Who are the parasites of the bone eaters?

Wayne covered his mouth and nose and looked around at the pedestrians.

The same hurried, the same ragged clothes......

Only a handful of them were still neatly dressed, and even if their clothes were washed white and patched, they still had some decency.

"What's wrong, Wayne?" Lacey asked, seeing his appearance.

"No, I've only been here a few times before, and I've been in a hurry, thinking about seeing more here."

"You haven't been in the city-state of Custer for long, have you?"

"It's less than half a year."

Wayne looked around, but found no obvious suspicious person, so he had to give up, "The people here don't look like they're of the Aldous ethnicity?" ”

"Of course not,"

Arianna on the side immediately denied it: "The blood of pride flows in our Aldous race, and we would rather die than stay in this place." ”

"These are the damn Vázquez people, look what they've done to this place?"

Vázquez ethnicity?

Wayne looked again, and from his predecessor's memories, he was sure that most of the people around him were of the Vázquez ethnicity.

The most obvious feature is their ears – which are round, similar to teddy bear ears.

"I've read before in the Parliamentary newspaper of Castel that there are frequent reports of Vázquez riots in several city-states in the eastern part of the kingdom."

Arianna tilted her head slightly, looking around in disgust.

"That's right, ever since the kingdom's Iron Shield Knights army broke through Rowelther, the Vázquez people there have been roaming around,"

"Every now and then, it jumps out like a fly and is disgusting...... They should have been slaughtered twenty years ago! ”

"Silence," Lacey glared at him, "Arianna, your voice is too harsh. ”

"Don't look at me like that, Lacey," Arianna said dissatisfiedly, "In the original battle of the Black River, our Homs family killed three people......"

"Are you going to blame them for the blood feud?"

Lacey looked at the increasingly hostile eyes of the Vázquez people around her, and said solemnly, "Arianna, let me hear these words from your mouth again,"

"In the name of the Logistics and Investigation Department, I will definitely send you to be reviewed by the committee!"

"If you don't say it, don't say it......"

Having said that, Arianna didn't take the people around her seriously, like looking at a swarm of ants, full of indifference and contempt.

Lacey shook her head and said, "Marco went to the city guards and asked them to send a team of guards in the name of the Secret Division. ”

Marco nodded, "I'll go over now." ”

"Others...... Speed up, find clues as soon as possible to complete the mission, and get out of here. Lacey clearly didn't want to waste his time.

At the same time, she secretly regretted agreeing to Yegor's suggestion to involve Arianna.

Then, a few people quickly walked through the area, towards the middle of the Laos neighborhood.

Wayne followed the middle of the group, only to find that they were on alert.

Lacey led the way, Arianna was behind, and he and Tina were in the middle.

At the same time, he also noticed that Lacey, who had been in the secret division before, had a solemn and serious expression on his face, as if he was ready to deal with the battle at any time.

Slums are dangerous?

With such suspicions, Wayne's eyes unconsciously looked around.

As the few people went deeper, the environment on the street became worse and worse.

The sun was scorching overhead, but the surroundings were unusually dim.

The dilapidated buildings are lined up, and the mottled paint on the walls peels off to give them a shabby gray.

There are fewer and fewer pedestrians around.

More were scrawny and yellow-faced people, crouching in dark corners, staring at them with hollow and numb eyes.

Even some children, too, are lifeless.

In the silent atmosphere of several people, accompanied by a hint of coldness, Wei En unconsciously felt a little nervous.

It was his first time in a slum, as was his predecessor.

It wasn't until they had gone some distance further that Lacey stopped, "Here we are." ”

Arianna looked around and wondered, "Lacey, this seems to be too ...... here."

"It's too quiet, isn't it?" Lacey glanced at him, "Well, I should have told you that there were more than three hundred missing here. ”

Click.

Arianna almost gritted her teeth, "You'd better not tell me, it's my job to track down everyone!" ”

"Of course not, these people all disappeared in an instant, you just need to find one of them."

"Let's get started, the smell here strikes me as ominous."

"Taste?"

Lacey was stunned for a moment, looked around again, and frowned, "You also noticed it?" ”

Arianna's face was no longer calm, and she said solemnly: "It wasn't so obvious before, but now it's getting more and more ...... It's like the smell of rats in those gutters, disgusting! ”

"That's right,"

Lacey raised her hand, and the two-handed axe was pulled out of the void by her, and her expression became serious, "It seems that our mission will encounter some hardships this time. ”

Wayne was stunned, quickly pulled out the musket hanging from his waist, and looked around.

