I want to be a faded person for life

Could it be that this person saw something in them that made him choose to join?

Could it be that Eleonora has been suspected, and when, what about him?

Not to mention Jowari himself, but as soon as Eleonora uses that special double-headed sword, she will undoubtedly be recognized by the Blood Finger Hunter.

Should we take this opportunity to kill him?

In this mission, in this city?

Jovari realized this was a great opportunity.

If it was three against one, even the blood-fingered hunter Yura would have no chance of survival. If Stonewell explained that he died in battle, no one would be able to question it.

Thinking of this, Qiao Wali nodded decisively in agreement.

D also nodded.

"Then let's divide it this way. On my side are Neferi Lu and Diaros."

"On the other side are Miss Xiangzi, Mr. Yula, and these two."

Jovari glanced quickly at the blue-haired girl, but the latter's expression did not change.

Yes, Xiangzi explained this to the two blood nobles yesterday, and made up an excuse to sneak into the Round Table Hall under a pseudonym so that they would not show any surprise.

However, Jovari did not completely believe this. After all, if the other party could use a pseudonym to deceive the Round Table Hall, it was possible that he and Eleonora could also use a pseudonym to deceive him and Eleonora.

Is this person really the pure-blooded knight Dolan?

The blood nobles were a little hesitant, because the situation after the conflict broke out might not be three to one, it might also be two to two.

After that, you have to find another opportunity to verify the other party's identity.

Chapter 51: Stonewell, the City of Death

The deeper he went into Stonewell, the more frightened Xiangzi became.

Only a month had passed since she last left here, but the city had changed so much that she could hardly recognize it.

The tower became crooked, the metal door twisted into a spiral inward, and the upward stone steps were cracked in the middle, revealing the rotten interior.

The antlers and weapons of the deer defending the city were entangled in thorns, and the sharp thorns growing upwards formed a coniferous forest.

The exiled soldiers with dark red hoods were pierced by the needle forest, and black and white spiritual fire burned in their eye sockets. However, the soldiers who were pierced in many places on their bodies could not escape and could only twist their shriveled bodies and let out shrill wails.

The ground and the surrounding buildings melted and entangled with each other like candles, and the brown mold all over them formed a series of hideous human faces.

Soft white mycelium grows between the mold spots and the cracks in the stones, and the bottom is soaked in a sticky red and black liquid.

It's like a thousand sinners and lunatics had a thousand nightmares in the deepest prison, and then wove the contents of these nightmares together to form such a twisted city.

Only by relying on a few buildings that have retained their original appearance can Xiangzi determine their approximate current location.

This was a route she had not taken the last time she entered Stonewell. By taking the continuous upward ramp, she could bypass the banquet hall and reach the square area in front of the city lord's tower.

Gotok said that there were dozens of crossbow beds on the main road behind the city gate, which was why she didn't enter Stonewell directly from here.

However, Xiangzi looked at the platforms around him.

Most of the crossbow mechanisms behind the giant crossbow bed and shield that could fire continuously had been destroyed. The soldiers who had originally operated the crossbow bed had long been pierced by thorns, and the remaining parts had become something else.

Soldiers' armor and helmets were neatly stacked on top of piles of ashes.

Xiangzi squatted on the ground and picked up a handful of ashes, among which were small pieces of broken bones.

She was familiar with the substance; it was ashes.

The main road leading to the city lord's tower was littered with crossbow arrows embedded in the ground, and bone fragments and return bullets formed a thick layer on the ground. It seemed that the soldiers originally stationed here would use fire to completely burn the enemy's corpses, using this method to eliminate the dead.

They would also burn the bodies of their comrades to prevent them from being defiled after death.

Those soldiers nailed to the thorns must have died in the final attack, so they had no chance to burn each other's bodies and ended up in this miserable state.

"Did you find anything?"

D asked.

Xiangzi put down the bone fragment in his hand and stood up.

"I guess so... Stonewell's resistance is really tenacious."

As he said this, Xiangzi picked up two buckets of kerosene from the platform and poured them on the thorns and the Death Born soldiers.

The auspicious girl took a torch and threw it into the coniferous forest in front of her.

The thorns and human bodies instantly turned into torches. After a violent struggle, the movements gradually weakened and collapsed along with the needle forest.

Xiangzi couldn't help but have such an idea -

If Greg hadn't died, he might have been able to control the Deadborn to a certain extent by connecting to the dragon's head and using dragon flame. Perhaps Stonewell wouldn't have become what he is now.

But she quickly shook her head.

It was Greg himself who brought Godwin's men to Stonewell, and his limb-grafting crimes were no less harmful than those of the Deadborn.

I am responsible for coming to the city to deal with this mess, so there is no need to feel unnecessary guilt about it.

Thinking of this, Xiangzi poured two buckets of kerosene onto the thorns in the distance, turning them and the corpses into torches again.

Seeing the rising black smoke and flames slightly dispersing the thick fog, Xiangzi gave D a reminder.

"When you go to the elevator below the city, you should pass by the banquet hall. The large number of pupae accumulated there are likely to turn into deadborns. It will probably be very dangerous."

"The same goes for the City Lord's Tower."

D shook his head and gave the girl a shroud engraved with a golden mark.

