Tavern, dimly lit. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The bartender stood behind the bar smoking a cigarette with a pungent smell.

In the dim light, he looked down at Charles sitting outside the bar.

The light illuminated his bald head, dragging a dark shadow under his brow bone, and making his expression cloudy.

Boom!

A fist-sized wine glass smashed in front of Charles.

The loud noise startled Charles, and the wine in his glass gushed and almost splashed on his collar.

In Charles' panicked expression, the bartender pushed the glass in front of him with a blank face, bent down, and looked down at him: "Let's have two drinks?"

In his hand, there was still the bottle of wine that had been scratched off.

Charles was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at the few people behind him who were sitting in the corner with cold eyes in their arms, swallowed and spit, and looked upstairs like a plea for help.

But there was nothing but the faint sound of argument upstairs.

"How?"

The bartender asked, "Don't like it?"

"Uh......"

Charles grinned a grin, not stupid enough to say that I don't like to drink.

"Don't let people say that the people in our headquarters are not well treated, since you are a person close to Mr. Konstantin, you must have a few drinks with everyone when you come here. ”

The burly bartender twisted his neck, his bones rubbed, his voice was crisp, and when he looked at Charles, his tone became weird: "You, you won't lose face, right?"

Charles twitched and shook his head vigorously.

"That would be great. ”

The bartender grinned, baring his sharp teeth. He glanced upstairs: "Boss, it will take some time for them to talk about things, let's get close."

Here, little white face, let's cheers. ”

He shoved the glass into Charles's hand, grabbed his hand, and clinked glasses with himself.

With a bitter expression, Charles picked up his glass, tilted his head, and drank it all.

It's dark.

After a few days of solitary confinement, the revolutionary army seemed to have finally unified its attitude, changed its previous attitude of ignorance, and took the initiative to contact Konstantin.

The two sides met in this secret bar base.

Konstantin took Charles with him, but when he arrived, he was allowed to go up alone. Konstantin had no choice but to leave Charles in the midst of a bunch of fierce men who were like wolves and tigers.

As a result, in less than half an hour, Charles was cleaned up into the pit by this group of obviously premeditated guys.

A mouthful of pungent and cloudy liquor poured into his throat, and Charles gasped and gritted his teeth.

It's a familiar recipe, a familiar taste.

In Lower Avalon, there is a special kind of moonshine, which is made by craftsmen by mixing industrial alcohol with various pigments and flavoring agents and soaking the snake bones of lime snakes in bad liquor.

-- Kerosene.

That's what the poor dogs of Lower Avalon call this bad wine, saying that you should stay away from candles because candles will make you want to light yourself too.

In addition to drinking, it can also be used to sprinkle on corpses, good accelerants, and after burning, even the best forensic doctors and their own mothers will not recognize who the dead person is.

Now the cup in Charles's hand is not much better than kerosene, and it seems to have ...... in it

“...... Forbidden drugs?"

Charles murmured softly.

In the silence, the people in the corner couldn't help but laugh, full of malice. The bartender's eyebrows raised: "It's actually a knowledgeable person?" ”

He narrowed his eyes, lifted the full liquor load, and grinned:

"Looks like we're going to have to treat it well. ”

The order from above is to let Konstantin retreat, but don't lose decency, it's better to make a big fool. The people he brought with him...... Naturally, we should also be treated the same, and we should not favor one over the other.

The bartender began to be curious.

How many drinks can he have before the ingredients in the wine will burn out this little white-faced brain?

"One more drink. ”

He shoved the overflowing glass in front of Charles, and when Charles opened his mouth to speak, he drew his dagger and slashed it on the scarred bar.

"Come, I'll be with you. ”

He stared at Charles' pale face and grinned:

"-- Today, you must drink to your heart's content!"

In silence, Charles stared at the wine glass in his hand, for a long time, and nodded slowly:

"Okay. ”

In the face of the bartender's stunned expression, Charles tilted his head and drank the spirits.

