Unfortunately, before the girl’s hand could even touch the gun handle, Linley gently slapped it away. “Just take a look. Why are you still thinking about touching it? I don’t care about my dignity.”

After saying that, the hunter pressed down the Sarkaz girl’s hand holding the launcher, and the two looked at each other silently: “Should I say long time no see?”

“Do you want me to say something flirtatious like your beauties?” W said with a weird smile, “That’s a pity. Sarkaz mercenaries like us never say such things.”

“I know, so I didn’t expect ivory to come out of a dog’s mouth.” The hunter said as he grabbed the Sarkaz’s hand and led him slowly to the edge of the rooftop: “So why did you come to Londinium? According to my thinking, you should have fled far away after Chernobog.”

“You are not planning to join the regent’s men, are you?”

“I’ve already given that regent a lot of face by not putting a basket of explosives under his bed!” W sneered and said, “I came to Londinium because of that old woman. I have a lot of things to ask her, or rather, more than just her.”

Sarkaz hugged the hunter’s arm and smiled mischievously, “It’s been so long, you haven’t gotten that old woman into bed yet, have you?”

“Why do I feel like you care so much about Kal’tsit?” Linley tilted his head and asked in return.

“After all, I am more eager than anyone to see that old woman make a fool of herself.” W curled her lips in dissatisfaction, then looked at the man beside her expectantly: “So is there a way?”

“Ahem, I can only say it’s almost there.”

“(ˉ▽￣～) Tsk~~, boring.” The Sarkaz girl smacked her lips: “I was thinking that if this old woman has been coaxed into bed by you, I will find a chance to give you some…”

‘boom’

Linley gave the person beside him a slap without hesitation: “Isn’t this something we should be discussing right now? And why drugging?”

“It’s called adding some fun to life, don’t you understand?” W said confidently, “Or do you have something very important to say? Neither the little rabbit nor the resistance army is ready to rescue the woman named Heidi. Any plan is meaningless, right?”

“Heidi, is that the messenger?” Linley stroked his chin. “It seems like you have more information than them.”

“After all, I don’t have much chance to crawl into the sewer pipe like a rat, so I have more chances to get information from those Sarkaz and civilians.” W said lightly, “After all, Sarkaz mercenaries like us are homeless people.”

“If you’re happy, Rhodes Island can…”

“My home is called Babel, Dredger.” W sighed, “But that home has been destroyed. The people I followed back then…”

“Theresa?”

“Yes, it seems that Kal’tsit and Amiya have told you a lot of things.” The girl nodded, and her hand was still tightly grasping Lin Lei’s arm, just like a person hanging on a cliff holding tightly to his safety rope.

“I guess I haven’t told you about what happened before.” W’s voice was calm, but her red eyes were not firm. It was not a wonderful story of a girl who survived the war.

This story not only involves the regent and the deceased princess, but also the lamb named Ines and the mercenary named Hedley.

“Hedley, has he also been in the Reunion Movement like you?” Linley stroked his chin, thinking about what words he should use to tell her that he had seen the red-haired mercenary these past two days.

“Yeah, a guy with red hair and a giant sword, but he got back to Londinium before me.” W looked confused, “What happened?”

“What would you think if I said I just met him today?”

“Where and with whom have you seen him?”

“Manfred is the general on the high wall.” Linley pointed to the wall that was so high that it reached the sky. Even though W could not see as far as the Pegasus, he could still see the heads of the Sarkaz moving around. “Your companion is now serving as the general’s bodyguard.”

“Tracy spared his life and allowed him to roam around in Londinium. Has he become senile?” W forced a smile on her face, but she held Linley’s hand even harder. “But it’s true. After all, he is just a Sarkaz mercenary. I should have expected him to be bribed by the Regent.”

“Then have you seen the lamb with white legs and sharpened horns that looks like a Sarkaz?”

“Although I really want to say that I saw her, I didn’t.” Linley said as he gently stroked the girl’s head with his free hand. “I don’t know whether the girl you mentioned is dead or ran away.”

“Tressis’ trust is not so cheap.” W’s body trembled slightly. “It is very unlikely that Ines will survive if Hedley can follow the general that the regent trusts the most so freely.”

