Kelsusa looked at the flames in the bronze district, and a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

The fire is spreading, after all, most of the houses in the Bronze District are old, and now there is no good security management in Fotagen City, in the face of such a sudden fire, the residents inside have no other way but to escape.

"Sometimes, the flame has its own charm. ”

He scratched his chest and said softly.

"Do you say so, Mr. Bigswolf?"

"I hope that in addition to that extra leisure, you have completed the task I have assigned to you. ”

Rodney suddenly appeared behind Kelsusa, with the marks of smoke and fire on his body and several tears in his clothes.

"Of course. Krsusa smiled and turned around, "Everything is going according to plan. ”

"What about the guy chasing you?" Rodney glanced at the fire in the Bronze District, his palms clenched slightly.

"It's been shaken off, and although it's a loyal hound, its nose doesn't seem to be sensitive enough. Kelsusa pursed his lips and looked at Rodney meaningfully, "It's you, you look a little embarrassed, why, didn't you kill Arnold?"

"If everything had gone as planned, there would have been no fire. Rodney's tone was indifferent, but Kelsusa could still hear a slight suppressed displeasure.

"Did you let him escape?" or did you ......" Krsusa glanced at Rodney's tattered left sleeve, "you escaped?"

Rodney turned his head and glared at Kelsusa.

"Guys who take money shouldn't ask so much. ”

Kelsusa shrugged his shoulders. "It's just curiosity. ”

Rodney snorted, let out a puff of air from his nose, walked around Krsusa, and walked towards Ackerman, who was lying on the ground on the other side.

Poor Ackerman now has his eyes closed and his lips purple, and he looks very bad. His body was still trembling from time to time, and it was uncertain whether he was unconscious or awake now.

Rodney put his hand on the artery in Ackerman's neck and felt Ackerman's pulse, and Rodney breathed a sigh of relief, at least Ackerman was not directly killed by Kelsusa.

"You're too heavy, and if he dies, I won't give you a penny. ”

"Actually, my curiosity tickles me more than money right now. Krsusa also turned around with Rodney, and there seemed to be a sinister intent hidden in his long narrow eyes, "What are you going to do with him next?

"If I cared so much about Vortagen, I wouldn't have done that before. Rodney picked up Ackerman, not even interested in looking back at Kelsusa, "Alright, put away your damn curiosity, our deal is over, you've completed your mission, I've paid my honorarium, and now you have nothing to do with me." ”

"I see. That's fine. Kelsusa smiled as she reached into her robe.

"That's right!"

Just as Rodney was about to leave, Kelsusa suddenly stopped him.

"What?" Rodney frowned, subconsciously turning back.

"I'm not from the Dark Brotherhood. At some point, Krsusa had already stuck to Rodney's back, and even if he was close at hand, Rodney was completely unaware of Crusa's movement. Like a ghost, Kelsusa appeared silently behind Rodney.

A sharp, cold blade stabbed into Rodney's abdomen, and the veteran warrior, who had the absolute upper hand against Arnold and Lily, was now injured by a simple sneak attack, and Ackerman, who was carrying it on his shoulder, slipped off his shoulder and fell to the ground.

Rodney let out a roar and slapped Kelsusa in the chest, knocking him away. However, the sharp dagger remained on his stomach.

Rodney tried to pull out the dagger, but as soon as he touched it, his fingers were stung by the biting cold, as if the cold from the dagger would continue to eat away at the bones and tendons until it froze the hand into ice.

He quickly withdrew his hand, and only then did he feel that his abdomen was no longer sensational, and as soon as the dagger pierced into his body, it began to freeze his blood and muscles, so that Rodney did not react at the first time, because his skin and muscles had lost their sense ability when they came into contact with the dagger.

The black glow on his left arm reappeared, and Rodney wanted to use the magic array engraved on his body to deal with the strange dagger, however, Kelsusa would not let him get his luck so easily.

“Frost Nova！”

Half-lying on the ground, Kelsusa stretched out his hand at the dagger inserted in Rodney's stomach, and then the cold and piercing dagger suddenly exploded, and the freezing magic contained in it instantly lowered the temperature around him to below freezing, and at the same time, the extreme low temperature was also eroding Rodney's body, even the magic array engraved on his body could not stop this erosion.

"Damn ......" Rodney gritted his teeth and glared at Krsusa, he felt his body getting colder, his joints stiffening, and if he continued like this, it wouldn't be long before his blood would freeze completely, turning him into a hard, frozen sculpture.

"Hah-" Rodney, of course, didn't want to die here, he tensed every muscle in his body, used all his strength to overcome the cold's physical limitations, and rushed towards Kelsusa.

The mage, who was half-lying on the ground, had just gotten up, and with his bones, it was impossible for him to stop Rodney, who was rushing towards him like a chariot. But in the face of such a dangerous situation, Kelsusa did not choose to dodge, but turned around and clasped his hands in front of his chest, as if he was deliberately protecting his chest.

