Volume 2 Saving and Acting Chapter 4 Helplessness
"Alas, it's really bad luck today" Joey's chubby face didn't look pale and thin in the moonlight, but the crumpled flesh on his face at the moment showed how sad his heart had become.
Paula, who clashed with Joey today, Luo Mu also heard a little, is the son of a well-known garment factory owner in Cyrenaica, with a solid family background, although he has not reached the same level as the children in the rich and noble families in the private middle school, but he is also one of the best figures in Cicero High School, and Paul is one of Theodore's followers, the children of these families naturally have their own circle, but with Theodore's identity, they are well-deserved rule-makers wherever they are, and these children with a little family background are really willing to follow Theodore obediently or not, but their families will definitely ask them to do so。
And Theodore never refused the enthusiasm of others, so he quickly established a small group in Cicero Middle School, and the people in the group were all children of powerful families in Cicero Middle School.
Theodore had been in this school for three full years, and most of the people in this small group had a flamboyant personality, and they had never stopped having trouble since they entered the school, but both the teachers and even the senior leaders of the school had always maintained enough respect for Theodore, because in Corvo, class is a chasm that can never be bridged, and no one dares to really provoke Theodore, because perhaps a word from the Marquis of Ogst can make them unstoppable.
Theodore is not a pure unlearned, good aristocratic genes make him seem to be born to be a leader, he does solve countless troubles for his subordinates, and even let their families get a lot of benefits, I don't know if Theodore has a heart, or his character is bound to revenge, but anyone who provokes him and his subordinates, without exception, there is no good end, perhaps, the best end is to drop out of school.
So Joey's worries are not superfluous, if what happened today was that he was simply beaten by Paula, it might be fine, but although Luo Mu's sudden appearance saved Joey from physical suffering, but what might happen after that, Joey didn't dare to think about it at all, maybe in a sense, it was Luo Mu who harmed Joey, but who can bear to blame a person who is willing to stand up for himself.
Luo Mu lay on the bed and didn't make a sound, Joey let out a long sigh again, as if he was cheering himself up, and said, "Brother Mu, I'd better go and tell my dad about this" Luo Mu heard this, sat up and looked at Joey and asked, "Why is he bothering you today?" Luo Mu knew that Joey hadn't told his family about it yet, because he knew that even if he did, it would be useless, but the most important reason was that Joey was afraid of being scolded.
Joey's eyes were a little evasive, he didn't dare to look directly into Luo Mu's eyes, and whispered, "Because... Because I was in a hurry to go to the classroom after washing my hands, I accidentally threw the water on Paula's clothes" Luo Mu's brows furrowed slightly, "That's all?" Joey raised his head in some surprise, looked at Luo Mu, and then nodded and said, "Well, and then he scolded me a few words, if it wasn't for the class bell, maybe they would have beaten me at that time"
Luo Mu didn't say anything, and lay back on the bed, Joey sighed again, this kind of sad emotion rarely appears in this happy child, Joey saw that Luo Mu stopped talking and thought that Luo Mu had returned to his usual state, but the current mood made Joey really no longer interested in chatting with Luo Mu, he stood up, put the stool back on the table, and was about to open the door and go out, Joey opened the door, and the fat figure moved outward in the dark, and when Joey stood outside the door, he suddenly whispered to Luo Mu again" Brother Mu, don't worry about me, I'll go talk to my father, it should be fine."
After Joey finished speaking, seeing that Luo Mu still didn't move, he was a little disappointed in his heart, and was just about to close the small wooden door, when he suddenly heard Luo Mu's voice, "Don't talk to the family yet" Joey was stunned, his lips squirmed a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, nodded, he actually didn't want to talk to his family in his heart, because Joey understood very well that although Joey was a construction officer in Cyrenaica, the construction officer was really not an important position, such a position in Cyrenaica was not eighty but also a hundred, and it was almost impossible to solve this matter through his father's strength.
Joy pulled the door and walked downstairs, Luo Mu could even hear his loss and a trace of despair at the moment from his footsteps, Joy is a very sensible child, he is optimistic and cheerful, thinks about everything for the sake of others, and almost never causes any trouble for the family, but although this incident is his unintentional fault, but now it may bring great disasters to him and even his family, this huge pressure is not at all something that a sixteen-year-old child can bear.
After listening to Joey's narration just now, Luo Mu's silence was not because he didn't want to communicate with Joey anymore, but he was thinking about how to deal with this matter, whether to kill Paula, or kill Theodore, or kill both of them? Luo Mu hesitated, he knew his current situation, although he was now completely lost in his soul power, but the skills he practiced in the Forest of the Dead still made him not afraid of any battle, and after Luo Mu's memory recovered, the skills and abilities that had been repeated countless times were like layers of imprints in his mind, becoming more skillful and smooth, and although Luo Mu's body looked skinny under the dark matter, it still contained huge power as before, and now he was more powerful than when he didn't use soul power before.
And Ignez's assassin training is essentially to let the assassins he trained not fall behind in the battle with the soul master, although Luo Mu is an assassin who participated in the soul apocalypse, but the training mode of Cold Ridge is not any different from the training of other people who have not participated in the soul apocalypse, because after all, the real soul master in the world is too rare, and it is not too rare to describe it, and even remnant souls are rare, so Igniz's main training course is still based on training ordinary people.
