A common tavern that connects all fantasy worlds

The Dark Wanderer, who had gone to the east, and might have found the seal of Baal, certainly could not answer her call in this tomb.

Andariel's strength was gradually draining, her pair of hooves could no longer support her huge body, and she knelt powerlessly on the ground.

The battle is over.

Cassia carefully put away the gun that took a long time to prepare, and turned her head to cast a questioning look at Cassia at the door of the tomb.

Kasha didn't come over, but just stood outside and breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Jingzi: "What I have to do has been done...you are the one who should complete all this."

Jingzi nodded silently, picked up the gun in his hand, and came in front of the demon king.

An ordinary human, at best with some talent for drone operation, stood in front of the Queen of Pain.

"...My sister and I came to Tristram at the same time. Because we were helpless and daughters, we were indeed bullied when we were young. It wasn't until we joined the Sisters that we had hope... I became Rogue and Peach became a nun."

Jingzi was talking, but she didn't expect anyone to listen.

However, Andariel, who only had his right hand left, raised his head slightly, stared at Jingzi who was about ten meters away from him, and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "Yes, it's this kind of grief... Tell me more, little girl."

Jingzi raised her eyebrows like Cassia's usual way: "Yes, grief will increase your strength, but it will increase mine even more!"

With that said, she raised her gun without hesitation.

Chapter 57 Heading East

"Speaking of Andariel... Demon kings of that level really won't perish completely. They are part of the world, and even like heaven, they together constitute the power to maintain the balance of the world."

In the camp, Deckard Cain told the knowledge that the team of a few people might not want to hear very much by the campfire.

He did not participate in the relocation of the Sisters and the Rogues, nor did the five-member team... This is the moment that should belong to Akara and Kasha, especially after confirming that the monastery is completely safe.

There are still some sporadic monsters wandering in the wilderness, such as skeleton zombies, fallen Rogue archers, fallen demons, etc., but without the continuous call from the monastery and Andariel, they will be cleaned up by the Rogues sooner or later.

What is important is that the monastery is back under human control, and the passage between East and West is finally open again.

Warriv sorted out his cargo, and his carriage was finally ready to set off. Several people also agreed with him that they would go to the eastern port city of Lugoin with the caravan.

Taking advantage of this rare time to sit down and rest, Charsi is also working overtime to strengthen the team's guns and other weapons... After setting off with Warriv's caravan, they probably won't come back here again .No one knows where the dark wanderer is now. If he doesn't catch up with him soon, the end of the world is just around the corner.

The white-haired Deckard Cain is going to set off with them, determined to once again dedicate his knowledge unreservedly to these heroes who are about to embark on the road to save the world.

What sets these heroes apart from the normal folk in the camp?Perhaps at the moment when they learned of the fall of Tristram, the five of them, who may have different personalities, all chose to return to this world immediately, without any hesitation.

Even in the face of the devil king of hell, they have no intention of backing down or compromising...even though they clearly know that they may lose their lives.

The former Prince Aidan has the same quality, and people can't help but want to walk on the same road with him until the destined end.

It was also his duty, Deckard Cain, to make the heroes fully understand what they were about to face.

"Darkness will never disappear... because if darkness disappears, light will have no meaning. In everyone's heart, there may be hidden things that can be used by Diablo, Mephisto and Barr. Destruction begets fear, fear Hatred begets hate, hate begets destruction...that is the dark side of ourselves that we must face."

he said.

Not only that, but the indestructible nature of the Demon King itself is also related to the creation of this world.

The "Book of Lan Isen" written by an outstanding scholar and mystic Lan Isen once recorded a highly credible creation myth. According to his description, the unfathomable in the void The spirit Anu banished his evil side to form the evil dragon named Tasamet.

This evil dragon is the so-called "root evil", the embodiment of all the dark sides of the god Anu, and even Anu himself cannot defeat it.After a long battle, in the last collision before the two energies were finally exhausted, the twin gods disappeared completely, and light and darkness quickly erupted, creating the primordial universe.

It is said that the Seven Great Demon Kings were transformed from the seven dragon heads of Tasamet. When Tasamet’s corpse turned into hell and gave birth to countless maggot-like demons, its evil will was also reborn in the soul of the Seven Great Demon Kings. .

