Finale: The First Sight of Bloodshed (7,000-word chapter, as always, two chapters in one)
The delicate small hand axe, like a work of art, drew a rounded arc in the air, and fell lightly on the log with the thickness of a big arm in front of Shuer, obviously the blade of the small hand axe was very blunt, as if it was not open, obviously Shuer did not use force, the axe simply fell on the log, but the strong log was like butter under the hot knife, and it was separated to both sides without the ability to resist, allowing the small hand axe to split to the end.
Sitting in front of a humble log cabin, shirtless and wearing a pair of homemade coarse linen trousers, Shul yawned lazily in the warm sun, swept the split wood into the pyre, took another log and placed it on the chopping pile, and raised his axe again.
However, the next moment, the hand axe suddenly stopped in mid-air, and Shul stood motionless as if frozen, frowning thoughtfully.
Surrounded by mountains, vast forests, and a radius of hundreds of kilometers around it, Shu'er is accompanied only by the cry of birds, the howl of animals, the chanting of insects, and the rustle of the wind through the treetops.
However, this time, the sound of several iron tools colliding came to Shuer's ears along with the breeze on the pavement, and along with the sound of iron clashing, there was also a thin voice.
The sounds were extremely faint, apparently coming from a great distance, and it would be difficult for a normal person to hear them, or rather, to distinguish them from the wind. But Xiuer is not a normal person, no matter how subtle the voice is, there is nothing to hide under his keen five senses, and the seclusion life of nearly ten years has already made him familiar with Lin Haizhong's usual voice, so he immediately recognized that this is the sound of weapons colliding with each other.
Are these people fighting in such endless mountains and forests? Are these people's brains eaten by worms?
There is a deeper reason behind all the phenomena that go against common sense, which is one of the truths that Shull has believed in for many years, and since it happened near his hermitage, Shul certainly can't ignore it.
So the next moment, Shur disappeared from the spot like a blowing wind, his body jumped lightly on the treetops, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the depths of the dense forest.
"When", metal to metal collided, bursting into the dark glade with a blinding spark and a cacophony of noise.
A tall and handsome man in hard leather armor twisted his waist and waved his two-handed sword, with a dull sound of the wind, slashing at the enemy in front of him. The two-handed sword was flowing with an earth-colored shimmer, and strange energy fluctuations came from the shimmer.
Opposite him, the burly man with the sword in his right hand and the shield in his left hand was dressed in metal chain mail, raised the metal square shield on his arm and stretched his legs, ready to meet the opponent's heavy sword, and the surface of the shield was also covered with a subtle energy light.
"When", the sword and shield collided again.
Although the burly man blocked the direct damage of the enemy's weapon and appeared unscathed, he retreated again and again under the powerful impact until his back slammed into a huge tree. In this collision of strength and power, the winner is obviously a handsome man with a two-handed sword, and the burly strong man can only be defeated by the power of the opponent's strange energy.
On the strong man's body, there are still seven or eight cuts, the wounds are not very deep, but the blood has not completely coagulated, exuding a heavy bloody gas.
The tall and thin man who was hostile to him was very strange, there were many tears left in the leather armor, and there were blood stains in the cracks, but it was incomprehensible that the skin under the leather armor was intact, and there was no sign of being injured at all.
"It's hilarious, who are these guys?" In the canopy of a thickly foliageed tree, Shul stared at the fierce battle below with half a face.
Are these people really human? The physical strength of these people is simply beyond the scope of what he understands people.
Seeing the burly man's bare limbs slammed into a sharp branch, it was a hard Fuli wood, and it was difficult to cause damage to the giant axe, and a normal person would have been pierced by the tip a long time ago. As a result, after he collided with it, there was not even a red spot on his skin, and the branches were broken into several pieces, such a physical defense, not to mention the warriors of the Eastern Continent, even those Western Continent swordsmen who trained their muscles to their brains couldn't do it, could it be the secret weapon of the Western Continent?
If it's really from the Western Continent, what are they going to do? The last few times I helped them return to Elysium, I haven't let them remember it for a long time, what are they going to do? No, you can't sit idly by, you have to inform her immediately, otherwise......
Otherwise, Shuer's face suddenly stiffened, and gradually turned into a wry smile.
