Chapter Eighty-Five: The Spectator
"Look, what you are witnessing now is a new legend on the grassland, no, it is not a legend yet, it should be said, the rise of a male lord. In a few days, the name of Uvel of the Charle Department will spread like wildfire in the grasslands, and all those who hear this name will have only two paths to take: destruction and surrender. The Grey-robed Wizard stood on a knoll some distance away from the Salle Department and said to Batu beside him. His hand was resting on Batuu's shoulder so that the latter could see through his eyes what was happening in the darkness.
Atalanta's vision in the darkness was better than that of the mage and Batu, who was watching through the eyes of the mage, she could see what was going on in the Shall more clearly, and she could even see the inexplicable smile on Uvel's face as the scimitar stabbed into the skinned man's flesh. And it was precisely because of this that she was so surprised that she couldn't speak. The strength and ability displayed by the leader of the Shale Department were beyond her knowledge of that person, and to some extent beyond her knowledge of people.
"Surprised?" Cheese apparently noticed the swordswoman's trembling hands and undoubtedly open mouth, so his question was just to get Atta's attention, "nothing to be surprised about. Uvel did make a deal with certain beings, gaining powers that he didn't have. It's just that this power is not as powerful as you, and it is not as strong as he thinks. The main reason why he was able to defeat the Skinned One so easily was because the Skinned One was the target he was going to kill. Am I right, Mr. Bull?"
"Minotaur, I want you to call me that. While I don't expect to be in front of you as a bull again, I want you to call me that. Behind the three of them, a huge black figure stepped out of the night. It was a monster with the characteristics of both humans and cows, and it was also the skinned man who scuffled with the yew man in the fog last night. Batu wanted to turn his head, but was held down by Cheese forcefully, for this boy from the Antelope Division, there are some things that it is better not to see with his own eyes. Atta was not so lucky, she naturally turned around, and then sat on her knees with her legs limped by what she saw in front of her. The huge bull's eye blinked, and after two puffs of hot air came out of its nose, it looked away from the girl.
"You're moving forward with two burdens, Grey Man. What about the warrior with the axe last night? Did he give up protecting you?"
"Well, I don't bother you. The knights of the Greylion have no other virtue, and if anything, they are as stubborn as the creed they profess. My knight, it's not so easy to get out. But you, judging from the situation just now, the relationship between your kind is not very good. The guy was just stabbed, and the partners around him couldn't wait to eat him. It can't help but make me wonder how they're reacting when you return to them. Cheese sneered and glanced at the dark shadow that walked up to him.
The Minotaur, indeed, is the same Minotaur from last night. It's just that it doesn't look good, the black fur has become dull, covered with tiny cracks, and out of it is a disgusting tissue between rot and decay. In addition, one of the two horns had been broken, and there was a deep wound on the chest, and the foul-smelling liquid slowly poured out of the notch that looked like it had been poked by a spear-like weapon, and flowed down the chest to the ground. This is the real reason why Atta is scared and weak, and the current Minotaur is completely a walking corpse that stands up after death, where is there still the pure violent beauty of yesterday.
"Whew!" the minotaur's nose spewed hot air again, and it looked in the direction of the Shaleb, "Nothing can kill me but the sun." ”
Cheese's right eye narrowed slightly, and he was weighing the weight of the other man's words. But no matter how accurate the Skinner's words were, and how positive the tone was, the mage knew that it was just an exaggeration. However, the exaggerated statement is not meaningless, at least judging from the tone of the other party, those skinners who gathered outside the Shale Department may not really be able to pose a threat to him. It's funny, according to Cheese's perception, the strength and weakness of the skinners are very subtle, and their fights with each other rarely unfold, mainly because it involves a question that outsiders can't answer, the question of spear and shield.
As mentioned before, legend has it that the skinners are only burned by the sun, which makes them fearless, so most skinners tend to use their unmatched strength and hard bodies to crush their opponents in their fighting style. As far as Cheese knows, the same problems often occur between the Bloods, and the Bloodlines have built up an extremely tight social system, and conflicts between the same kind, especially vampires of the same rank, cannot be resolved by violent means, and must be reported to the higher Bloods for adjudication. The Skinners were obviously not as highly organized as the Bloodlines, so the mages were curious to see what the way they could solve problems among themselves. They can't be trying to find a gap in each other's fur to attack, like Uvel did?
"Then I understand that you will soon be able to regain control of the voice when you return to them, and it is not in vain that I am standing here and wasting so much tongue with you. ”
"Sharp teeth don't always help you, wizard. The minotaur's fur slowly healed as he spoke, and the horrible wounds were much better than they had been when they first appeared.
"I didn't expect it to work every time, you know, I can't pull you out of the yew people with my teeth alone. The mage demonstratively shook his staff, indeed, without him, the Minotaur would still be trapped in the fog last night and forced to fight the Yew people. And judging from its current situation, in terms of sustained combat ability, the Yew Man is obviously superior to the Skinner.
"You saved me because of profit. Deal, I will fulfill. Next time, I'll peel your skin off. The skin-coverer, who had almost recovered from his injuries, lowered himself and took heavy steps, turning into a strange figure that made the Great Earthquake tremble and galloped down the knoll. It soon rushed into the distance, and at that speed, it wouldn't be long before it could reach the Shalle Division.
"You saved it? why?" Atalanta picked up a puzzling message from the Cheese and the Skinner, and as soon as the Minotaur walked away, she questioned him.
The mage didn't answer immediately, he glanced at the female swordsman, and then said something that the latter couldn't understand, "When the two forces are not balanced, bringing in a third force will stabilize the situation. At least for the time being. However, the emergence of a fourth force will throw stability into chaos, so you have to assure me that those yew people will not appear again, Miss Atalanta. ”