Chapter 12: The Two in the Dark
"Did you encounter anything that interests you? As soon as I walked in, I heard your annoying laughter. A voice of disgust came from the stone staircase that spiraled down the top of the cave.
"Hehe, Subject 3 has been eliminated, my dear partner." The black figure tried to turn its face behind him, but it didn't seem to be very accurate in grasping the force, and the head turned around the neck several times in a row like a spinning top, and finally relied on both hands to fix it in the direction facing the source of the sound. Although the other party's voice was very unfriendly, the black figure didn't care, and instead smiled, of course, if the terrifying expression that cracked the corners of the mouth to the root of the ear can be called a smile.
"I don't want to be called that, you filthy bed bug, and there's nothing to be happy about Subject 3 being destroyed." The entire cavern was rather dark and damp, with only the stone staircase dotted with magical light sources. The man who came down the stone staircase covered his cheek with a hat attached to his cloak, so it was impossible to see his appearance, but it sounded like a middle-aged man from the voice. He stood still at the end of the stone staircase, looked around, and let out a slight staggering sound. It should be that he didn't find a place to stand on his next footing, so his feet didn't take another step forward.
"Isn't it a friendly word for 'dear partner', but I have studied your human language for a long time to come up with what to call you? You humans are really in trouble, hehe. The black figure frowned, showing a look of embarrassment, although his appearance resembled a human, but it was clear that he was not human, even if he did not listen to his words, just from the three hundred and sixty degrees of turning his head and splitting the corners of his mouth to the base of his ears, such as the obvious conclusion, because human beings would never be able to do it.
"Subject 3 was defeated, but my cute kid sent back quite interesting images, I think you'll be interested in watching it."
The body of the black figure suddenly turned into countless tiny spiders, and the whole thing was scattered, as if it had melted in an instant. Tiny spiders swarmed towards the middle-aged man like a black stream, and then regrouped around him and turned into a human form again.
The black figure stretched out a hand-like part to the middle-aged man's forehead, and with a slight tingling pain, the middle-aged man's mind flashed everything that had happened in the forest before. That feeling was like recalling the memories in his mind, but the middle-aged man didn't have that kind of memory, and it was obvious that the black figure in front of him had transmitted his memories through some means.
"Who the hell is this guy named Carter, and why does he have such amazing power!" The middle-aged man's voice skipped a hint of panic.
"Hehe, I'll just say you'll be interested." The black figure blinked with an eerie smile, but his eyelids closed not from top to bottom but from left to right.
"But his luck is good, if it weren't for that rain, I'm afraid he would have died in the fire." The middle-aged man sighed with some annoyance, the sudden appearance of such a powerful warrior at this moment was definitely not a good thing for something he had carefully planned.
"Don't you think this rain is too coincidental?"
"What do you mean by that?" The middle-aged man looked a little puzzled.
"The warrior named Carter walked into the fire on his own, isn't that a little too unusual. Unfortunately, the smoke was so loud that my child couldn't see what was next, but I'm sure he must have done something. The black figure spun its head around, and there was a "clucking" sound on its neck like a broken bone.
"It's because you're too careful, only gods can do this kind of thing, and people can't do it!" Listening to the words of the black figure, the middle-aged man smiled a little disappreciatively.
"Not necessarily, it's not impossible if you can use fifth-order magic."
"How is it possible for a warrior to use such a high level of magic?"
"Then how does the chief dragon knight of the Holy Light Empire explain?"
"That'...... That's just one example. ”
"So, it's not impossible, is it?"
"This ......" Under the pressure of the black figure step by step, the middle-aged man appeared speechless.
Although he wanted to deny it in his heart, he had to say that it was not completely impossible from a rational point of view.
"Hehe, isn't it funny that a magical warrior with unfathomable strength suddenly appeared?" The black figure began to laugh almost maniacally.
That kind of laughter made the middle-aged man very unhappy, he clenched his fists, and even his body trembled a little, and it could be seen that he was trying his best to resist the urge to beat the black figure in front of him.
However, no matter how much he looked at the other party, he could only endure it, because in order to achieve the goal, the assistance of this ally was indispensable, and of course, there was a more fundamental reason, that is, he was not his opponent at all. If the other party is serious, he may not be able to resist even one round.
"Hmph, I don't think it's funny, it's this time, but I can't let him ruin my plans!"
"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him."
"Preferably, don't forget our agreement! So what's going on on your end? ”
"Hey, do you want to see it? You'll love to see it! The black figure floated in the cavern like a plankton in the water, his figure slowly moving away and finally being obscured by the darkness around him.
"Don't be frightened, then, my dear partner!" With a murky sound like from the deep sea.
The dark cavern suddenly lit up with a bright green light, and the scene that followed was simply terrifying. I saw that the cave was surrounded by human beings, and the people who were fixed on the rock wall by the green viscous liquid had lost their senses such as hearing and vision, and the severe pain made their every breath a kind of torture, and their abdomen was wriggling unreasonably, and other creatures were parasitic there. The more than 200 people in this cave are no longer human, but containers used to breed evil monsters.
"Isn't it beautiful?" The black figure looked at the humans around him with a look similar to that of an artist looking at his own work, "Subject 3 already has a good combat power, as long as it is slightly adjusted, I believe that a mature form will soon appear." ”
"Then I'll wait for your good news!" The middle-aged man coldly dropped a sentence, ignored the black figure intoxicated by his own world, and walked quickly to the ground.
Walking out of the cave that seemed to be another world underground, a blue-white moon in the sky was clearly discernible, and the middle-aged man took a deep breath.
"I'm doing this for the sake of the country, and it's inevitable to sacrifice a few people for it!"