Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Last Resort
Ivan weaves Kane into the caravan, the leader of which is an old merchant, and time is carved into the wrinkles on his face, and the story is written all over his face. He greeted Ivan cordially, and asked his servants to bring Kane a set of inner armor, there are many bandits on the road, and some goods are often robbed, so you must be ready to fight at any time, and you can't be careless.
Kane accepted their kindness, and the defense of the silver inner armor was not bad, which was higher than the defense of some warriors' special plate armor, which showed that the strength of this caravan was not bad. It shouldn't be too difficult.
The caravan was carried by a dozen wagons, each with a large box, tightly wrapped in thick iron cables. Kane guessed that the contents were valuables such as jewelry. Generally, most of these caravans of more than 100 people transported things of this type, and in addition to the merchants' own servants to follow, they also hired an army and escort to follow, which was also more secure.
The size of the caravan is good and bad, the advantage is that their safety is guaranteed, and the disadvantage is that they are not fast enough, they are estimated to have left this trip, and the time of arrival depends on how fast they go.
"Why didn't you send us out with that trick? Isn't it to limit our speed of action by taking cover from this kind of caravan? Kane asked Ivan, who was pouring wine into the jug.
He took a sip of the wine and frowned and muttered that it didn't smell like wood, "Do you think I don't want to?" If they do, they'll soon find out about us. Marine's blockade is not only the road for knights and horses, but also the magic barrier around it is the most terrifying. I'm not a professional mage, and the portal opened by Blue Star can't stop the damage of that enchantment gate. We've been in the back of that day like throwing our heads against the wall. Fools do such things. Ivan replied.
"Shall we leave the city and part ways with this caravan, or shall we continue to walk with them all the way to the Iron King's Castle?"
"When you go out of the city, go your own way, and I'll take you to Neroth, and it will probably take you a long time to find him. He hid it so well that even I found information about him, which is still rare. ”
The two of them deliberately lagged behind the caravan, and the convoy was behind them, a little distance away, and what they said was inaudible to the others. The chirping of insects rang out one after another in the night, and the cacophony of voices drowned out the content of their conversation.
"There's something I want to ask you."
"Say."
Kane hesitated, ignoring Aruno's opinion and asked, "How do you know that there is another being in my body?" ”
Ivan said with a smile: "I know it with my eyes, this is my special ability, I can't tell you too much." You just need to know that we are friends in the united front, and the stronger and more mysterious the abilities I demonstrate, the better it will be for you. If you want to know more interesting things, you can quickly become stronger. ”
Kane nodded in agreement. They didn't speak again. The sound of horses' hooves knocking on the ground made them come to the first level.
The old merchant was very experienced in dealing with the past with a few words, and the guard did not mean to embarrass them, but simply checked the boxes on the car and let them pass. The caravan passed in a mighty way. They passed the first level, and the two lines of defense behind them were easily passed, but the third level was not completely easy, and they were inspected by the law enforcement mage group.
The magic monitoring instruments found nothing unusual about them, and Alinus quietly avoided inspection, and after the caravan was out of their sight, Kane waited for Ivan to find an excuse to break away from the caravan. Originally, he thought that this process would take a lot of words, but Ivan's face was too useful, and as soon as he proposed to leave the caravan, the old merchant not only did not ask too much about the reason, but also generously gave him a jar of old wine.
The black market is the caravan's biggest shield, and they still need to rely on the black market for their actions, and Ivan, as the head of the Malen black market, his words are still very effective.
Hennie didn't go with them, she was also responsible for keeping up with the caravan. Ivan took Kane on a shortcut that would save a lot of time to get to Tieling, but the road was a bit tricky.
It was a rough ride for the two fast horses, and the gloomy path was all the more terrifying at night, with occasional commotion in the grass.
And trouble soon came, and several robbers appeared in front of them, looking at the fierce and vicious appearance, and they were burdened with a lot of life debts at a glance.
