The ancient scrolls collected by Middleton revealed a lot of information. Victor felt that every piece of information in the ancient scrolls seemed familiar and paradoxical. His thoughts were confused and his mood gradually became irritable, like a prisoner with a chain collar around his neck.
He reached out to pick up a key to unlock the chain. His fingertips were clearly only a few centimeters away from the key, but the tight chain restricted his movements. The more he struggled, the tighter his neck was tightened. He was about to suffocate but could not reach the key that symbolized freedom.
key.
The prisoner thought he could get the key if he worked harder, but it was just a bubble-like illusion.
Victor is eager to retrieve his past memories, which is no easy task. Regardless of whether these ancient scrolls are true or false, he is only familiar with many contents in the ancient scrolls. However, the great sage Marv was active 1500 years ago.
As a character, how could Victor be familiar with things from 1500 years ago?
So this damn familiarity is all an illusion?
However, it does feel very familiar to me...
The contradiction between rational cognition and perceptual cognition made it difficult for Victor to get rid of the depression in his chest. The affinity of the wind element was inherently casual, so he became furious and a solid, sharp fine gold appeared in his hand.
With swords and spears, he jumped down from the tall stone pillar platform, like a violent hurricane, venting his inner anger wantonly in the underground cave that evolved in a dream.
"who I am?!"
"Where am I from?"
The dark and cold underground cave echoed Victor's angry and unwilling roar, accompanied by the purple-gold sword light that tore the air, and the explosive roar of the stalactite. He used his natural power without reservation, wind movement, blood boiling,
Combat Breathing Technique, Flash Sword Secret Technique, Activation... His attack range is not limited to the underground, but also includes the top of the cave where stalactites are hung.
The air flow was violent, holding Victor up. He moved quickly among the intertwined rock pillars like an erratic and flickering phantom. The strange rocks around him were either broken and collapsed by the sword light, or left deep sword marks.
mark.
Victor exerted his natural power heartily, but his physical strength and energy were quickly squandered. The feeling of weakness spread throughout his body, and he had to stop. He used his adamantine sword and spear to punch the messy rocky ground and gasped for breath. He
Every time I take a breath, my lungs feel like they are being torn apart. This is the sequelae of excessive use of combat breathing.
At this moment, his vision was blurred, the muscles all over his body were extremely sore, and his slender and strong thighs were shaking uncontrollably. The strong recoil of the hands holding the sword caused the tiger's mouth to burst, and strands of blood flowed out and dyed the sword hilt red; the fine gold, which is known for its solidity, was
The sword and spear had been twisted and deformed by the continuous attack on the stalactites, and the fitting clothes had become tattered from the friction with the sharp rocks.
The feeling of weakness that seemed to hollow out his body made Victor completely calm down and turned his attention to himself.
Theoretically, the wind element affinity state should be able to last for 22 minutes with the highest intensity attack when using the activation talent. However, Victor vented his rage for only 12 minutes, and finally fell from the mid-air due to exhaustion and crashed.
A pillar of stalactite, and two broken ribs. His skin was cut by the broken rocks with countless wounds, and his whole body was stained with blood. He looked very miserable.
When the adamantine sword spear splits the hard rock, Victor needs to use double the strength of his wrist to hold the hilt of the sword, and tighten the muscles of his body to resist the strong recoil force in order to stabilize his sword posture, posture, and movements. This is obviously a drastic change.
Aggravating the consumption rate of physical energy and energy. If he ignites the fire of the soul and can use every inch of muscle power meticulously, it will definitely improve the accuracy and destructive effect of the attack, and greatly slow down the consumption rate of physical energy and energy.
However, Victor has deeply understood the physical limits of flesh and blood. Even if the attack characteristics of the wind elemental affinity state are as terrifying as the storm, and even if he understands the secret of inner fire, he will still be injured and bleed, and become weak due to exhaustion.
If he is surrounded by a group of enemies, he will inevitably have to fight with high intensity, so what difference does it make if he persists for 16 minutes or 22 minutes? When he is exhausted and can't even stand still, is he still at the mercy of others?
