Chapter 155 - In the Night Wind
Chapter 155 - In the Night Wind
"There! Up there!"
Someone shouted, and everyone turned around to see two shadows standing on the roof of a three-story building at the edge of the square.
Yes, shadow. There were no lights up high, only some moonlight, allowing people to barely make out two dark shadows moving with the wind. Seris looked up at it infatuatedly, and immediately realized that the fluttering shadow should be Ning Fei's cloak.
A hood, black, and a long cape; this was Ning Fei's standard attire when practicing medicine.
But today there are two shadows, which one is Ning Fei? Who is the other one next to him?
"Ah...!" Duke Bartley's belated sense of pain finally took effect. The severe pain in his ears made him groan in pain, and blood flowed out from between his fingers that covered his ears. He was in pain, but his reaction was not to run away immediately. Instead, he was completely enraged and shouted, "Guards! Where are the guards? What are they doing?!"
The guards finally reacted and raised their shields in front of the Duke. The Duke covered his ears and continued to shout, "Shoot! Shoot! There will be a huge reward for whoever kills Ning Fei!"
The archers drew their bows and took aim. They attacked from below and above. It was dark where the enemy was and everything was unfavorable, but the archers still dared not not shoot. As for the safety of the residents who gathered near the square and stayed up late to watch the excitement, it was not within their consideration.
Rustle, rustle, rustle——!
The cold light flashed across the night sky and went straight to the dark shadow on the roof! However, almost at the same moment, one of the black shadows raised his hand, wind blades suddenly shot out, robes fluttered, and the Shadowless Ninja slashed towards the arrows!
In an instant, the arrows were either cut off in the middle and fell in mid-air; or the iron arrowheads were hit head-on by the wind blades, as if they had hit something hard, and the broken arrowheads were blown back into the crowd; even worse, the wind blades eventually hit a shield formation composed of several shields, and the huge impact directly knocked people away!
“Ahhhh!!!”
The Duke of Bartley and others who were standing behind the guards were also knocked down. The Duke's ear was hit again, and the pain was so severe that he saw black and was almost unable to move for a moment. And right in front of him, a servant who was not standing behind the shield formation had half of his arm cut off by the wind blade and was screaming miserably.
Further out, the guards in the square and the onlookers were all injured by stray arrows. Coupled with the screams, the civilians scattered in a hurry, and the residents who were watching the excitement nearby slammed their windows for fear of being injured by mistake. Even the fully armed guards who originally surrounded Duke Bartley became loose and cowardly, and unconsciously wanted to stay away from the Duke. Because their thick wicker shields had been almost cut off by the wind blades; huge dents were also knocked out of their iron shields, making them basically unusable to hold on to, let alone withstand the terrifying invisible blade again.
Screams and blood are intertwined. When people really face death, very few are not afraid of death.
"Where are you going?! Come back, don't retreat! The devil Ning Fei is here, kill him!" After Duke Bartley got up, he said this, but he grabbed a servant and refused to let go, trying to use him to shield himself. And his footsteps seemed to retreat in another direction: "Also, call the Pope! Call the Pope quickly..."
At this moment, the servant who was almost unable to breathe due to his capture, saw one of the dark shadows and also raised his bow and arrow!
Even with just a rough outline, it was clear that the bow was larger than the guard's. As he moved, the reflection of the moonlight slid down the bow and string, sharp and cold.
"He, he... The Duke of Bartley's name has been removed!!!" The servant screamed, and the fear of death made him struggle hard, "There is no Duke's name on the square now! He is not the target! Don't shoot, don't shoot!!!"
Indeed, although the name of the Duke of Bathley is twice inscribed here, the statue of the first time has been removed, and the stones of the second pool have been disturbed. According to Ning Fei's death prophecy, Duke Bartley should not be killed.
But can the "devil" be reasonable? Obviously not.
Draw the bow, aim, release the arrow, swish!
At the critical moment, Duke Bartley grabbed the servant's back tightly, and his tall body shrank behind the servant's thin body. There was a whimpering "Ugh!" and the servant was shaken all over, and the vibration was transmitted to the Duke. Then the servant fell down.
He is not dead yet, but he will die, and soon. A black iron arrow almost pierced his chest, and blood gushed out of his chest and mouth. He was facing upwards, his eyes staring straight upwards. The dispersing crowd allowed him to see the night sky, and the bright moonlight gradually blurred in his sight.
No one will come to treat, and no one will have time to mourn. Everyone fully understood that the devil would not stop just because his name had been changed, nor would he be restrained by "civilian hostages." Today seems to be the day when the Duke of Bartley will die.
Seeing the dark shadow upstairs seem to want to draw the bow and shoot arrows again, the servants and guards were completely panicked and hurried away from the Duke, fearing that they would be caught by him and become the next victim. The Duke's "iron wall" was completely broken down. Even though the Duke cursed and shouted that he would kill all these people, he could not stop them from escaping. The Duke is about to die, who would be afraid of his verbal threats? A dying person is nothing to be afraid of.
The dark shadow on the rooftop has drawn his arrow again.
The Duke finally couldn't care less about cursing and staggered off in the opposite direction. However, he could not run fast. On the one hand, he was in pain and had difficulty moving due to blood loss and the collision in front of him; on the other hand, he wanted to run among the crowd, but most people just wanted to get rid of him and stay away from him so as not to be implicated in the disaster of killing.