“Drejie…I…”

“Just call me Lin Lei. I think the relationship between us shouldn’t be that unfamiliar, right?” Lin Lei turned around and hugged the trembling female warrior in his arms. “You want to kill Hedley?”

“If what he did is true, then I will definitely kill him. Only I can kill him.” W buried her head in the hunter’s chest. Light energy gradually flowed out of Lin Lei’s body and then flowed into the girl’s body to calm her emotions. “Then, Lin Lei, I will need your help later.”

“no problem.”

“But before that, I will help the little rabbit and the old woman rescue the little kitten named Heidi.” Sarkaz raised his head, and the trembling in his red eyes was gone. What was left was unparalleled persistence: “But it’s a pity that my only name is W, and you can only call me W.”

068. Demon King

“You know, I’ve always envied Hedley and Inès.” W was curled up in Linley’s arms like a hamster, with her round buttocks pressed tightly against the hunter’s thighs.

“Because they have a name, and I have nothing but this code name.”

The girl is not that heavy, and it doesn’t feel like holding cotton in your arms. Instead, she is quite elastic.

Linley just hugged W and knocked his head against the other’s fluffy head with a faint fragrance: “Have you ever thought about giving yourself a name?”

“Naming is not a replacement, and I heard that naming is usually done by one’s parents.” W sneered, “But unfortunately, I have never seen them, just like most of the Sarkaz.”

But then the girl’s voice became even softer: “But I still want a name… Hey, Lin Lei.”

“what happened?”

“If I ask what I want to ask, can you give me a name?” W raised his head, his blood-red eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky.

“Of course.” Linley chuckled and said, “I’ll think about it for you.”

“Then you have to think about it carefully. If I’m not satisfied, I will plant bombs around you and send you to the sky!” Sarkaz then showed a smile that was not much different from her usual smile, and then she got out of the man’s arms like a loach:

“Huh… If I stay in your arms, I’m afraid I won’t have the thought of moving at all.” W said while looking at the other’s crotch: “By the way, you are not impotent, right? Then I am very worried about my future life~”

When Linley heard this, he was not surprised. “Don’t worry, it will stand up when it’s time, and it will definitely be bigger than you think.”

“Oh↓oh↑?” W made a strange sound as expected: “Then I’ll just believe it for now. See you later, Lin Lei.”

“See you later.” Linley responded softly, his eyes looking towards the Shard Building where he had shot the arrow earlier. That building could even be called a landmark of the entire Londinium. At least from the outside it did not seem to have suffered any damage. It looked like someone had stopped the arrow before it reached the building.

I just wonder how much they will have to pay in order to stop the arrows he shoots with the light energy he condenses?

“Theresis… and Theresia.” Linley shook his head and stood up slowly. All the things that happened before he came to Terra seemed to be coming to him little by little. “But they all said that the founder of Rhodes Island is dead, but why do I always feel that something is wrong?”

In the hunter’s perception, in addition to the auras that were as ancient and powerful as those of the Scavenger Kings he had seen, there were two auras that were no less powerful than those of the Lords of the Royal Court. If nothing unexpected happened, one of them was the Regent.

So who is the remaining one?

It can’t be that this is some hidden master who suddenly appeared from some corner, right?

And that aura that seemed to be lingering like a ghost was not right no matter how you looked at it! Linley stood on the rooftop, and at this time, gusts of wild wind blew up, and the sky even began to rain heavily, which had not been seen for a long time.

……

“Tracy, they are howling and afraid.”

A Sarkaz woman with long pink and white hair and a delicate face stood quietly in front of the window, watching the heavy rain. In a place that no one else could see, countless dead souls were wailing, lamenting, and roaring around this woman…

Theresa, the former Demon King, Amiya’s mentor, and the ruler of the Sarkaz, said: “That light came from the Sadien District, which is also the place where the resistance is most intense at the moment.”

The pair of pink eyes looked at the completely silent city with indescribable tenderness: “Manfred can’t handle this matter, do you want me to go over?”

At this time, there was a sound of iron boots stepping on the ground behind the woman, and a strong and steady voice expressed a completely different opinion:

“It’s not the time for the real war to begin, so how can the monarch go to the front line in person?” The regent named Tresis said calmly, “But I already have some ideas about which faction that person belongs to.”

