Chapter 324 Chapter 322·“Welcome back”

"…finally found you."

 In the steaming barbecue restaurant, a figure suddenly rushed in.

Su Mingan looked up from the menu in front of him and saw Laken, the character played by Noel, walking in from the door of the store.

Noel was wearing a black uniform of a soul hunter. When he walked in, he was greeted warmly by the receptionist. Behind him was a troop of soul hunters.

"I didn't expect that I could actually see you enjoying yourself in the dungeon. Are you... eating barbecue here?" Noel sat down on the chair next to the table. Nine soul hunters behind him stood around the table. It looked like he was here to stir up trouble.

Su Mingan threw the menu to him: "Would you like to order?"

"Let me see..." Noel opened the menu: "Is the boss here? Is he here? That...have everything on the menu."

The red-haired female boss showed a warm smile on the side and responded repeatedly as if she saw her biological father.

 “Are you rich?” Su Mingan said.

"I got promoted and was transferred to the North District Royal City Guard Team. Everything I eat will be reimbursed by the King City." Noel pointed to the golden star on his shoulder: "It is said that the Princess of Wangcheng saw that I was a match for her, so she specially transferred me to the Guard Team. You're the captain... But you, why are you here to eat barbecue alone in broad daylight? I remember that you are not someone who likes to enjoy the dungeon..."

 “I’m not the only one.” Su Mingan said.

"Huh?" Noel made a confused sound, and then suddenly saw a rather upright young man walking over from the side.

Sherrod, who had taken off his knight's armor, exuded an awe-inspiring righteousness even without his sword. When he saw this large group of soul hunters gathering at the table, he was stunned for a moment while holding the meat, and then turned to look at Su Ming'an.

"This is Sherrod, a member of the Bright Knight, an A-level soul hunter, and one of my team members." Su Mingan pointed at Noel: " Sherrod, this is Laken, the captain of the Royal City Guards."

Noel glanced at Sherrod and understood immediately.

 He can tell whether the other person is a real knight or a disguised player. When Su Ming'an and this NPC got together at a barbecue restaurant, it was probably Su Ming'an who was trying to gain favor.

 He knew that Su Mingan never did anything unrelated to the copy process.

"Hello." Noel stretched out his hand, but saw the other party holding his hand and kissing his hand.

 “Greetings to you, Captain of the Royal City Guard.” Sherrod said softly.

"Haha..." Noel was stunned and immediately retracted his hand: "It's really the legendary chivalry."

 He searched in the compartments of his backpack and threw a weapon to Su Mingan: "As promised before, I will give you the weapon."

 Su Mingan took it.

"I also have patrol duties here, so I won't disturb you. I'll see you at the Central Soul Hunting Department on the eve of the sea feast." After Noel said this, he left the small shop with a group of soul hunting team members.

Su Mingan looked at the weapon in his hand.

This is a long blood-red knife with a slender blade and a very light weight. The whole thing is glowing with a fiery red light, as if it can breathe on its own.

 The attribute panel popped up in front of his eyes.

 …

　　【Amber (red level): The fire of civilization, leaping in the long river.

 Attack power:30~50

  Durability:30/30

 Equipment requirements: One-handed weapon, strength requirement 50 or above, space skill holder.

  Active skill (condensation): The player's next attack will have a "space fragmentation" effect, which will cause additional slashing damage to the enemy in front of him and increase the "destructive power" of the items in front of him. The strength of the effect is directly related to the player's spatial skill level. Cooling time is three minutes.

Space damage attribute: When attacking, it will cause 50~200 points of legal space damage. This damage cannot be avoided by physical defense effects and will cause additional damage. 】

 …

 It turned out to be a space weapon.

Su Mingan has seen on the World Forum before that the equipment dropped in the dungeon has a relatively popular demand for equipment. The equipment requirements for equipment manufactured by logistics players will be much more demanding.

As written here, "strength requirements are 50 and above", and space skill holders are also required. Su Mingan estimates that apart from him, few people can use this weapon.

 It seems that Noel does understand his situation very well.

