Chapter 377: Fearless
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A crack opened in the window lattice of the room, and then, with a slight sound, the magic lamp on the table fell, making the figure sitting at the table slightly startled. Reflexively reached out to hold the thing, but by the time the light lit up the room again, it had already outlined a slender black figure not far away.
"Don't make a noise, little master, or even if your men can rush in, they won't be able to save you. ”
The lowered voice spoke hurriedly, although the tone was a little deformed because of the deliberate lowering of the voice, but it still did not hide the softness of the woman and the astringency of youth...... So in order to prove that what he said was true, this unfortunate guest raised a small hand crossbow, and the three crossbow arrows on the crossbow box were only as long as fingers, but the blade of the half-inch arrow shone with a blue-green luster in the light, which made people's hearts cold...... This kind of folding bow and crossbow is difficult to reach, and it can't pierce any armor, but at this distance, it is indeed easy to take people's lives.
So, the owner of the young room could only nod reflexively...... It seems to have been frightened to froze.
"It's a pity, I thought that you mage would have some terrible skills, it turns out that it's just that, is this how the magic alarm is used? A third-rate mage wouldn't arrange such a thing so blatantly!"
The threat took effect, and the infiltrator waved his hand in satisfaction, motioning for his prey to sit down in the chair next to him, and then swept his gaze over the door and the side of the window, where a little glimmer of light loomed, and finally sneered.
"yes, these guys are a bunch of weak chickens. It's so easy...... If we had known, we would have swaggered in, and it would have been a waste of time to be so tentative. In the faint sound, several tall and short figures6 continued to climb into the window lattice. And one of them, a tall man with a red cloth tied around his arm, said.
So the woman in black was stunned.
"You're using me as a pathfinder?" she lowered her voice, with a hint of anger.
"Miss, we have to do what we can, and let you do this work, of course, because you are the best among us...... Think about it. Who among us is as sensitive to magic as you are, and can find the most secret magic traps? and who can sneak in so quickly and so lightly as you......"
The body of the man in black stiffened, but he soon reluctantly laughed, and hurriedly explained: "Those who can work harder, you see ......"
"Shut up!" the woman interrupted him with a cold snort, "Next time, I don't want to hear you say this again." Also, don't want me to go with you pieces of waste next time!"
"What's going on? You ......" at this time. The owner of the room seemed to finally wake up from the stunned dazedness, opened his mouth in surprise, and he pointed to the short shadow: "How could you ......"
His wide blue eyes reflected the slender pale skin between the masks of the black-clothed man, and the big green eyes, although his clothes had changed, his thin figure still reminded him of the heroine of the 'flower selling skit' in the lobby of the hotel a few hourglasses ago.
"Quiet...... Otherwise. My hands will tremble, little master, as long as you cooperate with us, you will be guaranteed nothing. The girl's eyes darkened, but she threatened.
"Don't worry, Sarina, when the old shark built this Coconut Grove Hotel. The walls of the guest rooms are double-layered, filled with rags, even if this kid cuts his throat, no one will pay attention to you......" A man in black said, "But. This kid is really interesting, I actually remember you......"
"I, I don't know someone who called Throat Cut......"
“...... Little bunny, you're a little daring?"
The unexpected answer made the man in black shake his head and laugh fiercely: "Don't worry, we won't do anything to you, but you'd better expect your family to be good enough to come up with 12,000 gold coins, otherwise, I'm afraid you will have to exchange your fine skin and tender meat for enough money, quack ......"
The sudden knock on the door made everyone tense violently, but the rhythm of the sound was three long and two short, which made the sneakers breathe a sigh of relief - two equally black figures entered, and one of them was carrying a large cloth bag, but the faint lines were enough to make people understand what was inside......
"Good, didn't you get into any trouble, did you?"
"It's pretty smooth. Those guys are good, but we're not opponents when it comes to fighting. It's just that the medicine that Old Hook put in their meals is not strong, but it is enough for them to sleep until dawn, hum......" The man carrying the cloth bag hissed, patted his hand on the cloth bag, and caused a slight tremor in the cloth bag: "Hand to catch." ”
"Have you found the mage?"
"No, the remaining two guys, I don't know where they ran to, but that woman is probably a pair with that mage, maybe where they will fall in love, there are too many methods for a mage, and we can't fully understand ......"
"Fool, you see, they don't have any other magic detection arrangements here, otherwise, if they come up, you two won't be able to eat and walk around!"
"Rest assured, there were no problems at all...... Forget it, let's go, the medicine that the old guy dispensed doesn't seem to have any effect on this little girl, but she can use magic, if she wakes up. ”
"Okay, uh-huh...... Let's go, besides, Hank, you're in charge of taking care of this little ghost, remember to be clean...... Use a knife and don't leave a flaw that will be seen. ”
"Wait, what are you going to do?" The girl in black was stunned: "Didn't you say that you just need to catch those people?"
