Terraria: Cruel World Legends

Seeing this, the smile on Charles' face gradually disappeared, and he was about to say something...but the boy suddenly burst into hysterical laughter, which made his words stuck in his throat and scared everyone present.

Including his mother, who had never spoken a word to the boy since he was born, and his sister.

...The boy really laughed crazily for a long time, until tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, until his jaw began to ache, and until the corners of his mouth twitched. Then he covered his face and tidied his expression, and then he revealed a terrible smile.

It was at this moment that the boy suddenly threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground, then looked up at Charles and told him all the grievances and injustices he had suffered over the years. He even said that expelling him from this so-called royal family was the best gift for adulthood - he was finally free.

...But just as the boy told his inner thoughts and was about to leave, Charles suddenly called him and said he wanted to give him a gift. At the same time, the gift was brought up.

The boy looked over and found that it was a Daedalus armor belonging to an archer, with a storage pocket and a pistol that required elemental accessories. There were two accessories attached, the curse for group attacks and the frost flame for single attacks.

"Charlainal Kalloy." Charles asked the boy with a smile, "This is a parting gift for you, so that you won't be killed by the dangers of the outside world... In addition, you said that you hope to become a shooter. Now, I will satisfy you."

The boy accepted the so-called farewell gift without hesitation, and then expressed his hope lightly: he hoped that the next time he heard about Charles, it would be his tragic death.

...After releasing the emotions that far exceeded grief and anger in his heart, the boy suddenly felt something strange in his body. He turned his head and found that his natural wings and dragon tail were actually...

A few golden particles gradually dissipated... Finally, the two organs completely disappeared, but a large amount of golden starlight was released, surging around the boy...

Soon, under the gaze of everyone around him, these golden starlights gradually flowed into the boy's body.

Just like that, the boy's physical appearance changed, from the [human-dragon] with wings and a dragon's tail to a normal human being.

As a result, he also mastered the power of [Golden Source Soul].

...It seems that the pair of wings and dragon tail were affected by his desperate emotions, and eventually the organs in the form of sexual characteristics decomposed into [Golden Source Soul] and poured into the body, becoming the [Golden Source Soul] that could provide the boy with strength at any time.

The boy curled his lips and chuckled.

He could feel an extreme power surging within his body... This was truly wonderful... The [Human-Dragon Clan] of the past would no longer know that if they could find a way to absorb these two organs, they could transform the Golden Source Dragon Gene within them into the Golden Source Soul.

The next second, the boy controlled the Golden Source Soul to transform into a pair of golden wings, and then flew towards the skylight with terrifying maneuverability, smashed it violently, and then flew away from the palace.

At this time, the boy breathed the fresh air outdoors for the first time. But he did not intend to stay in this place that smelled like a sewer for even a second. He immediately turned around and flew in one direction at high speed, leaving the palace with wounds all over his body and mind, and also leaving Inastan, which was still an imperial system at that time.

……

The boy thought his vision would not be good in the dark, but under the moonlight, he could see every tree and every mountain from a God's perspective. If he flew lower, he could even see the grass swaying in the wind.

The boy could not help but stop in an unknown basin. He took a deep breath first, then lay down on the grass with his limbs spread out, using the grass as his bed and the moonlight as his blanket. He felt the night breeze and gradually fell asleep.

……

morning--

For some unknown reason, when the boy woke up naturally, he found that no monster had disturbed him during his sleep... But it didn't matter, he was going to start a new life now.

The boy composed himself and tried out his first weapon in this basin: he first installed the cursed accessories on the elemental pistol, and then he obtained the cursed pistol, which is a fully automatic, fast-firing "micro rifle".

After installing the Frost Flame Accessory, you get the Frost Flame Blaster. Its firing rate is slightly slower than the Cursed Pistol, and it is not fully automatic. You have to pull the trigger for each attack...

Boys prefer fully automatic ones to manual ones.

Then, the boy put the frost flame accessories into the storage pocket hanging on his waist, then put the cursed pistol on his waist, and then transformed into golden wings again, flew straight into the sky, and flew in an unknown direction.

……

The boy flew for a long time before he vaguely spotted a small town. He slowly landed and walked over. This of course attracted the attention of soldiers patrolling around the city. They stopped the boy and let him go after making sure that he posed no real threat. The boy also asked them the name of the city.

"What city? This is our country." The leading soldier said unhappily, "It's called Milyaster. Even though it's a little small, it doesn't need to be called a region. We have sovereignty."

……

The boy walked into the only city in the country called Miliaster. It was not very prosperous and looked more like a slightly more developed town overall... The boy walked around the city alone for a long time, and no one noticed the strange figure in Daedalus armor.

Now, the boy was already hungry, but because he had no money, he could only see if he could find a "part-time" job in this city... But after walking around most of the city, he only saw the words "formal recruitment".

The boy sighed and was about to leave the city, but he accidentally found a pub in a remote corner called the Black Swan. There was a sign at the door:

[Our store provides free drinks and a place for hikers to rest]

……

The boy walked in and told the bartender why he was there. The bartender gladly picked up a glass and filled it with beer for the boy. Perhaps because he was too thirsty, the boy drank all the alcohol in one breath, which surprised the bartender.

"No, young man, looking at your expression... are you... heartbroken?" the bartender asked tentatively.

"No, it's just that I'm desperate and my heart is dead." The boy said lightly, casually pushing the empty wine glass forward, and was about to lie down on the bar counter to rest for a while... But he saw that the bartender in front of him actually filled the glass again.

