Chapter 35: Ghosts in the Night

Zax Sharpmali untied the key from the cell leader's corpse, dragged the cell leader's body to the darkest corner of cell thirteen, removed the cell leader's chain mail and quickly changed it to his body, removed his short sword and put it on his waist, he picked up the candlestick from the ground that had not burned out the ash, and walked through the door of Resat Don Twelfth with his head down.

"Hey! Zax! Save me! Ressatt Don waved excitedly at Zax Sharp.

Zax Sharp only turned his head slightly and looked at him meaningfully, but soon Ressatt Don quieted down, and this meaningful look made him understand what Zax Sharp meant, but he was still nervous.

"Hey, Puesen, you guys with the last name Master are really ruthless. I heard the cooing in the cell just now, and it was so loud that you cleaned up that guy called Zax Sharp. Don't kill him, there are only the newly sent 'big nobles' in this prison, and the boring mutes at the bottom of the prison. A guard walked up to him with a smile and greeted him casually.

Zax Sharp ignored him, but stretched out his hand to hold the inferior candlestick burning far away from his face, and he kept his head down as low as he could, his face shrouded in dark shadows.

"Sullen bastard." The guard snorted, and walked straight past the disguised Zax Sharp, unaware of something unusual.

Zax Sharp walked behind the guard, suddenly turned around, drew the short sword at his waist, covered the guard's mouth, and before the guard could struggle, the sharp blade had already slashed his throat, he stepped on the candle flame that the guard fell to the ground, pulled the guard's body against the edge of the cage, grabbed the corner of the guard's body, and wiped the blood from the sword.

Zax Sharp walked softly through more than a dozen cells toward the light of the candle at the end of the hallway, and a sound of snoring and delusional murmurs came from the guard at the end of the cell.

"I'm going to want that dwarf girl." Following the fleshy and obscene voice, Zax gently pushed open the door of the guard's room, and on the hay mat bed closest to the door, the sleeping guard drooled, and his lower body was almost torn through his pants, "Don't run, little girl in Shanyan Pass." ”

Zax Sharp placed the candlestick on the shelf nailed to the wall, and he walked over to the sleeping guard, took his dagger upside down, aimed it at the guard's chest, and slammed it down. The caretaker went with his sweet dreams to the goddess Arcana.

"Who?" Zax then noticed that there was a guard on the innermost bed in the guard room, and the awakened guard had witnessed the unbelievable, and he grabbed his sword from the pillow in a panic and jumped out of bed.

Zax didn't pay any attention to him, he immediately pulled out the bloody dagger from the guard's chest and threw it at the guard who suddenly jumped out of bed, the tip of the sword hitting the guard's head and piercing the wall behind him.

Zax's actions didn't make much noise, he pulled the short sword from the head of the guard of the sword in his head, wiped the blood from the sword, put it away, and took a club and a long sword from the neatly arranged weapon rack. After carefully searching the entire dungeon to make sure it was safe, he quietly turned back to cell 12, where he lifted his stick and slammed it against the lock of the cell, which snapped.

"Take it." Zax pushed open the cell door and tossed the sword to Ressatt Don, "You need this too." ”

"Thank you, my old friend." Resatt Tang grinned and grabbed the long sword and put it on his waist, "The next step and the next step of the next step, I have thought about it for us, there is a 'sewage puddle' around Yafenburg. That's where my boys stay, and we'll get out of this hellish place on this quiet night. This is my next step. ”

"Boy, I hope you're talking about a good plan. Don't try to play any tricks on me, if you want to fix me, watch your head, this stick doesn't have eyes and mouths, and naturally it won't look at people's talk. Ressatt Don then noticed that Zax seemed to be a devil crawling out of the dark shadows compared to before, he was no longer as imposing as he used to be, his face was covered with the scars of being whipped, and these scars highlighted his current violence and suffocating oppression, those thick black eyebrows had been mixed with a lot of white due to years of staying in this dark dungeon, his face was covered with mottled blood, and in the dim environment he looked like a living demon of hell.

