Shadow Covenant

Chapter 154 "The Truth About the Tavern"

"This……"

"How embarrassing is this? This is a task entrusted to me by the lord. How can I drink the precious mushroom soup given to you without authorization?"

"If you are not at ease, you can let the people on our side try it first."

Lin En looked around at the eyes staring at him, in order to avoid embarrassment, he laughed again a few times, and wanted to step forward to take the lid back and put it on again.

But at this moment, he couldn't help himself anymore. A Northland apprentice wearing a robe suddenly appeared in the crowd and walked in with a serious face.

He held an unopened scroll in one hand, and a mahogany staff in the other. The prismatic spar at the tip of the staff was pointing at him from afar.

"I advise you against it, Mr. Lynn."

"I need to detect the soup in your hand."

"What do you want to do? I kindly gave you mushroom soup. Is this how you treat your fellow countrymen? Our baron is also from Navia!"

The butler from Green Brook Town looked flustered and stern, and wanted to call other people to stop the mage apprentice who came forward. Unfortunately, even if there are people in the Brave Hotel who are not from the Nudong Merchant Group, most of them are afraid of their huge power. Momentum, choose to watch silently.

Therefore, when the scroll was unrolled, a dazzling spell ripple brighter than the furnace fire emanated from the center of the scroll, and it continued to radiate outward from the point of origin, and when the spell ripple rippled on the milky white soup, , A completely different color appeared in the thick soup. The oily green color was like the body fluid secreted from the lizardman's scales, making it greasy and disgusting at first sight.

"Paralyzing toxin."

The mage apprentice can tell at a glance that the toxins in it should not be fatal, but a kind that can paralyze the human body and make people fall into a state of losing control of various parts of the limbs for a long time.

"Now, Mr. Lynn, you have to explain, how did this come about?"

"No...no...how did this happen, I don't know at all, I don't know there is poison in the soup."

The baron butler was also stubbornly resisting, and he was still defending himself until the last second, but his panic and panic were seen by everyone, so the atmosphere in the tavern suddenly froze.

Only one after another angry eyes cast.

"It seems that your mayor really didn't tell you."

At this time, the black-haired young man with a pair of extremely fiery golden eyes and a handsome appearance in the crowd sighed leisurely, and seemed to be helping him out, but in fact, the next sentence, a change of style, made the housekeeper feel like falling ice cave.

"That's fine, you can prove your innocence with a lie detection spell. Although it's a one-ring spell, I believe that what you said is true."

As he spoke, he stepped forward, staring closely at the baron butler in front of him with big drops of sweat dripping down his forehead with bright golden eyes.

"No problem, Mr. Lynn."

"I think you seem to be a little unwell."

This teasing tone made him unable to hold on any longer, but he didn't show a tearful or regretful expression, but said viciously.

"You cunning northern foxes, the baron will not let you go! Wouldn't it be better to die without pain? Let's all die together now!"

As he said that, he pulled out a short and pocket rapier from his waist, intending to hold the youngest-looking black-haired youth without a weapon at close range first.

As the butler of the lord of Green Brook Town, his strength is not as weak as the nobles in the city. The professional level of three rangers is enough to make his thin body explode with agility beyond ordinary people, just like a leopard in danger.

But in the face of the sudden explosion and the strength shown by the butler in front of him, Woody felt that it was within the acceptable range.

Otherwise, in this dangerous wilderness, the will of Green Brook Town representing the baron would not have any credibility. After all, the most reassuring thing in the wilderness is strength.

……

Woody also reacted the moment he stepped back and wanted to draw his sword. The dimensional ring in his hand flickered slightly, and a long steel sword without sheath appeared on his right hand, but it was puzzling. Yes, he held the weapon and did not choose to meet the enemy with his right hand, but turned to hold the sword with his left.

Seeing the weapon that suddenly appeared in Woody's hand, the baron butler, who was still thinking about fighting to fight his way out, suddenly felt cold. He instantly understood that he was not his opponent. There is no profession that understands the ring on his right hand better than him as a ranger. , the meaning of the left hand weapon.

Sure enough, at the next moment, a slender, huge and strangely curved weapon appeared in the hands of the black-haired youth.

Clearly, this is an opponent proficient in two-weapon combat.

