Longmen Memoirs

Ines' expression looked better now.

"You asked me to take W with me, what about you? What are you planning?"

"Only a few people need to know the true information and afford the risk," Hedley said.

"If you can't trust other teams, you should at least trust your own people."

"I'm not hiding it on purpose, it's just..."

"Then tell me the truth." Ines stared into Hedley's eyes, and she emphasized her tone: "Tell me, me!"

"Who did our messenger meet?"

Her black hair reflected the flickering firelight.

Hedley looked at his twinkling shadow in those amber eyes and was silent for a long time.

After a long time, he spoke in a low voice.

"...Leave the court."

He said.

"They are the hidden stumps of the Tower of Babel in Kazdaele."

Ines was stunned.

"What did you say?"

"I met the leader of Liting, and he spared my life."

"You guys started fighting."

"...I have no power to fight back. He is deliberately destroying my fighting spirit. I even think that he wants my life. I have no room to resist. That feeling, Ines, we have no other choice. He has set his sights on us, or wants to use us to lure others out."

"We can still escape!" Ines gritted her teeth: "He can't go all out just to catch us. We have no conflict with him."

Hedley smiled, his smile helpless and bitter.

"When was the last time we heard about this organization? Garson and the large mercenary group he worked so hard to manage were wiped out in one fell swoop. We all knew who was standing behind him, but it was no use. His own head was hung on the No one dared to take the sign off the Scar Mall for weeks." Hedley said: "I don't want to end up like Garson, and you shouldn't be hung on the wall of the Scar Market as an exhibit."

"We didn't know they were from the Tower of Babel until then."

Ines retorted, followed by deep helplessness and unwillingness.

"...It doesn't matter whether it is yes or no." Hedley shook his head: "He also told me one thing, but I can't tell you now. When the time is right, listen, Ines, maybe Kaz It’s time for Dell’s war to end.”

Ines looked at Hedley in disbelief, who had never said such words before. After a long time, she gave up questioning.

"I listen to you, always."

w is uncontrollable, I know it, and Ines also knows it.

But there are some things just right for her to do.

Ines wouldn't have approved of it, but it couldn't have been a better time for us.

Choosing the right prey is one of the first rules for a mercenary to survive. The same is true for teammates.

Chapter 5 The Evil Dog Leaving the Court (Part [-])

Dorris Low, Northeastern Part of Kazdaele

sakaz camp

3:21p.m weather/cloudy

Smoke fills the camp battlefield

"This place has been surrounded. It was last time...how did they find this place!?"

Sakaz, who was holding a big sword, asked sternly with his face stained with smoke and blood.

"Retreat quickly! Stop dawdling!"

"No, we are surrounded, there are many enemies." w ran from the entrance of the camp.

"Then quickly find a direction to break through."

"The enemy's scouts have eliminated all our sentries. The enemy is in the dark and we are in the dark..."

w gripped the gun's strap tightly.

"Stop talking nonsense! Do you want to stand here and wait to be bombarded to death by the magician!?" The Sakaz warrior roared, and was stunned again. His eyes fell on W for a moment: "Wait, you are Hed Lei’s side…why are you here?”

He stepped forward and asked: "Where is Hedley? Where is the other person? He is the one responsible -"

The dagger struck through the air, and the communicator on Sakaz's shoulder exploded into pieces.

"You destroyed my communication equipment! What do you want to do!"

A smile appeared on her face, and the Sakaz man's stiff expression turned into anger in the next moment: "You! Hedley betrayed us!"

"Don't say it so harshly, we are just going on a long trip, and someone is staying to look after the house at this time. If we leave some desserts for the guests, we won't be chased and beaten again, right?" She blinked. , smiled and said to Sakaz in front of him: "So, I just need to work hard for you."

"You have discovered the enemy's situation a long time ago. You deliberately left us here to die!" the Sakaz warrior asked sharply.

"Uh-huh." W nodded and looked at the sound of fighting and smoke in the distance: "Just try your best. The longer we delay, the further we can go."

w took two steps back, bent down and raised his hand to perform an informal aristocratic salute.

"Once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart."

After half an hour.

Hedley looked at W who came to join them alone.

"The order was to help other teams that didn't have time to escape, but...why didn't the others escape?"

"They stayed here voluntarily to break up the brood." W replied calmly. "Don't worry, I left them a little gift, so they will be happy to help us hold off the enemy."

