59. Temptation
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"Speaking of which, why don't you want to come up with a name?"
Snake Lori couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and the expression on her face was also obvious for a moment of stiffness. Seeing this situation, Lin was just about to change her words and apologize, but Snake Lori herself shook her head first: "I don't want a name for the time being." ”
Belch...... Don't want a name?
"When I have a clansman, I'll probably think about it, right? But now, there are no people of my clan at all, and even if there is no name that belongs to me, no one will confuse me with others...... Well, I can't name it for now. ”
What a grudge - although Snake Lori didn't say it, Lin still felt it, and she seemed to care very much about the fact that she didn't have her own kind. Perhaps, this is why she wanted to date herself when they first met?
"Lynn, how long are we going to stay here?" Snake Lori wanted to stretch and relax, but when she thought that they were now in a hidden observation operation, if they were too big, they would probably be discovered by the people below...... So, Snake Lori could only hold back this thought.
The human body is really inconvenient. For the snake Lori, the human body structure is completely different from the body of the snake she is most familiar with. Staying still for a long time, in the state of the body, it won't cause any negative effects at all, but now, Snake Lori found out. Because he doesn't move his body much, it seems that the blood in his limbs is flowing. It's getting a little sluggish and blocked.
It is worth mentioning that the snake Lori's voice is actually very small. It's so small that she barely has to worry about being heard by the humans below, but Lin can hear her every word clearly, which also surprises Snake Lori.
"Wait a little longer. ”
Lynn was also helpless about this. After her observation, in this area of the City Lord's Mansion, which had been reduced to ruins, the escort force was unusually high!
"It's really incredible, this border city is not an important pass fortress in itself, and its strategic position is almost negligible. Not to mention that it is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and the transportation is not very convenient, even if it is captured by the enemy, it will not pose any threat. The guards here, no matter how you look at it, are also a group of people with wine bags and rice bags, and they are scavenging all day long to make money...... But the guards of these mansions are not ordinary. ”
At least, Lynn is not doing what she really can. I don't feel too sure that I can slip under the noses of these guards. Even from a distance, she could feel the gaze of these guards. It's as sharp as a falcon.
"Anyway...... In general, guards, especially guards who perform personal security duties. There's no need to carry a bow and arrows, right?"
Lin found that this Su zhì excellent guard. Almost all of them carry a pair of crossbows with them. When performing escort duties, arrows are more suitable for assassination. I don't usually have a chance to play...... However, these guards were all manned. Does this mean that bows and crossbows are the weapons that these people are best at wielding?
If these people are more familiar with the use of hand crossbows than knives, guns, clubs, swords, and halberds, then it is normal to use the main weapon to perform escort duties.
"Lynn, these people...... The taste is a little familiar. ”
Snake Lori subconsciously stretched out her cute little tongue and licked the air in front of her a few times: "These people shouldn't be human beings - there is a subtle difference in taste." ”
"Not human!?"
Lin immediately became nervous, and when she thought about it, the first thing that came to her mind was not the demon race? It is said that when the demon clan invaded, there were some kinds of demons that could almost perfectly disguise themselves as the race of the present world.
“...... No, there seems to be nothing wrong with their souls?"
Lynn lifted her spirit, carefully turned on her vision, and carefully examined the souls of these guards...... However, she didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.
Appearance can be disguised, character and temperament can be faked, but the soul cannot be faked. In Lin's vision, the souls of these guards did not appear unusual from ordinary people. The soul of the demon race, Lin has not seen it, even those succubi, the color of the soul is more or less inherently black, not to mention, other ferocious demons. But these guards, in their souls, do not have the pure black that is unique to the demons...... Even if there are some gray and dull colors, that's the case with normal beings.
"There is a little bit of a smell on these people that is not found in this world - the same as the people I met in the snowy mountains before. By the way, your teacher seems to have said that these people are from the heavenly realm...... Celestials?"
Celestials!?
LIN LOOKED AT THE GUARDS IN AMAZEMENT—INDEED, COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND, THEY SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE TALLER, SIMILAR TO WHAT NONO HAD DESCRIBED.
"Yes, it is said that the Celestials are more accustomed to using weapons such as firearms than swords, which means that they have a good talent for shooting. If you train for a period of time, it won't be difficult for those gunners who are already skilled in archery to master weapons like crossbows......"
After solving a question, Lin's heart gave birth to more confusion - why did these celestial people appear here?
