Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Grace of the Assassins
"I just want to ask one question. Pannis's face had a strange expression, and he looked at Barto and said, "In the last few days, the food you usually eat is not prepared by this Mr. Ronne." ”
"Of course not. Barto asked inexplicably, "Why do you suddenly talk about food, and does it have anything to do with it?"
"Hehe, it's not good, you should be very happy. Pannis nodded, "So the next question, and the most important one, is that in your memory, this Mr. Ron, hasn't eaten in a few days?" I mean he hasn't eaten a single thing. ”
Barto's face froze, and he glanced at Lang with a strange expression suspiciously, and then at Pannis, who had an equally strange expression, and replied blankly: "Since the afternoon before yesterday, Long said that he had an upset stomach, so he hasn't eaten, and he didn't eat yesterday. ”
"Of course, how can you eat. Pannis asked with a smile, "Do you think I'm right, Mr. Ronne?" ”
"You even recognize who I am. Ron suddenly disappeared from the spot, and when he reappeared, he was already in the corner of the tent, and made a gentlemanly salute to the door of the tent in an elegant manner, and said in a gentle tone: "This is the third time that you have ruined my plan, everyone in Nelly's Adventure Party, I really doubt that you have been following me and staring." If it weren't for the fact that President Thorn forbade us to have a conflict with you, you wouldn't have had a second chance. ”
"I also think it's strange why our missions always meet you?" said Pannis lazily, "and every time your plan conflicts with our purpose, should we say that we are too lucky, or should we say that you are too unlucky? ”
"I don't know that either. Ron's tone and choice of words were full of gentlemanly demeanor everywhere: "But I'm more curious about one thing than this, I've never met anyone who can easily recognize me, you're the first, can you tell me how you did it?" Listen to you and come directly to this tent, I'm afraid you'll already find me when I get in the morning. I thought you had seen it by accident, but since you recognized me, you must have been watching me. If that's the case, you'd have seen through my disguise, since when did you start last night? or even when we first met?"
"Do you think I'll tell you the answer?" Pannis's words were still very annoying: "I like to let others guess riddles the most, especially when I see people who can't sleep because they can't figure it out, even if they die, I will be very happy." ”
"Hehehe, it seems that you also have the potential to be a captain. Ron's smile was definitely in line with etiquette: "It's a pity that you don't want to join our team, it's really ...... It's a pity. ”
"Luckily, I'm not interested in your hometown at all. Pannis said, "Not to mention joining you." ”
"That's why I say I'm sorry. Ron shook his head and said, "But I should also be sober, if you really join us, I'm afraid there will be no place for us to eat, I can't accept this, I think my life is very good now, and I have no plans to change for the time being." ”
"What the hell is going on?" Barto had a very ominous premonition, and asked nervously, "You mean shrink, Ronn is disguised by someone else?" No way, I have known him for forty years, and I know every habit of him, and there is no difference between him and before. If someone else was pretending, it would never have been possible to fool my eyes. ”
"Hey, I wanted to trick you into leaving the camp quickly and leaving the five of them early, but who knows that it won't be too late in the end. Ron shook his head regretfully and said, "It's a pity that there is only one step away from success, and it turns out that there is trouble in this last step." ”
"It's our honor to make hemp for you. Pannis turned his gaze back to Bartow and continued to greet him: "You don't think anyone can hide from you, it's because you haven't met an expert in this field." Especially the one you see in front of you, but the expert of experts, no one knows his appearance, his false identity is all over Yara, as long as he wants to, the parents and wife of the person who is being impersonated can't find out, not to mention that you are just friends. Am I right?, the most mysterious and elegant captain of the Shadow Hand Guild. ”
"Now that it's like this, there's no need for me to dwell on it here. Grace tore off all the accessories of the armor on his body and threw them to the ground, wearing only his shirt, still wearing Ron Ron's appearance, got up and said, "We give up this task, I hope there will be no next time." ”
"So you're the assassin along the way?" said Barto, glaring at Grace, "What did you do to Ron?"
