Chapter 960 Fulfilling the Promise

Ding! Ding! Ding!

The familiar bell rang from the small monastery not far from the village.

This was to inform the farmers that night was about to fall and they should go home early.

It was also to inform the priests that it was time to pray.

Green Nest Town.

Anna's hometown.

That small monastery was where Gavin abducted her more than a year ago.

"Let's go down." Gavin walked directly down.

"No... no... don't..." Anna shook her head repeatedly, her little face full of struggle.

There are emotions called homesickness, and she is in this situation.

In the past, going home was still limited by distance.

But after she entered the extraordinary, going home was a matter of a thought.

She still didn't do it, it was this emotion that was at work.

"I took you out at the beginning, and today I have the obligation to send you back." Gavin didn't say anything, and directly dragged Anna down.

You can only fill the hole you dug yourself.

"Don't... wait... wait until I solve the side effects of the treatment... I will go back by myself..." Anna hugged a tree and refused to let go.

"You said it," Gavin emphasized.

"I promise." Anna nodded repeatedly.

She was like a tortoise now, and she would face it as late as possible.

No one knew when her treatment side effects would be cured.

To be honest, she didn't care about it that much now.

Because Gavin had opened countless doors for her, letting her know that in this world, there are more ways to help people than just healing magic.

As long as she found the right method, she could treat and help more people.

For example, she could innovate ordinary medical methods and teach them to more people.

Another example is to open a hospital and hire more professionals to treat those patients.

Another example is to open up wasteland and farm, so that more people can have enough food and a safe place to live, solve the problem from the root, and prevent problems before they happen.

The first two are still the teachings of the God of Suffering Ilmater, but the latter is beyond it.

This also made her feel the narrow-mindedness of the God of Suffering, and this idea made her hesitant and uneasy, because it was already blasphemous.

And this is why she couldn't really face her parents, especially her teacher.

"Come, eat this." Gavin took out a golden light ball shaped like an apple and stuffed it into Anna's pocket.

"What is this?" Anna asked in surprise, "Can this thing cure the side effects of my treatment?"

"This is the divine golden apple of the Golden Apple Garden. It contains vigorous vitality and has a powerful effect of increasing life."

Gavin replied, "The cause of your illness has long been found out. A fairy used a life-sharing contract on you, and he himself fell asleep in your body, constantly absorbing the healing spells you cast to heal himself.

But I think this is only a temporary solution.

The effect of healing spells is mainly focused on the healing of the soul and body.

Your situation is more like a damage to the source of life, which should be most intuitively reflected in life span.

This magical fruit with a powerful source of life may have a healing effect on you."

The divine golden apples produced by the Golden Apple Garden this time, except for the fifteen that were eaten on the spot by Gavin, Lord Virginia and Felanxini.

Half of the remaining more than one hundred apples went directly into Gavin's dimensional space.

This kind of precious fruit, of course, cannot be left there to gather dust, but must be distributed to his followers to maximize the benefits.

The first person Gavin thought of was Anna.

In addition to the possibility of curing her special hidden disease, her silent contribution is also worth this.

And Gavin also has a selfish motive.

Any god needs believers, and he is no exception, especially the exclusive sacrifice to promote faith.

The young priest is undoubtedly very suitable.

Even if she has faith, it doesn't matter. In Faerun, changing faith is a very normal and common thing. It's nothing more than wanting to turn back in the future, you must perform a sin-atonement ceremony and regain the recognition of the original gods.

Unless this believer blasphemed the original faith when he apostatized - this is a common method used by those evil gods or demon lords.

Once this happens, those gods will be furious and send their believers or messengers to hunt them down.

Faith is not something that the gods have the final say on, the decision is in the hands of believers.

Anna is obviously still a little confused and didn't think about it in this regard.

On the one hand, it is the original faith that is at work.

On the other hand, she was too close to Gavin. Even if Gavin did something earth-shattering, she took it for granted and always treated him as a person, not a god. She respected him, but she didn't believe in him.

So, Gavin took the opportunity to let her go out with Varro to gain experience, increase her life experience, and gain more training, while keeping a proper distance between them.

It is said that distance creates beauty, and it may play an unexpected role.

"Isn't this expensive?" Anna instinctively estimated the price. There was a hidden and powerful magic fluctuation in it. If the life span increased by more than ten years, its price would be at least 100,000 gold, or even higher.

"Just eat it. We have a golden apple orchard, and it will bear fruit every year in the future." Gavin took out another divine golden apple and said lightly, "Whether it can cure your illness or not, you have to eat it today."

"Okay." Anna can be considered a person who has seen the world. She was once in charge of the finances of the Conqueror's Army and the Eastern Expeditionary Force. She once handled tens of millions of money and materials.

