Chapter 18: Tail Line
The Chinchilla's Assassins set a few extra fires before evacuating, and from time to time the people who lived here screamed and escaped from the house, and the ignition of fires and the chaotic firefighting residents made the whole neighborhood a mess, and the security forces had to stop the pursuit. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
It was a wise choice, as the crowd had already disrupted the ranks of the vigilantes, not to mention the fact that there might be assassins lurking among the residents. After all, it was in his own city, and it was difficult for the army to accept orders such as killing, so the sheriff could only order the team to be closed with a black face, as for the disaster at the scene, it was not within his consideration, it was the responsibility of the city magistrate!
The commotion lasted for a long time, and a large part of the nearby wooden houses were burned down, but the flames were finally extinguished, leaving only a ruined wall. People who have lost their homes can only accept the fact of homelessness, whether it is crying or numbness, and the result is no different, at least for now they can only shiver in the evening breeze.
The flames had been extinguished, and wisps of smoke and dust were still emitting from the pieces of wood that had been ravaged by the flames. A chubby rat appeared on the ruins of the log cabin where Clifford had previously lived, its fat face with a human expression and a sly glint in its tiny eyes. Soon another mouse appeared, followed by a third, a fourth...... Dozens of rats burrowed into the rubble.
The rats soon reaped their harvest, and one after another sparkling stellar gold was rummaged through the ruins. The rats bit with their teeth and clawed at each other, and soon found all the thirty gold coins that Clifford had left behind. In the moonlight, the mice had joyful smiles on their faces, and their mung bean eyes looked like they were about to fall off their faces. They quickly evacuated with their loot, scurryed down the streets for a while, found an entrance and ran into the sewers.
The country's sewers are surprisingly sturdy and wide, with a drop of almost 20 meters down the inlet. The sewage drain is 10 meters wide, with intermittent passages on both sides, and bridges across the channel at intervals.
The inner wall of the sewer is made of natural rock layers, which are very strong, and the rest is made of artificial huge bricks. Although the waterways are clear and not blocked, the mixture of waste liquids, mainly domestic sewage, and the smell of overnight glutinous rice, fermented dung and decomposing corpses is still disgusting.
Thanks to this terrible environment, the sewers are generally quiet except for the occasional channeler, cleaner, and wandering around with the likes of homeless people and beggars. The rats followed the avenue, which was quite wide for them, without hesitation or stop, even at the fork in the road.
Suddenly, the speed of the rat swarm slowed down, and it seemed that it was about to reach its destination. There were two lurking figures in the darkness, motionless and hiding in the cracks of the walls, some of the artificial masonry walls were still inevitably loose and broken because of their age.
These rats are ultra-small magical beasts with dark vision and a keen sense of smell, allowing them to easily spot lurking targets. They quickly spotted the assassin hiding in the darkness, but the rats didn't pay any attention to the two humans, they just paused for a moment, seemed to confirm their direction, and moved on.
The sound of the rats moving away from the area, except for the sound of sewage flowing in the waterways and the occasional drop of water. One of the Assassins moved, came out of his hiding place, and walked in the direction of the rat's departure. After walking a distance, he said, "Do you see the faces of the rats? I don't feel comfortable every time I see them." โ
No one answered, and he seemed accustomed to it, and continued: "You don't have to be too nervous, no one is coming up. If there were people, those rats would have found out, and sometimes I feel like I'm not as useful as a pack of rats. โ
Another voice finally sounded in the darkness: "Don't be careless. "You don't have to worry about being replaced by them, rats aren't always so smart, it's just that it's almost a full moon these days." โ
The previous Assassin was in a better mood, and there was a little joy in his voice: "Yes, it has to be cloudless and rainy, and it's a strange thing that a group of rats always needs moonlight. โ
"It's not surprising. Another Assassin replied, "Just as we want to eat when we are hungry, if we don't eat, we will starve to death." These rats will only be smart when they shine in the moonlight, but unfortunately the full moon is only so two days, and the rest of the time they are only smart, and the stupidest time is no different from ordinary mice, so you don't have to worry about losing your job. โ
The first Assassin did not answer, although he chose the cold-sounding profession of an assassin, but in fact it was a chatter, and he could not keep his mouth shut at all as long as he had the opportunity, and he could talk for a while even if he asked and answered himself.
