Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Hearing this, little Violet timidly raised her head and said, "I spent the money, some of it."

"What's the use?"

"Bought this." She took out a bracelet inlaid with emeralds from the back.

Fassnut looked at the bracelet—the bracelet had a beautiful luster, and it was polished smooth enough to be favored by women.But after all, this is a bracelet made from local materials, and there are many such gems and crystals outside, so it is not worth much.

"How much did it cost?" Fassnut asked her.

"one……"

"one hundred?"

"One thousand and five." She said in a very small voice. After saying this, she knelt on the ground and began to apologize repeatedly.

Why is a broken bracelet so attractive, Fassnut wondered.Is this more important than freedom? "Why?" he asked little Violet, "Didn't we agree? I will redeem you with 1 bone coins, and then we will leave this ghostly place. After we get out, I can buy you any number of bracelets."

"I...I've always wanted to, so, so..." she said and burst into tears, "I'm sorry, my lord, I know I was wrong, but I can't help myself. I'm fascinated by this thing Yes, I... There used to be a sister who always showed off her jewelry to me, I want it too, I want the same one, so, so... I, she..." She spoke incoherently, her words were choked up and cried Instead, she covered her face and wept.

Okay, now I can't go away.Fassnut wasn't angry with her, he just didn't understand, he didn't understand what the bone coin was and why it had such a great magic power.He ate normally at noon, went to train with the orcs in the afternoon, and came back to sleep at night-the arena was closed, he had nowhere to make money, and he couldn't do anything now.

The next day Karimus came to him in person and asked him, "Fasnut, why don't you go?"

Fassnut didn't know how to speak to him, "I...I may have to wait a while, my lord."

"This is different from what you said, Fasnat." Fasnat was surprised by the attitude of the priest this time. Confession by colleagues - Fasnat, this is obviously not a good thing, right?"

The priest's words made him feel ashamed, and he blushed and said, "Sorry, my lord, I really...really need a little time."

"What is the reason? You tell me, I can help you solve it."

I want to ransom my slave girl, but she spends the money - Fasnat doesn't know how to speak.Just when he was hesitating, the priest suddenly asked: "Fasnat, are you doubting me?"

His inexplicable words stunned Fassnut—why did he think I was suspicious of him?In other words, what is there to doubt about him?

He's afraid he has a ghost in his heart.

Fasnat decided to use the words of the priest.

"Please forgive me, Lord Sacrifice." Fasnat bowed to him, "I didn't doubt you, but there are indeed some rumors circulating in the temple. This makes me...very disturbing, you know , Graduation is very important to me, and I don't want to make mistakes."

The priest pondered for a while, and said: "Fasnat, you can't be suspicious. You have to be willing to fuse the soul of the fierce demon, otherwise your souls will be incompatible, and the result will be unimaginable."

"I have to do this?"

"Must. After merging the soul, you will immediately gain the power of the ancient ogre—you will become as powerful as Natway."

Fassnut thought of that crazy woman, and of himself who was bloodthirsty in the arena, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. "I don't want to be a monster like Netway, my lord."

"It's not that you become a ferocious demon, Fasnett. Natway is a failure. Her fusion is not perfect, so she is crazier than ordinary ferocious warriors. Normal ferocious warriors will remain rational like normal people, and Not like her."

Fassnut couldn't believe Karimos' nonsense, thinking of the rumors that Little Violet told him before, he felt more and more that something was wrong.So he thanked Priest Kalimos and said, "I understand, my lord. Give me another three days, and I will definitely complete the graduation ceremony."

"The last three days." After the priest finished speaking, he walked away.

Fassnut looked at the silent back of the priest, and a bad premonition rose in his heart.But this matter alone is not enough for him to make a decision.So he went to the only person he could trust here—the orc Kaoda.

They forged a warrior friendship from battle to battle, and Fasnat trusted the veteran witcher to give him advice.

He probably told Kaoda about today, and Kaoda told him: "I know, don't worry, I'll ask the priest." After that, the two separated, and Fasnat was very disturbed. mood back home.He also kept thinking about this matter during dinner, and little Violet didn't dare to talk to him at the moment, so the two finished their meal quietly, and then went about their own activities.Just as Little Violet was packing up the tableware, Kaoda came suddenly.

