Chapter 222 The Mysterious Father and Daughter
"When I was young, I was just like you, full of justice and hatred for evil. Then I became a bounty hunter, hunting down the most vicious wanted criminals. No matter their identities, nobles , commoners, thieves, or rangers, I killed all the evildoers. Because of this, I offended too many enemies..."
"You knew you were poisoned?"
"I didn't know at first, but later my muscles gradually atrophied, and I realized that I had been tricked by a woman... This is a strange poison, a unique poison of the 'Silver Leaf Clan'."
"The Silver Leaf Clan?"
As Ryan listened, a strange idea popped into his mind.
Since it is a "unique" poison, where is the source of the poison that caused Mr. Tust to be poisoned?
Isn't it Sid's family? How did the people from the Omar Royal Academy of Sciences get it?
However, he didn't think much about it.
Guy: "One of the oldest families in Theed , very mysterious. Dea Vanilla, the [Black Witch] of the 'Ten Legends', is the descendant of that family."
"What's up with that evil sword?"
"The evil sword [Da Qian Qi Ye] is said to be one of the swords used by the 72 divine generals 'Eight-armed Ksitigarbha'. He killed millions of lives and was filled with resentment. What swordsman doesn't know how to use a sword... Then someone deliberately lured me into contact with this evil sword. I learned swordplay at the age of five, became a swordsman at the age of eight, mastered the art of swordplay at the age of fifteen, became a swordsman at the age of eighteen, and was invincible in the art of swordplay at the age of twenty... I became famous at a young age, and was young and frivolous, so I thought nothing was impossible. Even though I knew it was an evil sword, I was confident that I could conquer it..."
“…”
The two chatted intermittently.
The tone of this guy's speech has a strong local accent and slang, which is a bit difficult to understand. It is the accent of southern Theed, the birthplace of martial arts.
Ryan also had a general understanding of Gaia's experience.
For the past twenty years, he was a standard genius and became a swordsman at the age of eighteen.
(Swordsman Realm: Swordsman Apprentice, Swordsman, Sword Master, Great Sword Master, Swordsman)
An unrivaled genius in kendo, he can master anything he learns; with his handsome face, beautiful women flock to him.
Even the noble ladies and aristocrats of Sid's upper class at that time, she was everyone's dream lover.
Young, handsome, romantic, full of justice...
He is also a well-known bounty hunter and a big winner in life.
Later, that evil sword caused a major reversal in his life.
Gaia didn't feel embarrassed at this point, so he just told the truth about how he got infected.
When he was young, he was romantic and thought that all women in the world should love him. Then he fell in love with a woman and was poisoned in the tenderness and tenderness. It is not easy for a top-level extraordinary person to poison someone. He must use a small amount and multiple times... But the woman held it in her mouth.
Those enemies didn't kill him directly, but used this slow-acting poison, intending to ruin his reputation.
And then there was the evil sword, which tempted him to control the evil sword, and then he fell deeper and deeper into trouble.
In the end, the evil spirit in the evil sword overwhelmed his sanity and he massacred tens of thousands of civilians in a small territory. Later, he committed more murders...
From a well-known SSS-level bounty hunter in the empire, he became an SSS murderous demon.
If the poison had not caused Guy's physical condition to deteriorate, causing him to suddenly abandon his sword and wake up, more people would have died.
…
Ryan couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.
If an expert wants to be poisoned, it must be the person closest to him.
There are wrong names, but there are no wrong nicknames. [Sword of Justice] Guy Villiers deserves this title for what he did in the first half of his life.
However, it ultimately caused irreversible consequences and massacred tens of thousands of innocent civilians.
This Guy has been like an ascetic over the years, struggling with self-salvation, wandering around in anonymity, saving people and doing good deeds.
Then, there was the story of rescuing the little girl Naretta from the "Cursed Clan" from a pile of corpses in a territory war.
Naretta was also a miserable person. She was regarded as ominous and abandoned since birth.
Life is hard and humble, but extremely tough.
