Chapter 39: The Opening

In the morning, Asa got up and freshened up, and put on the clothes of a priest in a proper manner.

"I've known you for so long, and it's the first time I've seen you comb your hair and wash your face when you wake up in the morning, and you're actually getting dressed very seriously. What's wrong? Ronis is going to introduce you to a girlfriend?" Sandru glared at him. This old man has no respect for Asa as a future hero, and he is still the same.

"Just let me be a hero. Asa noticed that he was dressed properly. This is what Bishop Ronice asked of him, there must be a heroic statue.

He only knew a rough idea of Bishop Ronis's plan, which was designed and arranged by the Marquis. This hunt was only a small prelude, setting the stage for the grand plans of the Bishop in the future. As for the protagonist Asa, he also wants to use this opportunity to show his face and lay a good foundation for his future future. Although Asa had not been interested in the bishop's grand plans, the matter itself was indeed quite interesting.

"Be a hero?" Sandru frowned, shook his head, and said, "That's a hard job, you have to ask him for a raise." ”

"Go talk to him when you have time. If you can get paid, I can give you half of it. Asa took the sword he had brought with him. He didn't really know how to use it, but according to his current status, he couldn't walk down the street with that rough-looking knife on his back. And today this matter is logically very easy, it doesn't matter what you use.

It is estimated that the hunting meeting should have almost begun, and Asa has just gone out.

As soon as he came out, he suddenly noticed that several people were looking at him in the distance, and as soon as they saw him, they immediately turned around and ran. Asa didn't care, judging from the dress and movements, these people were just street hooligans, not worth mentioning, he got on his horse and set off.

Asa was still walking slowly. The Marquis told that the appearance of the hero must be at the right time, so as to show the momentum of turning the tide. The planned time was noon, thirty or forty miles, and now it is about the same to walk slowly.

After leaving the royal capital for more than ten miles, he began to enter the inaccessible suburbs. A group of people suddenly emerged from the woods on either side, rushed up with murderous vigour, and surrounded Asa in the middle.

There could never be bandits and robbers near the royal capital, and it seemed that this group of fifty or sixty people armed with swords were mercenaries, and Asa suddenly recognized the leader from the crowd, and he knew what was going on with the person who was watching him just now. He shook his head and sighed: "I'm telling you, I don't have time to mess around with you right now, you'd better let me go." I don't want to crumple my clothes. ”

"I'm also telling you, you don't want to go back alive today. Prime Minister Childe Modo roared. Now the young nobles of the entire royal capital know that he was beaten and smashed in the face by this priest, and he sent someone to retaliate without success, and finally was robbed of this coveted priesthood position. He is now the object of discussion and ridicule behind the backs of his companions. He had never suffered such a wretched spirit in his life, and the few sanities he had long since disappeared, and his father's advice not to mess around was also forgotten.

"I've been waiting for you early in the morning. Don't think that if you are a priest, I will not dare to touch you, do you think that it is enough to have the dead old man of the bishop covering you? What can I do if I kill you? There is no one here, who knows that I killed you? I still want to participate in the hunt and please the emperor? Tell you, stop dreaming, I already know what you want to do. ”

"Do you really know?" Asa shook his head in confusion. "Probably not. ”

The angry prime minister waved his hand and said to a leader-like person next to him, "Give it to me, kill this guy." I said okay and I'll give you fifty gold coins. ”

"How are there only fifty?" Asa frowned. The wanted warrants on the back of his kidnapping of the minister in Airy were worth hundreds of gold coins.

At this time, the royal hunting convention was in high spirits.

The young Geffenhardt XVII and the dignitaries of the nations rode tall horses and chased the prey driven out of the jungle with bows and arrows. Without Captain Roland and the old-fashioned military ministers around him, all of whom could be happy with him, the Emperor had a great time, and he could not help but rejoice in his own wise foresight. He also shot hard, like all other teenagers of his age, trying to get the attention of the Duchess next to her, but unfortunately the Duchess was almost all focused on chatting with her sister.

"Since you got married, sister, we have rarely seen each other, and I really am, I usually take care of playing, I should come to see you, and my father must miss you very much. ..... Fortunately, the Marquis has asked you to come to the hunt today......" Chrissy suddenly leaned over to her sister and said, "Tell you, that guy will come today....."

Xiao Yi, who was already dressed as a noblewoman, hesitated uncertainly, and suddenly turned the horse's head. "Then I'll go back. ”

Chrissy hurriedly grabbed her. "Hey, you can't go. It's hard to come out once, why do you leave? Since the Marquis asked you to come out, what are you afraid of? By the way, why didn't the Marquis come? He's such an interesting guy and embarrassed the bastard Mordon in front of a lot of people. That idiot is a disgraced death. ”

"Chriss, you should have a good time when you come out today, why are you talking about housework again. The emperor finally couldn't hold it anymore and said. "Look at how many things I've shot. ”

Chrissy took the emperor's hand and said, "Your Majesty, hurry up and give my sister a half-official position, so that she can come out and do things openly, and she doesn't have to be a noble lady in that house every day." My sister is very capable. ”

"Oh, yes. The young emperor was shaken by that delicate hand, and he agreed uneasily, and at the same time made up his mind to behave well today.

