Although the laws of the empire expressly prohibit private torture and secret detention, as long as it does not touch the oldest sacred laws established when the empire was founded, ordinary laws have long been lost to the imperial wealthy and even the middle and lower nobles. Any binding force. Places of violation such as dungeons and torture chambers are an indispensable part of every noble villa.
Pushing open one heavy stone door after another, Gron, holding an oil lamp in his hand, walked through the long and dark underground passage and finally arrived at the bottom of the dungeon. What appeared in front of him was a magic light curtain. This is a kind of magic barrier maintained by magic crystal. It is expensive and not very stable. Although it has a very limited effect on the imprisonment of magicians and clergy, it is effective for imprisoning warriors or non-humans who are physically strong and powerful. Miraculous effects, such as being used to imprison a ferocious one-eyed ogre.
The other side of the light curtain was pitch black and nothing could be seen, but Goron knew that Chopper was inside. Although the magic crystals reserved to maintain the operation of the light curtain were sold by Baron Kulahan, the remaining power was still enough to maintain the normal operation of the light curtain for several days. As for what will happen to the prisoners inside after the light curtain fails, it is no longer something Kula Khan will consider. In fact, if it were not for Goron's firm opposition, this one-eyed ogre would definitely be the first batch of people killed by Kula Khan. The baron sent slaves to be sold at auction.
The code crystal that opens the light door is on Baron Kulahan. Although it doesn't take much effort for Gronn to get it, he is too lazy to make another trip. A ball of divine power containing blue electric light condensed on Goron's palm, which was the shaman's magical "Curse of Purification". This single-person magic can effectively dispel the buff or debuff magic effects on the target. For example, mid- to low-level curses or continuous damage healing spells. Of course, purification spells are ineffective against direct magic.
When Goron's palm pressed against the magic light screen in front of him, the blue divine sparks suddenly made a harsh friction sound with the magic light screen. That was the sound made by the neutralization of magic and divine power. After a few seconds, there was a muffled sound like a bursting balloon, and the entire light curtain completely dissipated and returned to nothingness.
There was no movement in the cell, and the dim lights seemed unable to dispel the thick and irreversible darkness. Only a heavy breathing could be heard faintly echoing in the darkness. Goron did not hesitate. He stretched out his hand to lift up the long skirt that was in the way and walked in. However, before he could find Chopper, he heard a thunder-like roar suddenly rang out in the cell. Immediately afterwards, a strong wind blew directly above his head, as if a towering tree fell down and hit him hard.
Facing this sudden attack, Gron looked solemn. Take a small step back with your right foot. He assumed the most stable defensive posture, then raised his arms and crossed them in front of him. The timing of the block was just right. The giant thing attacking in the dark suddenly collided with Gron's thin, snow-white arms. , there was a dead silence in the dark cell, as if even the air was stagnant. But a moment later, an extremely powerful shock wave erupted from the intersection point with a muffled sound, spreading violently in all directions. Fortunately, this cell was originally empty, with nothing in it. Otherwise, the shock wave generated by this collision alone would be enough to destroy everything in the room.
In this head-to-head confrontation, Goron did not gain any advantage at all. He took several steps back, and with a sweet smile in his mouth, a wisp of bright red blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. As for the long skirt she was wearing that was in the way. It was torn into a mess by the storm's shock wave and turned into a pile of fancy rags. Despite the sudden attack, there was no look of surprise or anger on Goron's face. Instead, there was a hint of joy from the bottom of his heart.
The oil lamp fire went out, and the surrounding area fell into darkness again. All he could see was a scarlet blood eye not far away looking at him with a bloodthirsty light. The otherworldly divine power in Goron's body moved rapidly and gathered in his head, so his eyes suddenly lit up. The darkness quickly faded in Goron's eyes, and the whole world became clear and clear again. What appeared in front of Gronn was a one-eyed ogre, which was taller, stronger and a hundred times more ferocious than ordinary ogres. This fat giant has a horny protrusion like a dragon's spine along its back. This is not what Chopper looks like in Goron's memory, and it is even very different from ordinary ogres. But Gron was no stranger to him. The familiar posture made Gron seem to have seen the war leader who did not fall even if he died in battle, and still stood at the entrance of the cave to protect his people. The invincible one who will always live in his heart God of War, Chopper Blackhand's father, King Mogar.
