The last headhunter

Chapter 39 "The Betrayer"

The great Assassin's Prayer reads thus:
Turning shadows into invisibility, we obey the command of the Night God.

With absolute faith as the will, relying on endless darkness.

Stab the brand of preaching justice with a blood-stained dagger.

Those who have a master live, and those who do not have a master die.May Higgs guide Heidao.

This body is destined to be formed by the extinguished heaven and earth.

For thousands of years, almost all adventurers who practice the professional skills of thieves have taken this prayer book as their creed.The "Great Law" of the professional guild is an unquestionable and authoritative certification of the sanctity of the Assassin's Prayer Book.This book, which has been handed down from the ancient golden age, about the legend of "Heggs", the God of the Night, has attracted countless thieves.In order to pursue miracles, they also went over mountains and mountains like headhunters, went to dark places, snowfields and volcanoes, looking for any evidence that could prove the existence of Higgs.

It's just a pity that nothing was found.Just like his name, "Eternal Night", this god is completely missing.His legend is preserved in prayer books, and is immortalized in the learning and singing of thieves.They will never forget that Higgs, who personally founded the assassin city of "Kurster", once made thieves a recognized and legal profession under the ancient law.

He once assassinated the three gods who were in charge of peace on earth, and he once caused the decline and fall of the Eternal City.He even killed the dragon master who guarded the royal city, and took out his heart to practice the dragon fire secret technique.This God of Assassins still hides too many secrets, waiting to be discovered by future generations.

Thus, with this powerful and hidden deity the object of worship, few thieves would violate the rules of the prayer book and step into forbidden territory.And the Judgment Blade in the professional guild is the weapon of God used to execute the "betrayer".

Criminals deserve to be judged.Same for anyone.The execution rack is very fair to the kings and nobles. The "Assassin's Prayer Book" clearly stipulates the following felonies:
Do not desecrate the form of life.Do not engage in any form of sorcery.Violators will be punished.

When the Blade of Judgment is swung against such a defiler, its true power is unleashed in astonishment.

So, traitor
Meet your doomed death.

To be precise, the creature standing in front of him is not a complete person.

Each of the four arms covered by black flames holds a dagger, and the severely shrunk and thin torso is covered with dirty dead ash.Dirty old rags hung naked on the body and danced, and the crooked body approached the five people in a twisted posture as if crawling.

I can't feel the breath of any living things at all.On the contrary, all kinds of negative feelings and feelings are rushing to my face like a flood.Anger, fear, pain, despair, grief, revenge, devour, kill.From the first moment you see this creation, you are connected with this powerful emotion like empathy.His screams and howls are so vast in your heart that your brain trembles involuntarily.A devastating mental shock, accompanied by a severe headache, began to take effect.

Damn - what a headache!

Just staring directly at that short tens of seconds, the boy was already unable to look directly at such an ugly thing.Even though his speed is very slow and it is difficult to get close in a short period of time, this extremely powerful spiritual and rational attack does not need distance support at all.The ashes and dead roots on the body of the dark one symbolize death, the black flames of the skeleton burning on the back, the simple and dark hood that covers the skull and hangs down to the spine - the branding engraved on its body like a curse, this The appearance of the "Rebel" is almost exactly the same as that recorded in the prayer book.
"No - how is that possible"

Shirtel, who had quickly looked away, murmured in horror.

"Treacher! The world-destroyer who was infected by the blasphemous power appeared here!"

"You mean the Renegade—isn't that a dark creature that only exists in legends?"

"It's not. Jieshika. I hope you realize this. The legend from ancient times is almost completely true. It is a kind of gentle exhortation from the good will. The rebel, the incarnation of the fallen, who has been baptized by the power of darkness The Night Destroyer. That is, the creature before your eyes."

Michelle's eyes of wisdom passed through the black light in the distance unhindered, and carefully observed this poor man who had been reduced to a dead body but was still walking helplessly.

"Although it is impossible to know his true identity for the time being, one thing is very clear for now. This person's occupation is a thief."

"why?"

"In his pocket is the remains of the Assassin's Prayer Book, even though it has been burnt to that state, it can be seen first. This is an ancient book that only decent thieves who believe in Higgs will carry with them."

He sighed softly.

"Burning the prayer book and the body to ashes is a declaration of betrayal of the law. Once he is baptized by the dark power, he can no longer return to normal, no matter how he is purified. Giving him relief is the best choice."