It would be best if some monster came out of the woods for itself to slaughter, the young majesty thought suddenly.

It was almost noon, and deep in the forest, five hooligans were gathered around to watch the light coming down from the gaps in the leaves. They all prayed in their hearts that the light would soon move overhead.

Several magic circles were drawn on the ground behind them, and the things in the magic circles were covered with black cloth. But one of them was wriggling, and there was a low roar, emitting a fishy smell peculiar to beasts, and even the birds in the woods did not dare to fly over. The hooligans did not dare to face this wriggling thing, for fear that the thing under the black cloth would suddenly break through the restraints and jump out, so they had to turn their heads and turn their backs to it.

Actually, this is not bad, but the things in the magic array next to it make them uncomfortable. Although it was still covered in a black cloth, there was no movement, but as soon as it was close, there was a slight chill that rushed from the back bone to the top of the head. After carefully carrying them into the magic circle according to the direction of the patron, there was once a curious and bold person who opened a little with a branch and saw a small part, but when his companion asked, the brave adventurer kept silent, but his face was pale and shivering.

In the midst of the unbearable waiting, one of the scoundrels took out a gold coin from his bosom, and the other companions also took one out and took it in their hands to observe the cute little thing. That's what they're waiting for here, and now it's as if it gives them courage.

"It takes five people to get these things here, so why do you have to wait here until noon? A rascal said. "It's really hard to understand how these rich people do something.....

"It doesn't matter what you do so much, as long as you know that you can get the money when you wait. Another thug rebuked him and said that this was the leader of the five. "Anyway, as long as you do what you are told, you will have three gold coins per person, and if you don't want to take it, you can go by yourself. ”

Hearing these words of encouragement, everyone calmed down a little, and looking at the gold coins in their hands, imagining that they would immediately become four, it was indeed an exciting sight.

"The time has come. A rascal looked at the sun and measured it. "It should have been noon. You can go. ”

"Wait. I have one more thing. The leader took something out of his pocket and put it on the ground. It was a very fine pile of grayish-white powder, as if it had been burned and left behind by ashes. As soon as the leader put the pile down, he grabbed it curiously. Only then did he realize that the pile of powder seemed to be a whole, and there seemed to be a strange attraction between the dusts, as long as he grabbed one part and lifted it, the other parts were attached to it and moved.

"Don't do it again, let's get something done quickly and go. The other companions urged.

The leader put the dust down, took out a dagger, and gently slit his fingers, a few drops of bright red blood dripping onto the pile of powder. Blood immediately soaked the strange pile of powder, turning it from gray to pink.

"That's it, let's go. The leader stood up and beckoned his companions to leave.

Suddenly, the pile of powder on the ground moved, and with an unmistakable leap like a hungry flea, it was attached to the leader's still bleeding finger, and everyone heard a sound similar to that of a man drinking soup.

The leader screamed in horror, he could feel the blood in his body flowing rapidly in a very different way than usual, and he shook his hand violently, but the pile of powder did not move as if it had been nailed to his hand, and the color was getting darker and darker. He hurriedly used his other hand to pull the strange mass, but the other hand immediately sank in. Several of the other hooligans watched in amazement as the leader moved.

The leader let out a meaningless cry hysterically and kept shaking his arms, using all his strength, even his steps staggered and rushed everywhere, rushing into the magic array that he was terrified just now, trampling the runes on the ground, and even pulling down the black cloth.

Something under the black cloth was revealed, a dozen skeletons wearing tattered armor and swords, several zombies with gray-black bodies like bacon, and two ghosts floating in the air, as hazy as mist but with the outline of the half-skeleton clearly visible. The magic array that bound them had lost its effect, and the undead monsters were moving.

The skeleton raised its sword and slashed at the leader who was already rolling on the ground. Although these weapons were almost rotten and rotted early, they still cut into the body of the leader. But the leader didn't react in the slightest, as if it wasn't his own body anymore, and he still raised his hands and rolled and screamed, but he was so weak that he writhed like a dying green worm. His wounds revealed white bones and slightly ruddy muscles, and no blood flowed out. And the strange pile in his hand was already red and black, and began to roll and fluctuate like a boil.

Seeing such a scene, several other hooligans let out the same terrible screams as the leader. The two ghosts chased after them quickly, and grabbed them by the throat with their tangible and intangible hands, and they immediately fell to the ground silently, their hands and feet twitching like frogs for a moment before they stopped.

The cloud of dust jumped away from the leader's pale and emaciated corpse and pounced on the other corpses, continuing to make that sucking 'sizzle' sound.

When all five corpses had become shriveled and pale like cloth bags, the dust began to grow, deformed, and suddenly turned into a cloud of smoke, and then the smoke gradually closed and gradually coalesced into a human form.

The skeletal warriors, zombies, and ghosts all looked at the smoky figure without moving. The three-headed dog that had been struggling in the magic circle also quieted down, letting out a cringing whimper.