Even in Tuscany, as in almost all cities, the slums were full of sour air, crowded and dilapidated buildings, and potholed floors in disrepair, and the closed doors of every house were filled with an oppressive air of vigilance, but there was also an inexplicable familiarity to Suven - even the familiarity itself was too familiar to him, when he saw blood, when he heard of war, and so now. www.biquge.info But until now, he can't recall the slightest thing about his time crossing.

A mercenary from a poor background, perhaps?

Su Wen silently guessed.

When these things are over, there are really a lot of things to discuss with the system, and the information you need to know, especially those that have been deliberately concealed before, cannot be missing.

Su Wen quietly put down the short-range sniper rifle in his hand, but the prismatic array of the muzzle did not stop warming up, that is, as long as he wanted, he could aim and fire again in a second. This is the biggest benefit of optical weapons, which are efficient, accurate, silent, and clean, and the disadvantages are also obvious, the energy attenuates seriously with distance in a non-vacuum state, and it is afraid of bad weather, such as haze.

And here, after a moment of hesitation, Laetitia finally followed the half-elf old woman into the courtyard.

Although it was dilapidated, it was a closed courtyard after all, and this old woman was definitely not an ordinary old half-elf woman, so he was not surprised when Su Wen found that he couldn't see the scene inside anyway.

"The pit daddy system, mark all the creatures inside. ”

"No, I can only mark objects that have been marked beforehand in a non-frontal contact. ”

"Then I'll come on my own, you take a fancy to Laetitia, and if she's in any danger, inform me of the attack. ”

After speaking, Su Wen raised his hand and swiped in the air, pulling out the entire operating system of the nano armor, and after a moment of clicking, the transparent palms flashed for half a second, and then returned to their original state. He took two steps forward, leaped high, and the palm of his left hand pressed against the wall as if it were rooted, and with a single bend and stretch, he pulled half of his body over the height of the wall and cast his gaze into the courtyard.

The courtyard is not large, there is old dirt everywhere, and the large and small broken debris piles up make the already stretched space seem smaller, and it is a little difficult to settle down, but there are no other characteristics. If it was just a glance, Su Wen would definitely not think that there was anything unusual here, but it turned out that the clues provided by the system earlier were likely to be true, and this place was a secret stronghold of the alien race.

Su Wen pondered whether he could get rid of the honorary title of a good citizen if he reported this matter to the Tuscan authorities, after all, it was important to get rid of the notoriety in Tridis for the sake of future development.

At this time, the half-elf old woman was standing at the door of the dilapidated house, and her expression could not hide her excitement.

"It seems that this morning's signs have been fulfilled, for the first time in years, why don't you come in, my little girl? ”

Laetitia's expression was still a little nervous, his right hand had been in the pocket of his jacket, and if Su Wen remembered correctly, there was her baby Glock 18 who never left him, and this vigilance made Su Wen quite satisfied.

She leaned sideways, glancing at the wooden door closed by the old woman, and shook her head slightly.

"There's no one here, grandma, I'm just here to ask some questions, and then I'm leaving. ”

"Oh, the elven god is above, little girl, you really don't need to be so nervous, I know...... It looks a little bad here. The old woman realized Laetitia's vigilance, and she cramped her shabby coat with the back of her hand, "But since you have received a revelation from the gods, and you are the chosen child of the gods, I think I can tell you the truth about the situation here." ”

"As you can see, a voice, a messenger sent by the gods, has led you here, for this is not just a ruined house, but the eyes of the elven god in Tuscany, and in the basement of the house there are tokens of the elven god. If you can speak to your elven messenger now, she will tell you that I am telling the truth, that we exist to wait for the arrival of an awakened person like you, and that you are the hope of the elves to revive and wash away their shame!"

The more she talked about the back, the more excited the half-elf old woman became, and the wrinkled old flesh on her face trembled.

Laetitia looked down for a moment of silence, then looked up.

"How many of our kind are there in this place?"

The old woman smiled and replied, "It's just me and my granddaughter, her name is Elenda, and she is the child I picked up, but it's just ...... Her body is not very convenient and she can't come out to see you. Come into the house with me, and I'll tell you everything I know, and I'll help you in any way I can. ”

Laetitia finally nodded.

"Good. ”

After receiving a positive answer, the old woman did not enter the old house at once, but dragged her inconvenient legs and feet back to the gate of the courtyard, opened a gap and looked out, and after confirming that there was no one on the street, she carefully closed the door and locked it. Then, she pushed open the door of the cabin and led Laetitia inside.

Su Wen did not take immediate action, as early as the beginning, he ordered the system to make sufficient marks on the bodies of Laetitia and the old woman, and the structure of the old house was also clearly analyzed, and the system concluded that the threat was extremely low. This conclusion shows that there is indeed no mystery that contains danger except for a hidden basement, as the old woman said.

With the help of the high-precision analysis image of the nano armor and the assistance of the system, even if the view was blocked, Su Wen could clearly observe the movements of the two half-elves after entering the house: the half-elf old woman opened the trapdoor to the basement in the side hall, and Laetitia, after a brief conversation with her, bent down and carefully walked down the escalator.

In this process, from the conversation between the two, there is also a rather immature female voice, probably the granddaughter in the mouth of the old woman.

