Dark Redemption of Elf

"Sorry, I just said it casually, don't take it to heart." Ayton waved his hands in shame. He realized that this woman imagined the world too beautifully and must have never been exposed to the dangers of human nature, so he quickly changed the topic. .

"But if you insist on catching the murderer and appeasing the emotions of the people in the East District, what if, I mean what if, that woman has escaped from Huangyao City?"

In this world where fighting qi magic is rampant, there is a gap in individual strength, and there is no corresponding detection, monitoring, etc. means, it is really difficult to catch a strong person. It is no wonder that the ordinary people in the Southern District are trying to practice fighting qi magic.

Cexili knew this very well in her heart, and her momentum weakened like a deflated balloon. Even in Huangyao City, there were too many similar things. She was recently transferred to the reserve force of the security team, and her original job was basically Without being exposed to these low-level events, I finally find that I am really powerless...

Seeing that she had almost figured out the reason, Ayton asked tentatively: "You said you contacted the Assassin's Guild and the Haller family, but neither of them responded, so what didn't you say?"

Cexily came back to her senses and shook her head: "No, I just observed from the outside. It's the same as usual, but the Carlyle family doesn't seem to want to continue to delve into the Shelley Flower."

It's good that there was no close contact. Ayton secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was just afraid that this nervous female knight would expose Clementine's mention of him. Now, she can connect him with the crazy woman. The only one who was together was the woman in front of him.

"Hey, by the way, I haven't asked yet, how did you and that woman come into contact, why would she talk about you, and what grudges do you have?" While thinking, Cexily suddenly realized that something was wrong with the case process. What happened to that woman? Are they really the major family forces in Huangyao City?

Ayton's heart skipped a beat, and the other two women raised their heads slightly, with strange looks flashing in their eyes, as if they were weighing something. This is the rhythm of killing people and silencing them!

Ayton straightened his back instantly, and said in a righteous and sonorous tone to the female knight's eyes: "We met by chance. Ariel and I were buying food at the South District vegetable market when we suddenly saw her. He was passing by, wearing a gray robe and looking sneaky."

"I felt at that time that she was definitely not a good person, and must be carrying out some ulterior conspiracy." Ayton suddenly raised his hand and knocked on the table hard. Ariel and Angel next to him looked dumbfounded.

"So Ariel and I discussed it and decided to follow her secretly and block her way. I stared into her eyes. Soon, I found..." Ayton leaned forward slightly and his determined gaze succeeded. Attracting all of Cecily's attention to him, the latter also realized that there might be important information in it and listened attentively.

"She is scared, she is afraid, and she has the smell of blood, the smell of an innocent person. Based on my many years of experience in punishing rape and eliminating evil, I concluded that she is definitely not a good person, so I remember her silently His appearance, and then followed him secretly."

Halfway through the words, Ayton took a deep breath in the air. The female knight was a little skeptical at first, but when she thought about how he unexpectedly rescued Bazaar from the Southern District Headquarters, he left an indelible first impression on her.

This act of kindness made me think that I was the only one upholding fairness and justice, and I felt a little bit more regretful about seeing each other too late. Then he took the initiative to help them lead the way, just to be admired by what they did.

"Originally, she planned to hide in an underground pipe. By the way, I still remember the location of that underground pipe. It was near a hotel."

"Really?" Surprise burst out in Cecily's eyes, and she almost stood up from her chair.

Ayton was slightly stunned, then nodded vigorously: "Yes, but I think she will definitely not be hiding inside after she is discovered."

"...What you said makes sense." Cexili quickly agreed and continued to listen.

"At first I thought she must be hiding something, such as some children not to be abducted. We have encountered it before. Some depraved forces will capture the better-developed boys among them and train them to be dead soldiers. Those with defects will have their limbs broken and left to beg on the streets, while women, when they grow up, will directly... Hey, I have seen these too many times, but there is nothing I can do about it..."

Ayton let out a long sigh, which successfully resonated in the heart of this nervous female knight. Her eyes dropped and she let out a long sigh.

Ariel and Angel, who were sitting at the left and right sides of the table, had their mouths wide open and were speechless in astonishment. In order to prevent Cecily from discovering the strangeness between the two of them, Ayton knocked on the wooden table again with a rather storyteller tone. Like the ups and downs.

"It was in the afternoon. Ariel and I saw her getting into the sewer, but she seemed to have discovered me. I was afraid of an ambush, but I was also worried about the safety of the poor civilians below, so I didn't follow immediately."

Cexily nodded lightly, this was the right thing to do. If the woman squatted at the manhole cover, the consequences would be disastrous.

"And then..." Ayton took a deep breath, seemingly preparing to reveal a major discovery, but in fact he was making up things crazily in his heart.

"Ariel and I were not willing to let her escape like this, so we went down from another manhole cover to find out, but I have to say that the sewer was really smelly." Ayton touched his nose with lingering fear. , Cexili knew that she was about to reach the exciting part, and couldn't help but put her hands together.

