Chapter Eighty-Eight: Lady Sighing (5) Happy Codeword
Like me, I was a little confused about what was happening in front of me, as well as the two people who were not human or ghostly. I watched the old man slowly walk in front of them step by step, but it seemed that he was suddenly cut off in half and did not make the next move. The old man stood just a few steps away from them, looking at these two things calmly, and these two things also looked at the old man condescendingly.
Well, it looks like this old thing is already very clear about its future fate. But I do admire his courage, and many humans either act panicked at the last moment of death, or beg for a last chance, or turn their fear into anger in an attempt to make that last bit of pointless resistance. Even that doesn't work.
And that's what the old thing is doing now, even better than anger. Because in the last moment, he chose to look at these two things head-on. There is not the slightest fear.
I became more and more hesitant, even though this old thing actually chose to betray me at the last moment, betraying me, the undead who had been protecting him along the way. Of course I hate the person who betrayed me, but now that I think about it, maybe it wasn't his fault alone. The undead have not interacted with these humans outside the Three Kingdoms for a long time, so naturally they don't understand us. I don't know why he chose to betray me, but it gave me a reason to keep him alive.
But now it looks like it's all over. I'm a little too far away from them now, and even the bolts can't save those two things before they kill him. Of course, this is all based on the premise that I want to save him.
What I didn't expect was that he did something that surprised me next.
After a moment of confrontation, the two things still didn't have any intention of moving. And then, for some reason, the corners of the old thing's mouth cracked so unnaturally and laughed. Then, his legs bent down naturally, and he fell to his knees.
He actually knelt down!
He actually knelt down in front of the man who was going to kill him!
The auxiliary minister of an empire actually knelt down to two things that were not human or ghost!
It's really incredible, and it's disappointing.
Before that, I always thought that he was a man with backbone, and even if he was about to be killed, he would not close his eyes in fear because of this. But what about now? There is not a moment of time in what he has done that proves his cowardice. After seeing this, I decided not to give any more help to this old thing that I hated.
But I decided I wanted to see what those two things were going to do next against someone like them begging for mercy. Also, I do wonder if these two things still have even a shred of humanity in them. So I decided to sneak in with them again, so that I could hear how the old thing was begging for mercy from them.
What happened next didn't disappoint me when I came to the nearest tree. Here, although they still have some distance, they can at least hear what the old thing is talking to the other two things. Now, I'm still a few dozen meters away from them, but I can't go any further. Because apart from this tree, there is no longer any barrier between them and them, and no single move will escape the sight of those two things. Even now, I don't want to cause any stir. Of course I'm not afraid of these two things, how could it be! I just don't want to miss out on this good show because of my own incursions.
After taking a deep breath of air, I began to listen intently to what the old thing was saying to them.
"I know your goal is me, so I'm on my own. But, I beg you, don't kill anymore. ”
The old thing's eyes looked around, and the strength that he had previously selected from the elite legions of the Danmoth Empire was now a living corpse puppet that no longer had any consciousness, and prayed: "You have killed enough people now, and we have no ability to fight you now." All the guards have become your puppets, and only the helpless servants remain. ”
However, these two things never spoke, and of course, they did not speak. The only thing they did now was to stand there silently, their blood-red eyes as if they were blazing with fire, not knowing whether they were looking at the old man curiously or looking elsewhere.
"I beg you, I know you, you should be the Prince Regent's own son. I didn't expect him to be so cruel, and he didn't even let go of his own son. And you're his own granddaughter, whom we met not so long ago. Do you remember? But what I didn't expect was that you would become something like this. But I think even if you become monsters, you will still be able to hear what I say. ”
"I know you understand what I'm talking about by now, so I beg you, if you want to kill me, I'll kill me, and I don't want to go against the Regent. It doesn't end well, but please let them go, they're all old men and children! And they're all women! They don't even have the strength to pick up a knife!"
This old thing is actually interceding for the women who are hugging in a group? Hahaha, what a funny joke is this? He doesn't intercede for himself, he doesn't pray for them to give him a chance, but for the women who no longer have any meaning in existing? What's the use of them being alive? Even if they make it back alive at all, they won't be able to escape from the palm of his rival regent anyway. But he did just that.
Hahaha, it's really the funniest thing I've ever seen. I'm sure even I'm already thinking it's so funny, and those two things definitely won't just give up on their tasks so easily.
It was not surprising to me, and after they had looked at each other, the female knight continued to grin at the old thing, while the man suddenly sped up in front of the group of women and began a massacre.
Well, no, this way seems to be a bit higher to describe it as a slaughter. Although the servants did not resist in any way, they only knew that they cried pointlessly when the man's long-handled knife slashed at them, and they did not even have the courage to look at the man. Just like that, in a cry, waiting for the final death. Humans are indeed the most cowardly creatures I have ever encountered.
