Terraria: Cruel World Legends

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Soon, the three of them arrived at the door of Caesar's Tavern - if that door could still be considered a door. The first thing they saw was a sign at the door: [The place is reserved, no visitors allowed]

Elias smiled and said, "Louis is pretty quick... let's go in."

Then the three of them walked into Caesar's Tavern one after another. Elias, who was in the front, even pretended to push the door that had been knocked over by the drunk fairy.

Just as Elias said, he booked Caesar's Tavern, and only the bartender Louis was left in the entire tavern... At this time, the empty environment of the tavern, the elegant music, and the aroma of wine in the air also made the three of them feel comfortable.

Elias waved: "Hi, Louis, good evening."

"Oh, okay, what do you want to drink? I'll start making it now." Louis seemed to be in a good mood... After all, he only had to serve Elias, one customer, tonight, so his workload would definitely be reduced. Maybe he could even get off work early and take a vacation tomorrow. That would be great.

Elias thought for a few seconds, then he curved his lips and showed a relaxed smile: "Well, give me a glass of all the wines you can name in the tavern, and let me taste which ones are delicious."

"This... please wait a moment, I'll start now." Louis said hesitantly, then silently picked up the shaker and started to wash it. He knew that a tough battle was coming.

Elias turned his head and glanced at Xiyao and Prism behind him, raised his hand and gestured: "You two, let's go to the bar to chat?"

Hearing this, Louis reacted faster than Xi Yao, who felt something was wrong. He put down the shaker and took out a pair of Bluetooth headphones from his backpack. After connecting them to the pub's music machine, he quickly put them on his ears. At the same time, the music in the pub stopped abruptly.

"I'll listen to music while you guys chat. I'll give you a quiet atmosphere." Louis looked up and motioned to the three of them.

"Look, this guy is very sensible. Besides, our origins are not a big secret, right?"

"That's true... maybe?" Xi Yao's words seemed to be a response to Elias, but also like he was talking to himself.

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After sitting at the bar, Elias waited for Louis to mix a glass of wine, then took a few sips before opening his mouth slightly to speak... But he paused after just uttering the word "I", raised the glass again and drank it all, and finally handed the glass to Louis.

"It doesn't taste very good..." Elias said in a light tone, but he soon realized that Louis could not hear any sound from the outside world.

"Hum~~" Louis was humming softly. Even though he couldn't hear the outside sounds, he understood what Elias meant. He took the wine glass and was about to mix another one.

After drinking a glass of wine, Elias exhaled lightly, then looked at the two of them with a little doubt: "I say, why don't you talk?"

Xiyao/Prism: ???

"We are waiting for you to speak." Xi Yao said, holding his forehead.

"Are you waiting for me? What are you waiting for me for? I didn't say I would be the first to speak." Elias also held his forehead.

"..." Feeling a little awkward in the atmosphere, Prism unconsciously reached out and supported his forehead...So, Louis turned around by chance and saw that the three people who were fine just now actually supported their foreheads in unison.

"Huh?" Louis scratched his head, clearly confused.

...After a while, Elias slowly raised his head, coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment, and then said to Xiyao: "Well, Xiyao? Do you want a glass of wine to ease your mood?"

"I thought you were going to start talking..." After saying that, Xi Yao sighed lightly and shook his head to indicate that it was not necessary.

"Then, Prism...Prism, what about you?" Elias looked at Prism.

"I just turned seventeen. I'm not an adult yet and I don't drink." Prism raised his head and said calmly.

"Oh, you really can't drink alcohol if you're underage. Little girls are...eh?" Before Elias finished speaking, a look of astonishment appeared on his face: "No, you followed this guy into a life-and-death battle before you even reached adulthood?"

Prism didn't plan to reply to Elias, and turned to look at Xi Yao: "How about... I should speak first?"

"Well, just tell him." After Xi Yao finished speaking, he suddenly closed his eyes and began to rest. After all, he already knew the story of Prism, and he just needed to let his new comrade Elias listen to it.

Elias also calmed down at this time and began to look at Prism carefully... It seemed to be right, this girl's face was so cute, and she even retained some youthfulness, and her body seemed to have not fully grown yet, she was obviously a minor... Eh?