Lynn doesn't believe that these people are some kind of "ordinary civilians" who have accidentally ended up in the earthly world. You must know that the "professional aura" they carry is more than one or two times stronger than those waste wood city guards in this city, and it is obvious that these people in the Heavenly Realm are all soldiers with status and status in the Heavenly Realm.
Even if you don't have a military member, you should have come from a large mercenary organization or something.
"Lin, how much do you know about the Celestials?"
"Frankly. Basically, I just know a rough idea -- most of it comes from books, a small part. From the mouths of friends in the heavenly realm...... What's wrong?"
"When I first 'woke up', I met a group of Celestials. When I tried to say hello to these people. Two guys attacked me from the corner. At that time, because they had a similar aura on them, and they were of the same race, I mistook them for a gang and were hostile to me, so I attacked them. Later, I learned that the two guys who took the initiative to attack me were actually not in the same camp as the other Celestials. ”
Snake Lori glanced in the direction of the "Throat of the World": "Now on that snowy mountain." There is a group of Celestials stationed there, and then, it can be confirmed that there is another group of Celestials in this world, and the attitude of the latter does not seem to be very friendly. ”
Lin didn't know about this news before, but now she heard it suddenly, and she struggled to digest it.
"You mean...... These Celestial Realm people should be in the same group as the guy who attacked you before and tried to sow discord?"
Lynn's gaze fell on the guards' crossbows. After a moment of silence, a decision was made.
"I'm going to test these guys. ”
......
What kind of means did Lin plan to use to test these Celestials?
-- Front-up.
Although these celestial people not only disguised their own clothing, but even chose crossbows that matched the characteristics of the earthly world as much as possible, and tried their best to abandon the colors of the celestial realm. But. Lin believed that if the lives of these Celestial Realm people were threatened, their hole cards would still be exposed.
So. She is now disguised as an assassin intent on assassination.
Although Lynn hasn't put much effort into this, most of the time. They are all delving into the mysteries of magic, hoping to find some clues back to their parents...... But she's a half-spirit talent. In terms of being an assassin, there are also many advantages.
For example, Lynn is very good at hiding her breath and traces. To put it bluntly, "breath" is similar to infrared light, and it is a characteristic of natural emanation of living organisms. And when Lin mobilized the power of the half-spirit, half of the deceased identities made Lin radiate an aura outside, and she was born with half less than others by doing nothing.
It can be understood as the ability to "increase the stealth effect by 50%".
In addition, Mochi herself is also a skilled swordsman, although she has not learned much of the skills of assassins, but with her swordsmanship, she can completely bypass. And the innate "passiveness" of this body is so good, if you let Mochi come, you can be a part-time assassin.
In fact, if Lin and Mochi really had such thoughts, they could have really slit their throats before the Celestial "Guards" could react. It's just that this time Lin planned to test the intentions and origins of these celestial people, so she let the mochi put some water a little.
"What person~!?"
The two Celestials, who were standing relatively far away, suddenly saw a black shadow flashing in front of them, and immediately became alert, listening carefully to the movements around them—almost immediately allowing them to spot clues about the intruders.
The sun has already set, and the time of night is the time when all kinds of rats are haunted. Several Celestials seemed to be experienced with this kind of thing, and with their sights and ears in battle, it was easy for them to find the intruder who was trying to hide in the darkness. After they caught the traces of each other's whereabouts, they didn't say a superfluous word, raised the crossbow on their waists, and raised their hands towards the place where there was a slight sound, and raised their hands to be two arrows!
Tuk!
Compared with bows and arrows, the arrows fired by crossbows are generally inferior to those strong bows in range, however, the explosive power at medium and short distances is still above those bows and arrows. With the help of the power of the machine, a few arrows were directly driven into the solid stone walls and bricks beside Lin.
Lynn took a moment to take a look at the power of the arrows—the arrows had already sunk directly into the stones, and the lethality of this primitive long-range weapon at close range could be seen.
And these Celestials, seeing that the first round of attacks did not hit the target, did not panic at all, and immediately formed several teams in pairs - Lin immediately thought of the musket phalanx that she had seen in the history books in the past, with three rows of muskets firing in turn.
Tong guò to fill the gap in the loading of arrows in batches, so that at any time it is possible to effectively counterattack the enemy - see this situation. Lin knew that she wanted to take advantage of the darkness to get in. It's almost impossible anymore.
"What people!"
After the first round of attacks failed, and the two sides were locked in a stalemate with each other. Only then did he ask for the other party's name. Lin knew that these celestial people said this, not because they wanted to fight with themselves, but because they really asked the other party's origin and intentions, even if they couldn't leave the intruder, it would be convenient to explain to their employers.