He tried it before, but failed. The flexibility of his hands made it almost impossible for him to fight the enemy with his left and right hands at the same time.

It was precisely because of this that he felt the horror of Woody, so young, and he didn't look like an elf or half-elf who was born to be favored by the ranger profession.

Damn, what kind of unlucky day is today, not to mention that the plan was seen through, even when he met a young man who thought he was easy to bully, his strength became stronger than his peers.

Lynn couldn't help cursing inwardly.

But the arrow is on the string and has to be sent.

He knew in his heart that there was no room for retreat after rushing forward. Therefore, he could only try to fight with a shorter dagger to restrain the advantage brought by his long weapon.

As a result, a cold light flashed from the short and sharp fine iron dagger, dragging him like a comet to meet him.

The moment the dagger and the long blade came into contact, there were dazzling sparks from friction. Lin En gritted his teeth, and with strength not inferior to ordinary people, the dagger slid down hard. He wanted to slide the blade all the way from the intersection of the blade. to his wrist, which can be used to push him back or disarm him.

Very typical ranger fighting style, good at winning with agility.

Most of the time though, when he's up against someone faster than him, it's meaningless.

But before the other party changed his tactics, the face of the butler from Luxi Town turned blue instantly, because he saw a pair of refined iron wrists appearing on the black-haired young man's bare wrist. Iron gauntlet, with a long thin chain at the end of the gauntlet wrapped around the end of the exotic weapon.

"Nima!"

If he could still swear at a critical moment, then he would definitely yell without hesitation.

In the fight just now, he could see that the black-haired young man in front of him might be better than himself in combat, but the length of the weapon and the environment offset the advantage this gave him.

If he met him in an open place in the wilderness, he would definitely run away without saying a word, but in a tavern crowded with people, he felt that he still had a good chance of winning.

After all, these years of combat experience are not in vain, but just as he was gearing up to give himself a chance, when he saw the picture of the iron gauntlet connected to the weapon, he immediately dispelled the idea of ​​close combat , God knows what else is on him!
What else is this?Or did you teach him how to fight?
Although it is not armed to the teeth, in any case, such combat equipment and configuration are not what normal adventurers can provide.

Most of the skilled mercenaries are even better, just like Page, the captain of the guard in Green Brook Town, with an armor and a weapon. This kind of thing can even be passed down from generation to generation, just like Page's armor. From the last gift from his noble family, he himself only has a good knight's sword.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Woody exchanged hands with the baron butler in front of him a few more times. Watching the ranger who wanted to fight face to face just now suddenly changed his moves, rolling left and right several times in a row, trying to get closer to the crowd, Woody Then he understood that he no longer wanted to fight him.

"Pity."

He looked a little regretful. He had finally found a warm-up opponent. He originally didn't want to settle it so early, but it would be too ridiculous to chase around the world like this, and it would also waste time. He had already heard a strange noise outside the tavern. Time and events did not allow him to continue this nonsense.

So, watching the butler in front of him fighting and retreating, dodging his left step slippery blade once, the dark lines on the back of Woody's left hand suddenly lit up, and a brand of magic seal appeared on his skin, accompanied by the utterance of a single syllable , Everyone in the tavern felt a sudden shaking from nowhere, as if the center of gravity was disturbed for a moment.

Especially the main target of the repelling decree, Lin En, the butler of the lord of Green Brook Town, felt that he was light and light, his legs had no strength, and his face and chest were like a transparent wall that was rushing towards him in front of him. The wall, the whole person flew back at once.

The only thing that greeted him was the ready-to-go double-edged cross slash, and this time, he no longer had such a good skill to dodge the attack, but straightened his body wrapped in high-quality hemp cotton, and ate it raw. Take these two knives.

Bleeding!
Two wounds where broken bones could be seen appeared on the chest of the housekeeper of Luxi Town. He was so injured that he could no longer hold the short dagger in his hand. His legs softened, and with a bang, he fell limp on the ground. Wooden boards in the tavern.

Fighting with cold weapons has always been so direct and quick. There is no killing technique that requires fighting for [-] rounds, filling up the energy tank, and then launching the ultimate kill.

From the fight to the end, just 1 minute passed.

But if it wasn't for Woody's desire to warm up and the baron's butler in front of him was not bad, he might not have lasted for 30 seconds.

