Act 147 Withering (1st Update)

With a little light in the darkness, Viscount Ehrman was the first to draw his long sword, and pointed in the direction where the voice came from, "Who's there?" He raised his right eyebrow and asked with a wary expression.

"Hehehe."

He was answered by a series of light laughter, which came from not far away, and then Ehrman saw a woman slowly emerge from an old oak tree—a woman with a pair of pointed ears, and she thrust her hands behind her head, gently swinging her upper body, letting her long, wavy purple hair cascade down behind her ears.

The woman has a pair of light purple eyes with slightly longer eye shadows, giving people a bewitching feeling; Her beautiful melon seed face and purple lips catch the eye at first glance - but her entire body is made up entirely of vines and roots, and bunches of thorns spread up her bare upper body, wrapping around the round and full ruffles, extending to the neck and the edges of her cheeks.

She smiled slightly, pointed to the long sword in Ehrman's hand, and said, "Young man, what do you expect this thing to do?" Hurt me? Or protect yourself? ”

Ehrman frowned, and he pointed his sword at the woman, but did not answer; This woman is clearly ill-intentioned, and judging by her appearance, she is either a madman or something to rely on.

This Viscount Monsieur prefers to believe that it is the latter.

Rono's reaction was only one step slower than Ehrman's, but the black-haired boy couldn't help blushing when he saw this woman, and he was stunned for a moment before he reacted, raised his sword-like eyebrows, and asked sternly, "Who are you?" This is Eruin's legations, and you'd better not attack our idea—"

The woman chuckled, "It's so cunning." ”

As if she didn't see the sword in Ehrman's hand, she slowly walked towards several people, and the branches that made up her lower body wriggled as she walked, like a huge insect, which made people's scalps tingle.

"Rono, Master Heyman's apprentice, Cruz's genius alchemist - title, Wolverine; Having seriously wounded eleven of his companions and killed two of them in a clash at the Royal Academy of Spells in Cruz, a wild heart is hidden beneath the shy appearance of a teenager. ”

"As for this—Faina, the Earl of the Golden Collar, the little princess of the Flower Lord, the jewel of the Grand Duke of Mandelshire, and the sole legitimate heir to the Duchy," the woman said, looking back at the remaining two, and with a smile, "and Viscount Ehrman, though the son of a nobleman, is no less illustrious—but who can see your ambitions?" ”

When Ehrman heard the two words, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tug.

Finally the woman said, "As for the last little girl, she is really an Eruin, but she is insignificant. It's just that I'm interested in her lord, the interesting young man. ”

"I'm interested, if you're interested, I'll go to him," Faina stared at the woman vigilantly, as the heir of a great nobleman, she was most taboo to be called by a stranger: "A shameless woman"

She looked back: "Rono, what are you still looking at"

The black-haired boy blushed and looked back at Faina innocently, "Now is not the time to talk about this, Faina." ”

"Hmph," Faina gritted her teeth angrily, "not a good thing"

Of the four people, only Tia, who was standing at the back, did not speak, she was only secretly prepared for the precautions - as a mercenary, although this little girl of the wild elves was still inexperienced, some basic common sense was still very clear.

"So," Ehrman couldn't help but breathe a little as he watched the woman get closer and closer, "What do you want to do, lady?" ”

He tried to block the other with his sword.

Unexpectedly, his words only caused the woman to laugh, and she approached the viscount and flicked her finger at the tip of his sword: "As I said, you humans call this thing a sword - a sword is a weapon, it can protect you, and it can also be used to harm others-"

"For it seems to you that the human body is fragile, but metal is a solid thing. The use of tools is the specialty of civilized creatures. ”

"Unfortunately, in my opinion, this thing is no different from yours, fragile, because everything decays and withers, and only chaos endures."

She raised her eyelashes, her purple eyes looked at Ehrman, and with her soft words, purple roses grew on the long sword in Ehrman's hand, and as the rose petals withered with the wind one by one, the viscount's long sword was as if it had gone through thousands of years of history.