Oh, yes, what does this have to do with me? There was an internal strife, the two most elite troops lost thousands of people, and the strength of the family was greatly damaged, which was all caused by me, I ...... Why can't I trust her more? Hehe, now I don't have the right to worry about her.
Despite this, Shure never moved his body, and his eyes were still fixed on the battle scene. Well, I'm not watching the situation, I'm not worried about her, absolutely not, I'm just curious, well, yes, that's it.
Well, the combat skills are very western-style, and the level of the two is almost the same, and they are just as miserable. But the power is terrifying, it doesn't look like a human being, it's enough to crush most of the combat skills, and that strange light, what is it, it feels like whether it's attack or defense, as long as those lights appear, it will be enhanced, magic? Don't be kidding, there's no such thing in the world.
"Tsk, these two inexplicable people, one has great strength, the other has strong defense, and their combat effectiveness is close, so it's hard to tell the winner. Under such a comparison of strength, it is right to fight steadily and steadily, and it is difficult to have a chance of winning if you are so bold as a two-handed swordsman, especially if he is attacking and defending, it will be even more troublesome. ”
Shuer saw it very accurately, although the battle of strength was dominated by thin and tall men, but the tide of battle did not tilt in his favor.
The two-handed heavy sword is very aggressive, but the defensive ability is far inferior to the sword and shield combination, sure enough, after the thin man picked up the heavy sword to pursue the enemy, the strong man holding the heavy sword used the support of the giant tree behind him to block the opponent's horizontal slash with the shield, and at the same time the one-handed sword in the right hand stabbed out, and the blade was strengthened by a strange light, and the thin man's hard leather armor was torn like paper, leaving a bloody wound on the waist.
"Jingle bell", the battle between swords and swords continues, and it seems that it is definitely not the first time that the two have met, they are very clear about each other's fighting skills and habits, and they also know each other's strengths and weaknesses very well, and as time goes by, there are more and more places of blood on the two of them.
"The strange energy is very skillful in its use, and it is very sophisticated in its use, and it has obviously been tested in actual combat for many, many years, which is by no means something that a newly developed secret weapon can do. Could it be that the people of the Western Continent have this kind of technique before? Impossible, I killed thousands of Western Continent swordsmen in a row, and I have already used this technique, and I can't wait until now. Tsk, I'm afraid these guys aren't from the Western Continent at all, where did they come from?"
With a preliminary conclusion in mind, Shur hid in the dark and watched around.
Not far away, under a tree, there was the corpse of an old man, dressed in a strange robe, dressed like those mysterious cultists in the mythology of the last civilization. He was attacked from behind, his back was pierced by a sharp blade, his heart was broken, he was already dead, blood was pouring all over the ground, and he looked shocking.
"It's miserable, from the dagger in the back, it's not a pleasant experience. Shuer pursed his lips, "Although it has nothing to do with me, but if you continue to make trouble like this, how will I live in this place in the future." ”
"Dangdangdang", just thinking about it, the big sword of the tall swordsman suddenly turned into several afterimages, and quickly slashed eight swords at the enemy, and the burly shield warrior also shouted, and in an instant, the shield seemed to become as stable as a rock, and he took all the attacks, and his body didn't even shake.
"It's interesting what this is. Of course, Shuer didn't know, this was something called skill, but this did not affect his analysis of the battle situation, "No matter what it is, such a reckless attack and not defense, I'm afraid that the two-handed sword won't last long." Although he has been pressed and beaten by the other side, the injuries suffered are much lighter than him, and if he continues, he will soon be unable to hold on. Seeing that he is not an inexperienced novice, he can't be so stupid. Unless, what else does he have in the backhand, is it her?"
There was another person in the shadow under the tree behind the two-handed swordsman, which Shur had seen a long time ago, but he had not paid attention to it until this time.
It's okay not to look at it, but when he saw it, Xiuer's face suddenly became strange.
"#@¥#@#¥" Coincidentally, at the same time as Xiu Erse became popular, the order of the tall thin man also arrived, and the language he didn't understand, but it was obvious that the object of the order was the person in the shadow behind him.
A little girl.
The little girl in a strange black cloth robe looked to be only seven or eight years old, and she had been curled up under a tree not far behind the tall and thin man, her long thick golden hair hung down behind her back, her big eyes were as blue as the sea, her chubby little face had obvious baby fat, and even her red lips were fleshy, and she looked very cute.
