pain!
Severe pain!
It was as if every bone, nerve, and cell in his body was screaming in pain.
Gus felt like he had had a long, terrifying nightmare, in which he fought an unknown monster for three hundred rounds, and finally managed to survive with all his strength.
The feeling of powerlessness and weakness even made him feel as if he had died.
But no matter what, a few seconds after he regained consciousness, he forced himself to open his only intact eye.
Yes, this powerful black-clothed swordsman who killed countless apostles not only lost a hand during the sacrifice of the Demon Ascension Ceremony, but also lost an eye. He was an out-and-out disabled person.
When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the Piranha Apostle very close at hand.
To be precise, it is the human form of this apostle, a shriveled and thin old man.
Out of his subconscious first reaction, he directly wanted to touch the Zhanlong Sword and kill it immediately, but in the end he touched in vain.
Then I tried to use the weapon attached to the prosthetic limb, but found that the prosthetic limb had been removed at some point.
Just when his mind was in chaos and he was confused about the situation, a familiar voice suddenly came from not far away.
"Hey, you finally woke up. I thought I might have to dig a hole to bury you at this time tomorrow."
Following the direction of the sound, Gus saw the woman who fed him the potion before he fell into coma, and the team members who were with her.
Similarly, Gus also realized that he should be in a carriage right now, and that the car was traveling at a very fast speed, but for some reason it was not bumpy.
After a long silence, he opened his mouth and asked in an extremely hoarse voice: "Who are you? Where are you going? And how long have I been unconscious? Why is this guy still alive?"
"Hey! Don't you think you have too many questions? And I think you should say thank you first. If it weren't for the captain, you would have turned into a corpse long ago."
The little man rolled his eyes at Gus angrily, obviously unhappy with his indifferent and ungrateful attitude.
However, the woman who was the captain responded nonchalantly: "First of all, the first question is that we are a hunting team affiliated with His Majesty the King, and are specifically responsible for dealing with matters related to apostles, monsters, and magic.
My name is Margot Salem and as you can see I am the captain of this team.
Second question, we are on the way to the royal capital right now. If nothing else happens, we should be able to arrive in two or three days at most.
The third question is that you have been in a coma for six full days, and you have basically not taken in anything nutritious except a small amount of water and batter, so I suggest you not to move around.
The last question is, the apostle is still alive because His Majesty needs him to be alive, nothing more."
After hearing this explanation, Gus' originally guarded expression finally relaxed. He leaned on the backrest behind him and began to lower his head to inspect his skin, which was originally full of red blood spots. He found that there were dense spots of various sizes remaining on it, and some others.
There was even severe skin breakout.
Although there was no mirror, he was basically sure that what he looked like now must be quite creepy.
But fortunately, as the body's functions recover, these scars will gradually fade and eventually disappear before long.
"You were poisoned, a terrible poison. If you hadn't drank the captain's antidote in time, it would have turned into some kind of fertilizer that could be absorbed by that guy. Because one of his abilities is to gain strength by eating people.
, recover from the injury.”
The youngest boy in the team took the initiative to explain what happened to Gus.
"So you are all members of His Majesty Roald I?"
Gus discovered the prosthetic leg lying nearby and immediately picked it up and installed it on himself.
As a very insecure person, what he hates most is this state of being extremely weak and defenseless without the ability to defend himself.
So the first thing after waking up is not to ask for water or food, but to find the prosthetic equipment first.
The female captain who called herself Mago Salem obviously noticed this, raised her lips and nodded with a smile: "That's right. We are all elites trained and promoted by His Majesty. For us, His Majesty's orders and tasks are
That’s everything. Also, could you please explain where this comes from?”
As she spoke, the female captain took out the exquisite badge from Gus's leather pocket.
Especially the royal emblem on it is no stranger to members of the hunting team like her.
"Are you going through my things?"
Gus had a clearly unhappy look on his face.
"Don't get me wrong, we're just not sure if you can survive, so we want to find something to prove your identity, otherwise we won't even know what to engrave on the tombstone."