I don't know why.

The bartender was a little flustered.

Perhaps, I made a wrong choice.

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I don't know how long it took, but the upstairs door opened.

The owner of the bar sent Konstantin to the door of his office and said goodbye to him.

"Konstantin, I'm sorry to let you run for nothing. The man behind the door stretched out his hand and shook his hand: "But Mr. Gaius has his own ideas, and I can't help this matter." ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as everyone is willing to see me and listen to my old foolish nonsense, I'm already very happy. Konstantin sighed and put on his hat: "Thank you for the hospitality." ”

"Well, don't send it. ”

The person behind the door bowed: "Buck, send Mr. back!"

There was silence downstairs, and no one responded.

"Buck, Buck, where are you dead?!"

The person behind the door was stunned for a moment, and then an embarrassed look appeared: "I'm sorry, Mr. Constantine, those little cubs under my command don't know how to be respectful, and I don't know who has been advocating for you recently, and they have some misunderstandings and prejudices about you.

Let's hope they didn't do anything against your retinue......"

Konstantin was stunned for a moment, his face immediately became gloomy, and he turned around and quickly went downstairs.

Few people could have imagined that an old man like Konstantin could move so quickly, and when he looked agitated, stepping on the stairs was like crushing the stale template under his feet.

Before I could get down the stairs, I smelled a pungent smell of alcohol, as well as a foul-smelling smell of vomit.

Konstantin was stunned for a moment, and his pace quickened.

Hopefully, the Charles are still intact and haven't torn apart the fools who are messing around in the dirty gutters of the Holy City.

But when he walked down the corner of the stairs, he was stunned.

At this moment, there was silence in the hall.

Whether it's the bartender behind the bar, the thug playing poker on the sofa, or the spectator pretending to play billiards and throwing darts, they are all on the ground at this moment.

Some people gasped in drunkenness, opened their mouths, and vomited large patches of viscous liquid, mixed with undigested black beans, and the stench and the pungent taste of low-quality alcohol.

And in the middle of the crowd, Charles sat alone in a chair at the front of the bar, bored playing poker alone.

When he turned around, he saw that it was Konstantin who was coming downstairs, and he smiled.

"Sir, are you finally done?"

He jumped down from his chair: "I've been waiting for a long time, and I'm still thinking about whether to hand over a takeout." ”

"Uh...... Well. ”

Konstantin didn't seem to react, and nodded a little stiffly: "This...... What's going on?"

"The Revolutionary Army of the World is a family, and everyone is a very enthusiastic person. Charles looked at the people around him, a little embarrassed: "It's a pity, they are afraid that the hospitality will not be good, and they will not be able to drink, so they will get drunk without a few glasses." ”

Konstantin was silent for a long time, and nodded slowly, as if accepting this reality.

He looked away, pretending not to see Charles quietly kicking two bloodshot teeth under the bar.

"We're done, let's go. He said.

"Oh, okay, wait a minute. ”

Charles patted his head and slipped behind the counter to pack two bottles of goodies that the bartender had specially prepared into his backpack.

As if unintentionally, he opened the bartender's pocket, fumbled for a small paper bag, sniffed it a little, hesitated for a long time, and finally, put it into his pocket.

"I've been waiting, sir. ”

He clapped his hands and slipped out of the counter, "Let's go." ”

-

On the carriage back, Konstantin wearily took off his hat.

He leaned back on the seat of the carriage, as if he had no energy and wanted to sleep, and was silent, but he could not help but sigh softly.

Charles looked out the window and asked, "Sir, aren't you going to visit the others?"

"Let's go home today. ”

Konstantin shook his head, "I'm a little tired, the rest of the things will be talked about tomorrow." ”

The charr was silent.

After a long time, he wanted to speak and stopped: "Sir......"

"Huh?"

"Your face is ......," Charles pointed to his face.