The orc pushed the door open, grabbed Fasnat's severed limb, and growled at him: "Fasnat, get ready to leave here! Someone wants your life!"

Fassnut, Unforgiven, Three

Fassnut, Unforgiven, Three

Little Violet screamed in fright from the orc, and Fasnat frowned and asked, "What? What happened?"

Kaoda said: "Fasnat, the priests are going to attack you, they have no patience!"

"Do it? Why did they do it to me?"

Kaoda made a silent gesture to him, and then carefully closed the door.Fassnut had never seen such a cautious look on this rough orc.

"Fasnat, the priest thinks that you are not qualified to fuse with the ogre. He intends to obtain your ogre soul directly. There is a rule in this category, only us senior cadres know." The orc glanced again Outside the door, "When a candidate who is about to graduate can't fuse his soul, Priest Kalimos will kill him, directly extract the vicious soul from his body, and make it into a vicious puppet, you saw before The chandelier clay figurines I got here are just such things. Now Karimos also thinks that you can’t graduate, so he’s going to do it.”

Fassnat was speechless in surprise. At this time, the orc continued: "Boy! Although I feel uncomfortable with you, you are a man after all. I can't let you die like this! Take your weapon and I will take you away here!"

Fassnet was confused by this sudden fact, he glanced at Little Violet who was huddled in the corner, and said, "But she..."

"Her?" The orc glanced at it and said, "What's wrong with this slave?"

"I can't leave her here!"

"You're crazy, you can't fucking get away by yourself!" roared beastly, and immediately lowered his voice, staring at Fasnat with his huge yellow eyes, and growled at him: "This slave is You can't die if you stay here, after she redeems herself, you can see her if you want to see her, fuck her if you want to fuck her, it's up to you!"

Fassnut's breathing became short of breath, "Let me think about it, give me some time." He felt a glance at Little Violet, at the tense face of the orc, and at the double knives in his hand—— The blade was smooth and reflected his blue eyes, which looked anxious. "I have to take her away!" Fassnut finally said, "If I run away, she will definitely be implicated. With the character of Karimos, she must be unlucky, or she will be tortured to death, so I cannot--"

"Take me away!" Little Violet threw herself on him and hugged his waist, "Please, take me away!"

He put his broken arm around the trembling little girl, and said to the orc again, "I must take her away."

There was a beastly snort from the orc's nostrils, his lips twitched, and he said, "Okay! Don't pack your bags, let's go now."

Time was running out, so Fasnat didn't bring anything extra, he only brought a knife and the amulet that the smiling cat gave him.

They set out with the orcs, and Kaoda knew the way well.Taking advantage of the darkness, he walked all the way through the streets and alleys, and came to the path behind the cathedral.Then he lifted a secret door like a manhole cover and said, "Come here!"

The three entered in a file, and there was a dark and damp path. The orcs lit the oil lamps, and in the dim yellow light, they could see large stretches of spider webs and thick moss. "What is this place?" Fassnut asked.

"There are secret passages in any temple." The orc said as he pushed aside the spider webs and walked forward.Fassnut followed closely behind, maintaining vigilance; Little Violet held one of Fassnet's arms tightly, her body shaking non-stop.She's still wearing the bracelet, Fasnat thought.

The road was sometimes steep and sometimes flat. After walking for a while, the orc suddenly said to him: "Be careful, there is movement ahead!"

Fassnat's hairs stood up all over. If he was alone, he wouldn't be afraid of anything, but there were little violets here, and they were in a narrow passage. If there were enemies, he might not be able to deal with them.

At this moment, the orc took the lead and ran forward.Fassnut also followed, and Little Violet grabbed his sleeve all the way, running in the wet moss with one deep foot and one shallow foot.

Turning a corner, Fasnat suddenly saw a light in front of him, as if someone was passing by with an oil lamp. "Hush!" The orc raised his index finger, and then looked over to observe, "Witchcraft puppets." He said, "Karimos specially released these monsters to patrol the important places of the temple. These guys are very powerful. If you can't beat them, don't beat."

