Chapter 17 The Stolen
The moment Panis finished speaking, almost everyone's eyes were staring at him, but he did not have the consciousness of a silver-level profession at all. He looked like "Why are you all looking at me?", which made everyone not know what to say at all.
"I need to consider it. I think everyone needs time to digest what they accept today." Teresa did not directly respond to Panis' proposal, but turned to the city lord Duke Winston: "Mr. City lord, I think you can give you two days to consider. During these two days, everyone can collect information, including asking survivors, checking the body, etc., but do not take substantial actions and make a decision in two days?"
"Of course." Winston said readily: "I have arranged a rest residence for everyone, everyone..."
"No need." Moore shook his head and said, "I think in comparison, everyone hopes to return to the temple to live, which will facilitate communication with each other."
"It's true." Teresa smiled at Winston and said, "Thank you for your trouble. If the Lord doesn't mind, we will return to the temple first."
"Huh, the business has finally been completed." Panis stretched his waist despite those who were politely saying goodbye to each other: "Let's go, let's go back too."
"You performed very reliably today." Lina said in amazement: "I was surprised that you didn't mess around at the meeting."
"Hey, I never make a fuss when doing serious business." Panis said dissatisfied.
"Yeah, it's true, but I've never been serious after finishing the business." Lina just said sarcastic words, but found that Panis had run away.
"Hey, this lady." Panis stood beside Marcia, who was waking up from bored sleepiness. One of the characteristics of the Church of God of War is that it often uses muscles and fists to replace the brain to perform the thinking function. In the eyes of the believers of God of War, all problems that can be solved with fists are not problems. When encountering problems that cannot be solved with fists, try to turn them into problems that can be felt with fists. Then solve them. This is the thinking mode of the Church of God of War. As a member of the Church of God of War, Marcia has long been used to this process. So when everyone is listening carefully to everyone's speech, she is completely unable to understand what everyone is talking about, so she has to doze off alone. When she is awakened by Panis, Marcia opened her eyes and saw Panis leaning against the table and looking at her eyes gently: "Since you are so bored, why don't I invite you to have lunch together?"
"You guy." Lina gritted her teeth and glared at Panis from behind, clenched her fists and slowly approached: "Just finishing your words, you started."
"Okay." Marcia, who was sleeping in a daze, rubbed her eyes. Her face, which was full of wild beauty, rarely showed a dull expression, but when she heard the word "eating", she immediately agreed.
"After eating, why not find a place with an elegant environment without people, have some physical communication with sweat, and talk about ideals and life?" Panis approached Marcia and whispered.
"Bastard, give me a little bit. Don't cause trouble for new friends." Lina resisted the urge to punch in front of the people around her and roared at Panis. But before she could finish her words, she saw that Marcia's eyes were already lit up.
"That's great. You are such a warm and friendly friend." Marcia immediately stopped sleepy and said excitedly with wide eyes, "Not only do you want to treat me to a meal, but you also want to fight me? Let's go, go now."
"Fight? Hello, have you misunderstood somewhere." Panis was pulled out by Marcia: "Don't you love peace? Don't you hate fighting?"
"The battle is just a competition. It's not a battle." Marcia said naturally: "I often play like this with my friends in the wilderness. I haven't had the chance to move my muscles in the past few months when I returned to the temple. You actually saw my difficulties and took the initiative to help me."
"Wait. I don't mean that, Lina, Lina, come and explain it to me." Pannis wailed and reached out to Lina for help.
"It's a body that is flowing with sweat." Lina shook her head with a sad face: "You dare to say this to the believers of the Temple of War. Let's go all the way, dear Mr. Pannis.
On the afternoon of the meeting, Lina didn't care about what others decided, and Lina first sent away the two silver-level helpers sent by the General Palace. Although the two young men and women repeatedly emphasized that they would rather die than stay, Lina still refused mercilessly. In Lina's words, if it was really related to the gods and people, the golden-level participation would be very reluctant, let alone you silver, which was purely suicide. Whether you want to die is your own business, but whether you watch you die for nothing is mine.
The two reluctant helpers were driven away, but they did not rush to ask for questions and started the investigation. Instead, they chatted with Cynthia in the temple for an afternoon of leisure, and then took Moor and Macia to have a meal together in the evening. According to Panis, these are two free helpers. One is too lazy to think about it yourself. As long as the relationship is good and there is no malice, the other is a friend. Of course, you have to work hard to get the relationship closer. If there is a sudden battle in the future, you will not be isolated and helpless.