He has encountered gangsters, human traffickers, thieves...but they were all defeated by him.
There were kind people who helped her, but... they were all killed.
"The curse on Naretta can only be unaffected by people with 'righteousness'... She wanted to repay me for saving her life, so she has been following me."
Although Gaia's words were very obscure, Ryan also heard it. This was the reason why he was not affected by the bloodline of the "Cursed Clan". This guy had that "righteousness".
Gaia said: "I heard before that the evil sword [Great Thousand Dark Night] fell into the hands of Carlo Gracie, so I wanted to persuade him to give up the evil sword..."
Speaking of this, Ryan couldn't help but think of the guy who killed people like crazy.
That legend is not so easy to reason with. Moreover, he is one of the "Ten Legends", at the pinnacle of the extraordinary, so how could he listen to a down-and-out swordsman?
You want me to give up my sword? Are you teaching me how to do things?
Ryan could vaguely imagine the scene after the two met, and asked, "What if Carlo doesn't listen to your advice?"
“…”
Guy fell silent when he heard this.
Ryan felt that these words seemed to touch upon a person's pain, and seemed to be mocking Guy for "overestimating his own abilities", although he did not mean that.
He was about to explain, but at this moment, he heard Gaia say calmly: "Then I can only use my life to stop him."
Hearing this, Ryan's pupils shrank suddenly, because at the moment when Guy spoke just now, he seemed to see a surge of sword intent coming out of this half-dead guy, upright and incorruptible, evil cannot prevail over justice! It made people feel as if the turbid air around them was dispelled, and their minds were clear!
"This is his...sword state of mind!"
Ryan understood instantly.
This is what the man who was once known as "Sid's No. 1 Swordsman" holds firmly in his heart. He is not afraid of death!
A gleam of brilliance flashed in his eyes, and he thought he had a killer move, so he asked, "Can you beat him?"
"cannot."
Guy shook his head and said, "He was already a man who deserved to die. His remains are not worth mentioning."
“…”
Ryan's eyelids twitched when he heard this.
Sure enough, this is a very stupid question.
[Frost Moon Swordsman] Carlo is now at the peak of the Integrity Realm. How can he be defeated by a middle-aged man whose hands tremble when holding a wine glass?
Guy didn't explain much, but from his tone, one could tell that he seemed to have a chance to risk his life.
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Ryan's treatment of the little girl Naretta is nearing completion. The external wounds have been cleaned and sutured, and some internal problems have been almost resolved with the "Gang Thread".
The little girl who looked dying an hour ago gradually regained color on her face.
Although her body temperature was still as cold as a snake, it was probably due to her blood, not her body itself.
“Cough, cough, cough…”
The little girl coughed a few times and looked like she was about to wake up.
This scene naturally fell into Gaia's eyes, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
Although his body was shrunken, his consciousness was still there. He asked in surprise, "You...you cured Naretta?"
Gaia thought that Ryan was just an ordinary doctor, and that he would just sew it up to stop the bleeding. Although Naretta's fate was tragic, her life was very tenacious and she would not die no matter what.
I didn't expect that with this tinkering, the doctor in front of me could actually heal Naretta's injuries?
"Yeah, that's it?"
Ryan was confused by what he heard. Even after the cure, there were still problems.
He looked at the change in Gaia's expression and suddenly thought of something: It seemed that the better this "Curse Clan" bloodline treated her, the more severe the backlash would be?
It’s true!
Gaia also knew that she couldn't blame anyone for this, and that it couldn't be undone, so she sighed and said, "This might cause trouble."
Ryan had never seen the doom buff ability of the Curse Clan bloodline, so he asked, "What kind of trouble will it be?"
Gaia said: "It might attract some powerful zombies..."
Ryan listened and it seemed like there wasn't any big problem?
The main mechanical city of this "Black Wind Territory" is a "War Elephant Class" mechanical city, which can deal with large-scale monsters and zombies. Moreover, there are also "Ghoul Class" weapons, and the firepower network seems to be no problem for the zombies.