He put the long knife back and saw that Sherrod in front of him had already finished turning the meat, and even the side dishes were placed neatly in front of both parties, keeping a distance of not far but not close. He was even more attentive than the clerk.

"This barbecue restaurant is very good. Captain, you can try it." Sheldon made a gesture of invitation, seemingly wanting Su Mingan to make the move first.

To be honest, Su Mingan hasn't spent much time eating since the start of the world game. Anyway, the stamina bar is just a hidden value bar. Whether you sleep or drink water, you just need to make yourself strong enough to move.

But now Noel has come in and blatantly embezzled the royal city's funds to order all the dishes in this restaurant. Even the small table next to it is full of dishes...

 Under Xie Lude's expectant eyes, Su Mingan took a bite of the barbecue.

 Although the taste is just like that, even a little spicy...

Su Ming'an was eating here, while Xie Lude was diligently reporting to him the recent actions of the soul hunter, regardless of whether he was listening or not.

 In the report, Xie Lude also mentioned the situation on the day of delivering the message, saying that if Su Mingan was interested, they could go down to Yunshang Church together.

 “Let’s go together.” Su Mingan agreed to the other party’s invitation.

From Xie Lude’s introduction just now, he learned that the way to send a message is to pray alone.

The recipient of the letter will enter a room alone, pray devoutly, and wait for words to appear on the crystal ball in the room. If there are words, it means that the recipient's relatives in Yunshang City have left words for him. If not, it means his loved ones have nothing to say this year.

 Many people have not received messages for many years, and only a few received messages last year.

If he was really a descendant of Su Lin from sixty years ago, and not Su Lin himself, then he should have received the letter.

 He finally found a way to verify his identity.

While he was thinking here, several more footsteps came from the door of the barbecue restaurant, and then, a group of soul hunters walked in again, as if they were getting together.

 “I heard you were eating barbecue here.” A voice came from the door.

As expected, Su Mingan looked up and saw Lu Shu and Lin Yin.

He was here to eat barbecue, but this group of people seemed to have heard something ridiculous and insisted on coming to see it with their own eyes.

“Order that many?” Lin Yin looked at the dishes that almost filled several tables and was stunned.

 She immediately called the boss next to her and asked him to order another serving.

Su Mingan watched her complete this series of actions.

“I didn’t expect that you would be quite rich as a captain.” Lin Yin sighed as he sat down: “I’ve been hungry for several dungeons. To be honest, I still miss the smell of the barbecue restaurants that opened in the city before…”

 “Money paid by Noel.”

“…Tsk, that’s it.” Lin Yin said.

Su Mingan stood up:

 “Sherrod, let’s go.”

He didn't know why Lu Shu and Lin Yin came here. If they were here to have barbecue, it was just right to leave it to them, lest a bunch of people gathered here and others thought the soul hunters were gathering here to fight.

"This is the registration number plate for the sea feast. I'll redeem one for you." Before he left, Lu Shu gave him a number plate.

 …It turns out that these two people are here to do this.

 He accepted the number plate and made an appointment with Lu Shu to meet before the feast at sea.

Before going to the barbecue restaurant, he had already redeemed the reward from last night's Flower Street mission at the Central Soul Hunting Department and received more than 400 contribution points.

 Perhaps after completing the second cleaning mission tonight, he will be able to get the shotgun.

In the previous barbecue restaurant, Su Mingan had already had a preliminary chat with Xie Lude and raised his favorability level to fifty.

This knight young man seems to be very willing to trust people. He just casually said some thoughts about Praia and Soul Hunting, and praised the church a few times, and the other person's favorability suddenly increased.

  Generally speaking, the current mission progress is very good, and there are no irreparable mistakes. It seems to be much better than the situation in the sixth world.

 After a long waterway, he arrived at Yunshang Church in the South District.

 There is a large square with a fountain in front of the church, which is crowded with local residents. The procession squeezed out of the church gate and out of the square, looking very spectacular.

 After communicating with the priest at the door for a moment, Sherrod led him to a small door.

