Chapter 55: Persuasion

"God's blood, and the blood of his children!" Old Hama cried hysterically, "God, I give your blood...... I give you my blood alive!"

Old Hama has been a witch doctor all his life, and this trick is what he really does - he can act as hysterical as if he had overdosed anytime and anywhere.

"Blood Sacrifice! Blood Sacrifice!" Under the stands, the Toad Man's eyes had turned red, and several clever Toad People had taken the lead in grabbing Gogara's wife and children - Gogara confidently brought them to watch the ceremony, but instead lost the lives of his entire family.

Old Hama clenched his fists and made a short adduction motion. The rabble became well-trained again – it seemed that if only someone stood in the stands, they would bow down to him unconditionally.

The believers on the side had already handed over the head of the Gogara that had just been snatched from the audience, and the old Hama took it and saw that the head was originally quite complete, but after the toads scrambled, it had turned into a blur of flesh and blood - the two eyes were gone, and a large piece of skin had fallen off, and the most disgusting thing for the old Hama was that he seemed to have seen tooth marks on it.

There had been human sacrifices before, but there had never been such a thing of eating corpses alive—something seemed to have changed, old Hama thought suspiciously.

But he must not allow such frivolous worries to interfere with the cause of the god Legba and the Apostles—nothing can interfere with the cause.

Old Hama walked tremblingly towards Kuaza's corpse with a bloodied human head and psychedelic steps, and he sprinkled the blood on Kuaza's corpse as he chanted a spell.

Old Hama muttered words that he didn't know whether they were incantations or ballads, and danced around Kuaza's corpse, and the toads below naturally harmonized with his chanting. Although it was still sunny, the woodland was still dark and gloomy.

But there is always someone who is unaffected, and Professor Pacien and Annabella dodge the toad people crowded in front of the stands from the beginning and hide in a corner that is rarely watched.

"Professor, you...... What do you mean by that?" Annabella looked a little confused, as if she was a little puzzled by the professor's words, and there was a hint of fear in her tone, as if she was afraid of getting the answer she wanted.

"What did I say?" said the professor, looking innocent, as if he had just been enjoying the farce of Kuaza's funeral with gusto, rather than wagging his lips and saying something cool.

"That's it...... It's why Reinhardt ignored me......" Annabella didn't want to mention the topic, but she still mustered up the courage to say it - only by having the courage to face the problem can the problem be solved, and Annabella understands this truth.

"Oh, that's what you say......" The professor seemed to regret, but replied tactfully, "I'm older than you, and I know a little more about these men and women, but I can only give you a little personal advice for your consideration—after all, every couple is different." ”

Seeing that Annabella nodded impatiently, the professor continued: "Annabella, my little girl, know that men and women support each other, and when they are sad, there is no reason why they should not talk to their other half, unless they ......" unless he has a grudge about something.

"He may just be afraid that I'm going to be more upset because of it. Annabella seemed to become less shy, and she forced Reinhardt's defense, "Reinhardt has always been like this, and she has to take care of everything by herself. ”

"Of course it could be so, good boy, of course it could be. Professor Pacion didn't retort, "But what we should do is not to analyze why he ignored you, but to find a way to solve this problem, right?"

"I didn't ...... That's right. The courage she had just mustered was gone, and Annabella was back to the same Annabella, and the conversation quietly shifted in Professor Pacian's sophistry.

Professor Pacien rejoiced when he saw Annabella take the bait, and continued to encourage: "You should understand his predicament, and if he is in some kind of depression, then you have to take him out." ”

The most crucial step in his plan was finally taken, and Annabella began to accept his advice, and Professor Pacien was excited—it was the first good thing since his resurrection, and he was so happy that he couldn't even suppress his chaotic aura.

"Hmm. Annabella nodded firmly, then hesitated again, "But what should I do? ”

"Hmm...... That's a question, let me think about it. Professor Pacien clasped one hand to his chest and the other to his chin, "That's a problem, you've been trying hard these days to get him out of this situation." ”

He looked at Annabella, who was getting anxious, and finally decided not to sell it anymore. "I thought about it. The professor looked smug and blurted out without waiting for Annabella to ask: "If there is anything that can heal the wound of the passing of life, it is undoubtedly a new life." ”

Annabella's cheeks flushed, and she said shyly, "You—you mean ......"

