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Meanwhile, in the darkness of the night, Colonel Alfred Hall galloped down the road with a small group of men and horses to the nearest port.

The team consisted of just over twenty men, and they were guarded around a carriage in which the governor had been desperately rescued.

They ran out of the hidden door of the Doge's Palace, put the terrified Doge in the car, and fled without stopping.

Colonel Hall, who led the team, was constantly oozing sweat from his forehead, and he was blown through by the cold evening breeze. This morning, General Emilius Levitt had just arrived here, and in the early hours of the morning he and the others had to rely on this military private port to flee for their lives.

His good friend, Major Pagani, was beside him, pulling the reins in one hand and pressing the hat on his head with the other.

"Admiral Levitt will be alright, right?" Pagani asked uneasily on his horse.

Alfred didn't squint: "It's not something we should think about. ”

"The Admiral's order to us is to escort the Governor out safely."

"Damn, how can you always be so calm? Doesn't that make me look like I'm a waste? Pagani made a joke with a pale face, barely enlivening up the atmosphere. After all, in the battle of the demigods, the two of them were of no use at all.

The gas lamps on the road were still on, and the light dispelled the fear from Alfred's heart.

No one spoke for a moment, and the chaotic sound of horses' hooves echoed on the road in the early hours of the morning.

He took the time to look back, and saw that everyone was doing their jobs, quiet and calm, and it was a team of quite good quality.

Alfred was a little surprised, he vaguely remembered that the soldiers he had come with him had all kinds of shortcomings when they set out from the Northern Continent, because many of them were the sons of low-ranking nobles or merchants who wanted to come to gild or mixed seniority, and would hurry to find street girls and drunken people when they docked at the port, and there were occasional quarrels on the ship. He thought that this group of low-quality soldiers would do anything wrong in the colony, but after coming to the colony, these disturbances were significantly reduced.

He didn't pay much attention during this time, but he had already exercised so well.

As Alfred looked back at the others, Pagani beside him was also looking at him. Pagni's body was facing forward, but his head was weirdly turned to the side and back, staring at Alfred without blinking, eerie and terrifying.

Alfred turned back, and he followed.

"How long have we been on our way?" After a while, he asked.

The blonde colonel narrowed his eyes: "About ten minutes." ”

"That's going to be soon." Pagani pretended to be relaxed and said, "That's ten minutes to go......"

Suddenly.

The gas street lights began to flicker.

A strange aura swirled around, as if it had caught up from the rear of the group, and the clean night seemed to suddenly become foggy, eerie, cold, revealing an indescribable gloom.

"Damn, something isn't right." Pagni's face changed.

"Don't stop, keep going." Alfred was equally solemn.

The two mid-sequence extraordinaries looked left and right, but saw nothing.

Their vision was obstructed, and they couldn't see anything five meters away, but the darkness around them seemed to be pressing over them, and the light of the gas lamps was getting dimmer and dimmer, almost extinguished.

This may be because the sequence of pursuers is higher than theirs, or it may be because they are not good at dealing with the extraordinary abilities of the enemy.

"It's the Spirit Order that catches up." Pagani's face changed slightly, "This kind of sneaky thing must be them, bastard, the Spirit Order actually took the opportunity to capture the city and even catch up?" That indigenous leader must be a traitor! It's been colluded a long time ago! ”

The mid-to-low sequence of the "Inquisitor" path does not have too obvious restraint on extraordinary abilities such as spirits, and there is no more effective means of retreating from enemies if they are not restrained. This is normal, but this obstruction of vision is a reminder of the danger.

"People haven't caught up yet."

Although there were some extraordinary powers, there were no dead people, no monsters or corpses, proving that the pursuers were not weak and far away, Alfred's mood relaxed a little, and he continued to ride his horse.

It's not a long way to go, but it's going to take some time.

Continued for a moment.

The surroundings are getting darker, the light is getting worse, and the gas street lights are no longer able to illuminate the surroundings. Only the lanterns carried by the team still had some light, and the rest of the place was dark, and even the trees on the side of the road could not be seen clearly, only a black outline could be seen.