They are the dark side of the world itself, how could they be wiped out?

Paladin Jess sitting across from him frowned, and asked, "Could it be that we can't really defeat them, make them disappear, or at least stop meddling in the world?"

"Who knows? When Prince Aidan defeated Diablo, I also thought it was a victory for mankind. I thought that the three demon kings of hell had been sealed, and finally the world could be restored to peace once and for all. But the reality is that a tragic fate will come to you after all..." Deckard Cain sighed, "The world of Sanctuary is like this, it seems to be a lonely sailing ship in the dark and boundless sea, human courage is like this The only light of a small boat. Any small wave will capsize the ship and drown all the sailors in the deep sea; only by helping each other in the same boat can we seize the few chances of survival in the waves.”

At this time, he remembered the advice given to him by Boss Xue in the tavern: "Don't be willing to be a consumable resource, but to make mankind stronger as a whole, at least have the qualifications not to be wasted at will."

Those new weapons from outside the world somewhat gave him hope, and the all-encompassing knowledge books in the tavern... He has already decided that the next time he goes to the tavern, he will find an "employee" there Otherwise, facing a mountain of knowledge but being unable to start, this is really the most uncomfortable thing for a Horadrim scholar.

Before he was about to leave the camp, he had helped Chaxi get a few firearms with relatively simple structures, hoping that she could study the working principles of those firearms, and hope that one day she could make them in this world by herself.

Of course, it is still very difficult for people in this world to understand the technology from the "near future" world.

However, there is "magic" here...

As long as the role of each component is determined, it can be replaced by magic with similar effects.Cost is a big problem, but the most important thing is ideas... Reducing costs is another story.

In particular, not every component has to be replaced by magic items. In fact, the only thing that needs to be replaced is the "power system" that Boss Xue said.

Boss Xue called the Storm Pulse Rifle a "kinetic energy weapon" and further explained: "As long as you can make the bullet fly fast enough, it doesn't matter what you use as power."

In principle, this rifle is really similar to a crossbow... nothing more than hitting the enemy's body directly with a projectile with a certain weight.

If this kind of weapon can be popularized, even an ordinary farmer who works in the fields can defeat fallen demons or zombies, and can make weapons have magical powers through further enchanting... Will human beings finally be able to at least become valuable? What about the "chess pieces"?

Speaking of the situation in the Rogge camp, there are actually a small number of refugees who are willing to stay... and most of them are reluctant to part with the fields that have just been reclaimed.After the fall of Tristram, they still preferred to live under the protection of the towering walls of the monastery, and wait until the wilderness was completely quiet before returning to the river and establishing a town.

Even if you want to open up the wilderness, under the protection of the monastery walls and the Rogues' bows and arrows, it is safer than in this wilderness, right?

But soon, they will receive uncomfortable tasks... Akara organized some refugees from Tristram and asked them to clean up the interior of the monastery and clear the space for them to live for a while.

This of course includes the piles of corpses blocking the inner and outer corridors, as well as the human corpses in the prison that were tortured by demons.

The soldiers of hell didn't want to get any information from these humans, they just wanted to torture them.

Because of this, the situation in the prison is not very good... before arriving at the cathedral, Kasha and Rogue, who rushed in with the five-member team, witnessed that.

When it comes to destroying and torturing humans, demons have never been stingy about using their talents... Most of their time in hell is spent thinking about this.

The prisons controlled by them are full of blood and minced flesh. The living tearing of limbs, skinning, and stabbing racks are only at the elementary level. There are more torture tools that even the most determined Rogues can't bear to see. .

Andariel says she prefers mental torture, but that doesn't seem to be the case in prison.

All Deckard Cain can say is...good luck to these people, and good luck on the journey ahead, the heroes can send the demons and monsters back to hell once and for all.

When he told the legends of the creation of the world to the heroes in front of him, Warriv, who was going to resell goods between Tristram and Lugoin, but was blocked by Andariel, also came here At the office, tell a few people that the caravan is ready, and their horses are already waiting.

The five heroes who saved the Rogue camp then stood up, sent the handicapped Deckard Kane onto the carriage, and took Rogue Kyoko, who really "killed" Andariel, on the journey with the caravan .

Teleportation spells can't be used to transport goods of this scale... so they still have to go to the monastery on the cleared road first, then cross the mountain pass, and then head east.

