On the Seven Towers

Xiao Chen was very tired, but had to try his best to keep up with Meis. Ruth stood behind him, holding him with a rope. Once Xiao Chen walked slowly, he would kick him. He was still holding a machete in his hand, keeping Xiao Chen's back in mind.

Magicians always have some weird tricks, and Russ, as a powerful warrior, doesn't dare to be careless.

Xiao Chen was walking in the forest, thinking all the time in his mind that he must find a way to get out of trouble. He recalled the magic failure last night, secretly wondering if it was the memories given to him by the souls of the dead that sapped his fighting spirit and undermined his self-confidence.

He must find another opportunity to try the Heart of Fear. As a magician who only knows combat magic, this is his only method.

He followed the horse thieves all night, and he vaguely realized that these horse thieves were both afraid of him and valued him. If his ransom had not been used as capital for a comeback, they would have killed him long ago. But now, these two horse thieves had worked so hard to escort him through the middle of the night, and they definitely didn't want to waste all their efforts. And now that they are far away from the camp, they should be a little more relaxed, maybe this is an opportunity.

"I can't walk anymore." When he reached an open space, Xiao Chen sat down on the ground and leaned against a stone. No matter how hard Ruth pulled, he couldn't get up.

Ruth pulled out his knife and gestured in front of Xiao Chen, and said angrily: "Stand up and keep walking. Otherwise, believe it or not, I will chop you down?"

"It's useless if you scream again. I just don't have the strength. You can kill me, and you won't get a cent of the ransom." Xiao Chen replied in a leisurely tone, looking confident.

Max put his hands on his waist and looked at him with a cold face, "You are still in our hands, even if we don't kill you, we have plenty of ways to teach you a lesson. You'd better be more sensible."

"If you torture me, I will commit suicide. Don't think that I can't do it. As long as I die in the meditation world, I will become a walking zombie and you will get nothing." Xiao Chen said.

The two horse thieves looked at each other, wondering whether what he said was true or false. Max sneered and said, "As a noble magician, I don't believe you will commit suicide." He raised his hand and slapped Xiao Chen, turning half of his face red, "How about you die and show me?"

Xiao Chen entered a meditative state without saying a word. After only a few seconds, his face began to turn white and he began to twitch.

Max's face suddenly turned ugly. Ruth shouted at a loss: "Old Wolf, he, he seems to be serious. Look at it like this, he will really die soon."

"Wait a minute." Mais stopped Russ with his skills.

"His face turned blue and his lips turned purple. If he waits any longer, the gold coins will be gone."

"Dammit, shake him awake."

Ruth stepped forward and took Xiao Chen's shoulders, shaking them vigorously, "Wake up! Wake up!"

Xiao Chen slowly opened his eyes, coughed a few times, and his face slowly recovered. He took a moment to breathe, looked up and said to Max, "Look, I'm telling the truth."

Meis pointed the knife in his hand at Xiao Chen's nose, but the latter showed no fear and looked at him calmly. Somehow, after he was close to death, he felt that the two people in front of him were a bit ridiculous.

There is nothing important except death. If you are not afraid of death, what else are you afraid of?

Meis put the knife down slowly, "What do you want?"

"First of all, I'm tired and want to rest. Secondly, I'm hungry and want to eat. Since you want to exchange me as a prisoner for ransom, you should give me the treatment I deserve."

Meis stared at Xiao Chen and walked back and forth twice, snorted coldly, put the knife into the scabbard, and said to Ruth: "I'm hungry too, I'm going to hunt some prey, you keep an eye on him."

Not long after Max left, Xiao Chen said to Ruth, "I want to shit."

"Let's wait until Mais comes back."

"I can't hold it in any longer. You can always make the decision on this matter, right? You're not his follower."

"Why are you so troubled?" Ruth said irritably, "Then we can solve it here!"

"But my hands are tied. Could it be that you are here to serve me?"

Ruth was a man who drank a lot of wine and ate a lot of meat. Who had ever done anything like pooping and peeing? After hesitating, he untied the rope in Xiao Chen's hand. He warned sternly: "Don't do anything crooked." Brain, if I find out what you are doing, I will kill you even if I don’t ask for a ransom!”

Xiao Chen looked into his eyes and said, "You'd better change your temper, otherwise it won't be easy when you're about to die."

"What are you talking about?" Ruth asked confused.

"I almost experienced death just now, so I learned a secret." Xiao Chen said, rubbing his numb hands, "People will go through a trial before death, and all the pain inflicted on others will be returned to themselves. "

"What nonsense are you talking about? You want to scare me with such a boring story?" Ruth sneered.

"Why am I scaring you? I have just experienced it. When I was a child, I tripped over a friend and fell. Just now, my soul suffered from the pain of the fall. Originally, I had already set foot on the ladder to the Kingdom of God, but I almost missed it because of this It fell down. And you killed so many people, I am afraid it will be much more unbearable than me. You can do it for yourself. No matter what you do for a living, the God of nature will not care. But you have to bear it yourself. If you let yourself fall off the ladder to the kingdom of God, your soul will fall into the wilderness forever. "

"Are you kidding? Why have I never heard the priest talk about it?" Russ said hesitantly.

