"Bell bell!"

The bell became quick and urgent, as if urging the slow Dark Dead Laborers to assemble quickly.

At the mouth of the alley, the shouts of the overseers could be heard, and from time to time there was the sound of whips beating the laborers.

Hinton and Eloti glanced at each other, and they both noticed something unusual.

The bell rings every six hours in the lower town.

The overseers used the bells to gather their Dark Laborers, count the numbers, check the fruits of their labor, and distribute food—a shadow fruit with a few micro-soul crumbs.

What is heard now is the third bell of the day.

Hinton and Elodie at first thought it was an ordinary assembly signal, but now when they heard the movement at the mouth of the alley, they both felt that the situation was somewhat urgent.

The irascible and cold-blooded Dark Overseers seemed to be in a hurry, eager to gather all the laborers in the square at once.

The two of them joined hands to pick up the boiled thick pulp and walked out together.

Thanks to the thick slurry in the cauldron, the Underworld Overseers don't want to see the cauldron overturned.

The thick slurry bubbling in the pot did a good job of forcing back the Dark Death Overseer who was guarding the alley, and did not let the whip in the other party's hand fall on the two Elotti.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! The Overseer of the Dark Death shouted at the two Elotty, and threw his whip at the eaves of the nearby house, repeatedly urging the laborers who passed by.

Eloti and Hinton stared at the ground, not making eye contact with the overseers.

The two of them kept walking, talking in a low voice as they went.

"This collection seems to be a little different." Hinton said.

Elody raised her head slightly, quickly looked left and right, and then quickly lowered her head:

"I saw the figure of the vigilant regiment. They're not usually here when they gather. ”

Hinton glanced at the members of the vigilante standing on the rooftop, and saw several Dark Dead wizards with two-handed wands:

"Their eyes make me uneasy, Eloti. Could it have something to do with the lightning wizard who appeared outside the city? ”

"Shhhhh Seeing that the two of them were approaching the members of the vigilance, Elody immediately stopped talking.

Shadow Spirits are undead, just because they don't need light.

In the City of Exile, the Dark Dead light their paths with candles that emit a dark purple glow.

Surface sunlight and normal firelight can damage the Shadow Shade.

Only this dark purple glow is suitable for the Shadow Shade. Not only does it illuminate the path, but it also nourishes the soul of the Shadow Shadow Spirit, replenishing some soul energy and shadow energy.

Eloti and Hinton followed the crowd through the streets lit by dark purple candles and into the crowded plaza.

Here, the two of them met with more members of the vigilance group.

The gang stood on the rooftops around the square, shaped like sculptures, staring silently at the dark laborers in the square, their eyes indifferent and a little disgusted.

Several unique figures caught the attention of the two Elotts.

It was a group of humanoid creatures standing on the roof farther away, covered in black robes.

The wide black robes completely obscured their appearance and size, and Eloti and Hinton could not tell who they were and where they came from.

This group of black-robed people was surrounded by several high-level Assassin Vigilantes, and the latter seemed to be protecting the former.

When the Dark Dead Laborers were almost there, one of the black-robed men drew his wand from his waist with his right hand, wearing leather gloves, and pointed it towards the square.

From a distance of hundreds of meters, this person cast a large black light on the laborers in the square.

"The breath of death energy... That guy doesn't seem to be from the Assassin's Vigilante. Hinton whispered in Eloty's ear.

Eloti watched as the black light fell on her, and a hazy glow appeared on the surface of her body:

Elody felt the changes in her body carefully, and did not notice any discomfort:

"It looks like some kind of death-detection spell."

Hinton scratched all over his body, but there was no abnormality:

"Well, it's supposed to be a detection spell. What do they want to do? ”

Eloti and Hinton looked around.

There was a black glow from many of the Dark Laborers, and the sight was exactly the same as the two of them.

However, there is a part of the dark laborers who have a black light with some white spots.

A few of the more special Dark Laborers had white bands of light in the black light on their bodies.

A group of Dark Dead Overseers squeezed through the crowd and rushed towards the Black Dead Laborers with white dots and white bands of light emerging from their bodies.

Overseers often don't do much good to arrest people.

The scene was suddenly chaotic, ghosts cried wolves, and the whips in the hands of the overseers crackled.

"Ai Ai Eleti—" Hinton shuddered suddenly, his fingers trembling and pointing at the other party:

"You've got white spots of light on you, too."

"What?" Elody looked down and saw that the surface of her body, which had been jet black, was now a large number of white points of light.

