Sometimes happiness is such simple things.
It is happiness for those who love swords to get a peerless sword; it is happiness for those who are in love to overcome all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and finally come together; even just drinking warm milk in their spare time after hard work Call it happiness.
To put it bluntly, happiness is a mind that lacks and longs for something.At the moment when you get what you are looking forward to, it is the ultimate satisfaction.
As for Eli, the little boy in the orphanage, he undoubtedly lacks too many things, or in other words, almost everything has been taken away from him, leaving only one life.
What a…..unpleasant place.
Without showing a wave of disgust on her face, Willis still kept that simple smile that wasn't too friendly.
"So little Eli, should we go now?"
"Well, good big sister, remember to follow me closely. There are many places in the courtyard that you can't go casually. If you run around, you will be caught and eaten by monsters in the dark!"
Eli, who got the candy, seemed to be getting closer to Miss Pastor a lot. After giving some childish and childish warnings, he turned around and started to lead the way staggeringly.
Wei Lisi and Xiao Guang followed without any tension, walking through the dark corridors of the orphanage, and Miss Julong even chatted quietly with her master in a leisurely manner.
"You seem to be friendly with human cubs?"
"Huh? Is there such a thing?"
"Yes, if it were any other situation, the master would definitely not be so patient to appease the other party and even send a small gift? Am I wrong?"
"Well... maybe."
Miss Pastor, who had no self-consciousness, didn't seem to care. By the way, she peeled the same candy for herself, stuffed it into her mouth, and handed one to Xiaoguang.
"That's it."
Feeling the sweet taste spreading from her mouth, Wei Lisi gave a brief and sharp comment.
"In the past, I liked children very much. They are innocent, cute, and have not been polluted by worldly money and desires. They seem to be full of interests in every gesture."
"Seeing them, I can't help but think of my childhood memories that have been somewhat blurred. Although it seems ridiculous and ignorant dreams and black history now, even if it is shameful, is it not a purer and flawless treasure than diamond crystals? "
Xiaoguang didn't seem to understand his master's feelings, blinked his golden vertical pupils, but was a little curious about another matter.
"Master must have been super cute when I was a child. After all, you are so beautiful and bright now, like an inexhaustible brilliance. I really want to see you as a child. Unfortunately, when I was born from a dragon egg, my master was already an adult."
"Forehead………"
Seeing Xiaolongniang's yearning look, Wei Lisi didn't know how to explain to her that her current body was made out of a game system, and there was no such thing as childhood at all.
And when he was really young, he was actually a little silly boy.
If my pet finds out, then the majestic life of being the master will be over...?
Chapter 116: Chapter 56: The Holy Knight Ji in Prison
When Edwina woke up, she found herself in a dark cell.
"Hmm... am I not dead, here..."
Under the body is a cold and hard wooden bed, only a little thatch is randomly spread, exuding a strange stale smell, and it is also a little wet, which seems to be due to long-term soaking in moisture.
The paladin girl raised her head and looked around. She was surrounded by a dirty and wet stone floor with an area of only ten square meters. Three sides were walls, and only the front was erected with dark metal railings.
The cell had no windows, and a burning candle was burning on the wall, casting a dim light that could only cover a few meters around.
Except for what could barely be called a bed when he woke up, and the commode in the corner, there were no extra items in the entire room.
"That woman didn't kill me like this, but chose to imprison me? Why...?"
The naive Paladin Ji, the first reaction in her mind was that the other party was unwilling to kill, but after thinking about it, this reason was too far-fetched, even she herself didn't believe it.
Although Edwina was a bit naive and old-fashioned, she was not a fool. The blue-haired woman was obviously in the same group as the weird undead she had chased away before, plus the uncontrollable vile and chaotic aura of the other party. It's a ghost to kill anyone.
So, is there any special purpose, so that he spared his life?
She still hasn't figured out what the blue-haired woman is. She is different from the weird person exuding corpse aura before, but she is not like a normal living person. She always feels that there are many strange things mixed in it.
However, now is not the time to take a closer look at those.
You have to escape.
Edwina briefly checked her physical condition. Although her waist was still aching, it seemed that she could barely move due to being unconscious for a long time, and the opponent's foot did not cause a real fracture.
but…….
The sword and shield, as well as the armor and storage rings, as well as the holy emblem and the holy seal were all taken away, and now I don't have any usable weapons on my body, only wearing a white inner lining.
Fortunately, the clothes inside didn't seem to have been touched, so there should be no strange things done while unconscious.
Although some of the faith-based magic that is exclusive to paladins can be prayed for without any external objects, but without supporting holy objects and weapons, the effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced. It is difficult to play a third.
There is a limit to the power of human beings, so they need to use external objects to strengthen themselves. Whether it is red copper mithril, earth or sky, even a legendary powerhouse, if he loses his usual weapon, he will be controlled by others like a tiger that has lost its sharp claws.
