readx;? The billowing smoke receded to both sides like a wave, settling down. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Above the yellow sand, at the end of a winding bloodstain, Mogal's lifeless corpse collapsed on the ground, scarlet and in disarray. There was not a single sound around, as if all the voices had been withdrawn, and it was quiet, or the thousands of spectators had not yet figured out how to accept the final outcome of this battle.

The zenith sun was a little harsh, and the thick smell of blood spread and pressed all around. Groll's body mixed with blood and sweat rose and fell, and with two "poofs", the orc broke open the two one-handed axes stuck in his shoulders, and looked up at the audience, the faces full of various expressions, unfamiliar faces.

Eventually, the orc took a deep breath, his chest suddenly swelling, and he roared as if announcing some outcome!

"Roar, Roar, Roar, Roar, !!"

The earth-shattering roar rushed out of his throat, the tense muscles all over his body were knotted together like steel, the green tendons covered his neck, the red bronze giant axe was raised above his head violently, and under the cold blade, he was like a bloody giant, standing tall in the battle circle where there was no opponent!

In an instant, as if the victor was calling, all the voices finally returned to the picture. The crowd at home instantly fell into complete madness, and the long-suppressed applause, cheers, and roars filled the entire gladiatorial arena, drowning out another group of wooden figures, as well as Gaurak's slightly trembling lips, and the eyes that had lost their luster and completely dispersed.

In the lounge on the other side, the staff of the "Crystal Cloud Bridge" hugged each other excitedly. Looking at the almost boiling gladiatorial arena, Zal who was standing behind the wooden gate breathed a sigh of relief, Gavira next to him turned around and walked away, and the barbarian Lvester laughed and patted Zal on the shoulder hard, as if he had won the game.

Turning his gaze in the other direction, Zal found Adjani and Leila waving their arms at the edge of the audience, and then next to him, Zal suddenly looked stunned. I saw that Cadius's seat was empty, but he himself did not know where he had gone.

"Strange ......" Zar frowned and whispered.

......

Not so long ago, the alley at the back door of the "Crystal Cloud Bridge".

A slightly scruffy figure turned in from the mouth of the alley. After walking a little distance. He stopped, raised his hand and poured himself a sip of wine.

The alley is narrow and there are not many people. Other than that, there was nothing to notice about the dilapidated housestuffs stacked against the wall and the falling sunlight casting a dark shadow at the base of the wall.

The half-elf wiped a handful on his mouth. Pleasantly burped. "Since it's here, Hiccup...... Just come out......" His gaze wandered, and finally stopped at a shadow of a Y on the wall. "I suppose there's no one else here but you, right?"

If anyone passed by at this time, he would have mistaken the drunken half-elf for a drunk, sleep-talking.

But what happened next was not something ordinary people could see. I saw a long and narrow shadow like flowing water, slowly extending from the corner of the wall, gathering into a thick black shadow more than twenty yards away from the half-elf. Then there was a "whoosh", and a figure wrapped in a hooded cloak stood up from inside.

"Yes, no one else ......," Blazej stood quietly, his voice wafting out of the darkness under the hood, his figure as if he didn't even want to get close to the sun, exuding a cold chill. "I'm glad you came along. ”

The half-elf snorted and laughed. "If anyone stares at the back of your neck like a wild beast, I'm afraid they're a fool. You can feel that something is wrong. He paused, his gaze suddenly sharpened, "As for you, you're the Wood Elf who slashed Zar with a long knife, right?"

Blazej nodded. "Hmm...... Be. But not entirely. His voice was rarely suspicious, "Since I have spoken of Zhal, there is a question about this student of yours that has been bothering me for a long time, and I think I should be able to find the answer to it in you......"

"Where am I?" the half-elf narrowed his eyes.

"That's right......" Blazej nodded in the affirmative again. "Well, let me change my perspective," he said, looking up at the half-elf through the darkness under his hood. "Dear Mr. Cadius, I need to borrow something from you. ”

The half-elf grinned, raising an eyebrow. "What?"