"I'm sorry, Shalina, this time is different from usual, we can't keep him, we have to have a ......" The man in black sneered, and a trace of cruelty flashed in his raised eyes: "Old shark, this guy, eat one bowl of rice and two bowls of food, if it weren't for his previous informant." Gushan City is ours now, and so many brothers will not die! Hmph, isn't he going to be a bone-back? Okay, this matter is making a big deal in his shop, I see how this old dog can get rid of his master!"
"What did you say?" the girl screamed, "You're going to kill him?"
"I don't want to, but I can't help it, I can't make a big deal out of it. ”
"No! He doesn't know anything, we can't kill innocents indiscriminately!"
"This is not an indiscriminate killing of innocents! this is God's will!" the black-robed man said, his voice full of anger: "Really. Children and women really don't understand anything, do you want to defend him?" "You can't kill innocents indiscriminately! God won't agree!" The girl put down her crossbow and stared at her companion: "Take him away, we can also make things bigger, we can also use this to collect ransom, and we can control the incident in our own hands." He looks like a filthy human merchant or descendant of a nobleman, so his family must do their part for our great revival. ”
"But...... How do you know he's going to cooperate with us, and he's going to have to ...... when I put him back."
"There are also human beings who can believe in our gods. As long as he can believe in it, isn't that enough?"
"I'm afraid this won't work, right?" the tall man in black frowned: obviously suppressing his anger. However, he still coldly hummed a string of big truths.
"Don't you know that it was those purple-skinned fools who brought humans into us that brought us to this field, and that we are suffering now, isn't it because of these short ears? especially those nobles and merchants! If it weren't for them, we might have been born elves, living gracefully in the forest, and they enslaved us. Oppress us, despise us, it is they who have given us untold suffering, and now, you, a noble elf, would have such thoughts, to defend a damn human? Why? Just because he gave you a gold coin during the day? Your faith is a little too cheap, isn't it?"
"Now I'm leading the team. I said okay, Hank, tie him up and take him, let's go!"
The group left the hotel and walked through the maze of neighborhood alleys. The streets and alleys of the Bauhinia District are chaotic, and in some places they are even narrow enough to allow one person to get through, and the noisy voices of people are far and near, blocked by the rude buildings, as if they have entered another world...... But the men in black move very fast, and no one in the secluded alleys questions their dress, and the occasional bystander is either drunk or knocked unconscious and thrown next to the garbage heap...... Either you can only spend a few silver coins to find a poor ghost in the corner who is wearing a low-quality perfume and is happy in the corner.
A moment later, a dark iron door stopped the group, and someone stepped forward and tapped lightly on it.
Then the door clicked open inward, and with a slow creak, two muscular figures behind it were revealed, pulling the handle of the iron door, their muscles trembling slightly, as if all the work had been done to open the five-inch thick door. Then turn them off behind everyone.
It is only when they pass by that the one on the left leaves a slight subtle voice that does not match the image.
"The Boss is waiting for you at the temple. ”
The so-called shrine, at the end of a long series of corridors and tunnels...... Although most of the twisting passages are dirty and dark, they are at least nearly a mile away. There are also several large rooms that are no less than small squares, as well as stairs that go up and down, and the more you follow this path, the more you will be amazed by the vastness of the building.
At the end of the road, the room called the temple is small, but it is completely different from the surroundings...... The room was the size of an ordinary nobleman's living room, gloomy and eerie, and the walls around it were decorated with layers of bookshelves, and parchment files and books filled all the gaps, and if there was no explanation, one might mistake it for a nobleman's or a mage's study.
Only a large emblem retains the only vestige of the temple - a black dagger drawn on a metal disc, with smooth, sharp serrations replacing its blades, giving it a peculiar hideousness...... A little bright red, sliding down the black spine of the sword, condensing on the edge, the fine dye rendering the pattern vivid, as if blood was still hot and flowing.
"You're back?" In the middle of the hall, a black-robed man turned, the long sharp corners of his head making him look like a demon from the lower realms. But if you look closely, you'll see that it's just a helmet. In his raised hand, a black cane shook slightly, so the two men in black placed their respective cloth bags and small nobles in the center of the room.
"Collar, you...... What are you going to do with them?"
Looking at her companion, the little girl suddenly asked.
"She is the betrayer among us. As a half-elf who has taken refuge in humans and used ill-gotten gains to make a fortune, she will be the best gift to our gods, and as for this human imp, it can also be used as an auxiliary sacrifice,"
"Sacrifice? you...... You're going to kill them?"
"Are you questioning the will of my God?"
"But ......"
"The only thing that can lead us out of this suffering is our God, our hope. Only by following him can we reach the ideal paradise. ”
The black shadow with the horned helmet spoke quietly. The expression is deceptively calm. It was as if there was a tangible darkness flowing all around him. The atmosphere is eerie: "Don't forget the jì...... Power, power, all need to shed blood. Without blood, it is impossible to wash away the filth from our bodies, but this blood should not be shed only by us, it should come from our enemies tenfold and hundredfold, and that is the price they should have paid!"
"But our God has not taught us that we can kill innocents indiscriminately!" the girl raised her voice, her eyes burning with anger, "He has not taught us to vent our hatred to all mankind! You cannot allow the blood of innocents to taint our holy revival!
