quicksilver blood

Chapter 17 The Murder Game

Oakleigh and the others looked at each other in blank dismay.

Although they didn't fully believe what was said in the note, their perception had indeed failed.On the basis of this kind of thing, no matter how absurd the words on the note are, they will subconsciously believe a little bit.

Facing the bewildered gazes from his subordinates, Oaklive gritted his teeth, put on his hood again to hide his panic, and shouted to the surroundings: "Everyone, gather here!"

There was chaos around for a short period of time, and then they began to rush towards Oakleigh in an orderly manner.

Once deprived of sentience, these Ashborne are no different from ordinary people in the Aphotic Trail.Also, the line of sight was suppressed within five steps, and everything outside the field of vision was pitch black.

Rather, the situation of ordinary people without the extraordinary vision provided by the heart of nature is even better.Because when those ordinary people started from the sunset plain and walked through the dark forest and the matte trail, their sight was restricted step by step.Although they will be affected by the psychological pressure accumulated in the darker and darker environment when they enter the Dark Scar, but after all, there is a process of gradual adaptation.

Not so with the Embers.They suddenly lost the perception of the heart of nature, as if a person under the scorching sun suddenly entered a completely dark basement, or a thief who had been sneaking in the dark for a long time was suddenly illuminated by a strong flash, For quite a period of time, it can be said that he is much blinder than ordinary people.

Even under psychological effects, their field of vision is closer than the theoretical five steps, except for people who are very close to them, basically they can only see themselves.

"Everyone should have just heard what the man pretending to be Pals left for us," Oaklive said loudly to the surroundings. "We can't give the thief a chance because of our arrogance. Now, everyone Everyone keeps an eye on everyone around him. Once someone has an accident, everyone around him must immediately issue a warning!"

"Only about 2 minutes, I hope everyone be vigilant!"

Oaklive cunningly changed the concept.

He replaced the "someone you can't afford to mess with," which may refer to a person or an organization, with the person pretending to be Pals.In this way, the Ashes will relax somewhat, or else something will happen sooner or later under the tense spirit.

Even if a few people really disappeared, Oaklive was actually not afraid.He didn't care how many people were killed here, but if that person's intimidation was not one-time... For example, after a dead person appeared, the damn note appeared again, claiming that he was going to kill another person.

It would be bad if that were the case.The willpower of the Ashes is at the bottom of all cultists, and there is even a precedent for confessing the gathering place under torture—not in any strict military base, but just a small town guard torture.

Oakleigh was a little anxious.

These Ashmen were already confused by the sudden loss of perception. Once a chain threat occurred, he was worried that he would not be able to suppress the situation.

If you really can't help but panic and run away... then it's over.

Under everyone's unrest, 2 minutes passed quickly.To his surprise, no one disappeared suddenly.

Are intimidators really just scaring people?Is his real purpose just to escape?
Noticing that no one disappeared suddenly, the surrounding noises gradually became louder.Just as this idea was drifting through Oakleaf's mind, a sudden thought flashed through his mind like a thunderbolt.

"Everyone! Line up in front of me and count from back to front!"

The Embers were stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly gathered.Some of the smarter ones had already realized what had happened, and immediately turned pale and tightened their robes.

Crowding each other, they lined up in a single file in about a few minutes.After quieting down again, the people behind began to count:
"one!"

"two!"

……

"52!"

"..."

Oaklive remained silent, clenched his fists tightly, and did not make a sound.The whole team seemed to realize something, and the atmosphere suddenly became suppressed.

All the Embers, plus him is only 53.

The Ashes who came out from near the altar plus the disguised Pals made a total of 55 people, but now there are only 53 people...

when?
When did you disappear?

Oaklive couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"Wait, let me think about it..."

Oaklive put his left hand on his forehead, and said in a low tone.Then, he waved his hand casually to signal that these people can disband.

Just when the formation of these people had just been disrupted and hadn't completely dispersed, Oakleigh, who inadvertently took a step back, bumped into a pitch-black winged tree.Feeling that something was wrong with the touch, Oakleigh immediately turned his head, only to find that a piece of white paper was lightly stuck on the pitch-black winged tree, and fell to the ground under the impact just now.

Regardless of the ominous omen in his heart, he suddenly lowered his head and picked up the thing.

As he expected, it was the same white paper as before.

Oaklive's face turned ugly immediately, but he didn't care about anything, he unfolded the piece of paper and whispered what was written on it: "Yes, you found the second piece of paper I left for you. Now , you should have seen my attitude and ability. Your father, as I said, I have enough ability to deal with you little bastards."

"What? Still not admitting defeat? Still want to play? Okay, Dad, I will accompany you to have fun."

"I said: The next method of death for the deceased is to be killed by the same robe. The time is still 1 minute. Remember, young man, you can let them escape at will. I will tell you like this, no matter how far away from me I can use One word will kill you."

