Chapter 19 The Victim
"I am not very clear about the specific situation. The Lord's will is not something that we and other mortals can speculate without authorization." Kelly's voice seemed to be talking about something that was not related to herself. "I don't know whether the goal is the divine heart or something else, but it does not affect this mission."
"Just as agreed before departure, I will take you to find the location of the target, and then use the holy relics to collect the target and give it to you to bring it back. As for what I will do, it seems that it has nothing to do with you."
"It doesn't matter. You said from the beginning that we can give up on you at any time." Shuer said coldly, "But if you don't explain it clearly, how can we believe that the acquisition of the target really has no impact? If this alien projection supported by it suddenly collapses after the acquisition of the target, it will have something to do with us."
"It's not like this, because..." Kelly hesitated for a moment, and said it, "My Lord and the other party have an agreement."
"other side?"
"You just said that the God of Water in this world is a complete god. You are right. She is indeed a mature true god, but now her faith has been completely cut off and is on the verge of dissipation. If it weren't for an accident, she might have completely dissipated in less than a year or two."
"What you mean by accident should refer to projection in another world." Xiuer said thoughtfully, "Etherworld projection cannot even be copied by advanced souls, let alone the existence of water heart or gods, theoretically, it is impossible for her to appear in the projection world. However, she can use another method to smuggle into the projection world, just like... ahem, in short, as long as you master the opportunity, it is not impossible to smuggle into the projection world. Although it is impossible for mortals to master this opportunity, it is not too difficult for gods to smuggle even the gods that are about to dissipate."
"Well, she accidentally discovered the generation of projections in another world, so she took this opportunity to escape into this projection world, and then sent the final signal of help to Pavatiga. My Lord and this god are of the same origin, so she received the message of help, but the Lord could not come directly, so I will replace my Lord and give her a helping hand."
"But you never said how to avoid the projection world collapse."
"I am one of the carriers of my Lord's arrival, you should understand."
"Haha, that's true." Xiu smiled sarcastically, his eyes unable to tell whether it was ridicule or mercy, "The body of God descended."
The body of God descends is a special constitution that most priests seek. For a certain god, they can withstand the direct arrival of the will and power of the god without being assimilated by the will of the god. Once such constitution is discovered, they will be pushed to the top of the church.
Every qualified archbishop of the church must be a body of God, including Lisa of the Darkmoon Church. Only when the body of God cannot be found will ordinary priests be allowed to serve as archbishop.
For the priests, this is the supreme honor and the fastest shortcut to the sacred power. However, at extremely special moments, the body of God will also mean responsibility and sacrifice, such as Kelly now.
"After finding the target, she will use my speciality to transfer the remaining divine power into my body, and then, I will replace her as the core, temporarily supporting this world, so that she can hide in the holy objects and leave with you. Of course, the mortal body will not bear too much divine power, but it can still be done in the world that has barely been able to support for more than ten days, enough for you to return to Pavattiga with the holy objects."
"When you arrive at Pavatiga, my Lord's will will be outside to ensure that she can arrive on the other side smoothly, and of course you will not be in any danger."
"Even if it is to ensure that the holy objects can return to Pavatiga smoothly, my Lord will not harm you. Moreover, my Lord has officially promised Lord Dark Moon that he will never intentionally kill you, so I said from the beginning that you don't have to worry about anything."
There is no need to talk about what happened next. Everyone can leave the projection of the alien world, but Kelly, who is the support point, must not leave the core position. After everyone leaves the projection of the alien world, the channel of the exit point is closed. Kelly can only stay in this world alone, knowing that the divine power retained in the body is exhausted, and then along with the collapsed projection world, it turns into nothingness in the endless void.
The shadow-seekers all remembered that what Shuer told everyone privately not long ago, he asked everyone to be kind to Kelly. No one knew why at that time, but he only reluctantly accepted it for Shuer's sake. Now, if you think about it, it is not an excessive requirement to be kind to someone who is destined to die alone.
"Why choose us?" Shuer asked without commenting on Kelly's statement, "We are not the strongest in the Shadow Chaser team. There are several equally mature teams, and there are even legendary warriors. Similarly, we are not the most experienced. As far as I know, at least ten Shadow Chaser teams have richer experience than us. Compared with strength and fame, we are not the top. Don't you find it strange that we chose such an important task?"
