What would be the consequence if a Necromancer drank Holy Water?
Bang!
"Ah!!!!" Medi suddenly screamed loudly, but due to the barrier he had activated earlier, his voice clearly couldn't leave the confines of the small house. Pale flames ignited within him, burning his flesh and soul, which is to say—his health plummeted rapidly.
At this point, Mo Tan's plan was ninety percent complete.
After leaving that street earlier, he didn't immediately come here. Instead, he found a small shop and used the currency from the vegetable seller's wallet to buy a flask. Then, he filled it with clear water and began to pray devoutly, successfully creating a simplified version of 【Holy Water?】.
Afterward, he gathered a lot of information about Medi from some townspeople, using various excuses, and then set off.
An hour later, the former priest, now a Necromancer—Mei Di. Le Wen—was burning in his small house, seemingly on the verge of death.
But…
"You despicable… vile… bastard! Maggot! Scum!" Medi roared hoarsely, slowly and with difficulty approaching Mo Tan. "Pay the price! Do you think making me drink this bit of Holy Water can kill me? You should know, I am…"
"A former priest, right? I heard from others that you preach to some children every Sunday." Mo Tan's voice sounded like a demon in Medi's ears. He chuckled, "Your Holy Light School knowledge is far stronger than your research into Undead magic. This is why you haven't been caught and 'purified' all these years, and it's also why you're confident that Holy Water won't destroy you. But…"
Pfft!
Medi knelt on the ground, spitting out wisps of black blood.
"Who told you this was pure Holy Water?"
【Holy Water (Fake)】
One-time consumable
Effect: Unknown
【Note: Caused by the false prayers of an Incredulous】
Medi, who tried to activate the power of devotion to neutralize the Holy Water's effect, suffered a second heavy blow, and it was on a soul level.
If consuming Holy Water causes great damage to an Undead-affinity physique, then this bottle of fake Holy Water, while possessing the former's efficacy, also causes a backlash from any divine power.
Of course, it's useless against high-level beings of High Priest level (at least level 35 Holy Light School) or fanatics, but Medi was clearly not in that category. So, a moment later, he was already on his last breath…
"Mana…" The old man, kneeling on the ground, stretched out his arm as if trying to grasp something, murmuring weakly. The pain on his face earlier transformed into a sense of relief at the last moment. He smiled.
"She's been waiting for you for a long time." Mo Tan squatted in front of Medi, his voice unusually gentle. "Now you can rest, Mr. Medi."
"I've waited too long for this moment…"
The instant he stopped breathing, Mei Di. Le Wen turned into a pile of black ashes.
The next second, the system's voice sounded in Mo Tan's mind:
【You have unlocked the profession: Deceiver, Level 2, Experience 77/150】
【You have gained new skills】
【You have gained the talent: Incredulous】
【Guide Quest completed. You can choose a reward profession: Thief / Warrior / Mage, and gain 60 experience points】
【Guide Quest completion 300%. Reward: one piece of equipment, optional 150 experience points】
【Unlocked Item Codex, Character Codex, Story Codex】
【Holy Water, Holy Water (Fake), Mei Di. Le Wen, "Medi's Love" have been added to the Codex】
【You have received a unique quest. Unique quest unlocked】
"Well, quite beneficial…" Mo Tan said absentmindedly, then picked up a ring from the pile of ashes on the ground. As expected, it was a piece of equipment of quite good quality.
【Medi's Wedding Ring】
Type: Ring - Set
Quality: Fine - Unique
Attributes: Wisdom +5, Constitution +5, Strength -1, Undead Knowledge +1
Trait: Additional Skill: Medi's Obsession
Equipment Requirement: None
Set Effect: 【Medi's Wedding Ring】 / 【Mana's Wedding Ring】 — Increase 10% Constitution
【Note: The pair of rings exchanged when Mei Di. Le Wen and Mana. Ai Yin got married. It once contained a wisp of Mana. Ai Yin's soul and was never taken off.】
From the literal meaning, it's clear that this fine quality ring is an indispensable good item in the early game, the kind you can definitely show off on social media. It's also part of a set, and with Mo Tan's intelligence, it's not hard to guess where the other piece of equipment is. Undoubtedly, the corresponding 【Mana's Wedding Ring】 is definitely under the tombstone in the backyard of the small house, which doesn't actually bury anyone.
But…
Mo Tan did not wear it on his hand. Instead, he found a jar in the house to collect the ashes Medi left behind, and took them along with the ring to the backyard. After digging out the other ring, he reburied this pair of rings and the jar underground.
This kind of action is clearly incomprehensible to ordinary people, just as perplexing as Mo Tan being able to harm the infatuated Necromancer to death without any psychological burden.
But he didn't care, or rather, the personality named Tan Mo didn't care. He just wanted to do it, so he did it. As for losing two good pieces of equipment, or the fact that deceased NPCs don't have 'rest in peace,' he didn't care at all.
