Chapter 13 The end of the night is sad
"Ahh
Reginard seemed to smell the breath that had been following the little fox since he provoked him—
I can't tell what kind of fragrance it is, but it smells very good. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Only this time, in that breath, a malicious intent slowly seeped out.
"What's wrong? Didn't sleep well? Taylor asked naturally.
"I think it's the opposite," Reginard shrugged, raising his right hand and rubbing the tip of his nose with the outside of his index finger, "or maybe I slept too well and accidentally caught a cold." ”
Taylor nodded, "Spending the night in the forest, it's really cold at night. ”
Reginard didn't believe that he believed his words, but he tried to make him think that he wasn't suspicious. For the suspicious person in front of him, Reginard was eager to figure out what his purpose was.
He pretended to sleep dead every night. He believed in his ability to pretend to be asleep. When he was on the other side of the continent, he was successful every time he pretended to be asleep to avoid work.
But the guy, even if he was finally out of his sight, never showed any intentions.
The only thing that is certain is that he must be hiding something.
For example, every time he encounters danger, under his wide robe, the crisp sound of the blade. Even though it was just a small sound, it was enough to make him tense his nerves.
Moreover, how many times in the middle of the night, Ahri tried to get closer, but was frightened by his sudden flying knife.
Each time he would carefully withdraw all the throwing knives he had thrown out, and continue to hide them under his generous pilgrim's robes.
If you can see his weapon, you can roughly guess the identity of this guy - based on the shape, style, and forging skills of the weapon.
After all, in this era of war, weapon forging is always a secret that cannot be leaked between masters and countries.
Reginard felt that he was fairly well-informed, and if he had the chance to see - well, with that guy's small and subtle personality, his assumptions would always be just assumptions.
As for his precise and ruthless knife skills, Taylor only explained, "My family is hunting for a living, and I have learned to throw weapons since I was a child. ”
Maybe he's here to kill him?
Reginard couldn't help but think. Such skill, constant alertness, and this seamless polite face-
Either a sleek and sophisticated traveler or a specially trained killer.
But soon they will be out of the forest.
If this guy named Taylor really came to kill him, he would definitely be in this forest, after all, out of the forest, it is the civilized world under the control of the Ionian city-state.
And in this forest, all the assassinations can be attributed to the beasts in the forest and the spirit-absorbing nine-tailed demon fox.
On the sly.
But he didn't start for a long time, and Reginard felt that there were still a lot of flaws that he had exposed intentionally or unintentionally. If he really had ulterior motives, there was no need to hesitate.
Maybe he's suspicious?
Just as he doubted him, in times like these, in a chaotic era with the clouds of war overhead, no one could give complete trust to a passerby.
It's not bad to just use him to get out of this annoying way.
But because of him, Ahri's funny little guy really hasn't messed up his life for days.
The smell of good smell has been lingering in the distance, looming.
The journey is always boring. Reginard enjoyed the process of simply trying to trick him to change his monotonous journey life, and then frustrating that guy's ideas and bad ideas one by one.
Although her malice was too clear, it was much more reassuring to him than the traveling companion with unknown intentions in front of him.
This guy ......
Reginard thought as Taylor in front of him suddenly stopped, and suddenly, he almost hit him directly on the back.
"Who is it?" Taylor's voice came from under the hood.
Reginard expanded his mental power to perceive it, and indeed found that someone was hiding in a bush next to him. It seems to be dormant and standby.
This guy's perception is really terrifying......
Although this kind of concealment, without any magical involvement, was just as easy for Reginald to perceive, he was not yet perverted enough to sense the danger around him at any time.
He prefers to temporarily solve problems that arise suddenly. This made him feel very new and challenging, although he felt that sooner or later he would fall for this bad habit of his.
Ordered by this, the hider had no choice but to push aside the bushes and walk up to the two of them in a rustle of branches and leaves.
It's a monkey.
The monkey man stood in front of them, but perhaps standing upright was not comfortable for it after all, so it hunched over. Mao clutched a thick branch in his hand, as if that was its weapon.
