Chapter 452: The Man Who Could Not Become a Hero, Visitors on a Rainy Night

late at night,
The rain hasn’t stopped.

The rain and fog in the hilly town of Riley became thicker.

The rain fell gently and patiently.

Ober was a little anxious.

More than three hours had passed, but he still hadn’t seen Alexander the Third of the Northern Gods.

Obel and Beishen III haven’t seen each other for a long time.

Although they once had a master-disciple relationship, and Oberle had been taught by the other when he was a teenager in his early years, it was also thanks to him that his basic swordsman skills were honed to a solid level.

But later, when he was brought to the Kitagaya Ryu main dojo by Kitagaya III, he didn’t know what happened.

Obel became the disciple of Beishen II in a daze.

Later, he transitioned from the practical school to the extraordinary school.

The focused swordsmanship techniques have also turned into some fantastic ideas based on off-board moves.

However, Obel did not regret learning from Beishen II.

Because in his opinion, Beishen III’s core combat skills ultimately fell on the physique of the undead demons. For humans, when the physical body has a limit, if they want to go further, they will ultimately have to rely on external objects to improve.

Mortals are like this. Ober knew very well that he did have some talent for learning swordsmanship, but it was just some.

There is a limit to what ordinary people can do.

Even today, he still occasionally recalls the time when he was a teenager training with Beishen III:
The other party always shouts something like “I, Alexander, want to be a hero.” Then he stays outside the maze and chooses to complete the maze alone.

Then, usually within a quarter of an hour, he would return from the maze with missing limbs, shouting, “Ober, how is it?!”

It seemed like a fascinating and enviable scene at the time, but now it seems a bit absurd when I think about it.

But no matter what, Obel, who is now middle-aged, feels that this is a good opportunity to reunite with the other party.

Now I can calmly say to him as the Northern Emperor:

——”Under the guidance of the gods, I defeated the ‘savior’ who has become famous in recent days. Does this count as a heroic act together with Lord Beishen?”

And what kind of facial expression would Lord Beishen show after hearing these words?
Was he angry, accusing himself of not being so obsessed with the Qiba Sect’s methods? Instead, he watched Lord Beishen defeat the “savior” head-on in a dignified manner?
After talking to the other party, he said, “But in this case, according to the gods, Allen is not very interested in fame, and he will not choose to fight a life-and-death duel with you, an undead demon.”

Then, would his face change as he did in the past, followed by two dry laughs, patting himself on the shoulder, and praising himself for being prudent and thorough with his still childish face?
This is more desirable than employment for money.

Lord Beishen is an interesting person.

But why hasn’t he come yet?

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Watchtower.

Ober held onto the dilapidated window with his hand and looked out.

The town is very small, and the road to the north outside the watchtower is also very narrow. There is only one road, and on both sides are irrigation canals that were diverted from natural rivers.

The river surface was dark and deep, but thanks to the high terrain of the watchtower, Obel’s eyesight was still able to see whether there was anyone approaching the village entrance more than ten meters away.

The watchtower at the northern entrance of the village of Riley was chosen by him for this purpose.

According to what the gods said, Lord Beishen III will return from here.

I did not inform Lord Beishen in advance that he would come here, but he clearly said that if he defeated the “savior”, he would tell my master about the situation here, so that he would take the initiative to look for me.

But why, four hours have passed, and there is still no sign of Lord Beishen?

Aubert held the window sill, the rain dripped on the back of his hand, and the rotten, broken and blackened window frame made a creaking sound.

Could it be that he was really defeated as the gods said?
It’s impossible. Lord Beishen possesses the Wanglong Sword and is the strongest Beishen swordsman in the world as far as he knows.

There was no way he could lose.

That is Wang Long’s sword, the most powerful “external object”.

He can’t lose!!
“Please, don’t kill us, don’t kill my children. Please, let them go.”

As I was thinking about this, I heard faint murmurs and whimpers from the side.

Obert turned his eyes to the side.

I saw that Lilia, who was tied up with Senis, had woken up. The blood around her mouth had dried up, and she was begging me in a listless manner.

The blonde girl behind her was trembling and crying.

