The days when I helped the protagonist come to power [System]

Cecil couldn't remember how many times he looked at his friends around him, and he stopped talking.

Most of the day has passed, and with the hourglass flowing on the map, there is no longer enough time left for them, but that person seems to have not heard his reminder at all, just standing there motionless, staring at the two people. A bare, blank stele.

After devouring those two people, the black vortex that had appeared between the steles disappeared. At this time, both the stele and the square had returned to their original appearance.The strange force that blocked them from entering the square disappeared without a trace. No matter how hard they searched, or even checked every corner of the square, they could not find any clues, as if the previous accident was just an illusion.

Cecil sighed dejectedly.

This exam is full of accidents and dangers. It is not surprising to encounter any tricky tests during the process. Although the vortex is a bit weird, being swept away basically means being eliminated, which is the same as being bitten to death by a monster .But his lips were worn out, but Xin always thought that the two would come back, and finally ignored him completely, just stood here silently waiting, really anxious to death Cehir.

Cecil knew his good friend well. He said that if he had to wait, he would really wait forever—even if the two of them might have been eliminated, they might have packed up and prepared to go home at this time.Obviously, he had always been reasonable before, how could Xin become so extreme and paranoid in just a day or two?

It must be because of that guy—Cehir had this premonition from the first time he saw that guy named "E"—that guy is him, oh no, he and Xin's disaster!Nothing good has happened since I met him! !

Cecil looked sadly at the hourglass on the map again, the remaining quicksand almost broke his heart.Taking a deep breath, just when Cecil decided to make the last effort, the blond boy who had been standing still suddenly changed his expression and said in a low voice.

"Back off!"

Before Cecil could react, he had already been pushed away vigorously. When he stood still in shock, when he turned his head, he found that the black vortex he had seen before appeared between the blank stone tablets again, but this time it existed for a long time. It was extremely short, like a flash in the pan, but it caused an extremely strong gust of wind, which made it impossible for people to open their eyes.

When the gust of wind disappeared, two people appeared on the originally empty ground.

Cecil was stunned, and couldn't believe his eyes—they...they really came back? !

Hei Luomi half-kneeled on the ground, trying to support the young man's body, trying to stand up.Suddenly, his shoulder lightened, and his eyes swept away, and he was facing a pair of indifferent blue eyes——Xin Yelai supported the young man and shared half of the weight for him.

"What happened to him?" Xin asked, with a strong questioning meaning in his voice.

"What does it have to do with you?" Heluomi sneered, and calmly pulled Erxi towards him. He didn't want him to touch the young man again.

Xin looked at Hei Luomi, his eyes became colder and colder.

"I'll ask you again. What happened to him?"

"Heh, are you interrogating a prisoner?"

"Almost." Xin said coldly, "Anyway, you don't have good intentions."

"Do you think you are noble?" He Luomi raised his eyebrows and mocked, "It's like a fly that can't be chased away."

"Don't tell me." As if he didn't expect to hear a serious answer, Xin turned his gaze back to the young man with his eyes closed, "I'll ask him when he wakes up."

Hei Luomi's complexion suddenly sank: "No way!"

Xin's eyes were slightly startled, and then he heard the other party continue to speak.

"Can't tell him about it... just pretend it never happened."

"What?" Xin frowned.

"He thought it was just a dream." Thinking of the painful look of that person before he passed out, Heluomi's eyes darkened a bit, and he looked at the person leaning on his shoulder with a complicated expression.

"It's hard to tell the truth from what happened in the illusion. Since he thinks it's a dream, if you don't want to cause him pain and distress, then... let him continue to think so."

***

Ersie woke up with a lingering pain in his chest.

Before opening his eyes, he even had the illusion that he had just experienced a reincarnation and regained consciousness, but when his eyes adapted to the surrounding light and saw his environment clearly, he remembered everything.

Ah... that really was a dream.