"We actually ran into two lonely travelers, and they looked quite rich. Today is really a blessing from God, let us make a fortune. Boss, leave that kid to us, you can see it here, brothers will put on a show for you. ”
"I'm going to cut off their heads and bring them back to my bear to play with, and they're going to love the gift." The cockscomb-headed man carried an axe on his shoulder, and he spoke with arrogance.
The others followed suit, and the robber leader confidently entrusted the task of killing and robbing his four younger brothers, and he himself sat firmly on horseback like a commander in command.
Their crooked words annoyed Kane, and Ivan didn't want to listen to their nonsense.
"Resist the axe, that woodcutter, stop talking nonsense!" Kane shouted, "Leave it to me, I'm just in time to test the power of blood magic." After saying that, a trace of blood condensed in his palm, and under the cover of darkness, the powerful on the other side did not see the blood magic in his hand, and the cockscomb head was about to laugh at Kane loudly, and the next second his face became painful.
The blood magic burrowed into his body, scurrying into his veins, and the black blood magic galloped through his body in just a few moments. Every inch of his blood was filled with a dark aura, and his veins turned black.
His companion tapped him on the shoulder and asked him what was wrong, to which they were met with a distorted face, and he fell straight to the ground. Blood magic burst through his skin and burrowed into other people's bodies like a viper. All of them were stained with blood magic.
"Boss save me!" The younger brother cried out for help, and the bandit leader kicked away in horror the little brother who was infected with blood magic, and fled for himself. But with his speed, he couldn't run the attack range of blood magic, and in the end, his whole body was covered with blood magic like his little brother, and they were scurrying in his body, every inch of blood vessels burst open, blood oozed from his skin, and his death was horrible.
The first time Kane used blood magic to kill, he hadn't really mastered this powerful and evil power, and the blood magic was out of his control. The horses next to them were not spared, they were all infected, and they could not even make the last neigh.
This uncontrollable magical power even Ivan wanted to devour, but in front of Ivan they were simply grasshoppers shaking trees, and he only needed to wave his hand to drive the blood magic out.
"Let's learn how to control this power first, don't become a slave to the blood demon, I told you, don't play with fire and burn yourself." His blue eyes were full of holiness.
Kane withdrew the uncontrolled bundle of blood magic, and as soon as they returned to Kane's body, he immediately fed back the absorbed blood power to Kane, and at that moment his eyes were full of thirst for blood. His strength has been greatly improved, and the fatigue along the way has been dispelled.
"He's right, you should practice hard, or sooner or later you will be turned into a slave by this power, and you will become a bloodthirsty monster. Historically, there have been many mages who could not control their desires and were corrupted by the Blood Demon, and they used their own flesh and blood to feed it. I don't want to follow you into one of those obnoxious monsters. Arunor helped Kane dispel his strong and evil desires.
"I have no experience for the first time, but I will be familiar with it later, although this way of obtaining power is very tempting, but I don't want to gain power by killing innocents indiscriminately, unless I really have to, after all, my life is the most important thing." His words were addressed to Aruno, and at the same time to Ivan.
"No problem, just keep on the road, there's still a lot of work to go."
Kane followed him down the difficult path, battling mosquitoes and tree branches along the way. Alinus was flying high in the air, so he didn't have to suffer these tortures.
On the bored way, Kane asked Aruno why he didn't communicate with Ivan, they are both Elbia people, and they should have a lot to say, since they all know the existence of the other party and still maintain this state, it is a bit incomprehensible.
Aruno's answer was simple, their camp probably didn't want them to talk to each other so much, he was no longer a Terran, he was just a demon now, and dealing with demons was not such a good thing for his identity. It's best never to have anything to do with demons, except you. That's what he told Kane.
Then I was forced to do it, Kane hit back at him.
Is it forced to know in your own heart? There was a hint of mockery in Aruno's laughter. They just bickered all the way, passing the boring time on the road, and Ivan was silent in front alone.