To Goron's relief, the traces of demonization by the abyssal miasma on Chopper's body have completely faded, at least he no longer looks like the abyssal monster. But that doesn't mean he's completely back to normal. At this time, the one-eyed ogre Chopper had one eye as scarlet as blood, and he was breathing heavily. A large amount of white steam spurted out from his big, dirty and ugly mouth, which could actually spray two to three meters away. It can be seen how high the temperature in this guy's body is, and how powerful the pumping heart in his chest is.
In the fight just based on strength alone, Gronn in his normal form was no match for the one-eyed Chopper. The one-eyed ogre who had awakened the blood of his ancestors was already half a Cyclops, possessing some of the innate power of the demigod Gorul. . Although Chopper, who had broken away from the fourth-level seal at this time, was still just an ogre warlord, his true combat power could definitely crush an ordinary warrior-level warrior.
The strength of the clan will certainly make Goron delighted, but the problem now is that Chopper, who has been demonized by the miasma of the abyss and was seriously injured and comatose for a long time, is obviously in a state of madness when he wakes up again. At this time, let alone It was because he recognized Goron, a fellow member of his race in human skin, that he couldn't even communicate normally.
"Madness" is the signature ability of high-level warriors of the chaotic attribute demi-race. It is also their most terrifying, deadly, and dangerous skill. As for this kind of uncontrolled madness that is not actively activated by the warrior himself, generally speaking, there are only two ways to make him "quiet" again. One is to kill him, and the other is to wait for him to die of exhaustion. Of course, neither method is acceptable to Gron. Fortunately, he has another option. That is suppression, with absolute power and stronger and more violent violence. Before Chopper destroys everything or dies of exhaustion, break down all his resistance, beat him until he can no longer stand up, and suppress him brutally and brutally...
After making up his mind, Goron ripped off the rags on his body, took two deep breaths, and then took out the mask from the tattoo space. Wear it on your face.
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When Chopper woke up, it was as if he had had a long nightmare. His memory almost stopped at that bloody night long ago. His father, Lord Morgar, the great Blackhand Ogre war leader, gave him an important mission. It is also the last task... to protect his fragile, thin, but indispensable brother of the same race, the black-handed ogre with unique human blood, Gron.
Chopper only remembered that he left the battlefield in a daze. Rushing towards the place where Goron often goes. But he was too stupid. He didn't know whether he went the wrong way or whether Gron was not in that place at all, so he found nothing. Later, he lost consciousness due to excessive injuries, and his body underwent atavistic changes. , the ancient Cyclops bloodline that suddenly awakened after being stimulated gave him extremely powerful power, but the premature awakening also brought very serious side effects to him.
Normal bloodline awakening should only happen to the fifth-level ogre war king whose body has reached its peak state. Although Chopper is fat and strong, judging from the growth cycle of an ogre, he can only be regarded as a half-grown child. So Chopper, who had almost only instinct left, began to wander around in the rain forest of Haishiwan Peninsula. Relying on instinct to hunt, relying on instinct to grow, relying on instinct to complete his mission that lasted for several years but could not find the target...
"Find Gronn, and then... protect him."
The tropical rainforest in Haishi Bay is very vast. Chopper's existence has not been discovered by Goron or the powerful Amazon Centaur. As for other small tribes, if they run into Chopper, they will only become the ogre's big stomach king. of rations. In this way, Chopper was dragged into the abyss of hell. Without sacred objects or divine power to protect him, he naturally became a labyrinth monster. What happened after that does not need to be described again.
When Chopper woke up again, the first feeling he felt was pain, severe pain, and every part of his body hurt to the bone. He found that he was in a darkness, a narrow, oppressive darkness, but not a quiet and peaceful darkness. He was not alone in this darkness, because Chopper could feel that there was a big guy in the darkness beating him hard. Chopper immediately let out an angry roar, and he soon discovered that it wasn't that he couldn't see anything. The one blood-red eye in the middle of his forehead could see a bright red world even on a dim night. This is one of the talents he gained after awakening his bloodline, "Blood Vision". The darkness just now was actually just because he had just been punched hard in the corner of his eye. In fact, although Chopper had just regained consciousness, his body had been fighting instinctively from the beginning, without stopping for a moment.
