The so-called summons were like bubbles in water. Their existence was too short, so short that there was no gap to store free will. They were just tools that Summoners used and discarded.
Goodwin thought about it and felt that this was no different from Gu Tu's life. This was probably what living was like.
His body had already dissipated. His consciousness fell into a dark abyss.
Then, the phone rang.
It rang again and again. Seeing that no one was paying attention to it, it started shouting without restraint.
He shouted until Gu Tu's head hurt.
He could only answer the call. "…Hello."
" Where are you?!" On the other end of the phone was the angry roar of the department head. "Why aren't you at the company at this time?!”
What was that?
Gu Tu suddenly woke up. He sat up and found himself in his own bed.
His body did not emit any light. He was not Goodwin, and this was not the Otherworld.
What was going on? Didn't I die?
He remembered clearly that last night, or to be exact, this morning, he had indeed died. A sharp pain struck his heart. He could not breathe, nor could he wake up from his dream. It was an extremely torturous experience. Fortunately, the experience did not last long before his body surrendered and died on its own.
But as everyone knew, dead people couldn't answer the phone. The current him was undoubtedly alive. Was everything just a dream? He had a dream of " sudden death, and then reincarnation to another world ". When she woke up, everything was the same.
"I'm sorry, boss. I'm not feeling well today. Can I take a day off?”He said to his superior on the other end of the phone.
He felt that this dream might be a premonition. His physical condition was indeed not good. If this continued, there was indeed a risk of sudden death.
"What time is it? Now that the project is stuck with you, everyone is waiting!”The department head shouted. "I'll give you 30 minutes. Hurry up and come over!”
The call ended.
Gu Tu sighed. His superior was right. There was not enough manpower for the project to begin with. If he quit, no one would be able to sleep. They were colleagues, and he didn't want to drive everyone crazy because of his own selfishness.
What a pity. He thought. He didn't die suddenly.
Gu Tu struggled to get up from the bed. After washing up and putting on his clothes, he went out. It was 10:30 when she left the house. The subway was not too crowded, so she could take a nap. But he couldn't sleep. After arriving at the company, he was simply scolded by his superior before he began his busy work.
When it was two o'clock in the morning, his stomach began to growl, but he only felt his stomach churn and could not muster up any appetite. At four o'clock, he felt dizzy and his shoulders heavy, and his heart ached. He realized that he could not continue working.
"Boss, I really can't take it anymore." He said to the department head. "I need to take a leave of absence."
"Don't say that to me! I still want to ask for leave! The fire is already burning your eyebrows, and you're still asking for leave? Please take a (silent) leave!"
"I'm dying." he said. He was not exaggerating. He had experience in this matter.
"Don't scare me here! Go to the office and take a look yourself. They are all older than you and have families! Which one of them didn't leave later than you? Have they ever asked for leave? I think your generation has suffered too little. You can't stand a little storm!”
"Alright then. I quit." he said.
"Don't threaten me with resignation! Do you dare to resign? With someone like you, who would hire you if you quit? One phone call from me, and you don't have to stay in this industry anymore! Stop talking nonsense with me and get back to work!!”
He thought about whether he should go back to work or not.
Then, he understood. He slapped the leader.
This slap was a little sudden, and the leader was stunned.
Gu Tu thought about it again. The leader was taller and bigger than others, and he had more sleep than him. Therefore, when the leader reacted and the two of them fought, he would most likely not be able to defeat his leader.
The first to strike was the best. Therefore, he knocked the leader's lower body with his knee and kicked him over. Before the leader could get up, he stepped on him again. The leader was beaten until he cried out. Then, he ran out of the leader's office, went downstairs through the fire escape ladder, and jogged out of the office building.
After such a vigorous exercise, his little heart twitched even more violently. Every beat of his heart made him grimace in pain. But it was very satisfying.
He had never been so happy since he turned 24. He felt that he had lived for this moment. His life was complete.