"The Spirit Order is preventing us from escaping." Alfred observed his surroundings and said slowly.

Pagani nodded with an ugly face: "Tsk, what do they want to do?" Will you catch us all? ”

Alfred didn't answer, he stretched out his hand and faced the front, and suddenly exuded a majestic aura that could not be refused:

"Extraordinary interference is forbidden here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the darkness in front and on the side receded like a tide, and the gas street lamps that had been extinguished seemed to have escaped some shackles and turned on again one after another. The surroundings became clear again, and the trees on the side of the road came into view.

But the good times didn't last long, and after only ten or so seconds, the darkness came again, and the environment became dangerous again.

"It works, but it's not the way to go."

Pugani suddenly gritted his teeth and said to Alfred: "If we don't stop the person behind us, we will be delayed all the time, or even deviate from the route, and be chased by the pursuers and die in vain." ”

As he spoke, he pulled the reins, and the horses began to drift to the side, approaching the edge of darkness.

"Come back, Pagni!" Alfred moved, "The two of us are spiritually strong enough to last the remaining ten minutes. ”

Pagani asked rhetorically, "Can you guarantee it?" Alfred? ”

As if to confirm his words, at the end of the line, a cavalryman was overtaken by the darkness, and the horse lantern in his hand was quickly extinguished. After a short while, there were several sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground in the darkness.

Alfred's face was ugly and silent.

Pagani smiled wryly, "Look. ”

"It's useless to run away, the pursuers have eaten us. But he didn't dare to get close, and only dared to slowly nibble away at the back, proving that he was not very strong. ”

Alfred Hall didn't speak again, he was a man who knew when to move forward and when to retreat, and he didn't leave anything to chance, and he didn't comfort others with luck. At this moment, in the face of his friend's words, he could not find any words to respond.

"Live." In the end, Alfred said only that.

Pagani smiled lightly and didn't answer. He pulled the reins and broke away from the group, and a third of the cavalry followed suit. They came to a silent stop on the side of the road, quickly overtaken by Alfred.

A second before being engulfed in darkness, Pagani raised his arm and waved it as a farewell.

Then, he easily jumped off his horse, jumped the ground, and shouted "Interference with extraordinary abilities is forbidden here!" in Alfred's example. A small area was illuminated, and then a knight fell from his horse, and the human body wrapped in light armor fell to the ground with a muffled thud.

A member of the Spirit Order who was as pale as a corpse walked in the dark, and he had already gotten the news first, knowing that the officer in front of him was Neiying, so it was natural to play with him face to face, and the fight went back and forth.

After a few rounds of back-and-forth, Alfred's team's voice had completely faded away.

"It's best to break away right here, and if I follow them back to Rune, my disguised identity will definitely be discovered."

Pagani - the "disfigured puppet" - spun around in place, kicking a small rock away, and he straightened his collar, the extraordinary properties that belonged to "Pagni" were hidden in him, so that he could use some of the "Inquisitor" abilities.

The members of the Spirit Order looked at the corpse of this manipulated extraordinary person with great curiosity, and he was curious why the body of this dead extraordinary person was still alive, and wanted to know what was the difference between the ability to manipulate the corpse and the ability to drive the corpse...... In short, he wanted to take the "disfigured puppet" back and study it carefully.

Pagani sensed the danger and turned his head warily to look at the other party:

"I brought the people."

"It's time for me to go now."

With that, the helmet of one of the knights automatically fell from his head, revealing the face of the governor.

He looked restless and seemed to be asleep, but undoubtedly saved his life.

After confirming their identity with photographs, the members of the Order politely moved out of the way, and Pagani bypassed him, did not ride a horse, and ran away quickly.

After walking a few meters, he looked back vigilantly, and then suddenly fell to the ground, completely devoid of breath, and turned into a corpse.

The "disfigured puppet" lifted the corpse's head, crawled out of the collar, and ran away with a clatter.