"We found a lot of gold on this trip, and according to the prior agreement, the two of you can get a large amount of money, and even if you pay the arrears, the rest of the money will still not be spent for the rest of your life. The professor began to explain the rationale of his plan, "You two plan to live after the adventure, and the most indispensable thing for a warm retirement life is the children. ”

"So, yes, give him a baby. Professor Pacien replied categorically, and silently added the second half of the sentence in his mind, and then you will lose him completely.

Reinhardt, who had just killed Gogara in a high-profile manner, was not as swaggering as in the stands, on the contrary, he was like a deflated ball, spread out on a wicker chair, babbling nonsense at Faust.

Faust's psionic nose was suffering from an extraordinary torment, and Professor Pacian's chaotic aura rose and contracted like a stench that came from time to time, disturbing his entire spiritual feast.

What angered him the most was that, even so, he had to cooperate with Professor Pacian's plan—the professor had just sent him a message, and it was particularly stinking.

"I sometimes wonder if it's time for me to retire?" Reinhardt said, "I just killed a toad man whose name I can't remember, pretending to be revenge, pretending to be a murderer who had a good time, but what's the use?"

"I still can't get Gaunt and Jabido back. He made up his mind, "I'm a complete failure." Then he slumped into the wicker chair even more.

Faust managed to dispel Professor Pacion's stench of chaos and looked at the depressed Reinhardt, who meant to cheer him up and become a workaholic—how easy is that? He is a piece of now.

So, let's work a little harder.

"Reinhardt, I heard Professor Pacien say that we have made a fortune this time, and in a few days we will dig up the gold in the tomb and divide it equally among the four of us, so it seems that retirement is not a bad thing. Faust agreed with Reinhardt's frustration.

"If I were you, I'd probably use the money to buy a mill and open a bakery...... Or buy a small estate?" Faust began to imagine Reinhardt's bright future, "It's all good, it would be nice to have a child, by the way, you and Annabella ......"

Reinhardt shook his head, "I haven't spoken to her in days. ”

"Oh, why?" Faust pretended not to know about their relationship problems. "What did she provoke you?"

"What if...... I mean, if she hadn't stopped me that day, would I have been able to save Gaunt, and if her spells had been more powerful, would she have been able to save Jebido?" Annabella shook her head, "Seriously, I don't know, but I know she did, and Gaunt and Jebido are dead. ”

"But you're retiring, you have to say goodbye to your old life, and Gaunt and Jebido belong to your past. Faust began to use his psionic powers to keep up Reinhardt's impression of Gaunt and Gebido, so as not to really convince him to open a bakery or something.

But the results seem to be surprisingly good. "No! no!" Reinhardt shouted subconsciously, and then he realized his gaffe, "I'm sorry, Lord Faustus, I didn't mean to ......"

"I understand, Reinhardt, I understand. Faust smacked his tongue in disgust, "It seems that you don't want to forget your past." ”

Reinhardt reverted to complaining, "But what's the use? All I have left is memories, Gaunt and Jebido are dead." ”

"Have you forgotten what I told you? about that part of their souls. Faust smiled mysteriously.

Reinhardt became agitated again, "You mean, they can really be resurrected?" In front of Faust, Reinhardt was no different from illiterate, and Faust was as easy to lie to him as it was to a child.

"Honestly, I don't know, but adventures are like that, you never know what's going to happen. "Faust said the nonsense that a donkey's lips don't fit his horse's mouth and bullshit, but sometimes it just works.

"That's right, that's right......" Reinhardt's lips trembled, and large tears fell on the axes and daggers, "Gaunt, Jebido, I'll take you on the adventure, I'll find a way to resurrect you......"

Faust smiled, of course you will, but then you won't take Annabella with you, she belongs only to the bakery.

He quietly sent the news to Professor Pacion, who was with Annabella, telling him that he had completed his mission, and politely asked for a price increase.

Soon after, he received a reply, "." ”