The Rise of the Cemetery

If Li Xun had to choose someone close to him, he would not choose gods or mages.

The gods implement a typical policy of ignoring the people. In order to squeeze the beliefs of the people to the maximum extent and maintain the so-called purity of beliefs, they rejected the technological development among the believers, extinguished the spark of creation, and allowed the aristocratic lordship to survive for thousands of years. Under their rule, the people are always in a primitive state, without weapons that can resist raptors and beasts, and without the large-scale development of commercial industries. superior.

The mages inherited the arrogance of the arcanists. The heights the Arcanists once reached inspired them to continue to climb, and their failures were attributed only to personal stupidity and the dispersion of power. The mage stands at the pinnacle of knowledge, thinks he can control everything, and classifies himself as an otherworldly existence like a god, and no longer cares about the suffering of the people, just simply oppressing. For this reason, even the undead that exterminate all dare to cultivate, want to tame them into an obedient beast, to bite the enemy's helper for themselves, I really don't know who gave them the courage and confidence.

Li Xun despises these two different categories. He always feels that he should take a special path different from theirs, a path of sustainable development that can feed back to the world and be recognized by the world. However, he hasn't figured out exactly how to go, and it still needs time and knowledge to accumulate.

Time and knowledge, two things that are always in short supply!

Putting away the Abyss Stained Copper, casting the Remove Curse on himself to dispel the remaining power of the curse, Li Xun's heart was surging for a moment. Walking to the porthole and opening the small window, letting the cold moonlight shine into the room, Li Xun stood quietly for a long time, gazing at the sparkling sea.

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7 days later, the Ancona Port in the Principality of Novis.

The port of Ancona is located on a peninsula protruding obliquely. At the northern end of the island, two huge, sharp headlands protrude deeply from the northeast and northwest directions, forming a huge oval-shaped harbor. The northeastern headland stretches farther into the sea. At the top of the headland, a lighthouse made of huge basalt rocks towers into the sky. At night, the light on the lighthouse can be seen from at least fifty miles away on the sea.

Because the headland winds and plunges into the sea, although the headland protruding to the northwest is not as far as the headland to the northeast, the terrain on the headland is quite flat, and the waist of the headland with a width of several hundred meters is also much straighter. There is a lighthouse, but this lighthouse is much shorter. The tops of the two headlands are like the pincers of scorpions and crabs, with a small fork, so they are named east claw headland and west claw headland.

The two headlands extend outward and insert into the gem sea to form an arc-shaped island arc. The inner part of the island arc forms a circle of natural deep-water ports. Outside the island arc is an extremely good fishing ground, but the series of looming islands and reefs along the island arc are the most famous coral producing areas in the Gemstone Sea.

Noon is the busiest time of the day. Ships of all sizes are docked at various docks. The porters who unload and unload goods are busy running. The tax officials in brown robes are standing on the shore pointing and surrounding The merchants in the vicinity nodded and bowed one after another.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Li Xun looked at the busy and noisy life with joy on his face, and couldn't help feeling a sense of intimacy, wanting to jump into it immediately, and smell the long-lost life. It is said that in the 18 years that Li Xun has lived, 17 years have been called the bottom of the petty citizens, squatting in the streets and alleys to eat some cheap snacks, peeking at the white thighs of passing beauties, scolding a few words that are not pleasing to the eye The petty official, and the stall owner hypocritically bargained. This kind of life is the rhythm he is familiar with, and it is the life he has experienced. Perhaps only by standing among them can Li Xun find the legendary lightheartedness.

"Do you like this kind of life?" The sudden question interrupted his memory.

"Maybe! I've been living this kind of life before! As a sorcerer's apprentice wandering all over the world, it's really not easy to make a living." Li Xun completed the armed thought in an instant, and put on the reserved and elegant smile of the sorcerer, Looking back at Siris who walked behind with a smile, "Haven't you ever wandered? How did you complete your mage trials?"

Celis looked at him calmly, heard a hint of insincere in his words, sighed secretly in her heart, lowered her eyebrows and said: "I have already contacted the teacher. The carriage sent by the teacher may be waiting on the shore Me! You and Mage Kasas have taken good care of me along the way, and I hope to say thank you to you."

Li Xun hesitated for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "Will I still see you when we arrive in the Principality?"

Xi Lisi had a rare blush, and she never expected Li Xun to ask so directly: "Of course, I will live in Pierpont for a long time. As long as you can come, I will be very happy to receive you !"

Hehe laughed a few times, Li Xun rubbed his nose and didn't know what to say for a while! The almost blank experience of interacting with girls in the previous life not only did not give him any real help, but also brought him double stupidity. But following the princess's bright red cheeks, Li Xun noticed that she was dressed differently today.

The sea breeze blows the skirt as white as snow, the golden hair under the azure sun hat with round brim flutters in the wind, the blue pupils are flawless, and the two faint dimples on the beautiful and flawless jade dimples are still so beautiful. Stirring the deepest strings in the heart, the white porcelain-like pink neck is as delicate and lovely as a swan, and the white teeth biting the lower lip reveals a charming look.

Oh my god, Li Xun, who is dull, now realizes that Siris is not wearing the mage's robe that he used to see in the past, but a formal princess dress, which makes him amazed.

