Kingdom’s Bloodline

Chapter 676 Twenty Four (Part 1)

Water, water ghoul?

Thales glanced at the monsters in the sewer in disbelief—they were densely packed, in different shapes, and kept making inhuman roars.

Human, what does your meat taste like? Is it the same as the last one? The warty worm deliberately wandered around a few feet around him, with malicious intentions.

Thales swallowed his throat.

Why, these ghost legends at the Emerald City Pier are still true?

Are they really cannibals?

Since Mallos' safety rope just now works, can they find it here?

Even if they found it, would they have a way to deal with these monsters?

No, it's too late to count on them, the most important thing is now...

Thales took a deep breath, and amidst the increasingly strong stench of the sewer, he looked at Xi Lai at the end of his sight—she was still lying alone on the troll's hand, her face was covered in blood, and she didn't know whether she was alive or dead.

The sin of Hell River began to burn, and the sewers were as bright as day in front of his eyes.

Thanks.

Amidst the roars of the monsters, Thales clenched his teeth.

Why thank you? Did I eat you? The worm giggled, and several pairs of worm limbs twitched back and forth.

Thank you for the art design, Thales said calmly, with his knees slightly bent, it just makes you look disgusting, at least not as scary as the black trail.

What?

In the next second, before the worm could react, Thales roared and rushed towards it like an arrow from the string!

As always, a chance.

The worm screamed, but Thales saw the timing and rolled over, barely passing by it!

Crash!

Amidst the roars of the monsters, large swathes of water splashed, and Thales, who was covered in sewage, got up from the ground and moved forward without stopping!

He rushed left and right, passing through the gap between the two rows of monsters continuously,

keep going.

Frightened, the non-human monsters were in a commotion, and their roars increased instead of diminishing.

The sin of Hell River is burning hotter and hotter, and the colors of the monsters in the senses of hell are very strange, some places are the red of flesh and blood, and some places are cold and dark—huh?

Before Thales could figure it out, a tentacle swung from the side like a whip!

Snapped!

In the nick of time, Thales flipped forward to avoid the whip, and water splashed up behind him.

But he didn't stop, just flew out and kicked hard on the spherical monster that flung out its tentacles, and the latter shrank back screaming in pain.

The water ghoul is not as difficult as imagined, is it?

Thales' confidence increased a little, he kept walking and continued to rush forward!

How dare he, human!

The angrily scream of the insect monster came:

Catch him and eat him! Catch him and eat him!

The sewer was filled with different roars, and the forelimbs of another monster fell down like a sickle, but the senses of hell allowed Thales to see the time. slide out!

Finally, after breaking through the sickle-legged monster, Thales was left with the ugly monster that had captured Xilai. The latter whimpered strangely and seemed to turn around and run away.

Get closer to her, get closer to her!

Thales roared and quickened his pace!

In the next second, the ugly giant turned around suddenly, and its huge arms swept across fiercely!

Sure enough, as expected.

The crime of prison river crackled and exploded in his body, Thales gritted his teeth and jumped into the air!

The giant roared and smashed into the air, its arms scraped away the sewage, causing splashes as tall as two people.

But Thales didn't stop. Under the blessing of Hell River's crime, he swung his dagger in midair, nailed the monster's arm, and swung it on its shoulder!

If, if Yala was here, she would also praise the timing and movement of this leap, right?

In mid-air, Thales couldn't help but think so.

After all, this is the deepest silhouette in his heart of the big sister bartender in the underground street.

But, unfortunately...

The next second, Thales yelled angrily, swung his elbow out in the fall, and hit the monster's forehead!

Boom!

The monster's ugly facial features shrank instantly, and a second later, it staggered and fell down.

Thales landed in front of it, and rolled to relieve the momentum.

Good—he took a step forward, barely catching the girl who slipped from the troll's grasp.

Hey Lai, are you okay? Wake up! Thales anxiously shook the motionless girl, and couldn't help reaching out to sniff her.

Fortunately, still breathing, just passed out.

