Translator: StaringAtAStar
“过来，咱们聊聊。”红发男子朝尚可招招手，笑眼弯弯。
“Come here, let’s chat.” The red-haired man waved his hands towards Shang Ke, his smiling eyes tilted up.
房间被这位红发神祗布置了领域结界，以尚可目前的实力，想要强硬突破根本做不到，只好走到两人中间的位置坐下。
The room had been enclosed in a domain by the red-haired god, making it so that Shang Ke couldn’t break out with his current strength no matter how much he wanted to. All he could do was walk over and sit between the two men.
“你刚才扒拉着伊塔莫的手，在找什么？不会是掌心痣吧？”红发男子玩笑般地问道。
“What were you searching for just now when you were pulling at Yitamo’s hand? Not a mole in his palm right?” The red-haired man asked jokingly.
尚可：(⊙口⊙) ！
Shang Ke: (⊙口⊙) ！
“噗，被我猜中了？”红发男子笑着举起自己的双手，“看，伊塔莫没有，但我有哦。”
“Oh, have I guessed it?” The red-haired man laughed as he raised his hands, “Look, Yitamo doesn’t have any, but I do.”
红发男子的掌心不但有痣，而且两手各有一颗，左为蓝，右为红。
The red-haired man’s palm didn’t have just one mole, but even had one on each hand; a blue one on the left and a red one on the right.
尚可：(ˊДˋ)
Shang Ke: (ˊДˋ)
“哈哈哈。”他指着尚可的面具脸笑得前俯后仰。
“Hahaha,” He pointed at Shang Ke’s masked face and convulsed with laughter.
尚可现在不用照镜子也知道是完美表情包这坑爹的玩意在捣毁他的形象。别人的面具都是用来掩饰的，他的面具却是用来暴露的。以后还能不能在心里安静地吐槽了？
Shang Ke didn’t have to look in a mirror to know that it was the Perfect Expression Pack, that fraudulent trickster, which was sabotaging his image. Other people’s masks were used to conceal, but his mask instead exposed. How could he not quietly ridicule it in his heart?
旁边的伊塔莫轻咳一声：“我想我知道他是哪一族的神灵了。”
Yitamo who was sitting beside him coughed lightly, “I think I know whose god he is.”
尚可脸上的面具实在太醒目了，想不注意都难。
Shang Ke’s mask was truly too eye-catching, it was impossible to ignore even if you tried.
“没想到戍族的神灵这么有意思。”他们之前已经跟店家打听过这一行人的身份，知道他们是戍族人。红发男子抹着眼泪问道，“你叫什么名字？”
“I didn’t think that the Shu Clan’s god would be so interesting.” They’d already inquired of the landlord the identity of his residents and knew they were of the Shu Clan. The red-haired man wiped away his tears before asking, “What’s your name?”
尚可(ˋ︿ˊ)：“你呢？”
Shang Ke (ˋ︿ˊ), “What’s yours?”
红发男子笑眯眯地回答：“我叫‘尼尔’。”
The red-haired man replied with a smile, “My name is ‘Neil’.”
爱神尼尔？！他怎么会和伊塔莫在一起？难道未来伊塔莫和缇玛的结合与他有关？根据系统提供的信息，缇玛在抵达王城之前都没有见过伊塔莫，事情的发展似乎出现了一点偏差。
Love God Neil?! Why was he with Yitamo? Was the future bond between Yitamo and Tima related to him? According to the information provided by the System, Tima hadn’t met Yitamo before arriving at the capital. It seems like events have become a bit skewed.
尚可没意识自己这几年传授给戍族的技能，大大改善了他们的生活，让他们变得颇为富足。而原来的邪神仅仅只是让他们拥有了一个还算安稳的生存环境。清贫而低调的他们，开始根本没有引起过伊塔莫的注意。但如今，他们摆脱了穷苦，开始焕发新的活力，从衣着打扮到装饰器物，都透着与众不同的风采。
Shang Ke wasn’t aware that the skills he’d imparted on the Shu clansmen over the years had greatly improved their lives, allowing them to become quite rich. The original Evil God had merely allowed them to obtain a stable living condition. They’d been destitute, low-key, and originally had not been able to catch Yitamo’s eye at all. However, now they’d managed to break free of poverty and shine with renewed vitality, from their clothing to their ornaments, their elegance stood out among the crowd.
