The Paladin on the Infinite Tour

A strong wind suddenly blew up in the room.

A burst of bright golden wind wrapped around Aisi's body like armor, hovering around her, so that her whole body was enveloped by the brilliant wind, and her whole body looked much more noble and sacred. , and the backless dress she wore turned into a hazy emerald-gold light armor at some point. A tulle-like skirt extended down from the inside of the skirt, like a pile of thin wings.

"This...is this?"

The unheard of magical sight put the two leaders of the Loki Familia into an incomprehensible situation.

What is going on?

"It seems the protection has taken effect."

Alexia let go of Ace's hand and nodded with satisfaction: "This is one of the help I can provide to everyone - the power called [Blessing]."

Intensive Care?

"I think everyone must have read something like this in mythology, [In order for the brave to defeat powerful monsters, the gods bestow blessings and favors on the brave]."

This is a plot that exists in any myth or legend, even in this world.

Of course Finn and Riveria had read about it.

"The power I gave to Ais is of the same nature as the blessing that the legendary gods bestow on the brave." Exia further explained, "This is a blessing from the invincible [God of Victory]. It can stimulate the hidden power of the protected person to the greatest extent, and at the same time, it can protect the protected person from any curses. The existing curses on the body will also be purified, even if the body is seriously injured. It will be cured in an instant.”

The protection of gods originally existed to allow mortals to become attendants of gods.

The sacrifices of the mythical age, the heroes blessed by the gods, the kings and warriors who served the gods...all of them who were blessed by the gods can be said to be subordinate gods of the gods, and their power far exceeds the realm of humans. Above the divine beasts.

"Of course, the protection that Miss Ais has received now is not complete. Because it is only physical contact, she has only received a small part of the power of the protection. But even so, I think Miss Ais now can be said to be a It’s level 8, right?”

lv.8? !

This statement made Finn and Riveria, two experienced people, tremble in their pupils.

They know the concept of lv.8.

It is said that the strongest Otta in Oraline today is lv.7, but in fact, earlier, Oraline had reached lv.8, and even reached lv.9, a terrifying existence. During their active period, whether it was Finn, Riveria, or even Otta, they were just little guys in the second tier.

To put it more directly, most of the current lv.6s in Oraline have some understanding of the monsters in the past, and reaching the realm of those monsters is also their goal.

But now, just by shaking hands with Aixia, Ais, who has just reached level 6, can directly become a new monster?

"Are you protected by gods?" Riveria stared at Alexia, "Is it possible that you have become a god in the two and a half years since you left us? Alexia."

"No, I didn't become a god, I killed the god."

"Varied--"

The words that came out of Alexia's mouth in an understatement made the expressions of Riveria and others suddenly freeze!

Killed the gods?

"I arrived in an interesting different world two months ago. In that world, just like here, the gods will run out of myths. And if you can kill the gods who run out, you can get the gods. power."

"The power protected by Veleslana, the God of Victory, was part of the power we usurped from the god I first killed."

Alexia explained calmly.

But contrary to his calmness, the expressions of Riveria and the three people became more and more uncontrollable. Perhaps because they were too shocked, in the end the expressions of the three of them were a little numb.

Whether rational or emotional, they were unwilling to believe the authenticity of Aixia's words, but there was no need for Aixia to lie to them. What happened to Ais indeed proved the authenticity of his words. Nothing false.

"...How do you feel? Ace."

After a moment of silence, Riveria asked Ais.

Ais clenched her hands: "Well, she has become a lot stronger...probably, much stronger than Finn."

Better than Finn.

Just this sentence is enough to prove everything.

Finn smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that I would be the one being compared...Does incomplete protection have this effect? ​​Then complete protection..."

"I'm not going to give you the complete protection." Alexia interrupted Finn, "No, you can't say that I'm not going to give it to you. It's just not convenient to give it to you."

"Huh? Why? Are there any restrictions or costs?"

"No...it's not so much a restriction or cost...it's actually a matter of efficiency."

