"Poof", the sound of the sharp weapon piercing ** was very weak, but in Nora's ears, the sound was particularly obvious and extremely harsh. She had lost her sense of pain for I don't know how many thousands of years, and suddenly had a feeling that she hadn't felt for a long time, just like the moment she sensed Hull's departure, just like the moment she felt when she saw Darak turn into fine sand in front of her eyes, a subtle, faint, but deep stinging pain in the bone marrow, there were vague similar memories in distant memories, Nora frowned and thought about it, it seemed to be a feeling called heartache.

Looking down, the fourth arrow was still stuck in her body, but compared to her position just now, after being pressed by Pannis, it went a few centimeters deeper, but it was these few centimeters that made Nora feel empty in her heart, as if she had lost something precious. Nora could feel that the energy of death was still full in her body, but the strength was moving away from her little by little, and the tiredness that had accumulated for millions of years seemed to explode at this moment, making her feel more and more tired physically and mentally more and more exhausted.

Pannis, who could not stay in the air, fell back to the ground after pressing the tail of the arrow, but at this time, Nora seemed to have lost interest in fighting, and did not even look at him, just stared at the half of the feather arrow on his chest with complicated eyes, and slowly descended from the air back to the ground.

"It's such a strange feeling. As if curious, Nora looked at the arrow piercing her body, carefully stretched out her finger, tentatively touched the smooth tail of the arrow, and whispered, "This means that I'm going to die, right?" ”

"Yes, you failed. Pannis, physically and mentally exhausted, sat on the floor, seemingly without the joy of victory, and said in a low voice: "The arrow pierces the heart, and you will soon die." ”

"Heh, you still won. Nora chuckled and nodded, unexpectedly not hating the Pennis who killed her, but said with a relaxed face: "Is this your hole card? ”

"That's my last hole card. Pannis sighed and said, "It's just a little bit, if you survive the fourth arrow, then I have no other means to win, fortunately, you didn't survive, it's my luck, but for you, it's a bit of a pity." ”

"There's nothing to be sorry for. Nora shook her head and said, "Can you tell me, what is the bow that killed me? I have never seen a bow so powerful, not even the bow that Loki used when he fought my lord back then, it was not so powerful, nor did it have such a great oppressive force. ”

"The bow of hair, the sacred relic of the elves. Without hesitation, Pannis handed over the bow in his hand: "After being blessed by the gods himself, one of the strongest weapons returned to the elves." ”

Nora didn't reach out to take it, but just looked at the bow of hair curiously, nodded and said: "It's Artemis's breath, it turned out to be a gift from the goddess of hunting, she is the best at using bows and arrows, and the bow blessed by her own person, no wonder it has such a powerful power, and it is not strange to be defeated under such a holy weapon." However, since you have such a powerful weapon, why don't you use it earlier? If you had used it earlier, you wouldn't have fought so hard. ”

"The hole card works at the most critical time precisely because it is not known. Pannis shook his head and said: "If you had used it at the beginning, you would have been prepared, then this time it would not have been possible to work in one blow, after all, this is my last hole card, if you can't guarantee its effect, it will make me feel very troubled, so of course I have to leave it when I am most sure of it before taking it out." ”

"I don't believe much of what you say. Nora didn't look like a dying person at all, and her attitude didn't look like she was facing the person who killed her, and she smiled calmly and said, "Over the years, the person we care about the most is you, and the person we have studied the most is also you, and you have left a deep impression on us since one hundred and ten years ago." For decades, the three of us have known very well in our hearts that if someone can sabotage our plans, then that person must be you, so we have carefully studied the intelligence we can collect about each of your battles, especially those classic examples of yours, we have studied it over and over again, and we know even more about some of your habits than yourself, so you say that this is your last hole card, I don't believe it at all. ”

"Well, I have to say, you're so idle. Pannis scratched his head and said a little embarrassed, "Why don't you believe it?"

"You are a person, whether it was many years ago or the last few times, you have a habit that has not changed, before you fight, you will always be ready, you will use all kinds of means, so that you have a high chance of winning, before you enter a battle, that is, you will never do something that you are not sure of. Nora explained softly: "This time, Dalak's death was an accident, you didn't know the assassin's deposit in advance, but you still came, it means that you have the confidence that you can face me and Dalak at the same time and win, but with only a bow of hair, you can't do this, so I'm sure you have other hole cards, and they are stronger than this bow, strong enough to level the strength gap between our two sides, if it's convenient, can you tell me what else are the hole cards you hid?"

