Chapter 2: People who are rejected by the world

This is the story of Alice Black when she was still in the academy, a story that took place in the land of Nomoft, which was covered by the eternal frozen soil.

The sparks generated when the sharp blades intersected were very obvious in the dim alley. Ivan Bell fell backwards and hit the wall due to the impact.

She cursed a few times in a low voice. The ground that was originally covered with white snow at her feet was soaked with dark black liquid. She could smell the smell of blood from it, but more of it was something that was physically unacceptable. Sour smell.

It smells like a corroded torso. In fact, this is exactly what Ivan Bell is facing.Ivan Bell had heard people in the Council call this "thing" a degenerate, a monster that was once a human being but was now contaminated by darkness and had lost its soul.

The Fallen still look vaguely human, albeit only half.The other half of its body was like a grotesque clay sculpture, with deformed sarcomas growing on its torso, purple blood vessels protruding outside the skin, and the muscles all over its body swollen horribly.To put it simply, it is like someone forcing all the weird objects into a person.

Moreover, it is unimaginable that this monster actually has flexible skills. It can even fight with Ivan Bell in a narrow alley for a long time.

"Tsk."

Ivan Bell clicked his tongue and said, the young judge's eyebrows showed deep disgust and annoyance.She raised her hand, and several chains stretched out at the feet of the fallen. The chains wrapped tightly around it, making it impossible to move.

The Fallen stomped his feet angrily, causing the snow on the roofs of the surrounding houses to fall downwards.Ivan Bell patted the snow on his head, raised the sickle with a smile, and threw it along the chain.Originally, weapons like giant scythes were not suitable for use in small places, but Ivan Bell didn't care because her scythe was not an entity but a weapon that was close to the condensation of magic power.

Ivan Bell's scythe appeared again after passing through the wall. Its target was the fallen man's head, trying to chop off the monster's head with one blow.The Fallen stopped stamping, and it actually used force to tear off the lower half of its body, while its upper body escaped the attack of the scythe because it fell.

Ivan Bell watched everything happen in shock. What happened at the scene was far beyond her expectation.

She watched helplessly as the fallen man's upper body straightened up, and the place where it should have been connected to the waist was replaced by tentacles mutated from the intestines. The fallen man climbed up the wall with his hands and feet, climbed up to the roof and headed towards He ran away from the alley.

"Is this what 'don't take it lightly, they're very good at escaping'?"

Ivan Bell recalled what her mentor reminded her before setting off. This was the first time she had received a mission about the Fallen, and it was also the first time she had seen such a brutal way of escaping.

But the current situation does not allow Ivan Bell to let the enemy escape. This is not far from the center of the city. If the Fallen enters the city, it may cause a lot of trouble.To be honest, she thought that those ordinary people were fine no matter what, but the council did not allow any unnecessary casualty reports to be submitted.

Ivan Bell took back the scythe and threw it to the roof, and then quickly reached there by relying on the chain.She followed what could be regarded as footprints in the direction of the fallen man. After a while, she found the fugitive one street away from the square.

Ivan Bell jumped down with the sickle in hand and swung the sickle blade with all his strength.The Fallen's attack on passers-by paused for a second, and then its head fell off and rolled to the side.

Ivan Bell took out the scroll and sealed the fallen man's head. After doing this, she turned around and looked at the passerby who was attacked.After the passerby noticed Ivan Bell's sight, the scream that had been stuck in his throat came out. He screamed and got up from the ground, stumbling away into the distance.

Ivan Bell felt that the running posture of this man was exactly the same as that of the fallen fallen, and in the eyes of the residents of this city, Ivan Bell was just like the fallen, the incarnation of a monster.

"It's the ferryman..."

"Why are these damn guys here?"

"It's because of them that the city is no longer safe."

Yes, Ivan Bell, as an abyss crosser, people like them are also often called judges. They are the embodiment of judgment, a depriver of life and a protector of life.They walk with death, and have always been regarded as monsters by the outside world, and are rejected and rejected by ordinary people.

