The hero with his back turned slowly turned around. He was a young man about the same age as him, with brown skin and obvious muscle outlines. The most eye-catching thing was his eyes.
Those were dragon-like vertical pupils.
"There is not much power left on Gulam. Remember, you only have one chance."
Hei Lang said with some joy, "Do you recognize me?"
"It's Gulam who recognizes you." The man murmured softly.
“Nothing in this world is permanent.
Even the holy sword used to slay dragons will lose its strength over time.
But the heroic spirit will follow mankind to the end.
Just do what you want to do."
Heilang's consciousness quickly returned to clarity. Although he had just been in that illusory world for a long time, the real world had actually only passed for a moment.
It was also at this moment that he felt the chill behind him that enveloped his whole body.
Although he didn't see the situation behind him, he almost without any hesitation pulled out the long sword wrapped in vines, and then blocked it behind him.
"Zheng~"
Although it has been sleeping in this land for nearly a thousand years, the blade still makes a sharp clanking sound.
The dragon's claws collided with the sword blade, and sparks flew everywhere.
But this time, the collision did not knock Hei Lang away directly. Instead, the two sides fought to a draw and were locked in a stalemate.
The assassins watching the battle from a distance opened their eyes slightly.
Hei Lang was also a little stunned at this moment. He felt a steady stream of power coming out of his body, helping him to resist the power of this giant dragon.
However, he did not hesitate. He remembered the warning of the man in the illusion and moved a short distance to the right, breaking away from the stalemate.
And Gulam also lit up with the radiance of magic power the moment his right foot landed. The sword body was shrouded in azure magic light, and the entire sword turned into a two-meter-long giant sword of light.
He stepped out with his left foot simultaneously, aiming at the dragon's chest and stabbing it.
You only get one chance.
He held his breath and concentrated all his energy on the dragon's chest.
He even felt that the passage of time around him had slowed down.
The wound on Zara's body that had just been cut by Char with his sword had already healed.
Not only is the dragon's defense powerful, but its recovery power is still terrifying.
However, if it was pierced by Gulam, who had once slain a dragon, the situation would be different.
Zara and the Nightmare Order behind him are the driving forces behind this war and are one of the reasons why this era is what it is today.
Killing him may not immediately change this era.
But his death will ring the first death knell for this era...
There was no hatred or murderous intent in Heilang's eyes, but only will without hesitation.
Because of this, his movements are clean and sharp, without any unnecessary parts.
Zara obviously wouldn't let the sword hit him. He tried to flap his wings to avoid it, but the next moment, he suddenly saw a pair of eyes.
A pair of eyes that look like a night sky without stars and moon, so vast and deep that one cannot see the boundaries.
At that moment, he discovered to his horror that he couldn't move. Although it was only for a moment, it was almost fatal to Heilang's speed at the moment!
Phew~
Zara opened her eyes suddenly, and her huge pupils shrank suddenly.
Then there was the sound of the sword penetrating into flesh, and countless hot blood spurted out from his chest, directly splashing on Heilang's body, turning him into a bloody man.
Zara looked at Gulam who stabbed his chest in disbelief, and Heilang holding the sword.
It seemed that he couldn't believe that after gaining such power, he would be killed by humans.
However, he felt that his strength was rapidly fading and his life was passing by.
The sword pierced his heart.
Heilang has eagle eyes, so he can identify his weaknesses immediately.
"no no."
Zara staggered back a few steps, Gulam still remained on his body, and Heilang slumped to the ground weakly, losing consciousness.
"You can't kill me, you can't kill me!!!"
Zara's trembling voice resounded throughout the treasure house, but then, he fell to the ground helplessly, his breath getting weaker and weaker.
Xia Ya didn't know when he appeared in front of him, and just looked at him quietly.
His vertical pupils were staring at Xia Ya, and he made a sound like an engine.
"Do you know what's behind me?
If you kill me, no one here will be able to escape. "
However, what surprised him was that there was no fear on Xia Ya's face. She didn't seem to be surprised, but she spoke slowly.
"Why do you think, I don't know?"