Only one person did not avoid him.
To be precise, it was the Duke of Bartley who bumped into him. When he looked closely, it turned out to be his youngest son, Seris.
"You're the one who brought him here...it's all your fault!"
The Duke didn't even think about why his youngest son was standing there stupidly. He just grabbed his youngest son and cursed him, "You went to him first, why didn't he kill you first?!"
Seris seemed to come back to his senses and looked at his father. Just as he opened his mouth as if to say something, a terrifying whistle came from the air. Duke Bartley didn't even think about it, he grabbed Seris and turned around!
But this time he miscalculated.
An arrow pierced straight through Seris' body and lodged itself deeply into the Duke's abdomen, piercing them both.
"Well……!"
Siris was speechless, staring at the Duke, and fell towards him. The two men fell down, and because of the force of the arrow, they fell sideways facing each other.
"Father..." Seris stared at the Duke, opened his mouth, and said the last words of his life in a voice that was barely even a whisper and no one could hear.
"You also... redeemed yourself."
***
When Ning Fei returned to Duan Yunhong's castle, it was hard to tell whether she was happy or unhappy.
"Why, do you still think I ruined your plan?"
Duan Yunhong took off his cloak and threw it aside: "Because I insisted on killing everyone whose name was not in the square, and I took one more person with me?"
"...No." Ning Fei was also untying the rope of her cloak. She glanced back at him and said, "I said, you can do whatever you want."
After a pause, Ning Fei continued, "As for you, your driver saw you getting on and off the carriage with a bow and arrow. Are you sure it's okay?"
Yes, the bow and arrow belongs to Duan Yunhong.
All the arrows were shot by Duan Yunhong, and of course the people were killed by Duan Yunhong.
But when it came to the last arrow, Ning Fei thought that he was wasting time by shooting arrows left and right, so he attached wind magic to his arrows, making the already powerful arrows even more unstoppable. It was this arrow that directly pierced through the Duke of Bartley and his son, Ceres.
"What's the problem?" Duan Yunhong replied calmly, "I said, at worst I can travel around the world with you, there's nothing wrong with that."
"Who would follow you around the world?" Ning Fei sneered, "You want to run away, and I have to hold you back. I don't want to suffer like this?"
"You led me very skillfully today, didn't you?" Duan Yunhong suggested, "If you feel that I am taking up your hands, then next time I can hug you from behind."
Ning Fei raised his eyebrows: "Great! It's only been less than seven days since the strengthening of light magic, and you can still talk nonsense again?"
"To be honest, I haven't quit yet. The effect is still very obvious." Duan Yunhong also laughed, "But I found a trick again."
"I don't want to hear it."
"It's exciting to commit a crime against a superior, especially one who is sacred to you." Duan Yunhong said, "I didn't quite understand why this kind of XP existed before, but now I understand. It's awkward, but addictive."
Ning Fei: “…”
The twisted XP and the twisted person, it should be said, they are a good match.
But Ning Fei didn't want to think about how much credit he had for the appearance of this person's new XP. He turned and left.
Duan Yunhong looked at his back and realized that he seemed to be in a more relaxed state. But Duan Yunhong hadn't asked what he really wanted to ask yet.
Duan Yunhong actually wanted to ask Ning Fei how he felt now that Duke Bartley was dead, the first person who had tormented him. Especially...it was Ning Fei who killed him. What was he thinking when he witnessed all this?
But now doesn't seem to be a good time.
Duan Yunhong kept a calm expression, followed Ning Fei and said, "I asked someone to prepare some midnight snacks in advance. After taking a shower, eat something before going to bed?"
Ning Fei tilted his head: "Open the bottle of wine?"
It's already early morning and dawn will be here in a few hours. Are you still drinking? Duan Yunhong looked at him and didn't ask any more questions: "Open it if you want to. Go and open whichever bottle you want. Taking a bath is just the right way to sober up."
Ning Fei smiled and left with satisfaction.
***
After taking a shower, the two sat opposite each other and had a midnight snack. It was very silent and quiet; even the sound of the spoon hitting the bowl could be heard clearly.
Duan Yunhong still couldn't figure out Ning Fei's mood, so he still didn't ask those questions. But he was not in a hurry. Ning Fei is very sensitive in this world. If he himself doesn't want to say it, once Duan Yunhong asks more, it's likely to trigger his negative thoughts again.
Ning Fei is now very contradictory, very tough, and very fragile.
After making up his mind not to say any more, Duan Yunhong became more decisive in his actions after finishing his midnight snack. He simply looked at the half-full bottle of wine and asked, "Do you want to finish this bottle of wine or leave it alone for later?"
Ning Fei also glanced at the bottle of wine and said quietly, "With the wine storage technology of this era, will it still taste the same tomorrow?"
Duan Yunhong said simply: "Then forget it, I'll open another one tomorrow."
"Forget it, just finish the drink." Ning Fei raised his eyes and glanced at the man opposite, "Lord Earl, are you joining us?"
Duan Yunhong asked, "You asked me to drink with you all night?"
Ning Fei said: "To be precise, we are going to the rooftop to enjoy the night breeze, drink all night and wait for the sunrise. Do you want to go?"
Duan Yunhong still didn't ask.
He said, "Go."
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