The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love

Chapter 12 – The way I grabbed people must be wrong!

After entering the pillar of light, Flandal1 looked at this piece of land that he had missed and mourned for. He stood there silently for a long time. Dissatisfaction and worry flashed in the eyes of the angel behind him. Several times the angel had tried to persuade Flandal to hurry up and stop delaying their journey. But even if the angel race is very proud, the difference between the two of them is too great, so the angel can only endure and wait.

The other person can crush him with one finger. That is the difference between a mortal and a god.

However, Flandal was in a daze for half a day.2 His eyes full of sorrow, he seemed to be wallowing in past memories, unable to extricate himself.

For people as long-lived as the angel, half a day is nothing. But the god of light had entrusted this task to him so the angel was anxious. He could only hate himself now for not being cautious enough when he left the sky city. He had accidentally encountered Flandal during his journey. After finding out that his destination was the Lost Land, Flandal had insisted on going with him. Everyone knows that in the Chaos Continent, the most tenacious race is the gnome. And the ancestor of the gnome is this small person. Flandal is the gnome god of forging – Flandal Steelskin.

Unable to dissuade the stubborn gnome god, the angel could only reluctantly let the other one join him in his mission. It was okay, until they entered the pillar of light and the god stood still, as though he was frozen solid. Not knowing how long they were going to stay there, the angel was impatient and his reverence for the god of light made him risk his life. “Steelskin, sir, we’re here and it’s getting late …”

His words came to an abrupt halt when a grim-looking woman wearing silver armor and carrying a big sword stepped in front of him.

Flandal’s reverie was interrupted. He glanced at the guard who had stopped the angel. “What are you afraid of? You think you won’t be able to do your duty and complete the task Bright3 gave to you?’

The god stretched out his arms. He was small, but his gesture made it seem as though the huge metal building behind him was in his hand. His voice was full of pride. “As long as he is here, he can’t escape from the gnome’s control!”

In front of them was a huge metal pyramid. Its surface was covered with a large number of black grooves in an orderly design. Only those who lived through the fourth century know what the mechanical civilization of the gnomes had achieved at that time. It had almost replaced the magic-based civilization. The gnomes created many wonders with their machine-based technology, and the metal pyramid was one of them. It blocked the passage between the two sides of the continent.

Some historians say that because the gnome race’s behavior was against heaven’s will, they were all killed by the world itself. The gnomes suddenly disappeared one day. The reason for that is still a mystery. At present, in the entire continent there is only a small branch of the descendants of the gnome race: the halflings.4

Flandal’s expression had a trace of despair as he looked at the angel. He sighed and said, “Let’s go.”

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Du Ze saw that Xiu was looking at something in the distance, but he could not see anything except for the pillar of light.

The reader is just an ordinary person, therefore he felt very anxious, especially when his attitude contrasted so sharply with the protagonist’s. Xiu had changed Qian Bian into its scythe form, ready for battle. Du Ze’s eyes were smarting from squinting at the light when he finally saw three figures appear. One of them was a female warrior in silver armor, carrying a large sword that was in inverse proportion to her small stature. One was an angel with two pairs of white wings. Du Ze knew that the more wings an angel has, the stronger they are. That angel must be one of the elite. The one who stood in front was a small fellow. When they had drawn nearer, Du Ze discovered that it was not a child but … a gnome?

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The two groups meet.

This is unscientific! Yi Ye Zhi Qiu wrote that in “Mixed Blood” the protagonist was the only living gnome in the continent. The small fellow approaching did not have a gnome’s beard. Is he just a human with dwarfism? But his ears are pointed! That is not something that a human would have, ah!

Then Du Ze heard the small fellow say to the others, “A human and an undead?”