prynovel Chapter 404 Chapter 402 "You are the most competent knight of light I have ever seen."
Chapter 404 Chapter 402 "You are the most competent knight of light I have ever seen."
Chapter 404 Chapter [-] · "You are the most competent knight of light I have ever seen."
In the southern region, outside the outermost barrier, sea monsters blocked the sky and the sun, and the air was dyed light gray with black spots.
Under the city wall, the wounded were lying on white cloths, the radiance of healing shone on them, and the sound of mourning resounded throughout the land full of pain.
The light knight with blond hair, golden armor, holding a blue jug, and a broken knight sword slowly walked into the blood-red sunset in the snow.
He held the jar in his arms extremely carefully, like a fragile treasure.
When climbing the steps of the city wall, his steps were extremely slow at first, but as the steps rose, his speed became faster and faster, as if he was gradually leaving everything behind.
The sticky sunset stained his delicate armor little by little, giving off a layer of bright white light. Holding the blue jar in his arms, he carefully hung the necklace on the bottle in his hand.
The sea breeze was blowing, and the bright red cloak behind him fluttered up and down, like a piece of flowing fire.
……
【Half an hour ago】
"What is this? Naluo." Su Mingan asked.
"This is Sheld's younger sister." Nai Luo handed out the jar in her hand: "She was in refuge in the southern area, but she didn't have time to escape...she was assimilated into a sea monster."
Perhaps because he also has the talent of light elements, Xie Changying did not lose his sanity like other sea monsters.
After becoming a siren, her memory recovered little by little, and her emotions came flooding in little by little.Her figure gradually solidified like other mutated sea monsters, gradually becoming no different from human beings.
——She gradually remembered that on that crumbling island, there was a brother who loved her.
She disguised herself as a human being, poured into the crowd in the chaos when the enchantment was opened, hid in the jar, and was picked up by Naluo who was passing by.
"In order to maintain her sanity, she has consumed too much energy, unable to maintain her body, so she can only hide in the jar." Naraku handed the jar to Sheld, who was trembling all over: "Before she died, she wanted to see her brother... That's your side."
Sherrod took the jar.
At that moment, there was no light in his eyes.
"Changying?" He called softly.
No one responded.
The sea monster, who fell into a deep sleep and couldn't even respond, hid in the small jar without making a sound.
Sherud held the jar tightly in his hand.
Like that woman, he held the blue jar tightly in his hand as if holding a mahogany box.
His head, which he had always held up, slowly, slowly lowered.
The sea breeze and white snow stuck to his hair, and there was a misty sadness in his eyes, which gradually couldn't melt away.
The necklace with the photo attached to the jar made a crisp jingle.
"Changying." He said softly:
"……Happy birthday."
……
……
The wind and snow spread outward.
Under the city wall, Su Mingan stood facing the wind and snow.
The blue, almost transparent siren soul rose from him, and she closed her eyes.
Her energy in life was completely exhausted, and she was about to fall into eternal sleep at this time.
What can awaken her, apart from a large number of ordinary lives and souls, is the only life soul with divinity.
But if Sherwood chooses to offer his soul, the red rose will not be able to save him.
At this moment, Su Mingan finally understood.What does the so-called "brave" mean?
He is the only, the most valuable, the most able to relieve the current catastrophe, the hero of Praia.
He is irreplaceable.
"Shelude." Su Mingan said to Sherude who walked up the city wall step by step: "You have done enough, this kind of thing doesn't have to be your turn. Even if there are no other qualified divine souls in Praia, you can do it." Replace you with the lives of many more inhabitants."
His words are very direct, completely ignoring the eyes of others.
In his opinion, Sherwood who has awakened self-awareness is far more precious than those machine-like NPCs.
Shelud didn't have to dedicate himself to these people, and turned into a miniature of the Knight of Light among thousands of victims.
... He is clearly a 'human'.
Live, breathing, talking and laughing, self-thinking, 'people' living on this land.