When the caravan passed by the icy plain, Cassia looked back in the direction of the large cemetery.

Now she knows that that place is called "Nun's Boneyard", and the big tree there was once full of vitality and canopy like an umbrella, until the "Blood Crow" took over there and began to pollute it with the power of death , to awaken the hungry dead from the ground.

From Deckard Cain, she also knew the achievements of that woman... She is one of the three warriors who defeated Diablo, the best arm around Prince Aidan, the pride of Rogue, Morena .

"If one day I also fall into darkness, you must come and solve me."

Suddenly, she turned to her companions.

"Then before you fall into the darkness, can you put that 'positive electron death ray gun' here first?" Dosten, a simple-minded barbarian, suddenly said this, and everyone didn't know what he was doing. Just kidding, or do you really have this idea... By the way, can barbarians really make jokes?

The necromancer next to him kept rubbing his chin and thinking about something. After a while, he turned to the Amazon and said, "...Can men believe in your goddess?"

The gazes of several people focused on him, and Paladin Jess asked directly:

"You want to convert?"

"No, it's not. It's just that I suddenly thought of a way to solve the curse on 'Leon'." Zur replied.

Chapter 58 New believers

Photographer Leon didn't really like the New York in his own world, but after staying in the pub for a long time, he began to miss the life there again uncontrollably.

In other words, he likes the sense of tragedy very much, that is, he knows that he is being repaired and flattened by that city, and many people like him are also suffering the same fate, but everyone just cannot do without it, and even puts himself willingly and actively offer up his life.

Isn't that the model who was killed by the butcher in the subway, Sakaki Erika?

Whenever he thinks of this, Leon always feels that he is full of creative desires, and he wants to rush out of that door and hold up his camera to take big shots.

But looking at the symbol on his chest, he still extinguished this thought.

He absolutely didn't want to become a monster, so it was better not to return to his own world for the time being.

Like Deckard Kane, he is also very interested in the collection of books in the tavern, but he likes to watch photography works from different worlds more, such as some shocking soundtracks in a book about Central and South American mythology. picture.

His girlfriend Maya still comes to see him every day and tells him what's going on outside.

The news in New York City is not very good recently... The main reason is that the last time a large group of high-ranking people were killed directly, the movement was still too big.

That organization is not only a physical blow to the people of New York, but also a solid upper class economically and politically, capable of controlling and influencing the operation of the world.

The deaths of these people almost turned the entire United States upside down. The director of the FBI personally intervened, and the location of the crime has been blocked until now.

At the same location, the stock exchange above the place where the incident happened was even more turbulent. The sudden death of the controller of several original giant companies caused the stock price to drop directly to the limit, which almost triggered panic selling and a new round of economic crisis.

In New York under these circumstances, no one cared if a down-and-out photographer disappeared and disappeared.

Susan, the owner of the art gallery, can guess a little bit about what happened there, but she decided to keep her mouth shut when confronted by the police and federal agents. She only said that she knew a certain participant, but not that well .

Just kidding, does she dare to take this level of incident on herself?

As it happens, she's also the only one who knows Leon has anything to do with it.

But soon, this case fell out of the public eye... Maybe the FBI finally discovered something serious and felt that the case needed to be kept secret.

My girlfriend Maya could no longer find news about that incident from the media, but the tense atmosphere in New York City did not subside. A large number of police forces were driven out of the police station, and even civilians who usually sit in offices had to participate in on-site operations; Especially in Manhattan, the density of police officers on the streets has reached an unprecedented number, not to mention vicious violence cases, walking on the street with a bag of tea, maybe there will be a few more bullet holes on the body.

The American people who have to gather and take to the streets for whatever happens have not expressed any opinion on this. Of course, they may have also expressed it, but no one knows.

There is no more news about this case in the media, but a few days have passed, and the street has not yet returned to calm.

Today, Leon got up from the bench in the deck again, went to the bathroom of the tavern to take a shower in a daze, and sat next to his own table again, fiddling with and cleaning up his camera.

He doesn't have any claustrophobia, and this tavern is not considered closed, but it's just very quiet, always staying here, and it's unavoidable that he is mentally depressed and emotionally wrong.

But today, he finally got a savior.

