What did you do with the dice?

Then he said:

Let there be light.

"What the hell, why is it so gray in here? Siri, turn on the light for me!"

The narration suddenly rose an octave: [What... How did he appear here?! This is clearly a world of memories!]

Rusalka swung the pitch-black sword in his hand horizontally, and the blood on the sword blade left a straight bright red trail on the ground. Looking at the headless body lying on the ground and the shocked villagers, he snorted and raised his middle finger in contempt. He pointed at the people around him and shouted, "Who dares to question the decision of the God of Light? A dog barking?"

Screams rang out one after another, but Rusalka stepped over the corpse indifferently, walked up to Ai Li, stretched out her hand, shouted "Sunny, Tieta!", and then pulled her up from the ground.

"He, he killed Morano!"

"Who are you! How could you do such a cruel thing in the land of God Light! You will definitely go to hell for doing this."

Rusalka looked at the villager who was yelling at him, walked up to him, raised his sword, and then struck him on the head without mercy.

"Me? I'm a kind-hearted Paladin passing by, Pearl Tear Rusalka, the strongest blue dream on earth. So, can a bunch of weaklings who can only bark and howl, keep up with the revolver-like/pistol-like 7-link chain in my graveyard?"

The greatsword stopped a few inches above the latter's head, frightening him so much that he fell to the ground with a pale face, trembling all over, and uttering hoarse and meaningless syllables of "Hah-hah" in his throat with extreme fear. His pants were completely wet, and the experience of a brush with death made him quietly incontinent.

Having spared his life, Rusalka certainly wouldn't let him go so easily. Instead, she spat in his face. "You barking dog again? Ai Li doesn't want to pay attention to you because she's kind, and I don't want to kill you because you're too low level. I advise you to first understand the principles and principles of life before considering fighting me."

"Very good, everyone is finally quiet. Now let me ask you something." Rusalka, completely shocked, activated the Holy Slash. Golden holy light emerged from the greatsword. He stood in front of Ai Li, who was held by his parents, and looked around at the villagers: "Now, if anyone feels that Ai Li has stolen your holy light and feels dissatisfied, I will give him a fair and just duel with his life on the line. Is there anyone who dares to challenge me, a knight blessed by the god Light, and challenge the oath in my heart? Is there anyone who dares to stand up!"

"You, a Paladin, don't help the weak, that's fine, but why do you oppress us so wantonly and decide our fate? We just want to lift the curse and regain our right to receive the Holy Light. Is that wrong..."

The greatsword quickly slashed across the neck of the villager who spoke, and his head fell to the ground, adding new fertilizer and dye to the soil.

"According to Kingdom Law, insulting a knight who is currently challenging a knight to a duel is considered a challenge." Rusalka shook off the blood on her sword, and holy light once again emanated from it. "My holy light hasn't dissipated, which means God Light has approved of this duel. My heart is as hard as stone, and my vows are as strong as Mount Tai. As for bullying you? I only see a pack of hungry wolves trying to devour the kind-hearted Pastor Dongguo. Killing such a creature is no harm. So, is there anyone else who wants to challenge me?"

He looked through the hushed crowd and towards the mage. "What about you? Any objections? Or do you wish to stick to your previous idea? You are a mage, so I allow you to bring two guards with you to challenge me."

The female mage was stunned for a moment, lowered the brim of her hat, and turned away guiltily. "I... I certainly don't mean to challenge you. I've always been a pacifist and respect everyone's decision. In fact, I also think that the connection between the two may not be that big. After all, you are also stained with blood, but you have never lost the power of the Holy Light. I am just a mage of Sneedi, and I don't have a deep understanding of divine arts. Perhaps accumulated acts of atonement can one day lift the curse on its own. These are just speculations, and specific experiments are still needed to verify them. However, I respect everyone's opinions and do not intend to force them..."

Before she could finish her words, the villagers standing next to Ai Li threw stones at her angrily.

"How abominable! It turns out you've been deceiving us all along!"

"Not only that, you caused everyone to hurt the kind-hearted Lord Ailie! If it weren't for the Lord Knight, she would have become a test subject for this witch!"

"Lord Ai Li, and Lord Knight Rusalka, we were truly blinded by this witch of Sneedi and that damned Morano. We are truly sorry. We actually believe that Lord Ai Li is innocent. Calm down and think about it. How could the blessing power of the God of Light be plundered so easily?"

The villagers turned their guns on the wizard and angrily called for the exile of the wizard who was spreading evil rumors. Even some of the wavering people followed the trend and wanted to blame all their responsibilities on the wizard even more angrily.

Rusalka ignored their insincere attempts to follow the wind and said, "Aili, now you can do what you want to do. It's what you should do as a priest."

Ai Li was stunned for a moment, then gently clasped her parents' warm hands. The uneasiness in her heart was dispelled by the reliable figure in front of her. She closed her eyes, and a faint light began to emanate from her body.

