Chapter 329 Walking
Fine rain fell sporadically from the sky, and the leaves made dense rustling sounds under the impact of water drops.

The breeze mixed with raindrops brought a cool feeling.

Standing under the shade of the tree, Roland stretched out his right hand and let the cool drizzle fall on his palm.

However, the raindrop did not successfully touch Roland. When the raindrop was about to touch Roland's palm, the constraints and oaths wrapped around Roland repelled the raindrop away.

Roland withdrew his hand, turned around, and slowly sat down on a stone under the shade of the tree.

Hela, who was sitting nearby, used her magic to cover the surroundings, preventing the raindrops from falling.

The two of them sat on the rocks under the shade of the trees, silently watching the rain in front of them.

Although they only found this place nearby after the rain, the view from their current position is very good.

They happened to be on the top of a small hill and could easily see everything around them and saw a beautiful rain scene.

The village with twinkling lights in the distance, the crops swaying in the breeze, the farmers returning to the village
A slowly flowing river, a stone bridge built over the river, and small animals running in the drizzle.
Roland untied the cloth strips and opened his eyes to watch everything. The aura of death in his eyes was turning, staying quietly in his eyes, and did not break free from Roland's control and try to float out of his eyes.

The power in his body slowly calmed down, and the sound that kept ringing in his ears also slowly subsided a little.

After choosing to go with the flow and follow the guidance of fate, Roland soon understood the hint that fate gave him.

The power he obtained from the greenskin-controlled areas came from the Donnar people who died in the battle. An important factor affecting Roland's promotion was their resentment.

By witnessing the peaceful life under the War Council, their resentment can be effectively alleviated.

Although not all resentment can be alleviated in this way, the resentment of most of the Donnar people who died in the battle can be effectively alleviated through this method, making them a little more obedient and reducing the impact on Roland.

As long as all their resentment can be eased, Roland can try to achieve a breakthrough through normal means.

Listening to the sound of the drizzle, the rain scene in front of Roland seemed to become increasingly blurred, the disturbing sounds in his ears seemed to become increasingly lighter, and the constraints and vows that wrapped around his body no longer tortured Roland every day.

Hela sat next to Roland, maintaining a barrier against the rain while looking up at the gray sky.

Suddenly, Hela's shoulders sank slightly, and Roland leaned on her shoulders.

At the same time, the Gray Crow appeared and seized the gap when Roland was about to reach his shoulder and flew out.

Just as Gray Crow was about to say something with a curse, Hela glanced at her and directly controlled her to shut her mouth.

The gray crow, whose mouth was forcibly gagged, rolled its eyes at Hela, then flapped its wings, landed on a branch nearby, closed its eyes and continued to rest.

After seeing that Gray Crow had behaved himself, Hela also looked cautiously at Roland who was leaning against her.

Looking at Roland's frown, Hela thought for a moment, then she reached out and gently held Roland's right hand.

Second level spell - Pain Transfer.

Hela carefully diverted a trace of Roland's pain.

After transferring just a little bit to herself, Hela frowned slightly.

It hurts a little.

She glanced at the gray crow that was resting with its eyes closed on a branch, and decisively shared a small part with it.

Then, when the pain transferred, Gray Crow instantly entered a virtual state and looked around vigilantly.

And just as it was alert, it quickly realized that it was Hela's work as it followed the pain.

After the gray crow knew it was Hela's work, it glanced at them, flapped its wings and flew to the stone next to Hela. Its legs went limp and the whole bird lay on the stone, speaking lazily.

"Gah."

Hela raised her eyebrows slightly and continued to transfer Roland's pain to her and Gray Crow.

Hela was mentally prepared, but she endured the pain and controlled her body not to move, so as not to wake Roland up.

However, the gray crow on the other side, which was equally prepared, was not so good. It just rolled on the stone. After rolling two or three times, the gray crow lay on the stone, looking at the sky with lifeless eyes.

As a gray crow with the ability to become virtual, it rarely feels pain, so its tolerance for pain is not strong.

Seeing that Gray Crow couldn't bear it anymore, Hela took back some of the burden and shared it herself.

After Hela used pain to divert his suffering, Roland, who had been frowning, relaxed his brows a little.

Hela adjusted her sitting position slightly, holding Roland's right hand, enduring the pain, and silently watching the drizzle in front of her. Beside her, a gray crow spread its wings, lay on the stone, stuck out its tongue, and stared at the gray sky with lifeless eyes.

When Roland woke up from his sleep and slowly regained a bit of will, he smelled a pleasant fragrance and felt his body relaxed like never before.

Let's sleep a little longer
Roland rubbed the pillow, and the little bit of will that had just awakened moved, but was about to fall into sleep again.

Ok?
Just as this trace of recovered will was about to fall into sleep again, Roland suddenly realized that something was wrong. A slightly moist breeze blew over his body.

How can there be wind? I am not in bed.
As doubts arose, Roland began to think about the problem, and as his brain started to work, more of his will was awakened from its dormancy.

After recalling his last memory of watching the rain under the shade of the tree, Roland immediately opened his eyes.