正因如此，他们才会提前与伊塔莫产生交际。
It was because of this that they were able to establish communication with Yitamo so early.
“我叫‘乌诺’。”尚可也报上名字。
“My name is ‘Uno’,” Shang Key also told them his name.
“你为什么要找掌心痣？有什么特殊含义吗？”尼尔弯着一双桃花眼，笑意盈盈地看着他。
“Why are you looking for moles on people’s palms? Is there some special meaning?” Neil turned his peach eyes to look at him with a smile.
“只是觉得好玩。”<(╯︶╰)╭
“I just think it’s fun.” <(╯︶╰)╭
尼尔：一看就知道是在说谎……
Neil: One look and I can tell you’re lying…
伊塔莫：一看就知道是在说谎……
Yitamo: One look and I can tell you’re lying…
尚可在尼尔身上并没有感受到熟悉的气息，所以对他的掌心痣也不太在意。伊塔莫倒是让他有些感觉，但他没有痣。
Shang Ke really couldn’t sense a whiff of familiarity with Neil, so he didn’t care about the moles on his palms. Yitamo, on the other hand, gave him a sense, but he didn’t have the mole.
“我可以走了吗？”尚可盯着尼尔，用诚恳的面具表情示意他收回结界。
“Can I go now?” Shang Ke gazed intently at Neil, using his mask’s sincere expression to hint that Neil should withdraw his domain.
“哈哈，去吧。”尼尔挥了挥手，灿烂地笑道，“下次再找你玩。”
“Haha, go ahead.” Neil waved his hand, smiling brilliantly, “I’ll play with you again later.”
对于他的热情，尚可内心是拒绝的。
Shang Ke inwardly refused his enthusiastic offer.
第二天，缇玛等人刚整理好行装，伊塔莫和尼尔便过来搭讪，几句寒暄之后，顺利加入他们的队伍。
The next day, Tima and the others had just packed their bags when Yitamo and Neil came over to strike up a conversation. After a few niceties, they smoothly joined the group.
两人的视线在缇玛的胸口停了片刻，那里正挂着一个木雕人偶。
The two men’s eyes paused for a moment near Tima’s chest, where a wood-carved puppet hung.
一行人离开城市，继续朝王城的方向行进。
The group left the city and continued towards the capital.
戍族此次派出的十几人，除了两人年纪稍长之外，其他都是未婚的年轻男女。对于相貌出众、见识广博的伊塔莫和尼尔两人，戍族众人都表现出了不同程度的好感。
The Shu Clan had sent a dozen or more people, in addition to two elders, the others were young unmarried men and women. Towards Yitamo and Neil, these two attractive and intelligent people, the Shu Clan members showed varying degrees of affection.
而伊塔莫和尼尔对于他们的多才多艺，也感到颇为惊奇。
In return, Yitamo and Neil were impressed by their versatility.
他们打造的武器锋利无比，他们烹饪的食物风味独特，他们能够弹奏出动人的曲乐，他随手便能用草藤编织出不同的花样……而这些技艺，竟然都是学自于他们的乌诺神。
They made weapons that were incomparably sharp, cooked food with unique flavors, they could play the people’s marching songs, and could weave different patterns with grass and rattan… all skills they learned from their God Uno.
伊塔莫和尼尔的脑中同时浮现尚可那张变化多端的面具脸，实在无法将戍族崇敬的乌诺神与他们昨晚见到的尚可联系在一起。神灵的天赋异能高低不等，这取决于神像塑造者的虔诚与天运。
Yitamo and Neil both thought of Shang Ke’s face with his changeable mask. It really was impossible to associate the Shu Clan’s revered God Uno with the Shang Ke they saw last night. The gods’ talents varied, depending on the piety and good fortune of the statue.
看尚可的实力，尼尔猜他可能是刚刚诞生不久的新神，信奉者数量太少，所以还没来得及成长起来。
Looking at Shang Ke’s strength, Neil guessed he must be a newly born god who hadn’t fully matured because he had too few believers.