The aura of the calming magic spread out, and the white light dispelled the unwilling gray fog. The injuries of those villagers who were still dissatisfied with Rusalka began to gradually recover. The last trace of anger and doubt in their hearts was also dispelled by Ai Li's saint-like brilliance.

Everyone involuntarily loosened their grip, their weapons clanging to the ground. Hearts filled with guilt, they knelt down with tears streaming down their cheeks, and confessed to Rewi Alley with their hands clasped together.

A previously radical villager slapped himself hard a few times, then knelt and kowtowed. "Yeah, now that I think about it, maybe this curse was all a lie! There's actually no curse at all. It's our greed that's why we can't gain the favor of the Light God. I repent! I'm guilty!"

"I...how could I have done such a thing to my benefactor? I will spend the rest of my life atoning for this sin."

The villagers who protected Rewi Alley also strengthened their trust in him. They were very glad that they could make the right choice at this time.

Ai Li waved his hands repeatedly. "It's okay. I... understand everyone. It's my indecision that has caused everyone to be hurt. So... can we still continue to pray together?"

"Of course." Rusalka shrugged.

The interrupted prayer ceremony continued in this form. Amid the prayers and confessions of the crowd, white light flooded the entire world, and Ai Li's transparent body became more solid.

【...】

The world shattered again, and boundless darkness engulfed Ai Li's body.

----

When she woke up this time, she found herself tied to the experimental magic stone slab, and the female wizard was holding some unforgettable magical tools and gesturing at her.

"Well, first of all, blood... Oh, and please don't struggle. Think about those villagers. The more you cooperate, the more accurate my experimental data will be. And..."

She looked at Ai Li who was trying to struggle, and after putting two magic-suppressing rings on her, she revealed a cold expression. "It's too late to regret now. No one can go back on their word in front of a mage. Do you think I'll let you, the excellent experimental material I've been longing for, escape? Let's start a pleasant experiment time, little priest."

The gleaming knife almost pierced Ai Li's eyes. He closed his eyes in despair, waiting for the endless torture that would last for a month to begin.

At this moment, there was a burst of sound from the gate, and the whole gate instantly shattered into wood chips.

"Open the door, KGB!"

Chapter 293: Speed ​​Through the Dreamland (Part 2)

"Great! The righteous knight has come to save us!"

Rusalka muttered to herself as she kicked open the door. Then, raising her greatsword, she shouted at the female mage in the dark laboratory, "Let go of that Aerie! Otherwise, I'll use the Conqueror!"

"Oh, oh, don't get excited, don't get excited~" The female mage quickly dropped the knife in her hand, raised her hands, and retreated to the edge of the table. "Be careful not to knock over those bottles and jars! Those reagents and the like are very dangerous. If they spill, it might cause a magical explosion. That would be bad for us, right?"

"Since you are also a mage, there won't be a next time."

Rusalka glanced at her, walked to the operating table where Ai Li was tied up, reached out to pick up the knife on the ground, and slashed it hard on the magic-suppressing bracelet that had pierced her skin. She directly activated the Holy Slash and shattered it into pieces. The holy light flowed and repaired her wound.

Then, he tore off the bandage covering Ai Li's mouth and raised his hands towards her: "Get up!"

The latter didn't move, staring at Rusalka anxiously, and said weakly: "Behind!"

The female wizard secretly picked up a magic device on the table that was similar to a large flashlight and inlaid with magic crystals. She launched a sneak attack and pressed its output port on Rusalka's waist. She activated the magic power in the magic crystals without hesitation.

"Go to hell! You're meddling in other people's business, obstructing my exploration of the truth of magic, and hindering the progress of mankind!"

Raging magic pierced through his armor and poured into Rusalka's body. However, Rusalka had already switched to the Double Armor Master talent, making him extremely resistant to the constant onslaught. Looking at the series of immunity prompts that popped up in the lower right corner, he snorted coldly. Without even turning around, he turned to Ai Li and said, "Ah—I'm injured. Why don't you stand up and heal me?"

Ai Li's voice was trembling and sobbing: "I... I'm tied up and can't move."

"Nonsense! You're a priest. You should be a cute little girl wearing 20AC heavy plate armor, holding a two-handed warhammer, yelling "Holy Light Above," and giving your teammates lying on the ground a blow to ensure they're still alive. Then, you should summon a hammer, swing it, and apply [Giant Weapon Master] to instantly save the enemy like a super nurse!"

"Besides, no one can protect you forever. You have the same holy light in your body as me. You are actually very strong and can break free by yourself. Not to mention that I have already removed the magic-forbidden stone. These are just bandages that can't restrain you. Use your holy light to shatter them!"