At this moment, Xi Lai's face is covered with blood, and the sewage is all over his body, and behind them, the howling of water ghouls and insects is deafening:

Stop him!

At this moment, Thales felt a shock around him - the fallen giant started to wheeze and move.

Damn it, I knew that the legendary water ghoul wasn't that easy to kill.

Thales didn't care too much, he supported Xi Lai with one hand, let her lean on his shoulder, and held JC's dagger with the other hand, aiming at the monster's neck.

But just then, a gloved hand grabbed his wrist.

He-Wyana?

Thales was surprised and delighted, but when he lowered his head, Xi Lai, who was waking up in his arms, couldn't help but sneezed and sprayed him with sewage!

Damn.

Thales had to raise his sleeve to wipe his eyes, but Xi Lai broke free from his embrace, knelt in the water and coughed desperately, coughing up a lot of sewage.

Listen to me, we can't stop, there are still a lot of water ghouls behind...

While speaking, the troll beside him sat up and shook his head.

Thales looked serious, and was about to run away with Xi Lai, but Xi Lai pushed him away rudely.

No, wait. Xi Lai said weakly.

what why?

Thales was stunned at the moment, but the monster slowly woke up. It leisurely raised its giant arms and enveloped them!

Hold!

Thales subconsciously grabbed Xi Lai's hand, pulled her behind him, and raised the dagger at the monster.

But at this moment, Xi Lai suddenly raised his head.

No!

Xi Lai was covered in dirt, and the blood on her face was really scary, but she grabbed Thales' arm, tremblingly looked at the ugly giant, and tried her best to make a sound:

Bobo, no!

At that moment, the monster's arm stopped in mid-air.

What?

what happened?

Thales stood in front of Xi Lai, looking nervously at the monster.

The monster in front of him tilted his head and approached them, blinking his small eyes on his ugly face.

Woo?

The monster muttered something Thales couldn't understand.

Yes, Popo, Hilley coughed again, gasping for breath, I'm fine, I'm fine.

Woohoo!

In the next second, the monster lowered its giant arms and stepped on its feet happily.

You, you know this thing? Thales frowned, but didn't dare to put down the dagger.

He's not a 'thing', put down your weapon. Xi Lai let out a breath, shaking for a while, Thales quickly grabbed her.

at this moment.

big guy!

The sharp male voice of the worm monster sounded, and it led a group of monsters to fight from behind: Kill him, eat him!

Before Thales frowned, Xi Lai sighed. She leaned half of her body on Thales' arm, and staggered around in front of the troll:

And you, Warniak!

She yelled at the top of her lungs:

I hit the wrong person!

Xi Lai's female voice was especially crisp in the roar of monsters in the sewer, and for a while, the noise from the monsters became quieter.

Stop, stop, everyone stop!

The half-human, half-insect monster shouted loudly to get out of the way of its kind, and it appeared in front of them with the sound of water.

The situation was unknown, Thales nervously protected the girl behind him.

Swish!

A torch was lit, causing Thales to squint his eyes.

twenty four?

Under the light of the fire, the worm monster's face was still full of ugly and disgusting tumors, but its voice was full of doubts:

You, are you okay?

Isn't it? Xi Lai said angrily, wiping the blood from his face, Is that how you welcome me?

What's going on?

twenty four?

Thales looked at Xi Lai, then at the bug monster, confused.

The worm named Warniac held a torch and looked at Thales vigilantly. Finally, under Hille's stern gaze, it sighed and began to molt reluctantly—to be exact, It is to take off the leather case full of carapaces, spikes and insect limbs, revealing the body of a normal person.

Thales opened his mouth wide.

Behind him, the troll who had just been elbowed by Thales shook his hands and pulled his arms out of a pair of fake giant arms, but his face was still distorted and crooked—probably because he was born with it.

More and more torches were lit to illuminate the sewers: the monsters behind Warniak also began to move and molt their skin in a commotion. They took off different monster masks and headgears, removed their skin bags, and threw away their artificial limbs , revealing a figure.

Thales suddenly realized: So that's the case. What the hell senses saw just now are actually flesh and blood people wrapped in skins.

