Chapter 20 Beheading the Snake
Waiting is not a difficult thing for a witcher - for a witcher who will crouch in a hundred-year-old tomb and stay still for three or four days, just waiting for a resentful spirit, a few hours of waiting is not a big deal; Of course, there is a difference between waiting and wasting; Basically, all witchers, from the moment they become witchers, already have a waiting heart; At the same time, they know how to use their time.
Polishing your weapon while drinking is the easiest way for a witcher to save time - keeping his weapon in the best condition is something that every witcher understands and has always been warn of; In addition to the gun itself, the most important thing is the lack of maintenance; And the witchers who died unexpectedly because of the lack of maintenance of their guns, other witchers were more vigilant when they sympathized.
Therefore, while waiting for the person in charge of planning and planning in the Holy See to appear this time, Ye Qi did not just stand and did not move - of course, even if he had a high-level stealth technique, he wanted to maintain weapons under the other party's eyelids and other things, Ye Qi still couldn't do it; However, if you just explore the terrain in front of you, and communicate with his stand-in again, it is perfectly fine.
As for the young man of the Holy See?
After contacting his immediate boss with the magic crystal, he strode out of the inner cave and stood at the door of the outer cave, anxiously waiting - obviously, the sudden news had made it impossible for this young man to stay in the inner cave safely; Listening to the friction of the other party's footsteps on the soil in front of the cave, Ye Qi could know what kind of anxious mood the other party was at the moment.
Ye Qi was not surprised by this; After all. He had set up several plans before. There is already an extremely accurate guess about the other party's reaction. Especially like the one in front of him, it is undoubtedly the simplest kind of his backup plan - it belongs to, basically as long as he makes a start, the other party will completely do it himself; There was no intention to despise the opponent, but when it came to the simplest situation expected, Ye Qi was still satisfied.
At least. Don't do it yourself!
With the simplest situation, there will naturally be the most difficult situation - among the several strategies in Ye Qi's reserve, when facing the most difficult situation, he can only kill the other party and look for clues on the other party's body; Then look for the real person in charge behind the other party's back; Doing so is undoubtedly suspicious of startling the snake; After all, the death of a priest with a knife can be regarded as an accident for the Holy See, but what about the second? Especially this second one who died after investigating the cause of the previous one's death, even if it was a stupid person. You'll find out what's wrong.
Of course, more importantly. The uncertainty of the other party's ability to find the clue of the real person behind it - the first priest with a knife undoubtedly had an absolute clue, but he was not able to grasp it; And the second? Ye Qi is not sure about this; This kind of thing that depends entirely on chance has always been what Ye Qi hates the most.
Failure to grasp all the factors in his hands is a failure for a planner; This is especially true for someone as habitually cautious as Ye Qi - even if he succeeds afterwards, if he does it with a lucky attribute like chance, Ye Qi will also consider it a failure.
That's why Ye Qi calls this situation the most difficult.
However, the current situation is of the simplest kind; Ye Qi was satisfied with this; After all, in addition to being able to see the person in charge of the plan behind the other party right away, he also figured out what the first priest with a knife wanted to cover up before - the magic crystal!
That's what the priest with the knife was trying to hide!
As a convenient communication existence, the manufacturing principle of the magic crystal is not complicated - it is just that the Holy See has replaced the means of magic with the so-called magic means; Make it more confidential and hidden; Ye Qi has a deep understanding of this; At the very least, under this kind of concealment, before the magic crystal was activated, he couldn't use the blind battle perception to determine whether there was such an existence on the other party.
Nice trick!
Ye Qi gave a sincere assessment - there is no doubt that this magic crystal was specially made to prevent those beings with keen perception; After all, there is no shortage of perceptive beings, whether it is facing dark creatures in the past or facing enemies now; Especially now, Ye Qi is very difficult to believe that in the description of him in the Holy See, in addition to the knife technique, the most important thing is the sharpness of perception.
There have been several encounters, if the Holy See has not been able to discover these, Ye Qi will suspect how the other party has controlled the entire Lorant for more than a full hundred and fifty years - this skill that can hide the special fluctuations of the magic crystal is undoubtedly very good, but Ye Qi will not be greedy; Alchemy that has reached the level of mastery, even if it is only level one, but the level of mastery is unmistakable, and there is such a skill in it; Moreover, Ye Qi has decided that he will take time to renew the people around him.
As for the products below the alchemy mastery level, they may be able to be sold on a large scale!
