Leaving Parry's name on the tombstone was not a difficult task, and in everyone's opinion, Qi Lang only needed to write the words "faithful servant" and the like, which was enough to show respect for him. But I wonder if Parry's death had brought so much sorrow that it was difficult for his master to accept the reality that the next morning, when all the soldiers had come to pay their respects, they found the tombstone still empty.

However, Parry's tomb covers a larger area and is easy to identify, even if Qi Lang can't bear to put down his pen for a while, it is estimated that his soul will not find the wrong direction when he returns in the middle of the night.

Parry's death happened suddenly, there were no eyewitnesses, and the crime scene was in a low-lying area on the banks of the Daxin River, and the soldiers were carrying the body and destroying all the traces that the murderer might have left behind, almost clueless. But after a whole night of investigation, the wise Jira still seems to have made some discoveries, but he still needs to verify a few suspicions, and after processing the official documents exchanged between his allies in the morning, he also specially informed Qi Lang that he needs to borrow Iglo in the evening.

Parry's accident can be called a big event, after all, the Legion of Hope has never had internal problems since its formation, and the soldiers are eager for Gila to find the killer as soon as possible, so that the Legion of Hope is still as impregnable as a strong fortress.

After dinner, Jira waited early at the scene of the crime on the banks of the Daxin River, where she walked around alone, squatting down from time to time, turning over the gravel on the riverbank, and then walking into the grass, comparing her hands, as if simulating the actions of the invisible killer at that time. Qi Lang was probably dragged by official business. Ten minutes had passed since the appointed eight o'clock, but he and the snow wolf still hadn't shown up.

It was already dark. Even the crooked crescent moon was half obscured by a thin cloud, and there was hardly a trace of light in all directions. Jira looked over at the stone bridge she had come from. It seemed that he was in a hurry, but he was still holding back his temperament and sat on a boulder by himself.

At this moment, a cold light suddenly flew out of the woods behind him and silently shot at Jira's back!

"Oops!"

Jira screamed, shook twice, and fell to the ground with a thud.

Immediately after, a masked man dressed in a night-walking suit rushed out. He carried a small crossbow on his shoulder and a short sword in his right hand. After a few steps, he came to Gila's side, and was visibly surprised to see the little red-haired man still moving his arms slowly.

"I'm sorry, Sergeant Jira, for the sake of the Holy King, you must die. He muttered in a low voice, hoarse, and strange as it sounded. He raised his dagger, and the deadly sword was about to slash. And at this moment, an arrow flashing with purple light flew over.

"Whoosh!"

The dagger was shaken open, and at the same time, the torches around it lit up.

"Damn it. Lay down your arms!" The firelight reflected Gulf's pockmarked face, "You've been surrounded!"

Beside Gulf, Qi Lang stood there expressionlessly. The two of them held the retreat to the north, and on the west side were Mi Rong and three or five soldiers. The stone bridge to the east was blocked by Claytu and others.

The man in black threw the dagger to the ground in hatred. However, just as Clettu and the others were about to step forward to reveal his true face, the small crossbow suddenly flew into the hands of the man in black for some reason.

"Whoa, whoa!"

A series of cold lights flew in all directions, forcing the soldiers into a hurry, and the man in black moved quickly, rushing towards the remaining vacancy to the west.

"You can't go, hateful fellow!" With a strange scream, a tall figure suddenly burst out of the woods, and the short hammer in his hand made a whirring sound.

The man in black stepped back sharply, and rolled on the spot two or three times before narrowly avoiding the blow.

"Parry?!You're not dead!" the man in black exclaimed.

"Parry, of course, doesn't die that easily. Standing in front of the man in black, it was the raccoon's head, grinning at the moment, holding the small hammer full of spikes in his hand, "The master has given Parry a task, and until that task is completed, Parry will never allow himself to die." ”

"Beginner Sage. At this time, Jira, who fell to the ground, also came to life, and while he broke the combat ability of the man in black, he also slowly paced to Qi Lang's side, "Among all our warriors, I'm afraid there is only one person who can reach such a combat level." Am I right, Mr. Commander?"