Lacey...... Sir, what number of potions do you need to use? I prepare in advance. ”

"Five!"

Hearing this, Ariana looked at him in surprise, "Don't you know that the 'rats in the gutter' refer specifically to the miscellaneous members of the Eternal Society?" ”

Instead of answering him, Wayne opened the box in his hand, took out one of the potions marked "5", and filled it into the musket.

I sighed in my heart: It's just the first mission, can't it be easier, simpler?

Eternal Life ...... That epoch relic was left by the people of the Eternal Life Society.

Could it be that the parchment was really lost by accident?

Arianna's face turned ugly, and she said dissatisfiedly, "Lacey, he's still a newcomer. That won't work, and I'd suggest getting out of here immediately. ”

"Refuse!"

Lacey had been holding the axe in both hands, and had been watching around vigilantly, listening intently for something.

"But ......"

"I say, quiet!"

“……”

Arianna pursed her lips, he was familiar with Lacey's style of doing things, and she wouldn't give up on her mission until she had encountered an enemy she couldn't fight.

"According to the rules of the work, I must obey your commands. However, I suggest that it is best to wait until the city guards arrive. ”

Lacey bowed slightly, accepting his suggestion.

"Alright, I'll leave it to me."

Seeing that she agreed, Arianna said no more, and looked at the way she came.

Then he unbuttoned his coat, tossed it aside, and whispered, "Simon, Van Dom, Hain, Srudaun......"

Well?

Oath, Great Guardian Spirit, Heroic Spirit of House Homs, in keeping with an ancient bloodline, I beg you to ......

Wayne heard the familiar Gonzales language and turned to look at him.

With this low aria, Arianna's entire head began to swell as if inflated.

The muscles and muscles on his face squirmed rapidly, and even his short hair began to stretch and dance.

In just a few seconds, countless tentacles appeared around his head, expanding and contracting rhythmically, as if breathing the air here.

But Arianna's mutation did not stop, and a majestic roar came from her mouth: "Serosda! ”

The sound was like a battle cry, like the unison cry of two armies when they faced each other.

Immediately afterward, all the tentacles broke off and drifted strangely around him.

…… ?

Wayne stared at him blankly, his head full of question marks.

Are you sure this isn't an aberration?

Obviously, the language he sang was a guardian, a heroic spirit, and a bloodline inheritance......

How did such a scary monster come out of nowhere?

"Lacey, I won't be in this state for long, you'd better hurry."

Lacey nodded and spoke, "Tina, Vision." ”

As she spoke, she walked directly to the white-haired girl and stuck the handle of the axe in both hands on the ground, "Cool and Virtue." ”

Shields?

Wayne withdrew his gaze from Ariana and turned to look at Lacey and Tina.

At this time, Tina let go of the hand that had been holding the corner of Wayne's clothes, covered her eyes with her hands, and her long white hair flew without wind, "Tina Vision!" ”

Wayne only felt a flower in front of him, and the surrounding scene instantly changed.

All the buildings around them vanished, becoming dark and silent, except for the place where the four of them were standing.

Well?

As the darkness spreads, several faint outlines slowly emerge around it.

This is......

"You trash, you dare to show up in Cust?"

Lacey's tone was even colder, with a hint of hatred, glaring at the dark shadows.

As her words fell, a lazy voice with a slow voice and an obvious tail tone sounded, "Ahhhhh ”

Is it a woman?

Wayne moved closer to Lacey, his grip on the musket tightened, a fine layer of sweat on his forehead.

He was sure that the shadows were not in the building, but in an open area very close to them.

Stealth?

Or something else?

"You did what happened here?"

One of the dark shadows tilted its head, as if to scrutinize them, "Are you referring to those lovely slaves who used to live here?" ”

"Slave? Are you preaching here? ”

Lacey looked at the dark shadow and gritted her teeth, "Aren't you worried that the flames of dawn will burn you again?" ”

"Oh hehehe......"

The black shadow covered his mouth and sneered, "The flame of dawn? It's just a boring trick made up by some poor worms, how can they resist the fire of eternal life? ”

"Lacey, stop talking nonsense with her!"

