Chapter 33: Colorless Liquids

Some time later, on the top of a large domed building on the pedestrian street, Atros stood proudly against the scorching sun, the hem of his trench coat blown by the breeze, and his long golden hair fluttered in the wind. It didn't take long for the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info a spell teleportation array appeared on the ground nearby, and a hot woman appeared in it......

"It's worthy of the fast-based style of shadow hunting, since you can get it so quickly!~"

The young woman in the short skirt gradually walked towards Atlas, her back exuding a strong intimidating power that affected everything around her, even the powerful Atros, and this woman was the same person who attacked the mercenary group a few months ago in an attempt to capture the Fire Elemental Gem.

"This is the gem you want! I took the gem badge with you! Now it's time to fulfill your promise, right?little sister Hull~" He took out the hero badge in his arms and let Hull see it for himself.

"Give it to me so you can see him soon!"

Hull reached out to take the Hero Badge from Atros's hand, but Atros put the hand holding the badge into his pocket and smiled: "Don't worry! Once I reach an agreement with you, it means that I will always be infamous as a traitor, and at the same time, I must stay away from Gronia, I hope that the High Priest can give me more benefits than Andorra, otherwise I will not let go of my Knights!"

Atros's tone was always full of disdain, which embarrassed Hull, so he had to shift the conversation to the crowd gathered on the pedestrian street and ask, "What do you think of those ants?"

"Ants, you must know that I am also one of them! It is not a wise move to change the subject, it is better to answer every word of my uncle seriously~"

With a flash of the sword, the galloping sword was already across Hull's neck, and Atros's figure quickly flashed behind Hel to restrain her, and the crowd of onlookers on the pedestrian street suddenly exclaimed, and the praise of their hero Atros broke out in the crowd.

"You'd better stay still, it's time to take me to your high priest, right? ”

"Don't worry, take your nose off my neck now! or I'll kill you!"

Hull's intimidation did play a part, and Atros put away his galloping sword and paced back in front of Hull.

"Well, the woman who brought death! But the smell of yours ...... It really smells good, and it's not much different from us ants~" he smiled.

"Presumptuous fellow! If it weren't for the High Priest acknowledging your abilities, how could I have tolerated your unreasonable behavior! Give me the badge and the sacred stone now!"

The angry claw was blocked by Atros, and Hel, who had missed, immediately fought with Atlas with his bare hands, causing a cheer from the crowd of onlookers. Just as Atros knocked Hull down with an elbow, a gunshot cut through the cheers of the crowd, Atros dodged a steel bullet, looked back in the direction where the bullet came, and saw that Sieg's knife was already close at hand, so he had to slide and dodge first, but was kicked by Xiao Yi, who arrived later, and flew to the eaves not far away.

The appearance of the pair disrupted Hull's plans, and she also recognized Xiao Yi, who had acted with the mercenary team, and took out a strange doll-shaped plant and threw it at her feet, the plant emitted a flash of light after touching the ground, and at the same time, the piercing screams were accompanied by a strong pressure spread, and the nearby onlookers were also affected by the death aura contained in the howl, and they all died suddenly in the screams, and Xiao and Atros, who covered their ears, also suffered a lot of internal injuries under the pressure, causing blood to continue to flow from their ears and nostrils.

"You...... Why aren't you affected by the screams of death?" Seeing that Sieg was completely unshaken, Hull couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

"Demon Grass-Mandala, the scream of death brought by this legendary plant will cause the sudden death of creatures with weak mental power who hear it, but as long as I hold this forbidden blade in my hand, the scream of death will not affect me!"

The wolf was surrounded by purple lightning in an instant, and Sieg used a thunderbolt to hit Hull, the explosion caused by the purple lightning shattered the roof, and Hull fell into the domed building along with the roof fragments, Sieg chased after him without thinking too much, and disappeared into the gap in the roof.

This large domed building is the Hunters' Guild of Gronia, and today there are no personnel left here, except for the corpses of some of the guards guarding the guild, and the spacious hall is empty. Sieg looked around, only to find that Hull had lost his tracks, and there was a deathly silence all around.

After seeing the situation in the guild, Atros couldn't help but say, "Fortunately, a large number of people only come and go at night, and it is a great luck that there are no large-scale casualties caused by the ...... of the guild."

