Chapter 351 Chapter 349 "I am willing to imprison myself with 'eternal life'"

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 In the splendid hall, Su Mingan was enjoying the legendary "royal treatment".

Various dishes are placed on the long table covered with tablecloths, and there are dancers dancing on the side.

Princess Tulip, the highest-ranking princess in Praia, is sitting next to him, also enjoying the dance.

He raised his head and saw that the beautiful dancer in the audience was ogling him. The aroma of wine lingers, the exquisite dishes are dazzling, and the room seems to be filled with pink warmth.

 But he still remembered Garder's daughter lying on the bed coughing.

 “Su Lin.” The princess suddenly spoke.

Shaking the wine glass in her hand, her light eyes seemed to contain a layer of alcohol:

 “I love this land.”

 “Oh.” Su Mingan responded coldly.

"What? Don't you think so?" She took a sip of wine and laughed softly.

"picture."

"No, you don't think so." The princess said, "...because you haven't carefully looked at the changes in the land of Praia after the barrier was established."

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"Look, the barrier is established, the storm subsides, the sea monster is suppressed, people are in glorious and proud battle, everything seems full of vitality..." the princess said:

“The peace of Praia is built on the sacrifices of generations, and its prosperity comes from our sacrifices—the destruction of the body, the decay of the soul, the distortion of the will of generations...

“Everything that seems ridiculous to you is actually the most valuable. They are all ‘sacrifice’, but the human factor is too heavy, making it look like a meaningless power struggle belonging to royal conspirators.

“But actually, Su Lin, you have seen too few tragedies, and you don’t understand everything I have done.

"The situation in Praia is not generous. It does not allow anyone to be carefree or accept naive ideas. Romance and free humanity are not allowed here. All battles are necessary battles. Once they are avoided A game will only be filled with more sacrifices.

“Needless to say, you who have done similar things should understand this. Because there is no way to make everyone happy without sacrificing.

"In the past sixty years, I have made up many lies and killed many innocent 'Pri dishes'. I captured seriously injured soul hunters and killed unruly soul tribesmen so that they could worship me and achieve great results. My great deeds have allowed my blessing to continue.

“I am alive, but I do not enjoy the freedom of eternal life. I could have left this disaster-ridden land and gone to the comfortable new empire to enjoy my long life.

“-And it is precisely because I love this place and revere this land as passionately as I love myself that I stayed.

“I have traveled to every inch of the land where I was raised and met countless young and old residents.

“I listened to their wishes, used lies to maintain the majesty of the royal family, and used fabricated royal intrigues to lure out those with evil intentions.

　　…I love this land.

"I care about its future and love everyone living on this land. No matter they are poor or rich, no matter their hearts are beautiful or ugly. In my eyes, they are all the people that live in Praia. Every drop of water is the soul of Playa.

“Their deaths must not be meaningless. I command them and carefully arrange the ending of each person. I enable everyone to work hard for a tomorrow.

　　…I love it here.

“I am willing to confine myself to ‘eternal life’ and face people who are exactly like me and may replace me at any time.

“Today’s Praia has become a big tree in the sky. Even though the borers are incessant but the trunk and branches and leaves are growing densely, it still has a chance to continue to live.

"But if there was no me in Praia, conspirators would rule this land, meaningless wars would never end, and people would never be as peaceful as they are today. What you see will not be what it is today. .

“…I will not admit defeat, I believe in Praia’s tomorrow, so I am willing to enjoy the shackles called ‘eternal life’.

 “And all this, Su Lin.

 “You didn’t even understand.”

When the princess said this, she paused.

 “Then what if you die?” Su Mingan suddenly said.

The princess turned her head, and at this moment she saw a long knife with a subtle white light being pressed against the side of her face, with the tip pointing at her unprotected neck.

"If I die." The princess didn't look nervous: "The surrounding sirens will lose control, and no one will check the barrier of Praia every day. I am an irreplaceable existence. God should have told you , you won’t kill me, Su Lin.”

Su Mingan frowned slightly.

Even if his knife is pointed at the opponent, the opponent's favorability level remains unchanged and is not displayed.

 From the beginning to the end, the princess's favor towards him seemed to have remained unchanged, and he could not even see the initial value.

“I don’t care about your ideas. When I come back this time, I just want to make a deal with you.” He said.

"you say."

"I probably won't be able to go back to Soul Hunter. I hope the items in the exchange point can be given to me." Su Mingan continued.

  He had discovered before that his soul hunting contribution ranking had been frozen. Although his contribution points were still the first in the entire dungeon, the entire interface was gray.

"You can go back." The princess smiled: "The news of Ellas's death has been blocked, and no one knows what happened last night - if you want, you can even become the next soul hunting leader. Su Lin, you are a god. The most promising existence is also the only one who can come down from Yunshang City. As long as you are obedient and not rebellious, you can get anything you want."

Su Mingan was a little surprised.

 …Fortunately, he took advantage of the princess.

 “What if I am not the leader?” His tone was hesitant.

 “Who do you want to recommend?” asked the princess.

“A new S-class soul hunter from the soul hunting camp, named Amber.” He said: “What if I want to recommend him?”

 The "amber" in his mouth is exactly the shadow.

This guy has been lurking in the soul hunting camp, wearing a black mask throughout the whole process, colluding with Lu Shulinyin and his ilk, and has wiped out many soul clan strongholds.

