Original God: Using a vest knife to make players and game characters cry

"This isn't the place to talk. I can speak, but at least we should have a seat and some fruit. That's how you treat a guest."

"Excuse me, please come with me."

Candice led everyone back to the village chief's house. This time, Angie wasn't standing; there was a lot of cut fruit on the table in front of her.

Angie picked up a piece of melon, waved her little hand, and under the shroud of ice elemental power, the melon looked as if it had just been taken out of the refrigerator.

Take a big bite, and the sweetness of the melon is refreshing.

Paimon's mouth was watering just looking at it; he couldn't believe he could eat chilled melon on such a hot day!

Paimon's big eyes were really cute. Angie picked up a piece of chilled melon and handed it to Paimon, who took it and took a big bite.

Suddenly I realize that Angie isn't so scary after all~

Anqi also chilled some for everyone, but apart from Ying, Paimon, and Chu Xi, no one seemed very interested.

Perhaps that's not the most accurate way to put it; it's more accurate to say that everyone felt there were more important things to do.

After finishing a piece of melon, Angie finally got to the point:

"The reason why those village guardians you are looking for have disappeared is very simple: they were kidnapped and taken away."

"Tying them up?" Candice was puzzled. She thought she wouldn't have been unaware of being kidnapped in Aru Village.

“I guess you don’t believe me, that’s okay, I’ll explain slowly.” Angie took another piece of melon. The melons in the desert were really sweet. After taking a bite, Angie continued, “Of course, it wasn’t someone who came to the village to kidnap them. Instead, the villagers used a kind of incense to lure out the guards and then brought them to someone else.”

"You mean, some villagers are colluding with outsiders..."

Candice's heterochromatic eyes had a cold quality to them; if that were truly the case…

Sino: "These kinds of things require evidence. Can you really rely on just your word?"

Angie: "Deliva, Ngur, and Zazi, it was these three who did it. Just bring them here. Why would I lie to you about something like this? There's no benefit in it for me."

Dixia fell silent. These three people…

Candice: "Dishia, could you please find these three people?"

"Okay, leave it to me."

Sino: "I'll go too."

After Dixia and the others left, Angie didn't say anything else. Right now, she wanted to let them know the truth of what she had said.

Candice hurriedly went outside, as if something important had happened.

"Here, Elena, have some of this. You won't be able to get this fruit back in winter."

Angie kept piling up what she thought were delicious foods in front of Elena.

"Sir, that's enough..."

“You’re a grown man, this little bit of food isn’t enough. I can’t let you get too thin while you’re with me, otherwise Mom will scold me again when we get back.”

Elena has been with him for several years now, and his mother has come to regard her as family. If he goes on a trip to Sumeru with her and gets thin from hunger, his mother will definitely scold him when they get back.

How did it grow so big?

Angie always looks like a little kid when she stands next to Elena, even though she's not a picky eater.

Anqi glanced at Ying and Chu Xi, and immediately felt a little better.

Those two over there aren't even as good as her...

fluorescent:"……"

She felt that Angie, who was looking at her, was thinking something offensive.

……

That evening, Desia and Seno brought back the three people Angie had mentioned. The three were initially quite stubborn, but after seeing the "Prince" of the Fatui, they confessed everything after a little coercion.

It can only be said that the Fools are quite famous in Sumeru, although it's not a good reputation, but you can tell whether they're famous or not!

The head of discipline, Bishop, is still effective.

The three men admitted that they had used the pheromone to lure out the village guards and then handed them over to others, which infuriated Candice.

The same goes for Seno. Although it was the Council of the Church that issued the order, it was the Disciplinary Officer who banished these scholars. Now that they are being treated this way, if the situation didn't prevent it, Seno would have even wanted to kill the three of them outright.

The three had limited information and did not know who had entrusted the village guard to.

So the topic returned to Angie.

It's now certain that everything Angie said is true. Judging from her previous demeanor, she probably already knows what will happen next.

The village chief's house.

Angie looked at Paimon with some surprise. This little guy had been munching away since earlier, and although he was slow, he should have eaten a lot by now. Was he still not full?

Ying tapped Paimon's little head, signaling her to stop eating and that it was time to get down to business.

Paimon immediately put down the chilled fruit in her hand. She just thought the fruit was very cool and sweet, and it was very similar to the ice cream that Yunling made. She felt a little nostalgic, so she accidentally ate a little more than usual.

Angie: "There's an abandoned hospital near Aru Village. We went there a few days ago..."

Angie slowly recounted the information she and her brother had gathered from their investigation at Vitality House:

When they first arrived at Vitality House, there were still many people there. They originally planned to come back to investigate at night, but when they returned at night, they found that everyone had left.

An investigation revealed that the village guards who were taken away were brought here, and their knowledge was extracted and packaged into "canned knowledge" through various means.

Al-Hysen stated that the clergy could indeed do such a thing.

Paimon: "But if it was the Council of the Fathers who did it, why did they exile them here in the first place? And then go through the trouble of bringing them back? Weren't they just creating trouble for themselves?"

El-Hysen: "No, before they came to Aru Village, those people were scholars. After they came to Aru Village, they became exiles and village guardians. Now that they have disappeared again, they will become missing persons again. It is much easier to deal with a missing person than a scholar."

