Chapter 644: City of Miracles (I)
There is the fortress of the Land of Atonement.
Looking at the huge dark shadows in the distance under the sunlight, Thor couldn't help but gasp, he reached out and pressed his hand to his chest, feeling that he had never been so nervous. After receiving Rod's invitation, the members of the Demon Hunting Team finally decided to try their luck in the Land of Atonement. At first, everything went very well, and they quickly found a wide carriage with the badge enclosed in the letter. And along the way, although they were interrogated several times, after showing their badges, everyone was able to pass the customs safely. As a result, there are few doubts about the possibility that the invitation letter was a fake attempt to amuse oneself or a trap deliberately designed by the enemy. However, because of this, as the Land of Atonement approached, the half-demons became even more nervous, and even a few people who were always lively on weekdays were now uneasy, unusually quiet.
Looking at his silent companions in the carriage, Thor shook his head, he understood their thoughts, and in fact he was the same. Along the way, it can prove that the mercenary lord's attitude is indeed serious, but can they really take on this heavy responsibility? What if their performance doesn't satisfy the lord? At that time, will they be expelled from each other?
Can't afford to fail.
Thinking of this, Thor clenched his fists, this was their first, and maybe the last, chance.
Just then, the carriage stopped, and then an old man's voice rang out.
"It's here, ladies and gentlemen, please get off the bus. According to the rules, horse-drawn carriages are not allowed to enter the fortress unless there is a special permit. ”
Hearing the old man's words, Thor pulled up his cloak. He then gestured to his companions, and although Rhodes had already stated in his letter that they would not be treated differently in the fortress, after a long time outside, the half-demons would not lose their guard because of a few words, and they put on cloaks to cover their faces. Then he jumped out of the carriage.
"The Holy Soul is on ..............."
After jumping out of the carriage, when the half-demon descendants saw the tall, mighty fortress in front of them, many of them gasped and couldn't help but murmur to themselves. Although they had seen many cities and fortresses along the way, it was the first time they had seen a fortress like the Land of Atonement, with its tall and heavy walls and towering arrow towers. The pitch-black sword sticks straight into the ground, which is generally heart-wrenching. Just standing here made everyone feel that it was difficult to breathe, they had never seen such a powerful fortress, especially when they looked up, when they saw that the high walls of this fortress merged with the surrounding mountains, extending to both sides, there was even a kind of deterrent power that people couldn't help but daunt.
It was early afternoon, and there weren't many people outside the fortress. And the strange dress of the demon hunting team naturally attracted everyone's attention, just as they looked at the fortress in front of them curiously. Soon two or three heavily armed mercenaries came from the gate, holding the hilt of their swords at their waists, and looked vigilantly at these strange creatures who had wrapped themselves tightly.
"Who are you? What's the matter with coming to the fortress? ”
Seeing these mercenaries coming, everyone in the Demon Hunting Team couldn't help but be a little flustered, Thor waved everyone to calm down, and then he pulled the edge of the hood. Covering his face in it, he strode forward. But after seeing these mercenaries clearly, Thor couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
As a half-demon, Thor was naturally more sensitive to the amount of magic than ordinary people, and he immediately noticed that these mercenaries had traces of magical equipment everywhere on their bodies. The badges and swords on their chests exuded a faint aura of magical power, and even on the leather armor of these mercenaries, the brilliance of magical power could be faintly seen. This made Thor secretly surprised, if the equipment of these mercenaries was messy, then it could be regarded as their own. However, the magic fluctuations from these mercenaries are very similar, and they are all emanating from the same style of equipment props, so it can only be said that these magic equipment are specially prepared. This really surprised Thor, he has been wandering for many years, naturally he is experienced, with Thor's experience, generally not to mention mercenaries, even if it is a real private soldier, I am afraid it is impossible to have so many magic equipment on his body! Only the true elite legions would have so much standard magic equipment. But now, in this fortress, even the mercenaries guarding the gate have such good treatment?
Thinking of this, Thor couldn't help but feel a little frightened, but he still forced himself to calm down, and then strode up to the other party and took out the badge from his arms.
"We're not suspicious people, we came here at the invitation of your lord."
"The president's invitation?"
Hearing Thor's answer, the mercenary led by him was stunned for a moment, but he quickly squinted his eyes, took the badge from Thor's hand, examined it carefully, and then nodded. "Hmm......... This didn't seem wrong, but ........." said this, the mercenary looked at Thor curiously, and then looked at the people of the demon hunting team wrapped in black cloaks behind him, and couldn't help frowning.
"Why are you all so sneaky, what's so unseemly? Let's see what you look like! The fortress is not accessible to everyone, you don't even show your face, who knows who you are! ”
"This ..............."
Hearing the mercenary's words, Thor couldn't help but feel a little helpless, he coughed, and was thinking about whether to take an adventure, when suddenly, a calm and almost cold voice came from behind the mercenaries.
