“I think this corresponds to the animal curse of Iverria,” she said.
"The humans of the Corrupted Blood Kingdom do not dream, but are plagued by other forces. Extracting and extending this method may be the prototype of Ivenria's curse."
"That's right..."
"That monster must be Alessia - at least a part of him. He should have become the Lord of the Blood River and controls almost the entire Corrupted Blood Kingdom."
“That’s right…”
The two of them were chatting here casually, and everything seemed normal, but Hitzfeld always felt that something was wrong.
She had no idea that one of her few weaknesses had been discovered.
The hunter does not intend to reveal his cards on the spot, but to use time to verify.
Let's see if we can completely wipe her out from the root.
Chapter 63: Induction
In the middle of the night, Li Ang was awakened by the howling of wolves.
He rubbed his eyes, walked out of the room that Eden Everett had arranged for him, and asked the maid at the door, "Do you usually sleep in this environment?"
The maid was stunned by his question. She opened her mouth and suddenly tightened her hands on the hem of her skirt, looking very panicked.
"This is normal, my friend." A voice came from the corridor. Leon and the maid turned around and saw that it was Eden Everey, the leader of the fleet sent by the Horn Merchant Alliance to do business in Goli, and the leader of the Sara people in Ivanria.
This man is 41 years old and has maintained a very good figure. He is over 180 cm tall and has broad shoulders and waist, but he does not look short or thick. The thin officer uniform almost stretches him, and one can tell at a glance that he exercises regularly.
"You also know about the curse in this city, the things that turned into animals... I mean there were wolves among them."
Eden revealed the truth about the wolf howl. He pulled Darent downstairs and said as they walked, "I can't sleep either. Do you mind taking a walk with me?"
"Not at all." Li Ang wished he could get closer to him.
Even when he was leaving, no one noticed that he glanced at the maid vaguely, and he did it with his peripheral vision. Even the maid herself, who had been staring at them, didn't notice it.
After confirming that the maid was looking at this side, Leon directly reached out and put his arm around Eden's shoulders. The two of them soon laughed in the corridor: "Really? It turns out that the Goliaths are so dirty that they have to wait so long to take a bath..."
Sara people also did not bathe in the past. It was precisely because of the low frequency of bathing and the need to cover up the odor on their bodies that the perfume culture developed rapidly. This was not because they were unwilling to bathe, but because the level of development in the old times was low and water charges were much more expensive than they are now.
More and more studies and examples have proven that not bathing can cause a variety of harms, including the spread of diseases, and in serious cases, even evil curses. Therefore, the royal family is not actually worried about letting the people under their rule fall in love with bathing. What has always troubled them is the disparity in water costs in different places.
Whether it is transportation costs or energy costs, it all costs money. In the past, Sara couldn't even feed the entire city of Wayne, and there were often power outages in the entire city. Naturally, there was no way to change this bad habit.
But now it is different. The popularization of alternating current has saved Sara a lot of resources. They are now able to invest the extra resources in health prevention and basic livelihood. Sara people now bathe more frequently than before, and more and more people have access to running water.
Unfortunately, all this is isolated from Goli.
Goliath is a subcontinent (some scholars call it a semi-continent), which is much smaller than the Sara plate, but much larger than most islands.
Its borders appear to be square and irregular on the map. Compared with ordinary continents, it does not have many plains. Instead, it has many mountains and plateaus. And strangely, like Elsa Continent, it has a tropical climate.
Generally speaking, mountains and plateaus are contradictory to the tropics. There is only one possibility for this situation to occur, that is, the Goliath continent was not like this a long time ago. It was not in the tropics. It was sunk by a disaster that swept the world, causing the vast plains it should have had to sink to the bottom of the sea, and only the landforms with higher altitudes were still exposed on the surface.
Combined with plate shifting, it has been pushed into this position - a very awkward position.
Looking south, there is an endless sea of gray fog; looking west, there is the most terrifying storm sea in the legend; to the east, there is only a fjord separating the lost continent of Aisha. The only way out is to go north... and trade with the Sara people to struggle for survival.
Goli's climate makes it very suitable for growing crops. As time goes by, some mountains and rivers are smoothed, and the land is reclaimed, becoming natural, semi-artificial flat plantations. Every year, a large number of ships gather at the port of Ivenria, loaded with spices and tobacco, heading to Nanxinze or other ports in eastern Sara. When they return, they bring ships full of pottery, mechanical products, fine leather clothes, and large amounts of meat... Every fleet can make a lot of money.
But not including water.
Goli is not short of water. In theory, cities along the coast will not be short of water. They just lack systematic freshwater conversion technology and large-scale industrial factories. Even so, there is still a lot of freshwater storage underground, and it does not need to be drilled too deep. Water can be pumped out from a few dozen meters.
The well culture here is unique. When Li Ang learned about it, he was deeply impressed by the wisdom of the Goliaths.
