Chapter 103: Corpse Sorcery
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"Oh, you went to bed so early?" said Maurice's nephew, Sauron, as he walked to the flickering lamplight. The faint light of the fire illuminated the blood stains on his white robe, and his right hand was pinching the neck of a hare, blood dripping from the corpse into the dirt.
"Yes..... Oh, yes. Alan hurriedly sat up, his eyes locked on the dripping rabbit, "What is that?
"Oh, no, of course not. Sauron lifted his sleeve with his other clean hand, "The border garrison is really difficult, and a few of them are distinguished guests from afar, so I'm afraid you won't have enough to eat at night." No, there happens to be a hare hunted by soldiers in the kitchen, so I want to kill it and give you some food, but ....." he shook the stiffened rabbit carcass, "I don't know how to handle this thing, I think you often eat and sleep in the open, and you should have a hand in handling game, so ....."
Alan looked at the awkward smile on the boy's face, and Sersi beside him half-sat up from his sleep. "Hey, white-robed imp!" he cried rudely, "damn it, you've got this place all the gore!"
The embarrassment on Sauron's face vanished instantly, replaced by a hint of coldness, but it only flickered before it turned back to an awkward smile. "I'm sorry, friend from afar," the boy smiled, "and if you don't have enough to eat at night, and you happen to be sleepy at the moment, I'll gladly leave this damned brute to you to deal with....."
By the time the fire was raised, the poor rabbit had already run out of blood, and had been haired by Sersi with boiling water, skewered onto an iron rod the thickness of his tail finger, and roasted on the fire. Sauron found some crushed chili peppers and cumin powder, as well as some fist-sized onions, which choked on his tears as he sprinkled the ingredients. Steven was still hiding behind Sersi, shivering.
"I was right, you have a knack for it!" commented the white-robed blood-stained boy as he put down the condiment box and sat down by the campfire. He glanced back at Allen, picked up an onion plate and played with it.
Even though the smell had long since overshadowed the blood, Allen's mind was still not on the roast rabbit. He stood by the curtains that had been rolled up, carefully observing the situation outside the tent, and the expression on his face was a little frighteningly serious. By this time the army had long since gone away, and only a few hoof prints and horse manure remained on the rammed dirt floor, and the darkness enveloped the field like a great net, and only the great old tree was clearly visible, and there were no other suspicious people in the garrison - and it was this that made it even more suspicious.
"Lord Ellen, rabbit meat is alright!" Sauron's voice interrupted his musings.
Alan smiled back and turned to sit by the campfire. "Sauron....." He called out the boy's name, and pondered for a moment. "I have a question for you, and I hope you can answer it truthfully. He paused, trying to figure out the words in his head.
"Of course, you just ask!" Sauron's words interjected at the right time.
Before Alan spoke, Steven, who was sitting behind Sercy, trembled even more, as if he had predicted what Lord Allen would say next, and Sersi still roasted the rabbit on the fire, grabbing a handful of cumin from the condiment box from time to time and sprinkling it, he didn't seem to hear Steven's previous words. "Is there anyone else in this border station besides Sir Morris and you?" Alan swallowed as he finished speaking, his honey-colored eyes staring at the white-robed young man.
The onion crushed into Sauron's palm with a "click", and even though the onion was only the size of a fist, it still made a chilling crunch in the night. "You found out?" said the boy calmly.
"Meaning, there's no one else in this station besides you and Morris, right?" Eren took a deep breath and looked at the black-robed young man at the head of the bed. The sword lay under the pillow, at least ten positions away from him, with a Sauron in between.
"You ..... What are you talking about?" Cersi's hand, which was turning the iron bar, stopped. He stood up slowly, his broad back almost blocking the candle flame on the top of the tent, casting only a terrifying black shadow over the people.
"Those soldiers ....."
"Far away friends, I'm not lying. Sauron sat calmly, throwing away the crushed onion and clapping his hands, "They are thieves, robbers, traitors, rapists....."
β..... of corpses. Alan helped him finish.
"That's right, Lord Allen. Sauron shrugged his shoulders and looked at Sersi's terrified face in the shadows, "But don't worry, my uncle or me, we have no ill will, you are still the guests of honor at the Nikko Frontier Station, just like the sun that will rise tomorrow, there is no doubt about it." β
Alan frowned tightly. He suddenly remembered what had happened at the execution ground in Nippur, and it happened that Selci was with him that day. They cut the gallows on the gallows, and the body fell to the ground, but then they stood up and said: The dead do not die. Rushing at them like crazy. "Maybe I shouldn't ask, but Sauron," Alan looked at the boy gravely, "you have to tell us what the hell are you doing?"
"If you have to know. Sauron looked at the charred rabbit on the campfire, "Strictly speaking, this is a punishment that Nikko has only risen up in recent years, and although it is in recent years, it is much older than my age, and I don't know who started it. β
"You're doing such a thing with human corpses?" Celsey interjected, glaring.
"Who's to say it isn't!" Sauron frowned in disgust, "as I said, those people are thieves, robbers, traitors! But so what? they are human beings, but the bad thing is that they were born in Sunshine City, and once the Minister of Justice confirms the guilt, all the prisoners must be baptized in the temple and become members of the legion of the dead.....
Is there such evil witchcraft in the world? Alan couldn't help but ask himself.
"Uncle said that many former members of the council were opposed to this legislation," the white-robed wizard continued, "and because of this, the former lord Jefferson even ended his term early, and with no children under his knees, he threw all his affairs to the Legislative Yuan, because he did not want to bear the infamy of the ages." β
"And then?" asked Allen.
"This incident has completely angered the Parliament, and the head of the Legislative Yuan, Lord Slint, has been removed, but what is the use?" Sauron smiled disdainfully, "Lord Jefferson has long since left the country, and he can't see Lord Slint's mercury-filled head floating on the city walls!"
"Now that it's been abolished, you're still going toβ"
"There aren't enough people, Lord Allen. Sauron pouted, "Everyone knows that this matter is not virtuous, my uncle has been worried that my future son will not be ***, but what can I do? This is hundreds of miles away from Sunshine City, supplies have not arrived, soldiers are either dead or wounded, there is a coup d'Γ©tat in the damn place of your, there are more robbers on the border than there are rats in our station, haven't you also encountered it?"
Alan held his chin and listened to him quietly. "Aside from you, how many wizards in Sunlight City can do this kind of sorcery?"
Sauron looked at Allen, his brow furrowed. "Not much," he said, "not much, not much.....