Chapter 13: Strange Things
"Agnè!"
The thug who had abused Joel roared! Also a warrior with a wealth of experience in hand-to-hand combat, he had already seen the danger of his companion, and hurriedly tried to interrupt Vins's trick with a wooden stick.
If you think about it, you can't do it!
Vins, who has received strict training from Darkmoon since he was a child, coupled with the limb strengthening effect of the two-star warrior, has left the short gangsters far behind in terms of speed. He had barely strengthened his arm when he saw Agnè's right hand soar into the air with a short arm attached.
With a successful move, Vins drew his sword without hesitation. Without giving the other party a chance to breathe, he held his sword flat on his chest with both hands and stabbed at the short bastard!
"Novel, don't fight him, you're not his opponent!"
Codo, who pretended to be dead and pretended to be very engaged, began to watch the battle at some point, and eagerly reminded his companion in his hoarse voice that he had just recovered.
That's a good thing to say!
Nowell cursed angrily in his heart.
Less than two meters behind is the wall, and the road in front of me is blocked by this monster, where can I run?!
Nowell watched as Vince stabbed his sword into his chest, and with the experience of the past, he didn't dare to dodge left and right like Agnè to look for an opportunity to counterattack, and jumped back directly.
What is it?!
Nowell exclaimed, he had thought that it was a foolproof plan for him to jump back, but he was horrified to see that the moment he jumped backwards, the sword stabbed at him in his chest suddenly shrank slightly.
The instinct of danger surged up instantly, but Nowell, who was still in the air, couldn't do anything, so he could only watch in despair as the other party changed to a one-handed sword, spun around, flew forward and swung the long sword in his hand, and the dark sword slashed at his neck with the power of thunder!
Everything happened in the split second after Nowell, and Nowell didn't have time to think about how to deal with it.
There is already a wall behind it, how can this sword be hidden?!
The fear of death made Nowell's mind go blank, and he couldn't even lift the stick in his hand to make the last struggle, only the sword of despair kept enlarging in his pupils!
"Bang!!"
Greystone flew everywhere, and both Vins and Nowell were drowned in scattered dust.
Vince's sword smashed a small hole into the wall, but it didn't hurt Nowell.
At that moment, Vince controlled his power and stopped his sword next to Nowell's face. Although this is a chaotic slum, killing people is still a very risky thing to do.
The sound of the sword slashing into the wall sounded in Novel's ears, and the whole person shook violently. With difficulty, he shifted his gaze to the left, and saw that the desperate sword did not cut off his head, and sat on the ground, his thighs trembling wildly unconsciously.
Vince drew his sword from the wall and looked down at Nowell.
The other party sat in the dust that fell after the wall was slashed, and his crotch seemed to be wet. Looking back at Agnès, the defeat of Noville was only a matter of moments, and he was still alive and suffering from the pain of a severed hand.
What a powerful force......
It was the first time that Vince had actively used this power in a confrontation with a human being, and the results made him unbelievable.
An ice mage, a warrior. Although the two of them did not besiege him because of the light enemy, the efficiency of one move was still terrifying......
No, not because of the underestimation of the enemy, Vince quickly vetoed his own idea. Even he didn't expect to kill that fat man so quickly, how could his opponent think of it?
For the first time in his life, he felt the feeling of a strong man......
Vince walked over to Joel, who was sitting on the ground staring blankly at Vins as if it had been the first day he had known him.
"What's wrong?" asked Vince knowingly as he helped Joel, but the other sat motionless on the ground without responding.
He was a little suspicious that his friend might not just have been hit on the right arm.
Joel came to his senses when he saw that Vince was frowning and about to brush his hair, as if to check the injury on his head, shook his head and got rid of Vins's hand and said, "My head is fine, my head is fine......"
Wince took Joel's left hand and helped him up, saying, "It's okay, then let's go quickly, go back and check the injury." ”
Wince picked up Joel's sword and his robe, put it on, and helped Joel limp to the exit of the alley. Kodo, who had been lying at the entrance of the alley, saw that the situation was not good at this time, and lay down quietly and pretended to be dead.
Vince and Joel walked for a while before leaving the secluded alley and returning to Pelican Street. Within two steps of the alley, Vins heard a crisp voice coming from across the street.
"Lord Blackguard, right ahead, right ahead!"
A brown-haired, rather tattered-clad beggar ran across the street with an anxious look, followed by two blackguards.
The beggar ran to the middle of the street and saw Joel supported by Vins, and he excitedly shouted, "Good man, are you alright?!"
Hearing this good big brother, Vins probably understood what was going on.
The two blackguards followed, and rushed anxiously into the alley without paying attention to Joel and Vins. The brown-haired beggar excitedly shook Joel's hand and explained to Joel:
"Good brother, it's not that I don't save you, it's really that I found several black guards, and they didn't bother to pay attention to me, I ran five streets and finally found such two good people like you who are willing to come with me. ”
"You know, we beggars have no one to take care of, and even a kind person like you is willing to help me, a poor man. Woo woo, if it weren't for you today, I would have really been beaten to death by the two of them...... It's a pity that I don't have any money at all, so I can't repay you. What do you think I'm going to do about that, woooooo......oo Really, it's so rare to have a kind person like you, and we are the most ...... in Cariton right now."
