Chapter 0264: Attacked
Two months later.
Before dawn, the mist had not yet lifted.
A black carriage slowly drove out of the city of Federnand to the sound of chariots.
The tall buildings were quickly left behind, and as the carriage continued to move forward, a large amount of farmland began to appear on both sides of the road, and the outlines of scattered farmhouses and small villages could be faintly seen in the depths of the fog in the distance.
Since the sun has not yet come out, it is easy to damage the valuable carriage when going out in such weather, so there are not many pedestrians on this road in and out of Federnand. Especially after they left the city of Ferdinand for more than ten miles, the human buildings gradually became scarce, and the tall trees became more and more dense.
Grim lifted the curtains, and the moist moisture hit his face, a hint of coolness, a hint of coldness.
It was only ten miles out of the city, and the woods on both sides of the road already had a hint of primeval forest. This also allows him to imagine how a few years ago, under the leadership of sorcerers, human beings struggled to carve out settlements in the primeval forest, and how difficult it was to compete for land with alien creatures......
In some early wizards' notes and books, Grim often sees wizards acting as protectors of humanity, assisting nobles in governing their territory, repelling attacks from terrible monsters, destroying hordes of ferocious beasts, and making human settlements safer and safer.
But that's all a long way back!
In the development of wizards in the past thousands of years, Grim can clearly see how wizards have surpassed the human aristocratic class, and began to override the entire race step by step, and then dominate the wizarding continent of Nuoda strongly.
The wizarding continent has developed to this day, and the status of wizards and nobles has changed dramatically. The once leaders of humanity now bow down to the powerful wizards, becoming their agents and slaves. And ordinary humans have gradually distanced themselves from the vision of wizards, and have become a weak and humble lower race in their mouths.
If it weren't for the strict rules set by the high-ranking wizards, it was strictly forbidden for wizards to use humans in their own plane as experimental subjects, and they were not allowed to kill ordinary mortals on a large scale. Otherwise, everything that mortals have would have been plundered by the wizards, and even they themselves would inevitably become experimental guinea pigs or poor slaves who work to death.
Just when Grim couldn't help but silently reverie, the driver couldn't help but turn around.
"Master, this journey may be quite long, you better rest more!" The driver was a middle-aged man with an honest face. However, under Grim's powerful elemental vision, what he saw was Kirby, a goblin hiding under the camouflage technique, with a smirking face.
"Well, thank you!" Grim nodded slightly, and gently lowered the curtains.
"Hmph, what's the hard work?" Alice, who was curled up on the side of the carriage and sleepy-eyed, yawned and said, "This is what it should do!" By the way, you are also a powerful wizard now, why don't you use your authority to rent a Socratic eagle? In that case, we will only need 1 day to get to Mota City!"
The city of Federnam is home to the Sarubo family and is a private property that is not part of the ship's berthing itinerary. Therefore, if they wanted to rush to the Silver Alliance area with the help of flying ships, they could only set off for Mota City, a public city 300 miles away.
"We have plenty of time anyway. It's also good to walk slowly like this, and see the customs of the scattered Tallinn area along the way. Grim smiled faintly.
Alice rubbed her eyes and got up, glaring at Grim seriously, as if looking at some kind of monster.
"Okay, okay!" Grim said helplessly, "Before we set off, Taling warned me the other day. It seems to sense that someone is performing prophecy on me!"
"Prophecy?" Alice suddenly became excited, "You mean someone wants to deal with you?"
"We have enemies, and you're excited?"
"Of course, otherwise it would have been so boring along the way!"
"You never thought that since the enemy dared to calculate me, he would definitely take all factors into account. Aren't you afraid of dying at the hands of the enemy?"
"Tsk...... You're not afraid, what am I afraid of?" Alice said with disdain on her face: "Since you have long known about the existence of the enemy, you will definitely make corresponding arrangements." Otherwise, with your character, how can you make a move to lure the enemy with your body?"
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It's noon.
The black carriage slowly drove into a gray road in the middle of the forest.
The road, which was full of pedestrians, caravans, and wagons, was unusually quiet at the moment, and the wagons and ox-carts stood still, and all the humans and the oxen and horses pulling the carts overturned and fell asleep.
Seeing the strange situation in front of him, the goblin Kirby immediately restrained the two handsome white horses pulling the cart, and before it could turn around and warn the car, a faint aroma wafted into his nose. So in the next second, Kirby and the two white horses pulling the cart also fell.
Grim lifted the curtain, jumped out of the carriage, and frowned as he looked around at the eerie scene in front of him. On the surface of his tall and mighty body floated a bright red film, and it was this film that saved Grim from the strange potions in the air.
