Chapter 4 The Incarnation of Fear
Charm and appearance are not actually related.
Strictly speaking, charm is not as much an instinctive affinity as a human appearance. People with high charm can easily get favor from outsiders or animals, can easily make wild animals obedient, and can also get help from strangers more easily.
The charm of ordinary people is about a dozen, and even twenty is outstanding, and even fifty is even more extraordinary. It can be called a natural charm technique. Most of the beauties who can leave their names in history are at this level.
But if you want to be higher, it is not something that can be achieved by simply beauty and charm... it must have the bloodline of fairies or succubus, and contains supernatural elements such as magic.
The charm of negative values is sometimes not to say that this person is disgusting, but to be extremely majestic.
Although you also have trust, at first glance, what you think of is not worship, but awe. This is the difference between positive and negative values. Generally speaking, when the charm of negative values reaches twenty points, even if it is full of majesty and the courageous people will even be shocked at first glance. If it is higher, this majesty can even be transformed into supernatural abilities, such as the fear aura that is common to lower-level creatures such as the heart-fearing demon.
Despite this, I have to mention that even the terrifying executioners who have left their name in history slaughtered the cruel generals from several cities, their charm is nothing more than 50 minus the culprit.
The number hanging on the Joshua character card is enough to make the murderous people feel inferior and be willing to give up the disadvantage.
Negative 209.
This has really fallen below the lowest limit that history can record and has reached a new realm. Even a person like Joshua is shocked after seeing this number and gasped. The warriors could not understand how this was done.
But he immediately calmed down and paused for a moment. Joshua's eyes narrowed, and then began to quickly search for his own achievements and character characteristics. There was no doubt that this adventure in the world of Ilgna must have had some unpredictable consequences for his charm.
[Mechanical Killer] [Puppet Destroyer] [Constructing the Enemy of Biological], a series of achievements were swept away, [Beast Hunter] [One Hit Kill] [One Hitman] also had nothing to do with charm, while [Turn the Tide] [World Savior] and others are more charming achievements. After roughly reading it, Joshua frowned because he found that his charm was not only not less, but he added more than fifty points because of his achievements.
Where did the negative 209 come from?!
Continue to look down, the warrior finally saw two newly added inconspicuous states on one edge of his character's characteristics.
【Preface of nature】
[It is not a face that ordinary people can have, but a divine appearance. Those who hold this characteristic must be divine and hold a certain divine majesty. Charm +100.]
[The face of God is shrouded in the light and is invisible to ordinary people. This is not for the sake of mystery, but for some kind of protection.]
【Breath of Chaos】
[Maybe it was during the adventure that some ancient seals were opened, or maybe it was when fighting with the enemy, and some vicious curse was hit. Now the power of chaos is entangled in you, which will cause some unpredictable consequences. Charm-related judgment reversal calculation.]
[The fear and disgust of others, the eternal loneliness they bring will be like a maggot on the bone, making you unable to be liberated.]
"……call."
Taking a deep breath, then exhaled, Joshua closed his eyes, clenched his fists, and his arms were filled with veins. The warrior tried hard to calm himself down, and he found the reason why he had a 209-year-old charm.
The achievements of various saviors combined have a total of more than fifty charm bonuses. The blessing of the father of nature's divine power has given his body part of divinity and increased his charm. Logically speaking, his current charm should be positive and very high, but everything was destroyed by the last breath of chaos.
Just as the divine power of the father of nature gave his body divine power, the power of the evil god of natural disasters also relied on him because of the final battle, and reversed the effect of blessing. This instantly made the warrior's already terrifying charm worse, breaking through the lower limit all the way and reaching his current level.
Fortunately, Ying and Rin didn't say anything. Lorenda and Father Atanis were both strong and familiar with him, so the change of charm didn't have much impact. But if a stranger saw him, Joshua had no doubt that the other party would be frightened and fainted. In fact, with his majesty alone, it would probably be even more terrifying than the dragon's dragon's power. His strength was not as strong as gold. Just seeing the warrior's face, he should fall into a shocking illusion.
"...Forget it, it's useless no matter how you think about it."
Given the continued thinking about this kind of thing that becomes more annoying the more he thinks, Joshua does not care about his charm for the time being. He turns his head and looks at his right hand, and then focuses on the things he holds tightly.
What he held tightly in this hand was some kind of authority given by the will of the world of Ilgna. He didn't know what it was, but his instinct told Joshua that this was probably related to his ability to touch the magic projection of No. 3.
Opening his palm, the square metal blocks that were as silver as steel and shining like stars revealed their shape, and there was a light gray radiance around it, like a halo of a comet.
“Identification.”
The warrior's short instructions were issued, and a large amount of data suddenly flooded the screen.
【Debris of residual steel】
[…In the object identification…the judgment of origin knowledge failed, the judgment of strange objects failed, and the judgment of world knowledge was successful.]
[Identification Report: The debris of residual steel·The magical object given by God]
[Origin: At the beginning of the birth of the world, the realms between life were not so obvious. The soul and matter were actually one, and the fragments of steel were the products of that time.]
[Strange things: At the beginning of all things, there are many primitive giant beasts wandering in the world. They are pure incarnations of steel and the initial life, and their bodies have the purest condensation of life.]
[World: It is said that various elemental life is the product of the Creator's experimental life. The existence of these souls and bodies is actually one. The fusion of steel and fire. The debris of residual steel contain the vitality of the beginning. This object can give the holder a mysterious ability. In front of the holder, the boundary between soul and matter disappears. He can freely touch the spirit body and give material life at a certain price. This is the authority close to the Creator.]
