Chapter 72: Murder Incident in the Caravan Accompanying the Army (25)

As soon as the thief servant was blinded, although he was shocked, his skills did not panic. He just listened to the sound of Kil's footsteps and locked the position of Kil. Then he used his left hand from his waist to draw out the throwing knife. , swinging his arms and throwing it out.

He moved quickly, throwing flying knives out of his hands one after another, tightly pinning Kil in place, and he had to use his metal shield to block the incoming flying knives.

It's true that if Kil hadn't used the pill to speed up his reaction, he wouldn't have been able to cope with the thief's counterattack at this time. Most of the time, they will rush up with a shield and fight close to the enemy.

But he reacted quickly at this time, but he stayed in place because of his capable opponent's counterattack.

Dang dang dang.

After continuously catching the flying knives with his shield, Kil looked at the thief again and found that although the opponent was blinded at this time, his movements were still dexterous. He rolled sideways a few times and disappeared into the darkness of the training ground.

Kil turned the sword and let the white light shine through to search for traces of the enemy.

The very messy underground training ground has a lot of obstructions and various false walls and windows. The several wooden busts that were previously used as targets by the thieves' apprentices now look like they were before under the not very bright light. thieves.

Keir rushed forward and kicked over a large wooden box. It turned out that it was empty and no one was hiding inside.

He pushed open another false window, but there was no one behind the false window that was as tall as one person.

"Where did he run away?" He muttered. Although he couldn't find the person, he still judged that the other person had not escaped.

With a whoosh, as soon as Kil muttered, a flying knife was thrown from his side by the thief.

The flying knife was thrown from the blind spot of Kil's sight. Although he heard a slight noise, he did not react. The flying knife pierced his armor hard.

"Uh." With a muffled grunt, Kil immediately turned around, his sword and shield facing the direction of the attack.

The flying knife was inserted into his right arm. Although it was protected by hard cowhide armor, the tip of the flying knife still pierced his armor, and one to two centimeters of the tip of the knife was stuck in his arm. .

Kil turned the sword upside down and knocked the flying knife off the armor twice. With a low groan of pain, Kil felt the wound on his arm bleeding.

But it's not serious.

He thought of Knight Crow's teachings. After the life energy is manipulated, it can be used to self-stop bleeding and repair the body, but low-level manipulation has limited effects.

But something is better than nothing. He calmed down and while using his instinct to protect himself from possible attacks, he touched the wooden doll in the leather bag on his waist with his hand. He was excited by the thing and then activated his own control over himself. The control of life energy.

‘Part, not too much, just a part of the life energy. ’ Kil was thinking in his mind, trying to move part of the life energy in his body to the injured area of ​​his right arm.

With such keen control over the life energy in his body, he could even clearly feel the blood loss from the wound on his arm.

The tip of the flying knife pierced part of the skin and muscles of his arm, and some of the blood vessels and muscle tissue under the skin were cut off by the metal. He could clearly feel the thoughts of this part of his body.

'They need help. ’ Keir realized.

Although some substances in the blood are already trying their best to solidify and block the blood vessel fractures, they are still fighting at this time, with their arms covered with armor and holding a heavy sword to hunt.

The muscles in the right arm are working hard, which greatly affects the hemostasis of the wound.

At this moment, Kil missed his Saturn Guard Badge extremely much. The treasure's ability to heal minor injuries and illnesses was so convenient.

When he thought of this, Kil hated the werewolf to death. Not only did he kill him and devour his heart, he also destroyed his treasure while killing him.

"Damn werewolf!" Kil cursed bitterly.

But unexpectedly, Kil's self-cursing made the thief Yisi confused.

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Even though he couldn't see anything with his eyes, the thief Yi Si's dodging movements were so sharp that he didn't look like he was affected by the blinding at all.

That's not the case, it's just because he is too familiar with this small underground training ground.

Close your eyes and don't rely on sight. He could move around the entire training ground with ease, and even silently climbed through several false windows, found the cash box behind the window, and fumbled to open the lock hanging on it.

