What did you do with the dice?

Roland was already seriously injured at the time and knew that he would die here. He was not afraid of death. Since the Holy Light had abandoned him, according to his understanding, this meant that his mission had been completed. The so-called death was just a conclusion after the mission was completed.

He just had a little regret in his heart. Before he died, he recalled his youth, and remembered the warm moments when he picked up two cats, raised them, taught them how to fight, told them to be good people, and took them on the road.

Then, he spoke to Phoenix and the others, words that changed their fate: "Phoenix, Hydra, do not cry for me. I have lived my entire life for the mission entrusted to me by the Holy Light. Now that the Holy Light is gone, it means that my mission is complete. This is the destined end of my life's journey. My death is only the arrangement of fate.

But you can't stay here, run quickly, your life has just begun, go back to Esdi and find other paladins. Although I don't know them, I think they will choose to accept you like me.

I'm sorry, God Light, perhaps you want to take their lives with you, so let me take the initiative for once in my life and snatch them from your hands."

Even if they have lost the power of Holy Light, a very small number of Paladins still have a very small chance of being able to use this skill, and it is a skill that can only be used once in a lifetime.

Golden flames burst out from his body, burning Roland to ashes. However, in this torture more painful than being burned at the stake, Roland's burning body stood up again and raised the sword in his hand without hesitation.

But in fact, the giant sword had already been melted by the flames, and the flames had only turned into the shape of a sword.

He swung the greatsword in his hand, drawing a burning line on the ground in front of him.

"Anyone who crosses this line will die!"

"Stop." The clan leader stopped his tribesmen from trying to test the waters and looked at Roland quietly. "This is the 'sacrifice' of the paladins to the south. No one can defeat it until it burns out. This flame cannot be extinguished. It will consume everything until the paladin's spirit can no longer endure the agony of the burning body."

"So are we going to chase after those two guys who got away?"

The clan leader looked at the people in front of him and said, "No, let's go. They are not powerful enough and they don't even dare to kill people. I guess they will be eaten by the wild beasts in the mountains in a few days."

Phoenix was dragged away by the blind Hydra until she could no longer see the fire. That was the end of the story.

Roland's fate is regrettable, but at the end of his life trapped by faith, he finally used his own thoughts to accomplish what he really wanted to do. Perhaps saving the Phoenix sisters and allowing Phoenix to meet Rusalka was his own mission.

Phoenix: "Afterwards, my sister and I ran into a cave. My sister told me that there was something deep in there that was attracting her. We searched all the way and finally found an altar of the Lady of Shadows."

Rusalka: "And you gained the power of the Shadow Lady?"

Phoenix nodded. "I don't know what happened. I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I only remember that I seemed to have passed some kind of test. My sister was no longer with me, but she left me a message in her blood, telling me to wait for her at the border of the Snidi Kingdom. She would come to me when the gate opened."

Phoenix took a bite of cake and continued, "After gaining the power of Lady Shadow, I found that my body suddenly mastered all the assassination techniques. Perhaps something happened while I was unconscious, and you all know everything that happened after that. I stayed in this land of the Snidi Kingdom for 200 years. During that time, I founded the Shadow Church, but it ultimately failed.

Until one day, a baron from the Pearl Tear Territory bought a maid from the Flint family, and I successfully replaced her."

So Rusalka suddenly understood that Lord Ropa had never given up on taking over the Pearl Tear Territory. In fact, he essentially wanted to find Phoenix, the ultimate assassin who inherited the last legacy of Lady Shadow.

He might still have some confidence and trump cards to negotiate with Phoenix, and wanted to use Phoenix's means to achieve certain goals, but all this became unknown with his death and the escape of the descendants of the Ropa family.

This story also fully explains why she has a natural liking for Rusalka, because Rusalka happens to be a white knight, and the reason why Phoenix is ​​bloodthirsty but not judged as an evil camp is also found. She is just atonement for herself for not daring to wield a dagger that night.

If she had been able to kill the little assassin that night, Roland would not have lost the power of the Holy Light and would not have died.

There is a reason why Phoenix's power was weakened. During the long years of waiting for her sister, she couldn't help but doubt whether this promise could be fulfilled. She only saw humans replaced one generation after another, but she couldn't wait for any news from her sister. In this case, the belief in her heart that supported her shadow power for killing would definitely weaken.

As for the reason why she slowly regained her faith... Sanitieta glanced at Rusalka who seemed unhappy.

