Volume 1: The Lost El Dorado Chapter 20: The Wrath of Colin the Bloody Hand
There's always a saying on the main plane that when Lady Doom makes you step on a bubble of shit, don't think that when it's over, there's a second bubble of shit waiting for you.
That's what happened to the Greywater Mercenaries now. At the beginning, he was attacked by the rat demon, and he didn't slow down, and the beast tide struck again. After entering the city of Kuskes, the fallen dwarves chased after them, and finally shook off the attacks of the fallen dwarves, and the most troublesome rat demon appeared in front of the graywater mercenary group.
The Greywater Mercenaries have been cautiously advancing after getting rid of the fallen dwarves and entering an unknown part of Kuskes City, and Chris is also trying to find a way to their destination. As a result, at this time, a large number of poisonous rat demons appeared in the gray mist, and they were caught off guard, and the originally small team was reduced by two. So at this moment, the face of the bloody hand Colin is already difficult to see.
The Poison Rat Demon who attacked the Greywater Mercenary Group this time was far more powerful than the first attack on them, and it was only the Poison Rat Demon, as well as the Bato Demon and the Power Demon mixed in the team.
"Commander, we must find a way to repel this poisonous rat demon, if we keep being entangled by them, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to reach the Rongjin Terrace. Sir Wacole suggested as he walked over to Colin the Bloody Hand.
"Hmm. Colin just snorted, and didn't say anything, at the moment he was no longer thinking about what was in front of him, but thinking about the meaning behind this action.
In the Mercenary Association, the current mercenary king is already old and decrepit, and it is a matter of time before he abdicates, so several qualified candidates who are qualified to be elected as mercenary king are actively canvassing votes for themselves. Colin has no interest in this, so he directly tells Brant that as long as he agrees with his actions, he can support the candidate for the mercenary king supported by his faction.
Because compared to these powers, Colin is more concerned about the whereabouts of the Dwarves who lost the Storm Hammer in the Golden Melting Platform during the Battle of the Dragons, because it is related to whether he can suppress the ghosts and gods sealed on his left hand.
Colin is a race of ghosts, a race born with the power of ghosts. But this ability is both a power and a curse for the ghost gods, and they are born with the power of ghosts and gods, and they will awaken the power of ghosts and gods that have been sleeping in their bodies at the moment of adulthood. With the accumulation of time and the use of the power of ghosts and gods, the power of ghosts and gods on the body will become stronger and stronger, but such strength comes at the expense of the body. After reaching a certain level, the body will become the nourishment for the growth of ghosts and gods. Therefore, the ghost god race is called the fodder of the ghost god by other races, giving birth to the existence of the ghost god.
As the most powerful warrior of the Oni Clan, Bloody Hand Colin had awakened the power of the Oni before he reached adulthood. After more than 30 years of cultivation and breeding, the ghost god in Colin's body can be called the most powerful ghost god in the ghost god clan. But such ghosts and gods also corrode Colin's body the most. If Colin hadn't relied on the divine magic of the Ruling Church to suppress the ghosts and gods in his body, I'm afraid he would have been devoured by the ghosts and gods.
Therefore, in order to save himself, in order to break the curse that has existed on their race for thousands of years, Colin uses the connections and energy of the Greywater Mercenary Group to constantly look for a solution to this curse. Eventually, from an alchemist, Colin learns that the dwarven clan's lost Storm Hammer can break the curse.
The Dwarven Storm Hammer is an artifact created by the Dwarven Lord God Muradin for the Dwarves, with the blessing of the Dwarven Lord God, and contains the powerful power of storm, thunder and lightning, and this power is the power that the ghosts and gods in Colin's body are afraid of.
However, there is also a fatal problem with this method, that is, the Storm Hammer made by the main god of the dwarves is missing, and now the Dwarven kingdom only has the textiles of the Storm Hammer, and the power of thunder and lightning contained in it is not enough to expel the curse of the Kolin race.
Since the loss of the Storm Hammer, in order to appease the anger of the dwarf god Muradin, the dwarven clan has sent a lot of manpower and material resources to find it, but nothing has been found, if it were not for the change in Kusquez City, the alchemist clearly told Colin that the Storm Hammer would appear in the gold melting platform, Colin felt that he was deceiving himself.
So for the Stormhammer, Colin is determined to get it, as for what will happen after getting the Stormhammer, this is no longer something that Colin has to consider.
It's just that I thought it would be easy to get it, but it was full of situations at the beginning. Until now, not only have they not reached the Rongjin Terrace, but they are also trapped in this unknown place, attacked by the rat demon poison. Colin's mood was terrible.
"Commander?" Lord Whackol saw that the Commander had not given clear instructions and was not to ask again. "Vicol, you and Chris follow me to the Melting Gold Terrace, and the rest of us stay put. Bloody Hand Colin glanced at the members of the regiment who were still fighting the demons and said coldly.
