Chapter 717: See the Five Eagle Claws Again
Brad's question caused Rog and Catherine to exchange glances with each other, and Rog rubbed the stubble on his chin with his left hand and thought for a moment to answer: "This is an interesting question, before I answer it, can I ask you a question, how long have you been away from the Imperial Territory?"
Brad stared at Rogge with suspicion, as if he was considering whether he wanted to change the subject, only to hear Christina on the side reply: "It's been more than a month since we left the imperial capital, and it should be almost two months, right, brother?"
Clark nodded slightly in agreement, and at the same time looked at Rogge with a curious gaze, Rogge smiled slightly and nodded: "I know, you must not know what happened in the imperial capital, and now there is no empire, no holy order, and no imperial wanted warrant." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½foβ
The people present all showed shocked expressions when they heard his words, Louis walked to Catherine's side with a frown, and looked at Catherine with his discharging eyes, and asked suspiciously: "Is what you said true? How can this be, what happened to the empire in the two months since we left? Could it be that there was a coup d'Γ©tat?"
"It's worse than that," Rogge said, shrugging his shoulders, "it's a long story, the imperial capital has been reduced to ruins, the priests of the Holy Congregation have almost disappeared, the Holy Emperor has become a madman, and now he is taking refuge in a village or town on the border of Itali, and the kings of the three principalities have declared themselves emperors." β
"Oh my God, how could this be? Who killed all the priests of the Holy Order?" asked Karl, the blacksmith, with a look of disbelief and surprise, patting his calloused hand on his head.
"You've been in the Cursed Lands for so long and haven't noticed anything unusual here?" Rog glanced at everyone present, seeing that they were looking at each other, not as if they were unaware of what was going on here.
"That's enough!" Brad, who had been silent, suddenly interrupted Rogge and said, "What you said has nothing to do with us, it doesn't matter whether the empire exists or not, but you haven't answered my question yet, are you a lone wolf?"
Brad's questioning pulled everyone back from the shock of the fall of the empire, and looked at Rogge again with curious eyes, Rogge smiled faintly when he heard this, took a puff of cigar and replied calmly: "That's right, I'm a lone wolf." β
Brad's eyes showed an inexplicable hatred, and he suddenly pulled out a long sword from behind his back and shouted at Rogge: "Since you admit it, then you must decide a result today and pull out your sword!"
Everyone present looked at this scene dumbfounded, and the pharmacist Alfred looked at Louis timidly, hoping that he could persuade Brad, but Louie just stood silently beside Catherine and did not say a word, but Christina's brother Clark spoke: "Brad, don't do this, now is not the time to think about personal vendettas!"
"Shut up, Clark!" Brad turned his head and glanced at Clark coldly, and said sharply: "This is the enmity between me and the lone wolf, it has nothing to do with anyone else, Miss Catherine saved you, that is the kindness between you and her, and it has nothing to do with me, I only take revenge on the lone wolf alone, and the others don't interfere!"
Everyone present fell silent, and everyone looked at Rog and Brad with their own hearts, and then Rogge suddenly asked: "Mr. Brad, before I accept your revenge, I hope we can make it clear first, what kind of enmity do you have against me?"
"You killed my brother Arthur, near the city of Milan in Italy, I should have rushed to meet them earlier, but I got into trouble and was delayed, and when I passed, everyone was dead!" Brad shouted at Rog with his sword hand trembling violently, gritting his teeth.
"Milan City?" Rogge recalled for a moment, not seeming to remember anything related to this, when the little furball suddenly jumped down from Rogge's hat and said, "Bad wolf, I remember, there was a group of people who attacked us outside Milan City the summer before last, do you remember? Before entering the city, we were still discussing going to the chocolate shop in Milan City to eat hot chocolate!"
Rogge listened to Lilith's words and gradually remembered the incident, he smiled faintly and said to Brad: "I know, there are about a dozen of those people, they want to exchange my head for a bounty, in fact, I want to say, you are right not to catch up, because if you are also here, you have been dead for a year and a half now." β
Brad shouted angrily and swung his sword and rushed towards Rog, Rog gently pushed away Catherine beside him, and at the same time avoided the stabbing long sword backwards, Brad attacked quickly, not giving Rogge the slightest respite, and he had already drawn his sword thirty-seven times in just five steps.
Despite this, his sword failed to do any damage to Rog, and since his rejoined right hand was still not flexible enough, Rog only used the gauntlet of the fallen angel in his left hand to fend off Brad's attack, and the edge of the sword kept flashing in front of him, but it was always impossible to hurt him himself.
Seeing that one sword could not pose a threat to Rogge, Brad pulled out a second long sword from his waist, and both swords attacked Rogge's upper and lower plates at the same time, and the dazzling sword light shrouded Rogge's body through the wind and rain, but it was never able to touch the corners of his clothes.
"Is this all your strength?" Seeing that his stormy attack could not succeed, Brad couldn't help but become impatient, and shouted at Rogge while speeding up the dance of the double sword: "Come on, show your true skills, you coward, don't just know how to dodge, shoot!"
