Chapter 255: 254 Eating and Beating with Evidence! For “Huo Zhengting

Chapter 255: 254: Eating the inside out, the evidence is conclusive! -For the “Huo Zheng Quite Well” brothers [420].

“How did you do things! How could an assassin actually feel his way into the camp and set it on fire?”

Outside of Kenport’s half-burned tent, the rushing Corando chided viciously, clutching his undamaged journal:
“You have more than 30,000 jackals and you can’t even protect your own tent?”

“I was going to ask you!”

The angry Jackal Warlord was now carrying his own three-headed spiked cranial flail that was emitting a ghostly green spot of light and yelled:
“Aren’t you known as the Midnight Blessed Ones? Why didn’t you realize that vampire assassins had gotten in? And they almost burned through our supplies! Luckily, my pups reacted quickly to put out the flames!”

Corandor laughed at the stupid question.

Nima, you let the vampires of the Wolfsbane Clan catch an assassin? And most likely an excellent assassin from the Thorn Clan? Who in the entire continent doesn’t know that Wolfsbane is full of warriors and thugs?
Are warriors the nemesis of thieves?
They can’t fight at all!
Shouldn’t you have gotten a greedy hunter from the Blood Fear Clan for this kind of thing?
Fuck!
These assholes have raised so many hyenas for nothing!

But he already knew from so many days of contact with Ken Potter that this asshole’s character wouldn’t reason with him at all, so he simply stopped mentioning it and asked directly:

“Did you lose anything in your tent?”

“My collection was stolen! Ah, shit!”

At the mention of this, Kenport became even angrier.

The fact that both of his beloved hyena’s relics had been stolen made him angry and sad.

Although the jackals were savage, they had the word “human” in their name, which meant that they had feelings, but they were too weak compared to civilized people, for example, Hogg would also be sad because his mate died, but that didn’t stop the skinny jackal from finding a new mate for himself.

“Besides that?”

Corando pressed with an aggravated tone:

“Do you still have those things I gave you? Don’t tell me you lost those armory maps too? That’s deadly stuff!”

“No, it was burned.”

Kenport said, clutching a cloud of ash of a unique material in his hand:

“Those guys may not have had time to take it with them, but that’s okay, I’ve got those bearings memorized.”

“You memorized it for nothing.”

Corando sneered:

“If they look at the diagram and know what it is, you and I are fucked! So are you going to keep dragging this out? The enemy is on the move, and there’s no telling how long you’ll be able to keep this brain of yours that means nothing outside of eating for dinner.

So it’s about time you showed something, right?”

The Jackal Warlord clenched his claws in exasperation at the snarky words.

But it knew what to do now, so it gritted its teeth and chided its servant:

“Go! Summon all the chiefs of tribes with more than 800 people to come, I’m going to overthrow those shameful thieving bastards! Day after tomorrow! The day after tomorrow we march on the Scarlet Fortress!”

“That’s right.”

Corando nodded in satisfaction.

That was what he had hoped to see, but since the jackals were going to move the day after tomorrow, tomorrow night was the time to do a reconnaissance of the road they had claimed.

He would personally lead the Wolfsbane elite to raid the Scarlet Fortress while the Jackals’ army pressed on.

Well, the great battle will start, and the chief will die violently.

That sounds too good to be true.
—
“Hey, hey, this is good stuff, I knew it, high risk for high reward.”

Smoke Sang, who was already riding his horse back, played with the weirdly shaped skull jewelry in his hand, and said with a wide-eyed smile to Tooth and Nail, who was riding his horse beside him, but with a smelly face:
“See, I told you that this job can be done, right? We should get close to each other in the future, this is our unique ‘way to get rich’.”

“Cooperation, yes.”

Frost Tooth’s Claw would have already passed the Black Iron Trial, and his heart was also very excited, Dorothy also promised to get him a letter of introduction from the Thieves Guild, which gave him a head start on his second transfer.

But he still said to Smoke Sang about it:
“Don’t talk so much when you’re working in the future! I’m not used to it . It’s a bit scary to be honest .”

“Huh? What are you afraid of? I speak so nicely.”

Smoke Sang asked curiously, and Tooth was a little embarrassed, but under the latter’s questioning, he still sighed and whispered:

“I often work in ancient tombs, if someone next to me really talks suddenly then things can be bad.”

“Huh?”