When Wacole heard Colin's words, he was stunned, he thought he had misheard, "Commander, you mean to let them stay?" Colin didn't answer WΓ©cor's questioning again, knowing that to keep them behind now would be to send them to their deaths, but things had exceeded his expectations, and there was no guarantee that everyone would survive.
"Commander, they are all members of our team, if they do this, it is tantamount to sending them to death. Wacor had already understood Colin's decision, and he couldn't help but feel anxious. Chris next to him was also shocked when he heard Colin's decision, he didn't understand why the regimental commander, who usually cares most about the lives of the members, would make such a decision.
"Wacole, Chris, I have limited time. Colin glanced at Waker and Chris with a cold expression, and the two of them were immediately respectfully said by Colin: "Yes, Captain." "They have already understood that the current regiment commander is already on the verge of anger, and if they say anything more, I am afraid that the next trip to Rongjintai will be the only one with the regiment commander.
Slowly walking towards the battle field in front of him, Colin's left hand had already begun to appear with the power of ghosts and gods. When he learned that his ghostly power had exceeded his control, Colin rarely used the ghost's power with all his might, and he was afraid that one day the ghost's power would explode out of his control.
And now Colin doesn't want to control his ghost power at all, he needs to vent the anger in his heart. When the entire left arm was dyed red, and when the blood-red ghost power began to permeate the narrow hall inside the stone gate, Chris and the others were surprised to find that the gray mist that had been enveloping the main hall was slowly disappearing, and the attacks of those demons outside the stone gate were also slowing down.
"Come, let the power of this demon crush you all. "The current Colin is like a ghost god descending into the world, his original brown-gray hair has completely turned blood red, his cold eyes are also filled with violent killing intent, and the left arm of the sealing ghost god has also become huge, and the muscles are all over the place.
Wakel and Chris both looked at their leader in surprise, this was the first time they had seen the head of the group with all his strength and the first time they had seen Colin the bloody hand who had fully unleashed the power of the ghosts and gods.
Perhaps it was because Colin's arrogant posture made those demons unhappy, or it was stimulated by the power of the demons, after Colin fully burst out of the power of the demons, those demons, especially the even more violent Bato Demon, roared towards Colin with a two-handed sword that was burning with flames.
"Bang" Vicor They only saw a puff of smoke and dust explode in front of the commander, and then the menacing Bato Demon had already shattered into a rain of blood, leaving only a lone two-handed sword to fall to the ground. Colin raised his left hand and looked at the ghostly roar on his left hand, and he smiled, laughing so coldly, so mercilessly.
Then the members of the Greywater Mercenary Regiment saw their leader disappear in place, and then the demons in the demon group continued to fly up, and then exploded in the air, and the number of demons attacking them was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In a passage not far from the Greywater Mercenary Regiment, Amerigo shook his head regretfully when he saw Colin unleash the power of the ghosts and gods without reservation.
"My lord, why are we preventing Captain Colin from obtaining the Stormhammer? Varys didn't understand. "Varys, the contradiction in the matter itself is not that Colin has obtained the Stormhammer, but that the attitude of the dwarves towards the matter. There was a hint of helplessness on Amerigo's old face, he understood and understood what Colin was doing, but he couldn't accept it.
The Mercenary Guild wants to get a powerful force without ghosts and gods, and is happy to see the consequences of this, but the Explorers Guild can't ignore it. If Colin had used their relics to purify himself of the power of the demons without the permission of the dwarves, there would be a terrible consequence, and that would be the outbreak of a war between the dwarves and the humans.
With the stubborn nature of the dwarves, any offense to their traditional relics needs to be punished, and the bastards of the Mercenary Guild who think about making war money every day will definitely contribute to this matter and expand the incident to the point of no return, and when the time comes, it will only be the innocent people who will be injured. So, now is the time to prevent Colin from getting the Stormhammer, so that a war that can sweep across the continent can be stopped.
"My lord, are you saying that if the dwarves learn that Lord Colin has insulted their relics, a war will break out against the humans?" Varys couldn't believe this, he thought it was just a conflict between the Explorers Guild and the Mercenary Guild, and the upper echelons of the Guild didn't want to see the Mercenary Guild get a powerful force without any scruples.
"So, the task now is to get the Storm Hammer before Colin gets it, or kill the Bloody Colin directly. Amerigo said, "That's why we need my old friend's golden compass." "However, my lord, you didn't get the Golden Compass just now. Varys said puzzled.
"Your Excellency, you see, Lord Colin has dealt with all the demons. Andre, who had been watching the battle of Bloody Hand Colin, suddenly spoke. "Varys, Andrey, let's go meet the leader of the Greywater Mercenary Regiment. Amerigo walked out of the passage first, towards the Greywater Mercenary Regiment.
When they saw three figures appear in the gray mist, the members of the Greywater Mercenary Regiment immediately clenched their weapons nervously, and the ghost knew if the person who appeared now would be an enemy.
