"Take us to the witches and the wizards."
Said Hao Ren in an indisputable tone, ignoring Gray Rat's panicked and begging expression.
"I … No … No, my lord, I can do anything you want me to do, but please don't ask me to do this kind of thing." Gray Rat's face was full of fear this time. "Madam Mary will kill me! She will definitely find out that I betrayed them … "
"Madam Marie? It seems that she is the witch who 'hired' you. "Hao Ren raised his eyebrows." Listen, if you take us to her, you will die after you see her. If you don't, you will die now. Life is very precious. You should count every second carefully. "
It was not that Hao Ren suddenly had a hobby of intimidating people, but he knew that it was useless to use other methods to deal with these cunning minions who wandered between the human world and the supernatural forces. The only language they understood was money and violence. When things were more dangerous, the latter was the most effective language.
The appropriate intimidation was quite effective. Gray Rat's face instantly turned pale. He realized that the man in front of him was not as harmless as he looked. He was also a predator of the dark world, and a rather ruthless one. Begging for mercy and procrastination were useless against this guy.
"Sir, please do me a favor." Gray Rat's face had completely collapsed. "I'm just a rat in the gutter. The witches only asked me to keep an eye on the witch hunters and other residents of the dark world. They gave me the Owl Potion and some ointment, but they didn't let me know any of their secrets! I don't even know where they hold the witches' meetings. They only contact me through some puppets created by witchcraft. I report what I see to the puppets, and then I get new ointment. Except for the first time, they never appeared in front of me … I really can't help you. "
Hao Ren frowned, thinking that this was indeed the Dark Age after the end of the Mythological Era. Even the witches and wizards, who were once servants of the otherworldlings, had become so cautious. During the Mythological War, vassals like them would not even be on the demon hunters' kill list. But this caution was understandable. Gray Rat in front of them was enough to explain everything. The loyalty of these rats was almost negligible. You would not even know if their previous employer was a demon hunter or a vampire. They might even be loyal to two masters at the same time at this moment.
However, the witches' cautiousness was expected. Hao Ren winked at Lily, and the latter immediately increased the strength of her grip. Gray Rat could even hear the crisp sound of his neck cracking. He almost felt that the witch was going to break his neck in the next second.
"Then take us to the 'Madam Marie' you mentioned," Hao Ren looked into Gray Rat's eyes. "Take us to the contact point, and I'll take care of the rest."
"I … I know." Gray Rat was never a brave man, so his psychological defense could only go so far. "I'll take you there … I'll take you there … Ahem, please let me go …"
Hao Ren pouted at Lily. "Let him go."
"Tsk, I thought this guy would be stubborn for a while longer," Lily said, throwing the skinny man on the ground. "After all, he makes a living in this line of work. I didn't expect him to be so successful. Pierre was much more principled than this."
"Of course, Pierre was a spirit detective, and this is a spirit rat. How can they be the same?" Hao Ren rolled his eyes at the husky. "The only difference is that they work closer to each other."
Lily thought about it and agreed with him.
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The conversation with Gray Rat was neither long nor short. The night grew darker as time passed, and the bright moonlight gradually disappeared behind the clouds. The sound of rings clanking came from the distant streets, and Lily's ears trembled slightly.
"Someone is approaching." She looked at Hao Ren. "About a few hundred meters away."
"It's the night patrol." Gray Rat did not find it strange that the girl could hear them from such a distance. Instead, he looked nervous. "We have to leave this place first. Otherwise, we'll attract the church's people …"
Hao Ren nodded and gestured for the local bully to lead the way, while he and Lily followed closely behind.
The three of them walked through the complicated, dark, and cramped streets of the medieval town.
The silent night was windy, and the clouds in the sky were moving fast. A bright moon flickered in and out of the clouds, casting an unpredictable, ghost-like shadow on the ground. In this era of lack of entertainment, the residents of the town had already fallen asleep. There were not enough street lamps, and there were no lights coming out of the houses. Moreover, the moonlight was often blocked by the clouds. The narrowest and most remote alleys were like giant black mouths that made people flinch. However, Gray Rat deliberately chose such alleys to move forward. He was really like a rat in the gutter. He was like a fish in water in these "gutters" that flowed with dirty water and smelled foul.