During the dinner, only Macia was having a great time. As a member of the church's combat department, Macia herself had a fixed monthly income, but her appetite was really large. Although the food provided by the church was free, the taste and variety were not good. When eating outside, she always needed to control her food regularly to balance the income and expenditure, so she had been very troubled. Now that she had the opportunity to eat as much as possible, she naturally had to try her best to eat.
Of course, as an adult, although Marcia's heart is pure and peaceful, she still understands many things very well. She knew very well that Panis and Lina had the reason to get her closer. This need was not only Panis and Lina, but also as a separate representative. Moreover, living in the wilderness all year round, being with monsters all day long, giving her the beast-like intuition. She instinctively felt that there was no harm in getting along with the two, so she simply put down her guard and enjoyed a free dinner with peace of mind.
Marcia was having fun. But the other three people did not focus on food, but continued to exchange some newly obtained information. Even with Panis's experience and strength, they would inevitably feel pressure when facing problems related to the gods and people. If he was still the strongest demigod in the human race, if he was still the group of comrades around him, he would not feel pressured against any opponents under the gods. But now the comrades around him were replaced by Lina, and even further away, there were Catherine and Vivian. They really faced those opponents who were as strong as demigods and had divine nature. Panis had no confidence that he could ensure everyone's safety. Under such pressure, although there was no manifestation on the surface, he had adjusted his vigilance level to the highest level in his heart. He tried every means to see the road ahead and avoid excessive risks.
"I went to visit the survivor who woke up in the afternoon." Moore said with concern without any intention of eating: "It is indeed as you expected, no substantial news."
"This is easy to guess." Panis shrugged, and said while unconsciously cutting the meat pieces on the plate into thin strips: "They are just ordinary people. They are not professionals, so they cannot sense many things. For example, the opponent's strength level, the energy intensity of the magic array, etc., cannot be learned from them. Even if they visit, they can only get some news that everyone already knows, so there is no need to go."
"But you can be sure, the two people you met in the Flash Forest at noon, and the two people you peeked through the Eye of the Mage when you were crying in the cave, did not appear this time." Moore said: "This may mean that their organization's strength is greater than we imagined. This time, it was claimed that the survivors were expelled after fierce battles. But in fact, the patrol team who solved the case was the highest combat power in the bronze. But he was smart enough to find something wrong from afar, and immediately fired a call for help that represents the most urgent situation, according to the law of Winston. After this level of signal is sent, unless it is too far from the surrounding towns, it will be ten minutes.
Within 100 rescue teams must arrive quickly, and the reinforcements must reach at least 500 within half an hour. It is precisely because of seeing this signal that the opponent retreated before he had time to destroy the magic circle and confirmed that all the victims died. They did not leave in a hurry. They ignored the patrol team hiding in the distance, packed up all the items and left. According to the captain of the patrol team, there were only five enemies, but it is very likely that there were two legendary levels and three golden levels. If you added the legendary level you encountered in the flash forest before, the opponent had at least three legends in Neville's power, which was already a very huge combat power. With our existing strength, we could not defeat it."
"So our mission is mainly to investigate and not to fight head-on." Panis said: "By the way, have you seen the body?"
"Look, I've visited the survivors and went to see it." Moore said: "I also checked the corpses that were dissected. Not only the appearance, but also the internal organs, skeletal muscles and blood vessels, all of them have aged."
"That's it." Panis nodded, "I'm afraid there's something wrong with your thoughts. What they were stolen was not their life span."
"Why?" asked Moore, "What's the reason?"
"Suppose your lifespan can be stolen," said Panis. "You should have lived to be two thousand years old, but I stolen a thousand or three hundred years of lifespan. In this way, you should die immediately now, rather than die after aging, because what you stolen is the lifespan you have not lived, rather than letting you quickly pass this lifespan."
"Uh..." Moore was stunned and said in a little confused: "It seems to make sense, but what do you think is not lifespan?"
"I have an immature idea," Panis recalled: "An old friend once mentioned to me that in the First Age of Gods and People, people were better at time magic."
"You mean they were stolen by time?" Moore almost jumped up and said in surprise: "This is more impossible than stealing lifespan, how can time be stolen."
"Maybe there is a way for the gods? I don't know, so I'm immature." Panis said hesitantly: "Maybe after a while, I need to go to the Land of the Wizards. I'll ask that old friend if there is any such possibility, or you can ask Her Majesty the Queen to come forward and ask."
"I'll give it a try," Moore said. "But I still think it's unlikely."
Chapter completed!