Chapter 63 Just Speculation
He raised an eyebrow, gave a light snort, and looked at him scrutinizingly: "I'm an adventurer. I come when there's money, that's all, isn't it?"
His gaze fell on Talos's chest, where the golden badge, composed of three keyed sword blades, made the soldier paused in surprise.
His doubt deepened, and he frowned as he pressed, "Gold Adventurer, someone of your level shouldn't have trouble finding food and drink, right?"
"Human desires are like a boulder rolling down a mountain; once started, they can never be stopped. If you get a bag of gold coins today, you'll want a chest of gold coins tomorrow..."
With his hands behind his back, Talos narrowed his eyes, feigning profundity.
"You're quite the talker, kid. Where did you learn that?" The soldier was taken aback, wondering how the young man in front of him knew so much.
Talos pursed his lips and subconsciously said, "Ah~ that line? I learned it from the Whale Shark King."
"What? What king?"
Upon hearing this, the group was momentarily dazed.
Talos quickly waved his hand, then suddenly realized he had said too much: "It's nothing, it's just that that skeleton reminded me of—"
Do you know where the soul goes after a person dies?
His words were quickly interrupted by another curious voice, and the question that was suddenly raised caused the soldiers present to fall silent.
Such a mission is extremely dangerous, but they never seem to have considered where people go after they die.
Stroking his chin, the disheveled soldier quickly concluded, "It's either heaven or hell, where else could we go? Surely not..."
"Wait a minute, you...you mean, that skeleton could talk because of its soul?" He slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing what he meant, and glanced at everyone in surprise.
"Such a skeleton may be possessed by a human soul... the obsession of the dead soul becomes the driving force behind that body..."
"Don't make it sound so scary...!" The soldier with his head covered in bandages bumped into him. He touched his head and looked at the nearby skeletons with fear.
Talos chuckled, tilting his head back, and asked him with great interest, "If you put flesh and blood on that skeleton, wouldn't the dead be able to come back to life?"
"I'm a rough man, these are just guesses. Who knows if such magic exists?" The dusty soldier wiped the dust off his face and stared blankly at the two of them.
"Is the legendary void magic possible?" The soldier loosened the bandage on his head and looked at him curiously.
"Pfft..."
As if he had heard something amusing, Talos stopped looking at Youge:
"That's something none of the three generals know. Everyone says there are only nine attributes in the world, and the 'empty' attribute is just a fabrication."
Nodding seriously, the disheveled soldier quickly echoed, "Magic that can control the undead for one's own use is too exaggerated. After all, we don't even know if humans have souls."
"Come on, stop thinking about it! You can't possibly go to heaven or hell and drag someone's soul out, can you?" The soldier bumped into him suddenly, changing the bandage on his head as he ran.
"That's true... a soul is a soul, what kind of spirit is that..."
As the group chatted, the convoy entered the Loch Ness waterfront area. The surrounding scenery was completely different from before; a subdued and tranquil atmosphere permeated the air…
The rapidly moving convoy soon realized something was wrong; the road had changed!
The wet ground seemed to be soaked with ominous signs, and the convoy gradually slowed down, but the pursuers behind them caught up as a result.
The Holy Armor Priests, four duchies of the demon race, two duchies of the elf race, and eight duchies that are also human... but have already submitted to the Holy See...
More than 600,000 troops relentlessly pursued this convoy for nearly four months in an effort to encircle and annihilate it!
Magellan's second escort ship concealed three important items among the 16 convoys on its return voyage to avoid detection.
So much so that even these soldiers didn't know what they were protecting.
They dared not imagine what had happened to the convoy that fled to other places.
"boom--!"
Thunderclaps came one after another from behind, and tens of thousands of flying swords pressed down like a tidal wave.
The powerful attack, however, did not blast the earth into a ravaged wasteland as expected; it only created tiny craters…
The land seemed to come alive, absorbing a large amount of its magic power upon landing.
At that moment, at the bottom of Loch Ness, a huge beast slowly opened its eyes, its golden pupils reflecting a few streaks of light in the lake.
Beneath the golden scales on his face, his rat-like whiskers swayed silently in the moonlight with the ripples of the lake, his gaze sweeping far into the distance…
It could clearly sense that something extraordinary had entered the lake. With its vision widened, it finally saw what it was.
Those were two streams of blue and purple water, so it's not surprising that they could break through the restrictions of Loch Ness and flow in!
What amazed it was that it had no idea where the two streams of water came from.
It could sense that the power of the laws contained within was not weak, but it simply couldn't pinpoint its source, and it was an attribute it had never seen before since its birth…
"roar..."
The tremors from the outside world displeased it, but recalling the devastating attack from the outside world earlier, it silently closed its eyes...
"The Sea of Sand—!"
"boom--!"
As the loud voice faded, the leader of the pursuing troops leaped into the air, slamming his hands into the ground, causing the earth to tremble violently in an instant.
"Uh... everyone on high alert!"
The horses pulling the carriages neighed mournfully, and several carriages on the left suddenly sank into quicksand, the blood-stained sand expanding at an alarming speed.
"You dare!?"
With a roar, Aiden swiftly plunged his staff into the ground, and with the infusion of immense magical power, a massive blue magic circle pressed down on the earth.
The two magical forces collided, and the azure magic was clearly superior. The ice instantly overwhelmed the quicksand, and the surrounding vegetation was completely encased in ice.
"Whoosh..."
Ten lewd-looking thieves broke through the ice, their tasks clearly divided, and they targeted the main fighting force of the group.
"superior--!"
As the fishy smell of Loch Ness filled their nostrils, the pursuers completed their encirclement, and a fierce battle ensued, but the fighting was clearly one-sided...
How could an exhausted convoy possibly be a match for an army of 600,000?
"Damn it..."
Aiden cleaved through the oncoming ice spikes, and the clash between his staff and dagger caused his old back to buckle.
"These humans are really..."
"Disgusting!"
The strange beast in the lake suddenly opened its eyes, and the entire lake seemed to boil. Its enormous body, over a hundred meters tall, slowly emerged from the bottom of the water…
"What is this?! A monster!