Chapter 8: The Shadow of the Ghost, Freya's Memory
Many people know the Ghost Shadows, an organization of female assassins who consider assassination to be a sacred law of nature, and incredibly, these ghostly Assassins almost never accept any commissions, and thus almost never receive any payment.
It's hard to imagine how an organization that is only economically isolated can maintain its existence, but the ghost shadow has been routinely for thousands of years, and even occasionally active in the official records of various principality empires, even the most powerful Tianluo Empire, there are many records of high-ranking officials and knights being killed by ghosts in the past thousand years.
Whatever the reason, it stands to reason that the various principalities and empires should work together to encircle and suppress this wanton organization, until the fall of this mad group of assassins is enough to be reassuring.
However, even if the best agents go out together, abandon their previous suspicions and work together, this organization still seems to be shrouded in layers of fog, and it is impossible to see the true appearance behind the fog.
So, even to this day, no one can see any of the ghostly shadows.
Unless it's before you're about to meet a peaceful death.
Maybe this organization is really made up of ghosts?
These female assassins, who do not know who they are, do not seem to be bound by any mundane terms, and there is no pattern to assassination, as if they were done completely on a whim.
For example, perhaps someone is raising his arms in the street one day and shouting "tofu brain should be sweet" and talking loudly, giving a long speech in an attempt to convince the civilians who are watching him, and at this moment, the "ghost" who happened to pass by next to this person heard his cry and secretly said in his heart, "How to eat tofu brain if it is not salty".
Then perhaps tonight, the unlucky ghost's life will be taken by the ghost.
Of course, the reason for the Ghost Shadow's assassination could not have been child's play, but even the wisest of sages could not think of any reason for them to kill the country civilians who were not even demon masters.
Perhaps, even if there is any pattern or reason for these assassinations, only the internal members of the organization, and even the "senior cadres", can know.
It doesn't matter if you're in power or you're an ordinary farmer, for them, you just need to be calm about your death.
Resistance and evasion are the dirtiest desecration of the impending death.
There was once a half-step transcendent general who chose to have his entire army under his command to protect his safety after receiving a death notice from the ghost shadow, and he sat in the army tent all night drinking, playing chess with his favorite concubine, and quietly waiting for the ghost to come.
And the soldiers standing guard outside his tent were four powerful demon protectors at the peak of the legendary realm.
That night, the moon was not very round, but it was clear.
It was a very quiet night, but when we gathered the next morning, a large area of tents to the north was silent.
Of course, there is no movement, including the general, his concubine, and those of his own soldiers, everyone is already dead, where will there be movement?
However, as before, this organization seems to be hidden in layers of fog, and the members of the organization are also invisible like ghosts, so although it is terrifying, I am afraid that no one has ever heard of the nicknames of any of the members of Ghost Shadow, let alone their real names and ages, demon spirits, and even their strength.
It is said that their identities are known only to those within the organization, and that any one "shadow" can fill in the gaps of the other.
Maybe there are a lot of ghosts, maybe there are only a few, and who knows?
No one knows the truth behind that ghostly figure.
That being the case, I'm afraid that almost no one knows Freya's name, not even the female companion of the Ghost Shadow - joining the Ghost Shadow means giving up the name of the person she was a "human", or even her existence as a "human".
Therefore, they are more accustomed to calling her "Ghost Blade".
Even if a friend in Shadow of the Ghost hadn't heard Freya talk about her past, it was even less likely that anyone would know that Freya's original dream was to become a gardener.
However, in fact, Freya grew up in the Duchy of Tez, living with her grandmother, a devotee of the goddess of harvest, and lived a very peaceful and peaceful life.
Maybe it's because she doesn't have her parents by her side, she is introverted and not sociable, but under the influence of her grandmother, she prefers flowers and plants.
