Chapter 270 - Loyalty
Chapter 270: Chapter 270 – Loyalty
Pure white light continuously shined out as Herdosiri and Lamu’s injuries quickly healed.
In just a short period of time, two heavily injured people had been restored to their normal condition: In this world, only divine skills could do such a thing—high-level divine skills at that.
High-level divine skills were not things that anyone had the qualifications to use.
In this world, only the priests who served the gods had divine skills.
It was not that only priests could learn divine runes, but that they had a closer relationship with the gods.
The priests were not casually picked out but were meticulously chosen.
Their intelligence, talent, and affinity had to be perfect.
If one did not have sufficient intelligence, they would be unable to learn divine runes, let alone divine skills.
Without enough talent, one would be unable to use divine skills.
Without enough affinity, they would not even be able to sense the gods themselves.
Only someone who was intelligent, had enough talent and affinity, and was very devoted could become a priest.
It could be said that every priest was incredibly important to their faith.
This was the case for ordinary priests, and this was even more so for high-level priests who could use high-level divine skills.
High-level priests who could use high-level divine skills had incredibly high positions. Back before the Malido Kingdom had been destroyed, the number of high-level priests in the Moonlight Goddess Church could be counted on a single hand.
The healing skill that Chen Heng had just used was undoubtedly a high-level divine skill, and it was one of the most difficult to grasp.
Under normal circumstances, healing-type divine skills were much harder to grasp than ordinary divine skills.
What did Chen Heng using this skill mean?
Half-kneeling on the ground, Herdosiri’s eyes lit up as he looked at Chen Heng in excitement.
And yet Aktor had said he had not awakened his bloodline!
Let alone him, even Lamu looked incredibly shocked, staring at Chen Heng as he also realized something.
“So you really did awaken the Hatim family’s divine bloodline…” Herdosiri looked at Chen Heng as he spoke.
Hearing Herdosiri’s words, Chen Heng opened his mouth and instinctively wanted to refute that, but in the end, he could not say anything and just sighed.
At this point, there was no use in saying anything.
He had even used a divine skill; what would be the point in explaining anything?
Different to other powers, divine skills truly belonged to gods, and only those connected to gods could use them.
Apart from the priests, only those who had awakened divine bloodlines—Warlocks—could use these skills.
Chen Heng definitely was not a priest, much less a high-level priest.
As such, the only reason why he would be able to use a high-level divine skill came from his bloodline.
Chen Heng had no way of refuting this.
It was just that the divine skill he had used really did not have anything to do with his bloodline.
However, he had no way of explaining this.
As such, he lightly sighed and said, “Get up for now.”
Hearing his words, Herdosiri and Lamu came to their senses and hurriedly stood up.
By now, they had returned to where they were before, within a dilapidated house.
The surroundings looked quite dark, and there was nothing special about it.
In the distance, faint bestial cries could be heard.
Everything seemed quite normal.
Chen Heng’s expression was calm as he looked at the other houses.
“Let’s check on the others,” Chen Heng said as he looked at Herdosiri.
“Alright,” Herdosiri and Lamu nodded and hurriedly followed behind Chen Heng.
Under Chen Heng’s lead, they came to a house by the side.
From what Chen Heng remembered, this house was where the girls were staying.
Right now, it looked quite peaceful, and there were no sounds.
It was as if there was no one inside.
Sensing this, Chen Heng grimly walked up and opened the door.
What was surprising was that the door was locked.
Chen Heng was a bit surprised and used a bit of strength, and he directly pushed down the door.
The door crashed down with a bang, revealing the state inside.
A pungent stench of blood spread out, and sensing that bloody scent, Chen Heng frowned and continued onwards.
Within the room, through the moonlight, a few corpses were revealed before Chen Heng and the others.
Some were lying on the bed while others were on the ground.
All of them had savage and twisted looks on their faces.
There were many wounds over all of their bodies, and Chen Heng could see that there were many bite marks.
There was a corpse where more than half of the flesh had been bitten off, revealing the bones underneath.
The scene was incredibly gory and disgusting.
Seeing this scene, all three people fell into silence.
It seemed that apart from the three of them, no one else had survived.
However, this made sense.
Even though those monsters were not too strong, that was only to Chen Heng.
To those ordinary girls, those monsters were incredibly terrifying, and they could not resist at all.
“They’re all dead…” Herdosiri fell silent for a while before sighing.
“Let’s find a place to bury them,” Chen Heng sighed as he shook his head, “Otherwise, after a while, their bodies definitely will not be here anymore.”
There were wild beasts everywhere, and if these corpses stayed here, they would soon become food for those wild beasts.
They had traveled together for a while, and having them suffer such a fate after dying would be a bit too cruel.
“Very well,” Herdosiri and Lamu nodded and began to move the corpses.
The three of them found some tools and dug a hole before burying the bodies.
Fortunately, they were all incredibly strong, or else doing such a thing would have exhausted them.
