Chapter 34, Revelation and Explanation

I don't know if his idea really worked again, but anyway, he slowly felt that his own life energy on the palm of his left hand, which had been resisting the 'invasion' of Knight Crow's life energy, suddenly ran away as if fleeing. , hidden deep in the bones of the palm.

Without his body's spontaneous resistance, Kil's entire left hand collapsed.

However, Knight Crow had no intention of harming Kil, so his left hand had no other changes except for a slight khaki glow.

Knight Crow whispered to Kil. At this time, Kil's left hand was already very dangerous. As long as he controlled his life energy and exerted force, Kil's entire left hand would explode.

"Therefore, knights fight more by using weapons to directly destroy the opponent's body, rather than competing in this very dangerous method for both of them to see whose life energy is stronger, more ferocious and flexible."

Kil nodded, taking Knight Crow's words to heart.

Then Knight Crow changed his fingers in several places, left hand, right hand, left foot, right foot, left leg, right leg. When Kil's body arrived, the thing that worried Kil had happened.

"Where's your heart?"

Knight Crow opened his eyes wide and stared at the center of Kil's chest in disbelief.

As soon as his life energy passed, and after specifically avoiding Kiel's spontaneous life energy, he wandered around Kiel's chest and discovered that deep in the middle of Kiel's chest, there was no heart in the ordinary sense.

"How is that possible? Kil, where is your heart? Where did it go? And what keeps you alive?"

Knight Crow asked sternly, while his eyes were fixed on the eyes of Kiel opposite him. His brows furrowed tightly, and his free hand directly grabbed his weapon.

He could pull out his weapon at any time and kill the heartless young man in front of him.

Really human?

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Keir was speechless and didn't know what to say.

Seemingly sensing that Kil had something to hide, and that he had no violent desire to let others know his secret information, Knight Crow's frown gradually relaxed, and his hand no longer rested on the handle of the weapon.

"Little Kil, tell me. What's going on with you now?"

Knight Crow asked again with soft but firm words.

But Kil's whole body trembled, because he heard from the other party's words that if there was no answer at this time, or an answer that Knight Crow could recognize.

He is about to die soon.

Seeing that Kil still didn't speak, Knight Crow's face gradually calmed down, but his whole body quickly released surging life energy from his body.

An earthy yellow light shone from his body, illuminating the entire inside of the tent with an earthy yellow color.

Seeing that Knight Crow was about to take action, Kil closed his eyes, opened his mouth and said slightly: "I said, I said."

The atmosphere paused for a moment, but then Knight Crow stopped increasing his strength. Instead, he took back the finger that was poking at Kil's chest, put his fists away on his waist, and then slightly bumped his fists, and a ripple came from his hands. Spread out where the fists collided.

A semicircular khaki halo enveloped him and Kil, and with the support of life energy provided by Knight Crow, it never dissipated.

"Say it. I want to hear the truth."

Kil nodded and swallowed.

"Things will start from Doral Forest Village."

"Huh? Is there any problem in Doral Forest Village? I remember the old knight managed it very well. He has a group of loyal partners, and his younger brother is in charge of the manor near the village."

"Yes, but I heard a piece of news before Kendall City. There is a very ancient ruins to the southwest of Dorallin Village."

"continue."

Hearing this, Knight Crow's face flashed with confusion, but he seemed to remember something. He rubbed his neatly trimmed beard with his palms and listened quietly.

"Yeah. After I heard about this, I made a special trip to Dolarlin Village, which I had never been to before. It just so happened that, while exploring the ruins, I also helped the village solve the Goblin settlement that they had recently been troubled by. "

"I heard about this. Tell me about the ruins. What does it look like?"

"It's just that the outside is very ordinary. There are many high and low hills there. Between two slightly longer hills, there is a small valley covered by the hills. There are several very large petrified tree stumps inside."

"The petrified tree stump is very big? How big is it exactly?"