With Luo Mu's observation during this time, in the school, Theodore has at least three extremely powerful guards around him, if Luo Mu bursts out to kill people, he can guarantee that he can kill Theodore with one blow, but the chance of him being able to successfully escape will definitely not exceed one percent, and Paula has no guards around him at all, Luo Mu can ensure that he will not be discovered by anyone after killing him quietly, but now, as Theodore's chief attendant, what happened in the restaurant today, Theodore must already know, killing Paul can only exacerbate the current conflict and not solve any problems。
Luo Mu looked at the dark ceiling, his eyes didn't blink, and finally he sighed and sat up, he reached out and tossed it twice under the bed, and the two bricks were warped, Luo Mu took out a cloth bag from it, and in the cloth bag there was a black robe and a shield-shaped sign, the sign was carved with an eagle with wings spread, and there were only a few numbers "0319" behind the sign, and there was a line of smooth small words under the number "Disedris Guild"
Since Ignaiz's offensive was crushed by Luo Mu and others at a very fast speed, the entire Corvo is slowly recovering, and the influence of Ignaiz has not disappeared with the annihilation of the funeral army, the three knights led by Curry did not even suffer a trace of damage in the war, and then it seemed that the world evaporated and there was no more news, although Empress Stephanie ordered the whole country to search for them, but there was still no gain, obviously, if it were not for the strength of these three knights to be too strong to discover, then there was only one explanation, they were already outside the walls of Wilhorns at this moment。
The space in Corvo seemed to become more and more unstable day by day, and the cracks in Hell would always open silently, and after a few vicious demons crawled out of them, they would disappear, and at the beginning of this first year, Corvo's defenses were exhausted by these scattered demons.
Of course, Luo Mu knows better than anyone else what happened to this incident, not only the newborn hell crack, or the demons who survived the last battle outside Hurlis, but the most important thing is the abyss crack on the edge of the Koster Sea, Miao Yun's soul technique swept away all the demons and hell cracks, but at the same time, it also completely shattered Quinn's soul array, this is completely a palliative method, if the Igniz church repeats such a ritual, Hell may gather again at any time to meet the same army as the first battle.
Of course, this kind of ritual is impossible to perform casually, and the last performance has almost exhausted Igniz's savings for tens of thousands of years, but Luo Mu is more worried about Curry and the other two knights who are still missing, and now the hell cracks in Corvo's territory are increasing day by day, and it is not a good sign no matter how you look at it.
"I don't know what is going on in the north of Corvo now" Luo Mu thought silently, but at this moment Luo Mu is thinking too little now, not only limited to Corvo, but the deep hell cracks that are hidden in other countries in the whole world have begun to show signs of imminence, of course, the situation in other empires is much better than Corvo at the moment, and the Corvo Empire has already begun to contact with other empires, and the whole world has begun to silently prepare for the comeback of the forces of hell and Lucifer, everyone knows that the battle that happened in Corvo before is just a prelude to this big war。
Faced with Corvo's situation, Empress Stephanie's extremely wise move made Corvo's situation at the moment greatly changed, Stephanie called on all guilds in the country to kill the demons, no matter who, as long as they are named under the guild and successfully kill the demons, they will not only get the rewards of the guild, but also get a part of the rewards directly allocated by the state.
And the rewards also increase with the level of the demons, with the support of the state, in just one year, countless guilds of all sizes have sprung up, under the heavy rewards, even countless ordinary people with a lot of strength have picked up the firewood knife at home and joined the guild to become a demon hunter, and in some of the top guilds, you can even see the figure of the soul master.
The state only asked for the reward of killing demons, and did not make any requirements for the corpses of demons, and the corpses of demons are extremely rare materials for some people with peculiar hobbies, and even alchemists, and a huge industrial chain has quietly taken shape.
The Disedris Guild that Luo Mu joined is not too big or small among the dozens of guilds in Cyrenaica, it is not the top guild, but it also has hundreds of hunters, of course, these guilds not only have the task of hunting demons, but also have a variety of other tasks, such as obtaining intelligence, capturing a certain creature, trading certain items, and even killing a certain target, as long as it is a task issued in the guild, as long as your bounty is enough, you will never have to worry that your task will not be claimed, the hunters in the guild may lack a lot of things, but they will never lack the courage to seek wealth and danger。
Luo Mu picked up the black robe, and there were countless golden gold coins under the robe, and the big bag of gold coins still radiated a dazzling brilliance under the slightly dim moonlight at this moment, which was really a lot of wealth, almost worth a family of three for several years' rations, Luo Mu looked at those gold coins and showed a hesitant color in his eyes, these gold coins not only had been accumulated in Igniz before, but the rest were obtained by completing the guild tasks after Luo Mu came to Cyrenaica, and the main source of them was to hunt demons。
Igniz's training did not teach Luo Mu how to kill demons, but after coming out of the Forest of the Dead, Luo Mu may have been exposed to more demons than some people have seen in a lifetime, and Luo Mu understands what he wants to do, so understanding these demons is an extremely important part, with Luo Mu's so-called understanding, is to know how to kill them, it can be said that at this time, Luo Mu has a deeper understanding of how to kill demons than even how to kill a person.
Every time he kills a demon, he will bring huge benefits to Luo Mu, although he has not had a few missions in total, and Luo Mu really has no expenses, so Luo Mu has still accumulated this amount of gold coins in the past six months, but these gold coins have another extremely important role for Luo Mu.
Ash suddenly poked his head out of Luo Mu's chest, swallowed the last piece of steamed bun with a grunt, blinked his eyes and looked at Luo Mu, one person and one horse have the same soul, it could feel Luo Mu's hesitation, tilted his head, Luo Mu stretched out his hand to help Ash wipe off the steamed bun residue on the side of his mouth, of course he knew what Ash thought.
Luo Mu stood up and shook his hand, the black robe covered his entire body, and even his face was covered for most of it, Luo Mu lifted the bag containing the nameplate and gold coins, and jumped out of the small air window with a slight jump.