Han Shuo understood in his heart that Erick must be rapidly approaching him with his sword in hand, wanting to kill him just like how he killed Dylan. This was because Han Shuo could feel the killing intent faintly approaching from behind.
At this moment, Han Shuo focused his attention for the first time in his life. He didn't know if it was because of the magical yuan he was training in, but the current Han Shuo was not only extremely nimble, even his courage had grown. Otherwise, if it was according to his previous personality, there would only be fear left in his heart, and no other thoughts.
At this moment, the magical yuan within Han Shuo's body circulated at a much faster speed than usual. As he ran, he felt that his entire body was filled with inexhaustible strength. Add to that the fact that Han Shuo was extremely familiar with the terrain, he turned left and right as he ran, and actually managed to shake off Erick by a distance.
"Eh?!" Erick was startled. He didn't seem to have anticipated that Han Shuo would run so fast. Seeing that not only was Han Shuo running fast, but he was also running in a tricky direction and was gradually disappearing from his line of sight, Erick's face couldn't help but turn cold. The longsword in his hand glowed with a dark green light, and he abruptly picked up a few large rocks along the way.
Han Shuo ran further and further away, feeling that this run was very carefree. When he sensed that Erick's aura was getting further and further away, a sense of joy involuntarily arose in his heart.
It was at this moment that the sound of something piercing through the air suddenly rang out. Han Shuo only felt his legs being struck heavily a few times. His knees immediately weakened, and he fell flat on his face in the midst of his rapid running. His face intimately came into contact with the soil, and he fell flat on his face.
"Young man, my apologies!"
Erick softly called out apologetically. He raised the longsword in his hand, and a ball of dark green light abruptly lit up in the air, violently stirring towards Han Shuo.
His mind was unprecedentedly clear. The magical yuan within Han Shuo's body circulated wildly, and his previously sore and powerless legs no longer hurt. Facing this fatal blow, Han Shuo pressed both his hands and feet to the ground at the same time, and with a ferocious push, he abruptly rolled to the left.
Clang!
Eric's longsword brought with it a dark green ball of light as it landed on the ground where Han Shuo had been lying, carving out a dozen or so well-proportioned cracks in the hard ground. It was like a chessboard, and each crack was a dozen centimeters deep. If Han Shuo had been there just now, he'd likely have been dismembered.
"I really didn't see anything. Don't kill me!" Han Shuo dodged the attack and looked at the strange condition of the ground he was lying on earlier. He was immediately frightened out of his wits. He spoke with a bitter face as he hurriedly climbed up, looking like he was going to run away again.
"Young man, I didn't expect you to be so agile. But you saw something you shouldn't have seen today. I'm very sorry, but I have to kill you!" Eric shrugged and smiled helplessly.
He then raised his longsword, and a few head-sized rocks suddenly flew up and fiercely smashed towards Han Shuo. Han Shuo was startled and dodged left and right with trepidation. While Han Shuo was dodging, Erick suddenly appeared behind Han Shuo without a sound and pointed his longsword slightly. A ball of dark green light suddenly fell into Han Shuo's body.
In an instant, Han Shuo flew out and once again fell flat on his face. A bone-piercing pain seeped into his spine, and the magical yuan within his body madly converged towards his back, tightly wrapping around the ball of dark green light that had fallen into Han Shuo's body.
"Whew … why does it feel like I've lost a bit of my fighting aura? That's strange. Could it be that I've been too tired lately? Yes, that must be it. This kid runs quite fast. Good thing I've finally taken care of it!"
Just as Han Shuo was about to continue running, he suddenly heard Erick mumble to himself. The state of Han Shuo's body just now was exactly the same as when Claude's fighting aura had entered his body. The only difference was that Erick's dark green fighting aura was a bit more powerful, and the magical yuan within Han Shuo's body wasn't able to completely wrap around it. Therefore, right now, Han Shuo's back was a bloody mess, and he looked quite horrifying from the outside.
With a thought, Han Shuo held his breath and lay there, not daring to move. However, at this moment, the Little Skull seemed to have sensed Han Shuo's danger and seemed to be planning to rush over to save him. Perhaps it was due to the excessive pain, but Han Shuo felt that his mental strength was unprecedentedly focused. In a split second, he issued an order for the Little Skull to stay where he was without moving.
The grave that the Little Skull was in was some distance away from Duke. However, if the Little Skull climbed out of the grave and rushed over, Duke would definitely notice. Although he didn't know Duke's mage rank, Han Shuo knew from his previous actions that he was very powerful. Naturally, he wasn't willing to let the Little Skull die in vain.
Erick took a few breaths and mumbled a few words to himself. He grabbed Han Shuo from the back of his robe and brought him to a broken grave. Without even checking the condition of Han Shuo's body, he confidently threw Han Shuo into the grave, as if believing that Han Shuo was already dead.
