The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 305: Strangers

"Why don't you go?"

Faced with his companions' questions, Arinada did not show any weakness and asked back on the spot.

"Because I am responsible for guarding the arrival of the Son of God!" Rashiem picked up the head with an entire esophagus attached and began to recycle it, gasping for breath.

Arinada sneered, "Lord Serkis is in charge of the Son of God himself. What does this have to do with you? You useless thing."

After saying this, he stopped arguing with Rashiem, who was in a state of ecstasy, and instead knocked on the door and entered the inner room.

There was a flickering candlelight in the inner room, and a shrine stood, enshrining a clay statue.

There was a man in a black suit, kneeling in front of the clay sculpture with his eyes closed.

He has a square face, a hooked nose, fair skin, a high forehead, and deep eye sockets. His overall temperament is elegant and noble, yet gives people an indescribable feeling of disharmony.

Arinada looked at the back of the man in the suit and slowly knelt down.

"Lord Selkis, those humans from the Judgment Department who destroyed the Sanctuary have learned of our plan and launched a week-long 'explosion-proof security operation' in an attempt to continue to interfere with us and stop us!"

At this point, Arinada chuckled and continued, "But they will probably never guess that the blocking drug will take effect tomorrow. The coming of the Son of God is unstoppable. This land will finally welcome its original owner, our Lord! Our light!"

He became more and more excited as he spoke, and his voice became louder and louder, shaking the air to the point that it began to boil.

At this time, Serkis opened his eyes, looked at Arinada without any emotion, and changed the subject and asked, "Have you found Edric?"

"..." Arinada was stuck for a moment, "Not yet."

"You know, he is my beloved relative, my brother. Without him, it is very important for me." Serkis said calmly.

Arinada's agitated attitude was like a duck being strangled by the neck. He squeezed out a few words from his throat with difficulty: "Lord Serkis, I have tried my best... I will...soon...there will be...results!"

Serkis looked at Arinada quietly, his eyes as solid as the deep sea.

The invisible pressure in the air caused the latter's body to crawl on the ground.

It was as if, because he had not done his job well, he was to be punished and crushed to pieces.

But at this moment, the suffocating feeling receded like a tide, and Serkis seemed to smile and said, "Tomorrow, I will go to welcome the Lord's coming. You must each do your job. You will create another hundred followers of the Lord as atonement. This time, there must be no mistakes."

The voice gradually faded away, and Serkis' body disappeared inch by inch like an eraser, leaving no trace.

Under the flickering candlelight, Alinada, who had saved his life, collapsed on the ground and breathed heavily.

Although the other party had already left, he still did not forget to kneel humbly on the ground and bid farewell in a humble tone:
"Yes, I will follow your orders, Lord Selkis!"

He lay on the ground, not daring to get up, and knelt for several minutes. Only when there was no other movement around him did he finally take a breath and stand up.

After making sure that the other party had completely left, Arinada turned his gaze towards the shrine and the strange statue.

The statue has feminine long hair and a soft oval face, but its body structure reveals a masculine posture. It rides on a cream-colored camel with a single hump, wears a jeweled crown on its head, and holds a trombone made of hearts, which looks like a royal support. It looks both strange and terrifying.

It is worth mentioning that this statue has three faces on its chest.

The face on the left was enveloped in flames, with sharp teeth, a sharp mouth, and blade-like barbs at the elbows;

The face in the middle is blurry, round and looks like two eggshells embedded together, without any facial features, and seems to be a baby, eager to be born;

The face on the right, with a high forehead, deep eye sockets, aquiline nose, and a square face, looks like a smaller version of Sergius!

Arinada stared at the face of Serkis for a while, then lowered his head and continued in a gloomy and trembling voice:

"I am looking forward to your coming...

"I look forward to your true coming, the coming of your true self, the coming after you have taken back all the blessings...

"The noble Emperor of Knowledge, the mentor of all mystical arts, the Angel King of Solomon... Paimon!"

……

Serkis left the building with a calm expression, went to the underground garage, and got into the back seat of the exclusive black VIP car.

He didn't say anything, and the driver seemed to have fallen asleep, sleeping very quietly. The leather-smelling car was dead silent.

"Edric, where the hell are you?"

"Why haven't you shown up yet?"

“Do you know how deeply the Lord trusts you?”

“Do you know that the Lord’s appointment to you is certain?”

“Did you know that the Lord’s servants will come early?”

"Without you, my body is not complete!"

“Without you, the Lord’s forerunner cannot be appointed!”

"Without you, only me, what should I do?"

"Why did you just disappear like that?"

Serkis talked to himself and kept asking questions.

He seemed extremely anxious about the disappearance of his brothers.

He seemed extremely worried about the disappearance of the pioneer appointed by the Lord.

The final moment.

In the last darkness before dawn.

Serkis said sadly, "Drive, go to the sanctuary."

