Chapter 28 Light and Darkness

"The New Year also needs everyone's support, please collect and ask for red tickets"

The footsteps are like messy drums echoing in their ears. Their gasp was like a broken bellows. They only felt that their throats were mixed with sand and their legs were full of lead.

Rosie stopped first. They didn't keep up." Her red hair was stained with dust and soaked with sweat close to her cheeks.

But Leo knew that Black Dawn would not let them go - it turned out that they were fierce. How can they let their prey slip away? They are like black cats, but we are mice. Outside the lighting range of the magic ball, there is deeper darkness, darker than ink. They must have set up traps and hide aside to wait for a good show. They are the writers of the script, Li Ou thought, and we are the puppets on the stage. Their mercenaries knew this, and their relaxed faces tightened again.

"Take a break." Lu Yuewu proposed.

Alyssa suddenly collapsed to the ground, and she barely kept up with Lu Yuewu all the way. At this time, her face was pale, as if she had a serious illness.

"The spoiled young lady." Rosie snorted coldly.

Alyssa buried her head deeply, "I'm sorry." Her voice is like a mosquito.

Leo didn't understand why Vernanlak didn't let Orif accompany him, but took a submissive girl. How can she help in such a dangerous place? She is suitable to stay in the sunny back garden of the castle, rather than being in the greedy peep of death.

Rosie dispersed the spell, and the passage fell into darkness. Everyone was silent in the dark, only breathing one after another. The mercenaries who followed their footsteps and fled for their lives sat against the wall and tried their best to breathe. Like Li Ou, they never leave their swords, turn their eyes to the other end of the dark passage from time to time, and prick up their ears to listen.

The echo collided and amplified in the curved channel, spreading into their ears. They immediately stood up, held their breath and made a defensive gesture. Eliza was blocked behind by the following guards.

"If something goes wrong, run away immediately." A guard whispered.

But where can you escape? Leo doesn't know.

When the panicked footsteps became clearer and clearer, many people were gradually relieved. Miss Mage, please light the lights. A young man asked, "They are not pursuers." But no one echoed.

Rosie also didn't listen. Instead, she whispered another kind of spell.

Be careful not to make a big mistake. Leo naturally understands. His right hand held the sword tightly, and his left hand held an alchemy bomb tightly. His index finger held the ring of the bomb and stared at the front.

The other party also seemed to feel the abnormally stagnant air around him and became particularly cautious. Leo heard some low shouts, as well as the sound of angry curses and pushes. They won't be black dawn. Li Ou thought.

They gradually appeared in the dark. At the forefront is——

Andrewson!

Li Ou frowned, and he still clenched his sword and said nothing.

After Andrewson, he still knew someone: Brand and his companions. Behind them were mercenaries with swords and faces mixed with fear and hatred. They regarded the alchemists as objects of anger and used them as shields. Their bodies were stained with blood, and their clothes turned into strips of cloth and staggered.

"Who's there?" The alchemists were pushed forward by them, and they waved their swords helplessly and cut around like blind men. The blade split on the wall, bursting sparks, and dark shadows flashed away in the short light. Come out!" They shouted in horror. Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude.

Rosie called the magic light magic ball, and a blue light mixed in the paleness illuminated the narrow corridor.

"Liu!" Andrewson and Brand screamed almost at the same time.

Andrewson gritted his teeth and looked vicious that "you are not dead".

Brand put away his emotions in an instant and hummed slightly resistingly. You are still alive." He said.

"Your ability to escape is also first-class." Andrewson sarcastically.

"You're not bad either."

Andrewson seemed to want to say something more, but the mercenary behind him pushed him away and squeezed the thin Brand aside. You are a mage!" He narrowed his eyes and looked at Rosie, holding the nail hammer with his five fingers, and he would do it if he didn't agree. Who can prove that you are not the crazy people of Black Dawn?

"If I were, you are already talking to Death about the weather in the underworld." Rosie pointed at the mercenary with a broken staff, but she was so scared that she quickly avoided it. She sneered, "Get out of here, or I will really call my colleagues to throw you into hell as food to feed the hungry bloodbirds."

This is just a small episode.

The impulsive mercenary was immediately pulled away by his companion and whispered in the corner. The people's vigilance gradually dropped, so dozens of people who were still alive and survived formed their own small groups and scattered in the corridor. Among them, the alchemist who obeyed thousands of faces looked desolate and lonely. They don't have food to satisfy their hunger, and they don't have water to moisten their throats. They sat against the cold wall, all silent and decadent.

Alyssa stood up next to her and walked towards them.

"Brande." She whispered the name of the black-haired alchemy apprentice.

He raised his head.

"I, I want to ask--" she said intermittently.

"Say it."

"Uncle Vernanlak, how is he?"

Her words seemed to throw a stone into the calm lake, and the alchemists suddenly raised their heads and stared at her angrily.

"Don't mention him!" Dika shouted at her.

Alyssa couldn't help but step back a few steps, trembling with fear, but she couldn't say a word with her mouth open. Lu Yuewu grabbed her, "What happened?" She asked.

"Yes, how did you escape?" Rosie looked coldly at Andrewson, "I thought you were all dead." She counterattacked mercilessly, "I didn't expect to lie here like a dog."

Andrewson suppressed his anger and said no word.

The quarrel at this time is particularly unwise, which only allows the enemy to take advantage of it. Leo stopped her.

"He?" Brand said in a strange and calm tone, "How could he be?"

"He is not much noble than a thief!" Dika was furious.

"How can you say that?" Alyssa summoned up the courage to refute, but lowered her head quickly.

"The difference is that one is a cruel murderer and the other is a treacherous villain." Brand snorted heavily, "I would rather believe in the religious myth of Black Dawn now than the demagogy of the Creators Guild."

What exactly happened? Leo was confused. After being trained by the guild, how could they suddenly have a sense of hatred?

"It's very simple. The tutor only took out one thing and did one thing, a trivial thing. Brand suddenly stood in front of Eliza, grabbed her cheek when everyone didn't have time to react, and forced her to raise her head and look at his brown and black pupils. I don't care who you are, how you declare his good and refute him. We all saw it with our own eyes--" Decca made a big point, and Andrewson also showed disdain. Mercenaries not far away are even more sarcastic. We all saw him leave his guards, his students and disciples running away alone!"

This is impossible. The words in Leo's heart sounded at the same time as Eliza's scream.

In his impression, Vernanlak is by no means such a person. How could he do such a thing? But their expressions - their faces were full of resentment, and every pair of eyes was full of dazzling anger.

"He tore open the scroll! Transfer the scroll!" Brand roared at Eliza, "He's not even as good as his enemy!"

The words of the alchemist are chiseled. Leo looked around, alchemists, mercenaries, thousand-faced men and the Nova Chamber of Commerce, who did not have enough courage to make them speak, not to mention that it was meaningless to lie to them. Is everything true?

Lu Yuewu's sword resting on Brand's neck called back Brand's reason. He let go of Eliza. How did you escape?" Lu Yuewu grabbed the frightened Eliza and removed the blade from his neck.

"The magic teacher stopped his disciple." His voice gradually lowered, "He killed them and atoneed for their sins with his life. It's up to him that we can live. But I can imagine..." He suddenly raised the volume, and the sound waves hit around him, and the dust fell straight down. Once we return to Ainblo, the city is full of rumors. Our benefactor will become our enemy."