Although Rusalka's declaration before attacking the city of Consenat was indeed mixed with the rogue thinking of many players who wanted to kill anyone who stood in their way, it was exactly Roland's replacement. From a certain perspective, it could really make up for Phoenix's psychological trauma and make her realize that even if she didn't have to kill people, Rusalka would not lose her faith.

In other words, Phoenix, who had blamed herself for two hundred years, suddenly realized that Roland's death was not entirely her fault, and that a paladin would not lose his power by killing the weak. In fact, Roland's spirit had become increasingly strong under the inheritance of generations of paladins, to the point where he no longer needed a "villain" like her to protect him.

After putting down the shackles and the burden of her mission, she now uses this power completely out of her own heart rather than as a kind of atonement. Perhaps just like Theresa, she has completely turned the power into her own tool rather than a gift from others.

Rusalka: (I'm the backup. I feel like I can't defeat the shadow of Roland in Phoenix's heart.)

Sanitta: (Silly dog, Roland is a father to her. According to your silly thinking, he should be your father-in-law.)

Rusalka: (My father-in-law spontaneously combusted like a new energy vehicle.)

Sanita: (Fuck, your talent for making jokes will surely be very popular in Hell.)

Chapter 86 It's Your Turn to Perform

After Phoenix finished her story in one breath, she closed her cherry lips and stared at Rusalka quietly, using her eyes to express to him: I'm done, it's your turn.

Rusalka understood: (Brother, she has finished speaking, it is your turn.)

Sanita thought about it and started making up stories on the PL channel.

Rusalka: "From the time I first understood, I remember being exiled to..."

Phoenix interrupted Rusalka and asked pointedly, "You were only 8 years old when you left. What did you experience in Esdi?"

Oh, Phoenix has been in the Pearl Tear Territory longer than I have. Although I, as a PL, don’t know the PC’s past, maybe she really held me in her arms when I was a child.

Rusalka: "Well, I awakened the Holy Light. Actually, I'm not quite sure how I awakened. Maybe it's because I'm a good person? Then one day, I accidentally touched an altar. I'm not sure which god owned the altar, but it told me that it could grant me power.

So I asked it then: What is the price, Gul'dan?"

Phoenix: "Gul'dan?"

Rusalka: (Gul'dan?)

Sanita: (You like playing with memes, don’t you? I’ll let you read it for fun.)

Rusalka: (I’m convinced.)

One dares to write, the other dares to read.

Rusalka: "Ahem, that should be the name of the altar master. It told me that it was conducting an experiment and the reason it gave me power was just to observe me and see if a paladin would uphold justice or fall under the temptation of power."

Phoenix nodded and turned to look at Sanita: "What about him?"

Rusalka: "He... is my lifelong friend. When the fel energy was about to successfully erode my will, he saved my sanity and taught me how to suppress and control the fel energy."

Phoenix looked at the Sani Tower with a "suspicious" look. Indeed, if this explanation were true, the timing of the Sani Tower's appearance might not be too coincidental. It happened that when Rusalka needed to control the evil energy the most, a wizard who knew how to control the evil energy appeared beside Rusalka in the wilderness.

This sounds more like the avatar of "Gul'dan" lurking beside Rusalka and observing him.

Rusalka: (No, man, this is not right. I feel this is too fake. Do you think Phoenix can believe it?)

Sanita: (She definitely doesn’t believe it.)

Rusalka: (Didn’t you just promise that the quality of your story is guaranteed?)

Sanita: (Yes, I guarantee she won’t believe it.)

Rusalka: (Uh, I shouldn't have expected anything from a lawyer like you.)

Phoenix's ears twitched. She picked up the tea and took a sip. Then, she stared at Sanita with burning eyes and asked, "Are you the Messenger of the End?"

They had heard this word many times in parliament, but never was it more shocking than hearing it in real life. Today, they didn't scare Phoenix, but they were scared by Phoenix several times.

Rusalka: (Right, right? Why does this feel like a scripted murder game with an unknown identity? I'm not sure if I'm the murderer, but Phoenix is ​​asking you, brother, are you hiding your identity from me? Am I actually an accomplice?)

Sanita: (You want to hit me? I opened this card honestly at 100 points, and you, a level 7 monster with 111 HP, ask me if I'm the murderer?)

Rusalka: (You keep on talking nonsense. You said so much, but you didn’t deny that you are the Messenger of the End.)