From this, we can see that nothing in this world could describe him better than the words 【chaotic neutral】.
Afterward, Mo Tan returned to Medi's small house, sat on a chair, and began to examine his new profession.
【Profession: Deceiver】
Experience: 77/150
Category: Cunning School
Attribute Bonus: Wisdom +5, Dexterity +2
Weapon Condition: None
Exclusive Skills: 【Confusion】, 【Bewitch】
Introduction: The most perfect lie is one that you can successfully deceive even yourself with the moment it is spoken.
【Note: If one day you can't even trust yourself, please immediately undergo a strict psychological evaluation.】
"Ha~ It's undoubtedly a support profession." Mo Tan smiled, then muttered to himself, "If I became an actor, I might have a good future too…"
Then he intended to look at his new talents and skills, and also check what those codexes were, but unexpectedly…
A sudden wave of self-reproach struck him, and then…
【You have been emergency disconnected. Please choose whether to reconnect.】
"Yes."
【Reconnection starting…】
【Connection complete, loading character information】
【Innocent World has opened for you. Character creation process is about to begin…】
…
The same prompt, the same stone platform, the same nine doors, but a different… Mo Tan.
He didn't immediately choose 'that' door suitable for him. Instead, he squatted on the spot, covering his head and sighing, clearly troubled.
"What kind of situation is this!" Mo Tan said with slumped shoulders and a mournful face, "Do I have to spend a large part of my life in frustration and regret? What kind of thing did I just do!!"
He was troubled by what he, as Tan Mo, had done to Medi earlier…
Because he felt that if it were him, there would definitely be a better way to solve the problem…
The quest required preventing the Plague outbreak, but it didn't require killing Mei Di. Le Wen.
There were many ways to achieve this goal. The simplest was to find an excuse to trick Medi away from home, then secretly sneak in and destroy his magic model.
The next option was to find evidence that Medi was a Necromancer, then find the passing 'Fierce Jackal' mercenary group in the town tavern and have him expelled. Mo Tan had already obtained this information while wandering around the town earlier, but this plan might complete the quest, but it would have endless troubles for others or NPCs.
At this moment, Mo Tan was inclined to first frankly tell Medi that resurrection would definitely fail, and then try to work with him to find other solutions. After all, he didn't know much about No Wrongdoing, and perhaps there really was a way to resurrect Medi's wife…
Unfortunately, the chaotic neutral Tan Mo chose the simplest and most brutal method, which also reunited Medi with his wife, just in a different form.
Mo Tan sighed again, then looked at the pure gold door that was already wide open, and stepped inside.
He had the same memories, but was always very dissatisfied with 'his' way of doing things; this Mo Tan, a moral paragon, had considerable opinions about 'his' chaotic neutral self...
The door of lawful good slowly closed, hiding his back.
The character creation process will not be reiterated; let's directly look at this character's data...
【Calculation complete, your initial character data is:】
Race: Half-Dragon (Thunder Dragon Bloodline)
Gender: Male
Alignment: lawful good
Talents: Devotion (When fighting alongside friendly targets, HP increases by 5%; critical hit chance taken when attacked increases by 5%), Steel Spirit (When HP is below 30%, gains additional defense bonus, specific value depends on lost stamina)
Basic Attributes: Strength 7, Dexterity 5, Intelligence 9, Constitution 7
Civilization Attributes: Eloquence 5, Charm 5, Knowledge 8, Leadership 8
Combat Attributes: None
"Sigh, actually, I'm not that good..." Mo Tan scratched his hair, his expression a bit punchable.
【Please name your character?】
"Mo, no need to confirm again." Mo Tan replied, feeling that a one-character nickname was also good right now.
【Do you want to adjust your appearance?】
The Half-Dragon's appearance was not much different from a human's, except for some fine purple scales on the neck and wrists, a slightly more robust build, and... a tail...
Mo Tan frowned slightly: "Can we negotiate removing the tail?"
【Some racial features cannot be eliminated, only adjusted within a certain range】
The system replied mechanically, and the approximately half-meter long tail behind the Half-Dragon in front of Mo Tan shortened by four-fifths.
"Uh, it looks like my butt is swollen, let's change it back..." Mo Tan pondered for a long time, but still decided not to make any changes, after all, Innocent World was a bit overbearing, from alignment to race, there was nothing he could decide...
【Character creation complete, Mo of lawful good, welcome to No Wrongdoing】
Third time...
Mo Tan opened his eyes and found himself on a creature that... he estimated to be a land dragon, and he wasn't the only one on it.
After a quick glance at his surroundings, Mo Tan found that there were seven or eight people sitting on this five-meter-long sub-dragon creature, with several carriages and people riding mainly horses and various exotic beasts behind them, all seemingly possessing a certain level of combat ability.
【Guidance quest triggered - Protect the Forest Sprite caravan】
"Hey, kid." A large hand suddenly patted Mo Tan's shoulder twice. He turned his head and saw a red-faced, bearded dwarf smiling at him.
