30. Tracing the Trace (on the shelf of the first update)

Fei Le carefully observed the remaining traces in the room, and then found a small puddle of green liquid in the corner, he twisted a little with his fingertips, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and his face immediately became gloomy. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"It's blood infected with a high degree of poison... And from the World Island! There are elves involved in this dastardly attack!"

The short elf cursed inwardly, looked up and around, and finally fixed his eyes on the wide open window, which, relying on the tracking skills he had learned from his father, had at least five different footprints on the narrow windowsill, and one of them was unusually familiar, it was left by Elivan.

"Damn it!"

Fei Le stood up and stomped his foot hard, the battle in the courtyard was nearing its end, the Assassins who now seemed to be being used as cannon fodder to attract the attention of the rest of the caravan were almost wiped out, and now there were two ways in front of him, the first was to stay here and wait for news from Elivan and the others. The second is to follow the trail they left behind, and try to catch up with Elivan in the middle of the night with his half-baked tracking skills.

The first option is a safe one, after all, Elivan is still the strongest of them all, and it is very likely that he will be able to solve all the problems alone tomorrow morning or later, and return here with Wendy and the Dax sisters, and judging by past experience, this situation is very likely to happen.

But judging from the current situation, since the black hand behind this attack can easily mobilize more than thirty high-level and middle-level assassins to divert their attention, it is naturally very likely to send a big thief or even higher-level assassins to secretly deal with the leader of the caravan, Elevenn or Wendy, or even worse, Elevenn and Wendy are captured alive, or Wendy is captured, and Elevenn will chase them out directly, if this is the case, then now Eleven's several people urgently need help from him and Andre.

And this elf also remembered the green blood on the ground just now, and a very bad idea appeared in his mind, if Wendy was really assassinated and poisoned, then whether it was a trap for Elivan in front of him, this man who regarded Wendy as the most precious treasure in his heart would definitely jump without saying a word, and considering Wendy's status in Elivan's heart, it is very likely that the man who was always smiling had turned into an angry monster at this moment and began to frantically hunt down anyone related to this matter.

So the elf thought for less than a minute, and then shouted outside at the top of his voice,

"Andrey, come to me!

More than three minutes later, the bloody Andre wore the plate armor that had been completely dyed scarlet, carried a war hammer that was also dyed red, carried a "hound" in his hand, and had a bullet chain wrapped around his body.

"Let's go! Let's go after Eleven!"

"You know everything?" Fei Le looked up in surprise and glanced at Andre, who couldn't see the expression, and the latter shook his hand, "I'm a shaman, I actually felt it when Eliven was carrying Wendy on his back, but I was entangled by this group of debris at the time, and I couldn't get out." ”

"Do you know where they went?" asked Fei Le hurriedly.

Andre said with a little hesitation, "I know the general direction, but according to the information I perceived, the other party is at least a big thief, and he has a strong ability to conceal his whereabouts, and he and Elivan are both very fast, I am not sure that I can catch them!"

He paused, and said in an extremely ominous tone, "And judging from the battle just now, even if we catch up, the other party is likely to have an opponent far superior to us waiting for us." ”

"And what do you mean?"

Fei Le's brain turned quickly, the two of them, even if they add Elivan, even if the three of them can fight again, but the real rank is there, at most it can be a little cheap in the middle of the professional, once facing a real senior professional like a big thief, one-on-one is actually very reluctant, once there is a scene of being besieged, it is estimated that it will be captured alive in less than ten rounds, or even worse, killed.

"I wonder if we still have a "reserve team". ”

"What backup? etc... You mean, those three guys?"

Fei Le was still a little puzzled by Andre's words, but he quickly reacted, and then his eyes widened.

"You're kidding, right? I don't see any reason why they're going to help us, considering that we took them prisoner not long ago, which is not a good thing for the soldiers, right?"

"You see, here's the problem, they're not warriors, they're just pirates! Isn't it in line with their outlook on life to fight for profit? And you know, Eleven's just signed a deal with them that made them very reluctant, and we can use that as a condition to talk to them. ”

AndrΓ© spread his hands and said to File slowly, "I think they'll say yes, what do you say?"

Fei Le nodded quickly, but he had one last question,

"But that is a condition that Elivan negotiated with them, and we don't have the authority to make a change decision for him, right?"

"yes, what we're talking doesn't count, but the thing is, they don't know that, do they?"

A hint of cunning flashed in Andre's exposed eyes, and after a few seconds, Fei Le laughed too,

"You're such a villain! Andrey! But I like it! hahahaha."

So ten minutes later, Andre, File, and Putini, the sea snake and the drunken old drunkard who saw the light of day again, a group of five people chased after the smell of the wind, according to the good hunter Andrei's explanation, the breath of ordinary people can be kept in the surrounding environment for about two hours at most, mages with a unique breath like Eleven, their breath will be retained for a longer time, and Andre, who can communicate with everything in the world, can prepare to use this residual breath to find the traces of Elivan and the attacker, but he is also calm, this way can not rule out the existence of traps ahead, especially when the attacker is a guy suspected of being a big thief, and anything they leave behind can be fatal.

