Chapter 208 Miss Hevinia... Go!
The news brought back from the Forbidden Forest deeply shocked those who stayed in the academy.
"How could this happen?! Could Mr. Zell be killed?"
"The band led by Jin Yin can't beat him? This shouldn't be possible!"
"But now it has happened! That guy must have powers that we don't know about. Damn, where are the other bands? We must inform them of this situation. If that guy has the ability to steadily devour an entire band, we can't let them get away alone."
"That guy is hunting for golden notes! He won't eat the whole orchestra, will he? Are we sending him notes?"
"Impossible! If that guy really has that kind of strength, why would he hide in the Forbidden Forest? Can't he just attack us directly?"
"Stop talking about those meaningless things. The point is what should we do now?!"
"I can only play the resonant music first and pass this message to other bands in the Forbidden Forest. By the way, I will find out their situation."
The musicians on night duty quarreled fiercely, breaking the silence unique to the snowy night into pieces, and it took a long time for the silence to return.
However, this was destined to be a sleepless night. Every musician on duty stared at the dark forbidden forest, as if if they did not do so, the beast they were hunting would break free from the prison of the night and rush towards them.
But what they didn't know was that behind them, in the temporary room used to store the wounded and corpses, a performer who should have fainted slowly opened his eyes.
The pupils that were originally filled with fear now only contained coldness and indifference.
He sat up slowly, reached his hand into his clothes, and felt a handful of blood.
These injuries are not fake.
After all, even if that thing existed and swallowed up a band led by Jin Yin, it would be impossible for it to happen without paying any price.
But compared with the gains, this cost is negligible.
He rolled up his sleeves and saw four golden notes embedded in the silver music score.
It’s just that one of the newest golden notes is obviously darker than the other three notes, as if it had faded after being infected by time.
"What a pity." He said softly, "This can no longer be used in the ceremony, otherwise we only need three more to complete the collection."
He paused.
"So I have always believed that musical notes are like precious flowers. Although it takes a long time for them to grow from being planted to withering, it is only during the few short days when the flowers bloom that they can really attract people's attention... Don't you think so, Miss Helvinia?"
He raised his head and smiled as he watched Hevinia slowly walk out of the darkness.
Although it was no longer the same face, the elegant expression was still exactly the same as Daniel's two days ago.
Hevinia stopped about five or six meters away from the other person.
"How should I address you?" Hevinia asked calmly, "Should I still call you Mr. Daniel?"
He smiled: "It's your freedom. Of course, you can also call me by my real name - Caesar."
... Caesar.
Hevinia silently memorized the name.
"So you're not the real Miss Hevinia either?" Caesar said, "So how should I address you?"
Hevinia was silent for a while, but still said, "I can't remember my old name anymore."
"Is that so?" Caesar did not feel annoyed, but laughed even more happily, "Then I'll still call you Miss Hevinia. You know, Miss Hevinia, when I guessed your identity, I was very shocked, it was like... I saw the same kind of person."
He fixed Helvinia with an aggressive look.
It doesn't seem like he's looking at his own kind, it still feels like he's looking at prey.
"When did you see through me?" Helvinia asked.
Caesar smiled and asked, "Which one are you referring to? The identity of your music score, or... the corpse of a certain legendary figure?"
...It is just as Mr. Visas said.
He did sense the pieces of Helvinia's body.
Although Hevinia was very surprised, she remained calm on the surface: "I want to know everything."
"Haha, no problem, I can tell you everything." Caesar said generously, "I had some idea of the legendary figure's body parts when I first saw them, but I was not sure at that time. It was not until the second and third times that I was able to confirm it basically."
He paused, then looked Helvinia in the eyes.
"Don't you have this feeling? That kind of life force that comes from the same source, is so majestic, and seems to want to get closer to each other, like a magnet. There's no reason why you can't sense it, right?"
Helvinia still said nothing.
Because she really didn't know what that felt like.
Is it because of Bai Wei's existence that she is shielded from such unnecessary attraction?
Hevinia wasn't sure, so she naturally didn't answer.
Fortunately, Caesar didn't mind Hevinia's silence. Instead, he smiled and said, "Well, the lady always has the right to remain silent. But I can roughly guess the reason... It seems that you don't know enough about that powerful power. This is normal. In Shengyin, there are indeed not many records about that legendary figure. It was only after I possessed His power that I gradually came to understand everything about Him. Of course, if you want to know about this knowledge, I can also tell you."
