Xueying's tone was very complicated.
"In fact, it doesn't matter what he chooses. It will just make him look uglier after his death..."
"Your Majesty! Improl is most loyal to you. Please save him no matter what!"
"Yes, but he will become an undead ghost, wandering in the sea of blood day and night, immersed in the nightmare of the past and unable to extricate himself..."
"We believe he is willing!"
"I think so too."
Bloodshadow grinned.
"I used to think that the thing I was most proud of during this upheaval was leaving behind a blood race and awakening the blood source... but now I have to say that this is not the case."
“I’m most proud that I met you.”
"So do we, Your Majesty!"
"Are you ready? ... In fact, your fate will not be much better, but because you are sober now, you will not sink into the aftermath."
“This is the mission of our existence!!”
"That's it."
Blood Shadow reached out and touched the corpse's head, and a drop of blood fell and merged into it.
"Blood oath completed."
"Rest in peace, my knight."
Chapter 121 Kevin Imaer's Human Skin Scroll 5k4
Baliu returned soon, bringing back news that was hard to tell whether it was good news or bad news.
According to her description, after she changed into a centaur form and crossed this vast sand dune, she felt that the terrain was getting higher and the land was getting tougher. The fragments that Darent suspected were bone powder became increasingly scarce, and were replaced by rock formations that really looked like bones.
"I passed the highest rock layer and saw an abyss below," she continued, "and the abyss was surrounded by raised rock structures that looked like a volcano."
Ethan immediately asked, "What is at the bottom of the volcanic abyss?"
"I can't see clearly." Baliu shook his head. "It's the same as outside. There's water below... the kind of dark and smelly blood water. But there is a word engraved on a protruding stone wall next to it, also in Sara language, which says 'May you enjoy eternal peace.'"
"It's the Nine Knights..."
Suddenly, a faint moan came from behind.
Everyone turned around and found that the man who was rescued had woken up. He was lying on a stretcher and looking over here. Although his face and body were extremely dirty, his eyes were sparkling and almost shining.
Ethan winked at the others, and Darent immediately stepped forward and pushed him back.
"I feel like I'm fine..." The man frowned and looked at him, trying to explain that he didn't need to be treated as a wounded person at all.
"No, no, you misunderstood..." Darent kept pressing down his palm to indicate that he'd better not act rashly, with a serious expression as if to say you should see what I'm going to do first.
The man was almost fooled by him, but he still struggled violently when he saw Darent bend down and pick up a bundle of ropes.
It was useless. He might not have suffered any serious injuries, but his body was definitely weak. He couldn't beat Darent, who tied him up tightly with the stretcher.
"I've changed my mind!" He glared at the wooden man fiercely, "No matter who you are, you can't get anything from me!"
Then he saw the old man next to him snapping his fingers, and another young man with white hair reluctantly walked to the tent next to him and pulled out a girl who had also woken up.
"Billy!" The man - actually Captain Xiude - was devastated by this scene. He secretly glanced at Darent and found that this bitch had been looking at him with a smile from the beginning.
"Gulp~" Captain Xiude swallowed his saliva.
"I guess you are not in the same group with those villains?" he asked tentatively.
Because he was indeed experienced, he was able to infer that they might be foreigners from various subtle details, such as their conversation, manners, accents, and especially the fact that they did not smell of blood but instead were sprayed with perfume.
No one answered him. Only Billie was struggling over there: "Don't agree to them! I'll die at worst! Don't agree to them!!!"
“……”Captain Xiu De was helpless.
He began to doubt his educational approach towards Billie, as he had raised such a fool.
"I can say that we have nothing to do with the ship chasing you, but will you believe it?" At this moment, Ethan walked forward and spoke. This action immediately attracted the captain's attention, making him speculate that the other party might be the main person in charge.
"Yes!" He knew this was a rare opportunity to build trust. "Your accents... don't you feel it? You didn't try to hide anything, I can tell... I've seen a lot of people like you, and I saved three of you not long ago..."
"Three?" Leon noticed the quantifier and asked, "Are they three women? One of them has gray hair?"
Captain Xiu De nodded immediately: "That's right!"
Then he was stunned for a moment: "Do you know Aisuen Hitzfeld?"
The tense atmosphere relaxed visibly.
Baliu put down his hand, Darent pulled his right hand out of his shirt, and Torres let go of the girl named Billie. There were also many crew members who were paying attention to the movement here... They instantly walked away to do other things.