Rodney slammed a punch into Kelsusa's back, a punch that was almost powerful enough to shatter Kelsusa's skeleton. Moreover, Rodney's punch was fought with a decisive will, and he knew that if he killed Kelsusa within this move, then he would be completely limited by that coldness, and he would not even have a second chance. Therefore, Rodney tried his best to drive the energy of the magic array on his left arm, and the power contained in the black lightning that lingered around his left arm expanded to the extreme, and when Rodney's fist hit Kelsusa's back, those black lightning bolts were like real thunderbolts, devouring Kelsusa's body.

Kelsusa ate the punch without dodging, although he avoided the key point and only let Rodney hit him in the back, but the black lightning still caused him great damage, and the electricity passed through Kelsusa's body, burning his skin and flesh blackened, and even smoking, and the cloth robe on his body was torn to pieces by the black mang, and the body that had been tightly wrapped in the cloth robe finally revealed its true face that it could not be seen.

Under the cloth robe, there was no trace of flesh and blood on Kelsusa's body, although under the cover of the cloth robe, Kelsusa seemed to be no different from ordinary people, but in fact, his body except for his head and hands, there was only a skeleton, and there was no flesh and blood left.

The "Lich ......" saw Kelsusa's body, and Rodney finally understood the other party's true identity.

However, Kelsusa himself did not care about the revealing of his identity, and he hurriedly put his hand into his chest and carried out Mr. Bigswow, who was sleeping curled up between his ribs.

"Oh my God, baby Biggswolf, you're not hurt, are you?" he carefully hugged Mr. Biggswolf and double-checked it for injuries, "Ah, that's great, it looks like you're not hurt, ahhh ”

Rodney stared at Kerswow in his arms, although Krsusa was very embarrassed, and there was smoke in many places, but Mr. Bigslaw was unscathed, obviously the cat was hidden between Kersusa's ribs, but the trick just now failed to hurt it in the slightest, which made Rodney clearly realize that if Krsusa didn't want to be hurt just now, he couldn't hurt this lich at all.

"You ......" Rodney raised his hand with difficulty, now that his body below the waist was basically unconscious, it was difficult to move, "Who is it for?"

Krsusa gently stroked Mr. Bigswove while looking at Rodney with a smile, but his face was out of place with the bones on his body, which made Rodney feel particularly weird.

"I, I, I......" Krsuza smiled meaningfully, the kind of cold and piercing smile, as if his heart was really carved from ice, without any warmth, "I am just a small person, trying to dedicate his insignificant abilities to adults. ”

As he spoke, he lowered his head again and scratched the back of Mr. Bigswolf's neck very gently.

"Right, my lovely master?"

Rodney wanted to sneer at Kelsusa's ridiculous behavior with a cold snort. But his face tugged, and in the end he couldn't make an expression. A biting chill had crept up on his face, and now Rodney was not only unable to move from the waist down, but his body, his face, was frozen to the point of immobility.

It's not going to end there......

Rodney stared at Kelsusa, his eyes still open, but they were already dark.

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Creek Wood Town, a small town on the border of the Forta Gen Territory and the Cold Mountain Domain, spends every day peacefully in a busy situation. Although there are occasional episodes, the locals have long since learned how to forget the names and even faces of the passers-by.

All they will remember are the faces that they can't see under the visor.

After confirming that Louis had led 20,000 troops into the Vortagen, Tagman marched to the Vortagen Territory with 10,000 troops from Lionheart's Castle and 10,000 troops provided by the vassals, preparing to join Titus, who had reached the outskirts of Vortagen first.

On the way, he made a short overnight stop in the town of Creekwood.

Instead of staying at the town's inn, Tegman camped outside the town with his army, eating rough dry food and sleeping around a campfire wrapped in fur.

He sat by the campfire, cutting the branches in his hands, and asked Reilly, who was beside him.

"Did Benedict find it?"

"Not yet. Reilly replied in a low voice, bowing his head.

"Then it looks like I can't find it. ”

Tegman shaved off one end of the branch, then used his knife to clean the side of the burr.

"It's a bit of a pity, but that's it, Benedict isn't so easy to catch, and it's better to go head-to-head with him in the city of Fotagen. ”

"With all due respect, my lord. Reilly hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously to Tigerman, "Those counts seem to be very suspicious of this dispatch, they are not active, and they are ......."

"How's our people?" Tigerman interrupted Reilly before he could finish listening.

"They were calm, or should I say, they were excited. ”

"Then that's enough. Tegman put away his knife and threw the sharpened branch directly into the fire, "The counts will let them go, and they don't need to care." The most important thing is our own people, as long as our knights do not waver, then there is nothing to worry about. ”

"Yes, I see, sir. Reilly lowered his head and said nothing.

Tiger Man stood up with his hands on his thighs.

"After so many years, it looks like it's about to come true—the fertile soil and thriving port of White Horse City, well, that kind of thing shouldn't be held in anyone's hands. ”