Picked up by the Protagonist of a Tormented! MC Novel

"Dear Xia An, why don't you wake up?" Xia An heard a voice calling him, but the voice was so unfamiliar and the tone was so frivolous, which made him a little scared.

"Dear Xia An, does your unwillingness to wake up mean that you never need to wake up?"

"No!" Shocked, Xia An opened his eyes, but there was still an eternal darkness in front of his eyes, it didn't make much difference whether he opened it or closed it.

He raised his hand and touched his cheek, the wetness of his hand was obviously still in shock.

The surrounding voices gradually spread into the ears, and Kaka licked his fingers and meowed, which made Xia An find a sense of familiarity and comfort.

He groped around, and he seemed to be lying on the bed, but the quilt was full of rough touch like gravel, and the memory still stayed in a strange place.

His walking stick was also missing, so Xia An slowly moved out of bed, and just as he took a steady step, he tripped over something lying on the ground and fell to the ground.

The blond boy seemed to be stunned. The memory of being tripped because of blindness was too old, and he hadn't experienced it for many years.

Usually he would not be overwhelmed by such difficulties, but today, for some unknown reason, there was a sense of resentment and unwillingness in his heart.

Such negative emotions are not so wonderful, Xia An quickly controlled them, but when he got up, he felt dizzy again, and then he couldn't take over his body.

Although he could still feel the movement of his body, he lost control.

"Xia An," that frivolous and evil voice sounded again, "Do you want to know the true face of this world?"

Xia An didn't know why, and his inability to control his panic made him at a loss.

But that voice still refused to let him go, "Didn't you always think that this world should be beautiful? Have you forgotten the humiliation when you were young?"

Xia An wanted him to shut up and stop talking, but he couldn't make a sound and couldn't stop listening. He could only listen to the voice slowly lingering him with words. Without vision, his hearing would be infinitely more sensitive.

"Do you want to see the ugliness of human nature?"

"Want to know how the world reacts to disaster?"

"Do you want to escape from such a disgusting environment?"

Over and over again, the magic sound penetrated the brain.

The voice asked like this, but in fact, he was not given a chance to choose at all. Xia An felt that he was passively walking in one direction. He who was originally blind gradually felt that everything around him was clearly visible in his mind, and there was a powerful Power surged through his body.

That is, the power of magic.

Xia An "saw" the desolate streets, the bony beggars, the ruined walls everywhere, and the devastated Ye Sa City after the disaster.

"Xia An, do you know why you live in Ye Sa City?"

Xia An tried hard to recall, but felt nothing, as if he appeared out of thin air.

"This is the burial place I chose, for you."

A chill passed through Xia An's heart.

"Xia'an" walked towards the north of the city without hesitation. He wore very thin clothes, but he seemed not afraid of the severe cold, so he went straight up the Nis Snow Mountain with his hands empty, and disappeared in the high place of the snow mountain. A slight meow echoed for a while before dissipating without a trace.

From this day on, the mercenary union never received any task of bathing the cat entrusted by an employer named Xia An.

until three years later.

Kino was holding a stack of folders that covered his face, only his bald head was exposed, and he swayed from side to side and walked towards the counter. Nami took the folders away from his arms, "Little Kino, you've worked so hard!" Ah, where's yours?"

"Sister Nami, Baba has gone to the west of the city to deliver grilled fish."

Nami laughed for a while, "I've said many times that I should be called Auntie Nami."

Charles just came to hand in the task list, and when he heard this, he yelled, "That's right, I'm so old, how dare I let you call me sister."

With a "snap", the Nami folder attack launched again, and a large bag was smashed out of Charles' forehead by the firm folder.

Charles covered his head and wailed, not forgetting the poverty in his mouth, "Oh, dear Nami, has your martial arts level broken through again?"

Nami rolled her eyes at him, and when she turned to face Kino, her face was pleasant again, "Little Kino, tomorrow is New Year's Day, let me tell you, and I will guide him in learning martial arts."

Kino's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly, but he would not let go of any opportunity to increase the protagonist's force value.

At this moment, all the people in the guild felt a chill, so they all stared at the gate in unison. You must know that the entrance of the mercenary union has a magic circle that filters cold air, so it is warm in winter and cool in summer all year round. This coldness is not normal.

It was snowing outside, and a young man with blond hair and black robe stepped into the hall like this.

Nami's expression became serious, and the young man was covered with deep cold and darkness, blowing towards his face and cannot be ignored.

However, this is not the most important thing. On the young man's shoulder lies a white cat that never seems to grow up.

Nami took a deep breath, suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, and stepped forward to receive her, "Mr. Xia An, do you need an entrustment?"

The corner of the young man's lips seemed to have a smile of unknown meaning forever. Hearing Nami's question, he tilted his head, "It seems that you still remember me, then this task should not be difficult. I need to hire a snow mountain explorer. Team."

