At night, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, William fell feebly in a wind-eroded rock cave. He gently touched Catherine's coffin beside him, with a helpless smile on his lips.
His right arm hung weakly, and a shocking wound almost split the entire arm in half. With William's special physique, even more serious injuries could be healed safely in an instant, but the man's knife
I don't know what kind of violent poison was applied to his hand. Although William did not die from it, the injury on his hand could not get better for a long time.
William regretted and blamed himself. He had underestimated the danger of this journey. After secretly breaking out of the city under the arrangement of the monks, he thought that with his own ability, he would be able to reach the east unimpeded. But as soon as
Entering the desert, nature showed its unpredictable power. The violent sandstorm could almost change the world. William went through great hardships to protect the crystal coffin and finally escaped, but he also completely lost his way.
He trudged in the desert for more than ten days, and when he was about to run out of gas and light, he accidentally ran into the lair of a group of bandits. William immediately killed people and sucked blood, and finally saved his life.
The group of robbers didn't know how powerful they were at first. As soon as they fought, William killed several people in a row. After a bloody battle, they left dozens of corpses behind, and the remaining few people fled in all directions. The yellow sand was endless, and William couldn't catch up.
, can only give up.
But he didn't expect that this would become the beginning of a nightmare.
The few people who escaped quickly gathered a large number of people to kill them back. It turned out that they saw Catherine's coffin, so they released the news that there was a vicious weirdo from a foreign land, carrying a coffin of rare treasures. This news seemed to be extremely sweet.
The bloody smell spread wider and wider, becoming more and more bizarre, and soon attracted countless ferocious and greedy hungry wolves. Wave after wave of bandits gathered and attacked William one after another.
At the beginning, William naturally had the upper hand. He entered an uninhabited country with one enemy and hundreds of them, and the blood flowed. However, this did not deter the bandits, but made the legend of unparalleled treasures more credible and more
It's more specific and more bizarre.
At first, the legend was just comparable to gold, but gradually it became priceless. Finally, the robbers even said that the treasure could buy a country.
The bandits who arrived later quickly learned the lessons of their predecessors and began to fight in roundabout ways. They used their familiarity with the desert to not attack directly, but to hang from a distance and continue to harass.
After several battles, the robbers gradually discovered William's secret. Although this weirdo was terrifyingly strong, once his body was exposed to the sun, he would be seriously injured immediately. This was just like the old legend.
Devil. But neither devil nor gods can deter the endless greed. The robbers quickly figured out a set of tactics. As soon as the sun rises, they will continue to harass and attack. Once the sky starts to darken, they will immediately
A thousand miles away.
The battle turned from a one-sided massacre by William to a stalemate. William had no choice but to fight and walk away. When he finally reached the path of Peter, he was at the end of his strength.
There is a city called Broken Leaf nearby, which is said to be the border area of the Eastern Empire. Thirteen days ago, William took the risk to sneak into that city and left a code, but he still hasn't received any response to this day.
The robbers noticed William's weakness. Starting a week ago, they no longer fled far away, even in the dark, but surrounded William and kept approaching.
No one is willing to work so hard for so long and risk so many lives, only to let others take the cake, but no one is willing to use his own life to make a wedding dress for others. The circle of encirclement slowly shrinks in this subtle and contradictory mentality.
, constantly testing William's bottom line.
Outside the cave, the wind blew through the large wind-eroded rocks here, sometimes emitting wails and roars like ghosts and wolves, and sometimes eerie whispers. William knew that this place was called Devil's Valley by the bandits, and it was said that those who entered this valley
People will be tempted by the devil and never come out. This is also an important reason why the robbers have not launched the final attack.
Naturally, William is not afraid of any devils. He himself is what others call the devil. Compared with devils, human beings are more terrifying things, and human desires are countless times more vicious than devils.
William sat quietly in this dark cave. He didn't know how long he could hold on. He could only try to use this rare rest time to restore more of his fighting power.
Suddenly, there was a dazzling firelight in the darkness, and a young man sneaked in unnoticed at some point. He was lighting a fire and looking at Catherine in the coffin.
"Is this the legendary rare treasure? It is beautiful, but to say it is priceless is a bit exaggerated."