"Your life ......"

As soon as he finished speaking, Blazei's body instantly turned into an elongated shadow, crossing a distance of more than twenty yards, and only a puff of smoke and dust on the ground killed Cadius. At the same time, the half-elf shook off the wine bottle in his hand, raised his eyebrows, and flew back!

There was a crisp sound of "pop", and the wine bottle hit the wall and exploded into a cloud of flying pieces, and before the wine fell into the sand, the two extremely swift figures had already fought together frantically!

The shattered edge of the hooded cloak threw a pitch-black arc in front of the half-elves, and there was almost no sound of unsheathing, and the cold glow of water had swept out from under the cloak like a serpent's letter. With a jerk of his right hand, a sharp serpentine dagger slid into the palm of Cadius's palm, and at the moment when the long knife slashed across his throat, the half-elf picked up a streamer, and with a "dang" sound, it burst into Brazei's attack!

The half-elf who landed first suddenly stopped retreating, retracted his right arm to prop up his right elbow, and slammed into Blazei's chest. With a muffled "bang", Blazei's body slammed under the heavy blow, and the half-elf stabbed him diagonally in the neck with the dagger! But Blazei only tilted his head slightly, and an arc of light like a chain was thrown out from under his cloak, brushing the hood and sweeping over, and the half-elf's dagger burst with a "dang" sound.

The next moment, a round of sword light with repeated curves pressed towards Cadius, who was secretly frightened in his heart. Because he saw the most perfect dance of the long knives of the Wood Elf clan - the arm barely moved, and the strength and skill of the wrist alone swept out a soft and deadly cold!

A series of brilliant sparks collided with the metal explosion in front of the half-elf, and after only a moment's pause, the two who had just stopped moving again. Bounced up again, retreated and chased, and the smoke and dust rising from the alley outlined countless criss-crossing energy, shattering and tearing the air, hitting the wall, leaving scratches carved into the stone wall behind the two of them.

The sword light is here again. Kadius's eyes staring at the other party suddenly narrowed, and the half-elf who landed again shook without wind, and the shadow that was originally reflected on the ground suddenly shrank, as if it had been absorbed and gathered at the feet of the half-elf. In an instant, a cold murderous aura spread from Cadius's body to all sides, and the smell of alcohol and laziness all over his body was shaken away, and he threw a reverse arc against the blade, and the action was so fast that it could not have been faster actually left a vague shadow between the two.

After a crisp "dang". The force of the long knife opened a noticeable void in front of Blazei's body, and before he could retreat, the half-elf had already grabbed his cloak and pulled it violently, picked up his left leg and slammed it on Blazei's side ribs!

The pitch-black hooded cloak wrapped around Blazei's body and flew sideways towards the wall on the side of the alley, but the half-elf's attack did not end there, only to see Cadius turn sharply, and more than a dozen "air daggers" with piercing sound nails in the direction of Blazei's fall.

At this moment, Blazei's figure was like a "black shadow" in the day, twisting and becoming nothing. When those "air daggers" pierced his body, he only heard a "pop", and the "black shadow" exploded into flying splinters like broken glass.

"Woo Woo ......"

The "Air Dagger" passed through its body, leaving a fine knife hole in the wall, and the figure outlined by the flying smoke and dust circled behind the half-elf with great speed!

It's like he had already guessed that there would be such a result, as early as the moment when the "black shadow" exploded, the half-elf had already picked up the dagger and struck a reflexive blow!

Finally. Blazei's figure emerged from the air, and with a hint of chill with it!

The long knife against the short dagger, this time, no one stopped their movements. The piercing grinding sound sharpened a magnificent spark between the blades of the two, staggered, and continued to move forward!

However, at the moment when Cadius shook off his right arm, his left hand was already open like hooks, and the "shadow" attached to his body suddenly gathered into his palm. Condensed into a black ball of light, silently sticking to Blazeyi's chest!