These were the last words Zara heard before she completely lost consciousness.
As he lost consciousness, under people's gaze, a black smoke surged out of the dragon body and flew straight towards Heilang, trying to penetrate into his body.
But no matter how hard Black Mist tried, he couldn't get in.
After a while, the black mist gradually condensed into the outline of a human face, but it was too blurry to see clearly.
The assassins watching all this obviously also saw the black shadow, and they didn't know what happened.
But soon, they remembered what the giant dragon said before it died.
Behind him, there is another existence.
He said that no one here can escape.
After realizing this, their breathing became stagnant and their bodies became a little tense.
This is completely beyond their understanding and ability to handle.
At this moment, they could only pin their hopes on the mysterious man who suddenly appeared.
It’s their mentor’s mentor.
The shadow's gaze searched the surroundings, and Zara's face emerged from the mist. His gaze was directly locked on Xia Ya.
The black shadow also followed his gaze and looked at Xia Ya. He looked at him up and down, but said nothing.
Xia Ya was the first to speak.
"Sorry, I also have some dream powers."
He was not surprised by the appearance of this dark figure.
In other words, when the nightmare that originally occupied the body of Marquis Aos appeared, he guessed that the mysterious organization might be related to another force in the underworld.
After Isabel fell into a long sleep, he became more certain of this guess.
That power comes from Thanatos' younger brother, Hypnos, the god of sleep.
It doesn't seem surprising that the leader of the Nightmare Cult would be left with some back-ups.
This is also the reason why Xia Ya asked Heilang to kill Zara.
This prevents him from being passive and puts him in a counterattack position.
In other words, this war and the witch hunt are actually indirectly related to Him.
However, Xia Ya has not yet figured out what his purpose is for doing all this.
"Who are you?" He asked.
The voice was very deep, like the voice after turning on a transformer.
"A passing tavern owner." Xia Ya said.
The black shadow stared at Char, as if wanting to imprint his mark on his mind.
"I remember you, human."
Char's eyelids closed slightly.
"It seems that you did not receive any warning from your brother."
The shadow's eyes narrowed slightly and stared at Xia Ya.
"who are you?"
The day Char defeated the Fire Demon, Isabel's body was also cursed simultaneously.
At that time, Semele saw the source of the curse and informed the two Death Gods to alert Thanatos.
Although Char is not the kind of person who is too self-centered, in terms of rational thinking, with Thanatos being so afraid of himself, he would at least warn his younger brother.
Judging from this guy's reaction, this should be the case
However, He had no intention of restraining himself.
"Go back and ask your brother." Xiaya said, "He will tell you."
"only"
He pointed at Zara in the thick fog, that was his soul.
"He, you have to stay."
The face in the thick fog stared at Xia Ya, silent and without saying a word.
Zara smiled disdainfully, "Who do you think you are? You can stay if you want me to stay?"
However, as he finished speaking, he felt his body light up and he was thrown out of the thick fog.
He looked at Zara in shock, "My Lord?"
The black shadow did not speak, but slowly disappeared in front of them.
What is in front of me is just a projection of that existing power.
Beings like them cannot easily come to this world.
Even the original God of Death came to this world after dividing his power.
And that power is naturally the key given to Xia Ya.
The power in front of me is mostly the power of dreams.
But unfortunately, Char has half of the nightmare blood, which may not be as good as the sleeping god, but it is still very easy to deal with this part of the power.
He knew that even if he did not abandon this person, he actually could not keep him.
But Zara obviously didn't know. After realizing that he had been abandoned, his eyes looked at Xia with a little more despair and fear.
But Xia Ya obviously ignored his meaning, but raised his hand to put him away directly.
His fate should be confused at this moment, because he intervened, so death did not come.
At that time, just hand over the soul to Semele for processing.
He will give him the treatment he deserves.
"Boom~"
As the black mist dissipated, the entire underground space began to shake violently.
Large rocks fell from above, and the lenses that refracted sunlight were shattered, plunging the entire space into absolute darkness.
