Pale Emblem

Chapter 113 Slap in the face
The scrolls in Middleton's collection reveal a wealth of information.Victor felt that every piece of information in the scrolls seemed familiar, and at the same time specious.His thoughts were in chaos, and his mood gradually became irritable, like a prisoner with a chain collar around his neck reaching for a key to unlock the chain. .The more he struggled, the tighter his neck was strangled, and the key that symbolized freedom could not be reached until he was about to suffocate.

The prisoner thought he could get the key with a little more effort, but that was just a bubble-like illusion.

Victor is eager to retrieve his memories of the past, which is no mean feat.Regardless of the authenticity of these ancient scrolls, he was only familiar with many of the contents of the ancient scrolls. However, the great sage Marfo was a figure who was active 1500 years ago. How could Victor be familiar with things 1500 years ago?
So this damn familiarity is all an illusion?

However, it does feel familiar to me...
The self-contradiction between rational cognition and perceptual cognition made Victor’s sullenness in his chest hard to dissipate. The affinity of the wind element is inherently casual, so he was furious and wielded a sturdy and sharp adamantine handle in his hand. Sword and spear jumped off the tall stone pillar platform, like a violent hurricane, wantonly venting his inner anger in the underground cave that evolved in the dream.

"who I am?!"

"Where am I from?"

Victor's resentful roar echoed in the dark and cold underground cave, accompanied by the surging purple-gold sword light that ripped through the air, and the explosive roar of slashing stalactites.He unreservedly uses his innate powers, Wind Run, Boiled Blood, Combat Breathing, Flash Sword Secret Skill, Activation. His attack range is not limited to the underground, but also includes the top of the cave where the stalactites are hung.

The air flow is mad, holding Victor, he moves quickly in the staggered rock pillars like a flickering phantom, the surrounding strange rocks are swept by the sword light or break down on the spot, or leave a deep sword mark.

Victor showed his innate power heartily, his physical strength and energy were quickly wasted, and the feeling of weakness spread throughout his body, so he had to stop and use his adamantine sword and spear to smash a messy broken rock ground, gasping for breath.His lungs ripped each time he breathed, a hangover from overuse of combat breathing.

At this moment, his vision was blurred, his muscles were sore, and his long and sturdy thighs were shaking uncontrollably; the strong recoil of the hands that held the sword caused the tiger's mouth to burst, and the hilt of the sword was red with blood; The sword and spear have been twisted and deformed by the continuous slashing of the stalactite, and the fitted clothes have become tattered from the friction with the sharp rocks.

The feeling of weakness that seemed to hollow out his body completely calmed Victor and turned his attention to himself.

In theory, the wind element affinity should be able to last for 22 minutes of the highest intensity attack time when using the activation talent.However, Victor only lasted 12 minutes to vent his rage, and finally fell from mid-air to exhaustion, hitting a stalactite pillar and breaking two ribs.His skin was slashed by broken rocks, and there were countless wounds. His whole body was covered in blood, and he looked miserable.

When the adamantine spear splits the hard rock, Victor needs to use double the wrist strength to hold the hilt, tightening the muscles of the whole body against the powerful recoil, in order to stabilize his sword stance, posture and movement.This obviously greatly increases the rate of physical and energy consumption.If he ignites the fire of his mind, he can use every inch of muscle power in a meticulous manner, which will definitely improve the accuracy and destructive effect of the attack, and greatly slow down the consumption of physical energy and energy.

However, Victor has deeply realized the physiological limit of flesh and blood. Even if the attack characteristics of the wind element affinity are as terrifying as a storm, even if he understands the mystery of the fire of the soul, he will still be injured and bleed, and will be weak due to exhaustion.If he is surrounded by hordes of enemies, he will inevitably have to fight with high intensity, so how much difference does he make if he persists for 16 minutes or 22 minutes, and when he is exhausted, he can't even stand steady, isn't he still being slaughtered by others?

