An invincible journey that begins with a different race

Three seven one, Aesop

"So how should we pray?" After learning that Aesop had new abilities, Ganqiu asked anxiously, "To what extent can it be done? How long will it last? Will there be any negative effects? ?”

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Aesop said: "I don't know much about this because I haven't started researching it yet."

"Didn't you start researching?"

"Yes." Aesop nodded and said, "This needs to be set up, and it feels a bit complicated. I just know that I have this ability now, and there are still some steps that need to be completed to really achieve it."

Ganqiu asked subconsciously: "Then why don't you start?"

"Because I have other things to do." Aesop was a little curious, "Are you in a hurry?"

Ganqiu's expression suddenly became a little unnatural: "Ah, well... of course not. There's no need to rush, I'm just curious about your new ability. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right Yes, I’m just curious, I don’t want to try it myself at all, so don’t think too much about it.”

Before he finished speaking, Gan Qiu caught a glimpse of Stank and Jer with weird expressions on the side, and he suddenly felt angry: "You two bastards! Why are you looking at me like this?"

"No, we just took a look." Stank coughed twice. Before Ganqiu got angry, he patted Aesop on the shoulder and began to change the topic, "But Aesop, you really should study this earlier. It’s a skill. Some people need it very much, and of course I’m not talking about Ganqiu.”

"Do you need to mark me out specifically? Ah, is it really necessary?!" Ganqiu really wanted to fight Stank.

Of course, there is no need for them to remind him. Aesop will figure out this skill as soon as possible. After all, he is not a fool. It is impossible not to know how helpful this skill will be to him.

After he learns how to pray to himself, will he become a perpetual motion machine?

Aesop was eager to verify this conjecture, but before that...

He walked up to Lusaka, raised his head and looked at her, and then said: "I have already dealt with the one named Reinhardt."

Lusaka nodded: "I saw it."

Aesop raised his head higher, looked at the sky, and then said in a casual tone: "It's really a difficult battle."

Rusalka continued to nod: "I feel it too."

"I was so close to losing my life." Aesop lowered his head and sighed, "I don't know why I have to fight so hard."

The trio of escorts on the side could hardly stand it anymore, thinking to themselves, you bastard, you just have what you want written on your face, can't you just say it?When did you start pretending to sell badly?

If it were before, they would definitely complain, but now, thinking about the new ability that Aesop will have, they have the sense to keep their mouths shut.

And Lusaka was not a stupid girl. She naturally knew why Aesop was here, so she nodded slightly and showed a faint smile. Then she stopped acting with Aesop and said directly: "I understand what you mean. , I will fulfill my promise, but now...it’s not possible.”

As Rusalka spoke, she lowered her head and looked at her slightly trembling body.

"Those three children can't hold on anymore. To be honest, I'm quite surprised. With the strength of the three of them, I can survive for such a long time." Lusaka said softly, "I can feel it. Thanks to their efforts and determination, although our clan is no longer here, I believe that the three of them will become the last hope. If possible, please take care of them. As for what I promised you, as long as they rest, If fusion is possible, then I can do it at any time.”

Aesop nodded and said seriously: "Don't worry, I'm not some bastard devil. I will let them have a good rest and take care of them."

Bastard devil?

Death Abyss frowned, feeling that his reputation had been damaged.

With Aesop's promise, Lusaka was relieved to release the fusion.

Immediately, the figures of the three mermaid sisters appeared, and then they all fell to the ground, breathing heavily, their heads covered with sweat, and their brows were full of surprise and surprise.

"We are... not dead yet?" Siren Mermaid figured out what was going on first, and immediately turned to look at Aesop and asked, "Did we... succeed?!"

"Yes, we have succeeded." Aesop nodded, then squatted down, looking level with the Siren Mermaid, and then asked slowly, "I have already dealt with the one named Reinhardt. .”

"What a difficult battle."

"I almost lost my life. I don't know why I have to fight so hard."

Stank, Jer, and Ganqiu: "..."

Damn, you are really not a human being.

Soon, Aesop got what he wanted. As long as the three mermaid sisters finished their rest, he could collect the reward in one lump sum - four!

In fact, among the four rewards, except for Rusalka's share, the rewards of the three mermaid sisters should be shared by everyone.

However, the three of them decided to go with the flow and give Aesop the rewards of the three mermaid sisters exclusively, just so that this bastard could study that damn prayer earlier.

Mermaids only have small heads, but this is the big head.

For the sake of the big head, it is nothing to give up the small head.