Smoke Sang’s eyes rounded as he exclaimed:

“Dude what do you do ah! Pit-fighting? Why are you still going to the grave? Not with you to blow ah, you quickly and honestly explain! My side has prepared to call the police ow.”

“Archaeology.”

Tooth said with a melancholy sigh:
“I’ve been in Lop Nor for almost two months. Alas, I’m becoming a savage.”

“Tsk, that’s hard work, no wonder you need to play games to relax and unwind.”

Smoky Sang was relieved to pester Tooth and Tooth again to ask about the tomb, but nay Frost Tooth’s Claw, a social terrorist, really didn’t have anything to tell him, and there were a lot of things that couldn’t be said in this line of work.

Under no choice but to continue to play dumb.

Smoke Sang himself said a meal without a response also feel bored, then searching to start looking at their own share of the good things.

Fell in his hands this bone weapon should be some kind of eerie magic weapon, look a little like air-dried beast head, the beast eye sockets in the dark night also emitted green light, look quite oozing.

But the attributes were really good:

Name: Head of Plague – Classic Barbarian Sacrificial Weapon

Quality: Seiko – [Souvenir] Commander-in-Chief

Trait: Extremely Effective Psychic Enhancement – Extremely Effective Darkness Assistance – Enhanced Psychic Recovery – Enhanced Psychic Perception – Bone Weapon

Special Effects:

1.Using the Head of Plague can release [Fear Technique], which causes a [Panic] effect on the enemy’s mind and has a chance to cause them to flee or faint.

You can release [3/3] before the Psychic Energy Spell enters cooldown storage for 12 hours.

2. Use Head of Plague to summon the spirit of the evil dog Plague to fight for you. The spirit is regarded as an undead creature – Grievous Spirit, possessing mental attacks and weak physical attacks, and can be regarded as an evil spirit entrenched in the enemy’s body to inflict persistent mental damage for 30 minutes.

Before using this skill, you need to summon the spirit body with blood, the number of times it can be used [1/1], and the storage time is 48 hours.

Tip!

This item is a [Bone Weapon], the rate of attrition is doubled, special maintenance techniques must be mastered to repair it, once damaged it is considered permanently destroyed.

Requirements: This item is an evil artifact, and requires a certain level of psychic resistance to ensure that the mind is not interfered with when using it, requiring a mind ≥ 13.

Crafted by: Clan Splintered Claw Plague Warlock Torn Flesh
Item Description:

[Even when a loyal hyena dies, its wild soul yearns to continue serving its master].

“That, Smoke-san, let’s have a discussion.”

Just as Smoksang was falling in love with his new trinket, his mentor, Mage Heru, sneakily approached on his donkey, rubbing his hands together again and speaking to his apprentice:

“I’m curious about this thing of yours, well, just the curiosity of a psionic master about psionic items, I see at least two psionic spells on this thing that can be learned by me. They’re both evil spells, but there’s no Tower of the Ring to bind me now, so would you mind lending me this thing to study first?
You can’t even use it now anyway.

Your psychic energy manipulation is still rough, and forcing you to use an evil object of this level will cause a terrible backlash against you.

You trust me, I’m your mentor!

After you are able to use it, I will definitely return it to you in one piece.”

“Ha, that’s more like something you’d take to lie to an eight year old!”

Smoke Sang rolled her eyes and slipped the Head of Plague into her bosom, saying to her mentor without any respect:

“I can’t use it now I’ll hide it, anyway I’ll be able to use it soon, big deal, I’ll find someone to take me to upgrade words, in fact, it’s not impossible to lend it to you for research, after all, you’ll have to teach me after you’ve learned the spells. But you also can’t take it with empty words.”

He grunted, rubbing two fingers together and said mercenary to his own mentor:

“There has to be some collateral for me, right? In case you turn your back on me later, I won’t be left with a basket of money.”

“I’m your mentor! You asshole!”

Heru’s nose turned crooked with anger.

Deeply feeling that nowadays this era is really a breakdown of etiquette, what’s wrong with me as a hallowed mentor from the Tower of the Ring’s science class taking something from you, an insolent disciple, and studying it?
I’m a mentor can still hack your baby is not?
How is it that there is no trust between people?

However, seeing his stubborn disciple is not see the coffin not spread eagle die-hard attitude, let Heru mage face helpless, can only be quite distressed from his own bosom took out a very beautiful eyeball pendant, in the hand touched, and then the heart of a cross on the Smoke Sang handed over.