Mo Tan nodded, a bit confused: "Hello, may I ask..."
"Mag, Mag Rolliron~" The dwarf made a funny face: "We left in too much of a hurry earlier, I haven't had time to introduce myself. I'm the captain of the Barbarian Earth Dragon Mercenary Group, and the leader of the escort for those... uh... little green wooden sticks this time."
Mo Tan nodded slightly, not rashly interjecting, because the other party had not yet told him his identity 'at this moment'...
"You guys are lucky~" Mag winked at Mo Tan and the direction behind him: "Because your destination is Kusi City, you've hitched a ride with us~"
You guys?!
A guess immediately popped into Mo Tan's mind, and he quickly turned his head. Sure enough, he saw a handsome and resolute young man winking at him, dressed in similar burlap clothes, with empty hands, but no scales or tail.
From any angle, he was a player just like him.
"Thank you for your trouble, Mr. Rolliron." Mo Tan returned an understanding look to the young man, then turned to Mag Rolliron and extended his hand: "My name is Mo."
"Gale Se恩!" The human youth also raised his hand and said happily.
The chain-armored dwarf warrior gave Mo Tan a strong hug, incidentally making him lose some HP, and then high-fived Gale Se恩: "Just call me Mag. By the way, you kid..."
He glanced at Gale Se恩: "What are you looking at, looking around?"
"Uh..." The young man was a bit speechless, but Mo Tan had already guessed that the other party had received the same guidance quest as him. His previous actions should have been to be wary of the unknown enemy.
Just then, a mustachioed man riding a highland pony came up beside the land dragon and cursed with a laugh: "Mag! You bastard, you're relying on being the captain to drink during the mission, aren't you?!"
"You beat me, I'll share it with you~" Mag rolled his eyes, grinning at the mustachioed man while weighing the axe in his hand that was almost as tall as him.
"Get lost, I'm afraid my lower body will be cut off by your attack!" The other party spat on the ground and shrugged: "But there really shouldn't be any danger on this road~"
As everyone knows, in this time, this place, and this situation... such words are definitely an extremely obvious flag, just like at the end of a horror movie, a main character who jumps out to court death exclaims 'Turns out there are no ghosts at all~'
And then, he dies...
"Watch out!" Mo Tan suddenly kicked the mustachioed man out. His innate 7 Strength combined with his Half-Dragon bloodline, caught off guard, actually kicked away a mercenary who had experienced hundreds... tens... uh... several battles.
"You motherfucker..." Mag's eyes immediately widened. Just as he was about to reach for Mo Tan's collar, he saw an arrow whistling through the air, grazing the pony's back and violently sticking into the ground!
Seeing this, Mag immediately roared: "Alert!" Then he rolled off the land dragon and landed steadily on the ground, not forgetting to give a thumbs up with his backhand.
"Hmm, I owe you one, buddy." The mustachioed man rolled up from the ground and also nodded at Mo Tan: "Thanks."
Mo Tan smiled back at him. It wasn't that he was particularly sensitive, but because when the mustachioed man set the flag, he subconsciously observed the surroundings and found that this place was an excellent ambush point. He then uneasily raised his head and saw a strange reflection in mid-air, which he now realized must have been an arrowhead, pointing directly at the mustachioed man...
As for why this modern person was so experienced... that blame had to go to the guy named 'Tan Mo' in the game~ After all, memories and experiences were shared.
"It's Sand Goblin!" The elven ranger, half-kneeling on the land dragon's back, shouted: "Many! Very many!"
"How many is 'very many', damn it!" Mag shouted back impatiently: "Second Captain, bring me my Idali Flintlock!"
A Lizardmen riding a giant lizard roared past him, shouting without looking back: "Old drunkard, get it yourself! I'm going to check ahead!"
"You two, can you wield a sword?" The elven ranger with a scar on his face turned and asked.
Mo Tan and Gale Se恩 nodded simultaneously. Whether to complete the mission or for personal reasons, neither of them could stand by and do nothing at this time.
"Weapons are under the board, try to stand back later, and take care of yourselves!" The elf said rapidly, while simultaneously drawing three black-feathered arrows with his backhand, nocking them, and firing them.
The enemy's first wave of attacks had arrived!
This section of the road was a gentle slope. The caravan's current position had very poor visibility. To the right of the road was a short, broken cliff, which was also the starting point of that first arrow. To the left, according to Mo Tan's observation, was a rare plain swamp...
Just as Mo Tan and Gale Se恩 had just picked up their weapons, a large number of black figures already vaguely appeared in his field of vision, and at the same time, several plumes of black mud, carrying streams of turbid black water, attacked from the left!
"Mud Fishman!"
A thin barrier unfolded around the convoy. A woman holding a red-gold staff and wearing a bright red robe, who had come trotting from behind, exclaimed: "How can there be Mud Fishman here?!"
Chapter 4: The End