Brunei did not choose to go into the city and walk into the city, but went all the way from outside the city to the West Gate - mainly because he did not know the guards of the West Gate, and the Great Munch had mentioned the problem of "martial law" before, he may not be able to get out.

Fortunately, even though I have never walked before, I will not have a problem walking along the city walls after clarifying the direction.

Walking through the southern part of the city, I saw the corners of the city wall that could almost be called sharp, the square base, and the jagged female wall on it, like a large mouth open to the sky, revealing sharp teeth. Brunei looked at it carefully, did not rely on the system, and easily saw that there were more than enough people on it. The matter of "martial law", Munch really said that it was true.

Brunei didn't go very fast. When he saw the majestic gate from the far side of the western wall, Brunei didn't even feel tired. Not a drop of sweat flowed out of his body, and even after walking for such a long time and such a long distance, the clothes he was wearing now were far thicker and warmer than when he was so poor that he could only buy a few pieces of paper and a box of ink every month, but he did not feel the slightest warmth, on the contrary, he felt a chill.

"System, how long have I been walking?" Brunei stopped, took a deep breath, took another deep breath, and closed his eyes gently.

I'm not a computer system, and I said I know everything, but it doesn't matter if there's a low-level function like a timer. What's more - don't you feel a little bit yourself?]

Brunei subconsciously shook his fist twice, pursed his lips, and suddenly laughed: "You're right. I'm so nervous, can't you talk to me about something else and help me soothe my emotions?"

[No, you can't.] Although this kind of business is considered an advanced function as a system, it is too vulgar after all and does not conform to my noble image. 】

The system unsurprisingly refused, but its gags did put Brunei at ease a bit.

Brunei restarted and walked onto the avenue connecting the inside and outside of the west gate of the city. As in the northern part of the city, the avenue was flat and wide, and there were no people, until it turned in the distance and entered the depths of the Endless Mountains. There were no soldiers standing guard outside the city, but there was a figure above the city gate, who seemed to notice Brunei and didn't care, just looked at it twice.

Brunei looked at him as he looked over, nodded, and then beckoned, and the man above seemed to laugh and wave his hand in response. Then, Brunei stood about a dozen meters outside the door: "System, observe." ”

[Reconnaissance Check: 72>60, failed.] You try to see through the mottled shadows of the trees and see what might be hidden within, but perhaps the sunlight is so strong that the dark shadows swallow everything in them. To the extent you can see it alone, it may bring about what the letter says is a 'further request', and you don't notice it at all. 】

"Snort. Brunei sneered. However, the time has probably not arrived, and the observation here is just a precautionary habitual attempt, and the failure itself is insignificant - that being said, combined with the bad habit of the system always failing again and again when encountering big things, he still feels a little uncomfortable in his heart.

When I looked up, I realized that it was very cold, but the sun was indeed very strong, and it shone down painlessly, not at all as burning as in the hot summer - but Brunei did not feel so warm and comfortable. He stood like this for five minutes.

[Reconnaissance verification: 5060, failed.] The whole body of the man was shrouded in a black robe, and he happened to have the sun on his back, and even his face was covered by the shadow of the hood, and he disappeared with the movement of walking, but he never saw it really. 】

[Wow, a little demon has appeared! It seems that this is the first time we have encountered this situation, isn't it, little Bruneith?]

At such a time, Brunei no longer paid attention to the nonsense of the system, cheered up the spirit, hung down his left hand, and held the short knife he carried with him in the most concealed way possible, and at the same time took a half step back with his left foot, and his right hand was crossed in front of his chest as if he was nervous, in fact, it was close to his chest, ready to use spells: "...... Who are you?"

"Brunei Carlisle. A deep voice came from under the black robe, but in the shadow of the hood, even the opening and closing of his mouth could not be distinguished, and he paused and repeated, "You are Brunei Carlisle?"

Brunei raised an eyebrow. His real surname was Castro, the most precious thing his parents had left him after they became the high-ranking magical attendants of the High Rank of the High Wizard in the Ministry of Security—and Carlisle was nothing more than a casual spout that William could not trust at the time. People who know this surname are only because of William's relationship, and there are only a few people in the relationship chain who can't change their words. William - Scarly - Fernando, and those who have heard them mention themselves.

Brunei nodded, quickened his speech, and added a few quick gasps to make his voice sound more nervous, and added a little anxiety: "It's me." You—yes, the one who wrote the letter?"

The other party seemed to nod, unlike the action of ordinary people nodding, his head shook very slightly, but if he didn't think it was a nod, he didn't respond to Brunei's words, just said to himself: "Scarly Terry Miltrov's new promotion, and the only guard and attendant during this time, Brunei Carlyle." ”

"......" Brunei narrowed his eyes, took another half step back, and looked at the other party, from such a close distance, more or less, he could already see his thin cheeks, if it weren't for the messy, stained white hair, and two cloudy black eyes, which looked almost like a skeleton suspended in a black robe, "Exactly." ”

The other party was silent for a while before shaking his head slightly: "Follow me." Then he turned and went away.