The driver opened his black eyes, which had no whites but only pupils, and started the car mechanically, driving Serkis out of the garage and into the street.

The vehicle was traveling at a moderate speed, and although it was expensive enough, it was still inconspicuous in the first wave of morning rush hour traffic.

Today, Serkis was the only one in the back seat of the car.

He squinted his eyes, looked at his reflection in the car window, and with the help of the first frost of early winter, he stretched out his hand to draw a pattern on the glass.

"o-kou-o"

Then, with a slight tremor, he erased the left "o" with his finger.

In this way, the "o" on the right becomes the only one that dominates.

After looking at it for a while, Serkis didn't seem very satisfied.

It's asymmetrical on both sides and doesn't look perfect no matter how you look at it.

After a brief thought, he erased the entire pattern, exhaled, and drew a new pattern on the window.

This time it is something that looks like the word "回".

There are many ways to write the word "回".

For example, write the big mouth first, and then add the small o.

The main part is mouth, with o as a supplement.

The priorities are clear.

But Serkis's writing style is somewhat different.

He first filled in the "o" in "口" as usual.

Then, as if performing a magic trick, he made the “o” begin to enlarge, expanding continuously like a greedy beast.

This time, the "o" surpassed the blank "mouth" and gained the upper hand, locking the "mouth" inside.

The order of priority was completely reversed.

Seeing this, Serkis' shoulders trembled violently. He covered his face and made a hissing sound, and vaguely whimpered: "Edric... you are really my best brother... you died so tragically, you died so tragically."

"Hehehe."

"Hahaha!"

Serkis played the fast and slow tune, and sang with a smile on his face.

“The day of the Lord is near~”

"Just today!"

……

……

Xu Shu got up early in the morning, washed up, and looked in the mirror while brushing his teeth.

Looking at the inconspicuous bloodshot in his eyes in the mirror, he nodded thoughtfully. Last night, after reaching the next level, he chose to sleep and recover his physical strength instead of forcing himself to continue buying erosion crystals to upgrade. This was an extremely correct choice.

These bloodshot eyes are not because the physical strength has reached its limit, but because the mental state has reached the critical point of collapse.

If I hadn't stopped in time last night, my condition would definitely be much worse now.

It would be fine if there was no danger today, but if we encounter an enemy of equal strength, it would be fatal if we are not in a good condition.

Of course, another reason is that there is not enough cash on you, so you have to exchange it for crystal materials.

"Well, after today's mission is over, I can try to ask Director Bai for an advance on my salary to buy crystals."

"He has sent his daughter to me as a backdoor, so he will surely not refuse my request."

"Besides, I am now an official employee. Logically, the crystal materials required to upgrade to level 12 in the first stage for official employees are allocated."

"Although I'm already at the second level and have exceeded the time allocated for the package, can I ask them to give me the compensation they owe me?"

"I don't need to be too greedy. Just give me at least 40 or 50 first-level crystals according to the requirements of ordinary people to upgrade the first-level curse seal to level 12?"

"If I calculate the money, it's only about two million, not even enough for me to level up now, sigh..."

Xu Shu twisted his neck and relaxed his muscles.

All 12 second-level crystals were consumed last night, and the second-level curse seal was successfully upgraded.

Now his curse level alone has reached level 34.

With this level of cultivation, let alone players of the same level, even most of the third-level players are only in the range of level 33-40.

In addition, the quality of his spell is at the red legendary level, which is three stages higher than the 'excellent' blue level of the average third-level player!
in other words……

"As we all know, 2+3=5, so now I am equivalent to having the blue curse strength of the fifth level!"

"The fifth realm of Iron Armor is called 'King Kong'. In other words, I am now 'Blue King Kong', which is similar to the Smurfs!"

"But can the blue curse seal be upgraded to the fifth level?"

Xu Shu smiled to himself.

Of course, being on par with the fifth realm or something like that is just a joke.

However, compared with ordinary third-order transcendents, Xu Shu can now truly "fight above his level."

This was not because he was blindly arrogant, but the conclusion he came to after several battles with third-level masters - such as the leaders of the Heroes' Association, Song Nanshou, and the Chosen One Edric.

The battles between life and death made Xu Shu realize that although his legendary curse was a "big money eater", the corresponding improvement in strength was also real and unambiguous.

After reaching level 40, Xu Shu believed that ordinary third-level warriors might no longer be his opponents.

At least he needs to be a "mid-stage third-level expert" to fight against himself who is at the "late-stage second-level".

Apart from anything else, just the "domineering" alone can directly suppress opponents below level 40.

This is an almost unsolvable skill in a one-on-one situation.

But is that enough?
Xu Shu felt that it was far from enough.

As strong as the archbishop, a true peak master of the third level, killing enemies of the same level is like slaughtering lambs.

Even so, isn't the end result still death?

