Chapter 31: Tragedy
Even though it is extremely difficult now, the thoughts in my mind are becoming more and more blurred. However, when Sun Yanli suddenly thought of her son Zhao Yu, she seemed to be aware of a force.
Yes, it is her son Zhao Yu. I still remember that Zhao Yu would always be coquettish to her when she was a child, screaming at her 'Mom-Mom', and then reaching out for a hug.
Zhao Yu is such a child. Therefore, Sun Yanli must not let Zhao Yu be hurt in the slightest.
"I ...... I...... Ah......" Sun Yanli resisted the choking of others, "my son...... My son is in ...... He was playing with other children outside the town. β
"Hey, you're lying! Your son is a student in the proving ground, shouldn't he be in the town's proving ground now?"
Regarding He Weilin's opinion, Zhang Zhijie rolled her eyelids angrily: "Why didn't you talk about this earlier?"
"That's what I just thought. β
"No......" Sun Yanli shook his head vigorously. Her hands no longer grabbed Zhang Zhijie's arms, but grabbed the other party's clothes, "No, please." Do not hurt my son, please. β
"Hmph! tell you to speak quickly, you don't speak. Do you still have the face to beg us to let your son go?" Zhang Zhijie deliberately increased the force of choking his neck.
However, this time he didn't bluff the woman. On the contrary, she moved forward without flinching.
"Don't ...... Ah......" she seemed to be trying to break through the inarticacy of her speech, "please let us mother and son go......! Don't hurt us. β
In response to Sun Yanli's plea for mercy, Zhang Zhijie's chest was filled with joy. He thought that the people of Saran were despicable, and they toasted and did not eat, but only ate and punished wine.
In fact, he didn't want to kill the mother and son, mainly because he wasn't interested in dealing with any ants at all. The ants, which can easily be trampled to death with their feet, need to be destroyed by those who are also unproductive, not by a powerful magician like him. Therefore, Zhang Zhijie is really too lazy to touch the civilians of Saran.
But despite this, after seeing and hearing Sun Yanli's bitter pleading, Zhang Zhijie actually had a strong sense of pleasure. So he grinned wickedly:
"Ahh But you completely ignored my words. Do you think it's still useful to beg for mercy now?"
"Ah......h
"If you had cooperated with us earlier, we wouldn't have come to be serious with you. But you're just stubborn. You think you can fool us by playing a little trick with us! You're so naΓ―ve!"
"No, I beg you. I can guarantee that when my son returns, I will definitely ask for the 'stuff'. And then it will be handed over to you as it is. I can also guarantee that today's events will not be known to anyone else. Really, I could swear to God. Do not hurt my son. Please. β
"It's late. Just wait for your son to be unlucky!"
Hearing this, Sun Yanli screamed miserably. The cry was so desolate that it was like the end of the world.
"Even if you're going to hurt...... Yes...... Don't touch my son. Please!"
However, Zhang Zhijie didn't feel anything about it, and he was even a little happy. He Weilin also watched the play relaxed and comfortable on the side. The ghostly smile was engraved on his face, like a devil of Western Elysium.
"No, don't! don't ......."
"I'm telling you, it's late. Now let's go to the proving ground to find your son, and let you taste the pain of choking. With the radical words, Zhang Zhijie also laughed 'hahaha'.
"Ah......h
Sun Yanli suddenly went crazy, and she swayed wildly from side to side, which caused Zhang Zhijie to be a little unable to control her body.
"Hey!" Zhang Zhijie increased the strength in his hand, but his arm was still swaying unconsciously, like pinching a live fish jumping around.
"Ah...... Yes...... No...... My son ......" Sun Yanli's arms began to hit Zhang Zhijie's face violently, "Ah......hhh
"You ......" Zhang Zhijie endured the slapping, pulling hair and scratching on the skin, "Hey, don't make trouble, I'll tell you ......"
He Weilin hurriedly stepped forward and took control of the woman's arms. But the woman's strength is much greater than she wants, and He Weilin can't completely hold it.
"Ah......h
Seeing that his hand was restricted, Sun Yanli thought of using his mouth. She opened her mouth sharply, and took a big bite at the guilty arm.
"Hungry ......" Zhang Zhijie's face twitched. He gritted his teeth tightly, his eyes were about to turn into light bulbs, "You ......" With a force from his right arm, he directly pushed Sun Yanli away.
Sun Yanli, who lost her balance, fell backwards. She happened to hit the edge of the door, the back of her neck, which was still the most vulnerable. She only felt that Venus was shining in front of her eyes, and her whole consciousness suddenly became blurred.
"Stinky woman, dare to bite me!" Zhang Zhijie stroked his right arm. Even through the sleeve, you can clearly see the tooth marks embedded in it. He suddenly didn't get angry, "Damn, I think you really don't want to live." β
"Teacher, you don't matter, right?"
"It's fine. Zhang Zhijie shook his hand impatiently. However, the intermittent thumping pain in his right arm was still there, and he immediately pressed it, thinking that it was really difficult for a woman to go crazy.