Nami was surprised, "Mr. Xia An, do you still want to go treasure hunting? In the past three years, countless teams have been buried in the snow-capped mountains. Don't think about it..."

Faced with that extremely oppressive gaze, Nami finally didn't say the following words.

Kino shrunk himself back to reduce his sense of presence, and couldn't help complaining silently when he heard this, "You're so rich."

Kino doesn't want to be a savior at all. The only one he wants to save is Xi Wei. It has nothing to do with him whether the boss bacteria cheats people or what. You can't really ask the second place to destroy the whole continent. If so, the Goddess of Light must be the first to refuse.

The sky fell and there was a tall man holding it up.

Xia An is obviously in the boss state again. Although Chino has the clearance strategy in his hand, he is not completely sure. Who knows if there are any restrictions on the right time, place and people?

The situation was already very chaotic, but the protagonist's halo didn't work, so Xi Wei entered the door in such a weird atmosphere, and Kino couldn't bear to look straight at his protagonist passing by the boss, and used a cold He said "Let's let" in the same tone.

Xia An actually gave way to him with a good temper, and didn't say anything, just continued to discuss the employment with Nami.

Kino staggered up to Xi Wei on his short legs. Xi Wei held his hand habitually, and frowned imperceptibly when he felt the cold temperature of his fingertips, "What did you do?"

Kino didn't have the mood to explain this to the protagonist, so he quickly pulled him aside, and then quietly pointed to the boss who was still standing at the door with a strong sense of presence.

Of course Xi Wei saw it, but Xia An hadn't shown up for three years, and had nothing to do with them. Even if he came to the mercenary union to issue a mission, the most he could do with Xi Wei was to re-establish an employment relationship. He looks like a good person, but he has never refused to do business because of other people's aura.

After all, Xia An really didn't do anything substantially bad.

Well, for now.

Xia An seemed to have reached an agreement with Nami. When Nami turned around, she looked at Xi Wei with a embarrassed face, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Xi Wei, this Mr. Xia An is going to organize another snow mountain expedition. You go, what do you mean?"

Xi Wei glanced at Xia An's expressionless face and quickly withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and said, "Can I choose?"

Xia An answered leisurely, "Of course...not possible."

Xi Wei glanced at this familiar yet unfamiliar young man again, with a hint of mockery in his eyes, "Then why bother asking me again?"

After saying such a sentence, Xi Wei took away Kino who was handsome again.

Chino is still in shock. Whenever he thinks he has figured out the protagonist's temper, the protagonist will always give him a big surprise, but is it really okay to talk so coolly to the boss?

Kino wondered what kind of mind a five-year-old child should have. He didn't know anything about it as he had never raised a child. He was careful to show off his cuteness every day. He took great pains to prevent others from seeing the problem. Presumptuous, according to Xi Wei's vigilance, if he becomes suspicious of Kino, throwing it away and never having any contact with him will be more cruel.

The small dilapidated boat they lived in was even more dilapidated than it was three years ago, and there were more holes on the top of the awning. Every time Hua Li flew in and out of those holes, it was extremely convenient and quick.

The elf queen expressed her satisfaction.

Since Huali regained part of her strength, she is no longer bound by distance, so it is not uncommon for Huali to disappear for ten days and a half months, and it is quite surprising that she will appear again.

Therefore, when Xi Wei caught Kino's creaking nest and carried him onto the boat, Kino was very surprised. Hua Li sat on the edge of the boat and dangled his two thin legs and smiled sweetly at Kino.

Her long green hair, which Xi Wei cut off with a knife, had grown back, and her two pointed ears trembled from time to time, still so cute.

Speaking of which, Kino is even more grateful to Huali. He is still called Kino now, thanks to the elf queen who casually said that the companion grass of the elven tree is called Kino, which means never betray.

So the suggestion that his name was Kino was adopted by Xi Wei.

Huali flapped his wings and flew into the air, circled Kino twice, and said dissatisfiedly, "Why don't you know me?"

Kino came back to his senses, spread out a palm for Huali to stand on it, "Sister Huali, where have you been?"

Speaking of this, Huali suddenly became excited, "Little one, you go to a place with me, I found something very interesting."

Xi Wei completely ignored her convulsions from time to time, and carefully thought about what to bring for the trip to the snow mountain. In fact, there was nothing to bring, saying that their house was flattering.

On the contrary, Chino attached great importance to the words of the first heroine of the original book, "Where are you going?"

Hua Li cast a resentful look at Xi Wei, "Nice Snow Mountain."

It actually coincides with the boss's goal. As the queen of elves, Huali can do what ordinary people can't. She said that she found something very interesting. Could it be a legendary treasure?