【Comprehensive: The fragments of steel containing the power of authority, although they have entities, are actually some conceptual existences, and except for the holder, they are invisible to others.】
"Isn't this exactly the same as the debris of burning steel?"
With a raised brow, Joshua was not surprised by the effect of the residual steel debris. He had guessed from the point where he could touch the magic projection of No. 3 that the warrior had touched before was not magic, but the soul of the girl of artificial intelligence.
Since returning from the world of Carlis last time, he has put the steel-burning fragments into the secret library and has not taken them out to study them. When he has time next time, Joshua plans to take these two things out and compare them, but now he has no energy to analyze these mysterious gadgets that contain infinite mystery.
He casually put the broken steel chips into his pajamas pocket. Joshua sat back on the bed and closed his eyes. Although he had been sleeping for three days in the eyes of others, in fact, Joshua was just trapped in an illusion. From beginning to end, he had not had a good rest.
But now, in my own territory, home, and on my own bed, the soldiers can finally have a good sleep.
...
The next morning.
Joshua, Rin and others left the lord's mansion and prepared to visit Bishop Atanis and Paladin Lorenda.
When the warrior was sleeping, they were always trying their best to wake him up. Although it was useless, they had to go and say thank you just for this wish.
Moreover, Joshua also had some things to ask the old priest and the paladin, and this matter was difficult to talk about, so he had to tell it in person.
The spring morning is always a little wet, and there is a lot of dew attached to the closed pyroxene lamp. The soldiers walked on the somewhat wet bluestone avenue with Ying and Lin. Since it was early in the morning, there were not many pedestrians on the street. Although the combination of the three was eye-catching, it still did not attract too many attentions.
Most people were still preparing today's breakfast in the house. Only a few adventurers were preparing this equipment in the compound and preparing to set off to hunt monsters in the Great Aes Mountains, or explore unknown areas. Although these people saw Joshua and his group, most of them just took a rough look and did not pay attention. In addition, the warriors wore a wide boat hat, and the shadow covered their faces, so the charm of minus 209 did not cause any panic.
Soon, everyone came to the cathedral in the square. There were no people in the main city square now. They could only see several patrolling city guards passing back and forth. They also glanced at the adventurers, but they did not continue to pay attention. Some of them had a good memory, but they saw the identities of Ying and Lin, and guessed the identity of the man who covered their faces. Their patrol pace immediately became stronger.
Not caring about the behavior of the guards patrolling the city around him, Joshua looked up and looked at St. Lauren's Cathedral. The warrior frowned slightly, because just now, he felt the black circle of the holy emblem at the top of the church flashing a light, but the light flashed away, as if it was an illusion.
“…Go and knock on the door.”
Turning his head and signaling Rin to knock on the door. Joshua didn't think he was seeing an illusion, but he just remembered this strange situation in his heart. The warrior instructed: "Just say I'm here."
“Yes, Master.”
The black-haired boy quickly walked to the church gate.
Behind the door, Paladin Toonan heard a knock from the door.
"Strange, why would anyone come today? It's still so early?"
He stood up from the guard room and walked towards the gate. Tunan was puzzled in his heart that Saint Lauren today did not hold prayers, nor did he have church activities, so why would anyone knock on the door so early? You know, now in spring, most believers have their own things to be busy with, no urgent matters or church requirements, and no one has time to come to the church.
"Here you come."
No matter how strange the Knight felt, he still had to fulfill his responsibilities. He quickly walked towards the gate and opened it.
Then.
He saw the incarnation of fear.
The morning sun should have been bright, but the light was instantly taken away by a human figure in a black coat. Tunan's vision became dark in an instant, leaving only the human figure who seemed to stand in this shadow.
The human figure wore a trapezoidal boat hat with a strange color on its head, which made the whole face covered in the shadow. In the shadow, two blood-red light spots can be seen flickering, bringing endless pressure between light and dark.
The human figure seemed to have made some moves, but the Paladin was completely unable to react at this time. All his spirits were attracted by the other party's black coat. Although the black one seemed to be just the color of ordinary leather, with the continuous gaze, it became as deep as the deep sea, and the bottom could not be seen at all. And the more he looked, the more creepy the darkness felt, as if he was in the endless void, lonely.
Forced himself to pull his eyes out of the darkness, but Tunan found in despair that he could not get rid of the vortex of fear, and he couldn't help but kneel down. The Paladin's forehead was covered with dense sweat. He seemed to have seen the bones of some huge creature swam through the darkness, bringing a low buzz.
The darkness shook for a while, then disappeared, and replaced the human figure that could not be seen clearly. Tunan relied on his remaining reason to see that the other party seemed to extend his hand to him and wanted to pull him up, but the Paladin just retreated in fear and dared not touch him.
In his eyes, the remains of the sword and the twisted souls of countless monsters formed this human-shaped body. The wreckage of the indescribable monster appeared in his hand. They howled, bringing sharp noises. The heavy smell of blood instantly drowned the Paladin's sense of smell, making his eyes dark.
Within seconds, Tunan fainted.
The human figure took two steps forward. He seemed to want to help the knight up, but it was useless. The paladin had completely fallen down, and even if he helped it up, it would be like a ball of dead flesh.
“Is it useless to cover my face?”
The human figure shook his head helplessly. Then, Joshua took off his hat to cover his face. He looked at the knight who seemed to be completely frightened by him, sighed, and then shouted loudly to the depths of the church, with a thick voice echoing in the corridor.
"Is anyone? Come out with someone."
Chapter completed!