Night.

In Nilogaard City, the road by the clear water river, the cold river wind whistled, blowing the leaves and passing through the streets, making a whistling sound like a ghost crying.

The road near the river was pitch black, there was no figure in sight, and even the patrolling guards were hiding.

"Gott~gott~got~"

Suddenly there was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and after a while, a horse-drawn carriage sped out of the corner of the street and galloped along Linjiang Avenue in the direction of the dock.

In front of the carriage hung a dim windproof lamp, and by the dim light the coachman's contemplative expression could be faintly seen, and he kept whipping the horses to run as fast as if they were chasing hungry wolves behind him.

Perhaps the light was too dim, and one of the horses' front legs suddenly crooked, making a 'crunch' sound, and the horse suddenly let out a terrible scream, and fell to the ground uncontrollably, and then kept rolling on the ground.

The carriage was suddenly dragged out of balance, and the front of the carriage tilted its distance, and inevitably rushed out towards the side of the road.

"Huh~~"

The coachman hurriedly pulled the reins and tried to regain control of the carriage, but the speed of the carriage was so fast that with the rough way of control, there was no way to recover if it went wrong.

In a period of confusion, the carriage crashed into the evergreen bushes on the side of the road, and because of the huge inertia, it rushed forward by the bushes all the way, until it rushed out more than ten meters, and the carriage fell to the ground with a 'bang' and stopped.

The coachman was torn upside down, and his hands were bloodied by the reins, but he didn't pay attention to his injuries, and as soon as the carriage stopped, he struggled to get up, rushed to the front of the carriage, and pulled the car door hard: "Miss Amya, how are you?" ”

A weak female voice came from the carriage: "It's no big deal. What just happened? ”

The coachman reached out and pulled out the hand of the woman in the carriage and pulled her out of the deformed carriage with all his might: "A horse stepped into a pit and broke its front legs. ”

"How can there be a pit on Linjiang Avenue in the west of the city?" The woman frowned.

There are a lot of horse-drawn carriages coming and going in the rich area, and the road is very diligently maintained, and according to common sense, there is no possibility of a pit large enough to break the horse's legs.

She climbed out of the carriage, jumped off the edge of the car, and as soon as she landed, she couldn't help but snort and covered her abdomen tightly with one hand. The movement was too big just now, and the wound that had not been stitched up long ago seemed to be torn again.

"Miss Amya?" The coachman hurried forward to help.

"I don't care."

Amya shook her head and looked over the road. After just one glance, her pupils shrank suddenly: "No, this is not a stone pit, it's a trap!" We've been plotted, let's go! ”

As she spoke, the light around her body began to distort unnaturally, and in the blink of an eye, a faint black mist enveloped her body, and her whole body became looming.

She quickly turned and ran towards the grove by the side of the road.

Although she was seriously injured, when she was alive and dead, Amya still burst out with great strength. When he ran wildly, he jumped at least more than 20 meters in a second, and after a few vertical jumps, he ran into the woods by the river.

There are many evergreen trees in the woods, and the light is even darker under the shade of the leaves, and you can barely reach your fingers. In such an environment, Shadow Fiend's natural abilities are used to the extreme, and Amya and the environment become one, completely indistinguishable from each other.

"It's safe for now." Amya breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, she suddenly heard a crisp sound of 'ding' in her ears, the sound was very soft, it seemed to be the sound of metal colliding, and it sounded a little familiar.

"What's the situation? Is there an ambush in the woods? Amya's heart skipped a beat.

Before she could react, the forest, which had no light at all, suddenly burst into a strong light. The light was so bright that it was like a sea of brilliance, and Amya couldn't even open her eyes, let alone run away.

Her only movement was to reach out and cover her eyes.

By this time, she already knew what was going on, and her heart was completely desperate: "It's over." ”

A low, hoarse voice sounded not far from her: "Devil, if I were you, I would obediently stay where I was, so as not to suffer again." ”

"Dr. Pasteur, I didn't expect you to find me first." Amya sighed. She had already learned this terrible method of Pasteur, and she was bound to suffer the heart-wrenching pain again, and she stood obediently and motionless.