They held their breath, and gradually, the shadow of the lantern got closer and closer to them.Little Violet's teeth chattered in fright, and the voice seemed unusually abrupt in the silence.At this time Kaoda turned sideways slightly, and then quietly pulled out the sword at his waist.

The moment the shadow appeared in their field of vision, Kaoda slashed down with his sword.In an instant, the shadow was divided into two. It was a human-shaped thing, but it was as black as black smoke. The moment it fell to the ground, it immediately turned into a cloud of fly ash.However, the lantern it was carrying fell to the ground, "clang clang..." The sound was extremely ear-piercing in the quiet underground passage.Then came the sound of running, and the orc yelled, "Run!"

The orc plunged into the passage at the corner, Fasnat followed closely behind, and then many ghosts chased after him.Although those guys were humanoid, they crawled on all fours.They move fast, advancing along the narrow passages, they can climb against the wall, they can climb upside down on the ceiling, like a lot of humanoid cockroaches.Little Violet screamed loudly in fright, and Fassnat chopped down a black shadow. The knife felt very light, as if it was chopped on a mass of ashes.Then the thing disappeared into the darkness, and Fassnut wondered if he hadn't killed it after all.

"This way, this way!" The orc cut the enemy in half with a sword, "Quick!"

There was a wide crack on the side of the passage, and the orc got into it first, and then Fasnat pushed the little violet into it with his shoulder, and he chose to break it.Black shadows came from the left and right, they had shark-like teeth, and the claws on their limbs were sharper than wolves.However, they are just terrifyingly long, and Fasnat is not afraid of such things.Its two knives intertwined, the blades fluttered in the darkness, and these black demons were cut into pieces by him in an instant.Immediately after killing a few nearby ones, he also burrowed into that crack.

Inside the crack is a passage of rammed earth, which exudes a decaying smell, making it difficult to breathe.But they didn't care about these, and continued to run. The road was winding and steep, and it seemed to be turning forever. Fassnut felt that he was going in circles.At this time, the pursuers came again, the footsteps were chaotic and hurried, and there was also a harsh barking of dogs.Fassnat couldn't help worrying: There are too many enemies, if this continues, we will be overwhelmed.

At this time, the orc kicked open a hidden door in front of him and said, "Go down!"

Fassnut, Unforgiven, Four

Fassnut, Unforgiven, Four

They pushed the door and entered, but in front of them was an empty hall, which could accommodate about 200 people, with walls on three sides and the door was closed.In the center of that hall was a circular altar, on which was carved the totem of an ancient ogre.Fassnut recognized this place, and this was the altar for the graduation ceremony.At this time, the orc moved the two organs under the altar with both hands and said, "This is the exit!"

The mechanism obviously hadn't been operated for many years, and it was stuck tightly. The orc tensed up with all his strength, but he couldn't turn it a little bit.Fassnut really wanted to go up to help him, but he had no hands. Although the two knives were sharp, they couldn't be used to twist the mechanism.

At this moment, there was a sound of dog barking outside the secret door.Fassnat rushed forward brandishing two knives, and then four black shadows appeared at the door at the same time.The creatures huddled together at the door, neither coming in nor going out, just waving their claws and making harsh noises.This group of idiots, Fasnat thought so, swiped a few and killed those shadows.The black shadow turned into dust again, but the moment the black shadow disappeared, a black hound rushed in.This beast was much faster than the previous black shadow, and Fassnat cut nothing with his knife. He quickly concentrated and slowed down the things in front of him, but it was too late.

The hound bit the orc on the left shoulder, and the orc screamed, then raised his hand and beat the beast to death.Then he shouted loudly: "This is Kalimos' dog, the teeth are poisonous! I..." As soon as he said this, his left hand fell down like a puppet with broken strings, "It's broken, my left hand I don’t feel it anymore!” He hurriedly applied medicine to the wound, and then drank some kind of oil.

