Dust of History Chapter 9: Stupid (medium)

Bishop Ronnies was assassinated, the Duke led the Academy of Magic and the Paladins to surround and kill the Spirit Mage, and offered a reward for the arrest of the murderer. As the center oscillates radially towards the surroundings.

Simultaneously with the rumors, the arrest warrant and the Duke's notice spread rapidly. When these things arrive in every town, the place will immediately boil. Not only adventurers, thieves, and mercenaries are excited about these things, but ordinary people are also passionate. Many devout believers cried bitterly because of the murder of Bishop Ronnies, and they also drew a portrait on the arrest warrant and hung it on the In front of my door, I hope that one day I can avenge my lord bishop. And the rumors have been passed down from word to mouth, and dozens of different versions have been derived, and discussions and speeches were held in taverns.

Sweet Water Town is a remote town in the eastern part of the empire. When it was swept by the shock wave of this news, it was also almost turned upside down with other places. Apart from the tavern which became the most lively place, the town hall was also extremely busy. Not only do they have to deal with the adventurers who come to ask if they have any other news or announcements, but also because the arrest warrant is an official reason, according to the regulations, they must search the town extensively. The mayor's bones are falling apart by the end of the day.

After the search, he sat on his chair. The mayor finally breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to complain to the security officer, "I don't even know why I still need to search. How can such a heretic criminal be so stupid as to swagger?" Would you like to walk and deliver it to your door?”

But the sheriff didn't answer, and didn't even seem to hear. All the muscles on the face seemed to be out of control, the mouth was open enough to at least fit in his fist, and the eyes would fall out if they were opened any wider.

The mayor followed his line of sight strangely, only to realize that a person was walking in at the gate of the town hall. Then his own facial expression immediately lost control.

This person is not just swaggering, he is simply arrogant. He violently pushed away all the dazed people in front of him, knocked them away, and walked in front of the magistrate. Staring at him, he asked in a deep voice, "Are you the magistrate here?"

This person's eyes were bloodshot, and his facial features were all distorted and deformed by the emotional excitement. His rage, anxiety, and ferocity were all displayed on his face. But he was looked at not because of his expression, but because of his appearance.

Even if he is distorted by emotions, his face can be recognized at a glance. Because this is the face they just went to the street to search for, and now everyone knows, everyone is familiar with, and everyone misses it all the time, the face worth five thousand gold coins.

"Are you the biggest official here?" This now-recognized most evil and weirdest wanted criminal slapped the magistrate's table, his voice was already roaring, as if he was the master of the current situation and justice Same.

The sheriff who reacted has already drawn out his sword, and the voice that was originally shouting was too excited to scream like a woman: "Come on, grab him quickly."

"Are you the mayor?" Ten minutes later. The wanted criminal, already covered in blood, kicked the desk to pieces, and roared at the magistrate who was huddled in the corner.

"Yes..." The mayor has already wet his pants. The wounded had almost filled the floor of the town hall. The groans of hundreds of people at the same time seemed to be an extremely weird chorus.

The wanted criminal stepped forward and grabbed the mayor. The mayor realized that the vicious guy in front of him was a member of the Necromancer Guild, thinking that he would turn into a skeleton or a zombie in the next moment. Immediately urinate and defecate together out of control.

But the man just yelled at him: "Go to the capital and send me a message. Pass it to Duke Mrak." The wanted man's voice was hoarse with anger, like the howling of a wild animal. "You tell him to be careful. As he wishes, I will come back."

Stepping out of the town hall with the wounded all over the floor, Asa felt that his liver and gallbladder were splitting, and his blood boiled like boiling. There are always three figures floating in his mind, Bishop Ronnies, Sandro, and Xiaoyi. In the background is the Duke's smiling face, with blood.

He passed by this small town today, and when he saw his arrest warrant in the tavern, he also learned of the death of Bishop Ronnies, and he was struck by lightning.

Bishop Ronnies. Although Asa didn't agree with his approach and even felt a little disgusted, Asa also knew that the most respectable old man in the entire empire actually cared about him and loved him very much. It could even be said that a lot of his efforts were for himself. And such an old man died inexplicably like this.