"What do we do now?"
He Weilin stared directly at Sun Yanli who was lying on the ground. The woman seemed to be unconscious.
"Then do you need to say? Of course I went to the trial ground to find that boy, do you still stay here to bite this crazy woman?" Zhang Zhijie moved his mouth exaggeratedly, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out.
"But I think we should search the house first, after all, we can't guarantee that the woman has cheated on us?"
"Yes, He Weilin, you are right. Or are you thoughtful. Zhang Zhijie was still pressing her right arm. The pain did not diminish as time passed, and he became more and more angry.
"Then I'll go search the room now. With that, He Weilin ran to the room where the woman had entered just now.
After a while, a loud sound of 'ping-pong' sounded from the room, and He Weilin's movement was much louder than ordinary people.
Zhang Zhijie has not yet detached from the 'bite marks', not only the physical pain, but also the psychological hurdles that he can't overcome. Being hurt by a Saran civilian whom he positioned as inferior was difficult for him to accept in any way.
He suddenly felt the urge to end the mother and son, but fortunately, after years of studying magicians, his reason still prevailed, and he simply stopped looking at the woman.
"Dead woman, it's really a brute spirit!" Zhang Zhijie pressed the tooth marks on her right arm and breathed heavily. A few strands of hair fell from his forehead, marking his embarrassment, "Damn, that's unlucky." I met a peasant woman who was full of brute energy. But you are ruthless! bite Lao Tzu like this, and Lao Tzu will immediately let your son taste this pain as well. β
At this time, He Weilin also walked out of the task of searching the room. His face was now like a plaster cast, stiff and completely indiscernible of any emotion in his heart.
"Teacher, it's a pity. Didn't see the shadow of the file. β
"Then look in the other rooms, and find them for me anyway. Zhang Zhijie turned around, he stretched his arms, and took a few steps forward, "'Something' should be in this house." It was impossible for that kid to go out to the trial with a file bag. So it can only be here. I'm going to look for it, even if I dig three feet into the ground, I'm going to ......."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard He Weilin's hurried scream.
"Teacher, beware of ......"
Zhang Zhijie turned his head violently. The woman actually stood up, and not only that, but she still had a sword in her hand at the moment. With a miserable scream, the woman raised her sword and rushed towards Zhang Zhijie's side.
"Huh?" Zhang Zhijie clenched his staff by habit.
"Teacher ......"
In response to He Weilin's panicked screams, the woman raised her sword with both hands, as if she was about to strike Zhang Zhijie next.
Stinky woman! Zhang Zhijie's right hand produced a burst of blue light. Just as the woman's sword was about to fall, Zhang Zhijie immediately pushed forward. Suddenly, a cloud of blue light was pushed out of his hand.
The woman couldn't react at all, and she didn't even seem to have the idea of evading. The light struck her directly in the chest and thrust her against the wall behind her. I heard the woman screaming miserably. At the same time, the place where she had been standing before was instantly frozen into ice.
The ice stretched out from one spot to the perimeter, and in a few moments it climbed onto the surrounding walls. For a moment, the entire living room seemed to be turned into an ice cellar.
The woman lingered on the wall for a few tenths of a second, before a mouthful of blood spat out and fell onto the ground that had frozen into deep ice. The sword slid from her arm, making a clattering sound.
He Weilin was shocked by what had happened before, and he looked at Zhang Zhijie who was still pushing his hands in a daze.
Zhang Zhijie didn't have the slightest mood swing, he quickly lowered his arm, and showed a look of unfinished energy.
"Oh yes! He raised his right hand with five fingers open in front of him, "It seems that the lower hand is too heavy, and it can't control the power!"
The woman lay on the ground, her body slowly twitching. She stretched out her arm at the falling sword. However, because the sword was so far away, she could not reach the hilt at all.
The two big men in the room watched the woman's actions like this, but they didn't want to go up and help.
The woman's breath was waning, and judging by her wide open mouth, it seemed as if she could no longer breathe properly. After a long time, her gaze became distracted, and her pupils could no longer focus. Eventually, her arm fell limply and hit the icy ground.
She's dead.
"Really, I knew it would be like this, so why bother in the first place!" Zhang Zhijie looked coldly at the woman's last struggle, "I never wanted to kill you, you rushed over to kill me by yourself." β
"Teacher, it's dead now. What are we going to do?"
"A dead man is a dead man, what else? Besides, from the first day we arrived in Saran, there was never a guarantee that we would not hurt a person. We're just too lazy to do anything to civilians just so that things don't get noticed. β
He Weilin licked his lips and did not respond to the matter again. However, there are still some waves in his heart.
In the past, I used to educate others not to harm civilians, but I couldn't do it myself. He Weilin thought so, but he didn't show what he thought on his face, but completely buried it in his heart. He is also confident that his teacher Zhang Zhijie will not be able to perceive his inner activities at the moment.
"Alright, Ho Wellin. Now you go and search the rest of the place, and if you haven't found the documents, we'll go straight to the town's proving grounds. Zhang Zhijie waved his staff casually.
