Chapter 21: The Cave of Sorrows

During the meal, Xue Qiong and the others heard about the ninja in this world from Minette's mouth, as well as why she appeared in the dark elf underground village that was robbed by the purple mist, and why she went to learn ninjutsu.

Ninjas did originate from the Void Ancestor, and they did have a place in the many martial arts schools of the Void Ancestor. However, the ninjas' way of fighting under the guise of foreign objects, as well as their admiration for assassination and their disdain for head-to-head heads-up, made them less popular with other genres. And forty-five years ago, maybe for money, or maybe for fame, he died and assassinated the king of the Void Motherland at that time... Although it succeeded, it was also retaliated against by several Void Ancestor True Strongmen five years later, that is, forty years ago, and the entire ninja village was almost destroyed.

The surviving ninjas fled to the territory of the Dark Elves, and it was precisely because of their fighting style that they were in line with the mainstream of the Dark Elves that they became one of the few humans who could be accepted by the Dark Elves.

There's a ninja in Minette's village... is a male human who is part of a family of dark elves (dark elves are matrilineal clans). Minette was taken care of by him before, and was a big brother-like existence. But after the outbreak of the Dark Elf plague, the entire village where she was originally located died and scattered, and although the human was not infected at the first time due to racial problems, he could only die with his dark elf wife, who had become a corpse thief.

And because most of the ninjas who moved to the territory of the dark elves were concentrated in Nojpera... After all, there are only two big cities in the dark elves, and they are still relatively exclusive, no matter how similar their interests are, they will not allow humans to live in their capital city in the dark city in that era. In this way, when the Dark Elf Plague broke out, the total destruction of these ninjas was already a foregone conclusion.

Before dying, the ninja begged Minette, who was lucky enough to be the sole survivor, to find the last ninja who was still hiding there, and at least pass on the genre.

Then Minette fled to the village that had been ransacked by the purple mist... Although he received a lot of care because of his young age, when the purple mist came, everything became even more terrifying.

Therefore, after knowing that the purple mist was all Void Ancestor, Minette instead intensified his intention to go to Void Ancestor... There is a deep hatred, and those ninjas are the only forces in history that have successfully assassinated the king of the Void Kingdom.

Minette also said that he wanted to learn assassination techniques from Xue Qiong and Xiaoyun, although the two of them agreed, but this is not stated for the time being.

After lunch, Xiao Yun ran fast with her vampire physique, and went to Grossinger again.

Now, in general, let's talk about the information that Xiao Yun has just gathered in Grosingl.

First of all, the "attack on the Purple Mist Regiment" did not spread, and it should be that the commander of the Purple Mist Regiment concealed it for reasons such as face... But at the same time, the discipline shown by the Purple Mist has increased a lot, which means that at least their middle managers are aware of these things.

And the other forces, first of all, the Imperial Army and the Void Ancestor regular army also seemed to have been beaten suddenly, and those soldiers who were still chatting and arguing in the tavern in the morning and pinching the butts of the hostess were suddenly pulled back by Shangguan in the afternoon. And rumors appeared that they were about to carry out a series of banditry activities... Combined with what Xue Qiong overheard, the essence of this matter is not difficult to judge, in short, the purple mist began to quietly trick others into solving the troubles in this vicinity.

It is worth mentioning that when the Imperial Army and the Void Ancestor Army began to prepare intensively, the Purple Mist Regiment also behaved nervously, but until the first wave of scouts of others had returned, the Purple Mist Regiment did not make any substantive moves.

As for the reincarnated... It's gone. The bartender in the bar, who spoke with a northwest accent, told Xiao Yun that the large army of the "Black Rat Thieves" had headed north, supposedly to pass through the Elwyn Line and head to the heart of the principality... As for what he was doing, the bartender said he didn't know.

It is worth mentioning that at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, a group of Imperial Army scouts almost touched Xue Qiong's camp... Although Xue Qiong and Bald Head had the ability to dispose of them, after carefully weighing them, they still decided to transfer before they were discovered, and as for the success of the later convergence with Xiaoyun, it was still due to the team communication system.

For dinner that day, the four of them hid in the grass somewhere, nibbling on cold barbecue and bread.

Xue Qiong noticed in hiding that the Imperial Scouts were just moving around, not wanting to find anything in the area. Sensing that there might be something wrong with this, after they had evacuated their original camp, they followed behind the Empire's ass and walked some distance to the northeast. Now they were in a direction east of Grosingl, a little northerly, and a little far away.

