Asmo Mountain Range.
Li Lai had been here for more than three days.
He still hadn't found any clues about the fifth squad, and the worst part was that he was injured because of the interstellar beast.
In the process of escaping, he had to go deep into the forest where the three-star giant snake was.
The interstellar beast that was chasing him had already turned around and fled because a giant snake's tail appeared in the dense grass in front of him.
Li Lai's heart beat wildly, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
But soon, before he ran away, he found something unusual.
The smell of blood …
There was a faint oppressive smell of blood.
Li Lai made a bold guess.
He opened his eyes slightly, and after hesitating, he carefully picked up a stone and threw it at the giant snake.
The stone fell on the snake's tail and bounced away.
The giant snake didn't move.
Li Lai, who was ready to escape, stopped again.
He watched cautiously and finally made up his mind to approach, only to find that —
The giant snake was already dead!
It was cut in half by a sharp blade, and the wound was very clean. It should have been killed in one hit, and looking at the wound, it might have died not long ago!
Who was this? Who did this?
Li Lai was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
In the Roland Empire, who had the ability to kill a three-star beast in one hit?
Marshal …?
But didn't he go back to the Imperial City? How could he be here? Or … was it someone from the Bevat Empire?!
Li Lai kept thinking, and even began to suspect that the disappearance of the fifth squad was related to the people from the Bevat Empire.
At this time, there was a rustling sound in the grass, and footsteps were heard.
"Who is it?"
Li Lai subconsciously shouted, and because he was nervous, he pulled his wound, and blood immediately flowed from the corner of his mouth.
However, he didn't expect to hear a familiar voice —
"Yes, captain, it's me."
A figure appeared from the grass that was half a person's height. Wang Hu looked at Li Lai with a bright smile.
"I finally found you!"
"Wang Hu, why are you …" Li Lai's eyes widened, "Didn't you go back to the Imperial City?"
"No, how could I leave you here alone?" Wang Hu saw the blood at the corner of his mouth and hurriedly took out a small bottle from his pocket and threw it to him.
"Take some medicine and heal your wounds first. Beginner Health Potion."
He wasn't in a hurry to step forward. Based on his understanding of Li Lai, he knew that the captain was currently on guard against him. After all, this was an emergency, so he could understand.
Li Lai looked at the medicine in his hand and checked it without batting an eyelid. Finally, he chose to eat one. Feeling his injuries quickly recover, he put down his vigilance against Wang Hu.
"I didn't expect you to come looking for me …"
Wang Hu chuckled. Knowing that the crisis of trust had been resolved, he finally approached them openly.
He took the small bottle from Li Lai's hand and carefully put it into his pocket.
"Is this medicine effective? My disciple gave it to me, "he said with some pride.
Li Lai blinked. "Flower Follower?"
"Roar." Fox King nodded. "He followed me and wandered in the woods with me for a few days. He just disappeared. I heard that the Alternate World Passage was closed, so the Brave Ones won't be able to come for a while."
"Before he left, he gave me a lot of good things and even told me not to die. Hehe, it's not bad to take in a disciple, right?"
Li Lai nodded. Wang Hu was a Shadow Warrior, so it was much more convenient for him to move around in the forest.
"Did you find anything?"
"Yes." Fox King looked into the depths of the forest. "Charlie and the others should have disappeared in that direction."
Li Lai followed his gaze and couldn't help but feel excited. "Okay, let's go and take a look."
If they were alive, he wanted to see them. If they were dead, he wanted to see their corpses!
He would definitely find them.
But before leaving, they worked together to deal with the three-star giant snake.
A three-star beast was considered to be at the top of the food chain in the Asmo Mountain Range. With its aura, they could effectively scare away one-star and two-star beasts.
And the snake's skin, meat, and gallbladder were indeed good stuff!
Soon, they dealt with the three-star giant snake's corpse and headed in the direction of the white fog. They soon disappeared into the dense forest …
So painful …
Xu Sili slowly opened his eyes.
