On a simple square table, there were a few loaves of bread and a large bowl of mushroom soup, and in front of Blackbeard there was a piece of jerky and half a loaf of bread. Across from him was Rhodes, flipping through the magic book, occasionally taking something out of his sleeve and stuffing it in his mouth and chewing it.

"Hey, I said Rod, what have you been eating lately, how do I feel your skin has gotten better?" Blackbeard took a bite of bread and stared at Rod's face suspiciously.

"I don't eat what you eat. Rod took out a piece of bean cake, put it in his mouth, and looked through the magic book in his hand.

Bean cakes are a specialty of the village that melts in your mouth and tastes a bit like chocolate. Rod liked it and bought a large box from the village chief.

Recently, Rhodes found that his mind is much sharper, and his body is getting better and better, a bit like the feeling of being quenched. This is good, but the disadvantage is that the appetite is getting better and better, and even in normal times, you must continue to consume snacks to replenish energy.

"Blackbeard, is it really okay to give the guards a half-day off?" though Jack asked for ......," Rhodes muttered.

"No problem, the people in this village are very simple and hospitable, and I have told the guards not to cause trouble for the villagers. Blackbeard took a sip of his wine and burped, bringing out a strong smell of wine, "Maybe they're telling stories to the villagers right now." Hahahaha. ”

"I hope so. It seems to be unusually quiet outside today. Rod ate another bean cake and chewed a few bites. "Where's Jack?"

"You know, the young master went to training again, early in the morning. Blackbeard said.

The door was suddenly pushed open, and a young boy rushed in, panting and saying, "No, it's not good, the village chief told you to go, go to his side, hide, go to the village chief." ”

"What's wrong? what's going on?" Rhodes and Blackbeard immediately became cautious and hurriedly got up and asked.

"There's no time to explain, quick, come with me. The boy said, and without resting, he ran out the door.

It seemed that something really urgent had happened, and Rod and Blackbeard didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly ran after the little boy.

At this time, the village is quiet, and the ground is full of garbage left over from the New Year's carnival. Everyone seemed to be hiding in the house.

"This way. The little boy beckoned from the village chief's backyard and whispered. By the backyard wall, the village chief poked out half of his head.

When they got there, the village chief had a sad face, and the little boy and the village chief were priing a large stone on the ground with a crowbar.

"I'll do it. Blackbeard took the crowbar from the boy's hand, and with a deep pressure, the stone was pried open, and a hole was revealed.

"Guests, go in, Poppy, you hide in too, don't come out!" the village chief shoved the little boy and tried to carry him to the mouth of the cave, and pulled Blackbeard down.

Inside was an empty tunnel, and the tunnel didn't know where it led, but there was dim lighting, simple furniture, and some food, which obviously seemed to have been prepared.

The chief of the village took them down and crawled towards the mouth of the cave, wanting to leave.

"Grandpa, what about you?" Poppy said.

"What's going on with the village chief, do you need our help?" Rod asked.

"There's no time to explain, remember, don't come out. The village chief was very resolute in his attitude. Out of the hole, he covered it with a rag and piled up a pile of grass to cover up the traces of the hole.

Wiping his sweat, the village chief hurriedly ran in one direction.

In the dimly lit tunnel, Rodra asked the little boy, "Your name is Bobby, isn't it?"

"Yes. Bobby curled up in the corner, sobbing silently.

"Can you tell us what's going on?" Rod asked softly, "maybe we can help." ”

Poppy looked up as if she had heard some good news, her eyes lit up, and then she dimmed again, and said, "No, you can't." They were so terrible, so powerful that the most powerful Uncle Robles in the village could not beat them, and they hung them on a tree and burned them to death. ”

"Did they—someone attacked the village?" asked Rhodes with a serious look in his eyes.

"Yes, it is the ghosts in the mountains and forests, they come every month, come to our village to collect protection money, collect more and more, and if they can't collect it, they will ...... Woo woo woo" Poppy lowered her head and cried, looking so helpless.

"Ah, it looks like someone has robbed the village. Rod sighed.