Now, however, she was no longer lovely but pitiful, trembling and evidently in extreme fear.
At this moment, Shul seemed to go back to that afternoon many years ago, and saw the child who can never be forgotten again.
Simple dress, long black hair, short figure, not recognizing life at all, chubby little hands holding his thighs, raising his head, two big dark eyes flashed one after another, looking up at the tall Shuer curiously.
"Hee-hee. It seemed to be very happy, the little girl smiled like a flower, opened her arms for a hug, bent down and hugged in her arms, her little body, gentle, soft, with indescribable warmth.
"I'm going to protect her, even if it takes her a lifetime. At that time, Shur secretly made this vow and tried to carry it out, but after many years, he broke his promise with his own hands, and the experience became a nightmare that can never be shaken off.
However, many years later, in the middle of the forest and the sea, seeing the child in the shade of the tree, he seemed to see the girl who asked for a hug again.
Why do two shadows coincide in front of my eyes, why does my heart beat so fast, why would I want to protect a little girl I don't even know?
Shul didn't find the answers to these questions, because he didn't look for them at all.
This time, the body moved earlier than the brain, the breeze blew, the branches swayed gently, and Shuer's figure had disappeared from the branches.
"#!@¥!@#¥!@#", the tall and thin man's tone was a little more impatient, and he seemed quite eager, "!@#¥!@#." ”
Tears have hazy vision, the little girl's lips trembled, silently muttered a few words, raised her hand like a slender man pointed, the next moment, a faint white light fell from the sky, shrouding the thin and tall man in it.
Warm, soft, with a reassuring feeling, under the white light, the wound on the thin and tall man's body healed quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and after a few seconds, it became smooth and smooth, as if it had not been injured. Looking at the gaps and blood stains on the intact skin and crusty armor, the previously incomprehensible questions become understandable.
When everything was done, the little girl's face was as pale as paper, and her fingers were shaking violently, as if she was enduring some pain. Her little hands pressed hard against the corners of her forehead, large drops of sweat ran down her sideburns, and her body trembled like fallen leaves in the wind.
"Hahahaha. "No matter what kind of language, crying and laughing, they are all common, and they can express their inner emotions most directly.
The handsome swordsman obviously didn't care about the little girl's state at all, and moved his newly recovered limbs slightly, letting out a smug laugh, and the attack of the big sword was like a tide, forcing the strong man of the sword and shield to retreat.
“@#¥@#¥@#。 The offensive was like a tide, and the swordsman was full of energy, as if he had won the battle, while the strong man with sword and shield did not say a word with a straight face, gritted his teeth and fought and retreated.
No wonder the swordsman is so proud, the combat strength of the two sides is equal, but one side can treat the wound at any time, and the other side can only resist hard, and there is no suspense about the victory or defeat.
It just doesn't seem to be suspenseful.
Sudden mutations.
At the blind corner of the little girl's side of sight, the air suddenly surged with imperceptible abnormal fluctuations, and a black shadow emerged from behind the little girl, quickly condensing into a human form, and the black dagger in his hand was like the fangs of a poisonous snake finally showing, silently stabbing at the soft neck of the little girl.
Even if she could use strange techniques to heal her wounds, she was only a little girl of seven or eight years old, and she didn't know how to protect herself on the battlefield, and now she seemed to be in a state of intense pain, completely oblivious to what was happening in the blind corner.
When she finally found out that the situation was wrong, it was because she felt the flow of the wind, and when she turned her head, she saw a black shadow turn into a streamer, with a strong wind, rushing towards her, and then she was knocked out of the air.
"Poof", the sound of a sharp weapon cutting into the body, will always be creepy, and the smell of blood diffused with the sound is also strong and pungent.
The black shadow that pounced out was naturally Shuer, and at the moment before the dagger was about to pierce the little girl's neck, he finally arrived, and it was too late to use other methods, so he could only knock her away and bear the dagger's attack for the girl with his body.
After rolling on the ground a few times, the girl raised her head, and what appeared in front of her was the tall back of Shuer, and the familiar woman opposite Shuer.
The tight-fitting clothes and pants wrapped around her body, and the habit of hiding in the shadows made her a little more eerie, and the dagger in her hand was stained with blood, bright red and red, like the fangs of a poisonous snake.