At the same time, he also heard that the Paladins and the Academy of Magic had exhausted all their efforts to kill a necromancer. Of course he could tell it was Sandro from those vivid descriptions. He almost threw up when he heard the news. Sandro. Although the position of this weird necromancer in his mind is also very strange, it is absolutely important.

Don't think too much about what's going on. The Duke's proclamation said it all.

The meaning of the Duke's announcement is equally obvious: come back quickly. Either you die or she dies.

Asa looks west. That is the direction of the capital. The sunset is red. It was like the Duke's smile, so kind and kind, but also a bit cruel with blood. He seemed to be smiling and said to him: Come here quickly.

Since the Duke has notified the whole country, if he does not show up by then, he will definitely burn Xiaoyi to death. He has to go back.

Not far from the town hall, there was already a mass of dark figures, and almost the entire town began to surround them. From the time he took off his mask and walked into the town hall, someone had recognized him, and the news spread through the town at the speed that human legs could achieve. Adventurer mercenaries followed one after another, but only a few of the mercenary groups that rushed to the town hall at the beginning crawled out with broken limbs, so the people behind had to stand still. But the courage of the people grows with the increase of the number of people gathered. Until later, the townspeople rushed over with hoes and kitchen knives.

Seeing him walk out of the town hall, the thousands of people who had gathered earlier rushed towards him with an earth-shattering cry. Asa jumped onto the roof of the street and ran westward.

In the royal capital, the Duke smiled happily when he heard Asa's message.

The Duke carefully asked about the time, place, and circumstances of this person's appearance, and even asked about this person's expression and movements in detail. Then he nodded with satisfaction. He knew that his trap had indeed worked.

What is the most effective trap? That is the trap that the other party knew it was a trap and had to drill into it. The Duke has always been a master trapper, because he is so good at exploiting human nature.

But he didn't seem to realize that the more he studies this kind of thing, the more ingeniously he uses it, and the less and less this kind of thing he has. This point has reached a new height after he decided to continue to move towards the peak of power, using his daughter as a bait, and he might actually kill him in the end.

In fact, he was sad and depressed for a while after making this decision, but it was only for a while. A rational judgment of the situation and its importance did not take much effort to cover up this feeling of weakness. But just because there are fewer and fewer such weak things, he can think about problems more rationally, more reasonably, and without scruples. Like an extremely precise machine. A machine that calculates and acts for power. Even he himself has to admit that in terms of using means to play with power, he has indeed stood tall.

This is a height that I don't know how to turn back.

The duke thought it over for a while with his fine mind, and he was able to conclude at once. That boring message that was specially sent by someone was nothing more than the howling of a wild beast in a desperate situation. Express a little despair, anger. Objectively it will have no effect.

The messenger has delivered the message, but this person has not yet appeared. There are only two possibilities. One, I went to rescue the soldiers.

The odds are slim. You must know that this kid is now a wanted criminal jointly by the church and the empire. No matter how capable he is, he will never dare to help him. That undoubtedly showed that he was related to the killing of Bishop Ronis.

The second possibility is that this person is already in the capital, but he is lurking and dare not come out, waiting for the opportunity to act. Thinking of this, the Duke immediately ordered the royal guards to be on standby at all times and put on high alert. And ask the Paladins to send someone to triple the guards of that prison,

That kid will definitely throw himself into the trap. The Duke is confident. The kind of person who is bound by emotion and dominated by his own impulse is completely synonymous with stupidity, and he can never escape the trap of the layout he has arranged with exquisite reason.

The prison of the royal guards is the prison that the Duke ordered to take special care of. Now there are nearly a thousand of the most elite soldiers hoarded outside at all times. There are also many people from the Holy Knight Order and magicians from the Magic Academy. And as soon as the wanted criminal is spotted, the Paladins led by Captain Roland can arrive within ten minutes.

