Chapter 1: The Moon
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The outskirts of Tono Town.
Most of the land in the Black Earth Continent is black, so the night of this continent will be darker than the rest of the world, and the ugly faces of human beings in all their various forms are also vividly presented under the instigation of darkness.
Located in the deep belly of the Black Flame Empire, Tono Town has hardly any worries about war, but because of its remoteness and lack of materials, the savage beast nature is terrifyingly burning in this land, making lawlessness seem to become a habit.
After all, the law is always built in the hands of the few, above the many. Of course, if this minority only wants to monopolize power, then there will naturally be people who will resist......
In the moonlight, the colonel named Black Pig was watching the slaves' gladiatorial fights with great interest.
Black is the noble surname of the Black Flame Empire, and the pig is a symbol of wealth, but combining these two words together at this moment makes it a bit ugly.
Although Colonel Black Pig is a high-ranking officer of the Black Flame Empire's Demon Cavalry Regiment, his strength is extremely mediocre, and he only has the level of the yellow wolf pattern, which is obviously promoted by relying on the prestige of his family, and even any of his guards is much higher than his demon pattern level.
The reason why he was able to become this colonel was because he participated in an overwhelming encirclement and suppression a year ago, and the mission was to wipe out a mercenary legion called the Warsong Legion from the Black Earth Continent. When carrying out this mission, Black Pig was still a major, and the squadron he led was a logistics supply squadron, and he didn't even enter the main battlefield, but at the end of the war, when he was cleaning up the battlefield, he accidentally found a dying captain of the enemy, and after beheading him, he was awarded a first-class merit.
But in fact, because this encirclement and suppression operation is quite special, after all, the War Song Legion has a very high reputation in the Black Earth Continent, and it has a deep relationship with many Jianghu forces, and it is recognized by everyone as a righteous army. No matter what excuses the Black Flame Empire makes, there will always be people who will question the truth of the matter. Since the huge Black Flame Empire wants to move the Song Legion, it naturally doesn't care about these small forces, but once the problem is specific to the individual officer, it is different.
Some really powerful officers who participated in the war, in order to avoid trouble afterwards, gave up their military merits, after all, this kind of small battle was insignificant to them, and there were opportunities to make meritorious contributions in the future. It's better to give such an opportunity to the gentlemen in the gate valve family, but he also sold his personal favor.
In this way, Black Pig successfully obtained a first-class merit, and even impersonated several achievements of killing captains, and was exceptionally promoted to colonel and assigned to the local area to be a city guard.
He is also in a safe corner, he doesn't want to make a career, and he doesn't want to be extremely luxurious, but he can live comfortably in his own comfort zone, and he is also very satisfied with the explanation from above.
Although Black Pig was the number one hero of the Extermination of the Warsong Legion on the surface, because the place where he was later assigned was too remote and located in the depths of the empire, no one cared about it after the incident passed. After all, if at the beginning, there might be some people who would do something for the sake of righteousness and fame in the name of avenging the War Song Legion, but after a long time, no one would really do such a thing that had no practical benefits.
Therefore, the year in the border town guarded by the black pig was quite peaceful and peaceful.
In order to find some excitement in the ordinary and comfortable life here, he united with the local nobles to establish a gladiatorial arena.
A large number of slaves and monsters were cast into the gladiatorial arena, where they fought each other to please these warlord nobles.
At this time, the black pig was hugging left and right, each holding two sixteen-year-old beautiful girls in his arms, and the jumping bonfire flickered in their confused eyes, a bit like mottled tears.
But in fact, they have long been numb to the pain, let alone tears.
The audience was full of people, the nobles cheered on the high platform, and the slaves in the gladiatorial arena fought hard just for a ration, but no matter how hard they tried, they could never satisfy the nobles' desire for excitement.
"Look at these lowly people, look at their pitiful appearance and think it's ridiculous, haha. The black pig laughed heartily, and the girls on both sides also laughed awkwardly.
"Shoot him, it's stupid! His youngest son also admired the duel below with interest.
