"What are you doing here?"
Hearing the footsteps coming from behind him, Atier turned around and saw the young man running towards him with a terrified look on his face. He was now gasping for breath, as if he had been chased by something for a long time.
"Huff, huff, huff…"
After hearing Athir's voice, the young man came back to his senses and recovered from his previous panic.
At this time, the burning sensation in his chest had subsided. Facing the gazes of Athir and the others, he was still a little frightened and quickly made an excuse: "Sir, I am an orphan and I am almost out of food. I would like to ask you to take me in."
As he spoke, he gritted his teeth and knelt down without hesitation. The fear on his face disappeared immediately, replaced by a look of determination and sincerity.
"Bold!!"
Before Athir could say anything, the two guards beside him changed color and started scolding them, which made the young man in front of him feel nervous.
"interesting."
Waving his hand to stop the guards beside him from scolding him, Athir was a little surprised when he saw the young man in front of him: "He is actually a knight's apprentice."
Because he had not paid attention before, Athir did not observe carefully, but after focusing his attention now, the other party's physical data was immediately exposed under the detection of the chip, and it was clearly a knight's apprentice.
Suddenly, he was stunned for a moment. Deep in his soul, he felt a faint throbbing sensation, which moved him a little.
That was the power brought by the ability to travel through time and space. At this moment, I didn't know what it sensed, but it began to react.
The source of this reaction came from not far away.
Following his senses, Athir looked down and happened to see a purple stone.
This stone is round and purple all over. It was what the young man in front of him was holding in his hand. It happened to fall down during his rapid running and landed at Athir's feet.
After taking a look at the purple stone under his feet and hesitating for a while, Athir bent down and picked it up.
A warm current quickly came from the palm of my hand and spread deep into my body.
At this moment, in the depths of Athir's soul, the power that had been accumulated suddenly increased, and was still growing continuously.
The power that increased in just a short while was almost the same as the power that Athir had accumulated in the past half a month. Athir was stunned and turned to look at the boy in front of him: "What's your name?"
"Thor!"
Listening to Athir's words, the young man responded without hesitation, then raised his head slightly, looking at Athir, looking a little nervous.
"Thor, huh? He's quite capable."
Athir nodded calmly, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
But after listening to his words, Thor couldn't help but feel his heart tighten, and he almost thought he had exposed something.
Before he could think more, Athir's voice came again in front of him.
"Take him with you."
As if it was an occasional action, Athir spoke calmly, then turned and looked forward, seemingly not paying much attention to the young man in front of him.
Behind him, several guards looked at each other, and finally did not dare to disobey Athir's order and took the young man named Thor with him.
However, despite this, while walking, they still focused part of their attention on the young man in front of them, and it seemed that their suspicion had not been reduced.
Several days passed quickly.
One morning, in a spacious laboratory, Athir stood in front of the test bench, holding the purple stone in his hand.
"Just ordinary stones?"
After repeatedly testing the stone in his hand, a hint of doubt flashed in Athir's eyes.
During these few days, he tested this purple stone several times, but no matter how he tested it, the final result was the same. It was just an ordinary stone, with a purer color at most.
This conclusion surprised Athir a little: "It seems that it is not a problem with the material itself, but some other reasons."
"It seems that we still have to start with that young man."
The energy attached to this stone is of great help to Athir. The energy brought to Athir by this purple stone alone is at least equivalent to the power accumulated by Athir in a year.
If the reason for the energy increase could be found, it would be of great help to Athir.
At least if you want to travel through the world again in the future, you won't have to wait for the energy to be fully charged.
Thinking of this, Atier couldn't help but look at his physical data.
"Name: Athir Fakus. Strength: 17.8. Agility: 18.7. Constitution: 18.4. Spirit: 20.1. Spiritual power purity: 7.9%."
"The unknown energy digitization is complete! Do you want to update the data?" The mechanical voice of the chip sounded again in my mind.
"Has the update been completed?"
Hearing the chip's prompt, Athir was a little surprised, but he still said, "Update immediately!"
The next moment, green data streams appeared in front of my eyes and converged into a new attribute panel in front of me.
"Name: Athir Fakus. Strength: 17.8. Agility: 18.7. Constitution: 18.4. Spirit: 20.1. Spiritual power purity: 7.9%. Unknown energy: 3.5."
Looking at the brand new data panel, Athir nodded.
To digitize the energy needed to travel through the world is what Athir has always wanted to do, but things on the soul are too difficult to detect, and that power is too hidden, making it difficult for the chip to detect.
It was not until this time that the power contained in the purple stone was detected by the chip, and the digitization of this power was completed, thus appearing on the attribute panel.
According to the standard set by Athir, with the energy he currently accumulates in one year as one unit, 3.5 energy represents the total power that a formal wizard-level soul can accumulate in three and a half years.
"This power can be used to travel through worlds, so let's name it world energy."
After thinking for a while, Athir muttered to himself.
Following his command, the unknown energy displayed on the attribute bar in front of him slowly faded away, and was replaced by the new attribute of world energy.
After doing all this, Athir stood up and walked out.
Outside the gate, there is a beautifully decorated garden. In the garden, the young man named Thor is standing there, trimming the plants with scissors from time to time.
Compared with a few days ago, there were obvious changes in him. The tattered linen robe had been replaced with a clean white robe. He looked much neater and no longer as disheveled as before.
Seeing Athir coming from afar, Thor quickly put down the construction tools in his hands and looked respectfully in front of him: "Lord Athir!"
"Well, it looks like you're recovering well."