Obel looked at Senis, who made him most wary. The former member of the Black Wolf Fang just looked at Lilia stupidly.

hostage
What if that ‘savior’ really trapped Lord Beishen by some means and came to Riley Town?

Should he continue to follow the instructions of God and kill these hostages in front of the exhausted ‘Savior’, and then kill him?

Ober’s eyes were dim in the darkness, and the flickering electric light illuminated the tattoo on his face.

The tattoo was twitching slowly.

Obert stopped his right eye from twitching.

The current situation is that there are currently loopholes in the instructions of the gods. Does that mean that his so-called ‘exhaustion and his inability to resist you’ will also have loopholes?
It was impossible for him to defeat Lord Beishen. The only possibility was to use some method similar to that of the Qiba Sect to trap the more reckless Lord Beishen.

In this way, if the opponent still has some strength left.
Can I still kill the ‘savior’?

Obert was silent for a moment, and glanced at the red-haired girl who had been lying on the ground four hours ago with a completely lifeless face.

He leaned against the wall and began to meditate. After a while, he fell into a light sleep while still maintaining a certain degree of alertness to his surroundings.

——For Ober, who likes assassinations, this vigilant rest mode is the result of years of training.

If the person being assassinated is very powerful or has many guards, and there is no good opportunity to attack, Ober will choose to hide, wait for the opponent to take the bait, and then kill him with one blow and retreat.

But this requires him to be alert to his surroundings in real time in order to capture the most appropriate moment.

Using fragmented time to rest and replenish physical strength is the basic skill of this assassination mode.

It is very Beishenliu and Qibapai style, and completely in line with Obel’s painstaking efforts and the good reputation he has received from his clients.

He worked as a killer and earned money from the hired masters.

Then of course we should be responsible for them.

Of course, the most basic premise is to complete the task quickly and well while ensuring your own safety.

If you lose your life, no matter how good your reputation is, it will be useless.

Then, five minutes later, Ober opened his eyes.

His expression became more solemn.

He still couldn’t find the figure of God in his dream.

Now that I think about it, the “special commission” I received this time was very strange. Why did I believe in the other party’s words and deeds unilaterally? Even if He paid 5000 gold coins in advance, it was still not worth the risk. Why did I trust Him so much at that time and readily agreed to the other party’s request? ?

Thinking of this, Ober’s face turned very ugly.

A word popped into his mind.

——’Abandoned’.

Ober moved his feet and hurried to the south side of the watchtower, looking at the town in the rain through the window.

The rain kept falling and the town was dead silent.

He knew very well that the refugees in the town had left the town one after another in the first half of the night and headed for the town of Steele in the south.

The reason was that after the adventurers he had killed had their fun, they revealed a message to a woman who had a disability on her foot and could not be sold at a high price, so he did not want to take her away.

——”Since you have cooperated, I will mercifully tell you a piece of news.

A breakout battle is about to break out in the north in the second half of the night. The mercenary king Malchiyuan can no longer hold on to his territory and continue fighting. As their previous temporary mercenary army, his soldiers seem to be demoralized and all of them are afraid of war.

Before we escaped, Malchiyuan had divided his soldiers into two groups. One group tried to break out in the direction of the three refugee towns, and the other group tried to break out along the coastline to the east of Fisher Town. If you stay in the south town of Steele, which is backed by the mountains and forests, you still have a chance of survival. At that time, the worst that can happen is you can escape to the mountains.

But if you continue to stay in Riley Town, then, haha, those soldiers who are about to collapse will not be as merciful as me! Run away! If you see me again next time and you are still alive, you have to thank me for your kindness, hahaha!”

Ober couldn’t laugh. He didn’t want to be trapped in the chaos of war.

With his strength, facing the enemy head-on would not put his life in danger, but for Obel, who relies on strange and clever skills to survive and has a small reserve of fighting spirit, this would undoubtedly consume a lot of his physical strength and fighting spirit.

If the ‘savior’ happens to arrive at that critical moment.

That’s trouble.

Thinking of this, Ober was silent for a moment, his eyes narrowed.

He turned to look at Senis and others behind him. Lilia was still looking at Aixia, who was kneeling on the ground with a pale face and begging.

