The cat-faced young man slowly stepped on the stairs of the gallows, his steel needle-like beard sticking softly to his face, forming three black lines on the left and right sides, and his short light gray hair combed back shone with a metallic sheen, and he didn't look carefully as if he was wearing a steel helmet.

"Musk, the most gifted of them, the leader is angry with your selfishness and has personally signed the verdict against you. Even though you are his own son, the leader can only discard you as a pawn in the face of the Shadow Commandment. Otherwise, he would face the impeachment of the High Priest, and even his position that had held him for many years would begin to shake. Tut...... Tsk, what a ruthless person, for the sake of power and the power of the shadows, he actually abandoned his son, such an unkind act even I can't look at. Uh, you don't blame me for being too talkative, are you?"

The young man stretched out his right hand forward, and spat out a shadow the size of a sycamore in his palm, which continued to extend and lengthen under his control, forming a blunt-headed long sword with no blade, and gently poked at the corpse of Shadow Hand Musk, testing whether he was really dead with the secret method unique to the shattering mask.

Fragments of shadow power in the form of cotton wool continued to seep out of Marsk's body, gradually flowing into the cat-faced young man's right hand, and the shadow energy that could only be increased through the blood sacrifice ritual slowly grew, which made his mood extremely happy.

'No wonder the law enforcement team directly under the High Priest is so powerful, it turns out that killing one's own person will take away the shadow power of the other party. It's wonderful, the constant flow of shadow energy into my body has allowed me to break through bottlenecks and gain new abilities...... Whew! is Musk's unique Shadow Hand, a blend of the Mage's Hand and Percussion of the Old World. ’

The bright moonlight shone through the gap in the gray clouds and hit the right hand of the cat-faced young man, and I saw that a new shadow energy brand was forming near the original black longsword tattoo on the back of his hand, which was a dry bone hand with spikes in the joints, faintly repelling each other, but gradually getting closer because of the same origin.

'This trip was not in vain, and it seems that I have gained some good things. It's just strange why I'm a little uneasy in my heart. 'Keen ears heard the rhythmic sound of horses' hooves coming from Coral Avenue.

'Damn, who's going to come to the execution ground at this time?' The people from the Dark Police Department have already withdrawn, and even the Night Knights have only been away for a short time, could it be the Night Knights who are used for decorations. Hmph! The young man couldn't help but snort, exhaling the stuffy breath that had accumulated in his stomach, and hastened the action of the true purpose of this night visit to the execution ground.

His left hand pressed down on Musk's head and silently chanted a mantra, "Awake, sleeping undead, tell me the whereabouts of the pit viper fragments." ”

Immediately, a low whisper sounded around him, and then he was blown away by the wind, and those were not the targets that the young man was looking for, "Strange, why hasn't the undead of Marsk responded yet?

The corpse of the thief's shadow hand Musk suddenly opened its eyes, revealing a pale green slit like snake-like golden eyes, and his still intact left hand quickly and imperceptibly grabbed the throat of the cat-faced young man, like a poisonous snake waiting for its prey to approach the attack range, launching a lightning attack, tearing his neck almost off with such a hard bite.

"Poof!" Musk's left hand didn't bite any flesh at all, just a broken shadow, obviously the other party was not incompetent, even when he was most proud, he didn't let his guard down, and used a deceitful shadow shell to deceive the 'corpse' Musk.

Retracting his left hand, he took a few steps back and left the gallows, and the cat-faced young man touched his neck with palpitations, if he was really bitten by him just now, he would definitely die on the spot.

"The High Priest gave me a warning of fate before I left, and it took effect. Damn Musk, you really didn't die. ”

Musk's left hand went up, grabbed the noose over his head, and with a strong pull, he broke the two-finger-thick hemp rope, and he landed lightly on the gallows, shook his head slightly, and a hoarse voice came from his throat: "You are wrong, Ershak. I did die, but vengeance allowed me to return from the underworld to the surface. ”

"There's something strange about you, a little hissed like a rare snake whisperer. The cat-faced young man's guarded hands spat out shadow energy and transformed into two long swords.

"Very perceptive and learned, and not to be the bastard of the High Priest, it seems that he has imparted to you a great deal of useful knowledge of the old times. Musk raised his severed right hand, frowned and thought about it, shredded the hem of his clothes and bandaged the wound briefly.

"Thanks to 'Pit Viper Fragments', I have many new companions. Musk shrugged his shoulders and gestured with his left hand in a gesture of invitation.

It was only then that Elshak, who had good eyesight, noticed that an unknown number of poisonous snakes had appeared from the corners near the execution ground, surrounding Musk, as if they were surrendering to him.

"Kill him!"

With an order, more than a dozen inferior fire snakes with ordinary poison sprang quickly on the ground, attacking the cat-faced young man from different angles.

"Damn, you're not trying to take my life with these tricks that don't make it to the table, are you?" Elshak's twin swords swung rapidly, jumping up and down, slicing all the incoming enemies into several pieces with great spirituality, and falling to the ground with a crackle.

"It was just an appetizer, and the show is only now officially underway. "Using the fast inferior fire snake to drag the opponent's footsteps, Musk, who ordered the snakes, took the opportunity to deploy the real 'poisonous snake' to spread the front line of the lore.

The poisonous snakes surrounded by the inner and outer three layers stared in unison, and hundreds of pairs of cold eyes put a lot of pressure on Elshak, "Oops! What should I do? What should I do? Quickly stir up the brain, quickly think of a way to come out. ’

I don't know if there is really the care of the ubiquitous King of Shadows, the cat-faced young man suddenly has a flash of inspiration and discovers the key to breaking the deadlock.