Seeing this, the little furball lying on Rogge's hat said to Rogge, "Bad wolf, I think it's time!"
While calmly resisting Brand's attack, Rogge asked unhurriedly, "What's the time, do you think it's time for you to appear?"
After saying that, he grabbed the small furball on his head and threw it at Brad, the body of the little furball rushed straight to the dazzling blade, only to see Lilith's eyes glare, shooting out a fixed beam to freeze Brad's sword in place, and he passed by the blade by the side, turning into a little Lori in mid-air and kicking Brad's face.
Defenseless, Brad fell backwards to the ground, a burning pain on his face, he gritted his teeth and sat up, his face already imprinted with a small black shoe print, and Lilith had turned back into a little owl and flew back to Rog's hat.
"Bastard!" Brad jumped up from the ground and yelled at Rogge, "Lone wolf, what the hell was that, you killed my brother by such a side-by-side way?"
"Do you really want me to do it myself?" Rogge took off the burning cigar from the corner of his mouth, raised his eyebrows at Brad and asked, Brad angrily clenched his swords and shouted at him, "Come here if you have the ability, you coward who only knows how to play with the sidelines!"
"It seems that this is the only way to go. Rogge threw the cigar butt in his hand on the ground and stepped on it, his right hand still drooped down, and his left hand beckoned to Brad and said: "Let the horse come, if you don't lie on the ground within three moves, count me as losing, and I will pay for your brother's life!"
Brad was refreshed when he heard this, and the two swords came out together to pounce on Rogge, who faced him with his left body, leaned back to avoid the left hand he stabbed, and at the same time stretched out his left hand to grab the right hand sword he stabbed at himself, only to hear a "click", and the blade of the long sword broke into two.
Before Brad could retract the sword with his left hand, Rogge's left fist that grabbed his broken sword had hit him hard in the chest, Brad screamed and flew backwards and fell to the ground on his back, and before he could get up, Rogge had already kicked him to the ground, and his left hand, which was holding the half-cut sword, stabbed him heavily in the chest.
"No, don't!" Clarke, who was watching the battle, shouted urgently, but it was too late, Rogge's left hand holding the sword hammered heavily on Brad's chest, Brad snorted, staring at Rogge with two eyes, only to hear Rogge say meaningfully: "If you still want to seek revenge on me again, I will accompany you at any time, and it is still a three-move appointment." β
After he finished speaking, he stood up, and the half-truncated sword in his hand was also picked up, and Brad who fell to the ground did not have a trace of damage, it turned out that Rogge had already held the tip of the sword tightly when he smashed the sword at Brad, and the broken sword did not touch Brad's body at all.
He handed the broken sword to the blacksmith Carl, smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "I think you should be able to give Mr. Brad another good sword when you turn around, it is very troublesome to find someone to take revenge, you can't do it without a good weapon, right, Mr. Blacksmith?"
The blacksmith Karne smiled, took the broken sword in his hand, and watched with awe and admiration as Rogge turned to Catherine, and when Rogge walked past Louis, who was bowing his head and saying something to Catherine, he whispered in his ear, intentionally or unintentionally: "Some roses cannot be touched, Monsieur Louis, be careful not to be stinged by the stinger." β
Louis looked up at him in surprise, but Rogge had already taken Catherine's hand and walked aside, turned to everyone and said: "It seems that our grievances and grievances have been settled, then it is time for us to leave, before that, I want to warn you, no matter why you came here, it is best to leave early, this place is not as good as before, it is not suitable to stay for a long time." β
"Wait a minute, Mr. Rogge!" Clark suddenly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to Rogge, "Truth be told, we have come to the Cursed Land this time in search of a treasure that we knew was a point of no return when we set foot on this path, but we are all in a desperate situation and must obtain this treasure." β
"Most of the people who come to the Cursed Lands have this idea," Rogge nodded unexpectedly after hearing this, "but most of them failed to take anything with them, but left everything they had here, and I suggest you give up this idea, even if it is easier to return to the Imperial territory to rob the mint than to find treasure here." β
"But if we do that, we will become criminals, and we cannot accept that outcome!" Clark anxiously walked up to Rogge and said, "Actually, I hope you can help us, we all know that you are the most powerful witcher in the history of the Empire, and you will definitely help us find the treasure safely." β
Speaking of this, he hesitated slightly, but still gritted his teeth and made up his mind, "In return, we are also willing to give you a part of the treasure as a reward." β
His words caused a commotion among the expedition members, and everyone seemed to have an unwilling expression on their faces, and Rogge saw this, and he said to Clark with a slight groan: "If you don't mind, you might as well tell me which direction your treasure is, at least I can make sure if I am here first, after all, I am not here for a casual tour." β
Without hesitation, Clark asked his sister Christina to take out a map and hand it to Rogge, pointing to a marker on the map and saying, "This is it, this is where we are going......