Wasteland Lord: Starting from Thirty Days to Live

The shield bearers surrounded Grandet. Without Vittorio's command, Edmond understood his intention, immediately leaping high into the air with his greatsword, delivering a vertical slash from the sky.

The shield bearers made way, and Edmund thrust his hands in, splitting Grandet's body in two like a sugarcane cleaved in two by a scythe.

From the front, there is no change, but from the side, she has already lost half her weight.

The shield bearers stepped aside, and Grandet fell to the ground, but his front and back halves fell separately.

Vittorio hurriedly went forward to check.

Grandet's body did not twitch, but instantly turned to ashes, like food spoiling, turning from fresh to rotten in an instant, and then annihilating into ashes.

With Grandet's death, the once magnificent guild hall quickly lost its luster and turned into ruins.

Vittorio leaned closer to examine it, and as he approached, the ashes of Grandet's body were blown away by the wind, leaving only two things behind.

A withered hand, it looked like dried old bacon or a mummy.

On his withered hand was a shiny ring.

Vittorio picks it up and examines it.

[The Hand of Truth: The merchant Grandet was crippled in his left arm, so he spent a lot of money to have a "mysterious sorcerer" make a prosthetic arm. The prosthetic arm was the part of his body he was most proud of, and his left hand could move the abacus faster than his right hand.]

Its owner is dead, only a severed limb remains, yet this limb still exhibits physiological responses. If it could be reattached to the body, perhaps unexpected benefits would be gained.

After reading the system's introduction, Vittorio looked at the hand again and found that the ring and middle fingers had been together just moments before, but suddenly separated in the blink of an eye. Just as the system had said, the hand was still active and could move quietly when no one was paying attention.

However, Vittorio had not yet figured out a good way to use this hand.

He can't just cut off his own hand and reattach this one.

Another thing that interested him was the ring on the severed hand.

Except for this hand, the rest of Grandet's body turned to ashes, and the entire hall fell into ruin with Grandet's death.

It is clear that the dazzling splendor and brilliance of the moment were just an illusion, but after all the illusion of glory disappeared, the ring on Grandet's hand was still sparkling.

The ring is shaped like a snake, with its head biting its tail, forming a circle that perfectly matches the shape of a ring. The snake's two eyes are made into the shape of gemstones.

[Ring of Reason: A gift Grandet received from the "Mystic," it allows him to maintain mental clarity at all times, even slightly enhancing his intelligence, and making him less prone to panic even when startled.]

Although this thing doesn't look as mysterious as that hand, its effects are clear and obvious; you can use it as soon as you put it on, so it's quite good.

It seems that the reason why Grandet, as a lost soul, still possessed a certain degree of rationality was probably due to this ring.

Vittorio then looked around the hall. Although the entire hall was now in ruins, the things that had just turned into gold had been preserved.

For a moment, Vittorio felt a little regretful.

This arm and this ring, while nice, are nothing compared to Grandet's Midas touch.

If only we could capture Grandet alive, lock him up every day, and make him do nothing but work on gold.

Then, through small, frequent outflows from multiple locations, the entire kingdom's market was shorted without causing fluctuations in gold prices.

Vittorio almost had wild thoughts, but the thick fog outside and the constant howls of monsters quickly pulled him back to reality.

It's still in simulation.

After killing Grandet, they breached the Merchant Guild's stronghold.

Next, you can choose to go to the residential area or the commercial street, and from there turn towards the large market area.

However, after thinking about it, Vittorio decided not to go into the residential area.

It's pretty much certain that places like that only spawn small monsters; even if there are any big monsters, they're just level two.

For their current team, level two monsters are not enough.

The same principle applies to large markets.

Vittorio's focus is now entirely on the church district.

River Mother Church.

This is the core area of ​​Shangbu Town.

I remember that day when Lina provoked him, she also said that she was waiting for him at the River Mother Church.

So the next destination is the River Mother Church.

The church was built after the establishment of the Neo-Augustus Kingdom, but its origins can be traced back to ancient times and even before the empire.

At that time, the residents living on both sides of this winding river had a primitive river worship, regarding the river that nurtured and nourished them as their mother and a revered deity, known as the River Mother.

At that time, what was called a church was just a small hut housing a simple idol.

During the imperial period, due to the complete abolition of religious beliefs, this stone hut was also demolished, leaving only the foundation.

After the empire collapsed and the Kingdom of Neo-Augustus was established, the town's commerce flourished. The people here remembered their former faith, and with the help of merchants from the guild and donations from the townspeople, they jointly funded the construction of this magnificent church in the center of the town.

Vittorio did have some ideas about what the church would look like.

He thought this place might be very dilapidated, very eerie, or even fit the stereotypical image of a bloody and filthy breeding ground for cults.

However, when Vittorio stood in front of the church, he realized that his guess was completely wrong.

He had considered all the possible evil directions, but he hadn't considered that this church was so... sacred.

The church was built with marble and made extensive use of arched structures, much like the Romanesque churches that Vittorio had seen in his previous life.

The church consists of a bell tower, a nave, two annexes on either side of the nave, and side aisles connecting the annexes and the nave.

This forms a triangular pattern with a vertical rod in the middle.

Vittorio recalled that the Western European churches he had seen in his previous life were generally designed in the shape of a cross. In general, the shape of churches was the Latin cross, which is the shape of the cross on which Jesus was bound during his crucifixion.

However, there is no Christianity in this world; what is spread throughout this continent is the Church of Holy Light.

Compared to the cross, Holy Glory Church values ​​the triangle more.

For example, the church in front of us, with its triangular floor plan perpendicular to the center, may have been influenced by the architectural style of the Holy Light Church.

After all, this church was only built in recent decades, so it's normal for it to incorporate and adopt elements of previous architectural styles.

However, the only deity recognized by the Holy Light Church is Paradion, and there is no so-called River Mother.

To enshrine a female deity, "River Mother," in a church in the style of the Holy Light Church is undoubtedly an act of usurping someone else's place.

For example, Eileen frowned deeply the moment she saw the church.

"Blasphemy, I'm pretty sure this is the cult's lair."