Of course, he can do this, but none of the thieves apprentices under him can do this.

Those young people are still too arrogant and too inferior.

As the Yisi Bladehead Gang expanded its power in Grass Rat Town, the thieves' apprentices immediately realized the power they had in their hands. It only took less than a few years for the simple teenagers to turn bad.

The thieves did not stop this, it was a test.

Test his apprentices to see who has the mentality to stand firm amidst the temptation of power.

Not to mention whether this kind of test is too much for young girls, the Thieves Guild has never gone too far, and tests are everywhere.

The thief standing silently in the shadow suddenly remembered what happened to him back then.

A similar test naturally happened to him. At that time, the old thief who taught him lied about going out to do business and handed over the underground power of an entire city to his batch of apprentices.

What a power that is. The old thief known as the "Hand of Darkness" is the underground lord of the city, and more than a dozen gangsters similar to the Yisi Bladehead Gang serve him.

Several casinos, a whole street with famous red houses, two underground illegal trading markets, a gang of nearly a thousand people, several smuggling teams, and the control of dozens of professional thieves.

Everything is in the hands of a group of young people no more than twenty years old like them.

Many people have fallen. They have fallen in love with the compliments of those around them, with the easy money paid to them secretly or even openly, with the extra beautiful women in the house, and with everything they want available to them, many people have fallen. .

Of course the thief Yisi survived the test that year, because the old thief's men couldn't give him what he wanted.

Unlike others, revitalizing a down-and-out family in a distant place is not something that these secret men can do in a short time.

After coming back to his senses, the thief Yisi shook his head and felt that it was okay. The apprentices finally had something as golden as theirs. Some people use their power to bully others, while others help those in need; some are arrogant, while others are cautious in their words and deeds; some kill with passion, while others act with restraint.

But when he was about to change to an equally dark position while being blinded, the curse of a young warrior with a blessed weapon came from not far away: "Damn werewolf!"

Um? Werewolf?

The thief went over the news about werewolves in his mind, and was a little confused as to why the young man opposite him said this word. Is there any news in Grass Rat Town that he doesn't know?

For a moment, the thief was confused, wondering if there was something behind the scenes that caused him to be like this.

Unable to bear it, he moved while being blinded and spoke: "Did the werewolf destroy my power? Who is that person?"

The voice was sinister and cold.

As a result, these sudden words coming from a dark corner confused Kil.

Kil, who was about to say what nonsense you were talking about, immediately stopped and reacted. The corners of his mouth under the visor raised up, and he said meanly: "What do you think?"

A throwing knife thrown from the darkness was the thief's answer.

"Are you lying to me?"

Kil smiled softly and started talking nonsense: "There is something missing from our merchants accompanying the army. What do you think it is?" He integrated his previous experiences into his lies.

The thief didn't reply, but the flying knives stopped attacking.

Of course, it's not that we ran out of flying knives. Depending on the size and weight of the flying knives, the number of flying knives on a board is generally between eight and thirty-two. Of course, Thief Yisi gave his apprentices thirty-two small flying knives to use for practice. The large flying knives were similar to daggers, except for the smaller handles.

"Although Gelb is a bit darker and crueler, he can't be a werewolf!"

The thief's voice sounded from the other side. He had obviously changed his position, but Kil couldn't hear the sound of the other party moving. It was really weird. The other party was obviously blinded, but why could he hide as easily as if he hadn't been blinded? rise up, and attack him from the shadows.

Kil even felt that the other party was playing him, but he quickly shook his head. From the fact that the thief flinched and hid, it could be seen that the blessing of the Church of the Sun God on the long sword was still effective, but the other party was just weird.

"You said it's not true, right? Listen to what I'm telling you." After saying that, Keir put the dead man who was killed by the werewolf attack on the merchant who was accompanying them.

Soon, I don’t know if it is effective, but the thief seems to believe part of it.

"How's it going? Do you believe what I say? It's all true, thief Yi Si, you released a monster! A werewolf with thief skills? Haha, I can't guess how many people will die next."