The dizziness and weakness made it impossible for him to concentrate and think. He looked blankly at the blue sky above his head and heard the soft rustling of the leaves.
Where was he?
Just as he was about to think of something, a sharp pain came from the back of his head, forcing him to stop. He curled up his body and raised his hand to touch the back of his head.
It felt sticky and slippery. He took his hand back and saw that it was dripping with red blood.
However, what caused him to be at a loss was his short, child-like hands.
What's going on?
With a splitting headache, Xu Sili was very confused about the current situation. He seemed to have forgotten something. It wasn't that he forgot, but it was very vague and he couldn't remember it clearly.
Fortunately, he had the game system.
[Asmo Trial Begins]
[Trial Content: Return to your weakest period and successfully survive a certain death situation as a weakling.]
[Duration of this trial: 7 days]
When he saw the system message, he finally managed to remember something.
That's right, he was tricked by that magic formation and now the trial had begun.
Return to his weakest period …
Xu Sili looked at his hands that had shrunk several times, then looked at his body that had obviously turned into a child —
So, he had returned to Snow Roland's childhood?!
Then what about Si Sheng? Had he also entered the trial?
At this time, the pain that came from the back of his head made Xu Sili unable to think about anything else.
He looked at his HP bar.
His HP was only a pitiful 1000, similar to a newborn baby. Not only did he lose 200 HP, but what was worse was —
He was still losing HP at a rate of 2 HP per second.
In other words, in about 6 minutes, he would die from losing all his HP.
Although his head hurt and he was dizzy, for the sake of his own life, Xu Sili tried his best to think and search through Snow Roland's memories.
According to the surroundings, this incident should have happened when Snow was 5 years old.
He had just completed the test and was determined by the academy to be an ordinary person without any elemental talent. Because of this, he was neglected by his father and moved from his original prince's palace to a remote courtyard.
How could the little prince, who was originally pampered and spoiled since he was young, stand such a difference?
Therefore, the little boy ran from his residence to the woods. When he heard the sound of the guards looking for him, he secretly climbed up a tree and successfully hid. Who knew that he would accidentally fall from the tree.
In Snow's memory, at that time, Janice happened to catch him and saved him. Therefore, from that time, he had a special feeling for Janice.
And now, probably because of the trial, Janice, who should have appeared, disappeared.
Therefore, he fell solidly to the ground and hurt the back of his head. If he didn't save himself, he would have died quietly.
This situation of certain death …
It had to be said that it was really too unexpected!
Xu Sili complained in his heart and then struggled to get up. He couldn't waste time, otherwise, he would really die.
"Is there anyone?"
He tried to shout loudly, but his rapidly losing strength was obviously not enough for him to do so.
Moreover, the guards just left, so it was unlikely that anyone would pass by in a short time.
First, he had to stop his bleeding.
Xu Sili quickly changed his strategy. He took off the small jacket on his body with difficulty and randomly wrapped it into a ball, covering his wound.
But this was useless.
The speed of his blood loss didn't slow down.
Xu Sili put down the jacket and frowned. Then …
When his gaze fell on a green grass not far away, Xu Sili's eyes lit up.
Although he couldn't use the Insight Skill now, he was thankful to the heavens. When he first learned it, he was so excited that he was able to see through everything he saw with his Insight Skill.
That was why he still remembered that this seemingly inconspicuous grass had a pretty good hemostatic effect.
Moreover, this Hemostatic Grass could be seen everywhere. It would grow into a clump, which meant that there must be a clump of Hemostatic Grass nearby!
Xu Sili felt the loss of strength.
Along with the excessive blood loss, the accompanying dizziness and weakness made him feel afraid. After he thought of a solution, he quickly moved.
He crawled over with difficulty and found that there were more Hemostatic Grass around the grass.
He revealed a smile and quickly moved.