This is really not a good habit, so he often suffers from unfair treatment because of his unstoppable mouth. For example, he was recently sent a post-reconnaissance mission, which can be regarded as an exile for an elite assassin like him, especially since he is actually proficient in assassination rather than hiding for a long time.
The second Assassin was surprised when he could not wait for the expected answerโdid he even take the initiative to shut up? He turned around and saw that the companion he had been talking to had disappeared, and there was nothing left on the ground, not even bloodstains, and the man seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.
Of course, it can't disappear out of thin air! it must have been attacked, but what kind of person, or something, could capture a bronze assassin without a word.
The remaining Assassins remained dormant and quickly left their original positions using their skills, the previous conversation must have revealed their previous positions, and he prayed in his heart that the new location would not be discovered immediately.
The Assassins moved their positions in the darkness, changing direction from time to time to guard against attacks that might come from behind. After a stalemate for a while, the Assassin felt that his physical strength was constantly being consumed, and under the tremendous mental pressure, he finally couldn't help but try to escape.
Carefully observing the movement around him, he moved along the path of his team's departure, and he did not notice a black shadow hanging from the space above his head.
Not only is the sewer space wide enough, but the height is also not bad, at least ten meters high in the middle, and seven or eight meters on the lower sides. It is difficult to launch an effective attack from that height, and it is more likely that you will fall and injure yourself, and the assassin subconsciously ignores this direction, and the vision from the top in the dark is also very poor, and it is difficult to spot the abnormality without dark vision.
The long body of the black shadow hung silently, one end was still at the top of the sewer, and the other end was already close above the assassin, a large guy at least six meters long!
The Assassin sensed that something was wrong, and he jerked his head up, but it was too late. The black shadow bit at his shoulder with a white electric light, and the burst of electricity instantly paralyzed the Assassin's body. The shadow fell and wrapped around the assassin, the weight of which made him unsteady on his feet, and he fell to the ground with the shadow.
The Assassin finally saw the monster lurking in the darkness, a giant serpent at least six meters long made of interconnected copper rings, and when it opened its eyes, a pair of eye sockets flashed with blue-white light. The large constructed creature had its mouth wide open, and its powerful jaws were equipped with fangs, but instead of venom, sparks of electricity dripped from the fangs.
The Assassin felt that there was no need for the serpent to wrap around him, and that its weight alone made it difficult for him to breathe, and he was on the verge of suffocation. The Bronze Serpent weighs a whopping 500 kilograms, and surprisingly this level of weight does not affect its agility in the slightest. It is fast and adept at burrowing and climbing, thanks to the special abilities of magical creations, which is impossible for a normal serpent to crawl on the top of a cave.
Of course, the Assassin didn't know this, he only knew that he was about to die, the Assassin's thin body could not resist the tight grip of the serpent, and his body paralyzed by electricity also extinguished his last hope of escape, and he could not even make a sound. The bronze serpent only exerted a slight force, and soon blood kept flowing out of his mouth, nose, and ears, and the bones on his body made a crunching sound of being overwhelmed and broken, and the assassin's body struggled like a dead fish, and soon lost his life.
Bronze serpents don't know how to clean up the battlefield, and constructed creatures usually don't have intelligence, they just passively accept their master's prior orders. This time they were ordered to track and capture suspicious people at the Iris station, and although the moonlight rats were not humans, they were no different from animals in the eyes of the bronze serpent, and they followed the moonlight rats collecting gold coins all the way into the sewers.
Perhaps the snakes' natural interest in rats also played a role, with two unlucky assassins blocking their path, only to be captured and the other to be killed for being useless.
The corpse of the slain Assassin was left in place, and if it was a Moonlight Rat, after killing the enemy, it might have rummaged through the enemy's body and pockets to see if there was anything of value. But this requirement was too difficult for the bronze serpent, neither intelligence nor size could be achieved, and the serpent did not delay any longer, and it continued to start its tracking mission.
Another bronze serpent returned to the surface, and it was about to deliver the captives to its master. However, it is not very convenient to move with a large living person, and it can only carefully bite the back clothes of the chattering assassin, and always be careful not to let the current seep out of the fangs. The bronze serpent swam as fast as it went, and in a moment it was back to the ground, and the sky was bright and a new day began.