Lord Highlander

   Chapter 763 752. Daughter of Darkness

  After dinner, Selena was busy preparing bath water.

Suldak came down from the battlefield on the northern city wall, smelling of blood and sourness all over his body. The leather armor on his body was hung on the wooden frame at the door, and he was only wearing a shirt that was wet and dry. and bloomers, sitting on the sofa in the living room, looking at a big wooden box that Nika brought over.

  It contained her harvest of the whole day, and the hardwood arrow shafts were neatly packed in the box.

   "Very good hardwood arrow shaft!" Surdak praised.

  Nika smiled shyly on her little face, and whispered timidly, "I guess there will be more tomorrow."

  Suldak picked up an arrow shaft, which seemed to be finely cut, and said, "Those aboriginal children usually spend all day doing nothing in the town. It is also a good thing to arrange something for them to do now."

  Selena came out of the bathroom, holding a pile of clean shirts and urged Suldak: "The hot water is ready, go take a shower."

  Suldak has been guarding the battlefield for the past two days, and his body is filled with a bad smell.

The ghost-striped red ants occupied the Dodan Canyon and almost slaughtered all the monsters in the canyon. Now they are overwhelmingly rushing towards the town of Dodan, but they are blocked by the north city wall. Now the city guards are divided into three shifts to guard the north city wall. , There are currently five captains in the garrison camp, and Suldak requires at least two captains to guard the city wall at any time to deal with emergencies on the wall.

  The ghost pattern soldier ants under the city wall have not had time to deal with them, and the corpses are piled up under the city wall. This weather will not last long.

  The master leathermaker at the leather shop in Dodan Town doesn't seem to understand the hard skin of these ghost-striped soldier ants. He thinks this hard skin is worthless.

  But Suldak felt that since almost every head of these ghost-pattern soldier ants has a magic core, they must at least reach the level of a second-level monster.

  He didn't even have time to dissect a ghost-striped soldier ant.

  Selena wore a close-fitting nightdress and put the clothes next to the bathtub.

  Suldak stripped himself off in two or three strokes, jumped into the bathtub, let the warm water wrap his body, the pores all over his body opened, and waves of tiredness followed.

  Although the 'Divine Blessed Body' could quickly restore physical strength, Suldak felt a little overdrawn.

  Lying in the bathtub, drowsy, the soft murmur of 'Tasamet...Tasamet...Tasamet...' sounded in my ears again.

  ‘Sacrifice those sacrifices to me, and I will give you great power. '

Suldak felt his heart beating faster and faster, the blood all over his body began to boil, the heart almost broke free from his chest, the sacred aura in his body gushed out, forming magnificent lines on the surface of his skin Runes of Light.

  The keel of his throat also became extremely hot, as if his throat wanted to let out some kind of growl...

  The raving in my ears slowly disappeared.

  Suldak was lying in the bathtub, completely awake from half asleep, he sat up from the bathtub.

  At this time, Selena just came in from the outside with a loofah, knelt down beside the bathtub, scooped up a spoonful of warm water with a wooden spoon, poured it on Suldak's back, and gently wiped his back.

  She didn't seem to notice what happened to Suldak just now, and said softly to Suldak:

"By the way, a few businessmen asked me about those ghost-striped soldier ants today. It is said that if the acid in the stomach is not disposed of as soon as possible, the ghost-striped soldier ants will be corrupted by the acid in their bodies soon after death. "

"Those businessmen can't afford it early. They must be worried about what we know when they say that." Suldak washed his face with water, and saw that the runes of light on the surface of his body had disappeared completely, but the inside of his body His sacred aura is still surging.

  Suldak turned his head to Selina and asked, "Have any merchants offered to buy the hard shells of soldier ants?"

   "Not this one!" Selina said after thinking for a while, and then asked: "Are you going to deal with those hard shells?"

  Suldak shook his head before saying:

   "Let's wait first, that thing should have some value, but we don't know yet. Even if those hard carapaces can be made into leather armor, it is estimated that those hard carapaces are too hard, and they are very unfriendly to leather craftsmen."

   "Understood." Selena whispered.

