Durin's Diary

Chapter 25 The Way to Death (Part )

The four stun grenades caused all the victims at the scene to lose their hearing to a certain extent. In order to enable the old man to hear something, Old Ish even gave him a potion to treat serious injuries - a more concentrated effect than potion.

The old man finally woke up, and Du Lin had almost executed everyone by this time - with so many people in the family, it is natural for the patriarch to have different levels of closeness. Du Lin had looked at the list and photos before coming, and then compared them with the people present now, and basically everyone was on the list.

There is no need to leave so many evil people alive. After all, leaving them alive will only make the food more expensive. Moreover, taking the lives of the evil people will give you experience, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

But in order to get him to speak, Durin left behind the Count himself and his three grandchildren.

Although Du Lin didn't think they could survive, giving them some false hope was better than forcing them into a desperate situation.

The withered old patriarch woke up. He looked at the corpses on the ground, then looked at Durin and Old Ish. If they were of another race, the old man would still be confused, but when he confirmed the race of Durin and Old Ish, he saw the two lynx cubs clearly.

He laughed, with a hint of madness.

"It's Duke Ish. I last saw you in the capital. You must have forgotten a small fry like me, but... you finally showed up."

It turns out we know each other.

"No, the last time I came to your kingdom was thirty-five years ago. Your grandfather was still alive then, and you were just a young man. But now that we've come to your door, things will be much easier if you know. Now you have two choices. Tell me your secret, and you can die with dignity. Or you will be tortured before you die. I swear, you will not die within twenty minutes. Just hold on, and maybe you can make it." Old Ish said as he signaled the lynx cub to push the prepared cart over.

It was filled with various tools. In an emergency, Du Lin used local materials, but it would definitely be of great use to the old villain.

Since you are Klein himself, then things will be easy.

"Have you issued the extermination order?" asked the old man.

Old Ish nodded.

"Let's make a deal and don't let the children suffer. I have a trading account book here that I have kept for many years and it can finally be used." The old man adjusted his sitting posture with a smile.

"We can kill you and then look for it." Old Ish refuted expressionlessly.

Old Ish didn't mind the deal, but the old human shook his head, clutching his forehead. It was clear the sonic boom from the stun grenade was enough to disrupt his brain function. "I'm well hidden. You might not find me in twenty minutes. You won't stay here long. So let's make a deal. I'll use the ledger. The child will die painlessly, and my ancestor can avoid having his coffin opened and his ashes scattered."

"Don't you want to exchange your child's life?" Old Ish asked with a smile.

"Will you give it to me? If you don't agree to something, don't ask. Give me the answer quickly." The old human smiled and took the initiative.

"My child, do you see what an elegant villain is? Even facing death, he will seize every opportunity to strike a deal with the Avengers." Old Yi said to Du Lin, who was looking at him, and then nodded. "We can let him go, child, but the extermination order of the grassland elves is not a commodity on the market. If we say we will open the coffin and destroy the corpse, we must do it."

"Well, it's a good thing that the child doesn't suffer. The thing is on the north wall of my room, on the third row from the bottom of the middle bookcase, and the seventh book from the left. Move it to open it. There are 739 transaction records on it, all of which are related to you grassland elves that I handled. I don't know about the private transactions of other children, so I don't have any records of them." After saying this, the old man looked at Du Lin and said, "You don't look like an adult. You followed your elders out to kill people at such a young age?"

"Yes," Durin nodded. The old man smiled, his face full of admiration. "You're young and promising. I'm very optimistic about you. You know, children like you command the highest price among my goods." At this point, the old man changed the subject: "By the way, since you're the grandson of Duke Elsh, I heard your father is human. Do you feel guilty about killing humans, child?"

Durin shook his head. "In my eyes, whether humans, Werebeasts, or even long-eared elves like us, we are all merely beings struggling to survive in this world. Therefore, in my eyes, there is no racial distinction, only good and bad. Therefore, I feel no burden when I kill bad guys, just as I feel at ease when I am good."

Old man, don't use such low-level methods.

After saying that, Du Lin raised the gun in his hand.

In front of him, the child who had lifted up a corpse and sat up was still in a daze, not knowing what had happened.

Behind him, Du Lin had pointed the gun at him and pulled the trigger.

So before the child could react to what was happening, he fell back into a pool of blood.

The shell fell on the carpet with a hint of heat. The carpet was made of wool from an unknown animal species. When you stepped on it, it felt softer than the giant otter blanket on Durin's bed in the manor, but here, it could only be stepped on.

Du Lin looked around. The manor was so magnificent. The gold-foil wrapped wall lamps and the large paintings on the walls, each one silently told an old and young life about their costliness.

Such beauty, such preciousness, are all exchanged for the bright future of those innocent children, the smiles on their faces, and the suffering they have endured.

So, Du Lin finally smiled at the old man sitting in the chair. "Look, the fact that this man of my age appeared at your family meeting proves that he's an accomplice. He's the seed of your family and one of the future leaders of the human trafficking group. Therefore, he must die. We already have a deal, so I'll make his death less painful." At this point, Du Lin narrowed his eyes and smiled a forced smile. "The Extermination Order is not a dinner treat, Mr. Klein Saric. You must understand that the end of life always comes uninvited."

At the same time, the old man's information appeared on the lowered curtain.

Robbie 'Cline' Saric
Lawyer path sequence two: judge.

Losing humanity means losing a lot; losing animality means losing everything. Robbie lived a very transparent life, so he abandoned his humanity, changed his name to Klein, and chose to live as a beast. It has to be admitted that his lifestyle was very successful to some extent.

Du Lin felt a little regretful. You see, the other party is stronger than you, so you can't see his attributes. Daju can help Du Lin confirm the old man's occupation, but when it comes to Lao Yixu, he can only see a name.

But Judge...it's really interesting. You can decide his life and death, right?

At this time, the smile on the face of the old patriarch of Sarichi gradually disappeared, and he turned his head to look at old Ish.

Old Ish, who had already sent the lynx cub upstairs to get the account book, said expressionlessly, "My grandson is right. The extermination order is not a dinner party. Mr. Saric, you must learn to accept that destruction will come unexpectedly."

Not far away, a lynx cub was hanging a rope from the ceiling chandelier.

In an emergency, when there is no guillotine, a noose is also an option - unlike humans, when the grassland elves have to take emergency measures, they don't have so many requirements. For example, in the human world, the king's head must be beheaded with a guillotine, but this does not exist in the territory of the grassland elves.

(End of this chapter)