In any case, since the goals are the same, it is simply unreasonable not to bring the help of the Elf Queen.

Nis Snow Mountain was as cold as ever, Kino rubbed his arms and teeth trembling, and stared at Xia An resentfully. Of course, following the boss is not as good as following Hill with such a good portable air conditioner, but he can't abuse a weak child like this, right? .

Xia An was worthy of being called a boss, not only forced Xi Wei to follow him, but also brought Kino by his side, which he called "care".

Taking care of the hell is a threat at all!

But this world is so cruel, big fists are the last word, Xia An has money and power, so he can control their life and death at will.

This time going up the mountain, Xia An seemed to have a clear goal, and led the team straight to a certain place on the mountain.

The farther he walked, the more anxious Kino felt. Originally, although the snow mountain was cold, there were still some coniferous evergreen trees growing and snow mountain creatures haunting the snow mountain. However, as Xia An led the way forward, all the surrounding trees showed a kind of In a desolate state, the surroundings are quiet and no animal sounds can be heard.

Kino was forcibly held in Xia An's arms, and he felt shivering from the cold all over his body, and the heavier and heavier cold and dark breath on Xia An's body made him almost unable to breathe.

Finally, Xia An stopped, and all the mercenaries were waiting for his instructions to use people's money to eliminate disasters, and the mercenaries who licked their blood still had this basic professional ethics. From a moment on, life is no longer simply their own.

Nami took the head of the wind wolf mercenary group, who had a very weak sense of presence, to check around, and confirmed that there should be a magic circle here, but I don't know if it is a sealing circle or a teleportation circle. The chaotic Ye Sacheng There are almost no magicians among the mercenaries in the border cities.

Xia An said, "Don't be so troublesome, I have seen this magic circle before, and I know how to break it."

The mercenaries were in a commotion, and it was almost impossible for anyone who could study the magic circle to do it except the magician himself. Xia An was definitely a noble magician.

Xia An's eyes were still lifeless, but he seemed to be able to see everything around him forever. When everyone looked at him with more or less awe, he proposed a way to unlock the magic circle.

"There are nine people here," Xia An said with a smile, "the magic circle has the pattern of a hexagram, and only six people need to mix their own power with blood and drop it on the six corners of the magic circle, and the teleportation circle can be activated ."

Excluding Xi Wei who was very weak, Chino who was completely dragging his feet, and Xia An who was an employer, it was self-evident who the six people who activated the magic circle needed to be.

The six mercenaries, including Nami, quickly took their positions, and Xi Wei followed Xia An in the center of the magic circle vigilantly and silently.

The blood dripped slowly, the ancient magic circle hummed softly, and emitted a black light, gradually engulfing the three people in the circle, Xia An, Xi Wei and Kino disappeared.

There were only six terrified mercenaries left on the spot, and they found themselves unable to move. The magic circle seemed to have grown tentacles to bind them tightly, and the blood was sucked by the magic circle uncontrollably, maintaining the operation of the formation.

Nami's face was full of despair, and she muttered the words "dark magic" in her mouth.

However, everything outside has nothing to do with Xi Wei and the others. After a period of dizzying darkness, the three of them appeared in a closed aisle. At both ends of the aisle, an ancient magic stone lamp was quietly burning. Extending in an unknown direction deep in the aisle.

Kino was horrified, and the evil smile at the corner of Xia An's mouth was really terrifying.

However, they were unable to resist. Xia An obviously possessed powerful magical power, which was by no means something the protagonist at this stage could contend with.

Xia An walked slowly and leisurely along the aisle, and low-pitched roars could be heard from the depths of the aisle from time to time, sounding like a trapped wild animal.

Finally, it suddenly became clear that there was a stone room connected by the aisle. There were also many magic stone lamps on the top of the stone room, and the light from them shone on the ground in the center of the stone room.

Looking at the place where the light gathers, a man who is almost completely naked is bound by many wide chains. The clothes on this man's body have basically rotted and fallen off due to the age, and there is not even anything that can cover his body. Letting out a low panting, the sound he heard in the aisle just now is exactly what he made.

Ignoring Chino's struggle, Xia An slowly walked up to the man with scarlet eyes, squatted down and looked at him "at the same level", "I finally found you, the plague demon who was sealed away because of bringing havoc in the first era. "

The plague demon said in a hoarse voice, "Human, you want to release me?"

"I believe that the 5000 years you have been sealed away should not be as stupid as the first era."

The scarlet eyes of the plague demon stared at this "blind man", as if judging the credibility of his words, but he had been sealed for too long, long enough to believe that the only human being he had seen in 5000 years, "If you can let me go Let's go, I, Plague Demon Fritius, is willing to sign a contract with you and give you part of the power of the Plague Demon."