"How so? My old friend, you're not the same Zax you used to be, and I'm not the cowardly Ressatt Don anymore, we're all buddies all the way now, and if we don't act, we'll die. Ressatt Don's little eyes turned quickly, and his lips fluttered rapidly.

The two of them were carefully camouflaged, and by the cold moonlight, they suppressed the sound of footsteps and tried to avoid making too much noise. They crept open the door of the dungeon, fortunately the sentries who slept with weapons were blind, they took advantage of the dark shadows to hide from the world, and finally unknowingly passed through the two or three sentry posts, escaped from the dungeon of Yafen, and walked to a remote abandoned house in the castle through the gravel road under the Yafen castle, moved the tattered bookcases that seemed to be placed randomly, and leaked a downward passage to connect a relatively wide natural basement, Next to the basement is a deep pool of stagnant water, and the living water in this deep pool seems to flow slowly through a large hole looming in the distance.

"Mr. Zax, welcome to my secret stronghold, this is the 'Cesspool'. Well, it's not bad. Resart Don smiled evilly, clapped his hands, and suddenly five or six figures flashed out of the shadows in the sinkhole.

"Is this the welcome ceremony for me?" Zax immediately clenched the club in his hand vigilantly, and his other hand immediately pressed on the short sword at his waist.

"Don't panic, my good friend. These brothers are all men who have worked hard for me, otherwise how could I be the lord of this Jarfenburg? But now I don't have anything, but I have to use them to take back what belongs to me for me. Ressatt Tang pointed to the five or six figures that suddenly burst out behind him and happily introduced to Ressatt Don, Zax after a short period of adaptation, and also saw the faces of these people clearly, they all looked fierce, there is no doubt that Ressatt Tang privately recruited a group of outlaws.

"Your welcome was truly impressive." Zax's swordpress gradually moved away, "I want to know your next step now, how can I sneak into Yafen Castle quietly, I'm covered in blood now, and I already want to screw off that kid's head." Just because I'm imprisoned by this hateful fellow, my fiefdom is shrinking by the damned king. Damn Lotat! Abominable Walker Easttem. ”

"Ah, I regret what happened to your family. After killing Walker Easttem, I will send someone to help you make your way to the fiefdom of Sharphill, the royal city of Parma, where your family is located. "Resart Don is a businessman, and he immediately guides Zax and the group of outlaws behind him to the light of the cesspool, where he always likes to discuss vicious plans.

Count Walker Easttem's eyes were red, and in the huge castle bedroom, only the good boy Bai Bo was with him, and it had been a long time since he had become the Earl of Yafen to think seriously in the middle of the night.

"Bai Bo, if you are the leader of a county, do you think this edict I wrote is correct?" Walker thought to himself as he reflected on his teacher's last words, and although Bai Bo couldn't understand what his master was saying, Bai Bo jumped on the Earl's desk and stared at him.

"This law, the teacher said, reward farming, but for now, Yafen's money is not much, it seems unrealistic. The greedy red boar of Entre will surely demand a large war reparation. Walker put down his quill and stretched, reaching out to touch Bai Bo's forehead, looking hesitant.

"That's right! Rewarding farming doesn't have to be money, there are large tracts of barren land around Offenburg, Perland, well, tomorrow I will discuss it with George Landmark, who was recommended by the teacher, to see if my method can work. Walker suddenly patted his head, and Bai Bo seemed to suddenly appear quite excited, and suddenly stood up from the desk, but Bai Bo did not look at his master.

"Hey, my good boy, Bai Bo, cheer me on?" Walker Easttem smiled at Bai Bo standing up on the desk, and Bai Bo seemed to look out the door coldly.

"Wang! Woof!! Woof!!! Bai Bo's hair stood on end, and he jumped off the desk, his tail no longer flicking, but clamping tightly.

"Hey! Bai Bo, it's night, take it easy! What is outside the door, I think, it is my servant! Walker Easttim called out to Bai Bo, trying to get him to stop calling, "Bai Bo, you have to listen to my orders, I'm not planning a new law, how can I concentrate on thinking when you call like this?" ”

"Wang! Woof!! Barking!!! Bai Bo screamed more and more excitedly, and this time it was clear that it had not listened to Walker's will.