Is this a sign of acceptance?
Captain Xiu De didn't know if he was wrong. It seemed that all the hostility disappeared after he confirmed that he had called out the perfume maker's name.
"Dad!" Billie quickly pounced on him and clumsily tried to untie the ropes, but maybe the ropes were too tight, or maybe she had just woken up and her hands and feet had no strength, so when she found she couldn't untie them, she pouted and was about to cry.
Darent sighed to the sky, took out a knife and cut the rope, and at the same time straightened Captain Xiude's collar under Billie's vigilant gaze.
"I'm Ethan." The guy who looked like the boss walked up with a friendly smile, "Ethan Hai... Ethan Doyle! You can just call me by my name, that's what everyone else does."
"I'm Xiude Jinlisi." Captain Xiude took the initiative to extend his hand and shook his big hand in the leather glove. "There's nothing direct... Except for very serious occasions, most of the time we call people by their names. We don't value the inheritance of surnames."
"Okay, Jin... um, Mr. Xiude, then I hope you can describe in detail the name you just mentioned." Ethan said to him seriously, "It's 'Aisun Hitzfeld', which is very important to us."
"Okay, I'm happy to."
In fact, the captain had already thought of it. After all, the other party was a foreigner like the three men, and he had this reaction after hearing Hitzfeld's name. So of course he could guess that the two sides knew each other and should have a good relationship with each other.
Anyway, it has come to this... The other side seems to have a lot of people and power, and there is no sign of the Thorn Demon around, so it is likely to have been crashed to pieces. Billie and I should thank the protection of the Blood of Savior for being alive. In other words, how we, father and daughter, will live our lives from now on depends entirely on the mood of these outsiders.
So he didn't dare to be negligent. Even though he had just woken up with a dry throat and wanted to drink water, he still didn't ask for anything. He tried to describe as concisely as possible his encounter with the three people, until he signed the contract with them, and some of his experiences in Inian Port.
When his voice became hoarse during the journey, Sebot took off his water bag and handed it to Billie. This move won Billie's favor, and she cooperated with him from then on, and gave him some water when the captain was drinking.
"Hitzfeld is a good man!"
"I wanted to call her Aisuen...but that skinny woman with black hair was very fierce and wouldn't let me."
"They were all fine. When they were first rescued, they were just sick and had some fractures...but fractures are the lightest injuries. They recovered quickly and then began to show their miraculous abilities."
The magical skill is naturally making incense. At least for Billy, relying on this skill, a group of people directly became guests of honor in the Governor's Mansion. There is no other skill more magical than this.
Based on these statements and the description of their appearance, everyone quickly determined that the three people who were rescued were the ones they were looking for.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as if the huge stone in their hearts had finally been put down.
"Do you know?"
After drinking the water, Captain Xiude looked at Ethan cautiously.
"Actually, Aisuen Hitzfeld is our captain." Ethan began to like these two men more and more.
After all, they saved their lives, didn't they?
It was a vast sea of blood... Even if they were not afraid of this kind of environment, they still couldn't solve the problem of food and drink, so these two people were no less than saving them.
what?
Xiude and Billie both looked confused.
They thought of many possibilities. After all, Hitzfeld did show her specialness in all aspects, and they once thought that she was a rich lady among the outsiders.
Even judging from the guard named Xia Sha and the vast amount of knowledge she possesses, they may not even be outsiders. This may involve some secrets of the high-level officials of the Kingdom of God.
The only thing I didn’t expect was the “Captain”.
Captain...how does that girl look like a captain?
Just because she was wearing a side eye patch?
"Okay, you guys take a rest first." Ethan winked at the others, "We are naturally very harsh on our enemies, but we will not wrong our friends... You guys just woke up and you probably have something you want to say in private. We can give each other some time."
Then he led the others away, not caring whether the two would run away.
There was nowhere to run... This place was completely unfamiliar, and he didn't believe that the other party knew the way here.
There were also crew members watching from a distance, and they had machine guns in their hands.
"Let's discuss this."
After walking far enough away to make sure no sound could be heard from the other side, Ethan spoke first: "Now that we are sure they are okay, we should change our goal. I suggest recruiting his people, even if we have to use them as laborers... We need to dig up the beach under the Pierre and let the blood and water flow in to free it."
