Chapter 38: The Return of Darkness (VII)
Rhodes pushed open the cell door and walked into the room. The dark elf in front of him turned his head away when he saw the firelight, and said nothing. But Rhodes didn't care about this, on the contrary, he looked at the "dark elf" in front of him and was slightly stunned.
In the light of the fire, I saw that it was a fair-skinned young elven woman, who was about eighteen or nineteen years old in human terms, and did not seem to have reached adulthood. The woman's body is slender and delicate, and her appearance is beautiful and sexy, which is the biggest difference between the dark elves. If elves are the spokesmen of innocence, then dark elves are clearly sexy. But until then...............
"Dark Elves?"
Rod frowned and repeated the word, then he turned to look at the canary and Bubbles, and sensing Rod's gaze, Little Bubblegum smirked and straightened his chest, which was almost slightly better than the airfield.
"How? Captain, it's very interesting, it's the first time I've seen such a black skin, it's so interesting. If it weren't for this, how could we possibly get her back? Well, you think it's funny, right? ”
That's true.
Hearing Little Bubblegum speak, Rod nodded. This is completely typical player thinking, just like in the game, a player accidentally finds a rare elite that cherishes rare when farming monsters, and either catches it as a pet or takes a photo on the forum, or tries his best to activate and bind it. In addition, this rare elite monster generally has all kinds of rare tasks, just like the previous Labis, through which Rhodes opened the mission of the Belchemus clan, and then turned to an alchemy master. Although the woman in front of him looked like a purebred elf no matter how she looked, Rhodes could still tell the shadow of the dark elf from her white hair and the color of her eyes. In other words, if Rhodes himself saw such an anomaly in a group of dark elves, he would definitely catch it first without explanation.
But what made Rod a little puzzled. Women in the Dark Elves generally have a high status, and most of them are spellcasters. However, Rhodes did not see the unique "blood pattern circuit" of the black elf mage in this "dark elf", and judging from her muscular arms and calloused palms, this female dark elf was obviously a warrior. It's weird, Rhodes hasn't heard of a female Dark Elf being a warrior in the game............ Well? Wait a minute?
Thinking of this, Rod suddenly raised his eyebrows. As he thought of the female Dark Elf warrior, Rhodes seemed to have found some bookmark in the corner of his memory library, and he frowned, pondering, letting his thoughts wander through his memory, and after a few moments, Rhodes' eyes lit up.
It occurred to him that in the mid-game game, there did seem to be such a strange rumor circulating in the dark underground. That was when Rhodes first led his team to Hell to "change gear". On the passage to hell, they had passed through the city of the dark elves of the underworld, and at that time, some members of the group had indeed obtained a wanted warrant for a female dark elf killer who had killed several of the main mothers. If Rhodes remembers correctly, the wealth and equipment given on that wanted notice were quite appealing. It's just that in Rhodes's opinion, the dark elves are cunning and difficult, if he comes to the underground alone, then it is nothing to take this task by the way to search for it, but at the moment, with hundreds of people, it is definitely impossible to wander around the underground world for such a broken mission. Not to mention, the Dark Elves are notoriously treacherous and cunning, and maybe Rhodes will find an excuse to give them some trouble after completing the mission. So in the end, Rod did not take on this task, but left directly with the team after a short supply. However, this wanted notice became a topic for the members of the group to pass the time in their leisure time in the boring underworld at that time. After all, according to the wanted warrant. This female dark elf roams the main cities of the dark elves underground, and the death of the master mother at her hands has reached double digits. This is something that even players have never done. After all, the dark elves are insidious and cunning, and they like to consume cannon fodder rather than fight themselves. In particular, those master mothers not only have the strength of the legendary mage level, but they are also extremely black. Few of the players were able to take advantage of them, and although at the time, a player was powerful enough to destroy a Dark Elf family, but it was a matter of conspiracy. That's another story.
And in such a situation, the fact that a female dark elf can kill so many hostesses and not get caught is enough to become a topic of conversation among players. Some players who are familiar with the game will be keenly aware that this is definitely a large and obscure branch of the Underworld storyline, and they have no doubt that if they can find this female dark elf, it will be enough to open one of the largest story branches in the Underworld.
And as for what this dark elf would kill so many of her people. Players also have different opinions, some think that she may be because of love, and some think that it is because of family feuds, after all, in the world of dark elves, betrayal and hatred happen all the time, and players have not done anything less on behalf of one family to destroy another family. But it was the first one like this female dark elf to wander the main cities of the dark elves in the underworld realm, and to spread the killing wantonly.
Thinking of this, Rod retracted his thoughts. In his brain, there is only so much information and intel about "a female killer who assassinated many dark elf mothers". If it could be described as a folder, it was only two or three pages thin, and soon he flipped through all the information and re-investigated and examined it. He looked at the "dark elf" in front of him, a little unsure if the other party was the same person, but he thought he could give it a try, after all, in addition to strength, he had never seen a female dark elf who would be a warrior.
And her skin color is also enough reason to suffer "racial discrimination" in the world of the dark elves.
Rhodes raised her head and looked at the dark elf in front of her, but she still turned her head and looked at the stone wall next to her, her expression stubborn and full of disdain. It was an orthodox dark elf expression, in their opinion. Humans and other races are garbage, maggots, slaves and untouchables who are not worth mentioning at all. If a dark elf would bow its head in front of humans, it would usually end up with a human head falling to the ground.
But it doesn't matter. Thinking of this, Rhodes smiled inwardly, and then he looked at the dark elf in front of him.
