In a room full of corpses, an old man who was manipulating corpses turned his head to look at Asa and complained with remorse: "I have long wondered how the skinny monkey today suddenly remembered to deliver the goods to the door, and he didn't bargain for the price. I knew that there was no good thing when it was cheap. ”

Asa tried to stand up, but as soon as his hand was on the ground, he felt a heart-pounding pain in his chest, let out a cry of pain, and collapsed to the ground again, his broken ribs intertwined with each other, and the pain was so painful that he didn't even have the strength to speak. The old man ignored him, groaning to himself as he fiddled with the corpse.

Taking a few breaths, Asa struggled to shake his head and look around. It was a very large room, or rather a very large house, with a very simple structure, a very high roof, a large space, a very wide door, and several large glass windows high on the four walls, which made the room very bright. Every corpse inside can be seen clearly.

It is not very accurate to say that there are corpses, because in addition to a dozen complete corpses, there are dozens of mutilated corpses, as well as countless various organs soaked in glass bottles, which are placed on shelves and countertops of varying heights. The house is a human body gallery. Asa was lying surrounded by a naked male corpse and several hands and feet, while the old man was disemboweling a female corpse.

After a sound of footsteps, there was a knock on the wide wooden door, and a voice shouted outside, "Is Old Sandru here?" The old man shouted, "Yes, come in and open it yourself." The door opened, and a dozen heavily armed soldiers entered. A few of them let out a low exclamation when they saw the display inside.

The captain asked the old man, "Do you have anyone else here?"

"People?" the old man named Sandru nodded, "all the people here are people, what kind of people do you want to find by yourself." ”

"I'm asking if I've seen any suspicious living people I haven't seen before. ”

"I haven't seen this, I haven't seen that. Old man Sandru said, pointing to a few soldiers. The soldiers looked at the fingers pointing at them and twisted their faces, which had just been pulled out of the woman's belly, covered in blood and other fluids.

"This old man..... So, today a prisoner escaped from the city's prison, a very vicious and cunning spy, and killed all the people in the prison, including the fat man and the thin man who used to sell corpses to you. The prisoners are still hiding in the city, and we have been ordered to search them. The squad leader said.

"I haven't seen the spies, and there's no one hiding here, so you can search if you want. Old man Sandru buried his head in fiddling with the corpse again

"Everyone searched everywhere. Remember, it was a man of about twenty years old, slightly tall, with black hair and black eyes, and a wound on his left hand. Also remember, if you find out not to talk to him, kill him on the spot. This is the order of Lord Lord Mrak, I think this guy may also do some sorcery, everyone be reminded. The captain commanded majestically, and the soldiers slowly dispersed to search, and a few of them were still in place, engrossed in the feeling of wanting to vomit.

The order of Lord Lord Mrak?Asa was silent, but he heard it clearly. Although he didn't know how he could kill all the people in the prison and then escape here when he was injured like this. But he also heard the phrase "kill immediately, don't speak" just now.

The best thing to do now is to close your eyes and continue to play dead, and wait until the current crisis is over. Unfortunately, the room was well-lit and could be seen clearly, including the bandages on his hands.

"Hey, come and see. The old man Sandru took something out of the woman's abdomen and held it up in his hand as if he had grasped a remarkable discovery, "I bet this woman has never given birth, but she has had an abortion." There are people in the royal city who do such a thing. ”

'Wow-''Vomit-' The two soldiers next to the captain finally couldn't help it and vomited. The sound sounded contagious, and several of the other soldiers vomited one after another.

"——, who ****** bring the recruits?" the captain jumped to his feet with his boots drenched in vomit. Seeing that the other soldiers began to vomit one after another, he glanced at what the old man Sandru was holding in his hand, and there were still a few tendons attached to the female corpse. There was a burst of nausea and shouted: "Collect the team, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up." The soldiers immediately ran out as if fleeing.

"Hey, clean me up before I go. The old man chased after him a few steps, cursed a few words, came back and closed the door, and then walked up to Asa with a curse, and stared at him strangely, "I don't know how you were dragged here by the skinny monkey as a corpse, and then you were able to go back and kill him." ”

Asa saw clearly that this was a rather tall old man, wearing a monk's robe that was so dirty that he could no longer see the color. Because his gray beard and hair were entangled with the silk threads of his robe, his facial features could only be seen in a limited space. The only thing I could see clearly was the eyes, black and white, without any trace of sluggishness that he should have at his age.

"I don't know what's going on. If you know they're looking for me, why don't you hand me over to them?" asked Asa feebly. With every word, the broken bones in his chest were wailing.