以他的天赋，只要拥有足够的信奉者，他的等级很快就能超越中位神。
With his skills, his rank could soon surpass a mid-level god’s given enough believers.
不过伊塔莫和尼尔有一点认知错误，他们以为尚可走的是憨厚淳朴的种田流路线。实际上，他主宰的是有伤天和的杀戮和诅咒，属于邪性战斗系。他传授给戍族的技能全部来自于他本人，而非邪神。他若想提升品级，只能在杀戮和诅咒中不断强化属于邪神的力量。
However, Yitamo and Neil misunderstood the situation; they thought Shang Ke walked a simple and honest agricultural path. In reality, he ruled over slaughter and curses, classifying him as an evil attribute battle-type. The skills he imparted to the Shu Clan all came from his original self, not the Evil God. If he wanted to ascend, he could only do so by continuously slaughtering and killing in order to strengthen the Evil God’s might.
这种力量，在三天后的一次意外中，第一次展露在众人面前。
This might was first accidentally shown in public three days later.
“小心兽群！”一名负责放哨的戍族青年大声示警。
“Watch out for the pack!” A youth on patrol warned loudly.
话音刚落，树丛中便跳出数十只长得很像山魈的野兽，它们叫嚷着朝这边扑过来。
As soon as his voice rang out, dozens of wild animals that looked like mandrills jumped from the thickets, yelling and pouncing on them.
众人立刻围成一圈，将女孩护在中间。
The crowd immediately encircled a girl to protect her.
“山魈”速度极快，身形灵活，一个照面就连伤了好几人。
A “mandrill” is extremely fast, with an agile body. Meeting just one in person could injure several people.
伊塔莫站在距离戍族四、五十米的地方，游刃有余地与山魈缠斗，似乎并没有打算救援其他人。
Yitamo stood 40-50 meters away from the Shu Clan, fighting the mandrills with ease; but it seemed as if he wasn’t planning to help the others.
尼尔则靠在树干上看戏，山魈对他视而不见，飞快从他身边掠过。
Neil leaned against a tree trunk to watch, the mandrills turned a blind eye to him, quickly skimming past him.
戍族人的武力值普遍不高，战斗全凭一股蛮力，对付灵活的猛兽基本就只有被虐的份。尚可不是没有传授过他们武艺，可惜他们多半没有这方面的天赋，动作都记得很清楚，偏偏一到实战就掉链子。
The Shu clansmen’s martial arts were generally not high. In a battle with agile beasts that relied purely on brute force, their only strategy was to get abused. Shang Ke hadn’t failed to teach them martial arts, they just didn’t have any talent in this regard. They remembered all the movements very clearly, it’s just unfortunate that they dropped the ball when it came to a real battle.
作为邪神的尚可，遇到这么一群不堪造就的信奉者也够苦逼的。
Shang Ke, as an Evil God with such an untrainable group of believers, really had it hard.
不过，邪神毕竟是战斗神灵，他的天赋对战斗具有强大的增幅效果，就算是只兔子，也能让它暴走起来。
However, the Evil God is a battle god; his talent for combat has a powerful amplification effect. He could even help a rabbit come out on top.
尚可脱离木雕，开启邪神天赋，将狂暴的杀戮之心赐予他的信奉者。
Shang Ke separated from his wooden carving, activated the Evil God’s talent, and instilled a killing frenzy into the hearts of his believers.
随着一片红光闪过，原本清亮的眼睛瞬间被血色弥漫，掩盖在面具下的表情变得狰狞无比，原本有些迟钝的动作，突然快如闪电，刀起刀落间，鲜血四下飞溅，喷洒在他们的头上、身上，有如鬼魅。
With a flash of red light, originally clear bright eyes filled with bloodlust, expressions hidden under masks became incomparably vicious, originally sluggish movements suddenly became as fast as lightning. Knives rose and fell, blood splashed everywhere, on their heads, bodies, making them look like monsters.
伊塔莫见此情景，眼中闪过一丝惊异。那群戍族人前一刻还像醉汉一般笨拙，下一刻就变得勇武非凡。无论是招式身法还是速度力量，都出现了大幅度提升。不仅如此，他们的攻势粗暴而凶狠，刀刀致命，不留活口。虽说伊塔莫出手也很利落，但比起他们，明显温和许多。
Yitamo saw this scene and a hint of surprise entered his eyes. This group of Shu clansmen was as clumsy as drunkards one moment and suddenly unusually brave the next. Both their form and speed improved significantly. Not only that, their offensive became brutal and ferocious, their knives fatal, without a single survivor. Although Yitamo’s fighting was nimble, compared to them, he could only be called ok.