"Nonsense! If you can come here, Geerbo must have been defeated by you! Otherwise, why would you come here!" The thief's emotions could be felt from his words.

Kil struck while the iron was hot and started telling lies: "Who said I came here after defeating a werewolf? That guy scared me when he transformed. As a result, all the gang thugs I defeated and planned to capture alive were killed by the monster. "Kiel knocked his sword twice on the wall next to him.

"If I hadn't driven away the werewolves with this blessed weapon of mine, how would I still be alive?"

"No way, no way. You are lying! You must be lying!"

The thief tried his best to retort, but it seemed that the thief's emotional words had exposed his position.

Kil opened his eyes wide, and at the same time controlled the long sword to increase the release of white light on the surface of the sword, using a method of consuming divine power to provide better illumination.

In the gradually brightening underground training ground, the thief who kept refuting Kiel gradually revealed his whereabouts.

The thief cleverly hid himself behind a wooden half-length doll practicing dagger skills. If he didn't pay attention, he wouldn't be able to find the actual location of the other person.

Kil licked his lips and stopped responding to the thief's rebuttal. It was enough.

He took a deep breath. When he was talking, the blood on his right arm had been stopped. Even due to the influence of life energy, the wound was now tightly glued together.

Kilkong waved his arm and felt that the wound had no effect. He immediately spotted the thief's position and rushed towards him quickly.

Armored boots thumped on the wooden floor. The thief Yisi immediately realized that his position was exposed, but he was not annoyed. He immediately shrank up, dodged and walked toward the narrator.

But he, who was blinded by the vast whiteness in front of him, didn't know that the small half of the underground training ground was extremely bright at this time. Although his figure was agile, fast and silent, it was clearly visible to Kiel.

The thief still had to dodge the props and furniture in the training ground, but Kiel rushed forward, approaching quickly without any hindrance, and soon approached the thief.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"" Kil  he  just  used  his  long  sword  for  illumination,  and  his  main  weapon  was  an  Elven  metal  shield.  For  nothing else,  it  was  to  bump  the  adversary  with  the  shield.

The thief couldn't see his surroundings, but he understood the young warrior who was yelling and charging at him. In panic, he threw several flying knives, but they were all blocked by Kil, who was charging straight at him with his shield. Ringing, Kil moved closer.

The thief quickly retreated, no longer throwing the throwing knife, and drew out the dagger with one arm of his left hand. He gritted his teeth without swinging it out, preparing to use this weapon to exchange his life for his own life when Kiel approached him in close combat.

But the retreating thief could no longer notice what was behind him. He bumped and knocked over a wooden chair with his legs.

When he fell, he used his dagger to hold himself up to prevent him from falling, but his whole body was hit from the front by Kiel's shield.

boom!

With a heavy sound, the heavy Kiel slammed into the difficult thief with his shield.

Even with the mask on, Kil could see that the opponent's face was deformed under the mask, and the metal shield hit the opponent's body head-on. This force was enough to break several ribs.

However, the thief seemed to have some protective measures under his silenced leather jacket. Despite such a fatal blow, the thief was not seriously injured.

The dagger that had been stuck on the ground just now, even though his head was still dizzy, he immediately pulled it out from the ground and slashed at Keir with his backhand.

Kil's sword just touched him, and his long sword, which was far heavier than the opponent's weapon, repelled the thief's counterattack.

However, the thief did not give up, and his desire to fight back was high. He swung the dagger into his forehand, and when he was pinned to the ground by Kil, he still slashed at Kil's head.

"Don't admit defeat!" Kil cursed, lowering his head and hitting the opponent's dagger instead.

The dagger, which did not have enough swing distance, was not strong enough, but was knocked away by Kil with his helmet. Then Kil stretched out the long sword and wrapped it around the palm of the opponent's hilt. Blood splattered everywhere, and the dagger fell down. Also dropped were several of the thieves' fingers.

"Ah!" The thief screamed in pain. Obviously, the pain of having his fingers cut off by a weapon was far more painful than having an entire arm cut off.