And at this time,
Probably because Ryan had used the [Divine Healing Technique] during the stitches just now, the little girl who had been unconscious for a long time suddenly woke up.
Then she opened her eyes and saw a strange man next to her. She instinctively protected her chest with her hands, shrank several meters in fear, and uttered strange syllables that no normal person could understand.
Ryan listened and was startled, "Huh..."
Gaia, who was standing by, saw the reactions of the two and explained, "She was just frightened. Naretta has never communicated with anyone since she was a child. She can't speak the common language, and she can't understand it very well."
Ryan was not surprised by the little girl's instinctive self-defense reaction, but was shocked by what she had just said.
That low, terrifying roar that sounded like a ghost crying was clearly the language of ancient demons!
What she meant by that was: "Don't come over here!"
This is not a mute at all, but what she said cannot be understood by normal people!
Ryan was very surprised and confused: Could it be the language ability inherited through blood?
He knew how difficult it was to learn Demonic Language. This little girl had never been taught to speak, so her prophecy might have been inherited from her bloodline. This kind of bloodline inheritance ability was common among high-level monsters, but no one thought that it also existed in humans?
Oh no, the "Curse Clan" look like humans, but in this world's definition, it is probably the same as the "Dragon Clan". They are not necessarily "humans" in the narrow sense, but some kind of higher-end mythological bloodline.
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"Oh, no. I have nothing to do with it."
Ryan shook his head. He did not reveal the fact that he could speak the devil language.
Although he felt that Guy Villiers was not a bad person, he also felt that he had many secrets and gave people a very mysterious feeling.
Even though Ryan was interested in contacting the two, he had no intention of exposing himself during their first meeting.
As for the poison in Guy's body, although he could cure it, he planned to wait for a while before making any decisions. After all, he had killed tens of thousands of people. What if he was cured and it happened again?
After a moment of panic after waking up, the little girl saw Guy beside her, and the fear and vigilance in her eyes suddenly relaxed.
However, she was still surprised that a stranger would get so close to her.
At this time, Guy also introduced: "Naretta, it was this doctor who saved you."
The little girl seemed to understand, and looked at Ryan timidly, looking like she wanted to express her gratitude, but that emotion was probably unfamiliar to her, and she didn't know how to express it, so her expression froze there...
Because they were so close, Ryan also saw for the first time her eyes hidden under her messy bangs. They were as black as ink, and a little eerie. The more he stared at them, the more creepy he felt.
He finally understood. No wonder she always kept her head down and covered her eyes with the sea.
Although she has a pair of eyes that are different from ordinary people, the expression in her eyes can make people see at a glance the complex emotions of inferiority, loneliness, helplessness, and fear of hurting others.
Ryan smiled and said, "Since everything is fine, take a good rest."
He didn't say much, just stood up and prepared to leave.
"you……"
Guy on the side spoke quickly, but seemed to be hesitant to speak, and said: "Doctor...how can I thank you..."
His expression was full of embarrassment as he spoke.
I had nothing, so I couldn't even offer anything as a token of thanks. The bag of gold coins was left on the gambling table, but it was supposed to be used to pay off the loan shark.
Ryan had a nonchalant expression on his face and said calmly, "The treatment fee has already been paid by the tavern manager."
Guy: “But…”
Ryan said nothing more, and waved his hand to signal: "No need to say more, okay..."
He wanted to say take good care of Naretta, but suddenly he remembered what he said before, this little girl seems to be unable to treat her well? He swallowed the words on his lips.
He pursed his lips and said nothing more. He walked away, waving goodbye.
Guy asked, "What's your name, Mr. Doctor?"
Ryan didn't look back. As he walked away, he responded, "I just did what a doctor should do. You don't need to remember my name."
He didn't want to use pseudonyms for the father and daughter, so he simply didn't say anything.
Behind him, the little girl hid timidly behind Guy, and her ink-black pupils reflected a figure that was getting farther and farther away.