"What happened?"
"Ah, it's Agave-sama."
Hearing that voice, the mercenaries suddenly showed expressions of awe, and they quickly stood upright, and then turned their heads to look at the place where the voice came from.
"That's right, these people say that they were invited to the fortress by the elder, but they wrap themselves so tightly that they don't look like good people...............
Seeing someone walk out of the doorway, Thor and the other half-demons couldn't help but look at the mercenaries' line of sight, and then. One by one, they stood in place, dumbfounded.
I saw that in the gate of the fortress, a young girl walked out of the shadows leisurely, she had a beautiful face, white skin, and light blue eyes showed an indifferent and calm look, if you only look at the upper body. Then there is no doubt that this is a very lovely young lady. But after seeing her lower body, even those half-demon descendants were speechless, and they didn't know what to say in the face of this scene in front of them.
Countless slippery tentacles swung below the girl's waist, they slid lightly, and the girl's body moved silently, only to see water droplets slipping from it from time to time, and the girl's hair was not like ordinary people's hair drooping downward, but kept curling and rolling. Even in the sunlight, you can clearly see the washing dish on the back of the tiny tentacles.
What's this, what is this?!
It stands to reason that as half-demons who are often feared, Thor and the others should not have much resistance to the demi-human creatures, but in fact, when these poor half-demons saw Agapy, many people were still frightened and took several steps back. It's no wonder, although the half-demon is different from ordinary people. However, they differ from humans in very few ways, at most they have horns on their foreheads or a pair of feet that resemble sheep's hooves. But for now. This girl can almost be said to be covered in her body, except for that face, she can't see anything like a human being!
But the mercenaries didn't seem to be at all unusual about the girl who suddenly appeared, they just saluted respectfully, and then handed over the badge in their hands. Then I saw the girl called Agave stretch out her right hand, gently took the badge from the mercenary's hand, and observed it carefully, and then the girl "floated" in front of Thor. Her face was calm and cold, and even as the maiden approached, Thor felt a harsh winter chill rush over his face, passing through his cloak and armor. This made the sturdy half-demon descendants shudder.
"It's all of you from the Demon Hunting Team, the master has been waiting for you for a long time, please come with me."
As she spoke, Agarò lowered her hand, and a tentacle reached out from the girl's side, easily took the badge in her hand, and handed it back to Thor. In the face of the tentacles stretched out to him, Thor couldn't help but take half a step back, and then he realized that his actions seemed to be a little embarrassing............... So, Thor gritted his teeth, lowered the hood that covered his face, and reached out to retrieve the badge.
"Thank you, young lady."
"You're welcome."
Even though Thor revealed his true face in front of her, Agamevi's expression was as indifferent and calm as ever, as if there was a bland stone statue in front of her. The mercenaries only glanced at Thor curiously, then discussed a few more words, and then turned around and returned to their posts. They shouted without fear as Saul and the others imagined, and then drew their long swords to surround themselves and the others——— such a scene they had been experiencing in many places before.
It was only at this time that many of the half-demon descendants relented, and they cautiously and carefully dragged down their hoods and followed Agameve into the fortress. To their surprise, although there were not many people in the fortress, few people paid attention to them, although many people would turn their heads curiously to look at them as they passed by, but they would soon turn their heads away and stop paying attention to them. This made some of the half-demon descendants happy and disappointed, and it was the first time they had shown themselves in a crowded place, but they didn't attract the slightest attention. Although this is the treatment that these half-demons have been longing for, when their expectations become reality, these half-demons feel a little complicated, and they don't know how to describe it at all.
Of course, they don't think that the people here are so stupid that they haven't even seen the devil, in fact, there are indeed some people who show frightened expressions after seeing them, for the half-demons, this is the most common rhythm in their daily life, but even these people didn't turn around and run away in fright, at most, they just subconsciously kept a distance from them, but they still had to do something.
While his companions were curiously looking at the fortress and its inhabitants, Thor was also carefully collecting and exploring everything here, and now he realized that the reason why his people did not attract the attention of others at all was because there were too many "anomalous" existences in this fortress. Just now, he had seen more than a dozen "people" very similar to Agapì in front of him walking past him, and whether it was those mercenaries or the residents, they were all used to those "people.........
But who are they?
Thor withdrew his gaze from a "girl" standing next to the statue in the square, wiping the statue's appearance with her tentacles outstretched, and stared at Agarò in front of him with some confusion. He was sure that these people themselves had never heard of or seen anything like it before. Looking at the small and cute appearance of these girls and their pointed ears, they are somewhat similar to elves, but ......... Is there such a race among the elves?
Just when Saul was wondering in his heart, he saw that Agavi in front of him suddenly stopped, and then, her cold and calm voice came again.
"We're here." (To be continued.) )