In the quiet forest, the little boy's face was getting paler and paler. He busily gathered the grass and put it all on his jacket. After wrapping it up, he used a stone to grind out the juice.
Finally, when he only had 200 HP left, Xu Sili successfully applied the ground Hemostatic Grass to his wound.
Although he was battered and exhausted, at least the debuff was gone.
After he finished, not long after, he heard the footsteps of the patrolling guards in the distance.
Xu Sili opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't make a sound. He didn't waste his strength. Instead, he grabbed the small stones on the ground and continuously threw them into the bushes.
The sound of the stones was very soft. He was a bit worried.
Fortunately, this group of guards didn't neglect their duties.
They quickly heard the movement and found him. They hurriedly picked him up.
"Young Highness! Young Highness! Are you okay? "The guards anxiously asked.
Xu Sili hadn't completely lost consciousness.
He didn't have time to complain. He opened his eyes and looked at the guards who were holding him. He said in a low voice, "Go to the Water Healing Division."
Hearing this, the guards finally recovered from their shock. After they agreed, they hurriedly carried him to the residence of the Imperial Water Healing Division.
When Xu Sili woke up again, he had changed his clothes. The wound on his head was completely healed. He was lying on a soft bed.
In front of him was the dome of an unfamiliar palace.
He blinked and looked at the woman who was lying on his bed. It seemed that she had been watching over him all night.
At this time, the woman woke up.
When she saw him, her red eyes were filled with tears. "Young Highness, you're finally awake! Do you still feel unwell anywhere? "
Xu Sili looked at her quietly.
This was Janice, a younger Janice who was more than ten years younger.
How magical …
He looked at the surreal scene around him. If it wasn't for the System's reminder, he would have suspected that he had really returned to the past.
Was this some kind of high-level illusion? Or was it something like a game's dungeon?
Janice was still crying.
Seeing that she was crying so pitifully, Xu Sili could only comfort her. "Don't cry …"
The moment she spoke, it was a soft and tender voice.
Xu Sili was speechless.
"It's all Janice's fault that Your Highness is injured … Please punish me, Your Highness …" The woman was still crying.
Xu Sili never knew that Janice had such a weak personality.
He didn't care about her and struggled to sit up.
When Janice saw this, she quickly stopped crying and helped him sit up. She even put a pillow behind him.
"The Water Healing Division said that Your Highness' injuries have just healed. Your Highness will be a little weak and will be fine after a period of rest."
Xu Sili listened to her and looked down at his hands.
His small and tender hands were chubby and there was a little dimple near his thumb.
When he looked at the furniture around him, he couldn't help but facepalm.
Luckily, this would only last for seven days.
Luckily, Si Sheng wouldn't see him like this.
Janice seemed to have a tendency to nag. No matter how much Xu Sili didn't like her current childish voice, he had to speak again. "Janice, I'm hungry."
"Ah, okay, okay, I'll go and prepare something for Your Highness now!"
Janice turned and left. The dormitory was finally quiet.
Xu Sili sat on the bed for a while before he slowly climbed down.
Due to his height, he could only lie on the edge of the bed. His feet were dangling in the air and he slowly slid down to the ground.
It was really inconvenient.
Because he was weak, his legs felt weak, but it wasn't a big problem.
Very quickly, he moved a chair to support his feet and took the mirror on the table.
Reflected in the mirror was a little boy's face. He had silver hair and purple eyes. He looked like he was carved out of jade. With his little sister's hair covering his ears, he looked even more beautiful like a girl.
Xu Sili put down the mirror with a bang.
Other than the color of his hair and eyes, it was exactly the same as when he was young. Even his hairstyle was similar.
Although it wasn't perverted enough to make him wear female clothes, his mother had always wanted a daughter. She would always cut his hair and dress him up so that it was hard to tell whether he was a boy or a girl.
This also led to him receiving confessions from both boys and girls since he was young. Some boys even continued to insist after knowing his true gender.
