The scrolls in Middleton's collection reveal a wealth of information. Victor felt that every piece of information in the ancient scrolls seemed familiar and paradoxical. His thoughts were in confusion, and his mood gradually became irritable, like a prisoner with a chain collar around his neck reaching out to get a key to unlock the chain. His fingertips were clearly only a few centimeters away from the key, but the tight chain restricted his movements. . The more he struggled, the tighter his neck was tightened. He was about to suffocate and could not reach the key that symbolized freedom.
The prisoner thought he could get the key if he worked harder, but it was just a bubble-like illusion.
Victor longs to retrieve his past memories, which is no easy task. Regardless of the authenticity of these ancient scrolls, he was only familiar with many of the contents in the ancient scrolls. However, the great sage Marv was a figure who was active 1,500 years ago. How could Victor be familiar with things 1,500 years ago?
So this damn familiarity is all an illusion?
However, it does feel very familiar to me...
The contradiction between rational cognition and perceptual cognition made it difficult for Victor to get rid of the depression in his chest. The affinity of the wind element was inherently casual, so he became furious and a solid, sharp fine gold appeared in his hand. With his sword and spear, he jumped down from the tall stone pillar platform, like a violent hurricane, venting his inner anger wantonly in the underground cave where the dreamland evolved.
"who I am?!"
"Where am I from?"
The dark and cold underground cave echoed with Victor's angry and unwilling roar, accompanied by the purple-gold sword light that tore through the air, and the explosive roar of striking stalactites. He uses his natural powers without reservation, such as wind travel, boiling blood, battle breathing, flash sword secret skills, activation... His attack range is not limited to the underground, but also includes the top of the cave where stalactites are hung.
The air flow was violent, holding Victor up. He moved quickly among the interlaced rock pillars like an erratic and flickering phantom. The strange rocks around him were either broken and collapsed by the sword light, or left deep sword marks. mark.
Victor exerted his natural power heartily, but his physical strength and energy were quickly squandered. The feeling of weakness spread throughout his body, and he had to stop, using his adamantine sword and spear to pound a messy rocky ground, breathing heavily. Every time he took a breath, his lungs felt like they were being torn apart. This was the sequelae of excessive use of combat breathing.
At this moment, his vision was blurred, the muscles all over his body were extremely sore, and his long and strong thighs were shaking uncontrollably. The strong recoil of the hands holding the sword caused the tiger's mouth to burst, and strands of blood flowed out and dyed the sword hilt red; the fine gold, which is known for its solidity, was The sword and spear had been twisted and deformed by the continuous attack on the stalactites, and the fitting clothes had become tattered from the friction with the sharp rocks.
The feeling of weakness that seemed to hollow out his body made Victor completely calm down and turned his attention to himself.
Theoretically, the wind elemental affinity state should be able to last for 22 minutes of maximum intensity attack when using the activation talent. However, Victor's rage only lasted for 12 minutes. In the end, he fell from the air due to exhaustion, hit a stalactite column, and broke two ribs. His skin was cut by broken rocks with countless wounds, and his whole body was stained with blood. He looked very miserable.
When the adamantine sword spear splits the hard rock, Victor needs to use double the strength of his wrist to hold the hilt of the sword, and tighten the muscles of his body to resist the strong recoil force in order to stabilize his sword posture, posture, and movements. This obviously greatly increases the rate of consumption of physical energy and energy. If he ignites the fire of the soul and can use every inch of muscle power meticulously, he can definitely improve the accuracy and destructive effect of the attack, and greatly slow down the consumption of physical energy and energy.
However, Victor has deeply understood the physical limits of flesh and blood. Even if the attack characteristics of the wind elemental affinity state are as terrifying as the storm, and even if he understands the secret of the fire of the soul, he will still be injured and bleed, and become weak due to exhaustion. If he is surrounded by a group of enemies, he will inevitably have to fight with high intensity, so what difference does it make if he persists for 16 minutes or 22 minutes? When he is exhausted and can't even stand still, is he still at the mercy of others?