"Is it a few dozen meters wide? Anyway, the center of the tree stump is hollow, and it looks like several big houses can be placed inside. Anyway, after I found it, I looked at them all. Only the tree stump that the news said had something different inside, the others The stumps are all ordinary."

"continue."

Knight Crow calmed down, and at the same time, the life energy in his body gradually weakened.

"Oh. I managed to crawl in. It was quite deep inside. There were many bats living in the gaps inside, and the entire hollow interior bottom of the petrified tree stump was filled with the droppings of those bats. But it didn't smell bad. , it seems that for a long time, those things have turned into stone."

"When I went down, I found a hole that was stuck to the inside near the bottom. It was a passage that led all the way to the inside of the underground."

Knight Crow folded his arms and listened to Keir's words.

"So, what took away your heart in that ruins?"

he guessed.

Unexpectedly, Keir waved his hand: "No, no. The ruins were very safe at that time and there was no defense. I easily explored the entire ruins deep inside. It was very big inside, and the passage led to a huge hole deep inside. , completely constructed artificially.”

"Artificial?"

"No, no, no, I found out later that it was elves! Ancient elves, they lived here a long time ago. It has been abandoned for a long time."

"How do you know? Who told you? I don't think you know the elven writing. There are probably not many people in the entire kingdom who understand it."

"Yes, I don't understand either, but when I was exploring the ruins, I picked up a ring."

"Ring? Is it the thing on your chest that replaces your heart?"

Knight Crow pointed at Kil's chest with a strange expression. When he probed his life energy just now, he had discovered that Kil's heart function had been completely replaced by a ring suspended in the chest.

The blood flowing out of the damaged blood vessel is directly controlled by the ring and poured into the other blood vessel where it should go, perfectly replacing the role of the human heart.

Moreover, he also sensed the magic power from above. It was the magic power that maintained the use of the ring. But interestingly, the source of the magic is not the ring itself, but Kil himself.

It seems that this young boy has a lot of things behind him.

Keir then explained to Knight Crow.

"Yes, I picked up a ring. I didn't take it seriously at first. Many things in the ruins were reduced to ashes over time. The only things that were not reduced to ashes were some metal utensils and some odds and ends. That ring is one of them."

"But then it got to me."

"oh?"

Knight Crow cheered up and leaned forward a little: "Didn't you hear in the tavern stories that you should not pick up unknown things in unknown places? There are weird things in many places. Possessed objects. Evil spirits, curses, strange remaining magic, that sort of thing.”

Kil's face was a little red. He was fascinated by his great discovery at the time. How could he have thought of this? If it weren't for the fact that the elves had evacuated the ruins and abandoned them independently, he would have died long ago without knowing which ruins were defended. in the system.

"Yes, yes. Anyway, that ring is weirdly wrapped around me, no matter where or how far I put it. It will appear on my finger or in my backpack the next day when I sleep. Anyway On my body. And I also had some weird dreams. In the dream, it was what the ruins once looked like. There were several elves inside doing something, and there were also many animals and primitive humans."

"Humans? Primitives? What are they doing?"

"I don't know, it was a long time ago. It seems that we humans were not yet civilized at that time. We were wrapped in animal skins and howling wildly. We were just like wild beasts, only slightly smarter."

"But it has nothing to do with that. That ring has always been with me. I can't get rid of it."

Keir was a little nervous. He hid too many things that only he knew. And the whole thing is unclear. But it seemed that Knight Crow didn't care about this. He just rubbed his beard and murmured the words elves and ruins.

"Anyway, the ruins are there, and I can't move them away. After the war this year, won't you know for yourself? But be careful. I don't know what happened. Now there is water leaking in there, and many weird things have grown there. The Mushroom Man.”

"Mushroom man? Is it dangerous?"

Knight Crow asked seriously.

"I don't know. It's quite weak. It looks delicious, but I haven't tasted it." Kil waved his hands and denied that he had ever eaten mushroom man.

In particular, he vaguely remembered that he had dreamed of mushroom men in his dream not long ago, and it seemed that he had been rescued by those strong mushroom men.