Fuck water ghouls.

Hey, Thales let out a sigh of relief, and put down the dagger, I've been doing it for a long time, so it turns out that people are scary.

Fortunately, he thought that his martial arts had improved, and he could move and jump in the dangerous sewer full of water ghouls, killing seven in and seven out—huh?

Thales blinked in surprise, watching Warniak remove the monster's skin and reveal his real body:

He doesn't look very old, but the tumor protruding from his right shoulder is as big as two or three heads, like a ball stuffed in his body, not only squeezed his figure crookedly and bulging, He even arched his head to the left side, raised his right shoulder and right arm by a foot, and walked up and down, uncoordinated and irregular. What's worse, the pus-filled tumor extended to Warney Yake's face made half of his face look swollen.

To be honest, it's even more impressive than the half-human, half-worm image just now...

Thales frowned subconsciously.

Warniak, who has a weird figure, seems to be extremely sensitive. He realized that Thales was staring at him, and cast his gaze suddenly:

What? Haven't seen any monsters?

Warniak said viciously. When he spoke, his shoulders rose and fell, and the large, glaring tumor on his neck twitched up and down, making people uncomfortable.

Thales showed an embarrassed smile, and he whispered to Xi Lai: Where is this place...

Ah, so it's you, the little scourge, twenty-four!

Before Thales could finish speaking, a small figure dragged a bunch of limp leather cases with great difficulty and waded to them.

Thales had to lower his head to see this figure clearly - this is a short-handed and short-footed man, at most three feet tall, but his head is unusually large, his face is forty years old, he is, um, a dwarf?

Why are you back! The party day is not here yet!

The surprisingly short man raised his head, revealing a face that had experienced many vicissitudes.

Uncle Hauser, Hilley said weakly, wouldn't you like me to come back early to have a look?

Warniak snorted on one side, and the tumors on his face and shoulders trembled wildly.

The short Uncle Hauser stood on tiptoe, squinted at Hille, then at Thales, then hummed, turned around and creaked back, waving his short hands:

Go back and go back, it's not an invasion, it's your own people coming back, they're scattered, don't you want to eat?

There was a lot of relieved voices from the sewer, and the people who took off their leather jackets turned their heads one after another, whispered and scattered away.

Uncle Hauser patted the ugly giant with surprisingly small eyes, and drove him up:

Yes, Bobo, you go back too, go back, go back to eat, it's none of your business, yes, you stupid big man...

Wooooow!

Okay ok, you cute big man...

Woohoo!

Thales looked at the monsters walking back with their leather cases in disbelief: some of them were ugly, some lacked arms and legs, and some had strange shapes...

This is……

By the way, where's Slimani?

Xi Lai reacted and asked quickly:

Warniak, where's the man who came down with us?

Warniak leaned over, shrugged the only left shoulder that was free to move, and raised the torch to make room:

Behind him, Slimani was lying upright under a corner of the wall, his eyes closed, and he had already fainted from fright.

————

A few minutes later, Thales and Xilai were sitting around the fire by the edge of a long-abandoned large cistern. The sewage was flowing quietly in the lowland a few meters away from them, and the wellhead above them cast a few beams of light.

what can I do?

Warniak sat across from them, waving his hands, the tumor on his shoulder like another head:

The emergency exit suddenly opened, and you were carried back by Bobo, unconscious with blood on your face, and then two people came, the second one was still holding a weapon, and anyone else would have been chased because you caused trouble outside Kill... you say, twenty-four, what can I do?

Maybe you can be nice instead of just starting to be scary.

Xi Lai changed into a slightly cleaner set of clothes, with a bandage on her head, holding a container that was more of an iron box than a cup, and drank the strange-tasting potion inside:

I haven't been back for a long time. I stepped on the air when I was turning, and I got dizzy when I hit it. Hiss, it hurts!

Xi Lai touched the wound on her head with a painful expression.

Thales sat beside her, frowning at the potion in his cup.

Hey, you came up with the idea of ​​scaring people away! Warniak protested.