Based on the relationship between two people, many things cannot be measured with money.

And she has never been sensitive to money. She is more interested in how many people she has helped and changed with the money.

"So delicious, so comfortable." As soon as the divine golden apple entered her stomach, Anna's beautiful big eyes could not help but narrow.

This kind of comfort is not only physical, but also spiritual. It feels like a recovery from a serious illness.

"It works! It actually works!" Gavin, who had been paying attention to Anna's condition, was delighted.

When the original magic power belonging to the divine golden apple rippled through Anna's body, a golden shadow flashed behind her.

It's just that the shadow was too faint, and Gavin didn't have time to distinguish its appearance, but one thing was certain, it was a fey, with a strong natural aura exuding from his body.

"Continue." Gavin thrust the second and third divine golden apples into Anna's hands at the same time.

This time, Anna didn't say anything and stuffed them directly into her mouth.

Because she herself also noticed something strange in her soul, a weak but familiar voice from the heart told her that she needed more divine golden apples.

Every time the magic power of the divine golden apple ripples in Anna's body, the sound will become louder.

Behind her, the shadow would appear again, lasting longer and clearer.

By the time the magic power of the third divine golden apple took effect, Gavin could already identify the species of the other party. It was a canine fey, but its appearance was still a bit unreal, and there was no way to determine the true species.

However, there are not many canine spirits, and there are only a limited number of them coming and going.

One is called the Flash Dog, an intelligent canine creature that is as intelligent as an adult and is famous for its ability to flash and teleport over short distances.

The other is called the Wilderness Hound, an extremely powerful wilderness war beast that mutated by drinking the water from the Spiritual Spring unique to the Fairy Wilderness. It possesses extraordinary combat power and magical abilities, and often competes with those powerful Eldest Spirits. The lords hang out together.

When the other half of the Soul Fountain in Spring Bud Forest was corrupted by the ancient evil, it was also corrupted, including the Wilderness Hound transformed from the Soul Fountain.

Gavin didn't spend too much time speculating, but took out the fourth and fifth divine golden apples. Anyway, he made up his mind today to fulfill his original promise and cure Anna's stubborn disease.

Then you can just look at the results.

"I remember, I seem to remember, my grandmother's house had a big yellow dog named Ellie. Every time I went there, it played with me. It was it that saved me. It was she who saved me from the fire. When he came out...it was her, she must have used the life sharing contract with me.

Sorry, Ellie, sorry, you saved me, but after so many years, I have even forgotten your name..."

As the canine spirit becomes more and more solid behind Anna, her dusty memories begin to unblock and she recalls more and more things.

This situation reached its climax after Anna ate the fifth divine golden apple and received the blessing of a complete golden apple.

A large amount of power began to be withdrawn from her body and poured into the body of the canine spirit behind her, allowing it to materialize and condense into a physical existence bit by bit.

The embodied canine spirit is much larger than the soul state, but it is not the bloated type, but has a streamlined shape like a cheetah. It has yellow-brown soft fur on its body, which is extremely smooth and beautiful. In her eyes, it is obvious that Shining with the unique aura that only intelligent creatures can possess.

This is a flash dog.

A kind of naturally kind and lawful fey.

They have an excellent reputation both in the material plane and in the Fey Wilderness.

Because they are very friendly to all kind creatures, they will warn those kind people in advance, but they are often mistaken for the barking of domestic dogs.

They are very protective of their puppies, and as much as they love their pets, they are very fond of the puppies of other creatures, including humanoids.

If a humanoid cub is lost, if they find it, they will take the initiative to return it to their parents, or lead their parents to find them.

If they don't use their innate supernatural abilities and high intelligence, it will be difficult for ordinary people to separate them from domestic dogs.

They will be attracted by those kind-hearted homes, enter their lives in various ways, live with them for a period of time, and then leave quietly.

There are also very few flash dogs who will guard a kind family for life. This situation is extremely rare because they belong to the fey species and have more or less fey hobbies, such as wandering and living in isolation with their own kind.

"Ellie...Ellie, is it really you? It's really you who saved me! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, you saved me, but I even forgot about you, I'm sorry..."

Anna hugged the flash dog tightly, like holding a unique treasure that was lost and found.

Woof...roar...

The flash dog barked and growled, which was very similar to a dog's bark, but there was a unique rhythm in it, which fell into the ears of Gavin, who was wearing a spiritual insight gem, and directly turned into a language.

"I don't blame you... My friend, this is my own choice... I am very happy that we can meet again... We will never be separated again this time."

Anna obviously understood the words of the flash dog, hugged her tighter, and said with tears and laughter: "Yes, we will never separate again."

Gavin did not interrupt the renewal of childhood friendship between the man and the dog, but carefully observed Anna's attribute panel and compared the changes before and after.