For example, the Lianqu well, by drilling connected channels underground, can bring groundwater from farther away into the well, allowing it to flow naturally to the vicinity of the settlement, thus solving the problem of long-distance travel to fetch water and directly turning distant water into nearby water.
It sounds like a simple thing, but there are many tricks involved. For example, the Goliaths did not have many sophisticated instruments at that time, so how did the workers underground ensure that the tunnel they dug was in a straight line?
The answer is the shadow method - place an oil lamp directly behind you when working, and keep chiseling facing the shadow to avoid making mistakes.
So there is no shortage of water in Goli. Although people have to pay for water, that amount of money is relatively precious compared to the preciousness of water resources in the tropics... In short, Li Ang does not think this is a kind of "exploitation."
With this knowledge as background, he was naturally surprised that the Goliaths did not like to take a bath.
"You know the Southwester people, right?" Eden took him to the backyard of the mansion, where they strolled and chatted. "The Southwester people have dark skin, and their appearance is similar to that of savages, so they were once discriminated against. You must have seen a lot of this in Sarah, right?"
"This is very common." Li Ang nodded.
He was almost from a prominent family and was well-informed. Conflicts and contradictions among the lower classes were very common.
Apart from anything else, there are many Southwesterners within the Security Bureau, and they cannot help being discriminated against even within the bureau, let alone ordinary people with a lower level of cognition.
"I can guarantee that this doesn't happen in Goli," Eden said, "because black is beautiful here."
"?" Li Ang was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted: "Is it because of some mysterious psychology?"
Although the Xintian people are evil, there are benefits to being evil. They are highly resistant to evil curses.
This is not a rumor, it has been confirmed many times internally. Goli does not have as many mechanical Yang stone carvings as Sarah to dilute the nightmare curse, and it happens to be in the tropics. For the people living here, the most labor-saving method is to tan themselves as dark as the Southwest people to see if they can gain a little resistance to evil spirits.
"Mysterious psychology? Hahaha!" Eden was stunned at first, then burst into laughter at his description.
"You're right, it's a mysterious psychology." He said loudly, "The Sinanites have that ability because they were once burned by the divine fire! That's the divine fire! The divine fire! Why are these people here to join in the fun?"
"Even if they could get the same tan, they don't have the ability! Because their status is not right! It's in vain no matter how hard they try!"
"..." Li Ang tilted his mouth and stared at his face with half-closed eyes. For a moment, he didn't understand what he was implying.
He must be hinting at something, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why a normal person would come to him in the middle of the night, asking to go for a walk and talking about these things for no reason.
He had just finished discussing the next wedding robbery plan with Eden Everey during the day, and the other party promised to cooperate with him fully - at that time, the Sara people in the mansion would start a riot to distract the attention of the palace, and then the Pierre could take advantage of the opportunity to rob Aman on the west coast.
He could understand that the other party was so nervous that he couldn't sleep, but why did he come to me to tell me this?
Unless he is making an analogy.
Thinking of the strange maid, Li Ang gradually came to his senses.
The people of Xinanthe themselves don’t understand how they gain resistance to evil spirits, nor do they understand what the divine fire is... It is of course impossible for normal people to replicate this miracle.
Is he telling me 'impossible'?
Will the plan fail?
But he just couldn't say it directly. Well... This means that no matter how promising the plan is, the mansion is not safe. There may be enemy spies. My position has been exposed...
In an instant, Li Ang had already understood the situation.
Eden's behavior was very different from that during the day, which meant that those people had just found him not long ago, and it was even possible that he was forced to come here.
So the walk was fake, their purpose was to get me out of the mansion building.
To prevent making too much noise when taking action...it might alarm someone.
Chapter 64: Mechanical Apostle
Before Leon could think more, Eden Everett beside him groaned and fell limply to the ground.
Leon quickly bent down, using the rocks in the yard to hide his body, while reaching out his hand to stroke Eden's body.
There were no obvious external wounds, no bleeding, and the heart was beating very fast. It must have been a low-quality anesthetic needle...
With a twitch of his mouth, Leon cast a look of pity at Mr. Everett.
The anesthetic needle is also a kind of bullet. Naturally, the regular one must use medical anesthetics prepared by pharmacists. It has relatively few side effects and causes less harm to the human body.
But not everyone and everywhere has the conditions to prepare medical anesthetics. Therefore, in most cases, only a few people use medical anesthetics, and people prefer a special essential oil extracted from tobacco.
This thing also has an anesthetic effect. A small dose can enhance the sense of touch, and a large dose used as an anesthetic will temporarily block the sense of touch. The price is that the blood circulation of the human body will be accelerated to a very terrifying rate, and the paralysis effect may cause madness after it ends.
This special essential oil has been officially classified as a drug by the Sara government because a crazy person who takes it is likely to see things they shouldn't see, and the unrest they could subsequently cause would be more than ten times greater than the force they themselves possess, so it is simply impossible to allow it to develop.
