Chapter 45 Thinking about the future

On the hill outside the small town, Roland and Hela were wandering aimlessly.

In this world without computers and the Internet, Roland can only wander around to kill time.

He had no purpose in coming out this time, he just didn't want to stay in the room all the time, busy drawing spell scrolls, making alchemical potions and training Hela every day.

Apart from the latter part, which was somewhat interesting, the previous work was no different from working on an assembly line for Roland.

It's boring, tedious, repetitive, and requires a lot of concentration.

When he felt insecure, Roland could still insist on working, but now, his space ring is filled with several large boxes of spell scrolls and alchemical potions.

Combat, defense, recovery, summoning, escape, a lot of various types of things are prepared.

Looking at the things he had prepared, Roland's sense of security was satisfied, so he relaxed.

Roland happened to be passing through a city and had a temporary residence, so he just wanted to go out and wander around by himself, empty his mind and not think about anything.

As for Hela, Roland did not invite her; she followed on her own.

Standing on the hill, Roland closed his eyes and opened his arms in front of him. The strong evening breeze rushed from the front of him, making his hair fly.

I came into this world, what should I do.

Roland closed his eyes and thought silently.

After no longer having to worry about security, Roland, who had some free time, began to think about the meaning of his coming into this world.

Although he now seems to have a clear plan to improve his strength, this is just a professional habit.

Roland was somewhat confused about his real plan for the future.

He is not a plot-oriented or generation-oriented person. Although he experienced dozens of version changes of the game in his previous life and was deeply involved in some main quests that changed the world situation, he is not interested in those main quests, changes in the times, or heroic legends.

He actually didn't feel anything, wasn't cold, and didn't have any regrets.

Therefore, he was not like the protagonists in some of the novels about time travel to the gaming world that he had read in his previous life. He did not have any particular plot that he wanted to reverse or any NPC that he particularly wanted to save.

Roland opened his eyes and looked into the distance silently.

Forget it. Anyway, I don’t want to die without a goal. So if I don’t have it, then so be it. I can slowly look for the goal of my life later.

Thinking of this, Roland glanced at Hela beside him.

Speaking of which, Hela is also one of the NPCs that players are reluctant to accept.

The reason is not difficult to guess. Whether Hela is in the opening CG or becomes the undead boss, her appearance is quite attractive and meets the XP of many people.

As for Hela's background story? Who cares how many people her undead killed? It's all good to watch, except for Roland, of course.

If Roland encountered Hela who had come out from the undead sub-plane and had already started killing people everywhere, the most Roland could do was to lament her tragic experience.

Then, if Roland could have killed her at that time, he would definitely not mind killing her at the same time.

However, now that Hela has been saved by him, there is a high probability that she will not become that cold-blooded and heartless lich.

As for those NPCs and plots with unhappy endings, and the so-called regrets passed down by word of mouth in player forums, he can only say that he respects them.

Especially some special beings, such as the Convicted Princess who fell into darkness, the Queen who relied on her power to do evil, the leader of the peasant uprising army, the dictator who oppressed the people, and the lich who returned to the world of revenge after being sacrificed to the undead sub-plane, that is, Hela.
Roland felt that there was nothing wrong with their deaths.

Some of them did have tragic pasts, but Roland could only accept that they were taking revenge on their enemies. Even if they expanded their revenge to kill someone's entire family, Roland saw no problem with that.

But becoming antisocial and committing indiscriminate mass murders everywhere is too much.

Therefore, Roland did not think it was a pity if they were killed or imprisoned.

They have reasons to massacre. It's okay if the whole family, village, or clan is united to resist them because they killed them for no reason.

"Huh? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Hela stood aside and met Roland's strange gaze, and said in confusion.

Then she lowered her head and looked at what she was wearing.

Since she was just out for a stroll, Hela wore an ordinary set of clothes.

She opened her hands slightly, twisted her body uneasily, tugged at her clothes with her right hand, and said hesitantly, "Is it weird? Or is it a little ugly?"

Roland came back to his senses, looked at the uneasy Hela in front of him, and compared her with the cold Hela in his mind when she grew up. He shook his head gently and spoke to comfort her.

"No, it suits you very well."

"Why then?"

Hela was a little confused.

"Just thinking about something, that's all."

Roland didn't want to tell her that he was thinking about how to kill a lich, that is, her future self.

Hela blinked her eyes. Seeing that Roland had no intention of explaining, she did not ask any further questions. She just stood aside quietly.

After a while of the cool evening breeze, Roland's somewhat restless mood gradually calmed down.

Although I can't think of any direction for my life, it is always a good thing to improve my abilities according to the previous plan.

No matter what the future holds, in this world destined to chaos and war, only when he has enough strength will he be qualified to think about the future.

"It's getting dark, let's go back."

Roland turned his head and said with a chuckle.

"Ah."

Hela nodded.

"Well, let me test you on how you've been studying lately."

Roland smiled and approached Hela with ill intentions.

"What are you doing?"

Looking at Roland approaching, Hela said hesitantly.

"uh-huh."

Roland chuckled, grabbed Hela's right hand, and jumped down from the top of the hill with her.

"Huh? Huh?!"

Caught completely off guard by the sneak attack, Hela was stunned for an instant, unable to react for a moment.

First level spell - Lightness of body.

As Roland cast the spell, his body became lighter and his falling speed suddenly slowed down. However, because Roland was still holding Hela, they were still falling rapidly.

"Still standing there in a daze?"

Roland said with a relaxed look on his face.

After hearing Roland's reminder, Hela finally reacted and cast the spell in a panic.

After failing twice, Hela barely managed to complete the spell.

Under the effect of the light body technique, the two of them fell slowly and steadily from the sky to the ground like a falling leaf.

After touching the ground, Roland let go of Hela's hand and said.

"It seems that you need to train your ability to deal with emergencies."

Hela lowered her head and spoke softly.

"Got it. I'll practice hard."

"Don't be so discouraged. It's normal that you didn't react at first. Just practice slowly in the future. Go back. The city gates are about to close."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)