However, the rest of his life was not so perfect. He was now unemployed. He remembered that there was no money in his bank card, and he still had a debt to pay on his credit card. After this incident, it was a problem whether the company could pay him this month's salary. With the company's character, they might even punish him for "disrupting the implementation of the project and causing the company's economic losses." The department head could even sue him for malicious injury. If he wasn't careful, he would go to jail.
However, Gu Tu did not have the spare energy to think about this. As soon as he returned to his residence, he collapsed on the bed without even changing his clothes. The fight just now had exhausted all his strength. He couldn't move at all. It wasn't just his heart that was hurting, but all his organs. Perhaps it would be better if he slept, but he could not enter the dream no matter what.
After a long time, the sky finally turned dark. The night passed in a daze, as if she had fallen asleep, but also as if she hadn't. The next morning, her body hurt even more. He thought that he might need to go to the hospital, but it was troublesome and expensive to line up, so he decided not to.
He had not eaten for a day, but he still had no appetite. However, he needed to recharge his energy. He decided to go out and buy a packet of instant noodles. From his residence to the convenience store, he had to pass through a dark alley. He didn't like this alley because it always faintly emitted all kinds of stench.
Today, not only was there a stench in the alley, but there were also a few people gathered there. These people didn't look friendly. They were probably hooligans. Gu Tu didn't want to cause trouble, so he planned to take a detour. However, there were also a few people dressed like hooligans at the entrance of the alley. He was surrounded in the middle.
Everyone stared at him.
"Don't attack. I'll give you all the money." he said.
However, it seemed that the hooligans 'goal was not money, but him.
Did I offend them? He thought.
No, he didn't. He worked all day and had no personal life. He had no time to offend anyone.
Oh, right. Except for one person.
"Do you believe that I will find someone to kill you?!”This was the mantra of their department leader. It was really outrageous for a technology company to speak so crudely.
Now that he thought about it, perhaps their leader was not spouting nonsense, but he really had connections in this area.
He had beaten up the leader, so the leader had also found someone to beat him up. This was very fair.
His heart began to throb at an untimely moment, so much so that he felt like he was going to die.
"I have a bad heart." Gu Tu said to the hooligans. "Be gentle when you attack. If you kill me, you'll have to pay with your lives.”
However, the hooligans did not know how to act. If they were people who considered the consequences of their actions, they would not have wandered the streets in the first place. Hence, they swarmed forward.
I'm dead. Gu Tu thought. Now, if you resist, you will die. If you obediently get beaten, you will die. If you wait for death, why don't you die more heroically?
He identified the shortest one among the hooligans and pounced on him. Even if they beat him to death, he would bite off a few of his fingers. Gu Tu howled, his throat letting out the sound of a wild dog. The hooligan had never seen such a situation before. He shivered and fell to the ground. However, the other hooligans still surrounded Gu Tu and punched him. Gu Tu barely managed to block a fist, but more fists landed on his body.
Gu Tu didn't bite anyone, so he felt very aggrieved, so he let out another strange cry. As he shouted, his fingers suddenly emitted light. The hooligans were shocked.
"This kid is flashing us!”The leader of the hooligans cursed.
Gu Tu looked at his glowing fingers and understood.
"This is Goodwin's strengthening spell.”What happened in the Otherworld was not a dream.
He did not have time to think about unnecessary things, so he shot the light on his chest. A carefree feeling arose spontaneously, like a long drought meeting a good rain, or an emergency meeting the toilet. His heart no longer hurt, and his arms were full of strength.
He rushed towards the leader of the hooligans. He rushed too fast, and the thug was unable to block and was hit in the chest by his fist. There was a crisp touch on his fist. His ribs were probably broken. The thug spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.
"Don't blame me." He apologized to the hooligan. "You're a person who came out to mingle. Sooner or later, this day will come.”