Recognizing the limitations of the individual and his own "weakness", Victor finally put aside his wayward arrogance and seriously thought about his own situation.

There is an invisible barrier to retrieving past memories, and Victor has clearly felt this.The most urgent task is to find a way to break through the blockade and escape from Water Snake Town.

The underground cave under the mayor's mansion can provide a secret escape route, and Victor made it clear that the cave is connected to the outside world.Moreover, the Life Distortion Purification Potion prepared by Middleton was invaluable. He thought that he should enter the cave to see if there was a chance to take some samples of the drug.

It's better to take them all, not a bottle...

However, Christine, who is a demon, and the professional butler who has undergone distorted transformation are likely to hide in the underground cave.Victor reads Middleton's test notes, but he doesn't know much about Christine and the professional butler.

Harvey, who ignited the fire in his heart, identified the butler as a formidable foe.Christine may be more difficult than her housekeeper, plus there is a mysterious and unknown intelligent creature in the cave, Victor must prepare for a conflict with the other party before entering the real underground cave.

If the strength on your side is not enough to crush your opponent, you must use your brains and use your ingenuity to take the initiative.

Timely and effective reconnaissance can help Victor build an advantage early.Although the dream arena cannot evolve spiritual life, the traces left by life activities will not be missed.As long as he evolves the environment of the underground cave many times, it is not difficult to find the trajectory of Christine and the housekeeper, so as to infer their specific location, what they are doing, and so on.

Fifteen days in the dream is equal to one day in reality, and Victor has plenty of time to plan countermeasures.As soon as he thought about it, all the injuries on his body were healed, his spirit and vitality were completely restored, and he went back to carefully investigate the evolution of the cave environment.

This hibernation is as long as any time, and it will be the afternoon of the next day when Victor leaves the dream and returns to reality.

Harvey heard the movement of Victor getting up, and ran over immediately, with a flattering smile on his face: "Sir, you are awake."

He also had a bowl in his hand with minced lamb mixed with mashed vegetables, while Ruth and Jessica were sitting dumbly at the wooden table, apparently half-fed by Harvey. .

Victor looked away from them and asked, "What's new?"

"Ah?" Harvey was stunned for a moment, and then replied angrily: "They are very quiet now, they are neither noisy nor noisy, and they don't understand anything. They even have to be fed when they eat... When I rescued them, I hoped that they would be wholehearted. Serve the adults, who would think that they need to be taken care of by themselves. Lord, do you think it is too wasteful for a powerful shield guard like me to be their nanny? Let’s buy a barbarian slave…”

"I didn't ask you that."

Victor interrupted Harvey impatiently, walking to the south window, his piercing eyes scanning the outside of the house through the gap in the grille.He saw the guards of Water Snake Town guarding the surrounding in twos and threes, surrounding the rented house, and even two people on the roof of the opposite bungalow were watching.

"My lord, since this morning, there have been more and more trash outside. Maddie went out and found that there were already 24 guards watching us." Harvey curled his lips in disdain and added: "You don't have to worry, I can get rid of all this crap by myself."

At this time, Maddie went up from the living room on the first floor to the second floor, and he said: "Although the guards in Water Snake Town are relatively weak, they are numerous. And we are few, and there are me, Ruth, and Jessica. Cumbersome, if we want to go out and do something, it is easy to be defeated by each of them. If adults and Harvey have concerns and are afraid that the three of us will be caught by each other, then you can only stay at home and go nowhere. In fact, We are trapped by these 'trash' guards."

"What's more, what we eat and drink is easy to be manipulated. They have all kinds of dirty tricks to deal with us."

Maddie paused and said with a cold expression: "Sir, the Water Snake Town Guard is blatantly targeting us, and the longer the delay is, the worse it will be for us. The Town Guard has issued an alarm that bandits will attack the town, and the caravans stationed outside and The local residents are coming back one after another. The defensive strength on the city wall is insufficient, and there should be many loopholes. Tonight may be a good opportunity for us to break out. If necessary, please make up your mind and give up the burden on the team, including me !"