Realizing the limitations of individuals and his own "weakness", Victor finally put away his willful arrogance and seriously considered his situation.
There is an invisible obstacle to retrieving past memories, and Victor has clearly felt this. The top priority is to find a way to break through the blockade and escape from Water Snake Town.
The underground cave under the mayor's mansion can provide a secret way to escape. Victor knows that the cave is connected to the outside world. Moreover, the life distortion purification potion prepared by Middleton was extremely valuable. He thought that he should enter the cave to see if there was any chance to take some potion samples.
It's best to take them all away without leaving a bottle...
However, Christine, who is a demon, and the professional housekeeper who has been transformed by distortion are most likely hiding in the underground cave. Victor reads Middleton's test notes, but he doesn't know much about Christine or the professional housekeeper.
Harvey, whose soul is on fire, identifies the butler as a formidable enemy. Christine may be more difficult to deal with than her housekeeper, and there is also a mysterious and unknown intelligent creature in the cave. Victor must be prepared for a conflict with the other party before entering the real underground cave.
If your own strength is not enough to crush your opponent, then you have to use your brains and use your ingenuity to seize the initiative.
Timely and effective reconnaissance can help Victor establish an advantage early. Although the Dream Arena cannot evolve spiritual life, the traces left by life activities will not be missed. As long as he evolves the environment of the underground cave many times, it will not be difficult for him to discover the activity tracks of Christine and the housekeeper, and thus deduce their specific location, what they are doing, and other information.
Fifteen days in the dream are equal to one day in reality, and Victor has enough time to plan countermeasures. With just a thought, all the injuries on his body were healed, his energy and vitality were completely restored, and he went back to carefully investigate the evolving cave environment.
This sleep was longer than any other time. By the time Victor escaped from the dream and returned to reality, it was already the afternoon of the next day.
When Harvey heard Victor getting up, he immediately ran over and said with a flattering smile, "Sir, you're awake."
He was also holding a bowl with minced mutton mixed with vegetable puree in his hand, while two women, Ruth and Jessica, were sitting blankly at the wooden table. They had obviously been fed by Harvey and had only half eaten. .
Victor looked away from them and asked, "What's new?"
"Ah?" Harvey was stunned for a moment and replied angrily: "They are very quiet now, neither noisy nor fussy, and don't understand anything. They even have to be fed... When I rescued them, I expected them to devote themselves wholeheartedly. Who would have thought that they themselves also need someone to take care of them. Sir, do you think it is too wasteful for a powerful shield guard like me to serve as a nanny for them? We might as well buy a barbarian female slave..."
"I didn't ask you that."
Victor interrupted Harvey impatiently and walked to the south window, scanning the outside of the house with sharp eyes through the gaps in the grilled window. He saw guards from Water Snake Town standing around in twos and threes, surrounding the rental house. There were even two people on the roof of the bungalow opposite who were watching.
"Sir, since this morning, there have been more and more of these wastes outside. When McGrady went out, he found that there were already 24 guards watching us." Harvey curled his lips disdainfully and added: "Don't worry, I can take out all this rubbish by myself."
At this time, McGrady climbed up from the living room on the first floor to the second floor. He said: "Although the guards in Water Snake Town are relatively weak, they have strength in numbers. We are few in number, and there are me, Ruth, and Jessica." Burdens, if we want to do something, we can easily be defeated by each other. If adults and Harvey are worried about us three burdens being caught by each other, then you can only stay at home and not go anywhere. In fact, We are trapped by these 'trash' guards."
"Besides, what we eat and drink can easily be manipulated. They have all kinds of dirty and despicable ways to deal with us."