Margot Salem simply threw the money bag in her hand.
The weak Gus did not reach out to pick it up, but let the leather bag fall at his feet. He glanced at the gold and silver coins inside and found that except for the badge, everything else was the same.
This also means that the other party is not a greedy person, otherwise he could take the opportunity to kill himself and swallow up this huge sum of money.
So after hesitating for a moment, he took a deep breath and said: "I received the invitation. This is a token and travel expenses given to me by someone."
"What? Invitation! Have you received an invitation from His Majesty?"
The little man's voice suddenly rose an octave, his face full of shock and disbelief.
Compared to his reaction, Margo Salem was obviously much calmer. She just joked in a half-joking tone: "Okay, it's about as I guessed. After all, this is my first time with a badge of this level.
See, there should be no possibility of it being snatched away except His Majesty himself sending it away."
"According to what you say, wouldn't it be a great achievement for us to escort him to the royal capital?"
The young man asked with his eyes shining slightly.
"Of course! If nothing else, the credit for escorting him should be much higher than catching this useless apostle. It would be great if I could get more points. I have long wanted to learn an advanced fire magic."
When saying these words, Mago Salem's eyes revealed a naked and undisguised strong desire, and a red mark appeared on the back of her hand.
Obviously, the members of the hunting team formed by Zuo Si are all humans with magical qualifications in this world.
In other words, he was physically transformed and trained according to the standards of a "witcher", specializing in dealing with supernatural forces within his domain.
Otherwise, it is not his character to let the apostles and monsters run rampant in their own country and massacre civilians.
Since the establishment of these hunting teams active in various areas, the number of civilian deaths caused by attacks by apostles and monsters has significantly decreased.
Some apostles who couldn't hold on any longer even chose to flee.
Facts have proved that nothing in this world can escape the iron rule of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
After all, many apostles are often very afraid of death by nature, so they will naturally choose to escape and retreat when facing enemies that threaten their lives.
The reason why Gus was able to successfully kill the apostles time and time again was mainly because most of the apostles looked down upon him because of his status as a human being. They always felt that he had a great advantage, but instead of being fired in the face by the cannon hidden in the prosthesis,
He was cut in half by the Dragon-Slaying Sword.
But the hunting team formed by Zuo Si is different. All members are professional demon hunters who have mastered magical power.
Many of the weapons, potions and props in their hands are specially designed to restrain the power of the apostles.
Therefore, even a high-ranking apostle like Immortal Zod would find it difficult to gain any advantage from the hunting team.
Especially as Zuo Si's research on apostles and the energy of the underworld became more and more in-depth, the number of similar by-products became more and more, and even gradually formed a complete and independent system.
The eldest lady Farnese was responsible for organizing these things into volumes and storing them in an unknown room under the palace.
Perhaps it won't be long before these books, notes and experimental records will become the keys to the magical age.
magic?
When Gus heard this word, he was slightly stunned for a moment, and then his pupils suddenly dilated.
Because he saw a ball of hot flame suddenly appear in the palm of Mago Salem, and the flame did not burn the skin, but kept swimming around the arm like a snake, and finally slowly extinguished and became
Into a plume of black smoke.
The magical flame that could burn out of thin air without any fuel or substance deeply shocked this man who only knew how to fight with a sword.
Gus originally thought that after witnessing the sacrifice that destroyed the Eagle Group, he would never be surprised again in his life, and would be able to face the situation calmly no matter how outrageous and weird he encountered.
But now his heart was obviously shaken.
If the hunting team trained by Zuo Si can master this kind of supernatural power, can he also obtain it?
With this power called magic, can we kill Griffith, who has become Hand of God Fremont?
As a result, he began to worry about gains and losses, as he didn't have much expectations at first.
He even developed a strong curiosity and interest in Zuo Si.
"Here, drink some water and eat something. I don't want you to die of thirst or starvation before you get to the royal capital."
To be continued...