Crime and Punishment Chapter 8 Red Confusion
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"When we have strength, we use our strength to overwhelm the enemy, and when we have no strength, we kill the enemy with skill. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhat should we do when we have neither strength nor skill?"
The underground gnome jumped up, brandished the short sword in his hand and howled, "Then we will use the meanness and shamelessness...... Oh no! Use our wisdom and our great personality to defeat our opponents!"
Theseus smiled and said, "That's right. Our only goal is to successfully defeat the enemy, and it doesn't matter what means are used to achieve that goal. However, the most effective means are to make your opponent despise you, and the other is to make your opponent believe in you. When you're an underground gnome, it's easy to get your enemies to despise you. When you need your opponent to believe in you, become a divine dragon. You will find that morality is a very useful weapon and a good camouflage in this plane. Morality isn't as simple as replacing your lip service for wisdom, even though that's the first step. You can take your time in the future. ”
Gregory nodded in understanding. It touched the heavy piece of parchment in its arms, determined to memorize all its contents. On the parchment are the words that Hughes gave to Gregory, those who are moral, or who think they are moral, and the words that Gregory likes to use in connection with these words.
This plane is indeed much more complex than the world of the dead. The underground gnome's quest for power seemed too tortuous and complicated to even exceed the comprehension of the wise Gregory, but it trusted the judgment of Elder Theseus.
Gregory, who was born in the Demon Realm, has a very simple understanding of power, and those who survive are the most powerful. It had watched Elder Hughes for a long time, and no matter how treacherous the storm, the old fox could survive unharmed. You must know that even the master of Fengyue, who has become a true god, has been seriously injured many times and hovered on the verge of death with her strong strength!
Therefore, although Gregory could not yet understand it, he decided to keep in mind the teachings of Hughes and use the two weapons of 'contempt' and 'trust'.
Of course, a certain amount of strength is also necessary, and the underground dwarf took advantage of the night to leave Xiusi's room and found a place where no one was there to practice his swordsmanship.
The night was low and the blue moon was dim. Richelieu was already asleep.
In the dead of night, a carriage bearing the Stlaw's coat of arms drove out of Rog House. In the carriage, Serena was sitting alone. There was a light smile on the corner of her mouth, a happy face, and her cheeks were still crimson that had not completely faded, like a pink lotus flower with clear dew.
Although she had only been with Rogge for half an hour, she was completely satisfied. Serena knew that Rogge was very busy, and that she was able to have half an hour that he had devoted himself to, even though it was the only half hour in a week, and she was completely satisfied.
Indescribable joy filled Serena's heart as Rogge finally treated her differently. Tonight, she was also burdened with a request from Straw to make Rogge agree to close the gap in the abyss. She had heard about it, and she knew that Rogge had never fully agreed, but she didn't understand the seriousness of the matter. It was only to this day that Straw solemnly told her how serious the situation was, that the cracks in the abyss had become more and more unstable, and that if there was the slightest mistake, it would not only be a matter of her father losing power alone, but also whether the lives of hundreds of members of Straw's entire family could continue under the wrath of the Emperor.
So Straw hinted to her that no matter what it takes, she should let Rogge accept it.
It is rumored that Rogge is equally famous for his lust and murderous appetite, and Serena was mentally prepared before coming and was ready to remove the last line of defense. But she didn't expect that Rogge would talk with her like the most gentle gentleman during the half hour that the two of them were alone, without the slightest attempt to infringe on her.
When Serena offered to help Straw close the gap in the abyss, Rogge agreed despite his hesitation. Instead of taking the opportunity to put forward any additional conditions, he also enthusiastically asked Straw to hand over the sealing magic array to him as soon as possible, so that he could prepare early.
However, once a week, half an hour of happiness at a time, is that enough? Serena was completely reluctant to think about it.
As soon as Serena left, Rog immediately returned to his magic laboratory. Now his magic laboratory is extremely well guarded, not to mention that the fat man has set a lot of traps with his newfound understanding of power and magic, and only Androny, who lives next to the magic laboratory, few people can pass her level. Besides, there is a Xiusi living not far away?
