"You need to recuperate. Don't be too excited. Once you recover and return to the team, you will have more important responsibilities in the White Bone Camp."
The Ancient Dream Holy Lady smiled and comforted Meng Chao. "At that time, we can fight together for all the rat people and the Great Horned Rat God!"
"I will, Holy Lady. I will!"
Meng Chao was so excited that tears filled his eyes. He shouted in a hoarse voice, "The Rat God gave me those runic symbols, and they helped me keep my life in the burning flames. I will definitely recover as soon as possible and die for the Rat God!"
The Ancient Dream Holy Lady had already shifted her gaze to the next heavily injured person.
"The runes that the Rat God bestowed upon me." This sentence made her slightly stunned, and she shifted her gaze back to the Rat God.
"What runic symbols?"
Her eyes shone with interest.
There were a few spirit energy ripples in her voice, as if she wanted to stir up waves in the depths of Meng Chao's mind.
"The runic symbols I saw when I fell off the cliff when I was young. Holy Lady Ancient Dream, that must be a blessing the Rat God gave me, right?"
Meng Chao paused for a moment and pretended to have come to a realization. "That's right. I never told anyone about this. When I was young, my family lived in a small mountain village with dense forests.
"Even though there were Mandala Fruits all over the place, there was only a limited number of people who could pick them. Besides, the warrior who ruled the mountain village demanded that we use the highest grade Golden Fruits to pay the Mandala Tax. He forced the villagers to enter the mountains and forests time and time again. Finally, we startled the Totem Beasts lurking there.
"I remember that we startled an entire nest of Totem Beasts. The entire mountain forest was filled with the howls of the beasts.
"Many people were bitten to death by the Totem Beasts and were torn to shreds.
"The people who were still alive panicked and ran into a dead end.
"I got separated from my family and staggered up a cliff. There were cliffs on both sides, and in front of me was an abyss. Behind me, the hungry roars of the Totem Beasts were getting closer and closer.
"I lost all hope. I closed my eyes and jumped off the cliff.
"I only thought that even if I fell to my death, it would still be much better than falling into the bloody mouth of the totem beast and letting it slowly tear off every piece of flesh from my body.
"I didn't expect that I wouldn't fall to my death.
"There was a very strange airflow at the bottom of the cliff. It was like a soft cushion supporting my back.
"Also, the dense branches of the Mandara Tree intersected with each other like a huge rope net, constantly reducing my speed.
"Finally, there was a thick layer of fungi growing at the bottom of the cliff. It was soft and elastic. I landed on it and bounced around. Apart from being bruised and swollen, I didn't suffer any serious injuries.
"I stood up dizzily and found myself in a strange and unbelievable new world.
"Those translucent things that I can't tell are minerals or plants are things that I've never seen or heard of in the world above the cliff.
"I also found a cave at the bottom of the cliff. The depths of the cave shone with a faint light, and there was an indescribable and alluring sound coming from it. It was as if it was summoning me to explore it.
"I walked in muddleheadedly. I don't know how many turns I took in the cave, but I saw a huge and majestic stone wall. There were hundreds of runic symbols that I couldn't understand carved on it. Each of the runic symbols flowed with vibrant colors and emitted a beautiful light. They were like colorful streams that were gurgling.
"I was like a fool. I stayed in the cave for a few days in a daze, but I didn't feel hungry or thirsty. I just stared at the runic symbols involuntarily, as if I wanted to imprint each runic symbol into my mind.
"I don't really remember what happened after that.
"I only remember that I somehow left the mysterious world under the cliff and returned to my home at the foot of the mountain.
"When I looked at the barren, abandoned home that looked like a graveyard, I realized that something was wrong.
"After much effort, I found a crazy old man that I was familiar with in the desolate village. I learned that the village had suffered great losses the last time we went into the mountain to collect the Golden Fruits. Almost all the young adults died under the claws of the totem beasts, including my parents. They didn't come back alive.