"Boom-!!"

The terrifying sound of the explosion pierced the entire alley, and heavy pitch-black energy gushed out in front of the half-elf's body, and in an instant, earth and rocks flew in an instant! In the billowing smoke and dust, a dark figure dragged the blood line and flew out upside down, but the figure actually twisted its body in the air, lightly touched the ground, jumped backwards for a distance, and then stopped steadily.

Gradually, the whole alley returned to tranquility, and the figure of the half-elf appeared in the falling dust. However, the scene in front of him had completely changed, those casually piled up household belongings had been smashed into pieces, a large crater had been blown out of the place where Blazei had been standing, and the stone walls on both sides had been torn out of terrifying wrinkles by the blow just now.

In the distance, Brazei's cloak was covered with a few dark blood stains, but he didn't seem to care. "'Shadow Power', 'Dagger Rain', 'Shadow Burst'...... There is also a perfect 'battle dagger technique', as well as an unrivaled presence d-detection power...... Please accept my sincerest apologies, dear Mr. Cadius......" said Blazei, bowing his head very solemnly. "I never thought that the 'Conviction Yuntai' would hide such a good 'assassin'......"

The half-elf chuckled nonchalantly, and tore a strip of cloth from his front placket and wrapped it around the wound on his arm. "And then, can you afford to take my life?" he said, biting down on the strip of cloth and tying it in a dead knot.

Blazej actually laughed, low, hoarse, an uncomfortable laugh. "What if, I can afford it......" he said, his figure swaying in the half-elf's eyes like an unreal puff of smoke, and suddenly, drifting away with the wind!

"Behind, when will it ......!" Cadius was startled and turned to block. There was an explosion of "Dang", and the force from the dagger made the half-elf's pupils shrink sharply - it changed! The opponent's strength now was almost completely different from when he had just fought each other. The next moment, the rolling sword light almost drowned out the figure of the half-elf!

Clenching his teeth, a layer of fine cold sweat gradually overflowed on Cadius's forehead. "What's wrong...... there's something wrong!" As soon as his words in his heart fell, the shadow of the sword in the sky suddenly emptied, and Blazei raised his head sharply, and met the half-elf's gaze with the darkness under the hood!

The murderous aura is terrifying! The long knife is flicked up, and the streamer is like a chain! Blazeyi's figure wrapped in a cloak suddenly turns into countless black afterimages. Like a black light scattered out, with a straight "cut of light", it swept over Cadius's body! In an instant, countless blades collided like raindrops that flattened the entire alley!

Sparks, blood, breaking wind, hissing - all the remnants were reunited in the pale daylight. The shredded edge of the cloak fell, and the long knife was on the side of the half-elf's neck, blocked by a dagger!

at his chest. Another long knife was held in Blazei's hand, and it sank into the half-elf's body! Blood, slowly flowing down the palm of the half-elf's grip on the blade, stained his arm red, and fell to the ground, scarlet.

At the distance of a blade, the half-elf stared directly at the darkness under the other party's hood, as if to see through something, motionless. Suddenly, his eyes flickered. "You. You...... How could it be ......" His voice trembled, as if he saw something that shouldn't exist, or even be believed.

At this moment, a roar of mixed anger exploded from the mouth of the alley!

"Kadius—!" it was Zal, his voice had broken out, roaring, almost madness!"Blazei!you, how dare you! how dare you—!!" As he spoke, Sishua and Greyblade flung beside him. Rushed to kill the unforgivable figure!

With a snap of the long knife, blood flowed, and Blazei hunched himself and flew back, while the half-elf slammed into the wall. He sat down in a daze.

The distance was getting closer and closer, and the bitter strong wind blew away Zal's long hair, and in the gray-blue pupils, the scarlet aura of light almost turned wildly into a round of bright spots! "Iron Heart", "Death Wish", "Chaos Power", all the skills were pushed to the top, and the "Gray Blade" thrown beside him burned into a dark black smoke miasma, bringing out bursts of screams in the air like the cry of evil spirits!