Konstantin touched his face in confusion, and then couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head:

"Sure enough. ”

At this moment, Konstantin looked extremely tired, and he knew how ugly he looked without a mirror. What's worse is that even he himself feels this smell of aging and tiredness......

"When I get older, it seems like I'm going to start paying off the debts I owe. If you are a little bit disturbed, you will feel unstable and unable to sleep.

Even if you talk to people, you must be as if you are on the battlefield, concentrate on it, and dare not slack off. ”

He sighed softly, took out the pills from his pocket, counted four pills, poured them into his mouth, and swallowed them with the warm water in the bottle: "If you forget to take the medicine for a day or two, you won't be able to hold it." ”

"Is something wrong?" asked Charles.

"It's not too big. ”

Konstantin smiled bitterly: "If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid I'm going to be dragged to liquidation." ”

"Huh?"

Charles was stunned for a moment, and then felt a darkness in front of him: "Liquidation?

Literally. ”

Konstantin said lightly: "I have been a deputy commander for so many years, and I have offended many people, and now that I am about to lose power, then there will definitely be people who are happy to fall into the ground." ”

Charles only felt that he was in a trance: "How, why all of a sudden...... Didn't you just come out?"

"It's that I'm naïve to think about it. ”

Konstantin pinched the bridge of his nose and whispered, "People change, Charr."

I went in for half a year, but I didn't expect the situation to be completely out of control.

The revolutionary army is no longer the revolutionary army it used to be. Isn't it natural that I, an old guy who can't keep up with the team, will be swept away from the garbage heap?

I'm afraid Gaius is hesitant to see me. ”

Charles only felt a splitting headache.

Although he had been aware of something wrong these days, he thought in his heart that it was just a cautious, secrecy measure. Unexpectedly, behind the solitary confinement and censorship was the revolutionary army's strong distrust of Konstantin.

And this situation seems to have become more and more intense since Konstantin was released from prison.

What has Konstantin done these days......

"Charles, it's not the same as it used to be. ”

Konstantin sighed softly: "It has been more than ninety years since the last beastly outbreak in the dark world. The active period of natural disasters is approaching.

The current human world is like walking on a tightrope on the abyss, and it can no longer withstand any internal contradictions.

Even for the sake of the overall situation, the contradictions between the Holy City and the revolutionary army must be resolved. ”

Charles was dumbfounded, and after a long time, he stammered:

"Isn't that great?"

"Gaius doesn't necessarily like my idea. ”

Konstantin shook his head, "He has lost himself. ”

He ...... What do you want to do?"

"Do you need to ask?"

Konstantin lit his cigarette and took two deep breaths: "Gaius wants to create a new world, but he will destroy the old first......

If he finds out that I'm in front of him, then he'll destroy those things with me, along with a lot of people who support me. ”

He looked at the sluggish Charles, looking tired: "Charles, no matter what choice I make, many people will die in a few days." Many, much more.

Either because of me, or because of him.

This is my last chance...... But I didn't even dare to make up my mind. ”

Gaius ...... He wouldn't be trying to attack the Holy City, would he?"

Charles couldn't help but ask. Even if such a question was too explicit, he couldn't care about it at all, he could feel that he was already very close to the truth, very close, even just one step away!

But he smelled a creepy smell.

The sordid secrets smelled seductive, making him like a moth to a fire.

"Raiding the Holy City?"

Konstantin couldn't help but laugh and sneered: "It's not enough. ”

He clenched his palm and crushed the cigarette roll in his hand, even though the hot tobacco left scorch marks on the palm of his hand, he didn't seem to feel pain: "Charles, he wants to release the natural disaster." ”

"- He wants to free the dragon of calamity that has been sealed under the Holy City by three generations of popes!"

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The monthly pass ranking of the fantasy classification, the results are really getting bleaker and bleaker. Let's get some monthly passes~ I'm also trying to get more. (To be continued.) )