"Ariel and I were walking, and we actually found some clues."

"What traces?" Cecily asked with concentration.

"A lot of footprints... not just that woman among them, so I now suspect that someone else followed in the sewer."

"Well, what next?" The red-haired female knight looked serious again.

"After walking for a while, we found a little girl about twelve years old."

Cexili glared: "Did she also kidnap and traffick children in the South District? I must contact the headquarters about this matter."

Ariel: "..."

"Wait a minute." Ayton calmly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Actually, she was not trafficked, but temporarily lived in the sewers."

"Living in the sewers?" Cexili's face was full of doubts, and there was a trace of sadness in her eyes. In the huge Huangyao City, the people in the other three areas were glamorous, but there were girls living in the sewers in the southern district. It was really pitiful.

"I thought she was very pitiful at the time." Ayton slapped his thigh, and his tone became smoother because he had figured out the plot of the story.

"I asked her if she wanted to come with us, but she refused immediately. I could see from her eyes that she was distrustful of all strangers, so I told her later that there was an extremely dangerous person coming in here. As a character, I gave her some food and she talked to us."

Raya, who was stealing from a house in the East District, suddenly sneezed...

"After some conversation, she told me that this place had been abandoned for almost a year and a half. Even if the pipes were blocked, no one would notice. The hired plumbers were just doing their job. Those nobles had no one to manage and maintain them. It was true. A good place for murderers to hide." Ayton's vivid story completely attracted Cecily.

"It's a pity that we didn't know that woman's strength at that time, otherwise, hey..." Ayton sighed, and then Cexily remembered that the woman had at least a fifth-level strength, which the two adventurers could handle. A woman? By the way, where did that woman's injuries come from?

"After leading the way, we finally found the woman. At that time, she was protecting a brocade box in her hand and was injured. She told us to mind our own business, but how could I agree? The moment we reported our names, , she suddenly launched an attack, and we had a great battle..."

Cexili swallowed, her voice trembling: "How is that girl?"

"She's fine. She ran away while our fight was getting fierce." Ayton exhaled and said solemnly: "Fortunately, she seemed to have recovered from her injuries at that time. Just when Ariel and I were about to lose our hold, She escaped from the sewer, and while we were below, we heard the noisy footsteps above. It is possible that her enemies found her as soon as she went up."

"We haven't seen her since then. It was probably because we drove her out of the sewer that she had to hide in other places and was injured by her enemies. Then she met you in Luangwa Gang." Ayton said very rationally Tell the story of what happened.

Angel's frozen expression next to her began to melt, and Ariel's mouth was open and she didn't close it for a long time.

"So that's it...Thank you for the information. It seems I have to go investigate the sewers again. I wonder if you can help me point out the place where you met at that time."

"Of course!" Ayton agreed without hesitation. After all, that glorious image has been established, and there must be no room for error now. Ariel and Angel tilted their heads at the same time, looking at him with extremely surprised expressions.

"Thank you so much, I will..."

"But..." Cexily was about to stand up and thank her, but she was stopped by Ayton, with an embarrassed look on her face: "It's just that the academy will start a magic competition recently, and we must work hard to practice magic... .”

"Magic Competition?" Cecily looked at the three people sitting around the table in surprise. Although they are not students of the Magic Academy, they have heard about the deeds of the Light Branch. How could these three people participate in that competition? !

Ayton lightly kicked Angel's calf on the left. The dark-haired girl immediately understood, with a particularly sad look on her face: "In this competition, the prize for third place is my father's relic...I Must participate.”

"Third place?" Cersili's eyes were filled with shock. She knew that the Light Branch had not participated in the Magic Competition for several years, so why did she expect to get third place as soon as she participated? !

"That's right... because the prize was her father's relic, but it was used as a prize by those greedy college tutors. As students of the same college, we can't swallow this bad breath." Ayton shifted her attention to The prize came up, and at the same time, he quietly kicked Ariel on the right.

Don't act dumb there!

"Third place prize?" Cexily was stunned and said hesitantly: "But do you three really want to participate? I heard from my aunt that a college must have at least five people, and I remember that you just entered the light branch not long ago Of?"

"But we know how to fight," Ariel finally said at this time. It seemed that she had adapted to this made-up atmosphere.

"Fighting Qi? That's it..." Cexily understood, and she was deeply moved by their ambition, and then said: "I have a friend who will come to our magic academy in a while. Can I let her know when I see him? Come and help you, oh, by the way, she is a fourth-level water magician."

Ayton was delighted. Her words undoubtedly sent a signal: foreign aid can be used. Unconsciously, the topic has successfully shifted to another direction.

"Thank you very much for your help. It's just...time is a bit tight recently, and I feel like she won't hide in the sewers anymore."

Cexili then recalled that if she continued to investigate, it would most likely waste the other party's precious time, and there was indeed no need to do so. The reason why she continued to pursue the investigation was mainly because she did not want to give up the oath she had made that day. ..

