Chapter 585: Xerxes and the Torch of Immortality

The red sun rises slowly from the eastern sky, and the golden sunlight dispels the darkness covering the land, but it cannot dispel the war clouds in this land. Mobile terminal

On the cliff, Ning Tao overlooked the scene of thousands of people grabbing water below. There were densely packed human heads and various water containers. No one lined up, and the scene was chaotic. That much water is enough for thousands of people to drink for a week, but what about after a week? People die without water, so everyone wants to save a little more water for themselves and their families while there is still water. As for whether others have water to drink, who cares?

This is human nature.

"What's the use of saving them? They won't appreciate you. In their eyes, you are actually just a heretic. Do you know how they deal with heretics?" Ramsay said.

Ning Tao looked back at Ramsey leaning against a rock in the river bed, and smiled indifferently in the golden morning light: "I saved them because they were in danger. I don't care if they thank me or not. I don't care if they regard me as your so-called heretic. I only ask for the justice of heaven when I do things, and I have a clear conscience."

Ramsey shook his head, obviously he couldn't understand Ning Tao's words.

Ning Tao walked to Ramsey's side: "You care about what they think of me, and who cares about you?"

Ramsey suddenly became nervous. Ning Tao didn't kill him, but he didn't let him go either. These words and the pain in his body dragged him back to the cold reality, but he couldn't guess how Ning Tao would deal with him.

Ning Tao said indifferently: "I won't kill you, it's because you still have value. However, if you don't show your value, I won't benefit at all, and I will kill you."

"What... do you want me to do?" Ramsey's desire to live became stronger after being tortured all night.

Ning Tao said: "Aren't you a spy? You can do things for Nicolas Conti and the Pentagon at the same time. I think you can do something for me too."

Ramsay asked in surprise, "You want me to be your...spy?"

Ning Tao's voice was slightly cold: "Don't you want to?"

Ramsay hurriedly said, "No, no, I just want to make sure that I'm fine, I can do anything for you." Then, he added, "As long as you don't kill me, I swear, I will let you You see my worth."

There was a smile on the corner of Ning Tao's mouth, which was the reason why he kept Ramsey.

Even trash can be reused.

Not to mention a werewolf double agent?

"You mentioned Xerxes last night. You said that Xerxes also wanted black fire oil. I think you must know some stories about Xerxes. Tell me." Ning Tao said.

Ramsey nodded obediently, and after gathering his thoughts, he said, "This has to start with my own story, is that okay?"

Ning Tao nodded.

Ramsey went on to say: "My mother was a slave girl during the period of King George I of the Greek Kingdom (1862), and her master was my father, a very old earl. One night, he raped... My mother, and then my mother became pregnant. But she didn't get a sliver of luck because she was pregnant with the earl's child, but it was the beginning of a nightmare..."

"My mother's belly grew bigger day by day, and she couldn't hide it. The old count finally found out about her pregnancy. He put my mother in the dungeon, and my mother gave birth to me in the dungeon. I was covered in hair, I have the characteristics of a werewolf, but I'm not a pure-blooded werewolf, I'm just a half werewolf, or half demon..."

When the word "half demon" entered Ning Tao's ears, he couldn't help but think about a question, that is, if he, Qing Zhui, and Bai Jing had a child in the future, would that be considered a half demon? Is the child with Qingzhui half human and half dragon? With Bai Jing's child, if Bai Jing doesn't succeed in transforming a snake into a dragon, will she be half-human, half-snake? And Jiang Hao, although Jiang Hao is also a human being, he is also a new demon. In the future, the child he and Jiang Hao will have is a half-demon?

Ramsay continued: "When I was three months old, that old earl killed my mother in front of me. Poor woman, she didn't even hear me call her mother. Because my The blood was impure, the old earl abandoned me in a forest. A group of wolves took me in, and I grew up drinking the milk of a female wolf. I hunted and played with the wolves, and I became stronger and stronger. Twenty Years later, I found the old earl, and he was still the same. A werewolf can live for five hundred years, and he probably had decades to live. But I didn't give him that chance, he was too old to be mine Opponent, I seriously injured him in his castle, and then brought him to the basement where he killed my mother, I tortured him, and he told me a secret in order to survive..."

Ning Tao was attracted by his story: "Is it related to Xerxes?"

Ramsey nodded: "Yes, the old earl told me that Xerxes led an army to occupy northern Greece and stole something from the Temple of Hera. That was the purpose of his attack on Greece. The territory of the Persian Empire has nothing to do with it. In the description of the old earl, it was a torch."

"A torch?" A feeling of absurdity suddenly rose in Ning Tao's heart, because he just thought of the Olympic flame. Every time the Olympic torch is lit from the ruins of the Temple of Hera in Greece, and then passed around the world.