"By the way, you are also within the selection range of the deceased."

A terrifying yet exhilarating possibility crossed his mind.He immediately grabbed the note and shouted at the crowd who hadn't completely dispersed: "Everyone disperse immediately! Everyone should not come within one meter of others! Then everyone should stay still and pay attention to the people around you! Anyone around you Someone moved and immediately shouted and stopped him - the murderer is between us!"

The Embers cast their surprised eyes on him, and Oaklif was full of confidence and the joy of finding clues.He explained loudly to everyone: "Keep still first, and then listen to me. I have seen through that man's trick! That man tried his best to make us think that he has some kind of remote killing method, but, he is There's a hole in the second note!"

"He definitely didn't use any curse or law spell to kill our comrades in the distance! He called me young man, but I took off the hood after he was out of my sight, and in a short time I I put it on again. The hood of the Embers can even block the divine magic of the detection camp, and it is definitely not something that ordinary witchcraft can see through. So, if he cursed and killed us in the distance after leaving, is it true? How do you know my gender and age?"

"So, he definitely didn't leave! That man definitely didn't leave here! It must have been some kind of cover-up when we saw him away from here before, and the murderer must have been with us from the beginning - no, he wasn't the murderer , he is an assassin with blood on his fingertips, a shameless liar!"

Just when Oaklive was talking with high spirits, he wondered if he had been thinking about it to make his brain active, and a neglected detail came to his mind.

So he immediately shouted again: "There is blood on the robe of the murderer! I remember that his back was cut open with a sharp instrument, revealing the flesh inside, and there was blood on the man's clothes!"

"Everyone, stand where you are and don't move. Check to see if anyone around you has blood on them! The one with blood is the assassin!"

As soon as Oakleyford's words were spoken, someone responded loudly from a distance: "I found it, it's her!"

Immediately, everyone who could see looked in the direction of the man's finger.After seeing that there was indeed blood on the back of that person, the others also shouted loudly: "There is indeed blood!", "Everyone, come quickly, this is the person!"

……wrong.Answered too quickly.

Oaklive vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of any countermeasures for a while, so he could only follow the flow of people and squeeze in that direction.

But suddenly, the voice in front fell silent.At that moment, Oaklive immediately realized that something must have happened over there.

He yelled loudly and squeezed forward.When they were completely separated from the wall of the crowd, they found that everyone formed a circle to make way for the space inside.A strong sense of unknown hit my heart.

Oaklive felt his neck stiffen, and he forced himself to look over.

In the middle of everyone, a figure with a bumpy figure was lying sideways on the ground.

She opened her mouth slightly, and her mouth was full of blood.It probably fell out of her mouth when everyone "subdued" her. Not far from her mouth, a blood-soaked note fell on the ground.There was indeed blood on her back, but when Oaklive saw her back, he immediately felt chills all over his body.

On her back was a scarlet spike that was melting.

That is called the scarlet fang, a weapon that can only be used by the Embers - it is made of the blood of the Ashes, and it will become extremely sharp in the hands of the owner of the blood, and whenever it comes into contact with other life , it will partially melt.In this case, whether it is held by others or dropped into the grass, it will melt into a pool of blood at an extremely fast speed.It's simply not possible to be held by someone else and kill someone else.

During the process of the scarlet fangs condensing, if some poison is added to the blood, then while piercing into the body, some poison will be melted and penetrate into the enemy's body.To be precise, not only poisons, but also liquid substances such as paralyzing herbal juices or strong acids can basically be mixed.Once the Embers are as strong as Marco, they can even condense some small scarlet canines and keep them on their bodies for a long time as hidden weapons, or break through the limit of half-arm length, and turn the scarlet canines into spears or rapiers. arms.

Generally speaking, the correct way for the Embers to use this weapon is to mix some devil's bodily fluids or secretions of the undead into it.In this way, when the scarlet spikes of this quality penetrate the priest's body, the negative energy mixed with impurities will directly erode the internal organs from the wound.Once these priests try to use divine magic, their internal organs will be detonated due to energy conflicts when the divine magic just condenses, and will melt into a pool of blood afterwards, leaving no trace.

This is undoubtedly a weapon that only the Ashes can use, but it is now being inserted into the body of another Ashes, and roughly looking at her body, there is only this wound, so the answer is self-evident.

And... did it come true?
Oaklive trembled all over.He seemed to be able to feel that everyone around him was laughing at his incompetence, and he could clearly feel the panic and fear in everyone's hearts.

... Or, is there fear in my heart?
Oaklive smiled wryly, and picked up the third note from the ground that was mostly stained red with blood.

He was keenly aware of the wavering in his heart.

Is this murderer really among us?What I see through... is that what that person wants me to see through?How did he kill two people in a row?

Oaklive sighed secretly, and unfolded the note.

If there is no accident, I am afraid that I am about to reach my limit.

(End of this chapter)