Maddie paused and said with a cold expression: "Sir, the Water Snake Town Guard is blatantly targeting us, and the longer it takes, the worse it will be for us. The Town Guard has issued an alarm that bandits are attacking the town, and the caravans and caravans stationed outside are The local residents are coming back one after another. The defensive force on the city wall is insufficient and there should be many loopholes. It may be us who break out tonight-->>
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Good opportunity. If necessary, please make up your mind to give up all the burdens in the team, including me! "
The old scout's view is not unreasonable. Today's Water Snake Town must be in chaos. The caravans and residents have to pack up the goods on the drying yard and move them into the town. People come and go, day and night. It can be said that tonight is the best time for Victor and his party to escape from the town. Once the armed caravan and local residents settle down, order will be restored in Water Snake Town, and everyone will enter a defensive state to be on guard against bandits. It will be more than ten times more difficult for them to leave Water Snake Town.
After hearing this, Victor smiled slightly and nodded: "You're right. But we can't run away like mice... Come on, you all come out with me and give it to those guys who have ill intentions towards us. Just a little color and see.”
Soldiers from the town guard were scattered in groups of three in the alleys in front and behind the rental houses. They wore light armor and carried round shields, one-handed spears and short swords. Such armed forces caused uneasiness among nearby residents. Some people took the initiative to inquire about the situation from familiar soldiers, but were all coldly rejected without exception.
News of Mayor Middleton's death has not yet been revealed, but the seriousness of the guards is enough to suggest that something big is going on nearby. And the rental house they surrounded became the center of attention, with countless pairs of eyes staring at it.
The wooden door with a layer of white paint was suddenly opened from the inside, and the three men and two women who rented this small building walked out of the house. Among them, Victor, who was the tallest, slender and tall, turned his eyes and locked eyes. He formed a guard and strode over with his companions.
The afternoon sun only illuminates half of the alley, and the rows of houses cast shadows behind the sun. In the alley where light and shadow intersect, Victor has a sword hanging on his waist and his well-made cowhide boots stepping on the cobblestone road as he walks forward with rustling footsteps. His expression was cold, and his handsome face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.
Seeing him leading the menacing Harvey and Maddie, as well as the two ladies whose faces were covered by wide-brimmed hats, to slowly come over, the three guards felt a chill in their hearts.
"Stop! What are you going to do?"
The youngest guard set up his shield and short spear, pointed the sharp spear tip at Victor a few steps away, and shouted loudly. His youthful face was distorted due to nervousness, and his trembling voice revealed his stern appearance.
A middle-aged guard with a beard next to him raised his muscular left hand, grabbed the young colleague's weapon, and pressed it down easily, signaling him not to provoke him. However, the young guard's expression of patience was not appreciated by Victor. He raised his hand and slapped the young guard hard on the left side of his face.
The crisp sound of "pop" was particularly harsh in the alley, and more people watching the excitement turned their attention here.
The mature guard's face was filled with astonishment. He clearly saw Victor's action of raising his hand and tried to dodge it, but the speed of the opponent's attack was as fast as his. Before he could even raise his head back, his own face was covered with solid metal. Got a big slap in the face.
It didn't hurt, but it was full of humiliation... The young guard's face turned red, not from the slap, but from anger.
"Pa", there was another clear and loud slap on the middle-aged guard's right cheek. This time, he was really angry. Just as he was about to reach out to draw out the dagger, he was slapped again on the left side of his face, interrupting his action of drawing out the sword.
"Pa", "pa", "pa", Victor opened his bow from left to right, and slapped the young guard in the face one after another. The slaps made him stagger from side to side, staggering, unable to make any movements, and even fell down. Everything is a luxury.
The two colleagues of the mature guard were shocked. They didn't expect that the usually majestic captain would be beaten to the point where he was unable to fight back, and he stood still and received the slap. At least, they and the ordinary people onlookers couldn't tell that Victor blocked all the reactions of the young guard with slaps one after another.
The cold light shining from Harvey's half-closed eyes made the two guards next to him dare not move. They could only watch helplessly as Victor knocked the captain to the ground and stepped on his swollen and red face. .