On the central floor of the magic laboratory, there is an engraved spirit circle that Rogge has recently researched. Each talisman is etched into a polished copper plate, and mercury flows from the engraved lines connecting the different talismans. Bursts of mild and moist magical mist rose up, and the temperature and humidity in the room made people feel very comfortable.
In the center of the magic array, a little emerald green light slowly flew back and forth. Although its brightness was faint and dim, the magical light mist rising around it instinctively made way for the green man's flight like ten thousand beasts meeting the beastmaster.
When the green light flutters for a moment, it will split into a tiny bolt of lightning and hit the surrounding magical energy. Magical energy struck by lightning instantly turns turquoise, and then seeps into the green glow along a trail of electric light. The whole process looked like that little green light was constantly eating.
Although this process was repeated, the green light did not become brighter. However, the four white crystals placed in the four corners of the magic array, which provide energy for the operation of the magic array, are rapidly becoming smaller, and it is obvious that the elven magic circle is extremely expensive at the moment.
Rogge sat in a corner of the lab, flipping through the notes left by the pygmy Nakba.
At this moment, a small golden bell on the table in Rogge's hand suddenly sounded to itself, and after a crisp sound of gold and stone, a blue mist rose from the bell body.
The door to the lab opened silently, and Andronie walked in. As soon as she entered the door, her eyes were immediately attracted by the little green light in the center of the elven circle. The moment her eyes came into contact with this bit of green, Androni only felt extremely comfortable all over her body, but for some reason, a surging feeling of fear rushed from the depths of her soul, which instantly overwhelmed her! At that moment, Androni only felt that her consciousness was filled with only endless green, and she almost suffocated!
Rogge's eyebrows raised slightly, and he snorted softly, and a spiritual attack instantly hit Androni. The shock wave was faint, but Libby's needle brought her a sharp pain when she poked it! The pain was fleeting, but Androni's gaze was able to shake off the green glow.
It was just a momentary change, but Androni was already in a cold sweat and her face was as pale as paper.
"This ...... What is this?" asked Androni in shock.
At this time, a light curtain rose around the elven magic circle, enveloping the entire magic circle, and naturally covering that bit of green light inside.
Rogge stood up and said with a smile, "This is the origin form of the divine power of the goddess of nature. With the power of the goddess of nature, although this divine power is very weak, it is not something you can directly gaze at with the naked eye. Although it has no power, the divine power of the goddess of nature directly affects the soul. You have the fighting spirit of the Holy Realm, but your spiritual power is not strong, so naturally you can't look at it. ”
"The power of the goddess of nature?" Androni couldn't believe it.
"That's right. The goddess of nature and her followers have tormented me to death, so I must leave something good for me. Rogge said it lightly.
Androni looked at Rogge in a daze, and suddenly felt that the fat man in front of her had become so unfamiliar. When did he start to be able to control his divine power? Has this mediocre-looking fat man already unconsciously put his hand into the realm of God?
Rogge came up to Androni, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her eyes, and smiled, "Hey, Annie, what are you thinking?"
Androni smiled reluctantly, looking at this fat man who was still half a head shorter than her, and didn't know what to say for a while, "Rogge, you seem to have changed. ”
Rogge smiled: "Where have I changed, it's not the same as before." Actually, it's not as good as before, after this injury, until now, my magic power has only recovered to the level of about ten levels. How can you put this bit of power in your eyes?"
Androni shook her head, only to feel that her mind was in chaos, perhaps because she had just been hit by the divine power of the goddess of nature. Rogge's words sounded right, but her instincts told her that the dead fat man's words could not be believed.
"Why did you suddenly think of me?" asked Rogge, looking at her and smiling.
"You're not going to trade Floya for Miro, are you?" said Androni suddenly.
Rogge laughed and said, "Am I that kind of person?"
"Maybe. Androni's expression was extraordinarily serious.
The fat man couldn't cry or laugh for a while, so he had to shake his head helplessly. Suddenly, he noticed that Androni turned her head to look to the side, and a misty mist gradually rose in her eyes.
Rogge's heart moved, and he asked softly, "What's wrong, Annie?"
"I'm fine!" Androni blinked vigorously, trying to hold back the tears, but her eyes were getting wetter and wetter. She finally couldn't hide it anymore and turned away like a whirlwind, no longer letting Rog see her face.
"Rogge, I'...... Tired. Androni's voice was full of exhaustion at this moment.