Realizing the limitations of individuals and his own "weakness", Victor finally put away his willful arrogance and seriously thought about his situation.
There are some invisible obstacles to retrieving past memories, and Victor has clearly felt this. The top priority is to find a way to break through the blockade and escape from Water Snake Town.
The underground cave under the mayor's mansion can provide a secret way to escape. Victor knows that the cave is connected to the outside world. Moreover, the life distortion purification agent prepared by Middleton is priceless, so he thinks he should enter the cave to see
Is there any chance to pick up some pharmaceutical samples?
It is best to take them all away without leaving a bottle...
However, Christine, who is a demon, and the professional butler who has been transformed by distortion are most likely hiding in the underground cave. Victor read Middleton's test notes, but he still has no regard for Christine and the professional butler.
Not really understood.
Harvey, who ignited the fire in his soul, decided that the housekeeper was a formidable enemy. Christine might be more difficult to deal with than her housekeeper, and there was also a mysterious and unknown intelligent creature in the cave. Before Victor entered the real underground cave,
You must be prepared for conflict with the other party.
If your own strength is not enough to crush your opponent, then you have to use your brains and use your ingenuity to seize the initiative.
Timely and effective reconnaissance can help Victor establish an advantage early. Although the Dream Arena cannot evolve into spiritual life, the traces left by life activities will not be missed. As long as he evolves into the underground cave environment many times, it will not be difficult to discover.
Christine and the housekeeper's activity trajectories, thereby inferring their specific locations, what they are doing, and other information.
Fifteen days in the dream are equivalent to one day in reality, and Victor has enough time to plan countermeasures. With just a thought, all his injuries were healed, his energy and vitality were fully restored, and he went back to carefully investigate the evolving cave environment.
This sleep was longer than any other time, and it was already the afternoon of the next day when Victor escaped from the dream and returned to reality.
When Harvey heard Victor getting up, he immediately ran over and said with a flattering smile: "Sir, you're awake."
He was also holding a bowl with minced mutton mixed with vegetable puree in his hand, while two women, Ruth and Jessica, were sitting blankly at the wooden table. They had obviously been fed by Harvey and had only half eaten.
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Victor looked away from them and asked: "What's new?"
"Ah?" Harvey was stunned for a moment, and replied angrily: "They are very quiet now, neither noisy nor fussy, and don't understand anything. They even have to be fed... When I rescued them, I expected them to devote themselves wholeheartedly.
Who would have thought that they themselves also need someone to take care of them. Sir, do you think it is too wasteful for a powerful shield guard like me to serve as a nanny for them? We might as well buy a barbarian female slave..."
"I didn't ask you this."
Victor interrupted Harvey impatiently, walked to the south window, and scanned the outside of the house with his sharp eyes through the gaps in the grilled window. He saw guards from Water Snake Town guarding the surroundings in twos and threes, surrounding the rental house.
Even on the roof of the bungalow opposite, there were two people watching.
"Sir, since this morning, there have been more and more of these wastes outside. When McGrady went out, he found that there were already 24 guards watching us." Harvey curled his lips disdainfully and added: "Don't worry,
I can take out all this rubbish by myself."
At this time, McGrady climbed up from the living room on the first floor to the second floor. He said: "Although the guards in Water Snake Town are relatively weak, they have strength in numbers. We are few in number, and there are me, Ruth, and Jessica."
Burdens, if we want to do something, we can easily be defeated by each other. If adults and Harvey are worried about us three burdens being caught by each other, then you can only stay at home and can't go anywhere. In fact,
We are trapped by these 'trash' guards."
"What's more, what we eat and drink can easily be manipulated. They have all kinds of dirty and despicable ways to deal with us."
Maddie paused and said with a cold expression: "Sir, the Water Snake Town Guard is blatantly targeting us, and the longer it takes, the worse it will be for us. The Town Guard has issued an alarm that bandits are attacking the town, and the caravans and caravans stationed outside are
The local residents are coming back one after another. The defensive force on the city wall is insufficient and there should be many loopholes. Tonight may be a good opportunity for us to break out. If necessary, please make up your mind and give up the burdens on the team, including me.
