foreigner's journey

Chapter 1304 Soul Separation Surgery
Deckard Cain is a thin, slightly hunched old man.

He had a bald head, pale hair and beard, and a face full of wrinkles. His skin was brown and yellow from running around all day, and there were age spots on his face.

But no matter his ordinary appearance or the tattered gown made of coarse cloth, it cannot conceal his essence as a 'sage'.

The old man was currently walking quickly, panting, with a cane in one hand and a tattered cloth bag and a heavy book full of bookmarks slung across his shoulder.

Leah carefully supported him on the side, with a distressed look on her face: "Uncle, please slow down... You have suffered so much in the basement of the cathedral, you need to rest."

"Oh Leah, good girl, I can't stop for even a moment now."

Deckard Cain leaned on his crutch and took a few deep breaths. The smell in the town of New Tristram after the rain was not very pleasant, but Deckard Cain, who had just been rescued from the magic cave under the cathedral, enjoyed it very much.

"Why, uncle? Whether it's the disaster brought by the meteor or the Skeleton King Leoric who awakened in the deepest part of the cathedral, haven't they been dealt with by the Skeleton Knight?"

Speaking of the Skeleton Knight, Leia couldn't help but look at the figure riding a horse and walking slowly in front of her, with uncontrollable admiration in her eyes.

She witnessed with her own eyes how this extremely brave knight led her into the underground of the cathedral where demons were rampant. Neither the undead nor the demons could stop the Skeleton Knight even for a moment and were all chopped into pieces.

They continued to advance deep into the cathedral's underground and rescued Leah's uncle, Deckard Cain, from a giant demon.

Yes, Deckard Cain is nominally Leia's uncle, but only by adoption.

Leah's true identity is the child of the protagonist warrior 'Prince Aidan' of the first generation of Diablo game and the witch Adria of the Trinity. Her body inherited the blood power of the dark soul stone 'Dreadlord' from Prince Aidan's body.

Deckard Cain is the last heir of the Horadrim Brotherhood. This lonely old man was friends with Adria in Diablo 1. Later, he met the lonely Leah and decided to adopt her, so the two became uncle and nephew.

Six days ago, Deckard Cain and Leah were sorting documents in the old Tristram Cathedral when they were hit by a meteorite falling from the sky.

The meteor shattered the floor of the cathedral and penetrated into the deepest underground layer, and Deckard Cain accidentally fell into a huge pit and disappeared. Leia was forced back by the awakened evil undead around her, and desperately fled back to New Tristram to seek help. She wanted to find someone to go to the cathedral with her to rescue her uncle, but she did not get any help until Heather and her group arrived.

After rescuing Deckard Cain, the Skeleton Knight did not immediately leave with the uncle and nephew, but continued to go deeper.

In the deepest part of the cathedral, they discovered the source of the evil spirits rampant around Tristram, the former "Mad King" of Tristram, the Skeleton King Leoric.

He had been dead for a long time, but was awakened by a meteorite, and released a powerful evil spirit force.

But no matter how powerful the Mad King was, he was no match for the Water-Calling Sword. In just one round, the Skeleton King was beheaded by the Skeleton Knight with a single sword, and there was no possibility of revival. The evil spirits around Tristram also became weaker and even returned to peace.

The three continued to go deeper and found the meteorite in the deepest part of the Skeleton King's tomb.

The true face of the meteorite is a broken sword, which was once the holy sword of the High Heavenly Archangel of Justice Tyrael, Edruin.

The sword was now so broken that only the hilt remained, and the skeleton knight placed it on the side of the horse's back.

After bringing the uncle and nephew back to New Tristram, the Skeleton Knight very 'considerately' drove them off their horses and walked in front, giving the uncle and nephew a chance to whisper.

Leia didn't understand Deckard Cain's pilgrimage-like mentality at this time.

Because she had never seen the horror of the Lord of Hell and his endless army of demons, she naturally could not understand the different dimensions of combat power displayed by the Skeleton Knight.

