First Player

Chapter 340 Chapter 338·"I wish you a safe journey"

"Ding dong!"

[Obtain an S-level temporary mission: follow Xie Lude and achieve the best ending (point rewards will be given based on the completion of the mission)]

[Task description: Lele’s grandmother Garder disappeared in the evening. The light knight Sherlude seems to know the hidden information. Please follow him to witness the ending. 】

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The night is rich.

The rows of bungalow buildings slept quietly in the dark night. The blond knight walked through the silent night and walked to a small boat docked by the river.

On the small boat, an oil lamp hung outside the cabin. The surroundings seemed very quiet. An old lady wearing a fisherman's hat was sitting in the cabin.

Su Mingan looked inside and met the old lady's gaze.

"...Young man?" The old lady was stunned, as if she didn't expect to see him at this time.

Su Mingan took out the photo from her backpack and stuffed it into her hand.

"I regret it." He said, "You should deliver this thing yourself during the day tomorrow."

The old lady had a photo forced into her hand. She was stunned for a moment, then took his hand and forced the photo to him.

Su Mingan stood up directly and walked to the front of the ship.

In the darkness of night, the moonlight is reflected on the lake, and the boats break through the moonlight, like cutting through the milky white lotus.

Sherrod was rowing quietly, his sword lying on the edge of the boat, and the moonlight was gilded with a soft silver edge.

"Xie Lude." Su Mingan's voice came from behind: "Explain why a commoner from Garder goes out at night, and why do you deliberately avoid me?"

Xie Lude remained silent.

The sound of water flowed loudly. He shook the oar in his hand and looked straight ahead.

"Don't answer? Then let me tell you." Su Mingan sat down next to him: "...You have to send her away secretly at night and let her leave Praia."

Facing his words, Xie Lude showed a wry smile.

"You can't hide it from the captain," he said softly.

The moonlight shines on the quiet river, and the water surface seems to be connected to the sky.

In the silent night, Sherlude, who was covered with moonlight, spoke softly:

"...Captain." He said, "Are you willing to be my accomplice?"

Su Ming'an: "Because Garder is the child of the soul clan and humans - the soul hunters finally can't accommodate her, right?"

Sherrod was silent for a moment.

"arrive."

At this time, the boat suddenly stopped.

Su Mingan looked up and saw a river mouth in front of him.

Xie Lude helped the old lady get off the boat.

"Grandma Garder." Sherlude said to her: "Going along this street, there is a merchant ship that is planning to set off tomorrow morning. The destination of the merchant ship is the Heitel Empire, which is a small and wealthy country. You will live well in the past with the old-loving-young ethos.”

He said, putting a boat ticket into her hand.

The old lady held the ferry ticket tightly in her hand.

"Sherrod...thank you." She said softly.

"You saved me. If it weren't for you, I would have froze to death that winter. I deserve a reward." Sherlock said in a deep voice: "Get on the boat and leave here. Since the Soul Hunters have decided to release the second After this cleaning mission... I won’t let you go, and leaving is the only way out.”

The old lady held out her hand.

Following her slow movements, Sherlude leaned forward gently.

Her calloused, thin-skinned hands gently stroked Sherrod's golden hair with extremely gentle movements.

The moonlight shone on her hands and blended with the brilliant blond hair. Her hands gently touched her hair, and then moved to his forehead, seeming to stir up the mottled moonlight.

This is Praia’s blessing.

"Sherrod, good young man." She rubbed her lips: "...You are the most competent Knight of Light I have ever seen."

She took back her hand, and the soft moonlight swayed in her eyes.

"Sincerely bless you." Sherrod kissed the back of her hand: "I wish you a safe journey."

After saying goodbye, the old lady turned around.

When she turned around, she glanced at Su Ming'an with a very complicated look, tracing his face carefully, as if she was missing something.

Then, she said nothing. He just clutched the boat ticket and the family photo, and walked tremblingly into the darkness of the street with the light luggage brought from the cabin.

Sherrod watched her get on the merchant ship and then turned back. He wanted to take the initiative to go to Yunshang Church. He let Garder go, so he had to accept punishment.