  She rolled up her sleeves, exposing a white lotus root-like arm, and rubbed Suldak's back.

Although Suldak's body is no longer a secret to her, every time she sees the shocking burn scars on his body, it reminds her of the fire... I don't know how he got there. Those who survived the conference hardly had any intact skin on their bodies.

Suldak never mentioned the fire, and Selina never asked. She hoped that one day he would untie the knot in her heart and take the initiative to tell her the story. After all, it has been so long .

   Selina put away the messy thoughts in her heart and said:

   "Other mercenary groups in the town came to me, and they hoped to participate in the defense battle."

  Suldak leaned back to make himself more comfortable, and said to Selina:

   "Now that the situation on the north city wall has stabilized, it is not clear what will happen in the future. They are not needed for the time being."

   "At the beginning, I wanted to hide outside the town, but now I see that the people who fought **** battles on the top of the city are enjoying the benefits, so I want to join in and share the benefits... The benefits here are not just for grabs!"

   "I plan to put them in the reserve first. In short, I don't know how long this beast tide will last. It is estimated that there are still many battles to be fought. What we have to do now is to maximize the benefits as much as possible."

  Selena said again: "How should I deal with the business group?"

Suldak rubbed his forehead in distress, and said: "Those merchants are still not honest. Now that the monster leather trade has been opened, they just want to exchange all the supplies they have stored. Now the North City Wall consumes The biggest is arrows, followed by fire oil, these two materials are very important to us, the more reserves the better.”

   "I'll keep an eye on these deals," Selena said.

   "They didn't tell the value of the ghost-striped soldier ant's hard carapace. I think that thing should be useful. I will ask the aborigines in the town tomorrow." Suldak said.

   "Okay! Hey... let go, Signa and Nika are still outside..."

  The water in the bathtub suddenly overflowed, and with a splash, it splashed on the marble floor of the bathroom.

   Water dripped all over the floor.

  …

  Signa sat barefoot on the single bed in the room, and through the glass window, she could see the majestic Thorny Mountains under the moonlight.

  Heard the sound of splashing water coming from downstairs, followed by Selina's scream, and then stopped abruptly.

  It's like dropping one boot on the floor, making people want to drop the second boot too, and then they can fall asleep peacefully.

  Signa really couldn't sleep.

  She simply ignored what Celia Cooper was doing. She stepped on the floor with bare feet, took the magic note on the desk to the bed, and directly opened the next page.

  Celia Cooper seemed to be writing some kind of notes in it. Seeing the notebook being opened, she looked up.

   "Celia, do you think they should restrain themselves?" Signa complained to Celia Cooper.

  Celia Cooper stared at Signa angrily. She had nothing to do with the Dark Lady, she could only say, "You think it is... aren't you used to it?"

  …

Signa is an introverted little girl who is timid and withdrawn and does not want to get in touch with the outside world. For a long time, she liked to hide under Selena's skirt. will make her feel safe.

  Selena is the apostle of the Goddess of Darkness. After Signa was born, her body has a very high affinity for dark elements. In fact, it can also be called a dark physique.

   It was this unique physique that made her weak and sick since she was a child, and suffered a lot.

  But such a dark physique, and a girl with a pure heart, is an excellent carrier.

  The Goddess of Darkness often has a sliver of spiritual thoughts descending on her, although the time is very short, sometimes to see if her apostle insists on bringing her will to this world, sometimes just to come out and breathe.

   Coincidentally, that night in Wall Village, Suldak brought the magic note over, but forgot to put it away.

  At that time, Signa lived in that dilapidated earthen house, the room was small, and Signa slept on the upper bunk.

After Suldak fell into a deep sleep with Selena in his arms, Signa woke up with a trace of the Goddess of Darkness, and saw the magic note on the table at a glance. With the perception of the Goddess of Darkness, she knew that this book Magic Notes are very special.

  With the help of the Goddess of Darkness, a cage was set up on this magic notebook.

   The space inside the magic note was strengthened, and Celia Cooper was also trapped inside.

  Perhaps her original intention was to trap her in the magic note.