Before Elody could figure out what was going on, a long black whip struck, snapped at her neck, whirred around a few times, and tied her neck.

The owner of the whip forcefully withdrew his arm and wrapped the whip around Elody, pulling her whole person over.

Hinton panicked and shouted loudly to pull Elody back, but was struck by several whips and fell to the ground, crying out in pain.

A similar scenario was repeated throughout the main square, and the scene was chaotic.

The overseers continued to whip and unleash ferocious claws of terror and fear crawling, devouring several of the laborers who took the lead in causing trouble, only then did they suppress the restlessness of the scene.

Hinton got up from the ground and glanced left and right, but there was no sign of Elody.

Look at the roof of the house where the black-robed man was, it was empty.

"Damn," Hinton cursed anxiously and in a low voice, anxious, unable to find any way to recall Elody.

While he was restless, the Shadow Overseers waved their whips and drove the laborers to the city gates.

Hinton was forced to move with the crowd.

Halfway through, members of the vigilante set up magic loudspeakers on rooftops, broadcasting orders from the upper city to the wriggling laborers who squirmed below.

Hinton was preoccupied with finding Elody, and didn't listen carefully to the magic megaphone's announcement.

It wasn't until he followed the crowd out of the city and into the vast plains that he suddenly came to his senses.

"Where are we going?" Hinton hurriedly inquired with the laborer next to him.

Pity the laborers near him have long been tortured to the point of death, and they are all in a state of confusion and unresponsiveness.

It took Hinton nearly two minutes to find a hard worker who still had a shred of his ability to think.

The laborer glared at the dead fish, glanced coldly at Hinton, and said:

"Where else can I go. We're going to build walls. ”

"What barriers? Where to build? Hinton asked, taking the laborer's arm.

The laborer shook off his wrist:

"Go to the stalagmite glade, idiot. Don't pull me. ”

stalagmite woodlands, building barriers... Hinton was stunned for a moment, thinking of the "Thunderbolt Wizard" he had heard earlier.

Could it be that the group of thunderbolt wizards didn't leave the stalagmite glade?

I and the others went there to build a barrier this time, just to fight against the thunderbolt wizard?

Hinton took a sharp breath, forcing himself to calm down and think quickly.

The way the Nethers build a rampart is not to take a hammer and building materials and build a defensive structure as slowly as a living person.

The Dark Overseers will pre-set up a huge magic array.

The Dark Dead Laborer stands on the node of the magic circle.

Once activated, the magic array will quickly draw the shadow energy and soul energy of the Dark Laborer, and then summon a shadow barrier suspended in the air.

If you're lucky, the Dark Dead Laborers in the magic array can retain some soul energy and won't die on the spot.

If you're unlucky, you'll be wiped out and forced to transform into Shadow Fragments and be reborn in the lower part of Exile.

Hinton knew that if he wanted to hook up with the Thunderbolt Wizard, he would have to find an opportunity to break away from the team and rush into the depths of the stalagmite woodland before stepping into the magic circle.

But when the overseer is around, running away from the team without permission is undoubtedly suicide, and maybe it will be shattered by the overseer with the pieces, and there is no possibility of rebirth.

What to do, what to do, what should I do...

Hinton was extremely anxious.

A strange feeling appeared in his heart inexplicably.

Hinton's body trembled, looking back and forth, left and right, always feeling that someone was staring at him.

As far as the eye could see, there were numb laborers and ruthless overseers, and no one seemed to be paying attention to him.

Am I delusional because I'm too nervous... Hinton scratched his head, forcing himself to calm down again.

He followed the group as he pondered how to contact the Thunderbolt Wizard.

For him, there are only two worst-case scenarios.

First, he was caught red-handed by the supervisor and tortured.

The second is that after successfully escaping, he was treated as an enemy by the Thunderbolt Wizard and blasted into slag.

In either case, it means that he and Eloti will never be able to get out of the predicament.

But if you don't do anything, you can't escape the fate of death.

For his own sake and for Elody's sake, Hinton decided to take the plunge.

…

…

"What a group of miserable people. Originally living well on the outskirts of Bald's Gate, he was inexplicably attacked by dark creatures, and then became a dark laborer in the Exiled City. ”

Inside the temporary base, Li Nuo frowned and pondered at the solution in his mind.

In order to deal with the counterattack of the Exiled City, he deliberately arranged a large number of "tracking markers" in the direction of the Exiled City.

Any "tracking marker" that sends a mental alarm will get Li Nuo's attention as soon as possible.

