The Red Leaf Valley is three kilometers south of Hegu Town. It is named for the maple trees that grow in the valley. In autumn, the valley is full of red leaves.
The shape of the canyon is narrow and long, and there is a small stream flowing in the middle. Because it is autumn, the flow of the stream is very small, and it is almost dry, exposing large areas of river beaches.
In the forest beside a river beach, there is a wooden house made of logs.
There are a lot of secret whistles around the wooden house. These are all syndicate thieves. They are very good at hiding themselves. Although they are hiding in the woods, the birds and animals in the forest don't feel anything unusual, and look around them without noticing. Eat, cry.
The furnishings in the wooden house are very simple. There are two iron chains hanging in the middle of the room. Lucy's hands are hung on one of the chains respectively. Her hair is messy, the leather armor on her body has been stripped off, and her naked skin is covered with bloodstains from whipping. In some places, the flesh and blood were even shredded by the whip, and the white bones inside could be vaguely seen.
The Syndicate has always been extremely cruel to the captives. From the time Lucy was captured to the present, in just two hours, they have tortured her to the brink of death.
In the corner next to the room, there was an extremely dim shadow, and he was the executioner this time.
"Why, beautiful lady, are you still unwilling to say?" His voice was calm and gentle, sounding like a conversation between old friends.
Lucy hung her head weakly, letting her long fiery red hair hang down, and the blood on her body trickled down, forming a pool of blood on the ground.
Hearing this sound, her body trembled instinctively, not because of fear, but because of her body's self-protection reaction, because in the past two hours, when the sound sounded, a whip would come at the same time.
Sure enough, a black whip came out of the shadow's hand like a poisonous snake, struck Lucy's chest with a 'slap', and then the whip quickly rolled back, taking away a large piece of minced meat and blood at the same time.
This time the whip was whipped extremely hard, and a concentrated force penetrated into Lucy's internal organs. Lucy felt her throat was sweet, and blood was rushing upwards, and she forcibly suppressed her blood pressure.
Her face twitched slightly, revealing a sneering smile, Lucy smiled weakly: "Aside from whipping, don't you have any other means?"
It's just a little pain. In her mercenary career, she has suffered more serious injuries than this. I remember one time, they were catching lava spiders in the crater of the Black Rock Mountain in the north. She was accidentally sprayed by the lava acid of the fire spider. , that heart-wrenching feeling is still fresh in his memory.
With such an injury, she didn't even yell out the pain. Now this ordinary whipping, even if the whip is stained with salt water, is just a child's play to her!
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a 'snap', and the whip came again, this time on her face, because it was covered by the thick red hair, the whip was not heavy, but it still left a scar on her face. The next deep bloodstain.
"Why keep a secret?" There was finally a wave of fluctuation in Sombra's voice: "If you want money, I can give you 1,000 gold coins. With this money, you can find a place where you want and live a lifetime of prosperity... "
"Bah, stop dreaming!" Lucy spit out a mouthful of blood towards the corner: "I wish I could kill you all!"
She is not those weak girls who only know how to cry. Her nickname in the mercenary world is Fire Rose. She is decisive and straightforward. If these guys hiding in the shadows treat her like this, if this time Let her get out alive, and when she finds a chance in the future, she will definitely take revenge endlessly!
"Then you probably won't have this chance. No one will come to rescue you. I might as well tell you that we are members of the Syndicate, and your two mercenary friends have no courage or ability to rescue you, hehe." Laughing, he continued: "Besides, my torture has just begun. If you don't tell me, I will let you experience what hell on earth is like!"
Upon hearing the word Syndicate, Lucy finally changed her face. Of course she knew Syndicate. This is a poisonous snake entrenched in Ferroman continent, and the southern area of Gwent Forest is their territory.
Their power is ten times and a hundred times stronger than the Dark Brotherhood, and they are not something that the Flamingo Mercenary Team can fight against. Even if Yake and the others come to save her, they are only here to die.
If it was the Syndicate who kidnapped her, it looked like she would have no chance of surviving this time.
With a wry smile, the figure of a thin young man flashed involuntarily in her mind. Will that genius magician, the lord she swore to follow just now, come to rescue her
she does not know.