"Well, I've seen through it, in fact, in order to deal with you, in addition to the bow of the hair, there are three other hole cards, but those three things are all disposable, if it is not the moment of death, I will never use it. Pannis smiled wryly and said, "It was lent to me by someone else, just an arrow, a scale, and a pearl." The arrows are paired with the bow of hair, as long as you shoot, one of you will definitely die, there is no chance of survival, and the scales stick to your body, and for twenty-two hours, the body surface will always be covered with a layer of scales like a lizardman, so that the wielder has the defense and flexibility of a lizardman. As for that pearl, after eating it, multiple injuries can be healed within five minutes, so in fact, I don't mind fighting you head-on like I did with Hull, because with the protection of the pearl, I will never die in the true sense. ”

"Sure enough, I don't think you're going to just have a bow as your hole card. Nora guessed the answer, and said proudly like a child: "This habit of yours makes us feel very troubled, we are very worried that you will not come, because if you do not come, our plan will not be able to continue, but at the same time we are very worried that you will really come, because once you come, it means that you already think that you have a good chance of winning, we don't think you are an arrogant person, and we will not blindly think that you have a chance to win." ”

"Once I was blind once. Pannis sighed and said, "But you should know the result of that time." ”

"Faced my lord once? Hehe, that time you were blind. Nora's body shook suddenly, barely grasped her balance, slowly sat down on the spot, smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "I'm a little tired, sit down and rest for a while." Well, but with that lesson, you don't blindly think you have a chance to win, so we're really worried. ”

"So?" said Pennis's smile even more bitterly, and he whispered, "So you're prepared for both, right?" ”

"Hahahaha, looking at your expression, you must have guessed it. Nora laughed happily and nodded, "That's right, we have to think about what if you really win? It doesn't matter if the two of us die, but is our plan just like that? This is something we absolutely cannot tolerate, so we must be prepared in advance." ”

"So prepare your spare offerings. Pannis stared down at the floor and said in an emotionless voice, "Once you fail and can't kill me, complete your ritual with a spare sacrifice." ”

"Hehe, it seems that you have even seen through the matter of spare sacrifices, and it is easy to talk to smart people. Nora tilted her head and asked curiously, "When did you figure it out?"

"Just now, after I landed, I saw that your reaction was not anxious about the imminent failure of the plan, so I figured it out. "You've been talking about the spare sacrifice, but I can't think of what the spare sacrifice is. Just now, I suddenly reacted, you want to use me as a sacrifice because I have the curse of Danacus on my body, and I have the deepest connection with him or the world of the dead, and I am the best candidate for sacrifice, but I have been ignoring that there are two people who have the same deep connection with the world of the dead and Danakus, and even say, it may be deeper than me, if you use them as a sacrifice, the effect may be better than mine. ”

"Hahaha, that's right. Nora laughed happily, pointed to her nose and said, "Those two people are me and Darak, and the two of us can also be used as sacrifices, so we try our best to lock you and the two of us in the ritual alone, and if we can't kill you, then let you kill us, no matter which of these two conditions is completed, the ceremony will be over, and the sacrifice will be completed." ”

"That's why after Darak died, you suddenly became calm. Pannis sighed and said, "At that time, I'm afraid you were fully prepared to face the current situation." ”

"Yes, I said right then, I'm going to kill you seriously, or be killed by you. Although Nora was getting weaker and weaker, she was in a very good mood and said happily: "No matter who kills whom, we will be the final victors, and as the victors, of course we will show you the losers." ”

"I know I'm still in a bad mood after being deceived by you. Pannis raised his eyebrows, snorted coldly and said, "When I'm in a bad mood, I will do something to make other people's good mood worse with me, so I want to tell you one thing." ”

Pannis was not worried about Nora's near-death counterattack, and directly took a few steps forward, leaned into Nora's ear, and whispered for a long time. Nora's face changed as Pannis's whispers continued, and only after Pannis finished speaking, did she ask, "These are just your conjectures, aren't they?"

"Yes. Pannis nodded, "But it's also a possibility." ”

"Hehe, if that's the case, then we're three fools. Nora's expression eventually turned to self-deprecation: "The stupidest fool in the world." ”

(To be continued.) )