"Devil, your life force also amazes me. However, since I have received the money from Master Petain, I naturally have to solve the trouble for him, so I am very sorry that I have to send you on your way. ”

'Ka Rub ~ T Ka Rub ~'

Amya heard a strange metal grinding sound, she had heard similar movements in the Black Thorn Villa before, and knew that it was from the terrifying weapon in the other party's hand.

'Hey~ It's okay, I'm going to die anyway, it's almost the same if I die early or late. Amya gave up her resistance. She closed her eyes, stood up straight, and waited quietly for death to come.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, but the expected explosion never sounded, Amya wondered, 'What's going on?' ’

As soon as the question arose, she suddenly heard another voice in her ears, it was the sound of footsteps, very soft, ringing right beside her.

“？”

Before she could react, she felt that she had been hit by something on her forehead, very heavy, and the strength penetrated her brain, if she hadn't been seriously injured before, she might have been able to bear it this time, but she was now in a state of serious injury and weakness, and her head was smashed so violently, she felt a violent shock in her brain, her eyes were black, and then she didn't know anything.

On the other side, when Rosen saw that Anne had succeeded, he immediately rushed up, pulled out a pair of high-strength tungsten steel chains from the package, locked Amya's hands and feet, and took out a metal muzzle to cover Amya's mouth, and then said to Annie: "You go quickly!" I clean up the scene! ”

"Hmm!" Anne picked up Emia on her back and walked briskly out of the grove.

Lawson activated the magic of alchemy, extinguished all the flashbangs that were burning, and then recovered them all, and carefully cleaned up the traces of the scene, footprints, bloodstains, the residue produced after the burning of aluminum and magnesium, and anything that might reveal his whereabouts.

Similar to this kind of work to clean up the scene, Lawson has practiced many times in the underground training ground of the Prancing Horse Mansion, and at this time, he did it quickly and well, and in less than 3 minutes, he erased all traces of the scene.

When he was done, Rosen trotted out of the grove.

As he ran, he activated the power of alchemy and swept away the footprints he had left behind.

He had to be cautious, because this place was very close to the Nilogaard Academy, and the flashbang was so bright that even if it was covered by the woods, it was very obvious to look at, and it would definitely be discovered by the magicians of the Nilogaard Academy.

After running out of the grove, Lawson hid in the alley near the woods.

After waiting patiently for about five minutes, he saw a college-style carriage coming from the direction of the academy, and when it reached the grove, three middle-aged men dressed as magicians came down from the carriage, and they entered the woods with vigilant faces.

"Hmm~ It took almost half an hour to arrive at the scene, and the speed was very average."

Lawson smiled, retreated into the alley, and then walked around the alley, several times, passing the Prancing Horse Mansion on the way, but he just didn't go in, and waited until the fourth time, after Lawson was sure that no one was following him, he entered the mansion through the back door.

When he arrived in the courtyard, he avoided the servants of the mansion all the way and quietly entered the underground training room inside the mansion.

There are 10 incandescent lamps in the basement, and in the center of the basement, the shadow demon Emia is tied to a steel chair, her hands and feet are tightly chained, and she is still unconscious, her head hanging limply.

Anne sat on a bench in the basement, saw Rosen, and asked, "Is there a tail behind you?" ”

Rosen shook his head: "At least I didn't find out." ”

He looked at the Shadow Demon Amya, "Is she waking up soon?" ”

Anne shrugged, "You should ask when she's going to pretend to be unconscious." ”

After saying that, she picked up a small pebble from the ground and gently flicked it into Amya's face: "Hey, don't pretend, I know you're awake." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Rosen saw Amya slowly raise her head and look at him.

When there is no black mist around the body, this shadow demon looks like a petite and delicate woman, about the age of her early twenties, with ivory white skin, black hair, and very dark eyes, like two bottomless whirlpools, the skin of the upper and lower eyelids is slightly dark, some of which are like natural smoky makeup, not ugly, showing a melancholy sense of sophistication.

She asked, "Doctor Pasteur, why didn't you kill me?" ”