Sig clenched his slasher and watched for movement around him, and at the same time said to Atros: "This female demon is not simple, it seems that the general is threatened by her, right?"

"I'm ashamed to say that I just want to meet them backstage...... Speaking of Ogst's little sister...... Can you take your gun off my head~" Atros, who was restrained by Shaw with a silver falcon, closed his eyes and smiled.

Shoey reluctantly withdrew the pistol against the back of Atros' head, and complained, "It's better if what you said is true! Now catch that big sister first, and then you will give me an honest account of everything!!"

After the three of them agreed on their purpose, they began to search for Hull in the hall, but she seemed to have disappeared from the world, and there was no trace of her in the entire hall. Just when the three of them were very surprised, a root of mandala grass fell from the sky, and just as the mandala with its eyes and mouth was about to scream, the silver falcon in Xiao Yi's hand shot a steel bullet through its body, causing it to fall to ashes.

"She's up there!!"

With her warning, Sieg and Atros jumped up at the same time and slashed into the air, and Hull, who was hanging from the rooftop, let go of his hand and fell, and bounced off the two in the air with his kick, falling back to the ground.

"Hmph! If it weren't for the High Priest's orders, you would all have died here! And now my mission is accomplished, General Atros, you are doing it yourself! The High Priest is coming to see you himself!"

Because of Hull's shout, the wolf in Sieg's hand suddenly whispered, and Sieg said, "I feel a very powerful black magic, maybe she didn't bluff." ”

Hull took a few steps back, and a circular incantation shrouded in black mist appeared on the ground in front of him, and in the darkness appeared a mysterious man wearing a black robe and wearing a strange tiara, and the dark shadow completely covered the face under the crown. With just one consciousness, the ground around the black-robed man was shrouded in black fog until it spread throughout the hall......

Looking at the black-robed man's face covered by darkness, Xiao Yi and Sieg felt a trace of horror, and the fear in their hearts made them instinctively retreat, only to find that Atros put away his sword and walked towards the black-robed man, and talked to him, without feeling the slightest inappropriateness.

"You're still here...... High Priest of the Drua Order, the Holy Stone you want is already in my hands, and I wonder how much you are willing to pay in exchange for it?"

When the black-robed man heard this, he replied in a disguised hoarse voice, "Give me the jewel...... Then you can leave alive with these two children......"

"Sure enough, there is no trace of sincerity...... I don't think that's how it should be, and you'll be willing to pay more!"

Atros, who was strolling around the High Priest, suddenly flashed behind him, the tip of the Galloping Sword reaching the back of the High Priest's heart, and he shouted to Shoy and Sieg, "Get out of here!!

"Don't you die! Our accounts haven't been settled yet!!" Shoey pulled Sieg, who was reluctant to leave, as he broke through the dark gate and left the Hunters' Guild. The High Priest also drank Hull, who tried to attack Atros.

"Hull...... Rush to the ruins of Allen...... Isaac needs your help......"

Atros was surprised, and asked, "The ruins of Allen...... is far inland in Calradia, could a simple portal allow this little girl who knows a little about spells to travel around the world?"

"Mortal...... You won't understand......"

He also said to Hull, "Isaac is now facing off against Ricardo, who guards the Earth Elemental Gem...... He needs your help...... And the prehistoric monster has also been awakened......"

Hel finally nodded, as if aware of the seriousness of the matter, a mysterious rune appeared at her feet, and disappeared from the hall with her figure in a few seconds, and at the same moment, Atros found that the black-robed priest in front of him had dissipated into a black mist.

"Mortal...... Have you decided? Do you want to leave the Stone alive or die here......

"Hey, you know my name is Atros, can you stop calling me mortal? and you should also report your name~"

The figure of the High Priest retreated into the darkness, but his voice echoed throughout the room, and Atros took advantage of the time to speak to him and began to search for any movement in the vicinity with his keen hearing......

"I am the Chief Priest of the Drua Church, the right and left hand of the Dark God, the Dark Lich...... You can call me the King of Wizards......"

"The Witch King, is it? Okay...... I've got it!Show up!" Confirming where he wanted to be, Atros turned around and plunged his sword into the darkness, the tip of which pierced the Witch King's shoulder and dragged him out of the darkness.