After doing this, Chen Heng looked ahead and thought to himself.
He seemed to sense something, and the Divinity’s power activated in his body.
At that moment, Chen Heng was able to see some things that ordinary people were not.
Ahead, a fog rose up as a few hazy figures rose up from the corpses and departed.
Chen Heng could see that those figures looked somewhat like those corpses.
However, they looked incredibly wretched, and most of their bodies were not complete.
Their expressions were hazy as if they did not know what was going on, and they did not have any consciousness.
After they appeared, a strange energy appeared and drew them away.
“Those… were those their souls?” Chen Heng thought to himself.
As a powerful cultivator in the past, he knew about souls.
However, he had never seen such a scene before.
It was possible that in the past, his strength was too weak, or that there were not such systems in those worlds.
“In this world, after living creatures die, they’ll be drawn to another world…” Chen Heng thought to himself as he thought of that scene from before.
Even though it was for just an instant, the moment that the souls departed, Chen Heng saw a massive, dark world.
It was a world filled with an aura of death, and even though he had only glimpsed it, it left a big impression on Chen Heng.
That was most likely the Netherworld, which was where all dead souls went.
Standing there, Chen Heng thought for a moment before turning and saying, “Looks like things have come to an end. What are your plans now?”
“For now, we’ll continue to depart and avoid Oro’s people,” Herdosiri said with a smile, “What about you?”
“I’m going to head to the Kalo Empire,” Chen Heng said as he smiled, “My uncle is there and is a noble. I’m going to stay there for a while before seeing if there’s anywhere for me to go. If you don’t have any plans, would you like to come with me?”
Chen Heng asked with a smile, “The Malido Kingdom has been destroyed, but given how big this world is, I’m sure there will be a place for us. If we can band together, perhaps we can gain our own territory and revitalize our families.”
Chen Heng looked at Herdosiri and Lamu as he extended his invitation.
Herdosiri and Lamu were no ordinary people.
Herdosiri was a knight who had awakened his life power, and he was incredibly elite even in the Malido Kingdom; he had the qualifications to become a true Knight.
As for Lamu, he was also an Apprentice-level Knight. Even though his strength could not compare to Herdosiri’s, he was incredibly experienced and knew how to deal with all kinds of situations.
What was more key was that from their time together, these two people seemed like they had good personalities and were worthy of trust.
This was the most important thing.
Hearing Chen Heng’s words, Herdosiri looked incredibly excited.
He did not hesitate at all and directly pulled out his sword as he stabbed it into the ground before half-kneeling.
“I swear on my name and my family name that I will be loyal to you and never betray you!” he said resolutely.
“I swear on my name and my family name that I will be loyal to you and never betray you!” Lamu quickly came to his senses and made the same vow.
If it was Chen Heng of the past, they naturally would not have acted like this.
After all, the two of them were Knights who had awakened life power, so if they were to make such a vow, it would greatly depend on the person.
The current Chen Heng was completely different.
From how he had acted, Chen Heng seemed like he had awakened his divine bloodline.
A Bloodline Awakener who had awakened a divine bloodline would not be any inferior to a Third Ring Sorcerer.
For the two of them, this was already enough.
A Third Ring Sorcerer was a very powerful existence in this world. No matter where it was, they could become a top-tier noble family.
This was especially so given that Chen Heng could freely use divine skills.
His future would definitely be bright.
As such, they were willing to follow him and make this investment.
If Chen Heng was able to rise up in the future, they would be able to make returns on their investment.
They were both incredibly clear as to this as they half-knelt on the ground and made the vow.
Looking at their actions, Chen Heng gave a slight smile.
He stepped up and helped them up before laughing.
“Very good. With your help, our futures will definitely be filled with light.”
Hearing Chen Heng’s words, Herdosiri and Lamu also laughed.
After a while, the three of them packed their things and prepared to leave.
Even though it was still dark, after what they had gone through, the three of them no longer had any intentions of staying here.
As for the dangers they could encounter while travelling at night, it was not worth mentioning to them.
The reason why they did not do so in the past was because they were considerate of the girls with them.
However, the others had all died, leaving behind the three of them.
A team like this naturally would not be afraid of wild beasts or other dangers.
They quickly left this place and headed towards the north of the Malido Kingdom.
After many days of traveling, they reached a city.
“Finally…”
Looking at the city, Herdosiri sighed and said, “After reaching here, we don’t have to worry about the soldiers anymore.
“Sir, I suggest that we rest in this city for a few days before leaving. How does that sound?” Herdosiri said softly.
“We can also stock up on some items and replace some equipment.”
After running for so long, the three of them looked quite wretched and needed some new clothes.
As for the money required for clothes and other items, they did not lack it at all.
In the past, the three of them had all been nobles in the Malido Kingdom and naturally did not lack money.
Moreover, the assets of the girls who had passed away now belonged to them, and this was the same for the other companions who had died at the hands of the Oro Empire’s soldiers.