……

"Didn't catch up again......"

Alfred kept looking back, and after passing through that section, the darkness was dramatically improving, the lights were slowly turning on, the road was becoming more visible, and the danger was gradually moving away.

The pursuer was stopped.

Again, Pagani didn't catch up.

Alfred's face was heavy and there was no expression on his face, as if he had turned into an emotionless escort robot.

After about five minutes, his eyes lit up, and the lights of the harbor appeared.

"Your Excellency the Governor, we're at the port." He spoke immediately.

No sound came from the carriage.

Alfred's heart suddenly struck, a terrible guess suddenly came to his mind, he immediately ordered the team to stop, he turned over and dismounted, strode to the carriage, and pulled the door out hard!

Sitting in the carriage was not the governor at all, but a strange corpse that had been dead for a long time!

Alfred's hole shrank suddenly, and he almost couldn't stand.

450

It's dawn.

After a night of chaos, Aldra had become a dead city, with mutilated corpses roaming the roads and no living figures.

Edward looked into the distance, gestured with a pistol, aimed in a distant direction, and said, "Bang." ”

The thunder and lightning and the clouds in the sky suddenly vanished,

She moved her arm slightly, and pointed the gun in a very close other direction.

Just as she was about to speak, a person suddenly appeared in front of her, just in the way of the muzzle:

"Don't kill him."

Edward's gaze shifted to the stranger standing in front of him, and he asked unexpectedly, "Isn't it good?" ”

"Emilius Livitt's arrival was an accident, and I don't intend for him to die here as well." The pale-faced, dead-eyed corpse said calmly, "Negan died in a sneak attack, Javier was killed by Emilius, and that's enough." ”

"......" Edward slowly lowered his arm, but his eyes were still looking in that direction, "I don't have the habit of letting people who are not planned to live, he will die, but not now." ”

"It's fine."

The corpse didn't have any objection to this, she just needed Emilius to pass on the information about Aldra.

"You can now tell me where Siea might be."

The corpse replied: "West Bailang, Kukwa, Uttar Pradesh." ”

Not too far, about a hundred kilometers in a straight line. Edward asked, "What kind of sacrifice?" ”

"I don't have detailed information." The corpse said, "But the Rose Sect has invited the Spirit Order to participate. ”

"Oh, it seems that the local Order is confident that it can afford to entertain members of the Spirit Order." Edward said, "Since you say that's where S'ea is most likely, I'll believe you. ”

"It's a pleasure to work with." The corpse spoke calmly, "If there's a deal, Mirera will come to you." ”

Edward smiled, "Don't tell me his name, a demigod without any characteristics, no matter how many times you tell me I'll forget him, unless he becomes an angel...... That's right. ”

"I think it's interesting that someone of yours mentioned the Artificial Death Sect when talking to me, do you really think they awaken the Grim Reaper through prayers and rituals?"

The corpse was silent for a long, long time this time, and finally shook its head: "No. ”

"Not only did I not believe it, on the contrary, I was skeptical."

Seeing that she was willing to reveal more inside information, Edward continued to verify his guess: "Oh, why do you say that? ”

"My ancestor, Azik Eggers, is still alive. This involves a secret of my people, but I can be sure that before Azik Eggers awoke, the great Grim Reaper was asleep and would not respond to anyone. ”

In the distant city, there was a hint of fluctuation in the smooth voice of the "Pale Empress" behind the gauze curtain.

"Therefore, I am very skeptical, doubtful about who is responding to them......"

Edward's eyes narrowed slightly: "Maybe it's indeed the legacy of the 'Grim Reaper' that has been activated." ”

"It's the best answer, but it's bad enough." The corpse said no more, the thread of manipulation broke, and his eyes slowly closed, slumping at Edward's feet.

Edward kicked him to the side with his foot, and after standing there for a while, a brisk running sound was heard again, and the little wooden man appeared not far away, running all the way, grabbing Edward's trouser leg and climbing up, and finally getting into the pocket of his trench coat.