The old scout's opinion is not unreasonable. Today's Water Snake Town must be in chaos. The caravan and residents have to put away the goods on the drying yard and move them into the town.People come and go, day and night. It can be said that tonight is the best time for Victor and his party to escape from the town.Once the armed caravan and local residents settle down, order will be restored in Water Snake Town, and all members will enter a state of defense against bandits.It will be more than ten times more difficult for them to leave Water Snake Town.

After listening to Victor, he smiled slightly, nodded and said, "You are right. But we can't run away like mice... Come on, you all go out with me, to those guys who don't have good intentions for us. A little color and see."

The soldiers of the town guard were in groups of three, scattered in the alleys before and after the rented house.They wear light armour and carry round shields, one-handed spears, and short swords.Such armament caused anxiety among the nearby residents, and some people took the initiative to ask familiar soldiers to inquire about the situation, but were without exception rejected with a cold face.

The news of the death of the mayor of Middleton has not yet leaked, but the seriousness of the guards is enough to indicate that something big is going to happen nearby.And the rented house they surrounded became the focus of attention, with countless pairs of eyes staring at them.

The white-painted wooden door was suddenly opened from the inside. Three men and two women who rented the small building came out of the house. Among them, Victor, who was the tallest and tall and slender, turned his eyes and locked a Forming guards, they strode over with their companions.

The afternoon sun only illuminated half of the alley, and the rows of houses cast shadows against the sun.In the alley where the lights and shadows interlaced, Victor hung a sharp sword on his waist and stepped on the cobblestone paved road in his well-crafted leather boots, walking forward rustlingly.His expression was cold, and his handsome face seemed to be covered with frost.

Watching him lead the menacing Harvey and Maddie, as well as the two ladies whose faces were covered by wide-brimmed hats, slowly approaching, the three guards felt a chill in their hearts.

"Stop! What are you doing?"

The youngest guard put up his shield and short spear, aimed the sharp point of his spear at Victor, who was a few steps away, and yelled loudly.His youthful face was distorted by tension, and his trembling voice revealed his sternness.

Next to him, a strong-aged guard with a beard raised his muscular left hand, grabbed the weapon of his younger colleague, and pressed it down easily, signaling him not to provoke him.However, the young guard's gesture of showing patience was not appreciated by Victor. He raised his hand and slapped the strong guard's left face with a loud slap.

The crisp sound of "pop" was particularly harsh in the alley, and more people watching the fun turned their attention to this side.

The middle-aged guard was full of astonishment. He saw Victor's raising his hand clearly and tried to avoid it, but the opponent's shot was as fast as him. Before he had time to turn his head back, his face was solid. Got a big slap in the face.

It doesn't hurt, but it's full of humiliation... The young guard's face is red, not the marks left by the slap, but the anger.

"Crack", another crisp and loud slap slapped the middle-aged guard's right face.This time, he was really angry. Just as he was about to reach out and draw the short sword, he was slapped again on the left cheek, interrupting his movement of drawing the sword.

"Crack", "Crack", "Crack", Victor opened his bow from side to side, slapped the middle-aged guard in the face and slapped him again and again, causing him to sway from side to side, staggering, unable to make any movement, even falling. Below is a luxury.

The two fellows of the aged guard were stunned. They didn't expect that the usually majestic captain would be beaten so hard to fight back that he stood honestly and was slapped in the face.At least, they and the ordinary people onlookers couldn't see that Victor used a slap in the face to seal all the reactions of the middle-aged guard.

The cold light from Harvey's half-closed eyes made the two guards next to him dare not move, and could only watch the captain be knocked to the ground by Victor, and stepped on his swollen and flushed face again. .