"Because he has never faced death, and has never returned to the human world from the Kingdom of God. But God has hinted that people should live in harmony, not harm or kill, otherwise they cannot go to the Kingdom of God called "Natural Garden", right? Why do you think they warn everyone like this? It all makes sense. Think about how many times you have chopped others in your life? The knives are still on you, what kind of torture is that? Can you endure walking up a staircase with knives and axes?" Xiao Chen didn't know the teachings of the Temple of Nature, but he bet that the horse thief in front of him didn't know much either.

"I don't believe it! Shut up!" Ruth was a little flustered, but a trace of fear could not help showing in his eyes. For people of this era, having no destination after death is a very terrifying thing.

Right now, Xiao Chen looked directly into Ruth's eyes and caught this opportunity. He didn't need Ruth to believe these nonsense, he only needed a little hesitation, a little wavering, and there would be a gap in his heart. The heart of fear was fully activated, and the trembling power of fear rushed from his eyes into Ruth's mind. Ruth opened his eyes wide, covered his chest, and fell to the ground trembling.

Xiao Chen snatched the knife from his hand and stabbed it hard, piercing Ruth's chest.

Only then did Ruth come back to his senses from his fear. He grabbed the blade with both hands, but he was unable to pull the knife out.

"You... you lied..., it's all... fake." After saying this, his eyes became dull.

"This is good news for you, isn't it?" Xiao Chen let go of the knife and asked back.

After killing Ruth, Xiao Chen wanted to escape, but he remembered that Mais followed his scent last night. Instead of being chased by the opponent halfway, it is better to set a trap here and wait for the rabbit.

Xiao Chen now understands that the effect of using the magic of the heart of fear will be doubled if the opponent is in fear or can look directly into the opponent's eyes. Now he has to consider how to make Mais see his eyes when he is also uneasy.

Xiao Chen thought for a while, took off Rus's clothes and changed with his own. Rus was tall and bald, but Xiao Chen was wearing a hooded robe. He fell face down on the ground with the hood on, so it was hard to see any flaws. Xiao Chen stabbed him hard on the back with a knife, creating the illusion that the magician was hacked to death from behind. Then he smeared blood on his body and face, and put on the opponent's helmet. He ran to a more conspicuous position than Rus, and fell to the ground like Rus.

I hope that guy will be fooled. Xiao Chen pinched the protective necklace that Morey gave him on his chest. If there is any accident, he can only rely on this to save his life.

The time waiting for the end is always very long. Several times, Xiao Chen wanted to jump up and run away, but there was a voice in his heart saying that this is the best opportunity, kill Mais, kill Mais! Revenge! Revenge!

Xiao Chen stayed and continued to wait for the opportunity to kill.

After a long time, just when Xiao Chen was about to lose his patience. Finally, Max rushed back with two pheasants.

He smelled the bloody smell in the air from a distance. When he got closer, he saw Rus and the magician were covered in blood, lying on the ground, and he didn't know whether they were dead or alive. He didn't dare to move lightly, and carefully observed the surroundings. When he found that there was no abnormality, he slowly approached.

Xiao Chen felt his heart beating wildly. He didn't dare to move at all. He held his breath and silently prepared magic.

Max's eyes swept over the two people and decided to check the situation of his companions in front of him first.

He slowly walked to the side of Rus, who was pretending to be Xiao Chen, and checked. He touched Rus's back and found that there was no injury on his body, but blood was oozing from under his body. He threw away the two pheasants, pulled out his scimitar, and carefully turned Rus over.

Even though he was very careful, he was still surprised.

This is not Rus!

Under the helmet was a face covered with dried blood and dust. Max was startled and instinctively held the knife across his body, making a blocking posture. Suddenly, the man's eyes opened. The eyes were pure black, without whites, and there was a red spiral in the middle, which was weird and terrifying. The black gaze pierced into Max's mind like a sharp blade.

Darkness came from all sides, and the forest had long disappeared. Countless strange black ghosts surrounded him from all sides. Some of these ghosts looked like animals, some looked like people, and some were so strange that they couldn't tell their shapes. They roared, laughed strangely, stared at the same red and black eyes, and got closer and closer.

Max wanted to swing his scimitar to fight them, but he couldn't muster any strength at all. The tallest of the ghosts laughed strangely, and his arm suddenly stretched out in a wave, and the sharp nails scratched Max's throat. He raised his arm to block it, but his arm broke with a sound, and his throat was cut off with a blow. Max stumbled a few steps, holding his throat, and finally fell down unwillingly...

Xiao Chen held Rus's scimitar, watching Max fall to the ground like a "big" character, and died in the nightmare, and suddenly felt a sense of peace and joy in his heart. He understood that this was not his own feeling, but the mark left in his heart by the dead people in Phoenix Village, which was finally freed at this moment.

At this moment, endless fatigue surged from all directions. Running away, being arrested, deceiving, counter-killing, and releasing magic beyond the limit made him overdraw a lot of energy.

This exhaustion was unstoppable. Xiao Chen fell asleep leaning against a tree without having time to deal with anything. In his dream, he seemed to be back in the village where the old man and the child laughed loudly, and the boy and the girl danced happily. Luo Ling was there, dancing, smiling, and finally gave him a hug.

...She seemed to feel someone shaking her.

There were many people talking: "Xiao Chen... Lord Xiao, I finally... found you... You are really... amazing."

He tried his best to open his eyes a little bit, and seemed to see the tall figure of Chen Hansheng, so he fell asleep again.

Thanks to usagibooboo book friend for the reward.