"Innocent?" the man in the horned helmet glanced around, "Well, do you have similar questions? So, have you ever heard about the city lord's plan to dispose of us recently?"
"That rumor? It must be a trick of those damn nobles to sell their money, a hundred gold coins per person......"
"No, it's not a rumor, we've got reliable tips. The duke had indeed decided to drag all the half-elves in the city to drudgery and confiscate all their property! Just to appease most of the businessmen. lest they find a way to escape in advance!"
The man in the horned helmet sneered:
"So, we must have the complete support of our gods! The gods will give us the power to kill that damned city lord in defiance of any opponent, but we can only do this if we offer enough sacrifices, otherwise, do you want to watch this more than 10,000 compatriots in the Bauhinia District be sent to the Clara Mine like this?"
His gaze went around the week and finally fell on the girl:
"Don't tell me you don't know what's going on inside that mine, well, maybe a young man like you really doesn't know, but think about it, in the past twenty years, has there ever been a person who has come out alive from there? I tell you, it's a man-eating pit, and the living go in to die! Keep working, working like animals, no, beasts are better than those people, at least beasts can sleep! You know why? Because half-elves can sleep less than those lowly humans! That way they can have more people to work!"
"This ......" The girl's eyes widened, and her green eyes were full of surprise and doubt.
"I know, I've heard, this little young master is not bad, okay, I can keep him, anyway, he is just a human being, but this choice is up to him, if he can't believe in our gods, then he won't have a chance to live...... I'll give you an hourglass scale and persuade him to be our friend. ”
Noticing her expression, the man in black was silent for a moment, and suddenly spoke: "But remember, he only has this one chance." Whether he can grasp it or not depends on himself. Moreover, you cannot leave. However, the opportunity can only be given to him, and as for the sacrifice appointed by our gods, we cannot change it at will. ”
"This ...... All right. The girl's face changed even more, but in the end, she could only bite her lip and give up her original intention: "Please let me try." ”
"Miss...... Are you their killer?"
As she turned around, the little nobleman who had been placed aside suddenly raised his gaze, looked at the pair of eyes that turned to him, and asked softly.
"I'm not a killer, but I'm certainly a member of this church. The half-elf little girl bit her lip and said softly.
"But what could a god of conspiracy, a member of the Church of the God of Murder, not a killer?" the boy seemed to care, despite being tied up tightly.
"You...... Thou shalt not insult His Majesty, the great king of schemes!" the girl cried out, but soon she restrained her impulse: "You...... Well, or maybe because of this incident, you have a great misunderstanding of His Majesty, the King of Stratagem, but believe him, he is a benevolent god who likes to act with his own wisdom, or someone will slander him for that, but ...... Believe me, believe in Him, and you will understand the mercy of this great being......"
The girl bit her lip and tried to persuade the little nobleman as best she could.
However, the other party was clearly unmoved.
"Well, miss, I suppose I know a little more about the king of conspiracy, the god of dark knowledge," the young man's gaze circled around the small temple, and then he spoke slowly: " In the last battle of the gods, the master of scheming in the gods successfully promoted a number of wars between gods, and with the help of this power, almost a demigod from the original, became comparable to the sun god, the mother earth god and other gods, however, by the clever but by the clever mistake, in the end, the dark goddess abandoned all the attacks, and sealed the two into the astral boundary at the same time, which was exchanged for thousands of years of peace...... Ah, of course, or that may not be the whole truth, but in short, this king of schemes cannot be called a savior, even if he is resurrected. ”
"You...... It's a lie!"
"Alright, let's, let's change the subject, this young lady...... Actually, from the very beginning, well, from the time we met, you have already shown a few flaws. ”
The boy smiled, a little stiff - he seemed to be trying to twist the corners of his mouth in an attempt to make a strange laugh, but unfortunately it was not very successful. Eventually, the muscles could only tremble slightly: making him look like he was grimacing.
"Well, in short, your acting and tone are very expressive, but unfortunately, there is always a negligence in Baimi...... Your skin is too pale and your fingers are too slender, and of course they are beautiful. But...... Well, for a girl who grew up in such a place, if she was buying flowers as a profession, it would be impossible to maintain such a pale complexion, even if she had the blood of an elf...... And although you have calluses on your hands, your nails are clean, and a person who lives on flowers must have at least a layer of dirt in his nails. ”
"Now is not the time to talk about this......" A strange remark made the girl stunned, but the boy continued without paying attention:
"The most important thing is that when you see the gold coin, the watch is too bland. If you were a girl who grew up here, I am afraid that there would be only a few chances to see gold coins by now, let alone have your own gold coins, and you didn't check the quality of the gold coins, or even take a closer look......
The girl stopped talking, and she narrowed her big beautiful eyes and looked at the other person carefully, amazed at the coherence of his words, and at the expression without the slightest nervousness.
There is a reason why he can be so calm...... If it's not that he's a complete lunatic, then he's emboldened......
But how can you be fearless?
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