"Not surprising. As you said, if you want to find a strong team, we have many choices. You are still far behind the top ones." I don't know what tactfulness means. Kelly's words caused a dry cough, but everyone has seen it long ago. This person can only talk straight, so no one has the heart to care about her, so he can only grit his teeth secretly. Unfortunately, Kelly himself didn't know that he would offend others, so he continued to say to himself, "And even with Lord Judy's introduction, it's hard for us to trust you until Lord Judy said something."
"Mr. Judy said that in terms of strength, you are not as good as the two teams of the Xuefeng Empire. In terms of experience, you are not as good as the two teams of the Night Elf Vallem and the Wind God Priest Ferdinand. However, first, you are the closest and time is too late. Second, in terms of safety, those teams are not as good as you."
"The Archbishop has inquired about your team. Since its establishment two years ago, it has been known to have more than ten shadow-tracking operations. Including the newly joined Mr. Makajren and several temporary staff members outside the post, including Baron Dark, a total of fourteen people have participated in your operations, with zero personnel losses."
"Maybe you bring out less spoils than other teams every time, but you can return alive every time, and this loss can almost be said to be unique. And this mission requires this kind of security. For my Lord, as long as you can accept the mission, it means that this mission has been successfully completed by 80%.
"In addition, I learned that you are the priest of Lord Dark Moon, my Lord has become more determined to hand over the task to you. For this reason, you can negotiate with Lord Dark Moon in person, and even make a great oath."
"This is why you are looking for you. What the Archbishop said is true. You will find out sooner or later. Once you ask, you will tell you like this. But I didn't expect that you actually found it so early."
"As soon? I found it too late!" Shuer slapped the table heavily and stood up suddenly, his expression full of extreme anger, and he said loudly, "If I had known this, I would have doubled the reward! Anyway, you would have to come to me at all costs. Even if I doubled it, you would agree in the end. Why should I worry that the price was too high and scared you away?"
Kelly was really stunned this time, her mouth opened slightly, staring at Shuer in surprise, just like a monster. As for the others, she covered her eyes and lowered her head in a neat manner, and could no longer bear to look directly at her.
"Cough cough, nothing." Sit down again after a few dry coughs, and Shuer said seriously, "Habitual reaction, no no, no, wrong, I'm just kidding to ease the atmosphere. You are so smart, you must have seen my purpose."
"Uh, ah." Kelly nodded blankly, not yet out of her stagnation.
"Very well, I know you can see it." Shur picked up the ritual axe on the table and played with it. "Why didn't you tell me from the beginning? Fortunately, the long-standing memory of this sacrament was inspired by something, allowing us to see the scenes of the past, so that I can understand the purpose of your Temple of Water. Otherwise, we don't know when we will know it, that would be too embarrassing."
"We are afraid...you will stop our plans." Kelly asked tentatively, "The Archbishop is worried that even if you enter this world, you will stop me for some reason, so he chooses to hide it as much as possible and will never tell you unless you have to."
"Ha, you also know that your plan is unfavorable." Shure smiled sarcastically, "Let us send a woman to the altar with our own hands and light a fire, which is equivalent to letting all of us bear the guilt of killing you with our own hands. We will bear this guilt in the future. If you were me, would you agree? Forget it, you cannot understand what it means to think from the perspective of others. It would be useless to ask you."
Kelly really didn't understand, so she could only stare at Shuer.
"Don't worry, the decided transaction will not change. We will do it according to your wishes." Shuer looked at his teammates and said leisurely, "They are the same, and no one will stop you."
"We do not agree with your sacrifice, but we respect your ideas. We will not try to use our own value to forcefully change your choices. Since you think it is right to do this, and you would rather die than do this, if we stop you, we will harm you, so everything will be the same."
Shuer looked at the shadow-seekers around him, and everyone's expressions were calm and no one expressed objection.
"Thank you." Kelly stood up and bowed solemnly to thank him, "Even if I die, my soul will thank you for your help."
"At that time, you didn't even have your soul." Moria added intentionally or unintentionally, "Even souls will be annihilated in the void, and you can't return to the Holy Lake."
"That's my glory." Kelly smiled rare, with a smile really full of pride.
Chapter completed!