Although it is very reasonable for this kind of ancient ruins of nearly a thousand years to collapse due to the battle just now, the occurrence of this collapse was too coincidental.
Xia Ya complained in her heart.
Collapse is not scary. What is scary is the collapse in absolute darkness. You know that there are dangers all around, but you don't know where to go. You can only wait for death in despair.
Therefore, the piercing screams and horrified shouts were buried in the roar of the basement collapse.
He looked at Cage, who was at a loss in the darkness not far away.
Clearly, this was an effect of his destiny.
In most treasure hunting movies, the protagonist never actually obtains the treasure, because the place where the treasure is found must collapse and be buried.
Some better endings are when the protagonist takes out some of the treasures that he took away from the ruins at the end.
Although he cursed in his heart, Xia Ya would not sit back and watch them all die here.
He turned into a thick mist and directly picked up Heilang who was lying on the ground. He also took the assassins and rushed out with Cage and placed them on the cliff of Lorelai.
At this moment, the outside sun has gradually set, and the afterglow of the setting sun hangs on the white clouds.
These assassins were all in shock. Their bodies were covered with dust from the collapse of the cave. Some were hit by rocks, and some had their heads broken and bleeding.
Cage also came back to his senses and looked at Xia Ya. Compared to the embarrassment of the people around him, Xia Ya looked out of place. His hair and clothes were always spotless, even after going through the kind of battle just now. .
Heilang's sister Hua Sha reacted and ran to Heilang's side excitedly.
"Brother! Brother!"
She looked at Hei Lang, who was covered in blood on the ground, and kept calling him, wiping her tears.
Following Hua Sha's call, Heilang's eyelids moved, and then he slowly opened his eyes. The first thing that caught his eye was Hua Sha, who was crying with tears on her face.
"Hwasa."
However, he didn't see joy on Hua Sha's face, but saw her eyes and mouth widened slightly.
"Brother, your eyes."
"What's wrong with my eyes?" Hei Lang said with some confusion.
The other assassins also gathered around at this moment, saying slightly surprised.
"Teacher, your eyes are different.
Some are very similar to the dragon's eyes. "
At this moment, the dark eyes turned into vertical pupils like dragons.
Heilang's vertical pupils shrank slightly.
The eyes of Siegfried that he saw in the illusion immediately appeared in his mind.
Cage walked over from one side, looked at his dark eyes carefully, and murmured in a low voice.
“In the legend, Siegfried slew the evil dragon Fafnir and bathed in the dragon’s blood. After that, he gained invulnerability and the ability to communicate with birds and beasts.
You have also slain the dragon and bathed in its blood.
Shouldn't it be?"
Hei Lang seemed to realize something. He directly took out his hidden sword and tried to lightly scratch his right hand.
However, not only did he not see any blood marks, there were not even white marks left. He did not feel any pain, as if someone had flicked his finger.
"Mentor!" Hoover came back to his senses and shouted happily, "You are invulnerable."
Heilang didn't speak, he looked at Xia on one side.
He didn't think that Char couldn't deal with the dragon. He could even use his clone to fight back and forth with the dragon, and he could easily break through its defense with swordsmanship.
He just deliberately gave this opportunity to him.
“Everything in this world follows the principle of equivalent exchange.
All the gifts of fate have their price tags secretly marked on them. "
Xia Ya looked at Hei Lang and spoke slowly.
"There is an area on your back that is not covered with dragon blood.
Therefore, your back will become your fatal injury, and you should pay attention to it in the future. "
Hei Lang nodded and kept these words in his heart.
"Your legend begins today.
I hope you can go all the way to the end..."
Xia Ya smiled and said, "Then, let's meet again when we are destined."
With that said, he was ready to leave this place.
"Wait!" Cage couldn't help shouting, "I have a lot to ask you."
"Let's talk about it later. Anyway, my tavern has always been there, hasn't it?
Just remember to bring enough money for drinks the next time you come. "Xia Ya said.
Cage said no more, he nodded and said, "Goodbye."
Then, under people's gaze, Xia slowly disappeared in front of their eyes.
(End of chapter)