"In Shengyin, there are probably few people who know Him better than me, the great being called... Visas."
Helvinia's eyelids twitched imperceptibly.
She naturally didn't need to ask Caesar about Visas's knowledge, so she continued to ask: "Then how do you know that I am a master?"
Um?
Don't you care about Visas' knowledge?
Or, you just don't want to ask me?
What a cautious guy. It's not that he doesn't want to know Visas' knowledge, but rather that he doesn't want to get the wrong knowledge from him.
However, Caesar really wanted to know which body part Helvinia had. But he did not show it, and continued to answer Helvinia's question: "It's simple, because my prey is gone."
His gaze moved down again, from Helvinia's eyes to her body.
"I found the body of a young master in the Forbidden Forest. The notes on his body were gone, but I clearly hadn't done anything to him yet." Caesar looked at Hevinia meaningfully, "I think the golden fifth note is on you now."
"Miss Helvinia."
"You stole my prey."
After hearing these words, coupled with Caesar's expression, Hevinia felt that Caesar was about to take action, and immediately grabbed the staff in her robe.
But she didn't take any further action, and Caesar didn't do anything either. He just looked at her with that faint smile still on his face.
"Don't be nervous, Miss Hevinia, I have no intention of fighting you." Caesar said with a smile, "Otherwise I wouldn't have waited until now. My intuition tells me that you are dangerous. And my intuition has never been wrong, especially after I got Visas' body parts. Few people make me feel that way. The first time I saw you and walked with you, I even felt that the person next to me was not a cute girl, but a ferocious lion. My subconscious is telling me that if I attack you, I will most likely die."
"Really?" Helvinia said, "But I don't feel your fear, Mr. Caesar. Otherwise, why would you come to me again and again?"
"It's very simple." Caesar said, "Because at that time, the golden seventh tone was irreplaceable. Even if I was afraid of you, I would get close to you, and..."
"I'll be honest with you, Miss Helvinia. I think it's more likely that I'll kill you than you'll kill me."
"I think..." He looked at Hevinia meaningfully, "You are afraid of me as well."
The atmosphere became depressing again.
Although Hevinia's expression did not change much, the hand holding the staff in her sleeve couldn't help but tighten.
But Caesar soon revealed a relaxed smile: "But now there is no need to think about those unpleasant things. The golden seventh tone is no longer the only one. Since you and I both have one, there is no need to fight each other anymore. This ceremony... is big enough to accommodate two wolves, you and me."
"Really?" Helvinia put her hands behind her back. "In that case, what do you want from coming to see me tonight? Or are you not here for me?"
"Of course not, I'm here just for you." Caesar said with a smile, "Miss Hevinia, do we want to cooperate?"
"……cooperate?"
"Yes." Caesar stretched out his hand towards Helvinia, "Cooperation between wolves."
Hevinia's pupils narrowed slightly.
She recalled the conversation she had with Bai Wei before entering the room.
…
"Why did he come to see me?"
"What other reasons are there for people of the same kind to meet each other? Either we love each other or we kill each other. It's that simple."
…
Hevinia looked at the outstretched hand, but did not respond immediately. Instead, she said, "I don't quite understand what you mean. How do you want to cooperate?"
"Do I need to elaborate on this? Miss Hevinia, there are so many possibilities between us." Caesar said, "There are limits to what a wolf can do, but two wolves are different, just like now. Miss Hevinia, you killed Tupac, but you can still have a midnight snack in this warm house. Isn't it all because of me? I helped you attract enough attention. Until now, they still think that Tupac's note is on me."
"...Do you want me to thank you?"
"Of course not." Caesar smiled and shook his head. "I'm just stating the facts. Once the two of us join forces, there will be so many things we can accomplish. It's just like the relationship between men and women in tribal times. I'm responsible for hunting, and you're responsible for gathering."
"Hunting? Gathering?"
"Yes." Caesar leaned down slightly, grabbed the seriously injured musician he brought back, and lifted up his clothes.
Helvinia's mouth opened slightly.
Because the seriously injured musician had the golden first note on his body.
"This is the prey." Caesar enjoyed Hevinia's surprise, and then exerted slight force with both hands.
"Click"
Helvinia's eyes widened.
Caesar broke the player's neck.
"Puff".