And there is another point. The three of them have not yet recovered from the last seafood incident. Regarding these marine creatures, they feel that... it is better to leave it to the most unscrupulous Aesop. It just happens to be a personal favor. .

All three of them accomplished this, and Aesop was too embarrassed to fish for it, so he started to study this new ability.

Although there is no introduction to the power of faith in Deya Academy, after all, human magicians have always believed in relying on knowledge to overcome everything, rather than relying on metaphysics.

This is why human magicians are not particularly firm in their belief in the goddess. They believe more in their own knowledge.

So Aesop was essentially studying this without any help.

But fortunately, he is indeed talented enough.

After only half an hour of research, he had a rough idea.

After a surge of magic power, Aesop handed his "Aesop's Fables" to Ganqiu: "Give it a try."

Ganqiu immediately took the book and asked, "What should I do?"

Aesop asked: "How do you usually pray to the goddess? It's the more formal kind."

"Open the first page of the Testament, and then recite the goddess's title silently in a pious tone."

"That's it. The title of this book is not Patrick, but my real name, so you can just read my name directly." Aesop said, "But don't read it silently, read it out loud, like this Momentum can bring strength.”

"Oh oh oh, is this okay?"

"No, you still need to have feelings." Aesop said, "Because you are doing something with feelings, you need to inject your feelings."

"Oh, oh, you are so professional?" Ganqiu admired him very much, "Then what kind of feeling is it?"

"Your happiest moment." Aesop replied, "Recall your happiest moment, and then shout out my name."

"Okay, I understand!" Ganqiu looked at the "Aesop's Fables" in front of him, then recalled his happiest moments, and subconsciously blurted out the prayer, "Ah~ Aesop~ I'm fine... This guy Mom, isn’t that right?!”

[-] What did you take from me! ?

Just when Ganqiu was about to say, "This is not right at all," he suddenly felt a force emerging from his body, which made him widen his eyes.

"This is..." Ganqiu murmured, "I feel it, I really feel it."

Stank asked curiously: "What did you feel?"

"I feel an...incomparable power." Ganqiu slowly clenched his hands, "I am very strong now, really strong."

Stank and Jer exchanged glances, and then Stank asked: "Is he the strong one I understand?"

Ganqiu nodded: "Of course."

"How strong is it?" Jer also asked, "Can you show it to us?"

Ganqiu said "No problem", and then subconsciously put his hand in, but soon felt that something was not right.

"Wait a minute, how the hell do I show this?" Ganqiu scolded, "Still being stared at by you guys? What do you think I am, a monkey in the zoo?"

"But if you don't show it, how will we know how strong you are?" Stank spread his hands and said, "Maybe it's just your illusion?"

"How could it be an illusion? Such sharpness, such durability..." Ganqiu said halfway, then suddenly sensed something and was slightly startled, "Wait, why is it gone?"

He jerked his head down.

"Why did my power... disappear! Isn't this too fast?!" Ganqiu raised his head and looked at Aesop, "This is not much stronger than my own real combat power... Bah, bah, bah. , I’m wrong, this is not as good as my real combat power!”

Aesop scratched his head and said: "Maybe there are still some steps that have not been perfected. This is all we can do for the time being."

"This is too weak!" Ganqiu was dumbfounded, "Every time before a formal battle, I can't help but open your book, silently read your name, and pray to you...and then I can only continue for three seconds?! "

Aesop thought for a while and said: "It doesn't make sense. My power shouldn't be so weak. It should just be a lack of continuity. You can try again."

"Try again? How should I try?"

Aesop said: "When you don't feel anything, just read my name again. If you still don't feel it, just keep saying it. Of course, as I said before, you have to read it with emotion. This That’s prayer.”

"Really? Then I'll try again." Ganqiu held his breath and found the feeling at that time again, "Ah~Aesop~Aesop~Aesop~Aesop... I'm crazy!"

Ganqiu suddenly threw "Aesop's Fables" to the ground.

"Let's not talk about how strange it is to call your name during the official opening of the tower!" Ganqiu's mouth twitched wildly, "Don't you think that during the official opening of the tower, I called you something worse than a dream demon? Be loud, is this thing weird no matter how you look at it?!”

"I think it's okay." Aesop said, "For strength, this is a necessary payment."

"You have to pay your dues!" Ganqiu pointed at Aesop unbearably, "You damn profiteer, can you think about after-sales service? If you scream your name every day, sooner or later you will scare me to death! "

"Is it possible to scare out feelings?"