As his willpower was fully restored, Roland regained control of his body. A slightly warm hand was interlocking with the fingers of his right hand, sending him a hint of warmth.

Roland opened his eyes and saw Hela holding his right hand and staring at him.

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"morning?"

After staring at each other in silence for a while, Roland opened his mouth and spoke.

Hela lowered her head and smiled at Roland.

"It's already afternoon. Good afternoon, Roland."

"good afternoon."

Roland said this, then he sat up silently and moved his head away from Hela's knees.

Since his right hand was held by Hela, Roland could only pat his head with his left hand to regain consciousness.

I'm not quite used to it.

Roland checked his body and felt something strange. However, after checking the resentment entangled in his body, Roland also reacted and subconsciously tried to pull his right hand away from Hela.

However, Hela did not let go, but held Roland even tighter.

Although Roland did not struggle to break free from Hela, it was still easy for him to cut off the spell.

The magic power in his body moved slightly, and the spell cast by Hela was directly cut off by Roland. Then, the familiar pain returned to his body.

Well, it’s only one tenth of its peak level. If it can be lowered a bit more, I can try to break through again.

After getting familiar with the pain that had returned to him, Roland also looked at Hela.

Hela puffed up her cheeks, looking a little unhappy, and spoke in a low voice.

"You lied to me before."

"I don't want to make you worry. It's okay. I'm used to it."

Roland smiled, stretched out his right finger and poked her cheek, pressing down her slightly bulging cheek.

Hela turned her head away and said nothing.

"Thank you, I slept very comfortably, that's enough."

Roland placed his left hand on Hela's left hand, held Hela with both hands, and thanked her softly.

"Gah?"

The gray crow flew aside and said in a bad tone.

It's not just Hela who is carrying the burden. As Hela's contracted creature, the Gray Crow is also unlucky and has been holding on until now.

"Thank you too, Gray Crow."

After hearing what Gray Crow said, Roland turned around and saw the weak Gray Crow, and thanked him with a smile.

Holding Hela's hand, Roland looked up and forward.

As the drizzle disappeared, a rainbow appeared in the sky. Water droplets were slowly falling from the leaves, just in front of Roland, dripping onto the wet ground.

A cool breeze blew by.

Looking at the farmers coming out of the village in the distance and the children jumping around, Roland smiled and said, "Let's go, Hela."

"Ah."

Following the guidance of fate, Roland and Hela set out on their journey again.

Roland and Hela's carriage was the only one moving slowly forward along the cobblestone road built by the War Council throughout the territory.

Roland opened the window and calmly admired the natural scenery of Donnar.

From the time he came to Donnar in 1444 to now, Roland has been busy with this and that, and has never been able to appreciate Donnar properly.

Now, they were about to fight to the death with Kan'ozu. Everything that needed to be done had been done, so Roland actually had some time.

Following the results of the dice, Roland and Hela walked aimlessly in the war council.

After walking along the cobblestone road and admiring the scenery along the roadside, the two men abandoned the carriage and walked into the mountains.

They climbed up an unnamed mountain and waited for the sunrise.

Standing on a high mountain, Roland saw that the mountains and the sea of ​​flowers were all covered in a thin veil, like a dream or a fairyland, both real and illusory.

I saw the beautiful scenery of golden light jumping among the sea of ​​clouds and flowers at sunrise.

Following the guide, the two found a mountain lake among the mountains. The sun shone on the snow-capped mountains in the distance, giving them a golden color. The clear lake water reflected the original color of the snow-capped mountains, making it look dreamy and beautiful.

Looking at the mountain lake, Roland recalled the years he and Hela had lived in seclusion in the Kes Mountains. At that time, neither Roland nor Hela had thought so much.

Recalling past memories, while saving the lives in the lake, Roland froze the entire mountain lake.

Late at night, they stood on the top of the mountain and looked up at the brilliant stars of Donnar. The bright stars filled the sky. A ray of bright green light shone in the sky, mixed with the light of the stars, it looked extremely beautiful.

Standing on the mountain, the two seemed to be able to touch the stars by just stretching out their hands.

When the stars faded away and the sun's rays pierced through the dark night sky and projected onto the endless sea of ​​clouds, the entire sea of ​​clouds was dyed red.

The sunlight temperature is red and the light is not strong. It lasts for about a few minutes to more than ten minutes. This is the most beautiful time of the sunrise.

After walking down the mountain, the two came across a strange red leaf forest. Thousands of trees were in full bloom, competing with each other in strange shapes and colors. The colorful colors, the blue sky, white clouds, mountains and rivers formed a beautiful picture.

Deep in the red leaf forest, Roland saw a mountain spring. Clear spring water flowed out from the spring, slowly flowing down the terrain, forming a small stream.

Beside the stream, Roland used local materials and found the original large red tea tree from the red leaf forest. He and Hela slowly tasted tea beside the stream.

Walk down the stream for more than a hundred steps, and through the red-leaf forest, you can hear the sound of running water hitting rocks, like the sound of jade pendants worn by people hitting each other.

Continuing to walk down, Roland and Hela saw a small, cool pond with a whole stone bottom. The pond received spring water from the stream, forming a small stone pond. The water was cool and transparent, and the sunlight shone directly to the bottom of the water, so they could clearly see some fish swimming in it.