Holy light flickered around Ai Li, but when she saw the sorceress pick up a demon-piercing dagger and stab Rusalka's head again, her strength dissipated again. She closed her eyes and could not bear to watch any longer: "I can't do it!"

Rusalka felt like a fish in water here. Because she was a spiritual body, her mind was extremely active.

"You can do it, you're just scared. Relax. Shi Tiesheng, the famous football goalkeeper in history, once said: You can be powerless, but you can't be weak because of it." Rusalka grabbed the mage's wrist and squeezed it hard. The latter cried out in pain, and the dagger in his hand fell to the ground with a clink. He pushed the mage hard, pushing him away and slamming him against the wall. "Courage will blow away all despair. Stand up, Hawking, and toast me! ... Uh, sorry, I'll do it again subconsciously. Stand up, Rewi Alley, and heal me!"

"Look down on me? Even though I'm just a researcher, don't underestimate magic. How about this trick?"

The sorceress's eyes were sinister and vicious. She had finished her silent chanting and a magic circle appeared on her hand. The dark shadows that were waiting in the room seemed to have found a carrier and rushed madly into her magic circle. Soon, a beam of light with a strong smell of death and withering was shot out, turning everything along the way into gray and decay, and quickly rushed straight to Rusalka's face.

"do not want!"

Golden holy light burst out from Ai Li's body, breaking the restraints on her body, and a thin beam of light emerged from it and passed through Rusalka's body, forming a thin barrier in front of him.

However, the barrier was too fragile and was instantly pierced by the death energy like a piece of white paper. The laser hit Rusalka under Ai Li's desperate gaze.

Just as she was worried about the latter disappearing from her memory, Rusalka glanced at the [30 points of mental damage taken] notice in the lower right corner. She sneered disdainfully, shook her head, and raised her finger to the sky. "Aili, when your enemy laughs at you, insults you, scolds you, and attacks you, just follow my example and tell him that justice may be late..."

His fingers opened and turned into palms, his body moved like lightning, he rushed over and grabbed the barrier in front of the female mage, and burst out with all 20 points of strength, directly knocking the barrier and the person out of the house through the wall. With a loud shout, he pressed her body, which was still wrapped in the barrier, directly to the ground, smashing a huge hole in it.

"But the slap of justice strikes twice!"

Rusalka slapped her backhand again, knocking her upper body further into the ground. "Look, this is the result of not exercising properly. You've had so much to drink and you really think your magic barrier is invincible? Not all mages are called Sanita!"

Then he raised the greatsword high with his other hand. The latter finally panicked and began to beg for mercy: "Wait, wait! I was wrong. I am willing to leave here. I am a wizard from Snidi, a wandering scholar of the School of Knowledge. I am a neutral scholar who never participates in local conflicts. You can't do this to me! If you kill me here, our school will know of my death and avenge me!"

"This kind of revenge is my favorite. I can sit at home and still have people offering me experience." Rusalka sneered. "As for you, I originally thought you were just a slightly radical brother and was thinking of letting you go. But now it seems you're disregarding the wishes of others by conducting unethical experiments and even trying to kill me for it. The garbage knowledge developed by people like you is better left to humanity!"

"A lunatic like you will only make a living in this world expensive! Not only will I kill you once in the spiritual world, I'll also kill you once in reality. I saw your name on the cover of your diary, Yali Qi Weiya. I hope you have a beautiful nightmare tonight, just like Rewi Alley. Hide your research and wait for me to settle accounts with you!"

The greatsword in his hand slashed down, and this time, there was no blood splattering. Rusalka's sword seemed like Pangu's axe, splitting the whole world into pieces.

As Ai Li walked out of the wooden house by herself, holding on to the wall, she looked up at the sun gradually emerging from behind the dark clouds in the sky, casting golden sunlight of hope all over the earth. The fear in her heart also disappeared.

Rusalka turned her back to Ai Li, raised her clenched fists and shield, and slowly disappeared into the sunlight, accompanied by her final narration:

"The wind howls, and Ai Li's heart is filled with determination. Now, it's time for you to become a shield and protect those you want to protect!"

【Tsk】

With a click of her tongue, the whole world shattered again, and she fell like a feather into the next memory scene.

----

"Aha--"

The woman woke up from a nightmare, put on her clothes in a hurry, reached out to grab the pile of tarot cards on the table, spread them out, closed her eyes and slapped the table.

Three of the cards are turned over. One is the reversed Hourglass card, which clearly symbolizes the past, and one is the reversed Nun card, whose meaning is unclear, but may represent sin and corruption.

The last card is as black as ink, and it is all black. It is the Death card of this world.

There is no such thing as upright or reversed position for the Death card. Death is unpredictable for the people in this world. After all, there are only two states of life: either dead or alive, and people will always die.

But no one can decide when you will die, and no one can avoid the fate of death. Even the gods can only take you to the kingdom of God after you die. Everything depends on your own choice. The purpose of prophecy is nothing more than to give you a message: if you maintain the status quo, you will die.

