paranoianovel Chapter 168 Mission Accomplished! Is There A Bug Caused By Cheating?
Chapter 168 Mission Accomplished! Is There A Bug Caused By Cheating?
"Order of the Templars!"
The young Saintess's face lit up with joy.
"Protect the Saintess! Attack!"
The heavily armored knights, numbering in the hundreds, charged forward like an unstoppable tide of steel.
The demons surrounding Chen Yu and the young Saintess scattered in fear, flapping their wings and flying into the sky like startled crows.
"Fire!"
The leading knight shouted angrily.
The hundreds of knights raised their lances and launched them towards the densely packed demons in the sky.
"Buzz..."
A buzzing sound filled the air.
The lances, enveloped in a white holy light, pierced through countless demons.
The surviving demons dared not challenge the might of the Templars and fled in all directions.
As for the demons without the ability to fly, they had no such luck and became the fallen souls under the hooves of the knights.
As the knight tide approached Chen Yu and the young Saintess, their speed slowed down, and they automatically split apart, surrounding Chen Yu and the young Saintess in the middle.
The clamor of countless horse hooves roared past their ears, but Chen Yu felt an unparalleled sense of calm.
Finally, this mission was completed!
After a moment, the commander of the knight order rode his horse to the front of Chen Yu and the young Saintess, dismounted, and took off his helmet.
He stood at nearly 1.9 meters tall, with a head of blond curly hair, a resolute face that exuded an imposing aura.
His bright silver armor was stained with traces of dark red blood.
Upon closer inspection, there were numerous faint scratches.
"Clang..."
The knight leader bowed to the young Saintess.
"Lord Dalia!"
The expression on the young Saintess's face had returned to calmness, and she said in a flat tone, "We need healing, please do it quickly."
"Yes!"
Dalia turned around and called out to a knight.
The knight dismounted and approached, channeling a white holy light in his hand, which he sprinkled over Chen Yu and the young Saintess.
Chen Yu immediately felt a gentle force merging into his body, warm and comfortable, as if it had cleared away all his fatigue.
However... his head still hurt!
This was the result of excessive mental damage, affecting his soul.
For others, this kind of injury could only be slowly healed.
But for Chen Yu, the Way of Transmigration was his specialty in this regard.
Without forcibly using his mental power or suffering from a burst of mental damage, the power permeating from the Way of Transmigration had already begun to repair Chen Yu's soul injuries.
"Your Highness Saintess, how do you feel now?"
After the treatment was completed, Dalia asked the young Saintess.
"I feel a bit better." The young Saintess nodded, then looked at Chen Yu. "Thanks to Lord Ascetic, I was able to return safely."
"Lord Heratugus!"
Dalia stood upright, his gaze filled with respect as he looked at Chen Yu.
He held his helmet in his right hand, placed his left hand on his right chest, and then bowed to Chen Yu.
This was a solemn and solemn knight's salute.
"Um, hello." Chen Yu smiled and returned the salute.
"Sir, please."
Dalia extended his right hand.
The knights immediately made way.
"Do you have something to say?" Chen Yu looked at Dalia with confusion.
Dalia nodded.
"Alright." Chen Yu followed Dalia as they left.
After leaving the encirclement of the knight order, Chen Yu realized that the area around the knights was already filled with a dense army of demons.
There were at least a thousand Rank Four demon bosses, facing off against the knight order.
"Do we fight?" Chen Yu's spirit immediately became excited.
"Lord Heratugus." Dalia stared at the army of demons and said in a low voice, "I just want to ask, is it worth it?"
"How should I answer?" Chen Yu's expression froze.
This should be a plot moment.
But he himself was a plot NPC and hadn't read the script, so he really didn't know how to answer this kind of scripted dialogue.
However, the next moment, a figure appeared beside him.
The figure's face was unclear, and their clothes were somewhat dirty, patched up with patches, and their hair was messy, as if they hadn't been washed for years.
Although the entire phantom was in a blurry state, the familiar holy power and Abyss magic within it indicated that this phantom was the virtual body he had used before.
"Of course it's worth it," the phantom slowly spoke.
"Oh, so the plot character is here," Chen Yu suddenly realized.
At this point, other challengers were probably already in the third-person perspective of the void.
But because he had brought his true body here, he was still present to witness it firsthand.