Grim's elemental vision is clear. As soon as he was exposed to the outside of the carriage, the dry, cold and damp air in the forest rushed to his face, and a stream of transparent powder mixed with it hit the red film one after another.
There was a soft thud.
A crimson flame appeared on the bright red film, incinerating all the invading powder.
And in the carriage, Alice, who was still excited just now and wanted to watch a good show, was already lying on the board and falling asleep. After all, the wizard's methods are not something that one of her quasi-witches can resist, even if she is the strongest quasi-witch!
Three figures of different heights appeared in the forest on the right, their faces and bodies hidden in thick cloaks, silently watching Grim.
Grim hesitated, did not try to wake up Alice and Kirby, but simply sorted out the equipment on his body, and silently followed the three mysterious wizards into the forest.
After a mile of progress in the roaring forest, several people came to a glade.
It is sparsely wooded, and there is a waterhole two hundred meters ahead. Looking around, except for the tall trees and low and soft weeds, there is not a trace of people, but it is also a good place to solve hatred.
"You know what we're here for, right?" asked a slightly lowered cloaked man.
Listening to the voice, it should be a middle-aged man.
"The Black Hand Society?" a smile tugged at the corner of Grim's mouth.
The man in the low cloak brushed down his hood, revealing a wrinkled, shriveled green face, a hooked nose and unkempt and filthy short green hair, and he wasn't even human!
The president of the Black Hand Association, the only Rank 2 wizard Green Dwarf Pyro.
Being stared at by the other party's gloomy and substantial green pupils, Grim's heart was like a heavy boulder, and even his breathing became unsmooth.
"Since your Excellency is the president of the Black Hand Association, and you are so loud about intercepting and killing the official wizard of the Sarupo family, you are not afraid that Sanaza-sama will come to you for trouble?"
"If our Mafia Society were to attack you, of course we couldn't afford the wrath of Lord Sanaza. But if it wasn't a member of our Black Hand Association, I'm afraid that Lord Sanaza behind you wouldn't be able to openly violate the decree of the Scattered Tallinn Wizards Association and persecute our Black Hand Society!" said Green Dwarf Pyro coldly.
"What do you mean, Your Excellency?"
"Pyro-sama's meaning is very simple......" The tallest of the three suddenly took off his cloak as well, revealing his face, and said with a sinister smile, "Because it wasn't them at all, it was me...... Guys!"
The tall, thin man had a pale complexion, wrinkled skin, and spoke in a low, hoarse voice. But when he said the last sentence, his head suddenly turned 180 degrees, revealing a woman's face behind the skull, and "his" voice changed to a female voice at the same time.
This woman's face is closed, her eyes are closed, her face has a strange smile, and her words are the same as ordinary people. And she'...... It wasn't a mask or a painted face, but a completely real woman.
"Two-Face, Kane!" Grim snorted.
Although he has been a wizard for a short time, through this period of evil, he has also made a comprehensive understanding and sorting out the well-known wizards in the scattered Tallinn area. With the ultra-high efficiency of the chip, he has almost all known the wizard families, academies, organizations and forces of all sizes in the entire scattered Tallinn region, well-known and unknown wizards.
As for the two-faced Kane in front of him, the green dwarf Pyro is not lying, he does not belong to the Mahori, but is a powerful wandering wizard.
Kane, born in an ordinary aristocratic family in the middle of the continent, was tested for wizarding talent with his twin sister since he was a child, so he was sent to a small wizarding academy to study. His experience is somewhat similar to that of Grim, who met an extremely terrifying evil wizard during his apprenticeship.
He and his twin sister have good talents, and they also have an extremely special psychic communication, so they were selected by an evil wizard to do an extremely dangerous life fusion experiment.
As a result, the subsequent ending can be imagined.
The horrific life fusion experiment smelted the souls of their brother and sister together, sharing a single body, but two faces in front of and behind the skull. Two people are one body and two souls, taking turns using the same body.
Relying on the sudden stimulation of soul power, the brother and sister unexpectedly promoted to the wizard. also because of the chaotic soul fusion, the two of them unexpectedly escaped the wizard's control.
Kane and Lucy, the two-faced people who have the power of two wizards at the same time and can also communicate with each other, immediately went on a killing spree, killing all 4 wizards and 27 wizard apprentices of the small wizarding academy in one go, and then escaped.
Due to the confusion of his soul and the distortion of his personality, the two-faced wizard Kane has been wandering the middle of the continent, evading the pursuit of the Wizarding Guild's Disciplinary Department. And the average wizard family has nothing to do with themselves, and they are not willing to easily provoke such a powerful wizard, so they let "him and her" disappear and hide for a long time.
But I didn't expect that the Mafia Association was willing to spend a lot of money to invite them out!
Grim smiled helplessly.