Chapter 504: Deceit
"To be honest, I always felt that the style of painting there was wrong......."
"Huh? Why? ”
"You see, the protagonists of other people's families are all pretending to be forced to slap their faces or something, not to mention, then the basic style is different, I can't do it if I come, and I don't envy it very much. But some of the development is the same, as the protagonist at least the more mixed up and more powerful, the personal strength is getting stronger and stronger, the status is getting higher and higher, there are more and more younger brothers, there are more and more beautiful women, people are getting taller and taller, and the reputation is getting better and better, but ......."
"....... your strength is getting weaker and weaker, your status is almost none, and you are also alone, your little brother has run away, and the beauty is ...... Ahem, at least you're getting more and more villain bosses. Well, it's just a brave man who suddenly pops out and sends you back to your hometown. ”
The dead cat's words seem to be comforting, but in fact they contain a lot of malice, but if you compare it with the current scene, it is very appropriate.
I clasped my hands on the table, my dark cloak obscuring my body and face, and the only thing that was clear was probably the shadow fire that lit slightly in my eyes, as a veteran necromancer, I was very good at making it impossible for others to understand.
On the second floor of this small house, the dim light of the old oil lamp is the only illumination, the door is closed tightly, and the smell of stuffiness and sweat makes people very uncomfortable, after all, in this suffocating environment, there are more than 20 people crammed into it.
Maybe it's because the negative energy around me is too arrogant, or at least it's still empty around me, except for Timiret who is barely wearing a leather armor and looks like a barbarian.
On the other side, Tiana, dressed as a dark elf assassin, wore a veil, revealing a cold chin. It's as if the group at the table is nothing. Just sitting on the wooden window. While looking outside, he silently played with the short sword in his hand
"I don't think there's any need to talk nonsense, I'm looking for everyone today to know everything. I've asked the master to verify that this treasure map is real, but those bastards are in the way of our fortune, and they want me to say, just fuck it! ”
It was a rather tall and strong man who spoke. With a gray beard, he looks like he is at least sixty or seventy years old, but his right hand has only three fingers, if he remembers correctly, he should be the leader of the local mercenaries and the vice president of the mercenary union, "Earth Dog" Tom. Shure.
What he represents is that it should be the will of those scattered mercenaries, and on his right, Old Patton is really drinking sullen wine with his head down. Being able to be brought in by Tom, it seems that he has indeed made a name for himself.
The mercenaries were bleeding from their knives. Most of them are still for money, when they find that their hometown actually has such a big fortune, it is strange not to be moved, and when these local snakes are united, naturally only the local famous old mercenaries can be in charge, the old Barton in the past is famous enough, and the strength is still almost, since he can do this position now, he naturally shows enough strength.
"....... that, it's the Prince Link who came, and His Royal Highness is still with the royal guards, and it's a little bad to clash with the royal guards. Harmony begets wealth, harmony begets wealth......"
With a chubby figure, a kind face, a somewhat funny little beard, and a small belly protruding, he is an authentic businessman in terms of appearance and temperament.
In fact, he is indeed a businessman, but he is a well-known black market merchant Brightman around him, and he has raised several mercenary groups, and his strength is not inferior to that of a knight leader.
The merchants are very cautious, and the people who gather here are obviously outlaws who don't want to die for money, and there are endless troubles for offending the royal family, they can get rid of things as soon as they get aware, but Brightman's inheritance is in the Principality of Sasha, he will come, some people feel incredible, but looking at the person next to him, some can understand.
It was a woman, but she was covered with scars, half of her face had been disfigured by a hideous knife wound, only Liuhai who deliberately put it down covered half of it, and half of it was not injured, which was simply deliberately unpleasant.
It seems that the women's armor has more decorative effect than real value, but under the reflection of the light, there is the unique orange-red camouflage of this enchanted essence gold, and those who can wear this armor, no matter what her other abilities are, that body strength can definitely tear down the wall empty-handed, after all, this thin armor has at least three sets of hardness of heavy armor for the whole body.
"Blood Spear" Shariman, an Amazon, a legendary Amazonian warrior, one of the most trusted countesses of the Marquis of Tariq, and the highest-ranking female general present.
Perhaps because of her ugly appearance, but the exposed one-eye always has a cold glow like a blade, but people can't look at it directly, she makes no secret of her hostility and defense, and her most famous deeds are probably the vice of massacres after every major war, and those who hate her directly call her "Blood Witch".
Because the appearance is too distinctive and the person is too famous, he doesn't need to be introduced by others at all, and others consciously distance themselves from him.
"They came together, has Brightman already defected to the rebels? He controls the resale of food and weapons in several surrounding counties, and it seems that the royal life will become more and more difficult. ”
When these two people come together, it is normal to have such an inference, but being able to attract a big man like Shariman also confirms the authenticity of the treasure from the side.
Of course, there were other people sitting at the table, some of them were the leaders of some of the old adventuring groups, and some were intelligence merchants and thieves, but they didn't carry enough weight compared to these three.
Originally, I should also be the one who is not enough, after all, I was "not famous" before, but in this world, strength is always the best business card.
It's just that I was dressed in the slowly burning hellfire, the negative energy flame that looks dangerous but is actually more dangerous, these guys are naturally far away from me, and even Shariman is a little jealous when he looks at me, so I have the right to speak.
Such a group of people chose a private house party at midnight, of course, not to engage in any harmonious and friendly faction, we discussed, only how to break through the blockade of the royal family, in a sense, this is also undoubtedly a rebellion.