"I always thought it wasn't a good idea to work with those two guys!"

Although he was marching fast, Putini, as a high-ranking warrior, was still able to breathe, and he seemed to regret participating in this event, following behind the silent sea serpent, chattering and complaining,

"We should have escaped while there was chaos just now, instead of staying in that small room, and I said that they had bad intentions and could always come up with one bad idea after another, first asking us to summon the blood shark to send them to death, and then asking us to go after the big thieves, maybe even several? How many forces can use the big thieves as assassins in this hellish place? Honestly, are you sure we're going to chase and not die?"

"Shut up, Putini, you're like an ugly 40-year-old woman now!"

The sea snake turned his head and yelled at him impatiently, and successfully knocked Captain Putini's next complaint back into his stomach, and he could only follow behind a few people with a straight face, but the appearance of others owing him tens of thousands of gold coins undoubtedly told the others that this guy was very unhappy!

However, the three of them are also old friends who have been friends for more than ten years, and Putini's worries do have some reason, so after a few minutes, the sea snake who slowed down still lowered his voice and told his two companions his thoughts,

"On the plus side, we don't have to help them summon the Blood Shark, do we? It's a good thing that this problem that has been bothering you for most of the day has been solved! And while we're taking some risks, don't you notice that our relationship with them has gone from captive to partner?"

"It doesn't make any sense! Sea Serpent, I'll admit you're right, but maybe the next moment we'll die in a dastardly attack!"

Putini shouted, his voice so strange that it even attracted the eyes of Andre, who was walking in the forefront, and the next moment he realized his mistake and decisively covered his mouth.

"Hehe... Hiccup, you idiot!"

Now even the drunken old drunkard has the capital to teach Putini a lesson.

On the other hand, let's turn our gaze to Eleven, who disappeared from the room, what really happened during the ten minutes of this chaotic battle and his friends trying to catch up with him?

Twenty-five minutes ago, in the new residence of the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce.

"Andrey, File, kill the intruders, leave no one behind!"

Holding Wendy, who had passed out in a coma, Elivan's face became extremely ugly at this moment, yes, he really wanted to kill all the assassins now, and if he could, completely destroy their evil souls who should go to the nine layers of hell, but the problem was that those words full of tyranny and murderous aura were not shouted by him!

"Hell!"

Eleven, who had always thought about everything in the worst direction, had a terrible conjecture within 5 seconds of the voice that resembled him, and when the dark shadow that appeared from the shadow plane and sat cross-legged opposite Elavin appeared in a very comfortable position, the bad conjecture quickly turned into a fact.

"Mr. Elivan Mogedin?"

The guy with a strange mask stretched out his hand and asked softly, his posture was so relaxed that Elevenn didn't even feel a trace of hostility from him, which made Eleven's heart swell up a strange thought, maybe he had a fight with this guy who seemed dangerous, so he decided to get to the bottom of this guy first.

"It's me, are you here to kill me, too?

"Mr. Uninvited? Hahaha, what an interesting person! ”

The black shadow, which was made up of all gas, laughed, then took out a small bottle from his bosom and threw it to Eleven, "I can be here to kill you, or I can help you, it's up to you, but as is customary, I have to show some sincerity before you make a decision, don't I?"

"What is this thing?"

Elevenn took the small bottle he had thrown over in his hand, it was a plain, porcelain vase that could be bought on the street, but the purple liquid and the pungent smell made him take it from under his nose with some disgust.

"I advise you to give this to the lady in your arms before it is completely volatilized to the point of losing its effect, Wirtium Venom - as we commonly call it, a mysterious toxin from the World Island, the poisoner will immediately fall into a coma, and then lose his mind in the endless onslaught of nightmares, and become a madman who does not recognize his relatives, or worse, end the rest of his life in agony, and I can guarantee that no one else in this world can come up with an antidote to this toxin except the Warden forces of the Elven Court and me. ”

Looking at Elivan's thoughtful expression, the dark shadow chuckled lightly, and continued, "That cute little elf next to you can't take it either, even though his father is an absolutely terrifying big man. ”

At this moment, Eleven's expression froze on his face, his eyes flickered back and forth between the small porcelain vase and Wendy, who was in a coma with a painful look, and after a minute, a determined expression appeared on his face, and he looked up and asked,

"You don't have more than one bottle of this thing, right?"

"Of course! I always carry a lot of life-saving stuff with me... Wait, what are you doing!"

Before the shadow could finish his smug words, Eliven did something that was clearly beyond his control, he took the dagger that stabbed Wendy from the assassin who had been killed by Wendy, and stabbed him in the arm with a surprised gaze, then looked at the surprised black shadow with a calm and weird smile, and then raised his hand and poured the purple liquid into his mouth.

Do you really think I'm going to put something of unknown origin in my woman's mouth?"

"Bang Bang!"