As for Mr. Everett… the fact that you lied down so quickly shows that the other party gave you a lot.
Hopefully you won't see too many villains once the paralysis is over.
His ears twitched slightly, and Li Ang rolled forward in an instant. After stopping, he looked back slightly and caught a glimpse of three silver needles - they were inserted in the place where he had just crouched.
so close!
This was his first reaction.
What do these bitches want to do?
This was his second reaction.
He had this reaction because he realized that the enemy was not who he had initially guessed.
They are not from the Kingdom of Corrupted Blood, nor are they members of the "water monster".
Just like the people here, they are wary of the Corrupted Blood Kingdom's management and control over Ivenria. They are afraid that when they take action, they will make a big noise and cause the water jars everywhere in the building to notice it, so they specifically lure him out to deal with him.
Then their background is actually easy to guess.
Not the Sara people, not the Goliath people, not the Corrupted Blood God people, there is only one answer left.
"If the Mechanical Kingdom really wants to cooperate with me." While speaking, Leon checked the freezing bullets in the gun and tried his best to make his voice sound angry and cold. "You should show your cards to me instead of using such despicable means..."
As soon as Gran saw them, he thought they were spies from the Mechanical Kingdom - why did Gran think so?
Because the spies of the Mechanical Kingdom really exist, and this kind of thing happens all the time.
After saying these harsh words, Li Ang paused for a moment. He felt that one or two people from the other side would come out to talk to him.
Even if it's not for the purpose of conversation, it can at least attract my attention... When I was staring at him, his accomplices started to attack from the side. This was something we had played a long time ago.
Li Ang raised his eyebrows and clenched the gun in his hand. He kept an eye on the surroundings, waiting for the unlucky guy to come to him first.
But the next moment, his face changed, and he fell to the ground in a somewhat embarrassed manner. Before his entire body was completely attached to the grass on the ground, he heard a loud thunderous explosion behind him - the big rock that he used as an obstacle was actually blown to pieces!
These lunatics! What happened to the promise of hiding their tracks?
Li Ang looked dusty and in a state of disarray when he raised his head from the smoke and rain of gravel.
This is basically a plan to silence people. Are they here for cooperation?
While cursing in his heart, blasting the attacker's ancestors to pieces, Li Ang stood up and ran away, dancing the hip-shaking dance amid a series of machine gun fire.
The firepower of both sides was completely not at the same level. He only had a broken pistol in his hand, while the opposite side had at least two light machine guns, which were enough to provide fire cover.
This meant that he completely lost the ability to fight back - the term "fire cover" was not called for nothing, the two light machine guns were in a mutually protective relationship, one was changing ammunition while the other was suppressing him. He was beaten so hard that he dared not show his head, so how could he fight back?
So are they two people?
Once again finding a tree to hide temporarily, Leon panted and quickly imagined the enemy's lineup in his mind.
Two light machine guns, that means at least two people... But the light machine guns are not powerful enough to break the rock, they have other heavy weapons, damn it...
He held the pistol in front of his eyes and looked at it, and Captain Hitzfeld's serious expression before he left appeared in his mind.
"The power of this bullet... is quite large. You must be mentally prepared when using it."
“……”No matter how big it is, can it be bigger than heavy firearms?
Li Ang thought this was hilarious.
Do you see the tree in front that is as thick as a bowl?
The poor tree was hit by two machine guns before it could fully grow into a tree. It was smashed and broken in the middle. The tree's life was about to end.
As for the freezing bullet...he didn't believe it could be more powerful than a machine gun.
The situation was critical as the enemy gradually forced him into a corner.
He heard heavy footsteps coming from behind the bushes, and he knew without asking - the other party was so blatant, there must be some fire support nearby.
Damn it!
Li Ang really didn't dare to put the hope of survival in the hands of others. He planned to give it one more try. He suddenly jumped out and showed up, looking for a chance for the other party to react, and fired a shot at the figure from a distance.
He knew something was wrong the moment he fired the shot - because he couldn't see the person clearly and couldn't determine his exact location. When he fired the shot, he discovered that the man was not completely exposed to his sight, and there was a tropical rubber tree as thick as a wheel between the two of them.
But... just as he thought this, the bullet he fired exploded.
A small ice bomb first hit the trunk of the rubber tree, and a layer of frost crystals quickly spread out with the impact point as the center, not only wrapping up the entire tree but also extending to the ground, emitting a misty icy white fog.
All this happened in less than a second. The next moment, it actually drilled through the tree trunk in one breath, creating a hole of shattered ice crystals in the center of the trunk. It smashed into the enemy's chest with the little remaining kinetic energy, blowing the figure away from the spot.
Crunch, crunch—boom!
The ice bomb did not directly break the rubber wood, but the hole in the middle destroyed its load-bearing structure, so it naturally fell down.