Captain Roland also asked the Duke about Clovis and Xiaoyi. Many ministers in the court and even His Majesty the Emperor persuaded him to investigate further. However, the duke produced a few convincing pieces of evidence, and when he was discussing with His Majesty the emperor, he burst into tears, telling his feelings for his daughter and his love for his assistants. The bishop of Solonis is in the spirit of heaven, leading out the real murderer. His Majesty the Emperor was moved to tears, but he no longer interfered with the Duke's behavior. And as long as His Majesty the Emperor stops interfering, the Duke can almost do whatever he wants.

To be honest, this earth-shattering practice is not in line with the Duke's usual style. But he couldn't care less now. He must get rid of that kid as soon as possible. Because there are other things to come.

The Duke imprisoned Clovis and Xiaoyi together. Both are extremely important hostages. It is natural to gather together in case anything goes wrong. The reason for this is also the Duke's emphasis on the father who escaped.

To be honest, the Duke had to express a little admiration for the prodigal son, Marquis Inham Erni, whom he had always looked down upon. He was able to run away immediately after he was done, and he had to be said to be extremely clever.

Once the matter is completed, his use value is gone. Assassinating the bishop like this will definitely kill his mouth. And after killing his mouth, his son will definitely not be able to escape.

On the contrary, after he ran away, the Duke would not attack Clovis in order to have the capital to blackmail him. So it was indeed a very wise choice for him to run away immediately. He's a smart guy. So be on guard against him using any unexpected means to get himself and his son away.

But the Duke didn't really care about the Marquis, at least he didn't have time to ask about Asa because he was busy with it. Because the Marquis is obviously nothing more than some cleverness. Look at the desolate appearance of that prodigal son, although he has a clever mind that can see his own intentions, but he wastes such a good mind and talent on sensual dog horses and those **** arts and women, destitute, in the end Had to be coerced by myself.

It's stupid to be entangled with any emotional impulse, and those fancy little cleverness is simply worse than stupid and hopeless.

The real great wisdom and great wisdom are used to make decisions, to give up all other things that hinder, to concentrate all energy on one's own goals, to use all available things, and finally to achieve success peak. Just like yourself.

Thinking of this, the Duke felt as if a long-lost emotion was fluctuating in his chest. He stood by the window.

You can have a panoramic view of the bright lights, towers, pavilions and pavilions of the capital. The Duke stretched out his hands to shake the scenery, and those hands full of veins, scars, honing and hard work were so powerful and steady. It seems that he can hold all the prosperity in his hands. Of course, those countless stupid people are also included.

The other side of the capital. In the heavily guarded dungeon, the mood of the two people who used to be the closest to the Duke is completely opposite to that of the Duke. Not only can they not see any prosperity and vitality, they don't even have the right to hope.

The conditions in the dungeon are not bad, even better than ordinary hotels. Even though these two were criminals, their identities were still special. And the duke absolutely didn't mean to abuse them. He wished them both a good life, at least as long as it was useful.

There are no guards in the dungeon. What these two people said casually is likely to be highly confidential. The Duke didn't want to cause trouble, and even the person who brought in the food was a deaf man who was specially found.

With the efforts of the priests of the Magic Academy, Clovis has basically saved his life. But his spirit was almost broken. When he was a little better, he ran to the steel fence all day long, yelling to see Duke Mrak, yelling until he couldn't make a sound, and threw all the food that was brought around. It's a pity that the duke has already issued a ban on how to treat the two prisoners, no matter how he yelled, he didn't respond.

After he stopped yelling, Clovis just looked at his completely useless hand, crying and laughing, sometimes biting that hand with his own teeth until it was dripping with blood, killing all the people in his cell. Everything was smashed to pieces. Sometimes I hit myself against a wall until my head was bloody, but I never committed suicide. For a while, Xiaoyi suspected that he was completely crazy.

Finally, after a hysterical and crazy noise, Clovis suddenly fell silent. He only murmured in a crying voice: "It turns out that the only value I can use for him now is this life." Then he shrank into a corner and fell asleep.

Xiaoyi's life in the dungeon was much quieter and more stable. Of course, this kind of quietness and stability is only relative to the situation of Clovis. After all, she was imprisoned by her father as a bait to kill her beloved.

