Chapter 718: Grief and attrition
Late at night, an unknown town hundreds of miles away from Coldwater City.
The dome was gloomy, there were no stars and moons, only the slightest cold rain tossed and turned, falling on this small city that had left the hustle and bustle of the day, adding a bit of coldness and loneliness.
The slums in the south of the city, where the darkness fell early on, and the streets that were quite wide were basically without a trace of pedestrians, and occasionally encountered, they were also drunkards who staggered and did not know where their homes were.
At this moment, suddenly,
Click...... The horses' hooves galloped with such speed that they sounded like war drums from far and near, breaking the silence in an instant.
Hearing the sound, a drunk ghost in the middle of the street subconsciously turned his head, and in the haze, he saw dozens of riders turning around the corner of the street not far away, rolling wildly with the momentum of wind and thunder, and before he could react, he was already in front of him.
I don't know if there was a real urgency, or if they were very confident in their riding skills, these riders saw the drunken man in the middle of the road, and they didn't mean to slow down at all, and rushed straight forward.
Lost his voice and exclaimed, "......" At the critical moment, the drunkard's drunken intent dissipated instantly, and he jumped out sideways, and the wolf bèi rolled.
Wow...... Whizzing by, horses' hooves trampling into the potholes of the streets, splashing filthy water countless times.
“...... Your mother!" Holding back the curse words behind him, the drunkard wiped the muddy water on his face, and suddenly became furious, "Hurry up and send you to death...... Uh?" Got up and turned around, the street was empty, and the dozens of riders had already run through it.
The drizzle was still dripping silently.
Leaving aside how the drunkard cursed angrily, the dozens of riders who had been running wildly had finally stopped in front of a dilapidated and abandoned house in the corner of the slum after passing through several streets one after another.
Just dismounted. Several figures that appeared out of nowhere quickly greeted them. The tone is sad. "Boss, Handy ......"
"Needless to say, come to me!"
Walk through the broken wooden door, walk up to the broken brick paved path, look up to the main door that reveals the dim light, and the footsteps are hurried, and after a few breaths, everyone walks in together.
The house is shabby. An oil lamp, a makeshift bed made of several tables, with a white cloth on it to hide something. Other than that, there is no other furniture in the house. But because of this, now that more than a dozen people walked in, it didn't seem too crowded here.
The man who walked in first walked in without stopping, with wet footprints, and came to the side of the bed with a calm face. After a pause, he slowly reached out to uncover the white cloth. The flickering candle flame greeted a familiar pale face without the slightest hint of blood.
Handy. Member of Grey Space Phase 1.
......
Since its establishment, Gray Space has recruited several issues. Not counting David and Michaeu. Harry, Luke, Handy and more than a dozen others are members of the first phase.
It can be said that they are different from the members of the following issues. At that time, because of Boley's calculations, they were surrounded by Bran's army together with Donne, and their lives hung by a thread. He then wandered on the edge of hell several times, repeatedly suffered from life and death, and finally dug for several days and nights in the collapsed mine before finally successfully escaping.
Because of this special experience, although these members of the more than ten phase 1 are nominally Tang En's subordinates, they are actually Tang En's brothers who were born and died!
In the past two years, although Don and the gray space have faced danger several times, except for one person who died in the mine earthquake, the members of the first phase have never been reduced. But I never thought that now there is another ......
The atmosphere in the room was extremely calm, except for the rain that dripped from time to time at the corner of the clothes, there was no sound, and the silence was terrible!
The white cloth continued to pull away, and Handy had many large and small scars on his body, apparently having had a fierce fight before his death. The fatal wound was in the left chest, where the heart should have beaten, but now there was only a huge hole in the plank beneath him.
Seeing this, Don's long narrow eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression was so gloomy that he seemed to be able to drip water.
Click...... Clenched his fists tightly, panting like an ox, David's eyes on the side were like copper bells, his eyes were about to split, and he roared violently: "Who the hell did it?"