"Cultist"

As soon as the words of 'only chaos lasts' came out of the woman's mouth, the faces of the three people present immediately changed. But it wasn't as shocking as they saw the longsword in Ehrman's hand shatter inch by inch.

Elements of decay.

In the whole of Vainde, who is both a cultist and a corrupt element, the only person who can make them think of it immediately is that person.

"Withered ...... Wither...... ......Faina's face turned pale, and she stared at the woman with wide eyes, so frightened that she could not say a word.

Ehrman pulled back and immediately drew his spare dagger, the moment he realized the identity of the other party, he knew that he couldn't do good. In this case, no amount of nonsense is meaningless, and it is only right to strike first.

The black-haired boy beside him reacted no slower than him this time, almost as soon as the woman's words fell, more than a dozen alchemy bombs had already been thrown at the woman.

It's a pity that the woman's reaction was faster than him, her right hand was raised from front to back, and a rattan net rose from the ground with a 'brush', and the alchemy bomb hit it and was detonated in advance, almost injuring Rono himself.

The black-haired boy rolled backwards with his face in his hands, and he stretched out his hand forward, and the magic guides on his body immediately rose one after another, and began to draw a magic circle.

It was only to his astonishment that the magicians were only halfway through the flight, and the surface of the metal began to rust, then became dull, and fell from mid-air with a 'click', falling into a puddle in the forest, and no longer felt any magical connection.

At this time, Viscount Ehrman's attack had just begun, but his target was not the terrible woman, but Faina on the side.

The aristocratic daughter was stunned when she saw Ehrman suddenly rushing towards her, but she instinctively pulled out her saber to block it, and the power of the elements entered the rapier from her body, and the white light intertwined a light shield on the sword.

Unfortunately, this improvised magic sword technique was obviously not Ehrman's opponent, Ehrman drew away the long sword in Faina's hand with a backhand, and then grabbed her neck, circled behind her, and put the sword around her neck.

The whole process happened between lightning and flint, not to mention that Rono and Tia didn't react, and even the woman was taken aback.

But at this time, Ehrman had already put the sword on Faina's snow-white neck, and then he looked at the woman, took a breath, and said calmly: "Your target is her, but I guess a dead duchy heir is of little value to you?" ”

Faina was stunned, as if she had just reacted, she gasped, and her body couldn't help but tremble. I don't know if it's because of this desperate environment, or because of the betrayal of my companions.

Yes, it occurred to her that Viscount Ehrman had done it on purpose, it must have been so, that he was using this method to save the others.

Thinking of this, this noble daughter felt a little better, but she still subconsciously felt a little trembling when she thought of the cold gaze that Viscount Ehrman had given her sword away before.

Rono looked at Ehrman in surprise, but he seemed to want to go with Faina, and he couldn't say anything.

However, Tia cast a spell when Fayna was kidnapped, and an ice dragon shot forward from her palm, and the frost 'clicked' and condensed the air directly towards Ehrman, but Ehrman only blocked Fayna in this direction, and the aristocratic daughter who was just at ease immediately closed her eyes and screamed in fright.

Tia was also startled, and hurriedly withdrew the spell in her hand, and the icicle cracked with a 'bang', instantly turning into a puff of glittering smoke and dust in mid-air.

"You're crazy," Faina screamed with her eyes closed, "Viscount Ehrman." ”

"Shut up," Ehrman said coldly, "if you want to live, talk less"

"...... you" The aristocratic daughter was almost choked to death, and she wanted to say something but she felt the cold blade on her neck tighten, and she was so frightened that she swallowed the second half of the sentence back into her stomach: "That, that hateful hillbilly, woo woo, who will save me...... " I don't know why, the first thought that came to the heart of the noble girl who was almost crying at this moment was such a thought.