Alexia glanced at Ace's lips: "The way to impart protection is [contact]. Physical contact is the most basic and the least efficient at the same time. The deeper the contact, the better the efficiency. Therefore, if you want to receive all the [protection], the most effective way is actually mucous membrane contact - that is, tongue kiss."

Tongue, tongue kiss? !

The unexpected way made Finn and Riveria a little dumbfounded. After all, they never thought it would be like this!

And at the same time,

"This... is indeed inconvenient, hehehe."

Finn immediately understood Alexia's difficulty and started laughing himself.

Needless to say, among men, no one in the Loki family is as good as Long Yang.

And for women... the price seems too high.

Riveria also raised his forehead: "It is actually this way...but it makes sense if you think about it carefully. After all, you are blessed by the gods, so in exchange, it is reasonable and reasonable to offer everything to the gods."

Alexia: "But it's still not good for everyone, right? If it's Bianca, I won't worry about it, but as for everyone... at least I don't plan to talk to Captain Finn and Uncle Mr. Te and Mr. Gareth kissed him with their tongues."

Finn: "Of course I thought the same thing."

This can be regarded as a tacit understanding and consensus between men.

18.Return the favor

"Ahem, let's get down to business, Alexia."

After a brief banter, Finn also straightened his expression: "Can you please give us a more specific explanation of the power of this protection? For example, its duration, and whether it has any side effects. "

The power that can directly turn a lv.6 into a lv.8 - this statement is a question mark for the time being, but it is a fact that Aisi's power has been greatly enhanced.

In this case, there is no reason why Finn should not accept Alexia's kindness.

Of course, if this is a power that requires a huge price, then he will not accept it.

"Kago is basically a one-time thing."

Alexia explained.

"Let me think about it... If I use something from this world as a metaphor, the more appropriate one would be the [Devil Sword]."

Magic sword.

That is, a sword with magical abilities allows the user to use the magic attached to the sword without chanting. It is the only way for adventurers who have not awakened magic to use magic. However, the number of uses is limited, usually only in the single digits. .

"[Blessing] is similar to [Magic Sword]. It stores a considerable amount of [Magic], but every time it is used, [Magic] will be consumed. Once [Magic] is completely exhausted, Blessing will become unusable - until I, the one who bestows protection, replenishes it with [magic power].”

"In other words, does it mean that the protection will always exist before the [magic power] is exhausted?" Riveria said with some emotion, "The special enhanced magic that exists semi-permanently... I didn't expect that one day I would come into contact with it. This kind of thing. It seems that it is really something out of the sky."

Riveria is the most powerful magician in Orario. There are people who can keep up with her in magic, but there are people who can completely surpass her, at least today's Orario does not exist.

But even so, Riveria still thinks that she is not the strongest, and always believes that she has not reached the peak in magic.

Now it seems that this is indeed the case.

"In addition, [Blessing] can also be used at your own discretion. You can turn it off at ordinary times and activate it when you need to fight. Miss Ais, try imagining [Close the Door] in your mind."

"Um."

Nodding her head, Ais concentrated on imagining the situation of closing the door.

The next moment, the power that filled her body seemed to be withdrawn, and all of a sudden it shrank to her lower abdomen. The golden wind disappeared, and the emerald-gold light armor she had transformed into vanished into thin air.

"Disappeared......."

Ais touched her belly - she could feel something extra there.

And Ixia also continued: "When not in use, the power of the protection will be stored in the lower abdomen. And the protection itself can provide a certain degree of gain, such as increasing abnormal resistance, or in other words Improve physical strength and enhance resistance to magic - not strengthening in a single direction, but strengthening in all directions. Perhaps the ability value will gradually increase as a result, but I don't think the speed will be too fast."

"...Even this is shocking enough, Exia."

Finn put down his hands and stretched out his hand to Ixia with some respect and a smile on his face: "Once upon a time, that newcomer who still needed our help came back and was already a being who could bring us such powerful power. As a Leader of the Familia, I have to thank you, Exia."

