Viscount Elman was the first to draw his sword and pointed it in the direction of the sound. "Who's there?" He raised his right eyebrow and asked cautiously.
"Hahaha."
Elman was answered by a series of light laughter. The laughter came from not far away, and he saw a woman slowly walking out of an ancient oak tree. She had a pair of pointy ears, and her hands were behind her head. She swayed her upper body, and her wavy purple hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall.
The woman had a pair of light purple eyes. Her eyeshadow was slightly long, giving her an enchanting vibe. She had a beautiful oval face and purple lips. At first glance, she could attract people's attention. However, the lower half of her body was completely made up of vines and roots. Bunches of thorns spread up her naked upper body, wrapping around her plump breasts and extending all the way to her neck and the edge of her cheeks.
She smiled and pointed at the sword in Elman's hand: "Young man, what do you expect this thing to do? Harm me? Or protect yourself? "
Elman frowned and pointed his sword at the woman, but he did not reply. This woman clearly came with ill intentions, and from her actions, she was either a lunatic or had a trump card.
The viscount believed that it was the latter.
Rono's reaction was slower than Elman's, but when the black-haired youth saw the woman, he could not help but blush. He was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He raised his eyebrows and asked sternly: "Who are you? This is Erouine's envoy. You better not have any ideas about us — "
The woman giggled: "How cunning."
She walked slowly towards them as if she did not see the sword in Elman's hand. The vines that made up her lower body wriggled as she walked, making her look like a giant worm that made one's scalp tingle.
"Rono, Master Hyman's apprentice, Kirrlutz's genius alchemist. Title: Wolverine. Once, in a conflict at Kirrlutz's Royal Academy of Magic, he heavily injured eleven of his companions, killing two of them. Beneath his shy appearance is a wild heart."
"As for Vahina, the Countess of Gold, the little princess of Flowerleaf, the beloved daughter of Duke Manderhill, and the only legitimate heir of the duchy," the woman turned around and looked at the other two with a smile, "and Viscount Elman. Even though he's a bastard of a noble family, he's just as outstanding. But who can see through your ambitions?"
Elman's mouth twitched when he heard the word bastard.
The woman continued: "As for the last little girl, she's one of Erouine's people, but she's insignificant. But I'm interested in her liege — that interesting young man. "
"Go find him if you're interested." Faena stared at the woman warily. As the heir of a great noble, she hated it when strangers called out her identity: "Shameless woman!"
She turned around: "Rono, what are you looking at?!"
The black-haired youth blushed and looked at Faena innocently: "Now's not the time to talk about that, Faena."
"Hmph," Faena gritted her teeth: "None of you are good!"
Out of the four of them, only Tia, who was standing at the back did not say anything. She was secretly prepared to take precautions. As a mercenary, even though this little wild elf girl did not have much experience, she still had some basic common sense.
"So," Elman watched as the woman got closer and closer, unable to hold back his anger: "Lady, what do you want?"
He tried to stop her with his sword.
But his words only elicited a smile from the woman. She walked closer to the viscount and touched the tip of his sword with her finger: "As I said, you humans call this thing a sword. A sword is a weapon. It can protect you, but it can also be used to harm others."
"Because in your eyes, the human body is weak, but metal is strong. Using tools is the specialty of civilized creatures. "
"Unfortunately, in my eyes, this thing is no different from you. It's weak, because all things will decay and wither. Only Chaos will last forever."
She lifted her eyelashes and looked at Elman with her purple eyes. As she spoke, purple roses bloomed on Elman's sword. As the petals withered, the viscount's sword seemed to have experienced tens of thousands of years of history. It was as if it had been blown away by the wind.
"Heretic!"
When the woman said 'only Chaos will last forever', the expressions of the three changed. However, this was nothing compared to the shock they felt when they saw Elman's sword shatter inch by inch.
The Element of Decay.
In all of Vaunte, there was only one person who was both a cultist and possessed the Element of Decay that they could immediately think of.
"Wither … Wither … Wither …" Vahina's face turned pale. She pointed at the woman with widened eyes, but she was so frightened that she could not say a word.
Elman took a step back and pulled out his back-up dagger. He knew that there was no way to end this peacefully the moment he realized the woman's identity. Since that was the case, there was no point in wasting words. He had to strike first and gain the upper hand.
The black-haired youth's reaction was not slower than his. Almost as soon as the woman finished speaking, more than a dozen alchemy bombs were thrown at her.
Unfortunately, the woman's reaction was faster than his. She waved her right hand and a net of vines rose from the ground. The alchemy bombs collided with the net and detonated prematurely, almost injuring Rono himself.
The black-haired youth covered his face and rolled backwards. He stretched out his hand, and the magic devices on his body rose up one after another as he began to draw a magic circle.
However, what left him dumbfounded was that the surface of these magic devices started to rust when they were only halfway there. Then, they dimmed and fell from the sky with a plop, falling into a puddle in the forest. He could no longer feel any magical connection with them.
At this moment, Elman's attack began. His target was not the terrifying woman, but Vahina.
Vahina was shocked when she saw Elman charging at her, but she still instinctively pulled out her sword to block him. Elemental energy flowed from her body into the thin sword, and a white light formed a shield around the blade.
Unfortunately, this magic sword was not Elman's match. Elman knocked Vahina's sword away with a backhand and grabbed her by the neck. He circled behind her and placed his sword against her neck.
The entire process happened in the blink of an eye. Rono and Tia were not the only ones who could not react. Even Vahina was shocked.