The former gentleness and kindness have long been gone, and his demeanor is full of fierceness and hideousness, like a fierce beast that chooses people to devour, and if he is not careful, he will pounce on it and bite the throat of the victim.
The little girl subconsciously took a step back, only to realize that she could no longer bite someone's throat.
In the intermingling of figures just now, there was already a small, art-like hand axe on her white and tender neck, the hand axe was very blunt, like an ornament, but it was deeply embedded in her neck, almost cutting off half of her neck.
The woman in the shadows pressed the huge wound on her neck tightly, her eyes bulging out like goldfish, staring at Shuer in front of her, even if the blood foaming from the corner of her mouth smeared on her face, she couldn't stop the disbelief and despair in her expression.
She couldn't figure it out until she died.
Obviously he has no fighting spirit, just an ordinary person, with the strength of ordinary people, even if he uses a sharp blade to slash with all his strength, he may not be able to cause damage to his body, why can he just cut off his neck with an axe and kill himself?
And what is even more incomprehensible is, what kind of person is this, how can he appear here? This is an otherworldly projection where no one will ever exist, how did he appear? If he didn't believe that there were only five people here, how could he be attacked by him, if not......
I didn't have time to think about it more, blood gushed out of my neck, and at the same time, there was the only remaining life force.
With reluctance and resentment, she stopped breathing with her eyes open.
"Roar"!
Two roars, coming from the battlering position, with different emotions.
The handsome swordsman had the same explanation on his fingers as the dead woman, and it seemed that he should be a husband and wife, but his roar was full of joy, as if he had been vented with hatred, while the roar of the burly shield swordsman was full of grief and indignation, and he had even fallen into madness, abandoning all defenses, and rushing straight towards the dead woman and Shuer.
Shul only took half a step across, protecting the little girl behind him, but he didn't make any defensive moves, because he was in a bad state.
His injuries were far more serious than expected.
There is no doubt that he is a very strong and experienced warrior, and the moment the dagger touches his body, the battle instinct has already reacted, his body deflects to avoid the weak muscles, the skin and muscles that have been fully tempered suddenly tightened, and the body moves backwards in the direction of the force, trying to dissolve the power on the dagger.
However, the effect was not significant.
According to his combat experience, after the body movement is dissolved, the taut skin and muscles can cancel out most of the damage, and the short dagger will be caught by the muscles, and it will be difficult to continue deeper, and it will not cause excessive damage.
Unexpectedly, this time there was a rather strange energy attached to the dagger, and it easily broke through the blockade of the muscles, even though he had tried his best to defuse it, he still pierced deeply, opening a shocking wound in his right chest, and even the lobes of his lungs were seriously damaged.
The strong man with sword and shield didn't rush over.
He lost his mind, but the swordsman did not, and when he passed by the swordsman, the swordsman was ready, and after a while, the great sword easily pierced the strong man's back, pierced the heart, and pierced through the chest, opening a huge bloody hole in his body.
Struggling to run forward a few more steps, the strong man shook, fell to the ground unwillingly, and could not run to the dead woman until he died.
"Hahahaha. Although he couldn't understand why this wild man appeared here, let alone how he could kill his wife, the dagger in his body was real, and such a serious injury made this wild man lose half his life, and he couldn't even stand steadily, so he could only cover his wound and sit on the ground and gasp violently.
No more threats.
In pride, the swordsman ignored the behavior of the wild man who was dipped in blood and kept sketching patterns on his body, who knows which god's followers were dying rituals, it doesn't matter at all, the important thing is that there is no threat, everything is mine.
A few steps to the corpse of the strong man with sword and shield, a sword pierced the neck of the corpse, leaving no chance for the enemy to pretend to be dead. The swordsman then crouched down, groped carefully on the corpse for a while, and finally found a cloth bag, opened it with anticrisy, looked at it, and laughed excitedly again.
“#¥!@#¥。 The little girl's face turned pale and she spoke in a language that Shul could not understand.
“#@¥@#¥@#¥。 The swordsman smiled and gave a long list of answers, and suddenly his face turned blank, and he strode up to the badly injured Shuer, and the great sword that shone with a strange light was raised high and slashed down.