Brunei grabbed his shoulder, his body was as thin as his face, Brunei himself was originally a tall and thin pole-like type, but the other party was far thinner than Brunei, and the feeling in his hand was as if he had grasped a handful of bones.

He stopped, and it took a while for him to turn back half of his face, and his cloudy eyes probably looked in the direction of Brunei, and looked at him, but Bruneith didn't even dare to confirm this. The two were silent for a long time before he spoke: "What?"

"Is that you? you, kidnapping the eldest lady and trying to demand a ransom from me?" asked Brunei urgently.

This time the other party did not pause for a long time, his brows seemed to be slightly wrinkled, as if the skin on his head was suddenly pulled up, fortunately, the shadow obscured people could not see clearly, otherwise he might have laughed out loud, and the other party continued to say in a deep but not hoarse voice, which did not match the image: "Yes." Follow me. ”

[Psychological Assessment: 96>95>60, Big Failure.] You try to judge the other person's mental activity by details such as expression and intonation, but on that mottled face, you can't see the emotional changes that normal humans should have, instead, after following those details with unknown meanings, and trying your best to analyze and understand, you inexplicably feel a dizziness. 】

[SAN value verification: 18<20, successful.] Lose 1 SAN value, current state: SAN=19/40. 】

[You reacted quickly, and your whole body was violently agitated, and the face in front of you was still the seemingly inhuman face, completely expressionless, but the blurred vision, darkness, and fear of that moment just now are still deeply imprinted in your mind. 】

"Hey, hey, hey, hey. After Brunei withdrew from that dizziness, he immediately scolded in his heart, "Are you serious? Are you kidding? I just want to know if his 'right' is true or false, and you actually want to do a SAN value test for me? And if you succeed, you will deduct 1 point? What are you doing - are you kidding me!"

[Wow, I didn't expect your face to be so dark!Seriously, I really didn't expect this!]

"Phew!" Brunei snorted in his heart, but the guy in the black robe had already turned his head expressionlessly and walked in front without saying a word. Brunei gritted his teeth fiercely and ran two steps to follow.

This guy has an abnormal aura from beginning to end. It's not that it's a matter of his appearance or aura - it's normal for powerful mages to have some quirks, especially those who are so impoverished that they have to kidnap and blackmail. It's just that there are many logical contradictions between his words and deeds and his identity.

The asymmetry between the risk of kidnapping Scarly and the 50,000 standard units of standard units has been ignored before, and it is not mentioned now.

As far as the conversation was concerned, he knew that Brunei was the new guard, and that Scari was now the only one with Brunei, so it became very unreasonable to leave a kidnapping letter in Scully's room. Brunei's loyalty, and Scarry's trust in Brunei, the money Brunei's ability to mobilize — every step of the way is unreliable. Brunei will be willing to redeem it, and the possibility of coming up with enough money should be low, to be honest, from the perspective of others.

So, let's say he's a less cautious person. Even so, he still has a suspicion, very, very serious suspicion. If it was really as Brunei guessed and expressed, he kidnapped Scully for money, for Brunei who did not hold the 50,000 standard unit of external badge in his hand now, he didn't even ask a question like "Did you get enough money", but just said "Follow me", as if he didn't take the ransom to heart at all.

In this way, it is likely that his purpose is not as simple as Brunei thought at the beginning. For this reason, Brunei asked, and especially emphasized the word "think" in "You kidnapped the eldest lady and want to ask me for ransom". The other party unsurprisingly replied "yes", and if the psychology succeeded, Brunei would be able to determine the truth of this sentence, and thus know whether his purpose was ransom or not, and assess the future risks.

Originally, this was just a precautionary test. Before he came, Brunei had settled the score, and the price to be paid for a single encounter was far less than the cost of the constant revenge of the Miltrov family for causing Scarly to be hurt or even killed. So, it doesn't matter if you fail, it's just a matter of being mentally prepared.

The result was a big failure, and besides, I lost a little SAN value inexplicably!

After a heartache, Brunei finally recovered. There was no point in dwelling on the losses that had already occurred, and his sanity was finally starting to gain the upper hand again.

[I really didn't expect this] The voice of the system sounded faintly in his heart again, but he knew that it was not the system that was talking, but his memory was rolling again. The system likes to deceive people, and when others suffer, it gloats, and it gets into trouble because of its misdirection, and it gives it a great sense of accomplishment. However, such an almost panicked, humiliating confession is not the way the system likes to lie.

If this is true, then what does it mean?

Along the way, the black-robed man didn't say a word, while Brunei was completely immersed in thought, his mind was tumbling and boiling, until he stopped, he barely came back to his senses, looking at the black shadow standing in front of him, still thinking about this question.

Who the hell is this guy, and what does he want to do?