Reginard thought that the monkey seemed to be the one he had seen in the woods before, the monkey that had knocked down a tall lizardmonster.
But he's not sure. After all, all monkeys look the same.
"I heard that you two are very good at fighting, I want to ...... I want to challenge you. "The monkey waved the branch in his hand and actually spoke human words, but this is not surprising, after all, the nine-tailed demon fox can also speak human words.
In its eyes, Reginard saw the excitement, the excitement of the eagerness.
It's just a monkey.
The creatures of the Ionian forest are really interesting.
"Don't get in the way, okay?" Taylor said coldly.
The monkey lay across them, stubbornly standing in the way, like a little kid pulling at the corner of his coat and asking for candy, and the expression on his face (if that counts as an expression) was not in the least moved by Taylor.
Looks like an absolute nuisance guy.
Reginad was thinking about how to get rid of the monkey, but he didn't have any props for bananas or anything else, and even if he had brought it before, he would probably have lost it by Ahri.
Suddenly, he heard Taylor draw a knife.
The opponent is just a monkey, so he can't use such a trick, right?
Reginard was a little shocked, but at this moment, a sudden gust of wind suddenly hit in front of him, and in the empty and transparent air in front of him, a blurred outline -
It seemed to be a hairy monkey head, holding a wooden stick high on it!
Not far away, the monkey in the middle of the road disappeared after letting out a treacherous laugh that had succeeded in his trick.
There is no way to avoid it.
Countless defensive spells flashed through his mind, but if Reginald had time to open a shield, it would be more straightforward to dodge.
But Taylor was faster than the monkey.
The dagger was held in the hand, just blocking the trajectory of the monkey's stick, the blade embedded in the wooden stick, and the branch, which was not too hard in texture, was directly broken in two under the force of the cutting blade and the monkey's vigorous swing.
However, Taylor's knife also came out of his hand in the quake, and fell to the ground with a clang.
It turns out that just now, is it just a fake body to confuse the public? The real body has long been hidden in the air, and it has quietly sneaked over to prepare to give him a blow to the head!
Is it magic? Or is it a trick created by some other kind of force?
After realizing that it was just a false alarm, Rigginard's heart was already rippling.
This method of concealing people's eyes and minds is perfectly connected with the art of concealment, a technique that even many magicians, including him, cannot master.
This was completely beyond the realm of pure magic, and even this method of concealment was somewhat like a stealth trick that the Assassins had to practice.
But this monkey, performing this complex technique, seems to be done at will.
This land of Ionia is truly magical.
Taylor spread out his empty hands and said to the monkey, "I throw in the towel, now we don't have any weapons." ”
This guy ...... It's getting more and more incomprehensible.
It was clearly not a mistake for him to take off his weapon just now, it was simply too low-level for Taylor to be a veteran traveler or really a killer.
However, his surprise at that moment, and the timing of his hand, made people unable to see any flaws.
"Why? It's not that you have to have weapons to fight. The monkey scratched at the top of his head.
"But I'm human, and I don't have a weapon and no way to attack, so I'm throwing in the towel."
"How's this going to work—"
"And we wouldn't have been your opponents." "I'm a magician who takes a long time to condense magic, I don't know much about physical arts, and my companions are just ordinary travelers. ”
"But...... The fox said to me, "You are very good." ”
Sure enough, it was the fox. Reginald couldn't help but smile secretly. It was as if the fox had malice in the air around him—or maybe it was just resentment—and the smell of good smell was even stronger.
"You saw that too, right? With just one move, my weapon dropped. ”
The monkey seemed to be very lost, and his head drooped.
"I'm looking for a hairless monkey, the elder says he's super powerful, but why can't I find him......"
"What do you mean...... But Master Yi? Taylor said suddenly, "He's a genius at the individual arts, and he lives on the edge of this forest. ”
The monkey's eyes lit up suddenly.
"Take me to him, take me to him." The monkey jumped beside Taylor, scratching his ears and cheeks, looking like a monkey in a hurry.
"It's not a good way, but in a day or two we can get out of the forest, and then I'll take you to visit Master Yi, how about it?" Taylor said.
