Chapter Seventy-Six: A Troubled Night
(Continue to be cheeky and ask for collections and recommendations)
Leon was the only one left in the hall, leaning very easily on the wooden chair - I don't know what bad taste the dwarf master had, the chairs were all high-backed wooden chairs that far exceeded his stature.
Then he looked around the decoration of the hall with appreciative eyes, this was the first temporary residence in this world except for the inn, and couldn't help but make a comparison with the two homes in his memory, and found that he still preferred the loose and casual style of his previous life, and the castle in the territory was more stable, and had the effect of showing strength.
One day, when I return to the territory, do I want to rebuild the castle, or do I want to make an idyllic scene?The young mercenary captain, the future earl of the field, and the talented person of the red dragon bloodline, Li Ang, is in a tangle.
Then another knock on the door interrupted the beautiful "vision" he was building, much to his displeasure.
In fact, this person was perceived by him as soon as he approached, and after feeling that there was no danger, Li Ang still opened the door with vigilance, and found that the person who came was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man.
The human beings on the mainland generally have a lifespan of more than 130 years, and the powerhouses above the transcendent rank can break through this lifespan very lightly, so it is really difficult for Li Ang to estimate the true age of the other party based on experience.
The middle-aged man was dressed very plainly, and Li Ang keenly noticed that there was a dark mark on the other party's throat, which should have been injured a long time ago.
Seeing Li Ang's puzzled gaze, the middle-aged man stroked his chest with his calloused hand and saluted him, saying, "My name is Eric, and I saw Kaka in the market today, may I ask...... Is he there?"
"Oh, is it an old friend of the dwarf master?" Leon thought secretly, but still did not let his guard down.
"I'll go inside and call him, you wait a minute. ”
"Can you let me in and wait," Eric pleaded.
Recalling that the other party looked dodging when he approached the gate, Li Ang thought about it for a moment and took a step back to make way for his position.
Eric was relieved, and the speed with which he flashed through the door showed that he was very agile, but he stopped after only one step in and said, "I'll just wait here." ”
The gesture of the middle-aged man relieved Leon a little, and he turned back towards the stairs that led to the basement, but his perception kept locking on to Eric.
As he stepped down the stairs, he wittily turned on the "scrutiny" again, and sure enough, several traps immediately showed up in his field of vision.
"Master Kaka?"
After two times, the gnome's growl responded, "What are you doing!
"A man named Eric is coming for you. ”
"Eric, I don't know anything...... Oh! Eric!"
Kaka's figure immediately ran out of the depths of the basement.
"My old friend, I thought you were dead!" Kaka said with surprise at the sight of the figure standing in the doorway.
Seeing Kaka's reaction, Eric showed a wry smile and said, "There was a moment when I thought I was really dead. ”
"What does that mean?" Kaka asked, then he looked at Eric seriously and was suddenly surprised, "Oh my God, why are you so weak?"
Then the dwarf master rolled his eyes at Leon and pulled the middle-aged man to sit in front of the fireplace.
"Dry ...... Blame me for being Mao?" Li Ang also rolled his eyes, and secretly said I don't know that he is your friend, who dares to let someone he doesn't know in this situation rashly.
"No, don't blame him," Eric also noticed Kaka's eyes, and quickly said, "I didn't come in, you know what I look like, people I don't know......"
"Alright, don't defend him, you weren't such a mother-in-law before. ”
Eric was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Indeed, I have changed a lot under the fence for so many years, by the way, who is this young man?"
"Ha! I'll introduce you, this is Li Ang, my new apprentice!"
A hint of surprise flashed in Eric's eyes, "This young man must be very good, otherwise you old stubborn wouldn't have changed your mind." ”
"It's okay......" The corners of Kaka's mouth moved, as if he wanted to show off Li Ang's bloodline talent, but after looking at the middle-aged man, he finally endured it.
Li Ang had already guessed his thoughts on the side, and said in his stomach: "I really didn't see it, you old guy is quite considerate!"
"Tell me about you, I heard about the death of old Gülen only a few years after I left, and when I arrived today, I learned that Harrison and Hunter also died in that battle, and I was sad for a long time, but I didn't expect to see you. Kaka was a little excited, "But why have you become so weak, I can barely feel the power fluctuations on your body!"