Blackbeard stood up, "Let's go check it out, help." ”

"No, you can't go, you can't go. As if hearing something terrible, Poppy ran from the corner and hugged Blackbeard's thigh. "Can't go. ”

"Why? We just want to help. Blackbeard said helplessly.

"You will be killed if you go, but you will not be able to beat them, and if they are angry, our village will be ruined. Bobby said.

"How do you know you can't beat without trying?" Blackbeard said.

"Once upon a time a caravan came to the village, and the leader was very powerful, and he fought with the ghost to save us, and he was nailed to a stake and sunburned. Poppy's hand holding Blackbeard pressed a little harder, and he didn't let go at all.

Rod stepped forward and said solemnly, "Trust us, Bobby, at least, at least let's take a look at the situation and see the strength of that ghost." Maybe we can do it. ”

As if she had made up her mind, Poppy let go of her hand and got up from the ground, "You can't go up, I'll take you through the tunnel, there is a place over there where you should be able to see the village chief." ”

Led by Bobby, they made their way through the dark and crooked tunnels, and finally, they came to a basement that was more spacious than before. Bobby stood on tiptoe and patted a wooden board on it, revealing a gap the thickness of a chopstick, and the sunlight outside was shining through.

Rod looked through the gap and saw a scene that he regretted, and his eyes widened.

"Rod, what's wrong?" Blackbeard asked.

With tears in his eyes, Rhodes clenched his hands and teeth clenched angrily, spitting out three words.

"All dead. ”

Bobby fainted directly, Blackbeard smashed the wooden wall in front of him with a punch, and Rod hurriedly protected Bobby and blocked the scattered sand and gravel.

The mud exploded in a hidden location in the back mountain, and the tragic image of the entire village was imprinted in the eyes.

"Obviously, it's just a robbery, why, why do you want to kill so many people?" Rhodes held Bobby's hand trembling slightly, the originally lively and peaceful village was full of corpses, the door was kicked open, and the smell of blood came to his face.

"There's still alive here. Two scarred men in tattered armor and armed with large knives rushed towards Rhodes from the side of a hut.

Rhodes held Bobby in one hand, condensed electric light in the other, and was about to make a move, but he didn't expect Blackbeard to be faster, and a straight punch directly smashed the face of the bandit who rushed up, and he fell to the ground in an instant, motionless. Another bandit who rushed up was choked by Blackbeard's neck and pressed to the ground from above, and his big millstone-like hand carried a huge force to press the bandit to the ground, and his neck was in a strange shape, and he was not alive at the moment.

"There are people here. ”

"This way, this way. ”

......

Seeing that the people around him were gathering more and more, Rod was still holding Bobby in his hand, and hurriedly said to Blackbeard, "Withdraw first." ”

With a flick of his wrist, Rod threw a fiery spell into the grass, the smoke of the explosion became the best cover, and two ice picks pierced the thighs of the bandits in front of him, and Rod Blackbeard fled towards the alley.

"Rod, why don't you kill him!" Blackbeard roared as he glared at Rod.

"I'm ......," Rod gritted his teeth, "they're human." ”

"These are still people? You see how many people they killed?" Blackbeard roared, his hand condensed with battle intent, and he wanted to slap Rod, but he finally held back.

"Please...... Please spare the village. A familiar voice came not far away.

Rod followed the sound and saw that the village chief was kneeling on the ground, and a bandit in front of him raised the knife in his hand, and the blood on the knife was red in the sun.

"No!" roared Rod.

Blackbeard grabbed a nearby rock and threw it with all his might.

Knock!

The two bodies fell one after another, the knife kicked up a mist of blood, and a kind old man fell to the ground, his hands on his neck, twitching on the ground.

The stone pierced the bandit's head, and a vicious bandit fell to the ground, the knife in his hand falling to the ground, covered in blood.

The two walked up to the village chief and helped him sit up.

"Damn, I don't know light magic. Rhodes was in a hurry and at a loss.

The village chief seemed to see Poppy sleeping soundly in Rod's arms, and his eyes showed a satisfied smile, as if he wanted to say something, but the blood in his mouth made him unable to say anything.

