That day, exhausted and drained, Xu Ling and the others finally returned to their temporary lodgings in the church thanks to Alger's great mercy.
It took all day, and it was only when they were about to head back that Qianqian and the others met up with Xu Ling. Xu Ling had originally planned to ask Qianqian and the others what they had been doing when they met up, but she was too tired to even ask.
Of course, it wasn't just Xu Ling who was tired. Although it was unclear what Qianqian and the others had been doing, the visible fatigue on their faces said it all.
The group was too exhausted to speak. If they didn't have to go back, they would have preferred to sit down and rest!
Finally dragging her weak legs back to her temporary lodgings, Xu Ling, ignoring the dust and mud covering her body, threw herself onto the bed without a second thought.
The moment her cheek touched the soft quilt, Xu Ling couldn't help but sigh, "Finally back!"
Not only her, but Sissi and April, who lived in the same room as her, did almost the same thing.
After resting for a while, Xu Ling, who had finally recovered, reluctantly rubbed her cheek against the quilt before leaning against the headboard and asking where Qianqian and the others had gone.
"Hey, don't even mention it!"
Sisi leaned against the headboard like Xu Ling, rolling her eyes as she spoke. However, despite saying "Don't mention it," she couldn't resist the urge to confide in someone.
"Bishop Miller said that since we've come out to gain experience, we should act like we're going to gain experience. He told us to look for demonic energy in that area!"
In reality, Miller only said "find the demonic energy" in a simple sentence. As for the training and the need to appear to be training, these were all later additions made by Alger after he arrived.
Although these words came from Assistant Instructor Alger, it is common knowledge that what he expressed was not what Bishop Miller meant.
Therefore, it makes perfect sense to attribute these words to Bishop Miller!
"Demonic energy?" Xu Ling was drawn to these two words from Qianqian's words, a look of confusion appearing in her eyes. "What demonic energy?"
It's no wonder she asked that question; in her current understanding, that's simply how it is!
What exactly is demonic energy?!
Why was she never told that he was reliable?
Isn't this world only inhabited by the God of Light?! Where did this inexplicable demonic energy come from?!
Xu Ling felt her brain was not working properly. How could a poorly written novel world that she had been told about so reliably have developed into such a complete world?
—With the God of Light and demonic energy, hmm, just right, it fits the worldview of the opposition between white and black!
Xu Ling roared in her head, but on the surface she just pursed her lips, her eyes filled with undeniable shock.
Sisi didn't seem surprised by her reaction.
A short day was enough for the three girls to chat about anything and everything. Xu Ling's background wasn't anything that couldn't be told, so Sisi learned some things about Xu Ling from April, including that Xu Ling was initially unfamiliar with the writing system of this world.
It's understandable that she didn't know about demonic energy, so Sisi kindly gave her a little explanation: "This goes back to a very long time ago... well, to make a long story short! It's said that a very, very long time ago, there were many gods in this world, and then for some unknown reason, many of them perished, leaving only the God of Light..."
Hearing this, Xu Ling nodded seriously. This part was exactly the same as what the reliable person had told her!
"Although only Father God remained, everyone's lives were actually not much different from before, but—" At some point, Sisi, feeling tired, lay down on the bed, her right hand supporting her chin. She frowned slightly, as if thinking of something disgusting, "Suddenly, several ugly and ferocious monsters emerged from the depths of the forest. At first, the people living nearby didn't take it seriously, but no one expected those monsters to be so ferocious..."
As for how brutal it was, Xixi couldn't continue.
Having just arrived in this world, in order to better understand what kind of world it was, she read almost all the books in the Sanchez family library.
Those words were cold and blunt, yet they revealed the cruelty of this world to her in the greatest way.
As she read more and more of the text, she finally realized that the world she knew now was completely different from the peaceful and stable world she remembered!
However, despite being immersed in the ruthless words and her heart growing cold, she still couldn't bear to tell Xu Ling how cruel the world was when she saw her face, which was so familiar to her.
Sisi didn't say how cruel it was, but Xu Ling understood and nodded, "I see."
"Yeah, since then, there have been more and more monsters like that. At first, we weren't prepared, so the monsters killed a lot of people, but we weren't pushovers either! We killed quite a few of them back! After that, we were basically evenly matched!"
"After killing so many, naturally a lot of monster corpses were left behind. Some people, curious about the monsters' anatomy, dissected them." Sisi stopped abruptly at this point. Having said so much, she was a little thirsty and couldn't help but get out of bed to get a drink of water.
However, at this crucial moment when everyone was engrossed, Xu Ling and April were suddenly silenced. Xu Ling couldn't help but ask, "And then what happened?"
"Later," Sisi took several sips of water to ease her dry throat before continuing, "later, everyone discovered that those monsters were all surrounded by a black aura. This black aura was most active on living monsters, while the aura on corpses would slowly dissipate over time. Moreover, this black aura was most afraid of the power of light, and using the teachers of the Church of Light to deal with those monsters was the most effective method. Therefore, from then on, those monsters were named 'monsters'."
Warcraft...
Xu Ling silently pondered those two words, then suddenly recalled the enormous thunderbird in the barren lands. She vaguely remembered that Old John and the others seemed to have called the thunderbird a magical beast as well.
According to Sisi, monsters are ferocious and attack people, so is the Thunderbird the same?
Before she knew it, Xu Ling had actually asked the question.
“Of course not!” Sisi immediately denied.
Seeing the confusion in Xu Ling's eyes, she patiently explained, "The magical beasts I'm talking about are from hundreds of years ago. The magical beasts of today are not like that!"
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