"Okay, I'll go with you, but you can't lie to me."
"It's true, Master Yi's physical skills are definitely amazing."
Looking at the scrappy monkey's lively appearance, Reginald has been thinking about another thing in his heart:
Just when he proposed to take the monkey to visit Yi, Taylor's eyes seemed to flash with a ...... It's similar to the joy of accidentally discovering something good.
Could it be that he also wanted to find Master Yi?
Alas, the clues about this guy are disorganized, tangled into a ball of thread that makes people's heads big just by looking at it.
Reginard faintly heard a frustrated snort in the air around him, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
However, this night, Ahri's breath did not come closer, nor did it linger far away.
Reginald couldn't smell that nice smell anymore, and couldn't help but feel a little lost, and in the past few days, it seems that Ahri has become an indispensable part of life...... Uh, vignette.
Perhaps it would be better to use the word dessert, Reginald was bored in his head, but he still loved desserts.
Even seems to be faintly looking forward to it every day, so what new tricks can the little fox come up with?
Maybe-
He is the same to Ahri as he is to this monkey, and the magical species bred in the pure land of Ionia are extremely fatal to him.
Reginard shook his head, stood up, and walked towards Taylor on the edge of the firelight.
The latter was leaning against the tree with his arms crossed, half hidden in the shadows, half reflected in the orange firelight. Close your eyes and refresh yourself.
Noticing Reginard's footsteps, he opened his eyes.
"Something?" There was that harmless smile on his face.
"You never seem to have slept." Reginard said calmly.
"I've been traveling alone for a long time, so I've been sleeping very lightly."
"That's right."
"I know you don't believe me." Taylor said in the same tone.
Reginard wanted to deny it, but was momentarily speechless.
"It's okay, get used to it." Taylor continued, "No one ever believed me. Because of this—" The end of his words was suddenly mixed with a sharp blade.
Whooshed past Reginald's head and pinned to a large tree not far away.
In the firelight, Reginard finally saw for the first time the knife in Taylor's hand, which he had always been curious about.
The shape ...... Clearly in the Noxus style.
"I'm from Noxus, and everyone will be wary of me everywhere I go. After a long time, I got used to it. ”
Noxus ...... It was a dark city-state, full of intrigue, filth, and violence, a track that led the entire Valoran continent to the abyss of war.
Those who came from that city, even the exiles who insisted on political justice, were bound to be looked down upon by the people on the mainland.
"Don't mention this." Reginald smiled gently, inevitably with some embarrassment on his face.
It seems that someone has been found to have done something bad, and he has to cover it up.
Although this kind of subconscious, wary of strangers and good-natured smirks is not a bad thing, on the contrary, it is a necessity to walk in the world.
But when this point is directly pointed out, guilt inevitably arises in the heart.
It seems that he himself is no longer pure, but for some reason, he desperately tries to hide it-
Who doesn't want to look a little better?
Maybe he's really too suspicious, right?
"Anyway, in two days, I'll be out of the forest. There are many temples in Ionia, but I'm guessing you're looking for the one next to Starfall, the southernmost temple in Ionia - no one wants to go far. ”
"Thank you." Reginard felt the guilt in his heart even stronger. "I'll be on duty tonight."
"Huh?"
"I can't sleep anyway. It's better for you to get a good night's sleep. ”
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey." Taylor didn't say anything more polite, walked to the fire and lay down.
He slept on his back, with his arms on either side of his body, and he looked a little stiff and old-fashioned, at least Reginard wouldn't sleep in that position, he wouldn't feel comfortable.
Well, sleep itself meant nothing more than torture for him.
He sniffed the cold air, the air at night was very clean, there was no trace of miscellaneous smell in the coolness, it was refreshing.
Maybe for too long, he spent the night with that kind of mystical meditation, only to realize that the night in the forest was really quiet and beautiful.
It was silent all around, and only a slight rustle of leaves and insects could be heard, which seemed to reveal a slight sense of loneliness.
Reginard suddenly wanted to talk to someone.
Ahri's quirky face unexpectedly came to mind.