If there must be this victim,
Why must the victim be him?
If the "brave" is destined to die in order to save the vast majority of people——
Why does this hero have to be him?
Cliff watched this scene in silence, and finally, even the always sensible old man couldn't help but speak out.
"Knight, you don't have to go to this point." He said: "You have already given enough to this land. This kind of thing, just leave it to other people. If we leave it to you, it is because we are sorry for you. "
Sherrod turned around.
He was holding the blue jar in his arms, and the emotion in his eyes at this moment seemed to be described as "hot".
. . . as a burning fire burned in his eyes.
"No one is sorry to anyone." Sherrod said: "If I don't do this, I will be sorry to myself."
He didn't look at the wounded who were watching him, nor did he look at the silent Cleaver.
His gaze was fixed on Su Mingan.
"..." Su Mingan looked at him.
He stopped in his silent gaze.
In the knight's eyes, there was a surge of intense emotion—it was determination.
"Captain. I heard them mention you in the discussions of other travelers from other worlds. They said a lot of sarcastic remarks and talked about you." Sheld said:
"They said that you are the 'first player', the strongest existence among them."
"They said that your ranking will always be number one, and your customs clearance route will always be the most perfect. You will make the best use of props, quests, and NPCs, and you will never leave any room for it."
"They say 'Player One' deserves to lead them, deserves to be their leader."
"Actually speaking, it shouldn't be like this. The captain doesn't have to be responsible for these people. The captain will make mistakes, and there will be times when he is not the strongest."
"However, as far as I know, Captain, you have always done this. You have always been the strongest. You have never failed these people's expectations. Even if you were reviled and misunderstood, you have never given up on leaving this position. .”
"You, as a matter of course, stood at the forefront of the war, and as a matter of course, became the commander of the battle. It was very natural, as if you were born to give a speech as a leader in front of everyone."
"team leader."
"—You are also bound by the system setting called 'First Player'."
Su Ming'an's pupils shrank slightly.
The wind and snow hit his face, making it icy cold.
"But, what does it matter? We all know, captain, you are human. You are not an npc." Sheld laughed.
The wind blew his golden hair, and his voice became more and more firm.
"It's like the speech before the cross-sea operation, captain, I can hear the emotion in your words, you are not completely calm, you are not, you just said those words for the purpose of 'raiding' us.
...While trying to impress us, you are also infected by the 'love' in your mouth.
——So, can I conclude that this restraint is not purely composed of mechanical elements, but also a decision of your own thinking as a human being? --So. "
The setting sun sprinkled on his shoulders, blood red fell on his eyelashes, and his smile seemed to bloom like a colorful flower.
"...As a 'human' like you, I am willing to be bound by the system settings of the 'Bright Knight'."
"I'm human. I'm... unable to just sit back and watch so many residents die for me, human."
"I am the 'person' set by the 'Bright Knight'. I am an independent life that can think independently, and I am a life that is willing to become the epitome of the image of the 'Bright Knight'."
"I am the character in the story, the epitome of the image of the 'Bright Knight' on this land, and a 'victim' in the spirit of mission."
"...I am also a free soul, a person who can communicate with you independently."
"The reason that prompted me to say this. It's not only - the so-called 'personal design' and 'system' are at work, but also because I have a brain that can organize these words."
"Mission, spirit, light affinity and talent, these are all things I was born with.
"I'm like a living being made up of everything I was born with. People say it's destiny."
"I take it, I take it, I -- think about it."
"I am willing - to this day, to be haunted by the emotions that stir in my heart - and by the chivalry I live by."
"If it is said that one person must die for the overall situation."
"—I am willing to be this 'Yongzhi'."
"Captain, this is the result of my careful consideration and proper decision."
Su Mingan stared at him.
The wind and snow gradually subsided, like a thin layer of fog, spread between them.
The other party's eyes, firm from beginning to end, are now full of brilliance, reminiscent of shells reflecting sunlight on the beach.
Sherrod turned around.