The guy who beat himself up seemed to notice the strange changes in Chopper. He suddenly stopped the beating and took two steps back, then seemed to be observing himself.
He looked at Chopper, and Chopper was looking at him... It was a monster he had never seen before. He had pale ivory-like skin and well-knotted muscles. He was the unique trait of the strongest human warrior. With a triangular shape, this naked monster's hair is like burning flames, but its face wears a voodoo mask often worn by rainforest barbarians. Chopper couldn't recognize this monster, which was "slender" but slightly taller than him, but he could still feel the power of this monster. The pain all over his body was the best proof. However, this monster was not without injuries. When Chopper saw several sad red and swollen spots on his body and a huge and ferocious tooth mark on his shoulder, he knew that he who had only relied on instinct to fight before was not just being beaten.
Chopper, who seemed to be confused and yet sober, suddenly took two steps back, then sat down on the ground and said with a breath: "No more fighting, no more fighting, Chopper is hungry, if he is full, he will definitely I won’t lose to you…”
After saying this, Chopper himself was shocked. It was undoubtedly hungry, and the hunger was even more terrifying than the pain all over the body. For an ogre, this state was even more terrifying. Dangerous, because his opponents are often equal to his food. Everyone on the mainland knows that hunger does not reduce the danger of the ogre, but will make it more deadly and unrelenting.
But facing the monster in front of him, Chopper couldn't bring up the slightest appetite. It wasn't because the opponent was overwhelmingly powerful or seemed unpalatable, but because Chopper couldn't feel prey or food from this monster at all. The scent of the enemy. Although his mind is stupid, his intuition does not sense any danger. It is as if he is beating and playing with his own race. If he loses, he just lies down on the ground and admits defeat. In Chopper's memory, there was only one person who could fight him like this, beat him to the point of pain all over his body and then collapse from exhaustion. That was the pride of the Black Hand Ogre tribe, the son of the great giant monster with extraordinary talents. The two-headed ogre Hakulili.
After discovering that the one-eyed ogre in front of him seemed to have regained consciousness, Gronn also stopped. He was also very tired. Even if he transformed into the ogre, he could not completely suppress the opponent in terms of strength. He was only slightly better. That's all, and the opponent's tough and thick layer of fat is not much worse than the steel and iron bones of the Man-eating King Kong. It is superior to the steel and iron bones in defusing blunt object attacks, such as fists. Gronn was already using his full strength, but he could only cause flesh and skin damage to his opponent, but could not hurt Chopper's bones, internal organs and other vital parts.
If this battle continues, it's possible that Goron will use the Saint's Leg Club or the shaman's magic. Fortunately, after a punch in the eye, Chopper's single eye, which was originally full of bloodthirsty rage, first became cloudy. , and then he regained his clarity, and then he was stunned for a long time, and then he lay down on the ground and suddenly said this.
"No fight, no fight, Chopper is hungry. If he is full, he will definitely not lose to you..."
These extremely familiar words made Goron seem to have hallucinations in front of his eyes. At the seaside, on the beach, around the bonfire in the center of the tribe, Hakulili and Chopper in front of him were fighting over a centaur smoked ham. , after both of them finally collapsed from exhaustion, he stepped forward with a wry smile and helplessness, and said the words he had said so many times to these two cute and cute foodies: "Siren grilled wings? Centaur Ham? Or a stew of offal? Since you don’t have the energy to continue fighting, you probably don’t even have the energy to eat. It seems I have to feed that big pile of food to a few other idiots..."
"No! Chopper still has strength, Chopper can still eat~~~!"
After the two young ogres reflexively completed this extremely familiar conversation, they were both stunned. Countless memories slowly flowed through the minds of Goron and Chopper, and the familiar face of the other party in their minds followed. And became illusory...distorted...and finally overlapped with the "familiar stranger" in front of me. It was no longer the Cyclops who had awakened his ancient bloodline, and he was no longer the man-eating King Kong with a voodoo mask on his face. The only things that appeared in their eyes were the stupid, stupid and gluttonous ogre, and that ogre. Goron, a half-blood kid who is thin and weak, but can cook the most delicious food in the world...
So the next moment, the two behemoths hugged each other, hugging each other, and uttered the most primitive and simplest words...
Crying... (To be continued...)