"This guy is really resistant to fighting, but his movements are as clumsy as a bear, if it were me, he would have solved it with a sword. Another richly dressed boy said.
"It's up to you? Don't tease me, okay? I want to laugh when I think of the first time you killed someone. Now you are pretending to be so arrogant, you know, the first time I killed a slave, I didn't show any mercy, and the feeling of blood left behind is comfortable to think about. A boy sitting next to him sneered.
"Cut, what's the use of just daring, your strength is too weak. I am a disciple of Black Wind, the number one demon sword master of the Black Rock Empire, and your family's sword-breaking skills are only at the level of a butcher in the vegetable market compared to my teacher. Brother Gongzi retorted again.
"Hehe, your bragging skills are on your own, don't just say, you have to be really capable, let's learn from each other after watching the performance in a while. The other boy replied with a smile.
"Come on, who's afraid of whom?"
The aristocrats drank wine and laughed on the high platform, but the gladiatorial arena was bloody.
The two slaves who were dueling in the arena each held a long sword and slashed wildly, they used to be friends of a tribe, but since the tribe was wiped out and they were shackled, all they could do was give up all their emotions for a mouthful of life-sustaining food, and even ridiculously, the only moment that allowed them to find a sense of existence and accomplishment was the excited shouts in the stands after successfully killing their companions.
Far from the town, the arena is surrounded by steep valleys and rugged rock faces that are intimidating.
While everyone was immersed in the excitement of the game, no one noticed that a red-robed man with a short sword was hiding in the night, like a ghost.
He didn't know when he appeared in the gladiatorial arena, and even when someone saw him, they skipped him as an insignificant background and didn't care at all.
In the cold moonlight, his cold eyes froze on the black pig's neck.
After a year, he finally found the black pig, and he suppressed the excitement in his heart and clenched his sword.
The sword in his hand has long been free of right and wrong, only endless hatred.
Even, after a long time, this hatred will fade, but this belief cannot disappear......
"Kill, stinky boy, hit hard! Kill that coward for Lao Tzu. The black pig roared excitedly, and his fat palm couldn't help but gesture, and the rotten smell of wine and meat erupted from his mouth.
"Whew-"
A white mist quietly rose at the feet of the black pig, this white mist was like a yin fire from hell spreading upward, the crowd became restless, the black pig exclaimed, and his four personal guards immediately drew their swords and clinged to the black pig.
"Daddy, what's the matter?" exclaimed his little daughter.
"Damn, is this on fire?" his son was also a little surprised.
Seeing the sudden billowing white smoke, the squires and nobles stood up uneasily, and the guards sitting on the bottom of the audience also hurried up.
The personal guards of these four black pigs are not marching soldiers, but they are stronger than the regular army!
Tall and burly, they were all prisoners who had committed serious crimes, and after being recruited by the Black Pig, they had their magicians use contract magic on them, making them obey their orders.
These guards must do their duty, otherwise, the contract worms in their bodies will explode, and they will immediately die through their intestines.
Over the years, they have saved the black pig several times from dire straits, but today ......
I'm afraid not!
There was a crack in the white mist, and after the sword shadow flashed, the four sword-wielding guards were cut out of a bloody hole at the same time, and the four of them did not panic, but became more alert, and at the same time mobilized their magic power to begin to search for the traces of the enemy in the thick smoke.
"Be careful, poisonous. ”
The first person to be cut screamed, and then the entire arm festered in the blink of an eye, the red and green liquid slid down the white bones, the flesh fell from the arm like snowflakes, the venom continued to spread and corroded, and the green liquid eroded his body like a colony of man-eating ants.
The other three discovered that their wounds were also beginning to fester, and the most responsive of the guards decisively cut off his right arm.
"It's not good! This is the venom of the manheart vine, don't let it spread. The man who cut off his right arm shouted.
But it was obviously too late to warn, and the other three had already been corroded by the venom, and they collapsed to the ground in an instant, blood flowing.
The red-robed man slowly approached through the smoke, like a red flame.