As he spoke, the beggar began to cry with a handful of snot and tears, wiping his face as he cried, and wiping his face white and gray. Vince was anxious to take Joel back to the guild for a check-up, and if it weren't for the fact that this beggar was so dirty that he had nowhere to start, he would have used violence to stop his words.
"That...... Don't pinch my hand...... It looks like my hand has been broken......" Joel reminded with a wry smile as he leaned on Vince's shoulder.
The beggar hurriedly let go of his hand when he heard Joel's words, and as soon as he let go, Joel's hand immediately snapped and fell like a broken branch, and Joel snorted in pain.
The beggar was dumbfounded, and hurriedly shifted his gaze to Vins, only to find that the other party was staring at him very fiercely, looking like he wanted to eat himself raw.
On Pelican Street, where the sun is shining and the air is fresh in the morning, passers-by of all stripes always have to look back at these three strange people standing on the street.
Vince stared blankly at the fruit stand across the street, trying to look like a statue or a dutiful bodyguard, Joel leaning on Vince's shoulders with his head bowed as a dying patient, and the beggar already bowing his head to study his shoes with two thumbs exposed.
In less than a minute, the two black guards walked out of the alley and said to the three: "There are indeed traces of fighting in the alley, but there is no one in sight. “
Vince was stunned, although there was still a way in the alley to lead to other places, but it seemed that the state of Agnès and Novel could not recover so quickly......
Well...... It's so professional to run away after the appointment......
For the time being, treating Joel is the most important, and Vince didn't dwell on it, quickly answered the questions of the two blackguards, said goodbye to the beggar, and left with Joel.
When describing what happened, Vince only said that the other party beat his friend severely, and he rushed to the rescue to drive the three away, and the matter of cutting off Agne's hand was naturally omitted to avoid trouble, and he also knew that the beggar was called Anvos.
On the way back, Wens had no money to find a carriage because he had not worked for half a month, while Joel was a well-known optimist, and his life motto was that today's money would never be left for tomorrow, and naturally he would not keep the money for a carriage. Therefore, the two of them had to slowly walk back to the dark moon.
The atmosphere was so dreary that Joel couldn't help but speak, "Vins, why did you come to me?"
Vince straightened his back, changed his position to support Joel, and replied, "You're not someone who would be absent from work for no reason, so I think you should have run into trouble on the way to work and went straight to the nest of those homeless people to find you." ”
"Woo woo, what a good brother, I know how good I am, it's enough to have you in this life, woo woo......" Joel said pretending to cry.
Wens said in a calm tone: "No, no, no, I don't think this can be your excellence." You don't dare to be absent from work mainly because you are poor and spend a lot of money. “
“......”
The goosebump-like crying stopped.
"Why did you help that beggar named Anvos, do you know him?" asked Joel, Wince with a bowed head.
Joel scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "I don't know, I don't know...... I watched the three thugs beat him too hard, and I was afraid that he would be killed...... I couldn't hold back ......"
Three thugs who have completed daily tasks because of your righteousness, one has a broken hand, one has broken ribs, and one is scared to pee, you are really a plague god......
Joel added, "Vins, do you feel that these three gangsters are a little different?"
"Not quite the same?" Weis touched his chin with one hand and thought about it, and said naturally, "It doesn't seem to be." “
Joel was stunned.
That's right, this person is possessed by a macho man today, and when they meet, they all beat the two who are standing down......
Joel reluctantly explained, "One of those three gangsters is an ice-type two-star mage, and the other two seem to be one-star warriors. “
"Ahh Before Joel could explain, he said to himself, "Oh, he must have used an ice shield against you, and he can only use ice spikes against me." “
"No wonder you've been beaten so badly. Vince replied.
Joel nodded with a bitter face, unable to say a word of justification......
"That's a bit weird. Ordinary people need to practice for a long time if they want to stimulate soul marking, not to mention that they have risen from one star to two stars, how can such a person beat up a beggar on the street early in the morning......"
"Could it be the gangster in the neighborhood?"
The strength of the two stars can be mixed with a bowl of rice no matter where they are, who would be a gangster if they have nothing to do? This is the only reasonable explanation that Wins can think of.
Joel shook his head and said, "You know me, since I was a child, I have fought against those bad young people in the streets and alleys, and I have probably seen all the gangsters with heads and faces in the East District, but there is no such person." ”
After a pause, he continued: "It's better for the two of us to be careful lately, I want to find a way to inquire, and I always feel that this time things are a little strange. An ice-based two-star mage who came out of nowhere actually beat up thugs on the street...... Alas, I wouldn't have gotten involved in this matter if I had known, it's annoying!"
"You should have asked the beggar a few more words just now, why didn't you say it earlier?"
"I just remembered it when I was walking on the road! Big brother, I was beaten stupid, do you still expect me to see the problem on the spot?!"
Vince patted his friend on the shoulder comfortingly, and both fell silent.
After walking for a while, Vince couldn't hold back a little and said, "Joel, you...... Well...... Do you feel like I've changed a bit today?"
Here it comes. Joel chuckled inwardly.