Walker had to look back at the bedroom door, which creaked open, and outside stood a familiar and unfamiliar shadow of Walker, "Good evening, Walker Easttem." ”

Bai Bo kept calling, and Walker hurriedly picked up the heirloom sword of Easttam from the desk, "Assassin, who are you?" ”

"What a forgetful idiot! Foolishly, you have imprisoned me for two years, and half of my family's fiefdom has been usurped by Lotat, and my name will be your nightmare, the bastard of the Easttim family. Walker's familiar and unfamiliar shadow slowly walked into Walker's bedroom, "Don't bark, I think your watchdogs are already immersed in 'Gentle Country'." Even if you scream, the idiot-like soldiers will only see your corpse. Strange how I got in front of you, right? ”

"Not necessarily, Zax Sharp!" Earl Walker took a deep breath, the person in front of him with blood on his forehead and whip marks on his face turned out to be the elegant nobleman from the royal city who had been imprisoned by him.

"It seems that you have not forgotten about me. Stupid guys. Zax Sharp drew his dagger from his waist, "Half a moment later, when the star of Xiaoqiong outside your window rises to the north of the night sky, you have arrived at the Arcana Temple. Suffer death! ”

Zax Sharp suddenly shook off his steps and slammed into the heart of Count Walker Eastterm.

"Your Sharp family is proficient in shortswords and clubs, but our heirloom sword of Easttem is not a burnt candle!" Walker's Easttim heirloom sword was just right to block his chest, and the tip of the dagger just poked the back of the heirloom sword.

Earl Walker's sword thrust hard, and Zax Sharp withdrew his dagger and retreated decisively, "Interesting, bastard, you were the first to intercept my dagger thrust. ”

"Zax, bragging is top-notch." Earl Walker held the handle of the family heirloom sword in both hands, and set up a defensive stance.

"Your defensive posture is like that of a toad." Zax Sharp was calculating the timing of another sneak attack, and suddenly he leaped forward and unleashed a sword strike.

"Your sword is like a stab with a stick." Earl Walker's forehead oozed sweat, he swung his sword sideways to meet Zacks's sharp blade, their arms were already bruised, and the gritted sword grappling made both of them use all their strength, they were foot to foot, eye to eye, sword after sword, one clockwise, the other also walked with the same footsteps, until the two exchanged positions with each other and did not distinguish the winner.

Bai Bo lowered his body, and it took its tail and crept around like a predator in the forest to the corner of Zax's eye where the afterglow could not scan, and it suddenly jumped up and bit Zacks' sword-holding hand hard.

Zax Sharp was almost caught off guard by the sudden sneak attack and the sharp pain in his hand, Zax Sharp once again pushed away the family heirloom sword that was dead against the blade of the short sword with all his might, he shook the back of his hand violently, and threw the white wave that bit the back of his hand several feet away, the injury to his hand made him unwilling to fight, he shook Walker's sword and immediately jumped on the desk, he did not hesitate to push open the window with one palm, and jumped down from the window.

"What an outlaw!" Walker looked a little surprised at Zax's coherent quick movements.

"Boom, rustle." From the window at the foot of the main castle came the sound of wood breaking and touching a pile of straw.

"There are assassins! There are assassins! Get him! Outside Walker's window, the shouts of soldiers rang out.

Walker hurriedly leaned on the desk and looked under the window, but he only saw the vague figure of Zax Sharp waving at him, "Walker Easttem!" That dog saved his life! Keep your head on your neck for the time being, so be careful the next time you go to Sharphill. ”

"Shhh The sound of horses chirping sounded from outside the battlements of the main castle, and Zax Sharp, chased by the soldiers, rode away into the hazy night.

"Chase!" The soldiers shouted in unison.

"Don't chase it! Come back and accompany me to the dungeon! Walker Easttim picked up the heirloom sword of Easttime and hurried down the castle stairs outside the bedroom, followed by the good boy Bai Bo.