Not letting others use the items they made against themselves has always been Ye Qi's bottom line; Therefore, in the original level 25 alchemy, Ye Qi sold most of the magic items made at level 10 to 15; Although even the magic items made by level 25 alchemy would not really threaten him, this did not mean that Ye Qi was willing to have such a frowning situation - therefore, the items made by alchemy were strictly controlled by Ye Qi; And later, it was because of the cultivation of swordsmanship, which made the situation even more serious; Time is becoming increasingly scarce, and the number of Ye Qi productions is also declining dramatically.
If you do this 24 hours a day, we won't worry about Kimpton at all!
This was the sentiment of the black market merchant, which was naturally ignored by Ye Qi; However, the alchemy that reached the mastery level gave Ye Qi some ideas - the magic items made by alchemy at the ordinary level of 25 were already considered high-quality in the black market and special channels. If you can. He doesn't mind spending three or five hours a month making one. Make up for the growing deficit for your bar.
Think of it as a combination of work and rest!
With such an idea that was enough to drive the black marketeer crazy, Ye Qi's eyes began to look around, and when he saw his stand-in, grinning there, he couldn't help but smile - from the outside, this stand-in was just grinning because of the pain in his face, but Ye Qi, who had communicated with the other party, knew that the other party was thinking that he had sent a signal.
The right hand is placed on the injured face. The distance between the little finger and the ring finger is a little more than the distance between the other fingers - if there is no detailed communication, such a hidden code may not be noticed by even some people with keen senses; Even if it is discovered, with the current injury of the stand-in, there are enough reasons to shirk it.
"I'm still here, and the situation is very good for us!" After answering the other party's question in a short way, Ye Qi immediately said: "The other party will bring two other people in a while, you should know each other; One is Edward, who is known as a "coward" and "coward" among the mercenaries, and the other is Ruud, a miscellaneous merchant! ”
"And after these two people arrive, the people we are waiting for will probably come too! At that time, a battle was inevitable! So. I'll take the lead! And at this point, you take the two of them and run towards a place about seven feet or so away from you. There is an underground passage hidden by stone slabs. ”
The little thumb of the right hand of the stand-in covering his face shook without a trace, as if nodding, indicating that he understood - for Ye Qi's words, the stand-in, who already had some ideas, was definitely obedient; Since the adults say that there is a secret passage there, then it must be a secret passage; It was only after glancing at the place that the stand-in thought so.
Looking at the stand-in who expressed his understanding, Ye Qi immediately observed the entire inner hole again - after a while, when the person in charge of the plan behind the other party came here, a battle was inevitable; And in such an absolutely Solar-level battle, his stand-in in front of him, the 'cowardly' mercenary and grocer merchant would definitely be affected, and if he could, Ye Qi, who had the bottom line of a witcher, did not want any of these three to be absolutely harmed, so Ye Qi observed the layout of the entire inner cave at the beginning.
The roof of the cave is about ten feet high, but it is nearly thirty feet long and about fifteen feet wide; An inner hole in the form of an almost standard cuboid is obviously impossible to have formed naturally; In fact, when entering the outer hole, this kind of hole is set of holes, and it also has the appearance of corners, which has already made Ye Qi sure that except for some parts of the outer hole that are naturally formed, the rest are artificially excavated; Linked to the design of the dense forest path outside the cave, Ye Qi, who was almost instinctive, was sure that there must be hidden passages and secret rooms in the inner cave.
In fact, Ye Qi's guess was not wrong, after a moment of careful searching, he found two strange places—and according to their location and size, one of them was to escape, and the other was to activate the trap in the cave; After all, after having a trap like the Jungle Trail, if you don't use it here again, that mechanic is really a mistake.
This trap can also be exploited!
Although the traps in this place will not be separated from those in the dense forest path, and these traps will not cause any trouble to the Solar level powerhouses, but if he is there, this situation will change most intuitively; At the very least, if you use it reasonably, the next battle will be much easier.
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The young man pacing around the entrance of the cave was very anxious - as a fairly smart man, he knew very well the difference between what was ready before the two adults came, and what was ready after they came; The former is enough to prove that his abilities are extraordinary; The latter will not detract from his merits, but it will make it a little less effective; Especially knowing the temper of one of the adults, this young man couldn't wait that the black-clothed deacon who had already gone out to bring people back was several times faster; After all, his teacher wasn't a good-natured person.
"My lord, go and rest first! Here's where I'm on it! ”
The black-clothed deacon who stayed behind said respectfully to the young man in front of him—even judging from the performance of the other party just now, he could guess that the other party must have made a major discovery; What does this discovery mean. This black-clad deacon, who already has a lot of experience. But I know it.
Major discoveries are bound to be credited. And with merit, there will be a bright future - and in the face of such a young and promising person, if he does not 'get to know' again, it is really undesirable; although the two sides are only a temporary superior-subordinate relationship now, this does not mean that they will not develop into a real superior-subordinate in the future, especially after the other party has the current 'merit'.