Seeing the intoxicated and infatuated look in the other party's eyes, Princess Siris felt a little satisfied, and gave a playful court salute, then turned around and walked towards the pedal with the help of the maid.

Li Xun watched her step off the merchant ship, and under the guidance of a man dressed as a housekeeper who had been waiting on the pier for a long time, boarded a four-wheeled carriage and drove away. Li Xun's face was sad and happy, and his heart was sour. It took a long time to find Casas who was standing next to him thoughtfully.

"Don't think about it too much! I have nothing to do with her." Li Xun hurriedly defended. To be honest, even he himself didn't know why he was so eager to defend.

"It's okay if I think too much, I'm just afraid that you think too much." Casas sighed with more than enough meaning.

"..."

Now that the princess has been picked up, the mission of this mission has been officially completed, and the following is the happy moment to receive the reward. It's a pity that the task reward still needs to be collected from the Principality's Mages Association in Pierpont City, so the celebration can only be postponed for a few more days.

After greeting Basal of the pizza company and exchanging contact information, Li Xun and his party found a hotel near the port area under the leadership of Casas and stayed.

With the departure of the master and servant of Princess Siris and the four family knights, Li Xun's team is only left with 2 mages, 3 duchy knights and 1 ranger. After getting along for nearly 4 months, we are very familiar with each other. Now that we return to our own country, the sense of security of returning home accompanied by the grief of losing a comrade-in-arms makes people want to get drunk. Casas was very understanding and gave the four of them a one-night vacation, and went to the city hall alone to contact the escort, while Li Xun let go solo again.

Walking unrestrainedly on the busiest street in Ancona Port, taking off the mage's robe and wearing a simple noble dress, Li Xun is just like a down-and-out noble young master. Li Xun didn't have any specific goals, nor did he have anything he wanted to do. He just kept walking along the flow of people, occasionally stopping to watch something he was interested in, and he came to the door of a tavern before he knew it. . Looking up at the huge wine glass on the signboard, Li Xun thought about it for a while, and decided to pay a visit.

Don't the legendary down-and-out princes, princesses, and hermits all like to stay in taverns and wait for someone to claim them? Then I will experience it too. With all kinds of strange thoughts, Li Xun pushed open the half-covered door and walked into the tavern, and the noisy sound drowned him in an instant.

From the rough signboards, it can be seen that this is a place where low-class people gather. It was still at noon, and the place was already full of sailors, porters, and adventurers. few. Li Xun walked slowly towards the counter, his eyes swept across the entire lobby, except for a sorcerer apprentice in the corner, he didn't find any interesting characters, so he couldn't help but secretly sighed.

Walking away from several slanting limbs, Li Xun sensitively felt slight malice, turned his head and glanced lightly, staring at a young man who was quietly stretching his hand towards his waist. The young man made eye contact with Li Xun unexpectedly, his body froze suddenly, as if seeing something terrible, he backed away screaming, knocked away a few drinkers who were blocking the way, and staggered out of the tavern .

This sudden situation immediately frightened a group of drinkers whose blood was heated by alcohol, and those who blocked Li Xun's path began to move their bodies unconsciously to make room. Li Xun walked straight to the counter without realizing it, threw out a gold coin, and said simply: "The best barbecue and the best wine!"

Since the soul talent was upgraded to soul punishment, Li Xun has never fought an enemy in close quarters, so he rarely uses it for soul coercion. The last time I tried it when I subdued the dark priestess Zena, it can effectively suppress the opponent's thinking activity and deter the soul. Produced an effect similar to a fear spell.

Thinking back now, the sea harpies and the underground dwarves seemed to avoid their positions intentionally or unintentionally during the battle. Could it be that the coercion effect of the soul sanction is at work? If it is true, then it is equivalent to bringing a mosquito repellent with you, and you will no longer be afraid of mosquito bites in summer, but do those mosquitoes have souls?

Li Xun's eyes fell on the owner of the tavern, but the indifferent gaze made him at a loss. Li Xun withdrew his mental strength a little, and the fat boss wiped his profuse sweat, nodded and brought a glass of wine, and then pretended to urge the kitchen to serve the best barbecue for the distinguished guests, then turned his head and walked towards the back kitchen. After turning into the corridor and out of sight of the mysterious man, the fat boss leaned his back against the wall and panted heavily. It's terrible! I just looked at the young man briefly, and I seemed to see a man-eating beast from those black pupils. A chill came out from the bottom of my heart, which made people tremble in teeth, hands and feet, and always wanted to find him. a safe place to hide. However, this feeling only existed for a few seconds, and then disappeared without a trace, but the clear feeling still remained in the memory, reminding myself all the time. Now I know why that little bastard Karl ran out screaming like a ghost.

Should such a terrifying person ask the meeting to find out the details? But as soon as he thought of this idea, those black pupils inexplicably emerged from the bottom of his heart, and the fat boss was so startled that his fat body jumped wildly. He quickly dismissed the idea, and this feeling gradually faded away. The fat boss kept calling evil, and didn't dare to use his brain any more. He hurriedly cursed the delicious and lazy bastard cook, and quickly served the mysterious master with the best things.