"Anne, just talk about what is on your mind, don't always take it to heart. ”
"You ...... They all know what they're doing, and Floya has found happiness. But what about me, I really don't know what I'm doing. Androni said in a low voice, "I don't really dare to think about my future at all. I'm just afraid to think about it...... It's just despair......"
Rogge sighed. He naturally knew that what Androny wanted was Odrech, and he also knew that this idea was completely wishful thinking. But how can we comfort this kind of thing?
The fat man patted Androni lightly on the back. She suddenly turned around, threw herself into Rogge's arms, and began to cry!
Rogge held her quietly until she had quieted down a little, and then smiled: "Anne, do you know that all of our lives are like candles in a storm, which can be extinguished at any moment. So for what you want, just leave all your worries behind and go for it. It doesn't matter if you don't get it in the end, at least you won't regret it in the future. ”
Androni rested her chin on Rogge's shoulder and sighed, "But ......"
"But she's a goddess?" Rogge asked with a smile.
"yes. Dead fatty, how do you know everything?" Androni had been surprised by the fat man too many times, and now she couldn't help but be surprised and regarded as normal.
"God is not invincible. That day, when I slashed the goddess of ice and snow, I suddenly felt like I had knocked down a wall in front of me and saw a whole new world. In fact, the world has always been there, and it has never changed. The walls that keep it out of our sight are precisely what we built ourselves. How much of the divine power of the goddess of ice and snow comes from the power of faith of believers? It is ridiculous to say that we have created gods for ourselves with our own beliefs. The gods are strong by faith, and by being strong they gain more faith. This is a very ridiculous cycle! Take the goddess Audreych, you are desperate because you think she is invincible, so you give up. You see, a wall is just piled up by yourself. ”
Rogge patted her on the back and continued: "Actually, you are desperate anyway, why don't you try to challenge her? ”
The corners of Androni's mouth finally showed a little smile, and she said softly: "Challenge her, how can I possibly win?"
"How do you know if you don't try? But I'm going to challenge her. Annie, we are competitors in this matter! If you come up with any new sword skills in the future, you might as well come to me, and we will fight first, so that we can know if your sword skills are useful. ”
Androni straightened up and smiled, "Looking for you, with your current magic, I might be able to cut you in half with a little bit of strength." ”
The fat man looked her up and down, and the malicious gaze made Androni's face red. He said ambiguously: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, if you lose to my hands again this time, I won't let you go as easily as last time." Anyway, I think you've changed a lot of your hospitable cleanliness habits now......"
Androni was ashamed and angry, although her inner instinct faintly reminded her that this challenge was very dangerous, but her arrogance did not allow her to bow her head in front of Rogge, and after a little hesitation, she finally gritted her teeth and said, "......Don't worry! Only...... It's up to you!"
Rogge let out a conspiracy laugh from between his teeth, and said, "Okay, in seven days, my magic power will be restored to level twelve, and at that time, I will be waiting for you at any time!"
"If you're valuable, but unfortunately you have two enemies, either of which is far more powerful than you can handle, and neither of them will let you go. What should you do?" asked Rogge, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at Richelieu's famous sunset.
The solemn Robeschi immediately said: "This ...... The villain is stupid, and he has to ask the adult for your advice. ”
Rogge smiled: "Actually, it's very simple, you just stand between the two enemies, and you can tie your hands! If those two enemies are smart, they will agree to divide you, and they will both die anyway, and the result will not be worse." But if they're not smart enough, or if they can't come together for some reason, then they'll start with each other for exclusive gain. The one who survives will most likely not be your opponent. ”
"My lord is really unfathomable!" Robertsky's sycophant kung fu finally improved, and the tone of this sentence was so sincere that it was almost impossible to hear any flaws.
Rogge smiled slightly, and didn't say anything, just let Robesy retreat.
Casinaaras and the goddess of nature, no matter what, could not have come to an agreement. The fat man thought happily.
"Come out!" Rogge exclaimed suddenly.
"Why can you always spot me, now that you are obviously seriously injured, and I have improved?" A crisp voice came from behind Rogge, and there was deep helplessness in his tone.
Rogge stood with his hands in his hands, didn't look back, just said coldly: "Nicole, didn't I tell you that you can only come alone?"