“Rhodes Island?” Theresa closed her eyes. “In the past, there has never been such a person in the Tower of Babel.”

“Yes, if such a person existed, we wouldn’t have started that meaningless civil war.” Tracys walked to his sister and stood shoulder to shoulder with her: “That guy’s code name is Dredger. It can be said that all the current operations related to Rhodes Island are related to him…especially…”

“Especially after they brought the Doctor back?”

“That’s right. How many people do you think we need to suppress such a monster?”

“To defeat such a monster, we need a united Sarkaz court, just like the six heroes back then.” Theresa’s voice was still calm, and there was no trace of her feelings for Rhodes Island in her tone: “But he still has his own weaknesses, and these weaknesses are not in himself.”

“Rhodes Island. If we control Rhodes Island, we can control the monster that almost made the two Lords of the Royal Court temporarily lose their fighting power with just one arrow.”

Tracy was not surprised at all by this answer. He thought it was the best solution at the moment. “The Lord of the Royal Court will fight with us, but they will not be as united as they were back then… In addition, the Blood Demon Lord has left the central city and is heading towards the Sadien District.”

“Is this your arrangement?”

“No, it should be said that this is the Blood Demon Lord’s own idea, and now the entire Sadien District does need a Lord of the Royal Court as a backer, right? So I didn’t stop him.” Tracys said lightly: “If you have any objections, just speak up, just like in the past.”

“They are afraid and trembling… and the actions of the Blood Demon Lord are likely to create another figure in my mind.” Theresa pointed to her head with no expression on her face: “Theresa, he will die miserably, this is my premonition.”

“This storm that we caused is about to take a different turn.”

069. Shapeshifter Cluster

“I still remember your name.” Linley stood on the rooftop, letting the heavy rain soak his clothes and hair. His eyes, flashing with black and red electric currents, looked across the raindrops at the woman who was also hiding under the hood.

“Although you have never spoken to me or looked for me.” The hunter spun the dagger in his hand, and the ruby-like blade directed the rain to both sides: “Then why is Ascalon, the real manager of SWEEP, appearing in front of me now?”

The assassin, who was always quicker to act than to talk, slowly walked out of the shadows, his long wine-red hair soaked by the rain. “I just came out of the palace in Londinium.”

“Did you see the Regent?” Linley blinked, but Askalon simply stated the facts expressionlessly:

“No, but I met the leader of the Absolvers, and I couldn’t go any further. He stopped me.” Askalon took a step forward, his towering legs almost touching Linley’s chest. “I might need your help then.”

“My help? What do you want to do? Kill the Regent?” Linley touched his nose and lowered his head. “If that’s all you want, I will do it myself if necessary. You don’t have to do it.”

“No, I want to find out what the Pardoner is hiding.” The assassin shook his head. “His attitude is very strange. As for Your Highness…it all depends on how Amiya plans to deal with it. I won’t make any moves before Amiya makes her own decision.”

The woman’s attitude was cold and resolute, like a weapon that had found its target. Linley still remembered the file Kelsey had handed him and the other person’s sigh:

“Neither Theresa nor I wanted her to become a pure sword, but during the war, she still became what she is now.”

“Ah, Ascalon.” Linley also sighed. “So what do you want me to do?”

“Protect W, and Hedley must not die.” Ascalon stared at the hunter: “I know you have this ability. There may not be anyone more powerful than you in the entire Rhodes Island, so you can definitely do this.”

“It sounds like there’s something going on between them.” Linley nodded. “But I promise you this.”

“I used to be Hedley and W’s direct superior, and I know most of their personalities and ideas.” After seeing Linley’s agreement, Askalon turned around and walked downstairs without hesitation. “Whether it’s Hedley or W, or the seemingly dead Inès, they all have their own beliefs. These things have supported them to this day, so I will give them one more chance.”

“As for Manfred, I will keep an eye on him for you… But, Dredger, remember to be careful. The other girl named Heidi should be in the alcohol production plant in Sadien District now. If nothing goes wrong, both the Self-rescue Army and the Doctor will be there next. You can go there in advance.”