"Yesterday afternoon, a thief came into my house and stole my things. I don't expect you bastards to catch the goddamn thief, so I'll beat you first and get out. If I can't catch the thief, I'll find yours. Captain Husserl settles the account... Get out!" Victor raised his boots arrogantly, led his men along in the whispers of the crowd, and walked away.

The surroundings were crowded with half-elves watching the fun, and the middle-aged guard was so angry that his eyes darkened and he fainted on the ground.

Of course, the small town's garrison cannot be compared with the elite army of the alliance, but they are not all waste.For example, the Water Snake Town Guard has two squadrons, with a total of 184 people. Most of the guards are newcomers who have only received military training, and the remaining soldiers are the awakened ones.The town guards have relatively few professionals. They serve as captains of each squad, leading 30 to 40 guards respectively.

Victor and the old guard never knew each other and had no personal grudges.But he saw from the body shape and mental appearance of the strong guard that he was a low-level professional.

Usually, a professional's personal strength determines his position in the military.

Victor publicly humiliated a professional guard today just to discredit the Water Snake Town Guard.

He has the memory fragment of the gnoll king. In the gnoll tribe, two gnolls fight with each other, and the winner is determined, then the rest of the tribe will take the opportunity to cast fangs and claws on the loser, suppressing it in the The status in the ethnic group, you can eat more when you divide the meat in the future.

In fact, "beating the drowning dog" and "pushing down the wall" are not the patent of the gnoll group, and the same is true of the half-elf society.

There are less than 200 guards in Water Snake Town, and most of them are ordinary half-elf soldiers.If they didn't have a third-tier mirror heart powerhouse, both Victor and Harvey could defeat the entire guard with the intricate terrain of the streets.

However, even though Husserl, the captain of the guard, lacked prestige in Water Snake, he represented the Fallen City Council and had an official background.And Victor has no power in Water Snake Town and belongs to outsiders.In contrast, the locals were more likely to trust Husserl and his guard than the stranger Victor.

So Captain Husserl can build momentum, in fact, he has already begun to do so.

The members of the town guard just surrounded Victor's rental house without taking extra measures, and the surrounding neighbors pointed at them and became suspicious.When martial law was implemented in Water Snake Town, the guards announced the news of the town mayor's murder, and then took the lead in investigating the spies of the bandit gang, then Victor and the others became the primary suspects.

In this case, the townspeople, armed caravans, and adventure groups all stared at Victor and watched each other.Anyone who dares to say a few words of justice for Victor will be suppressed and excluded by the entire Water Snake Town.In order to prove that they have nothing to do with the murderer who murdered the mayor, they not only have to draw a clear line with Victor, but also show full hostility.

Then, everyone became very united because of the common ground of hostility and isolation of Victor, like an iron plate without gaps.

If you don't shoot down the Reservoir Dogs, you are the accomplices of the Reservoir Dogs; if you don't knock down the dangerous wall, you will be pushed down together with the dangerous wall.

The tendency of social intelligent creatures to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages has always been the case.

The retrograde who can turn the tide can show his true nature as a hero, but after all, heroes are rare. If everyone can't make any changes, they have to follow the trend and become part of the "potential".

Captain Husserl attempted to create external pressure and divert internal conflicts.This kind of trickery can be called hundreds of trials and tribulations, but it is too simple for Victor, so simple that he can resolve it at will.

The use of power and tactics is like an instinct of his. It does not require too much thinking, and can always accurately find the weak link of the opponent's game, thereby changing the situation that is unfavorable to him.

The Water Snake Town Guard can build momentum, and Victor can also take advantage of it.Ruthlessly pumping the face of the Water Snake Town Guard was his first step to take advantage of the situation.

Harvey glanced back at the chaotic crowd behind him, and asked excitedly, "Sir, where are we going now?"

Victor raised his mouth slightly and smiled confidently: "Go to the Adventurer's Guild, offer a reward to catch thieves, and drop by the bounty hunter... His name is Rhine."

(End of this chapter)