However, Elman had already placed his sword against Vahina's snow-white neck. He looked at the woman and took a deep breath before calmly saying: "She's your target, right? But I don't think a dead heir of a duchy is of any value to you, is she?"
Vahina was stunned for a moment. She took in a deep breath and couldn't help but tremble. She didn't know if it was because of the despairing environment or the betrayal of her companions.
Yes, she suddenly thought of something. Elman must be doing this on purpose. He must be using this method to save the others.
Thinking of this, she felt a little better. But when she thought of Viscount Elman's cold gaze when he sent her sword flying, she couldn't help but shiver.
Rono looked at Elman in shock, but he seemed to have the same thought as Vahina and held back his words.
On the other hand, Tia had cast a spell when Vahina was being held hostage. An ice dragon shot out from her palm, freezing the air with a crackling sound as it shot towards Elman. However, the moment Elman blocked Vahina's path, the noble lady, who had just calmed down, screamed in fright and closed her eyes.
Tia was shocked as well. She hurriedly withdrew the spell in her hand. The icicle shattered with a crash, instantly turning into a cloud of sparkling dust in midair.
"You're crazy!" Vahina screamed with her eyes closed: "Viscount Elman!"
"Shut up," Elman said coldly: "Speak less if you want to live!"
"You …" The noble lady almost choked to death. She wanted to say something, but she felt the cold blade on her neck tighten. She was so scared that she swallowed the rest of her words. "That, that despicable country bumpkin, sob sob sob, who can save me …!" For some reason, this was the first thought that came to Vahina's mind as she was on the verge of tears.
The woman not far away glanced at Tia: "Oh? A Water Elementalist? But Elementalists don't have psychic abilities, right? "
Tia's expression changed: "It's you! You're the one who cut off the telepathy between me and Brother Brando!"
"Oh? His name is Brando? "The woman smiled:" Thank you, little girl! "
Tia was furious. She raised her hand and shot an ice arrow at the woman. Unfortunately, before the ice arrow could get close to the woman, it turned into ice dust and disappeared. The woman smiled: "Order is temporary. It's better to return to your original appearance."
Then, she raised her hand, and countless vines extended toward Tia. Although the younger sister of the wild elf sisters tried to resist, she was tied up tightly after casting a few spells.
"Woman," Elman watched as Tia was tied up as if it had nothing to do with him, then asked: "You haven't answered my question."
"Your question?" The woman turned around and sneered: "Do you think your little tricks can fool me?"
"Do you really think I don't dare to kill her?" Elman asked coldly.
"Why don't you try?"
Elman swung his sword horizontally, drawing a conspicuous line of blood on Vahina's snow-white neck. He raised his head and looked at the woman: "What about now?"
"You're crazy!" Rono shouted. He glared at Elman, but he did not dare to act rashly. He was afraid that the madman would do something crazy.
The woman was stunned. She had thought that Elman was trying to trick her, but she didn't expect him to be so crazy.
She couldn't help but laugh: "Interesting. You want to live?"
Elman nodded.
"Alright." The woman smiled and said, "I'll give you a chance. Kill him and come with me." She looked at Rono and said casually.
Rono was stunned. Before he could react, he lowered his head and groaned. He looked at the arrow in his chest in disbelief, then at Elman.
He knew that the arrow was poisoned. He had personally concocted the poison to deal with the monsters in the forest, but he never thought that he would be the first to test it.
What he didn't expect was for Elman to act so decisively.
He looked at his companion with a puzzled gaze and then fell backwards.
"Rono!" Vahina couldn't believe her eyes. Her eyes turned red: "You're crazy, Viscount Elman! What did you do?!"
But Elman didn't even look at her. He held the sword against her neck and threw away the crossbow with his left hand.
The woman looked at the scene with interest, then clapped her hands: "As expected of Viscount Elman. Clean and efficient. You have the potential to join us."
She tilted her head and looked at the young noble with a smile: "So, what do you think?"
Elman had no doubt that as long as he said no, the other party would immediately kill him without a burial place. He hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
The moment he nodded, the nerves that had been tense all this time finally relaxed. He thought that no matter how scary this woman was, she wouldn't attack a companion. Moreover, he was a rising star among the nobles of the empire. He believed that he had some value in her eyes.
However, these thoughts only existed for a moment before they vanished. Because just as he nodded his head, a vine pierced his throat from behind like a ghost.
Blood spurted out and splattered on Vahina's face.
Only then did the noble lady feel the person who had been holding her hostage slowly fall down and fall heavily to the ground.
But at that moment, she was so scared that she didn't dare to move.
Then, he knelt down with a 'crash' sound, unable to say a word.
Not far away from her, the woman did not even look at her. She waved her hand and a tough vine whip appeared in her hand. The whip carried a gust of wind that was similar to Brendel's White Raven Sword Style, and it swept across the ground with a swoosh.
The sword swept past Vahina's body and split Elman's body in two, sending him flying far away with a rain of blood.
The woman retracted her whip and picked up Viscount Elman's short sword. She then swung it at Tia. The dagger pierced through Tia's heart. Tia struggled for a moment before lowering her head.
The woman smiled in satisfaction and sighed: "How foolish. You think I'm like those weak fellows from the Unifying Guild who yearns for power in this world?"
"Power is but an illusion. One day, even the throne will turn to dust."
She looked at Vahina and smiled: "But as for you, little girl, you're still useful to me. Come, I'll bring you to a good deal. But, I like the word 'deal' humans use. "
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(PS: It took some time to find someone to correct this. Thank you, Rocky and Apocalypse.) (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please go to www.qidian.com, there are more chapters. Support the author, support the original reading!)
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