The assassin’s figure had disappeared, but her voice was still echoing in the hunter’s ears: “I’m afraid some of the lords of the royal court in Londinium can no longer wait to come over. That golden arrow is indeed a good announcement for your appearance.”

“You don’t need to tell me about this kind of thing.” Linley gave a bitter smile and stood on the edge of the rooftop with his back to the street before falling straight down—just like those assassins who jumped down from a tall tower.

However, there were no haystacks in the city, and the hunter had no intention of making the “leap of faith” to the end, even though the feeling of the wind and rain whistling past his ears was quite nice.

‘Snapped! ‘

Linley dropped to the ground like a cat. At this moment, the streets were empty. There were no civilians, no Sarkaz soldiers, and no mercenaries. “An alcohol production plant? This place doesn’t seem to be suitable for Londinium now.”

The hunter sighed as he put on his hood. The scorching sunlight evaporated the water droplets on the man’s body in the next second, and the psychic energy turned him into a ghost like Askalon. Neither the small puddles on the ground nor the falling raindrops could leave any traces on Lin Lei’s body.

“It’s about four blocks from here, and the doctor’s movement speed is quite even. It looks like she’s walking downstairs… I don’t know if the doctor’s body can handle it.”

……

When Linley arrived at the abandoned alcohol factory at a speed far exceeding that of the Rhodes Island team, the general in luxurious armor was walking towards the interior of the factory with his men, and standing next to him was a soldier from the Self-Defense Army – at least that’s what he looked like.

At the same time, waves of wailing were heard from the factory, but the sound was getting weaker and weaker, perhaps because they could not bear the unspeakable torture.

But this was just an appearance. Linley could be sure that the soldier standing shoulder to shoulder with Manfred was definitely not the “Old Bill” who had stood in the Self-Defense Army camp before – because both the spirit and the energy within this body were definitely not that of the warrior holding the baseball bat.

“So what exactly are you?” The hunter asked himself as he walked slowly behind the two men, holding the dagger tightly. “What are you going to do?”

“Sir… please don’t scare my soldiers any more. They are already on edge enough.” There was a hint of helplessness in Manfred’s voice, which was something Linley had never seen on the high wall. In addition to helplessness, there was also a hint of respect in this tone.

Could it be that the guy who could make the Sarkaz general show such an expression is the Lord of the Royal Court?

But then this idea was shattered by Linley himself—because whether in terms of inner energy or temperament, this ‘Warrior Bill’ was different from the Patriot and the Scavenger King he had met before. At this time, this man spoke:

“Okay, okay, we just don’t want to be late. After all, listen, the person inside is silent.”

The sound was exactly the same, but the hunter felt that it was composed of thousands of sounds combined together, just like the soul he felt – thousands of consciousnesses merged into one.

“So… is your power as sharp as that winnower’s first knife?” Linley raised his foot with full malice and kicked the other man’s butt!

070. If you show off, I’ll let you fly!

Without any warning, this Sarkaz immortal who was wandering outside the royal court flew high up, and then his head seemed to be hit by a baseball bat, and his whole body spun in the air like a top!

“boom!”

Bill’s body was embedded in the ground. Almost subconsciously, Manfred, who was standing beside him, had already drawn his sword. His voice was more cautious than ever before: “Drejie?!”

“I’m really astonished that you can still remember my name despite your busy schedule, General Manfred.” Linley smiled softly as he appeared. He now had one foot on Bill’s back and lowered his head to ask, “What’s your name?”

“Generally speaking, shouldn’t you get off someone first before asking their name?” Bill’s voice was quite calm, as if the power that was just enough to allow an ordinary person to go directly to see his ancestors had no effect on him at all.

“At least take off this skin before you talk to me.” Linley sneered, “I’m not interested in talking to a guy who’s wearing someone else’s clothes. Or do you want me to tell you his identity?”

The hunter drew out the thorn and pointed it at Manfred, who also drew out his sword: “Don’t tell me he is also a lord of the royal court?”

“We are a group of shapeshifters. If you want, you can consider us as a member of the royal court… although we never care about such things.” With a wriggling, ‘Bill’ disappeared under the hunter’s feet.