Arianna leaned in, and the tentacles flying beside her opened one eye after another at some point, looking at different dark shadows in groups of threes and twos.

Lacey knew that his ability would not last long, so she turned her head sideways and admonished, "Wayne, stay by Tina's side, and shoot directly at these 'cousins' when in danger!" ”

"Hmm." Wayne nodded solemnly and leaned over to Tina's side, shielding her from her.

Even though he knew it didn't make much sense, he wouldn't sit still.

He's too weak now......

Damn, I'll find a way to improve my strength when I go back,

"Huh? Are you going to do it, big minded lady? The black shadow said unhurriedly.

Arianna shouted angrily, "There's nothing to talk about you Eternal Society trash! ”

With that, he rushed straight out.

The tentacles around the body ejected out one after another, making a 'hissing' air explosion sound like a hidden weapon.

In an instant, it penetrated the surrounding black shadows, forming one after another shattering black shadows.

Lacey was almost in sync with him, sweeping with an axe, "Asireel! (Seal: Blade of the Mighty Wind!) ）

An axe blade swept out even more furious than the one I had seen before.

Immediately afterward, she stepped forward, and instantly appeared next to the dark shadow who was speaking, and her hands were slashed down.

"Alaide!" (Dharma Seal: Shattered!) ）

The black shadow stood motionless, letting the blade of the axe slash across its body, "Oh? The Witcher...... Is it? ”

"Puppet?"

Lacey reacted instantly, flashed back to Wayne's side, and frowned at the black shadow: "You are the ...... of the Eternal Society"

"Do you recognize that?"

The black shadow's body that had been split by the axe blade slowly coalesced, and he said in a long, episodic tone, "Greetings to you, Eternal Society, 'Thousand Faces' Claire. ”

"Damn it!"

Ariana scolded, and the change in her head began to retract, and in a blink of an eye, she changed to her previous appearance, "I'll just say how these 'people' are so fragile......

Lacey ignored him, stared at the dark shadow and asked, "What the hell do you want to do?" ”

"Just to say hi to you, by the way, inform you, take good care of that epoch relic, we will retrieve the ......"

The sound slowly dissipated, leaving only a long aftersound.

Poof.

Poof.

With the sound of several objects hitting the ground, the black shadows fell to the ground one after another.

"What Era Relic?" Arianna looked at Lacey in confusion, "You didn't tell me about this?" ”

"...... in accordance with the work regulations"

Arianna raised her hands and looked aggrieved, "Alright, alright, I see, I'm here to help you investigate the missing people." ”

"It's good to know,"

Lacey withdrew her two-handed axe, "Tina, remove the psionic state." ”

Tina nodded coldly, as if everything that happened before had nothing to do with her, "Tina's vision is lifted. ”

The darkness began to dissipate, and the ruined scene around it reappeared.

Only the two extra ravines on the ground, and the corpses scattered around them, made it clear to everyone that what had just happened was not an illusion.

"Sir Lacey,"

At this time, Marco arrived, followed by a group of more than a dozen city guards wearing armor.

"Are you alright? Something amazing seems to have happened here just now......"

"What do you say?"

Lacey looked at the corpses around her, frowned, and said, "Marko, clean up this place, and the mission continues." ”

Arianna was anxious, "Do you want to continue?" Didn't she just say ......"

"What did you say......"

As the environment recovered, and the city guards arrived, Wayne was also relieved.

He didn't care if the mission continued.

Deal...... Just run!

Well?

It was only then that he noticed that a new prompt was popping up in his mind again.

You step into the Faith Gathering of an unknown existence. Comments: Is the coffin you threw away gold or silver? Reward: +3 Survival Points. 】

[Because your spirit level is greater than level 20, you have successfully resisted the erosion of the power of despair!] Special Reward: Spirit Level +1. 】

[You are being scanned by Claire Biondini's psychic perception.] Reward: +1 Survival Point. 】

[You survived the battle with Claire Yuri Biondini.] Evaluation: How does it feel to use the magic skill eye assist again? Reward: +3 Survival Points. 】

Mocked by the panel again......

What kind of divine skill is the eye assist?

PS: Thank you Nan Ke Dumeng and Xin Can't Niu for your tips, thank you!