Vitality: 74 (14D8+14)

Strength 13, Agility 14, Constitution 12, Intelligence 13, Perception 18, Charisma 16

These are Anna's attributes before eating the divine golden apple.

The growth rate of the young priest can be regarded as amazing. After all, when she left home, she was a young priest who had just started the career template. Now she has become a senior priest.

But compared with Gavin who set out with her, her attribute growth is quite normal, which is the case of most professionals.

Most professionals have very simple ways to obtain attribute points, mainly in two ways.

One is self-training and learning, among which the speed at which the physical attribute takes effect is obviously faster than the three internal attributes.

However, this kind of self-training has its limits. Except for a few people with extraordinary talents, most people will not have more than 15 points for each attribute without a professional template.

The other is the professional ability bonus, which is related to the chosen profession.

Those melee professions are more likely to get the enhancement of physical attributes.

Like barbarians or warriors, before becoming legendary, they can basically stack strength and physique to above extraordinary, especially the former, with the blessing of great rage, they can even break through to double legend.

But priests are not like this. They can only get one free attribute point every three professional levels, usually allocated to their core spellcasting attributes. The core spellcasting attribute of priests is perception.

The stronger the perception, the closer the connection with nature and their own gods, and the easier it is to borrow the power of nature or gods.

For orthodox spellcasting professions, physical enhancement is secondary. The powerful spellcasting ability will directly eliminate the enemy ten meters away, and will not give them a chance to get close at all.

Especially for those priests, many devout priests regard it as their temporary residence, or even shackles. Their ultimate goal is to become a holy spirit or a messenger of God, to serve their own gods in the kingdom of God, and the flesh will eventually be abandoned.

After eating five golden apples in a row, Anna's charm attribute was not simply +5, but other attributes also increased to varying degrees.

Vitality: 88 (14D8+28)

Strength 15, Agility 15, Constitution 14, Intelligence 14, Perception 19, Charisma 21

This shows that the life-sharing contract not only burdened her soul, but also weakened her physical development to a certain extent.

Now it has been replenished by the vigorous vitality of the divine golden apple.

But this has a price. The blessing of the golden apple on her body is different from that of Gavin and others. The magic effects of charm +5 and immortal body are all there, but the 250-year life extension is missing.

Obviously, this was consumed and used to heal the flash dog Ellie.

But it's not just these, Anna also unlocked a special charm reward for herself.

Life Symbiosis Contract (Special Ability)-Your soul and life are completely bound together with Ellie, you will share lifespan, and the highly integrated life essence allows you to use Ellie's supernatural abilities.

When you ride Ellie, you can use Blink and Anywhere Door synchronously with her.

When Ellie merges into your body, you can use Blink and Anywhere Door at will, just like your own supernatural abilities.

This is quite powerful.

Although the levels of these two spells are not high (Blink is a third-ring spell, Anywhere Door is a fourth-ring spell), they are both super practical spells.

Blink can make the recipient directly become like a ghost, with the ability to flash continuously in the material plane and the spirit world. It is named because of the visible flashes, and the effect is very similar to that of a ghost. There is a 50% chance that physical attacks will miss on it, and it can be used to pass through walls, etc.

Anywhere Door is also called short-distance teleportation, which is the ability of the six-armed snake demon.

In the hands of the six-armed snake demon who is good at close combat, this ability is a magical skill for hunting enemies.

But in the hands of a spellcaster like Anna, it becomes the only choice for kite tactics.

When the enemy finally rushes in under the magic bombardment, the opponent uses a portal and appears hundreds of meters away. Even if the enemy is not killed, they will be completely defeated.

Although Anna already has the ability to cast these spells.

But they are spell-like abilities, which can be used at will without restrictions, which is quite powerful.

Not to mention, it can also be used in conjunction with the flash dog.

As for the size problem, it is not a problem at all.

It is enough to customize a saddle with a mutant animal for the flash dog, which can not only make its size become large enough for Anna to ride, but even its ability will be enhanced.

It can also be that Anna casts a shrinking spell on herself to adapt to the size of the flash dog.

In short, there are great improvements in mobility and safety.

Combined with Anna's healing ability, she can directly transform into a super battlefield priest, who can not only provide endurance for those soldiers, but also provide certain firepower support.

After the man and the dog expressed their joy of reunion, Gavin suggested: "Our assumption that your healing magic has flaws is just speculation. Whether you are really healed now requires field experiments."

This really touched Anna's sensitive spot, and she quickly restrained her emotions and said: "Mr. Gavin is right."

Although the healing magic is not so important to her now, as a priest specializing in healing, it is a pity that her own healing magic has flaws. (End of this chapter)