Chapter 19: The Story of the Year
Two bird calls came from behind the rocky rocks outside the cave, and two huge figures stopped on the rocks.
They were two birds as tall as war horses, with horns similar to those of goats on their heads and blue-gray feathers. It is the most commonly used means of transportation for people in the Sky Nation - the horned eagle.
Two people jumped off the back of the Horned Eagle. One was a young man in leather armor, with a bow and arrows on his back, and a sword at his waist, none other than Grant; The other is a minotaur who is still naked, with only heart goggles on his chest, shoulder armor draped over his shoulders, and two battle axes on his back, naturally Boer.
The little minotaur raised his great axe and let out a wild orc warcry. He may usually be just a good old man with a little tendon in his brain, but the violent factor hidden in his blood also broke out at this time, and he, like his kindred, turned into a killing machine.
Two huge battle axes swung, and the two wingmen closest to him collapsed in disfigurement. Bull didn't know that his first attack had already killed the third master, Sabo, of course, he probably wouldn't care if he knew. Now, he just wants to slap all his enemies into small pies with an axe on wheels.
Grant took off his longbow when he jumped off the Horned Eagle. He strode in the direction of Lu Xi, and in just a short period of time, he had already shot three arrows in a row and reaped three lives.
Grant stood beside Lu Xi, drew his long sword, and slashed several of his closest enemies in succession.
A winged man finally came to his senses from the bright light and swung his sword at him. Grant raised his sword to block the other man, and he was about to get around the other party, only to find another bandit raising his spear and stabbing at him.
"Oops! My life is at rest! Grant just secretly complained, but Lu Xi, who was beside him, suddenly jumped in front of him, lifted a long sword and pushed away the enemy's stabbing attack. Lu Xi shook his hand, and the blade of the sword slid along the wooden pole of the winged man's spear, and smeared it lightly on the opponent's neck.
Seeing the enemy whose neck was sliced fall down, Lu Xi turned around and killed the enemy who was entangled with Grant with a sword by the way.
"Grant, do you think I haven't learned any swordsmanship?" Lu Xi smiled faintly, and the unfathomable pretending to be 13 immediately bluffed the other party. He didn't tell SΓΉ Grant that he had found a copy of the Ancient Oakland Knight Swordsmanship in Orucello's library, and immediately clicked the "Swordsmanship Basics" skill and the "Ancient Auckland Knight Swordsmanship" skill to level 5 and 2 respectively. This was originally intended to be used by literary and artistic youths in the future with magic costumes such as "Flame Sword" and "Thunderbolt Sword", but I didn't want to use it in actual combat today.
At this time, the battle between the second leader Ulu and the clay puppet was almost decided. The Clay Golem would not have been an opponent of Uru the Bandit, but with the addition of Boole, who had already taken care of all the enemies, it was naturally different. Bull walked over and slammed his sword into the wall next to him with an axe, and the clay golem took the opportunity to rush up and slammed his fist into the other's face.
Uru's nose almost sank into his face, he coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood, spat out a few teeth, rolled his eyes and fainted.
Just as Bull raised his axe and was about to give the other party the final blow, Lu Xi stopped him: "Bull, leave a living mouth." β
Boole bothered his head and struggled for a second, but finally decided to obey the young master's orders and put away the axe. Grant stepped forward and quickly tied up the unconscious Uru.
Lu Xi wiped the rouge off his face, took off the wig, except for the blood-stained skirt on his body, which had completely changed from "she" to "him". He looked around at the corpse-strewn surroundings and groped around in the cavern.
"Young Master, what are you doing?" Grant couldn't help but ask. β¦,
"Looking for treasure! Don't you know? After fighting monsters, in addition to experience points, the most anticipated thing is the treasure chest. This is the common sense of fighting monsters and upgrading! β
"What are you talking about? However, if you are looking for loot, then I advise you not to bother. Look at the down-and-out appearance of these winged people, which seems to have some kind of oil and water. β
"It's hard to say. Even an old beggar on the street can sell "The Palm of the Gods" for ten yuan a copy, how can this group of thieves make beggars more glamorous? β
"What the hell are you talking about?!"
Lu Xi ignored it, rummaged through the cave, and finally found a small box in the corner.
"Look, isn't that there?"
He examined the metal box. The weight is heavy, and it should be a very important thing for these winged people to carry it even for escape. The box was opened, but Lu Xi didn't find any gold and silver jewelry from inside, only a thick scroll.
Lu Xi flipped through the scroll and carefully scertained its contents.
"Map of Mount Namoa." When these words came into Lu Xi's eyes, his breathing became a little heavy.