  …

"I'm just an incomplete soul without five senses. When I become a black magician, I won't have those desires. I think we can talk about other things!" Celia Cooper put down the goose feather formed by the condensed thoughts in her hand Pen, asked back: "What do you think?"

   "How is your life here?" Signa approached the magic note and asked in a low voice.

   "How about what?" Celia Cooper asked with a vigilant expression.

  After she said those words, she immediately regretted it.

  She can't see through Signa.

Signa didn't intend to pursue it further, after all, Celia Cooper is still useful to her now, and she can occasionally say a few words with herself, so she said: "I mean... who is in the magic note?" Create a sub-dimensional space?"

   "It's Cyrus Hickok, an old friend of mine, he is proficient in this kind of space magic." Celia Cooper replied casually.

   "I suddenly had an idea..." Signa's eyes became bright at the moment, but she only spoke half of her words.

  The tone is a bit different from her usual one.

   Celia Cooper trembled for no reason.

   "Forget it, it should be troublesome to do it now, so let's do it first!"

   After finishing speaking, Signa closed the magic note casually, threw the note on the bedside table, got into the quilt, closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep...

  The moonlight from outside the window came in again and sprinkled on the floor of the room.

  …

  Selena felt someone move her arm, and with sleepy eyes, she saw Suldak sitting up from the bed, lightly putting on the linen shirt.

  She glanced at the window and found that it was still dark, so she lazily pulled the sheet and asked casually:

   "Why are you leaving so early?"

  Seeing that he had woken Selena up, Suldak leaned over and kissed her cheek apologetically, and said softly:

   "There are still a lot of ghost pattern soldier ants waiting to be dealt with at the military camp. It is estimated that there will be new harvests on the north wall tonight. These resources cannot be wasted."

  Selena dragged her tired body, stretched out her arms from the bed, picked up the nightgown thrown on the floor, and said:

   "I'm going to prepare breakfast for you."

   But Suldak hugged her, covered her with a blanket, and said:

   "Don't be so troublesome, just eat something in the cafeteria of the military camp later, you will sleep more..."

   After speaking, he opened the door and walked out of the bedroom, found the set of leather armor that had been wiped clean on the wooden shelf in the living room corridor, and quickly put it on.

   Riding on the horse, hurriedly left the small building.

  …

  Suldak was thinking about how to deal with those ghost pattern soldier ants along the way.

   When he returned to the barracks, he found that the ogre Gullitum was grilling a ghost-striped red ant on a bonfire in the morning light.

It can be seen that he has cut open the abdomen of the ghost-striped red ant, cleaned the acid inside, and put the whole ghost-striped red ant on a log. . Legs eat clean.

  The hard shells cracked under the charcoal fire, and the meat inside was completely bluish white.

  The abdomen is filled with some hot cream, which looks like a giant coconut crab...

   "Suldak, do you want some, it tastes good."

   The ogre warmly invited Surdak to share this big guy with him.

  (In fact, he also invited Andrew just now, but the Nanai natives don’t seem to like this taste very much, and they vomited after just a few bites.)

  Suldak felt that he didn't have such a strong stomach, so he quickly refused: "Forget it, I can't enjoy this delicious food."

Gulitum didn't care, and immediately tore off the last giant leg that was nearly two meters long and covered with barbs, and knocked it with a bone-crushing stick. Those hard carapaces that became brittle under the charcoal fire immediately It cracked open, exposing the tender meat that was steaming inside.

  Suldak saw Andrew coming out from the cafeteria, accompanied by several squadron leaders, and asked, "Why so early?"

  Andrew didn't say that he was forcibly woken up by an ogre and had a barbecue together.

   "I can't sleep, I want to go to the north city wall to have a look..."

   Andrew said in a muffled voice.

  Suldak said to Andrew: "Wait for me!"

   As he spoke, he went to the canteen of the garrison camp, took a piece of baked wheat cake, and walked out, and rushed to the north wall with Andrew.

  By the light of dawn, I could see someone standing at the top of the city fighting with two ghost-striped soldier ants from a distance. After a while, the fighting subsided, and the huge ghost-striped soldier ants were pushed down the inner city wall.

  (end of this chapter)