Douluo's full-time soul master

Chapter 258 Interlude: The Moment of Return ([-])
So, three days later, at this very moment, the two of them were still at a stalemate in the hotel in Nanhai Town.Wayne said he was going north, and he wanted to find someone; Selna was trying to get this troublemaker back to work, and get out of this miserable life as soon as possible.But what's interesting is that Wayne also seems to be interested in this stubborn female mercenary—although it is very likely that she is just purely lustful—and plans to drag her northward together.So Selna doesn't have to worry about this "prisoner" escaping for the time being.

But Selna still felt very restless - if this continues, the travel expenses she brought out will be used up sooner or later.

"Sigh, how can I, who is beautiful and young, end up sleeping on the streets because of a shameless bastard? Elune, I sincerely pray to you, give me the strength to get out of this predicament!" She finally became hysterical.

"You believe in Elune?" Wayne was surprised.

"We have freedom of religion or belief."

"A flat chest, what is there to believe in?"

"..." Selna felt that talking to this guy was a waste of life—he could talk about pornography on any topic.She was full of resentment, but it was not easy to explode, so she could only clenched her fists, imagining in her heart that she would use all kinds of cruelest methods to ravage this guy countless times.

Look out the window, the sun is setting again, which means another day of doing nothing but bickering is coming.

There was a malicious smile on Wayne's face, "I have a better plan... you go with me first, to the Western Plaguelands. I made an appointment with a friend to meet there. Before I perform After finishing the agreement, we can slowly discuss the compensation for the pottery. But I have made it clear in advance that I will not go to that ghost place of Ironforge. The temperature and too many harmful substances in the air are not good for health. And I will not I like the female dwarves who live there, it doesn't fit my aesthetics."

Selna forcibly suppressed the urge to punch him, pretending to be calm and sighed. "No matter how bad the air in Ironforge is, it's [-] times better than the Western Plaguelands... Well, this is my last concession. But correspondingly, because I can't take you back to work, I will have a big loss. So on the issue of compensation, I have to hit you for a sum, which is regarded as my compensation. Is this okay?"

"How much do you want? By the way, my body cannot be handed over to you casually. I am very sorry about this, sorry."

Calm down, calm down, don't do anything with this guy—Selna kept telling herself.

"50 gold coins." She tried her best to put on a friendly expression, but her mouth was sharper than a knife. "Since you have taken advantage of so much, then I can't suffer. Although the lion opened his mouth, it was caused by you."

"Are you sure it's this number?" Wayne asked nonchalantly.

"Ah... yes." Selna was quite surprised—was the transaction a little too smooth.Is he so cheerful?

"Early tomorrow morning, pack your luggage and wait for me at the door of the hotel."

Wayne dropped this inexplicable sentence without thinking.He stood up, gave Selna a weird smile, then turned around and walked out of the hotel.

"When did this whore become so upright?" Selna looked confused.

"They're chasing them!" A knight shouted, "I'll stop them, you take the princess and run! Go to Dalaran!"

The cold wind shaved her face like a knife.She felt herself being lifted, and another pair of generous, strong hands took her.A blue royal cloak envelops her entire body.She heard the sound of weapons colliding, the creepy roar of the undead behind her, and the neighing of war horses.

"Don't look behind, Your Royal Highness." A tired and old voice came from beside my ear.But through the gap in the cloak, she still saw the scene behind her.The knight who was holding her just now rushed into the Scourge with a roar.His horse had its legs chopped off by a giant stitch monster, and the moment he lost his mount and flew, a sword went through him.

"Don't..." She covered her face in horror, "Don't do this, this is fake, this is fake!..."

Serna sat listlessly by the window.She looked very melancholy and sighed again and again.

Someone tapped her on the shoulder.As soon as she turned her head, she saw the hippie smiling face of the "whore".

"Hey, miss, I asked you to wait for me at the hotel door. What? Stuck in the troubles of youth? Could it be that you fell in love with me? Ah, that's not okay, unfortunately, I can't accept your love ..." Wayne was not so much asking the troubled mercenary queen as he was making up and acting out a boring drama.

"Shut up, are you annoying?" Serna scolded quietly, "I just had a nightmare, I didn't sleep well all night, and now I feel weak all over my body."

"Shall I give you a massage?"

"I told you to shut up!" Selna growled. "What an annoying guy..."

She stood up straight, pushed Wayne who was in the way, walked into the bedroom, picked up the big backpack that was inseparable from the corner of the wall, and then kicked open the door and walked out.

Wayne shrugged his shoulders, still with the same smirk on his face, and followed him out the door.

"I've always been curious, what's in that big backpack of yours? I haven't seen you open it."

"What belongs to me is nothing to be curious about." Selna replied coldly.

Wayne suddenly jumped in front of her with a big stride, staring happily in her face. "Hey, miss, are you so cold? We are walking together now, can we be a little more cheerful? Come on, come on, have a smile!"

"I'm in a bad mood today, don't mess with me."

"Then what about after I give you this?" Wayne smiled and stuffed a swollen purse into Selna's hand. "According to the agreement, 50 gold coins. How about it? Miss, at least this will make you live like a princess for the next year."

Serna frowned sharply. "Living like a princess? Sounds great."

She finally had a little sunshine on her always gloomy face. "I didn't expect you to be quite generous. Where did the money come from?"

"A part-time job."

The two did not continue talking.Wayne also slowly put away the exaggerated smile on his face.Near noon, the two arrived at the foot of Alterac Mountains.Going forward, you have to cross more than half of the Alterac Mountains-except for relying on the Griffin, this is the closest route to the Western Plaguelands.With the undead Scourge in the north interfering with the Griffin's flight path, they now have to bite the bullet and start the long journey.

"Ah, I forgot something." Serna scratched her head in disappointment. "There are not many Syndicate gangsters here."