William didn't even care about his shock, and threw the young man to the ground like a beast, holding a scimitar to his throat, and blood was slowly flowing out along the blade.
The young man was not afraid at all, but looked at William with interest in the light of the fire, "Ha, what devil, what he said is so evil, turns out he is also a human being, and he is quite handsome."
How could William have the heart to listen to him at this time, not to mention that he was speaking in a language he didn't understand, and he was about to cut off his head with a sharp look.
The young man was keenly aware of William's reaction and immediately switched to fluent Latin.
William's expression changed, and the sword force slowed down. Although this young man's Latin obviously had a slight accent, his expressions were accurate and fluent, and he was even quite elegant in choosing words and sentences. He had an old-school monastic style. Is he from Peter?
But the strange thing is that this young man has obviously realized that he is about to die, but he is not afraid at all. And why does he keep praising my handsomeness, praising Catherine's beauty, and constantly bragging about himself, saying that he is actually very handsome and has
Wisdom and power. What are you talking about? Shouldn't he immediately reveal his identity at this time? Or is he not actually a Peter?
"Who are you?" William tightened the scimitar in his hand and asked with a fierce look.
"Look what I'm wearing on my wrist?"
William glanced around and couldn't help but look happy. It was a small cross, exactly the same as the one given by the monk.
"I came here after seeing your password. Is this how you treat guests?"
William breathed a sigh of relief and put away the knife, but he was still wary of the young man in front of him. He no longer dared to trust anyone easily.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Aren't you afraid that I would kill you with a knife?"
The young man quickly took out a piece of cloth and a bottle of medicinal powder from his arms. Under William's vigilant gaze, he bandaged the wound on his neck and said with a smile: "If you want to kill me, kill me early. Since there is no
If you kill, then you won’t kill again, so what do I have to be afraid of? It would be terrible if you can’t express what you want to say freely.”
William could not be so calm and composed. He hurriedly asked: "How many more of you are there? Where is Peter?"
"Of course Peter is in the capital, why is he here? Well, I'm the only one here. I thought it would be a group of missionaries coming, but I didn't expect it was a devil with a notorious reputation. Please tell me what's going on.
This must be very interesting."
"You're the only one?" William put down the knife and sat down dejectedly. Although he didn't know what method this young man used to sneak in secretly, but the knife just now showed that William's strength was not ordinary at all.
One or two robbers can cut him down steadily.
"Go away, you will only die with me if you stay here."
The young man opened his mouth in surprise, "Death? It turns out you are not playing tricks on those bandits."
"What do you mean?"
The young man looked at William and said with a smile: "I heard that devils are very cunning, but you don't seem to be very good at this. Don't you know how famous you are now? This is a better weapon than anything else.
, with this, you are still afraid of those young people?"
"Do you have a way to lead us out of the encirclement?" Although William didn't believe it, he couldn't help but ask.
The young man gestured with his hands and said: "You are a little taller and stronger than me, but this is not difficult to solve. Anyway, you are wrapped in a black robe and no one has seen your face. Do you want to break out? Then listen to me
Yes. Give me your clothes, and I will lend you your reputation. In return, I will help you fight off the enemy."
"You, you really have a way? Those bandits are not easy to mess with."
The young man pointed at himself, "I'm not someone to be trifled with. Stop talking nonsense. If you believe me, take off your clothes quickly."
At this time, William could only treat the dead horse as a live doctor. He quickly helped the young man put on his iconic black robe and put him on a high platform. There was not much difference between the two of them in appearance.
"I'm leaving, and those people belong to me. You can leave when you see the opportunity. Follow the route I just mentioned and enter Suiye City. I'll find you later." The young man was gearing up and eager to try. After saying that, he turned around and was about to go.
leave.
William looked at the young man's back, and he suddenly felt an indescribable respect in his heart. Although this young man was a companion of those hypocrites, he was completely different from them. He did not have that carefully crafted hypocritical temperament, but looked like a
Like a burning flame, it is straightforward, rough, and swaying.
William solemnly saluted the young man: "Please tell me your name."
The young man pulled down his veil, and the firelight danced, illuminating the confident smile at the corner of his mouth. He replied word for word in Chinese: "Li Xuan, go up to Li Xiaxuan."