"If you encounter a ship or something more difficult to deal with, touch the mark, and the beast priest's followers will rush to your aid."

Xiangzi did not refuse and placed the cloth carefully in the interlayer of the breastplate.

"Okay, let's split into two teams here."

"Well, I hope everything goes well."

-

"Ms. Xiangzi, why did you burn those bodies with kerosene just now?"

Qiaovari followed behind the girl and emphasized the pronunciation of her name when asking this question.

"Isn't it a simple truth?"

Xiangzi didn't even turn his head.

"Destroy the Deathborn and prevent them from escaping. You don't want to be blocked by something like that in this foggy environment, do you?"

"Is it really?"

Jovari's tone was frivolous, making him sound like a court jester.

Xiangzi stopped, turned around and glared at him, then moved his hand to the hilt of the sword behind his back.

"Otherwise, what other reasons could there be?"

The Blood Noble took two steps back and raised his hands.

"Wow... That's really scary. Let me sincerely apologize."

"I'm being foolish. Of course there could only be one reason—it's impossible that as a knight of Stonewell, you're still considering the friendship of your colleagues, right?"

This is just a little test.

Burning the bodies of these soldiers to help them find freedom can indeed be said to be an act consistent with the identity of the former Knight Commander Stonewell.

But would a knight who betrayed Greg and joined the Blood Dynasty really have any sympathy for his former colleagues?

Jovari felt very suspicious.

Xiangzi's eyes turned cold, and he slowly pulled out the hound's fangs from behind.

"Hey, hey, you're not serious, are you?"

Qiaovari froze in place, not expecting the other party to actually attack him directly.

But even so, he still couldn't determine the authenticity of the girl's identity. After all, most of the pure-blooded knights who later joined the Blood Dynasty were bloodthirsty warmongers.

Even Eleonora, who was on his side, was the same.

But he is different. Although he serves the Blood King Mung and believes in the invisible Mother of Truth.

But Qiao Wali was not a person who liked fighting by nature, and he looked down on those who went crazy because of blood - that was really not elegant.

In the blink of an eye, faster than thought, the curved blade of the hound's tusk was close to Jowari's ear.

Until now, the blood nobles are still in a somewhat dumbfounded state.

"idiot!"

Eleonora roared angrily, reached out and grabbed Jowari's neck and threw him far behind her.

There was a sharp sound of metal collision, and the blood noble who was thrown to the ground could see clearly what had happened. It turned out that a huge black shadow in the fog was approaching behind his head.

Xiangzi was attacking the creature that attacked him.

Chapter 52: Dragon Eater

Although a battle had already taken place, the people present still could not see clearly what creature was attacking in the fog.

The attack failed, and the monster in the fog retreated back into the fog again with the rebound force. The black shadow was instantly submerged in the gray-yellow fog.

With the appearance of the monster, the surrounding fog seemed to become much thicker, and things just three meters away were completely invisible.

Xiangzi's figure also retreated more than half a meter, and his iron boots rubbed against the ground, leaving orange-red sparks.

She quickly sorted out the information she had obtained in less than half a second of the fight.

The fishy smell of the beast...somewhat similar to a lion hybrid.

A long weapon with a curved shape, probably a curved sword like the Hound's Tusk.

There was the sound of chains, and the creature was very large, preliminarily estimated to be around four meters tall, but its weight was relatively light for a creature of the same size.

Xiangzi moved the fingers holding the sword slightly, but she didn't gain much advantage in her hasty attack.

The power is great...but what's more important is the speed.

"Every two people gather together and don't go too far away from each other."

Xiangzi shouted and quickly moved in front of Qiaovari. Eleonora also had her back to the Blood Finger Hunter and they were guarding the same direction.

"Please allow me to apologize again. I shouldn't have doubted your position...at least not at this time."

The blood noble quickly got up from the ground.

"You should have used your weapons instead of your words, Ser Jowary."

"...That's okay."

Jovari helplessly took out a strange-shaped rapier with a spiral blade from under his robe. This design was entirely intended to cause faster bleeding and leave wounds that were difficult to heal.

The golden hand guard is inlaid with several bright red gems, which is very much in the style of the Mongwen Dynasty.

He lifted the sword with one hand, held it sideways in front of his body, and made a standard stabbing preparation.

The sound of chains came from all directions, and the monster kept changing its position in the fog, making it difficult to determine its exact location.

Xiangzi's ears moved slightly and his eyeballs moved back and forth following the sound.

After the surroundings fell into silence, the girl seemed to catch the sound of sharp claws scratching across the stone wall, and the rustling sound of gravel sliding down came from high above.

"Up there, be careful, it's your side!"

Before Xiangzi finished speaking, a huge black shadow with a sword-like flash descended from the sky, accompanied by the roar of a beast.

Yura dodged the blow in time, but Eleonora leaped into the air at this moment.

Suddenly, Xiangzi heard a deafening roar, which was completely different from the sound of the beast in the fog. It was a sound that she had heard before and seemed somewhat familiar.

"dragon?!"

The girl turned her head sharply, only to find a gigantic dragon head roaring towards the sky above Eleonora.

Is it a limb transplant?

wrong.

If you look closely, you will find that the dragon head looks somewhat transparent.