With a slight sigh, Ersie turned his head away, and almost jumped up from the ground.

The other three people in the cave had already woken up, and they sat neatly beside him, their posture was as if they were guarding the bedside of a seriously ill patient.

"Brother Er, you've finally woken up." Heluomi smiled, and the way her eyebrows were raised was even a little cute, "Did you sleep well?"

"fine……"

Erxi subconsciously avoided Heromi's gaze, and turned his gaze to the blond boy sitting next to him. The man nodded at him, his face still expressionless.

"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" Xin said, "Your complexion is not very good."

"It's nothing." Ersey sat up propped up, and felt even more tired despite having slept for a long time, "It was just a nightmare."

"Nightmare? What kind of nightmare?"

Ersie yawned, looking a little sluggish, the last image of the dream still haunting him.

"I dreamed of something very bad." He paused, then muttered again, "I also saw a very annoying person."

Xin and Cecil looked at Heluomi at the same time, but the smile on the latter's mouth never faded.

"Oh? Is that so?" The young man's voice was extremely gentle, but Erxi somehow felt a chill rise from behind.

"Ah, don't mention these bad things," Erxi laughed dryly, "let's continue... what?!! Why has it been so long?!"

Ersie pinched the map in his hand, and almost thought for a moment that he couldn't even read the hourglass.He quickly raised his head to look at the three people. Heluomi smiled, Xin was expressionless, and Cecil was dark.

"Because Brother Er, you slept soundly, so I didn't have the heart to wake you up." He Luomi said with a smile.

Xin nodded.

"Do you know that this is an exam? Do you all want to fail!" Erxi quickly turned over and gave Cecil a strange look at the same time.

"It's fine for the two of them to be ignorant, Xiao Xixi, why didn't you wake me up? This is not your style."

Cecil's face was aggrieved, and the depression on his face was so obvious that he was about to wring out the water.What's more bloody than wasting time with a bum?That is not only to continue wasting time, but also to cooperate with the other party in acting as if nothing had happened... Why!

"Since you know it's late, don't you hurry up?" Cecil exclaimed angrily, "Don't hold us back for a while!"

"Let's go, let's go!" Erxi was unambiguous, and even chased Helomi and Xin in reverse, "Don't hang around here, hurry up and get on the road!"

"Actually, there's no need to be in such a hurry..."

"You can rest for a while..."

Ersey couldn't laugh or cry: Do these two "protagonists" know what this exam means to them?To be so slow... Is this the confidence of the "protagonist's halo"?

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go now!!"

When we started on the road again, everyone's speed increased a lot.

Probably because they chose the right path, their progress in the cave was almost unimpeded.Although there were a few waves of monsters encountered during the period, they were easier to deal with than those outside the snowy mountains. Not only were they unscathed, but they also harvested a lot of magic scrolls. Erxi extremely suspected that the world system was cheating on Xin, his "son". .

The wasted time is recovered little by little. As long as you continue to walk like this, you will soon reach the other end of the snow mountain, which is just one step away from the end.It stands to reason that everything is going smoothly, so you should feel satisfied, but Ersie still feels a little depressed.

After killing another earth-drilling beast, Erxi suddenly turned his head, and as expected met Heromi's eyes.Peeking and being bumped into, the other party was not embarrassed, but smiled generously, and even applauded.

"Brother Er, your move just now was so beautiful."

Ersie stared at him suspiciously: "Why are you always staring at me?"

It has been like this since just now... Oh no, it should be said that it has been like this since he started on the road again. He Luomi has been looking at him. At first, he concealed it, but later he was upright, that feeling of being glued to the other person's eyes all the time. It made Erxi feel uncomfortable. If he had a bad temper in the past, he might have grabbed the boy by the collar and questioned him.

"It's nothing, it's just..." He Luomi scratched his face and smiled a little embarrassedly, "I just think you're so pretty, Brother Er."

"..."

