Chapter 50 Hunting
◎What happens if you toss a coin in a space that is about to collapse?◎
At this point, Antonio opened his arms generously and walked over from the other side of the stream, stepping on the stones. "Good evening, both of you."
Well, Rome, this is Rome after all.
He had long heard that the Romans liked to form romantic alliances, that marriage did not distance them from their "brothers and sisters", and that many senators would go in and out with their juniors.
This trend is particularly prevalent in wealthy cities, but Greece is no exception.
"Miss, I'm glad you're okay." Taffy also fell off the horse. She was riding a big gray horse that usually pulled carts. Although she had great physical strength, she was thrown too far after a short sprint.
Ahem, Elena and Melia separated as if they had been electrocuted.
They straightened the wrinkles on their clothes and looked at the sky on each side.
The four of them walked along the lake for a while, and the awkward atmosphere gradually dissipated.
Antonio was quite talkative. While recounting the joys of fishing, he gestured toward the forest in a friendly manner, "Everyone, His Highness Marcus said there's a bonfire tonight. We can bring back some game."
"Okay, let's go." Elena walked back to her little white horse, which was standing by the river drinking water obediently, leaning against the chestnut horse.
"Wait for me~What about me?" Melia hurried over.
"you?"
Elena looked back at Taffy and said, "You and your slave should go back quickly. Be careful not to run away if you encounter wild beasts."
The slave was quite skilled, so at least if I went back with her I wouldn't fall off the horse.
Melia was about to agree when she caught sight of Antonio standing by the tree. Damn, this guy is as handsome as a bird. According to the plot of "The Rose Princess," they're supposed to get married!
If you think about it carefully, the plot of the hero and heroine meeting is so important. If she turns around, a few assassins and beasts might jump out immediately to heat up their relationship, and they can return to Rome and announce their marriage directly.
Ding~ding~dong~The church bells rang in my mind, and the terrifying image of Elena in a dress holding Antonio emerged.
No, we can't turn back. If we give up here, we might as well not have come at all.
She made up her mind and hugged Elena's arm tightly, shaking her back and forth: "No~ I want to hunt too. Take me with you~"
Humph, if we can still be together with an oversized light bulb, I, Melia, will admit defeat!
"You're going to hold us back, aren't you?" Elena reluctantly picked up Melia and put her on the back of the little white horse. "You ride it, and I'll ride Marcus's horse."
"Hehe~Thank you." Melia hugged the little white horse's neck. The little horse shook its head uncomfortably and walked forward slowly.
Bang!
"Ahhh." The little head slammed against the branch.
"Tsk, watch your head..."
…
Tap, tap, tap.
The sound of horse hooves echoed in the forest.
Because of the continuous hunting in spring, summer, autumn and winter, the inside of the forest is not as dense as the outside. You can ride forward on horseback, but you have to be careful not to get scratched on the head by branches.
Except for Melia, all four of the group were good hunters, but unfortunately they could not find any prey worth shooting.
"Miss, it's rabbits again." Taffy tied the rabbits together with a straw rope and hung them on the horse's back. The big gray horse was carrying a bunch of rabbits and it was really too heavy to hang them.
"Rabbit is good too, that's all."
Melia yawned and suddenly shuddered. It was so quiet. The wind and the birdsong had all stopped in this moment.
Looking back, this small space gave her a familiar feeling: like Shadow Roma, but not exactly. It was as if she was standing on the edge of Shadow Roma's purple mist.
However, her experience of traveling through space several times allowed her to find subtle differences between the two. This must be the real Rome, but it was divided by something.
Melia hurriedly looked at Elena, who was talking to Antonio, both with serious expressions. Their martial arts were excellent, but the ropes and bags that held their prey were empty.
[I didn’t see any large wild animals along the way] is very suspicious in itself!
This is Caesar's hunting ground. Before entertaining the guests, slaves must have driven a large number of deer, sheep, and wild boars here, so many that the wolves could not eat them all.
Look carefully, the sun is still hanging in the sky, about to fall... They have been wandering here for a long time, and someone should have blown the assembly horn to urge the guests to go back quickly.
Even if Marcus didn't care about Elena, the Greek delegation would not allow Antonio to be alone for too long.
"A-Elena!"
"Hmm?" Elena turned around and looked back seriously.
For some reason, seeing those blue eyes, the panic in her heart gradually disappeared. Melia took a deep breath and shouted with full force: "Enemy - attack -"
Rustle, rustle.
There was an imperceptible cracking sound in the space.
Elena drew her scimitar immediately. Antonio was obviously confused after hearing the reminder, but he was also very fast. Taffy even rushed towards Melia's direction.
Only Melia smiled knowingly: It was indeed an enemy attack. I caught this young man who only lived once, right?
Rustle, rustle, the cracking in the air stopped temporarily, and the wind blew through the surrounding trees.
Yes, it was the sound of wind blowing through the trees—they began to move, surrounding the four of them.
"It's an illusion!" Elena slashed at the forest with a knife, and two small trees fell down. One of them was an ordinary piece of wood, and the other turned into a human. The corpse disappeared with the mist.
[Damn it, the assassin actually has a magic item in his hand.]
My heart sank suddenly: the value of the magic props is immeasurable, and the enemy has spent a huge amount of money, which will only make them more crazy.
"Be careful on the left." Antonio's sword was as fast as a meteor, taking away another life.
Rustle, rustle, the shadows of trees moved in all directions and surrounded them.
These assassins were probably targeting Antonio, Melia breathed a sigh of relief. Really, I'm so used to being assassinated, I thought they'd be targeting me.
She looked around. Although this place was beyond the range of Shadow Rome, double vision still existed and she could see clearly whether it was a person or a tree under the trees.