"You're welcome. You all helped me a lot back then, and this place can be said to be my starting point in a sense. So it's natural for me to repay everyone for your help." Alexia smiled and held Finn's hand, " Then, I can be the leader, are you ready to receive protection?"

"Well, later on, let's wait until Bert and the others come back together. But considering the influence of your power, the people who receive the protection... I think it's better to limit the adventure to our first level. It’s better to be within oneself.”

being targeted.

If everyone in the Loki Familia is given protection at once, it will definitely cause a big earthquake in Orario, and the current balance between the Loki Familia and the Freya Familia will definitely be directly broken. By then, maybe Orario will cause another commotion, and it may even be the biggest commotion in history!

Riveria and Ace also understand Finn's considerations, and of course Alexia also understands.

"By the way, there is something I need to remind you about the protection."

"What's up?"

"I'm not sure, but considering that my power once caused changes in the dungeon, if I use protection in the dungeon, it might cause similar things again."

What Alexia said reminded all three of them of what happened more than four months ago.

A special monster that appears in the dungeon——[Zaganat].

The relevant information is already known to the Loki Familia.

"Indeed, if that kind of monster appears again, there will definitely be a hard battle." Finn said sternly, "It's best not to use [Protection] unless it is absolutely necessary - is that what you want to say? , Exia.”

"Well. I don't want everyone to be in danger because of me."

Snapped!

Finn smiled and punched Alexia's chest: "We haven't reached the point where you need to worry about us. The so-called adventurers will not grow if they don't experience adventures. I can worry about you. I understand, and I think what you said makes sense, but if that kind of monster really appears in front of us, we will only try our best to defeat it."

"[Defeat a powerful enemy that you cannot defeat] - This is the most direct and simple way to achieve greatness."

Anyone who aspires to reach a higher realm will never be afraid of potential dangers.

At this point, everyone in the Loki Familia is the same.

"...Well, I'm worried for nothing." Exia smiled, "Then I wish you all a smooth expedition. If you encounter any trouble that cannot be solved by blessing, I will keep it in my heart. Just recite my name silently, and I will rush over to help you once the dungeon is demolished."

"Well, thanks."

After watching Exia and Finn end their conversation like this, Riveria hesitated a little and called out to Exia who was about to leave.

"Exia, are you free later?"

"Huh? Yes, what's wrong?"

"Didn't I tell you last night that I wanted to tell you something?"

Riveria paused: "...If it's convenient, please stay with me for a while."

19. Riveria’s Dream

An invitation from Riveria.

This is a development that Aixia did not expect.

As I said before, there are very few lovers and partners in Orario, and among them, the [elves] are notoriously weak-tempered.

There are probably two reasons.

First of all, the lifespan of the elves is far beyond that of other races. Even though Riveria is very young now, she looks thirty years old at most, but her age has already exceeded three digits. Sixty or seventy years old is still considered "young" for elves.

In comparison, the lifespans of other races are too short, and this insurmountable [lifespan theory] also makes it difficult for the elves to spend their lives with the opposite sex of other races.

The second is a characteristic of the elves - only letting the person they identify with touch themselves.

If it is someone they do not approve of, then the elves will be quite resistant to the other person, and in severe cases, they will even take action directly. And Riveria is still a [royal family] among the elves, and they are also the most noble bloodline among the elves. Although I have been away from the elves for a long time, this habit can be overcome to some extent, but it is not completely overcome.

Due to various factors, Riveria rarely spends time alone with members of the opposite sex.

but now......

"My place is a little shabby. You can sit down wherever you like and I'll prepare some tea."

After leaving the conference room, Riveria took Alexia directly to her own room.

"No, no need..."

After persuading Riveria, Alexia walked into the house unexpectedly: "I said I wanted to accompany you. I thought I would go to the street, but I didn't expect that I would come directly to your room... Let Can I come in?"

"My place is not a restricted area. As long as you are a member of the family, you can come here at any time." Riveria smiled, "It's just that there are very few people here. Apart from Ais and Lefiya, there is only Finn." Gareth and I come here occasionally, and most of the time they come to discuss things with me."