"This is the room used by church insiders and soul hunters to receive letters." Sherlude said: "I have no relatives who have ascended to the city. Captain, you go in."

Su Mingan nodded and opened the door.

 This is a small room.

 A wooden chair and a floating crystal ball were the only two furnishings in the room, not even a window.

 The only source of light was the shimmering crystal ball. He sat down on the wooden chair.

Su Mingan stretched out his hand, placed it on the crystal ball, and said his name.

 blood-red writing flashed across the crystal ball. After he finished saying the word "Su Lin", the crystal ball began to light up.

As if the entire small room was on fire in an instant, he felt that the temperature around him was also rising. In addition to the bright red words, a light red also appeared in his sight.

 He knew that this was a sign of "messaging".

 He is about to receive a letter from Su Lin in Yunshang City.

The light grew brighter and brighter in front of his eyes, gradually engulfing his vision completely—

 He closed his eyes, and after feeling the dazzling light fade away, he opened his eyes.

 He saw a crystal ball with unknown words written on it.

　　　…”

Su Mingan stepped forward and wrote down this passage completely.

 He heard that letters received by residents were in understandable local scripts.

 But I don’t know why, what I received was such a long list of special Sanskrit-like words. I wonder if there will be any clues later that will allow him to understand this kind of text.

 He observed for a moment more, and after confirming that there were no further changes in the crystal ball, he was about to turn around and go out.

 “Click.”

 He heard a soft sound.

The sound seemed to come from the corner of the small room. When he looked over, a secret door was slowly opened.

An old man with a crown, gray hair, and kind eyes came out. The old man was wearing plain cloth, which seemed a little inconsistent with the exquisite crown on his head.

 As soon as he saw this old man, the word "Pope" popped into Su Mingan's mind.

Pope Philia of Praia is said to be born with the ability to communicate with the gods in Yunshang City and possess the power of faith.

 The pope is on par with the royal family. Even the royal princess who will inherit the throne in the future must communicate as an equal in front of him.

His every word and deed affects the believers in Praia. He has the only ability to communicate with Yunshang City.

 The moment the pope walked out of the secret door and met Su Ming'an's eyes.

 The pope took off the bright crown on his head and knelt down gently.

“Welcome back.” The pope said softly, “Lord Su Lin.”

　　　…”

Su Ming'an had thought that Su Lin's identity was not simple, but he never expected that it would reach this point.

Archerev of the Soul Clan was transformed by him, Praia's airship was built by him, and now...even the Pope is kneeling down and saluting him?

When he saw the words on the stone tablet before, he thought he was just a descendant of Su Lin, otherwise he would not have received the message.

 But now it seems...it seems that Su Lin was still himself sixty years ago.

"Have you found a way to strengthen the barrier in the Art Empire?" the Pope asked.

“…Not yet.” Su Mingan replied.

 Although he knew that Su Lin had probably been found, otherwise he would not have chosen to return.

 But he didn’t have that memory, and he didn’t know what the so-called method was.

“This is it.” The Pope stood up: “This will cause some trouble...”

Su Mingan watched the other party's movements, watched the other party's hand resting on the crystal ball, and watched the other party slowly close his eyes.

 The crystal ball shines again.

Su Mingan felt that the temperature in the room began to rise again. The church seemed to be communicating with the gods in Praia.

He stood there waiting, and suddenly heard a system voice:

  【Instant death resistance takes effect! 】

  “!”

 He suddenly realized something.

 When this news pops up, it can only mean...

 He immediately initiated spatial displacement.

With a harsh crackling sound, his figure moved slightly, and then stayed in place.

　　【Space has been locked. 】

  【Enable BOSS battle mode, current enemy: Yunshangcheng God. Combat strength: 9999]

 【Odds comparison: 0.19%】

 …

Su Mingan slashed at the pope in front of him with his sword.

 At this moment, he saw the Pope open his eyes.

The original sea-blue eyes have disappeared.

What was looking at him at this moment was a pair of dark golden eyes similar to his, like gods looking at ants in the mortal world.

 (End of this chapter)