Necromancer Zul, Amazonian Cassia, and scholar Deckard Kane walked in, greeted Boss Xue, and went straight to Leon.

"...I probably have some ideas, and I can solve your problem. But I have to ask first, do you have faith?"

After a few polite words, Zuer asked him this.

Lyon was taken aback by the question.

Does he have faith... In fact, the vast majority of Americans believe in God.But whether this counts as true faith is open to debate.

On the one hand, Americans have always spoken like this, opening their mouths to say heaven and hell, "God bless you" and so on, but on the other hand, liars, drug dealers, and murderers still emerge in endlessly, and homosexual behaviors that clearly violate the meaning of the Bible are blooming everywhere.

After all, the people of any country are pragmatists. People's belief in God is just like the freedom that politicians talk about and the charitable donations of foundation companies. Everyone says there is, but no one has seen it.

Leon is also one of these "pan-believers". If you ask him whether he believes that God created man, whether he believes in heaven, and whether he believes in Judgment Day, he probably believes it too...but that's just because his ideas are not "Absolutely don't believe it".

"I don't have to."

After pondering for a long time, such a sentence came out of Leon's mouth.

This time it was Zul's turn to be dazed, but he didn't think deeply, and continued: "According to Cassia, men can also believe in their Amazon goddess... If you believe in her and are devout enough, you that symbol can be removed by divine power and Amazon's spell."

When it comes to the issue of piety or not, Leon has more things to consider. If you believe in it just to cure your "disease" or "curse", then it is definitely not pious enough.

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So he asked, "What kind of god is that?"

This question is answered by the Amazons: "She is the goddess of nature, the god of the four seasons, and her temple is the spiritual destination of all Amazons. She hates all things that violate the laws of nature, especially the behavior of living sacrifices and plundering of flesh and blood."

"So if I convert to her... are there any precepts to follow?"

"Of course there must be discipline. Generally speaking, God Ursula is a very kind and not too harsh god. Even if the Amazons go outside the archipelago to fight as mercenaries, they can still get her protection; but she She hates evil deeds very much, including exploiting the weak, cruelty, plundering innocent people, etc. Those who do these things will be spurned and cursed by her."

From the description of the Amazons, Leon immediately heard something wrong, and immediately asked: "So...you don't believe in her because she created you? She is not omniscient, either?"

This question was answered by Deckard Cain: "The creator of the world has long since left, and the belief in Sanctuary has never had anything to do with the creator. Even parents should not completely control their children, let alone the creator of the world." There is no desire to control any of his creations...We believe in God not because of 'where we come from' but because of 'where we are going'."

Leon thought about this sentence carefully, finally nodded, and said solemnly: "I am willing to believe in God Ursula... Please God bless me and lift the curse on me."

"Then let's go." The necromancer also nodded, pulled Leon up, greeted Boss Xue, and brought him back to the world of Sanctuary.

Warriv's caravan is camped somewhere in the rocky wastes.After leaving the monastery, the area covered with plants on the land suddenly decreased, and the hillside was covered with rocky wasteland. After walking for a day, there was no human habitation. It's not a strange thing to get used to.

Several people went to the tavern while the caravan was camping for a short time. When they came back, the camp tent had just been erected.The surrounding area was quickly surrounded by large goods, with torches inserted every few steps, and some mercenaries in charge of the night watch were sorting out their bows and arrows, preparing to start patrolling along the periphery.

Most people are preparing bonfires, food, hot water, and replenishing their physical strength and energy after a day of exhausting travel.

Only a few heroes who "saved the world" didn't do anything, but gathered in a tent, waiting for the return of a few people, especially the barbarian Dosten, who even raised his hand and shook hands with Leon .

He didn't go to the tavern to find the photographer, because he believed that this guy could make the right choice and would definitely follow him into this world.

The paladin didn't want to participate. He had a deeper understanding of his "Holy Light" belief at this moment, which was completely different from other people's beliefs; but it was no problem for him to guard the ceremony site, so he pointed at Leon Nodding, he held his shield and stood outside the tent.

Witch Issandra took out a few crystals distressedly and arranged them around the tent; unlike gold coins, these things are really valuable... Fortunately, the necromancer promised her to teach her a few crystals that don't require special requirements such as "die once". Let’s talk about it” little spell, otherwise she wouldn’t want to bleed.