The latter took it in her hand with a hefty smile and activated the appraisal to scan it:
Name: Scout Amulet – Tower of the Ring Standard Spiritual Product& Certificate of Completion
Quality: Standard – Commander

Trait: Extremely effective psionic increase – Enhanced psionic coordination – Enhanced spellcasting swiftness

Special effects: +1 skill proficiency in ‘Eagle’s Eye’, +1 skill proficiency in ‘Hidden Eye’, +1 skill proficiency in ‘Scouting Sentinel’, ‘ Scouting Dowser’ maximum number of releases +2.

Bound Skill: Psychic Energy Absorption Shield [3/3

Currently bound to: Ratel Heru Constance

Crafted by: White Cliffs HQ Logistics Tower #14 Alchemy Lab #7 Enchanting Table
Item Description:

[This eyeball-shaped amulet is more than just a spellcasting medium; it also represents that a psychic is officially recognized by the Tower of the Ring! It can represent the majesty of the Tower of the Ring anywhere outside of White Cliffs].

“This item is the proof of all my efforts and achievements in the first half of my life! Even though it is no longer part of that organization, it still has a special meaning to me.”

Heru said with great heartache:

“I’m pledging it to you, and I’ll get it back when I’m done with my research, so don’t break it for me.”

“Okay, okay, no problem, you’re my mentor-sama, how would I dare to break your beloved thing?”

Smoke Sang promised with his mouth full and threw his plague head to Heru.

The latter held it in his hand and tsked in wonder, he wasn’t trying to hack his disciple’s treasure, but he was really curious about the psychic skills of this vicious creation popular among the barbarians.

He was a psychic energy master after all.

Although mercenary, the pursuit of truth and wisdom was still one of his codes of conduct.

The four of them rushed back to Scarlet Castle by mid-morning, and Dorothy brought Tooth forward to report the achievements of the trip to Lady Adele and Earl Whitehill, and incidentally took the strange map Tooth had stolen from Kenport’s tent at the last minute to show them.

There was something written in secret language on that thing, and it was not a secret that Dorothy, a “novice vampire”, could penetrate.

However, the Earl of White Mountain and Mrs. Adele in fact in the vampire race is not more professional than her, the two people repeatedly studied but did not understand what this kind of map represents.

Until they sent this thing to Murphy and Tris, the knowledgeable and traveled the continent more than once in their youth, although Mrs. Tris was drunk, but still saw the details of this thing at a glance.

“It’s a map of the layouts of the Dorode Fortress complex on the western shore of Lake Thulpus! That place is the only gateway to the Cato region by land from Transylvania.”

Tris rubbed her eyes and said:
“The cryptic language on it is written in Clan Wolfsbane’s writing style, and it will take a bit of time to decipher, but each red dot represents a stronghold that Clan Wolfsbane is preparing to establish near this ancient fortress complex.

It seems that the rumors that Shani, that slutty fox, had said earlier were true, and that old Edward had brought the Wolfsbane Clan to defect to King Louis and had been rewarded with the Cato region to serve as their new territory on the continent.

What a way to pick a place.

The Cato region is adjacent to the green forests of Antani to the west, and to the south is the Genoa Peninsula, and also shares Lake Sulpice with Transylvania, which is a real strategic place.

Old Edward’s vision is good, but unfortunately the management of his subordinates is too poor.

Even this thing fell into the hands of the Jackals.
I don’t even want to think about what the Black Plague would do to the Cato region if the Jackals turned around in Transylvania and headed straight for it.

They might even easily seize the second passage into the continent’s hinterland, and from the Cato region northward over the narrow Dilana Mountains they’ll be able to rush into the flat plains of Anjou, the ruling hinterland of the Kingdom of the Golden Sparrow!”

“It seems that our fellow countryman, Lord Corando, has played a little too big this time, and this has even surpassed the definition of insanity.”

Murphy’s fingers moved.

He picked up the leaked layout map in front of him and bid farewell to Tris to immediately head to the Blood League Knights’ quarters.

As he handed this map with a corner missing to Ms. Leonia, the latter’s face swished white.

It was honestly not too easy to see this kind of shock from the face of an already fair-skinned moon elf vampire, but Murphy knew exactly where Leonia’s fear came from.

Once the Dorod fortress complex in the Cato region was broken through by the Jackals, they could not only attack the Kingdom of the Golden Sparrow to the north, but also continue to the west to rush into Antani along the advance route of the last Black Plague.