"Hehe, what do you think I've done to him?" said an elegant smile, "Follow the path you came, near the place where you camped three days ago, and if you're lucky, you might be able to find him, provided of course that his body hasn't been used as food by passing beasts." ”
"You bastard. Barto's beard trembled, and he rushed over with his hammer, slamming it down on Grace's body. But even he himself was strange, Grace didn't dodge or dodge, smiled and let the hammer hit his chest, the whole chest was sunken in a large piece, the sternum was shattered, and it was impossible to live. But even so, the smile on Grace's face did not change in the slightest, and he said in a weak voice: "Nelly Adventure Group, this time I will say goodbye for the time being, I hope there will be no chance of conflict between the two of us again, otherwise, hehe......." ”
"What's the matter with him?" the girls instinctively hated Grace, and were ready to assist in the attack when Barto rushed forward. But seeing that he died for no reason, and said a bunch of inexplicable things before he died, I really couldn't understand it, so I could only ask Pannis: "Is he dead or not?" If he is dead, why do he still say those things? But if he is not dead, the corpse on the ground is ......."
"I had my doubts before, but now I can finally be sure. Pannis squinted his eyes and rubbed his chin and whispered, "Passionately, they said that inside the hand of shadows, the legend of elegance is strange. It is often said that in several places hundreds of kilometers apart, almost at the same time, someone appeared in his name. ”
"How is this possible?" Lina snorted and said in surprise, "In general, in this case, most of the people who provided the information read it wrong, or someone pretended to be. Isn't it never known what he looks like and who he is?
Originally, they thought the same thing, but after investigation, it was found that what these people said was likely to be true. Pannis shook his head and said, "Who dares to pretend to be the captain of the Shadow Hand? Of course, there are many people who are not afraid of death, so it is not certain that someone is not impersonating it, and there is a possibility that indulgent and enthusiastic investigations can go wrong, so I have not been able to draw conclusions. But looking at today's situation, I'm afraid this rumor is true. ”
"Rumors that he will appear in different places at the same time?" Catherine shook her head, "Even if he can do magic, that effect is not enough to cross a distance of hundreds of kilometers, not to mention that he is not a mage, and he does not know that kind of advanced magic." Vivien, the doppelganger magic is indeed very profound. ”
"Yes. Vivien nodded: "Legendary-level spells, but the effect is average, and the multiple clones are also fake, they will disappear as long as they are attacked, and they are not very practical, most of them are used to confuse the enemy's sight." ”
"It's not doppelganger magic. Pannis shook his head and said: "Legend has it that there is a long-lost secret technique in the First Age, some people with unique mental power can control one or even several people who have been destroyed and become idiots from a distance, the two share their senses, and the controlled party can also make various actions according to the control consciousness, which can almost be regarded as a person having two or more sets of bodies." This is a very troublesome ability, but the requirements for the characteristics of mental power are very harsh, and it is likely that no one who can use this secret technique has appeared for hundreds of years, so this secret technique has been lost. ”
"Do you think she used this secret technique?" Catherine recalled for a moment, nodding her head, "Indeed, when he was in the City of Innocence, it was clear that we had the upper hand, but he still didn't care at all. Perhaps this can be done with the fact that he is so passionate and indulgent that he does not dare to attack him easily. However, I heard you say that in the temple of death in the steppe, he is also very calm in the face of enthusiasm and you, and if you explain it with your conjecture, it will be easy to explain. But didn't you say that this secret art had been lost, and it had been lost since the First Age, how could he?"
"Remember when we were in the City of Innocence, we discussed that he might be the one who really helped the Servant of God, and that the others were even suspicious and were just being used?" Pennis said, "I suspect that he was involved with the Servant a long time ago, and learned this secret technique from the three bishops of the Servant. That's why he will help the servants of God in the city of innocence, and it can be regarded as repaying this favor. ”
"Maybe that's what you said. Catherine frowned, "If you have another chance to fight him, I'd love to find a way to actually kill him, his food is so disgusting." ”
"To be honest, I would like to do that too. Pannis sighed, "But I haven't figured out how to find his body in time and kill it within a radius of hundreds of kilometers around." ”
"Thank you. Bato was stunned for a long time at the graceful dead corpse, and suddenly said to the five members of the adventure group: "I know that it was you who made him give up the mission and quit, thank you so much." I guess Ron would be glad if he found out. ”
"Now let's talk about it. Catherine asked, "What is the task you are going to give us?" (To be continued.) )