Anyway, it doesn't cost money to ask, although the probability of success is very low, but it is better than nothing.
And this time, Lynn is going to make them succeed once.
"Hmph, let that bastard answer you himself! I'm not interested in answering his dog's questions!"
Lynn's thoughts this time. It's an enemy disguised as an enemy who has an enmity with the lord of the city.,Anyway, the lord of the city here.,It's also a reputation for greed.,Although it seems that some measures have been taken to save it.,So it didn't leave a bad reputation...... But the fact that he is not a good person has already settled, so if there is a persecuted person who is ruined by him, he has learned a skill and comes back to take revenge. I'm sure no one will have any unexpected ideas, right?
It's not good, even the city lord himself will only wonder when he provoked such an enemy. and will not question the authenticity of whether this enemy exists or not......
Lin deliberately shrouded her body in a layer of black smoke, covering her face and figure. Even her voice, she is adjusted to be neither male nor female. A hoarse voice that seems to speak through an iron mask.
The reason why you want to make it so high...... Well, the biggest reason. It was Lynn who didn't want to untie her double ponytail.
She's still very self-aware - if she just puts on a mask and changes her outfit and comes forward, the pair of double ponytails on the back of her head will definitely become the biggest flaw!
Sure enough, just as Lin thought, these celestial people didn't have any suspicion after hearing the lines she casually uttered, but waited for them.
Their employer, of course, is the city lord, and their task is to protect his safety. Although they called themselves "down-and-out mercenaries" and did not work under the city lord for a long time, they quickly gained the trust of the city lord because of their professionalism and ability...... They naturally have a special mission when they come to the earthly world, but it doesn't mean that they can ignore the life of this temporary employer - after a series of plans, they still count on this city lord to launch it, he must not die!
Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, it seems that these guards are professional and loyal.
Since the intruder is here to seek revenge, there is no possibility of negotiation from the beginning - the excuse put forward by the other party is hatred, which means that the other party will try to take the life of the employer at any cost!
That's what Lynn wants.
[Mochi, no problem, right?]
[Of course, who do you think I am? The experience of being pointed at the head with an archer's crossbow, I have experienced it more than once, just such a few people, or too few~]
Lin was a little concerned about what kind of "big formation" the mochi had experienced in the past, but it didn't seem that now was a good opportunity to ask......
Several crossbow arrows struck the limbs of Lin's body with a momentum that broke through the air, and the angle was also quite tricky - Lin, who was controlled by the mochi and watched from the sidelines, also had the leisure to carefully observe the opponent's shots. These crossbow arrows are not directly aimed at their limbs, but only two crossbow arrows are really aimed at their limbs, while the other two seem to be shooting in a slightly biased direction...... However, Lynn soon discovered that if she tried to move her body to dodge the arrows, she would run into two other arrows that "shot in the air......
Are those two arrows used to seal off the space where you can move and dodge?
There is no need for superfluous communication, and such a cooperation operation can be completed between raising hands, which is not something that ordinary "down-and-out mercenaries" can do, how much practice is needed for this, how much tacit understanding is required?
"Die—"
"Shut it up, you piece of wood!"
In the eyes of these celestial people, the intruder, who was shrouded in dark mist, suddenly burst out with an aura that seemed to be ten times more powerful than before, and the originally slightly small and thin body instantly became as if it was taller.
"Just this little trick, it's like defeating me!?Kou Guyue! You haven't had enough teeth!"
Brush Brush Brush!
Mochi suddenly took out his sword, and the long sword in his hand flew out a few silver sword flowers in the night sky, and in the blink of an eye, he picked off the four crossbow arrows...... Then, the long sword in Mochi's hand turned strangely, and the four crossbow arrows seemed to be glued to the body of the sword, reversing as the blade of the sword turned. Before the Celestials could come to their senses, the mochi gathered together four arrows in different directions and reversed them...... The mochi shook the sword slightly, and the four arrows fought back in the direction they were attacking!
"Ahh
Two screams were heard, followed by the sound of falling to the ground.
"You dogs, you dare to act for the tiger! Today, I want you to die a miserable, the worst, the most miserable!"
[What the hell!]
Lynn's listening to these lines popping out of Mochi's mouth suddenly felt a little Alexander—these lines are so immediate!
[At this time, you have to use the strong language to strengthen the momentum!]
Mochi hurriedly explained to Lynn.
[I used to do this a lot.] 】
[Soul is faint!You don't want an image!I still want it, old lady!]
[It's okay, isn't it useless to use your original face and voice......?
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