Sanita: (Okay, to be honest, I don't know if I am. Because there is a setting in Stellaris where players can transform into a natural disaster and achieve eternal life in an upgraded dimension, but the price is the destruction of the entire universe. Who knows if the price for us to return home is the destruction of this world? If so, we may really be the messengers of the end in a broad sense.)

Rusalka: (Then how should I answer? Should I say it’s possible, but I’m not sure?)

Sunita: (Is there any difference between your answer and a direct admission? Come, I will teach you myself.)

Sanitita was stunned: "The Messenger of the End? What is that?"

Phoenix stared at the Sani Tower for a while, his ears drooping. "Never mind, it's nothing."

It seems that Lady Shadow has issued a similar order to the Doomsday Messenger before, or Lady Shadow has been communicating with Phoenix recently, but judging by Phoenix's appearance, she should have given up the idea of ​​killing Sanita to see if she can win the prize and get the reward.

It has been 200 years, and ordinary people have experienced three lifetimes. Only a very small number of extraordinary people can have such a long lifespan. Even for the long-lived species, under the influence of such a time span, they have let go of their longing for the people in the past.

Sanita: "So, Phoenix, besides waiting for your sister to pick you up, is there anything else you want to do?"

Rusalka: (Your words sound strange. Death row prisoner 0201, besides having a McDonald's meal before your execution, is there anything else you want to do?)

Phoenix thought for a moment and replied, "Revenge."

Well, here's the thing about hatred: it won't go away even in 200 years.

This reminded Rusalka that the seven times longer lifespan of the Filin people was not a talent unique to Phoenix. The Filin people who had killed Roland must still be surviving in some corner of the El Empire.

In this case, Phoenix's desire to fight back is understandable.

Rusalka rubbed her hands together, unable to conceal her excitement at the thought of a new dungeon. "Alright, Phoenix, once we're done fighting in the kingdom, I'll take you back. You'll call out the prisoners one by one, castrate the male cats and make them Little Nan Liang, and capture and sell the female cats. We must put an end to the vicious practice of starvation marketing in the slave market of the Sinidi Kingdom."

After Rusalka finished speaking, Sanita and Phoenix looked at Rusalka as if she were a monster. The former thought Rusalka was talking nonsense again, while the latter was puzzled. They were all paladins, but why did Rusalka and Roland, who were both white knights, have completely different values? He could even say such nonsense. Could it be that he was influenced by "Gul'dan"?

However, this feeling is not bad.

Phoenix's mouth corners lifted slightly and she smiled for a moment, but she quickly returned to her original poker face.

Sharp-eyed Rusalka: (She seemed to smile. Am I seeing that right? She really smiled, right? Was it because of my humor?)

Sanita: (It’s true, because clowns can really bring joy to people.)

Rusalka didn't care at all and even started singing on the PL channel: (For you?~ I turned into a clown?~ For you~ I became crazy~)

Sanitieta cursed in his heart - but he couldn't help but laughed.

He repented for his ability to be amused by Rusalka.

----

Gaode, the Great and the Just, led an army and slowly walked into a valley.

Beside him was a man with twin horns and a face covered in scales. He was the humanoid incarnation of the red dragon named "Reston." Riding on a towering goat monster, he asked the Grand Duke beside him, "Is this the family treasure you mentioned?"

Gao Dewei gestured to stop the giant bear under his crotch: "Sir Reston, we are here."

Red Dragon looked around and noticed that the soldiers who had been following him were slowly dispersing, forming a subtle encirclement around him. Even though Gao Dewei beside him remained expressionless, the soldiers couldn't hide the tension on their faces as they clutched their weapons and looked at him. He sneered, revealing his sharp fangs, and slowly exhaled a scorching breath. "Great Lord Gao Dewei, there's an old saying in human history: 'He who understands the times is a hero.' We can make you a success, or we can destroy you."

Gao Dewei slowly drew the rune sword from his waist and said calmly, "You were bewitched by the Seven Sins Agents and betrayed our contract, taking the initiative to attack Grand Duke Delai's army. If you don't die, it will be difficult for Grand Duke Delai and I to cooperate. Your head will become the foundation of our trust."

"Ant, you dare to think of killing me?" The mount beneath Reston's crotch let out a mournful wail. A flash of magic-breaking light flashed across his body, and seconds later, the goat was trampled to death. Then, a massive dragon soared into the air, circling above the valley and roaring, "Go to hell and repent for your arrogance."