“Yes, that makes sense.” Angie continued, “The extracted canned knowledge must have something special about it, which we don’t know. We also found out some other things, namely that the Gilded Brigade was involved in this matter. They helped the Order of the Church to transfer a lot of village guards. Those guys from the Order of the Church left in a hurry, so most of the village guards who have gone missing recently are still in their hands.”

Sino: "I'm going to save them right now!"

Candice: "Wait, Seno, it's nighttime..."

After saying what she knew, Angie leaned back in her chair. The plot had changed, but it didn't matter. She knew that the plot had a binding force, and this little change wouldn't affect anything.

Chapter 189: Red King's Relics

Finally, the group decided to go to the Gilded Brigade to rescue the people the next day.

It just so happens that Dixia is quite familiar with those gilded troupes, and she wants to try to rescue the village guards without bloodshed.

the next day.

Angie stayed in Aru Village until evening, when Dixia and her group returned, but there was no sign of the village guards.

"What? So many people went and they still couldn't save them?"

It's just a small, gilded tour group. Can it really stop them?

Dixia: "The village guards are not in the same place. The leader of the Gilded Brigade has agreed to bring them all tomorrow."

Angie nodded; it seemed that the gilded troupe would still have to participate in the storyline.

"Those people have only gone astray temporarily, and they have quite a few followers. Unless absolutely necessary, I don't want to fight them. Since the fall of the Red King, the people of the desert have been living poorly, and it's inevitable that some radicals have emerged. Rahman is one of them; he believes that the Tree King is the cause of the desert people's current plight..."

Dixia said that since they had already agreed to send the village guards back, it would not benefit either side to launch another attack, and it would also harm the village guards who were in the hands of the Gilded Brigade.

"Fine, whatever you want, we'll go tomorrow too."

"Ah."

Dixia nodded, then went to talk to Candice.

……

On the way back, Angie saw D'Artagnan sitting alone on a high place.

"What are you doing sitting here all by yourself?"

“Little sister’s here, have a seat.” D’Artagnan moved to the side, giving her sister the seat she had just been sitting in.

Angie didn't stand on ceremony and sat down, asking, "I've been looking at you for a while now, what are you thinking about?"

Tartaglia: "The Doctor is helping the Skirmisher become a god. If we go with the Traveler, we will encounter them sooner or later. The Skirmisher has already become a god, and the Doctor is the second seat. To be honest, I don't have much confidence."

"Are you afraid?"

This time, D'Artagnan did not respond to his sister's provocation. He said:

“I’m not afraid, I’ve never been afraid. I’m just worried that something might happen to you.”

"Then you don't need to worry. I'm stronger than you, so I'll definitely be safer than you."

D'Artagnan shook his head. Strength doesn't equate to safety. The stronger you are, the more dangerous your environment becomes, and the greater the probability of an accident.

Isn't that guy strong?

Unfortunately, it ultimately proved useless.

Angie patted her brother on the shoulder. This guy seemed to have a premonition of something, which is why he was acting like this today. She had never seen him so emotional before.

Want some melon seeds?

Angie took out a piece and handed it over. D'Artagnan took it and asked with a smile:

How much did you pack up?

"We have a lot to do for them, what's wrong with taking some melons?"

After finishing a piece of melon, Angie stretched and said, "Let's go back and rest early. We still have to go find that group of gilded troupes tomorrow."

"The scenery here is completely different from that in winter. After watching the aurora borealis for a long time, the starlight in the desert has a unique charm... You go back first, I'll take another look."

D'Artagnan looked up at the night sky, feeling particularly comfortable in the cool night breeze.

Angie followed D'Artagnan's gaze. The twinkling stars in the sky, combined with the boundless yellow sand, were beautiful, but... she felt something was missing.

"Brother, do you think the Red King of the Desert came first, or the Red King created the desert first?"

Dattaria: "The desert must have existed before the Red King. I heard from the old man that long before the Seven Rulers, the entire Sumeru was ruled by the Grass Dragon King Apep. Since he was the Grass Dragon King, it probably wasn't a desert."

Angie: "Yes, the desert is the Red King's miracle, and the rainforest is the Tree King's miracle. One is deathly silent, while the other is full of life..."

"By the way, if you had to choose, would you prefer to stay in the rainforest or the desert?"

D'Artagnan chuckled: "Is there even a choice? Of course, it's the rainforest."

Deserts may be beautiful, but they are certainly not suitable for human habitation.

Perhaps there are people who prefer to live in the desert, but they are probably a minority.

Angie nodded; she thought so too.

If the Tree King were to be resurrected and the pollution of the World Tree were cleared, would the desert regions without the Crimson King slowly revert to rainforests?

……

Early in the morning, everyone gathered at the entrance of Aru Village.

There was also a young boy in the crowd.

His name is Isaac. His grandfather was a village guardian, and he is one of the village guardians to be rescued this time.

"Everyone's here, but Isaac, are you really coming with us?"

“I’ll watch from afar. Sister Dixia, I want to… go pick up Grandpa.”

"Okay, let's go."

After Desia finished speaking, as everyone was about to leave, Candice called out to Desia.

"Wait, Desia!"

"what happened?"

"I heard you acted somewhat recklessly yesterday... You can't do that today, understand? Otherwise I'll get angry."

"…All right."

……

Upon arriving at the agreed-upon location, Angie couldn't help but complain.

It's so far!