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The old scout's view is not unreasonable. Today's Water Snake Town must be in chaos. The caravans and residents have to pack up the goods on the drying yard and move them into the town. People come and go, day and night. It can be said that Victor and his party tonight
The best time to escape from the town. If once the armed caravan and local residents settle down, order is restored in Water Snake Town, and everyone is on the defensive against bandits. It will be more than ten times more difficult for them to leave Water Snake Town.
After hearing this, Victor smiled slightly and nodded: "You're right. But we can't run away like mice... Come on, you all come out with me to fight against those guys who have ill intentions towards us.
Just a little color and see.”
The soldiers of the town guard were in groups of three, scattered in the alleys in front and behind the rental houses. They wore light armor, carried round shields, one-handed spears and short swords. Such weapons caused uneasiness among nearby residents, and some people took the initiative to find acquaintances.
The soldiers inquired about the situation, but were all coldly rejected without exception.
The news of Mayor Middleton's death has not yet been leaked, but the serious attitude of the guards is enough to indicate that something big is going to happen nearby. And the rental house they surrounded has become the focus of everyone's attention, with countless pairs of eyes staring at it.
The wooden door with a layer of white paint was suddenly opened from the inside, and the three men and two women who rented this small building walked out of the house. Among them, Victor, who was the tallest, slender and tall, turned his eyes and locked eyes.
He formed a guard and strode over with his companions.
The afternoon sun only illuminates half of the alley, and the rows of houses cast shadows behind the sun. In the alley where light and shadow intersect, Victor has a sharp sword hanging on his waist, and his well-made cowhide boots step on the cobblestone road, making rustling footsteps.
He walked forward. His expression was cold, and his handsome face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.
Seeing him leading the menacing Harvey and Maddie, as well as the two ladies whose faces were covered by wide-brimmed hats, to slowly come over, the three guards felt a deep chill in their hearts.
"Stop! What are you going to do?"
The youngest guard set up his shield and short spear, pointed the sharp spear tip at Victor, who was a few steps away, and shouted loudly. His green face was distorted due to nervousness, and his trembling voice revealed his harsh appearance and inner embarrassment.
A middle-aged guard with a beard next to him raised his muscular left hand, grabbed the young colleague's weapon, and pressed it down easily, signaling him not to provoke him. However, Victor's expression of patience did not go down well with Victor.
In appreciation, he raised his hand and slapped the young guard hard on the left cheek with a loud slap.
The crisp sound of "pop" was particularly harsh in the alley, and more people watching the excitement turned their attention here.
The middle-aged guard's face was filled with astonishment. He saw Victor's movement of raising his hand clearly and tried to dodge it, but the opponent's attack speed was as fast as his. Before he could even raise his head back, his face was solid
Got a big slap in the face.
It didn't hurt, but it was full of humiliation... The young guard's face turned red, not from the slap, but from anger.
"Pa", there was another clear and loud slap on the right cheek of the middle-aged guard. This time, he was really angry. Just as he was about to reach out to draw out the dagger, he was slapped again on the left cheek, interrupting him.
The action of the sword.
"Pa", "pa", "pa", Victor opened his bow from left to right, and slapped the young guard in the face one after another. The slaps made him stagger from side to side, staggering on his feet, unable to make any movements, and even fell down.
Everything is a luxury.
The two colleagues of the middle-aged guard were stunned. They did not expect that the usually majestic captain would be beaten to the point where he was unable to fight back. He stood and received a slap in the face. At least, they and the ordinary people watching could not tell.
, Victor blocked all the reactions of the young guard with slaps one after another.
The cold light shining from Harvey's half-closed eyes made the two guards next to him dare not move. They could only watch helplessly as Victor knocked the captain to the ground and stepped on his swollen and red face.