 The sultry name "Amber" was also chosen by Ying himself and had nothing to do with him.

While he was following the plot and doing tasks here, Ying would be over there collecting contribution points, causing misery to other players.

Su Ming'an has already planned to let Ying be the leader of the soul hunter, and he will be the leader of the soul clan here, so that those players who are addicted to the soul hunting clan and fail to take into account the overall plot will suffer a big loss in the sea feast.

 The princess faced his gaze and covered her mouth with a smile.

"Of course." She smiled: "In that case, I will let him succeed Elras before the feast at sea. I will let him hold the things at the dedication."

Hearing her affirmative words, Su Ming'an felt like the final word had been finalized.

 …Finally won.

 His strategy route in the dungeon has always been the ultimate plot flow.

 Different from the vast majority of players who violently spawn monsters, he takes the most extreme route and is the most considerate of the overall situation.

Ordinary players' dungeon progress is basically to go with the flow. If there is any task in front of them, they will do it step by step. They will obey the NPCs when they see them and kill the monsters when they see them. Their dungeons are very passive, but they are very safe because they do not delve into the mystery of the dungeon. If there is a problem, there will generally be no danger.

Like this instance of Praia, as long as players join a good team in the early stage or bribe some NPCs, their night session will not be too difficult, even if they need to find a cleared area to hide.

This kind of route is not shameful, but is very common, because people like Lu Shunyin who are on the list also do this, and their gains are not low at all. They get a lot of good things from killing the soul clan, and the process is very easy.

 …but not Su Mingan.

 Because his goal is never to pass the level normally.

 …He is bound to take the initiative to get involved in the plot and enter the most dangerous link.

 Now, the last key point has been achieved.

Su Mingan put away the knife, turned and left.

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Originally, Su Mingan wanted to go back to the South District directly, but Su Mingan saw an acquaintance in front of the wall of the royal city.

The knight in golden armor with blond hair was talking to a young man wearing the armor of the Royal City Guards. The two of them were talking happily, and they seemed to be very good friends.

Su Mingan recognized them. The two people who only chatted and did not stand guard were Xie Lude and Noel.

 Noel works in the royal city, and now Sherrod has been promoted to a knight in the royal city. It’s not surprising that the two of them got together.

Sheldon looked a little anxious.

He was in a coma last night and didn't know what happened next. He didn't know the news of Elras's death or the ending of Garder.

He only knew that early this morning, he was awarded the title of Knight of the Royal City, and suddenly he achieved the dream he had been looking forward to.

 "Last night...Garder..." He seemed to want to ask.

"By the way, please help send this photo to the Soul Hunting Headquarters." Su Mingan thrust Garder's family photo into Sherrod's hand.

 He can't go back anymore, so it's better to let Sherrod send him off. As for Noel, if they have something to do, they can team up and chat, there is no need to stand face to face.

"wait wait wait."

Xie Lude followed up a few steps: "Captain, it happens to be my twin sister's birthday in a few days. I want to exchange gifts with her. She also likes you and wants to meet you, the legendary S-class soul hunter. …”

Su Mingan did not look back.

He knew that as soon as he left, he would be on the same side as Sherrod.

Xie Lude is a knight of light who hates evil and is a **** controlled by the camp to control hatred. If he knew that the "captain" was actually the leader of the soul clan, he would only have hostility in his heart.

 Meet each other again, on the battlefield of the sea feast.

 The conflict between the two races will not change just because of a brief friendship.

"Captain, captain, don't you go with me to choose a gift? Captain, that barbecue restaurant..." Sherrod's voice drifted behind.

Su Mingan didn’t even look back.

 He walked forward, leaving Sherrod's voice behind, and passed Thirteenth Street.

Snow has begun to fall in the sky, and it has started snowing since early morning.

 The system time has reached December 24, 2023, and tonight is Christmas Eve.

Who would have known that it would start to snow in Praia, which is always hot.

Perhaps this is a strange precursor to the feast at sea. Some players who are not prepared with cold-resistant equipment will definitely be troubled by this.

The snow is not heavy yet, just scattered, falling on the body like white flakes.

Su Mingan paused for a moment, then glanced into the street.

 In that low bungalow, there was no sound of the loom, not even the faint sound of coughing.

I heard from nearby residents that the Garder family had moved away, saying they had gone to sea.

 She should already know that her old man is gone.

 …After all, she knew that the real Su Lin couldn't drink rice wine at all.

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Su Mingan stopped where he was.

The house was silent at this time.

The clothes drying pole at the door still stood empty, the fine snow melted on it, and the spread cloth disappeared.

No one is there anymore, chattering and kindly telling him not to be impulsive, while bending over to dry the salted fish.

He still remembered her silver hair in the sunset, the wrinkles on her face trembling slightly in the wind, but her smile was mixed with sweetness and sadness.

Su Mingan, who had just arrived in Praia at that time, thought that the soul hunting battle was glorious and just, and she even felt sorry for her son, Little Hel.

 …But now it seems that all this is meaningless.

What the old lady said before has now become a reality.

…And now, Su Mingan, who holds the two highest powers in Praia, is standing here, but she can no longer see her.

She had already led her old man into the dusk illuminated by the setting sun.

 (End of this chapter)