Before dawn, Sauron was already up. He hadn't slept at all last night, the first time in fifteen years he had lost sleep. Looking out the window, the holographic board of the underground city was evolving into the morning sky, and in that hazy light, it seemed that even the city was covered in a fog.

Standing in front of the window, I drank a glass of clean water slowly. Sauron suddenly remembered the past, since the rebellion fifteen years ago, he had risen to the top of the city, and even the spiritual leader, Pope Paul, was only a pawn under his hands. Over the years, he has been decisive in killing, saying nothing else, and everything is under his control.

Even if Gaia appears, he is sure that he will steer the situation in his favor, after all, he and Gaia do not have too obvious conflicts in the overall situation. But now, he had a feeling that he couldn't grasp the situation, and this was the first time he had felt powerless, because Killer Scar and his men had returned last night.

Scar, this man, no one knows what his name is, only because he has a scar on his face. He had a group of hitmen who had been wanted a few years ago for an assassination involving a prominent figure in the city of Rome, and were soon caught and executed. But in reality, it was only a stand-in who died, and Zoro left him alive in order to do something inconvenient for himself.

For example, the assassination of Paul last night had been entrusted to him by Wisser. Over the years, Scar's group has rarely missed. As a matter of common sense, Scar should have been back in the middle of the night, and Sauron had told him to report to him as soon as it was done, no matter how late it was.

He had waited until four o'clock in the morning yesterday, but he still didn't see Scar returning, so the preoccupied Zoro couldn't close his eyes at all.

He still knew about the guards of the Papal Palace, because except for the knightly guards, the other guards in the palace were selected by Sauron from the reserves of the Knights and assigned to Paul. There will be no more than twenty guards in the entire mansion, and even if you add the knight guards, there will only be about thirty people. What's more, the highest rank of guards and knights is only the sixth order, but a scar alone is an eighth order!

Killing Paul is not difficult at all, what is difficult is the aftermath aftermath. Originally, Zoro had already thought of several plans, but now it seemed that they were no longer useful.

At this time, Wessel said in a deep voice outside the door, "My lord, Scar is back. ”

His voice was the same as before, but Sauron heard a trembling tail in his voice, and Sauron's heart beat heavily.

Finally, the time has come for the answer to be revealed.

"Let him in. Sauron said in a deep voice.

No matter how mentally prepared Zoro was, he was still startled when Scar walked in. The scar was covered in blood, and one of his left arms was missing, and the severed arm was only briefly bandaged, and blood was still oozing out. His face was pale and his expression was bitter, and he saw what Zoro was about to say, but he finally lowered his head.

"How so?" said Sauron.

Scar looked up and said, "I'm sorry, my lord. We failed, and all the brothers but me died in the mansion......"

For Scar, it's a big stain on his career, but he doesn't feel ashamed. Last night, they infiltrated the palace after assassinating the guards, only to bump into one of the guards in the corridor leading to the Pope's bedroom. It was a young man with a lazy smile on his face. This is nothing to Scar, just kill it when you meet the guards.

As soon as he gave the order, five killers rushed up. At that moment, the man flew back, and with a flick of his fingers, a strong wind shot out and burst the surrounding lights. Scar sneered, the darkness was the world of their killers, and this guard was naïve enough to use the darkness against them. But he soon realized that he was wrong, and from time to time there were flashes of cold lightning in the darkness, and after each flash of lightning, one of the killers would fall to the ground screaming.

When Zuihou screams and disappears, Scar is terrified. He didn't know who this person was, and Weishenme was able to easily kill five of his killers in the dark. But Scar didn't have time to think about it, he gritted his teeth and leaned down into the darkness.

No one knew what was going on in the darkness, only the occasional burst of sparks and the sound of a rain of blows. After a few moments, the darkness calmed down, and Scar retreated, clutching his missing shoulder and flying out of the mansion. All he could do was vent his anger on the few guards who rushed to hear the noise.

But that didn't end there, the nameless guard chased him back, and Scar was only able to play hide and seek with him in Rome. With the advantage that he was more familiar with the city than the other party, he finally got rid of this formidable opponent at five o'clock in the morning, and he had a chance to return to Sauron to report.

After hearing all this, Sauron's face turned pale. He was rarely angry, but those who knew him well knew that Sauron was the most terrifying at this time. Zoro clenched his fists, and the air in the room resounded from time to time, which was the reason for Zoro Liliang's interference. After a while, Zoro let go of his fist and wondered: "Where did this kid recruit such a strong man, are you sure it's not Yafidi?"

"Of course not, the other party's swordsmanship is very powerful, and the ability is not Yafidi's spiral piercing. What's more, even if it was Yafidi, I wouldn't be so miserable. That man, I'm sure he's a ninth-order!" Scar said.

"Ninth Order? Nine Orders are not easy to find, if you want to let a Ninth Order work for him, what kind of reward do you promise him, Paul? Zoro squinted.

Wisel stepped forward and said, "My lord, could it be Mendrissa or Old Joseph and the powerhouses of their family?"