This is indeed a map, which shows the mountainous terrain of the Namoa Mountains, which stretches for thousands of miles, from the sheep's intestine mountain path to the cave tunnels, the main habitat of the large demonic beasts, several passages to the underworld, and even the location of the camps of the large and small winged people.
To put it bluntly, this is a military map of Mount Namoa that could not be more detailed.
Lu Xi took a deep breath and tucked the map into his arms.
"Grant, Bull. None of you should tell me about the map I got it. Do you understand?! β
Bull was still a little baffled, but Grant seemed to have thought of something, and quickly pulled the minotaur and nodded.
"Then young master, what should we do now?" Bull asked.
"Well, Gran, you can go to the garrison now, and say that the thieves have all been done. Tell them to come and receive the captives with our bounty. β
"Hehe, there's only one captive. I've made the rest into a pie. Bull said something creepy with a cheeky smile.
"As for Bull, you go to the village and ask everyone to come and move things. These thieves don't have much oil and water, but they still have a lot of weapons to sell to merchants, and if they can't, they can melt them and use them to forge some farming tools. β
The two took the order and left. Lu Xi casually found a clean corner and sat down, picked up a bottle of wine that had not been drunk yet, and took two sips.
"I've seen enough of the play, shouldn't your old man come out too?" Lu Xi suddenly said to the empty hall.
A strange ripple rippled in the air, and Orucello's figure slowly emerged from the void.
"It really surprised me." The Archmagus smiled and said, "How did you know I was here?" β
"Actually, I don't know, but usually in this situation, there will be an endless all-round follow-up action of the disciple, called to protect the voyeur that is actually a bad taste. So I just habitually shouted like that. β
"Aren't you afraid of guessing wrong?"
"If you guess wrong, you guess wrong, just when I can't talk to myself."
"Haha, you kid really has an appetite for me." Orucello walked over with a smile and sat down next to Lu Xi, he carefully looked at the beautiful face with red lips and white teeth, "It's just that I really didn't expect you to think of using this method." It really opened my eyes. β
"Please forget about it......"
"Hehe~~ How can you forget such an interesting thing? It's just that I promised not to say it. Orucello laughed.
It's over, and I've been caught by the old devil. Lu Xi gritted his teeth and shook his head, thinking about how to uncover this scene. Orucello looked at Lu Xi's bloodstains and let out an inaudible sigh: "It's not the first time you've killed someone, right?" ββ¦,
Lu Xi was slightly stunned, and then asked with a smile: "Do you think I look like the first time?" β
"When was the first killing, can you tell me about it?"
"Ah, that's a memory I can't forget!" Lu Xi recalled for a moment, and then said: "When I was six years old, I went to the town alone to play and met a few particularly 'kind' people. They gave me a lot of delicious snacks and after eating them I fell asleep, and when I woke up, I was already in Glorenhambo. β
"With your intelligence and maturity, I don't believe you'll fall for a few traffickers." Orucello shook his head.
"That's not just a few traffickers." Lu Xi said: "They actually belong to a large-scale slave trading organization, whether it is humans, elves, dwarves, orcs or even giants, they are one of their commodities. Of course, I didn't fall for them, in fact, Sister Tido had her eyes on them since they sold a pair of elven sisters at a high price on the black market in Sosnes, and the reason why I pretended to be abducted was naturally part of the plan. β
Orucello stared at the blood on Lu Xi's face and watched him talk eloquently.
"No matter how shrewd the traffickers were, they would never have imagined that one of my 'little girls' was a spy, and I secretly left a mark on the road that only the wood elves could see. Then, as the group prepared to transport us south from Gloren Harbor, an elven force, led by Hawkeye himself, swept them all at the docks. β
"Well, I seem to have heard of this too." Orucello nodded. Actually, he didn't just hear about it. Although Gloren is an autonomous port, it is still theoretically a federal territory, and the entry of the Norda Elven Brigade into the city to kill people and arrest people also caused a lot of diplomatic disputes at the time. Orucello knows better: the organization engaged in the slave trade actually has the background of many high-ranking federal officials.
"What about you? Now that the elves have arrived, it seems that you don't need to kill people, right? Orucello asked.
"I asked for it myself." Lu Xi said lightly: "I have seen with my own eyes that the boss of the trafficker ravaged a girl who was at most eleven or twelve years old to death. Actually, that scum was originally going to come to me, and it was that girl who protected me. I always felt that if I didn't kill that scum with my own hands, I would definitely not be able to sleep well in the future. β
Orucello was silent, speechless.