Qi Lang sighed softly: "I have always been reluctant to believe this, but the facts are in front of you, Lu Si, do you have anything else to say?"

The arm of the man in black trembled violently, "You already saw it?"

Qi Lang nodded: "Your combat ability has developed too abnormally, you must know that if a cultivator wants to be promoted from the swordsman level to a saint, he needs to consume spirit beads to achieve that crucial breakthrough." And according to your own words, you have been in a state of recuperation in the past few months, how can it be possible to achieve improvement at the same time? But from my past experience, there is a type of person who can forcibly improve his combat ability in a short period of time, and that type of person is the devil's believer - Creden!"

"Haha...... Haha......" the man in black laughed miserably, "yes, you're right! I'm that lowly half-breed bastard, I'm that despicable Creden!" he tore off the black cloth that was masked, and the face with a horrible scar hanging diagonally was unabashedly exposed.

"Why are you doing this?" Qi Lang's eyes showed a hint of pity, "We used to be like brothers, why did you betray us?"

"Why?" Ruth snorted to the ground with his mouth crooked, "Why should God be so unfair, why did God behave such a cruel fate on Ruth's head! Just because I'm a half-breed, just because I look different from most people, I have to endure insults, put up with cold eyes, and endure all unfair treatment! Who the fuck can tell me this bastard, why the hell is this?!"

Qi Lang sighed again: "Discrimination and prejudice are indeed the cancers that objectively exist in this world, I have encountered them myself, and I myself have suffered from them. But what I'm saying is that shouldn't excuse your fall. There are countless ways out in front of everyone, some good and some bad, and the key is your own choice. ”

Jira took two steps forward: "Parry is not dead, and I dodged your crossbow arrow, that means you haven't completely made a big mistake, in fact, you can turn back, as long as you tell us the whole truth." ”

Ruth didn't reply, just stood there and shook his body, as if fighting against the demonic traces hidden in his body.

"Well, I guess that's going to be difficult, too. Jira changed the way she asked, "Why don't you just answer yes and no." ”

Ruth still hasn't said anything, but Gila has already begun to state his speculation.

"You've been a member of Credon since you were very young. Jira's tone was full of confidence, "You were only arranged to be on the side of the Zonghao Kingdom, so that in the future, when your so-called Holy King is in need, he will come to work for him." ”

Ruth didn't nod, but judging by the look on his face, Gila's inference was completely correct.

"Aunt Dong once doubted your identity, and it was under her watchful eye that you have been very low-key all these years. "But this time you were going to stay with those accomplices when you met them, but the Holy King needed to know what was going on on on our side, so he had to play a bitter trick and send you back to monitor our every move. ”

Ruth's face became more and more ugly, obviously, there was no flaw in Jira's analysis, but there were some problems that could not be concluded from the analysis, especially who was the Holy King in the dark, and Jira was now trying to break Ruth's inner defenses and extract the shocking secret.

"Actually, we don't blame you at all in our hearts, Ruth. He smiled and took two steps towards Ruth, "You also know our commander, he is an extremely forgiving fellow, and he knows that you were only blinded by hatred at that time, so you were seduced by demons. So, he will forgive you, and if you tell the whole truth, not only the commander will forgive you, but we will all forgive you, and even the gods will forgive you. ”

"God, God?" Ruth suddenly laughed for a while, and then roared like a man, "We never need the gods' forgiveness!, on the contrary, if there is any god, he will have to ask for my forgiveness!"

"Wait a minute!" Qi Lang found that Lu Si's mind had fallen into an abnormal state, and quickly jumped up and rushed towards Lu Si, still reminding loudly: "You can't Lu Si, don't do that!"

However, Qi Lang was still a step late, and by the time he grabbed Ruth's arm, he had already quickly stuffed an object into his mouth. It must have been some kind of strong poison, and before he swallowed it in his throat, black blood was already running down the corner of his mouth.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Commander. He slowly piled it down, and the words in his mouth were almost inaudible, "I can't betray the Holy King, I can't ......"

And at this moment, a big light red bird jumped out of nowhere, flapped its wings quickly, and rushed to the sky in the blink of an eye. (To be continued......)