The Black Shadow applauded and said in an emotional tone, "You really deserve to be the one who was named alive by the Great Elder, Eliven Mogedding, the enemy of the mages, I always thought that you were just a lucky little guy who got the ancient inheritance, but today I know that you will definitely become a big man." ”

"Hehe... Is this a compliment, Mr. Uninvited!" Elevenn fell to his knees, his mind was a mess and he felt like he was going to be lost in it the next moment, but he still did his best to hold Wendy's body in his arms, leaned against the wall breathlessly, and squeezed out a strange smile with the last of his strength, and said to the shadow.

"No, it's not!"

The shadow stood up and clapped his hands, and two figures that were extremely familiar to Elivan walked out of the other side of the room, and stood silently behind the shadow.

"This is just a piece of advice I gave you!Mr. Elivan, you will become a big man, but only if you don't die for some boring reason before you succeed, as you do now, it is pointless!"

After saying that, he turned his head and ordered the two men behind him, "Dax, Cliff, take them and follow me!"

"Yes, Patriarch!"

Sticking to this point, Elivan's last bit of energy was finally drained, and he turned his head with difficulty to watch Dax pour a bottle of the same liquid into Wendy's mouth, and then his eyes went black, and he fainted completely.

"You can't!"

"Live! Elivan, my grandson!"

"Die, the remnants of the Seven Families, the Council of the Nine Towers will chase you to the ends of the earth!"

"Noisy !!"

Elivan's spirit body covered his ears in the complete darkness, but the various voices he had heard before continued to pierce his head, until he couldn't stand it anymore, he simply let go of his ears and shouted into the darkness:

"Who the hell are you! What the hell is this place?"

Elivan didn't expect this question to be answered at all, in fact, he was just venting his frustration, but the next moment, everything was silent, and then the voice that was countless times louder than just now suddenly sounded in Elivan's ears, the paranoia, the madness, the viciousness, the warmth, it didn't take even a second for Elivan's spirit body to kneel on the ground, and then all the sounds mixed together, and finally converged into one voice, warm, peaceful but full of the taste of nothingness,

"I am darkness and nothingness, and those who honor me as the god of darkness and pray to me, and I give them my strength, traveler on the road of foreign lands, in you I smell the Knight of the Broken Sword, the long-lost freedom, the lost splendour, everything buried by memory, remember my name, my name, Sylvaradin, the god of endless darkness and eternal silence. ”

At this moment, Elivan was completely frozen in place, because throughout all the history he knew, even including the historical fragments of the first and second eras that had passed, there had never been the existence of the name "God of Endless Darkness and Silence", and no matter how you looked at it, it didn't look like the name of a god, but just as he hesitated, the voice spoke again,

"Now, then, Keeper of the Vows, tell me your name!"

"I... My name is... I don't know!ah, my head hurts, I don't know, my name, no! that's not..."

"No, you know, your name is..."

"Eleven!" the boy shouted his name and sat up from the deep coma, he panted and touched his arm, and found that the wound he had punctured had been properly bandaged, and beside him, Wendy's face was no longer painful, but a peaceful face, Eleven's heart that had been lifted was relaxed, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the nasty voice sounded again,

"You're awake? Tut-tut, it's true to be Eleven, it took less than twenty minutes to find yourself in the dark dream!

Elevenn turned around, and the black figure that was exactly the same as the one before stood on a branch not far behind him, looking at him with his hands folded over his shoulder, and after a few seconds, he asked in a creepy tone, "You saw it, didn't you?"

"Who?"

The boy asked subconsciously.

"Darkness! the Great Being who gives revelation with darkness! is the God we believe in!"

Although the dark shadow's tone was relaxed, Elivan clearly heard a trace of sincerity from this answer, this guy was still a fanatic believer in the so-called dark god?

"I just heard his voice! some darkness, some nothingness, some sylva, something. ”

Elivan replied with a smile, but this time it was the dark shadow's turn to freeze in place, and he asked a little strangely,

"Silva? Who is that? Didn't you encounter the whispers of the great god of darkness in your dark dreams?"

"No, no, no, I met the great god of darkness, who did not hesitate to show me his great power! As for Silva, yes, that's just a name I've heard from the sound of darkness!"

Elivan hurriedly explained, although he didn't know why the dark, who seemed to be hanging from the sky, didn't know that the real name of the "god of darkness" was Sylvaradin, but there was no doubt that keeping this secret might be able to serve him some greater benefits in the future, but now he was more worried about another matter,

"Do you have the so-called, well, "Seed of Darkness" in the potion you gave Wendy?"

"No, you don't have to worry that we'll threaten you with your little girlfriend, the great dark believers won't do that. As he spoke, the shadow took a step so easily, as if there were no stairs in the air, and he walked up to Elivan comfortably, and then shrugged at him, "Of course, it's also because the Seed of Darkness is so precious, I don't have so many resources to waste on your messy little girlfriend with poor potential." ”

"Okay. ”

Eliven glanced at Wendy, who was still dreaming, but just as he was about to ask to leave, the dark shadow told him terrible news. (To be continued.) )