When the others saw their boss being beaten up, they were instantly furious and rushed towards Gu Tu together. It was a pity that their moves had no pattern, and their fists were soft and powerless. Gu Tu found a crack in the thugs 'fists. He crawled into the crack and started to fight back. One punch, two punches, three punches. He punched three times and sent three hooligans flying.
When the others saw that their companions had lost, they were instantly furious and ran away. Gu Tu strode forward and grabbed the back of the shortest hooligan's collar.
"Tell me, who sent you?" He asked in a tone that did not allow for disobedience.
The hooligan was about to speak when Gu Tu let go.
His heart started to hurt again. This time, it was extremely painful. He felt as if he had been struck by lightning in the chest.
He fell straight to the ground. He twitched a few times and kicked his legs again.
He was dead.
The moment he fell, a gentle but firm voice sounded in his ear,"
" Honorable traveler in the sky, the fourth subordinate of the God of the North, Lord Goodwin, the Apostle of the Fallen Stars, please respond to our call and lend us your divine power!”
A ray of light appeared in the boundless darkness in front of Gu Tu. The light continued to spread and finally tore through the darkness, revealing a sunny scene of blue sky and white clouds in front of him.
Green grass, birds chirping, and a towering church. A delicate and pretty white-robed woman was standing in front of him, devoutly waiting for his response. His body began to glow, and wings grew out of his back.
He became Goodwin again.
"Did you increase the duration of your summoning skill this time?”he asked the white-robed woman. "How long will I be here?"
"You can stay for three hours this time.”The white-robed woman said with a red face.
"Alright, we don't have much time to waste. Who do you want me to hit this time?" he asked.
" The Blasphemers are besieging our city and slaughtering our people.”the white-robed woman said. "Please use your unparalleled divine power to help us…"
"No problem, I'll try to finish the battle in an hour. Lead the way." Goodwin agreed readily. "But after we beat them up, you have to explain to me about this world.”
"You answered our call and saved our people. We will do our best to fulfill all your wishes.”The white-bearded monk beside the white-robed woman said.
"Let's go then. Don't waste time." said Goodwin.
The white-bearded monk immediately led the way while the white-robed woman followed behind Goodwin silently.
" Right." Goodwin turned to look at the white-robed woman. "What's your name?"
"My name is Regina, Lord Apostle.”The white-robed woman replied respectfully.
"Oh, I know. I'll add one more sentence. Are you the only one here who can summon me?”
"Yes, Lord Apostle."
"Alright, I have no more questions for now. Let's go up the city tower."
The old monk led Goodwin up the city wall. At this moment, the Blasphemer army had already formed a square formation outside the city and was equipped with siege weapons. Blasphemers were the humanoid monsters that Goodwin had fought previously. They had hands and feet and walked upright. Their movements and mannerisms were similar to humans, except that they were green all over and had brown mane. Their faces were similar to bats, and their ears were sharp and long.
The old monk told Goodwin that there were about 30,000 Blasphemers and 5200 soldiers guarding the city. Although the defending army was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, their city was strong and they had sufficient weapons and food. It was more than enough to defend for a few months. The problem was the siege weapons of the Blasphemers.
In addition to the common charging vehicles, ladders, and trebuchets, the Blasphemers were also equipped with a long tool. It was shaped like a mace with wheels, but it was dozens of times larger.
" This is the Blasphemer's trump card. They call it Rxajiiqon.”the old monk explained. "In the Filthy Dolphin Language, this means 'Thunder of Death.'”
The Thunder of Life Judgment was emitting lightning all over its body. It was probably some kind of magic weapon.
"What will happen if the Thunder of Life Judgment is launched?”asked Goodwin.
"I'm afraid a corner of the city wall will collapse in an instant.”the old monk said. "So…"
"So all I have to do is stop that thing from launching, and you can win this battle?”said Goodwin. "No problem. I already have a battle plan."
"Please tell us your plan so that I can send troops to cooperate with your actions.”the general said.
"My plan is-" said Goodwin. "I'll go down and knock them all over. Finished."
Then, he jumped down from the city tower.
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