Edwina came to the fence, poked her head out cautiously for a while, and found that the outside was empty, and there seemed to be no jailers or anything like that.
Although she couldn't see it clearly, the cell she was in was not the only one here. The dark corridor was very long, and it was about tens of meters away that she could only see an iron door connected to this place with short steps on the high place.
Are there many others being held here as well?
That's right, when I saw the black-robed man before, he was indeed carrying a comatose little girl. In other words, this group of people had been secretly kidnapping innocent people in the capital and coming here.
"Is anyone there? Can you hear me?"
Seeing that no one was guarding her, Miss Paladin bravely turned up the volume secretly, leaned against the stone wall and asked the other side.
But Edwina repeated it three times in a row. There was only the sound of someone moving slightly in the cell next to her at first, and then it became quiet again, and no one responded to her.
"?"
The girl was a little strange, there was definitely someone next to her, whether it was the sound of breathing that was still ringing out until now, and the performance of being startled by her voice at the beginning, all proved this.
But why did the other party ignore her? Obviously, everyone is a refugee in prison, so we should communicate more, help and encourage each other, right?
Edwina couldn't understand, she was about to continue to say something, but suddenly there was a harsh bang from the outside world, and the heavy iron door connected to the outside world was pushed open from the other side.
A few guys of unknown gender, dressed in black robes that completely concealed their faces and figures, swarmed in from outside.
They seemed to be comparing something in their hands, and soon came to another cell not far from Edwina, opened the prison door with a key, and entered it.
Then, a woman's ear-piercing scream rang out in the dead silence of the prison.
"Ah! Don't, don't choose me again! I don't want to fight anymore, and I don't want to be like that again, this time I really can't stand it! Please forgive me, please forgive me! I don't dare to investigate any more, really!!"
Listening to the voice, this woman is not very old, only in her twenties at most, but her voice is extremely high and sharp due to extreme fear, and the super penetrating power reminds Edwina of the The Wraith Banshee that was slain in the Forgotten Land.
However, this also proves that the other party has a good background and physical fitness. It is absolutely impossible for an ordinary girl to make such a full-fledged cry. She probably has at least the strength above the fine gold level.
But what was a little strange was that no matter how much the terrified girl cried and begged, the few people shrouded in the shadow of the black robe didn't give any feedback, they just didn't make a sound, silently pulled her out of the cell, and dragged her out forcibly.
"No, don't, don't, don't! Let me go, please let me go... Gouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh...!"
It seemed that it was too troublesome for the girl to struggle and resist. When dragging her halfway, one of them suddenly took out a syringe with a cold light and stabbed it into her neck. He was not worried about any mistake and accidentally killed her. He directly squeezed the medicinal liquid inside without mercy.
I don't know what is in it, the effect of the medicine is so immediate that it is outrageous. In just a few seconds, this short-haired girl who is at least at the Adamantite level and dressed as an adventurer foamed at the mouth and fell down twitching. All gone.
Coincidentally, this scene happened in front of Paladin Ji's cell, and she clearly saw the whole process.
"Stop! What do you want to take her for... No, you need to stop her bleeding first! It will be very dangerous if you puncture the main artery like this! Hey, hey, did you hear me!"
Edwina slammed on the metal railing with all her strength, and there was a loud bang, but the black-robed men ignored her as if they didn't see her, and dragged the adventurer girl lying on the ground like mud, foaming at the mouth and twitching along the dark corridor, and left from the gate.
Bang, the heavy iron door was slammed shut again, suppressing all of Edwina's angry roars back into the dungeon.
"Damn! This group of lawless guys, even if they treat prisoners, they must treat the most basic humanity. The goddess will definitely give you a holy punishment!"
Miss Paladin leaned against the railing, cursing feebly with the most vicious words she knew.
"...I didn't expect you to be a temple believer too? Save yourself some effort, those people have no way of responding to you, they are just irrational puppets. Not only them, you and I will become the same sooner or later , or simply die in the experiment.”
From the cell next door, a low, hoarse, but still pleasant female voice came from, which lifted the depressed Edwina's spirits.
"Oh! Are you finally willing to talk to me!? Senior, hello, my name is Edwina, I am a paladin, and I am from the City of Angels. How long have you been locked up here? How did you get in? Do you know who those people are, or how to escape? What happened here is too cruel and inhumane, you must notify the kingdom officials!"
"...?"
The female voice in the next cell was silent for a while, as if she was a little speechless by the unique brain circuit of the lady paladin.
After a long while, she suppressed a little irritability and complained helplessly.
"I said you, have you figured out your current situation?!"
Chapter 117: Chapter 57: Another Paladin
After some one-sided and somewhat difficult exchanges, Miss Edwina, who had a slightly longer reflection arc, finally got a rough idea of the situation here from the woman who called herself Natalie.
This is an organization called [The Throne of Eternal Life], an experimental field secretly established in the city of courage in the royal capital.