Edward tapped his pocket, then turned around and left the city, which was completely dead.

……

Olawe Naval Base.

"Looking for more? We've been looking for it three times. ”

A yellow-haired soldier yawned and reluctantly walked forward after his companion.

His companions were energetic, walking up and down this meadow:

"You can't be wrong, I saw a meteor last night, and the meteor fell in this place."

The yellow-haired soldier disagreed: "If it falls, it's just a broken stone, what's the use of picking it up?" Don't delay too long, it's going to be morning exercises soon, and maybe the general will come to patrol today. ”

"In time, I'll take another look, and I'll leave if I don't. Meteorites are expensive, and many private collectors are willing to bid for them. "Some special meteorites are even bought by the church, and I've heard that the quality of the meteorite is very good......

"Church acquisition?" The yellow-haired wondered, "What kind of special talent can be acquired by the church?" ”

"I don't know, I just heard about it." The companion looked around for a while, and suddenly looked in a certain direction, "There's a trace there!" ”

He ran towards a wasteland, and the yellow hair had to follow him, and when he walked into the range of the wasteland, he suddenly shuddered.

"Was this supposed to be a wasteland......?"

The yellow-haired mouth drummed, and looked around with some uneasiness, and found that the wasteland he was in was not large or small, a circle with a radius of more than twenty meters, and there were weeds growing all around, but there was nothing in this place, as if it had been carefully trimmed.

Will anyone mow the grass here? The yellow hair became more and more uneasy, so he had to look for the back of his companion, and just happened to hear his companion shouting:

"Here!"

He wasn't far away, crouching on the ground, leaving the yellow-haired soldier with a back, blocking what the other man was observing.

"It's coming, it's coming, take it and leave quickly."

The yellow-haired walked over quickly, stood behind him, and saw a hollow the size of an iron basin on the ground in front of them, and in the middle of the hollow was a stone the size of a fist. Before hitting the ground, the stone should be larger, covered with mysterious light green lines, which looks like a handicraft, and the yellow-haired gaze is attracted to suddenly understand the collectors who bought the meteorite.

"I feel like I can sell it for a good price." The companion said happily, reaching for it.

"Okay, then I'll go first." The yellow-haired soldier yawned again and turned to leave, when he opened his eyes and suddenly found that there was something strange about where he was standing, as if he were ...... It is the very center of this wasteland.

No, it should be said that the place where this meteorite fell is the center of the wasteland, and I just happened to be standing here!

A meteorite capable of turning the surrounding grass into a wasteland? The yellow-haired hurriedly turned around, trying to remind his companion to quickly throw away the stone, but when he turned around, he found that there was nothing behind him.

The companion disappeared.

The meteorite left that groove.

The yellow-haired boy shrunk slightly, pretending to talk to himself relaxedly: "Maybe I left first......

In fact, the weeds around are not waist-high, so it is impossible to hide them in any way.

A cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but he pretended to be casual and walked away, his palm grasping the Storm Lord emblem hanging from his neckline.

At that moment, he felt something under his feet. The yellow-haired soldier lowered his head, only to see a rotten, blackened bone under his feet, as if it had been buried in the soil for decades.

The shadow behind him slowly stood up, outlining a cyan edge, and the shadow stood up silently, reaching out to the soldier.

The yellow-haired soldier flicked the bone with his toes, which shattered at the touch, revealing a metal sign underneath.

The metal plaque had been badly corroded, and he crouched down and saw a name engraved on it.

“E… K… S…”

This is the name of his companion.

The companion who was still talking to him just now appeared in front of him in the form of a bone that had been dead for decades.

The yellow-haired soldier screamed, and he frantically tried to get up and run away, only to find his shadow standing in horror, his hands on his shoulders.

After a short scream, silence returned to the wasteland, and the area seemed to grow a little larger.

An illusory shadow stood on the ground, but when you looked closely, it seemed to disappear into the sunlight.

Only a few rotten bones and an iron plaque were added to the ground.

TBC

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At the end of the double watch, I successfully provoked!