What is even more annoying is that my opponent hasn't launched an attack yet! However, he is quite adept at narrowly avoiding a painful and bloody ending. Maybe the reason he doesn't like fighting is because he can't, but I can't let down my guard. Besides, I never like to delay time.
Suddenly, my target tripped, his feet stumbled stupidly by the cloak he had made, and fell face down on the ground. The gorgeous cloth fell off his shoulders and flew gently over him, revealing only his lower leg. No one would miss the opportunity. I half buried my sword on the hilt, pierced his back, and nailed him there like an insect. The man's legs twitched abruptly for a while, then lay still.
"Sadly" I spit out and drew my knife.
I knelt down, lifted his cloak, and immediately avoided that thin knife and pierced my skull. My fist moved on its own, crushing the nose of the living thief. He cried, stood up quickly, and pressed his nose in pain to confirm the injury.
I don't know how he did it, but this strange man escaped from my sword without a scratch. Strangely, there was a big tear in his shawl, but without his clothes, there was no sign that he had ever shed blood. There is no red stain in the middle, no fancy buttoned shirts, in fact, if it weren't for the tattered cloak, I might think it was my illusion.
"I think you interrupted my nose!" His nose was crying, and he staggered to find his cloak. "Me! Great Archibald!"
"Who? Anyway, if you died while I stabbed you, I wouldn't do that."
"It seems better like this!"
"Wait, are you crying?"
"Of course I am! You hit my nose!" He cried. "I told you I don't like fighting!"
I find it difficult to raise a sword against this baby boy. If this were part of his strategy, I would fall for it.
"Just give me the necklace, you don't have to suffer more." I Jǐng said, giving my final offer.
The upset man picked up his shawl, stroked his neatly trimmed beard, and suddenly smiled.
"Sorry, I still have a place to go. My regular work will start soon, and I kind of want to be there on time."
He put the cloak up and hid his body completely. I immediately threw my blade into the center of the cloth, exhausting most of my remaining strength, but only the cloak was collected and nailed to a tree. The thief was nowhere to be seen.
"Sorry, buddy! Say hello to this lady for me, you know, if she wakes up." The thief yelled from behind, high.
I turned around and just saw a branch swaying high, as if it had shed its heavy weight. The other person was shaking in the distance, and then I could only hear the rustling of leaves, and he quickly walked away. I managed to keep up with him for a while, but my muscles were on fire, and I quickly threw him into the maze of the woods.
Damn it! I don't care about that necklace. What I can't bear is that I let a poor man escape! Now I have lost my sight, so I didn't follow him. I couldn't find a leaf to show where he went. But this is not important, as long as I know his name and appearance, I can find him. In addition, I still have his beautiful cloak in my hands. Not many people dare to own such annoying things.
I went back to where Lily was lying, and after collecting my sword and beautiful curtains, I found a surprising scene. I immediately drew my sword and rushed forward through the center of the glowing humanoid. My knife passed without any resistance, dragging a thin mist-like mass flow, and what followed was its original state.
The shiny things turned around and showed me a familiar face.
"I'm here to help. This is the thanks I got?" A smile appeared on the disgusting face.
"You hired someone to do this, so what do you care about?"
"This is a slight miscalculation. I didn't expect Lily to be hurt so badly. But it's all right now, I'm here to solve the problem."
"What the hell can you do? You are not even here, are you?"
"Of course not you stupid fool." Does everyone in their time despise those around them like this? If this is the case, I am very happy that I am living in the present. "I put my jīng god here and tell you what to do next. Usually, I just use the charm of a paper doll, but you are already very rude and want to cut me in half. I really Needs to say what I want to say."
"Tell me again, why should I believe anything you say?"
"This will be the first time you pass the time." Brady was a bit overly hostile to my preferences. "You have to find Marian. She will help Lily. But you have to hurry up, she is a little troublesome now."
"Why she?"
"Because she knows her own business, and she is quite close. You will find her in the "Elegy-Confidence" village."
"Is that so?" I thought for a while. "I still can't think of a reason to trust you, so if you don't mind, I'm leaving now."
"If you don't give her some help, she will die!" Brady yelled ** and extended an arm in Lily's direction.
""So what? I have no attachment to her. "
This is the fact. She is the greatest pain in my life, and I haven't known her for that long. I would be happy to let her go now.
"I can help you" Brady said after a moment of silence.
"How can I help?"
"I know who you are looking for. I know where to find the so-called God you are hunting down. Help Lily, and I will tell you what I know."
Gee. What should I do when he says this? I can't let Violet rot anymore anywhere. How dare this bastard use her as bait in front of me. Once I get the information I need, I will cut it open slowly. But one thing is certain, I will not accept this person's order.
"How do you know where he is hiding? Tell me, and I will take her to see "Remorse."
""All right. Since I woke up, I have built a very good information network. I found links to all major power companies, and many people came up. Nothing important happens, I don't know. The moment God appeared, I would receive a Jǐng report. Hell, I will even provide you with a special service and label him. "
"Follow him?"
"Yes, you humble civilian, that means I will help you track him down."
Well, this is quite helpful. It seems that there is nothing to consider.
"Very good." I complained. "But if you don't stick to it..."
"Yes, yes. You can slice, roll the dice or whatever." Brady's body began to disintegrate from the bottom up. "Anyway, I'm dealing with a very important thing now, which really needs my attention. Then, goodbye, I think."
Just like that, he left.
I drew my staff, knocked it down on the belt, and walked to the place where Lily lay, as pale as ever. She really doesn't look good, but hopefully once we get to lament-confide, something will change. Brady's information may be really useful, but only if Lily survives.
I have been here before. About ten years ago, I did not leave properly. This is just another moment in the long chain of events that led to the death of my former employer because he insisted on telling me what to do. I haven't come back since.
I finally unloaded the heavy cargo, got a hissing growl from Mackey, and bent down to check her. She doesn't look good. In fact, she looked much older than when she was awake. I don't know if this is a side effect of vomiting. We are here to heal her so don't worry too much.
"Hey," I muttered, "Stay here and watch her. I will find out what's going on here."
"Hurry up," the strange creature replied, showing similar impatience and hostility to its owner.
I stood up and left the two people at the entrance of the village. It's better for me to stay alone.
The area of this village is relatively large, which is strange, because the only sign of life I see so far is a stray cat. People should now go out and buy some useless things that attract their attention. Either they are all dead, or as I soon discovered, they all gather in one place to participate in a certain festival.
The noise and shouting of the crowd quickly reminded me of the large gathering in the village of Zhung Yāng. The crowd formed a huge circle around a huge, elevated wooden platform, on which stood some important officials and a young woman who looked bored. The woman put her arms behind her, possibly being embraced by a larger official standing directly behind her. But in this incredible scene, what I saw was the tall guillotine of Zhung Yāng, its leaves gleaming under the sun's anti-shè.
Now that this festival has become an execution, I can't help but wonder, what else can be done in the world in order to draw the whole village out to witness their deaths.
When an official raised his hands, the shouts that I now thought were mocking suddenly calmed down.
"You are accused of serious medical negligence, experimentation and murder on people." The man read from a piece of paper in front of him. "Marian, how do you defend?"
"These allegations are false." The woman sighed. "I have never murdered anyone. This is Dr. Marianne."
"How do you defend?"
"Ah! Not guilty."
His face was full of boos and wrinkles. Marianne just watched indifferently. (To be continued) (End of this chapter)