"The fact that you can see the third note shows that you didn't take my words to heart."

"Be warned, your daddy's patience is running out fast! I don't want to play this game with my dear children! ”

"Yes! You heard it right! You are about to be liberated! ”

"Listen to me: by the time I see this note, one of you is already in my possession! There were thirty seconds left, and when the time was up, he would commit suicide in fear! ”

"Daddy's big knife is hungry. I'm thirsty! Hurry up, hurry (the following handwriting is covered with blood)"

After reading the note softly, there was silence around me.

Oaklifu was slightly stunned, ignoring the coldness in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Now! Repeat the number you reported before! In order! ”

There was silence all around.

"I say! Now repeat the numbers you reported in order! He frowned and repeated in a loud voice.

But there was still no sound around.

After a few more seconds, a voice trembled and said, "...... Two. ”

Then, after a pause of a few seconds, the next voice faintly sounded: "Three." ”

"Four."

"Five."

……

"Twenty-one."

“…… Twenty-three. ”

"Twenty-four."

“…… Well, no need to report it. ”

Oakcliff whispered to stop the increasingly trembling count. At the first sound, he basically realized who the missing one was.

Twenty-two is supposed to be the female Ash Cult who was crucified by the Scarlet Canine. So the first ...... that did not respond

Oakcliff closed his eyes in pain.

Now, it's almost thirty seconds.

Two minutes, one minute, thirty seconds......

Is the next one fifteen seconds? And then it's seven seconds? In the end, everyone was killed instantly?

I don't know where to start, Oaklifu no longer doubts the man's ability. Now he just thinks that the man is a madman, a complete lunatic.

Even, for the wind-talkers who provoked such a madman, Oakliford couldn't help but have some hatred in his heart.

“…… Alright, everyone, spread out. With me as the center, they all spread out to find the missing One. At least one person in everyone's line of sight should shout as soon as they lose their target. If you find something, you should shout immediately. ”

Oaklifu waved his hand a little weakly, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Everyone disperse." ”

The other Ash Men looked at him with mixed eyes, but they obeyed Oakliver's orders and slowly dispersed to find the next deceased.

Yes, the dead. By the time Oaklev had chosen a slow and safe search, the other Ash Men had already known what had happened to the missing.

Although they already have the will to die in their hearts, they can still obey the orders of their superiors. This kind of su zhì is also extremely rare in the army of this era.

“…… Damn, that madman......"

Oakliford rubbed his forehead in pain.

What exactly is to be done with such a madman? His...... Games, let's call them games, is there really a way to crack them......

No, there should be none. According to him, he didn't say that he would be able to spare Oakliford and the others if he wanted to solve his problem, but just used a tone like a notice. It was because the other Ash Men heard this that they did not complain about the incompetent and stupid Oakleyford.

Not only did they understand that even if they went up on their own, it would be the same result, but once they deciphered the madman's words, they might not be the end of the game, but the instant killing of everyone in a fit of anger.

After all, he is a madman, so it is not surprising that he has any way of thinking.

Before they knew it, the impression of the Ash Men on the madman changed from a small person who could only play tricks to a powerful and cruel madman. The thought that they are working against such people, or even the organizations in which they work, makes them feel bleak about the future. Even they were a little skeptical that Master Marco had made the right choice to join the Ring of the South Wind at that time.

Whether...... Should they, pure abandoners, stay away from those who worship evil gods?

The ultimate goal of the Ashes is to realize that the world is godless, and that humans themselves are in charge of the fate of mankind. Even if those high gods created the human race, what about it? Now mankind has its own civilization and its own ideas. Instead of rejoicing in the development of mankind, the gods were afraid of the growing strength of mankind and tried to curb its progress.

Joke! The fate of humanity is not bound by anything other than anyone! The Ashes firmly believe that with the development of mankind, they will step into a beautiful and happy future step by step. In that world, the gods who are capable of subverting society on their own are undoubtedly superfluous beings, enemies of humanity.

In order to achieve human independence, the Ash Men will do whatever it takes. Destroying temples and slaughtering priests is just a trivial matter. Some of the Ash Cultists infiltrated the upper echelons of the faithful, corrupting the entire theocratic society from within, making people feel disillusioned with the temple from the bottom of their hearts.

And the gods who couldn't tell the difference between the true devout and the fanatics in the guise of the Ashes made the Ashes sure that the gods were not omnipotent.

Fighting for the sake of mankind all their lives, even to the point of abandoning their own gods, the Ashes consider themselves noble, pure, and incomparable to ordinary cultists.

The Windwhisperer was indeed a great ruler, but he worshipped an evil god. The kind of sacrifice based on people, villages, and cities made the ashes feel disgusting. Even if it doesn't happen today, sooner or later they will have to withdraw from the Ring of the South Wind.

It's not just a different question, but the South Wind Ring's style of doing things alone has provoked a large number of enemies. For example, the madman who plays with them like toys at the moment.

The Ash Men absentmindedly searched for the corpses of their comrades, while keeping an eye out for those around them.

They didn't forget that in the second game, one of his comrades was killed by someone next to him. Even if someone is accused by that madman, but because of this, anyone around him has the possibility of suddenly losing consciousness and killing all sides.

