Gate of the Cross

Chapter 68 Roadmaster

"Who is that person?"

After half a day, Xinjie and Nanali quickly passed through the cave in the east of Habaru from Il Village and reached the second floor of the cave.

According to Nanali, as long as you can pass through the fence in front of you, you can cross the Habaru Mountains and reach the other side of the cave, which is near the village of Alyut.

Xinjie's eyesight is very good, and he has found that there are people guarding the narrow fence far away, which happens to block the only road.

"Where?" Nanali came over and took a closer look. There was a strong man standing at the gap in the fence that only one person could pass through.

The man wore a gray flat hat and was shirtless. He didn't seem to be afraid of the cold in this late winter. The upper body is a black-rimmed waistcoat, and the lower body is the same black trousers, with an earthy yellow belt around the waist and a huge axe in the right hand.

Just looking at the bronze skin outside and the strong and developed muscles, you know that this man is at least a powerful warrior. Nanali couldn't help frowning, "Why is this guy?"

"Do you know him?"

Xinjie asked that he was a little unable to connect Nanali with the rough man in front of him.

Nanali nodded and whispered, "His name is Oznak. He is a strong man who lives nearby. I met him here when I first came to Alute Village."

"Are you unhappy?" Xinjie noticed the helplessness in Nanali's tone and her frowning action and asked.

"How can you be happy?" Nanali said with a wry smile, "This guy is a strong man, but he still pursues stronger power and often comes here to challenge passers-by. Because this road is the only way to Ariute, you have to compete with him if you want to cross..."

"So that's it." Xinjie nodded. It seems that this guy is a pure martial arts idiot?

"...The most annoying thing is that if you are met by him, even if you change your mind and don't plan to pass by, he will force you to deal with him. What a unreasonable guy."

After listening to Nanali's words, Xinjie added another comment to him - paranoia.

"Hey, come up and find a way. What should I do now?" Nanali asked in a low voice.

Xinjie: "Even if you ask me like this, I..." He thought for a moment and said, "How is his strength?"

"It's very strong. None of us has a chance of winning against him."

Xinjie thought about it again and said, "Then let's go together?"

"How can that be?" Nanali immediately asked, "He is the only one."

When Xinjie saw Nanali's appearance, which seemed to be unbelievable, he explained, "Isn't it normal for two people to fight together if one person can't beat her?"

"Even if you say so, I..." Nanali said hesitantly, "... But even if two people go together, it may not be his opponent. Anyway, I don't have confidence."

"So strong?" Xinjie looked at the big axe in Oznak's hand, one of which can withstand the two mountain thief Atu. Nanali's words are highly credible. This is the real road bully. In contrast, mountain thieves like Atu are really scum with only five combat effectiveness... It seems that hard fighting is definitely not good.

Is it reasonable?

Forget it, according to Nanali's description just now, this person is completely a paranoid. To reason with him is that he is purely uncomfortable. When the scholar meets a soldier, it is unreasonable.

"So how did you get through here last time?"

Xinjie suddenly thought of this question. If this is the current situation, how did Nanali pass this seemingly insoluble guy last time?

"Last time I came with my predecessor in the guild, Oznak challenged my predecessor, but he was not her opponent and was defeated."

"So, the best way is to find a stronger person." Xinjie nodded and said.

However, even if they know this matter, it still doesn't help the situation at hand. The two of them can't find a strong man to defeat him now, unless someone can fall from the sky and take care of this eye-catching guy.

Xinjie thought so, and Nanali said directly, "If only there could be a strong man at this time..."

Just when Xinjie was considering whether to force it or not, a situation that neither of them expected happened:

Oznak, who was standing majestically in place, somehow suddenly fell down, and the huge axe in his hand fell to the ground with a bang, without warning in advance.

"Huh? What's the matter?" Nana Liqi said.

"Someone attacked." Xinjie said in a low voice.

Shortly after Xinjie's voice fell, he saw someone appear from behind Oznak. His dress gave people a strange feeling. His whole body was wrapped in a strange style of clothes, revealing only two eyes.

The way of appearing was even more strange, as if it suddenly appeared from the air. Xinjie and Nanali had been staring at Oznak before and did not find any trace of anyone nearby, but this person appeared out of thin air, completely subverting their cognition.

After the man appeared, he bent down and looked at Oznak, as if he was looking for something on his body. A pamphlet-like thing was first turned out by him. He casually looked at it a few times and threw it aside. Then he turned around again. Xinjie and Nanali looked at each other and knew it in their hearts, "He's looking for something!"

It's a pity that Oznak was wearing less clothes, and there was really nothing new to turn. Just when he was a little anxious, his eyes suddenly lit up and grabbed Oznak's hand that did not hold the axe.

Xinjie saw it clearly. He took a ring from Oznak's ring finger of his left hand, looked carefully, nodded slightly, put it in his arms and hurriedly left.

After a while, Xinjie and Nanali came out of the dark after confirming that the man had left.

"Do you want to go and have a look?" Nanali asked uncertainly. She didn't know when she had habitually asked Xinjie's opinion before doing anything, and even he didn't find it himself.

"Well, be careful, beware of him suddenly waking up."

Oznak is not dead, which they are very clear. Although they didn't see how the mysterious man attacked them just now, they saw that he did not hit Oznak.

The two carefully approached the fainted Oznak. When they came to him, they found that he still fell to the ground with his eyes closed, as if he had not woken up.

"For good, the man seemed to be looking for something just now... What is this?" Nanali picked up a small notebook next to Oznak, which was exactly what the man just looked through and threw aside.

"Why don't you open it and have a look?"

Nanali's eyes sparkled with excitement.

Xinjie thinks that you have opened it and still wants to ask me? Sure enough, women like gossip, no matter which plane they are. Just think about the world and Meiling.

"Well, let's have a look."