Pale Emblem

Chapter 157 Meeting

The most hateful thing in the world is not the harm caused by the enemy, but the backstab from your compatriots.

The foreign half-orc clans that broke through the town of Braun were definitely enemies, but Victor did not hate them. After all, both sides were alien races, and fighting for the right to survive was a natural law. The winner got the land, and the loser chose to escape. If there was a chance to meet again in the future, it would be nothing more than another battle to decide the outcome of life and death. There was no need to harbor hatred.

In fact, when the orcs attacked the town of Braun, Victor, as the defender, not only gave advice, but also personally shot and wounded dozens of orc laborers and fighters. It should be said that they fought well in that battle. They held the city wall despite being at an absolute disadvantage in terms of manpower, first protected the civilians and then evacuated in batches in an orderly manner. Finally, they set a fire, causing heavy losses to the orc invaders, while the defenders of Braun did not suffer too many casualties.

However, the companions who escaped from the Orc invaders are now framed and persecuted by General Clark.

Victor believes that Clark from the famous family of Silver Plate Corner and even Fallen Leaf City are the most hateful traitors.

He had no sense of belonging to the Disa Alliance, and now he planned to use the Orc invaders to rescue his former companions without any psychological burden.

As for the followers around Victor, due to the transformation of their mental bodies, even if they retained their previous memories, they were no longer the Disa half-elves they used to be.

They were shocked to see cultists teaming up with orcs and barbarians to take on the half-elf army. This was normal for them.

Victor claimed that he wanted to replace the cultists and negotiate cooperation with the Orc invaders, but none of them stood on the side of the half-elf city-state and raised any objections. This was in line with their reality.

After careful consideration, the followers found that Victor's "turning the table over" approach to rescue was probably the most likely method to succeed.

Only the chaos after the defeat could cover their collective escape from this dangerous place.

Victor has made his decision, and everyone has to fully support him. No one will go against him.

"Cole's matter cannot be delayed, it must be resolved today."

"Maddie, Christine, and Toddlin, come with me to find him tonight."

Doctor Cole was still the top priority of their plan. From a realistic point of view, the hundreds of half-bloods trained by the Adventurer's House could not be compared with the value of a fourth-level doctor.

However, Dr. Cole was cunning and suspicious. Victor tried to contact him through the transparent Todlin and his own spiritual dreams, but Cole did not respond and changed his residence several times, trying to get rid of an invisible "ghost".

But now that he has been exposed, how can he escape Victor's pursuit?

Cole was once transferred to a secret bunker in Jinsha Town, which was transformed into a secret medicine workshop by the mayor's wife Carol for his use. Some survivors from Braun Town also lived there. Although Victor could not see them, he judged their identities through their living traces. There were more than a dozen young men including Piru, several professional instructors in the training camp, and some barbarian slave girls of Doctor Cole.

However, the bunker is heavily guarded inside and outside, and even the transparent Todlin finds it difficult to sneak in.

So Victor took out a small bottle of life distortion potion and asked Todlin to secretly put it in the dining car that was being sent to the bunker.

Based on his understanding of Doctor Cole, this bottle of life distortion potion would make Cole so excited that he would forget to eat and sleep. Unfortunately, that little bit of potion was not enough for his research.

As Victor expected, Dr. Cole moved back to his original residence the next day, and that night he took out the letter that Todlin had slipped through the door, which contained Victor's handwritten letter, mentioning the Life Distortion Potion. Then, for the first time, Cole followed the request and put a reply letter in the drawer of the desk, agreeing on a time and place to meet with Victor.

Of course, no one believed that Cole would really come back. He would definitely try several times and only show up after making sure it was safe.

Victor didn't have time to continue playing hide-and-seek with Dr. Cole.

On the one hand, if the orc invaders wanted to invade Godore Fortress, they could only send an elite force to climb over the steep cliffs. The remote Jinsha Town was likely the coordinates of their climbing location, so Jinsha Town was in great danger.

Another reason was that Victor was about to meet with the messenger of the Orc invaders and try to persuade them to raid Echo Town first. Therefore, they had to go to Echo Town to make arrangements in advance and could not stay in Sands Town.

After nightfall, Victor, along with several of his trusted men, passed through the rooftops, avoided the sentries and patrols of Jinsha Town, and quietly arrived near the mayor's residence.