难道他们信奉的神灵不止一个？
Did they believe in more than one god?
人类可以信奉两个以上的神灵，但这样一来，他们获得的庇佑也会大打折扣。没有神灵喜欢自己的信奉者三心二意，有些脾气不好的，甚至连一份庇佑都不会赐予。
People can believe in two or more gods, but this gave them fewer blessings. No god wanted half-hearted believers. Some bad-tempered ones won’t give these people even a single blessing.
从戍族人获得的丰富技能来看，他们信奉第二只神灵的可能性不大。
Judging from the rich skills acquired by the Shu clansmen, it’s unlikely they believed in a second god.
难道他们的武力也是源自于乌诺？！
Did their martial prowess also come from Uno?!
这个结论让伊塔莫感到不可思议。
This conclusion was unfathomable to Yitamo.
和他同样不可思议的还有爱神尼尔。他是上位神祗，可以感受到神灵之力的波动。刚才他清楚地看到尚可将力量赐给他的信奉者，这股力量带着一种令人不安的气息和血腥的味道，似乎并非光明之力。
This was just as unfathomable to the Love God Neil. He was a high ranking god and could feel fluctuations in divine power. Just now, he clearly saw that the power given to Shang Ke’s believers didn’t seem like forces of light, but carried with it a disturbing flavor and bloody smell.
尼尔皱了皱眉，若有所思地望着漂浮在半空中的神灵体。
Neil frowned and looked pensively at that god, who was still floating in midair.
一刻钟后，战斗结束。尚可收回杀戮之心，悬停在空中，闭上眼睛，慢慢融合刚才获得的邪神之力。随着力量的融合，面具上的表情也变得愈发狰狞。
After a quarter of an hour, the battle was over. Shang Ke withdrew his killing intent, hovering in the air and closing his eyes in order to slowly reintegrate the Evil God’s power. As his power merged, the expression on his mask became increasingly sinister.
戍族众人恢复清明，看着铺满一地的山魈尸体，都有些不知所措。
The Shu Zu people regained their calm, looking at the mandrill bodies that covered the ground, they were all at a loss.
“你们没事吧？”伊塔莫和尼尔一前一后地走过来。
“Are you alright?” Yitamo and Neil came over one following the other.
“没事。”一名年长的戍族人讷讷地回应。
“We’re fine,” an elderly Shu clan member responded in a mumble.
“你们刚才的武力也是乌诺神赐予的？”伊塔莫直言不讳地问道。经过几天的相处，他很清楚这些戍族人品性淳朴，所以并没有转弯抹角的试探。
“Your power just now was given by God Uno?” Yitamo asked bluntly. After traveling with the Shu people a couple of days, he was well aware of their forthright nature and so he didn’t beat around the bush.
“是的。”回答他的还是刚才那名戍族人。
“Yes,” responded the same elderly Shu clansmen.
伊塔莫不确定地问：“你们的乌诺神难道不是造物类神灵？”
Yitamo asked uncertainly, “But isn’t your God Uno a god of creation?”
“不是的。”这次说话的是缇玛，“乌诺神是战斗神灵。”
“No, he isn’t,” answered Tima, “God Uno is a battle god.”
伊塔莫：他居然真的是战斗神灵？一只掌握着各种生活技能的战斗神灵？
Yitamo: Is he really a battle god? A battle god with all these life skills?
尼尔：虽然刚才已经确定，但还是不愿意相信这个事实。
Neil: Even though they’ve just confirmed it, I still don’t believe it.
半空中，融合完毕的尚可，戴着一张狞笑的面具，威风凛凛地飘然落下，身形挺拔地伫立山石上，手执大锤遥望远方，兽皮裙在风中轻轻摇摆，透着那么一股子风骚的威武雄壮。
In midair, Shang Ke who had completed his fusion majestically floated down to the ground. Still with his evilly grinning mask, his figure stood on the mountain of rock for a long time, his hammer in hand as he looked off in the far distance. The animal hide skirt lightly swayed in the wind, giving off a whiff of sexy mightiness.