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"Yesterday afternoon, a thief came into my house and stole my things. I don't expect you losers to catch the damn thief, so I'll beat you first to vent your anger. If I can't catch the thief, I'll look for you again.
Captain Husserl settles the score...get out of here!" Victor arrogantly raised his boots and walked away with his men amid the whispers of the crowd of onlookers.
The surroundings were crowded with half-elves watching the fun. The middle-aged guard was so angry that his eyes blackened and he fainted on the ground.
Of course, the town's garrison cannot be compared with the alliance's elite regiments, but they are not all useless. For example, the Water Snake Town Guard has two squadrons with a total of 184 people. Most of the guards are newcomers who have only received military training.
The remaining soldiers are the awakened ones. There are relatively few professionals in the town guard. They serve as captains of each squad and lead 30 to 40 guards respectively.
Victor and the young guard were strangers to each other and had no personal grudges. However, he could tell from the body shape and mental outlook of the young guard that he was a low-level professional.
Normally, a professional's personal strength determines his status in the military.
Victor openly humiliated a professional guard today just to disgrace the Water Snake Town Guard.
He possesses memory fragments of the King of Gnolls. In the Gnolls group, if two Gnolls fight each other and decide the winner, the remaining members of the group will take the opportunity to use fangs and claws on the loser to suppress it.
With your status in the group, you can take an extra bite when dividing the meat in the future.
In fact, "beating up the drowned dog" and "beating the wall and pushing everyone to push it" are not exclusive to the jackal tribe, the same applies to the half-elf society.
There are less than 200 members of the Water Snake Town Guard, with the majority being ordinary half-elf soldiers. If they did not have the third-level mirror-centered warriors, Victor and Harvey could defeat the entire guard by relying on the intricate street terrain.
However, even though Guard Captain Husserl lacks prestige in Water Snake Town, he still represents the Fallen Leaf City Council and has an official background. Victor, on the other hand, does not have any influence in Water Snake Town and is an outsider. In comparison, it is easier for locals to
Trust Husserl and his guards, not the stranger Victor.
So Captain Husserl can build momentum, and in fact, he has already started to do so.
The members of the town guard only surrounded Victor's rental house without taking any unnecessary measures. The surrounding neighbors pointed at them and became suspicious. When martial law was implemented in Water Snake Town, the guards announced the news that the mayor had been killed, and then took the lead in the investigation of the robbers.
The gang's spies, then Victor and the others would become the primary suspects.
Under this situation, the townspeople, armed caravans, and adventure groups are all watching Victor and monitoring each other. Anyone who dares to say a few words of justice for Victor will be suppressed and ostracized by the entire Water Snake Town. In order to
To prove that they have nothing to do with the murderer of the mayor, they not only have to draw a clear line with Victor, but also show full hostility.
Then, everyone became very united because of the common ground of hostility and isolation of Victor, like an iron plate without gaps.
If you don't knock down the drowned dog, you will be the drowned dog's accomplice; if you don't knock down the dangerous wall, you and the dangerous wall will be knocked down together.
The tendency of socialized intelligent creatures to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages has always been this way.
Those who can turn the tide against the tide show their true qualities as heroes, but heroes are rare after all. If we can't make any changes, we have no choice but to go with the flow and become part of the "trend".
Captain Husserl tried to create external pressure and divert internal conflicts. This kind of Machiavellian method was tried and true, but it was too simple for Victor, so simple that he could resolve it easily.
The use of power is like one of his instincts. Without too much thinking, he can always accurately find the weak links in his opponent's setup and change the situation that is unfavorable to him.
The Water Snake Town Guards can build momentum, and Victor can also take advantage of it. Slapping the Water Snake Town Guards in the face is the first step for him to use the momentum to break the situation.
Harvey glanced back at the chaotic crowd behind him and asked excitedly: "Sir, where are we going now?"
Victor raised the corner of his mouth slightly and smiled confidently: "Go to the Adventurer's Guild, offer a reward to catch the thief, and pay a visit to the bounty hunter... his name is Rhine."