"...You must be fucking sick."

Demia couldn't stand the farce here anymore. She sighed, walked over and said, "The reason why this happened is because your faith is not strong enough."

Several people turned to look at her, and Aesop asked: "Do you know much about this?"

"It's a basic understanding." Demia folded his arms and said, "Because collecting the power of faith is not a special mystery. It's just that Deya Academy has always scorned this method, so you don't understand. . The power of faith does not just require a name, and as the object of prayer, you do not just need to exert your power and send blessings."

Aesop was a little confused: "What does this mean?"

"It means that prayer and blessing itself are a two-way process." Demia said, "The prayer offers a 'tribute' to the person being prayed to, and the person being prayed to sends a 'blessing' to the person praying for. This is the complete process. .”

Gan Qiu was shocked: "You still need a fucking tribute? Obviously the goddess doesn't even need it!"

"The goddess doesn't need it because she already has enough power, and she doesn't need it at all. The faith of believers is the goddess's biggest source of power." Demia explained, "For example, among a thousand believers, , the goddess may only respond to the prayers of one or two believers, but she can collect the faith of a thousand believers. And she also has a church, which will also provide her with power, but Aesop is different. If you have to say , Aesop should be regarded as a 'nascent' god, without the accumulation of original power of faith. Then his power to respond to believers is very limited."

This was the first time for everyone to hear this statement.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems true that they are all believers of the goddess, but they have never prayed to the goddess.

From this point of view, the goddess seems to be a scumbag who only collects money and does nothing... Ahem, bastard, how can you think of the goddess so much? !It's so disrespectful, so disrespectful.

Hey, it's all Aesop's fault. Ever since they met this guy, their faith has become less firm day by day.

"Moreover, you have no faith in Aesop at all." Demia said, "As a result, Aesop has no way to gain power from you, and naturally it is impossible to send blessings to you."

"Although you said so..." Ganqiu scratched his head and looked at Aesop, "I am already so familiar with this guy, you really want me to have any faith in him, isn't this too weird? "

"That's why Aesop can't respond to you." Demia said, "If you really want to get blessings from Aesop, you can only use another way."

"Another way?" Ganqiu asked curiously, "What other way is there?"

"Offering other things." Demia said, "It's equivalent to barter."

Demia's words made Jer fall into deep thought: "Why does it feel a bit like a cult sacrifice?"

"If you understand it this way, there is actually no problem." Demia spread his hands and said, "Without the accumulation of faith, the original 'gods' can only rely on these things to gain strength, right?"

Ganqiu asked warily: "So do you still have to pay?"

"It's not about giving money. The power of faith is spiritual power. Since you can't provide faith, you can only provide other spiritual things." Demia explained, "For example, emotions. Of course, this is also It’s not permanent, but it depends on what you want to get from Aesop. If it’s just that ability, the price won’t be too high.”

"It's not too high... what do you mean specifically?" Ganqiu asked very alertly, "I don't want to become a psychopath just for a happy Tata drive."

"It won't be like that. After all, Aesop is not a real evil god." Demia silently calculated in his mind, and then said, "Based on the power conversion and your own ability, if you want to get the ability to conquer half If the intensity does not diminish for hours, then you will probably have to pay a day's worth of emotions. For example, you will not feel happy, sad, or jealous in this day. This should be random. Wait until Aesop's The Power of Faith When you have more control, you can make your own choices.”

Hearing what Demiya said, Ganqiu thought it was okay.

What does it mean if you can't cry or laugh for a day?

For the sake of the small head, sacrifice the big head!

"In that case, let's try it again!" Ganqiu said to Aesop, "Let's try it for half an hour first!"

Aesop nodded, and then under the guidance of Demia, he blessed Ganqiu.

Soon, Ganqiu reacted.

And this time, it was obviously more sustained and stronger than the three seconds before the bang!

"It's successful! It's really successful!" Ganqiu was so excited that he almost burst into tears. "Finally, I'm finally going to say goodbye to the state of 'one, two, three, I'm fine'! Woo woo woo, have you seen it? Have you seen it...well, it’s better not to look at it.”

Ganqiu was very happy, then he remembered something, turned to look at Aesop, and asked: "By the way, what emotions did you take away from me?"

"Oh, let me see." Aesop examined it, and then replied, "Sexual desire."

"Oh I got it."

Ganqiu nodded.

Then, he slumped.

Sanqisan, you don’t want to wake up the goddess in this way, do you?