Seeing Pullman's figure gradually blending into the environment and disappearing into the shadows, Serena ejected all the blades on her remaining arms and looked around nervously.
She never thought that one day she would end up in a situation where she was the enemy of her special talent. She knows better than anyone else that once the spell-breaking field is launched, it will be a fight to the death, and one cannot leave unless one party is eliminated or the caster allows it.
However, Serena was not afraid of this, but was a little excited. In this one-on-one duel, although the spell caster will indeed have a great advantage, in the face of the absolute strength gap, any technique will be in vain, just like his previous defeat to the red-haired villain. Same;
Although he has lost one hand now, the other person holding the little girl also only has one hand. Coupled with the huge gap between the mechanical body and the mortal body, it is not certain who will have the last laugh.
"Come on, little handsome boy, let's hug my sister and have a hearty hand-to-hand fight. I don't know if it's your big gun that's hard, or my blade that's sharp. I can't wait to go in and out of your body~"
Serena whispered teasing words, but did not dare to neglect. She turned on the power of the mechanical eyes and body parts to the maximum, and closely monitored the movements around her.
However, time passed by minute by second, and there was silence in the darkness. She never waited for the other party to launch an attack. Waiting and waiting, Serena suddenly thought of something and suddenly realized;
This extremely advanced forbidden technique consumes one-fifth of the caster's lifespan, and is usually used to kill people or at more critical moments. However, if the opponent is willing to pay such a price and use it as a smoke bomb, then he can just lock the target in the shadow space from the beginning.
"Unless the caster allows it", which means that if the other party's purpose was to escape from the beginning and had no interest in defeating him, he would have fled with the little girl long ago.
Serena tried for a long time, but was unable to do anything about the shadows surrounding her. She is very familiar with this typical Brotherhood secret formation technology, and now she can only wait until the domain energy is exhausted to resolve it.
It was early morning several hours later when she saw the real sky again. In the western sky, the red sun is slowly rising.
On the roof in front of them, there were only fragments of the destroyed puppets. Pullman and Marissa had already disappeared. Guards were shouting in the streets below, looking for the bomber and the missing mayor.
After Serena was silent for a while, she laughed loudly and shouted, "Two cuties, we will have a chance to meet again!"
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Two days later.
As the rebels successively broke through the outer defense line of the county guards, the battle line had reached the edge of the town. The smoke of the rebel siege troops could already be seen in the distance, and dull sounds of gunfire and magic explosions could be heard from time to time in the sky.
The Heishan County Government is mobilizing all its forces, intending to rely on its solid city walls and intricate streets to resist. The streets were full of guard soldiers who were urgently deployed, and dense carriages and magic stone carts were constantly transporting arms and magic materials to various defense areas. Lines of defense and trenches were dug out of the originally flat road, some houses were demolished, and rubble and wooden beams were piled into bunkers to protect the newly built sentry towers and bunkers.
Under the confrontation between the two armies, the remaining townspeople gave up their illusions. Together with the group that had already evacuated, more than half of the residents in the town had fled with their families in a hurry.
Most of those who were able to leave were relatively wealthy people with sufficient money and vehicles, but there were still tens of thousands of residents who were unwilling to give up their homes and property, or were unable to leave on their own. Most of them are gathered in slums, and a considerable number of them are victims of the blight disease and homeless wanderers. They choose to hide on the spot and continue to stay in this place that is about to be engulfed by the flames of war.
At this time, in the slum area of Heishan Town, many guards were walking on the streets, setting up checkpoints everywhere to check on pedestrians passing by.
That's because two nights ago, there were continuous explosions and riots near the Bell Tower Church, and all streets in the town have been placed under county martial law. In name, it was strictly to prevent rebel spies from infiltrating, but soldiers and residents were secretly spreading the truth from word to mouth;
That night, when Mayor Ernest was found after a drug overdose, he was naked and twitching on the bed in the church bedroom. Under the delicate cries of the church nuns, the gunshots, explosions and blown-up courtyards were all attributed to the spies of the rebels who had sneaked into the town.
Everyone knows that in the Black Dragon Coup in Stormwind City not long ago, the mayor's wife's family, who was born in the noble family of Elvin, lost power. The mayor took the opportunity to drive her back to her family, and he finally had the opportunity to have public and private meetings with many lovers. This astonishingly beautiful nun with silver hair and purple eyes is the mayor's favorite concubine recently. In order to avoid being seen by others, the mayor removed the defense of the entire neighborhood in advance in order to avoid being seen.
After waking up, Ernest was furious. The gangster spies sneaked in and had an affair with him. No matter what happened, it was unforgivable. The city hall was immediately ordered to deploy a large number of guards to block the streets and checkpoints, and any suspicious persons found would be directly detained and dealt with. During these two days, many innocent people were arrested on baseless suspicions based on trivial charges. The prisons were overcrowded, and many were even executed without trial.
A man, his face covered by a hat and scarf, hurried through the tense streets carrying a bag. He cleverly used vehicles and corner cover to bypass checkpoints and battle lines.
But when passing the intersection, I happened to see a group of patrolling guards coming towards me. Seeing him, the soldiers immediately shouted for him to stop and gathered around him.
The man was unmoved, turned around and ran faster in the other direction. Behind him, the guard drew his sword and rushed after him. Turning the corner, he jumped onto the wall with agility and landed quietly on the other side. After a moment, the shouting guards ran over.
After a while, he turned back from behind the wall. After looking around, he lowered his hat and walked quickly deeper into the alley.
Arriving at an abandoned old inn somewhere, the man carefully checked behind him to make sure it was safe, then came to the door and knocked three times. Then he said the secret code to the crack of the door, and the door was opened immediately. He quickly entered and the door was closed again.
In the inn, Pullman untied his hat and scarf, placed the package on the table and unwrapped it, revealing several healing runes and some herbs. With the war in chaos and martial law everywhere, this was the limit of what could be done, and it took a lot of risks.
Because the road out of the city was blocked, Pullman and others who came to pick up Marissa were temporarily trapped in the city. In addition, Marissa was still unconscious due to serious injuries, so the soldiers of the escort team disguised themselves and hid in an old inn, which was once a secret foothold of the Beggar Gang.
Pullman poured the herbs into the cauldron and asked the other soldiers, "Is little Martha awake yet?"
The soldiers sighed and shook their heads. That night, Marissa was seriously injured. Half of her ribs were broken, and the broken bone was inserted into her lung. Although the trauma was urgently cured with magic, he is still in a coma and has a high fever. She was very popular among the rebels, and the soldiers were so angry that they wanted to avenge her immediately.
A soldier clenched his fists angrily and said, "That half-human, half-machine crazy woman, the deputy gang leader in Xishan should have listened to Keith and shot her to death. It's a pity that not only did she lose the life of a comrade in vain, but now she is in trouble." The Lord is still injured like this, I really want to settle the score with her right away!"
Pullman advised, "We are behind enemy lines. Let alone action, it is not easy to go out. When Martha gets better, we will find a way to leave as soon as possible."