Behind Rogge, a pretty figure slowly appeared, it was none other than Nicole the Night Dancer. She said with some humility: "This time it is... The elders sent us along. ”
"Really?" Rogge's voice grew colder. "Do you really think I'm here to come and go as I please?"
It was a man who appeared with Nicole, he couldn't suppress his anger a little, and said, "Lord Rogge, you still owe us 550,000 gold coins to the Night Dancer, I hope ......" In the middle of his words, his eyes suddenly turned into a world of death with surging magical flames!
The man was terrified! Fireballs that appeared out of thin air continued to expand in his pupils. He instinctively wanted to dodge, but the command from the brain center didn't have time to reach his limbs, so he had to wait for death.
Rog turned, and with his movements, the fireball in front of the man disappeared out of thin air.
The fat man said to him coldly, "Get out!"
The male killer didn't dare to say more, jumped out of the window, tripped over the windowsill, and hurried away in embarrassment. Rog stared at Nicole for a moment, his brow furrowing more and more, until he saw that she was uncomfortable. After a long time, the fat man said: "I took the task, but the arrears of 550,000 gold coins must be written off! This is the last condition, you can go back to your life like this!"
Nicole cheered and shouted, "No need to return to life, the elder has explained, this condition can be finalized immediately." ”
Rogge was stunned, a string of thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning, and he lost his voice: "I see!
Nicole's face was blank.
Rog sighed, knowing that Nicole wouldn't know anything, and waved her hand to let her go too.
Earlier, the Fat Man had exhausted the Duchy's treasury of gold due to a series of commissioned tasks, and he owed the Night Dancer a large sum of money. As Nicole has said, there's nothing worse than not paying back money owed to one of the Northland's biggest and most mysterious killer organizations. And Rogge couldn't come up with the money for a while, so the Night Dancer came to the door and offered to complete the task to pay off the debt, and Rogge gladly accepted.
As a result, the mission of the Night Dancer and Straw's request turned out to be the same, that is, to solve the lord Casinaras in the crack of the abyss! Rogge thought twice, since Straw had prepared most of the work and took over the task himself, on the one hand, he could sell Straw a great favor, not to mention that he had already reaped a lot of benefits from the Imperial Prime Minister. On the other hand, it can also pay off the arrears of the Night Dancer, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
At this time, Serena came to visit, and Rogge, who had already made up his mind in his chest, sold a big favor to this simple girl.
Rogge thought he had a plan, but just now he suddenly realized that the Night Dancer must have sold something to Straw at a high price, and it was very likely that it was the sealing magic array. According to custom, half of the price of the Night Dancer was to be collected after the seal was successful, and half of the price of this commission must have been far more than 550,000 gold coins. If Rogge doesn't help Straw, then half of the Night Dancer's price will inevitably not be recovered.
The fat man couldn't help but secretly regret that he should have blackmailed the Night Dancer once he knew this.
However, at this moment, the fat man who was calculated could only sigh.
On the one hand, she is encouraged to indulge her **, and on the other hand, she stimulates the ...... with jealousy That's right, it's certainly the most effective way to do it. Most of these three hundred and forty books say the same thing. Wella thought to herself. She is getting more and more confident.
A strong light flashed, and dozens of librarians in the Richelieu library slowly fell to the ground, unconscious. At the feet of their hands were all kinds of books spread out, and they were in a mess.
And the initiator, the angel of light, Weina, who is famous for her battles, has long since left.
At this time, on the Arctic Ocean, a strange whistling sound slid high in the sky! The life on the bottom of the ocean shook and immediately dived deeper.
A drifting iceberg was moving to this area with an undercurrent, and suddenly and suddenly shook without warning, and even began to slowly pull up towards the ocean, revealing the massive base underwater.
In an instant, the roar was earth-shattering, and the unlucky iceberg exploded into ice cubes flying all over the sky!
Fengyue slowly withdrew her right hand, and after shattering the entire glacier with one punch, her agitated mind gradually calmed down. She really didn't understand why so many people suddenly became bold and hit her head with their ideas.
A strange cold sensation rose from the depths of her consciousness.
This is anger!
God's wrath caused by contempt for God's dignity!
(To be continued)