No matter what kind of woman is in this situation, it's good enough not to be hysterical like Clovis. But Xiaoyi calmed down after only a day or two of hesitation and anxiety. She ate the food and had a good rest every day. But at other times, she actually started to meditate, exercising her muscles and bones in the not-so-wide cell, like a gladiator recharging her energy for the upcoming competition. As for Clovis next to her, no matter how troublesome she was, she ignored it.

"Hey. Can you hear me?" Suddenly one day, Clovis spoke. Although it was a weak voice, it was indeed no longer a lunatic roar, but was talking to someone else. And there is no third person in this dungeon.

Although Xiaoyi was slightly surprised, she still replied lightly: "I can hear you."

The cells of the two are diagonally opposite each other. As long as they don't look at each other deliberately, they can only hear each other's voices.

"Why are you so calm? Did you think he was going to save you?" Clovis asked.

Xiaoyi was even more surprised. Clovis probably didn't participate in the Duke's operation this time, and was in a coma most of the time. She couldn't help asking: "You know why I was locked up."

"I heard some conversations of the soldiers in the Duke's mansion and on the way here. Bishop Ronnies was assassinated, and the **** is wanted... I can probably guess what's going on. I always respect the Duke. I understand very well."

"Oh, then you must be sure why he arrested you." Xiaoyi replied lightly. She had never liked this man.

"Even if I don't know, I can probably guess it now. I know that my father went to see the Duke, and then the Bishop was assassinated." Clovis' voice has always been faintly crying . "Then do you know that the two of us should be dead? Since His Majesty the Duke rest assured that we two people who know so much will be locked together, then we will definitely not let us go out alive to talk."

"Probably."

"Then why are you still so calm? Prepare every day. Imagine that he will save you, and then the two of you will break out of the encirclement and escape together like the hero and heroine in the story, and fly away? Hehe.....haha..." Crowe Weiss should be laughing, but the sound he made was actually crying. It turned out that he had been paying attention to Xiaoyi's movements these days. "Did you think he would come to save you? Knowing that he was going to die? Is he that stupid?"

Xiaoyi was silent for a while, and murmured as if to herself: "I hope he is not so stupid. But... If he really comes, at least I will find a way to let him leave safely. My best effort."

"Ahaha..." Clovis cried again. "Since the duke arranges it like this, he will never give you any chance to struggle. As long as that **** comes to save you and is caught, you will really be married to each other."

"It seems that you really know him very well." Xiaoyi's voice has always been so flat.

"Understood...of course I understand. I have been with him for so long...hehe...I also know that he is actually very kind to me. He didn't stab my eyes blind and tongue out The tendons in my hands and feet were severed, so I can wait here to die...hehe."

Xiao Yi didn't answer any more. Clovis didn't ask any more questions, and after crying for a while, he fell silent again.

After a few more days of silence, Clovis suddenly asked: "Do you know how many days are left before the deadline the Duke gave that bastard?"

"Thirteen days." Xiaoyi replied. She remembers it clearly every day.

"Thirteen days. Hehe. You wait slowly. See if he is an idiot, or you are an idiot for believing that he will come."

Xiaoyi didn't answer, she was still doing what she should do. Clovis fell silent, too.

On the second day, Clovis uttered again: "There are still twelve days left. The idiot still hasn't appeared... No, maybe it has already appeared, but it has been killed by the soldiers outside. Hahaha Haha... really stupid...."

Xiao Yi ignored him.

"Eleven days left...that idiot must have been caught by the Duke. Haha. The Duke, who hates this **** so much, will definitely not kill him so cheaply. Slow cutting. That must be a very enjoyable thing. I would definitely do this kind of thing in the first place, hehehehe... But it is no longer possible. It seems that the idiot had his foresight to **** me first. Hahaha...Hey, are you listening...Hey, make a sound...Are you dead?"

"There are still ten days left. Don't you talk? Don't you want to express your feelings now? Hahaha..."

