Chapter 57: Aftertaste
Tarrant was already in a very alert state, and before his mind could react to the sudden situation, his body had already made dodge movements, he quickly leaned over, and instinctively pushed the door in with his right hand, jamming the attacker.
The dark shadow reached the door of the house and spoke, "Tarrant, it's me. β
Rex's voice, Tarrant let go of his hand, "Evening aftershow?"
"We were followed when we came back", Rex poked his head out and looked down the aisle behind Tarrant, there was no one, it was the middle of the night, and there was no one in or out.
"Stalking?" Tarrant walked through the door, "Do you know who it is?"
Katrina, who was sitting in the room, continued to chew on the coarse bread, the crumbs stained her face, and she interjected, "It's not the people from the colony, they were all dizzy when we left, Rex saw someone on the opposite floor watching the colony, and he was worried that we were being followed." β
Tarrant picked up a small piece of bread, "Don't you hate this bread?"
"It tastes okay when you're hungry. β
Rex closed the door and walked over, "It's a bit inappropriate to call it a stronghold now. His eyes flashed with the will to fight.
That place was indeed not a stronghold, but a falcon's training base, Tarrant nodded thoughtfully.
"Tarrant, you've been tricked," Rex snapped as he sat down next to Tarrant, "why did the person who gave you the information do that?"
Tarrant shrugged, clueless, Justin, as the head of the Siant Falcon, could not have known the purpose of the house, and he deliberately described it as a stronghold, not a training base, for what.
"The stalker we met on the first floor and the thief instructor in the training room, when we asked about Patrick's itinerary, they immediately thought of Astin, what does that mean?" Rex looked at Tarrant and then on Caterina, she looked up and continued to look down on the bread, Rex reluctantly decided to ignore the teammate, saying, "This shows that the two of them are at the moment of imminent war, and they will preempt each other at any time!" And we are the fuse that started this battle, attacking Patlik's training base, whether they find us or not, the anger will be vented on Astin, which means that the Falcon civil war has officially begun!"
"We were going to do it, what does that mean?"
"If you think about it, what does it mean to strike first? If Justin is not as strong as Patrick in Siant, will he take the liberty of attacking and setting himself on fire? Let's find out about Patrick's whereabouts, jokes, attacking their territory will only alert them, and even if they get Patrick's itinerary, Patrick's people are ready to deal with it, it's a pretense at all!"
He was right, this mission didn't mean much on the surface, it was almost a warning to SΓΉ Patrick that someone was going to disadvantage him in Sant, Yastin was not such a stupid person, Tarrant wondered what this matter could give Yastin, after thinking about it again, there seemed to be two possibilities, he asked Rex, "What do you think?"
"It's only a matter of time before the war starts, and Astin just needs a proper opportunity, for example, someone attracts Patrick's attention and distracts them, and for example, Patrick's masters are eliminated one by one, and some of the living forces are also killed, which increases Yastin's stakes for victory. β
Rex said two conjectures in Tarrant's mind, and the real purpose of this mission is likely to be to kill the person in charge there, the high-level stalker who can cast the Shock Seal, and at the same time eliminate Patlik's training base in Sant, the shameless falcon, and once again use Tarrant.
When Katrina finally finished nibbling on the bread on the table, she wiped her face with satisfaction and said, "Didn't we accomplish these two things tonight?"
The two teammates sighed, the mage was too slow to react.
Tarantra picked up Katrina, "It's late, let's go back first, Rex, and we'll come to you tomorrow if there's any action." β
"Be careful on the road, I'm not sure if the stalker has followed here", Rex walked to the window and looked out, the street was pitch black without moonlight.
"Be careful," Tarrant tugged at his girlfriend's hand and walked out the door, which closed softly behind them.
"Tarrant, what's our plan for tomorrow?" said Katrina, hoping for something more exciting tomorrow.
"There's no plan, I have to sort it out, I always feel that the Falcon partner is uneasy", Tarrant didn't mention this in the conversation with Rex just now, which would affect the morale of his teammates, but Tarrant vaguely felt that Astin was unreliable, and the other party was still playing tricks to use him after the cooperation agreement was formed.
In fact, Tarrant found that his knowledge of Justin was limited to Warren's original words, "People are not bad", but that was many years ago, and it is difficult to say whether it has not changed until now, and with the falcon's style of acting, will it eliminate all those who know after the incident is over......
Walking out of the Andreas Hotel, which had to walk a little way to get the carriage due to its remote corner of the business district, the two walked forward, and Tarrant bowed his head to think about cooperation, making the two silent. As she turned a corner, Katrina suddenly approached Tarrant and whispered, "There's someone behind us." β
Interrupting Tarrant's musings, he looked back and saw a figure walking on the street behind, right in the middle of the road, with no intention of hiding at all, it should be a passerby, Tarrant comforted, "Don't worry, have you ever seen a person who is following you standing behind you in a flash?"
"Well, maybe I'm suspicious," Catrina looked back again, and the man was following them as they came out of the hotel.
"The influence of that seal on you has been removed, right?"