Deckard Cain is knowledgeable and experienced. In his opinion, even the warriors who went deep into hell to kill the Dreadlord twenty years ago were not as strong as the Skeleton Knights.

Starting with Prince Aidan, Deckard Cain witnessed twice the rise of the Dreadlord and then being beaten to death by a group of people. He also witnessed the heroic posture of human warriors from all over the world bravely resisting the demon army.

But never before has the Skeleton Knight been so nonchalant as to kill any enemy with one sword.

They are comparable to the archangels in the higher heavens, or the demons and devil kings in hell. This is Deckard Cain's judgment.

According to Leah, there are many warriors as strong as the Skeleton Knight, and they are all gathered at the Cow Slaughterhouse Inn, waiting for orders from a warrior named Heather.

With such a powerful human warrior standing up, Deckard Cain saw the hope that the world of Sanctuary would be able to catch a breath for decades or even hundreds of years between the attacks of Heaven and Hell.

While they were talking, the three of them came to the door of the Slaughterhouse Inn at night.

After pushing open the door, before Deckard Cain had time to feel the long-lost warmth of the fire and the aroma of food, he was shocked to see a sword light coming towards him.

Pfft!
The sword light passed over Deckard Cain and chopped directly on Leah who was beside Deckard Cain. The girl immediately fell to the ground.

"Leah! My child, what's wrong with you?" Deckard Cain was terrified. He trembled and held his crutch horizontally, trying to block Leah, but the Skeleton Knight snatched the crutch and threw it aside casually.

"Mr. Deckard Cain, please don't do anything unnecessary."

Quickly sheathed his sword, helped the unconscious Leah up from the ground, and looked at Deckard Cain with a pair of scarlet eyes:

"This is for your and your niece's benefit."

"You...this, this is..." Deckard Cain then noticed that there was no scar on the place where Leia was hit, but she was in a deep coma.

[Super Speed ​​Slash: Night Country Huanggen] is a perfect illusion slash that combines super speed slashing with Sharingan illusion.

At this moment, Leia and the blood of the dreadlord Diablo in her body have fallen into a deep sleep caused by illusion and cannot be easily awakened.

"Don't say you don't know who her mother is, Deckard Cain."

Heather came over, bent down and looked at the sleeping Leah, and said with a click of the tongue:
"As expected, Leah is the one who made countless fans of Diablo cry and howl in dismay. Judging from her appearance alone, she has definitely inherited Prince Aidan's heroic spirit and Adria's beauty."

"Wait...you mean, Leah is Prince Aidan's daughter? I only know that Adria is her mother, but no one has ever known who her biological father is."

Deckard Cain felt a chill in his heart. If it was Prince Aidan in his normal human days, it would be fine. But if it was Prince Aidan who had embedded the Dark Soul Stone in his forehead, trapped the Dreadlord with his own body, and was fearfully called the 'Dark Wanderer' by people, then it would be bad.

"Yes, it is just as you think. Leah has Diablo's blood in her body. This dreadlord has been waiting for an opportunity to reincarnate using Leah's body as a vessel."

Heather smiled and motioned to Speedy to help Leia to the front of the stove, where a large area had been cleared and a complex magic circle had been painted with an unknown red pigment.

"Please, please don't hurt this child, sir. She is very kind and has definitely not been corrupted by the Dreadlord. I am willing to guarantee this to you with my life."

Deckard Cain begged. Although he had no blood relationship with Leia, he had treated Leia as his own daughter over the years, and Leia also regarded Deckard Cain as her closest relative.

Even though Leia has the blood of the Dreadlord, Deckard Cain would never want to see Leia get hurt.

"Who said I was going to hurt her? Isn't it common sense to give her anesthesia before the operation? Don't worry, it's just a minor operation like extracting wisdom teeth."

While Heather was speaking, the anesthesiologist, Su Zhan, had already gently placed the girl in the center of the magic circle.

Then, Nanami, barefoot and wearing a green kimono, walked forward silently, holding a bright gem emitting orange light in her hand.

The next moment, orange light swept across the entire hotel lobby.

Soul separation surgery begins.