"It's actually very easy to kill him. The two elves held him in the arm, and I only had to pick up a dagger and stab him in the throat, but by that time, I had stabbed him twenty-five...... Twenty-five knives. If it hadn't been for Brother Hawkeye holding me back, maybe there would have been two hundred and fifty cuts. β
ββ¦β¦ And after that? How do you feel after the killing? β
"I've gained a lot of experience," Lu Xi couldn't help laughing, but there was a bright and cruel beauty on his bloodstained delicate face, "I only knew at that time that killing people can actually become stronger." β
Orucello shook his head noncommittally. Naturally, he understood the experience in Lu Xi's mouth as "the experience of killing".
"Killing people will definitely become stronger, otherwise no one will follow the so-called path of Shura. However, this kind of getting stronger is certainly not what you want. β
"Of course, at that time, what was the use of me asking for so much experience. And turn living people into experiences...... Hey, my mental structure isn't that weird yet. Lu Xi pursed his lips, suddenly remembered something, stared at Orucello and said, "You are always afraid that I will be abnormal after I kill someone, so you will come to enlighten me, right?" β
Orucello shrugged his shoulders, and then said: "There are indeed many people, because they can't bear the guilt of killing, some simply give up on themselves and embark on the path of Shura, and some can't accept it and go crazy directly. ββ¦,
"The plane you're giving is too extreme." Lu Xi laughed, "To tell you honestly, I did have nightmares for several days at that time, and then I suddenly felt: There are so many people in this world who are not sorry to die, why should I feel guilty about their deaths?" Torture yourself? Don't think it hurts? β
Orucello looked at Lu Xi in a daze, and a smile gradually appeared on his face: "Well, you are decisive in killing, but you don't kill for the sake of killing, you kid is really good, hehehe...... It's strange, why didn't Tifario train you out? Could it be that the old guy's head was trampled on by the dragon? β
Lu Xi laughed embarrassedly twice, and then took out the map from his arms: "Let's talk about this thing." Did you already know there was such a map? Otherwise, why did you send the people who had lost the garrison, and sent me to deal with them, and even ran to follow them without even researching them. If it is a coincidence, it is too far-fetched. β
Orucello looked at Lu Xi deeply with an ancient and waveless look, and said slowly:
"The Black Flag Wingers have been in Namoa for nearly a thousand years, aren't they relying on the complex geography of the mountains and the Federation?" He glanced at Carento's corpse on the side and continued, "The previous leader of the Black Fist Brotherhood, that fellow's father, was also a very ambitious and extremely cunning traitor. He kidnapped an Oakland geographer and forced him to draw the Namoa Mountains Gazetteer on the scroll, using it to threaten the Black Flag Wingers, who were even more powerful than him. The other Winged Chieftains also knew that if this map fell into the hands of the Federation, Namoa would not be lost. β
"In this way, the Black Fist Brotherhood will be exterminated because of this map."
"It's natural, and the balance built up by threats is inherently fragile. After the death of the old leader, the other wingman leaders raided the base camp of the Black Fist Brotherhood under the pretext of mourning. However, they did not find the map in the end. β
"Then how did you know that this gang is the remnants of the Black Fist Brotherhood?"
"Don't you know?" Orucello looked at Lu Xi and smiled like an old urchin, "There is also a thing called the Surveillance Crystal in this world, as long as you have a deep enough prophetic attainment, you can even see the scenery hundreds of miles away. As soon as the winged men fled to my island, I took a crystal look at them. Although the Wingmen all looked similar to me, I recognized the coats of arms on their clothes. β
It turns out that there are such convenient voyeur tools in this world, so let's catch up with the reconnaissance satellite.
Lu Xi looked at Orucello with a blank eye, but the other party said, "Don't think about it, the central government does not allow private use of surveillance crystals." I'm violating federal law by stealing one. β
You're still a member of parliament. Lu Xi rolled his eyes, and then asked, "But teacher, why don't you want the map to be obtained by the people of the garrison?" β
"Tell me, then, how would the government react if they got the map?"
"This ...... The Federation will definitely send troops to Namoa again, with such a detailed military map, the only advantage of the Black Flag Wingers is lost, and it should be a matter of time before they attack all in one battle. β
"Huh, and then what?"
"And then?"
"Then there is the absolute strategic superiority over the eastern steppes and the Hellas peninsula. For those politicians, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Sooner or later, orcs, the undead, and even the human empires will be involved in this great war, what do you think the Federation will be like when that time comes? β
"Are you thinking too far ahead......"
"Oh, maybe. However, I know exactly what the political and domestic situation of the Federation is. Internal contradictions that cannot be resolved are diverted by foreign wars, and this is a common technique used by politicians. How could I possibly give those moths such a chance and a reason! β