"Impossible, although those two families have a deep background, they are not yet to the extent of casually taking out a ninth-order for Paul to act as a guard. Sauron suddenly shook his whole body, and his eyes flashed with light. After a moment, he even gasped slightly.

Wessel tried to step forward, but stopped him. Sauron said in a deep voice, "I see, so that's the case...... Paul, that kid, I guess he is suspected of cooperating with those guys in the Poseidon Regiment!"

"What?"

Wither and Scar looked at each other, both seeing a look of shock in each other's eyes.

"This ...... How is this possible, no matter what......" Wisel said intermittently.

Zoro sneered: "What's impossible, no, just because Paul is the Pope, no one would have thought that he would cooperate with pirates." You think, the foundation of the Poseidon Regiment is shallow, but they can win consecutive battles, and a big part of it is a group of high-level abilities that they don't know where to find it. They are the only ones who can lend a high-ranking person to protect our Highness the Pope. ”

"So, Natov Island is also the masterpiece of these islands?" Withssel exclaimed, "In this way, don't they have some kind of technology or ability in their hands that can destroy the island with a single blow?"

"It should be, but I am afraid that they will also be afraid of this kind of force, or there may be some kind of limit. Otherwise, we would have bombed our city with a single shot earlier, and there would be no need to do everything possible to fight from the bloodstained road. Zoro rubbed his chin and said, "There is already enough information to prove that Orlan of Ishtar has entered and exited the Canon Fortress many times, and the Poseidon and the rebels are probably also suspected of cooperating." If you think about it this way, I am afraid that His Royal Highness the Pope still has an unclear relationship with the rebels......"

"I really underestimated this kid, I didn't expect him, he was playing a big game of chess!" Zoro said, high-fived.

"My lord, on the side of His Highness Paul, do you want to ......?" said Wisser, tentatively.

"With the protection of the Ninth Order, who can kill him unless I take action myself?" Zoro said coldly: "What's more, with last night's incident, he will definitely take precautions." Furthermore, this matter is indispensable. If you can't kill him cleanly, you can't attack him again, or you'll get involved. ”

"But, Scar, I have one more thing for you to do. ”

Scar said unexpectedly, "What is the matter?" ”

"Jafidi. Zoro said coldly: "Kill him for me." ”

Both Wither and Scar looked at Sauron in bewilderment, and the latter said, "Yesterday at the meeting, the former friend of Yafidi and Sine actually advocated the removal of his position as head of the regiment and the deprivation of his merits. In this way, Yafidi is no different from a commoner. At first, I was a little confused, but then I thought that Sine was planning to send his friend away. Without the position and merit, there is nothing to pursue when a civilian leaves the city, and Sine is thoughtful and does not fall into any position for me. ”

He smiled and said, "It's a pity, if it's someone else, it's just that, I can't just let him go." Whether it's a high-ranking person, or a former leader of my Holy Seal Knights. From any point of view, the value of Yafidi is too great, I don't want to set up another such enemy for myself in the future, not to mention that he knows too much about us, and if we become enemies, there will be endless troubles. So, Scar, you go and kill him. ”

"After he gets out of town, of course. Since Sine wanted to be clever, I made him regret it once. A civilian is free to leave the city, but at the same time, one or two civilians die outside the city but no one will be held accountable. ”

"What about his wife and children?" Scar asked in a deep voice.

Zoro made a decapitation gesture: "Chop the grass and eradicate the roots, understand?"

"The subordinates know. ”

Scar saluted and turned to leave.

A modified car with a raised chassis and a guardrail baffle stopped the guards as it drove to the city gates. The soldier on duty stepped forward and said, "Who are you, please show your pass when you go out of the city." ”

The driver poked his head out of the window and said, "Is your dog blind, don't you see that this is the emblem of the Leuther family?

Only then did the soldiers notice that the emblems of the Signe family were indeed printed on the doors on both sides of the car, and hurriedly let them go. As the car passed, he saw that there was indeed Sine sitting in the trunk of the elongated car, and he was closing his eyes to recuperate. And in the tail compartment sat several civilians, a young couple with three children. The male soldier among them felt familiar, and it seemed to be the commander of the Eleventh Army, Yafidi.

As the car moved away, the soldier shook his head and smiled. How noble is the identity of the regimental commander, how can he wear a civilian costume like cloth clothes and trousers, it is probably the clan of the head of Sine, but he can be sent out of the city by the commander himself, and he has a great identity.

The soldier didn't know, he was not mistaken, it was Jafidi who sat next to Sine.

The car drove out of the city gate, through a tunnel to the surface, and drove forward for about 100 kilometers. There was a small hill next to a bend with an off-road vehicle parked at the foot of the hill. The car pulled to the side and stopped, and the driver, Sine, and Jafidi got out of the car.

"That's it for you, friend. ”

Sine patted Jafidi on the shoulder and said, "Drive away in my car, with my family crest as a cover, no one will dare to check you unless I die." ”

"If I can, I'd like to have a drink with you next time we meet. Jafidi took Sine's arm with his backhand and said sincerely.