Minette is still technically a child now, so after nightfall, Xue Qiong has become the person with the best eyesight here. He hid in the shadows, looked at the Imperial reconnaissance force dozens of meters away, and muttered:

"I see... It's fake, let's take a look at it first! ”

It's no wonder that these Imperial scouts have always walked in a straight line on the road, and after coming out of Grosingl, they went around the south to make a pretense, and then turned straight in this direction... I saw that more than 20 imperial soldiers were eating dry food at the door of a large dark cave.

The entrance to the cave is open horizontally on a mountain range, and it is not large, only four or five meters high and seven or eight meters wide. But in this seemingly inconspicuous cave, there are constantly sounds like human deathly screams.

Cave of Sorrow.

It seems that the people sent by the empire to be in charge of this place are not fools either. He pretended to believe the news that "the local forces in the vicinity are very unwelcome to us, but the oil and water are very abundant" from the purple mist, and sent a small reconnaissance force to the south, but the actual purpose of these people was to hide the eyes and ears of the three forces of the purple mist, the Void Ancestor regular army and the principality army at the same time, and be the first to go to their target this time, the Cave of Sorrow, to conduct a first-hand investigation.

In the previous situation of Grosingl, because many forces were holding each other back, the slightest person sent would be discovered immediately, so no one dared to act rashly. And the Purple Mist's own clever move gave the Imperial people a reason to run out openly...

I have to say that after all, it is the system that determines the way of thinking, although the purple mist group seems to have made a very wise way, but it still does not depart from their half-black, half-official and half-bandit nature, and they can't think about the next development according to the way of thinking of a real army commander. I guess they're still stupidly staying in Grosingl, proudly thinking that the Empire and the bandits here are starting to fight each other, and there is that wonderful dog-eat-dog scene.

Watching the Imperial people put away their bags, light their torches, and start walking towards the cave, Xue Qiong quickly made a decision.

"Xiao Yun, you turned into a bat and stared at the top of their heads, Minette and I followed, the bald head is not good at assassination, just stand by in place, if there is anything else here, you will notify us."

"Okay boss."

"Minette, this is your first lesson~" Xiao Yun kissed Minette's little face.

Minette's current physical fitness is definitely inferior to Xiao Yun, but because of the racial advantage, it is still stronger than Xue Qiong. And Xiao Yun's assassination efficiency still depends more on speed and vampire characteristics, Xue Qiong felt that instead of letting Xiao Yun teach by hand, it was better to use Xiao Yun as a backup to prevent escape, and teach Minette some of the most basic concepts first.

Let's briefly talk about the four people who are the best at assassination among researchers: Xue Qiong, Fu Shuai and Xiaoyun, and finally Bao Daren. Although Xiao Yun is the strongest now, before entering the space, Xiao Yun is actually the worst, and the strongest is Fu Shuai. And if you compare it side-by-side...

Needless to say, Master Bao, he is not so much an assassination, but a bomb and a person and a building... In fact, there is no room for comparison.

Xue Qiong is better at camouflage, so that he can appear in front of the target openly, reduce the enemy's mental defense on the psychological level, and then easily stab the dagger into the heart of others. And in frontal combat, it is more of a tactic of exchanging injuries for lives... He has even become accustomed to using his left arm as a bait and shield, and when his left arm is captured or cut by the enemy, he forcibly ignores the pain, especially an important premise of the grappling technique: "The enemy subconsciously avoids the pain due to the pain in the joints, and then loses its combat effectiveness", and then ignores the possibility of the left arm being broken or dislocated, and uses the dagger in his right hand to kill the enemy before this happens.

Fu Shuai's appearance is that of a sunny and shy weak and rich second generation, although he can also lower the enemy's defense, but he is actually better at frontal combat. In the absence of firearms, few people in the real world can resist the flamboyant dance of his scalpel. And in his early years, when he went to catch live people to dissect them, he also practiced a powerful concealment technique.

And Xiao Yun... Before entering the space, it is at most a deceptive appearance to deceive the uncle, and before he loses his body, he just kills the person with his fingernails, teeth or prepared weapons. And now, although she has become the strongest assassin by Xue Qiong's side after she has the vampire physique, the magic beam saber Pain Moonlight and the cloak shadow shader she just acquired, objectively speaking, the basic skills are still not good.

Xiao Yun tossed in place for a while, and finally turned into a fist-sized, fluffy little bat... After all, I am not very proficient, and this process also requires some energy, so I don't usually have much opportunity to practice.

It is worth mentioning that after turning into a bat, Xiaoyun's ring beacon also became smaller with the change in size, and it was put on the ankle of the bat, and it also changed from the original gold to a more unobtrusive gray.

Xiao Yun flapped her wings twice, and it took at least five minutes before she got used to flying... Then she flew into the cave at the front, while Xue Qiong followed behind with Minette.