The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

He would not abuse this ability to harm innocent intelligent creatures - without any hesitation, Li Yin was clear about this.

However - he lowered his eyes, expressionless, looked at the headless corpse of the dark elf on the ground, and stretched out his right hand towards it again.

If it is an enemy who actively attacks you, then it is a different matter.

Moreover, after waking up, he suddenly had an idea of ​​how to escape...

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Outside the gate of the slave camp dormitory area, Li Yin squatted in the corner in the shadow on one side of the wall.

He was holding a large package between his arms and on his knees, his face was dazed and his eyes were out of focus.

The psychic field of mind detection was fully deployed, allowing him to unhinderedly see the positions, trajectories, and even perceive the thoughts of the guards within a radius of ten meters even through thick walls.

While the guard in the tower ahead was staring into the distance in a trance, he curled up in the shadows, held his breath, even suppressed his own heartbeat, tiptoed over, and slipped away.

This process was very easy - after his body was transformed into a ghoul, Li Yin suddenly realized that breathing and heartbeat were just habitual muscle movements for him, not necessary for survival. Therefore, as long as the situation required, he could completely suppress his "habit", stop breathing, stop heartbeat, and move like a real corpse.

Coupled with the enormous information advantage brought by psychic detection, even though Li Yin had never been a thief or a killer before, he has now become a top-notch lurker.

For such a lurker, it is not difficult to return to his "home" completely. All it takes is a little patience to wait for the sentries to make the careless mistakes that every intelligent creature would make at different times.

The only problem was the door, which was locked, and Li Yin couldn't get in just by relying on the negligence of the dark elves. Of course, it was even more impossible for him to jump out of the shadows and greet the guy in the guard room carelessly, telling him that he came back late because he had dealt with his compatriots, and asked him not to mind and come to open the door.

But fortunately, he is not only a "Mind Flayer", but also a "Ghoul". The Ghoul gave him not only the ability to lurk, but also excellent athletic ability.

So, just as the guy in the guard room turned around and went out to pee in the open space behind the guard room, he put the package in his arms, which was temporarily transformed from the dark elf's clothes, behind his back, and in no time, he "climbed in" even though he couldn't pass through the door.

Before the guard could completely "empty" himself, he had already stepped lightly into the corridor of the dormitory area.

He carried the package on his shoulder and walked straight to where he was supposed to be as if he was familiar with the place - it was a very spacious room, a hall, filled with large bunk beds, and among them, he had a small bed that belonged to him.

However, halfway through, when he passed a place, he stopped.

He was currently in his own dormitory—no, considering the size of that room and the number of its guests, perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it "everyone's" dormitory—not far away, just one room away.

Standing here, he could clearly hear the thunderous snoring, which was so loud that it made his ears hurt.

Considering that the room was so large and there were so many slaves sleeping in it, such heavy snoring was normal.

However - this thunderous snoring did not come from that room.

If snoring can be compared to a chorus, then the snoring in the room where he lives can only be regarded as a loud but low background sound.

The place where the thunderous noise actually came from was right beside him - the room to his right.

Li Yin tilted his head and raised his eyes, following the black rock wall up to the top of the wall.

Then he calmed himself, took the package off his shoulder, raised his hand, and threw the package over the wall.

Chapter 51: Deep Mourning

Early the next morning, the "sleepy" Li Yin was awakened by a sharp horn sound.

Of course, he only had his inner thoughts, so he didn't need to explain to anyone why he had just opened his eyes and hadn't come outside yet. When he saw the brilliance of the hour pillar, he knew that he had been awakened "early in the morning."

All the slaves were quickly driven to the training ground. They didn't even have a chance to eat or drink a drop of water. They went straight to the training ground. Moreover, "for some reason", the dark elves who drove them today seemed to be particularly violent.

On the training ground, among the bustling crowd, the kind-hearted Li Yin was using his language advantage to explain the situation to a blind Blindman next to him.

In front of the crowd, between the two teams of dark elf soldiers, there were two huge execution racks.