At Victor's signal, the transparent Todlin took off his clothes, then activated his demon skin and transformed into a demon-like form more than two meters tall with two horns on his head. His entire body was covered with solid and flexible keratin skin, which was covered with mysterious and profound magic patterns.

The magic patterns on Todlin's body glowed, and he spread out his invisible field, covering Victor and the others. "Now, no one outside can see us, hear our voices, or smell us... You must follow me closely, speak in a low voice, walk slowly, and avoid any collisions."

In the demonic form, Todlin's invisibility ability becomes group invisibility, which can grant invisibility to any target within a 6-meter radius, with no limit on the number of targets.

The lifespan consumed by group invisibility is proportional to the number of invisible targets. When Toddlin, Victor, Maddie, and Christine become invisible together, the lifespan consumed is four times that of being invisible alone, which is equivalent to four days of lifespan maintaining one minute of group invisibility.

For Victor, gaining the ability to become invisible is a wonderful experience. He can clearly feel that there is an invisible line connecting him and Todlin. If the two are too far apart, the "invisible line" may break. At the same time, his whole body seems to be covered with a fragile invisible shell. He must be very careful, as if the slightest movement will cause the "invisible shell" to break, not to mention a collision.

Due to the restrictions on their movements, they could only maintain a slow pace.

Fortunately, the interior of the mayor's mansion was spacious enough, and the number of guards inside was relatively small. Todlin was familiar with the route, and avoided the guards patrolling the corridor in advance. It didn't take him long to reach the door of a guest room on the second floor.

While no one was around, Victor bent down and slipped a thin piece of paper into the crack of the door. A moment later, footsteps were heard in the room, and the light in the crack of the door suddenly dimmed, then returned to normal.

Then, there was the rustling sound of letters unfolding.

Victor seemed to be able to imagine Cole's look of surprise, suspicion and fear when he saw the contents of the letter.

The letter he wrote in his own hand only had a few short sentences on it: I'm outside the door, open it carefully and don't let anyone notice.

The person inside hesitated for a long time, but finally opened the door.

A young woman came out. She was beautiful and alert. She first opened the door a crack to observe and make sure there was nothing unusual. Then she leaned out half of her body to look to the left and right of the corridor. There was no one in the empty corridor. The young lady sighed and was about to close the door when a slender and graceful hand suddenly covered her mouth.

The young lady reacted quickly, holding a sharp short knife in her hand behind her back. The incident happened suddenly, and she stabbed herself in the front of the face with the knife without thinking, and the attack was swift and fierce. However, the slender hand blocking her mouth exerted force at the same time, and simply pushed forward, interrupting the young woman's subsequent offensive and defensive movements, causing her center of gravity to shift and stumble back.

Before the other three half-elves in the room could react, a tall and slender woman appeared out of nowhere. Her eyes were rippling and with just a glance, the four half-elves, including the young woman who was pushed, all calmed down and even forgot to shout.

Christine took the lead and used her charm ability to influence the target's emotions, instantly controlling the situation in the room. Only then did Victor and Maddie, who were following behind, lift their invisibility.

Doctor Cole and his three private slave girls had all been disguised and had changed their appearances. At this time, their minds were drawn to Christine, and they were at a loss. They were neither shocked nor surprised by the appearance of Victor and Maddie, but just stared at Christine in a daze.

Even if a level 4 physician has little combat power, he has all kinds of strange means of defending against enemies. Moreover, he has spent a lot of resources to cultivate three private female slaves, so that they have physical fitness and combat power comparable to level 2 professionals, and are proficient in joint attack. With the help of various secret medicines, they can even compete head-on with level 4 swordsmen without losing.

Such a combination was completely unable to resist when faced with Christine and had to surrender.

The fourth-level Christine is worthy of being the strongest servant under Victor. No one can compete with her so far, not even the ranger sisters joining forces.

The sixth-level great masters can only show off their power among the Disa half-elves. In fact, they are only equivalent to the third-level peak female warriors of the Hemer tribe, and they are inferior products with weakened talents.

