Chapter 35: 1% Explored (1/2)
Leah watched as Carlo’s corpse slowly vanished into thin air like a puff of smoke.
All enemies killed by Players would be presented to the God of Games as offerings. It was a rule that came with the blessing of the System through faith in him.
It was true that Xi Wei, who had been watching everything unfold could choose not to take Carlo’s corpse and allow Leah to bury her former teacher. However, he had no such intention.
If he started to dote over his believers on every little thing and clean up their mess every time, they could get too used to it. Even if they would feel the grace and gratitude towards him at first, they would quickly become upset should there be certain lacking in his concern, and they might even turn their backs on his church.
That is basically what it means to be codependent.
Therefore, the gods must keep a certain distance from their followers. If they get too close, the followers would instead lose their reverence towards them.
“Your Highness…” Boris looked at the single piece of black bone left where Carlo’s corpse had been, his attitude toward Leah in turn becoming more respectful now. “What should we do now?”
Although Leah would join the fight against beasts and magical creatures, they encountered over the last few days, she remained a noble princess and would mostly be the one delivering the last blow to gain EXP. That was why it was only now that Boris finally realized how powerful she was, and could so easily defeat Carlo, whom himself could never hope to best.
As expected of the warrior princess who earned the respect of the God of Games. She was completely different from ordinary footmen like them…
Leah recovered from her silent dejection then.
In reality, not even Leah herself expected that her ability would rise so immensely after gaining the System. Since she never really fought before and the System itself had many vague terms for its explanation of its different skills, she did not find that her new training was any different from the sword skills she learned before.
When Carlo intercepted them, she was also ready to die just like Boris, only to found that the power in the different skills available in the System to be powerful beyond imagination when she really fought. It was Carlo who was cut down in just a few strokes!
Though Carlo himself was taken by surprise thanks to the different skill effects, Leah imagined that she would lose even in a direct clash of swords!
It left the girl feeling the irony.
If only Carlo would have kept a little faith in the God of Games—even if for just a moment longer, he clearly would have earned any power far beyond the blessings of evil gods, helping him greatly on his path to revenge. It was a pity that he could not wait for just a few days more after holding back for so long, joining Rotten Bones and turning his back on the God of Games and finally meeting his fate.
It was lamentable.
Leah’s chest felt hot at the thought. With the System’s power, she just might reclaim her base near Lancaster.
Still, she threw away that idea right after it came to her. While her sword skill was formidable, she remained a mortal without any supernatural powers and could easily be killed. In the end, Rotten Bones were a cult, and there must be a few cultists who had mastered such powers, meaning that here inferior skills would not be so effective in a fight.
Furthermore, even if all the Rotten Bones cultists would never best her, they outnumbered her group of just six immensely. With limited MP and stamina, they were never going to destroy an entire cult.
That was why their best choice now was to continued their journey to the unnamed town where they could recruit other Players to help their cause. With enough people, they could return to Lancaster and destroy the Rotten Bones in one swift stroke!”
“We’ll wait for the others,” Leah’s said clearly as she sheathed her sword and pulled the strands of her blonde hair hanging beside her eyes. “We’ll continue towards the Valley of the Tragic Dead.”