If Rod's memory is not wrong. The name on that wanted warrant should be ...............
"Leo. Ban Rui, the second daughter of the Ban Rui family in Callessodar City, really didn't expect to see you here. ”
Then, Rod spoke.
Leo turned his head.
The glare of the fire made her eyes sting like never before, and she had to change the pattern of her eyes so that they could adjust to the damn light. She could feel the man looking at her curiously, and then he turned his head and spoke to the human girl next to him in the lowly language of humans, but Leo didn't care. She didn't care about her fate, anyway, death was only a matter of time for her.
But the next moment, a word reached her ears like this.
"Leo. Ban Rui, the second daughter of the Ban Rui family in Callessodar City, really didn't expect to see you here. ”
Leo looked up in surprise, for the first time she had forgotten her self-esteem as a dark elf, and looked at the young black-haired human man in front of her in disbelief. At this moment, he looked at himself expressionlessly. It didn't look like he was the one who said that. But Leo couldn't mishear the pure Dark Elf pronunciation, for a moment. She even thought that the human in front of her was a dark elf in disguise. But soon, Leo felt that the idea was ridiculous.
But how did he find out his name? Leo knew that he was not an unknown figure in Calessodar, and that almost every Dark Elf born there knew about himself. But a human being?
"Who are you? Mankind? ”
Leo frowned, carefully looking at the young humans in front of him. He asked.
Right in the bull's-eye.
Although Leo didn't answer her question directly, her expression and reaction betrayed everything. Seeing the reaction of the dark elf in front of him, Rhodes nodded with satisfaction deep in his heart. Looks like I've caught a big fish this time.
"It doesn't matter who I am, the second daughter of the Ban Rui family."
Rhodes waved his hand at the others, motioning for them to be calm. Then Rhodes continued, his words and phrases in addition to his appearance, which had completely changed to the sign of a true orthodox dark elf. In fact, as one of the most famous and powerful players in the game, Rhodes is fluent in almost every language and script——— which is another reason why he is known as the "Walking Library".
"The important thing is that you and I'm here now, you're my prisoner, or you're about to become my trophy."
With that, Rhodes held out his hand and made a dark elf gesture to show off.
"Or a corpse, it all depends on your attitude and choices."
"My attitude?"
Seeing Rod's movements, Leo couldn't help but feel a little funny. Although she hadn't dealt with men much in the dark underworld, the innate pride in the dark elves' veins didn't seem very friendly to humans, especially human men.
"It seems that you know us dark elves well, then you should understand, untouchables, women do not bow to men. Especially a lowly race like you, you are not qualified to make a deal with me, you rotten maggot, if you are willing, you can kill me. Or torture me, but I won't give in to you. ”
"Good."
Hearing Leo's words, Rhodes shrugged his shoulders, not showing any anger at all. However, this is not because of his big heart, but because he knows very well that the dark elves are such virtues, and now Leo's performance and her conversation have completely proved that under this white skin is still the soul of a dark elf. Maybe it's a little different, but now...............
"In that case, then I will do as you wish, the second daughter of the Ban Rui family."
"Mr. Rhodes, what are you talking about?"
Lijie asked with some curiosity, they had tried to talk to the captive before, trying to find out where she came from, but the other party didn't take them seriously at all, completely ignoring their words. And now, Rod was here to communicate with this captive so smoothly in a language they didn't understand, which made Rod magnify a lot in their minds.
"We're talking to see if we can get a little bit of information about the Undead Legion from our guest. But now it seems that this guest is a little uncooperative........."
Rod's expression was the same as ever, and it was impossible to tell if he was telling the truth or joking.
"But I think I have a way to deal with this, you can go and rest first. Watch out for the evening patrols, I'll stay here and see if I can talk to this friend of ours so that she can let her guard down and say what we want. ”
"This............ It's good. ”
Hearing Rod's answer, Lijie hesitated for a moment, but nodded quickly. She is not stupid, when she was a mercenary in the past, she often saw her companions sometimes torture bandits or something, Lijie didn't like this, but she also knew that some things were not transferred by her own will. Although Rod didn't say it explicitly, Lijie could imagine what Rod was going to do. She didn't have the courage to wait and see, so Lizzie nodded, and turned to leave. Marlene stepped forward at this time and whispered in Rod's ear.
"I'll let you know if there's anything that needs to be dealt with."
"I'll leave it to you."
Marlene smiled at Rod's answer, then turned to leave. The Canary and Little Bubblegum followed behind her, and because of her knowledge of Rod, the Canary clearly knew what he was going to do. The little bubble gum is simply because it's too boring to listen to two people here say a foreign language they don't understand.
Soon, the two of them were left alone in the cell again. Leo raised his head and looked at the human in front of him with the eyes characteristic of the dark elves. Rod, on the other hand, was expressionless, but soon, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and a smile appeared.
Even as a dark elf, Leo had to admit that this man was very good-looking, and he smiled beautifully——— but soon, the dark elf felt a cold chill rush through her back, as if her instinct had anticipated some danger.
"I'm not surprised by your stubbornness, Miss Leo."
Rhodes lowered his eyes and looked at the bound captives in front of him, and the smile on his face became more and more elegant.
"But I think we'll have a lot of time to discuss this——— first of all, the question of status between you and me..............."
As Rhodes spoke, Leo saw that under the firelight, the young man's black shadow began to distort and sway, and then, several pitch-black tentacles stretched out from Rhodes's shadow and shook towards the dark elf in front of him.
"This is the first lesson." (To be continued......)