Ersie twitched his eyes, turned his head impatiently, and looked the other way.

"What about you? Why are you staring at me again?" This person's eyes have not been idle since just now.

"I'm worried about you." Xin said, and at the same time glanced at Heluomi, "some people better be careful."

"That's right." Hei Luomi also glanced at Xin, "Brother Er, you must stay away from certain people."

Erxi found out that although these two people didn't seem to communicate with each other, they were already attached to each other, and they confronted each other every now and then, just like children angry.

"...then you two should stay away from me."

Essie said blankly, turned around and left.

Ah... When will we reach the finish line? Hurry up and end this exam!

Maybe God finally heard Ersie's heartfelt voice. Not long after, he stopped, and several others also stopped one after another.

The four of them looked up at the stone wall in front of them together. It was completely integrated with the mountain. No, specifically, it was the mountain itself, which was tightly blocked in front and became the end of the cave passage.

This is... a dead end.

****Boundary Line of Reincarnation****

A long time ago, I felt the existence of "Goddess Tears".

Of course, I didn't know its name at that time, I only knew that it was inextricably linked with the Goddess, and whenever I tried to penetrate the thick fog to see the true face of the Goddess, it would appear, soft The blue light wove a thin and transparent barrier, blocking my progress and exploration.

Although I have some regrets, I don't force it. Every time I come to the Holy Land, I just look at the gods in the water from a distance. In the soft light of the soul stones everywhere, let my thoughts and soul slowly settle, and find a trace of faith in the tranquility as calm.This is a secret holy land that belongs to me alone. Even if there are still things that I cannot control and possess, I am still obsessed with it, just like a loyal suitor yearning for and loving the perfect and sacred goddess in his heart.

However, when I crossed the star wall and entered this secret realm in this life, the light of the soul stone rising all over the sky made me stunned on the spot.There were already a few people standing by the water which should have been empty.They are all familiar faces, and every name is like thunder in the human world. At this time, they all stared at the black-haired young man surrounded by him. The water drop pendant was lying quietly in his palm.

"As expected of Lord Heluomi, how did you come up with a way to take out this holy stone?" one of them asked excitedly.

"I just tried it subconsciously." The young man smiled slightly, as if describing a trivial matter in a relaxed tone, "I didn't expect it to work." He lightly rubbed the spar in his hand, and said indifferently Shaking his head, "But I don't need it, let's give it to someone who needs it more."

As he said that, he handed the pendant in his hand to the most inconspicuous and thin figure in the crowd. That was the only face here that made me feel strange. Among the great magicians and magicians, his presence was almost zero. Obviously a small character with not outstanding status and strength, but the black-haired young man looked at him with kind and kind eyes, and his smile was perfect like a mask.

"Kares, take it, it's very useful for improving elemental perception."

He often gives precious treasures to others in this way, because it is too often, but it seems casual and careless. I watched that pendant being entrusted to a lowly human race who is not as good as passers-by. Something completely collapsed in my heart Broken.

If it is said that the countless reincarnations so far have made me doubt the laws of this world, then at this moment, I am even more convinced: as long as that person still exists, all my efforts will be absurd like a joke.

The holy land I carefully guarded may have already been set foot by him in countless reincarnations; the treasure I can't ask for is just an ordinary thing that is easily obtained and thrown away in a blink of an eye to him.Even though I have tried my best to avoid bumping into him on various occasions, he will still appear in front of me everywhere, not only trampling my dignity into the dust time and time again, robbing my future, my time, my life, and even my life. My last sustenance and belief were crushed and destroyed without any care.

I have never been to the "Holy Land" since that life.

How much I used to be obsessed with it, and now I can't avoid it.Like a cold mockery, it mocked my self-righteousness, my powerlessness, my embarrassment and fiasco, time and time again—just like this reincarnation again and again—stretched and stretched without end.

———Memory Fragments of the 144th Reincarnation ([-])