Chapter 191 The First Follower

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Chapter 191 The First Follower

"Mental illness" is attributed to illusory spells such as "illusion curse" in this era, but as a modern person, Rody has a much more objective view of these illnesses.

"Claustrophobia", "angoraphobia", and "dark phobia" Rody all understand, so he knows that Akasha's current situation is really bad-but if she has a little thinking ability, she won't be so ignorant. Unscrupulously drilled directly into Roddy's tent.

"Stop first, don't drill."

"I, I, I..."

"If I don't leave, you don't move either. I tell you to listen, okay?"

The flimsy simple tent finally stopped wobbling, and in the small space, Akasha huddled tremblingly—Rody covered his face helplessly, feeling the faint scent of her body in his breath...

What is it called? Do otaku have spring too?

I thought back then that I was like a lone star in the game, my grandma didn’t kiss my uncle and didn’t love me, but after timetraveling, my female fate seemed to be dozens of times more than before, it’s really sad and lamentable...

If it were an ordinary person, the only thing that would come to mind would be to take advantage of the opportunity, but Rody has never let down his vigilance towards Akasha—although he hopes that this "God Priest" can join the team to help, but the background of the other party has not yet been found out. In the Qing Dynasty, he really didn't dare to trust casually.

So after stopping Akasha's movements, Rody said bluntly: "I know you are afraid, but I want to ask... What are you afraid of?"

"I... I'm afraid of the dark..."

The tent was pitch black at the moment, and when Akasha said this, her fingers were tightly grasping Roddy's arm—under extreme fear, her behavior was completely instinctive, without the ability to think at all.

"Relax, I said relax..." Rody took a long time to separate Akasha's hand. After thinking for a while, he raised his hand and activated the light on the ring.

When the soft light appeared, Rody could clearly feel that Akasha's body seemed to relax a lot. Her reddish eyes were fixed on the glowing ring, and her short breathing before gradually calmed down.

"Is it better now?"

"kindness…"

"That's good. I happen to have some questions to ask you. You can sit here and answer them."

Akasha nodded hurriedly, but her body leaned towards Rody again, as if she was about to get closer to the light before she felt relieved.

There was no way for Rody to hide, so he could only lean back and said, "Tell me about your previous experience, where did you come from, and how did you meet me in such a ghostly place."

He originally thought that Akasha would evade or keep silent, but he never expected that she would immediately tell everything without any concealment: how to enter the "Viper's Cross", how to come to Houllier City, why she wanted to leave the church...Ah Kai'Sa didn't have any intention of concealing anything at all, and told the whole story.

These things have been held in her heart for too long. Akasha's depression and fear are largely caused by the accumulation of negative emotions. However, Rody's question just opened up her conversation box, making the long-accumulated Pain, depression and sadness finally found a way to vent...

Following Akasha's narration, Rody finally understood that the secret passage in Hollier City was originally created by "Viper Cross", and she appeared in the "Book Room" because of the Snake King Sakya...

Rody listened silently. Although he had never studied psychology, he was used to rationally analyzing and solving problems after all—obviously, what Akasha lacks most now is "sense of security", and what he needs is hers. Healing magic, so to speak...

His eyes lit up, and he suddenly thought of an almost forgotten method.

Akasha finished telling her experience, and after the long-accumulated negative emotions were emptied, she found that her fear seemed to have eased a lot, and her originally blank mind slowly recovered her thinking ability—she rubbed her red and swollen eyes,

Whispered: "I...I feel better..."

Rody didn't expect that Akasha's "heart disease" would be cured a lot by his mistakes, but it was even more necessary to pursue the victory. He thought about it, and said his solution: "Your experience is very complicated, so I Now I can give you two options: one, like those two mercenaries, accept my employment for a period of three months, and I will sign an agreement to ensure that the contract is valid.

Or...you can choose to follow me, my subordinates have territories in the kingdom, you can have a new, legal identity, and at the same time, you don't have to worry about the sect's revenge on you. "

"Give me an answer when you think about it."

Rody's words hit the nail on the head—because the "new identity" and the guarantee of personal safety are exactly what Akasha needs right now!

So she immediately replied excitedly: "I, I choose to follow you!"

After saying these words, Akasha found that she could not help exhaling a breath, and her whole body was filled with an inexplicable force...

Rody didn't know that his decision had completely changed Akasha. He was looking at the panel in front of him with trepidation at this moment, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the pop-up dialog box——

【Do you accept Akasha's follow? 】

Without further ado, Rody chose [Accept].

"Follow the contract", this is the method that Rody just thought of - this is a kind of contract connection that players have long ignored, but it is used here, but it immediately solves the problem that both of them are distressed: Akasha is caught by the system Forced to become a comrade-in-arms who cannot threaten Rody, and Roddy provided her with shelter and solved her worries!