In the movement of the water, the boat slowly arrived at the Church on the Cloud.

Xie Lude took the initiative to enter. He said that outsiders could not enter Yunshang Church at night and asked Su Ming'an to wait at the door.

It just so happened that Su Mingan didn't want to wander around in the church to avoid encountering the pope who was asking for help.

He waited at the door of a building similar to a side hall, waiting for the fire to light up at night.

He leaned against the wall and suddenly felt his eyelids twitching. The rich night light can easily make people want to sleep. He steeled himself and started watching the barrage. The latest topics on barrage seem to be Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

[Today is December 22, 2023, and after tonight it will be the 23rd. 】

[Yeah, I just realized that it’s almost Christmas... Brothers, I didn’t expect that I would spend Christmas here this year. It’s a magical reality. 】

[This is a festive day, it must snow in the world of the Lord God! Snow is a good sign!]

[In the past few days, people have been setting up Christmas trees and lanterns one after another. I see there are some Christmas activities on the road. It’s still the same business discount routine as always. 】

[...Poor those guys in the dungeon, it seems they can only spend the holidays in fighting. 】

[Haha, so there are disadvantages in copying the dungeon. It can’t even pass Christmas Eve. It’s pitiful...]

[I don’t know if the organizer will have any activities. I heard that ordinary games have welfare activities on special festivals like this. 】

The barrage was lively and festive, and the cold night in Praia seemed to have nothing to do with them.

Su Mingan yawned and sat for a while with his eyes squinted.

Leaning against the wall, he opened and closed the items in his backpack one by one, forcing himself not to fall asleep. About half an hour passed like this when he suddenly saw a bright light.

...No, that's not just light.

He looked up and saw a bright red color. This gorgeous color danced extremely wildly, seeming to dye the dark sky red.

That's fire.

He stood up suddenly and looked behind the building.

The flames seemed to come from the back of the church. The white moonlight was obscured by the flames, and the sky was as bright as day.

……coming.

Su Mingan immediately rushed in that direction, ran to the burning building, and pushed open the heavy door.

"rumble--"

The carved doors moved to the sides.

Su Mingan saw the burning flames in the hall.

But it wasn't because of any accident that the fire started.

...because it is a fire that ignites from a human body.

At least a hundred foreign tourists wearing different clothes and with fair skin stood in this hall, their bodies burning with gorgeous flames.

Their faces were completely scorched, their flesh and blood rolled and blackened, their bones slowly emerged, and their figures began to blur in the fire... But the scary thing was that they were silent from beginning to end, as if they couldn't feel the burning of the flames. pain.

And in the direction they were looking at, in the center of the church, a young man in a blood-red bishop's uniform stood there quietly.

In the bright light, he was at the core of the light, as if a god was falling from the sky, reaching out to the believers in the flames.

...What Su Mingan saw was this strange scene.

"Hey." Seeing the door open, the girl with two ponytails carrying a big gun raised her eyelids: "Why is someone here? Burris, didn't you say that you have transferred everyone here?"

Several people were a little nervous, and Peixue quickly raised the staff in his hand: "I guess they are all players running around, just kill them. Burris is burning these NPCs to gather strength, and we cannot interrupt his ceremony."

"Wait a minute, I think this player looks familiar..." Alex, the bald man, rubbed his sleepy eyes.

Ahead, Burris slowly walked down the steps with a smile on his face.

The red robe trailed behind him. He held the golden scepter in his hand and smiled gracefully surrounded by light.

"It's a coincidence..." he whispered: "I met you here...the first player."

When he said this, the players who were stumbling around on the ground instantly straightened up.

They shouldered their weapons and swept them away with laziness, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Amid vigilant eyes, Su Mingan slowly approached.

"Don't come any closer," Burris said.

Su Mingan kept walking.

"Don't get close - Player 1." Burris said loudly: "I don't want to be your enemy for the time being. When we wait for the feast on the sea, we will compete again. I have heard your response to my story, so, I And for today’s meeting, I have prepared a new story about my hometown for you——”

Only a short distance away from the group of burning people, Su Mingan stopped:

"Are we familiar?"