Thinking about it, Han Shuo was only an ordinary errand slave. Naturally, he would die without a doubt after taking a blow from a senior swordsman. How could there be any accidents?
After throwing Han Shuo into the grave, Erick didn't continue to stay there. He directly went back the way he came. After a while, there was no more movement in the area.
Han Shuo's back was in extreme pain. At this time, he cursed Erick and Duke's entire family in his heart. He stayed in the grave and didn't dare to come out immediately. It wasn't until nearly an hour later that Han Shuo endured the pain in his back and slowly climbed out of the grave.
Stretching out his hand to touch his back, Han Shuo felt that his back was a little sticky. Looking at the bloodstains on his hand, Han Shuo secretly remembered this hatred. He planned to pay them back one by one in the future. Gritting his teeth, he carefully walked back to the previous place. Along the way, Han Shuo was very sneaky, deeply afraid that the two were still there.
It wasn't until after returning to the original place that Han Shuo discovered that even Dylan's body had disappeared. It seemed that they had casually thrown it into a nearby grave. Summoning Little Skull from the grave, Han Shuo cursed and left with Little Skull. In his heart, he cursed at his bad luck. It seemed that he should come here less to practice for the next few days.
After walking to a certain place, Han Shuo suddenly stopped. Looking at the ground beneath his feet, Han Shuo suddenly remembered that when Dylan was running, he had fallen here and buried a gray bag under his feet. Duke and Erick seemed to have been searching for something on Dylan's body. Could it be the bag that Dylan had buried?
Squatting down with a grin, Han Shuo carefully pushed away the soft soil on the ground and took out the gray bag. It was heavy in his hand, and when he shook it, it made a crisp "ding" sound. Looking at the style and quality of the bag, it was much better than the one he used. Pulling the string of the bag, Han Shuo reached out and grabbed a few silver and copper coins.
"I'm rich! I'm rich!" Han Shuo knew that silver and copper coins were the currency of this world. Brian had been an errand slave for so many years, yet he had never received even a single copper coin. Looking at the few silver and copper coins in his palm, Han Shuo couldn't help but laugh out loud. Even the pain in his back didn't seem to be that painful anymore.
"Huala!"
The contents of the bag all fell to the ground, and a dark green jade box the size of a palm appeared on the ground. The box was heavy and had a cool feeling to it. There was also a groove that seemed to be a keyhole. Next to the dark green jade box, there really was a green key.
However, this clearly wasn't the object of Han Shuo's attention. All he saw was Han Shuo's eyes glowing as he stared at the money in front of him. He couldn't help but mutter with a silly smile, "I'm rich! I'm rich!"
Three gold, twelve silver, and fifty-six copper. This was the amount of money in the bag. One gold could be exchanged for a hundred silver coins, and one silver could be exchanged for a hundred copper coins. Even though Han Shuo's diet had improved, the bread, milk, and eggs he ate a day didn't even add up to ten copper coins. If this money was exchanged for food, it would be enough for Han Shuo to eat for a year or two.
When Brian was sold to the Babylon Magic Academy by the slave traders, it was only five gold coins. This sum of money was equivalent to half of Brian's life.
After a moment of joy, Han Shuo put the money back into the bag with a smile. His eyes turned and saw the dark green jade box and the green key. Han Shuo creased his eyebrows. He could tell from Duke and Erick's clothing that they were of high status, especially Duke's magic robe and magic staff. They looked to be priceless items.
This amount of money was naturally a large sum to him, but it shouldn't be much to Duke. They definitely wouldn't chase after Dylan for this amount of money, much less kill him.
Could it be that it was because of the item in the jade box?
When he thought of this, Han Shuo couldn't help but focus his gaze on the dark green jade box that stood silently on the ground. Under the moonlight, the jade box sparkled with a faint green light that was hard to detect unless one looked closely. The hazy green light was very faint, and it appeared to have a kind of bewitching beauty.
As Han Shuo silently stared at the jade box, his mental strength was surprisingly concentrated on the jade box. He suddenly felt a cold and sinister presence within the jade box. This presence followed Han Shuo's mental strength and seemed to seep into Han Shuo's bones. Han Shuo couldn't help but shiver and suddenly shut his eyes.
This thing is a bit strange!
Taking a deep breath and calming his mind, Han Shuo nervously looked left and right. He suddenly put the jade box and the key back into the gray handbag and staggered back to the warehouse.
After returning to the warehouse, Han Shuo didn't continue to study the jade box. He didn't touch the money inside either. He hid the handbag under his bed and let Little Skull clean and bandage his back before falling into a deep sleep.
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