"Fasnat, wait for time, I have to wait until I can move both hands before I can open the mechanism!"

"it is good."

It was my mistake just now, Fassnat thought to himself, if I hadn't been careless, I wouldn't have hurt Kaoda.Just as he was thinking this way, another black shadow rushed in.Little Violet shrieked in fright and shrank behind the altar.Fassnut chopped off two heads one by one, and immediately shouted: "I won't let any of them go!"

He took out the killing intent in the arena, but last time it was for hatred, this time it was for protection-this is completely different.He fought those black shadows, he didn't know how many enemies he killed, but these guys just couldn't kill them all.A steady stream of black shadows rushed in, and Fasnat killed dozens, hundreds of them. In the end, even his phantom limbs were numb.His chest and thigh were wounded, his claws tore the skin and blood was flowing.

"How long?" he asked the orc.

But the orc said, "I'm going to guard the gate!" Then he rushed up with a big axe.Fassnut was taken aback, and said, "I can't turn the switch!"

"But I can't do it anymore!" The orc shouted, "My left hand doesn't work anymore, there's nothing I can do!" He slashed across a black shadow with an axe, "You find a way!"

I think of a way?Fassnut looked at his dual knives and thought to himself, what can I do?Dual knives can kill, but they are only tools for killing.Little Violet went up to try to twist the mechanism at this time, but the thing was so rusty that even Kaoda couldn't turn it. How could she, a female slave, do it?

There were more footsteps in the distance, and there were bursts of terrifying screams. It was obvious that there were more and more enemies.Little Violet was crying in despair, we will be consumed to death here, he thought to himself.

Just when he was desperate, the orc suddenly said: "Fasnat, there is one last solution!"

"what?"

"Have you forgotten what this place is?" He slashed with the axe, and then panted heavily, "That's... this is the place where you will graduate, you can fuse with the ferocious demon and become a ferocious warrior! "

Fassnut looked at the altar and asked, "Fierce warrior? Now?"

Evidently exhausted, the orc flung his ax out of his hand in one blow, and soon he drew his greatsword and continued the fight.At the same time he shouted: "Fasnat, listen to me! Touch the altar and let go of the spirit. Let your soul accept that soul, it only takes a second of ritual to complete, and after that, there will be no one here but you opponent! Don’t forget, you are the most powerful demon warrior ever! You may be the ancient king!”

He didn't know exactly what the orc meant, but his hope was rekindled.He touched the altar with his severed right arm as the orcs did, and the altar immediately responded to him—he felt a heat rush into his veins, and then his body began to tremble, and he suddenly felt great fear. Made him withdraw his hand.

The orc shouted again: "Don't be afraid! This is normal, overcome your fear, Fasnat! You can definitely save us!"

"I see." He tried again, and this time he let the nausea flow through him, fighting the fear rationally.However, the feeling of fear and disgust increased, and he wished to destroy the altar immediately.

Hold on, he told himself, I have to overcome this fear.It's nothing to be afraid of!

Gradually, fragments of ancient memories appeared in his mind.But this time he didn't have time to tell, because the night was screaming, because the orcs were howling, because the little violet was sobbing--I ran out of time!

In the end, the heat flowed into his mind, and at this moment his consciousness gradually blurred, and the last sound he heard was the maniacal laughter of the orc.

Something's wrong, he thought, I might be... getting something very important wrong.

Then he fell into a strange state of half-sleep, half-awake, and in a trance he felt himself set on fire.Terrible pain came from all over his body, and the pain was even more terrifying than when he severed his hand.He wanted to cry out, but couldn't make a sound.

He felt an ancient soul crying inside him.

He didn't know what was going on.

At this time, he slowly opened his eyes, and he found himself tied to the altar just now.His body was covered with iron chains, each one was extremely hot, he was so hot that he wanted to scream, but he couldn't.He looked around, he was still in that room, the shadows disappeared, and the surroundings were cleaned.The orc and Karimos were standing beside him, talking with smiles on their faces.

Why?He was puzzled, why is there such a situation?How is this going?