But what surprised me a little was that I didn't find any representatives of the Ten Thousand Dead Society, except for me. No one has the power to die.
I don't think they're going to miss out on such a great opportunity. Even if you can't agree. I was able to gather some information, but suddenly, Tiana handed me a note from the side, and on it were a few ghostly black patterns.
"Leiden's old 'allies'? Who else speaks such an ancient language? Oh......"
I was stunned for a moment, but the next moment it dawned on me that this ancient language of Leiden is a demonic racial language in the lower plane, which itself has a dirty and corrosive meaning, and can be used in many high-ring undead magic spells. If you hadn't made a trip to learn necromancy and had to learn a fairly high level of necromancy, you wouldn't have learned the language.
And before I could ask who had sent Tiana, I watched as the fat old merchant deliberately touched the silver ring on his hand.
It was a valuable keel ring, surrounded by black lines, and if the skull pattern didn't prove his identity, the lip-language "ally" had proved it.
It seems that the effort to get Zink to contact has not been in vain, and my news has arrived, but the Ten Thousand Dead will not only hide deeper than expected. It is more cautious and cautious, which is both a joint. It's also a quiz, after all, I'm a bit too coincidental, and it's natural to doubt something.
My inquiring gaze turned to Tiana, who nodded slightly, and it seemed that it had been sent by this "Brightman, a merchant who always peddled death with amia".
It is said that more than seventy percent of the followers of the Ten Thousand Dead Society eventually joined the cult, not for the sake of power or anything vain, but because the fear of death and the desire for immortality are the fundamental reasons, and there are really many rich businessmen and officials among them, and it is true that the richer the person, the more afraid of death.
So, I also wrote a few ancient words of Leiden on a note: "Death is fair, but sometimes enough wealth can buy the charter of the god of the underworld." ”。
Soon after the note was taken, one of the attendants whispered something in Brightman's ear, and the old face smiled like a Buddha.
I also laughed dumbly, as if he didn't see the true meaning.
"No matter what permission ....... the god of the underworld does, I'm afraid it can only lead to a certain level of the purgatory of the underworld."
Our small actions did not attract much attention, after all, most of the people here are doing the same thing, breaking through the blockade of the Royal Corps will definitely become a brave man (cannon fodder) charging into battle, if you don't want to be a "helpful" warrior at this time, you need more voice and allies.
I don't want to say anything about the small note flying around, "About or not?" Most of the inquiries will get "about!" In the affirmative...... Don't think crookedly, they just had a private meeting after the agreement, although it was really scary for the two big men to repeat such lines...
And even if you break through the official blockade of Sasha and have the opportunity to enter the ruins, in order to compete for the treasure at that time, you will have to speak with your strength, and it is naturally a good thing to make a few more friends at this time.
However, there has been no progress on the issues on the negotiating table.
"We need a temporary leader...... At least a liaison! ”
"Good idea, why don't you take responsibility?"
"Me? I think you're a good fit. ”
Everyone knows that you have to break through the blockade to have a chance to reach the ruins.
But everyone knows that it is definitely a stupid idea to fight against the Sasha royal family in the Principality of Sasha, which will almost cut off the way to make a living here, and will definitely attract a wanted warrant, and other people may not be on the blacklist, but the one who takes the lead will definitely cause big trouble.
All eyes were on the "Blood Spear" countess, after all, her power and the royal family turned their faces, and it seemed natural for her to come out.
But she herself just sat there quietly, not at all like the legendary irascible and belligerent fierce character, but if this state was maintained, it might be a clear disregard.
I yawned, and even extinguished the fire on my body, it was a waste of time to go on such a boring party.
Originally, many forces of intrigue wanted to reach an alliance, if it weren't for the burning eyebrows, the first alliance meeting could often only pull the relationship, and some of the back, I was thinking about whether to find a reason to slip away, suddenly, the door opened, and a young man and a squire walked in.
"Hehe, everyone's here. Hello everyone, I'm Link, and that's what you're talking about! ”
His Royal Highness Link walked in triumphantly, and he glanced back at the retainers he had just taken in with satisfaction, this retainer from a civilian background was indeed very useful, and he actually found out the territory of all the rebels so easily.
The faces of the people at the table were full of surprise, and the secret sentinels that had been arranged around them were all around, how did this guy get in.
"Ha, surrender obediently, my legion has laid a net.......
The rest of the words were swallowed, and His Highness Link looked at the half-cut sword protruding from his chest with a look of disbelief, and he turned his head sharply, and the obedient knight's retainer had a cruel smile on his face at this time.
"Actually, we've always been aiming for you. Your subordinates? They won't come, they have been ordered to go and inspect the city defenses. ”
After doing it for so long, "Blood Spear" Shariman said this first sentence, and unlike the scary appearance, the mature and sexy voice is teasing everyone's hearts.
By this moment, the timid had almost fainted, and breaking through a border defense and murdering a member of the royal family were two different things, and everyone knew that they had been involved in an astonishing conspiracy.
At this moment, kicking away the corpse of the "Lord", Karn put away the long sword that was still bloodied, and looked at the others with a sinister smile on his face.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the sound of a violent explosion shook the entire city, and in my ears, I remembered the slow soul voice of the dragon lich.
"Good news, bad news......"
"Listen first."
"The good news is that there is no point in getting in the way, and we don't have to worry about not being able to go to the ruins anymore."
"The bad news?
"We don't have to go to the ruins either, they're coming, the undead scourge is coming."|(To be continued......)
PS: What, continue to ask for a guaranteed monthly pass, it's getting more and more dangerous