Because of his early exposure to these things, he didn't have any special interest in love. He also didn't meet anyone, until …
Xu Sili sat down on the chair. His two short legs dangled in the air.
Si Sheng, he …
Also entered the trial, right?
If he was weak, he should be a slave. Could he handle it?
Worry and uneasiness suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart. It was like an invisible hand grasping at his heart.
He should be … fine, right?
However, the NPC warrior who died in the trial appeared in front of his eyes.
No, it can't be.
Xu Sili comforted himself.
Si Sheng was so strong. He could definitely pass the trial … but he had lost all his abilities.
Just like now, he had lost all his abilities and was truly a child. He still had the help of the game system, but Si Sheng didn't have anything …
Xu Sili's face turned pale. He bit his nails.
He was starting to regret.
It was all his fault. If he didn't have to come to this trial, if he had run away as soon as he saw the NPC warrior die …
"Little Highness, what's wrong?"
Janice walked into the dormitory with a tray. When she saw the little boy biting his fingers, she couldn't help but run over anxiously.
Xu Sili was just about to say that he was fine when he heard an unfamiliar voice.
"Little Snow!"
He looked over and saw an unfamiliar figure following behind Janice. It was a person wearing a military uniform …
A girl?
"I heard that you were injured so I rushed over. Are you okay?" A girl of about 15 or 16 years old rushed in and directly carried him.
"Quick, let big sister take a look. Does your head still hurt?"
Xu Sili finally reacted. This was the second princess of the Roland Empire, Snow's elder sister who died in the beast horde — Sirene Roland.
"Ah, it doesn't hurt anymore."
He came back to his senses and found himself in her arms. His face turned red and he hurriedly struggled to get up.
Sirene didn't force him. She even smiled and rubbed his hair.
"Little Snow is still so shy."
Xu Sili didn't want to talk to her. He also didn't know how to face this girl who was already dead in Snow Roland's memory.
He walked towards Janice and prepared to eat something to fill his stomach.
Sirene obviously misunderstood.
She looked at her brother and said somewhat helplessly, "Little Snow, don't be sad. Although you can't become an Elementalist, at least you can grow up safely …"
Before she finished speaking, she thought that the child had just been seriously injured and smiled awkwardly.
"You're the one who asked for it …"
Xu Sili carefully chewed the bread to prevent himself from choking and looked at her coldly.
How could you talk to a child like this?
With Snow Roland's fragile heart, she probably wouldn't be happy to hear this.
Sirene slowly calmed down.
She watched the little boy eat and thought about what to say to save the awkward atmosphere.
Then, she thought of something and said, "I was supposed to carry out a mission today, but I asked for leave in order to come and see you."
Although Sirene was the second princess, she joined the army when she was in her teens and was responsible for the security of the inner city. She was a violent girl with her own ideas.
Xu Sili took a sip of milk and finally decided to ease the atmosphere with this second sister. After all, in order to survive the next six days, he might need to rely on her.
"What mission?" He asked.
"You won't understand even if I tell you."
Xu Sili glanced at her. Sirene was embarrassed. "Haha, it's to clean up the underground slave market … You're just a child who doesn't understand these things …"
Xu Sili couldn't help but be stunned.
"You mean … the underground slave market?"
"Splash —"
A basin of dirty water was splashed into the cage. The boy curled up in the corner opened a pair of dim grayish-blue eyes with difficulty.
Where … was he?
The cold, stinky water, the dark environment, and the heavy shackles on his wrists and ankles reminded him of where he was and who he was.
He was just a nameless little slave who had been to several underground slave markets. Because he refused to cooperate, he was rejected by the buyers and finally angered the slave owner.
He received all kinds of punishments.
Apart from his face, his body was covered with whip marks. Every time he fainted, he would be awakened by cold water and suffer endless pain, hunger, and cold.
But this time, there seemed to be something else in his mind.
It was probably a dream.