"Oh, really?" Wayne looked indifferent, "But I think it should be fine, let's go."

"No problem? Are you kidding?" Selna tugged at him, "Listen, I forgot about this recently. The number of Syndicates has been increasing since the year before last, and at the beginning of this year, Nanhai Town The supply line of the front line against the natural disasters in the Western Plaguelands was cut off by these disgusting bandits. You have been drinking in the town for half a month, and you should have seen the piles of supplies in the stables, right? Those are all because of the Syndicate And those who couldn’t be transported to the front line! A few days ago, there was a gang fight in Nanhai Town, and those guys actually took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the town and almost killed the mayor! Now we only have two people, two people! And the bandits on this mountain are not I don’t know how many people there are, probably no less than 500 people! Only a fool would go straight up the road! We should go around by a relatively safe path... Hey, are you listening! "

Wayne obviously didn't listen to her, because he was now on what she called "the path only a fool would take."

"Don't be nervous, I can use my body to guarantee you that there will be no accident." His tone was still as frivolous as ever.

"Who cares about your body?!" Selna felt the urge to hit someone again, "In case you are surrounded..."

Wayne stopped in his tracks and looked back at the stubborn girl.A very serious expression suddenly appeared in his eyes at this moment.Selna was stunned, and didn't continue talking, but just stared at him blankly.

After a long time, he said, "Follow me."

It was a very simple sentence, but Selna found that she didn't have the courage to object for some reason.She stayed where she was for another half a day, then spat hard on the ground, and followed Wayne reluctantly.

But just two hours later, the sight in front of her left her almost speechless.

The Syndicate has set up countless camps on the mountain, and they do have a large number of people gathered here.But these people are all dead now.The camp was littered with corpses; although they died in different ways, they were all the same miserable—some were cut in half; some had half their heads cut off; The big hole, the internal organs flowed out.The grass was covered with blood; the air was thick with the smell of blood.

Selna unmasks a dead body.The face under the mask was distorted in an ugly way, and the eyes were wide open. I don't know whether it was because of the great panic or the unimaginable torture before death.She carefully observed the dead bodies around again, and found that most of them had no time to take out their weapons before they died.In other words, they were killed without any preparation.

Who has such great ability?She felt a chill run up her spine—this is not something ordinary people can do.

"Look, my words have come true." Wayne on the side still looked relaxed.It seemed that in his eyes, these were not bloody corpses, but cute rag dolls.

"Hey, don't tell me about fulfillment!" Selna looked at the blood-stained mountain ridge with disbelief, and couldn't help shouting at him nervously. "This is no joke... Do you know what we're seeing now? They're Syndicate bandits, all of them! The New Alliance couldn't subdue them for two years, and now they're all dead! Look at their Postures, their faces, this is simply a brutal one-sided massacre...Are you indifferent?!"

"Hehe..." Wayne laughed, "Indifferent? Well, let me ask you, since you also know that these are a group of despicable robbers, isn't it worth celebrating that they are all dead? You don't want to be concerned about these corpses. Have sympathy?"

"They're human too." Selna couldn't bear to look at the scene in front of her again, "Even if it's a heinous bandit, this kind of massacre is too cruel - I don't think people who do such things will be any different from Syndicate .”

"Ha! Your speech is upright, miss. I have to applaud you!" Wayne applauded her vigorously.

"Are you so cold-blooded? Wayne." Selna frowned, "I hope to face-to-face and fair duel with enemies who are flesh and blood like me, and then defeat them, instead of using such a cruel way to create A massacre. Although I am a mercenary, I am more inclined to use chivalry to conquer opponents. What about you? What do you think of your enemy?"

"I hate this kind of high-sounding reason," Wayne said as he made a movement that disgusted her - he stepped on a dead body that was already stiff, as if he wanted to smash the brains out of the dead with his boots Same. "What chivalry, what fairness, these are all ignorant and childish things. There is no fairness in this world. I only believe in my own soul. I will not be like you, who will lament when I see this group of corpses Human nature and all that — that's hypocrisy in my opinion."

"You are fanatical." Selna showed an obvious disgusted expression on her face, "According to your point of view, if you also have the same power as this mysterious murderer, you will do the same?"

"Why not? Why should I talk about fairness or chivalry with the enemy?" Wayne replied coldly.He raised his head, closed his eyes, and desperately caught every wisp of blood in the air with his nose. "How I love this smell... blood, the best thing ever..."

"Disgusting..." Serna muttered in a low voice.Now she began to think about how to stay away from this man who was sloppy and whose words and deeds made her feel deeply disgusted.

Night has come.The refreshing wind blew across the ridge, dissipating a lot of the disgusting bloody smell.But even so, the current smell is still unsatisfactory-because it is summer, some corpses have begun to rot, and a worse smell is emitted, which can be smelled even a mile away.

Wayne built a bonfire and enthusiastically called his companions over.But Selna didn't want to get close to him, and kept a distance of five or six steps from him.After taking a few mouthfuls of hard dry food, she found a clean place, deliberately turned her back to Wayne, and then lay down with her big backpack in the most comfortable position.Spending the whole day in a depressed state of mind and traversing mountains and mountains made the Mercenary Queen exhausted to death.Not long after lying down, her upper and lower eyelids began to fight.

But what happened during the day still made it difficult for her to sleep peacefully.When she thought of those miserable corpses and Wayne's indifference, she felt extremely unhappy.Every word he said was spinning in her mind, and these views that were incompatible with her beliefs, and even disgusted her, made her a little hesitant and at a loss.She wanted to sleep very much, but was driven a little crazy by the messy thoughts, and she couldn't fall asleep peacefully.

Between half-dream and half-awake, a melodious voice came into her ears.

(End of this chapter)