Lords: From Civilization to the Stars.

Chapter 2: The Age of Advent
Did he believe it?
Did you deceive yourself?
Looking at Ulfric, the son of the stars, the blessed one of the gods who came down from the sky, who walked out of the room angrily, slapping his head, Leon, who was currently sitting on a chair in the wooden house, breathed a sigh of relief.

He's just pretending.

What about not understanding the ethical concepts of human society, what about the efficient way of sacrifice, what about theoretical correctness, all of this was just Leon pretending to be in front of Ulfric.

As a being who descended into this world, he could only pretend to be a man gifted by God in the true sense, and use faith and disguise to create an image of himself as a natural leader.

Because once weakness and incompetence are revealed, these people will have no mercy.

"But starting out in this frozen wasteland with looters all around, isn't this a bit too difficult..."

If I hadn't been able to pretend, I would have been killed as a slave, right?

Closing his eyes and pretending that he had no emotions at all, Li Ang began to sit in the chair like a machine, only in his heart he began to review his performance along the way.

Leon is an Adventer.

Five years ago, with a loud bang, everyone in Leon's world gained the ability to descend into other worlds.

After the early chaos and disorder, people quickly summed up some characteristics.

Most of the time, humans descend on cities or other civilized areas, but the more dangerous the place, the greater the rewards.

Every descender will encounter a certain degree of danger and hostility after descending, but by using the innate talents and judgment they have after descending to resolve the problems, they can easily survive.

Then you can go on to gain glory and power in this wonderful other world.

Sounds simple, right?

But on the way here, Li Ang saw with his own eyes what the seemingly honest man had done.

He is killing people.

Kill some slaves in his own fleet.

Because the slaves worked a little slowly in the snow and ice, he easily killed several weak men and hung their bleeding heads on wooden stakes as punishment.

On the cold coastline, countless slaves with rough wooden and stone shackles were dismantling broken longboats on the edge of the coast, and building a rough dock and town along the shore. The best house among them was the one where Leon was now.

The reason why these Norse raiders killed people was simple.

Because they were blown off course by the gods' storm, their ships were damaged and they had to dismantle some of their longships to fill the gaps.

Therefore, some slaves and even some Norscans were destined to be unable to leave on the longships, so killing and screening, and cruel violence were natural choices.

Because if you don't do this, you can't survive.

There is not enough food, the longship is damaged, the route is unknown, and there is nothing to hunt visible to the naked eye. So it is reasonable to kill some slaves, intimidate them and use them. For the Norse people, killing them is as instinctive as eating and drinking.

After all, Leon couldn't expect a civilization where slavery and robbery were the basis of survival to have much mercy and compassion.

So after Li Ang figured out the origins and mentality of these people, he pretended to know nothing.

Pretending to be as cold and heartless as a machine, pretending to be in line with everyone's impression of a cold machine blessed by the dark gods who has no idea of ​​human suffering and emotions.

Only such an image and words can make these people who still survive tenaciously in the bitter cold believe that he is indeed the son of the stars who fell from the sky.

He is the morning star that comes to save them, to bring them out of despair, and the savior that can free them from the cold earth.

Only such a cold, brutal and efficient image can intimidate these uneducated slave owners.

But Li Ang didn't lie.

He was indeed able to save these sufferers from despair.

Listening to the faint screams and wails coming from outside the door, Li Ang felt that as the hostility towards him dissipated, a picture gradually formed in his consciousness. It was a picture of the Adventer that he had seen in countless studies before the Advent.

A translucent panel appears in consciousness.

'Leon (Son of the Star)'

'Power: 1'

'Physique: 1'

'Agility: 1'

'Perception: 1'

'Talent: Communication proficiency'

'You can communicate with people regardless of their language'

'Skills: None'

'Comment: You have just arrived in this world for less than a day, what else do you want? '

The panel is simple and clean, even a bit crude.

If it was just a panel like this, then after a period of action, the Norsemen who found that there was no way out of the predicament would definitely make it into a blood eagle and hang it on the bow as a decoration.

But Li Ang is confident.

Because compared to other ordinary adventers, he has another advantage.

He has not one, but two talents.

After the soul from another world merged with the soul of this world, a brand new talent was born. This is his real confidence.

"I killed all who opposed me, Star Child."

Ulfric pushed open the door and threw a few round objects in his hand in front of Leon.

Those terrified heads showed the faces of the Norsemen that Leon had seen before, those people who expressed doubts and hatred towards him on the road.

Ulfric, who was covered in blood, took a breath as he looked at the head rolling on the ground, then looked at Leon who was sitting on the chair in front of him and asked in a deep voice:
"I have completed my mission, so please give me your instructions."

"..."

Looking at the man who rolled to his feet on the ground and died just because of his words, Leon slowly closed his eyes facing the pupils that had lost their luster.

The moment the system voice sounded in his mind, the originally timid Leon was already "dead".

An unprecedented sense of security and confidence in the future emerged in my heart.

'All opponents within the settlement are dead.'

'Preliminary task: The gathering place for the crowd has been completed!'

'A planet-level wonder (possibly unnatural wonder) and some raw materials will appear around your first gathering place in a reasonable way! Please let your explorers explore your initial landing place.'

'Your current explorer is: Monster Hunter. Ulfric'

"...Go to the back of the cliff where I descended. Just cross that hill and wait for a while, and you will get the answer."

Looking at the man covered in blood, Leon opened his eyes and said calmly.

(End of this chapter)