On the execution rack, two creatures, twice as tall as ordinary people, with majestic bodies and the shape of hills, were tied tightly with iron chains. Their earthy yellow skin was already covered with scars and blood, and their big mouths with protruding yellow teeth opened and closed intermittently, and from time to time, a scream or saliva mixed with blood foam would flow out of them.

Gugu and Lulu, the two flesh-mountain ogres. They were savage and rude, and devoured people. Before, when they were still sleeping on the big bunk bed, they often pretended to be careless, rolled over and crushed the guy next to them, and then put it into their mouths to eat. Therefore, the dark elf commander of the slave camp drove these two guys out of the big bunk bed and placed them in the next room.

This approach did effectively curb the loss of slaves for a period of time, but the two brothers' natures were hard to change, and it still laid the seeds of disaster.

Just last night, they finally got into trouble again, and this time, it was not as simple as eating one or two ordinary slaves, but a huge disaster -

They actually attacked and ate alive a dark elf instructor!

This morning, when a dark elf soldier walked into their room, preparing to wake them up with whips and shouts as usual, he witnessed an extremely shocking scene:

The two ogre brothers were still snoring and sleeping soundly as usual, but their huge bodies were covered in blood, and scattered around their bodies were pieces of clothing that obviously did not belong to them.

The dark elf took a second look at the faces of the two brothers and saw that one of them was holding a leg in his hand and the other had a hand stuffed in his mouth. The familiar color and texture of the clothes covering the two stumps made his calves tremble.

He screamed and quickly retreated outside, and the last time he looked out of the room, he saw a mithril chain armor lying on the side, stained with blood but still emitting a faint glow!

"...Let us mourn deeply for our dedicated, strict and responsible archbishop, Turner..." Next to the execution rack, a dark elf angrily condemned the ogre's crimes and said solemnly with a heavy tone.

"Deepest condolences." Li Yin lowered his head slightly, closed his eyes, and said in a sad voice.

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Escape is the worst solution, especially in this place that is completely controlled by the dark elves and with the intervention of divine and magical forces.

After realizing that a family member had mysteriously disappeared within the family territory, the Dark Elves vowed to find out the truth.

So, since they want the truth, the best way is to give them the truth.

Li Yin raised his head and looked at the two ogres covered in blood on the execution rack.

The scarlet blood on their bodies came partly from the wounds newly inflicted by the whips of the dark elves, and the other part, which was also the part that directly determined their guilt, came from - Rein.

It was not easy to transport Turner's limbs back from such a long distance, not to mention avoiding the surveillance of the dark elves along the way, so it was not realistic to pack Turner's blood in large quantities. Moreover, he did not have a suitable container to hold the blood, so it was inevitable that traces would be left during transportation.

Fortunately, Li Yin was "not a human", and after his body was transformed into a ghoul, he could quickly regenerate by devouring flesh, and would not die from excessive blood loss. Therefore, after initially deciding to "ask" the ogre brothers to do him a favor, he quickly thought of this way to make their "help" more "reliable".

The blood made all the ogre's arguments pale and powerless. Although Li Yin was very skeptical, he only knew a few words in the Dark Elf language, and they were stupid and violent. When faced with the angry and fearful Dark Elves, they had no ability to refute.

However, the important thing is not the ogres, but the dark elves. What the ogres think and say is not important. The key to this plan is to let the dark elves form their preconceived and "impeccable" reasoning. At this point, in addition to the blood plasma spilled on the scene, "Ghoul's Touch" - Li Yin has decided that in order to avoid trouble, this spell originated from ghouls, but is different from the popular definition of "Ghoul's Touch" is still called "Ghoul's Touch" - this spell also helped a lot.

He lowered his head and looked at his body. His chest, cuffs, hem... his clothes were worn, dirty, and covered in dust, but like the clothes of any other slave in the slave camp, there was no trace of blood.

He used the ghoul's touch to decompose and absorb the blood plasma on his clothes, the blood plasma at the crime scene, and even the drops of blood plasma that occasionally seeped out of Turner's limbs along the way - the underground world was extremely quiet at night, and the ghouls' keen hearing allowed him to even hear the sound of blood dripping from limbs and onto stones as he walked.