"Got it, teacher. β
Following the teacher's orders, He Weilin walked to another room. Then, the 'crackling' movement was shown again, this time the sound was even more unscrupulous, and there were all kinds of shaking feelings.
Zhang Zhijie stood in the living room, he lifted his staff a few times, and took a few steps closer to the woman who had become a 'corpse'.
His mouth made a sound of 'tongue trembling', accompanied by a movement of shaking his head, "Alas! I said that you are a woman! You will really do it to yourself! If you compromise and obey us, won't you be murdered?"
Coming to the woman's body, Zhang Zhijie hooked her body with his foot. The woman went from lying on her stomach to lying on her back to the sky. On the woman's chest, there were also ice magic scars that were cast by Zhang Zhijie. It was a frozen crystal, half shattered by the churning.
Seeing that the woman still looked angry even if she died, Zhang Zhijie was a little embarrassed. He even grinded the foot that had touched the woman's corpse on the ground. As if he had touched something dirty, Zhang Zhijie's face was full of unhappiness.
"You died because of your own making. The responsibility for everything lies with you, really. Zhang Zhijie showed a 'pathetic' look. Then, he casually looked up to the right.
A cabinet full of spirit cards was included in Zhang Zhijie's eyes, and he stared at it deeply.
I don't know if your son will put you inside? Zhang Zhijie re-aimed at the corpses at his feet, the two. Then in an instant, Zhang Zhijie suddenly stretched out his right arm.
Another burst of blue light lit up, and an 'ice arrow' rushed towards the spirit cabinet like a comet.
After that, the entire cabinet was deeply frozen, and the spirit tablets inside were naturally not spared. When Zhang Zhijie waved his hand again, a gust of wind blew the spirit card in it to pieces.
At this time, Zhang Zhijie showed a terrifying smile of satisfaction. This appearance happened to be seen by He Weilin who came out of the room, and he stared at the master for a long time before he reported a sentence.
"Teacher, I've searched this room too, but I still haven't found it. β
"Then go to the kitchen or the backyard, I don't believe I can't find it. β
He Weilin nodded and entered the kitchen again. It was still the terrible sound of 'crackling', but the information brought by He Weilin was still 'not found'.
Is this a little strange?Where the hell is the 'thing'?" Zhang Zhijie looked up at the ceiling. He calmly reasoned about whether he would be taken out by the child, but the answer was clearly no.
This kid is out for trials, so it's impossible to bring anything that is not related to trials. So Zhang Zhijie only thinks that 'things' should be placed at home. Not to mention the documents, he didn't even see the staff and books he should have.
Zhang Zhijie felt that the atmosphere in the house was not very good, so he walked outside. Unconsciously he came to the distance behind him, and saw a fence in a circle.
These are all scenes of ordinary people's homes, such as bamboo poles for drying clothes, some vegetables on the ground, and so on. At first glance, it is a flat land. Therefore, Zhang Zhijie also broke off the idea that 'things' might be hidden here.
"Teacher, I've searched all over the house, but I can't find it. Don't say any 'documents', not even staffs and mage books. β
Soon, He Weilin's figure also appeared in the distance behind him.
"Oh, is it?" Zhang Zhijie turned around and turned his back to the fence, "It seems that we still have to find the children of this family to figure things out!"
"That is to say......"
"Let's go, let's go to the testing ground!" the corners of Zhang Zhijie's mouth hooked.
The two of them walked off the road outside. They walked side by side, without showing a hint of eagerness.
"Teacher, where is the exact location of the trial ground?" After taking a few steps, He Weilin turned his head and asked.
Zhang Zhijie tilted his mouth a little unhappily: "Won't you ask this yourself?"
"Just ask the inhabitants here?"
"What else do you say?"
"But, teacher. What if they don't cooperate?"
Zhang Zhijie did not respond to this, but looked at his apprentice with an almost depressed and gloomy gaze.
He Weilin nodded in return, and walked directly to a house. Without even thinking about it, he knocked on the door in front of him.
Zhang Zhijie turned his head at this time, he looked at the house again, and there was a trace of regret in his heart.
β...... Yes, I see, thank you,"
He Weilin quickly asked the exact location of the trial ground, which could be judged by the smile on his lips. Sure enough, after he walked in front of Zhang Zhijie, he was overjoyed.
"Teacher, I've already asked. To the east of the city, it's about an hour away. β
"Okay, let's go!" Zhang Zhijie slammed the staff he was holding on to the ground.
The two began to walk in the direction of their destination.
"Teacher, when you get to the proving ground. And how are we going to ask that child?"
"You don't always have a 'child', you're not much older than others. β
"Hungry!" He Weilin pursed his lips, looking rather embarrassed.
"As for how that kid will react, it depends on whether he deserves to cooperate with us or not. Zhang Zhijie looked at the end of the sky.
Thinking about the death of the woman just now, Zhang Zhijie didn't mind letting her children follow in the footsteps like this.