He, with his long hair in a shawl, couldn't see his outfit and appearance clearly, only the short sword in his hand glowed green, like the eyes of a poisonous snake, patrolling his prey.
The self-defeating guard gritted his teeth and slashed at the vague enemy.
Before the sword could reach, the enemy disappeared in an instant.
By the time the guards came to their senses, the enemy had already appeared in front of the black pig.
The green shadow flashed, and the opponent stabbed a sword into the heart of the black pig who was already stunned.
"Bang-"
The black pig's body exploded like fireworks, and the flesh and blood splashed everywhere with green light, and most of the smoke dispersed.
The Colosseum was already in disarray, and the voice of the owner of the Colosseum maintaining order was very small in the screams of the fleeing nobles, and was quickly annihilated.
By the time the guards at the bottom of the audience rushed up, the poor black pig had long since lost his bones, and the three corpses beside him were only half of his body, and the other part had become white bones with green scum, and the only surviving guard knelt on the ground with one hand pressing the wound that kept spurting blood.
"Daddy, Daddy. The son of the black pig cried out in pain.
"Chase, chase the assassin. ”
The owner of the gladiatorial arena shouted, and hundreds of guards in the gladiatorial arena received the order and immediately blocked the gladiatorial arena and waited for it.
Looking at the gladiatorial arena, the other owner of the gladiatorial arena showed a sly smile, although the black pig of this rich landlord died in his gladiatorial arena, but compared to the death of this guy, the honor brought by capturing an assassin who assassinated a noble officer was enough to make up for this loss, and it could even be called his promotion to the knighthood.
Unfortunately, just as he was getting complacent, a flustered servant broke his dream:
"Oh no, no, master, horn...... The cages in the Colosseum were all opened. ”
"What? What do you say?" the master of the gladiatorial arena was shocked, and hurriedly leaned on the guardrail and looked down.
Sure enough, the unicorn, the black lion, the night tiger and other magical beasts were all released, they rampaged in the gladiatorial arena, more than 300 slaves also escaped, and began to frantically slash and kill the nobles fleeing from the stands, the guards who blocked the gladiatorial arena were in chaos, and a large number of slaves also took the opportunity to escape.
"Whoever is so bold as to catch this assassin I will rip out his heart and liver. The son of the black pig had fiery eyes and roared madly.
The guards were divided into three groups under the command of the captain and tried their best to block the venue, but they were unable to stop the riot.
The hall had been completely set on fire, the screams were incessant, the scene was a mess, and the pent-up anger of the slaves and wild beasts was ignited in an instant, they were like ants in the anthill of a flood, and this desire to survive could not be stopped by steel guns and force.
In this situation, it is simply impossible for the guards to control the venue and capture the assassins, in contrast, these guards are no longer bound by their masters, and what they want to do more is to protect themselves in the chaos.
"Master, this was found next to the old man's corpse. An attendant handed a black token to the son of the black pig.
"It's ...... Phantom?" The guards next to him stared.
"Is it the symbol of the assassin who specializes in hunting the Imperial Legion?" The black pig's son's gloom suddenly turned to fear, and the impassioned revenge he had prepared was swallowed back.
The gladiatorial arena staged the most realistic life-and-death fight, and the freed slaves and beasts came together to pay tribute to these pot-bellied nobles for the pain they had endured in the dark, and the day they had always dreamed of had finally arrived.
The killing screams that the nobles loved so much could also be experienced at this moment.
Compared to the hustle and bustle in the distance, its makers have already strolled along the quiet road.
The cold light of the moon poured on the dark earth, the short sword glowed green in the moonlight, the blood on the sword body had been dissolved by poison, and the dusty heart was still as calm as usual, this year, killing people was like eating and sleeping for him, it was an essential activity every day.
From the day he became an Assassin, he began to believe more in one version:
A well-known Assassin is not a good Assassin.
And he, indeed, is not a good assassin, his name, should have been lost in the red dust.
But from that day on, he had already decided that he wanted to make his name make the entire Black Flame Empire tremble!