It can be said that all connections between the secret alley and this case have been cut off - unless someone can pry open his mouth, no one else in the world will be able to know Turner's true burial place in any way.

Back to the "scene", the clothes of the slaves in the slave camp were collected, washed, and changed in a unified manner. Therefore, in fact, no matter how dirty a slave made himself, he would not be able to change into a second set of clothes unless he waited until the fixed time for changing clothes.

In view of this, even if a smart dark elf suspected that things were not that simple, as long as she gathered all the slaves and looked around, she could intuitively find that from the appearance point of view, the only suspects at the scene were the two guys who had been tied to the execution rack.

...A mournful and sad tune suddenly sounded - next to the procession, dark elf musicians played funeral music with a bunch of instruments of various shapes.

"Deepest condolences." Li Yin lowered his head again, closed his eyes slightly, and said in a sad voice.

Chapter 1: Li Yin, what do you think? ()

The memorial ceremony and execution ceremony that were being conducted simultaneously were over. Li Yin turned around with lingering fear and walked towards the exit of the training ground.

If the grief over the departure of the Dark Elf Patriarch was feigned, then this "lingering fear" was genuine.

The dark elves knew very well that most of the slaves in the audience could not understand their words accurately, so their warnings about severe punishment for insubordination and harming the dark elves would most likely fall on deaf ears. Therefore, they, who were cruel by nature, decided to use actual actions to teach them the consequences of daring to do so.

The execution ceremony of the two ogres was quite long. There were four dark elves in charge of the execution, standing on both sides of an ogre - first was the ogre brother named Gugu, with two dark elves below, while the other two dark elves used levitation to rise into the air, ensuring that the torture could be carried out from four directions at the same time, covering the ogre's entire body.

They first used a knife to delicately peel off the ogre's skin, turning it into a mixture composed entirely of blood and muscle. On the scarlet surface, the fascia trembled shockingly with the wailing and struggle.

Just this opening part alone made more than half of the slaves vomit. On the other execution rack, the ogre brother Lulu, who had not yet been dealt with, simply urinated and defecated and fainted after witnessing the horrible fate that was about to befall him.

However, it was immediately awakened by the dark elf's scalpel. While the elder ogre brother, who had lost his skin, was enduring the excruciating pain of his fragile body coming into direct contact with the air, his brother was following in his footsteps step by step. The executions were carried out alternately, so that the two "criminals" would always be in not only pain but also great fear...

The cruel punishment of the dark elves and the miserable state of the ogre brothers frightened Li Yin. Looking at their bloody and messy appearance and listening to their extremely shrill wails, Li Yin even felt a little bit of pity for these man-eating monsters and felt a little guilty for framing them.

However, soon after, the same fear also strengthened his certainty in his previous decision - he didn't want to become like them!

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Due to the accidental death of Master Officer Turner, the slaves rested for a day, and the training continued as usual on the third day.

After the noon training, Li Yin was about to rush to the cafeteria like other slaves, when suddenly a female voice called him from behind.

Li Yin turned around in response.

A tall dark elf woman was walking towards him. She was wearing a slim-fitting dark brown leather armor with a mithril chainmail underneath. The silver chains of the chainmail sparkled at the elbow joints and the gaps at the hem of the leather armor skirt. Her silver-white hair was tied into a bun at the back of her head, revealing her round and plump forehead. Her beautiful facial features and slightly hard jawline added a touch of masculinity to this delicate face.

Her demeanor was majestic and elegant, and there was a faint smile on her soft face - the same kind smile that Turner once had.

Li Yin's heart immediately became alert.

Myrcella, the new Archbishop - even her identity is the same as Turner's former self.

She was previously one of Turner's deputies, and her daily job was to train these slaves, but now she has been promoted to a higher position.

"Lady Myrcella," Li Yin bowed his head, bent his body, and called respectfully.

At the same time, he secretly complained in his heart: Why do these bishops like to make trouble for me?

Myrcella nodded, but said nothing, just continued to stare at him with a smile.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" After being stared at by her for a long time, Li Yin felt a chill down his spine and asked with gritted teeth.