In this situation where everyone has their own thoughts and is absent-minded, it took three or four minutes for someone to shout: "Corpse...... The body has been found! ”

Oakliforho raised his head, took three steps and made two steps, and sped away in that direction. Although it took three or four minutes for someone to find him, when O'Cleifer saw a large group of people gathered together in silence, he had not been gone for less than half a minute.

By the time he reached the crowd, Oakliford fell silent.

A middle-aged man in the robes of the Ashes had a vine wrapped around his neck and hung high on a winged tree.

Finally, a raging rage burned in Oakleyford's chest.

The discovery of this body angered him. Although he is a Ash Disciple who joined with his own heart, he has already regarded everyone as his own family in the six months he has been together. No, the people here are much gentler than the people in his family.

At dinner last night, the middle-aged man was still reciting to him the words that the Ashes Men often say, and proudly showed him the pictures of his two daughters. He even bought Bansar's specialty for the children in Fararuo, which was now in Oakliford's package.

But now he will never see his children. Even the way to die is so humiliating.

Hanging.

In any country, this is a punishment that can only be used by those who have committed serious crimes. Above them were only three kinds of punishments: burning, crucifixion, and pouring silver.

The latter three are used to execute traitors, perpetrators, and blasphemers, respectively. These three sins are the most serious sins that are not forgiven in any country, and even amnesties will be bypassed.

Even if he died with silver, Oakley would not have felt so angry. When they swore to become the Ashes, they slashed the palm of their left hand with a silver knife and dropped a drop of mercury into it, indicating that they were not afraid of the sin of injecting silver in this life.

Oakliford's fists creaked, and the person next to him silently handed him a note.

"Picked up at his feet."

The man explained.

Oaklifu opened the note with trembling hands, only to find that the handwriting was particularly sloppy this time: "How is this surprise?" You bastards! The scum that should be crushed by the wheels! ”

"Fifteen seconds to go—no! Ten seconds! Five seconds! Immediately! ”

"I'm going to let you brain-hungry garbage see your father's wrath—"

He hadn't even finished reading it when he felt someone behind him gently touch his shoulder. Suddenly, he shook violently, and the anger in his heart was suddenly extinguished and turned into even stronger fear.

His neck almost stiffened and he turned his head, but for some reason he was glad that he didn't see a river of blood. At this moment, a young ashman trembled and held his shoulders, trembling so desperately that he almost threw up.

"After ...... Behind...... Just...... Corpse ......"

He trembled violently, and his whole body seemed to be sifting chaff.

Oaklifu immediately hugged him hard, although his heart was also full of fear, but he didn't show it on the outside, just patted the back of the ash man who was only about a teenager: "Sue me, Akma, what's going on in the back?" ”

"Fragmented...... Shattered! Listen...... Hearing the movement here, I just turned around...... A turn back on the kung fu...... Norton is broken! Shattered! ”

The boy named Akma said incoherently, "In the blink of an eye, I swear in the blink of an eye, Norton will be chopped up by something!" There was no sound or movement, all the internal organs were in front of him, and his head was chopped to pieces...... ...... vomit"

At this point, he finally couldn't hold back his stomach mixed with intense fear, and lowered his head and vomited.

Oakley stood still, feeling the world drift farther and farther away from him.

When he finally came back to his senses, he felt his teeth tingle. He patted Akma on the shoulder, wanting to give him some strength but not wanting to shake even more.

In order not to let the tremor of his voice leak out, he had to suppress his voice and ask, "Over there...... Is there a note on the ground? That's what it looks like. ”

"Right...... Sorry, I didn't watch ......"

"Then you can go back and take a look at it for me now, and bring it if you have one. Norton couldn't bury him anymore, so I figured out how to get Uncle Charlie down from the tree first. I can't stand our comrades being hanged to death. ”

With that, Oakliford walked under the tree. The moment he inadvertently walked behind the tree, as if he felt something, Oakleyford's eyes widened instantly.

The incredible feeling of joy paralyzed his brain. It took another two or three seconds for him to settle down, and he turned back to his friends outside his vision and shouted, "Come to me, everyone!" The interference of the heart of nature is here to the limit! Fast! Get out of here and go find the Windtalker-sama! ”

Everyone is still immersed in the shadow of their partners dying one after another, and many are even ready to die. But then Oakliford's cry came suddenly. They were stunned for a few seconds, and after realizing the meaning of the words, they burst out at their speeds and ran in that direction.

"You really can!"

"I feel it again!"

The Ash Men who escaped from the border were tantamount to escaping death, and wept with joy.

After standing in place and enjoying the hard-won safety, the Ash Men suddenly remembered that there was a madman behind them, and although his legs were still a little weak, he also spread out and ran back and forth.

Even though their hearts are full of hatred for the Wind Whisperer, his strength will be their only reliance at this moment.

They ran in a chaotic manner, completely losing the order in which they came. At this time, no one remembered Marco, and no one paid attention to Oakcliff, so Oakcliff had to climb up the tree himself, put the middle-aged man down, and ran out in the direction of freedom with his body on his back.

What they will do to the remaining half of the Ashes when they get back, and what they will think of the Windtalkers and Howlers when they are safe, that's another matter.

Then, when they looked back, they would find the dark eyes watching them departing from the branches of a winged tree.

The meaning in his eyes was unclear.