"I looked like a beautiful person in the lower city at the time, but in fact, I was a powerless little person at the root of the chaos, and it was normal that you couldn't hear from me. ”
Eric asked Kaka with his eyes, and after receiving a casual answer, he continued: "Actually, I was also present in that battle, look, this scar on my neck was left in that battle, everyone thought I was dead, but fortunately, I survived." ”
"But my injuries are too severe, and no priest is willing to pray for a downtown thug leader, so day by day I become what I am now," Eric sighed, "My people are dead, my strength has deteriorated greatly, and my old friends are also dead, and if it weren't for a caretaker in the storage area who saw that I had helped him, it is likely that you would not have seen me today." ”
"Alas, old Gülen persuaded you to join the Brotherhood many times, and if you agreed, it would be ...... bad."
"Don't mention them, Kaka, don't mention the Brotherhood. ”
"What?" Kaka frowned, as if he had a bad premonition.
"I've always wondered who leaked the location and time of my deal with Gülen Sr., and the Assassin who came here not only knew the secret routes we were traveling to, but also knew our abilities so thoroughly that even Gülen Sr. couldn't escape. ”
Kaka jumped out of his chair and circled back and forth in front of the fireplace with his hands behind his back, "Who do you suspect?"
"Who got the most benefit?" Eric asked rhetorically.
"Steve?" Kaka paused.
"It's also very likely that others, and after nearly a decade of observation, it was the Kuroshio people who started at that time. ”
"What's the evidence?" Kaka asked.
"Not at the time, but in the years that followed, the Brotherhood gave up a few areas to Kuroshio without warning, which is very doubtful. ”
"Why don't you go to Grey Town to find me, you should know I've always been there. ”
Eric smiled wryly, "Kaka, if it weren't for your reaction just now, maybe I wouldn't even say these words to you, not to mention that as long as I leave the lower city, it is estimated that the body will soon be found in a ditch." ”
"You doubt our friendship!" Kaka finally began to growl.
"How much help you gave me during my years in Downtown, even after I poked the basket and left, if you hadn't helped me clean up the mess with old Gülen, that from Christal wouldn't have let me go!"
"It's been a long time," Eric said, waving his hand, "you've helped us a lot, so there's no need to mention it." ”
"Actually, since I'm in Xiacheng, I'm ready to have the body collected one day, it doesn't matter if I'm down, it doesn't matter if I'm beaten like this...... But the only thing that makes me angry is being betrayed!"
Eric slapped the armrest, his eyes bitterly hateful.
"Alright, I'll find out about this matter, don't talk about it, follow me to the basement, let me check your injuries. ”
Kaka's other purpose was to calm his feelings, and after saying that, he walked straight downstairs with Eric, leaving Leon alone again.
Leon sat on a chair, watched the two figures disappear at the top of the stairs, and muttered, "It looks like another opportunity has come......"
How to connect these opportunities together, and how to smooth out the intricate relationships of the chaotic capital gave him a bit of a headache, after all, the knowledge in his previous life was only on paper, and he needed to connect it bit by bit.
At this moment, a figure broke into his perception.
If you count by the distance, the man is standing just outside the courtyard, but he has not continued to enter, but has stood in place, as if he is watching.
Leon's battlefield map could only show a general outline within a range of 10 meters, and it would certainly not be as clear as the eyes could see, so at most he could perceive that the person was not too tall, his whole body was covered in a burqa, and his hat hung down so low that he couldn't distinguish between men and women at all.
However, another sight can be shown on the map, and within a meter or two of the mysterious man's surroundings, all the weeds are rooted to the ground, as if they are intimidated by his power fluctuations.
"This is a very strong person, much stronger than me," Leon said secretly in his heart.
But since the other party didn't move, Li Ang wasn't ready to move, anyway, Kaka said that this small building was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so he simply relaxed and sat on the chair, carefully observing the other party's every move.
The mysterious man sometimes gestured with his hands in the air, sometimes he put his hands in his sleeves, only the hood moved without wind, and if Leon had to describe it, there were only two words - weird.
After ten minutes, the mysterious man suddenly stopped what he was doing, leaned sideways as if listening to something, and then he could be seen to hesitate for a moment, and then began to slowly retreat, quickly dissolving into the darkness of the night.
About half a minute or so, the sound of shredded horses' hooves came from outside the courtyard, and a wide carriage appeared on the street, gradually approaching the main entrance of the "House of Kaka".
Before the carriage could stop, the coachman jumped down nimbly, opened the door and respectfully greeted the people in the carriage.
"Is this it?" spoke in a young voice.
"Yes, young master, I have already spent money to confirm it. The coachman replied with a bow.
"Go and call the door," said the young voice, "let me see if it's Leon's boy." ”