"Well, okay." There was a sense of despair in the red-haired female knight's eyes. She didn't know that the person she was looking for was in the secret room at her feet: "Anyway, when she came to the magic academy, it was almost time for me to leave the security team. ..”

Ayton didn't know why, and continued to lie: "It's okay, I have seen it from you. As a glorious knight, you should have justice and persistence. I believe that what you do will not be criticized by others. , on the contrary, compared to those security forces and nobles who do nothing, the people will definitely admire you."

"Thank you" received encouragement and approval. Cecily smiled, stood up and stretched out her right hand: "Nice to meet you."

Ayton was stunned for a second, then stood up and held it...

......

"Hey, stop laughing, okay? There are a lot of passers-by looking at you." Ayton gently pushed his elbow to the girl next to him who was about to burst into laughter. Passers-by around him looked at her strangely from time to time.

"Hahahaha, brother, I can't tell. It turns out you are so good at making things up." Ariel restrained herself slightly and patted his shoulder with an unnatural expression.

"Okay, okay, don't let others see you like this when you go home." Ayton pointed his finger at the tip of her nose and said with a smile.

"It's already been an afternoon, how can you still be so excited?"

Ariel gradually regained her breath: "But that woman is really stupid. You actually fooled her into this, haha."

"...Don't call her stupid, she just, hey... didn't care about those details." In his heart, Ayton didn't want to laugh at all, because others at least sincerely wanted to help him... In other words, she didn't Are you really going to dig into a sewer alone?

Fortunately, it was no one else. If Raya, who has been hanging out in the South District all year round, or Bais, who has rich experience, were to listen, there would definitely be many loopholes, not to mention the extremely unnatural expressions of the two girls at the beginning, which would definitely make them suspicious.

"Brother, what should we do about the magic competition? If there are five people, then we are still one short, and Cecily is also an unstable factor. If she is exposed, what should we do? Forget it, I will I know you will definitely be reluctant to kill her."

Ayton was slightly stunned... What does "reluctance" mean?

"Let's talk about the competition tomorrow. As for the magician named Toby, Grant still dares to find helpers to deal with us? Haha." The two looked at each other, and both could see the cold light in the other's eyes.

......

Back home, in the front yard of hundreds of square meters, the young people in the South District were still training meticulously under the guidance of Bais. Ayton could see that sweat was rolling down the sides of their faces, and their bodies were exhausted. Still gritting his teeth and persisting, but Via was missing.

Baisi also noticed the two men coming back, and just nodded lightly, asking them to stop where they were and quickly enter a state of trance, feeling the fighting energy in their bodies, absorbing and running it, and finally storing it in the fighting energy space in their abdomen.

From the nervous sweat on their heads, it can be seen that their talents are so different that they have to constantly exercise their bodies. Among them, the fat guy Reiner even received special care, and the sweat almost wet all his clothes.

Ayton walked up to Baith slowly and asked in a low voice about today's situation. The latter briefly described it, and there was no surprise. Xingye had been sitting at home studying the enchantments, and her daughter Irene was with her. around.

Via went in to prepare tonight's dinner. She still mainly placed herself in the position of a maid. Learning fighting spirit was just a little exercise for her weak body.

In addition, although these people in the South District are practicing hard, their foundation is weak. Except for Lena, who has a better family environment, almost everyone is malnourished and thin. After this day of exercise, they all look pale. He looked like he had low blood sugar.

"By the way, there was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl who was watching outside the door for a while this afternoon." Just as he was about to leave, Bais suddenly spoke again.

A woman again? Sixteen or seventeen years old? Ariel, who was following Ayton closely, had a subtle look in her eyes.

Ayton was slightly surprised: "What does she look like? Is she a passing resident."

"Probably not." Bais shook his head, his tone a little uncertain: "She may have had some contact with you, she has dark brown hair, but what impressed me most was her amber eyes, which were extremely hollow deep inside. emotions."

Empty emotions? Ayton couldn't help but turn his head and glance at the girl next to him, and then frowned: "Did she say something?"

"No, just when I was about to ask, she ran away. They were all practicing with their eyes closed at the time, and they didn't see what that woman looked like." Bais said softly. At this time, many people sitting cross-legged on the ground noticed the two There was a trace of gratitude in his eyes when the people returned. Ayton nodded towards them, and then said softly to the middle-aged man: "Are you still used to living here?"

"Very good, this may be the best result for me." Bais sighed and turned to look at a room on the first floor, with a trace of relief on his lips: "Irene likes my new sister very much. "

This is his true words. First of all, the tragedy has happened. If he had escaped alone with Irene, with his strength, it would be difficult for him to survive in other places. Although it is not difficult to survive in other places, the security aspect is definitely worse than that of Huangyao City. There is a big difference. In the outside world, most nobles cover the sky with one hand, unlike here, where they control each other.

What's more important is that when Irene was at home alone, she had no playmates and was very lonely. Now she finally has someone who can accompany him.

And he didn't have to stay in that dark tavern every day to clean boring wine glasses or daggers, but now... the middle-aged man set his sights on a desolate hill in the south.