He wants to leave.
Whatever secrets there were, there was no need for them to dig deeper.
"I agree." Darent nodded.
"I agree too." Baliu also expressed his opinion.
Everyone here is a professional, and they know very well that if you rashly explore a place that is likely to be an ancient relic without any preparation, there is a high chance that you will be wiped out.
"We have something to talk about!" Torres interrupted, helping Cybertron to the front, "We... Strictly speaking, she had a strange nightmare!"
Then came the description of the dream. Sebot told the story of what she had seen, about Blood Shadow and the nine knight figures, and the conversation between them.
"That guy, didn't Xiude mention it before?" Darent slapped his forehead, "'Nine Knights'...he mentioned it at the beginning, right?"
"more than."
A'man had been silent until now, but when he spoke, he got to the point, "Nine knights... nine... don't you think this quantifier is familiar?"
His reminder reminded everyone of the eight stone slabs found on the seabed before.
At that time, I suspected that it was not a stone slab but eight tombstones... It just so happened that there were also nine knights in the nightmare that Cybertrooper experienced, and one of them happened to have some mysterious change.
Naturally, they would combine this information with their current location - especially the eight-armed monster, and wonder if the monster was the knight who committed suicide and who became that way after his death.
"Xiu De Jin Lisi should know." Ethan concluded.
"No need to waste time, just ask him."
When they came back, the father and daughter had obviously finished their private conversation. Judging from the spirit they showed towards us, they would not refuse such a request.
In fact, it was true. Captain Shude was very grateful to them for saving him twice - once when Hitzfeld told them to leave early, and once when he was treated and cared for here. He no longer had any rejection in his heart, and when they asked, he immediately told them everything he knew - even the news he got from Hitzfeld before he left.
This story is a bit long to tell. He has to start with the beliefs and legends of the Kingdom of Corrupted Blood, first the myth of the Blood of Savior, then the Church of the Mother of Savior, then the legend of the Nine Blood Knights, and finally the crucial Tomb of the Nine Knights.
Ethan and the others were stunned after hearing this. They had never expected that there would be such a wonderful story after Aisha Continent was swallowed by the gray fog.
I thought this place had completely become a dead zone.
Like the Rasseres... and the dead lands.
"This must be the tomb of the Nine Knights!" Captain Xiu De said with certainty, "I didn't eavesdrop on purpose... I just woke up before... I heard from that lady that there is a stone tablet here. The inscription on the tablet must be written for the nine Knights of Blood. This may be the final destination of the sea chart. The secret of Blood is buried here! It is even possible to reproduce the blood of salvation!"
He was extremely excited, because after all, he was a native of the Kingdom of God and had grown up listening to those legends. Although for most people, including him, achieving transcendence was just a dream, but now that there was really such an opportunity in front of him... How could he not be excited?
"Maps, you stay and take care of them." Ethan gave the order, and then apologized to the captain, "We need to discuss the next steps... Many of your crew members are still alive, and the tents we set up next to us can be used to accommodate them."
The captain naturally had no complaints; it could be said that this was a pleasant surprise.
If Billie and Darent hadn't been watching him, he would have wanted to jump down and go in the direction Ethan pointed, and help their people transport the wounded back.
After doing these things, Ethan led them away again, stood on a protruding rock and said, "So let's vote? Should we stay and explore or choose to leave?"
"I support exploration." Li Ang was the first to pull out the flag.
"It's rare to have an intelligence provider in the team. This opportunity is precious. At least we don't have to leave immediately."
Baliu naturally supports Li Ang, so they will have two votes directly.
"I support it too." Aman was the third vote.
"I...I support it too." Torres voted fourth, and then took the initiative to suppress Cybert's weak opinion, indicating that she still had the fifth vote.
Well, then there is no point in opposing it myself.
Because there are only so many people in the decision-making circle including Ethan, even if Darent supports Ethan, he can never exceed Leon's votes by bringing in Tenny to make up the number.
"I always feel that this place is very weird..." While speaking, he kept staring at the duo of priests, not understanding why they voted in favor.
Aman wants to stay because he wants revenge.
Listening to Xiu De's description just now, the nine blood knights... the power of the blood is integrated into one to reproduce the glory of the blood of salvation... This sounds very much like the drama of obtaining the power of the Devourer's inheritance. Of course, Aman would feel excited.