"I don't think anyone here has a good heart to sacrifice themselves for others." Ines looked at the w in front of her with a hint. "Sacrificing others, prioritizing the preservation of your own team, making impeccable judgment, no need to lie to cover it up, but hiding the truth from your superiors is another matter."

W didn't answer.

Ines's amber eyes stared into W's eyes.

"You can't deceive my eyes, w. Pay attention to your words and deeds." Ines said with half warning and disdain, "You are still very young."

"Keep it in mind, Captain Ines." W replied with a smile: "After all, we will still be together...for a long time."

Ines did not answer, but looked at Hedley.

"What should we do now?"

"It doesn't matter, things have happened. In the end, we all end up with the same destination." Hedley glanced at W: "Maybe W's decision is right."

"Do you really think so?"

"We have nothing to do with the Sakaz in this camp. We gathered together temporarily. Their identity, past, life and death have nothing to do with us."

W looked at Hedley with admiration for saying such heartless words.

"So determined." She sighed.

"Let's talk about work first, Ines. You and W will leave separately. The military messenger will keep the radio silent, and then go to the designated place to meet up." Hedley said: "I will follow you later."

The two were silent.

Hedley added: "Also, I don't care how you use each other, you are not allowed to attack each other directly."

He seemed a little worried.

"Isn't it okay if it's not direct?" Ines asked with a sneer.

"This is quite relaxed." W also said.

Hedley sighed.

"I don't want this situation to happen, but to be honest, I can't control it, but if you want to live well, at least for now." He looked at the two people: "Let every Sakaz make full use of it first. .”

He didn't say what happened next. Sakaz was always like this, fighting was inevitable, whether it was with others or with his own people.

Hedley has always been like this.

Think about very few things that you should think about, and think about a lot of things that are useless even if you think about them.

I don’t know what the leader who left the court said to him. Hedley’s behavior after he came back was very different from the past. He thought he concealed it well, but I could see that he was afraid in his heart, and there was also some fear in his heart. A glimmer of hope.

...I don't deny that w is an excellent fighter, but she lacks too many things.

If she was just a Sarkaz who was very, very good at fighting, well, that's how most Sarkaz saw themselves.

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Woods southeast of Cazedale

5:57p.m weather/cloudy

In the still dark sky at dusk in Kazdaele, the flames of the bonfire reflected Ines' thin figure.

"It's not dark yet, do you have to build a bonfire and hide here?" W looked at Ines and asked, "No, you seem to like bonfires very much."

"...But I don't like to be disturbed." Ines replied without looking back. Of course she would not tell w everyone's weird Origin Stone skills contact information, and she happened to be one of them.

"Your team is three hours behind schedule."

W didn't take it seriously. She stood next to Ines and turned her head to look at the woman sitting on the dead tree.

"Did you and Hedley plan that attack?" she asked.

"Ask Hedley."

"He doesn't know about this." W rolled her eyes and leaned against a tree, her gun hanging in front of her.

"That's just a coincidence. The mercenaries there are not fuel-efficient. It's natural to attract hatred."

"What? I thought it was Hedley who exposed his position on purpose."

W waved his hand with a disappointed look on his face.

"You think we should do this?"

"Why not?"

"How do you know we're not lying to you?"

"If you want to kill me, you have already done it. There is no need to go to a lot of trouble. Is there any benefit to each of you?" W asked.

Ines did not retort and snorted softly.

"Where were you before you joined us?" she asked again.

"Oh, now that everything has happened, we still need to hold an employment interview?"

"Hedley never asked about the players' past, but I was different."

"You are indeed different from us." W narrowed her eyes and put her hand gently on the sheath of the dagger behind her waist. She didn't bring her people here, so now it's just her and Ines.

Ines didn't seem to notice the killing intent in W's eyes, she still turned her back to W.

"You... want to find trouble?"

"But as far as I know, Miss Ines doesn't seem to be very good at close combat."

Before the words could be finished, Ines's voice quickly amplified in her red pupils, along with the twisted spiral sword in her hand.

The dagger held the twisted sword body.

Sparks burst.

Ines's body jumped back.

"Teach you something. If you want to live longer, don't rely too much on a certain part of your power." She held the sword: "Every Sakaz mercenary carries a sword."

w's surprised expression gradually turned into a smile, a bad smile.

"I'm a little surprised by this. I thought it was your staff, but..." She looked at Ines's black sword: "Oh, Sarkaz mercenary, are you?"

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