The power of the Ranger Sisters lies in the fact that they have obtained the extraordinary talents of both the Taku Tribe and the Hemer Tribe. Although it is weakened secret blood, they have deeply ignited soul fires, coupled with the ability to communicate with each other, allowing them to exert combat power far beyond that of ordinary sixth-level great masters.

The average strength of half-elf professionals is not strong, but they are numerous and it is relatively easy to train and replenish them. Especially the upper echelons of the alliance, who have a lot of resources in their hands and can use level 5 or 6 venerables as drivers.

The prerequisite is that they must have high-level professional physicians.

Doctor Cole has enough ability to make secret elixirs for the fourth-level professionals.

Christine knew too well the value of a professional physician. She valued Cole more than other servants. She said softly, "It's very dangerous outside. Try to stay calm. Don't get excited when you see my master. Speak softly... Okay, I'll let you go now."

The vampire stopped her charm and released the minds of Cole and the three private slave girls.

Cole paused for a moment before his eyes regained focus. Seeing the handsome Victor, a smile of genuine joy appeared on his face. "Wiltok, is it really you? I feel like I'm dreaming..."

"What's going on? Is Christine's stamina so strong?" Maddie walked forward curiously and waved in front of Dr. Cole. Seeing that he was slow to react, she couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Uh, is he going to become stupid?"

"McGrady, you never say anything nice." Kerr calmly counterattacked, but he still smiled and said, "Old friend, I'm so happy to see you."

"Okay, it looks like everything is back to normal." McGrady nodded and patted Kerr on the shoulder.

Victor was also very happy to see that Cole was safe and sound. His favorite places to go in Braun Town were Sage Maine's study and Doctor Cole's pharmacy workshop. They had a good relationship with each other.

However, this meeting between the two sides is full of mystery and even thrilling.

Fortunately, with Christine's secret manipulation, Cole and his three female slaves remained calm and did not get overly excited.

Cole's mind gradually became clear, and he realized that the current situation was strange and murky. For a moment, he didn't know what to say. "Wiltok... I have a lot of questions, you... you guys?"

"I know, I know. You want us to prove that we are not disguised by others." Victor nodded and said, "Time is tight now, and this is not the place to talk. Let's make it short so as not to alert Carol's men. So, you ask me a question first, and I will ask you a question."

Cole took a deep breath and calmed himself down. While observing Victor's expression, he tried to ask, "You taught us a forging method in Braun Town called the Secret Method of Blood Origin. It contains a potion that is specifically used in conjunction with the forging method... Tell me the potion formula again, and I'll know that you are not a fake."

Victor raised his eyebrows and said, "Based on your level of pharmacy, you can indeed infer that there is a potion that works with the source blood secret method, but I have never told you about that kind of potion."

"That's right!" Cole slapped his thigh and laughed happily, "You are Veltok. Then he is also the real Max."

Maddie was speechless.

Victor was not sure whether Cole's potion formula was intentional or fake, so he asked in a deep voice, "Cole, are you with us or with Carol now?"

"Hey, Wiltok, Maddie, we are our own people." Cole acknowledged without hesitation that the two sides were still in the same partnership as before, and asked Maddie in confusion: "What happened? Max, don't you know that Bartom started to win over the adventure groups of Jinsha Town and Carol a long time ago? They are also our own people. We were able to avoid being captured by the army this time only because of their protection."

Battom prepared for a rainy day and made arrangements in advance for more than just Jinsha Town.

He set up businesses and placed people in several city-states, which were mainly managed by an old friend with disabled legs, as a way to leave a way out for the people in the Adventurer's House.

Unfortunately, the power of the Adventurer's House has collapsed, and it is hard to say whether the retreat routes reserved by Bartom can still be considered as their retreat routes.

However, Victor felt relieved when Dr. Cole made his position clear.

He brought Christine here specially because he was prepared for the worst. He allowed Christine to seduce Doctor Cole and then quietly take him away. From then on, Cole became a puppet of the vampire. Although he retained his wisdom and the doctor's secret blood ability, he lost his free will. There was no guarantee that Christine would use him as a substitute one day.

Fortunately, Cole chose the right path, and Victor also found a reason to reject Christine's proposal.

Christine could only sigh in her heart. There was no way that her master's way of asking questions would lead to any other result.

Dr. Cole has already been put on the chopping board. Does he dare to admit that he is in cahoots with Jinsha Town?