The fish living in the small rock pond have tender meat and a natural coolness that is retained even after being roasted.

After crossing the stone pool, the two quickly walked out of the red leaf forest.

The two encountered a long and wide mountain river. After casually making a wooden boat with their hands, they boarded the boat and floated down the river.

As the river flowed, Roland saw a giant banyan tree growing in the river, forming a forest all by itself, hundreds of animals drinking water by the river, and a silent, misty, mysterious and dreamy valley.

Enter the intricate banyan trees in the water, walk into the gloomy and damp caves, and pass through the dim and lightless valleys.

Roland and Hela looked at the world, admiring the beauty quietly and silently.

Finally, Roland and Hela returned to a town, found a carriage, and walked along the cobblestone road again.

There was no preparation or knowledge in advance, perhaps it was fate or just a coincidence, the unmanned carriage slowly moved forward along the cobblestone road.

Roland opened the window and waited for the unknown.

Along the way, Roland met many people and saw all kinds of people walking on the road.

The messengers riding fast horses, exhausted and in a hurry; the mobile courts carrying several carriages to put books, reading the Golden Law while on the road; the militia and city defense forces that walked and stopped, patrolled back and forth, and drove away wild beasts; the transport teams coming from the border, carrying a large amount of resources and heavily guarded; the large engineering teams organized by the officials of the Ministry of Works, noisy but orderly
Ordinary workers carrying tools, just coming down from the construction site, laughing and preparing to return to the village; children chasing and playing on the stone road; farmers working hard in the fields beside the stone road; civilian transport teams driving horse-drawn carriages, carrying the village's grain to sell in nearby towns; ordinary villagers gathering under the shade of trees beside the stone road to receive literacy education.
Some of them hurriedly ran past Roland, at most looking at them curiously, while others walked with Roland for a while, chatting and laughing enthusiastically with Roland, a stranger.

When they separated after walking for a while, some of them enthusiastically invited Roland to their home to have a meal and a drink.

Even after Roland declined, they would still enthusiastically give him some food and water when they saw that his carriage was empty and it seemed as if he had not brought anything.

Although they are just some ordinary pancakes and natural water, they are nothing special.

However, Roland still accepted their kindness with a smile in response to their enthusiasm, and said a few nice words to each of them and gave his best wishes.

As the carriage continued to move along the cobblestone road, the horses pulling the carriage suddenly stopped in front of a village, perhaps because they were tired.

Hela looked at the horse pulling the cart with some surprise, wondering why it suddenly stopped.

However, she did not do anything, but turned to look at Roland, waiting for his hint.

Roland looked at the village in front of him with his cloth-covered eyes.

If this is destiny brought by prophecy, what does it want me to see?

Looking at the village, Roland said calmly.

"Get out of the car and go in and take a look."

"Ah."

Hela nodded, got off the carriage with Roland, and walked along the road into the village.

I don’t know why, but it seems that no one in the village is here?
Hela looked at the house at the entrance of the village with no lights on and felt a little strange.

It was already dark, and ordinary villagers should be at home having dinner and preparing to rest.

After noticing something strange, Hela glanced at Roland, who seemed to have noticed nothing, and silently raised her vigilance.

Hela followed Roland's steps, and the two of them slowly went deeper into the village.

As we went deeper, some sounds and lights appeared in the distance.

Looking at the sounds and lights in the distance, Hela sensed a breath of corruption and death, and she subconsciously mobilized her magic power.

When Hela was mobilizing her magic power, Roland reached out and held her hand, stopping Hela from mobilizing her magic power.

Hela looked at Roland in confusion.

Roland shook his head slightly, said nothing, held Hela's hand, and continued forward.

As the sounds and lights came closer, the two men also saw the crowd gathered in the square.

In the square, villagers each held a lantern and gathered around the center and scattered around the square. A sad atmosphere permeated everyone in the square.

Even children who are naughty by nature will stay obediently by their parents in this atmosphere.

Roland and Hela stood outside the square, passing through countless villagers and saw what was happening in the center of the square.

Several corpses that had died of natural causes and were filled with the smell of corruption and death were placed in the center of the square, and some wood was piled around the corpses.

Next to the body, a priest was reading a eulogy while the village official stood silently by.

After the priest finished reading the last word, he gave up his seat. Then the village official walked up to the body and gently placed the torch in his hand into the pile of wood.

Then, the flames slowly rose and engulfed several bodies in the center.

Hela looked hesitantly at the body that disappeared in the flames, clenched Roland's left hand, lowered her head and said nothing.

Roland remained silent, watching the body disappear completely in the flames.

Then, Roland took Hela and turned away.

After walking away from the square, Hela suddenly stopped and stood still.

Roland also stopped, somewhat puzzled, and turned to look at Hela.

Hela raised her head and looked at Roland. She bit her lip and looked at him silently, holding Roland's hand tightly.

After staring at each other in silence for a while, Hela opened her mouth and spoke.

"Roland, us"

"Let's go. You have no obligation to risk your life against an unbeatable foe."

　Goo, only ten minutes left and today is over.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)