Søren waited quietly.
When the funeral was over, he walked up to Vivian and nodded to the priestess. "Thank you for your help these past two days."
"I'm going to take her with me."
Vivian's face lit up when she saw Søren. She held one of Søren's fingers and said happily, "Big brother."
"You're back."
The priestess had a sad expression on her face, as if she was still grieving for the dead.
She glanced at Søren and frowned. Priestesses usually had strong senses. Before this, Søren was like a gangster on the streets. Although he was good at fighting, he had never experienced a real battle. But now, Søren was like a warrior to her. He had the same aura as the temple guards. It was a murderous aura. Most of the temple guards here were retired from the battlefield, or they had experienced many battles. How could Søren change so much in such a short time?
Did he experience something in the past two days?
Søren bowed his head slightly to Pastor Phil and was about to leave with Vivian.
"Wait!"
The priestess stopped him and quickly said, "Vivian has some talents that normal people don't have!"
"Maybe she has the potential to become a priestess."
"I think you should leave her here first. If she can become a priestess, it'll be good for her future."
"At least it's better than …"
At this point, the priestess stopped talking. What she meant was, of course, that it was better than following Sauron around the streets. Becoming a priestess of a god was equivalent to having a noble identity, and her status would also skyrocket. In her opinion, it was better than following Sauron around in a third-rate gang in the slums. Of course, she didn't know about Søren's massacre in the slums. Vivian wouldn't tell anyone about it. In the priestess' eyes, Søren was still a cheat in a certain guild.
No matter how good a thief's skills were, in the end, they were still useless!
"Hmph!"
Surprisingly, Søren wasn't the first to speak up. Vivian's expression was ugly. She glared at the priestess and said, "I don't want to be a priestess!"
"Staying by my brother's side is the best!"
She would never allow anyone to look down on her brother.
What's wrong with being a thief?
If Søren hadn't risked his life to steal her things, she wouldn't have survived until now.
These lofty and despicable people!
Who knew how difficult it was for a teenager to raise a three-year-old girl?
Her brother used to carry bags at the docks for a period of time, but no matter how hard he worked, the money he earned was still not enough to fill their stomachs. In Vivian's heart, her brother was the one who held up her world. She would never allow anyone to look down on her brother or speak ill of him, even if it was her sister, the priest, who she had always been close to.
The little girl glared at her fiercely, as if the other party was her enemy!
The priestess was stunned.
She had never seen the little girl lose her temper, especially with her. She wanted to apologize, but she still stubbornly believed that Søren couldn't give her a better future.
He was a thief from the slums.
In the future, he would at most become the leader of a gang, but his life would still be precarious.
Vivian deserved a better future!
The priestess insisted that she was doing this for Vivian's sake, so her expression was stubborn. She turned her head and stared at Søren, as if she wanted him to realize that Vivian would only have a better future if she stayed in the church.
Unfortunately, she was disappointed.
Søren only smiled and gently stroked Vivian's head, as if he was comforting an angry kitten.
He smiled and lifted Vivian's small body, then placed her on his shoulder. The little girl giggled and wrapped her arms around Søren's neck, rubbing her forehead against his hair.
She was always so happy!
If no one purposely made her angry, this quiet little girl could happily busy herself for a day.
She cleaned the house, washed the clothes, packed the things.
Although the clothes were always dirty, Søren didn't mind.
"I'm sorry."
Søren held the little girl's waist with one hand. She was a little malnourished, so she was light as a feather. He slowly shook his head and said seriously, "Vivian won't become a priestess."
A priestess?
The Time of Troubles was about to begin.
The Dawnlord was one of the first gods to fall!
When that time came, the priestess in front of him would lose her ability to cast divine spells. Unless her Wisdom exceeded 20, she would be able to re-analyze divine spells with her own ability, then she would be able to give her faith to the 'Origin of Order', and use her faith as the core to understand the world. Otherwise, she would be an ordinary person in the future. At most, she would have a few more combat skills than ordinary people.
Søren had already decided to leave.
He wanted to leave the chaos caused by the skinning incident!
How could he allow Vivian to stay in the Dawnlord Shrine and become a priestess for a god that was about to fall?
"Let's go."
Søren bowed slightly again to express his gratitude for her care, then left with the little girl on his shoulder.
No matter what, the other party had good intentions.
However, for Søren, leaving with Vivian and finding a safe place to steadily improve his strength was the best choice.
The priestess watched the two leave.
She opened her mouth to say something, but in the end, she couldn't say anything. She only looked a little disappointed and envious.
They depended on each other.
That was the thought that popped up in her mind.
Perhaps for Vivian, there was nothing happier than staying by Søren's side.
The priestess looked at the little girl's happy face as she left, then looked at the empty shrine behind her and muttered, "I hope you can take good care of her."
She sighed softly and walked toward the main hall.
The evil skinning people were getting more and more brazen, and the three shrines of Amber City had decided to join forces to deal with them.
There was going to be a huge battle soon.
Perhaps it would be better for her to stay by Søren's side since she was going to join the battle.
… … …
Leaving Amber City was not as simple as closing one's eyes.
Not to mention the possibility of losing one's way, accidents along the way could cost one's life.
For a person to wander alone in the wilderness, he was either courageous because of his skills, or courting death!
There was no second possibility.
Søren still had a lot of things to prepare. For example, he needed to find a merchant group and pay them a sum of money to follow them. For example, he needed to recall his old fighting skills and try to practice his basic sword skills. After that, he needed to master [Sword Form: Heavy Hack]. He needed to prepare emergency medicine, enough food, camping equipment, and even a mount for Vivian.
Monsters weren't the only dangerous things in the wilderness.
There were also poisonous insects, beasts, and bandits. If he didn't know how big of a mess the skinning incident had caused, he wouldn't have left.
He really didn't want to take Vivian on a long journey.
However, he had to leave now because according to his estimation, the skinning incident would escalate to another level in half a month.
The first Child of God would appear in front of the world.
It was the [Witch of Fear], Lillian.
The Dreadlord of the Abyss, who possessed great divine power, foresaw his fall, so he left his descendants in the mortal world and distributed his divine power to them. There were demons in the Abyss who did the same. They left their most primordial divinity as a seed in one of their descendants. After that, they planned to use the divinity to devour the soul of their descendant and finally use the divine power inherited by their descendant to be resurrected.
Some succeeded, and some failed.
Some demons' resurrection plans were ruined and eventually died in the mortal world.
However, some demons' resurrection plans were successful. They were resurrected in the broken bodies of their descendants and restored their divine power.
It was not a possession.
Instead, they directly destroyed their descendants and used their divine power to create a new body for resurrection.
It was cruel.
However, this was the law of the Abyss.
If Søren remembered correctly, there were at least two Children of God at that time. These were the descendants of the demons with great power.
They were the ones who caused the initial turmoil.
The descendants of the Dreadlord killed each other and spread fear in the mortal world. The skinning incident was an opportunity, an ancient and evil sacrificial ritual.
In the end!
The [Witch of Fear], Lillian, became one of the most powerful Children of God.
Then, when the Time of Troubles began, she was killed by the Lady of Silver Moon (Goddess of the Moon) who had lost her divine power and descended to the mortal world as a Saint.
This was not the end.
It was just the beginning of a more chaotic era because the Gods would descend to the mortal world as Saints.
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