What a terrible curse—to dedicate body and faith to the dark undead power at the same time, and exchange the favor of the god of undead at the cost of the catastrophe of the soul.The power of the undead promised to give this assassin an eternal body, but he never thought that he would survive in this frightening and frightening posture.

The howling soul attached to its body, the black flames rising from the sky, the four pairs of giant limbs holding countless daggers, the already decayed body and head, the strange walking steps and the senile maneuvers.Is there any point in continuing like this?Can it give real relief?

"Whoever it is. Anyone."

Jeska gradually got used to looking directly at the "betrayer".His gaze has long been filled with golden flames, and he will never feel any confusion because of the judgment of mortals.The erosion of evil breath can no longer damage it.The noble priest saw through the fog and black light, saw through the nature of decay and erosion, and also saw the true face of this evil power of immortality and immortality that can steal people's minds.Perhaps there is no forgiveness for the sinner who is heresy—death is the only end.

"As long as you become a slave of the undead, no matter how noble or excellent you are, and what laws you believe in, you must be destroyed."

"Life and death cannot be mixed, only one of the two can exist. Poor people who are lost in pursuit of immortality. The power of King Halwara will give you purification and liberation."

"Please bear witness, the fire of God!"

The magnificent golden wings showed a sacred posture behind, and Jeska waved the pride of Neta, and leaped towards the abominable person with strides.The cross rubbed against the stone slab to create holy flames, which spewed out like a waterfall of fire with Jeska's shout!The golden blazing water rushed towards the "Treacher" without hesitation, and was about to engulf it.The high temperature of this deadly holy breath is enough to purify and burn all undead creatures to slag!

But when the divine fire was about to devour this dark creation, an incredible situation happened.

The originally slow-moving figure of the "Rebel" suddenly swayed like a shadow, dodging the explosion range of the divine fire flames at an extremely fast speed, and moved forward!The original distance from nearly 40 meters to the boy and his party was reduced to only [-] meters!
In a short period of time, the figure moved 60 meters away!How could it be possible to rely on this decadent body alone?
Before Jeska could be surprised, even more weird things happened one after another.The decayed body of the traitor quickly stood upright, and the torso and head that had shrunk due to burning quickly became complete!The facial features of human beings gradually emerged in the black flames, and then, the long limbs and long arms began to swing the dagger quickly!The dark front and evil fire danced, pouring a terrifying black light that devoured people towards the boy and the other four!

Oops!

Jie Shikaton felt that something was wrong.He hurriedly withdrew, with his right hand formed a shield wall of holy light and held it in front of him, pushing away the ghost and jetting black light, waving the "Pride of Neta" with his left hand and leaping towards the sky, with a shining sacred posture The traitor strikes again!Violent explosions and flying dust filled the sky, and the collision of burning flames turned the entire steps and the dilapidated adventurer's hut into a sea of ​​flames burning in purgatory.

And the traitor had already moved to a safe area.Neither Jeska's two large-scale impacts could cause any damage to it.The completely unpredictable extremely flexible body penetrates the black mist, extremely relaxed and natural.Through this confrontation, both the traitor and Jeska began to observe each other carefully.Although his vision is still poor, Jie Shika can clearly feel the majesty and calm that a strong person should have, as well as other mysterious abilities that are unpredictable from the other party.The opponent is definitely not an opponent that can be underestimated.

But there is another intuition.A kind of, somewhat familiar intuition.This dark one who betrayed the law. It feels like I have seen it before.Although his gradually complete physical body has very vague facial features, he can clearly see some iconic gullies.But where does this sense of familiarity come from? It is difficult for Jeska to give a clear answer.

Perhaps this is why "gut feeling" has to be called "gut feeling".Without evidence, I can only give a vague judgment based on the agitation of my emotions and consciousness.Call it a sixth sense.On the other hand, the young man also had a similar feeling at this time.

A very familiar breath that I have seen before.

"must."

The old and gloomy whisper broke the thinking of the two of them.Although possessing complete verbal organization, the voice and intonation sound very strange.The strange vocal cords that have been eroded by dark forces have clearly attached the characteristics of the undead.But this is obviously different from the monsters that zombies can only howl.

He approached slowly.A strong killing intent surged from his body.The boy knew that no matter whether he knew the person in front of him or not, a big battle was inevitable.

"We must, here, destroy the intruders."

"...in the name of blasphemy against the king."

He breathed out the black mist and dead light, and slowly descended the steps.

(End of this chapter)