The effect of this contract is very straightforward: 95% of the experience that Rody will gain in the future will be retained by himself, and the remaining 5% will be distributed to Akasha as a "reward", and Akasha is obliged to assist Rody unconditionally during the battle .

Before, the relationship with Soderol and others was based on the affiliation of the military system, and then it was the comrade-in-arms friendship that was killed together from the mountain of corpses and blood. There is such a contract that can be bound... In the game, "following" can only be for players, but players are generally not interested in things that cannot be resurrected, so "following contracts" has always been unpopular and almost forgotten.

But such an unpopular contract has now become a "control" method that can be effective immediately. It is bound by the contract. Akasha must assist Rody in the battle, and he only needs to lose 5% of his experience to exchange for a different A "Nurse" who will betray... This is definitely a good deal for Rody who "can't afford to die".

He was in a good mood. Seeing that Akasha was still sitting, he said, "Is it better now? Then go back and rest early."

Akasha is trying to adapt to the new role. Although her heart disease has improved a lot, her fear of the dark has not disappeared immediately. She looked at Roddy's ring and hesitated to speak, and finally whispered: "Can... can Does it stay on? I'm still a little afraid of the dark..."

Rody raised his eyebrows, and then he took off the ring happily, and put it directly on Akasha's palm: "In the future, if you hold it, if you are afraid of the dark, light it up."

With the contract in place, Rody is not afraid that Akasha will run away. He does this because he trusts the "contract", not Akasha—but Akasha doesn't think so. I was so moved that I didn't know what to say, I almost put it on my hand with tears in my eyes...

Rody didn't realize the joint, and after sending her to the original tent, he went back to rest. But Akasha, who was lying on the simple bed, stayed up half the night. She just stared blankly at the ring that dispelled darkness and fear, and asked softly, "Is this the feeling of being trusted..."

She sighed softly, for many years... Akasha has never been so calm and satisfied like this time.

***

October 23, 588 in the Elonian calendar.

Under the gloomy sky, Kig Town outside the Silent Whispering Forest gradually became deserted. In the chilly air, there was no bustling hawking in the past. Even in the daytime, the streets seemed empty. Only a few big shops such as the mercenary union and the herbal shop in the central area were still open, but there were few people there. There are few visitors.

For humans in this era, when the cold winter comes, all outing activities are avoided, not to mention that this year's taxation in Kieg Town is much heavier than before, which makes the residents with poor income even less interested in other trades. .

Where there is poverty, there is wealth. In this era of extreme wealth gap, no matter how many homeless beggars freeze to death on the street, nobles will still enjoy exquisite food in front of a warm fireplace as if nothing had happened.

And as the owner of Kig Town, Viscount Telanca is the same.

In the master bedroom of "Ford Manor", the viscount is choosing clothes for the dinner under the service of the maid. He is tall and handsome, and he can be regarded as a well-known romantic figure in the Efta territory. At this time, the viscount was thinking about which noble lady to invite to the banquet tonight to spend a good night with him, and he looked at the fit figure in the floor-to-ceiling mirror with satisfaction.

The narcissistic Lord Viscount was about to ask the maid to bring another suit of clothes, but when he turned around, he found that the two maids had fallen to the ground at some point, completely unconscious...

"who?!"

He turned around and found a figure in a black robe standing silently behind him. On the old and ugly face of the other party, a pair of cold gray eyes were staring directly into his eyes indifferently——

"Lord Ansardin."

The next moment, Viscount Telanca knelt down on one knee, bowed his head and called out the name of the necromancer in front of him...

Apparently, the viscount in Efta's territory has already become the most obedient eagle dog under Ansardin.

"I received your reply. You have done a good job. Now that the resources gathered are sufficient, the preparations for the next stage can already begin."

Ansardin's words made Tranka a little excited, and he hurriedly replied: "For His Majesty Augustine, it is worth doing more!"

In order to raise funds for Ansardin, Telanka raised the various tax rates for this year by 40%, causing complaints in the territory, but obviously the life and death of civilians is really insignificant compared to his "great" goal...

Tranka is just one of the puppets created by the "soul extraction potion"—it is said that it is a puppet, but in fact it still retains its original consciousness and behavior style, and when it does not meet the "puppet master", it behaves like a normal person. There is no difference in human performance.

In addition, on weekdays, An Sardin does not allow him to contact the intelligence network of the undead at all, so there is no trace of such a puppet at all, and there are no flaws.

"I came here to talk about something," Ansadin said in a low voice, with a slight chill: "Postpone the matter about the experiment for now, and give me the information about Lord Pal."

He paused, and added: "I'll give you two days, and... find out where that guy named 'Roddy' is."

(to be continued)

PS: The name of this chapter comes from the first part of Captain America... rstAvenger (the first Avenger). There are many explanations for this setting, but I feel that it is too wordy. I will explain it later when I use it. Shout out Ask for a monthly pass!