There was only one thing he was most worried about, but he thought he had done it perfectly. Moreover, the "culprit" had been brought to justice, unless...

"What do you think about the ogre attack the day before yesterday?" Without any preparation, Myrcella asked directly.

Li Yin's heart skipped a beat.

He tried to suppress his trembling - he shouldn't be so cowardly, especially since he thought his actions were so careful, but the miserable experience of the ogre in the square the day before yesterday really frightened him. Those bloody scenes and those shrill screams made him feel cold and nauseous whenever he thought of them.

"Stupid and cruel!" Li Yin was stunned for a moment, then responded without hesitation.

Then, he regulated his breath imperceptibly and continued in a calm tone, but with a hint of indignation, disgust and fear:

"This is an unforgivable crime, my lord."

"I think your punishment for them is too light. Sorry, my lord, I don't question your meaning, but I think that slaves who dare to hurt the noble dark elves should not be allowed to die so easily. Before that, they should be given more indelible pain. It would be best if their souls could not forget the pain even after reincarnation!"

Myrcella smiled, and a faint glow shone in her bright eyes, but she did not say anything. She seemed to be just concentrating on listening, waiting for Li Yin to continue.

But Li Yin could no longer think of any words to describe "sincere feelings", and he felt that too much was as bad as too little. In addition, the panic in his heart urged him to change the subject and asked anxiously:

The more ℃, the more expensive it is. ☆【⑻∫＜伍qi∠∝熘陆㈢si≈㈣㈡ "My lord, I am just a humble slave. What is your intention in asking for my opinion on this matter?"

"A humble slave?" Myrcella's plump face suddenly showed a little surprise. She stared at Li Yin carefully, "You are not a humble slave."

Li Yin was suspicious. This really sounded a bit strange. If he wasn't a slave, then what else could he be?

"Princess Cassia likes you very much, right?" Myrcella continued to talk on her own. "And, from my observation, you are indeed different from other slaves."

"You are much smarter than them."

Well... Li Yin finally came to his senses. It turns out that the dark elves didn't say that they were not slaves, they just said that they were not as humble as other slaves.

Confusion appeared in Li Yin's eyes. He was so nervous that he even neglected basic etiquette. He looked up and looked into the dark elf's eyes:

"Your praise, sir, humbles me. But—"

"You don't know what this has to do with ogres, do you?" Myrcella didn't seem to be offended by the offense, she just looked at him with a smile and asked.

Chapter 2: Li Yin, what do you think? ()

Li Yin nodded.

"Because," the dark elf's bright eyes stared at him, sparkling, "I care about your opinion."

"The incident with the ogre is not over yet." She paused, then continued, "This reminds us that we must be vigilant about the status of the slaves, otherwise similar incidents will happen again."

"As the new head coach of the training camp, I must be responsible for this. I thought about it carefully-"

"You are the smartest among these slaves. If slaves pose a threat to us again in the future, you will be the biggest threat."

Li Yin suddenly understood. It turned out that the dark elf woman was just taking precautions. She wanted to figure out her reaction to the ogre and the slaves who committed insubordination and harmed the dark elves.

At the same time, he felt relieved.

"Sir." He smiled awkwardly, "You are joking."

"First of all, I don't have the strong physique and strength of an ogre, so even if a guy like me has any bad intentions, it is impossible for me to cause any trouble to the powerful dark elves."

"Secondly," he paused, his tone serious and his expression serious, "I think the reason why those two ogres dared to harm the noble dark elves is not only because of their bad nature, but also because of their poor brains."

"Any intelligent creature with basic wisdom and a calm mind should understand how painful and unbearable the price will be for daring to offend the noble and powerful dark elves."

"Their stupid minds didn't understand this at first, but I think your 'earnest teachings' on the execution ground must have made them understand this deeply."

"And the advantage of smart people is that," Myrcella's eyes sparkled, her lips parted slightly, her white pearly teeth glistened, and she smiled and replied, "They don't need too much education."

Li Yin lowered his head slightly in shame, "Thank you for your compliment, sir."