It was not that he had never thought of risking his life to escape. In fact, when he entered the first dark alley, he could not help but think of this crazy idea. However, his reason made him sober in time. He remembered the girl in the long skirt sweeping through the entire street like a gust of wind. Her speed was far beyond human imagination. Even if he took the Owl Potion, he could not follow her figure with his eyes, let alone get rid of her with the small advantage of familiarity with the terrain.
Now he just wanted to know what these two "residents of the dark world" who had suddenly appeared wanted to do. He wanted to know whether they were the witches' enemies or friends (although now it seemed that the former was more likely). If he could figure this out, he would at least know how to please them.
Unfortunately, these two mysterious people who had suddenly appeared were different from any of the "employers" he had come into contact with before. They seemed to have a clear goal and were not interested in any of the interests and power entanglements here. Apart from inquiring about the witches, these two people did not care about anything else.
This was not good news for the "henchmen" who relied on selling information and acting as informants for a living.
But he still wanted to try and change the situation.
"Honorable sir, and honorable lady," Gray Rat finally mustered up the courage to break the silence as they gradually approached the contact point. "I think it is necessary for me to know who I am working for, right?"
Hao Ren was observing the surroundings. They had now slowed down. This was obviously a dirty and backward area of the city. When he first saw the dilapidated and dirty streets, he thought that this was a town, but now that he had traveled so far, he realized that this was actually a big city. It was just that medieval cities generally lacked planning and cleaning, so it looked particularly backward. The surrounding streets were more dilapidated than before, and the houses were almost crumbling. From time to time, he could see beggars curled up in the shadows on both sides of the street, which was overflowing with sewage. The curfew system was meaningless to these poor homeless people, and the slums they were hiding in were places that the patrolling soldiers would not visit.
This dilapidated street was an even more barbaric and backward part of the Middle Ages. It was because of their existence that other places had a hint of "civilization".
Gray Rat's voice made Hao Ren stop. He looked back and asked, "Do you think we are demon hunters?"
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The word demon hunter seemed to carry a curse. Gray Rat broke out in a cold sweat. If he really brought two demon hunters to the witches' contact point, he would not live to see tomorrow morning.
Hao Ren smiled. His hand touched the sacred silver dagger on his waist, but he did not reveal it. Instead, he gently nudged Lily beside him.
Lily immediately understood. "Mr. Landlord, are you hungry? I am a little hungry too. "
Well, it would be a miracle if you could understand the husky's thoughts! Sure enough, the girl had outdone herself when she was scaring people.
Hao Ren gritted his teeth in exasperation. "Where are your ears and teeth?"
Lily came to her senses. She bared her teeth at Gray Rat, and a pair of "wolf" ears emerged from behind her hair. At the same time, a pair of sharp canine teeth gradually emerged from her mouth.
"Wolf …" Gray Rat sucked in a breath of cold air. He suddenly felt as if he had just brushed shoulders with the Grim Reaper. Werewolves were the most temperamental of all their masters. "Okay, okay … I got it. Please put away your fangs. I'll lead the way …"
After Lily put away her fangs, Gray Rat breathed a sigh of relief. At least she was not a demon hunter. If she was a werewolf, she would not have such a big grudge against witches.
He did not know much about the innate hostility between the various dark races, but as far as he knew, half-human, half-monster creatures like witches and wizards had the lowest hatred for the other dark races. Among them, the relationship between them and the werewolves was the best. If he brought the two werewolves to the wizards, Madam Marie might spare his life as long as he made up a story that was a little more slick.
What he did not know was that the reason why the wizards and werewolves were so close was that werewolves were the group that raised the most wizards in the ancient Mythological Era. They were even more fond of raising wizards than the Blood Clan. Werewolves had a long history of shadow spells, and their spells were relatively simple, more suitable for ordinary humans to learn. As for the Blood Clan …
The difficult magic of the Blood Clan was almost incomprehensible to humans. Compared to teaching stupid humans magic, the Blood Clan preferred to directly turn humans into blood slaves. It was simple and efficient, and unparalleled loyalty.
These secrets of the Mythological Era were not something a person like Gray Rat could come into contact with.
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