"I surrender! I surrender!" the thief shouted.

With a clang, he thrust the long sword into the thief's neck, and then pulled off the thief's mask with his right hand.

But he didn't expect that underneath the mask, he didn't look resigned and unhappy. The thief who was knocked down hard by the metal shield had his chin caught on the top of the shield, and part of his flesh was rolled up, looking scary.

But the expression on his face was a determined smile.

When he saw this bloody smiling face, Keir immediately felt a shudder.

‘This guy is not going to surrender! ! ! ’

He thought so.

Sure enough, just when Kil reached out to pull off the thief's mask, the thief's left hand, which had several broken fingers, after hesitating for a moment, still touched a leather bag on his left waist.

This tightly wrapped leather bag contained only one item.

With only the index finger and thumb of his left hand, he decisively took out the contents of the leather bag, which was a medicine bottle contained in a crystal vial.

The bottle is only the size of a finger, but the contents inside are half liquid and half gas, constantly flipping and changing, and are obviously very unstable.

The mouth of the bottle is a delicate metal twist-open mouth. The thief with only two fingers cannot open it for a short time, but he does not need to do this. He can just smash the bottle itself.

Because the distance between Kiel and him was really too close at this time.

"Hahahaha, young man." The thief grinned his injured mouth and chin, and the teeth in his mouth were loose and fallen out, but he didn't care: "Don't even think about capturing any official thief from the Thieves Guild alive!"

"Let's die together!"

With a hoarse roar, the thief slammed the crystal bottle held in his left hand against the elf shield between them.

With a snap, the bottle was hit on the surface of the strong and lightweight elf metal shield and shattered directly.

The half-liquid and half-gas substance inside immediately exploded and expanded, covering the two of them instantly.

Kil closed his mouth and nose tightly, closed his eyes at the same time, stood up and backed away in an instant.

But the thief fell to the ground calmly. He opened his left hand and muttered something about werewolves, apprentices, and I hope he doesn't come back.

After a moment, his face began to melt, especially where it was injured, then where his left hand was injured, and then on his right shoulder.

The flesh and blood melted into hot droplets and seeped out from his clothes. When it spread to his body, the thief curled up in pain, but soon, his entire body gradually collapsed. His clothes were not damaged, but his flesh and blood disappeared. Gone, except for the skeleton.

The hunting white light of the long sword illuminates these terrifying changes. It seems that the things in the crystal bottle are highly targeted to flesh and blood alone.

But what about Keir?

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"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

Kil also felt uncomfortable. Even if he closed his eyes, mouth and nose, some gas still sprayed in from the opening on the visor.

At the same time, the front of his body was also contaminated with a lot of this thing. He immediately dropped the shield in his hand and kept retreating to stay away from the space where the thing exploded.

The underground training ground is a closed space, and the air flows, but it is not very obvious, so as long as you stay away, you can leave the outbreak range.

But the burning sensation on his face made Kiel feel very bad. After he backed up all the way to the wall at the other end of the training ground, he forced himself to calm down in the severe pain.

He used the life energy he could still control at this time and rushed toward his head with all his strength.

Of course, he did not forget the knight's teachings in his panic. The life energy only gathered on the face and did not go to other delicate body organs in the head.

The feeling of melting pain was slightly relieved, but his life energy was also constantly decreasing.

This is just a temporary solution rather than a permanent solution.

After thinking nervously for a while, Kil felt that in this life-threatening situation, he had to rely on his supporter at this time - Ms. Apolifina.

Although he had entered a dream before today, Kil remembered that the other party had said that entering a dream consumed the magic power his body spontaneously produced that day. If he entered a dream for the second time in one day, he would have to rely on his own The energy comes to pay the bills.

"Don't worry! Try it!"

Kil concentrated his concentration and immediately asked the elf ring on his chest that replaced his heart to let him enter the dreamland.

The ring is a bit reluctant, but reluctance is not impossible.

Then, with the transmission of Keir's strong will, his whole body shrank and disappeared in an instant.