Athir had a smile on his face. He was wearing a platinum robe. With his handsome appearance and gentle expression, he looked very friendly and I couldn't help but like him.
Without waiting for Thor to speak, he handed over the purple stone in his hand: "This thing is yours."
"Yes." Thor instinctively took the purple stone handed to him by Athir and nodded subconsciously.
"This stone is a little strange."
Looking at the other person's appearance, Athir nodded: "Although it is just an ordinary stone, it has some special aura, which is a little different from ordinary stones."
"Where did you get this stone?" He asked the other party at the end. Although his eyes were calm, he was very concerned deep down in his heart.
In front of him, Thor was stunned. After hearing what Athir said, his eyes suddenly narrowed and the arm holding the stone shook subconsciously.
This detail was clearly observed by Athir through the chip, but he didn't say anything. He just looked at Thor quietly, waiting for the other party to speak.
After a long silence, Thor spoke up, "I brought this stone from my hometown. It was mined by the elders of my family as a sacrificial stone. It is usually used in sacrifices. It is said that holding it on your body can bring peace, so I brought one with me."
At this point, he couldn't help but touch his head: "As for why it is different from ordinary stones, it may be because the environment in my hometown is too harsh."
"That's possible."
Athir nodded, seemingly accepting this statement, and then smiled: "When this war is over, if there is a chance, I can send you back to your hometown and study the environment there."
After saying that, he patted Thor on the shoulder and left.
"call···"
After a while, after seeing Athir leave, Thor immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lord Athir's majesty is too strong."
Standing there, thinking about the feeling just now, Thor couldn't help but sigh.
Although Athir had always appeared to be very gentle and kind, Thor could feel the powerful strength and suffocating pressure from him, which he had never felt before.
As a wanderer, he naturally knew what this situation meant.
This means that the opponent's strength is too terrifying, and the gap in life levels between the two sides is too terrifying, which brings such strong pressure.
If the other party did not have much ill will in his heart, he would probably not dare to stand directly in front of Athir.
"That's good too. At least with Lord Athir's presence, those things won't dare to come looking for me for the time being."
Thinking of this, Thor couldn't help but sigh.
He trimmed the flowers and plants skillfully, put the tools aside, and walked out.
When he arrived at the gate, the guard guarding the door gave him a cold look, then turned his eyes away and ignored him.
After passing through the door, he walked out familiarly.
Having just experienced a war with the Lizardmen, the city was filled with the smell of blood. The inner city where the nobles lived was still okay, but the outer city was already filled with the smell of blood.
There were many corpses everywhere, beggars everywhere, and many people with purple skin walking around. The whole place looked desolate.
Walking quietly outside the city, Thor felt a little heavy-hearted as he looked at the scene before him.
He gave the few copper coins he had to a few beggars, and soon he reached the corner of a street.
In a familiar place, he saw a person lying on the ground.
It was a man wearing a tattered red robe, currently lying on the ground, and it was unknown whether he was still breathing.
Seeing this scene, Thor's heart tightened: "Eddie, are you still there?"
He shouted loudly, and at the same time, he walked quickly forward to the side of the man in red robe and turned the man over.
The moment he saw the man's face, his heart skipped a beat, his face turned pale, and he sat down on the ground.
In front of him, a black skeleton was quietly wrapped in a tattered red robe, looking very strange.
In Thor's eyes, the black skeleton was still emitting a faint black gas, which was constantly spreading around. A lot of it was crawling along his body and spreading over him.
"Eddie...even you..."
Looking at the corpse that had turned into a black skeleton, Thor shook his teeth and said, "I can't die yet!"
He pushed the skeleton away with one foot, then climbed up and ran to the next place without looking back.
After traveling all the way, he soon arrived at the next location.
There was another alley, and there were also several people lying on the ground, which made him feel heartbroken.
He quickly ran up to these people and looked at their faces.
There were three people in total, two of whom had turned into black skeletons. The last person was left. Although his face was also very black and he was also emitting black air in Thor's sight, he still had his last breath.
"Thor, you...are still alive?"
A faint voice came from the mouth of the last person.
Feeling the breath beside him, the man opened his eyes and looked at Thor with a pair of cloudy and dull eyes: "Don't worry about me... Yana... is still alive."
As he spoke, his hands trembled and pointed in a certain direction, looking like he had used up all his strength.
"Yana..."
He stood up silently and stared blankly at the direction the other party was pointing. Then Thor ran over quickly and looked around like a madman.
Finally, in a corner, he found a dying girl.
The girl was also wearing a tattered red robe, and her whole body was dirty and emitting a foul smell.
But feeling all this, Thor didn't mind at all. He just hugged the girl and looked at her face.
I saw a black mark clearly appearing on the girl's forehead, which seemed to be mysterious and ominous, exuding an unknown aura.
"Yana..."
Looking at the mark on the girl's forehead, Thor was stunned.
"Brother Thor..."
In front of him, the girl barely opened her eyes and saw Thor. She made a dying sound, as if she had used up all her strength: "The mark on my body... is about to explode."
"It's okay! You're going to be okay!"
Listening to the girl's voice, Thor kept muttering to himself, not knowing who he was talking to.
"What should I do? What should I do!"
This question kept echoing in his mind, and finally he hugged the girl tightly in his arms and ran out like a madman.
"The mark is about to explode! The only one who can save Yana now is..."
He ran outside frantically, and soon he arrived at the gate of a manor.
"stop!"
Just as I reached the front door, a voice came quickly from the side.
In front of the gate, two armored guards looked at Thor and the girl in his arms with indifference: "You can only go in alone!"
(End of this chapter)