Once retreated into the wilderness, the power of human cities is no longer a threat.
Well, for Hao Ren and Lily, even those old soldiers were not a threat when they were in the city... But without them, it would still be a bit dangerous for a group of witches with limited mana and mortal bodies.
After leaving the city, the witch Helen summoned the shadow horse. The gloomy weather lacking sunlight helped the witches a lot. The power of shadow was still quite strong even in the daytime, allowing them to stay away from the city's control range in the shortest possible time and escaped. A possible church exorcist eyeliner. After half a day of galloping, everyone returned to the witch's stronghold here: the Cemetery in the Mist when the sun went down.
This dense fog that will never dissipate seems to be a striking anomaly, but in fact, without the guidance of witches' magic power, ordinary people will never be able to approach the border of the fog, at least until the witcher finds this place. This cemetery is quite safe as a stronghold.
Madam Mary decided to take a rest at this stronghold before leaving this place: the lost spell-casting materials and mental power needed to be replenished.
Well, until now they haven't realized that their gorgeous rescue operation is actually a trick—Hessiana is a person who knows the overall situation. Although she cursed a lot when the witches first appeared, she ran away. She kept quiet while the witches were stopping to rest, and she found a place by herself to sit with the old god on the ground, waiting with a gloomy face for the first unlucky person who came over to make trouble.
"Are you alright?" Hao Ren ignored Heather Anna after he dismounted, and came to Lily's side immediately, "Were you shot by a musket just now?"
There were a few small holes in Lily's long skirt, and blood stains spilled on the skirt, but other than that, she was still quite energetic. After hearing Hao Ren's concern, the husky girl shook her arms vigorously to prove her health : "Aha, there is no problem at all! It's just a matchlock gun. It's not at the same level as the guns of later generations. I'm not afraid of it!"
After she finished speaking, she wrinkled her nose: "But it really hurts... Landlord, you are not lying, my current body's combat power is also a bit weak, even a few matchlock guns can break through the defense, and I swung it before. Even after swinging such a light city gate twice, I still feel my arms are sore... I am so anxious."
Hao Ren: "..."
This physical fitness is enough to shock the world!
Lily checked her clothes and looked up at Heather Anna after confirming that there was no risk of losing her clothes. Then she tugged at Hao Ren's sleeve: "Landlord, the little bat spirit doesn't look very happy..."
Hao Ren curled his lips: "Nonsense, don't tease her at this time, she is on fire."
As if to confirm Hao Ren's words, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Mrs. Mary walking straight towards the little bat spirit. The middle-aged witch seemed to have not noticed the gloomy expression on the latter's face at all, or took it as some kind of A "high-cold temperament" that a big man from a big organization must possess: "In the name of black magic, it is my greatest honor to meet the messenger from the city of shadows. I am..."
"idiot."
Mrs. Mary didn't react immediately: "... huh?"
"I said you are all idiots!" Heather Anna's voice suddenly increased by at least an octave, "Do you know what you have done?!"
"Master Heather Anna, I don't know what you mean..." The witches were completely confused, and Madam Mary was even more confused, "We save..."
Hessiana took a deep breath, followed by a storm: "Who told you that I need someone to rescue?! Who told you that I was caught?! I don't know you at all! You guys Just ran out to rob the execution ground of XX! Heist the execution ground of XX! If you want to get close to me, you can’t pick a better time! I’m trying to wink at you on the execution ground, and you don’t see it at all! ! You bastards whose brains have been burned by potions!"
Not to mention that the witches were stunned, even Hao Ren couldn't help being shocked again: the little bat spirit he knew was a majestic matriarch, although his personality was out of the ordinary among vampires. But at least he is still a bit reserved, but the six-hundred-year-old version in front of him can only be described as Honkai, and this endless cursing ability can only remind Hao Ren of one thing: this brat is really a long-term Lack of maternal love leads to distorted personality...
"Okay, okay, take a break first, you know that if you swear too much, you will get pneumonia." Seeing that the little bat spirit doesn't even show any affection for others, Hao Ren finally couldn't help but said, "What can I say? It's also good intentions, risking your life to 'rescue' you out, even if you do something bad with good intentions, don't you think you should be politely moved?"
"But they broke the big deal!" Heatherana stared, but she changed her tone a little, "Well, I'm still quite moved, no matter what these witches are trying to do, they really work hard, City of Shadows Will not forget that."
Madam Mary was waiting for this sentence, so as soon as this sentence came out, the faces of the witches including her suddenly changed from cloudy to sunny, as if the groundless accusations they had suffered before had disappeared: In this precarious age, can you get A little shelter is enough to make them willing to endure all injustices.