"Fire, are you awake?" The orc walked towards him with a sarcastic smile on his face.He patted Fasnat's face with his huge left slap, and said with a sneer: "This is your last moment, cherish it."

"What's going on?" Fasnat stared at him, "Kaoda, what's going on? You...you betrayed me?"

"There is never trust between a witcher and a fiend, you fool," said the orc.

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Fassnut, Unforgiven, V

At that moment, Fasnat felt a bucket of cold water splashed from head to toe.However, the heat of the chains brought him back to reality immediately, and he roared angrily, "Kaoda, you lied to me!"

"Yes, I have been lying to you." The orc rubbed his left shoulder, which was not injured at all, "I have been lying to you since the beginning, I deceived you to the temple, I deceived you to the arena , tricked you into awakening, and finally tricked you into a trap——Fasnat, this is not a graduation altar at all, it is an altar for sealing ominous demons."

"what?"

"We will seal the ogres that are too powerful." Karimos walked up while speaking, "but the seal is very troublesome, and the ogres must voluntarily accept the seal. So we performed this Please bear with me if your acting skills are not in place." He said with a generous smile like an elder, and Fasnet just wanted to chop off his head with a knife at this moment, "After you are completely sealed, we You can take the soul of the ogre and create a new ogre—such as an obsidian ogre, a flesh ogre, or a clay figurine, or something else."

Fassnut couldn't believe his ears, "Did you do Lavidia's monster?"

"Yes, killing ferocious demons is a loss-making business. What we think of is waste utilization. Kaoda and I are the largest and only producer of ferocious demon weapons on this continent. We make this powerful weapon and then sell it Big money." Karimos said with a smile, "There are no 'demon warriors' in this world at all. You so-called candidates are the fertile ground for cultivating fierce demons—Kaoda and other demon hunters have turned the world The blood drinkers from all over the place brought him, awakened him, and then disposed of him—the soul was used to make demonic weapons, and the body was used to drink blood for the demon hunters, killing two birds with one stone, a match made in heaven!" He said and clapped hands with the orcs, and the two Everyone laughed.

Ah, by the way, otherwise why would Kaoda appear on Bear Mountain?It turns out that these catastrophes are all from their handwriting!Fassnut wanted to kill the two, but he was bound firmly, and he struggled hard, but it only hurt more.

"Don't struggle in vain." Kalimos said to him, "These chains are not ordinary steel, but magic chains specially designed to seal fierce demons. The more you struggle, the more painful you will be. I advise you to save your energy. Immediately your consciousness will dissipate, and for a wretched man like you, death is a relief."

Death is not liberation, death is just the beginning of suffering.He thought, if I die like this, my soul will be in pain forever.So he struggled violently, the iron chain rattled, and the scorching heat burned his skin, making a hissing sound.The priest was laughing and said: "You can struggle as much as you want, try it!"

But he won't compromise easily, he stretched his muscles and struggled with all his strength, as if his arms were still there.Immediately, the iron chain was stretched a circle, and the temperature dropped accordingly. The orc widened his eyes and said anxiously: "He is using the power of a fierce demon, my lord, I see..." But when Karimos raised his hand, Said: "It's okay." He put his hand down as he said, and the runes on his arm surged, and the iron chain suddenly tightened, and with a "bang", Fasnat's body was squeezed out of shape , He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and his strength was also removed.

Karimos said: "This is a normal process. The ogre always has to struggle back and forth a few times. His strength is relatively strong, and it may take four or five times. Let's just keep an eye on him."

As he said, Fassnat started to struggle again. He tried to use his strength to break the iron chain. He once felt that he was going to succeed. Si chanted the spell, and the iron chain would tighten him again, and then the two of them laughed wantonly.

"The moment he gives up completely is when his soul dissipates." Karimos said, "I want to see how firm his will is."

Fassnut's soul is very firm - the rebels can't kill him, the monsters can't kill him, and the thugs in the arena can't kill him, he doesn't believe that he will die in such a place.So he struggled again, and the iron chain turned red hot, and he shivered from the heat.But he would not give in, he let out a howl of pain, and the chains wailed harshly.