"Yesterday afternoon, a thief came into my house and stole my things. I don't expect you losers to catch the damn thief, so I'll beat you first to vent your anger. If I can't catch the thief, I'll look for you again. Captain Husserl settles the score...get out of here!" Victor arrogantly raised his boots and walked away with his men amid the whispers of the crowd of onlookers.
The surroundings were crowded with half-elves watching the fun. The middle-aged guard was so angry that his eyes blackened and he fainted on the ground.
Of course, the town's garrison cannot be compared with the alliance's elite legion, but they are not all useless. For example, the Water Snake Town Guard has two squadrons, with a total of 184 people. Most of the guards are newcomers who have only received military training, and the remaining soldiers are the awakened ones. There are relatively few professionals in the town guard. They serve as captains of each squad and lead 30 to 40 guards respectively.
Victor and the young guard were strangers to each other and had no personal grudges. But he could tell from the body shape and mental outlook of the young guard that he was a low-level professional.
Normally, a professional's personal strength determines his status in the military.
Victor openly humiliated a professional guard today just to disgrace the Water Snake Town Guard.
He possesses memory fragments of the King of Gnolls. In the Gnolls group, if two Gnolls fight each other and decide the winner, the remaining members of the group will take the opportunity to use fangs and claws on the loser to suppress it. The status in the group means that you can take an extra bite when dividing the meat in the future.
In fact, "beating up a drowned dog" and "breaking down a wall and pushing everyone to push it" are not exclusive to the jackal tribe. The same applies to the half-elf society.
There are less than two hundred members of the Water Snake Town Guard, with ordinary half-elf soldiers making up the majority. If they didn't have a third-level mirror-centered warrior, Victor and Harvey could defeat the entire guard by relying on the intricate street terrain.
However, even though Guard Captain Husserl lacks prestige in Water Snake Town, he still represents the Fallen Leaf City Council and has an official background. Victor, on the other hand, has no influence in Water Snake Town and is an outsider. In contrast, the locals were more likely to trust Husserl and his guards than the stranger Victor.
So Captain Husserl can build momentum, and in fact, he has already begun to do so.
The members of the town guard only surrounded Victor's rental house without taking any extra measures, but the surrounding neighbors pointed fingers at them and became suspicious. When martial law is implemented in Water Snake Town, the guards announce the murder of the mayor, and then take the lead in investigating the spies of the bandit gang, then Victor and the others will become the primary suspects.
Under this situation, the townspeople, armed caravans, and adventure groups all stared at Victor and each other. Anyone who dares to speak a few words of justice for Victor will be suppressed and ostracized by the entire Water Snake Town. In order to prove that they have nothing to do with the murderer of the mayor, they not only have to draw a clear line with Victor, but also show full hostility.
Then, everyone became very united because of the commonality of hostility and isolation of Victor, like an iron plate without gaps.
If you don't knock down the drowned dog, you will be the drowned dog's accomplice; if you don't knock down the dangerous wall, you and the dangerous wall will be knocked down together.
The tendency of socialized intelligent creatures to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages has always been this way.
Those who can turn the tide are heroes, but heroes are rare after all. If we can't make any changes, we have no choice but to follow the trend and become part of the "trend".
Captain Husserl attempted to create external pressure and divert internal conflicts. This kind of Machiavellian method can be said to be tried and true, but it is a bit too simple for Victor, so simple that he can resolve it easily.
The use of power is like one of his instincts. Without too much thinking, he can always accurately find the weak links in his opponent's setup and change the situation that is unfavorable to him.
The Water Snake Guards can build momentum, and Victor can also take advantage of it. Slapping the Water Snake Guards in the face was his first step to take advantage of the situation.
Harvey glanced back at the chaotic crowd behind him and asked excitedly: "Sir, where are we going now?"
Victor raised the corner of his mouth slightly and smiled confidently: "Go to the Adventurer's Guild, offer a reward to catch the thief, and pay a visit to the bounty hunter... his name is Rhine."