But Senis was looking straight at her without her knowing it, her eyes still lifeless.

At this moment, I don’t know whether I am just being paranoid or if it is true.

Obel felt that the other person’s gaze made him very uncomfortable. It was as if he was looking at an insect trapped in a spider web.

Ober and Senis looked at each other for a moment.

He made a decision
Kill the hostage, leave here first, and wait for news.

On the one hand, to some extent this is in compliance with the final instructions of the god who is fearful and whose face cannot be seen.

On the other hand, when the troops arrive here tomorrow, the hostages will not be their amulets but burdens.

pat, pat.

The sound of footsteps stepped on the slightly decayed wooden planks on the top floor of the watchtower, and Oberl came to Aisha.

Aisha didn’t even look at Oberl.

Red hair stuck to his cheeks, his face was stained with blood, his eyes were numb, and he lay on the ground motionless.

The ‘time’ that tortured Ober was also torturing Aisha.

The next moment, the former drew out the knife with a clang.

“The plan has changed, but I’m a man of my words. I said I’d give you a quick death, so I’ll give you a quick death. Little devil, you have no will to live anymore, so I’ll start with you.”

After hearing this, Aisha looked at Ober in a daze.

“No! No!!! Please!! Don’t kill my daughter!! Please!!”

At this moment, there was a fierce movement on the side. Lilia, who was tied up with Senis, suddenly burst out with strength from somewhere. She suddenly threw herself to the ground, and slammed Lilia beside her to the ground with a bang. Then she dragged Senis and crawled violently, almost using her face as a force point, to Obel’s feet.

The two men’s faces rubbed against the ground, leaving bloody scratches.

At this juncture, Lilia no longer cared about the fact that she was just a maid and could not let Senis get hurt. She seemed to be on the verge of a mental breakdown.

“Wuwuwu!! Please!! Kill me! Kill me! Don’t kill my child!!”

Aubert looked at her, expressionless and noncommittal.

Lilia’s face froze, but she suddenly opened her mouth and bit Obel’s ankle!

At the same time, she looked at Aisha beside her in horror, her face full of tears. Because she was biting something in her mouth, her voice was sobbing and unclear: “Run. Aisha, run.”

Then, a shadow was left in the air, and boom! The two people flew out and hit the wall nearby.

Obel kicked Lilia and Senis away with one kick.

Lilia’s face was covered in blood from being kicked, and her eyes were swollen and unable to open. Even so, she still struggled violently and continued to fight.

“Aisha, Noren, run! Run!”

Zheng!
The blade at Ober’s waist was unsheathed and swung towards her neck with the wind, intending to behead both of them!
The next moment! His eyes flickered, his hands paused, and he suddenly turned his wrist!

Zheng! ! !
The turning blade rubbed against the sharp object behind it, creating a burst of sparks! With a bang, it changed direction, sending the top of the tower flying straight into the sky, and with a bang, a huge crack with a diameter of two meters appeared on the top of the tower!

The rain poured down and splashed on the tattoo on Ober’s face. He threw the fallen rocks aside, raised his eyes to the spire above his head, and then looked away.

Aisha fell to her knees with a thud.

The enhanced wind blade that had just consumed all her magic power was her last resort.

But it still doesn’t work.

The outcome of this visit from the future is a foregone conclusion.

She neither saved Alan.

It will also cause the death of Lilia, Senis, and Noren.

Aisha looked at Lilia who was still screaming and crying, her eyes were empty and her face was expressionless, but tears silently flowed down her dirty black cheeks and accumulated on the floor under her face, mixing with the thick dust to form a pool of mud.

Bang! Ober stepped on her face.

“Sure enough, you still have a backup plan.”

Amid Lilia’s cries, Obel’s voice was somewhat unclear.

He lowered his eyes and looked at Aisha with murderous intent.

“There are so many variables just with the hostages. It seems that it is time for me to leave.”

Jingle bell, jingle bell.

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly looked at the two broken swords hanging outside the window.

The broken blades of the adventurers’ swords that he had killed were suspended in the air, colliding with each other, making crisp sounds.

Someone came to visit on a rainy night.

(End of this chapter)