"Strength, I need more strength!" Xu Shu clenched his fists heavily at himself in the mirror, ready to show his skills and make great contributions today.

In this way, when the time comes to ask Bai Sanxiang for credit and reward, it will be even more impossible for the other party to refuse.

"What are you talking to yourself about so early in the morning?"

The orange cat Alice jumped off the toilet with her fat butt twisted, and called out: "Press the flush button for me, thank you meow."

"Tsk, how vulgar, how vulgar! You are a level 3 succubus, and you actually need to go to the toilet? And you need to poop and pee? Are you kidding me?"

Xu Shu covered his nose and flushed away the smelly cat feces with great disgust.

Some fantasies that had once appeared in his mind were shattered at this moment.

She is a third-level succubus, how can she be so smelly?

What about the dignity of the "succubus"?
How can I go out and solicit customers like this?

In this case, it seems that being extraordinary is not enough to get rid of the smell of shit, urine and fart. Those who don’t smell are actually exceptions. They are born not smelly, like Xie Xiaochan?
At this moment, Xu Shu thought of his teacher Pan with great nostalgia.

The look back in the past also had a flavor, and it was a strong flavor.

But after a period of cultivation, she has now become fragrant and elegant, with a faint scent of gardenia, which is refreshing.

Alas, the stench of smoke is gone like a surging river, never to return...

Alice wiped the cat's face, curious and protesting: "What are you thinking about? I am a cat now."

"Forget it, there's nothing more to say!"

Xu Shu opened the cat bag, picked up Alice and stuffed her in, then zipped it up tightly.

After doing all this, Xu Shu immediately went to the living room and woke up Tang Ying who was sleeping soundly.

Of course, he knocked on the door deliberately to remind the other party, in order to avoid scenes like "when he opened the door, he saw a beautiful girl lying on the ground with her arms and legs spread out without any clothes, and then he tripped and pressed his whole body on her with her mouth to her, chest to her chest, and bird to the window".

"Morning, Director Xu."

Tang Ying had actually woken up a long time ago.

She didn't sleep well that night and her eye bags were swollen.

It's not just because of the occasional screams from the beds upstairs and downstairs, but also because of the resentment in my heart.

"I'll leave it to you today, Yingying!"

Xu Shu grasped Tang Ying's soft hand tightly and squeezed it hard.

If it happened last night, Xu Shu's slightly intimate behavior must have made Tang Ying's heart flutter, and she couldn't help but imagine the posture of the next conversation.

After spending a night alone in her empty room, Tang Ying found that her mentality had become much more balanced.

"Okay, Director Xu, I'll take care of this matter!" Tang Ying nodded seriously.

The adoptive parents were also called up, washed up early, and after having breakfast, they were sent out by Xu Shu.

As for Xu Shu himself, he was the last one to leave and locked the doors and windows.

He was carrying a backpack, and after making sure that nothing was left behind, he prepared to take the elevator downstairs together.

At this moment, I could vaguely hear a shout from outside the building:
"Tanghulu~Marshmallow~Chuanchuanxiang~"

"Meow! Meow! Meow!" The orange cat scratched away instantly.

She meowed loudly, showing great interest.

Want to eat? Xu Shu went to the window and saw a vendor on a tricycle with a small loudspeaker playing a broadcast, about to leave his sight.

"I can't catch up. I'll eat it next time." Xu Shu sent a message into her secret passage.

"Meow meow!" Alice obviously refused and continued to call out in a flattering manner. She also began to use a strange force to invade Xu Shu's waist and heels, making his whole body numb for a moment and his head cool.

"What are you doing--you used the word "fall in love" on me?"

Xu Shu took a deep breath and instantly understood what Alice was doing.

This stupid fat orange cat, just to have a bite of candied haws, actually used the amplification skill "Fall in Love" to please himself!

No wonder people call it a "begging cat", "begging cat", it turns out that cats really have the habit of begging.

Xu Shu knew that if he didn't give her what she wanted and buy her candied haws, she would definitely continue to beg for food.

And her way of begging was to continue to increase the intensity of her massage and please herself.

Although it was just to please her, if he allowed her to continue acting like a spoiled child, the situation would be very bad - Xu Shu had experienced 'falling in love' before, and knew that enhanced feeling was coming, so he couldn't help but scream out loud.

What would it look like if a grown man suddenly started moaning?
It’s chilling to think about it.

After weighing the pros and cons, Xu Shu felt that it was not worth it to become a pervert in front of his adoptive parents and Tang Ying for such a small matter, so he decisively said: "You go first, I'll take the stairs."

As he spoke, without waiting for the elevator to arrive, he walked to the window at the entrance of the corridor, flipped out, jumped directly downstairs, and chased after the vendor who was going away.

Zhou's father, mother and Tang Ying were left standing at the elevator entrance, staring blankly at everything, their jaws dropping in shock.

Is this called taking the stairs?

(End of this chapter)