That region was a land border directly adjacent to the Elven Kingdom, and the emerald green forest that had been burned by the Jackal hordes more than a hundred years ago still hadn’t been able to recover.

“Crazy! The Wolfsbane Clan are a bunch of lunatics!”

The Bow Knight from the Moon Elf royal family was almost mad as she cursed in a grumpy gesture that was completely out of line with the dual elegant manners of elves and vampires:

“This is no longer a matter of colluding with the Jackals, the Wolfsbane Clan has violated the bottom line! They have leaked a major secret of the civilization camp to the jackals. This matter must be reported to Venerable Lord Paying! The Wolfsbane Clan must be chastised!”

“That’s right, it must be reported! I no longer want to hide my viciousness towards my fellow countrymen, but this is exactly what I want to see.”

Murphy said in a deep voice:
“We defenders of civilization are fighting on the front line, sticking to the front line against the Jackals for the sake of the continent’s safety, but nay there are always dragging bastards trying to stab us in the heart. It’s always like this, how can we fight this war?
I don’t have much to ask as the governor of the Transylvania region, but please make sure to pass on my opinion to the honorable Lord Paying.

I and my soldiers and people, as well as the innocents in the Cato region need an answer!
Does His Elder care or not for this kind of thing that touches the bottom line?”

“Don’t you arch your fire!”

Leonia was rather tired of looking at the theater vampire governor in front of her, she sighed:
“Don’t worry, this kind of thing will not be tolerated by Honorable Lord Paying. But those wolfsbane pups who have violated the bottom line…”

“Rest assured as well, ma’am.”

Murphy said softly:
“I promise that Transylvania will be their final stepping stone to an audience with the Mother of Darkness, and whether or not they are originally forgiven is a power that belongs only to the Mother of Darkness, and we, the Midnight Familiars, are only responsible for sending these disgraced fellows there.

Then, I will leave this matter of reporting to you.”
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In the Dark Mountain Range, a generation of barren mountains further south of the Filthy Swamp, the Blood League Knights were stationed at the subtle border between the “Civilization Border” and the “Savage Land” regions.

Wearing a black and red hunting armor with a mix of Shadow Elf and Vampire styles, the Third Lord Yvette walked into the tent where Lord Paying was staying with a serious face, and was surprised to see the long-haired, burgundy-robed Lord kneading a brush and making another piece of his artwork.

She knew that this was a habit of the venerable lord.

Before every big event, he would start the production of an artwork that recorded history, and she guessed that the name of the painting in front of her would be called The Fifth Black Plague.

The tall Shadow Elf Vampire Lord did not disturb the Venerable Lord’s painting, but after a few minutes, Venerable Lord Paying sighed at being disturbed.

He put down the paintbrush in his hand, the fiery gaze of this heir of his own family who lived a crummy life made it simply impossible for him to maintain the mindfulness of an artist as he created.

“Speak.”

Venerable Lord Paying whispered as he wiped the paint from his fingers with his handkerchief and reached back to gather his beloved brushes and tools.

Lady Yvette spoke in a muted voice beside him:

“Moriarty Corando Gungro, leader of the Grey Claw faction of the Wolfsbane Clan, made a great mistake when that pathetic madman handed over the layouts of the Dolrod Fortress Complex in the Cato region to Ken Potter, the newest jackal warlord to rise in Transylvania.

This matter was obtained as evidence by the Blood Vulture Clan and has been confirmed by my heir, Laneia.”

“Alas, Midnight has given us the eyes of the night, yet there are always those who will not use them to pursue the light.”

Venerable Lord Paying did not seem surprised by the situation, the ancient one who had lived for eleven hundred years sighed, and with a wave of inexplicable loss, he asked in a low voice:
“Where is Palanor now?”

“The First Lord has arrived at the Misty Capital, perhaps this matter can be left to him?”

“Tell him to wait there! Casters prepare to open astral teleportation, Yvette! Fetch the Sacred Lance from the Arsenal and accompany me to Misty City, I want to ask Edward face to face. I am curious to know what my ancient brother is trying to do when this storm will blow up.”

The Third Lord turned to leave, and just as he took a step out he heard the Venerable Lord barking:
“Don’t forget to bring another cross.”

Yvette froze for a moment, then realized and immediately quickened her pace to leave.

She was a little startled .
(End of chapter)