"I thought you would be hiding in the shadows like a mouse watching over me, Amerigo. "Colin, who has eliminated all the demons, has returned to his original appearance, but the full burst of ghost power is already a great burden on his current body, although when facing America, there is no abnormality on the surface, but both America and Colin himself know that he is now at the end of his strength.
"Colin, I'm not here to fight you, so you don't have to face us with your sword like that. Amerigo looked at the people of the Greywater Mercenary Regiment with a kind expression on his face. "Phew" Colin spat out a mouthful of bloody spit, with a sarcastic face, "Could it be that the Consul General of the Great Explorers Association didn't drink tea in the office to nourish his body, but came all the way to this ghost place to catch up with me?"
"Colin, I know your purpose and the condition of your body, so I'm here to help you. Amerigo didn't care about Colin's taunt, but said to Colin with sincerity and seriousness. "Amerigo, I'm tired of hearing that talk about your Explorers Guild. So you don't have to talk about it in front of me. If you're here to stop me, then just do it, I don't like grinding people. β
As soon as Colin finished speaking, his body went straight away, and a dodge appeared in front of Amerigo, and a fist with the power of a ghost and god slammed into the face of the consul general of the Explorers Guild. Colin chose to do so, not out of anger, but out of obvious temptation to determine why Amerigo had come here, to stop him, or if there was some other purpose.
Although Colin was fast, and although Amerigo looked old, the fight was not one-sided. An old palm directly gripped Colin's fist, and no matter how much Colin tried to break free, he couldn't break free.
"Colin, I said I was here to help you, so you don't need to test me again!" Amerigo's voice has cooled down, although Amerigo, who has been accustomed to sitting in the office for a long time in recent decades, does not mean that he has forgotten how to fight, whether it is the Explorers Guild or the Mercenary Guild, or other organizations can not forget the explorer who was active between various planes a hundred years ago-the wandering Americago.
Amerigo let go of Colin's fist, and with a slight push of his palm, Colin retreated directly to the Greywater Mercenary Regiment. Sir Wacole couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the regimental commander's attack easily defused, he didn't expect the strength of the old man in front of him to be so powerful.
The attack was defused by Colin without the slightest irritation, Colin, who had completely returned to normal, directly on a piece of gravel, and then said to Amerigo: "I don't know, how can you help me?
"I really can't help you strip the power of the demons from your body right now. Amerigo sat down next to Colin and whispered. Before Colin could get angry, Amerigo continued, "But I know there's one thing that can help you, and you don't have to take such a big risk. β
"Have you ever heard of the Wish Cup?" Amerigo said slowly, looking into Colin's eyes.
"Wish Cup?" of course Colin had heard of it, or rather, there was no living being in the Infinite Plane who had not heard of it, a fetish that could grant any wish. Legend has it that Julius Caesar, the only legendary emperor to unify the main plane, was able to unify the main plane by making a wish to the Wish Cup. But after Julius Caesar's death, the wish cup disappeared with it. Some say that the Wish Cup was buried in the tomb of Julius Caesar as a funerary object, while others say that the Wish Cup was taken to the Heavenly Mountain, and for thousands of years, no one knew where he was.
"I can tell you unequivocally that the Wish Cup is buried in the tomb of Julius Caesar. As long as you get the Wish Cup, then the power of the ghosts and gods in your body can not only not be stripped away, but also become your real power. Amerigo said.
"Really?" Colin stood up, looked at Amerigo, and sneered, "Then may I ask your Excellency Consul General, where is the mausoleum of Julius Caesar you are talking about?"
In order to know the wish cup and get the treasure of the Second Empire, countless adventurers began to search for news of Julius Caesar's mausoleum, but what is unthinkable is that after the death of Julius Caesar and the collapse of the Second Empire, all the materials about the history of Julius Caesar during this period have disappeared, and even in the largest library of the Lord's plane, no news can be found. Therefore, the mausoleum of Julius Caesar has become a legendary existence.
"I know you're not going to believe it when I'm telling you this, but I can tell you that an old friend of mine has a golden compass that can locate any object, so just rely on it to find the Wish Cup. Amerigo spoke.
"What if I can't find it? I now have a solution to the power of the ghosts and gods in my body, and now you want me to give up this solution and listen to your solution that I don't know if it can be achieved. Amerigo, do you think I'm a stupid person?" Colin didn't want to listen to Amerigo's nonsense anymore, and walked straight to the beginning of the Greywater Mercenary Regiment, "Wacole, as I said before, now prepare to go. β
"Colin, if you insist on going your own way, then I can only keep you here now, and I can't let you cause the people on the continent to be displaced because of your personal reasons. Amerigo also stood up and said coldly.
"Really?" Colin turned around, and the power of the ghosts and gods had exploded again, "Then let's try and see if you can stop me, old man!"