Thales looked around anxiously:

This is a sewer that has been abandoned for a long time. The conditions are simple, but the area is not small. There are various, various, uh...

The phantom in the teacup today shows 'return', I knew something was going to happen, haha, on the other side, a small dwarf woman scooped up a spoonful of foul-smelling potion from a dilapidated bucket, walked towards the huddled In the corner, Slimani was even more terrified after waking up, keep drinking, unless you want to get sick or die of infection! You know, those just now are sewage from the sewer!

Thank you, Lady Gadama.

Shirai sighed, and drank the foul-smelling potion without hesitation.

Anyway, Twenty-Four is back, and that's the best thing, just in time, come and have lunch with us! A girl stirring the pot by the fire took up the conversation, her voice was sweet and clear, with long hair Hair black and shiny.

Thank you, Dorothy, I can't wait, Shirley replied with a smile, and her voice was extraordinarily gentle.

Thales couldn't help but glanced at Xi Lai, this was the first time he heard the other party speak with such a good attitude.

But for some reason, the other girl, Dorothy, kept pointing the back of her head at them—huh?

Thales was taken aback, only then did he realize:

The girl's face, from forehead to eye area, from nose to chin, was covered with dense hair.

So from a distance, it looks like the back of the head.

Dorothy felt that Thales was staring at her, and she trembled suddenly. She covered her face and turned her head suddenly, avoiding his sight.

Hey, where are your eyes looking! Warniak said angrily, and Thales quickly lowered his head.

It's okay, Dorothy, he's my friend. While comforting Dorothy, Hilley looked at Thales reproachfully, He's not sensible.

friend?

Warniak said unhappily, full of hostility towards Thales: We have no friends!

Oh, don't be stupid, you little tumor, Lady Gadama put down the spoon that was taller than her, and turned around, Of course you have friends, and they are all in the tunnel!

Woohoo! Bobo, who was on the outside - a giant with a strange face, a rare appearance, but an intelligence like a child - nodded wheezingly.

The whole tunnel.

Thales turned his head: In this abandoned sewer, there are some people living in every corner and cave, um, strange people. Now it's time for dinner, they are busy back and forth, shadows in the firelight.

It's different! You, me, Twenty Four, Dorothy, Bobo, and Uncle Hauser, we are all the same, we belong here, Warniak pointed at Thales unhappily, but he, he Not one of us!

one of us...

Thales frowned.

Oh, of course he's one of us! If you don't believe me, look.

Xi Lai raised his head, turned around and hit Thales on the back of the head.

Aw!

Thales hissed, What are you doing?

But Xi Lai not only did not stop, but also hit him several times in succession.

Aw! Ah! Ouch!

Thales couldn't bear it anymore, he moved three steps away, turned his head, covered his head, and stared at Xi Lai angrily.

See?

Hilley looked at Warniac and Dorothy, shrugged:

This is Wyatt. He broke his head when he was a child. He is a brain-dead.

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words. A few seconds later, Warniak turned his head angrily, and Dorothy giggled.

I'm so happy for you, Little Six!

Lady Gadama waved her spoon and laughed loudly:

You finally have a boyfriend!

Woohoo!

The strange tunnel dwellers beside the fire booed back and forth, but Warniak was still unwilling.

Facing their eyes, Thales was extremely embarrassed.

He's not my boyfriend. Xi Lai said listlessly.

Really? But the way he saved you just now is so handsome! Lady Gadama blinked.

Yes, that's what it says in the storybooks! Dorothy continued.

What about him?

Uncle Hauser appeared from another hole with a bunch of goods in his arms. He came to a table that was obviously a workbench, stood on an ottoman, and gestured to Slimani who was hiding in a corner with a forced smile.

Well, he's a passenger, he's from above, Hilley sighed, he's a fugitive.

After the words fell, Thales felt that everyone's eyes on Slimani immediately became vigilant, full of repulsion and hostility.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that the few hits on the back of the head just now were made by Xi Lai who vouched for him.

Well, Slimani is an advocate.