In memory, that young man's expression is always calm and calm, and his eyes never fluctuate, they are dark, deep and peaceful, as if nothing in the world can move him.
When she was cleaning his room, he basically didn't even look at him. Her proud figure and face didn't attract him in any way. He always only had his magic in his eyes, at most, when it was finished, lightly Say thank you to her, that's all.
Such a deep and indifferent person, Lucy had no way of knowing the status of her follower in his heart, but she guessed, it must not be very important.
"Sigh, I thought I would be able to start learning combat qigong in the next few days, but it seems that I have no chance." Lucy sighed inwardly.
A golden road was in front of her eyes, and she was about to walk up it, but at the last moment, she was bitten by a poisonous snake, and everything about her was gone with the wind.
"How about it, have you recognized the reality?" In the corner, the shadow spoke again.
Lucy gritted her teeth and shook her head: "I won't say it."
The Syndicate is so powerful that even if her lord Link is a powerful magician, it is impossible to resist. It is natural for him not to come to save people, but she cannot betray her by breaking her oath.
"What a strong girl, I admire you very much, haha." Shadow came out from the corner, revealing his figure. This person was dressed like a thief, masked, brown-gray leather armor, and held a blood-soaked sword in his left hand. A leather whip, but a sharp dagger in his right hand.
He threw away the whip, flicked the dagger in his right hand, then walked up slowly, reached Lucy's side, reached out and lifted Lucy's chin, and said with a smile, "Did you see my dagger? It's called a laparotomer." .”
As he spoke, his dagger gently drew circles on Lucy's chest, and his voice became more gentle: "It's very sharp, and for those who refuse to cooperate, I will cut their flesh and blood open bit by bit. and let them see their beating hearts, and then I will cut their stomachs and let them see your own liver, intestines, etc. Don't worry, I will be very gentle and you won't feel much pain , you will not die immediately."
"You are a demon!" Lucy finally felt fear. She was not afraid of death, but she was afraid of this terrible torture.
"Thank you for the compliment." The thief smiled, but his eyes were extremely cold: "Now, this is the last chance, say, or not?"
A moment of hesitation flashed in Lucy's mind, but the hesitation was quickly dispelled by her, she gritted her teeth: "It's just death, I will watch you go to hell in the Kingdom of God!"
"Hey~~" The thief sighed, and with a slight force of the dagger, he was about to slice open Lucy's bloody chest.
But at this moment, the wooden door was knocked, and a voice sounded outside: "My lord, a message has come from the mercenaries in Hegu Town."
The thief stopped immediately, retracted the dagger, and patted Lucy's face lightly: "Well, your companions are here to die, they are as stupid as you!"
With that said, the man opened the wooden door and walked out.
Lucy's eyes lit up suddenly: "Did he come to save me?"
She knows Yake and Gridan, and these two will definitely come to rescue her, but they are limited in their abilities, and it is impossible to find her so quickly. The only one who can confirm her movement and send a message in such a short period of time can only be Link.
At this moment, various emotions flashed through Lucy's heart, including joy, worry, and emotion. In her mind, the figure of the young magician became clearer than ever before.
outside the cabin.
After hearing the news from his subordinates, Ender frowned: "How could there be a magician? Damn it!"
The other party asked Lucy to be intact, but Lucy had been beaten all over by him. This was really tricky. After thinking about it, Ander said: "You go to contact them and let them come to the Red Leaf Valley."
"Yes, my lord." The thief turned and left.
Ender looked at his back and thought: "Ordinary people don't know the magic rune at all, and they don't dare to touch it. Only magicians know its value. It seems that this magic rune is on this magician. Hehe , just three people, want to trade with me, how naive!"
Thinking of this, Ander pinched his fingers and whistled, and after a while, a black figure emerged from the woods: "My lord, what are your orders?"
"Call all the members of the Nightblade, and let them all wear the anti-magic leather armor and daggers! Bring my anti-magic equipment too!" Ender ordered.
"Yes, my lord."
Ander snorted coldly: "Magician? Is it amazing?"