Caesar threw the killed player in front of Helvinia and said with a smile: "This is the first golden note. It is a belated greeting gift, Miss Helvinia."
Hevinia looked at the player who was killed as easily as a chicken, was silent for a while, and said: "Such a tone cannot participate in the ceremony."
"Indeed." Caesar nodded and said with a smile, "But it can enhance our strength and allow us to hunt and harvest better, just like when primitive people had fire and spears, hunting became easier, right? If we keep searching like this, sooner or later we will be able to get notes that are good enough to participate in the ceremony. As far as I know, there is a third note with a pretty good timbre in the team that came to attack me this time."
"You can already do it yourself, why do you want to cooperate with me?"
"I've already said this before. Two people working together can accomplish much more than one person." Caesar said, "Hunting and gathering, remember?"
"What does gathering mean?" Hevinia asked, and then she understood immediately, "Could it be..."
"It seems you have already thought of it." Caesar said with a smile, "Just like the eldest daughter of the Lawrence family, isn't it the result of collection?"
It is indeed so.
Hevinia was silent for a while, then said, "Now that Olenna is dead, do you think the people here will still level up like crazy?"
"Why not?" Caesar said, "Believe me, Miss Hevinia. They care more about Olenna's success in upgrading than her death."
"Even Olenna, who is of noble birth, is so eager to advance, let alone those who are of inferior birth to her?"
"Those who are born as commoners and come from the seed area and are silver-level, do you think they will not aspire to become gold?"
"Do you think they will miss this once-in-twenty-years opportunity to change their fate?"
"They won't miss it, Miss Helvinia."
"It's as ridiculous as a sunflower always facing the sun and trying to keep its body straight."
"And what you have to do is to chop off their upright bodies with a sickle, cut off their sun-like heads, and take away their sunshine."
“It’s that simple.”
Caesar's smile grew even brighter.
"And I will be responsible for hunting outside, while also drawing the attention and energy of those people. They will have to guard against me and thus neglect you. In this way, no one in this academy will be able to stop you. Everyone will be like a sunflower under your sickle, waiting to be slaughtered."
"You and I control everyone's fate. We are the real predators."
"How about it, Miss Hevinia?" Caesar had walked up to Hevinia inadvertently, and stretched out his hand to her with a smile, "Would you like to cooperate with me?"
Hevinia stared in amazement at Caesar's outstretched hand.
Under their feet was the body of the golden musician.
It's like they really stand above everyone else.
...Do you want to accept it?
Helvinia thought to herself.
The previous conversation with Bai Wei came to mind again.
…
"Mr. Visas, if he really wants to cooperate with me, should I agree or refuse?"
"That's up to you, Helvinia. From a rational point of view, in this world that is hostile to you, it is indeed a good choice for two of your kind to hug each other."
"I see what you mean, Mr. Visas."
"No, Hevinia." Bai Wei said with a smile, "The premise of making this decision is..."
"You really are the same kind as him."
…
……similar?
Helvinia thought.
They are indeed the same kind, right?
They are all unique scores, all for the seven-tone divine song.
They are indeed the same kind.
So, Hevinia, what reason do you have to refuse?
So she also stretched out her hand and shook Caesar's hand.
Then, the door was suddenly opened.
The two turned to look.
The copper-voiced girl who had brought Hevinia to the kitchen earlier was holding gauze and staring at the two of them in a daze.
"Miss Helvinia?"
It all happened so fast that just as Hevinia realized something was wrong, Caesar had already taken action.
She didn't even see what Caesar was doing, she only heard a "swish" sound.
The girl's body was torn into two pieces, and then she fell down weakly, with blood spilling all over the ground.
Hevinia froze in place.
She heard Caesar at the side say, "Just a bronze sound? It's so weak, no wonder I didn't notice it."
After dealing with the girl, Caesar immediately looked at Hevinia again: "But it still caused a commotion. I should leave now. So, Miss Hevinia, can we cooperate..."
Halfway through his speech, his brows furrowed again.
Because he saw the girl in a pool of blood tremblingly raising her staff.
"Troublesome guy." Caesar was about to attack again.
But at this time, Hevinia's staff had already blocked his hand.
Caesar frowned.
And at this moment, the girl has released the music spell.
The target was... Helvinia.
A warm light fell on Helvinia.
【Second tone·Blessing】
"Miss Helvinia."
She heard the girl say to herself.
"Go."
(End of this chapter)
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