"Young man, no matter what you've been through, it will all pass." The bartender comforted the boy and pushed the full beer glass over to him.

The boy was stunned for a moment, then his throat tightened. Without saying anything, he picked up the glass and drank it in one gulp... Then came the third glass... the fourth glass... the fifth glass... the sixth glass...

……

The bartender wiped the sweat from his brow.

What on earth had this young man experienced? He actually drank all the beer in the pub by himself... Although the boss said that the beer was provided free of charge to hikers and it was okay to drink it all... But, after so many cups, would this young man collapse here? Would the responsibility fall on his head?

...The boy was already drunk. This was his first time getting drunk...Then he pulled the bartender in front of him, a stranger, to talk to him...He unknowingly told the bartender about his experience.

The bartender didn't believe it immediately. He just comforted the boy and let him fall asleep. Then he casually turned on the radio to listen to today's news.

However, the first sentence on the radio left him stunned:

【Last night, a major event happened to the Kalloy family, the royal family of the Inastan Empire:

It is reported that a grandson of the emperor who is rumored to suffer from mental illness and has not been seen for a long time has escaped from the palace and stolen a precious Yuanquan battle armor and a peak weapon of the middle and late stage of the Xieshang era. Now a wanted notice has been issued for the grandson of the emperor. I hope that people all over the mainland will pay attention to the matter of "The Grandson of the Emperor Steals the Yuanquan". 】

The bartender was completely stunned. The customer in front of him just said that he was the emperor's grandson and was kicked out of the family... How come he escaped when he came to the radio?

Moreover… although the Daedalus Armor on this drunkard is still considered a rare item, after all, the Cold Yuan Ingot cannot be regenerated… but the radio was talking about the Yuanquan Armor…

What is the concept of the Abyss Battle Armor? Although it is forged from renewable resources, on the current Terra continent, whether it is Inastan, which is the first in economy, or the Jungle Empire, which is the first in military power, a trip to the third layer of the Abyss to get materials will cost a lot of lives and consume a lot of money... Even whether you can come back depends on God's will.

So, in their respective senses, the Abyss Armor is far more precious than the Daedalus Armor... But then again, isn't this a contradiction?

The words of the drinker in front of him are completely inconsistent with the external statements of the Inastan royal family. There is a huge contradiction. Which one is the truth?

……

The boy slept until dusk. When he woke up, he found that the bartender, who had finished his work and was temporarily free, was looking at him. The boy was slightly stunned: "How long have I slept?"

"It's not bad to sleep from noon to dusk. After all, you are drunk." The bartender said, looking up slightly and motioning to the boy.

"My name is Louis, and I'm a bartender in this pub. What's your name?"

"I..." The boy wanted to tell the truth, but after thinking for a moment, he decided to make up another name for himself.

"My name is Elias." The boy said calmly.

"...But that's not what you told me when you were drunk not long ago. Do you want to know what you said?"

"I...you..." The boy wanted to say something, but because of the hangover, his head hurt so much that he could only relieve the pain by being dazed.

"You said your name is Chalenar, and you're a grandson of the Inastan royal family. You were just kicked out of the family by your own people." Louis said, supporting his chin.

"…So what? What do you want to do?"

"Oh, don't worry, I mean no harm, I just want to tell you something now." Louis said, pressing the switch of the radio beside him and playing the news for the boy.

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The boy listened to the radio's words expressionlessly, then he pulled out the cursed pistol from his waist and fired several shots at the radio. The radio's internal parts were damaged, but it still made a hoarse and intermittent sound: "This station...news...is...played...for...you...over...next..."

Before the radio could finish speaking, the boy used his hands as a blade and smashed the still-living radio... It was really effective, and the radio no longer made any sound.

"How much will I pay you?" the boy asked Louis calmly, rubbing his painful hand, even though he didn't have a single copper coin on him.

"You don't have to pay for it. This is a work resource and my boss will compensate me." Louis shrugged.

"...Haha..." The boy sneered, "What we announced to the public was that we were doing our best to save the family's reputation... Indeed, it is much better to release the information that I left on my own initiative than to have them drive me away...

But why do they exaggerate? Why do they say I stole something? They... that's all. Anyway, I'm free now." When the boy was about to get excited, he forced himself to calm down.

"So, what is the truth of the matter? Did you really steal Yuanquan...battle armor?" Louis asked curiously.

"Haha... do you understand? What the radio says is the so-called truth, and it is only the truth that the public can get..." the boy said with a sad smile.

"Now it seems that I am a regressive [human dragon] and they have not revealed it to the outside world. I also have a mental illness and have never shown up. Haha, what a powerful argument..."

After hearing these words, Louis analyzed them for a moment in conjunction with what was said on the radio... and then realized that what the boy said was the truth.

Indeed, no matter how you think about it, the boy's statement is more reasonable: as a human dragon of the royal family, it is a bad omen no matter how you think about it, and it is understandable that he was kicked out of the family.

In addition, how could a person with mental illness sneak into the armory and steal equipment, and even escape? The radio's statement is very problematic and obviously covers up the facts.

"Oh..." Thinking of this, Louis felt weird. In front of him was actually the grandson of the royal family of an economically powerful country?

Then Louis sighed: "Well, although we are not from the same country, I still have to call you the emperor's grandson, you..."

"I'm not the emperor's grandson anymore." The boy said calmly, "I'm not Charlainal Kalloy either."

"Then who are you..." Louis asked in confusion.

"I'm Elias." The boy said calmly, and a sad smile gradually appeared at the corner of his mouth.

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