He walked down the steps step by step, walking very fast, and then stuffed the blue jar in his hand into Su Mingan's hand.
He knelt down.
With the blood-red cloak trailing behind him, he lowered his head and knelt down in front of Su Mingan in an extremely humble pleading posture.
"I'm sorry, Captain, I failed your expectations. I... can't go to eat barbecue with you anymore." He said in a low voice: "...Please, please help me."
Su Mingan sighed lightly.
"Have you figured it out?" He said, "The ones you saved might just be a group of NPCs controlled by the system. They are completely different from the precious you."
"No. I have gradually understood... In fact, there is no difference between me and them." Shelude said softly: "Whether it is thinking by myself or being manipulated, it is a fresh life... just like mine. Sister Changying. All of them, like me, can cry, laugh, hurt when injured, die when killed, and have their own thinking and beliefs. I... can't just sit back and watch so many of them die for me .”
knightship.
It's the so-called chivalry again.
It created such a bright knight who was upright and humble to the extreme, gave him room to think for himself, and made him willingly walk on the established path.
But at this time,
It is no longer possible to define the "destiny" of such an ending.
"Lemons, TV sets, chocolates." Su Mingan asked, "If you don't care about them, but only think about yourself...you don't want to see a world without war with me?"
Sherrod smiled.
"Captain." He said, "A world without war can also be here."
……
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[The first day when I met a traveler from another world. 】
[Today, many new people with interesting words came to Playa.They don't seem to be afraid of the authority of soulhunting and the royal family, which makes me both curious and worried. 】
[They said they were 'players', I thought maybe I should understand what the so-called 'players' meant. 】
……
[The second day when I met a traveler from another world. 】
[I met the captain. 】
【The captain is very powerful, he completed the task of Huajie by himself. According to other people, the captain is the strongest 'player' among them.I'm curious what exactly this means.But since the captain didn't take the initiative to speak, I won't ask. 】
[I really want to invite the captain to eat the barbecue at that restaurant. It is said that when the legendary savior hero boarded the airship, they saw him off at this restaurant. This is a beautiful meaning. 】
……
[The third day when I met a traveler from another world. 】
[Spirits do not exist on Thirteenth Street—the captain and I have become 'accomplices'. 】
[Grandma Gard said, I am the most competent Knight of Light she has ever seen. 】
[My relationship with the captain is getting better and better. 】
[I already understood the meaning of 'player', they looked at me very strangely, it was like staring at prey. 】
[Only the captain is different. 】
[Only the captain is different. 】
【He has been communicating with me on an equal footing, and he regards me as a soul with him. 】
……
[The fourth day when I met a traveler from another world. 】
[Lekne told me that lemons can be eaten with barbecue, and I want to share this with the captain. 】
……
[But the captain ignored me. 】
……
【why. 】
【Changying's birthday is coming soon, she really wants to meet the captain. 】
……
[The fifth day when I met a traveler from another world. 】
[Since the early hours of this morning, the bright and warm sunshine in Playa has disappeared. 】
……
[Why can't the tranquility of Praia be maintained? 】
[The princess looks very distressed. 】
……
[Does this have to be the case, Captain. 】
……
[The captain affirmed my existence. 】
[He said, I am an independent person. 】
……
[The sixth day when I met a traveler from another world. 】
[The princess leaves. 】
[I gradually understood from the conversations of the players that the captain also has his own difficulties. 】
[I heard from them that the captain is the "first player". 】
[In order to lead them and protect their world, the captain has gradually become a knight like me.Everything he did was for a better ending. 】
[I understand him. 】
【The captain told me that I am the legendary brave man. 】
[When Praia is facing a disaster, I am the most likely to resolve the disaster, and I am a very mission-oriented person. 】
[I am willing to take this responsibility. 】
[Before I was taken away by the red rose. 】
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[I saw Changying curled up in the jar. 】
……
[I suddenly, suddenly wanted to protect them. 】
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(End of this chapter)