Chapter 44: The Hunter?

"We still have time," Sean smiled, turned to Nelson, and said, "Cousin Nelson, do you still want to hear it?"

Nelson didn't answer, just nodded slightly.

"The story of the adventures of the White Rose is not to be told, and the last stop of his journey is at Lansey, where he is invited to watch a slave fight, and he feels that he has found his purpose in life. Sean looked disdainful and said, "He did his best to help those slaves, teach them all kinds of knowledge, and provide them with all kinds of resources, but in the end, he was sacrificed as a sacrifice by those who called him the Great Deliverer, which is really ridiculous!"

In a cave on the mountain wall not far away, Catherine heard these words, and her face couldn't help but show indignation, obviously thinking that Sean was talking nonsense.

Nelson didn't believe Sean's words either, and his face was full of doubt.

Sean also knew very well that his words were not enough to convince Nelson, so he asked a series of questions, "Do you know how those slaves defeated the elite army of the French Empire? Do you know why those slaves went to great lengths to exterminate the royal family of the French Empire, but instead spared some slave owners who really directly oppressed them?

"It's hatred. Nelson also retorted: "Isn't the hatred of almost exterminating the race enough for the French royal family to make such a move?"

"Hate, do you think hatred alone is enough?" Sean showed an incredulous expression, as if Nelson had said something amazing, and then said in a tone of obvious contempt: "Nelson, you are really naïve, even if you are from a side branch of the royal family, you don't know that in the eyes of those upper classes, the so-called hatred is the most worthless thing, and they can even become relatives and friends with the enemy for the sake of profit." ”

After saying that, Sean seemed to lose interest in talking to Nelson again, put the note in his hand back in his pocket, reached out and patted Nelson on the shoulder, then stood up and walked to the side of the broken bridge to check the progress of the bridge cable.

Nelson still didn't believe Sean's words, but Catherine's face showed a thoughtful look, and it was obvious that as a descendant of slaves, she was touched by Sean's words.

As for Leo on the side, although he didn't care much about the old things of hundreds of years ago, he also asked the subbrain system to collect the content of the conversation between the two and analyze it, and the result was that at least 80% of what Sean said was true.

Moreover, the paracerebral system also pointed out two important points, that is, if the divine warriors used by slaves to defeat the army of the French Empire really existed, then according to the method recorded in the diary mentioned by Catherine, there must have been a person with divine blood sacrificed, who was who?

Second, the exterminating massacre of the French royal family aroused the hostility of the countries of the world of Veron, so much so that the war of the French royal family against the slave kingdom was later supported by various countries. Judging from the ability and wisdom of the Yasin king, who led the slave rebellion at that time, to maintain political stability for more than ten years after establishing the kingdom, that Yasin king is not like the kind of person who controls his emotions and reason, and there must be hidden secrets in it.

If you connect this matter with the creation of divine warriors, it is not difficult to find the answer, after all, the royal family of Fran is also recognized as one of the royal families of divine blood.

At this time, Leo detected through the spirit net that a group of about thirty or so heavily armed priests had entered the passage two hundred meters away.

Although they had gone the wrong way and entered a dead passage, they would soon notice it and turn back to the correct passage, and in no more than five minutes, the two teams would meet in the square.

"The doctor's position is a bit unpleasant, and if the two gangs start a war, he will definitely be affected. Leo noticed that Nelson's current position was right at the exit of the passage, and it happened to be in the middle of the square, the cornerstone was not knee-high, and there was no other cover around, so in the event of an engagement, Nelson was definitely the most suitable target.

It's just that it is impossible for Leo to make a loud warning now, judging from the surrounding empty environment, if the sound is a little louder, it will produce a large number of echoes, not to mention Nelson, I am afraid that everyone in the square will hear it.

After a little consideration, Leo decided to try a high-level method of using the spirit network, called spirit projection, and this method has long been eliminated by the psykers of the Earth Federation, but it is appropriate to use it here now.

This kind of psychic technique of the spiritual network does not require a more advanced psychic link, but only needs to project the image to the target in a manner similar to brain waves, so that the required image appears in his mind, which is a unilateral propagation psionic skill.

The reason why this technique will be eliminated is mainly because the transmitted spiritual projection is easy to be intercepted by others, and not everyone likes to passively accept some inexplicable spiritual projections, so the vast majority of psykers will build a spiritual barrier after mastering the spiritual network technique, isolating all unnecessary mental fluctuations from the outside world.

With that decision in mind, Leo began to construct images in his mind, such as images of the battle in the square, where Nelson was hiding, and where they were now in the cave. After constructing the images, he followed the skills of the Psychic Network to transmit the mental brain waves mixed with these images to Nelson like an antenna that emits radio waves.

Soon Nelson accepted it, only to see that he was stunned, at first he didn't know what was going on, but suddenly some fragmentary images flashed in his mind, which made him a little confused about what was happening.

When he looked at the cave ** position where Leo and the others were in the image, he saw the vines hanging there shaking unnaturally a few times, and then he understood the meaning of the image, and he was also extremely moved by Leo and the others to save him.

While Nelson didn't understand how Leo managed to get this hallucinatory image in his head, he knew that time was too short for him to think about it.

Then he saw Nelson stand up very naturally, take two steps in the square, and then, as if attracted by something, walked to the hiding place that Leo had chosen for him in the illusion and sat down, and pretended to be interested in studying the pattern of totemic art on the pillar beside him.

