Chapter 16: The Game Begins
The eyes in the darkness slowly opened, and the indifferent gaze swept out the window, and a slight cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, like a ray of moonlight in a cold and lonely night.
"The game has begun?"
Standing up slowly, the darkness around the figure seemed to become thicker, engulfing him in the whole body.
"But who are the real players in this game?"
The blackness spreads under the eyes, as if something has broken free, and with the smell of blood, it is ready to move, and the next moment it will explode and devour people.
But at this moment, the figure froze, as if he had discovered something unexpected. His eyes flashed, and the black in his eyes converged, and he actually sat back in his seat.
"It's getting more and more fun tonight......"
......
The final bonfire of the feast was gradually extinguished under the clouds, and there was no light in the dark night.
Curry maintained his original posture and leaned against the old earth dragon, one leg straight, one leg bent, his eyes closed, and the corners of his mouth showed a non-existent smile. Not so long ago, it was as if he had completely lost consciousness.
In fact, not only him, but even the old earth dragon who had never slept very soundly was the same. After many years, this old dragon finally entered the deep dream that it had long forgotten.
And just when Ke Rui rarely lost a trace of defense, a somewhat hunchbacked figure appeared on the grass not far in front of him at some point, with his hands behind his back, and his slightly dim old eyes looked at him quietly, as if the darkness could not affect him at all.
"Second uncle, the plan has succeeded. ”
A young voice sounded behind him, causing the old man's eyelids to lift, and he slowly turned around, and the face that greeted him was surprisingly familiar.
"Ramsey, Sandy, what questions do you seem to have?"
Root's numb gaze swept over the two young juniors in front of him, and a rotten feeling made the two of them tremble from the bottom of their hearts. At this time, he no longer has the funny feeling of the day, but has a tombstone-like dead silence, as if he has taken off the sharp blade of the sheath, and the edge is exposed!
"Is there any? ”
"Yes!" ("Yes!")
Faced with the old man's question again, the two responded at the same time.
Rutter's eyelids lifted and he looked at one of the young men, "Ramsey, what questions do you have?" ”
The young man known as Ramsey looked at Curry behind Root, and the convoy behind Curry that was drowning in darkness, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes:
"I want to know how the second uncle did this. ”
"Trick ......" Rout lowered his head, the corners of his mouth moving, and seemed to show a hint of a smile. Turning around, looking at this masterpiece of his own, he looked back at Ramsey with a hoarse voice:
"What do you think...... What kind of tricks did I use?"
"I don't know. Ramsey frowned, "Although I think the mystery is in those bottles, I can't go any further when I come to this conclusion...... If there was a problem with the original wine, it should have been discovered when the mustachioed mercenary stole it in the first place, and the plan would have been completely ruined by the accident. ”
"But no. Sandy's eyes moved next to her.
"So I wonder if the original sake contains some kind of phantom potion that matches the strength of the strong liquor, so it has not been noticed. Ramsey guessed again.
Hearing this, a smile appeared on the corner of Lute's mouth.
"However, if it is really drugged in the original sake, then the banquet must be attended by everyone, but I can't understand why even magicians like this one are not attending the banquet...... Someone who hasn't even touched a drop of alcohol has been affected by the effects of the drug?" Finally, looking at Root's back, Ramsey asked his real question.
"Hehe, you're smart, Ramsey. ”
Rout turned around, looked at Ramsey appreciatively, and smiled. For some reason, it seemed to Ramsey and Sandy that Root's back had become more hunched.
"Do you want to know the answer. Root's old eyes swept over Ramsey. Ramsey stared at Rutte and nodded motionlessly.
"Have you ever heard of a fantastical plant that grows in the northern Elven Forest and the Terran Mountains?" asked Root.
“...... Illusion Mandala?" Ramsey's eyes widened slightly, as if he had thought of something.
"That's right, it's the strange flower known as the 'psychedelic elf', the magic mandala!" Root's dim eyes flashed with a glint and he smiled lowly.
"However, even if it is an illusory mandala, it can't ......"
"Of course not. As if knowing what Ramsey was going to say, Rout interrupted him and said, "The Illusion Mandala is just an ingredient for making an interesting potion. ”
"Elixir?" Ramsey and Sandy looked at each other.
"That's right, Elixir. Root narrowed his eyes, "That kind of potion, with the Phantom Mandala as the main ingredient, supplemented by several other raw materials, can only be formed after extremely complex refining. Refining it is a time-consuming and labor-intensive project, which means that our employer has a bit of power this time, otherwise we would not be able to get such interesting things. ”
"What is its medicinal effect?" Ramsey asked, looking at Root.
"It doesn't work. Root looked at Ramsey and Sandy, who didn't know why, and smiled lowly: "Normally, it doesn't have any medicinal effect, you can even use it to quench your thirst, but it's a little ...... Don't let it touch the water!"
"Water?" Ramsey frowned, then widened.
"Figured it out?" Root's smile was even lower, his gaze was like a black stone: "The function of the original wine is here, and the seconds are at the extreme!"
"The potion mixed with the original wine will not have a medicinal effect, so although the mercenary drank it secretly, he was only choked. And in order to drink this rare feast, they didn't need us to do anything more, so they rushed to dig their own graves...... The best thing is that the potion mixed with water has a violent effect, not only in the wine, but also in the strong aroma of the wine!"
As he spoke, Rout glanced back at Curry.
"I see, Elixir ...... Undiluted ...... Mercenary...... Water...... Banquet...... Wine...... Sure enough, it's really the extreme!"
Ramsey glared, a sickly smile on the corner of his mouth that even he didn't know why, and Root's eyes moved, and he didn't know what he thought.
"Sandy, do you have any questions? Root looked at the other young man on the side.
"There is only one. Sandy licked her lips, a hint of bloodlust flashed in her eyes, "Can you kill all the people here?"
"Huh. Root smiled unexpectedly, stroked his beard with his hand, and looked old: "Our task is to kill the superfluous people in the mouth of the employer, but the employer did not say how many superfluous people there are......"
"Hey...... Sandy let out a burst of laughter.
"Second Uncle......" Ramsey's face suddenly changed slightly.
"What's wrong?" Rout looked at Ramsey, frowning.
"He's gone. Ramsey pointed behind Root.
"Who?" said Root, turning, and his face changed.
I saw that Ke Rui, who had been leaning on the old earth dragon and had been unconscious, had disappeared at some point, as if he had never appeared there.
“......”
At this point, you don't have to look at Root to know how ugly your face is. He stepped forward, looked at the place where Curry had disappeared, and said in a low voice:
"It's impossible to run away, find him out for me!"
"Yes!" Sandy immediately replied, quickly rushing to the convoy behind the old dragon.
"Ramsey?" Rout turned his head and looked at Ramsey motionless with a frown and some confusion.
At this time, Ramsey was standing in place, raising his head, looking at the sky intently. In his eyes, a light was reflected, a bright, icy white light.
"It's ......"
Rout also looked up. In front of his eyes, the clouds in the sky had dissipated, and the lonely cold moonlight swayed, once again enveloping the entire world.
The moon is out.