"The Church of the Goddess of Wealth is the most powerful church in the world. Unfortunately, the dragons never cooperate with each other and are not cautious. Which side is truly arrogant?"

Gao Dewei slowly pulled out a piece of black and white parchment from his bosom and slowly read, "I will maintain the balance of the scales. Order and law will become the sharp blade in my hand! I will rule as a judge. Those who violate the contract will be judged by God! Executors, bring the sinners to justice!"

Eight magic circles suddenly lit up around the valley. In the center of each circle stood a white-robed priest holding parchment. Then, eight thick chains rose up, two chains in a group, locking the limbs of the giant dragon in the air.

Reston was horrified and struggled hard. The powerful strength and the dragon magic light flashing on his body made the chains tremble uncontrollably and become flickering. However, even though the eight executive officers vomited blood, they still maintained their respective magic circles unwaveringly.

Seeing the soldiers manipulating several large magic cannons and anti-dragon crossbows as big as battering rams slowly aiming at him, Reston, who was stuck in the air, couldn't help but roar, "You bastard, you actually defected to the God of Contract and Law! You betrayed us!"

Gao Dewei sneered and shook his head. "I am an inquisitor. Before I became a knight, I was already a believer in the God of Contract and Law. It was you who broke the contract that gave me the opportunity to judge you. How can you say I betrayed you? Everyone, fire! Today, I will wash my honor with dragon blood and prove my resolve!"

Following an order from Great Duke Gode, countless rays of light and giant arrows shot into the sky.

----

At today's God's meeting, Theresa was dressed in a cute dragon girl costume - she was naked, with only some scales covering her key parts.

She has become accustomed to interacting with Rusalka. At the beginning, she would strike a few poses towards Rusalka, and greet everyone sweetly, especially Rusalka. Then a prompt of [Immunity Successful] would pop up on Rusalka's side.

Even Rusalka has developed a bad habit because of her. Every month during the meeting, she would look forward to opening a blind box. If Theresa came in seriously one day, Rusalka, who had been waiting for a month, might suffer a serious mental blow.

Rusalka: (If you don’t accumulate positive virtues for one day, you will accumulate positive virtues for two days.)

Sanita: (God damn it, I'm jealous of your talent.)

Theresa: "Everyone, do you have anything good to share?"

Taurus said, "The red dragon sent by the Church of the Goddess of Wealth to support the Kingdom of Snidi is dead."

Rusalka knew that the red dragon had swallowed the experience bar of one of his infantry regiments. "How did he die?"

Taurus replied, "The Great Duke Gode killed it."

Is Duke Gao Dewei so powerful?

Libra said, "But the Grand Duke also paid a heavy price. As far as I know, all eight executors died. The red dragon, who was probably bound by the chains of law, absorbed a full round of attacks and then used the aftermath to break free from the chains, also fought with his last breath and wiped out half of the Grand Duke's magic army, destroying many medium-sized magic cannons and dragon hunting crossbows."

Oh, so they died with human lives and munitions.

Rusalka: "So fierce?"

Taurus said proudly, "Of course. The power of our dragon race is beyond the imagination of you...well, tiny humans. If it hadn't been so careless and ambushed, and locked by the law of the God of Contract and Law, how could the Great Duke Gaode have killed it with his ability?"

Theresa pondered, "So the Great Duke Gode is actually a believer in the God of Contracts and Laws? Why has Libra never mentioned this?"

Libra: "I'm not in charge of the guilds in the Kingdom of Snidi. This time, eight executive officers died at once, and a dragon was killed. This incident was so serious that it directly alarmed our Inquisition. As a juror, I learned the whole story and the personal information of the Great Duke Gaode. I didn't expect that he held such a high position among us, and was even an Inquisitor."

Sanitta: (Registered members of the Church of the God of Order and Law are ordinary believers. Above them are law enforcers, executive officers, then judges, and then the six jurors and the chief judge of the tribunal. So, Libras are ranked at least in the top seven.)

Rusalka: (Haha, everyone in this Black Mist Council is talented and speaks well. I love this place.)

Rusalka: "Will he be criticized within the church?"

Libra: "No, because it was indeed the red dragon who broke the contract first. The purpose of our church is to defend the absoluteness of order and law. If the Grand Inquisitor has no objection, there will basically be no other objections. From a certain perspective, our church has many more lunatics than the Seven Sins. The Church of the Goddess of Fortune should not tear its face with us over a red dragon."