Chapter 174: Intertwined Threads
() Wang Hu's fingers stayed on the handle, and the cold wind squeezed into the crack of the door seemed as cold as ice cone. He turned around and turned his pupils left and right in his eye sockets. His two thick eyebrows were frowned together to squeeze out the shallow lines on his forehead.
Jessica was frightened by Wang Hu's sharp temperament and took a few steps back. Her legs were heavy as if they were filled with lead water. She felt her knees trembling and could only move backwards with her toes inch by inch.
Joseph was infected by the solemn atmosphere in the room. The child seemed to realize something. He lay on his mother's shoulder and shouted softly, "Mom..." He stretched out his thin arms and hugged his mother's neck tightly, hiding his small head between his mother's hair.
"It's okay, Joseph." Jessica comforted quietly, her eyes dodged and shone with fear. No civilians have ever dared to bargain with nobles, let alone conditions. This can be called a crime in the Noxus city-state, and nobles can kill civilians on the spot without being punished by the law.
But when Jessica thought of Orlando, whose body disappeared without a trace, felt so painful that she couldn't breathe. She felt that her chest was about to be torn apart.
Joseph lay in his mother's ear and whispered, "I know, mom." His voice became even thinner, weaker, as weak as a mosquito's cry.
The atmosphere was very awkward. The eyes behind the lens of Snod looked at Wang Hu, and finally his eyes fell on Jessica. The poor mother was very scared now. Her body was tense and seemed to have just given birth to a female beast.
"If we can't find Orlando's bones, you won't give us the remaining parchment. Is that right? Madam."
Snod decided to play the role of the attendant. He opened his palm and rubbed the stubble on his chin, as if he was considering it for his master. "Can I understand it be a transaction?" He did not realize how strict the hierarchy was in the Noxus city-state, which was unimaginable in the United States. No one could use his power to determine the fate of others.
"Yes..." It seemed that her throat was filled with straw, and Jessica spitted out these two words with difficulty. After saying that, she seemed to have been exhausted, and she collapsed on the floor with unsteady standing.
Wang Hu walked through the living room, walked to the fire pit, picked up a firewood and pushed it away again. The charcoal that had obtained oxygen turned red. The faint flame made Wang Hu's expression unstable. He took off the ring armor that was covering the outside of his clothes, and the tiny iron rings rubbed against each other to make a unique metal collision sound. It was very uncomfortable to wear the clothes soaked in blood and sweat. He took it off, revealing his red and strong figure. Two iron ingot-like chest muscles were tightly attached to his body like armor.
In the swaying fire, this figure looks like a statue carved from stone. The lines are firm and silent.
He looked at Jessica with interest, with a gentle smile on his eyes.
The woman with pale lips pursed and sat on the floor waiting for Wang Hu's answer. Her golden hair shone in the fire. She looked like Mary holding a child in the church.
The long-term lack of food made this woman haggard. She had towering cheekbones, narrow and towering nose bridge, and her fingers holding Joseph were particularly slender. She could even see the thin blue blood vessels under the skin, and the pale skin wrapped around the bones like a film. You can imagine what the skinny body under the clothes looked like.
"To be honest, ma'am, it's hard for me to agree to your request. You have to know that those monsters are very powerful. We have worked hard to save Joseph, otherwise you will lose all your children."
"Yes, madam, those monsters are zombies tempted by the giant mouth of the abyss, and they are not afraid of pain and fearlessness. Anyone who lives will be frightened to the point of numbness when they see these people who have long died, let alone fight."
Jessica suddenly raised her head when she heard these words. Just as Wang Hu was about to speak, Jessica suddenly roared loudly, "Shut up! You don't know the feelings of a mother for her child!"
Her hands trembled, tears rolling in her eyes. Jessica had never spoken to others in this tone, let alone the Knight Master from the city-state.
"Okay, I promise you!" Wang Hu suddenly said.
"You..." Jessica, who was about to continue to say something, suddenly froze. She opened her mouth and was so surprised that she was incredibly surprised. "What did you say?" She bit her lip, and the pain made her understand that she had heard nothing wrong.
Wang Hu smiled and said, "I said I agreed to your request," he shrugged, "Although I can't understand your mood, I will help you get the bones of Orlando. After all, this is a deal, and it's no big deal for me."
"real?"
"real."
"Did you agree?"
"agree."
Jessica, who finally breathed a sigh of relief, then stood up and hugged Joseph tightly in the bedroom, holding a black clay pot in her hand when she turned around and came out.
Wang Hu leaned on the chair and lowered his head to meditate. The drop-down menu popped up on the retina made him feel that things were a bit tricky.