"When gods descend to the mortal realm, if they only possess divine wisdom without human emotions, it is a very dangerous thing," the phantom also looked towards the demon army with a compassionate expression.
"For gods, this world is just a place of incubation that can be abandoned at any time."
"But for us, this is our home!"
"To let this world have hope of redemption, the cost is only sacrificing myself, so why wouldn't it be worth it?"
"Moreover, experiencing the suffering of mortals is a kind of training she must go through on her path."
"Lord Heratogus!" Dalia once again performed a knight's salute.
"Your glory will be remembered by the world!"
"Your sacrifice will be appreciated by the world!"
"Proceed according to the plan, don't let my efforts go to waste!" The phantom sighed lightly, turning into countless dim dots of light and disappearing into the air.
After listening to the conversation, Chen Yu roughly understood.
This Heratogus seemed to be a selfless and fearless character, sacrificing himself to create a chance of redemption for this world.
The god who descended to the mortal realm most likely referred to the little Saintess.
"Heratogus" was probably trying to awaken the little Saintess's attachment to this world in some way, so that she wouldn't run away in dangerous moments.
Therefore, it was highly probable that the capture of the little Saintess by the fallen ones was also orchestrated by this person.
Of course, this was just speculation based on one-sided information, and the specific situation was definitely a long and boring story.
This plot unraveled many doubts for Chen Yu.
But Chen Yu always felt a strong sense of discord with Heratogus.
Firstly, why was someone with such prestige in the Holy Hall only a Rank Three weakling?
Secondly, why didn't Dalia find it strange that Chen Yu was so skilled in using Abyss magic?
According to the purity of the Holy Hall's power, it should absolutely not tolerate the existence of fallen ones.
Did the two of them communicate and make specific plans through their aura?
Thirdly, how did Heratogus die just now?
Disappearing into dots of light, was that a death that a mere Rank Three holy practitioner could achieve?
Lastly, and most importantly, the appearance of this plot meant that Chen Yu had already completed the mission and fulfilled Heratogus's expectations.
Did Heratogus's expectations involve rescuing the little Saintess or developing emotional entanglement with her?
From the conversation, it was probably the latter.
What Chen Yu had done was to make the little Saintess develop a dependent and affectionate emotion towards him.
If the little Saintess hadn't seen through Chen Yu's "acting," then the source of this emotion would belong to Heratogus.
To achieve the goal of making the little Saintess attached to this world and protecting it in the future, wouldn't it be better to send other holy practitioners to suffer with her and even die for her to stimulate her emotions? Why did he have to personally take action?
"Tsk tsk, not simple at all, most likely an old fox," Chen Yu sighed, "It seems like I need to remind the little one so that she doesn't suffer because of this old fox in the future!"
Just then, a pulling sensation suddenly appeared on Chen Yu.
It was the power that had pulled his soul in the dark space before.
Heratogus's plot had ended, which meant that Chen Yu's mission had also ended and he should return.
However, something extremely absurd happened.
In the world of the potential trial, Chen Yu's body was his true body.
If his soul was pulled away while his body remained here, it would be ridiculous.
Soaring Dragon Academy would probably release a news article the next day:
"Shocking! The strongest top scorer arrives at Soaring Dragon University and overnight becomes a ghost!"
Helplessly, Chen Yu could only rely on the power of transcendence to suppress his soul.
"Who are you?"
Just then, Dalia suddenly drew her knight sword and looked at Chen Yu warily.
"Are you suffering from amnesia?" Chen Yu instantly wanted to curse.
"Huh? This is... the power that the Ascetic used just now?" Dalia withdrew her knight sword with a puzzled expression, "Are you Lord Ascetic?"
"No, didn't Lord Ascetic already sacrifice himself?"
"Damn, cheating and creating bugs." Chen Yu's face twitched.
In the eyes of others, Chen Yu was undoubtedly the Ascetic Heratogus.
But the Ascetic had exploded in front of everyone just now.
According to reason, the challenger should have completed the mission and returned to their original world at this time.
But Chen Yu's true body was still here, causing the NPCs to have a cognitive barrier lifted.
What they saw was no longer the Ascetic Heratogus, but Chen Yu himself.
"How do we deal with this?"
Chen Yu was at a loss.