Professionals are different from rough-skinned and thick-skinned monsters in the wilderness.

Most professionals, before they advance, their bodies will only suffer more damage when encountering sharp weapons.

The only difference is that some fighters have a physique so high that even if they are fatally injured, they can still move vigorously, but most of them are like the baron butler in front of them. Three cuts.

And just ten seconds after he fell down, a group of people rushed in from the door of the tavern. They were town guards wearing leather armor or rattan armor. A young guard at the head saw the baron butler lying in a pool of blood. His expression became tearful, excruciatingly painful.

"You killed Butler Lynn!"

He suddenly raised his head and asked, while looking in the crowd, he quickly found the black-haired young man who was wiping the blood with a tablecloth.

Anyone could hear the unwillingness and anger in his tone, and the guards who came in with him also reprimanded him.

"You have violated the laws of Green Brook Town...The murderer shall be sentenced to death by hanging!...Outlanders, you are in serious trouble!"

But the next sentence of the black-haired youth gave everyone a pause.

"I killed it, but he chose it himself."

"Or do you want to be like him, lying here, do you know what he did?"

Looking at the expressions of these people in front of him, Woody roughly guessed that the development of the matter should not be so outrageous. The guard in front of him should not know about the mushroom soup, because he has been observing their reactions just now, and no one's eyes Putting it on the thick soup that was poured on the ground, but instead focused on the corpse that was dying out of breath.

And his questioning also had an effect, which made the several guards rushing in bewildered, and some of them didn't quite understand what Woody was talking about.

Seeing the expressions on Woody's face, he naturally understood that these guards were exactly what he thought, and most of them didn't know the inside story. The old road business hotel.

However, he did not choose to say it directly, but calmly walked through them in front of them, closed the door of the tavern again, and then turned around and said seriously.

"Despicable and shameless means of poisoning, is this the way you treat guests in Green Brook Town?"

Seeing Woody at the moral high ground, several guards who entered the tavern fell into self-doubt.

"Your steward wanted to poison the soup, but our incomparably wise His Royal Highness Cecil has already seen through it. This is the toxin detection scroll that was used just now, and everyone can testify."

The sorcerer apprentice of the Angry Winter Merchant Group came out with the spell scroll that had lost its effect, and said proudly.

"Perhaps it is you baron who should explain to us more. I have already seen that you have bad intentions!"

The unique arrogance of a mage made his tone quite confrontational, so that the atmosphere immediately became tense as soon as the words were spoken.

"Then what evidence do you have for saying it was poisoned by Butler Lynn?"

"There is no evidence!" Woody replied simply and neatly.

"It's okay if you think this soup was added after the fact, but I believe it won't take long before you will understand why."

"How do you know?" A guard couldn't help asking.

They were all town guards sent by Lynn to replace the defensive forces. They originally planned to come in to see if they could have a glass of wine and get rid of the fatigue of the day's defense. They didn't expect to encounter such an incident, which made them feel a little uncertain.

But soon, they understood what the evidence in Woody's mouth was.

I saw the rising smoke cloud from the fireplace in the tavern, under the influence of a spell ripple on the second floor, it turned into a black shadow the size of a table.

The shadows became clear very quickly, and a picture immediately appeared in everyone's eyes.

Several guards were stunned when they saw the humans on the screen.

Because of this level of luxury, only the manor has it, and the person in the picture, with a fat and bloated figure and a dark golden cane that never leaves his body, is the only person in Green Brook Town, and it is their mayor, Baron Cam.

And directly opposite him was a short erect ape, squatting on a chair, but he was wearing a human-like robe, and he was holding a quill in his hand to paint on a piece of parchment. Paint and paint.

At this moment, everyone present understood that his mayor had secretly colluded with the man-eating ape!

Upstairs, Cecil, the court mage from Navia, was trying to control the maintenance of the "Illusion Technique", if she hadn't seen the toxin floating in the milky white soup with her own eyes.

Now she even began to suspect that what she released was not an illusion, but a reconnaissance projection.

"As expected, she is the one she likes."

Now, Cecil already had some admiration for the man downstairs. Although he was younger than her, his perception seemed to be much sharper than her own in this regard.

And the cat lying on the table seemed to understand, and let out a contented cry.

meow~
(End of this chapter)