Jing Guess! Jing Guess! Number 2506749 Filter triggers hidden drama [Sad bones]
Brief tip: When the prophet Marzaha of the void was reborn in Ekasia, a call full of omen led him there. After that, the call occupied his mind. This call gave him a terrifying will. Although Marzaha was no longer tortured by this call, it still did not stop its ruthless call. The malicious signal that stayed in the rune land evoked a disgusting beast, calmly crossing its incomprehensible threshold and expanding the cracks between spaces that never touched each other.
"Space cracks" are extremely unstable wormholes, which are space-time gaps maintained by dark matter. They can connect parallel spaces and provide the possibility of time-space travel. But unlike wormholes, "space cracks" are extremely unstable due to many unknown reasons, so when they collapse, the path from the black hole to the white hole will undergo wonderful changes. More paths may be generated, or space displacement and other unexplainable situations.
When Kgmoul came to Valoran Continent, a large amount of void energy escaped from the cracks of time and space that had not had time to close. Using these powers that were completely different from magic elements, Kgmoul began to gather a group of believers to satisfy his growing appetite and greedy desires.
Mission Conditions: Find [Orlando's Skeleton]
Plot requirements: Destroy the zombie nest and obtain Kermeau's saliva - oxing enzyme x2
Mission difficulty: a-
Gain buff: None
Success Reward: Jessica Made Wheat Cookie x5
Punishment for failure: Randomly smash a piece of equipment with the highest grade, and a fine of 500 overclocking points or equivalent gold coins of 4100.
This mission is simply a scam, and its difficulty is determined to be a-. In the overclocking world, the A-level mission is usually defaulted to a legion mission, but now only he and Snod are two.
Not only that, the mission reward is like a joke. What can 5 wheat cakes do?
The punishment for failure is very severe. He dared not imagine the consequences of the shattered sword. What is the difference between this and pulling a tiger's teeth?
Wang Hu frowned tightly, his eyes stayed on the harsh enzyme. This thing is said to be able to corrode everything. Whether it is soil or steel, it can be digested into dregs by Kermo. It is difficult to collect this thing, and what container can be used to hold this thing.
Jessica took out the remaining parchment from the black crock pot. This thing was used as a reserved grain and placed it with a few pieces of wheat cakes and finger-sized grease.
She handed it to Wang Hu and said to Snod, "This is our only food," and then smiled bitterly, "The famine came without warning, and the whole Noxus was wailing in hunger. No one except the army and the nobles could eat enough." Then she seemed to remember something and wiped away the tears from her cheeks. "Of course, the nobles are not all like this. People in the village say that General Svein, the leader of the strategist, was like the civilians, and he weighed a few wheat cakes every day."
Wait! Wang Hu raised his head and looked at Sinod, thinking that it was indeed not that simple. The reward for successful missions would probably open the key to the next task. Wang Hu noticed that the mission briefing said that this was a hidden continuous task. He smacked his lips. The fucking golden plot was awesome, no wonder the task level was level A.
Sinod's lips twitched, and the expression on his face could not tell whether he was happy or depressed. "It seems that we are going to involve the political struggle in Noxus again." According to the data collected before, the social structure of the city-state where militarism prevailed was extremely simple, and it was divided into aristocrats, soldiers, and civilians.
The possibility of moving up and down the three classes is very small. Civilians can only be promoted to nobles by making military achievements. This time is extremely long and extremely dangerous. No soldier dares to guarantee that he will not die in the next battle, and no one dares to guarantee that he will be able to join the ranks of nobles by obtaining military achievements.
There are only two people in Noxus who can do this, and the strategist leads Svein and the Noxus hand Dryus!
Similar experiences made these two political stars hit it off. Every screener entering the overclocking world will carefully study the life of the plot hero. The hidden task of Snod's mouth will eventually involve the struggle and struggle within Noxus.
"We must find Sphinx and the pistol as soon as possible!" He said to Wang Hu solemnly.
Wang Hu's eyes cold and he nodded slowly, "I think so too," his eyes seemed to penetrate the walls of the room and flew into the distance. He suddenly spoke to Jessica, "How far is this city-state?"
Jessica was stunned and said, "It takes a whole day to walk. If there is a horse... I think I can arrive in one morning." We are one of the closest villages to the city-state.
"Is there anything strange happening except the unlucky messenger?" Wang Hu asked suddenly, "To people like us, um...for example, other nobles or whatever!"
Jessica thought for a while, and she said with some uncertainty, "It seems that there is... an army passed by yesterday. They were escorting a coffin. It is said that the general Urgot, who died in battle, was lying inside!"
Chapter completed!