Chapter 13: The Mysterious Woman
The mysterious purple-haired woman rode her horse, slowing down as she approached the hillside, and then striking two meters away from Charlotte's group.
The vast spiritual power turned into a surging wave, surging up layer upon layer. The fallen leaves of late summer floated listlessly from the treetops, but in the spiritual impact of the woman's calm to anger, they beeped and rolled up towards Charlotte and her party.
Although this woman has not reached the point of interfering with reality with demonic energy, she is obviously able to interfere with matter to a certain extent. As soon as Pu made a move, Vivien and Lolita changed color in shock, even if the surging spiritual shock was not coming at them, it could already make the two mages feel a deadly threat.
To say that Charlotte was defenseless against this mysterious purple-haired woman would be to underestimate his adventurous experience and wisdom. As early as being reminded by Lolita, Charlotte realized that something was wrong when she saw the purple-haired woman.
First of all, a flamboyant woman who travels alone in a war-torn zone is enough to attract everyone's attention.
Secondly, and most importantly. The purple-haired woman was obviously holding a black stone that exuded a pure aura, although it was from the winding mountain road, so that Charlotte's vision was blocked by the mountains and forests. But with her specialness, how could she hide Charlotte's perception and make him subconsciously ignore that breath?
It's just that if you talk about horror, Charlotte really has a trace in her heart.
Although the mage was wary of the mysterious woman, he never expected that she would brazenly attack his group as if nothing had happened. But years of adventure have honed his tenacious will, Charlotte is not chaotic in the face of danger, and her face does not change, and her majestic thoughts are instantly aroused.
It is worth mentioning that because of the cutting of Lu Sien's soul, Charlotte's magic energy pool and miss reserves have decreased significantly. But this does not mean that his strength has decreased much, on the contrary, it is this kind of grinding method that does not break or stand, but it makes his thoughts further condensed.
At this moment, his thoughts turned into spirit, and he almost built a substantial reinforced concrete retaining wall. With the help of memory processing, the spirit wall instantly turned into an inverted V-shaped model, and the tsunami hit the tip of the V-shaped wall, and the surging power was instantly cut into two pieces, surging out along both sides of Charlotte's line.
The trunks of the trees on both sides of the official road were blown by the strong wind, and the insects and birds on the trees stiffened, and in an instant, they convulsed and stiffened and fell to the ground. The woods and shrubs were silent, and after a few seconds the surviving birds and insects fled in terror, scattering in the air, even colliding with each other and breaking their wings in fear.
The horror of the little animals showed how terrible the pure psychic attack just now was, and Vivien and Lolita were no longer shocked and discolored, but angry. The former was still able to maintain basic sanity, staring at the woman with those eyes that contained flames, while Lolita had already raised her eyebrows, and her anger was palpable.
It's hard not for them to be angry. At that moment, if it weren't for Charlotte in front of her, I was afraid that a round of mental impact would be enough to confuse the two women's consciousness.
This conflict came and went like summer rain, and then stopped like summer rain.
The purple-haired woman who made all this was unstoppable, and she continued to move forward with that mysterious smile on her lips, as if everything just now was just a summer dream.
"Stop!"
At the moment when the purple-haired woman turned her horse's head and passed by Charlotte and the others. Charlotte said coldly in a cold tone.
Although it stopped the eager Ai'er from making a move, it didn't mean that the master of the Eight Rings could endure such a provocation.
"You're not going to give me an explanation?"
Although the words are calm, the threat contained in them is already clear on paper. Charlotte tilted her head and stared at the purple-haired woman who had stopped at his words.
From the fight just now, we can roughly estimate the strength of the woman, she is very strong! Maybe eight rings, or even nine rings. But in any case, it was not strong enough for Charlotte to be helpless.
Presumably, the purple-haired woman also felt this, so she stopped her horse.
The smile on the purple-haired woman's face was even worse, and at the same time, her eyes, which seemed to be always misty, shone brighter than ever. At that moment, the aura of mystery subsided slightly, and the smiling woman was as full of courage as an eagle falcon with its eyes open.
This caused Vivien and Lolita, who were already angry, to feel a sense of fear of being targeted by predators at the top of the food chain.
"I'm sorry!" the purple-haired woman's eyes were once again hidden by the mist, and she pointed to the shadowy city behind her, "But I don't want to get into trouble with you." Is this apology enough?"
Charlotte looked at the purple-haired woman who exuded a mysterious aura from beginning to end, thinking about the gains and losses in her heart.
And apparently, the woman didn't give Charlotte a chance to think further. With a confident and mysterious smile on her lips, she tugged at the reins and rode unhurriedly. It seems that Charlotte is determined not to attack her from behind, or perhaps because she is confident that she will be able to defend against attacks from behind.
Charlotte's fists clenched, and for a moment, he really wanted to do nothing and give the proud woman a hard blow.
But he restrained this impulse with reason.
"Charlotte!?" Elle looked up in his arms, "Why don't you give her some color?"
“…… Let's go. Charlotte was silent for a moment, then shook her head.
"Bypass the city?" asked Vivien, who was on the side.
Charlotte was relieved, and the clouds on his face stopped, and he smiled gently at Vivien, "Well, I'm sorry! ”
Next, Charlotte and his party completely left the official road and passed by the Hortson cavalry who came out of the city.
It wasn't that he didn't want to give the purple-haired woman a favor, but from the other party's words, there was a faint message - Taylor City was not calm now.
Charlotte didn't want to cause too much trouble in the area occupied by Hotson, and it was clear that if she really did not hesitate to make a move at that time, the clash between the two master powerhouses would inevitably attract the attention of Taylor City. At that time, neither he Charlotte nor the mysterious and confident purple-haired woman would be pleased.
It's just that Charlotte wonders why she would suddenly attack a group of equally mysterious and seemingly powerful travelers, and how can she be sure that Charlotte doesn't belong to the Hortson camp?
Or has she obviously changed her appearance, but she has already recognized her identity?
With such suspicions, Charlotte avoided Taylor. But in order to compensate for his broken promise, he rushed to the town about 20 kilometers away from Taylor City after dark.
While in this town, Charlotte learns of a recent incident in Taylor City. Three of Hotson's mages have been murdered in Taylor!
There were no witnesses, no suspects, no scene of major damage...... There were no traces of the victim's blood.
Yes, the blood of the victim's whole body was gone, as if it had been brutally drained. Some say it's a vampire at work, others say it's an evil god wreaking havoc in this war-torn land, and others say it's a bloody trick by the demons of the Abyss.
But the official version is that it was revenge from the remnants of the Losente.
Knowing all this, it was already in Charlotte to stay in the town tavern.