"There are still nine days left. This number is unlucky. Did you hear that? You stupid woman who believes in idiots... You, listen, got it. Haha...."

"There are still eight days left..." Clovis would report the date like this every day, and then he often said nonsense that he didn't care about Xiaoyi and ignored him. And Xiaoyi did not pay attention to him.

"It's been seven days...maybe someone will come and arrest you later, will the Duke kill you with his own hands? Hehe.....The Lord Duke can kill his own daughter without hesitation. , all actions are so rational and efficient. He is really my idol. Hahaha...."

"Six days...." "Five days...." "Four days...." "Hey, stupid woman. Three days left...."

"Don't you remind me today? Tomorrow is the last day." Xiaoyi suddenly spoke first. Maybe it's because he has gotten used to being noisy these days, maybe there is something in her heart that makes her uncomfortable, and she wants to find someone to talk to.

"I'm already tired, and I don't want to say anything more." Clovis' tone was already calm, and he was no longer as crazy as before. In fact, he seemed to be calmer as he got later, and he didn't even open his mouth all day yesterday. "And I've been thinking about things these days."

"What are you thinking about?" Xiaoyi now felt that something was suffocating in her heart. She really wanted to talk to someone, even if it was the person she hated the most in the world.

Clauvis actually sighed: "I just found out now. It turns out that I am much worse than you. You and I both know that we are going to die, but you are still so calm, thinking that it is only one in ten thousand possible. As for me, I am almost crazy. Even now. I dare not face reality and hope for a miracle to happen... I only now understand what my father said. The higher you climb, The harder the fall, the more painful the fall, the more sober I became. I'm completely sober now. It's strange, I hate my father the most, but the person I miss the most now is him..." He started Said that he just kept talking, probably pouring out all the things in his heart these days. "In fact, I have been recognized as the most outstanding genius in this generation in my family since I was a child. But because of my father, I was always looked down upon and excluded by others. I may not even have the qualifications to be a family member in the future. I am not reconciled, so Work harder, work harder, I swear to myself that I must be outstanding, I must have the greatest power, I must stand on the top of the world, and I must become the strongest in the world. Finally, I was accepted by Roland The head is accepted as a disciple, and I will have the opportunity to inherit the position of head of the Paladins in the future. I am very happy. And at this time, I even met the Duke of Mrak."

"Your Duke is so strong, so smart, so capable of fighting for power, and so clever in his methods. He is the one who can stand at the top of the world. He is completely my idol and my goal in life. So I made up my mind to follow the Duke. I must become the same as the Duke."

"When I became the Duke's deputy, I was so happy. I felt that I had stood on top of the world. I regarded him as a god, and his orders were even greater than my own will. Alas. Speaking of it It's also strange. I admire him so much because he is so good at using people, including myself. When I am worthless, he will throw me away like a rag... What's wrong, do you still think I'm annoying? Keep silent."

"No. It's just that I was surprised, I just felt surprised." Xiaoyi's voice did have a taste of surprise in it.

"Surprised what?"

"Surprised that you are also alone." Xiaoyi resumed her calm tone ~IndoMTL.com~ probably because she was about to die. But it looks like you'll be faster than me. You will die tomorrow. "Clauvis' voice is more flat than Xiaoyi's. Although he also has emotion, he is lifeless, as if a dead person is talking.

"...Well. Probably."

"Do you really think he will come to save you? It's a pity that even if he comes, the sooner the better. The more guarded the outside is, the stricter it will be. If it's on the execution ground, it will be regarded as coming and dying with you .So he hasn’t come until now, which can only mean that he won’t come.”

"If you really don't come, that's the best." After Xiaoyi said this, she felt relieved and also a little sad. The corners of my eyes are already wet.

"He is not a fool, you are a fool."

"Hmph, aren't you an idiot too?"

"Haha. Yeah. I'm an idiot." For the first time in his life, Clovis laughed at himself. "But you, an idiot, will die before I, an idiot. Tomorrow."

"Tomorrow..." Xiaoyi let out a long sigh, her low voice echoing in the dungeon.