Died of old age? But she was only 66, a remarkably young age for a mage of some accomplishment. With magic constantly transforming the body, mages typically lived to 200 years old, with archmages boasting a lifespan of at least 300. It was said that when a mage reached the end of their lifespan, their physical body would transform into a pure "super-magic body," capable of communicating and transforming with magical elements without hindrance or loss, akin to an "omnipotent elemental," immortal and indestructible.

However, whether that posture is considered human or elemental creature is still debatable, and this is just a legend.

She was stunned for a moment, turned the three cards over, then chanted the spell again, concentrated her energy, and slammed the table.

The wave of magic swept through the deck of cards, and the luster of the magic circle on the back of the tarot cards was activated. The metal cards made of special materials floated into the air, flying around like doves in a disorderly manner. In the end, the three cards still fell from the sky to the ground, and they were now neatly arranged in a combination of two reversed cards and one black card.

"What a joke, how could this happen?" She thought carefully about what she had done recently.

Trading living materials with the School of Necromancy? He had already spent his own money and established a contract with those mages!

Send some mermaids for the dragon's amusement? But those were the leaders among the prisoners of war, they had already committed war crimes, and they had all personally promised to release them in exchange for a month, and they were willing to sacrifice themselves.

Even so, she had already informed them of all the risks in the spirit of entrepreneurship, including the possibility of being mentally damaged. They themselves had confirmed and were willing to bear the responsibility. These were all signed in black and white contracts, fully in line with the charter, and completed under the witness of the God of Law and Contract. Now they wanted to seek revenge on her?

There is no need to worry, the God of Contract and Law will be on your side.

As for other research, they were all for the progress and sacrifice of mankind, just like the curse and holy light back then. I didn't expect that a few years later, I would become a core member of the school with this research report, and with the background of the school in Estron, I actually pushed myself to become a member of the Estron parliament.

After obtaining a massive amount of research resources, he now has data that gives him a deeper understanding of its appearance. If he can reverse-engineer and manufacture it, does it mean that Esdi's terrifying holy light will completely disappear from the world?

Yes, I have become such a pinnacle existence. I have experienced countless assassinations and so-called revenge along the way. In the end, I was proven to be the right side under the witness of the God of Law. There has been no crisis at all in the past two years. I can finally enjoy the days of peaceful experiments in peace. Why did I suddenly have such an inexplicable nightmare of being killed by a black sword?

Black Greatsword... Lady of Shadow? No, her faith is extinct. The Church of the Seven Sins? They're far to the left of Sneedi and still at war. How could they possibly intervene? The Templar Inquisitor of Esde? But I've lived in Esde for four years, and I heard that village was completely destroyed, with no one left alive. If they wanted to silence me, they should have sent someone to hunt me down then, not wait until now, right?

Even now, sitting atop this Mage Tower, how could I still be afraid of these rats who can only operate in the dark, claiming to be the dark side of the Holy Light? Even that Great Saint didn't dare to cause trouble without reason and challenge the Inquisition head-on!

No, I can't remember that I have ever done anything against the law. Everything I have done is fair and just, and there is a contract to witness it. How can I seek revenge? There must be some evil person who is jealous of my research and talent, or those crazy cultists who can only pray don't want to see the progress of magic, so they want to find a chance to assassinate me.

No matter what, the black card is the most dangerous card, and you must do your best to deal with this enemy who is hiding in the dark and whose identity you don't know at all.

"guard!--"

"Councilor Yali, what's wrong?"

"Help me find the Chief Judge and tell him I want to use my authority to urgently convene a meeting of the Judges' Court!"

----

Ai Li woke up slowly and found himself tied to a wooden stake.

"Judge them!"

"Judge them!"

The dark crowd held torches and shouted for the fire to settle accounts with sins.

Morano flashed a cruel smile at Ai Li, then immediately changed his expression. He turned around and raised the torch in his hand with a righteous look, shouting to the villagers: "The God of Light once said that sinners must be judged by fire! If the atonement has truly repented, then when the flames burn on their body, they will not feel pain, let alone scream. Only in this way can they ascend to Light's kingdom of God!"

"ignition!"

"ignition!"

This is wrong! My parents did nothing wrong! But they still died!

"Little Ai Li, it's okay. Don't be afraid. We are innocent. The flames won't hurt us."

"Little Ai Li, close your eyes and hum a song for us, okay?"

Ai Li looked at them, his heart in agony: "Dad, Mom, you will die."

"No, little Ai Li, be obedient and close your eyes. Daddy loves listening to you sing the most."

Ai Li was desperate and didn't want to close her eyes because she knew that when she opened her eyes again, she would miss the last sight of her parents.

Rusalka has just disappeared, and he may never appear again.

This time, no one can save me...