"No, you misunderstood." Xia An vetoed the proposal, "I just need you to sign a contract that will never hurt me, and agree to two conditions."

Fleisius was panting, those wide chains were embedded in his bone marrow, tormenting him all the time, all of which made him unable to think much, so the demon who had been sealed for 5000 years agreed to such a condition and obtained free.

After completing the contract, Xia An squeezed one of Kino's hands, took out a sharp dagger, and quickly drew a line of blood on his wrist. The blood flowed along the chain and was quickly absorbed, and the chain was released. They began to squirm slowly, and one by one they left Fleisius' body.

"Human, what do you want me to do?"

"The first thing is to let the boy behind me be infected with your plague, and the second thing is to let the city next to this mountain also spread your plague."

Xia An put forward his request neatly. These requests were obviously in line with the wishes of the plague demon. He just raised his hand and disappeared into this empty stone room.

Neither Xi Wei nor Kino could understand this conversation, and they were at a loss, but they understood one thing. The so-called treasure on Mount Ness must not exist, and what Xia An was looking for after going up the mountain several times was probably the The locked man, and for some reason, needed Kino's blood.

After the man disappeared, Xia An said to Kino, "Little guy, your Baba is sick, will you save him?"

Kino felt baffled, his protagonist was fine, how could he be sick, but out of awe of the boss, he took a closer look at Xi Wei's face, only to find that Xi Wei's face seemed to be indeed covered with a layer of blackness. gas.

Xia An turned to Xi Wei again and said, "The man just now was a plague demon who was sealed away due to the large-scale spread of the plague in the first era. I regret to tell you that you were also infected, but you are also lucky, this child His blood is the best medicine for the plague, you just need to drink a small cup every day without interruption, and you will not die."

What a temptation to drink this child's blood and not die.

Xia An held up Kino's arm and handed the unhealed wound to Xi Wei, bewitching, "Drink, it's just a sip, he won't die, and you won't die either."

Kino was in pain from being pinched by him, and his heart was full of contradictions. If he could save Xi Wei, Kino didn't think the blood was an unbearable sacrifice, but in this way, their relationship would no longer be a pure adoption relationship. Kino almost became the antidote that Xi Wei carried with him.

This kind of future is not what he wants to see.

Xi Wei remained silent. Gradually, his head approached the red wound, and he stretched out his tongue to lick it slowly. Kino only felt a tingling sensation on his wrist, and he could feel Xi Wei's wound. The soft and warm touch of his tongue, but Xi Wei just licked it and didn't suck.

That ruthless and cruel smile appeared on Xia An's face again. At this moment, Xi Wei raised his head, with a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth, and asked abruptly, "Who are you?"

Xia An was taken aback for a moment, his face became a little hideous, "What did you say?"

Xi Wei continued to ask expressionlessly, "You are not Xia An, who are you?"

Unexpectedly, Xia An seemed to be poked into a sore spot, and threw Chino out of his arms like a madman. Xi Wei barely caught it, and the two of them fell to the ground together, watching the boss's berserk transformation in horror.

Xia An roared, "What do you know? What do you know! I am Xia An, I am Xia An! That weak and incompetent guy is not Xia An. Why can he live so peacefully? I want him to see Look, this world is ugly and disgusting, including you are also selfish and stupid, he is just a shadow of my imagination, now I don't need him, he should disappear forever!"

The amount of information in these words is a bit large, and it took Chino a while to digest it. Reminiscent of the previous guess that it was schizophrenia, listening to the tone of this "Xia'an", it turns out that the boss is the real Xia'an. The shy boy is just a split personality, and everything the boss does seems to be aimed at destroying that sub-personality.

Xia An would go crazy when she went crazy, and then she suddenly became quiet, "Xia An, I won't disappear, you want to use Xi Wei and Kino to make me despair, but on the contrary, I see what I need from them, I will always exist , to restrain you, to fight against you."

Kaka has been lying quietly on her stomach, seeing her owner's strange behavior. A cat who doesn't understand what is called schizophrenia just meows and meows to join in the fun. Anyway, no matter which owner treats Kaka well, Kaka doesn't care.

This Xia An smiled in the direction of Kino and Xi Wei based on his feeling, "You will be fine, as long as you drink blood three times, the plague can be completely eliminated."

In front of him was Xia An, a good young man with an obvious personality.

This was the last time Xi Wei and Kino saw Xia An, and then the stone room shook and collapsed severely, and they all fainted.

In the fourth era of the Red Moon Continent in 1746, Ye Sa City, which represents evil and exile, was attacked by a plague demon that had been sealed for 5000 years. The entire city was almost wiped out, and very few survivors escaped from Ye Sa City. Since then, this city has disappeared from the territory of the mainland.

Ye Sa is forever in the past.

Volume [-]: General College