The woman not far away glanced at Tia: "Oh? The water elemental makes it, but the elemental makes it seem that it doesn't have mental ability, right? ”

Tia's face changed: "It's you, you blocked the telepathy between me and Brother Brando"

"Oh? How is his name Bran? The woman smiled slightly: "Thank you, ***"

Tia was so angry that she raised her hand and shot at the woman, but before the ice arrow could get close to the woman, it turned into ice dust and disappeared. The woman smiled slightly: "Orderly is also short-lived, or it is better to return the magic to the original appearance." ”

Then, with a lift of her hand, countless vines spread Tia through, and although the younger sister of the wild elf sisters tried to resist, she only cast a few spells and was tied up in a sturdy knot.

"Woman," Ehrman asked, as he watched Tia be tied up as if it wasn't his business, "you haven't answered my question yet." ”

"Your question?" The woman turned her head and sneered: "Do you think you can fool me with those little tricks?" ”

"You think I wouldn't dare kill her?" Ehrman asked coldly.

"You might as well give it a try."

The sword in Ehrman's hand slashed a conspicuous bloody streak on Faina's snow-white neck. He looked up at the woman, "And now?" ”

"You're crazy," Rono shouted, but he glared at Ehrman, but he didn't dare to act rashly, for fear that the madman would do something crazy if he was not careful.

The woman was slightly stunned, she originally thought that Ehrman was trying to play a bitter trick, but she didn't expect the other party to look really crazy.

She couldn't help but smile: "Interesting, do you want to live?" ”

Ehrman nodded.

"Well," the woman laughed, "I'll give you a chance, kill him, and then follow me." She looked at Rono and said lightly.

Ronno was stunned, and before he could react, he suddenly lowered his head and snorted—he looked at the crossbow bolt stuck in his chest in disbelief, and then at Ehrman.

Of course, he knew that this crossbow arrow was poisoned, and the poison was still matched by his own hands, saying that it was to deal with the monsters in the forest, but he didn't expect to let him be the first to make an experiment.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that Ehrman would shoot so crisply.

He looked at his companion with a look of bewilderment, and then fell backwards.

"Rono" Faina could hardly believe what she saw, her eyes turned red: "You're crazy, Viscount Ehrman, what have you done"

But Ehrman didn't look at her, just put the sword in his right hand against her neck, then dropped the crossbow in his left hand and looked at the woman again.

The woman watched this scene with interest, and finally clapped her hands: "It's worthy of Viscount Ehrman, clean and neat, but there is potential to join us." ”

She tilted her head to look at the young imperial nobleman and smiled, "So, what about your opinion?" ”

Ehrman had no doubt that if he said no, the other party would immediately leave him dead without a place to bury. He hesitated, then nodded.

The moment he nodded, the nerves that had been tense finally relaxed. He thought that no matter how terrible this woman was, she wouldn't make a move on a companion, not to mention that as a rookie in the circle of high-ranking nobles in the empire, he believed that he still had some value in the eyes of the other party.

It's just that these thoughts only existed for a moment before they came to naught, because he had just nodded his head when a vine pierced his throat from behind him like a ghost.

A bloody arrow ** came out, splashing Faina in the face.

Then the nobleman's daughter felt the person who had been holding her behind her slowly fall, falling heavily to the ground.

But she was stunned at that moment, and she was so frightened that she didn't dare to move.

Then he knelt down with a 'bang' and couldn't say a word.

Not far from her, the woman didn't look at her, but with a backhand swing of her hand, she swung a tough rattan whip from her hand, which swept past the ground with a sword wind brush that was almost identical to Brando's white crow swordsmanship.

The sword wind swept past Faina, and then smashed the body of Viscount Ehrman behind her in two, and flew out with a rain of blood.

The woman withdrew her whip, then rolled up Viscount Ehrman's dagger on the ground, flicking it at Tia on the other side. The dagger pierced through the heart, and Tia struggled for a moment, then hung her head.

The woman smiled with satisfaction and sighed: "It's really stupid, I think I'm the same as those weak guys in the One Everything Society, so I miss the power between the world." ”

"Authority is but illusory, and one day the throne will be turned into sand."

She glanced at Faina and smiled, "But as for you, little girl, it's still a little useful to me. Let's go, I'll take you to a good deal - but, sale, I like the word human. ”

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(PS: It took some time to find someone to correct it, thank you for the rock and apocalypse.) ）