Speed limit. Jumped!

"I want you to die! Death-!!" With a hoarse roar, a majestic gray gas exploded from Zal's chest to all sides, and a huge circular enchantment quickly opened up beside him, smashing to the ground with a thud, covering Brazei in the middle!

Facing the falling Zal, Blazei laughed loudly, no fear, no shock, excitement, only unbearable excitement in his voice!"Come, let me see! " The two knives suddenly rose, and two cold rays of cold light rushed to the sky to meet the Zal who fell from the sky!

"When-!!"

The crashing sound of cloud-piercing stones exploded from around the two of them with a terrifying aura, and the walls on both sides trembled and cracked into countless fine cracks. Sishua and the Greyblade sank straight into the ground, a straight sword mark stabbing into the distance from in front of Zar, while Blazei spread his cloak and fell far away with a star-shattered speck.

When he landed again, the two long knives were completely shattered in his raised hands, and the unstoppable blood flowed from the darkness under the hood from the lowered head, and a pool of red blood fell in front of him.

"Look at it...... That's the problem, isn't it? That way, anger is enough......" Blazej said, reaching under the hood, and when he took it out, his palms were covered in blood. "That's your potential, isn't it......? I know, I've always known ...... 'Guidance from Dreams' can't go wrong......" He slowly raised his head, rubbing the blood in his hands, as if enjoying something.

Zar trembled and stood up, his eyes almost blood-red. "I'm going to kill you, Blazei, I'm going to kill you!" Before he could rush forward, a weak call stopped him, it was Cadius.

"Zal, no, don't go...... Now, not now......" The half-elf leaned against the wall, looked at Zal's back, and whispered, repeating. "Come back ......"

Zar was shocked at the sound of Cadius, and when he looked at Blazei again, the other man had slowly raised his arm, grasped the edge of the hood, and faded towards the back of his head. "Listen to his advice, Zal, he's for your ......"

The next moment, an unimaginable face appeared in front of Zal - lilac skin, extremely thin cheeks. The spiky ears are much longer than the average Wood Elf. But what was really terrifying was that there was an old scar across his eyes, and no matter what, Zar would never have thought of it. Blazej turned out to be a blind man!

At this time, there was a faint green dark light flickering in the scar, which was wrong with the straight down blood ** that was cut out by Zhal, which looked extremely weird and y.

"Are you trying to kill me?" said Blazei, grinning, "looking" at Zal with the scar. "I know, but don't worry...... Look back at the honorable Mr. Cadius, his time is running out......" he said, stepping back, "if you want to find me, it's easy...... Remember, I'm in the 'Blood Arena', waiting for you—!" Gently tap on the wall, climb the roof and go away.

"Blazej - !!"

Zal's eyes were almost bloody, and after a loud roar, he turned around and ran wildly towards the place where the half-elf was. "You, how are you?!" Zar threw himself beside Cadius, trembling and reaching out to press his hand against the half-elf's bleeding chest.

"You, no, no......" Zal's lips trembled, tears already welling up in his eyes. "Nope. It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be ......"

The half-elf lifted his palm and pressed it against the back of Zal's hand. "Listen to me, listen carefully to my ......"

Zal shook his head vigorously. "No! let me take you away. Let's go back to the 'Crystal Cloud Bridge', we'll heal you, we'll ......" he said as he sobbed silently, but just pressed the half-elf's chest tightly.

"Zal!" Caddius roared suddenly, grabbing Zal by the neckline, "My old bone. I've lived enough, enough!" he coughed violently, staring into Zal's eyes, "Hear me clearly, or ...... Otherwise, you'll never want to beat him, you know!"

Seeing Zal nodding his head with difficulty, the half-elf took a deep breath. "He, he's not a Wood Elf, yes, it's an ancient elf that's long gone, older than us, they're the predecessors of the Wood Elf clan...... "He's stronger than you, it's not because of strength, it's because of skill, my child, it's ...... skill"

"Skill ?......" Zal met Cadius' gaze.