In the dream, he became the most powerful man in the empire, guarding the most respected person in the country. That person called him — — Si Sheng.
It should be just a dream, right?
In reality, he was just a little slave without any power, like the mud underground.
In his grayish-blue eyes, the light that finally lit up slowly extinguished.
He was going to die.
But …
His dead eyes moved slightly and fell on the big man who threw the bucket on the ground outside the cage.
Before he died, he wanted to drag someone down with him.
In fact, he wanted to kill the slave owner more, but it didn't matter, because everyone deserved to die.
If he had the power, he would kill everyone.
So, he knew that the extra memory in his mind was just a dream.
He couldn't protect anyone, let alone become a guardian. The moment he had the power, the first thing he would do was — — destroy.
His grayish-blue eyes flashed with a fierce light, but when the big man looked over, it was covered by his drooping eyelashes.
The young man clenched the iron chain on the shackles, making a slight noise.
"Wake up!"
The big man walked to his side and kicked him, "Mr. Klaus said that you need to receive 100 lashes as punishment, and now there are only 20 left."
"If you can get through it, then the matter of you offending the customer will be written off. If you can't … …"
The big man smiled sinisterly, didn't say anything, and took the whip from his waist.
But just as he was about to continue, there was a movement outside.
A few figures walked down the stairs, looking like they were talking and laughing.
"It's Mr. Klaus."
The big man muttered, "And … … Viscount Kennett's butler? Kid, you're lucky. "
When there were guests, in order to avoid disturbing them, they were not allowed to punish the goods.
The young man ignored him, and he controlled his breathing.
Although he didn't have the skills in the dream, he seemed to be able to grasp some techniques.
For example, he could quickly recover his strength through a certain breathing method.
Although his chest hurt as if it was being cut by a knife, he could feel that his lost strength was quietly recovering.
What made him even more excited was that he heard Klaus' footsteps.
Closer … … Closer … …
They stopped in front of the cage.
"This child … …" The viscount's butler covered his nose with a handkerchief and frowned as he sized up the young man.
Klaus piled up the fat on his face and said with a smile, "He's not very obedient, so he needs to be adjusted. Don't dirty your eyes. Take a look at the other side, I'm sure you'll be satisfied with him."
The butler hesitated, looking at the young man with a thoughtful expression.
"Bring him out, I want to see him."
"He seems to be quite handsome, maybe the master will like him."
Klaus was startled, and he quickly ordered the big man to bring the young man out, saying, "He might not be very obedient … …"
"The master likes disobedient people."
"I see, I understand." Klaus replied and looked at the big man, indicating for him to hurry up.
The big man didn't expect this to happen, so he quickly smiled and untied the shackles on the young man's feet, and then dragged him out.
Having just been whipped, the young man's thin and weak body was dripping with blood, and his steps were very weak.
However, looking at him like this, the butler's eyes showed a trace of satisfaction.
"Then … …"
Before he could finish his words, a change occurred.
The young man who looked very weak suddenly jumped up and nimbly jumped onto the back of the slave master, Klaus, and used the shackles on his hands to tightly wrap around the slave master's neck!
The young man's eyes were fierce, and there was even a red light flashing in his grayish-blue eyes.
The people accompanying him screamed, but the slaves in the other cages watched numbly, and some cheered.
The young man turned a blind eye to this.
He only had one goal — — before he died, he would strangle this fat pig to death and let him taste the taste of pain and despair!
And he did it in the end.
The guards were frightened by his crazy appearance, and even when the big man guarding him reacted and whipped him again, he didn't let go.
There was only one thought in his mind.
Kill Klaus … … kill him … … kill him … …
Even if the soldiers suddenly rushed in, even if the big man who whipped him was caught, even if those people shouted at him, he didn't let go of the iron chain in his hands.
Until a body with a milky fragrance trembled and gently hugged his dirty head. That soft and tender voice rang in his ears, as if she was about to cry.
"Si Sheng, I'm sorry I'm late … …"
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