The stabbed Witch King shuddered and stood upright like a marionette, seemingly unaffected by the wound, and condensed a cloud of black gas into a staff, blocking Atros' second sword, only to be kicked out with a heavy punch.

"Uh-huh! You've made two mistakes!First, you shouldn't have let Hel, the only one who can act as your bodyguard, leave, because you're just a wizard, how can you compare to me in combat!Second, there's no need to pretend to be a ghost...... I know that this witch king is just a puppet, and no matter how much I attack, I can't make it fall!

As Atros deduced, the Witch King in front of him lowered his arms like a machine, standing motionless, completely devoid of life, but a voice still came from under the veil of darkness: "You have noticed that the greatest private detective in Gronia is indeed not simple...... Hand over the Sacred Stone so that Drua will keep your old friend safe......"

"You say that Drua's killer can kill Kebrak and defeat the Free Knights at any time, right? The only one who can do this is none other than Sylon Freeman, though I don't really believe he would want Kai's life...... But your power does ...... It's really beyond my imagination~" Atros finally revealed the truth about his deal with Drua, even if he was far away from the dispute in Calradia and found a new life in Gronia, he could not forget the friendship he once had.

"Freeman is as high a standing as I am in Druya...... Naturally, he will not obey my commands...... But don't doubt it, we have a sword in our hands that can kill Kebrak at any time, and if we want him and the Free Knights to continue to survive in Calradia, hand over the Holy Stone......"

Atros smiled and walked back and forth, and the mysterious voice under the veil asked, "What are you laughing again...... Is my word funny?"

"You Druas...... I really don't understand you, that chick named Hull sent me a message on the condition that he give me supremacy, right?

"If you really have the heart, then I will arrange a position for you in the church...... But you and I are different, there is only a ...... of deals," the voice under the veil seemed impatient, and at the same time, Atros also got the answer he wanted, and closed his eyes and smiled.

"What are you laughing at...... What are you doing!That's!!"

Atros took out a bottle of colorless liquid from his trench coat, very similar to the one that Rolf used in the tomb of the Holy King that day, and the voice under the veil became panicked, as if Atros was holding some kind of weapon that could destroy him......

"Hmph, as a professional bounty hunter, I can deal with supernatural things at any time, I think the demon-slaying holy water from the Holy Cult is enough to wipe out this dummy, right?"

The holy water in the bottle instantly lit up, illuminating the dark environment, Atros struggled to smash the holy water bottle at the Witch King's feet, the glass bottle hit the ground and shattered, the holy water spilled all over the ground, the Witch King trembled again, the holy water at his feet burned and ignited its body in an instant, and the dazzling silver fire pierced the darkness that covered the hall......

"The holy water that has been blessed by the Church, once it comes into contact with evil things, will turn into a purifying fire to dispel evil......! I'll tell you! You want to kill Kebrek, it's not that easy, that guy won't bow down to evil. ”

The 'black lich' was wiped out in a scream, the darkness was completely dispelled by the purifying effect of the holy water, and all that was left of the standing figure was the black robe and the crown that fell to the ground, and the ebony puppet hidden under the black robe had turned to ashes.

Sunlight shone through the cracks in the roof into the halls of the Hunters' Guild, and as the doors of the Guild were kicked open, Shoey walked in with her gun raised, aiming her crosshair at Atros's forehead and asking, "Foolish General, you won?"

"Of course...... Uncle fought two untrustworthy profiteers today~"

While talking and laughing, Atros took out the golden gem badge from his bosom, returned it to Shoey, and instructed: "Today I have made them suffer a little for the time being, their goal is still to capture Chanda, you must return to Calradia as soon as possible to inform Aracis!"

Xiao Yi put away the hero badge, looked at the two holy stones set on it, and said excitedly: "Don't worry! We are going back soon! Thank you, Uncle Atros~"

"Didn't you call me stupid just now...... Okay, put it away, I can provide a clue, that is, the next sacred stone, the guardian of the earth is being seized by the Drua's people, and after returning to the mainland, I will immediately go to the Gern Roze Tree Sea in the southwest of the continent, and find the long-lost ruins of Eren in the primeval elven realm! This is the only clue at present!"