"Okay, let's continue talking about something useful. How come that ring got into your chest and replaced your heart? Tell me clearly, otherwise I won't let you walk out of here today."

Knight Crow seemed to be serious, but his tone was actually not as serious as before.

Keir breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"It's a werewolf."

"Werewolf?"

"Yes, a werewolf defeated me, then dug out my heart and swallowed it." After saying this, Kil trembled with excitement.

The trembling came from his heart. After all, that was the most dangerous moment since he came to the other world.

"Kiel, calm down and tell me clearly the cause and effect. When did Kendall County have a werewolf?"

Knight Crow raised his eyebrows and spoke slowly, word by word.

Keir pursed his lips and said, "I made a promise to someone before not to tell anyone about this matter."

"But if you don't say anything, you have to stay here today. I'm serious, tell me quickly! Be honest and explain everything clearly."

Knight Crow followed and scolded.

Keir knew that if he didn't make it clear today, he might not be able to do anything good.

"Okay, but you have to swear an oath first. I will tell you this, and you can't tell anyone else. Especially Baron Kendall and Knight Rumi."

"I will make my own judgment on this matter, it's not up to you."

Kil had no choice but to hesitate for a moment, and then whispered about werewolves, northern wolves, and the Knight Jenny-Lanessa.

Although he didn't know something in detail, he just made a simple guess and knew what happened many years ago, and what he experienced later when he personally joined the hunter team to conquer the Northern Wolf.

After finishing speaking, Knight Crow sat on the chair with a serious face and remained silent for a long time.

"grown ups?"

"I'm listening. Hey, I didn't expect, I didn't expect that he would be like this. Who would have thought of this!"

Knight Crow sighed heavily, and the surrounding earth-yellow semicircular barrier also followed his mood changes, trembling continuously.

After a moment of silence, Knight Crow tapped Kil with his hand: "After Jenny's father disappeared, many of our best knights went to look for his traces. I didn't expect that he would be confused because he accepted the power of a werewolf. Became the wolf king of the northern wolves.”

Having said this, Knight Crow suddenly turned red, as if he had thought of something, and laughed awkwardly.

"The old thing is really weird. It seems to be quite energetic."

"So, when the werewolf defeated you and dug out your heart, that ring saved your life?"

Kil touched his chest: "Yes, not only that, but he also healed the injuries I suffered at that time. While the werewolf was distracted for a moment, I ran away quickly. The two of them pursued all the way and ran to the remains of the elves. I lured it in and used a mechanism inside to kill it."

"organ?"

"A stone sword, very big. It was stuck on a stone statue at the bottom of the ruins. The huge stone sword collapsed and killed the werewolf. By the way, when I went there again, there was water leaking inside the ruins and it was crowded with people who didn't know where to start. Where did the mushroom people come from? Thanks to those stupid mushroom people, I had a chance to kill the werewolf."

Knight Crow was not interested in the killing of the werewolf, but focused on asking about the mushroom man. After all, the ruins are located southwest of Dorallin Village, and are not very far from Kendall City in a straight line.

You really have to ask about those mushroom people.

However, after learning from Keir that those mushroom people were just puffy soft-footed shrimps, he was relieved.

"So, your heart was replaced by such a weird ancient ring, and you didn't develop any strange abilities? Is it a good change or a bad change?"

Kil touched his chest and couldn't feel the beating, and slowly shook his head.

The two were silent for a while, and Knight Crow shook his head: "It's not your fault, you're pretty lucky. Exploring ruins has always been a profession with the highest mortality rate. And it doesn't distinguish between exploration and exploration. The strength of the person.”

"Even if you are a knight or a magician, there are often news that you died in which ruins. However, there are always people who are not afraid of death to take risks for the treasures lost in the ruins."

After speaking, Knight Crow opened his arms, and all the surrounding life energy was reabsorbed back into his body.