The village chief took out a box from his arms with difficulty, put it in Rod's hand, and then closed his eyes with peace of mind.

In just ten minutes, the village chief, who was still anxiously urging Rhodes and them to come out at the entrance of the cave in the last second, has turned into a corpse after this short period of ten minutes.

What is it to be called a human being?

Human nature, what is it that makes people human?

Knock knock~

Rod clearly felt the sound of his heart beating, beating faster and faster, Rode's whole brain exploded, countless information poured into the brain, Rode's eyes lost focus, he entered the wonderful state when he was in the courtyard of the Dead Manor, and handed over his whole body to the brain.

He stood up coldly and put away the village chief's relics.

"Blackbeard, we have something to do. ”

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"They're here. ”

"Catch them. ”

"I'm going to hang them up and burn them to death. ”

Ice Pick, Fire Blast, Water Wall, Ground Trap......

The power of magic is not very great, but killing, it is enough. The human body, such a fragile thing, is fragile if it is not tempered beyond a certain level, without being refined by fighting spirit or fighting spirit, and magic.

Precise calculations, every magic is used just right, and every deadly attack can take the life of a bandit.

Rod never realized that killing someone was so simple.

"A flank attack has been detected. "The magic crystal lenses are running like crazy.

A ground trapping technique caused the side bandit's feet to crook, twisted his foot and fell towards the sharp stake, and in less than two seconds, he lost his life.

Blackbeard punched a bandit away, and he was already covered in color. Blackbeard turned his head to watch Rhodes unleash one magic after another on the side. One by one, the surrounding bandits fell beside him.

"This guy, when did he become so strong. Blackbeard picked up the stick in his hand and smashed the head of a bandit, muttering to himself.

There were more and more bandits, looking at the corpses of the bandits piled up around, and after a while, the bandits seemed to know that they were not easy to mess with, and the offensive slowed down.

They formed a phalanx and surrounded Rhodes and Blackbeard, and they did not come forward to attack, but only watched out.

Wrong.

This neat position, unified formation, iron bucket-like formation. Kind of like ......

Army.

"Woo~Woo~Woo~"

A few long trumpets sounded in the distance. As if summoned by something, the bandits retreated in an orderly manner. Gallop towards the sound of the horn.

"There's a change!" Rod said.

Blackbeard looked at the retreating bandits, "Do you want to chase or not?"

"Retreating in this case, it can't be that you're afraid of the two of us, there's only one possibility. Rod said, "It's Jack." ”

"Let's chase!" said Rhodes to Blackbeard, turning sharply, and the wind under his feet hurried towards the place where the trumpet sounded.

In the distance, out of sight of Rhodes and Blackbeard, a sturdy blonde young man armed with a large black sword surrounded by black qi confronted a man with a rag mask. A circle of bandits formed a large circle around, and no one dared to step forward.

There was a cold aura around the man in the rag mask, and there were two black circles around the eyes of the mask, and he couldn't see his eyes clearly, He was wearing chain mail, with a strong build, and he carried a large hammer, and the hammer exuded a scorching breath.

"Who are you and why are you in my way. An icy, unforgiving voice came from under the mask, with a slightly hoarse, non-human voice.

"What do you want to do, why do you want to go to the village. Jack's black sword pointed diagonally at the masked man, "You're not like a good person, I won't let you pass." ”

"A little ability, seeing that you have good skills, and your strength is also at the level of a war master, are you an adventurer on a mission?" asked the masked man.

"It's all about you, don't blame me for being rude when you come forward again. Jack yelled, his tone firm.

"Hahaha, a broken village actually hired a warrior-level adventurer as a bodyguard, interesting, this broken village didn't give me money, so I hired a bodyguard. The masked man laughed heartily as if he had heard something ridiculous.

"Interesting. Today, I'm going to let you know that you can't take on any task casually, adventurer. The Masked Man said, "I was just playing with you." The show has just begun. ”

The masked man took the sledgehammer he was carrying on his shoulder with one hand, and the battle intent frantically condensed towards the hammer, and faintly, the hammer seemed to be dyed with flames, and the scorching breath came to the surface.

"Today, I'll show you how powerful my ghost is!"