Seeing that the brothers who were born and died together even had their hearts gouged out, not only David, but also Harry, Luke and others around him were also difficult to see. Although he didn't speak, the terrifying and fierce colors that flashed in his eyes from time to time undoubtedly showed his determination to take revenge.
A middle-aged man with a gloomy expression walked over, this was the head of the local secret agency, and said directly: "It's someone from the Temple of Light...... At around three o'clock in the morning, a large group of Knights of Light suddenly appeared in the city and surrounded the location of the former Bounty Hunters Guild branch. At that time, Master Handy happened to be in the guild, and he didn't have time to get out, so he ......"
"You fart!" interrupted with a wave of his hand, David took a step forward, reached out and grabbed the middle-aged man's shirt, his face hideous, "If Brother Handy wants to leave, can the Bright Knight's gang of bastards stop him?"
"I'm sorry, but I don't know about that. Shaking his head gloomily, the middle-aged man didn't look flustered, but said, "That group of light knights came quickly, disappeared faster, and after destroying the Bounty Hunter Guild, they disappeared directly out of the city." That's all I know so far......"
David was even more agitated when he heard this, and roared angrily: "Waste! You don't fucking take this to heart......
"That's enough!" a roar reverberated through the room, and Don looked at him with a cross-eyebrow and said in a cold voice, "Let him go!"
"Whew...... ...... "David's chest rose and fell violently, as if there was an irrepressible anger hidden in it, and it was about to explode in the next moment. However, he also knew that his question was completely unreasonable, after all, if it was really as the other party said, it was indeed impossible to find those light knights who acted neatly for a while. In the end, he could only snort coldly and slowly let go of his hand and grasp the placket.
Tang En turned his gaze to the middle-aged man, his face gloomy: "Pass the order, mobilize all the secret agencies within a hundred miles around, even if it is three feet into the ground, find out these miscellaneous pieces for me!"
"Yes!" the middle-aged man received the order in a deep voice, saluted briefly, and turned around and rushed directly into the rain curtain outside the house.
At this time, "Handy, I hurt you!" Looking at Handy who was still in motion, Luke reached out and grabbed his hair, his eyes red, "If it wasn't for the fact that I swapped mission areas with you earlier, how could you have suffered such a catastrophe...... It's all my fault, it's all my fault......"
Of course, it is impossible for the Dou Qi circulation channel to be released only in Cold Water City, according to the original plan, each member of the first phase is responsible for an area, covering all the existing thirty branch organizations, and ensuring that the Dou Qi channel will be opened up smoothly.
And it was actually Luke who was in charge of this small city, but Luke happened to be a little unwell a few days ago. After Handy found out about this, he took the initiative to exchange the area of responsibility with Luke, so as not to prevent Luke from running more than 100 miles. But who would have thought that it was this unintentional move, and by the time Luke saw Handy, he would have become a cold corpse......
"Alright. Don frowned slightly, his expression a little depressed, "What if you didn't change it before, let Handy blame himself for facing your corpse now?"
This is not a good sound, but it is true.
Handy's heart wasn't gouged out, in fact, Don had already guessed in his heart that it was the Brightness when he first saw the fatal wound just now—for the simple reason that some clergy would target the heart of the so-called evil heresy whenever possible. The meaning is to purify the evil soul of the other party!
And Handy's strength is not low, although it is not as good as David and Michaux, but it is not something that a mere knight of light can stop. Judging from the ease with which Handy's heart was the target of the final blow, it was clear that there was a master among those Knights of Light. And in such a situation, whether it is Luke or David, whoever changes here basically has no way to live.
So at the end of the day, that's fate......
After knowing the inside story, Harry's heart suddenly moved, his expression changed, and he said urgently: "Not good, since the other party already knows that we occupy the place of the Bounty Hunter Guild, aren't the locations of other cities also in danger?"
"Hmph!" snorted coldly, waved his hand, and a trace of cold killing intent flashed on Tang En's face, "It's okay, I'm afraid they won't dare to show up......"
............ (To be continued......)