"There will be a chance. Sine walked to the back of the car and opened the trunk, which was stacked with boxes full of supplies: "There's enough water and food to get you through this winter." After that, find a small place to settle down and wait a few years to see how things go. ”

He added, "Mina is a good woman, don't let her get hurt." ”

Yafidi smiled softly at his wife in the carriage, turned his head and said, "Don't worry, although I am no longer the head of the regiment, Liliang is still there." Protecting Mina and the children, I asked myself if I had the ability. ”

"That's the best, then, let's go. Signe added: "Don't look back!"

How could Jafidi not hear this pun, he glanced in the direction of the city of Rome, then turned around and slipped into the driver's seat.

The engine starts and the car goes away. It wasn't until he disappeared at the end of the road that Sine sighed, "Let's go back too." ”

So I got on the haode buggy with the driver early in the morning and drove back to Rome.

Half an hour later, several motorcycles and an off-road vehicle drove up and stopped next to the hill where Sine and Jafidi had parted. Scar jumped off the buggy, looked intently at the wheel tracks on the ground, and then turned back and said, "They just left, chase!"

Including Scar, a full ten killers galloped away like a pack of wolves along the trails left by Yafidi towards the end of the earth.

With a sneeze, old Bernard emerged from his bed. When the curtains were opened, there were goose-feathered snowflakes outside. It's just that the snow of the new age is not beautiful at all, they are gray and have a strong radiation. Old Bernard sighed and stood in front of the mirror. The old man in the mirror has a thin, dark red musculature under his eye on the left side of his face, which is a deformed tissue that has been formed by the radiation that has lived on the surface of the earth for a long time. The mutant tissue can make humans tenaciously resist the erosion of radiation, but at the same time, it will also accelerate the aging of the human body, like a double-edged sword.

You can't live without it, but you die fast with it. But in any case, the mutant organization can at least allow ordinary humans to survive in this harsh environment, and those fragile lives will be eliminated twenty or thirty years after the cataclysm.

Old Bernard was the second mayor of Yozi, and the town, along with the surrounding towns of Masson and Blue Bridge, was established in the last decade. It was also after the bloodstained road that these towns had room to survive. The opening of the Bloodstained Road made the Western Continent form a transportation artery from south to north. With the highway, supplies can go anywhere in the Western Continent, so the significance of the bloodstained highway is like the blood vessels of the human body, and its importance is self-evident.

With the Bloodstained Road, there are now small towns like Yozie or cities like Cage, which form transportation nodes on the Bloodstained Road and can be used as transit points. The three small towns of Yoqi Town are blessed with a unique geographical location, and not far behind them is the famous city of Rock on the mainland. As a city of rocks that guards the northern part of the bloodstained road, its solidity can be seen from its name.

In fact, the outer walls of the Rock Castle are made of natural white stones, which are abundant in the vicinity, and the walls are 60 meters high and snow-white, hence the name White Castle. The gate was made of composite armor plates of equal height, and the designers of the Rock City at that time added some additional systems to the gate to resist impact, making it almost impossible to blast the gate open with external force.

This gate is known as the Wall of Sighs. It means that when the enemy army arrives under the city, it is also necessary to look at the city and sigh.

As a vassal town of the Rock City, the three towns of Yoqi have their own advantages. The three towns are full of hotels and bars, giving travelers who have not been in the city a place to rest and have fun. At the same time, there is a beer processing factory in the town of Yozi, so it is also known as the beer town, and travelers from the north and south always do not forget to drink a few glasses of the town's own beer in the town bar when they pass through the town.

It's just that now, both the town of Yozi and the other two towns are extremely depressed. In addition to the coming of winter, there is another important reason, that is, the pirates in the south of the continent.

Old Bernard had heard that the pirates of Roaring Bay had not only landed on land, but also taken over Fort Canon. This is an incredible thing for the townspeople, after all, the Canon Fortress is known as an impregnable fortress, with two knights stationed in it, and its defense is only second to that of the Rock City in the entire continent.

Soon after, the Knights fought the pirates in the Eternal Mountains, and the result was another shock.

The combined army of three legions has returned from the Eternal Mountains, and now, even the city of Cage has fallen into the hands of pirates, which is a great threat to the North.

However, judging from the reactions of the townspeople, everyone did not feel much about this matter. After all, some travelers from the south had heard that even after the occupation, the pirates did not destroy the city much, and even guaranteed food and water for the city's residents, and their policies were much more lenient than those ordered by the old men in the Papal Hall.

The most attractive thing is the treatment of the workers there, I heard that an ordinary miner can receive a salary of two gold coins per month! You must know that for a Northland family, two gold coins are enough for a family's monthly food and clothing, and the money earned by the workers in the Northland is often only enough for the family to barely live and far from food and clothing.

Of course, these topics can only be talked about privately. If the soldiers heard it, they would have taken it away.