who had been staying with Zhou Li for fear that he would not adapt, also disappeared into the crowd. Under Zhou Li's questioning, Herinen told him that it was the fourth Crystal Spooky attack.
I don’t know why, maybe it was the conversation with Herinen that made Zhou Li feel hopeful, or maybe it was Eluma’s worried but expectant gaze, so Zhou Li chose to go to the airport to join the battle.
Even though he and Tiya said that battle was easy, only they knew how dangerous it was. After several encounters in which they almost lost their lives, Zhou Li and Tiya defeated batch after batch of enemies. In the end, they used the second prince Luo Ka as bait to kill the platinum-level crystal sly.
When he slowly fell into Tiya's arms behind him, Zhou Li still did not let go of the hilt of the sword in his hand. He just stared at the Jinggui who had cut off half of his body, feeling an indescribable emotion. stirring in my heart. He didn't see the eyes of the girl holding him, full of complicated emotions. Shu
In fact, the first time I noticed you was not because of your books.
Tiya's eyes swept over Zhou Li's shoulder, and she clearly remembered that it was the price Zhou Li paid to help him block the fatal blow - the huge spike that penetrated half of his shoulder. She also still remembered the demon's dying struggle attack when she met Zhou Li for the first time. Zhou Li subconsciously wanted to push Ai Lu away.
Ma took the blow herself.
In fact, what she noticed first was not the gorgeous and dazzling book, but Zhou Li's eyes, a pair of eyes that were obviously full of light, but somehow full of self-destruction and sacrifice.
The wind on the tower was refreshing and bright. Tiya hugged her knees, and her platinum interlaced long skirt was particularly beautiful under the warm and bright fire clouds. She tucked back a strand of long hair that was scattered around her temples, and narrowed her bright eyes slightly, like two beautiful crescent moons. Tiya stared at Zhou Li, her voice was as loud as ever, but there was a touch of softness that was not seen in the past.
"Zhou Li, do you like this world?"
"Um?"
Zhou Li was stunned for a moment, and the wine glass he brought to his mouth paused in mid-air. After thinking about it, Zhou Li took a sip of sweet wine, looked at the fire cloud not far away, and said calmly: "I don't know."
"snort!"
For some reason, Tiya suddenly snorted, then snatched away Zhou Li's wine glass with one hand, and said viciously to Zhou Li: "You kid came here to drink with the light energy of my promoted legion commander, you should be grateful to me, Lord Knight. , so you must promise me one thing."
"Yes, this is my buddy. The way you were grinding just now, I thought you were going to be reincarnated."
Zhou Li suddenly had an expression that said, "This is the Tiya in my memory." He smiled kindly and said, "Tell me, brother, if I can't help you, it's useless to beat me to death. Just speak, I'll watch." promise."
"···"
Suddenly, Tiya grabbed Zhou Li's collar. Her skin, as white and delicate as mutton-fat jade, exuded a healthy atmosphere. Perhaps it was the light of sunset and fire clouds that gave Tiya's cheeks a faint blush. She stared at the astonished young man in front of her and said word by word:
"If in the future, I mean in the future, we are in crisis again."
"You are not allowed to sacrifice yourself anymore, do you understand?"
Did you notice...it's really you.
Zhou Li stared blankly at the girl in front of him. Only Eluma had noticed his self-destructive tendency for so many years, and now Tiya could see it too.
For some reason, Zhou Li suddenly felt a little happy, but also wanted to cry. He looked at his best friend in front of him. He was obviously crying hard at the corners of his eyes, but there was a smile on the corners of his mouth.
"good."
He nodded and said softly: "I will not sacrifice myself anymore."
