"Sir Lauren..."
Heavenly King City, hunting group headquarters, in Lauren's office.
Thunderstorms have been falling for days, making people panic. The fireplace was burning brightly, and Lauren sank into her chair, rubbing her brow irritably.
"Boom!"
Thunder sounded, and Lauren opened her eyes and looked at the figure standing at the door.
That's his lieutenant.
Lauren asked, "What's wrong?"
The adjutant looked livid: "A few more brothers died. Died of cardiac paralysis."
"..."
An unknown fire rushed straight to her forehead, Lauren's eyes were straight, and it took a lot of effort to restrain the anger!
He took a deep breath and asked: "How many brothers? How many are there?"
"Uh. Twenty-seven."
Bang!
With just one punch, Lauren broke the desk in front of him in half!
Amid the loud noise, he raised his head, his bloodshot eyes flashing with a beast-like luster: "How many? Twenty-seven?"
"……yes."
The adjutant was a little nervous and loosened his collar.
Training an adventurer costs a lot of money. The death of twenty-seven soldiers during a war is not something that can be easily accepted, let alone now when there is no war?
Lauren's family is not rich.
Twenty-seven people were one-tenth of his troops. How could he calm down!
The adjutant continued: "Sir Lauren, there is one more thing I have to report to you... We caught two deserters."
Lauren looked up sharply.
The adjutant waved his hand and shouted: "Bring us in!"
Two big men who were tied up staggered into the room. There was no shame on their faces, but a sense of lawlessness and ruthlessness on their faces.
Lauren didn't recognize them.
He sat behind the broken desk and looked at them with disdain: "Be cowardly before fighting and run away in embarrassment! Where is your honor as adventurers? Or...have I treated you badly?"
One person said loudly: "Sir Lauren, you have not treated us badly. The situation is really dangerous and we have to leave."
Another person also said: "You are treating our brothers as fools, so don't blame us for being unjust!"
Lauren narrowed her eyes, trying her best to contain her anger.
The latter person continued: "Mr. Lauren, you don't know how many brothers have died in the past two days, right? The brothers who were lively, talking and laughing one moment, suddenly clutched their chests and died on the spot the next moment! Afterwards, After investigation, you actually said that this was a sudden illness... Haha, what kind of sudden illness can cause an adventurer to die suddenly? What kind of emergency can cause dozens or twenty brothers to fall ill?"
Lauren has one head and two heads, so he really can't answer this question.
It's not that he can't say it or he doesn't dare to say it, it's mainly because he doesn't even know why. Their opponents are like the God of Death, silently harvesting human lives.
He was stunned for a moment and suddenly realized that the silence in the room was deafening!
He looked up and found his lieutenant silent.
The two glow guards who escorted the two people in were also silent.
The men, like the two deserters, looked up at Lauren, demanding answers.
No.
This is unreasonable.
Since ancient times, how can deserters question their leaders? The boy aggressively questioned Lauren. Regardless of whether he was right or wrong, the adjutant and the escort should give him a kick and scold him for being bold!
But what about now?
They were indifferent, they also wanted to know the answer——
How did the brothers who died suddenly in the past two days die?
Is there any way to deal with it?
Next……
Is it their turn?
Lauren wanted to get angry. He wanted to angrily accuse the people in front of him of being disrespectful. He even thought that it was not a fault for him to draw his sword and kill people now.
But he soon realized that he didn't have the energy to get angry.
"Heart paralysis. Even Lambo Elma, the divine sword of the Fourteenth Realm, died of heart paralysis..."
If this "curse" appears on Lauren, does he have the means to deal with it?
It seems, no.
Lauren sighed tiredly and said, "It's not that I'm hiding something, it's that I don't know what happened."
"..."
The adjutant was silent for a moment and boldly asked: "Sir Lauren, does the Arc Priest know about it? If she can come forward to comfort me, I think it can stabilize the morale of the army."
"Arclight will not show up. None of the senior cadres in the guidance team will show up."
In the flash of lightning, Lauren looked at the adjutant.
The smile on his lips was sarcastic: "No one can determine the cause of 'cardiac paralysis'. For the time being, we just think it is a curse. The people in the guidance group were worried about being infected and took the initiative to self-isolate. I heard that the big shots even did it themselves. I’m worried that the curse is related to food.”
Ah this.
The adjutant was at a loss: "Then let's..."
Lauren leaned over and couldn't pull out the desk drawer. He used his strength to take out a letter he had already written: "There is a pawn shop on Tianwang Avenue, the one with the blue curtain. That is Blood Rose specially left a communication channel for us, take this letter and give it to the shopkeeper."
The adjutant took it and saw six words neatly written on the envelope: "Your Majesty, General."
He looked up: "This is it?"
Lauren looked dejected, suddenly recalling the night when she and Arc Light went to meet the Dragon Strategist.
At that time, he thought General Tianwang was just a sick tiger without teeth.
but now……
He shook his head and said: "I can't understand the methods of General Tianwang. A legend is indeed a legend. A person who can bring a community to No. 1 and face the gods directly... after all, it is not something I can guess. I surrendered and surrendered. , I hope this letter can make him open his eyes and let me wait!"
"...I'll do it right away."
The adjutant nodded immediately, turned and left.
Lauren looked at the two deserters in the room, waved her hands, and said, "Kill them, and the pension will be doubled."
"yes."
The escort held down the two deserters and left the room.
The rain outside the window is getting heavier and heavier, becoming a downpour.
…
…
Tianwang City, Dragon Manor.
Zuo Chang was sitting in front of the stove. He lowered his head and looked at the god in his arms: "Can't you go out yet?"
The God of Heaven decisively refused: "No, this rain is the rain of reconnaissance, a magical spell performed by the Hesse clan, the descendants of the Water God. Once the two of us are exposed to the rain, they will immediately notice the specific location - at this stage, It’s better to keep a low profile and bide your time.”
Zuo Chang looked at the dark sky and asked, "Is their magic power infinite? How long will it rain?"
"Don't be anxious. We can stay home all this time, but can they keep raining?"
"..."
This seems to be the case.
"Father."
"General."
The door was opened, and Mayumi, Asuka, Dragon Strategist and War Demon returned at the same time. Zuo Chang asked: "Did you get the astrolabe?"
Long Strategist opened a sack in front of him and said: "The mission has been fulfilled. All the astrolabes have been retrieved."
Zuo Chang stretched his neck and took a look——
A pocket full of "astrology charts".
(End of chapter)