"Yes, it's the secret art of the ancient elves, the 'Blood Sacrifice'......" Kadius said, "It is recorded in the ancient texts of Quirinsna that this secret art requires the sacrifice of one's own body to the main god in exchange for a permanent skill that instantly breaks through the limits of one's power......"

"You mean, his eyes ......"

"Yes, he gave his eyes for the sake of strength. Cadius nodded, "You won't be able to defeat him for the duration of this skill, as you did just now...... Even if you burst out with all your potential, you can't ......" The half-elf grabbed Zhal's palm hard, "Hold on, when you fight him, you must see his eyes clearly, you must hold this time, this time, hold on, hold on......"

The half-elf said, gasping weakly. Zal struggled to suppress his wounds, but no matter how hard he tried to stop them, red blood kept pouring out of his fingers. "Don't say it, please......" Zal cried and said, "Wait until you get better, wait until you get better, I want you to teach me these things yourself, ...... them yourself"

"Silly boy...... The half-elf smiled, looking at Zal warmly, "I, I'm not good anymore......" He looked at Zal who shook his head desperately and waved his hand, "Do me a favor, okay?......"

Zal was speechless, tears sliding down his cheeks like beads of broken thread, and he was nodding his head desperately.

The half-elf raised his palm, fumbled in the neckline, and finally took out a necklace, pulled it off with a snap, and stuffed it into Zal's hand. "Take it, take it...... It's, it's my only proof......" Zal looked at the pendant hanging from the necklace, a golden medallion with a crescent moon depicted on it, and feathered arrows crisscrossed at the back, and ribbon patterns for decoration.

"Get out of here, my child, I know, you can do it......" Kadius said as he looked at Zhar, "give me this badge, help me give it back to General Anatole, and tell him ......" The half-elf straightened up suddenly, his eyes full of steely determination. "Tell him I can't serve you anymore, my general...... Tell him wherever he is, whether he lives or dies...... I, I'm the most loyal veteran of his command......"

Zal clutched the badge in his hand and nodded, his heart burned with hot tears. "I swear, I swear that I will send it to you, I swear in front of the gods that even if I fight to the last drop of blood, I will go out and ......"

"Don't cry, my child, my best student......" The half-elf lovingly stroked Zar's hair, "Remember what the Ancestral Priest told you in the stone chamber of the Axe Tooth Corner?" he repeated in a low voice, "It doesn't matter what you've lost, or what you're about to lose. What matters is that the ...... that is only yours and will always have it"

"Perhaps, I am what you are about to lose...... My kids ......"

"No, no, I don't want to!" I don't want to, no......" Zar cried bitterly, holding the half-elf's hand.

In the distance, faint cheers were heard, and Cadius grinned. "That's, is that the voice from the Crystal Cloud Bridge?" he said, "Groll, that kid, won, won?......"

"Yes, he won, he won......"

"Very well, you guys, all well...... said the half-elf with relief.

"Keep going, Zhar. You still have a long, long way to go...... And I, it's time to stop and rest......" The half-elf slowly raised his head, looking at the blue sky above the alley. "You know, my child, how I would like to go back to the great Quilinsna and see the beautiful Moonrise Forest......" Tears flowed from the half-elf's eyes. "I want to say another word to the land I love so much......"

"My heart is like an arrow, in ...... Straight in the wind, flying......"

Cadius's head drooped, and Zal's eyes twitched, and he took the half-elf's body into his arms and hugged it hard. He stared blankly as if he had lost his soul, and it was not until a long time later that a heart-rending roar rang out of his throat and echoed through the deserted alleys, farther and farther away...... (To be continued.) )

ps: Thank you book friends, I'm a crazy devil's reward, thank you, compass, thank you. In addition, this chapter is the last chapter I want to write in this volume.