In the inner city of Muxi City, close to the port, there is a low hill. Different from the rows of buildings and magnificent mansions around it, there are not many buildings on this hill, only a quiet garden.
and a solemn cemetery.
As an unwritten convention, those who have the right to sleep in this cemetery after death are those who have made special contributions to the Muxi Kingdom.
And two months ago, the war that took place in Lone Rock City added twenty-seven new "guests" to this cemetery.
In a sea of flowers under the moon, a woman wearing a formal dress, a black veil on her head, and a metal ring around her neck stopped in front of the tombstone, speechless for a long time.
She knelt down, placed the bouquet in her arms in front of the tombstone, stretched out her hand and gently touched the name on the inscription.
"Randall Quincy"
The woman read the name repeatedly, and her words finally turned into a low sigh.
Standing up and taking one last look at the tombstone, the woman turned around and lowered her head, leaving this sad place with endless grief.
At the entrance of the cemetery, the tall orc Carol, wearing a large cloak, sat on the grass and stared blankly at the moon above his head, with an inextricable confusion in his eyes.
Catching a glimpse of the woman's appearance from the corner of his eye, Carol quickly stood up, looked at her gently, and asked in a low voice: "Barbara, are you going back?"
The woman ignored him, lifted up her skirt, stepped out of the cemetery gate, and walked down the hill.
Carol followed her step by step, wanting to get closer, but he was hesitant and slowed down.
As Barbara walked on the dimly lit alley, she heard the laughter of the citizens in the main square. Through the layers of black gauze, she looked towards the brightly lit night market. On the open-air stage, a bard played
Playing the Luger and singing cheerful music made her stop.
"Her eager eyes stirred up my dreams like night rain, and my singing voice ran on the hesitating strings of the piano, chasing her heart..."
Listening to this wonderful music, Barbara opened her mouth slightly, but her raised hands touched the metal ring around her neck. Her whole body seemed to lose all her strength in an instant. Finally, she slowly turned around, escaped into the darkness, and stayed away.
the crowd.
A man and a woman, one behind the other, were speechless and just walked forward in the darkness.
Back in Wayne Dunlop's underground laboratory, a depressed Barbara returned to her room and closed the door forcefully.
The sound of the door closing was so loud that Carol and Aldenan outside the door were startled.
Aldenan turned his head to look at Carol and asked, "She hasn't said a word to you all day long?"
Carol lowered his head in frustration and sat down against the wall.
Aldenan touched his chin and said: "Two months ago, we rescued her from the battlefield. Maybe it was a mistake... Although her body is still alive, her heart is dead."
Carroll shook his head: "The moment I saw her fall, I couldn't just sit back and ignore it."
Aldenan shrugged: "I understand that she was hit by a musket at that time, the wound was inflamed, and her life was in danger. We had no way to turn to anyone else, we could only seek help from Mr. Dunlop... although the latter saved her with the Tyrant Potion.
, but her body..."
Carol held her head in pain: "Now Barbara has lost everything she cherishes, and all of this is my fault."
Seeing the orc's remorseful look, Aldenan scratched his head and tried his best to comfort him: "Think more openly. At least she is no longer like the time when she first came here, thinking about ending her life every day... This can be considered
An improvement..."
The closed door was suddenly opened, and Barbara, wearing a black veil, asked the two people sitting there: "Where is Wayne Dunlop?"
Carroll hurriedly stood up and replied: "Mr. Dunlop is working in the dock and may not come down recently."
Barbara turned around and said coldly: "I'm going to find him!"
Aldenan rushed in front of her and said hurriedly: "Oh, Miss Barbara, don't be so hasty! You have to know that there are many "idlers" in the upper dock. If they see us,
, the consequences will be disastrous."
Barbara stared into the werewolf's eyes and said decisively: "I don't care so much! I want to see him today!"
Aldenan made an apologetic gesture: "Miss Barbara, please don't be so willful. I know that it may be a little uncomfortable for you to have a new face. But you must always think about the good things...
For example, you look much better than the two of us now... Hey, hey! What are you doing?!"
Barbara's hands were palms upward, and there was a faint light blue light on her body. The torches on the wall flickered, and two bright flames were instantly generated in her hands.
With the werewolf's panic look reflected in her pupils, Barbara suddenly raised her hands upwards, and the flames instantly rose and turned into two bright and blazing pillars of fire.
The pillar of fire continued to grow, getting bigger and brighter, and finally it was almost close to the ceiling of the corridor.
"I surrender! I surrender!" Aldenan quickly stepped back, shaking his arms and shaking his head, as if he was afraid that the next second, the irritable young lady in front of him would vent his anger on himself.
"It's really an amazing ability!"
A cry of admiration sounded at the end of the corridor.
The three of them followed the sound and saw Wayne Dunlop, wearing a lab coat, walking slowly over.
Seeing this person, Barbara's voice was full of anger and anguish: "It's you! I hate you! Why did you make me look like this!"
Before she finished speaking, she threw her arms back, and the two fire pillars deformed and twisted, turning into an attacking posture.
Wayne Dunlop shook his head, took out a strange-looking whistle from his arms, put it to his mouth and blew it hard.
The magic-forbidden rings around the necks of Carol, Aldenan and Barbara were instantly activated by the whistle. The spikes hidden inside penetrated into the necks of the three of them, and special potions were injected into their bodies, causing the three to suffer.
He fell to the ground and kept struggling.
Wayne put away his whistle, looked at Barbara and said helplessly: "When your life was about to expire, I saved you from the hands of death. What's more, you also gained power that ordinary people can't imagine. Tell me, you
What else are you dissatisfied with?”
Barbara, who was supporting her body with her arms and struggling to get up, heard this and angrily took off the black veil on her head, threw it to Wayne's feet, and shouted loudly: "But you turned me into a
This look!"
Barbara, who had lost her black veil, could still vaguely see her former appearance, but her appearance became more beautiful than before. Her skin lost its proper color and became as white as milk.
, a light blue light can be faintly seen in the blood vessels, as brilliant as a luminous tattoo... In addition to these changes, there is another most obvious feature of her appearance. Her ears are no longer round in shape.
Instead, it turns into a strange, slender, pointed ear.
Aldenan, who was lying on the ground, looked at Barbara's appearance, leaned close to Carol, and whispered: "To be honest, I think she looks much better now than before."
Looking at the angry woman, Wayne rubbed his brows with a headache. He walked along the corridor to the door of the laboratory, opened the door, and said to the three people not far away: "Come here, everyone."
, I have made some new discoveries about the changes in your body."