Chapter 54: The City That Never Sleeps (14)
"You little ghost!" the pirate leader was pressed to his knees by Eren, and whenever he struggled to get to his feet, the rusty Hidden Blade on his shoulder was always the first to pierce his flesh.
Eren smiled indifferently, obviously whether it was the woman before or the pirate leader in front of him, they were just small minions.
He was waiting for someone to show up.
The scene froze for a moment.
None of the guests at the scene acted rashly, and they didn't know what kind of crazy thing the teenager in front of them would do.
There was silence for a few moments before Elian let out a chuckle.
"Heh, it turns out that the owner of the city that never sleeps doesn't care about the lives of the guests on his own territory. In that case, then I ... ”
Before he could finish speaking, a fierce cold light erupted in Ailian's eyes, and the Hidden Blade in his hand suddenly retracted, and then stabbed into the heart of the pirate leader kneeling on the ground with a speed like a wind.
Puff –
Before everyone, including the pirate leader himself, could react, the rusty Hidden Blade had already pierced through the pirate leader's chest, and the sharp tip of the sword emerged from his back, emitting a cold light like the cold moon, and the tip of the sword was not stained with blood.
"Ah!!h
A scream erupted from the hall, and the scream set the hall on fire.
All kinds of shouts and hustle and bustle came one after another, and the panicked crowd was like being doused by a boiling oil pot, and the scene was chaotic.
Eren gently drew his Hidden Blade, then sat back down at the table as if nothing had happened.
That person still hasn't appeared, to be precise, the current scene is not enough to qualify that person to appear.
The girl in the center of the table was still smiling, and she stayed silent, and Eren didn't even see any fear in her eyes, as if she hadn't just died someone, just an insignificant little bug.
"Huh. Eren suddenly laughed, because he remembered something that was perfect to describe the girl in front of him.
It was a very remote town in the Eastern Continent, and it was very small, so small that there were only a few families. And this almost everyone still has an inexplicable belief.
Do they call it the supreme god Naka.
There is even a statue of the supreme god Nakama, a statue of a human-faced bird with a cow's hoof, which from a distance looks like the work of a casual carver who is not a professional carver.
But all the inhabitants of this town are crazy about it.
Faith is that even if their relatives die by their side, even if their homes are burned down by thieves, even if they have a sword around their necks, they are still reverently shouting the name of Nakama.
Laughing and prostrate on the ground, he died while shouting Nakama's name.
It was the most devout believer Allen had ever seen, so devout that it seemed as if even his soul had been sacrificed to their god.
When the town was gone, Eren never saw the so-called supreme god Naka again, but he could never forget the smiles on the faces of those people when they died.
And the girl in front of her actually made Ai Lian have a moment of déjà vu.
At the moment when Ai Lian's eyes dispelled, a black light suddenly appeared, rushing towards Ai Lian.
Boom!
The loud sound of the metal collision resounded throughout the hall, and the hall, which was already noisy and chaotic, fell silent in an instant.
What caught Elian's eye was Grande's flowing aristocratic evening dress.
The pure black coat with the meticulously combed short yellow hair makes the eyes shine.
And that black light rang out in Grande's hand.
It was a short sword that glowed with black light, and the black light sliced through the air around it, producing a dizzying ringing in the ears.
"I should have said this, guest, don't make trouble here. Grande looked around, suddenly his face changed, and he said coldly.
Ai Lian did not answer, nor did he explain anything, but gently pinched a piece of gold coin on the table, and said with a smile:
"It seems that Mr. Grandet is very fond of gold coins!"
"Hehe, who in this world doesn't love money?" said Grandet, seeing Elian's strange demeanor, and took two steps back.
In Grande's opinion, the young man in front of him had earned him enough gold coins, but he still had no intention of stopping, it seemed that the young man's purpose was much more than that.
However, no matter how many gold coins the boy won, he couldn't take any of the money.
Moreover, even he himself has to pay the price for his greed.
Just as Grandet was observing Elian, Eren suddenly asked.
"Mr. Grande, you seem to have said before that you can get whatever you want here, right?"
"That's right, sir, how about getting everything you want for a small price?
Although he didn't know what Eren meant, Grandet smiled and spoke.
"So... Can you give me back what you stole from the townspeople? I'd be very troubled without that. ”
"Steal what I want from Grande, do I need to steal it?" hahaha!"
After hearing Elian's words, Grandet laughed as if he had heard the funniest joke of all.
And with his laughter, the quiet, almost forgotten guests around him laughed too.
"Hahaha!"
"Hee-hee-hee!"
"Hey, hey, hey!"
The laughter of men, the laughter of women, the laughter of old men, the laughter of young men.
Different laughter filled the hall.
Even the gold coins scattered in the hall seemed to be laughing, and Elian's whole person was surrounded by these laughter.
The lights in the hall were getting dimmer and the laughter was getting louder.
As the last rays of light disappeared from Elen's sight, everyone's laughter came to an abrupt halt as if someone had choked it off.
Tranquility reigns all around.
And at this moment, Ai Lian seemed to be deprived of his five senses, and the whole world disappeared in his eyes.
All that remains is endless darkness and silence.