Ivan Bell stared at the ground irritably. She was not allowed to make any extraordinary move, she could only grit her teeth against these gossipy guys.After she entered the Council, she was taught how to become a qualified and excellent Abyss Crosser. The Council gave her strength and put shackles around her.

Ivan Bell left the city with a lot of resentment, and the people she met along the way fled from her.When she returned to the parliament, she reported the matter. After that, she was stopped when she was about to go to Mu Ren to vent her anger.

What stopped Ivan Bell was her mentor, a female ferryman named Cressi Analia.Cressy pulled Ivan Bell aside, stretched out his hand to adjust her clothes and said, "Little troublemaker, you didn't get into any trouble, did you?"

Ivan Bell curled her lips when she heard her mentor's joking words. She was well aware of Cressy's difficulty and her devilish character.

"I'm not in trouble, thank you."

Ivan Bell removed Cressy's hand from her collar. When she pulled away to hold the other person's hand, she was taken into his arms by the other person.Ivan Bell struggled to leave this rose-scented embrace, while Cressy smiled and pressed her head with a brute force that no one else could detect.

"It's about to suffocate!"

Ivan Bell felt that she was going to be suffocated to death, and she was forced to accept the love from the devil Miss Cressy.

"Okay, I won't play with you anymore, my dear, you have a new mission."

Cressy held Ivan Bell's head, lowered his head and placed a lip print on her cheek.Ivan Bell, who had regained his freedom, quickly moved away from Cressy and wiped his cheek fiercely with his sleeve.

"Ah? What mission? I just came back, okay!"

"I also know that you really want to stay with me for a while, but..."

"No, I don't want to."

Ivan Bell interrupted Cressy, but Cressy ignored her and continued to talk to himself: "I am also very sad to leave Ivan Bell, but this is a commission issued by the president himself."

"So, you have no choice but to go."

After saying this, Cressy threw the scroll with the mission written on it to Ivan Bell and left without saying goodbye. Ivan Bell looked at the other person's walking figure and flashed in her mind, "Should I be grateful that the other party let her go?" or " It’s time to stop her and explain the mission” are two completely different ideas.

Ivan Bell took a few seconds to think about it and chose the former. She refused to spend more than 5 minutes with Cressy.As for the task, she only had to complete it as usual according to the instructions on the scroll.The scroll was unfolded by Ivan Bell, and she read it line by line, roughly understanding the requirements of the mission.

"Go to the imperial capital and help the mission target."

Ivan Bell nodded and put the scroll back.She needs to pack her luggage now. If she goes by what the scroll says, she may not be able to return to the Parliament for a long time.Ivan Bell is quite happy, after all, this way she can stay away from Cressy and avoid being teased by him as a "toy".

—TBC—

Chapter 3: "Thieves' Wrist" and the Caravan

Spring Season February 2

On the road away from the Magician Academy, Alice, who was walking forward, had not yet known that she would meet the young judge in the future.

Now, as a girl who has never traveled far, Alice shows a strong curiosity about everything.She stuffed many things into her box, such as wild flowers picked randomly on the road, some unknown varieties of fruits, and even a pile of strange-shaped stones.

It's a good thing that this box is a product of magic, otherwise the box would have exploded due to Alice's hoarding addiction before it reached the imperial capital.

Alice carefully put the last wild flower into the box and then closed the box with satisfaction. Then she unfolded the map in her hand and marked the distance between herself and the imperial capital. Only then did she realize that she had spent a lot of time collecting flowers along the way. After a long time, she only walked a quarter of the total distance.

"Hey, we can't hurry up and hurry up."

Alice felt a little regretful. If she had followed the original plan, her speed would not allow her to reach her destination, the royal capital of Ander, in one day, but it would still be more than enough to reach the villages along the way.Although it was noon now, if she continued walking slowly, Alice might be sleeping on the street tonight.

"At least we have to get to the village before dark."

Alice put away the map and ran forward quickly, the scenery around her constantly changing.

After several hours of traveling, she saw other people.

It was what looked like a caravan, and Alice could vaguely see people loading and unloading goods from the carriage in the distance.

"Great, it's a caravan!"

Alice thought that if she could get in touch with this caravan, she might be able to ask them to take her with them to a village or town.

