Walking on the street, the two little girls followed closely behind Fangzheng without saying a word. They were as frightened and uneasy as two kittens abandoned by their mother.
"Hmm … Anyway, I should help you change your clothes first," said Sheyan.
Looking at the two little girls' tattered clothes, Fangzheng frowned. They couldn't even be considered clothes at all. Strictly speaking, they were no different from rags. Besides …
"Does it hurt?"
Asked Fangzheng as he looked at the two little girls stepping on the ground barefoot. Upon hearing Fangzheng's question, the little raccoon and the little white tiger were taken aback. They shook their heads hard.
"No, it doesn't hurt!"
Although their expressions were resolute, just looking at their feet that were scratched by the stone was enough to draw a conclusion.
This reminded Fangzheng of the cursed children. Those children were the same. They would rather suffer than let others think that they were a burden.
After all, they were still children.
At this thought, Fangzheng walked to the two of them and picked them up, one in each hand.
"Ah!"
"Huh?"
Faced with this sudden action, the two girls jumped in fright. However, Fangzheng did not say a word. All he did was give them a glance.
"Hold on tight. Don't fall off."
Then, Fangzheng carried them and continued walking.
A man carrying two demi-human children on the street was naturally very eye-catching. Many people cast doubtful and disgusted looks at Fangzheng. However, Fangzheng didn't care about what they thought. After all, Fangzheng had seen this kind of situation many times when he first transmigrated to the Dark World.
Soon, Fangzheng arrived at an adventurer's equipment store with the two little girls in his arms. He opened the door and walked in.
"Welcome … Yo, isn't this the hero?"
The bald-headed boss standing behind the counter greeted. When he saw Fangzheng clearly, he couldn't help but be stunned. However, he didn't show the cold or disgusted look of other people on the street. Instead, he laughed.
"I didn't expect Bro Hero to come to my shop … Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Give these two children a set of light clothes that are more suitable for movement. Money is not a problem."
"No problem, leave it to me."
The bald boss didn't seem to have any thoughts about the two children in Fangzheng's arms. He just nodded, turned around, and quickly took out two sets of clothes from behind the counter.
"How about this? Although it might be a little too big for the two little girls, the adventurer's clothing itself still has some defensive capabilities, and it's also convenient for movement. "
"Sure."
Fangzheng glanced at the clothes the bald boss took out and nodded. Then, he gestured for the two girls to take a set of clothes and change into the changing room. Although there were some doubts, the two little guys still picked up their clothes and walked into the changing room.
"Boss, I happen to have something to ask you."
After the two of them walked into the changing room, Fangzheng turned his gaze to the bald boss in front of him. This bald boss was a little different from the others. He was very forthright. Looking at this boss reminded Fangzheng of Agil, whom he had met in SAO's game …
But then again, are all weapon merchants bald and bearded?
Is this some kind of curse?
In short, I will never be in this line of work in the future.
"Oh, Bro Hero, what do you want to ask?"
"The status of the demi-humans in this country seems to be very low. Is it the same in the world?"
"What? Bro, don't you know? "
The bald boss showed a very surprised look when he heard Fangzheng's question.
"This country believes in the Three Brave Sects, so they aren't very tolerant of the demi-humans."
"Three Brave Sects?"
Fangzheng suddenly remembered the group of guys dressed like cultists when he was summoned here.
"That's right. The demi-humans used to be slaves of humans, but according to legend, the last generation of the Hero of the Shield helped the demi-humans rebel against humans and formed their own country. Of course, as you know, there must have been a lot of wars during this period. Then it became like this …. "
"I see …."
Upon hearing this, Fangzheng nodded. Although the boss's words were very vague, he still understood what he meant. Revolution required blood and sacrifice, not just marching and shouting slogans. The last generation of the Hero of the Shield helped the demi-humans form their own country, which meant that there were battles, wars, and killings with humans.
Along with the killings, hatred would naturally grow and spread.
For humans, the fact that mere slaves dared to rebel and even kill them was naturally unforgivable.
For the demi-humans, they wanted to get rid of the predicament of being slaves, so they naturally had to rise up and kill. The humans who once treated them as slaves and oppressed them deserved it.
Both sides believed that they were not in the wrong, that they were righteous, and that the other side was evil.
As for the Three Brave Sects, they had the Four Holy Heroes, but the Human Sects worshipped the Three Holy Heroes. Combined with the attitude of the group of idiots, it was obvious that the Human Sects treated the Shield Hero as a traitor or a god of plague.