"Then can you tell me what's going on?" Hao Ren looked at Heather Anna, "I know you can't be caught by humans."
The surrounding witches also looked over curiously. After the baptism of the "storm" just now, they finally knew that they had committed a crime, and they were naturally full of doubts about the actions of this "shadow ambassador".
Even the wizard Bahn, who was always silent in the corner, approached curiously.
"You have to tell me who you are first." Hesianna looked at Hao Ren without flinching, looking fearless, "Why do you know the name of Lord Vivienne? Are you and her?" What's the relationship, and how do you know I'm... what?"
"She and I are friends, best friends," Hao Ren said while thinking about how to quickly and effectively establish enough trust with this little bat spirit, and it is best to establish a little dignity. It may be difficult for the little bat spirit in the future, but at this moment he has the advantage of unequal information, and more importantly, the little bat spirit at this time does not have the stubborn bad impression of him six hundred years later. It is very feasible, "I came here to look for her—if the estimate is correct, she should be still sleeping at this time, or just woke up. I have something to do with her. But it is an accident to meet you."
"Is that so..." Hesianna looked at Hao Ren suspiciously. It seemed that it was not so easy to convince her of a "stranger". "Then how do you prove that you are very familiar with Lady Vivian? She has a friend like you."
"Nonsense, how many times can you meet Vivienne in a century?" Hao Ren revealed the truth mercilessly, "Has she avoided you in the past few hundred years?"
Hesianna was hit at the pain point, she opened her mouth but couldn't speak, but there was a faint look of grievance in her eyes.
Although she was an adult at this time, her mind was obviously not as mature and steady as she would be six hundred years later.
"Hey, don't be like this, I just said it casually," Hao Ren said hastily, "To be honest, sometimes I persuade her not to keep avoiding you all the time. Those who don't know think there is a conflict between the two of you. …”
Heather Anna pursed her mouth: "Master Vivian really doesn't like me."
"That's not true." Hao Ren knew that this was always a heart disease of the little bat spirit, and she had always thought so until hundreds of years later, so he defended Vivienne a few words, "She is mainly worried about her bad luck. The aura of luck has dragged you down, so you can't stay with me all the time... "
Heatherna frowned and looked Hao Ren up and down. After the conversation, she felt that the stranger in front of her should indeed have a good relationship with Vivienne, at least she knew him quite well, but this still didn't make her fully trust: "The things you said are indeed unknown to ordinary people, but if you want to, you can find out. You need to have stronger evidence to prove that you and Lord Vivienne are friends."
Hao Ren thought about it seriously, and found it really difficult to find such evidence:
The Vivian he knew was the Vivian six hundred years later, and his understanding of the latter was entirely based on that time period. He could tell a lot about Vivian's characteristics and habits, but none of these things could As ironclad evidence, and if he forcibly made up a story that he and Vivienne were acquainted centuries ago, there was a high chance that Hesianna would directly expose it. There are also some things that Vivienne has used in his portable space, such as the mobile phone, and there is indeed the breath left by the other party on it - but Hessiana doesn't know that thing! Explaining the origin of things that are beyond the times is a huge trouble. Heather Anna is different from Lily, who is careless!
While Hao Ren was thinking hard, a flash of light suddenly flashed across his mind.
He suddenly remembered that he did have one thing—definitely possessed Vivienne's aura, and there was no need to explain the background of the time at all!
There is a little bat in his portable space...
Hao Ren had completely forgotten about the existence of this little bat before. If it wasn't for the fact that the situation had come to this point, he would probably have let that little guy fall asleep in his portable space forever: it was Vivian during a certain operation. It was specially made and handed over to him for preservation. At that time, it was to prevent accidents, so that the little bat could be used as the coordinates of Vivian's return or the basis of rebirth, but after the incident ended safely, the little bat didn't come in handy, so it was taken away by Hao Ren. Forget it in your own personal space.
If Hao Ren didn't remember it all the time, it might even have cultivated into Hesianna No. 2 in such a silent way...
"This can prove it," Hao Ren opened the portable space, and found the little bat that had been sleeping all the time, "Vivian gave it to me, because she is often forgetful, and sometimes even forgets the names of old friends. , so I kept this as a token."
The little bat dangled in Hao Ren's hand, and finally woke up from a long sleep. It wriggled slowly, hugged a finger of Hao Ren, and stopped moving.
Because Vivienne's main body is sleeping, this little bat as a clone only has the most basic intelligence, and its mobility is extremely low.
Heatherana stared dumbfounded at the little bat that Hao Ren took out. This time, she finally believed the words of the strange man in front of her...