看到他这副模样，尼尔刚刚升起的一点警惕瞬间烟消云散。
Seeing his appearance, the vigilance that arose in Neil vanished like smoke.
晚上，身心疲惫的众人各自睡去。
That night, the mentally and physically drained group all went to sleep.
尚可吸收了新的力量，正处在亢奋中，没有立刻回到木雕中，而是抱着锤子坐在火堆边神游天外。
Shang Ke had absorbed new power, so he was still in an excited state and did not return to his wooden statue. Rather, he sat by the fire, holding onto his hammer as his mind went on a journey.
这时，两个人一左一右坐到他身边，他的灵体再次不受控制地显现。
At this moment, the two people sat on the left and right of him. His spirit once more uncontrollably showed itself.
尚可不用看也知道是谁，他一动不动，继续盯着火焰。
Shang Ke did not even need to look next to him to know who they were, he remained motionless, staring at the flames.
“乌诺，你今天可真威猛。”尼尔拇指点赞。
“Uno, you were very awe-inspiring today.” Neil gave a thumbs up to showcase his approval.
尚可内心毫无波动，面具也保持着狰狞之状。
Shang Ke’s heart remained unmoved, his mask also remained sinister.
“告诉你一个秘密。”尼尔突然凑到他耳边小声说，“我发现那个叫‘缇玛’的小姑娘好像喜欢你。”
“I’ll tell you a secret.” Neil suddenly moved close to his ear and whispered, “I’ve noticed that the girl named “Tima” seems to like you.”
what？尚可猛地转头：(⊙Д⊙)！
What? Shang Ke abruptly turned his head: (⊙Д⊙)!
“噗。”尼尔弯腰喷笑。
“Pft.” Neil bent down laughing.
尚可：(—_—+)
Shang Ke: (—_—+)
趁尼尔忙着发笑，尚可很明智地闪人，飞快消失在两人视线中。
While Neil was busy laughing, Shang Ke very wisely beat it, disappearing quickly from their line of sight.
尼尔笑声顿止，眼中闪过一丝异色。他在周围布置了结界，原本以为三分力量就足以困住他，没想到竟然被他轻松脱离了。不过才几天时间，他的实力就提升了这么多？是因为白天那场战斗吗？
Niel’s laughter immediately stopped, surprise flickering through his eyes. He had placed down a domain around them, he had thought thirty percent of his power would be enough to trap Uno, but he had actually escape easily from it. It had only been a few days but his strength had already improved this much? Was it because of that day’s battle?
“尼尔，你觉得乌诺掌握的是哪种战斗力量？”伊塔莫问道。
“Neil, what kind of battle property do you think Uno controls?”
“不清楚。”尼尔摇摇头，虽然察觉到几分邪性，但他几次靠近，都没有任何危险的预兆。若非他的感觉错误，那就是他隐藏得太好。
“I’m not sure.” Neil shook his head. Although he had sensed some evil attribute, whenever he was near, there was never any sign of danger. Unless his senses were wrong, this meant that Uno was too good at concealing himself.
不过，那个叫“缇玛”的小姑娘对她的神灵产生了好感倒是真的，他看到她身上出现了代表爱情的粉色气息。身为爱神，这点是绝不会看错的。
However, that girl named “Tima” truly had good feelings for her god. He had seen a pink aura from her body, representing love. As the God of Love, there was no way he could be wrong about that.
想到这里，尼尔下意识朝伊塔莫望去。
Recalling that point, Neil subconsciously looked at Yitamo.
“怎么了？”伊塔莫疑惑地看了他一样。
“What’s wrong?” Yitamo looked at him mystified.
尼尔拍拍他的肩，语重心长道：“兄弟，该出手时就出手，别等美丽的花朵被其他人摘走了才后悔。”
Neil patted his shoulder and imparted to him some meaningful words, “My brother, when you should do something you should do it. Don’t start regretting things after the beautiful flower is plucked by someone else.”
“？”伊塔莫一脸莫名。
“?” Confusion shone on Yitamo’s face.