Old man Sandru's eyes widened, and he asked rhetorically in a natural tone, "Why did you hand you over to them?" and shook his five fingers. "You're worth me five coppers. Five. ”

"If you have a chance to escape, I will pay you back later. Asa was completely overwhelmed by the situation in front of him. With such a serious injury on his body, he inexplicably became a wanted criminal, and the order of 'don't speak, kill him on the spot' gave him no chance to defend himself.

"No, it looks like you're not going to get out of town. I can search it here, too, and I guess I've already searched the women's toilets in the city. What the hell have you done?" asked the old man.

"Just saved the duke's daughter from the swamp. ”

"And then slept with her by the way, gave birth to a child, or sold it into a brothel, or gave it to a slave trader?"

"Escort all the way to Bracada. ”

"The duke's way of thanking is really special. Old Man Sandru shook his head, "But I'm not interested in the reason. There's a shortage of manpower here, so you can work to pay off your debts. You can't run anyway. With such a big battle, I won't let my guard down until I catch you. ”

Asa was stunned for a moment, and replied weakly, "It seems that this is the only way." I'm just going to ask you to find a way to find a doctor and pastor first. His voice had begun to slurry because of the pain.

Old Man Sandru looked at it, reached out and touched Asa's chest, and suddenly grabbed the ribs on both sides with both hands and dragged them one by one. Asa screamed, feeling several knives in his chest and twisting it, almost fainting again. When he breathed a sigh of relief and came to his senses, he found that the broken bones had been connected in the slightest, and even the pain was almost gone. Bracada was busy with a dozen priests who had been busy with the treatment that had taken him all morning, and the old man was like a trick, just a quick fix. Although Asa didn't know much about magic, he could probably guess that it was an extremely high-level healing spell.

"Three months. Old man Sandru said.

"What?" Asa didn't know what the old man meant.

"You've been cured of this, you'll have to stay with me for three months. ”

Asa hurriedly raised his left wrist, which had been pinched by the werewolf, and asked, "What about this?"

The old man Sandru untied his bandage and looked at it carefully, and let out a sigh of picking up money on the side of the road: "At least three years." ”

In the Duke's Palace, in the study of Lord Duke Mrak, Lord Duke frowned rarely, listening to the report of the royal capital guards who had gained nothing.

Knight Clauis stood up straight. Even in this angry mood, he did not lose his temper in the slightest, he was still so powerful and well-behaved, and he expressed the concept of 'knight' just right.

But he looked down at the floor, and his eyes showed irrepressible anger from time to time.

The Duke did not blame him, and the Duke would never blame anyone, nor would he lose his temper with anyone. It's just that Clauvis can't forgive himself for making such a big mistake, which could lead to the failure of the whole plan, and even endanger the safety of the Duke and himself.

The duke suddenly asked, "Why did you kill all the people in the prison?"

Crowis replied, "I'm afraid that the soldier leaked something inside." ”

"When a person is inexplicably locked up, how can he still have the mood and leisure to chat with people?" Duke Mlak slowed down and said in an accentuated tone, "The most important thing is that you did it without even asking about the situation. How did the soldier bring the jailer in, how did he knock him out, how did he get out, and if he knew every detail, he would have found something meaningful. The Duke concluded again. "You're too young, too impulsive. Be patient and think about the problem from as many angles as possible, and you will find more solutions. ”

"Yes. I will do everything I can to catch this soldier. ”

"Think a little bit more about it. The Duke repeated without tire. "You can't look at the traces too much, maybe some people will be curious. Just leave this matter to the Guards. The duke thought for a moment, "There is not a big chance that something will go wrong, and that soldier probably won't know why he's being hunted down, and he won't dare to report it elsewhere." We just do what we are supposed to do. Go back now, and remember not to show any trace of your connection to this fugitive in front of the others. ”

"Yes. ”

Looking at Clauvis's back, the duke's brow was still furrowed. This is a very ambitious young man, very capable, very hard-working, and very ruthless, definitely a good deputy, a good subordinate, and a good chess piece. But he is not a person who can achieve great things.

If you hope too much, you will block your reason. If you pay too much attention to something, you will not be able to feel and grasp the whole picture of things and the subtle changes in them. If you are attracted by a single leaf, you will not be able to see the entire forest.

If you are too ambitious and do things too ruthlessly, there is no room for a turn. More than enough is too much.

This young man also has a large family behind him. The Ernie family is a wealthy family, there are many high-ranking officials in the court, and there is no shortage of giants in the opposition, he is the eldest son of the family, and he is definitely a perfect marriage partner. But he is definitely not a good husband.

It's hard to live with people who take fame and fortune too seriously. This kind of person always has himself in his eyes.

Sighing in his own study, Duke Mrak suddenly felt a little tired.