Hilley said:

He has money.

Seeing so many strange eyes, Slimani had to smile amid fear and nervousness.

Two coppers for an hour, twenty coppers for an overnight stay. If you include food, the cost will be extra. Warniakla said with a downcast face, Don't look, you are not the first person to flee here!

Slimani was stunned for a moment, until Bobo next to him snorted angrily:

Woo!

Only then did Slimani come to his senses, and quickly said, Okay, okay, I'll give it, I'll just give it, damn it...

But he stopped taking money.

Uh, I, I, my money is all here... Slimani pointed awkwardly at the top of his head.

Under the unkind gazes of the residents, Thales sighed, took out the money bag Wyah——Zhenhuay— gave him, pulled out a handful of coins, and handed them to Warniak.

Only then did everyone's eyes soften, and Dorothy and Mrs. Gadamard began to hand out bowls for everyone to share food-even though it was just some ordinary oatmeal and stew.

Thank you, thank you, this is a sewer? What is this place? Also, who are you guys?

Slimani is no longer as nervous as before, but maybe because of the circumstances, maybe because the environment is too dirty, he is still very uncomfortable.

This place is our home, Mrs. Gadama dragged the pot, dunked a spoonful of porridge into his broken bowl, then carefully pawed a few times in the pot, and carefully put the next spoonful into Xilei In the bowl, If it doesn't work, you can understand it as: our gang,

Bawang Gang! Warniak held the bowl proudly.

Sewer gang! Uncle Hauser, who was picking out second-hand goods, sarcastically.

The Brutal Gang! Warniak said dissatisfied.

Scary Gang! Aunt Gadama laughed.

Super Horror Gang? Warniak hesitated, then made another suggestion.

Woohoo! Bobo on the other side responded.

Underground Monster Gang! Warniak wanted to struggle again.

Help others! said Dorothy softly, with hair all over her face.

Okay, Warniak sighed and gave up the quarrel. He touched the tumor on his shoulder, We have been arguing for more than ten years, and we still haven't even reached an agreement on the name of the gang.

You're the only one who is arguing. Uncle Hauser struggled to open an old umbrella with a hole, and began to disassemble the ribs. In the tunnel, everyone is busy with life, and no one cares about it.

Of course we care! Woniaka argued. How did the Blood Bottle Gang and the Brotherhood get their name? Yes, starting with a majestic name!

Thales was silent, watching their bickering back and forth, but felt a familiar feeling.

It was as if he had returned to the sixth house of the beggars.

It may be dangerous everywhere outside the house, but as long as you enter the house and hide in your own nest...

So, the legend of the water ghoul in Emerald City is you? Thales asked suddenly.

The other way around, Uncle Hauser shook his head, We used the legend of the water ghoul to scare away irrelevant outsiders and stay away from danger——Twenty-Four's idea.

Thales leaned close to Hille's ear and whispered, Why do they call you twenty-four?

Hille's eyes lit up, he raised his left hand, and the six fingers on it flicked back and forth.

Oh. Thales suddenly realized.

But the next moment he realized: at some point, Hilley took off his gloves.

Miss Kevin Dill is like this, with her twelve fingers shining, holding her own broken bowl, sitting with a relaxed posture and a calm demeanor, sitting in the dirty and smelly abandoned sewer, surrounded by the fire, talking to Dorothy. Xi, with Warniak, with Bobo and the others back and forth, noisy and joking.

There is no splendor, no rich clothes, no food, no attention from everyone.

But she, Shirley Cavendeer, or, twenty-four, sat with them—a big man with a strange face, a young man with a wart, a couple of dwarves, a girl with a hairy face, and maybe More - in the middle, but smiling so happily.

So comfortable.

It seems that this is her home, her fortress, and her empty palace.

At that moment, the crippled faces and bodies of the people in front of them suddenly became much more pleasing to the eye.

Thales suddenly understood how Hilley got involved here.

In contrast, does he, Thales Canxing have such a place?

Mindy Hall?

Fort Star Lake?

Thinking of this, Thales gradually lost his mind.