"I see, Musk, you dead man who has not been fully resurrected, you have just left the gallows, and now your body is mostly stiff and unable to move. Bluffing clown, I've seen you all the details, let me send you to rest in rest again, which is truly eternal sleep. ”

His heart was still throbbing and uneasy, and the warning from fate was still echoing in his ears, but the cat-faced young man couldn't care so much anymore, and he opened the way with his sword in front of him, and he wanted to approach Marsk, who was delaying the time to revive his body, and dismantle him until he was broken into pieces.

"Hmph! You're smart. Musk, stiff, suddenly fell backwards, almost clinging to the gallows planks and rolling to the ground, looking a little embarrassed.

"It's useless to run anywhere, you're dead. "Elshak is very happy to be in pursuit of victory, he is not a successor to the training of 'warriors', but a kind of 'scholar'-type auxiliary, but deep down he also longs to wander the gap between life and death, dancing on the tip of a knife, and playing with human life in the palm of his hand.

Rolling on the ground, Musk felt a little anxious, 'Where? where is it?' The snake spirit told me it was at my feet, under the gallows, and it should be nearby, and that was the only key to victory. ’

Controlling the serpents, Musk called to his close companions to delay the enemy's pursuit, his strange eyes constantly scanning the ground around him, and after a few moments, he found a peculiar aura of vegetation emerging from a fishy depression, which was ominous black.

Under the half-human gallows, Ershak, who had to bend down, felt a chill in the back of his head, as if the scythe raised by the incarnation of death split the chill of the night wind from the blade.

"Not good!" the cat-faced young man seemed to hear the death knell ring the overture of fate for him, and with a ploughshare, he shoveled through the flesh valley with his twin swords and slashed upwards through the plank, he wanted to leave the place that had become extremely dangerous in an instant, and fled far away, never to return.

"It's late!" Musk's still movable left hand grasped a bunch of blades of grass in the depression, pulling it off the ground with all its might, and the mandrake, awakened by the slumber disturbed by mortals, let out a soul-tearing scream as soon as it appeared.

The half-dead and half-alive shadow hand Musk went crazy on the spot, while the cat-faced young man Elshak stared at each other, and the shadow sword in his left and right hands collapsed into countless fragments on the spot, and he exhaled his last breath with extreme resentment, and his eyes did not close until death.

After the mandrake let out a soul-shaking scream, it seemed to have exhausted its strength, and its expression was a little sluggish, just as it was trying its best to break free from the restraints and prepare to return to the ground, and even move its nest to change places, the left forearm of the insane Musk, three circles of silver-white snake metamorphoses appeared, the real mastermind behind the scenes, a looming snake spirit officially appeared.

The huge gap in each other's ranks, under the ruthless gaze of the snake spirit, the demon grass couldn't help but tremble, as if it was standing in the ice and snow without being clothed, it closed its eyes, and the corners of its mouth drooped and sighed.

The snake spirit opened its mouth to bite the mandrake, absorbing the aura it had accumulated over the years, and the full body of the demon grass soon folded, like an old farmer who had gone through a long life.

'Forty percent remaining, that's enough. The snake spirit that had stopped absorbing it, its original illusory body had been condensed, and it withdrew its fangs and gently touched the mandrake to comfort the little guy who was less than sixty years old.

Collecting interest from time to time is like a long stream of water, becoming a fixed source, and if it is completely harvested and its life is terminated, then it is a hammer deal.

The snake spirit was a little unbearable with the harassy squire on its mouth, after all, it was the only suitable host, and it used a small source of spell casting to use the courage of the receiver as a catalyst to release an inspiration spell to restore the mad shadow hand to consciousness.

"Quack ......!"

Carrying the mandrake in his hand into his arms and collecting it closely, and speeding up the recovery of his half-dead and half-alive body, Musk bent down to the corpse of the cat-faced young man Elshak, regaining the lost shadow power and taking the opportunity to absorb the shadow energy of the other party.

It's a pity that his animal transformation technique can't be snatched up, and the shadow shell seems to be a talent inherited by the bloodline, and it is simply a tyrannical thing. ’

Now is not the time to sigh, the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer reminds Musk that someone is approaching, and that he seems to smell the enemy.

'Damn, now is not the time for revenge, wait until my body is back to normal, get my lost right hand back, and settle accounts with him. ’

Dispel the poisonous snakes and return to the lair with the broken corpses of their kind, and Musk, with a noose on his chest, sneaks into the apartment building near the execution ground with stiff steps, hides in the shadows under the cover of the difficult terrain, and quietly melts into the night with a determination to take revenge.

Aldrich Triss, who was a step late, stopped in front of the gallows, and behind him, Captain Rufer West, who wanted to complain about why he rode his horse faster, followed his gaze at the gallows, and found that it was empty, the noose and the corpses of the tortured sins were gone, and only the broken hemp rope swayed back and forth in the night wind, as if to mock them.

Sein, the wild boar on a horse, was late, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but scold: "Damn, the corpse robber has appeared again." ”

Knight Tris shook his head: "It's not that simple!"

"You know what a fart!" said Sein as deferentially as he spoke, "What is your opinion?"

"There was a big battle here just now, and the smell of blood was strong in the air, and although it was blown away a lot by the night wind, there were still remnants left. ”

Captain West's nose really smelled a disgusting stench, slippery, cold, bloody, giving him a very uncomfortable feeling: "It's a little weird, more like the smell of a beast." ”

'Listen to you!' Sein's face was a little impatient, and he didn't succeed in provoking the two against each other, which made him a little frustrated.