"In other words, there's a demi-human country on this continent now?"
"Yes, but how should I put it …. Sigh, although I don't want to say anything, that country isn't very friendly to humans. You should already know that it's legal to sell demi-human slaves in this country, and it's also legal to sell human slaves in the demi-human country. "
The bald boss spread his hands and shrugged with an expression that said, "What the hell is this?"
"…. I see."
Upon hearing the bald boss's words, Fangzheng fell silent for a moment before nodding. From the perspective of the demi-humans, what they did was not wrong. Both sides were taking revenge on each other. Megmalor, who believed in the Three Brave Sects, was obviously a country where humans were supreme. For them, using demi-humans as slaves was a human "tradition" and did not need to be changed at all.
The demi-humans were obviously taking revenge on humans for enslaving them, so they enslaved humans in return ….
Fortunately, there was no such thing in the Dark World.
Fangzheng breathed a sigh of relief when he thought of this. Because of the Protozoa wreaking havoc in the Dark World, humans could only curl up in their colonies and struggle at death's door. The external survival crisis was far greater than the internal one, and the Cursed Children did not gather together to take revenge on humans.
But no one knew what would happen in the future.
After all, according to the boss, the Hero of the Shield of the previous generation was willing to help the demi-humans resist human enslavement. His original intention must have been good.
But even he probably did not expect things to turn out like this.
It seemed that placing the Cursed Children in the Tendo Temple was the best choice.
Fangzheng had also considered whether to build a home for the Cursed Children in the Dark World, but the bald boss' words reminded Fangzheng of something. In this world, where there were forces, there would be strife. Perhaps the humans would not care about the threat of the Protozoa now.
But after the Protozoa were dealt with, the humans of that world would definitely try to regain control of the entire Earth. At that time, they would inevitably clash with the Cursed Children.
Indeed, the Cursed Children were good children, but even good children did not mean that they would not fight back when they were beaten, nor would they not take revenge when their companions were killed.
Did the Hero of the previous generation not expect things to turn out like this? Or did he think of it but was powerless to do anything about it? Or could it be that in the long passage of time, the Demi-Humans themselves had forgotten their original intentions?
These were all headache-inducing things.
Fangzheng originally wanted to see if he should help the demi-humans of this world if they were the same as the Cursed Children. But since the demi-humans already had their own country, Fangzheng changed his mind. The Hero of the previous generation had already done what he had to do. There was nothing he could do about it now that things had turned out like this.
He just had to mind his own business.
"Clatter."
While Fangzheng was deep in thought, the curtain of the changing room was pulled open. The two little girls, who had changed their clothes, walked out.
Little Raccoon was wearing a dark red adventurer costume, while Little White was wearing a pure white adventurer costume. Although the costumes looked a little loose, at least they had shoes and the like, which was much better than the rags they were wearing just now.
"By the way, what are your names?"
It was only then that Fangzheng remembered that he did not know the names of the two little girls yet. Upon hearing Fangzheng's question, Little Raccoon and Little White Tiger looked at each other before Little Raccoon answered timidly.
Little Raccoon said timidly, "My name is Lavthalia."
"My name is Lifana."
Little White Tiger also spoke up.
"Lavthalia and Lifana? So … hmm … What are your plans next? "
Fangzheng thought for a while and asked. The two little girls were obviously surprised by Fangzheng's question.
"Ma … Master … What do you mean?"
"You're slaves … Hmm, you were captured to be slaves, right? You should have your own home and family. Where are they? If it's possible, I'll send you home … "
"Ugh …"
But as soon as Fangzheng finished his words, Lavthalia suddenly burst into tears, while Lifana lowered her head without saying a word.
"Ugh … What's going on?"
Looking at this scene, Fangzheng scratched his head. According to the classic script, they should be crying tears of joy, but it didn't seem like it …
"It's like this, Master."
At this moment, Lifana spoke.
"When the first wave broke out, Lavthalia's and my parents …"
"…"
Speaking of which, the idiot king did mention that many people died when the first wave broke out. At that time, Fangzheng only heard it as a background introduction.
Now it seemed that it wasn't just a background introduction.
"What's the matter, lad."
At this moment, the bald boss also spoke.
"Take them with you. It's hard for two demi-human children to survive here. Besides, you have to fight against the waves. It's good to have a few helpers."
"Didn't they say that demi-humans aren't good at fighting and hard labor?"