In normal times, this young man of the Holy See would have been satisfied with the 'understanding' of his subordinates, but the impatience in his heart at the moment made him have no such thoughts at all, but he was not impatient to know how to deal with the good intentions of his subordinates. He paused, smiled and waved his hand at the subordinate, and then returned to the original state again-
Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!
After the young man of the Holy See turned a few more times, the sound of a blow resounded in the wall behind them, light as a woodpecker, but it was incomparably clear, and the rhythm was unusually clear, completely in line with their code—the large tree outside the dense forest path that had been partially hollowed out was connected here by a hollow pipe, as long as it was vibrating with sufficient force. You can hear it all here.
"Open the trap!"
After hearing the sound, the young man of the Holy See immediately said to his subordinates beside him; The black-clad deacon immediately ran to a nearby tree and turned the waving hand attached to the gears—this waving hand. It's like the noose behind the drawbridge at the city gate, but it's all made entirely of metal; And there is no abnormal sound like the 'creak, creak' when the gate drawbridge is lowered and closed.
And when he saw the four figures getting closer and closer in the distance, the young man of the Holy See immediately greeted him - obviously compared to Ye Qi's stand-in, Rude, a grocer with the identity of a 'shadow son', had a certain courtesy; however, this is also because of his cooperation, otherwise, he would be the same as the thin mercenary behind him; although he was not bound, his body was dusty; there was no doubt that this thin mercenary was 'invited' after a battle without suspense.
"Ruud? Nice to see you! ”
Facing the grocer in the middle, the young man of the Holy See could not help but smile—whether it was the credit that the other party's timely news had brought him, or the credit that the other party had received this time, it was enough to make him show his kindness; Maybe the other party doesn't have the corresponding strength, but this doesn't mean that the other party is useless, this young man from the Holy See is convinced of this sentence.
"I've seen Your Excellency!"
Faced with the kindness of the young man of the Holy See, the grocer immediately saluted respectfully—the friendliness of the other party could not make him forget the difference in status between the two sides; If he really forgets, then it will undoubtedly be a mistake for him that can threaten his survival; Ruud has made such a mistake once and remembers it very well, and he will never make it again.
"I've seen Your Excellency!"
And in the grocer's gesture, the thin mercenary also said the same - in the face of the current form, Edward, who tried to escape, but was captured in an instant, knew very well that he was now a fish on the board, and someone else was the knife; Any resistance will only be cut twice; Of course, more importantly, to this day, he still believes in his friends.
Compared to his enthusiasm for the grocer, the young man of the Holy See was undoubtedly much colder in the face of Edward, and only nodded with a smile - if it weren't for the fact that the other party was still useful, the young man of the Holy See would not have paid attention to the other party at all; Just as at this moment, he ignored the black-clad deacon who had offended him.
The young man of the Holy See would never pay much attention to the dead.
"Ruud, and this Mr. Edward, I have something here that you need to confirm!"
The young man of the Holy See couldn't wait to take out the paper with the Enma Knife drawn on it—this was not the paper with the image of the Enma Knife drawn by the previous stand-in; It was repainted by the young man of the Holy See; After all, it was too much for him to carry a piece of paper stained with blood, dirt, and some unknown liquid in his arms.
After receiving this piece of paper, Ruud did not react, but Edward was immediately stunned - the weapon of the adult, he had seen it with his own eyes.
Is it really as the Lord arranged?
With such a question, Edward's expression was not lost in the eyes of the young man of the Holy See, and he immediately asked, "Edward, have you ever seen this knife?" ”
"This, this ......"
Thinking of the adult's instructions, the thin mercenary unconsciously looked at his friend - obviously, the young man in front of him and his friend were in the same camp, if he did what the adult said, would he hurt his friend? Although the adult has always promised that he and his friends will be safe.
"What, is there anything you can't say?"
As time passed, the young man who wanted to behave in front of those two adults became more and more impatient, and if it was in normal times, he would definitely persuade him gently; But at the moment, he was cold and threatening - although the former would have an effect, the latter was more direct, especially when facing these life-hungry mercenaries in front of him, the young man of the Holy See, who had had experience directly facing mercenaries, naturally leaned towards the latter.
And it was this tendency that made the hesitant Edward have a very wise decision-
"This, this, I'm just a little surprised; After all, this secret I intend to take to the grave......"
The skinny mercenary said as agreed with the adult.
PS The second update~ In other words, decadence seems to be sleeping in the afternoon and turning on the air conditioner to blow his waist...... This time I really burst into tears......
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