The man's approach was so crisp that he killed all his servants with a single sword. And the incisions are all very neat, at least they look like that. Due to the uneven height of the servants, some of the servants' windows were on the neck, others were on the chest, and some had their heads cut off in half. Seeing this, I subconsciously licked the corners of my mouth, and the smell of blood stimulated me and stimulated me to drink the peerless delicacy. Thankfully, I held back.
It was only at this time that the old thing realized that there was suddenly one less monster in front of him. He subconsciously looked behind him, and saw the long-handled knife in the man's hand taking the lives of all his current servants. Seeing this, he suddenly howled and stood up, his eyes filled with a liquid called tears.
It really makes me feel very sick, and when faced with some intractable suffering, it seems like the only thing these humans can do. It's the same in the capital of the Danmoth Empire, and it's the same after walking here with that old thing, as if the humans won't do anything but cry. I believe that even if they dropped one of the sharpest weapons in the entire continent next to these humans who only knew how to cry, they would not dare to take it against those who had oppressed them.
But the way this old thing does it now is more or less the way the cowardly humans behave. He cried and looked around with his eyes, and then rolled on the ground when the female knight was confused, and by the time he stood up, he had already picked up a weapon that had fallen to the ground that belonged to the dead guards.
"Now I know that I've been doing one thing wrong all along. He picked up the knife and slowly moved towards the female knight while tearing down his eyes, and said, "I regret that I have left behind a true friend of ours just by virtue of my own prejudice and that of my men. You are the dirtiest and filthiest existence on this continent!"
The female knight, who had turned into a monster, watched with interest as the old man moved slowly towards her. It seemed that the old man's movement speed was too slow, and she took the initiative to meet it a few steps. Then, he watched blankly as the knife in the old man's hand slashed under his ribs.
Does it work? No, of course not. I don't know if the old man's strength is too small or the female knight's defense is too strong, after the knife slashed under the female knight's ribs, it only made a very slight sound, the old man covered his injured hand and took a few steps back, and the knife also fell to the ground in the process of his retreat.
Well, you gave me a reason to save you. I finally convinced myself, and as the knight walked slowly toward the old man with that playful look, I shot the crossbow arrow in my hand.
Compared to the previous ones, the crossbow bolts I shot this time were different. Although it still looks like a crossbow, it is much larger than the previous one. It's the thickness of my arm. And even more different from normal crossbow arrows is that they mix with my dead air. Unlike before, it does not allow a hit to become a skeleton and become my slave in an instant, but will slowly reduce the enemy's defenses, and even completely corrode the opponent's skin and internal organs. This is a VIP treatment that only the strong can experience. I don't have many of these crossbow arrows in store, so I use one less for such a treasure, so naturally I have to see the effect.
But for such a thing that is not human or ghostly, a crossbow arrow is far from the top. At the moment when the first arrow was about to hit the female knight's back, the second crossbow arrow was also fired.
The crossbow bolt easily pierced the female knight's defenses, and also pierced directly through its quilt. Even the female knight, who looked like a monster, couldn't help but scream in pain and looked back to see who had attacked it. Coincidentally, just before it turned around, a second bolt arrived and hit it in the arm. Immediately knocked its right arm off. Not only that, but the corrosive effect of the bolt quickly took effect, and by the time it found me, the wound on its right arm was bleeding profusely. But to my surprise, the corrosive effect of the bolt that stabbed it in the back seemed to fail. Because the window on its back showed no signs of pus and blood.
It's a bit embarrassing now. What I thought was a killer blow didn't work as expected. Although the second arrow inflicted serious injuries on it, it was not fatal in a single blow. I'm not stupid, and I'm still more or less struggling to deal with two monsters. At this time, after sensing that something was wrong with the female knight, the man howled and rushed to the female knight's side, looking at its injuries.
With that, I glanced at the corpses of the slain servants lying on the ground, and it was the last corpse I could use. But of course, I'm not going to be stupid enough to use these little skeletons against that strong man.
The skeleton had formed in my thoughts, and it was somewhat funny that the two things had not yet discovered my exact location. But now a few skeletons had quietly come behind the female knight under my command.
I jumped down from the tree and said hello to them.
"Do you know me? ”
The two things realized that I was the one who injured the female knight, and it seemed that the female knight still had a little memory of the past, so they rushed towards me despite their injured bodies. And the man looked as if he still had a little intelligence left, and at the moment when the female knight was about to start, he grabbed the female knight. Maybe it's because it knows what I'm capable of, and it's still far apart, and there's no cover in the open field, so I don't want that female knight to be a target for me.
What it didn't know was that it was also unexpected, and maybe it would be better for me. Because, they didn't even notice the dozen or so skeletons behind them.