Elias was suddenly stunned. He noticed the two tufts of white hair on Prism's temples. He had seen people with natural white hair, but he had never seen a person with black hair and only two tufts of white hair on his temples... It looked quite cute, right?

No, Elias vaguely remembered that he seemed to have seen someone with hair like this when he was a child... but now it is impossible to remember it.

…At this time, Prism took a deep breath. She knew that Xi Yao already knew her story, so she turned slightly and turned to Elias: "Elais? Can I just tell you briefly and then end it?"

Elias came back to his senses: "Oh, okay."

……

Two minutes. Prism used two minutes to give Elias a rough outline of his story. After listening, Elias rubbed his fingers thoughtfully:

"The Abyss Society... I've heard a little about it. It's... Inastan... an armed organization in the chaotic situation during the period when the Cabinet was in power. It was an armed force in the middle and lower stages of the Evil Age...

But these armed groups are really ridiculous, with random names like Abyss Society and Hellfire Society. I guess these people have never even been to the real abyss or hell. They are just like children playing house...

If it weren’t for the international laws of war, they would have been greeted with weapons and equipment from the Moon Sorrow Era when they were doing the cleanup.”

"Indeed...if that were the case, I would have died in the cleanup two months ago...but there are no ifs in the world. Now I have started a new life." Prism said, and lightly closed his eyes as if he was reminiscing, or as if he was rejecting something.

"That's a very correct idea. There are no ifs in the world." Elias praised, then drank the second glass of wine in his hand, then turned his head to look at Xi Yao: "Xi Yao? Don't tell me you fell asleep?"

"Not yet." Xi Yao said as he opened his eyes, "You're the next one, Elias?"

"Me? Why don't you go first? I want to amaze everyone at the end?" Elias said jokingly.

"No, you first." Xi Yao said, "If it's me who ends up, she who already knows my story can leave first." Xi Yao said, turning his head to look at the prism.

"This... seems to be right... Never mind, I'll go first." Elias said, stretching hard, then showing his standard relaxed smile:

"Xiyao, before I officially start telling you, I have to ask you: First, you must know the country of [Inastan], right? Second, you must also know who is leading the entire Inastan now?"

Xi Yao nodded in response to Elias's first question, and then answered: "From my impression, it is a royal family with the same name. I heard that he took office by overthrowing their original cabinet not long before the beginning of the Evil Age."

"That's right, Xiyao." Elias said. But at this time, the two found that Elias's smile gradually became sad, and they didn't know why.

"Xiyao, can I ask you another question? What is your ultimate goal in becoming stronger?"

Xi Yao thought without hesitation: "Fight against the [God Seeker] and the [God Seeking War] he launched, and bring peace to the Terra continent."

"...to compete with [Xun Shen]...that is really a grand goal. Come on, I believe you can do it." Elias encouraged Xi Yao with a somewhat sad smile.

Elias's words made Prism, who was confused when he first learned of Xiyao's goal and even expressed his intention to "collect Xiyao's body", feel a little embarrassed...

After all, she didn't know Xi Yao at the beginning. How could she support such an arrogant goal... But now... Prism coughed lightly: "His ultimate goal is also my ultimate goal. We are a whole."

Elias smiled and said, "Oh? Since two of the three-person team are going to fight against [Seeking God], I will be one of them."

Xi Yao did not reply, but asked: "...So, Elias, apart from fighting against [Xun Shen] with us, what is your ultimate goal?"

Elias did not answer Xi Yao directly, but just smiled and shook his head: "You two, since our team must continue to become stronger, and the team's ultimate goal is to compete with [Seeking God]... then, when all this is achieved, we will definitely stand on the Terra continent, a height that has never been reached before."

"And when that day really comes, I will stand at a height I have never reached before, and I will definitely do one thing...that is what I call the ultimate goal..." Elias paused in the middle of his words, and waited for Louis to mix the third glass of wine and hand it to him, then he took a sip before continuing.

"Huh... By then, I will definitely kill the leader of the Inastan royal family and the king of the Inastan Kingdom with my own hands - Charles Kalloy... Even if I want to, I might even massacre the Inastan royal family?" Elias said after taking a breath.

His tone was flat and his face showed a calm expression. Apart from the somewhat sad smile at the corner of his mouth, he looked no different from usual.