In the outer city of Havenright, Benjamin and the old man were still advancing through the secret passage.
Along the way, Benjamin also listened to many stories about the old man's youth: his thrilling experience as a mercenary, the entire process of the church's crackdown on mercenaries, and how he escaped from the church's crackdown. …
The old man's words were messy, but from these fragments, Benjamin could still feel how prosperous the kingdom's mercenaries had been. Adventurers with their own unique skills, heroic deeds fighting against monsters, legends sung by bards...
Benjamin was fascinated by what he heard.
However, the old man is not just showing off the glorious deeds of his youth.
He also told how he became who he is now.
According to him, after retiring from the mercenary life, he used the money he saved to open a hotel, hoping to live an ordinary life. However, just like the situation with him and Scar Man, the relationships accumulated during his mercenary career made it impossible for his life to calm down.
His former friends asked him for help, but he couldn't bear to refuse. In order to help those friends, he had to ask others for help and owed more "debt".
In this way, he was caught between lending money and repaying debts, but he also made a name for himself in the outer city. Others are saying that the "Silver Fox" boss has a wide network of contacts, and when in trouble, they go to him for help. The old man has been trying his best to refuse requests for help that have nothing to do with him, but for some reason, people always come to his door and accuse him of being related to him, forcing him to help them.
When he heard this, Benjamin couldn't help but think that this was probably the deal between him and the old man.
These days when I can't help myself, it's really helpless.
Of course, after talking about this, a lot of time had passed. They walked in this dark secret passage for almost half an hour, and even changed the wick of the oil lamp. Fortunately, the old man said, this secret passage is almost at its end.
However, his story is not over yet.
At least Benjamin still had doubts.
"Then why did you do this today?" He shook the sweat from his hair and asked, "Your reputation has spread in the outer city. If the church knows that the four people died in your hotel, it will definitely It’s your fault. Is it worth abandoning the hotel you’ve stayed at for so many years to protect this assassin from a foreign country?”
No wonder he was sweating profusely, he must be tired after carrying someone on his back for so long.
Therefore, even though the assassin has been unconscious and silent, his presence is still very strong in Benjamin, so Benjamin asked such a question.
"Is this how you see an assassin from a foreign country?" Hearing this, the old man suddenly laughed for no reason and said.
"Don't get me wrong, I admire him very much. No matter which country he is from, if he dares to assassinate the Pope, he is already a warrior." Benjamin quickly explained, "It is precisely because of this that I feel very curious."
"...A warrior?" The old man walking in front suddenly sighed and whispered. He didn't know whether he was answering Benjamin's question or just talking to himself.
Just when Benjamin was expecting the old man to start talking about the assassin, he suddenly felt that the man on his back moved.
This injured and comatose assassin just woke up
"you're awake?"
He couldn't help but stop, turned his head, and asked softly.
The assassin with strange injuries did not speak, as if he had not yet fully woken up. On the contrary, when the old man heard this, he also stopped and turned around.
Upon seeing this, Benjamin carefully put the assassin down and let him lie flat on the ground of the secret passage. After putting the person down, he couldn't help but rub his shoulders - his back was sore from carrying him all the way.
It just so happens that I take this opportunity to take a little rest.
While he was thinking this, he cast his expectant eyes on the assassin who was lying on the ground and was waking up.
The same goes for the old man, holding an oil lamp in his hand and approaching with a nervous look in his eyes.
Under the light, the assassin's breathing suddenly became rapid. Then, he slowly opened his eyes and murmured some meaningless words.
His eyes remained half-open, his complexion worsened, and he looked tired. He didn't seem to have fully woken up, or he seemed to have woken up, but was too weak.
"Are you okay?" Benjamin asked aloud.
The old man opposite suddenly sighed again.
what's the situation
Benjamin was still puzzled, wondering why the old man was sighing, when he heard the muttering from the assassin's mouth suddenly become louder.
"It's all... it's all a conspiracy, don't believe it... Her Majesty the Queen... it's all, it's all a conspiracy of the church... "
Hearing this, Benjamin couldn't help but frowned deeply.
What does this mean
Could it be possible that the church had some ongoing conspiracy and the assassin caught him? And... And what does this have to do with "Her Majesty the Queen"
…Okay, Your Majesty, no problem, Your Majesty
However, from the disjointed words in this paragraph, Benjamin still realized that the assassin had not really woken up.
The injury he suffered was indeed strange.
"Her Majesty the Queen he said should be referring to the Queen of Icol." Suddenly, the system spoke in Benjamin's mind and explained, "Icol is the country closest to the Kingdom of Hori, and the relationship between the two countries is also I'm quite nervous. Looking at the entire continent, the only queen who reigns is the one from Ikol."
Ikol…
Hearing this, Benjamin finally connected all the plots.
Is this assassin sent by the queen of Ikol
However, the "church's conspiracy" mentioned by the assassin still aroused Benjamin's unstoppable curiosity. The church has already punched nobles and kicked mages, but it still has the energy to engage in other conspiracies
Benjamin was still wondering, but the assassin's situation changed again.
On that pale face, the half-opened eyes suddenly opened and stared blankly, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying.
The assassin's body also shook and trembled violently. But his mental state remained unchanged, and he repeated those broken and grammatically confused sentences. He didn't really wake up. The light reflected on his lifeless face seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit.
In his mouth, messy words jumped out one after another:
"Lord Ethan... Immortal... Her Majesty... The Church... Conspiracy... Abel... Cain... Fake... Pope... "
Benjamin was a little frightened.
Is this what is called soul damage
He also tried to transform into Sherlock Holmes and act out the words spoken by the assassin. Unfortunately, he had come up with a lot of bizarre and absurd things, but none of them were reliable.
Who is Lord Ethan? What does immortality mean? Are you talking about the queen, or the pope who has become immortal? What does fake mean? Could it be that the Pope is pretending to be someone else? But what does all this have to do with Abel and Cain
No, this plot is too confusing...
He is not a great detective and cannot deduce anything.
"He has been like this for more than ten days." Suddenly, the old man stared at the possessed assassin and said quietly, "More than ten days ago, he came to my hotel, entered the door, and said, 'Save I', and then I fainted and fell to the ground, but there were no wounds on my body. I didn't dare to take him to see a doctor. I read books for several days before I found out that this symptom was soul damage. "
The old man's words and the assassin's murmurs were intertwined, and for some reason, the atmosphere began to become a little heavy.
After a moment of silence, Benjamin suddenly spoke and said half-jokingly: "You are so enthusiastic. You would risk your life to save a stranger who fainted in front of you. If I am seriously injured in the future, I will fight to the last In one breath, I have to run in front of you and faint."
Subconsciously, he wanted to make some jokes to relieve the pressure caused by the half-mad assassin.
However, he soon began to regret this statement.
Because, after listening to Benjamin's words, the old man snorted a few times in self-deprecation. Then, he followed Benjamin and said in a half-joking tone:
"Yeah, why the hell am I so nosy? Is there any way to make him the son I haven't seen in thirteen years?"