"That's it for today, Kil. Regarding your situation, well, I don't know if it's a good thing or not. After all, our own hearts made of flesh are still very important to the road of knighthood. As for your situation."

Kil suddenly became anxious: "Sir, are you saying that because of this, I can't become a knight?"

He couldn't help but be anxious. He provided the crystal of pure elements that seemed important and told his secret, but this was the result?

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Let me study it. Don't be anxious. Becoming a knight is not a quick thing. I just used my life energy to invade your body, so that you can intuitively feel your own energy in your body. Life energy, but it doesn’t come without a price.”

"Since everyone basically relies on that life energy to survive, and when I just explored, part of the life energy in your body has been destroyed by my life energy. So after a while, you will probably be very Tired and tired, this will last for a day or two.”

"In two days, you will have to come back to accept such a set of procedures. Originally, there were some strange magic props in the army to replace my crude methods, but after all, the situation is like this now, and you have to suffer some hardships. This is one of the reasons why I asked you to train your body to the best condition."

"One?" Kil asked.

There are other reasons to be stumped.

"Of course." After saying this, Knight Crow was a little excited.

"Most of the current knights are too weak. Not only are they far from meeting the spiritual and spiritual requirements I think, but also their bodies, that is, everyone's body. Most of them rely on exquisite potions made from the body tissues of Warcraft. Come to improve. Seek speed and stability. But I say, these are not warriors at all, they are warriors, knights. They are themselves, and simple physical changes mean nothing."

"Hey, I have simply lost the courage and opportunity to pursue further."

Kil blinked, with a curious look on his face.

"Looking at your appearance, let me tell you something. Hmm, the current kingdom, no, I shouldn't say the kingdom, but the entire knight system has gradually become alienated. Apart from the people in the army, most of the people who become knights Most of them have become children of various noble families. They have lost their enterprising spirit, or in other words, becoming a knight is already their highest requirement in this life. After all, unlike you, becoming a knight is not a goal, but a goal. means."

"This has become a means and a tool for them to join the aristocratic class. It has become a useful tool for them to maintain the strength of the aristocracy. To maintain their rule, it is useless. Very few people understand, or they say they understand, but they pretend to see it. No, because they don’t have that courage and bravery.”

"Powerful violence is naturally the right to rule."

Knight Crow shook his head and felt that it was a pity for many people. Not only did he lose his ambition to become stronger, but he also occupied most of the resources and refused to let others have this opportunity.

"Kiel, you go back first. Have a good rest, you will be very tired. Get up tomorrow, eat more food, and sleep more, your body will gradually recover."

"And I have to study your situation."

After saying that, Knight Crow tapped the wooden doll on the ground with his hand. In an instant, an earthy yellow light appeared on the doll. Obviously Knight Crow injected part of his life energy into it.

"Take this doll, carefully experience the life energy on it, and then look for that part of yourself in your body. Remember, communicate with them, they are originally a part of your life and your natural leader. The people will spontaneously protect you and defend you. Even if you commit a heinous crime, the only people you can rely on in the end are them, who will never betray you."

"Keep in mind."

Kil nodded seriously and picked up the wooden doll on the ground.

As soon as his fingers came into contact with the doll, he felt as if the thing was stretching out tiny needles to prick him. After taking a closer look, Keir discovered that it turned out to be the shimmer of life energy released on the surface of the doll, which was attacking him. He causes very minimal damage on contact.

The damage was negligible, but it clearly allowed Kil to sense the powerful and dangerous life energy of Knight Crow.

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After saying goodbye to Knight Crow, Kil walked out of the tent, but before he could take two steps to reach his tent, a feeling of weakness suddenly hit him.

The knight came so quickly.

Kil staggered into his tent, put the doll aside, and lay down on the quilt without covering it. He fell completely powerless on the dog skin quilt.

The place where the knight touched his hand before could not lift the strength, and there was a dull pain.

The eyelids near his forehead felt even heavier, even though he was not sleepy.

After staying up for a while, Kil finally fell asleep.