They seem to be using the abundant materials in this metropolis to test and research many unimaginable vicious drugs and forbidden magic, and the people of the capital naturally become the best experimental subjects in an endless stream.
Natalie is twenty-seven years old and is a resident sky-level adventurer in the City of Bravery. Although she is not as good as those legendary adults, she is quite famous in the local area.
Because Natalie is young, beautiful, brave and good at fighting, and she is also a paladin who believes in the goddess. She often wears a whole body of white knight armor during missions, so she was given the title of "pure white lion" by troublemakers.
About a month ago, Natalie and her adventure team received a somewhat strange commission, asking the Adventurers Guild to help find her missing son.
Although this commission was judged to be only c-level in terms of rewards and difficulty, it attracted the attention of this sky-level adventurer.Because as a local, Natalie has seen very similar commissions in the guild more than once recently, and the frequency is too high.
It is not uncommon for a child to disappear in the city of courage with a vast territory and a population of several million. Miss Pure White Lion has caught more than one person traffickers and the like.
But this time... it feels a little different.
The descriptions of those disappearance cases are too similar. It is obvious that the same gang did it. Moreover, with such a high frequency of disappearances, someone should have already reported it to the police, and the law enforcement department should start the investigation.
But no, Natalie, who has been quietly paying attention to this matter, found that the Law Enforcement Department of the Royal Capital seemed to be blind to the disappearance of this part of the population, and turned a blind eye to them all. The intervention of external force is canceled by the parties concerned.
Natalie had secretly searched for it, but those families who lost their children either kept silent and asked nothing, or simply disappeared in the City of Courage.
After asking her neighbors, Miss Paladin actually got an explanation like "moved"?
If the child is missing, instead of looking for someone, instead of directly moving away from the capital?
Afterwards, the more she investigated, the more Natalie felt that the undercurrent of this incident was deep and deep. Some forces even noticed her actions and began to interfere with the investigation, and even directly threatened and warned others. Don't mind your own business.
But who is Miss Natalie?Paladin, the most typical feature of a paladin is her iron head, she will never bow to the evil forces, even if she is a member of the kingdom, she is only a non-staff member of the temple and is not directly related to the temple of the city of courage.
Therefore, after much consideration, Natalie decided to take over the commission with the team and formally intervene in the investigation.
To be on the safe side, she also wrote a letter, informing the archbishop of the Temple of the City of Valor about the abnormality discovered recently, explaining the reason.
Natalie was blunt in the letter, saying that if she also disappeared during the investigation, it means that the situation must have involved quite high-status figures or powerful beings.Please formally disclose this matter to the royal family, and seek the help of the fifth princess, Lilia Mecheland, who has been in the limelight recently and has good conduct.
Although she doesn't know Princess Lilia herself, Natalie's friend, the legendary adventurer Fei Yanhua, has a close personal relationship with her. Hua is an upright person, and her vision should be right.
Originally, Natalie wanted to tell Hua about this directly, but since the other party returned from the western region, not only has her strength improved significantly, but she has also become quite busy, often disappearing for several days.
So she could only settle for the next best thing and choose the same trustworthy devout follower of the goddess, the archbishop of the temple, Vader Heywood.
After making sufficient preparations, Natalie began to formally go deep into the darkness to dig out the inside story of this matter.
The investigation went smoothly unexpectedly, and all those resistances suddenly disappeared for some reason. After a period of open and unannounced visits, they finally found the Iris Orphanage in the west of the city, which was probably the final location of the thief's den.
The name [Eternal Throne] was also learned by Natalie during the investigation.
After writing another letter, informing the archbishop of the next action location and specific plan, she sneaked in here with two teammates who were also sky-level.
However, they were ambushed.
The other party was clearly prepared. Natalie and the others encountered a siege of six skymen and a legendary powerhouse. Two of her teammates were killed on the spot. She was also seriously injured and captured, and was finally imprisoned here.
It is precisely because of this that Natalie was able to get in touch with more secrets and darkness about this place, but as an experimental subject.
After being caught, Miss Paladin, who was quite strong and physically fit, was forced to participate in an experiment that seemed to be used to create a secret medicine for fighting puppets.
She didn't quite understand the specific principle, but just like the female adventurer who was dragged away and was also arrested here because of the investigation of missing persons, after being injected with drugs, she would have unbearable headaches and feel dizzy. After a long period of pain, she finally lost consciousness.
When he wakes up, he will return to the cell again.
After participating in several experiments in succession, Natalie recently found that she would occasionally feel dazed and unable to concentrate. Obviously, the drugs began to work gradually.
However, as a powerful paladin, she seems to have a good resistance to this kind of thing, and she has persisted until now.
And those people in black robes were originally adventurers who were captured here. It is said that they are not successful "semi-finished products". Because of continuous experiments, they have lost their self-awareness and will only follow fixed instructions like walking dead.
So no matter how Edwina yelled, it was meaningless.
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