It would have been fine if the demi-humans had the combat strength of the cursed children, but when Fangzheng bought them, the owner of the sunglasses shop had told him that demi-humans weren't good at combat or heavy physical labor.
"I-I can do anything."
Perhaps Lifana mistook this sentence as Fangzheng planning to give up on them, but she immediately became excited.
"Please let us follow you, Master. We're willing to do anything …"
"Okay … You two can follow me for now."
Fangzheng didn't say anything else. He just waved his hand.
"Let's go. I'll take you to eat first, then … we'll leave the city."
After that, Fangzheng took the two kids to a nearby restaurant for a meal. They then left the city and went to the nearby wilderness.
The reason they came here was … to see what use this stupid shield had.
To be honest, Fangzheng did not like the shield at all. First of all, the shield was silly and small. It looked very stupid. What made Fangzheng even more unhappy was that, perhaps because of the "setting" of this world, he couldn't use other weapons after equipping the shield. Whether it was Frostmourne, Lestia, or Aster, they couldn't be used even if they were summoned.
Fortunately, Fangzheng could at least use his magic and first flame ….
He was the only one who could do this. If it was a weak old man, he would probably be tricked to death.
Since he couldn't equip any weapons, he could only use magic and first flame. Of course, if he had to choose, he could still use the King's Treasure.
But as a mage, he felt a little uncomfortable without a greatsword in his hand.
Huh? Something's wrong?
Forget it, there's nothing wrong with it.
Therefore, Fangzheng had to at least test it to see if this shield had the qualifications to make him give up on Lestia, Aster, and Frostmourne …. At the very least, it had to be a divine artifact. Otherwise, what was the use of it?
It was too hard to even be a pillow.
If it didn't work, he could just burn it with fire.
But during the experiment, Fangzheng was surprised to discover the characteristics of the shield.
The shield could absorb everything and transform it into special skills and abilities.
For example, if Fangzheng picked a herb and put it into the green gem in the center of the shield, he would gain the ability to "gather". If he put in too much, he could also gain the ability to "harmonize" the herbs. The same was true for magical beasts. The magical beasts he killed would also give the shield various powers due to their characteristics.
That's a little interesting, but only a little …. Hmm? Wait a minute?
Thinking of this, Fangzheng's eyes suddenly lit up.
Since the shield could absorb everything and transform it into characteristics and abilities, then … .what about this?
Thinking of this, Fangzheng immediately stretched out his hand and rummaged through his inventory for a long time. Then, he took out a Soul Stone.
Although it was also a Soul Stone, this Soul Stone had completely lost its brilliance. It had shattered into several pieces. This Soul Stone was none other than the Star Forging Dragon King's Soul Stone. After Fangzheng used up the number of times, the Soul Stone shattered and became a pile of useless stones.
After that, Fangzheng wanted to summon a Soul Stone of the same level as the Star Forging Dragon King. However, it was unknown if he had used up all his luck, but Fangzheng didn't even summon a Fantasy Soul Stone, much less the Star Forging Dragon King.
As for the fragment, it was an accident. When Fangzheng designed the system, he did not consider what would happen to the Soul Stone itself after it was used up. After all, the system had only made a general framework at that time. Details like this were supposed to be left to the teams to solve during the meeting.
But to Fangzheng's surprise, the fragment of the Soul Stone remained in his inventory after it was used up. Fangzheng was so happy that he tried to see if he could restore it.
In the end, Fangzheng remembered ….
Oh, he didn't even have this setting yet.
So, he kept this thing as a souvenir.
"Master, what's this?"
Seeing Fangzheng take out a handful of Soul Stone fragments, Lavtalia and Lifana hurriedly came over. Although they were a little afraid of Fangzheng at first, perhaps because Fangzheng's attitude was quite amiable, the two little girls were no longer so afraid of Fangzheng.
"Let's do an experiment."
While saying that, Fangzheng picked up a relatively small fragment and placed it on the green gem in the center of the shield. The next moment, the green gem glowed and quickly absorbed the fragment. Then ….
"Beep."
With a soft sound, Fangzheng saw a new branch option appear on the skill tree of the shield in front of him.
It really works!
Looking at the branch in front of him, Fangzheng nodded.
Let's see what kind of skill this is ….
"Boom!"
[Insufficient level, unable to activate]
"Huh?"
Seeing this, Fangzheng suddenly felt uncomfortable.
It still needs to level up?!
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