Unfortunately, in the twilight of the remnant sun, when the birds were singing in the sky, and the small mountain village was only left with ruins, when Freya returned to the village from the "expedition", there were only men in the village who wielded scimitars with bloodthirsty expressions, and men who laughed wildly with various objects in their hands.
and blood all over the ground, and corpses.
Freya knelt on the ground, her left hand clutching the weedy clods on the ground, her right hand covering her mouth tightly, trying not to scream or wail.
In the setting sun, her shadow grows long.
But it's too long and too wide.
The birds in the distance swept by again, making a terrible cry, mingling with the rude scolding and laughter of the men below, sounding particularly bleak and heartbreaking.
And at this moment, just when Freya's mind went blank and her soul was lost, a delicate hand was placed on Freya's shoulder, and she heard a soft female voice behind her.
"You...... Come with us. ”
"You...... Can I have ...... The power of revenge?"
Freya looked at the bandits in the village, her eyes full of hatred and anger, as if she wanted to imprint the appearance of those villains in her heart.
"Absolutely. ”
With the help of the strange woman, Freya slowly stood up, her small white hands squeezing the woman's delicate fingers hard, her eyes full of resentment.
And behind her, the men, who were still laughing wildly just now, suddenly let out a desperate wail.
As the men wailed, the dull sound of heavy objects falling to the ground could not be heard.
"Don't worry," the woman said, "our target this time is only the third leader of this gang of bandits, and as for their big boss and second boss...... That's who you're going to get your revenge on, so we're not going to interfere. ”
After walking less than 100 meters, another female voice as cold as ice came: "Ling Na, it's over." ”
The bird screamed again, but no sound came from Freya's back.
"Very well," the woman known as Ling Na smiled slightly, then bent down and said to Freya, "Don't be afraid of what happens next. ”
Freya nodded, Silver Fang clenching her lip as she followed the woman leading her.
She could feel her body sinking, as if she was crossing some invisible boundary, and after less than fifty steps, she suddenly entered a black and white world.
Freya wasn't afraid, she just looked at everything in front of her curiously.
Ling Ne crouched down and put her hands on Freya's shoulders, perhaps trying to smile gently, but the light veil completely obscured her face.
"Hello kid, welcome to Ghost Shadow. ”
That year, Freya was thirteen years old.
Han Ling was stunned, the incomprehensible sense of reality made him question whether he was really just browsing a memory, and the most incredible thing for him was that he had been killing people since he was very young, and he had killed many people for many reasons, but even he, after stepping into that world where only black and white remained, he couldn't help but panic, and even fear.
And what is even more incredible than the most incredible is that Mo Yan has not only encountered members of the Ghost Shadow, but also knows her weapons, demon spirits, and even her real name.
It's almost impossible.
What's more, Mo Yan actually succeeded in obtaining and preserving the other party's memory.
Han Ling took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, and then threw himself into this memory that belonged to Freya again.
In the next moment, he found a woman squatting in front of him with a veil covering all her cheeks, and he couldn't see this woman's face clearly, but he inexplicably had an unfounded trust in this person.
Han Ling lowered his head, saw the floral skirt and delicate little shoes on his body, and was a little stunned, looking at his hands, which were a pair of small hands as white and tender as lotus roots.
He froze for a moment and touched his chest.
"Tsk," this steel plate-like touch.
Ling Na began to explain the rules of the ghost shadow to Freya, but Han Ling almost didn't listen to it at all, he could guess that he had probably been replaced by "Freya" herself in this memory, and he was a little shocked and speechless for a while, so he could only try to maintain his composure to analyze the situation in front of him.
Then, in the next second, he tried to raise his hand to give Ling Na a slap.
And almost at the same time as he tried to make this move, Han Ling withdrew from Freya's memory, and the right hand he should have swung became extremely hot, as if it was about to burn in the next moment.
"Interesting. Han Ling didn't seem to care about the hot pain in his right hand, and he actually laughed at this time, "Then let me try, a ghost's growth history." ”