Could it be the original version of the Olympic torch?

This conjecture feels absurd when you think about it.

"Yes, a torch. Hera is the wife of Zeus. The old count told me that the torch is Hera's artifact. If it is lit with ground kerosene, the torch will guide the dead souls back to this world." Speaking of this, Ramsay was silent for a moment, and then said: "I killed the old earl and tore him to pieces. I paid homage to my mother in that basement, and called out what I wanted to call twenty years ago. Mom. Then I went to the old earl's study and found a secret room hidden behind the wall of the study. I found some ancient books and his research materials in his secret room. The old earl has been looking for the torch all his life, and the ground Fire oil. I just found out that the torch is called Immortal, and he wants to use it to summon a dead werewolf leader..."

Torch of Undying.

Ning Tao remembered this name. For some reason, he also thought of his father and mother.

The dead are gone, but if the dead souls can be summoned back and family members reunited, wouldn't life be perfect?

"I want to find the torch of immortality, I want to light the fire of immortality for my mother, see her again, and call her mother..." Ramsey's eyes were full of sadness, "Over the past hundred years I've been working on it, I'd do anything to find the Torch of Undying, and I don't care if anyone lives or dies. During World War II, I followed a clue to America. Then I met Nicolas Conti, who was very powerful. He listened He told my story, he said he was willing to help me, but his condition was to let me do things for him. I have no better choice, the old earl has searched for hundreds of years but couldn't find it, how could I easily find the immortal Torch? I need help, so I promised Nicholas Conti and worked for him..."

"Did he give you any clues about the undead torch?" Ning Tao asked.

Ramsay said: "Yes, I have provided some intermittently, and I have investigated them, but most of them are false clues. Occasionally, there are real clues, but I can't find the whereabouts of the undead torch. Not long ago, he gave me a clue. A map, I came here to find ground fire oil for him."

"Then did you find anything?" Ning Tao asked.

Ramsey shook his head: "I told you, I didn't lie to you. Nicholas Conti only told me that there is ground fire oil in this area, but even he is not sure. He has a treasure house with many treasure maps in it, some There are real treasures, but some are also fake treasure maps. I think this is just one of them. In fact, I am not the only one who is looking for spiritual materials and treasures for him, but there are many others."

No wonder Nicholas Conti did not come in person, but instead used Ramsey as a bait to bomb Drinking Horse Valley with Tomahawk missiles. If Nicholas Conti is sure that there is ground fire oil, or even the undead torch, he will probably lead an army to grab it.

In fact, until now, only Ning Tao has seen Xerxes and his Persian army. Ramsey didn't know, and neither did Nicolas Conti. That's why he's still in the Valley of the Drinking Horses, now that Ramsay's story has reinforced his kindness for the canyon and the treasures hidden there.

"I have nothing suspicious to tell you," Ramsay said.

Ning Tao put away his thoughts: "I will give you a test."

"What test?" Ramsey reacted a little nervously.

Ning Tao said: "There is a non-government armed organization in You. They cut off the water flow. You blow up the dam they built. This is your atonement. You did it. Not only can you survive, but you are also qualified to do things for me. Keep chasing your dreams."

Ramsay looked at Ning Tao with sharp eyes, as if trying to penetrate Ning Tao's mind.

Ning Tao said: "You turned to Nicholas Conti because you needed help. If you insist on a lord, would you trust Nicholas Conti or me?"

"You." Ramsey gave the answer without hesitation, and then said: "I really want to gain your trust, but I am like this...I can't blow up the dam controlled by the non-government and unorganized .”

Ning Tao opened the small medicine box, took out a powerful pinch talisman and stuck it on Ramsey's sunken chest. A trace of spiritual power was activated, and the mantra was recited, and Ramsay's sunken chest was "pulled out" in an instant, and then there was a series of sounds of bone movement.

Ramsay's eyes on Ning Tao changed.

The mana of a powerful grasping talisman was completely consumed, and Ramsey's broken ribs were all connected. He tried to do a few violent chest expansion movements without the slightest pain. He even felt that his muscles and bones were more flexible before. The operation is also smoother than before.

"This..." Ramsey didn't know how to describe the feeling in his heart and the feeling in his body.

Ning Tao said: "I am a practitioner of cultivation, this talisman is just a small meaning, you go, blow up the dam before midnight tonight."

Ramsay froze for a moment: "If you let me go like this, I don't have to come back."

Ning Tao smiled indifferently: "I can give you an injection for a day. It was the injection you gave last night. It will make you obedient. But I don't want to do that. You can blow up the dam for me, or you can escape. How to do it , you make your own decision."

Ramsay turned away.

Ning Tao watched him leave along the river bed.

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