In the face of a seriously injured person, the swordsman was already vigilant enough, and even poured plenty of fighting energy into the big sword, even if the opponent of the same level could not dodge, he could not meet this attack with his body, not to mention that the opposite side was just a wild man who had no fighting spirit and was seriously injured and dying, and the result was not suspenseful for him.
However, the suspense came right away.
Shuer, who had been painted with strange patterns all over his body, suddenly jumped up as easily as if he was not injured, and the strange bulge of muscles on his body contained explosive power.
With a "bang", a sharp and flexible strange weapon was originally wrapped around Shuer's waist like a belt, but at this time, it suddenly broke away from his body and was held in his hand, shaking in the wind, the strange weapon seemed to lose its flexibility, turned into a flexible poisonous snake, and pierced the swordsman's neck like lightning.
With a sword flicker, Xiu'er floated back a few meters like a light smoke, wiping away the blood that flowed from the corners of his mouth because of the vibration of his body. Without even looking at the swordsman whose neck was pierced, he casually pulled out the dagger stuck in his body.
The wound under the dagger was shocking, but the veins seemed to be sealed, and not a drop of blood flowed anymore, Shul ignored his wound, but walked a few steps to the girl who was looking at him in horror, still holding a club-like weapon with a strange decoration in her hand, and half-knelt and stretched out her hand to her, with a gentle smile on her face.
"@#¥@#¥", still an incomprehensible language, the girl doesn't seem to be shaking so much.
Shul sighed, stretched out his hand very slowly, and touched the top of the girl's head, the girl's body stiffened, and slowly soothed, and tears began to accumulate in her eyes.
"I'm going to die this time, I'm so badly injured, and I've forcibly used a secret method. Shuer has already made a judgment on his future in his heart, so let's rest like this, rest forever. But no, you can't leave this child here, at least let her go back to safety. Shuer, who had settled his attention, pointed to the girl, and then to the corpses around him, and said slowly, syllable-by-syllable, "What's going on?"
The body language was common, and the girl actually understood, she bit her lip tightly, and pointed to the cloth bag that was still held in the swordsman's hand until death, but her eyes drifted away, and she didn't want to look at the cloth bag again.
Snapping his fingers and opening the cloth bag, the light in front of Shuer's eyes flickered.
In the cloth bag, ten diamonds the size of a baby's fist were lying quietly together, crystal clear and shining.
It didn't need to be explained, Shul already understood.
Such a huge diamond is definitely a priceless treasure, enough to make everyone tempted. Friendship, love, family, in the face of such great wealth, these feelings are as fragile as glass, as long as they can kill others, they can possess all this alone, and how many people can not be moved?
At least four people who died did not make it.
Human nature does not need to be praised or dispraised.
However, Shul burst out laughing, and the laughter was so full of mockery that he could barely breathe.
"@#¥@#", the girl looked at Shuer with strange eyes.
"I'll do a magic trick for you. Knowing that the girl couldn't understand it, Shul thought it was too funny, and couldn't help but say in his own words, "A simple, but absolutely wonderful magic trick." ”
It's really simple, Shul just takes out a diamond, wraps it in his hands, heats it with body heat, a minute, two minutes, and when two minutes have passed, the diamond has changed amazingly.
The crystal clear surface seems to have melted in half, and there are hundreds of tiny holes on the surface, densely packed with holes, which make people feel sick to the scalp.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Shul quickly threw the diamond out, like throwing away a hot potato.
The magic effect finally appeared, and the diamond lost its luster while it was still in the air, becoming like an ordinary stone, and at the same time, hundreds of small red nematodes popped out of the diamond, and as soon as it touched the ground, it drilled into the dirt with all its might.
Unfortunately, by the time the bugs noticed that something was wrong, it was too late.
Some of them had already burrowed into the earth, and some of them were still writhing outside, and the discomfort of the environment made them lose their chance to live, and soon they did not move again.
"The scientific name, parasitic nematode, commonly known as the greedy person who wants to die, will concentrate on disguising what adults or animals like to collect, looking for opportunities to burrow into the body of the organism, and eat the prey alive from the inside. Laughing mockingly, Shul suddenly picked up the girl, stared into her eyes and said, "I'm going to send you back, where are you from?"
“@#¥@#¥@#¥”
"Do you know where it's safe?"
“#¥@#¥@#¥@#¥”
"Very well, it seems that before you die, you can still play a long gesture quiz game. ”