The assassins gathered on Antonio's side. They were professionals and none of them was bored enough to assassinate Melia.
run?
No, Elena is still here. And if they die, she and Taffy, who escaped, will definitely be silenced.
Melia stood calmly behind Taffy and looked around.
The fog couldn't deceive her eyes; they were now in a superimposed space. Unlike a parallel space like Shadow Rome, this one was nested within Real Rome.
The assassins must have some kind of prop, creating a trap that wasn't actually very large. They'd been circling the trap for half the day; the sky, the water, the forest were all fake, and even the celestial phenomena hadn't changed.
The rabbits were probably put in by the assassins.
The reason they did this was most likely to wait for the perfect time to assassinate.
Because - the number of people this space can accommodate is limited!
Melia's eyes widened, and she grasped the key point: the seemingly endless stream of assassins was because a large force was surrounding the space, and when one died, another would come in, playing a round-robin battle.
"Elena!" she warned loudly, "It seems that the number of people who can come in is limited—"
"I understand. Thanks for the reminder." Elena and Antonio stood back to back, their killing movements like dancing. No one could even spare the time to deal with the screaming Melia.
Hehehe meow~
Melia proudly found a rock to sit on. You're dumbfounded! The hero and heroine have no shortage of combat power, but in this world with special abilities, the gap in combat power is greatly widened.
The two men cooperated well with each other. Since they knew that this was an arena with a fixed number of people, they stayed where they were.
No matter how many elite troops came in, they were instantly destroyed, just like putting their hands into a meat grinder.
Just when Melia thought that the assassin would continue to cram and try to kill the male and female protagonists beyond his ability, a sizzling sound of steam was heard in the air.
Boom, boom. A deep thunderclap exploded in my ears, and cracks appeared in my vision.
Outside, the masked man waved down what he was holding. "Retreat! The master said he would rather destroy the treasure than kill him!"
With a crack, a scarlet glass ball shattered in two, completely engulfing the bloodstained corpse on the ground. Space screamed, shrinking and collapsing, about to be annihilated into a crack.
The remaining assassins fled without hesitation, fearing that they would be affected by the terrible aftermath.
The people inside were not so lucky. The "tree" assassins on the outside were the first to be hit and exploded into pools of blood mist.
"It's getting smaller here! Come to the middle!"
Only Melia could see the shrinking lines. She led Taffy towards the center, followed closely by Elena and Antonio.
The four of them quickly huddled together, looking at the approaching death.
[Damn it… Damn it, what should I do, why isn’t this Shadow Rome…] Wait, this isn’t Shadow Rome.
Melia narrowed her eyes, remembering a previous experiment. When a coin was tossed outside the Shadow Rome's range, only a brief collapse disturbance would occur. After twenty seconds, nothing would happen, and the collapse sensation would completely disappear.
So, what happens if you toss a coin in a collapsing space?
It can't get any worse!
She put her arm around Taffy, held Elena's hand in hers, stepped on Antonio's foot, and gently tossed the gold coin.
Zizi, zizi... The strange feeling of collapse and the sound of electric current intertwined together, and the approaching lines began to flip up and down.
Elena and the others didn't know what was happening, but Melia could see the scarlet tangent lines repeatedly cutting through space. However, the collapse continued, spreading to the tangent lines.
These extremely sharp and indescribable lines seemed like rock sugar melting into hot water, disappearing at an extremely fast speed.
Twenty seconds is very short, twenty seconds... is enough.
Swish—the two invisible boundaries completely merged, and a square similar to a door spread out from the center.
Melia, Elena, Antonio, and Taffy—the four souls floated outside the door, appearing relatively still. Even Melia couldn't see what was happening outside, as if the sand in an hourglass was stuck in the middle.
The workers in Shadow Rome were still busy. The vibration just now was common to them: it would shake from time to time, and even the cups could not be knocked over.
Only Miranda suddenly opened her eyes, and she looked up in a daze: the intersection of the door and the "world" was right next to her hand.
It was the scent of magic! She was so familiar with it.
Magic, Miranda actually didn't understand magic. She vaguely saw several figures frozen in the middle of the door, and she wanted to pick them out. As soon as she stretched out her hand, it was stabbed back by the door.
Blood...it also needs my blood?
Miranda picked up the knife beside her and slashed it. A few drops of blood splashed into the transparent door, dyeing it silver-red.
The forbidden door seemed to have found a certain coordinate, shook twice, and then steadily disappeared in front of her.
So, you don’t want my blood? Miranda touched her head and lay back down bored.
…
The normal sound of wind reached my ears, and dusk turned into a peaceful night.
Melia breathed a sigh of relief: "Phew~ I'm safe." Once again - the gamble on her life was a great success~
She collapsed limply, held on either side by Elena and Taffy. Elena glanced at Taffy and pulled Melia over: "Don't sleep yet, you can go home now."
"Oh~"
"Everyone, wait a moment." Antonio turned around with a wry smile and said, "Do you know where this is? I don't know the way."
"It's easy, just shout...Wow, where is this place?!"
It was too dark just now and I didn’t notice it, but when I looked carefully, I found that the lowest bushes around were taller than the two Melias!
No way, just out of one trap and into another? Melia's eyes went dark.
"Don't fall down so quickly." Elena held her steady. "It's very strange here. Be careful or you might never wake up again."
"Woo, woo, woo, that won't happen. At most, I'll be dying." Melia walked out muttering, and suddenly she cried out.
Ding ding, something hit my head.
She squatted down and took a closer look, and found that it was a pine cone.
"Hey, hey, human, how did you get in?" A tiny fairy flew out from the broad leaves: "Want to get out? Do you want to play a game with me?"
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