And this pillar is right under the cave where Leo and the others are staying, and it is also blocked between Nelson's hiding place and the entrance to the passage, and can be used as a cover to avoid attacks if necessary.

While Nelson was always being watched, what he was doing now didn't reveal anything out of the ordinary, so the watchers didn't bother either.

At the same time, the priests of the Church of Aknaya on the other side had entered the correct passage, and through the sound of the passage, they confirmed that this was the target they were tracking, but their speed slowed down and their steps became lighter, making their approach silent.

When these priests came to the last turn of the passage, they could already see the square, and because the ambush position of the people on Sean's side was not in the front of the passage, and Nelson, who was in the front before, moved his position, so the priests in the passage could not see anyone in the square, and could only hear the faint sound of talking from the broken bridge.

The priests did not rush out of the passage, but retreated some distance very cautiously, and then gathered together to discuss the strategy of attack.

The discussion was very short, and in less than a minute there was a result, and five of the priests came out, took off all their masks and clothes, and stood in front of the crowd.

At this time, Leo, who was monitoring the situation with the spirit net, had a surprised expression on his face, because he saw that the few priests who had stripped naked had a very obvious genetic alienation phenomenon.

I saw that all the hair on the five priests had fallen out, and the skin on their bodies had become very thin and transparent, and they could even clearly see the blood vessels under the skin, which was completely inhuman.

What's even more surprising is that these priests picked up blade-shaped weapons and hid them in their hands, and then their bodies were attached to the stone walls of the passage, and it didn't take long to see that the skin of their bodies began to change color and texture, becoming exactly like the surrounding rocks, like chameleons, and it would be difficult to distinguish these people if you looked at them with the naked eye.

Leo, who was aware of this scene by the spirit network, couldn't help but think of the monster he had solved not long ago, although the two had different ways of stealth, but it was undeniable that the effects shown by the two were very similar, which also made Leo suspect again that the Church of Aknaya might really have mastered the relatively mature xenogene fusion technology.

The priests, disguised themselves as rock walls, began to move along the passage and toward the plaza against the wall, and soon they reached the exit, where they saw several tall men with mechanical crossbows aimed at the exit.

At this moment, the five clerics who acted as pathfinders were very glad that they and the others had not ventured into the square just now, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Of the five, one returned to the passage, apparently to inform his colleagues behind him of the situation in the square, while the other four carefully moved to the Ambush Inges not far away, ready to deal with the enemy in front of them as soon as they moved.

In the passage, the other priests had also stripped off their clothes, and their skin was the same as that of the previous five priests. However, a few of these priests did not need to lean against the rock wall, they just stood in place, and the skin on their bodies would also appear similar to transparent light and shadow illusions.

"Is it really a mature technology?" Seeing the presence of so many mutants who had been genetically modified at the same time, Leo was already certain that the Church of Arknaya should have extracted this transparent ability from those monsters and successfully applied it to others.

This also made Leo feel incredible, because the Earth Federation spent countless resources and used xenogeneous gene technology that has not been successful for hundreds of years, but in such a backward steam world, it was completed by a church with no scientific and technological capabilities, which is simply the biggest mockery of the mainstream technology evolution of the Earth Federation.

At this moment, from the perspective of the situation, on the one hand, there are prepared people who can be pseudo-invisible, and on the other hand, there are guards who are ready for battle, but they can't see the enemy around them, no matter how you look at it, it makes people feel that the situation is showing a one-sided advantage.

However, Leo still found a clue, and Sean, who was discussing how to build the bridge, would casually look at the location of the invisible priests when he spoke. He was joined by ten other spectacled Inge men, and all of them quietly put down their work, picked up their weapons, and stood seemingly casually in a few positions that could be reused as cover.

"There is a problem with the glasses. Leo smiled knowingly, and soon realized that Sean was also a prepared man, and he was looking forward to the next battle.

Just as those priests entered the square one after another, arriving at their own agreed attack positions, the priests who could be completely invisible also passed directly through the square and walked to the vicinity of Sean, ready to attack.

However, just as the priest's side was about to attack, Sean suddenly shouted "do it", and then saw Sean take out a special repeater with a lot of money from his clothes, and shoot at the priests next to him who still didn't understand what was going on, and empty a magazine with at least thirty special bullets at once.

The other bespectacled men who knew the location of the Invisible Clergy also moved their hands and aimed their mechanical repeaters at their respective targets, firing deadly arrows.

The bait-based ambushers rolled around the ground as fast as they heard the screams, and were well-trained to get out of the attack.

And after stabilizing their figures, they also fired arrows from their crossbows at the surrounding walls, even if they couldn't see the enemy, it didn't matter, judging by the density of the clergy, there were always a few arrows stained with blood.

Catherine, who was in the cave, saw the sight of Sean's men attacking, and for a moment did not understand what was happening, until the dead priest fell to the ground and the invisible effect on his body disappeared, she understood the situation, showed a look of horror, and covered her mouth to keep herself from making a sound.

"Professional soldiers. Jason was also shocked to see this scene, and whispered.

For Jason's judgment, Leo also nodded in agreement, the cooperation was so seamless, and the attack was ruthless and deadly, it was completely a team of battle-hardened soldiers, and the auxiliary brain system that surprised him was even more surprised to analyze the origin of these soldiers.

Although the mechanical repeater in the hands of these professional soldiers is the same manufacturer's standard repeater in the hands of Nelson, the workmanship materials and design are far more than the military repeater, it should be a special weapon specially customized for people, and it can customize this kind of military equipment and carry out a large-scale establishment in a formation of thirty or forty people.