"I need to see what's actually going on inside. ”

"I can't do that, host, but I've taken action, and a nanobot has entered the basement with them, ready to video broadcast for you. ”

Su Wen was a little surprised by this.

"Well done. ”

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When the video was radioed to Su Wen's nano armor, and a high-precision picture appeared in front of his eyes, the expression on Su Wen's face froze a little, and then he frowned tightly.

Not because there's any danger here, but because ...... The granddaughter of the old woman's mouth, the little girl named Elenda.

Obviously, she was also a half-elf, and even though she was young, she looked less than ten years old, but her face was already a complete beauty embryo - if it weren't for the hideous wounds, dead skin on her face, and her two lifeless eyes that had become black holes, she would have been very cute. Other than that, the little girl had no legs or arms, and she was lying on a dilapidated bed in the basement, covered with a thin sheet, and there was nothing where her hands and feet should be, making her look like a hideous chrysalis.

Although Su Wen could not see the half-elf girl's body through the quilt, after seeing her face, which was obviously subjected to countless tortures, he did not believe that the girl was born with a disability.

Laetitia's reaction was no better than Su Wen's, her face was extremely ugly, her eyes were wide open, and her left hand unconsciously covered her mouth.

Beside her, there was a gentle sigh from the old woman.

"In four years, you're the first person to see Elenda besides me. Look at her, what a good child she was, if it weren't for the good deeds of those filthy humans, she would be as beautiful as you in a few years. ”

As she spoke, she slowly sat down on the wicker chair beside the bed, caressing the girl's face, which was more terrible than the coarsest bark, and wiping away the thick water that had seeped from it.

The girl on the bed gently rubbed the old woman's palm, and seemed to be very happy.

"Grandma, are there any guests here?"

Compared to her demonic appearance, her voice is like a silver bell, which is very beautiful.

"Yes, a half-elf big sister, just like us. ”

"Wow, hello sister!"

The girl was like a monster when she spoke, but there was not the slightest negative emotion such as sadness, anger, and low self-esteem in her voice, and if she closed her eyes, Su Wen would definitely think that this was just an ordinary little Lori. However, in the face of this energetic greeting, Laetitia did not answer, she just burst into tears in silence, did not dare to make a sound, her whole body slowly atrophied, and finally curled up on the ground.

Tears rained down.

The old woman did not disturb Laetitia, but after a moment of silence, the little girl who had lost her eyes on the bed seemed to notice something unusual.

"Where's the big sister, is she gone?"

There was a slight sense of loss in his voice.

"I didn't ...... I'm here. ”

Laetitia forced her mouth to speak, her voice choked.

"That's good, grandma said that it's dangerous outside, there are bad people everywhere, big sister let's stay here!"

Laetitia seemed to want to say something, but her choked up so much that she couldn't speak at all.

"Big sister, why are you crying?"

"Alright, Elenda, this sister and I still have business to say, you keep quiet for now. ”

"Oh......"

The old woman wiped Elenda's face with a handkerchief, then took out a bottle of sticky black potion from the closet and carefully applied it to her face, a process that was quick and skillful, and I don't know how many times it took to practice. Su Wen noticed that this basement of more than thirty square meters was not spacious, and there was nothing of value except for a cheap magic guide lamp, but there were bottles and jars everywhere, all kinds of alchemy reagents and medicines with healing properties, obviously, they were all prepared for Elenda.

After doing this, the old woman went to the entrance of the basement, pulled up Laetitia, who was slightly better than before, and sat her on the wooden chair, which was a little crooked.

"My name is Edwina, and forty years ago I came to Tuscany alone and lived here as an apostle of the elven gods. ”

The old woman poured a cup of hot water and said slowly.

"Of course, on the surface, I still have the legal status of a prostitute. At that time, I was as young and beautiful as you, and I had experienced many wonderful things, but after all these years, they are completely not worth mentioning. ”

"Before that, I was naturally a slave, and my master was a merchant, and he was not bad to me, at least I thought I was better off than most half-elves, but during a merchant, he died in a robber attack, and I was saved by an elven ranger. The Ranger told me that I could choose to go back to the Elven City in the far north with him, settle down there, or do something more meaningful, because the Elven Goddess had never seen us as aliens, and she was trying to save all the beings who were wandering with elven blood, and this process needed my help. ”

"I chose the latter as a matter of course, and then came to Tuscany and became the eye of the elven goddess. ”

The old woman seemed to have a dry mouth, and she gulped down the water from the cup.

"We half-elves are an unfortunate race that shouldn't even exist. Humans have defiled our bloodline, taken away the homes of our ancestors, and then bred and sold us like pigs and dogs for our amusement. Even so, the elven goddess did not abandon us, she still opened her arms to us, and just that, it was enough for me to give my life for the goddess. ”

"I'm old, you're the seventh awakened I've ever seen in forty years, I don't know how long I'll be able to stay here any longer, but it's all I can do for the Goddess. ”

Edwina, the half-elf old woman, had tears in her eyes as well.

"Little girl, you are more fortunate than me, because when you return to the city of elves, you will be the blade of the goddess, and I, forever, will be in Tuscany, waiting for your future triumph. (To be continued.) )