Katrina pouted, "Actually, I can resist the effect of the seal, I just don't want to." β
"Hehehe, I know that the great master can do anything", Tarrant appropriately flattered the stubborn mage.
They walked up a narrow street, the buildings beside the road were densely arranged, and all kinds of debris and garbage were piled up on the side of the street on both sides of the street, making the path even more bloated, and the dark shadow behind them suddenly blew a loud whistle.
Tarrant looked back, and the shadows were blocking the back of the street, and two more shadows emerged from the alleys of the buildings on either side of him, a formation that was reminiscent of something less pleasant.
Sure enough, in front of Tarrant, two dark shadows also came out, and the street was blocked by them.
Katrina whispered beside Tarrant, "Hope has nothing to do with us. β
"Maybe," Tarrant pointed to the side, "Shall we stand next and let them pass first?" The street was too narrow for the three of them to cross together.
Katrina obediently stood on the debris next to her, "It won't affect them." β
Five black shadows walked towards the middle together, and one of them on the right took out a thick wooden stick in his hand and kept weighing it.
Tarrant drew his greatsword, "The real aftershow is here." β
The black shadow on the left stepped forward, pulled out his dagger and slashed at Tarrant twice, "This gentleman, do you have any money with you?"
"With a little bit", Tarrant is an honest man.
"How about lending us some, let me see your pocket. Fearlessly, he walked over and reached for Tarrant's spirit pouch.
The fool who sent it to the door, Tarrant sent it straight with his left fist, and beat the robber who took the lead to the back to the sky, and the others pulled out their sharp weapons one after another, and the guy lying on the ground shouted, "Kill them!"
The robber with the wooden stick on the right rushed forward first, waving it in Tarrant's face, and four magic missiles shot him in the wrist mercilessly, the wooden stick was shot down, and Tarrant raised his foot and kicked the robber in the right knee, and the other party knelt in front of Tarrant.
The two robbers on the other side attacked the two of Tarrant separately, the Dagger Party's offensive was too easy to block, full of flaws and no speed, Tarrant's giant sword swept back, and the two robbers withdrew their hands in cringe, they were just using their numerical advantage to scare people's gangsters, in Tarrant's eyes, it was like bullying a goblin.
Another robber on the right took aim at Katrina, and he stepped onto the side of the road and flew towards the mage, Tarrant raised a kick and kicked him in the crotch, causing him to scream in agony and roll straight into the clutter.
The two robbers on the left helped up the leader on the ground, they had already found the gap with the knight's combat effectiveness, but they were unwilling to flee like this, they stabilized the siege situation, and formed a four-person encirclement with the stump robber on the right.
Taking advantage of this time, Catrina quickly chanted the spell, and Tarrant swung his sword indiscriminately, so that the four robber gentlemen did not dare to approach, and the spell was quickly completed, and the ground was covered with white web-like veins of energy.
The energy net surrounded all the ground objects on the street, the robber's feet were trapped in the net, firmly entangled and did not obey the call, they struggled hard but there was no way, Tarrant's feet were also hooked, he could only swing his upper limbs, he leaned forward and pulled the nearest robber closer and punched him in the head continuously, and when he let go, the robber's whole body was pulled into the magic net.
The other three twisted their bodies to try to stay away from Tarrant, but the street was too narrow for them to dodge, and Tarrant's fists taught them a lesson.
The battle was over, and Tarrant turned his upper limbs, "Why don't you use some other spells, now I can only wait here." "The entanglement can last for a few minutes, during which time the recipient needs to undergo a physical exemption check for magic, and a strong person can get rid of the spell control, and Tarrant, it seems, has not been tested.
"It doesn't matter to me," Katrina laughed, crouching on the clutter.
The robber, who had been kicked in the crotch, stood up against the wall, his hands on his lower body, his expression still in pain, he leaned against the wall, picked up the stick on the side, and took a difficult step towards Katrina.
"I can't get there," Tarrant fiddled with, indicating that his arm was not far enough to protect Katrina.
Katrina looked at Tarrant and then at the robbers, an awkward choice, her god casting spells was far less skilled than Rex's, she was already frightened by the robbers' attack and couldn't gather her spirit to cast spells, she jumped towards Tarrant.
Tarrant stretched out his arms and hugged it, Katrina's body was lying in his arms, a very warm picture, Tarrant smiled and said, "Hold on, the robbers are coming." β
Katrina hooked Tarrant's shoulder, clinging to her chest, and the robber stood behind her and brandished a stick, shrinking as far as she could.
Tarrant pulled out his hand and swung it away with his giant sword, the robber took a step back, but the glove box under his feet was trampled to pieces, and his body fell into the energy net in a flash, and his hands and feet were hooked by white energy lines, and it was really over.
Katrina looked at the energy net below her, "What now?" β
"Home, of course", Tarrant hugged Katrina tightly, smiling and raising his legs, he had just been exempted from his physique.
"So you're already ......," Katrina slapped the Guardian's chest coquettishly, the cold stone armor that made her hands ache.
Walking out the street, Tarrant put down Katrina, "It's time to go back and rest early." β
"Isn't there no plan for tomorrow?"
"The plan is thought out, wait for my news. β