With this thought in mind, Alice waved her hands and trotted towards the place where the caravan was.After getting closer, she could gradually see the people beside the carriage clearly, and what caught her eye were not businessmen in simple clothes, but a group of bandits wearing black turbans and broad blades on their waists.

"...!"

Alice couldn't help but stop. What she had known as "caravan unloading" suddenly turned into "robber robbery scene"

This change made her stand there dumbfounded.

"what should I do?"

Alice, who had only seen this kind of scene in books, could only ask herself what would be more reasonable in this situation, but the robbers didn't give her much time to think about it.Because of Alice's approach, several of the robbers had noticed her. One of the robbers with a long scar on his face drew out his sword and pointed it at Alice.

"Stop for Laozi!"

Long Scar shouted to Alice, and the people around him heard his shout and turned their attention to Alice.

Several other robbers put down their goods, and together they drew their weapons and quickly surrounded Alice.

Alice looked past the robbers and behind them. She saw the merchants who were tied up in a group. The merchants had frightened faces and kept asking her for help with their eyes.

"You...who are you?"

Alice raised her hands and took a few steps back.She scanned the robbers' faces one by one, trying to find any information she could discern from them.

It's a pity that she doesn't have anything else worth noting except for the silver hand-shaped pendant hanging on the robber's body.Strangely enough, all the clothes on the robbers' bodies looked a bit old, but this pendant looked particularly new.

Alice looked at the pendant, and another robber noticed her focus on the pendant. The robber then puffed up his chest proudly and said, "How dare you disturb us after seeing this token?"

"You idiot, you still haven't handed over the valuable things honestly. Otherwise...hehe, you know it!"

After the robber finished speaking, he gestured on his neck and stretched out his right hand to signal Alice to hand over her things honestly like the merchants did.

Naturally, Alice didn't know the origins of these bandits, and even if she did, she wouldn't have any intention of handing over the things.

What's more, there are still people asking for help from her.

"Hmph! You shameless robbers actually have the guts to commit crimes in front of me. Give me your things back!"

Alice crossed her arms and said the cool line she had always wanted to say.

The robbers who heard these words looked at each other, and then laughed. In their eyes, Alice seemed to be just a nosy passerby.

Alice puffed up her cheeks in displeasure and said to the robbers who were laughing at her: "Huh, it seems you won't repent."

"So……!"

As the words fell, Alice suddenly stretched out her hand and waved towards the robbers. As she moved, the blue magic light immediately enveloped the robbers.

""gravity"!"

As a magician, Alice is not good at ordinary elemental magic. She is born with the ability to control space, and this space magic "gravity" is her specialty.

The thieves controlled by magic were struggling in mid-air in panic, and all kinds of curses could be heard from their mouths.

"Reflect on it!"

Alice used magic to throw the trapped robber out, but after a while, she heard the sound of heavy objects hitting the water not far away.Seeing the robbers being thrown into the river and floating away, Alice nodded with satisfaction. She wiped away the non-existent dust on her clothes and walked to the merchant, then untied the ropes that bound them.

"...three...five."

After liberating all the merchants, Alice secretly counted the number of people present. Together with the child who was crying and being comforted by his mother, there were five people in total.Two of the strong men were helping each other treat their wounds, while the remaining old man was talking to Alice.

"Thank you for your help, Miss. Without you we might not be able to save these goods."

"I am the leader of this caravan, my name is Rydes."

The old man, to be precise, the leader of the caravan - Mr. Ryders said this while bending down to salute Alice.

"Ah, no. It's nothing. I just can't stand people doing evil things like this. In short, it's good that your goods are fine."

Alice kept waving her hands, indicating that she was just helping others. After saying this, she turned to the old man and asked: "Speaking of which, why were you attacked? There should be a village or something nearby. Aren’t there any Self-Defense Forces coming?”

She remembered her map. According to the map, there should be a small village named Dai Si'an in a forest not far away.According to common sense, most villages will spontaneously form self-defense forces to patrol the designated areas.

But now it doesn't look like the Self-Defense Forces have appeared, which makes Alice a little confused.

"Did the seniors lie to me?"

"Hey, this is because..."

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