"The village only had the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled left. The villagers who still had a chance of survival all went to the nearby villages to seek shelter. Only the villagers who were too old to walk stayed here and waited for death.
"And it had been half a year since the harvesting team encountered the totem beasts deep in the forest!
"That's strange. I felt like I stayed in the cave for three to five days at most. After I left the forest, I only used half a day to return to my home. Even though I was hungry, I could still bear with it. How could half a year have passed?
"With a stomach full of questions, I left my barren home and wandered around. I also encountered countless dangers.
"At this time, something even stranger happened!
"Every time I encountered danger, the runes that I saw deep in the cave when I fell off the cliff would appear in front of my eyes.
"Every time those symbols appear before my eyes, I feel my blood boiling and my body boiling. It's as if there's an incomparably tyrannical power surging out from the depths of my bones, causing me to become nimble and powerful. Even if I'm heavily injured, my recovery speed is still much faster than that of an ordinary person.
"Sometimes, I would even dream of returning to the mysterious world under the cliff. I would walk into the winding cave again and see the magnificent stone wall at the end of the cave. Every time I woke up from such a dream, I would feel that I had become stronger than before, and that my flesh and blood had become sturdier!
"This time, when I charged at the Wolf Tribe officer and used my iron shield to block the magma he spurted out, those mysterious runes also shone crazily in front of my eyes, granting me infinite strength and the ability to endure pain. Otherwise, how could I have been able to move forward step by step against the magma while carrying the iron shield that had been burned red?
"Holy Lady Ancient Dream, please tell me. Are these runes really the blessings that the Great Horned Rat God gave me? Could it be that the Great Horned Rat God has been paying attention to a nobody like me since a long time ago? "
Meng Chao stared at the Holy Lady Ancient Dream with burning eyes.
He believed that the Holy Lady Ancient Dream would definitely be deeply attracted by his story.
Besides, he was not afraid that the Holy Lady Ancient Dream would see any flaws in his story.
Because even though the story was fictional, the details of the story, including the wonderful world under the cliff and the shining runes on the stone wall, were all real.
Meng Chao had seen the phenomenon with his own eyes when he was in Monster Mountain Range around the Second Ancient Ruins in Hidden Fog Desolate Region.
Turanze was very close to Monster Mountain Range, so it was not strange for there to be similar ruins.
Just as he expected, the Holy Lady Ancient Dream's eyes sparkled.
"In the eyes of the Great Horned Rat God, as long as you have the courage to fight for freedom and dignity, you are the noblest warrior. You are definitely not an insignificant nobody. A warrior like you is naturally qualified to receive the Rat God's blessings and guidance."
The Holy Lady Ancient Dream paused for a moment before she said, "But what exactly did the runes on the stone wall you saw in your dream look like? Can you draw them for me to see?"
Meng Chao nodded and extended a finger that was smeared with burn ointment. He poked at the air and drew some runes that looked like he had just drawn.
The runes he had drawn were real.
They were carved in the depths of the First Ancient Ruins in the center of Dragon City.
It was just that he had deliberately drawn them in a crooked and fragmented manner.
If it were a normal person, they might have thought that he had just drawn randomly because his finger was cramping.
But Meng Chao believed that the Holy Lady Ancient Dream would definitely be able to sense the mystery of the ancient era from the fragmented strokes.
"I-I don't really remember."
After drawing four broken runic symbols that did not form a system, Meng Chao looked as if he had drained all his energy. His head hurt, and he moaned. "Every time I want to draw these runic symbols clearly, I just can't remember them. My head hurts! My head hurts!"
The Holy Lady Ancient Dream quickly went forward and placed her hands on Meng Chao's temples. She sent two gentle waves of spirit energy into his brain.
"It's fine. The Rat God's blessings have their own mysteries. It's not something we can easily understand and imitate," the Holy Lady Ancient Dream said gently.
The Ancient Dream Saintess said softly, "As long as we continue to maintain our boundless piety and dedicate our everything to the cause of all the rat people, the Great Horned Rat God will naturally continue to bless us until the final victory falls upon our heads!"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