Just about 3 minutes ago, the outermost "tracking mark" of the stalagmite woodland caught Li Nuo's attention.

He threw his "Psychic Vision" towards the marker, and through his magical vision, he saw the team of Assassin laborers approaching the stalagmite glade.

The number of the Dead Laborers is about 6,000.

They were all gathered together, and on all sides were the overseers of the shadows that roamed in the air.

With such a large group of people suddenly moving towards the stalagmite woodland, it was difficult not to attract Li Nuo's attention.

At the first time, Li Nuo threw the deconstruction technique at the Assassin Laborer and the Overseer, and obtained a lot of information.

Li Nuo's original intention was to use deconstruction to examine the labor force to see if there were high-level Assassin Vigilantes hiding among them.

But after seeing the memories of many hard laborers, he only felt extreme numbness, as if everyone had lost hope in life.

In the memories of almost all the laborers, there are only messy pictures left, and a lot of content that has been harmonized by the system.

There was only one guy who showed extraordinary agility, and that was the drudger called Hinton.

The completeness of his memory fragments is very high, indicating that he has a clear mind, a strong will, and has not been tortured into a fool by the bad environment.

This is very different from the situation with other hard laborers.

While the other laborers had only 1% to 5% of their memories, Hinton's had as many as 50%.

Hinton also has a companion named Elody.

Day after day, they waited for help from Bald's Gate, but received no response.

On the contrary, in the exiled city, several big people with mysterious origins were ushered in.

These bigwigs live in Uptown and have never been seen in Downtown.

But all the magic materials they needed were collected by the laborers of the lower city.

As soon as they arrived, the daily workload of the laborers increased exponentially. It is only when they are gone that the workload of the hard labor will return to normal.

This is how Hinton and Eloti judged that there were important people in the city.

"Important people... Well, could it be the group of black-robed people who appeared in Hinton's memory fragments? ”

Li Nuo rubbed his chin, his eyes flashing:

"A group of black-robed men who have mastered the magic of death are guests in the Exiled City, and they also use detection spells to identify the hard labor they want.

"My gut tells me it's picking up specimens for magical experiments.

"Eloti met the requirements of the experiment, and she was taken away by the overseers, while a labor like Hinton, who did not meet the requirements, was taken out of the city to build a magical barrier under my nose. This is using the hard labor that does not meet the requirements of the experiment as cannon fodder..."

Out of the ideological and moral education he received before the crossing, Li Nuo still has a good impression of people who maintain their desire to survive in desperate situations.

He didn't mind helping Hinton and Eloti.

If possible, he would help Hinton get back to the ground.

As for that Elody... I can only resign myself to fate.

"Noreen, get ready to work." Li Nuo looked at the mechanical spirit next to him.

While he was observing the laborers, Noreen was checking on the condition of the machine spirits.

"Yes, sir. Your existing 1,500 Machines are in good condition and ready to go into battle. ”

Leno nodded and revealed Hinton's existence to Noreen.

Li Nuo asked the other party to immediately send a mechanical spirit to protect Sinton and take him safely from the battlefield after the battle.

Noreen answered the job.

Li Nuo called up the list of spells for the "Tracking Marker", estimated the current position of the laborers, and threw the "Psychic Vision" towards the nearest "Tracking Marker" to them.

The vision of magic unfolded in Li Nuo's mind.

Li Nuo planned to use "telepathy" to communicate with Hinton in advance, so as not to cause accidents in his actions later.

If you accidentally injure Hinton, it's a bit of a problem.

But before Li Nuo could find Hinton's whereabouts, a creepy feeling suddenly appeared in Li Nuo's heart.

"Not good! Someone's going to find my "tracking mark"! ”

Without saying a word, Li Nuo closed the "Psychic Horizon" and erased the "tracking mark" near the laborers.

His expression was slightly solemn.

As he pondered, there must have been a mix of high-level Dark Vigilant in the ranks of the laborers.

Otherwise, he would have used his "Psychic Vision" to observe a group of weak laborers, and it would have been impossible for him to trigger his own psychic alarm.

Judging from the intensity and urgency of the psychic alarm, the high-level Dark Death Alert mixed in the hard labor team is very likely to be the Eighth Ring.

"I'll just say, the city of exile won't come and send a bunch of laborers for nothing. These hard laborers are not only cannon fodder for the enemy's combat power, but also a kind of cover-up. If I treat them as mere drudgery, I'm bound to be caught off guard by the high-level Assassin Vigilant who is hiding in the middle of the way. Fortunately, I was mentally prepared. ”

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